Patents by Inventor Richard H. Boz

Richard H. Boz 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).

  • Switchable hot-docking interface for a portable computer for hot-docking the portable computer to a docking station
    Patent number: 6868468
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for hot-docking is disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable computer system includes a bus bridge and a bus coupled to the bus bridge. The bus may have one or more peripheral devices or peripheral interfaces coupled to it. The bus may also be coupled to a docking interface having a bus switch. The bus switch, when closed and the computer is coupled to a docking station, may couple the bus to a peripheral interface in a docking station. The bus switch may close responsive to docking, thereby completing the electrical coupling of the bus to the peripheral interface in the docking station. The closing of the bus switch may be controlled by the docking interface such that operations on the bus are not interrupted during the docking procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
    Inventors: Richard H. Boz, Ronald W. Streiber, John D. Virzi, Richard E. Wahler
  • Switched hot docking interface
    Publication number: 20030154338
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for hot-docking is disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable computer system includes a bus bridge and a bus coupled to the bus bridge. The bus may have one or more peripheral devices or peripheral interfaces coupled to it. The bus may also be coupled to a docking interface having a bus switch. The bus switch, when closed and the computer is coupled to a docking station, may couple the bus to a peripheral interface in a docking station. The bus switch may close responsive to docking, thereby completing the electrical coupling of the bus to the peripheral interface in the docking station. The closing of the bus switch may be controlled by the docking interface such that operations on the bus are not interrupted during the docking procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Richard H. Boz, Ronald W. Streiber, John D. Virzi, Richard E. Wahler