Patents by Inventor Mark Tracy Ellis

Mark Tracy Ellis 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).

  • Securely sharing a memory between an embedded controller (EC) and a platform controller hub (PCH)
    Patent number: 10916280
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securely sharing a memory between an Embedded Controller (EC) and a Platform Controller Hub (PCH). In some embodiments, an IHS may include: a chipset; a flash device coupled to the chipset; and an EC coupled to the flash device via a first bus and to the chipset via a second bus, wherein the EC comprises a Read-Only Memory (ROM) portion and a Random Access Memory (RAM) portion, the EC configured to: retrieve EC firmware from the flash device via the first bus; store the retrieved EC firmware in the RAM portion; and prior to the execution of any instruction stored in the RAM portion, relinquish access to the flash device via the first bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Adolfo S. Montero, Mark Tracy Ellis
  • SECURELY SHARING A MEMORY BETWEEN AN EMBEDDED CONTROLLER (EC) AND A PLATFORM CONTROLLER HUB (PCH)
    Publication number: 20190287588
    Abstract: Systems and methods for securely sharing a memory between an Embedded Controller (EC) and a Platform Controller Hub (PCH). In some embodiments, an IHS may include: a chipset; a flash device coupled to the chipset; and an EC coupled to the flash device via a first bus and to the chipset via a second bus, wherein the EC comprises a Read-Only Memory (ROM) portion and a Random Access Memory (RAM) portion, the EC configured to: retrieve EC firmware from the flash device via the first bus; store the retrieved EC firmware in the RAM portion; and prior to the execution of any instruction stored in the RAM portion, relinquish access to the flash device via the first bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Adolfo S. Montero, Mark Tracy Ellis