Patents by Inventor Douglas D. Boom
Douglas D. Boom 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).
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Patent number: 9766971Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with causing a physical layer (PHY) device are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a memory device to store one or more activity lists associated with one or more external PHY devices, external to the apparatus, including the first external PHY device. The apparatus may further include a processor, that executes an engine, to receive a request for performance of the operation by the first external PHY device, identify an activity list associated with the first external PHY device from the one or more activity lists, identify an activity to effectuate performance of the operation from the activity list associated with the first external PHY device and cause the first external PHY device to perform the operation in accordance with the activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Douglas D. Boom
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Publication number: 20170161139Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with causing a physical layer (PHY) device are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a memory device to store one or more activity lists associated with one or more external PHY devices, external to the apparatus, including the first external PHY device. The apparatus may further include a processor, that executes an engine, to receive a request for performance of the operation by the first external PHY device, identify an activity list associated with the first external PHY device from the one or more activity lists, identify an activity to effectuate performance of the operation from the activity list associated with the first external PHY device and cause the first external PHY device to perform the operation in accordance with the activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventor: Douglas D. Boom
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Patent number: 9502802Abstract: An apparatus and method for using conductive adhesive fibers as a data interface are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a first array of conductive adhesive fiber fastener pads configured for attachment to a first item; a second array of conductive adhesive fiber fastener pads configured for attachment to a second item, each pad of the first and second array being fabricated with a hook or loop removable fastener, each removable fastener being electrically conductive, the first array of pads being arranged to align with the second array of pads to create a plurality of independent electrical connections when the first item is removably attached to the second item, the plurality of independent electrical connections establishing a data interface connection between the first item and the second item.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Patrick Connor, Chris Pavlas
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Publication number: 20150380843Abstract: An apparatus and method for using conductive adhesive fibers as a data interface are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a first array of conductive adhesive fiber fastener pads configured for attachment to a first item; a second array of conductive adhesive fiber fastener pads configured for attachment to a second item, each pad of the first and second array being fabricated with a hook or loop removable fastener, each removable fastener being electrically conductive, the first array of pads being arranged to align with the second array of pads to create a plurality of independent electrical connections when the first item is removably attached to the second item, the plurality of independent electrical connections establishing a data interface connection between the first item and the second item.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Applicant: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Patrick Connor, Chris Pavals
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Patent number: 9164573Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention includes a multicore processor with a front end unit including a fetch unit to fetch instructions and a decode unit to decode the fetched instructions into decoded instructions, a first core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions, and a second core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions. The second core may have a second power consumption level greater than a power consumption level of the first core and also heterogeneous from the first core. The processor may further include an arbitration logic coupled to the first and second cores to enable the second core to begin execution responsive to a start processor instruction present in the front end unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Douglas D. Boom, Jordan J. Rodgers
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Patent number: 9009453Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Patent number: 8972710Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Patent number: 8943343Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention includes a multicoreprocessor with a front end unit including a fetch unit to fetch instructions and a decode unit to decode the fetched instructions into decoded instructions, a first core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions, and a second core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions. The second core may have a second power consumption level greater than a power consumption level of the first core and also heterogeneous from the first core. The processor may further include an arbitration logic coupled to the first and second cores to enable the second core to begin execution responsive to a start processor instruction present in the front end unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Douglas D. Boom, Jordan J. Rodgers
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Publication number: 20140089654Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Publication number: 20130346771Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention includes a multicore processor with a front end unit including a fetch unit to fetch instructions and a decode unit to decode the fetched instructions into decoded instructions, a first core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions, and a second core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions. The second core may have a second power consumption level greater than a power consumption level of the first core and also heterogeneous from the first core. The processor may further include an arbitration logic coupled to the first and second cores to enable the second core to begin execution responsive to a start processor instruction present in the front end unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Douglas D. Boom, Jordan J. Rodgers
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Publication number: 20130346778Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention includes a multicore processor with a front end unit including a fetch unit to fetch instructions and a decode unit to decode the fetched instructions into decoded instructions, a first core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions, and a second core coupled to the front end unit to independently execute at least some of the decoded instructions. The second core may have a second power consumption level greater than a power consumption level of the first core and also heterogeneous from the first core. The processor may further include an arbitration logic coupled to the first and second cores to enable the second core to begin execution responsive to a start processor instruction present in the front end unit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventors: Douglas D. Boom, Jordan J. Rodgers
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Patent number: 8560821Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Publication number: 20130080606Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Publication number: 20130080605Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Patent number: 8341392Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Publication number: 20120226896Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Patent number: 8190870Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom
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Patent number: 7962586Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments for updating a networked machine having at least a dormant state and an active state. In various embodiments, when the machine it is a dormant state, it listens to a network for candidate updates, that is, updates that may be applicable to the machine. In some embodiments, determining the candidate update is an applicable update for the machine may be based at least in part on a variety of reasons, including testing if it has already been applied, does not actually update some aspect of the machine, conflicts with an existing configuration of the machine, conflicts with a policy of the machine, etc. The machine may cache some or all of the candidate updates or applicable updates, where a variety of rationales or policies may be used to control update retention.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Elizabeth M. Kappler, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Publication number: 20100082841Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments for updating a networked machine having at least a dormant state and an active state. In various embodiments, when the machine it is a dormant state, it listens to a network for candidate updates, that is, updates that may be applicable to the machine. In some embodiments, determining the candidate update is an applicable update for the machine may be based at least in part on a variety of reasons, including testing if it has already been applied, does not actually update some aspect of the machine, conflicts with an existing configuration of the machine, conflicts with a policy of the machine, etc. The machine may cache some or all of the candidate updates or applicable updates, where a variety of rationales or policies may be used to control update retention.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Scott P. Dubal, Douglas D. Boom, Elizabeth M. Kappler, Mark V. Montecalvo
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Publication number: 20090249057Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending machine bus commands over a network, providing access to the network for a network device driver, and distinguishing between received responses to the machine bus commands and other network traffic corresponding to the network device driver. Loading of the bus-to-network device driver can occur in response to an operating system load of bus drivers. For example, the bus-to-network device driver can be an iSCSI driver, and the operating system load of bus drivers can be the operating system load of SCSI drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: David M. Lerner, Dave Matheny, Douglas D. Boom