Patents by Inventor Cemil J. Ayvaz

Cemil J. Ayvaz 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).

  • Authentication using lights-out management credentials
    Patent number: 9218462
    Abstract: A method includes upon receiving a request from a user to perform an operation on a device that is running under an operating system, authenticating the user on the basis of credential data that is retrieved from a data storage unit that is associated with a lights-out management (LOM) capability of the device. If authentication of the user is successful, the user is enabled to perform the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Cemil J Ayvaz, Jorge Daniel Cisneros, Lee A Preimesberger
  • Firmware Package to Modify Active Firmware
    Publication number: 20150019800
    Abstract: A computing device includes a non-volatile storage component with a first portion to include active firmware for components of the computing device and a second portion to include a firmware package to modify the active firmware. The computing device installs firmware from the firmware package and determines if the firmware is successfully installed before proceeding to install subsequent firmware from the firmware package. The computing device uninstalls the firmware package to restore the active firmware if a firmware from the firmware package fails to install.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
    Inventors: Eric A Ramirez, Cemil J Ayvaz, Lee A Preimesberger
  • AUTHENTICATION USING LIGHTS-OUT MANAGEMENT CREDENTIALS
    Publication number: 20130291064
    Abstract: A method includes upon receiving a request from a user to perform an operation on a device that is running under an operating system, authenticating the user on the basis of credential data that is retrieved from a data storage unit that is associated with a lights-out management (LOM) capability of the device. If authentication of the user is successful, the user is enabled to perform the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Cemil J. Ayvaz, Jorge Daniel Cisneros, Lee A. Preimesberger