Patents by Inventor Jeffrey R. Garner

Jeffrey R. Garner 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).

  • Basic input/output system (BIOS) device management
    Patent number: 11704197
    Abstract: A computing device includes a hardware switch that is activated when a primary Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a first BIOS chip of the device fails to load an Operating System (OS) image from an OS partition of a hard drive. The switch passes control to a backup BIOS that executes from a backup BIOS chip. The backup BIOS loads a recovery image from BIOS recovery partition of the hard drive, which causes a reflash application to execute from the recovery image. Reflash application obtains a recovery BIOS from the BIOS recovery partition of the hard drive, reflashes/writes the recovery BIOS onto the first BIOS chip and reboots the device. Following reboot of the device, recovery BIOS loads the OS image from the OS partition, and recovery BIOS becomes the primary BIOS on the first BIOS chip of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Kleppinger, Christopher Robert Davis, Jeffrey R. Garner, Cynthia D. Nova
  • BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS) DEVICE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210117272
    Abstract: A computing device includes a hardware switch that is activated when a primary Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of a first BIOS chip of the device fails to load an Operating System (OS) image from an OS partition of a hard drive. The switch passes control to a backup BIOS that executes from a backup BIOS chip. The backup BIOS loads a recovery image from BIOS recovery partition of the hard drive, which causes a reflash application to execute from the recovery image. Reflash application obtains a recovery BIOS from the BIOS recovery partition of the hard drive, reflashes/writes the recovery BIOS onto the first BIOS chip and reboots the device. Following reboot of the device, recovery BIOS loads the OS image from the OS partition, and recovery BIOS becomes the primary BIOS on the first BIOS chip of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Kleppinger, Christopher Robert Davis, Jeffrey R. Garner, Cynthia D. Nova