Patents by Inventor C. P. Vijay Kumar

C. P. Vijay Kumar 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).

  • Kernel configuration recovery
    Patent number: 7467328
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for kernel configurations. One embodiment includes a kernel configuration tool, a system file accessible by the kernel configuration tool, and means for recovering kernel configurations without the use of a manually creating a “known good post update” kernel configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven T. Roth, Aswin Chandramouleeswaran, C. P. Vijay Kumar, Douglas K. Eldred, Lisa M. Nishiyama, Arun Krishna
  • Management of Kernel configurations for nodes in a clustered system
    Publication number: 20080263183
    Abstract: Various approaches for managing kernel configuration files in a cluster computing arrangement are disclosed. In one approach, a first set of kernel configuration files are installed networked storage, and a first node is booted using the first set of kernel configuration files. A copy of the first set of kernel configuration files is stored in networked storage as a default kernel configuration in response to an administrator initiated first operation. In response to an administrator-initiated second operation a copy of the default kernel configuration is stored as a second set of kernel configuration files for a second node of the cluster. The second node is booted with the second set of kernel configuration files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Lisa Midori Nishiyama, C.P. Vijay Kumar, Steven Roth, Harshavardhan R. Kuntur
  • Moving kernel configurations
    Patent number: 7392374
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for kernel configurations. One embodiment includes a kernel configuration tool, a system file accessible by the kernel configuration tool, and means for automatically detecting and moving a kernel configuration in association with boot and shutdown routines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran, Lisa M. Nishiyama, Steven T. Roth, C. P. Vijay Kumar, Naomi A. Munekawa
  • Transactional kernel configuration
    Patent number: 7260712
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for transactional kernel configuration. One embodiment includes a kernel configuration tool, a system file accessible by the kernel configuration tool, and program instructions executable by the kernel configuration tool to immediately and persistently apply kernel configuration changes a manner that ensures a transactional kernel configuration change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran, Steven T. Roth, C. P. Vijay Kumar, Daniel R. Mathias, Harshavardhan R. Kuntur
  • Method and apparatus for kernel module testing
    Patent number: 6950962
    Abstract: A method for testing a service that provides interface functions having no user space interaction and that is runs in a kernel space of an operating system. The method includes loading into the kernel space a dynamically loadable kernel module (DLKM) containing a pseudo device driver having interface commands corresponding to the interface functions of the service to be tested, invoking the interface commands to exercise the interface functions to be tested, and unloading the DLKM module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Mathias, C. P. Vijay Kumar
  • Method and apparatus for kernel module testing
    Publication number: 20030074604
    Abstract: A method for testing a service that provides interface functions having no user space interaction and that is runs in a kernel space of an operating system. The method includes loading into the kernel space a dynamically loadable kernel module (DLKM) containing a pseudo device driver having interface commands corresponding to the interface functions of the service to be tested, invoking the interface commands to exercise the interface functions to be tested, and unloading the DLKM module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel R. Mathias, C.P. Vijay Kumar