Patents by Inventor Dean Charles Michaud

Dean Charles Michaud 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).

  • Bootability with multiple logical unit numbers
    Patent number: 9430250
    Abstract: Bootability of a computer system with multiple LUNs. A flash device powers-on into a default LUN, from which the system boots, maintaining any other LUNs unavailable. The first LUN reconfigures the system to remove itself as the available LUN, to load a second LUN as the only available LUN, and to reboot the computer system into the newly available second LUN. The second LUN reconfigures the system to load any additional LUNs, such as removable storage on the flash drive. Upon reconfiguration, the system includes multiple LUNs. The second LUN includes an interpolated LUN driver, which exposes additional LUNs before operation of other device drivers. The interpolated LUN driver takes control during boot-up, exposing any available LUNs before the regular environment's operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Kingston Digital, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Dean Charles Michaud
  • BOOTABILITY WITH MULTIPLE LOGICAL UNIT NUMBERS
    Publication number: 20140156982
    Abstract: Bootability of a computer system with multiple LUNs. A flash device powers-on into a default LUN, from which the system boots, maintaining any other LUNs unavailable. The first LUN reconfigures the system to remove itself as the available LUN, to load a second LUN as the only available LUN, and to reboot the computer system into the newly available second LUN. The second LUN reconfigures the system to load any additional LUNs, such as removable storage on the flash drive. Upon reconfiguration, the system includes multiple LUNs. The second LUN includes an interpolated LUN driver, which exposes additional LUNs before operation of other device drivers. The interpolated LUN driver takes control during boot-up, exposing any available LUNs before the regular environment's operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Laurence Hamid, Dean Charles Michaud