Patents by Inventor James Steven Burns

James Steven Burns 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).

  • System and apparatus to improve boot speed in serial peripheral interface system using a baseboard management controller
    Patent number: 9098302
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to improve system boot speed. A disclosed example method includes associating a first serial peripheral interface (SPI) with a baseboard management controller (BMC), copying an image from the first SPI to a volatile memory in response to receiving power at the BMC, and in response to receiving an access request associated with the first SPI, providing access to the image stored in the volatile memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Swanson, Mallik Bulusu, Palsamy Sakthikumar, Ramamurthy Krithivas, James Steven Burns
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM BOOT SPEED
    Publication number: 20140006764
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed to improve system boot speed. A disclosed example method includes associating a first serial peripheral interface (SPI) with a baseboard management controller (BMC), copying an image from the first SPI to a volatile memory in response to receiving power at the BMC, and in response to receiving an access request associated with the first SPI, providing access to the image stored in the volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Swanson, Mallik Bulusu, Palsamy Sakthikumar, Ramamurthy Krithivas, James Steven Burns