Patents by Inventor Nicholas Richard Dono

Nicholas Richard Dono 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 optimizing computer software and hardware
    Patent number: 6059842
    Abstract: A method of optimizing the operation of a computer system in running application programs in accordance with system capabilities, user preferences and configuration parameters of the application program. More specifically, with this invention, an optimizing program gathers information on the system capabilities, user preferences and configuration parameters of the application program to maximize the operation of the application program or computer system. Further, user selected rules of operation can be selected by dragging rule icons to target optimizer icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Dumarot, David Alan Stevenson, Nicholas Richard Dono, James Randall Moulic, Clifford Alan Pickover, Bengt-Olaf Schneider, Adelbert Smith