Patents by Inventor Richard E. Hamm

Richard E. Hamm 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 and apparatus for providing hot swapping capability in a computer system with static peripheral driver software
    Patent number: 5781798
    Abstract: A computer system which utilizes a "static" peripheral device driver that recognizes configuration changes only on system initialization is modified to provide hot insertion capability. In particular, in order to provide hot insertion capability, software which allows operation with PCMCIA compatible peripherals is loaded into the computer and the static peripheral device driver is modified to communicate directly with the PCMCIA software. In this manner the conventional PCMCIA software recognizes hot insertions and removals and these vents are communicated to the static driver by means of internal data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dana Lynn Beatty, Richard E. Hamm, Yoshi Nishida