Patents by Inventor Mike Muecke

Mike Muecke 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).

  • Measurement device that appears to a computer system as a file storage device
    Patent number: 7184922
    Abstract: A measurement device operable to communicate with a computer system via files. The computer system may receive one or more files created by the measurement device, where the files include measurement data generated by the measurement device and may utilize the files to perform a measurement application. The measurement device may also be operable to receive a configuration file from the computer system and configure or control itself according to commands or settings therein. In one embodiment the measurement device may appear to the computer system as a USB Mass Storage device, and the files created by the measurement device may appear as files stored on a USB Mass Storage device. Thus, the computer system may communicate with the measurement device to obtain the measurement data files in the same standard manner in which it would obtain files stored on any other USB Mass Storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy H. Ousley, Mike Muecke, Robert Watzlavick
  • Measurement device that appears to a computer system as a file storage device
    Publication number: 20060047465
    Abstract: A measurement device operable to communicate with a computer system via files. The computer system may receive one or more files created by the measurement device, where the files include measurement data generated by the measurement device and may utilize the files to perform a measurement application. The measurement device may also be operable to receive a configuration file from the computer system and configure or control itself according to commands or settings therein. In one embodiment the measurement device may appear to the computer system as a USB Mass Storage device, and the files created by the measurement device may appear as files stored on a USB Mass Storage device. Thus, the computer system may communicate with the measurement device to obtain the measurement data files in the same standard manner in which it would obtain files stored on any other USB Mass Storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Timothy Ousley, Mike Muecke, Robert Watzlavick