Patents by Inventor R. Doug Smith

R. Doug Smith 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).

  • Patent number: 6829705
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method of displaying data about a computer system on the computer system. Embodiments of the invention automatically start a graphical user interface if there are files to be displayed. Embodiments may also include a removable storage media containing instructions to implement system and method embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: MPC Computers, LLC
    Inventor: R. Doug Smith
  • Patent number: 6771516
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for removably securing one or more computer circuit boards to a computer chassis. In one embodiment, the apparatuses include a bracket having attached sites that can be selectively aligned with corresponding fastening sites of one or more types of printed circuit boards. The circuit boards can be attached to the bracket without tools and without threaded fasteners, and the bracket can be attached to the chassis also without tools and with out threaded fasteners. The circuit boards can be grounded to the chassis solely through a compressible conductive gasket that extends between the chassis and input/output connectors of the printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael V. Leman, Gregory P. Johnson, R. Doug Smith, Craig L. Boe, Jacques Gagne, Philip Hartley
  • Publication number: 20020120835
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method of displaying data about a computer system on the computer system. Embodiments of the invention automatically start a graphical user interface if there are files to be displayed. Embodiments may also include a removable storage media containing instructions to implement system and method embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventor: R. Doug Smith
  • Publication number: 20020069353
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method of configuring a computer system with one or more device drivers, software, or utilities. Embodiments may also include the removable storage media containing instructions to implement system and method embodiments. Embodiments include a configuration information file used by the computer system to install a device driver. Data may be read from the configuration information file to identifying actions to be accomplished and information to be used to install the one or more device drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: R. Doug Smith