Patents by Inventor Noel Peterson

Noel Peterson 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 system for identifying and configuring peripheral devices
    Patent number: 6598095
    Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system that determines if a computer operating without a functioning operating system contains an IDE type CD-ROM device. If it is determined that the computer contains an IDE type CD-ROM device, the user is prompted with device type, make and model identifiers and a driver common to all IDE type CD-ROM devices is loaded from a programmed medium into the computer without any user intervention. If it is determined that the computer does not contain an IDE type CD-ROM device, it is determined whether the computer contains a SCSI type controller for a SCSI type CD-ROM device. If it is determined that the computer contains a SCSI type controller and thus, a SCSI type CD-ROM device, the user is prompted with the identity of the SCSI type controller and a driver associated with the identity of the SCSI type controller is loaded from a programmed medium into the computer without any user intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Noel Peterson
  • METHOD, PROGRAMMED MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND CONFIGURING COMPUTER PERIPHERALS
    Publication number: 20020199039
    Abstract: A method, programmed medium and system that determines if a computer operating without a functioning operating system contains an IDE type CD-ROM device. If it is determined that the computer contains an IDE type CD-ROM device, the user is prompted with device type, make and model identifiers and a driver common to all IDE type CD-ROM devices is loaded from a programmed medium into the computer without any user intervention. If it is determined that the computer does not contain an IDE type CD-ROM device, it is determined whether the computer contains a SCSI type controller for a SCSI type CD-ROM device. If it is determined that the computer contains a SCSI type controller and thus, a SCSI type CD-ROM device, the user is prompted with the identity of the SCSI type controller and a driver associated with the identity of the SCSI type controller is loaded from a programmed medium into the computer without any user intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: NOEL PETERSON