Patents by Inventor Richard C. Day, Jr.

Richard C. Day, Jr. 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 for manipulating state machine storage in a small memory space
    Patent number: 8060689
    Abstract: A method includes configuring a flash memory device including a first memory sector having a primary memory sector correspondence, a second memory sector having an alternate memory sector correspondence, and a third memory sector having a free memory sector correspondence, copying a portion of the primary memory sector to the free memory sector, erasing the primary memory sector, and changing a correspondence of each of the first memory sector, the second memory sector, and the third memory sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley A. Kirschner, Gary S. Jacobson, John A. Hurd, G. Thomas Atthens, Steven J. Pauly, Richard C. Day, Jr.
  • METHOD FOR MANIPULATING STATE MACHINE STORAGE IN A SMALL MEMORY SPACE
    Publication number: 20100211726
    Abstract: A method includes configuring a flash memory device including a first memory sector having a primary memory sector correspondence, a second memory sector having an alternate memory sector correspondence, and a third memory sector having a free memory sector correspondence, copying a portion of the primary memory sector to the free memory sector, erasing the primary memory sector, and changing a correspondence of each of the first memory sector, the second memory sector, and the third memory sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley A. Kirschner, Gary S. Jacobson, John A. Hurd, G. Thomas Athens, Steven J. Pauly, Richard C. Day, JR.
  • Method for manipulating state machine storage in a small memory space
    Patent number: 7747812
    Abstract: A method includes configuring a flash memory device including a first memory sector having a primary memory sector correspondence, a second memory sector having an alternate memory sector correspondence, and a third memory sector having a free memory sector correspondence, copying a portion of the primary memory sector to the free memory sector, erasing the primary memory sector, and changing a correspondence of each of the first memory sector, the second memory sector, and the third memory sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley A. Kirschner, Gary S. Jacobson, John A. Hurd, G. Thomas Athens, Steven J. Pauly, Richard C. Day, Jr.