Patents by Inventor Nehal K. Patel

Nehal K. Patel 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).

  • Method and system of error logging
    Patent number: 8122291
    Abstract: Method and system of error logging. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including detecting assertion of an error pin by a processor system, (comprising at least a main processor and a chipset, the assertion of the error pin an indication to reboot the processor system) the detecting by a reset circuit, notifying a management processor (distinct from the main processor) that the error pin is asserted (the notifying by the reset circuit), writing to a plurality of registers in the chipset (the writing by the management processor), de-asserting a reset pin of the main processor, and then executing by the main processor an error-handling code to generate an error log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Nehal K. Patel, Andrew C. Walton, Kenneth C. Duisenberg
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ERROR LOGGING
    Publication number: 20110179314
    Abstract: Method and system of error logging. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including detecting assertion of an error pin by a processor system, (comprising at least a main processor and a chipset, the assertion of the error pin an indication to reboot the processor system) the detecting by a reset circuit, notifying a management processor (distinct from the main processor) that the error pin is asserted (the notifying by the reset circuit), writing to a plurality of registers in the chipset (the writing by the management processor), de-asserting a reset pin of the main processor, and then executing by the main processor an error-handling code to generate an error log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Nehal K. PATEL, Andrew C. Walton, Kenneth C. Duisenberg