Patents by Inventor Stephen D. Teter

Stephen D. Teter 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 for peripheral devices recursively generating unique addresses based on the number of devices connected dependent upon the relative position to the port
    Patent number: 5828899
    Abstract: A system for allowing a peripheral device to be inserted directly into a port of a computer system while the computer system is powered on. The insertion of a peripheral device into the computer system port is automatically detected, and a configuration operation is automatically performed when insertion of the peripheral device is detected. The system also allows a plurality of peripheral devices to be connected to a single port of a computer system by automatically determining the number of peripheral devices and assigning a unique address to each of the peripheral devices. The peripheral device may have a host port for communicating with the computer system, a slave port for connecting to a slave device, and a device manager which identifies if a slave device is connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Richard, Ralph K. Williamson, Stephen D. Teter