Patents by Inventor Gregory A. Havenga

Gregory A. Havenga 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).

  • Systems and methods for executing and verifying system firmware update before committing firmware update to motherboard
    Patent number: 11221842
    Abstract: A method may include, during a boot of an information handling system: determining, based on settings stored in non-volatile memory of the information handling system, whether to perform pre-commit execution of a firmware update image prior to committing the firmware update image to a motherboard of the information handling system, and responsive to determining to perform pre-commit execution, load the firmware update image from a basic input/output system partition of a storage resource of the information handling system and execute the firmware update image in lieu of a firmware image stored on the motherboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Allen C. Wynn, Ibrahim Sayyed, Carl C. McAdams, Gregory A. Havenga, Ruhull A. Bhuiyan
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING AND VERIFYING SYSTEM FIRMWARE UPDATE BEFORE COMMITTING FIRMWARE UPDATE TO MOTHERBOARD
    Publication number: 20210334087
    Abstract: A method may include, during a boot of an information handling system: determining, based on settings stored in non-volatile memory of the information handling system, whether to perform pre-commit execution of a firmware update image prior to committing the firmware update image to a motherboard of the information handling system, and responsive to determining to perform pre-commit execution, load the firmware update image from a basic input/output system partition of a storage resource of the information handling system and execute the firmware update image in lieu of a firmware image stored on the motherboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Allen C. WYNN, Ibrahim SAYYED, Carl C. MCADAMS, Gregory A. HAVENGA, Ruhull A. BHUIYAN
  • Apparatus and method for diagnostic use of BIOS attributes to remediate configuration issues
    Patent number: 10877845
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores Power-On Self Test (POST) code, diagnostic code, and remediation code. The POST code determines whether an error occurred while booting the information handling system. If an error occurred, the diagnostic code determines whether the error is associated with a configuration setting of the information handling system being in a first state. If the error is associated with the configuration setting being in the first state, the remediation code changes the first configuration setting from the first state to a second state, and reboots the information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Chris E. Pepper, Gregory A. Havenga, Michael J. Landrus
  • Apparatus and Method for Diagnostic use of BIOS Attributes to Remediate Configuration Issues
    Publication number: 20200042391
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device stores Power-On Self Test (POST) code, diagnostic code, and remediation code. The POST code determines whether an error occurred while booting the information handling system. If an error occurred, the diagnostic code determines whether the error is associated with a configuration setting of the information handling system being in a first state. If the error is associated with the configuration setting being in the first state, the remediation code changes the first configuration setting from the first state to a second state, and reboots the information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Chris E. Pepper, Gregory A. Havenga, Michael J. Landrus
  • Time delay and integration scanning using a CCD imager
    Patent number: 9402042
    Abstract: A method for operating a focal plane array in a Time Delay Integration (TDI) mode, the method including: shifting a number of rows during TDI integration, wherein the number of rows shifted is less than a total number of rows of the focal plane array; and reading out a number of rows equal to the total number of rows of the focal plane array minus the number of rows shifted, leaving behind the partially-integrated rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Thorlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Parker, Jason Mills, Ash Prabala, Frank Armstrong, Jeffrey Erickson, Gregory Havenga, Charles Taylor, William Ratdke
  • TIME DELAY AND INTEGRATION SCANNING USING A CCD IMAGER
    Publication number: 20140104468
    Abstract: A method for operating a focal plane array in a Time Delay Integration (TDI) mode, the method including: shifting a number of rows during TDI integration, wherein the number of rows shifted is less than a total number of rows of the focal plane array; and reading out a number of rows equal to the total number of rows of the focal plane array minus the number of rows shifted, leaving behind the partially-integrated rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Thorlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Parker, Jason Mills, Ash Prabala, Frank Armstrong, Jeffrey Erickson, Gregory Havenga, Charles Taylor, William Ratdke