Patents by Inventor Donald Richard Tillery, Jr.

Donald Richard Tillery, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 11734019
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple addresses of a volatile memory medium VMM of an information handling system (IHS); for each IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair of multiple IHS initialization executable/OS executable pairs: retrieve, from a first non-volatile memory medium (NVMM), an IHS initialization executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair; copy, by the IHS initialization executable, an OS executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair from the first NVMM to the VMM; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; store, by the subroutine, an address associated with the OS executable via a data structure stored by the VMM; and copy, by a first OS executable, the OS executable from the VMM to a second NVMM based at least on the address associated with the OS executable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Justin Walter Johnson, Dongli Wu
  • Patent number: 11675619
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple network resource addresses via a volatile memory medium; for each information handling system (IHS) initialization executable of multiple IHS initialization executables: retrieve, from a non-volatile memory medium, the IHS initialization executable; execute the IHS initialization executable via an environment associated with IHS firmware; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; and store, by the subroutine, a network resource address associated with an operating system (OS) executable via command line arguments, where the command line arguments are stored via a data structure in the volatile memory medium; and for each network resource address of the command line arguments: retrieve, based at least on the network resource address, an OS executable associated with the network resource address from another IHS via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Sai Sivakumar Dhakshinamurthy, Dongli Wu
  • Publication number: 20220237023
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple network resource addresses via a volatile memory medium; for each information handling system (IHS) initialization executable of multiple IHS initialization executables: retrieve, from a non-volatile memory medium, the IHS initialization executable; execute the IHS initialization executable via an environment associated with IHS firmware; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; and store, by the subroutine, a network resource address associated with an operating system (OS) executable via command line arguments, where the command line arguments are stored via a data structure in the volatile memory medium; and for each network resource address of the command line arguments: retrieve, based at least on the network resource address, an OS executable associated with the network resource address from another IHS via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: DONALD RICHARD TILLERY, JR., BRIJESH KUMAR MISHRA, SAI SIVAKUMAR DHAKSHINAMURTHY, DONGLI WU
  • Patent number: 11340937
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple network resource addresses via a volatile memory medium; for each information handling system (IHS) initialization executable of multiple IHS initialization executables: retrieve, from a non-volatile memory medium, the IHS initialization executable; execute the IHS initialization executable via an environment associated with IHS firmware; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; and store, by the subroutine, a network resource address associated with an operating system (OS) executable via command line arguments, where the command line arguments are stored via a data structure in the volatile memory medium; and for each network resource address of the command line arguments: retrieve, based at least on the network resource address, an OS executable associated with the network resource address from another IHS via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Sai Sivakumar Dhakshinamurthy, Dongli Wu
  • Publication number: 20220113983
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple addresses of a volatile memory medium VMM of an information handling system (IHS); for each IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair of multiple IHS initialization executable/OS executable pairs: retrieve, from a first non-volatile memory medium (NVMM), an IHS initialization executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair; copy, by the IHS initialization executable, an OS executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair from the first NVMM to the VMM; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; store, by the subroutine, an address associated with the OS executable via a data structure stored by the VMM; and copy, by a first OS executable, the OS executable from the VMM to a second NVMM based at least on the address associated with the OS executable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: DONALD RICHARD TILLERY, JR., BRIJESH KUMAR MISHRA, JUSTIN WALTER JOHNSON, DONGLI WU
  • Patent number: 11237839
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple addresses of a volatile memory medium VMM of an information handling system (IHS); for each IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair of multiple IHS initialization executable/OS executable pairs: retrieve, from a first non-volatile memory medium (NVMM), an IHS initialization executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair; copy, by the IHS initialization executable, an OS executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair from the first NVMM to the VMM; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; store, by the subroutine, an address associated with the OS executable via a data structure stored by the VMM; and copy, by a first OS executable, the OS executable from the VMM to a second NVMM based at least on the address associated with the OS executable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Brijesh Kumar Mishra, Justin Walter Johnson, Dongli Wu
  • Publication number: 20210406063
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple network resource addresses via a volatile memory medium; for each information handling system (IHS) initialization executable of multiple IHS initialization executables: retrieve, from a non-volatile memory medium, the IHS initialization executable; execute the IHS initialization executable via an environment associated with IHS firmware; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; and store, by the subroutine, a network resource address associated with an operating system (OS) executable via command line arguments, where the command line arguments are stored via a data structure in the volatile memory medium; and for each network resource address of the command line arguments: retrieve, based at least on the network resource address, an OS executable associated with the network resource address from another IHS via a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: DONALD RICHARD TILLERY, JR., BRIJESH KUMAR MISHRA, SAI SIVAKUMAR DHAKSHINAMURTHY, DONGLI WU
  • Publication number: 20210397458
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more methods may: register a subroutine configured to store multiple addresses of a volatile memory medium VMM of an information handling system (IHS); for each IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair of multiple IHS initialization executable/OS executable pairs: retrieve, from a first non-volatile memory medium (NVMM), an IHS initialization executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair; copy, by the IHS initialization executable, an OS executable of the IHS initialization executable/OS executable pair from the first NVMM to the VMM; call, by the IHS initialization executable, the subroutine; store, by the subroutine, an address associated with the OS executable via a data structure stored by the VMM; and copy, by a first OS executable, the OS executable from the VMM to a second NVMM based at least on the address associated with the OS executable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: DONALD RICHARD TILLERY, JR., BRIJESH KUMAR MISHRA, JUSTIN WALTER JOHNSON, DONGLI WU
  • Publication number: 20150317263
    Abstract: A system includes a processor, memory coupled to the processor by way of an interconnect, and monitoring hardware coupled to the interconnect. The memory operates at least at a first and second performance point where the first performance point has a higher performance than the second performance point. The monitoring hardware monitors transactions on the interconnect to a detect usage level of the interconnect and transmits an indication of the detected usage level to control logic. Based on the detected usage level being above a first threshold, the control logic causes the memory to operate at the first performance point. Based on the detected usage level being below a second threshold, the control logic causes the memory to operate at the second performance point. The second threshold is equal to or less than the first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: David Joseph DERRICK, Donald Richard TILLERY, JR., Patrick Claude TITIANO
  • Patent number: 7460135
    Abstract: In a method and system for controlling rotation of a color image stored as sub-sampled image data in a memory, a controller includes a finite state machine (FSM) operable to fetch the sub-sampled image data and provide the sub-sampled data as a plurality of pixels to form the color image having a predefined angle of rotation. The FSM provides a predefined address of sub-sampled image data describing the color image stored in the memory to an addressing unit. The addressing unit is operable to read twice the sub-sampled image data located at the predefined address. A memory device is operable to push each read instance of the sub-sampled image data. A pipeline controlled by the FSM is operable to pull and selectively read the sub-sampled image data from the memory device for generating the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Shepherd, Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Nishanth Rajan
  • Patent number: 7280116
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for preprocessing video display pixel data. A preprocessor is provided with a selectable gamma correction mode and a selectable palette lookup mode. In palette lookup mode, a LUT memory area is used for performing a palette lookup for each of the red, green, and blue components of video pixel data, concatenating the paletted red, green, and blue components, and outputting paletted preprocessed pixel data. In gamma correction mode, the preprocessor uses the same LUT memory area for performing gamma correction on each of the red, green, and blue components of video pixel data, concatenating the gamma-corrected red, green, and blue components, and outputting a gamma-corrected preprocessed pixel data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas J. Shepherd, Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Moslema Sharif, Alok Mishra
  • Patent number: 6992679
    Abstract: A visual display is provided on a data processing apparatus by storing and retrieving display information. The display information is stored by receiving write access addresses (33), translating the write access addresses into write memory addresses (15) and using the write memory addresses to store the display information (11). The read operation includes providing read access addresses (37), translating the read access addresses into memory read addresses (19) and using the memory read addresses to retrieve the display information (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Franck Seigneret, Jean Noel, Jeffrey Taylor
  • Patent number: 6385566
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed in which multiple components make demands on a common resource, such as a common memory. When it is desirable to change certain operating parameters of a component, an algorithm is performed which determines whether the common resource can support the new operating parameters. The algorithm first determines the worst case operating environment and then evaluates whether the common resource can support the worst case situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Richard Tillery, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6032201
    Abstract: The inventive system provides the correct device driver name about a currently installed device to a software program. The system works with the Microsoft.RTM. Windows.RTM. plug and play capable operating system. The system uses the system registry, has device information about every device which has ever been installed on the system to provide the driver name. The SYSTEM.INI is not updated by the plug and play subsystem, such that if a previously installed device is reinstalled, the SYSTEM.INI file is not updated, and hence it will hold invalid information. The inventive system substitutes a reference to a proxy in place of the invalid information in the SYSTEM.INI file. Thus, when the program queries the system file for information about the device driver, it instead activates the proxy, which in turn supplies a reference to the correct device driver by using the configuration manager program to scan the system registry to locate the correct driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Richard Tillery, Jr., Michael Andrew Yonker, Ryan Vaughn Bissell
  • Patent number: 5808629
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for controlling tearing in a display control system which includes first and second buffers, with input of data to a selected one of the buffers controlled by an input pointer and output of data from a selected one of the buffers controlled by an output pointer. Data is first input into the first buffer and substantially simultaneously data is output from the first buffer. The output pointer is then toggled such that data is input into the first buffer and output from the second buffer. Next, the input pointer is toggled, such that it is input into the second buffer and data is output from the second buffer. The output pointer is again toggled such that data is output from the first buffer and input into the second buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Marshal Nally, Donald Richard Tillery, Jr.