Patents by Inventor Gary L. Becker

Gary L. Becker 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 for operating a server system including determining the power supplied by one of a plurality of power supplies by measuring voltage on a load share signal line
    Patent number: 7152174
    Abstract: The specification may disclose a system and related method for control of a server system that may include determining the amount of power delivered in a system utilizing redundant power supplies based on a measurement of the voltage of load share signals between those power supplies, and then allowing additional servers installed in the server system to power-on only if the amount of power required for the combined servers does not exceed the maximum available power or exceed the power required for a certain type of redundant power supply operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.
    Inventors: David B. Needham, Gary L. Becker, James R. Rodgers, Jr., Jun Lin
  • Method and apparatus for operating a server system
    Publication number: 20040174642
    Abstract: The specification may disclose a system and related method for control of a server system that may include determining the amount of power delivered in a system utilizing redundant power supplies based on a measurement of the voltage of load share signals between those power supplies, and then allowing additional servers installed in the server system to power-on only if the amount of power required for the combined servers does not exceed the maximum available power or exceed the power required for a certain type of redundant power supply operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: David B. Needham, Gary L. Becker, James R. Rodgers, Jun Lin