Patents by Inventor Kenneth D. Lee

Kenneth D. Lee 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: 11543973
    Abstract: Techniques for rebooting a node may include: performing first processing that fails to reboot the node using a primary storage device of the node; responsive to the first processing failing to reboot the node using the primary storage device of the node, performing second processing that reboots the node using a secondary storage device of the node and executes a recovery operating system of the secondary storage device; determining, by the recovery operating system executing first code, whether the primary storage device of the node meets one or more criteria indicating that the primary storage device is faulty or defective; and responsive to determining the primary storage device of the node meets the one or more criteria, performing third processing that restores the primary storage device using the secondary storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Roko Peros, Kenneth D. Lee, Peter J. McCann
  • Patent number: 11481277
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for performing, by a computing device, a check on an internal secondary device on a first node during a boot software stack initialization. It may be determined that the internal secondary device is corrupt based upon, at least in part, the check. The first node may access a recovery operating system and an image repository of an internal secondary device on a second node. The internal secondary device on the first node may be rebuilt based upon, at least in part, the recovery operating system and the image repository of the internal secondary device on the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Roko Peros, Kenneth D. Lee, Helga Sonner
  • Publication number: 20220091755
    Abstract: Techniques for rebooting a node may include: performing first processing that fails to reboot the node using a primary storage device of the node; responsive to the first processing failing to reboot the node using the primary storage device of the node, performing second processing that reboots the node using a secondary storage device of the node and executes a recovery operating system of the secondary storage device; determining, by the recovery operating system executing first code, whether the primary storage device of the node meets one or more criteria indicating that the primary storage device is faulty or defective; and responsive to determining the primary storage device of the node meets the one or more criteria, performing third processing that restores the primary storage device using the secondary storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Roko Peros, Kenneth D. Lee, Peter J. McCann
  • Publication number: 20210034466
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for performing, by a computing device, a check on an internal secondary device on a first node during a boot software stack initialization. It may be determined that the internal secondary device is corrupt based upon, at least in part, the check. The first node may access a recovery operating system and an image repository of an internal secondary device on a second node. The internal secondary device on the first node may be rebuilt based upon, at least in part, the recovery operating system and the image repository of the internal secondary device on the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: ROKO PEROS, Kenneth D. Lee, Helga Sonner
  • Patent number: 10204011
    Abstract: A method of initializing a computing device is provided. The method includes (a) powering up the computing device, (b) initially setting a flag to indicate no need to reboot the computing device, (c) sequentially starting a set of computing components operating on the computing device, (d) in response to one component of the set making a configuration change to the computing device, setting a flag to indicate a need to partially reboot the computing device, and (e) upon all components of the set of components completing to load, partially restarting the computing device conditioned on the flag indicating the need to partially reboot, partially restarting including sequentially restarting the set of computing components without powering up the computing device again. An apparatus, system, and computer program product for performing a similar method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Burriss, Roko Peros, Jochen F. De Smet, Brion Patrick Philbin, Kenneth D. Lee, Yuri A. Stotski, Jackson Brandon Myers, Helga M. Sonner
  • Patent number: 8800083
    Abstract: A commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine is configured to use steam instead of dry-cleaning chemicals or water as a primary cleaning agent for garments rotating in a drum of the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine. In one embodiment of the invention, a steam injector at least partially exposed to an inner surface of the drum is configured to provide a MCU-controlled fresh steam injection into the drum during a cleaning cycle of the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine. The fresh steam into the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine is from an outtake of a standalone boiler system which is typically used for a variety of fabric treatment machines in a commercial laundry operation. A debris and clean steam/air separation chamber periodically or continuously separates and/or filters debris, chemicals, and/or other undesirable elements from the drum and evacuates clean or cleaned-up air and moistures to au air-out duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Green Solution, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis H. Kimm, Kenneth D. Lee
  • Patent number: 8302431
    Abstract: A commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine is configured to use steam instead of dry-cleaning chemicals or water as a primary cleaning agent for garments rotating in a drum of the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine. In one embodiment of the invention, a steam injector at least partially exposed to an inner surface of the drum is configured to provide a MCU-controlled fresh steam injection into the drum during a cleaning cycle of the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine. The fresh steam into the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine is from an outtake of a standalone boiler system which is typically used for a variety of fabric treatment machines in a commercial laundry operation. A debris and clean steam/air separation chamber periodically or continuously separates and/or filters debris, chemicals, and/or other undesirable elements from the drum and evacuates clean or cleaned-up air and moistures to an air-out duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Green Solution, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis H. Kimm, Kenneth D. Lee
  • Publication number: 20100306928
    Abstract: A commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine is configured to use steam instead of dry-cleaning chemicals or water as a primary cleaning agent for garments rotating in a drum of the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine. In one embodiment of the invention, a steam injector at least partially exposed to an inner surface of the drum is configured to provide a MCU-controlled fresh steam injection into the drum during a cleaning cycle of the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine. The fresh steam into the commercial steam-cleaning laundry machine is from an outtake of a standalone boiler system which is typically used for a variety of fabric treatment machines in a commercial laundry operation. A debris and clean steam/air separation chamber periodically or continuously separates and/or filters debris, chemicals, and/or other undesirable elements from the drum and evacuates clean or cleaned-up air and moistures to an air-out duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: GREEN SOLUTION, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis H. Kimm, Kenneth D. Lee