Patents by Inventor Richard Louis Holmberg, JR.

Richard Louis Holmberg, JR. 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).

  • Placeholder boot option and boot option replacement system
    Patent number: 11334367
    Abstract: A boot option system includes a pre-boot execution environment system coupled to a server device through a network. The server device creates a device placeholder boot option including a device path terminating at a storage controller in the server device. During a first boot and based on first boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device moves the device placeholder boot option to a desired location within a boot sequence for the server device. During a second boot and based on second boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device provides an operating system on the server device. The server device then replaces, at the desired location within the boot sequence, the device placeholder boot option with an operating system boot option that was provided on the server device in response to the provisioning of the operating system on the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Mark W. Shutt, Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Mukund P. Khatri, Richard Louis Holmberg, Jr.
  • PLACEHOLDER BOOT OPTION AND BOOT OPTION REPLACEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210165663
    Abstract: A boot option system includes a pre-boot execution environment system coupled to a server device through a network. The server device creates a device placeholder boot option including a device path terminating at a storage controller in the server device. During a first boot and based on first boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device moves the device placeholder boot option to a desired location within a boot sequence for the server device. During a second boot and based on second boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device provides an operating system on the server device. The server device then replaces, at the desired location within the boot sequence, the device placeholder boot option with an operating system boot option that was provided on the server device in response to the provisioning of the operating system on the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Mark W. Shutt, Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Mukund P. Khatri, Richard Louis Holmberg, JR.
  • Placeholder boot option and boot option replacement system
    Patent number: 10942751
    Abstract: A boot option system includes a pre-boot execution environment system coupled to a server device through a network. The server device creates a device placeholder boot option including a device path terminating at a storage controller in the server device. During a first boot and based on first boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device moves the device placeholder boot option to a desired location within a boot sequence for the server device. During a second boot and based on second boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device provides an operating system on the server device. The server device then replaces, at the desired location within the boot sequence, the device placeholder boot option with an operating system boot option that was provided on the server device in response to the provisioning of the operating system on the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Mark W. Shutt, Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Mukund P. Khatri, Richard Louis Holmberg, Jr.
  • BOOT OPTION MODIFICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190339988
    Abstract: A boot option system includes a pre-boot execution environment system coupled to a server device through a network. The server device creates a device placeholder boot option including a device path terminating at a storage controller in the server device. During a first boot and based on first boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device moves the device placeholder boot option to a desired location within a boot sequence for the server device. During a second boot and based on second boot instructions received from the pre-boot execution environment system, the server device provides an operating system on the server device. The server device then replaces, at the desired location within the boot sequence, the device placeholder boot option with an operating system boot option that was provided on the server device in response to the provisioning of the operating system on the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Liu, Mark W. Shutt, Tzu-Hsiu Tsai, Mukund P. Khatri, Richard Louis Holmberg, JR.