Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Dunlap

Geoffrey Dunlap 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 capturing display characteristic information to achieve faster boot and resume of an information handling system
    Patent number: 7082529
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) stores display characteristics information of the last display coupled to the IHS prior to a boot or suspend/resume operation. Upon receipt of a boot or resume command, time is saved by the IHS using the last display characteristics information to activate the current display if the current display characteristics information is the same as the last display characteristics information. Otherwise, the display is reinitialized which consumes more time in the boot or resume process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Cantwell, Geoffrey Dunlap, Joe E. Goodart, Yuan-Chang Lo, Roy W. Stedman
  • Method and apparatus for capturing display characteristic information to achieve faster boot and resume of an information handling system
    Publication number: 20040215953
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) stores display characteristics information of the last display coupled to the IHS prior to a boot or suspend/resume operation. Upon receipt of a boot or resume command, time is saved by the IHS using the last display characteristics information to activate the current display if the current display characteristics information is the same as the last display characteristics information. Otherwise, the display is reinitialized which consumes more time in the boot or resume process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Cantwell, Geoffrey Dunlap, Joe E. Goodart, Yuan-Chang Lo, Roy W. Stedman