Patents by Inventor Michael Salerno, JR.

Michael Salerno, JR. 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).

  • STORAGE-DRIVEN POWER OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20240402918
    Abstract: An example methodology includes, by a computing device, polling a power monitoring device coupled to a storage system for power consumption by the storage system and whether the power consumption exceeds a power consumption threshold. The method also includes, responsive to a determination that the power consumption exceeds the power consumption threshold, managing, by the computing device, the power consumption by the storage system to cause the power consumption to not exceed the power consumption threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: James Salvadore, Michael Salerno, JR., Luc Poulin, Paul Martin
  • Maintaining data integrity through power loss with operating system control
    Patent number: 11675664
    Abstract: A storage controller has an operating system (OS) and power control firmware configured to manage use of battery power during a power outage event. The OS specifies to the power control firmware first and second sets of physical components that should be shed by power control firmware during a two-phase vault process. Upon a power failure, the power control firmware turns off power to the first set of physical components and notifies the OS of the power failure. The OS determines whether to abort or continue the vault process. If the OS aborts the vault process, the power control firmware restores power to the first set of physical components. If the OS continues the vault process, the power control firmware turns off power to the second set of physical components, the OS saves application state, and moves all data from volatile memory to persistent memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: James Guyer, Richard Boyle, John Burroughs, Clifford Lim, Michael Salerno, Jr
  • Maintaining Data Integrity Through Power Loss with Operating System Control
    Publication number: 20230043379
    Abstract: A storage controller has an operating system (OS) and power control firmware configured to manage use of battery power during a power outage event. The OS specifies to the power control firmware first and second sets of physical components that should be shed by power control firmware during a two-phase vault process. Upon a power failure, the power control firmware turns off power to the first set of physical components and notifies the OS of the power failure. The OS determines whether to abort or continue the vault process. If the OS aborts the vault process, the power control firmware restores power to the first set of physical components. If the OS continues the vault process, the power control firmware turns off power to the second set of physical components, the OS saves application state, and moves all data from volatile memory to persistent memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: James Guyer, Richard Boyle, John Burroughs, Clifford Lim, Michael Salerno, JR.