Patents by Inventor Kevin J. Vasilik

Kevin J. Vasilik 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).

  • Resilient upgradable boot loader with power reset
    Patent number: 11048521
    Abstract: A process for using a boot loader to load a set of boot commands to a device such as an embedded system before loading a system application. The process may use a combination of a read-only boot source and a pair of upgradable boot sources. Process also includes a power cycle to put system into a known state. An alternative process may simply use a pair of upgradable boot sources. The processes are resilient to failed updates of an upgradable boot source. After a successful update of an upgradable boot source, a request for a power cycle causes the device to immediately enter a known state and use the updated upgradable boot source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ADVA Optical Networking SE
    Inventor: Kevin J. Vasilik
  • Resilient Upgradable Boot Loader With Power Reset
    Publication number: 20210089327
    Abstract: A process for using a boot loader to load a set of boot commands to a device such as an embedded system before loading a system application. The process may use a combination of a read-only boot source and a pair of upgradable boot sources. Process also includes a power cycle to put system into a known state. An alternative process may simply use a pair of upgradable boot sources. The processes are resilient to failed updates of an upgradable boot source. After a successful update of an upgradable boot source, a request for a power cycle causes the device to immediately enter a known state and use the updated upgradable boot source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin J. Vasilik