Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Manny

Benjamin L. Manny 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).

  • Patent number: 6065123
    Abstract: A computer system with unattended on-demand availability includes power-saving features which place the system into a Standby mode whenever the system is idle or is not being used. Prior to entering Standby mode, the system sets a hardware timer which indicates when the next scheduled event in the system should be performed. When either the timer expires or another event occurs which requires system operation, the system resumes to the On power state without user intervention. In one embodiment, the system of the present invention allows applications to periodically save their operational states. By saving their operational states, applications are able to guard against power failures and crashes. If a power failure or crash occurs, the system consults restart policies and, if appropriate, automatically re-starts applications to their most recently saved operational states once power is re-stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen T. Chou, Russell J. Fenger, Mohan J. Kumar, Victor B. Lortz, Benjamin L. Manny, Mil Travnicek, Chih-Kan Wang
  • Patent number: 5832283
    Abstract: A computer system with unattended on-demand availability includes power-saving features which place the system into a Standby mode whenever the system is idle or is not being used. Prior to entering Standby mode, the system sets a hardware timer which indicates when the next scheduled event in the system should be performed. When either the timer expires or another event occurs which requires system operation, the system resumes to the On power state without user intervention. In one embodiment, the system of the present invention allows applications to periodically save their operational states. By saving their operational states, applications are able to guard against power failures and crashes. If a power failure or crash occurs, the system consults restart policies and, if appropriate, automatically re-starts applications to their most recently saved operational states once power is re-stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen T. Chou, Russell J. Fenger, Mohan J. Kumar, Victor B. Lortz, Benjamin L. Manny, Mil Travnicek, Chih-Kan Wang