Patents by Inventor Samson L. DeKey

Samson L. DeKey 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).

  • System and method for handling events in an instrumentation system
    Patent number: 5717614
    Abstract: A system and method for improved handling of events in an instrumentation system which provides numerous features and advantages over prior art methods. The present invention provides simplified application development and improved performance for instrumentation systems. The instrumentation system of the present invention provides event queueing, event handling, and suspend handling features, thus providing the user or developer with greater freedom in designing his test and measurement or process control application. The present invention includes a single operation referred to as viEnableEvent which is used for enabling events of all event types, and a single operation for installing handlers for all event types, referred to as viInstallHandlr. The operation viEnableEvent includes one or more parameters which can be specified as a filter to qualify the types of events desired to be received at the time of the event occurrence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Abhay S. Shah, Jogen Pathak, Bob Mitchell, Hugo A. Andrade, Samson L. DeKey, Todd Brower