GREGORY BLAINE MILLER
Pilots at 52 Ave, Portland, OR

5513316, Apr 30, 1996

Feb 28, 1995

8/396275

Northon Rodrigues - Portland OR
Gregory A. Miller - Portland OR
William E. Tracy - Wilsonville OR

Computervision Corporation - Bedford MA

G06F 1100

39518314

A method and apparatus are provided for the testing, training on, demonstration of, or otherwise exercising an integrated and interactive software system in the environment in which such a system is to be utilized. A tool used for accomplishing these objectives has a record mode in which a unified input queue (UIQ) is generated of all inputs to the system when the system is being utilized to perform an exemplary function. In play mode, the system normally operates in response to inputs from the UIQ, which inputs are provided in the same sequence and with the same duration between inputs as when recorded. Controls are provided to permit selection of application tools which are to be recorded and which are to be played back, to control portions of the operations which are to be recorded, to edit the UIQ to add, delete or change inputs, to move forward or backward by controlled amounts in the UIQ in play mode and to control the rate at which inputs are applied to the system in play mode. The operation may also be paused in either record or play mode and additional operations may be entered during a pause in play mode.

6308265, Oct 23, 2001

Sep 30, 1998

9/163360

Gregory L. Miller - Portland OR

Phoenix Technologies Ltd. - San Jose CA

G06F 15177

713 2

An apparatus and a method for protecting boot block code while allowing updating to BIOS code during a flash BIOS operation. The boot block code is stored in a boot block or boot region of a flash part, and then a copy of the boot block code is written into another region of the flash part. The image of the boot block code in the another region is compared with the boot block code in the boot block, and if there is a match, the boot block region is unprotected, thereby allowing an update of code in the boot block. The boot block code of the flashed-in BIOS image in the boot block region is compared with the copy of the boot block code in the another region, and if there is a match, the code in the boot block region is protected. If there is not a match or if a power failure occurs, the system is booted up using the boot block code in the another region.

7111083, Sep 19, 2006

Mar 30, 2001

09/823611

Gregory L. Miller - Portland OR, US

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

G06F 3/00, G06F 9/00, G06F 1/24

710 10, 710 12, 710 14, 710 15, 710 16, 710 17, 710 18, 710 62, 713 1, 713 2, 713100

An apparatus and method for selectively loading and enabling software stored within firmware of an electronic device to support an input device coupled to the electronic device if a power switch is pressed and held for at least a predetermined period of time as the power switch is used to turn the electronic device on.

2004006, Apr 1, 2004

Sep 30, 2002

10/262584

Gregory Miller - Portland OR, US
Nicholas Yoke - Tigard OR, US

G06F009/00

713/001000

A method and apparatus for marking current memory configuration is presented. In this regard, an enhanced Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is introduced to initialize system memory during an initial boot and to store initialization settings in a non-volatile memory for use during a subsequent boot.