Patents by Inventor Patrick D. Lupo

Patrick D. Lupo 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).

  • Automated extraction of BIOS identification information for a computer system from any of a plurality of vendors
    Patent number: 6357002
    Abstract: BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) identification information is automatically extracted from raw BIOS data for a computer system from any of a plurality of vendors. The raw BIOS data is processed using a searching and parsing routine to reformat the raw BIOS data to a BIOS variable such that BIOS identification information is more easily accessible from the BIOS variable. The raw BIOS data is processed within a computer system from any of the plurality of vendors irrespective of the initial format of the raw BIOS data to generate the BIOS variable. In addition, the BIOS variable is searched for predetermined text strings corresponding to the plurality of possible vendors such that the brand name, the model name, the BIOS date, and/or the BIOS version may be determined for a computer system from any of the plurality of vendors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick D. Lupo, Sajid G. Hussain, Gregory D. Collins