Patents by Inventor Paul Augustus Thomas III

Paul Augustus Thomas III 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).

  • Controls for recursion at system startup
    Patent number: 6944756
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling recursion at system startup. The method comprises creating one or more levels of device tree nodes branching from a root node, wherein the number of levels of device tree nodes is equal to a recursion depth. The apparatus comprises a storage unit adapted to store a recursion control process and a control unit adapted to execute the recursion control process, wherein the recursion control process causes the control unit to control recursion during system startup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Augustus Thomas III