Patents by Inventor Robert Alan Klem

Robert Alan Klem 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).

  • Firmware updating
    Patent number: 7089547
    Abstract: Updating firmware stored in a rewritable non-volatile memory as a plurality of firmware code images having position dependent code. A plurality of update code images are made available that have position dependent code specifying positions of a rewritable non-volatile memory, such that each update code image is suitable for replacing a different stored code image. A computer processor determines which stored code image is to be updated; and selects the one of the plurality of update code images that has position dependent code suitable for replacing the code image to be updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Gerard Goodman, Robert Alan Klem, Timothy Keith Pierce
  • Firmware updating
    Publication number: 20040054883
    Abstract: Updating firmware stored in a rewritable non-volatile memory as a plurality of firmware code images having position dependent code. A plurality of update code images are made available that have position dependent code specifying positions of a rewritable non-volatile memory, such that each update code image is suitable for replacing a different stored code image. A computer processor determines which stored code image is to be updated; and selects the one of the plurality of update code images that has position dependent code suitable for replacing the code image to be updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Gerard Goodman, Robert Alan Klem, Timothy Keith Pierce