Patents by Inventor Michael Lawrence Portnoy

Michael Lawrence Portnoy 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for Device Identification Using a Serial Port
    Publication number: 20190391952
    Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of a specific medical device connected to a computer by an RS232 serial line. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing an RS232 connector having a specified computer side output pin connected to specific device specified computer side input pins; raising the voltage high on the specified computer side output pin; determining which computer side input pins are voltage high; and signaling which external medical device is in communication with the computer in response to which computer side input pins are voltage high. In another embodiment, the computer side output pin is selected from one of the data terminal ready (DTR) and ready to send (RTS) pins. In yet another embodiment, the computer side input pins are selected from one or more of data set ready DSR, data carrier detect (CD) and clear to send (CTS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Bernoulli Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Purcell McGuire, Michael Lawrence Portnoy, Robert Craig Spikol, James A. Ricker
  • Method and Apparatus for Device Identification Using a Serial Port
    Publication number: 20180365189
    Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of a specific medical device connected to a computer by an RS232 serial line. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing an RS232 connector having a specified computer side output pin connected to specific device specified computer side input pins; raising the voltage high on the specified computer side output pin; determining which computer side input pins are voltage high; and signaling which external medical device is in communication with the computer in response to which computer side input pins are voltage high. In another embodiment, the computer side output pin is selected from one of the data terminal ready (DTR) and ready to send (RTS) pins. In yet another embodiment, the computer side input pins are selected from one or more of data set ready DSR, data carrier detect (CD) and clear to send (CTS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Bernoulli Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Purcell McGuire, Michael Lawrence Portnoy, Robert Craig Spikol, James A. Ricker