Patents by Inventor Susan Adele Nunn

Susan Adele Nunn 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 limiting diagnostic testing duration
    Patent number: 6839867
    Abstract: A method for limiting the duration of EIDE hard drive diagnostic testing to a predetermined length of time is described. When queried by the BIOS to acquire the testing capabilities of an EIDE hard drive in a computer, the support or non-support of extended diagnostic testing and the length of time needed to complete such testing is returned to the BIOS. In a preferred embodiment, upon receipt of the aforementioned information, the BIOS examines the length of time needed to complete the testing and then allows the testing to begin only if the length of time is less than some predetermined length of time, e.g., one hour. If the length of time is greater than the predetermined length of time, the user is informed that the extended diagnostic testing would take longer than the predetermined length of time and the test is aborted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Susan Adele Nunn, MyPhuong NguyenPhu
  • Method for limiting diagnostic testing duration
    Publication number: 20020091967
    Abstract: A method for limiting the duration of EIDE hard drive diagnostic testing to a predetermined length of time is described. When queried by the BIOS to acquire the testing capabilities of an EIDE hard drive in a computer, the support or non-support of extended diagnostic testing and the length of time needed to complete such testing is returned to the BIOS. In a preferred embodiment, upon receipt of the aforementioned information, the BIOS examines the length of time needed to complete the testing and then allows the testing to begin only if the length of time is less than some predetermined length of time, e.g., one hour. If the length of time is greater than the predetermined length of time, the user is informed that the extended diagnostic testing would take longer than the predetermined length of time and the test is aborted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Susan Adele Nunn, MyPhuong NguyenPhu