Patents by Inventor David BLOCKER

David BLOCKER 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).

  • Publication number: 20220222630
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are generally directed to various use cases involving turning text data into actionable evidence. According to an example, text-based information relating to an issue associated with a product or service of a vendor is receive via a self-service SaaS portal and includes one or both of structured data and unstructured data. The text-based information is classified and analyzed by parsing out a first set of facts from the structured data. A second set of facts is identified by applying a taxonomy to the text-based information. A lookup value is created by aggregating the first and second sets of facts. Guidance, representing a proposed resolution of the issue, a recommended next troubleshooting step in connection with evaluation of the issue, or other guidance relating to the issue, is then extracted from a lookup table based on the lookup value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Bradley Sobotka, David Blocker, Carlos Antar Gutierrez Arriaga, Juan Carlos Zumbado Pardo
  • Patent number: 10831606
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to automatic diagnostic mode to identify a potential cause of a boot problem of a system. In an example, the automatic diagnostic mode iteratively isolates subsystems of the system in coordination with a baseboard management controller. For each iteration of subsystem isolation, a system boot is executed while a subsystem is isolated. The system boot is monitored against a watchdog timer of the baseboard management controller to determine if the system boot is successful. If the system boot is successful, the isolated subsystem is marked as a potential cause of the boot problem of the system. If the system boot is unsuccessful, the automatic diagnostic mode continues to iteratively isolate the subsystems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: James T. Bodner, David Blocker, Darrell R. Haskell, Thomas E. Kessler
  • Publication number: 20200089572
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to automatic diagnostic mode to identify a potential cause of a boot problem of a system. In an example, the automatic diagnostic mode iteratively isolates subsystems of the system in coordination with a baseboard management controller. For each iteration of subsystem isolation, a system boot is executed while a subsystem is isolated. The system boot is monitored against a watchdog timer of the baseboard management controller to determine if the system boot is successful. If the system boot is successful, the isolated subsystem is marked as a potential cause of the boot problem of the system. If the system boot is unsuccessful, the automatic diagnostic mode continues to iteratively isolate the subsystems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: James T. Bodner, David Blocker, Darrell R. Haskell, Thomas E. Kessler
  • Patent number: 10540232
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to using a programmable logic device to perform a recovery operation on non-volatile storage devices. In response to receiving an indication to perform recovery, multiple storage devices are set to a predetermined value by the PLD. Recovery of the storage devices is to begin based on the predetermined value setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: Andy Brown, James T Bodner, David Blocker, James A Blocker
  • Publication number: 20190087273
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to using a programmable logic device to perform a recovery operation on non-volatile storage devices. In response to receiving an indication to perform recovery, multiple storage devices are set to a predetermined value by the PLD. Recovery of the storage devices is to begin based on the predetermined value setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Andy BROWN, James T BODNER, David BLOCKER, James A BLOCKER