Patents by Inventor Paul Jerome Higgins

Paul Jerome Higgins 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 of resetting a computer video display mode
    Patent number: 5767834
    Abstract: A method of resetting the screen display mode in a computer system having a display monitor is disclosed. The method is arranged to reset the display mode while a designated operating system such as a windowing environment based operating system is running, without requiring the operating system or any currently running application(s) to be exited and reloaded. The method includes the step of receiving a user initiated input requesting a change in the display mode. After a display mode request is received, the operating system display characteristic variables are reset to values that are appropriate for the requested display mode. Additionally, the display driver display characteristic variables are reset to values that are appropriate for the requested display mode. Moreover, the hardware mode is set to a mode that is appropriate for the requested display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Binar Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Vouri, Paul Jerome Higgins
  • Method of resetting a computer video display mode
    Patent number: 5648795
    Abstract: A method of resetting the screen display mode in a computer system having a display monitor is disclosed. The method is arranged to reset the display mode while a designated operating system such as a windowing environment based operating system is running, without requiring the operating system or any currently running application(s) to be exited and reloaded. The method includes the step of receiving a user initiated input requesting a change in the display mode. After a display mode request is received, the operating system display characteristic variables are reset to values that are appropriate for the requested display mode. Additionally, the display driver display characteristic variables are reset to values that are appropriate for the requested display mode. Moreover, the hardware mode is set to a mode that is appropriate for the requested display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Binar Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Vouri, Paul Jerome Higgins