Patents by Inventor Praveen Ankala

Praveen Ankala 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).

  • Out-of-band state machine
    Patent number: 8745273
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides if an OOB (out-of-band) state machine has not received a confirmation from an operating system that the operating system is functional, the operating system using a primary IP (internet protocol) address, then if the OOB state machine is in a passive state, transitioning to an active state and obtaining an OOB IP address if the OOB state machine currently has no OOB IP address; and receiving one or more first packets using the OOB IP address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Praveen Ankala, Carey W. Smith
  • Out-of-band state machine
    Publication number: 20060165075
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides if an OOB (out-of-band) state machine has not received a confirmation from an operating system that the operating system is functional, the operating system using a primary IP (internet protocol) address, then if the OOB state machine is in a passive state, transitioning to an active state and obtaining an OOB IP address if the OOB state machine currently has no OOB IP address; and receiving one or more first packets using the OOB IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Praveen Ankala, Carey Smith