Patents by Inventor Mark V. Montecalvo
Mark V. Montecalvo 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).
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Patent number: 7962586Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments for updating a networked machine having at least a dormant state and an active state. In various embodiments, when the machine it is a dormant state, it listens to a network for candidate updates, that is, updates that may be applicable to the machine. In some embodiments, determining the candidate update is an applicable update for the machine may be based at least in part on a variety of reasons, including testing if it has already been applied, does not actually update some aspect of the machine, conflicts with an existing configuration of the machine, conflicts with a policy of the machine, etc. The machine may cache some or all of the candidate updates or applicable updates, where a variety of rationales or policies may be used to control update retention.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Elizabeth M. Kappler, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Publication number: 20100082841Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments for updating a networked machine having at least a dormant state and an active state. In various embodiments, when the machine it is a dormant state, it listens to a network for candidate updates, that is, updates that may be applicable to the machine. In some embodiments, determining the candidate update is an applicable update for the machine may be based at least in part on a variety of reasons, including testing if it has already been applied, does not actually update some aspect of the machine, conflicts with an existing configuration of the machine, conflicts with a policy of the machine, etc. The machine may cache some or all of the candidate updates or applicable updates, where a variety of rationales or policies may be used to control update retention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Elizabeth M. Kappler, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Patent number: 7581029Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments for updating a networked machine having at least a dormant state and an active state. In various embodiments, when the machine it is a dormant state, it listens to a network for candidate updates, that is, updates that may be applicable to the machine. In some embodiments, determining the candidate update is an applicable update for the machine may be based at least in part on a variety of reasons, including testing if it has already been applied, does not actually update some aspect of the machine, conflicts with an existing configuration of the machine, conflicts with a policy of the machine, etc. The machine may cache some or all of the candidate updates or applicable updates, where a variety of rationales or policies may be used to control update retention.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Elizabeth M. Kappler, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Patent number: 7492913Abstract: A directed audio system, a network interface communicatively coupled with a network, and a controller to receive, via the network interface, an estimate for a location from a locating device communicatively coupled with the network, and to cause the directed audio system to direct an audio signal based at least in part on an estimate for the location received from the locating device.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Patrick L. Connor, Douglas D. Boom, Scott P. Dubal, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Patent number: 7418716Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture for interfacing a device to a host, wherein in certain embodiments a device interface in the device receives a request generated by a device driver in the host. The device interface processes the request, wherein a plurality of device interfaces corresponding to a plurality of devices are capable of processing the request. An operation associated with the device is executed, by the device interface, in response to processing the request.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Mark V. Montecalvo, Scott P. Dubal, Patrick L. Connor
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Patent number: 7415513Abstract: Provided are a method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture, wherein in certain embodiments a network adapter having an offload protocol stack receives a query. The offload protocol stack of the network adapter is configured to provide a programmable identity for the offload protocol stack of the network adapter. A response is generated to the query by processing the query in the configured offload protocol stack, wherein the response is based on the programmable identity. The generated response is sent by the network adapter.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Patrick L. Connor, Mark V. Montecalvo, Scott P. Dubal
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Patent number: 7415732Abstract: A method for preventing counterfeit of a hardware device is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether a first indicator for a hardware device is set, wherein the first indicator when set indicates that the device is not a counterfeit device, and if the first indicator is not set, then activating a counter, setting a second indicator when the counter expires, and operating the hardware device in a counterfeit mode when the second indicator is set, wherein the counterfeit mode identifies the hardware device as a counterfeit device. Other embodiments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Mark V. Montecalvo, Douglas D. Boom, Elizabeth M. Kappler, Scott P. Dubal, Patrick L. Connor
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Patent number: 7376761Abstract: Corrupted configuration data stored in a first memory for a device may be restored using backup configuration data stored in a second memory. In one embodiment, the second memory may be carried by the device itself. In another embodiment, the second memory may be carried on a motherboard and may store backup configuration data for more than one device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Elizabeth M. Kappler, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Patent number: 7246038Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein in certain embodiments, an indicator is searched for in a computational platform, and wherein the indicator indicates an operational state of a device coupled to the computational platform. A determination is made that the indicator has been modified to disable the device. The indicator is modified to allow enablement of the disabled device. The device is tested to determine whether the device is capable of operating correctly.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Patrick L. Connor, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Patent number: 7181609Abstract: A system and method for initialization of a computer system is described. Faster initialization of a computer system is possible by allowing certain device driver initialization tasks to overlap with other initialization and operating system tasks. option-ROMs resident on hardware device drivers define the initialization tasks to be performed prior to device driver initialization. Initial computer code for booting the computing device, such as a BIOS, is executed. As option-ROMs for hardware devices are scanned and executed, specific device initialization information is accessed from the devices and placed in pre-defined buffer areas. These accesses occur in parallel to other start up tasks. When device drivers are loaded, some of their initialization has already completed, thereby shortening the time necessary to boot the system.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Patrick L. Connor, Mark V. Montecalvo, Douglas D. Boom, Scott P. Dubal
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Patent number: 7031881Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein in certain embodiments, an indicator is searched for in a computational platform, and wherein the indicator indicates an operational state of a device coupled to the computational platform. A determination is made that the indicator has been modified to disable the device. The indicator is modified to allow enablement of the disabled device. The device is tested to determine whether the device is capable of operating correctly.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Patrick L. Connor, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Publication number: 20040210683Abstract: A method of updating a device driver is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Patrick L. Connor, Mark V. Montecalvo, Scott P. Dubal
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Publication number: 20040123142Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes techniques of detecting a network attack. The method includes receiving at least one packet at a device; and determining whether the at least one received packet has at least one characteristic of a denial of service attack. Based on the determining, the packet may not be processed by a transport layer protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Patrick L. Connor, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Publication number: 20040073716Abstract: Described are a system and method of forwarding data packets from a network interface controller (NIC) to one or more media decoding devices. The NIC may comprise an I/O interface to transmit to communicate with either a host processing system and the one or more media decoding devices. Data packets received at the NIC may be forwarded to the one or more media decoding devices independently of the host processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2002Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Douglas D. Boom, Patrick L. Connor, Mark V. Montecalvo, Scott P. Dubal