Patents by Inventor Steve Poole

Steve Poole 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 generating random permutations of elements
    Patent number: 7853633
    Abstract: A system and method for generating random permutations of elements (e.g., integers) in a test generation tool by providing one or more ordered ranges (110-170), each represented by a low and high value. Initially a single range is provided corresponding to the entire set of integer to be permuted. A random integer is then selected within this range, and this selected integer is removed by excluding the selected element. This exclusion is achieved by either splitting the range (110) into two ranges (120, 130), or, if the selected integer is the lowest or highest value of an existing range, adapting the end of the range. Subsequently, one of the ranges in the list of ranges is selected randomly and an element within the selected range is selected randomly and excluded, and so on. In this way a random permutation of all the elements in the original range is generated in the test generation tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steve Poole
  • Motorcycle exhaust pipe system
    Patent number: D520423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Steve Poole