Patents by Inventor Faisal A. Memon

Faisal A. Memon 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).

  • Management subsystem and method for discovering management device functions
    Patent number: 6941451
    Abstract: A management subsystem and method for discovering management device functions. A management subsystem includes a system controller coupled to a plurality of devices each configured to monitor system resources and a non-volatile storage device via a first communication path. The non-volatile storage device may store a plurality of functions associated with the devices. The system controller may access the non-volatile storage device during initialization and create a function list including assigning a unique identifier to each of the functions. The system controller may transmit the function list via a second communication path in response to receiving a request for the function list. Further, the system controller may obtain system management information from one of the devices by invoking a particular one of the functions in response to receiving a request including a particular unique identifier corresponding to the particular one of the functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Rudy, Richard E. Mortimer, Faisal A. Memon, David Tracey, Brian J. Gillespie
  • Management subsystem and method for discovering management device functions
    Publication number: 20040010636
    Abstract: A management subsystem and method for discovering management device functions. A management subsystem includes a system controller coupled to a plurality of devices each configured to monitor system resources and a non-volatile storage device via a first communication path. The non-volatile storage device may store a plurality of functions associated with the devices. The system controller may access the non-volatile storage device during initialization and create a function list including assigning a unique identifier to each of the functions. The system controller may transmit the function list via a second communication path in response to receiving a request for the function list. Further, the system controller may obtain system management information from one of the devices by invoking a particular one of the functions in response to receiving a request including a particular unique identifier corresponding to the particular one of the functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: David A. Rudy, Richard E. Mortimer, Faisal A. Memon, David Tracey, Brian J. Gillespie