Patents by Inventor Will F. Harris

Will F. Harris 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 interfacing a cardbay card to the host system by indicating a 16-bit or cardbus PC card insertion to host software
    Patent number: 6684283
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system and apparatus of interfacing a CardBay device (520) using existing Card and Socket Services (CSS) software (530). A CardBay controller (515) responds to card queries to indicate a pseudo card configuration which the CSS software (530) will recognize and support without the need for modification. The CardBay controller (515) further overrides the power control request generated in response to the pseudo card configuration information and signals a power control based on the voltage combination associated with the actual CardBay device (520). The controller also intercepts CIS read commands and responds with a CIS recognizable and specific to the inserted card. The controller (515) can further intercept legacy driver accesses and convert them into CardBay recognized accesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Will F. Harris, Neil G. Morrow, Keith R. Mowery