Patents by Inventor J. Martin Wilde

J. Martin Wilde 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).

  • Device information collection and error detection in a pre-boot environment of a computer system
    Publication number: 20040267708
    Abstract: A method and system to collect device information and detect errors in devices of a computer system in a pre-boot environment. The firmware of the computer system queries a plurality of devices for health data during the pre-boot phase of the computer system. The firmware provides a pre-boot device manager based on the health data received from the plurality of devices. The pre-boot device manager enables a user to reconfigure the devices during the pre-boot phase. In one embodiment, the firmware of the computer system operates in accordance with the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) framework standard to collect device information and detect device errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Michael A. Rothman, Vincent J. Zimmer, J. Martin Wilde