Patents by Inventor Steve Maddocks

Steve Maddocks 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 and apparatus for analyzing machine control sequences
    Patent number: 7367017
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that enables machine control sequences and the results of their execution to be easily and expediently analyzed. Logic is configured to execute GUI generation code and GUI user interaction handling code, and control a display device. When the logic executes the GUI generation code, a first window is displayed on the display device. The first window presents at least one option that enables a user to open a file comprising machine control sequence execution results resulting from execution of a machine control sequence. When the file is opened, a second window is displayed on the display device. The second window displays at least a summary of the execution results comprised in the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Peter M. Maddocks, David P. Ferguson, Steve Maddocks, William G. Weitzel
  • Method and apparatus for analyzing machine control sequences
    Publication number: 20040201627
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that enables machine control sequences and the results of their execution to be easily and expediently analyzed. The invention comprises logic configured to execute GUI generation code and GUI user interaction handling code, and a display device. When the logic executes the GUI generation code, a first window is displayed on the display device. The first window presents at least one option that enables a user to open a file comprising machine control sequence execution results resulting from execution of a machine control sequence. When the file is opened, a second window is displayed on the display device. The second window displays at least a summary of the execution results comprised in the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Peter M. Maddocks, David P. Ferguson, Steve Maddocks, William G. Weitzel