Patents by Inventor Danial V. Zilavy

Danial V. Zilavy 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).

  • Apparatus and method for selectively mapping proper boot image to processors of heterogeneous computer systems
    Patent number: 7363484
    Abstract: A machine-readable identification register is provided on each cell of a cellular computer system. The identification register is read during system startup to identify a processor type, which may include an instruction set architecture (ISA), associated with the cell. The processor type information is used to ensure that a compatible boot image is provided to processors of the cell. In another embodiment, the system management subsystem has a version selection flag. When the version selection flag is in a first state, the compatible boot image provided to processors of the cell is a current boot image; with the selection flag in a second state the compatible boot image provided to processors of the cell is an older edition of the boot image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Ryan Davis, Russ William Herrell, David R. Maciorowski, Paul J. Mantey, Michael D. Young, Danial V. Zilavy