Patents by Inventor Paul Joseph Boehler

Paul Joseph Boehler 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).

  • Apparatus and method for externally initiating automatic execution of media placed in basic removable disc drives
    Patent number: 6282710
    Abstract: A computer readable memory to direct a computer to enable AutoRun functionality for basic removable disc drives. The computer readable memory stores a first, second and third set of instructions. The first set of instructions directs the computer to determine whether a removable disc has been inserted into a basic removable disc drive. The second set of instructions directs the computer to inform the operating system that the removable disc has been inserted into the basic removable disc drive, causing the operating system to execute an autorun.inf file on the removable disk without any user input. The third set of instructions directs the computer to repeat the execution of the first and second set of instructions while the computer does not seek to power down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Veritas Software Corp.
    Inventor: Paul Joseph Boehler