Patents by Inventor Larry D. Aaron

Larry D. Aaron 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for demand-based memory mirroring
    Patent number: 8601227
    Abstract: A method includes determining an amount of memory space in a memory device available for memory mirroring. The method further includes presenting the available memory space to an operating system. The method further includes selecting at least a portion of the amount of memory space to be used for memory mirroring with the operating system. The method further includes adding a non-selected portion of the available memory to memory space available to the operating system during operation. An associated system and machine readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, John V. Lovelace, Larry D. Aaron, Jr., Sugumar Govindarajan
  • Methods And Apparatus For Demand-Based Memory Mirroring
    Publication number: 20110173385
    Abstract: A method includes determining an amount of memory space in a memory device available for memory mirroring. The method further includes presenting the available memory space to an operating system. The method further includes selecting at least a portion of the amount of memory space to be used for memory mirroring with the operating system. The method further includes adding a non-selected portion of the available memory to memory space available to the operating system during operation. An associated system and machine readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, John V. Lovelace, Larry D. Aaron, JR., Sugumar Govindarajan
  • Methods and appratus for demand-based memory mirroring
    Patent number: 7949850
    Abstract: A method includes determining an amount of memory space in a memory device available for memory mirroring. The method further includes presenting the available memory space to an operating system. The method further includes selecting at least a portion of the amount of memory space to be used for memory mirroring with the operating system. The method further includes adding a non-selected portion of the available memory to memory space available to the operating system during operation. An associated system and machine readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, John V. Lovelace, Larry D. Aaron, Jr., Sugumar Govindarajan
  • Management of option ROM
    Patent number: 7721080
    Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein instructions stored in an option ROM are copied to the system memory of a computer, wherein the option ROM corresponds to a device that is coupled to the computer. A virtual machine is generated, wherein the virtual machine executes the instructions copied to the system memory to boot the device before any operating system is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, Vincent J. Zimmer, Larry D. Aaron, Jr., Michael A. Rothman
  • METHODS AND APPRATUS FOR DEMAND-BASED MEMORY MIRRORING
    Publication number: 20090172323
    Abstract: A method includes determining an amount of memory space in a memory device available for memory mirroring. The method further includes presenting the available memory space to an operating system. The method further includes selecting at least a portion of the amount of memory space to be used for memory mirroring with the operating system. The method further includes adding a non-selected portion of the available memory to memory space available to the operating system during operation. An associated system and machine readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Robert C. Swanson, John V. Lovelace, Larry D. Aaron, JR., Sugumar Govindarajan
  • Bootstrap processor election mechanism on multiple cluster bus systems
    Patent number: 7010678
    Abstract: A method of electing a bootstrap processor from among a plurality of processor includes creating an atomic access shared location and electing one of said processors as the bootstrap processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David J. O'Shea, Bruce C. Edmonds, Jr., Craig W. Keating, Larry D. Aaron, Jr., Frank E. LeClerg, Frank Binns
  • Multiple pass arrangements for maximizing cacheable memory space
    Patent number: 6848039
    Abstract: Multiple (e.g., dual) pass cache defining arrangements for maximizing cacheable memory space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Larry D. Aaron, Bruce C. Edmonds
  • Bootstrap processor election mechanism on multiple cluster bus system
    Patent number: 6611911
    Abstract: A method of electing a bootstrap processor from among a plurality of processor includes creating an atomic access shared location and electing one of said processors as the bootstrap processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David J. O'Shea, Bruce C. Edmonds, Jr., Craig W. Keating, Larry D. Aaron, Jr., Frank E. LeClerg, Frank Binns
  • Bootstrap processor election mechanism on multiple cluster bus systems
    Publication number: 20030145194
    Abstract: A method of electing a bootstrap processor from among a plurality of processor includes creating an atomic access shared location and electing one of said processors as the bootstrap processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: David J. O'Shea, Bruce C. Edmonds, Craig W. Keating, Larry D. Aaron, Frank E. LeClerg, Frank Binns