Patents by Inventor Breton A. Ketchum

Breton A. Ketchum 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).

  • Shelf management controller with hardware/software implemented dual redundant configuration
    Patent number: 7827442
    Abstract: A fault tolerant, multi-protocol shelf management controller architecture that is extensible provides an intelligent platform management interface that is version indifferent as well as programmable and reconfigurable. The shelf management controller is arranged in a dual redundant configuration in a client-server mode and has a message driven configuration with the messages conforming to the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification as extended by PICMG 3.0. In one embodiment, each shelf management controller includes at least one bit stream processor comprising sequenced stage machines implementing one or more finite state machines associated with one or more devices that are under control of the shelf management controller. The finite state machines could be hardware or software based. The shelf management controller is also modeled as a layered architecture that includes an IPMI API layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: SLT Logic LLC
    Inventors: Viswa N. Sharma, Breton A. Ketchum
  • SHELF MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER WITH HARDWARE/SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTED DUAL REDUNDANT CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20070255430
    Abstract: A fault tolerant, multi-protocol shelf management controller architecture that is extensible provides an intelligent platform management interface that is version indifferent as well as programmable and reconfigurable. The shelf management controller is arranged in a dual redundant configuration in a client-server mode and has a message driven configuration with the messages conforming to the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification as extended by PICMG 3.0. In one embodiment, each shelf management controller includes at least one bit stream processor comprising sequenced stage machines implementing one or more finite state machines associated with one or more devices that are under control of the shelf management controller. The finite state machines could be hardware or software based. The shelf management controller is also modeled as a layered architecture that includes an IPMI API layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Viswa Sharma, Breton Ketchum