Patents by Inventor Derek D. Perronne

Derek D. Perronne 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).

  • Method and system for performing parallel computer tasks
    Patent number: 8230260
    Abstract: A method and system for performing parallel tasks in a computer system includes invoking a single-threaded operating environment in a computer, invoking under the single-threaded operating environment a first task to be performed by a first processor, invoking under the single-threaded operating environment a second task to be performed by a second processor, while the first task is still being performed, and receiving results from the first and second tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Derek D. Perronne, Robert D. Matthews
  • TESTING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120123728
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to an electronic device including a processor and a machine-readable storage medium, which may include instructions for testing an electronic device, including instructions for executing an executable and instructions for signaling the executable to initiate a test on an electronic device. The machine-readable storage medium may also comprise instructions for receiving information from the executable about the test before the booting of an operating system on the electronic device and before the executable finishes executing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Derek D. Perronne, Robert D. Matthews, Timothy G. Arn
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PARALLEL COMPUTER TASKS
    Publication number: 20110283142
    Abstract: A method and system for performing parallel tasks in a computer system includes invoking a single-threaded operating environment in a computer, invoking under the single-threaded operating environment a first task to be performed by a first processor, invoking under the single-threaded operating environment a second task to be performed by a second processor, while the first task is still being performed, and receiving results from the first and second tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Derek D. PERRONNE,, Robert D. Matthews