Patents by Inventor Robert Daniel Whittington

Robert Daniel Whittington 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).

  • Systems and methods for thermal control support for predecessor information handling systems
    Patent number: 10095290
    Abstract: A method may include, responsive to determining that the earlier-generation information handling system includes the information handling resource for which a second thermal table of the second management controller requires updated thermal control parameters for thermal control of the information handling resource: (i) reading from a first thermal table of the first management controller an entry associated with the information handling resource and a second information handling system including thermal control parameters for thermal control of the information handling resource by the second information handling system; and (ii) communicating from the first management controller to the second management controller the thermal control parameters for thermal control of the information handling resource by the second information handling system in order to update the second thermal table with the thermal control parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi, Sundar Dasar, Robert Daniel Whittington, Kala Sampathkumar, Sridevi Chandrasekaran
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL CONTROL SUPPORT FOR PREDECESSOR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170344085
    Abstract: A method may include, responsive to determining that the earlier-generation information handling system includes the information handling resource for which a second thermal table of the second management controller requires updated thermal control parameters for thermal control of the information handling resource: (i) reading from a first thermal table of the first management controller an entry associated with the information handling resource and a second information handling system including thermal control parameters for thermal control of the information handling resource by the second information handling system; and (ii) communicating from the first management controller to the second management controller the thermal control parameters for thermal control of the information handling resource by the second information handling system in order to update the second thermal table with the thermal control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Dinesh Kunnathur RAGUPATHI, Sundar DASAR, Robert Daniel WHITTINGTON, Kala SAMPATHKUMAR, Sridevi CHANDRASEKARAN
  • Systems and methods for power and thermal support of information handling resources
    Patent number: 9519323
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, one or more information handling resources communicatively coupled to the processor, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The management controller may have stored thereon at least one of a power table comprising parameters for power management of the one or more information handling resources and a thermal table comprising parameters for thermal management of the one or more information handling resources, and firmware comprising instructions executable on the management controller and configured to enable a user of the information handling system to, during runtime of the management controller, create a virtual power and thermal table capable of storing one or more entries, each entry setting forth power parameters and thermal parameters for an information handling resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi, Robert Daniel Whittington, Carlos Guillermo Henry
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER AND THERMAL SUPPORT OF INFORMATION HANDLING RESOURCES
    Publication number: 20160091945
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, one or more information handling resources communicatively coupled to the processor, and a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The management controller may have stored thereon at least one of a power table comprising parameters for power management of the one or more information handling resources and a thermal table comprising parameters for thermal management of the one or more information handling resources, and firmware comprising instructions executable on the management controller and configured to enable a user of the information handling system to, during runtime of the management controller, create a virtual power and thermal table capable of storing one or more entries, each entry setting forth power parameters and thermal parameters for an information handling resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Hasnain Shabbir, Akkiah Choudary Maddukuri, Dinesh Kunnathur Ragupathi, Robert Daniel Whittington, Carlos Guillermo Henry