Patents by Inventor Mark P. McNulty

Mark P. McNulty has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for authorizing transfer of software into embedded systems
    Patent number: 7636859
    Abstract: A method of authorizing transfer of software into an embedded system, comprising the steps of obtaining a hardware identification code (HWID) relating to one of a service/recalibration tool and an embedded system, obtaining a software identification code (SWID) relating to at least a portion of software information that is not resident in the embedded system but is to be downloaded into the embedded system, creating a password as a function of the HWID and the SWID, and downloading a password-protected portion of the software information from the service/recalibration tool into the embedded system based on the password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Lincoln M. Little, Mark P. McNulty
  • Apparatus and method for authorizing transfer of software into one or more embedded systems
    Patent number: 6981150
    Abstract: An arrangement for authorizing transfer of software into one or more embedded systems includes a service/recalibration tool connectable to one or more embedded control units. A service technician or other operator of the tool obtains a hardware identification code corresponding to an identifier associated with an embedded control unit, or to an identifier associated with the tool, and also establishes a download number corresponding to the desired number of downloads when the identifier is associated with the tool, and a software identification code corresponding to an identifier of software to be transferred from the tool to the embedded control unit, and provides this information to a provider of the software who creates one or more passwords based thereon. The service technician may then use the one or more passwords to transfer one or more password-protected portions of the software from the tool into the one or more embedded control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Cummins, Inc.
    Inventors: Lincoln M. Little, Mark P. McNulty
  • Apparatus and method for authorizing transfer of software into one or more embedded systems
    Publication number: 20020087891
    Abstract: An arrangement for authorizing transfer of software into one or more embedded systems includes a service/recalibration tool connectable to one or more embedded control units. A service technician or other operator of the tool obtains a hardware identification code corresponding to an identifier associated with an embedded control unit, or to an identifier associated with the tool, and also establishes a download number corresponding to the desired number of downloads when the identifier is associated with the tool, and a software identification code corresponding to an identifier of software to be transferred from the tool to the embedded control unit, and provides this information to a provider of the software who creates one or more passwords based thereon. The service technician may then use the one or more passwords to transfer one or more password-protected portions of the software from the tool into the one or more embedded control units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lincoln M. Little, Mark P. McNulty