Patents by Inventor Patrick O. Boyd

Patrick O. Boyd 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).

  • Patent number: 9612759
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be used to automatically create RAID configuration with heterogeneous Physical Disk (PD) set up using Virtual Disk (VD) RAID Level and size, for example, to allow replication of a given RAID configuration across multiple different RAID platform systems regardless of the underlying storage disk sizes and/or storage disk types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Sundar Dasar, Sanjeev S. Dambal, Satyajit D. Desai, Vance E. Corn, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20160335008
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be used to automatically create RAID configuration with heterogeneous Physical Disk (PD) set up using Virtual Disk (VD) RAID Level and size, for example, to allow replication of a given RAID configuration across multiple different RAID platform systems regardless of the underlying storage disk sizes and/or storage disk types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Sundar Dasar, Sanjeev S. Dambal, Satyajit D. Desai, Vance E. Corn, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Patent number: 8832369
    Abstract: Remote RAID system configuration may be implemented in an embedded and out-of-band manner using an information handling system configured, for example, as a RAID server. The remote RAID configuration may be implement, for example, on a RAID server system in the condition as it is supplied directly out-of-the-box to a user without requiring downloading of any additional software or firmware, without requiring presence of a management framework and plug in, and/or in a manner that is operating system (OS)-independent or that requires no OS to be present on the server. The RAID server may then be remotely reconfigured one or more times thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Patrick O. Boyd, Vance E. Corn, William C. Edwards
  • Patent number: 8819708
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a firmware management infrastructure. The firmware management infrastructure includes a database that identifies a correspondence between members of a set of device paths and members of a set of correlatable identifier strings. A device path represents a platform-specific reference to an object at the information handling system and a correlatable identifier string represents a platform independent reference to the object. Programs can access the database using an application programming interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Mark W. Shutt, Anand P. Joshi, Austin Bolen, Patrick O. Boyd, Samer El Haj Mahmoud, William C. Edwards, III
  • Patent number: 8782342
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20130238854
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Patent number: 8438333
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20120180076
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a firmware management infrastructure. The firmware management infrastructure includes a database that identifies a correspondence between members of a set of device paths and members of a set of correlatable identifier strings. A device path represents a platform-specific reference to an object at the information handling system and a correlatable identifier string represents a platform independent reference to the object. Programs can access the database using an application programming interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Mark W. Shutt, Anand P. Joshi, Austin Bolen, Patrick O. Boyd, Samer El Haj Mahmoud, William C. Edwards, III
  • Publication number: 20120110262
    Abstract: Remote RAID system configuration may be implemented in an embedded and out-of-band manner using an information handling system configured, for example, as a RAID server. The remote RAID configuration may be implement, for example, on a RAID server system in the condition as it is supplied directly out-of-the-box to a user without requiring downloading of any additional software or firmware, without requiring presence of a management framework and plug in, and/or in a manner that is operating system (OS)-independent or that requires no OS to be present on the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Patrick O. Boyd, Vance E. Corn, William C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20090204757
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd