Paul E Stanley Deceased3900 Aspen Dr UNIT B201, Montgomery, TX 77356

6496938, Dec 17, 2002

Feb 11, 2000

09/502326

Walter G. Fry - Spring TX
Kenneth W. Stufflebeam - Spring TX
Paul C. Stanley - The Woodlands TX

Compaq Information Technologies Group LP - Houston TX

G06F 132

713322

A clock control technique allows reducing the power consumption of devices connected to a computer bus. Individual idle devices can be disconnected from the bus clock by a device clock controller and placed in a low-power state without waiting for all devices on the bus to go idle. When individual devices are idle, transactions on the bus are monitored and unclaimed transactions are claimed by the device clock controller, which then forces a retry of the transaction and reconnects the clock to the idle devices. This brings these devices from the low-power state to a full power state, where they are capable of claiming the transaction when it is retried.

6219742, Apr 17, 2001

Apr 29, 1998

9/069271

Paul C. Stanley - The Woodlands TX

Compaq Computer Corporation - Houston TX

G06F 1324

710260

A hardware implementation of the General Purpose Event status register supports the ability to assert, under software control, individual General Purpose Event status bits in a General Purpose Event register in an ACPI environment. Software control over the General Purpose Event register allows compensation of a platform electronic apparatus for design defects discovered late in the development cycle. Software control also enables the creation at any time of new "hardware events" which are then processed by the ACPI driver by means of manufacturer provided P-code. The ability to provide a software work-around for a wide range of ACPI related difficulties is advantageously created. Moreover, additional ACPI value-added features can thereafter be developed to differentiate and enhance ACPI compatible products.

5797031, Aug 18, 1998

Aug 26, 1997

8/920096

Raymond E. Shapiro - Marlborough MA
Paul C. Stanley - Houston TX
Steven Schumacher - Brighton MA

SystemSoft Corporation - Natick MA

G06F 1300

395828

A digital data processor has a central processing unit (CPU) that operates in plural addressing modes and or more adapters for receiving peripheral devices, e. g. , PCMCIA devices. A first peripheral device service subsystem that handles communications between peripheral devices coupled to the adapters and software clients executing on the CPU in a first addressing mode. A second peripheral device service subsystem that handles communications between peripheral devices coupled to the adapters and clients executing on the CPU in a second addressing mode. The first peripheral device subsystem includes a configuration management section that allocates digital data processor resources, e. g. , memory space, input/output channels, direct memory access (DMA) channels and interrupt (IRQ) levels, used for communications between the peripheral devices and clients, regardless of whether those clients are executing in the first or second addressing modes.

6061746, May 9, 2000

Apr 30, 1998

9/070233

Paul C. Stanley - The Woodlands TX
Rahul V. Lakdawala - Cypress TX
Walter G. Fry - Spring TX
Richard Churchill - Spring TX

Compaq Computer Corporation - Houston TX

G06F 1314
G06F 1310
G06F 9445
G06F 1517

710 10

A method for supporting a USB-based Device Bay Controller without a hardware interface between the DBC and the 1394 bus, by intercepting 1394 GUID queries in software and returning a stored GUID which is set by the manufacturer to be correct for the hardware actually present.

6145029, Nov 7, 2000

Mar 13, 1998

9/042327

Todd Deschepper - Spring TX
Paul Stanley - The Woodlands TX

Compaq Computer Corporation - Houston TX

G06F 1314

710 36

A computer system including a programmable bridge logic device to disable various peripheral device functions is disclosed. The bridge logic device preferably includes an address decoder and one or more peripheral bus controllers. The address decoder preferably includes a configuration disable unit comprising one or more programmable status bits. Each status bit is associated with a particular peripheral device function, such as a IDE or USB functions. When a status bit is set, configuration cycles to the function corresponding to that bit are disabled. In one aspect of the invention, the computer system comprises a laptop computer that can be docked to an expansion base. The laptop and the expansion base may duplicate one or more functions. When docked, the status bit in the bridge device associated with a function also provided in the expansion base is set disabling the duplicate function in the laptop in favor of the function in the expansion base. In this manner, only the peripheral device function in the expansion base is enabled, avoiding confusion to the computer system.