Patents by Inventor Howelle Blaine Summers

Howelle Blaine Summers 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).

  • Graphical customization of a firmware-provided user interface (UI)
    Patent number: 10540151
    Abstract: A firmware provides a setup browser that generates a setup menu. An internal forms representation of setup data for rendering the setup menu is converted to markup language (ML) setup data. The ML setup data is provided to an application that provides a GUI for defining a modified setup UI for the firmware. The application provides a graphical, drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG, UI through which a user can edit existing forms and controls, create new forms and controls, and specify default values and other properties. When a user modifies the setup menu using the application, customized ML setup data is generated that defines the modified setup UI. The customized ML setup data is used to create setup data that is stored in a firmware device for use by the setup browser with the internal format representation of setup data to render the modified setup UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: American Medatrends International, LLC
    Inventors: Stefano Righi, Feng Li, Madhan B. Santharam, Presanna Raman, Howelle Blaine Summers
  • Remote platform configuration
    Patent number: 10404538
    Abstract: Technologies are disclosed that allow the firmware of a remotely located target device to be configured. The target device can receive a command to reboot into a special remote setup mode for remote configuration. Once in the remote setup mode, the firmware listens for and can respond to HTTP requests for information on configurable data and instructions to update the configurable data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: American Megatrends International, LLC
    Inventors: Stefano Righi, Madhan B. Santharam, Howelle Blaine Summers
  • Remote platform configuration
    Patent number: 9632806
    Abstract: Technologies are disclosed that allow the firmware of a remotely located target device to be configured. The target device can receive a command to reboot into a special remote setup mode for remote configuration. Once in the remote setup mode, the firmware listens for and can respond to HTTP requests for information on configurable data and instructions to update the configurable data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: American Megatrends, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefano Righi, Madhan B. Santharam, Howelle Blaine Summers