Patents by Inventor Steven Scott Duplichan

Steven Scott Duplichan 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).

  • Patent number: 7424719
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for driver execution in association with an application. When an application is executed in a computer system, a processor compatibility of an operating system executed in the computer system is determined. In this respect, the operating system is compatible with one of a plurality of predefined types of processors. An association is drawn between the processor compatibility of the operating system and one of a plurality of drivers embedded in the application, where the one of the drivers is compatible with the operating system. The execution of the one of the drivers that is compatible with the operating system is implemented in the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Steven Scott Duplichan