Patents by Inventor Stuart Louis Timm

Stuart Louis Timm 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).

  • Serial communication port arbitration between a hotsync manager and a wireless connection manager
    Patent number: 6779047
    Abstract: Within one embodiment of the present invention, arbitration software operating on a computer is able to determine whether communication software utilizes the same serial communication (COM) port of the computer as a HotSync Manager. If they do use the same serial COM port, the present embodiment arbitration software shuts down the HotSync Manager, if its running, thereby enabling the serial COM port to be utilized for other purposes (e.g., wireless modem communication). However, if the present embodiment arbitration software detects a HotSync Request received via the serial COM port, it runs the HotSync Manager enabling a HotSync process to occur between (for example) a personal digital assistant (PDA) and the computer. Once the present embodiment arbitration software detects the completion of the HotSync process, it shuts down the HotSync Manager until it detects the next HotSync Request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: 3Com Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Caddes, Stuart Louis Timm, Kenin Page, Randy C. Smith