Patents by Inventor Stephen Laitinen

Stephen Laitinen 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 for processing dynamically allocated timers in a real time operating system
    Patent number: 6732287
    Abstract: A method and system for processing timers are presented in which a plurality of unordered timer lists may be kept according to timer duration. At least one timer list is processed selectively according to a counter associated with the timer list. The method and system reduce the processing overhead associated with timers via the selective processing of the list, and further result in little or no overhead increase as the number of active timers increases. A system is also provided for processing timers, which may include multiple timer lists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Siorek, Stephen Laitinen