Patents by Inventor EDWIN J. POLE

EDWIN J. POLE 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).

  • Method and apparatus facilitating direct access to a serial ATA device by an autonomous subsystem
    Publication number: 20020087898
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating direct access to a serial Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) device by an autonomous subsystem in the absence of the main operating system (OS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: David S. Bormann, Chao-Hsin Chi, Frank P. Hart, Edwin J. Pole, Dong Tieu
  • MANAGING A SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE STATE
    Publication number: 20010003206
    Abstract: A system includes a component, a detector adapted to detect generation of a power management event, and a controller adapted to transition the component from a first performance mode to a lower activity state in response to the power management event. The controller is adapted to change a setting of the component to a second, different performance mode while the component is in the lower activity state. The power management event may be generated in response to a change in the system's power source, an over-temperature condition, or a user command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 1998
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventors: EDWIN J. POLE, SCOTT R. RUSHFORD, ERIC S. SWARTZENDRUBER, XIA DAI