Patents by Inventor Brian M. Somers

Brian M. Somers 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 apparatus for configuring the boot options of a multi-domain system
    Patent number: 7181604
    Abstract: A computing system comprises multiple domains, each having an independent boot process. This boot process involves the selection of one boot option from a list of potentially multiple boot options available to the domain. The apparatus further comprises a centralized configuration utility, and a boot controller within each domain. The boot controller supplies said configuration utility with the list of boot options available to that domain. The configuration utility allows a user to specify en bloc the boot option for multiple domains. This information is then passed back to the boot controllers of the respective domains, which then boot in accordance with the boot option specified by said configuration utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. King, Brian M. Somers, Brian J. Gillespie
  • Method and apparatus for configuring the boot options of a multi-domain system
    Publication number: 20040162977
    Abstract: A computing system comprises multiple domains, each having an independent boot process. This boot process involves the selection of one boot option from a list of potentially multiple boot options available to the domain. The apparatus further comprises a centralised configuration utility, and a boot controller within each domain. The boot controller supplies said configuration utility with the list of boot options available to that domain. The configuration utility allows a user to specify en bloc the boot option for multiple domains. This information is then passed back to the boot controllers of the respective domains, which then boot in accordance with the boot option specified by said configuration utility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: James E. King, Brian M. Somers, Brian J. Gillespie