Patents by Inventor Emmett R. Uber

Emmett R. Uber 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).

  • Modular bios for detecting resources of a system and reporting information about the resources during two separate phases
    Patent number: 6986035
    Abstract: A technique that is usable with a computer system includes, in response to a startup phase of the computer system in which a system memory of the computer system is not initialized for data storage, detecting a resource of the computer system. Information about the resource reported in response to a second phase of the computer system in which the system memory is initialized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Williams A. Stevens, Jr., Robert P. Hale, Emmett R. Uber
  • Platform level initialization using an image generated automatically by a remote server based upon description automatically generated and transmitted thereto by a processor-based system
    Patent number: 6816963
    Abstract: Processor-based systems may be initialized through a network connection so that the systems may be booted using the latest available software. A description of a client processor-based system may be developed and provided to a remote server. The remote server may then develop the necessary firmware for initializing the system, given the latest, updates for example. The firmware may initialize the system in an operating system independent fashion. The server may provide that software to the client to enable the client to efficiently boot, for example without unnecessarily tying up storage on the client. In addition, because the boot initialization routines were acquired from the server, which may be periodically updated, the client may have immediate access to the most up-to-date initialization routines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ramamurthy Krithivas, Emmett R. Uber
  • Modular BIOS
    Publication number: 20040025001
    Abstract: A technique that is usable with a computer system includes, in response to a startup phase of the computer system in which a system memory of the computer system is not initialized for data storage, detecting a resource of the computer system. Information about the resource reported in response to a second phase of the computer system in which the system memory is initialized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Williams A. Stevens, Robert P. Hale, Emmett R. Uber