Patents by Inventor Carl L. First

Carl L. First 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 to provide secure communication
    Patent number: 7457953
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus and method to provide authentication and secure communication is provided. In one example, the method may include transmitting machine credentials of a first device, wherein the machine credentials are used to authenticate the first device so that the first device is able to communicate with a second device after the first device transitions from a first power state to a second power state in response to a command received by the first device from another device, wherein power consumption of the first device in the first power state is less than the power consumption of the first device in the second power state. The first device may be used in either a wired or wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carl L. First, Jesse R. Walker
  • Bios-level incident response system and method
    Patent number: 7340594
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for depicting and responding to systematic problems and/or incidents in computing devices at a Basic Input/Output System level are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carl L. First, Morris E. Jones
  • Computer system maintenance and diagnostics techniques
    Patent number: 7290172
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to computer system maintenance and/or diagnostics are described. In an embodiment, maintenance and diagnostics operations may be performed on a computer system during power-down modes, e.g., without disturbing the pre-power-down state of the computer system. In another embodiment, a request may be provided to perform a maintenance operation on a computer system in response to a power-down state of the computer system. Also, some contents of a state of the computer system may be stored in a memory in response to the at least some contents not previously having been backed-up in accordance with one embodiment. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Carl L. First, Morris E. Jones
  • System including real-time data communication features
    Patent number: 7099961
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a system includes a direct memory access (DMA) engine to move data on a real time basis and a communication front-end to transmit and receive the data. In another embodiment, the system may also include a medium access control (MAC) to control transmission and reception of the data and that may be partitioned or divided according to response times to carry out selected functions. Other embodiments of the invention are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Sethi, Carl L. First, Krishnan Rajamani
  • System including real-time data communication features
    Patent number: 6865622
    Abstract: A system includes a direct memory access (DMA) engine to move data on a real time basis and a communication front-end to transmit and receive the data. In another embodiment, the system may also include a medium access control (MAC) to control transmission and reception of the data and that may be partitioned or divided according to response times to carry out selected functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Sethi, Carl L. First, Krishnan Rajamani
  • System including real-time data communication features
    Publication number: 20030212839
    Abstract: A system includes a direct memory access (DMA) engine to move data on a real time basis and a communication front-end to transmit and receive the data. In another embodiment, the system may also include a medium access control (MAC) to control transmission and reception of the data and that may be partitioned or divided according to response times to carry out selected functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Sethi, Carl L. First, Krishnan Rajamani