Patents by Inventor Paul V. Brownnell

Paul V. Brownnell 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).

  • Systems and methods of communicatively coupling a host computing device and a peripheral device
    Patent number: 8595405
    Abstract: A method includes providing a bridge device (105) connected to a host computing device (101-1, 101-2) and a peripheral device (103-1, 103-2, 103-N, 403-1, 403-2, 405-1, 405-2, 405-3), the bridge device (105) being configured to communicatively couple the host device (101-1, 101-2) to the peripheral device (103-1, 103-2, 103-N, 403-1, 403-2, 405-1, 405-2, 405-3); and preventing execution of a hardware enumeration process (313) in the host device (101-1, 101-2) until completion of a resource allocation process (303) in the bridge device (105).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David L Matthews, Hubert E. Brinkmann, Paul V. Brownnell, Barry S. Basile
  • Systems And Methods Of Communicatively Coupling A Host Computing Device And A Peripheral Device
    Publication number: 20100325332
    Abstract: A method includes providing a bridge device (105) connected to a host computing device (101-1, 101-2) and a peripheral device (103-1, 103-2, 103-N, 403-1, 403-2, 405-1, 405-2, 405-3), the bridge device (105) being configured to communicatively couple the host device (101-1, 101-2) to the peripheral device (103-1, 103-2, 103-N, 403-1, 403-2, 405-1, 405-2, 405-3); and preventing execution of a hardware enumeration process (313) in the host device (101-1, 101-2) until completion of a resource allocation process (303) in the bridge device (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: David L Matthews, Hubert E. Brinkmann, Paul V. Brownnell, Barry S. Basile