Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Mathias

Daniel R. Mathias 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).

  • 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