Patents by Inventor Hsiao-Fen Lu

Hsiao-Fen Lu 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).

  • Patent number: 10311067
    Abstract: A method for classifying and searching data includes marking classifications on a plurality of records according to data comprised by root cause fields or comment fields of the records; generating an index according to data comprised by synopsis fields of the records; marking weights on the records according to categories of data comprised by the synopsis fields of the records; utilizing the index for searching a plurality of corresponding records from the records according to a keyword; and selecting a plurality of related records from the corresponding records according to the weights of the corresponding records, and listing the classifications of the related records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu
  • Publication number: 20170154046
    Abstract: A method for classifying and searching data includes marking classifications on a plurality of records according to data comprised by root cause fields or comment fields of the records; generating an index according to data comprised by synopsis fields of the records; marking weights on the records according to categories of data comprised by the synopsis fields of the records; utilizing the index for searching a plurality of corresponding records from the records according to a keyword; and selecting a plurality of related records from the corresponding records according to the weights of the corresponding records, and listing the classifications of the related records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Patent number: 8935509
    Abstract: A Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) controlling method includes the steps of dividing a memory of a BMC into an original region and customized region, in which the original region includes at least one original sensor data record (SDR) and original platform event filter (PEF) corresponding to each other; providing an instruction set to at least one external system, in which the external system manages at least one customized SDR and customized PEF corresponding to each other in the customized region through the instruction set; polling the original SDR in the original region and the customized SDR in the customized region; determining whether values of the SDRs obtained through polling conform to a plurality of critical values individually corresponding to the SDRs; and obtaining a processing policy according to the corresponding PEF when at least one value of the SDR does not conform to the corresponding critical value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chih Wei Chen, Hsiao Fen Lu
  • Publication number: 20120136498
    Abstract: A rack server system includes a plurality of servers, a plurality of cooling modules, a power supply device, and a monitoring management module. Each of the servers includes a sensor so that the sensor can provide the temperature information of each of the servers to the monitoring management module. The power supply device includes a plurality of power supply modules. Furthermore, the monitoring management module includes a processor, a management network switch, and a peripheral control interface. The processor is operable to obtain a power consumption from each of the servers through the management network and a temperature information from the sensor. The processor is operable to turn on some of the power supply modules and control the cooling modules through the peripheral control interface based on a total power consumption of the servers and the is temperature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20120110308
    Abstract: A Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) controlling method includes the steps of dividing a memory of a BMC into an original region and customized region, in which the original region includes at least one original sensor data record (SDR) and original platform event filter (PEF) corresponding to each other; providing an instruction set to at least one external system, in which the external system manages at least one customized SDR and customized PEF corresponding to each other in the customized region through the instruction set; polling the original SDR in the original region and the customized SDR in the customized region; determining whether values of the SDRs obtained through polling conform to a plurality of critical values individually corresponding to the SDRs; and obtaining a processing policy according to the corresponding PEF when at least one value of the SDR does not conform to the corresponding critical value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih Wei Chen, Hsiao Fen Lu
  • Publication number: 20120110389
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a storage device state signal by using a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) includes defining a sensor monitored by the BMC, in which the value of the sensor indicates the state of a storage device; converting the storage device state signal generated by a storage device controller into an electric signal by using a hardware coding method; and reading the electric signal and appointing the read value of the electric signal as the value of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih Wei Chen, Hsiao Fen Lu
  • Patent number: 8078702
    Abstract: A method for detecting a node of a server device includes the following steps. When a node performing a boot procedure at a server slot is detected, a serial number of the node and a slot ID of the server slot are obtained. Then, a step is performed to determine whether the serial number exists in a first data row of a comparison list, and whether the first data row is corresponding to the slot ID. When the first data row is not corresponding to the slot ID, a data address recorded in the first data row is moved to a second data row corresponding to the slot ID. When not existing in the first data row, the serial number is used to update a third data row corresponding to the slot ID, and the data pointed by a data address recorded in the third data row are deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu
  • Publication number: 20110119424
    Abstract: A server management system is provided. The server management system includes a plurality of motherboards, a baseboard, a bus, a first and a second sensor. The baseboard comprises a central control chip to generate a specific instruction. The bus is positioned on the baseboard. The motherboards are connected to the baseboard. Each of the motherboards includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) having an instruction-processing module used to receive the specific instruction through the bus and executes the specific instruction. The first sensor is connected to the central control chip and the second sensor is connected to the BMC. The instruction-processing module retrieves a first state of the first sensor from the central control chip to the BMC and retrieves a second state of the second sensor from the BMC to the central control chip according to the specific instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20110119529
    Abstract: A virtual hard disk drive includes at least one test transmission interface and a processing unit, wherein the test transmission interface is used for electrically connecting with the processing unit. The test transmission interface can electrically connect with a transmission interface under test of a computer. The processing unit includes an obtaining module and a simulation module. When an access instruction is received through the test transmission interface from the transmission interface under test of the computer, the obtaining module obtains a number of accessed blocks from the access instruction. The simulation module simulates a step of accessing a set of accessed data with the number of accessed blocks with respect to the transmission interface under test via the test transmission interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20110119662
    Abstract: A method for updating firmware of an embedded system includes the following steps: a firmware update instruction for updating the firmware of the embedded system according to a firmware image is received. Wherein, the embedded system includes a memory and a storage unit. The firmware of the embedded system is stored in the storage unit. The firmware image is divided into several partition images. Several available blocks are obtained from the memory. The partition images are stored into the available blocks. Information of the partition images stored in the available blocks is recorded into an image information table. The partition images are obtained from the memory according to the image information table. The firmware of the embedded system is overwritten by the partition images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20110119410
    Abstract: A server system is provided. The server system includes a baseboard and a plurality of motherboards. The baseboard includes a baseboard management controller (BMC). The motherboards are connected to the baseboard. Each of the motherboards comprises at least one sensor and a signal-processing unit. The sensor is used to sense a status of the motherboard. The signal-processing unit is used to update a status record according to the sensor. The signal-processing unit further transmits the status record to the BMC. The BMC transmits a control signal to the signal-processing unit to control the sensor through the signal-processing unit according to the status record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Patent number: 7904653
    Abstract: A disk order examining system for a dual-controller redundant storage device and method thereof, implementing in a dual-controller redundant device with a master controller and a slave controller. Examining if the linkage orders of the disks to the master controller are the same as those of the slave controller by sequentially writing random values into each disk of a disk concatenation, and then reading out to discriminate their sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu
  • Publication number: 20110029646
    Abstract: A method for detecting a node of a server device includes the following steps. When a node performing a boot procedure at a server slot is detected, a serial number of the node and a slot ID of the server slot are obtained. Then, a step is performed to determine whether the serial number exists in a first data row of a comparison list, and whether the first data row is corresponding to the slot ID. When the first data row is not corresponding to the slot ID, a data address recorded in the first data row is moved to a second data row corresponding to the slot ID. When not existing in the first data row, the serial number is used to update a third data row corresponding to the slot ID, and the data pointed by a data address recorded in the third data row are deleted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20110029633
    Abstract: A server device and a method for remote controlling the server device and the server device are provided. The server device includes a plurality of nodes which are electrically connected to each other. In the method for remote controlling the server device, each of the nodes is first set to a common mode. When a first node among the nodes is logged in by a remote end, the first node enters a master mode from the common mode, and a plurality of second nodes among the rest of the nodes are notified to enter a slave mode from the common mode and can only be controlled by the first node, and then, the first node collects data of all of the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20100241801
    Abstract: A method for backing up data of a server machine is provided. The server machine owns an operating system in which a kernel layer and an application layer are defined. When the application layer requests a backup agent at the kernel layer to back up data in the server machine to another server machine, the backup agent first requests the kernel layer to duplicate the data and put the data to a buffer at the kernel layer, and thereafter the backup agent requests the kernel layer to directly read the data from the buffer and transmit the data to the another server machine without being required to send the data back to the application layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20100125627
    Abstract: A download system is disclosed, which includes a server having a download server unit, a network device, and at least one computer. Each computer has a download agent unit respectively, and the computers are communicating with the server via the network device. A download request monitored in the computer is transferred to the server, and the download request is executed in the server. A download method thereof is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20100125752
    Abstract: A system for auto-operating backup firmware I disclosed, which includes a baseboard management controller, a first BIOS ROM, a second BIOS ROM, and an inverter. The baseboard management controller has an I/O pin. The first BIOS ROM is electrically connected to the I/O pin of the baseboard management controller. The inverter is electrically connected to the I/O pin, and the second BIOS ROM is electrically connected to the inverter. A method for auto-operating backup firmware is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20100125748
    Abstract: A remote data access device and a remote data access method are provided. The remote data access device comprises: a storing module, a first controller and a second controller. The first controller comprises a first odd and a first even access queue. The second controller comprises a second odd and a second even access queue. The first and the second controller have the same MAC and IP addresses. The first and the second odd access queues receive the same odd remote access requests and the first and the second even access queues receive the same even remote access requests, the first controller performs a data access operation on the storing module according to the odd remote access requests in the first odd access queue and the second controller perform a data access operation on the storing module according to the even remote access requests in the second even access queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20100125726
    Abstract: A thin client host wakeup method to switch a thin client host from a sleep mode back to an active mode, wherein the thin client host wakeup method comprises the steps of: receiving a wake on LAN packet to generate a wakeup interrupt; determining, a storing module of the thin client host having a sleep flag; generating a trigger signal to the power module to activate the power module; electrically connecting the power module to a power switch; and retrieving a former system status and switching the thin client host from the sleep mode back to the active mode according to the former system status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU
  • Publication number: 20100037231
    Abstract: A method for reading/writing data in a multithread system is disclosed. The method includes providing an unprocessed command number of a read/write command waiting queue; providing an expectation read/write thread number according to the unprocessed command number; comparing the expectation read/write thread number with a present read/write thread number; and equalizing the expectation read/write thread number and the present read/write thread number by newly-generating or deleting a read/write thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Chih-Wei CHEN, Hsiao-Fen LU