Patents by Inventor Mitchell A. Williams

Mitchell A. Williams 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).

  • Adaptive virtual function drivers for electronic devices
    Patent number: 11989573
    Abstract: Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anjali Singhai Jain, Mitu Aggarwal, Parthasarathy Sarangam, Donald Wood, Jesse Brandeburg, Mitchell A. Williams
  • Adaptive virtual function drivers for electronic devices
    Patent number: 11698804
    Abstract: Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anjali Singhai Jain, Mitu Aggarwal, Parthasarathy Sarangam, Donald Wood, Jesse Brandeburg, Mitchell A. Williams
  • Adaptive virtual function drivers for electronic devices
    Patent number: 10970099
    Abstract: Techniques for providing adaptive virtual function (VF) drivers capable of operating with physical devices having a plurality of different hardware configurations are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include logic to implement a virtual machine (VM), the logic to initialize an adaptive virtual function (VF) driver to facilitate communication between the VM and a physical device to be virtualized, establish communication between the adaptive VF driver and a physical function (PF) driver of the hypervisor for the physical device, activate a standard feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on a PF of the physical device, and negotiate activation of an advanced feature set for the adaptive VF driver to execute on the PF, the adaptive VF driver to provide the advanced feature set to the PF, the PF activate each feature of the advanced feature set supported by the PF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anjali Singhai Jain, Mitu Aggarwal, Parthasarathy Sarangam, Donald Wood, Jesse Brandeburg, Mitchell A. Williams