Patents by Inventor William P Proctor

William P Proctor 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).

  • Communication on non-continuously sampled lines
    Patent number: 6457083
    Abstract: A communication channel that is accessible when the product is entirely assembled, but appears to be, and functions like, configuration jumpers to the end user. The communication channel utilizes the terminals of a configuration jumper block as communication paths to an interface device. The terminals of the configuration jumper block may be wired differently depending on the desired function (i.e. send data, receive data, etc.) of the terminals. The configuration information needed by the device is read from the terminals of the configuration block when the communication channel is not active. Switches on the interface device are used to set the configuration information. Configuration jumpers that can be used are the Master, Slave, and Cable Select signals for an ATAPI interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Bruce W Schober, Steven L Brittenham, Mark A Rau, William P Proctor