Patents by Inventor William Edwin PETERSON

William Edwin PETERSON 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).

  • Software-based time rollover detection
    Patent number: 11709277
    Abstract: A method for detecting time rollovers is disclosed. The method may include receiving time data including week data and second data and processing the time data to generate a first date. The method may include generating, based on the first date and an offset value, a second date and obtaining, when the second date is prior to a baseline date, a network date. The method may include assigning the network date as the baseline date and processing the network date and the first date to determine an updated offset value. The method may include storing the updated offset value as the offset value and determining, based on the network date, a system date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Peterson, Andrew Thomas Elliott, William Edwin Peterson, David Louis Rottier, Michael Aaron Caruthers
  • SOFTWARE-BASED TIME ROLLOVER DETECTION
    Publication number: 20210293974
    Abstract: A method for detecting time rollovers is disclosed. The method may include receiving time data including week data and second data and processing the time data to generate a first date. The method may include generating, based on the first date and an offset value, a second date and obtaining, when the second date is prior to a baseline date, a network date. The method may include assigning the network date as the baseline date and processing the network date and the first date to determine an updated offset value. The method may include storing the updated offset value as the offset value and determining, based on the network date, a system date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. PETERSON, Andrew Thomas ELLIOTT, William Edwin PETERSON, David Louis ROTTIER, Michael Aaron CARUTHERS