Patents by Inventor Kevin B. Locke

Kevin B. Locke 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: 10488901
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for detecting a throttling of a component; identifying a temperature of the component; calculating a thermal response for the component, including: setting the identified temperature as a maximum temperature, setting a first temperature lower than the maximum temperature, wherein for temperatures of the component less than the first temperature, the cooling fan system has a first fan speed, setting a second temperature between the first and the maximum temperature, wherein for temperatures of the component between the first and the second temperatures, a fan speed of the cooling fan system is linearly increased until an acoustic fan speed, setting a third temperature between the second and the maximum temperature, wherein for temperatures of the component between the second and third temperatures, maintaining the fan speed at the acoustic fan speed; applying the thermal response to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin B. Locke, Jian Xin Guo, Yuan David Ma
  • Patent number: 9952636
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented for facilitating user modification of cooling device speed response to sensed temperature in information handling systems. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to allow an information handling system user to modify how one or more individual cooling device/s respond to device speed control values specified by stored device speed control information without requiring the user to change the identity or pre-defined device speed values of the device speed control information with which the information system is currently operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Adolfo S. Montero, Kevin B. Locke
  • Publication number: 20160320814
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented for facilitating user modification of cooling device speed response to sensed temperature in information handling systems. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to allow an information handling system user to modify how one or more individual cooling device/s respond to device speed control values specified by stored device speed control information without requiring the user to change the identity or pre-defined device speed values of the device speed control information with which the information system is currently operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Adolfo S. Montero, Kevin B. Locke
  • Patent number: 9405301
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented for facilitating user modification of cooling device speed response to sensed temperature in information handling systems. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to allow an information handling system user to modify how one or more individual cooling device/s respond to device speed control values specified by stored device speed control information without requiring the user to change the identity or pre-defined device speed values of the device speed control information with which the information system is currently operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Adolfo S. Montero, Kevin B. Locke
  • Patent number: 9317691
    Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing pre-boot software verification may involve using an embedded controller (EC) and a basic input/output system (BIOS) to confirm each other's firmware using hash values. The hash values may be generated from certain portions of the firmware, which may overlap and may be specific to a particular firmware version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Kevin B. Locke
  • Publication number: 20150324588
    Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing pre-boot software verification may involve using an embedded controller (EC) and a basic input/output system (BIOS) to confirm each other's firmware using hash values. The hash values may be generated from certain portions of the firmware, which may overlap and may be specific to a particular firmware version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Kevin B. Locke
  • Publication number: 20150198957
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented for facilitating user modification of cooling device speed response to sensed temperature in information handling systems. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to allow an information handling system user to modify how one or more individual cooling device/s respond to device speed control values specified by stored device speed control information without requiring the user to change the identity or pre-defined device speed values of the device speed control information with which the information system is currently operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Adolfo S. Montero, Kevin B. Locke