Patents by Inventor Justin L. Frodsham

Justin L. Frodsham 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: 10732963
    Abstract: An information handling system operating an automated UEFI variable update management system may comprise a processor executing machine-readable executable code instructions of the automated UEFI variable update management system to save to a memory and execute a first plurality of UEFI variables included in a first terse executable image, to receive a second terse executable image including a second plurality of UEFI variables in a second preset order, wherein each of the first plurality of UEFI variables and the second plurality of UEFI variables including a variable value, and a variable key pointing to a variable value location in the memory, to compare the first plurality of UEFI variables to the second plurality of UEFI variables, to retrieve from the first terse executable image and store in a variable update map the first plurality of UEFI variables, to retrieve from the second terse executable image and store in the variable update map the second plurality of UEFI variables, and to store the variable
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Michael W. Arms, Justin L. Frodsham
  • Patent number: 10545769
    Abstract: A method performed by an information handling system, the method including bifurcating, by a processor of the information handling system, an I/O unit (IO unit) of the information handling system into a first root port and a second root port, wherein the first root port comprises a first pre-determined number of first lanes of the IO unit and the second root port comprises the first pre-determined number of second lanes of the IO unit. The method further including discovering, by the processor, a first I/O device (IO device) coupled to the IO unit, wherein the first IO device utilizes a first lane width that is greater than the first pre-determined number of lanes, and in response to discovering the first IO device, bifurcating, by the processor, the IO unit into a third root port, wherein the third root port comprises the first lanes and the second lanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Michael W. Arms, Anand P. Joshi, Justin L. Frodsham
  • Publication number: 20180293061
    Abstract: An information handling system operating an automated UEFI variable update management system may comprise a processor executing machine-readable executable code instructions of the automated UEFI variable update management system to save to a memory and execute a first plurality of UEFI variables included in a first terse executable image, to receive a second terse executable image including a second plurality of UEFI variables in a second preset order, wherein each of the first plurality of UEFI variables and the second plurality of UEFI variables including a variable value, and a variable key pointing to a variable value location in the memory, to compare the first plurality of UEFI variables to the second plurality of UEFI variables, to retrieve from the first terse executable image and store in a variable update map the first plurality of UEFI variables, to retrieve from the second terse executable image and store in the variable update map the second plurality of UEFI variables, and to store the variable
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Michael W. Arms, Justin L. Frodsham
  • Publication number: 20170090949
    Abstract: A method performed by an information handling system, the method including bifurcating, by a processor of the information handling system, an I/O unit (IO unit) of the information handling system into a first root port and a second root port, wherein the first root port comprises a first pre-determined number of first lanes of the IO unit and the second root port comprises the first pre-determined number of second lanes of the IO unit. The method further including discovering, by the processor, a first I/O device (IO device) coupled to the IO unit, wherein the first IO device utilizes a first lane width that is greater than the first pre-determined number of lanes, and in response to discovering the first IO device, bifurcating, by the processor, the IO unit into a third root port, wherein the third root port comprises the first lanes and the second lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michael W. Arms, Anand P. Joshi, Justin L. Frodsham