Patents by Inventor Robin L. Steele

Robin L. Steele 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).

  • Automated tape backup system and method
    Patent number: 5758067
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically archiving data from a computer system to a backup system. The system provides a scheduler, connected to an automated backup mechanism, for scheduling when full backups are performed and when incremental backups are performed. A simple user interface is provided to ensure that once the end user has enabled the system, daily automatic backups will be performed without further input from the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Makinen, Ellen M. Nelson, Robin L. Steele, Ida L. Newcomer, David A. Erickson
  • Method for providing an improved human user interface to a knowledge based system
    Patent number: 4965741
    Abstract: An improved method for interfacing a human user to the combination of an expert system and a computer aided design system, characterized in that the expert system advice is provided in various formats, the expert system provides for interrupted operation with usable intermediate advice, and expert system advice is transportable in relative correspondence into the computer aided design system schematic display environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Winchell, Robin L. Steele