Patents by Inventor Wendell B. Fisher

Wendell B. Fisher 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).

  • Publication number: 20240110439
    Abstract: Various embodiments of operating systems and rail assemblies configured for use with coverings for architectural structures are described herein. Additionally, the present subject matter is also directed to coverings that incorporate one or more embodiments of the operating systems and/or rail assemblies described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, Robert E. Fisher, II, Gordon Freirich, Timothy W. Fries, David Byron McNeill, Claude Mathew McNiel
  • Patent number: 7444636
    Abstract: A method and system of determining by a first program an attribute of a first functional unit by referencing a virtual memory address (the first functional unit comprising a first processor and a random access memory (RAM) coupled to the first processor in a computer system, and the first program executing in the first functional unit), determining by a second program an attribute of a second functional unit by referencing the virtual memory address (the second functional unit comprising a second processor and a RAM coupled to the second processor in the computer system, and the second program executing in the second functional unit), wherein referencing the virtual memory address by the first program provides a pointer to an attribute stored in the RAM of the first functional units, and wherein referencing the virtual memory address by the second program provides a pointer to an attribute stored in the RAM of the second functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Karen L. Noel, Wendell B. Fisher, Jr., Gregory H. Jordan, Christian Moser
  • Publication number: 20040073907
    Abstract: A method and system of determining by a first program an attribute of a first functional unit by referencing a virtual memory address (the first functional unit comprising a first processor and a random access memory (RAM) coupled to the first processor in a computer system, and the first program executing in the first functional unit), determining by a second program an attribute of a second functional unit by referencing the virtual memory address (the second functional unit comprising a second processor and a RAM coupled to the second processor in the computer system, and the second program executing in the second functional unit), wherein referencing the virtual memory address by the first program provides a pointer to an attribute stored in the RAM of the first functional units, and wherein referencing the virtual memory address by the second program provides a pointer to an attribute stored in the RAM of the second functional unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Karen L. Noel, Wendell B. Fisher, Gregory H. Jordan, Christian Moser
  • Patent number: 5630049
    Abstract: A method of remote debugging comprises a first computer system that communicates with a second computer using a network connection. The first computer system controls the remote debugging and comprises a first operating system. The second computer system comprises a second operating system and software being tested. User input, in the form of debug commands, is received using a remote debugger in the first computer system to control the remote debugging session. The remote debugger translates a debug command into messages that are sent from the first computer system to the second computer system. The messages correspond to tasks that the target computer system performs to complete the debug command. During debugging, the target computer system transitions between polling or stopped mode and interrupt-driven mode by transitioning both the target operating system and network hardware in the target computer system that interfaces with the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne M. Cardoza, Jeffrey M. Diewald, Jeffrey E. Nelson, Steven D. DiPirro, James R. Goddard, Wendell B. Fisher, Jr., Anne E. McElearney, Richard Sayde