Patents by Inventor Scott M. Fleming

Scott M. Fleming 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 of coating seed
    Patent number: 9253939
    Abstract: A method of coating seeds is provided using observations of coating and coated seeds to modify the coating of yet-to-be coated seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Agrigenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather McConnell Smith, Scott M. Fleming, Alan Howard Paulsen
  • Software download and distribution via image building and multicast
    Patent number: 6772192
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for installing software on a computer. In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided that includes building a disk image from requested software components distributed over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: John S. Fulton, Charles H. Dickson, William R. Bakke, Gunnar P. Seaburg, Scott M. Fleming
  • Electronic switchbox for selection and sharing of internal peripheral devices among different computers, the internal peripheral devices located in slots of a chassis
    Patent number: 6073188
    Abstract: An electronic switchbox for coupling at least one internal peripheral device to any one of a plurality of computer systems. The electronic switchbox includes at least one peripheral connector for receiving and electrically coupling to an internal peripheral device, a plurality of computer connectors, each for coupling to one of the plurality of computer systems, and a selection device that selectively couples the peripheral connector to any one of the plurality of computer connectors. In this manner, at least one internal peripheral device is selectively coupled to, and thus effectively shared between, any one of the computer systems. The switchbox preferably includes a chassis with at least one slot, where the peripheral connector is mounted to the slot for receiving and electrically coupling to the internal peripheral device when plugged into the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventor: Scott M. Fleming