Inventor

Steven T. Pancoast

Inventor

Lexington, KY, US

Overview

1987–2003

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 27 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing79%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television6%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use6%

G05BControl or regulating systems in general3%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general3%

Y02PClimate change mitigation technologies in the production or processing of goods3%

PatentTitleYear

6,577,326'Computer-controlled home theater independent user-control'2003 6,081,752'Computer system having power supply primary sense to facilitate performance of tasks at power off'2000 5,925,129'Desktop computer system having compressed suspend to hardfile'1999 5,850,562'Personal computer apparatus and method for monitoring memory locations states for facilitating debugging of post and BIOS code'1998 5,801,785'Method and system for processing two analog composite video signals'1998 5,758,174'Computer system having a plurality of stored system capability states from which to resume'1998 5,752,044'Computer system having multi-level suspend timers to suspend from operation in attended and unattended modes'1998 5,715,464'Computer system having suspend once resume many sessions'1998 5,689,715'Low power ring detect for computer system wake-up'1997 5,630,142'Multifunction power switch and feedback led for suspend systems'1997 5,603,038'Automatic restoration of user options after power loss'1997 5,581,692'Automatic clearing of power supply fault condition in suspend system'1996 5,577,220'Method for saving and restoring the state of a CPU executing code in protected mode including estimating the value of the page table base register'1996 5,560,023'Automatic backup system for advanced power management'1996 5,551,043'Standby checkpoint to prevent data loss'1996 5,548,763'Desk top computer system having multi-level power management'1996 5,530,879'Computer system having power management processor for switching power supply from one state to another responsive to a closure of a switch, a detected ring or an expiration of a timer'1996 5,513,359'Desktop computer having a single-switch suspend/resume function'1996 5,511,202'Desktop computer system having zero-volt system suspend and control unit for ascertaining interrupt controller base address'1996 5,511,204'Performing system tasks at power-off using system management interrupt'1996 5,497,494'Method for saving and restoring the state of a CPU executing code in protected mode'1996 5,255,361'Method of and system for updating a display unit'1993 5,043,919'Method of and system for updating a display unit'1991 4,982,324'Method of and system for using device drivers to couple the communication and data storage of remote computer systems'1991 4,907,150'Apparatus and method for suspending and resuming software applications on a computer'1990 4,864,516'Method for implementing an on-line presentation in an information processing system'1989 4,709,367'Method and apparatus for distinguishing between diskettes in a diskette drive'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987–2000Patents assigned to IBM (26)· patent assignee history

1987–1993Based in Austin, TX, US· patent location history

1996–1999Based in Lexington, KY, US· patent location history

1998Based in Raleigh, NC, US· patent location history

2000–2003Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

2003Patents assigned to KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
IBM	26	1987–2000
KONINKL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV	1	2003

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Lexington, KY, US	15	1996–1999
Austin, Texas, US	6	1987–1993
Raleigh, NC, US	4	1998
San Jose, California, US	2	2000–2003