Patents by Inventor Keir Shepherd

Keir Shepherd 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).

  • Controlling a power state of a device
    Patent number: 8352761
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power state of a host device, the method comprising operating a processor of a power control module integral to the host to perform operations comprising determining a current power state of the host from a plurality of possible states, receiving a remote request to alter the power state of the host device, and on the basis of the request, altering the power state of the host device from the current state to one other of the plurality of states of the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Neil William MacDougall, Keir Shepherd, Lon Barfield, Ben Wynne
  • CONTROLLING A POWER STATE OF A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110087903
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power state of a host device, the method comprising operating a processor of a power control module integral to the host to perform operations comprising determining a current power state of the host from a plurality of possible states, receiving a remote request to alter the power state of the host device, and on the basis of the request, altering the power state of the host device from the current state to one other of the plurality of states of the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: NEIL WILLIAM MACDOUGALL, KEIR SHEPHERD, LON BARFIELD, BEN WYNNE
  • DATA STORAGE
    Publication number: 20110078375
    Abstract: A method and device for executing data access and storage using a host device, the method comprising providing a removable device for the host operable to effect communication between the host and a remote storage service, wherein the removable device is operable to cache data received from and sent to the storage service, the removable device further operable to effect communication between the host device and the storage service using a wireless communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Keir Shepherd, Neil MacDougall, Ben Wynne, Lon Barfield