Patents by Inventor Lothar Berner

Lothar Berner 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).

  • Computer system, method for starting a server computer, server computer, management station, and use
    Patent number: 9912534
    Abstract: A computer system includes a server computer including a processor, a main memory and a system management chip, a management station that manages server profiles and selects a server profile from server profiles and associates it with the server computer, and at least one data network via which the server computer and the management station are coupled to interchange data, wherein the system management chip of the server computer is set so that, when the system management chip activates, it sends an inquiry regarding a server profile associated by the management station to the management station, so that, if a management connection can be set to the management station, it configures a component of the server computer by using a network identifier transmitted by the management station, and to otherwise prevent starting of the server computer with a network identifier transmitted by the management station previously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Sudhoff-Ewers, Lothar Berner, Andreas Thoelke
  • COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD FOR STARTING A SERVER COMPUTER, SERVER COMPUTER, MANAGEMENT STATION, AND USE
    Publication number: 20140317247
    Abstract: A computer system includes a server computer including a processor, a main memory and a system management chip, a management station that manages server profiles and selects a server profile from server profiles and associates it with the server computer, and at least one data network via which the server computer and the management station are coupled to interchange data, wherein the system management chip of the server computer is set so that, when the system management chip activates, it sends an inquiry regarding a server profile associated by the management station to the management station, so that, if a management connection can be set to the management station, it configures a component of the server computer by using a network identifier transmitted by the management station, and to otherwise prevent starting of the server computer with a network identifier transmitted by the management station previously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Sudhoff-Ewers, Lothar Berner, Andreas Thoelke