Patents by Inventor Robert V. Corteville

Robert V. Corteville 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).

  • Method for coexistence and cooperation between system firmware and debug code
    Patent number: 6832345
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing coexistence and cooperation between system firmware and debug code. A service processor is coupled to a machine under test for sending system firmware test functions to the machine under test and receiving test data from the machine under test. A host computer is coupled to the service processor for sending bring-up tool debug test functions to the machine under test and receiving test data from the machine under test. The system firmware starts without user intervention on initial power-on routine of the machine under test. When the host computer receives a user request, the host computer notifies the service processor. The bring-up tool debug test functions are started responsive to the user request. The system firmware can be used for certain operations to a certain point in an operational test sequence of the machine under test and then the debug tool debug test functions are used for other functions that are not implemented in the system firmware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert V. Corteville, Daniel Morgan Crowell, James Fred Daily, Christopher John Engel
  • Method for coexistence and cooperation between system firmware and debug code
    Publication number: 20020184565
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing coexistence and cooperation between system firmware and debug code. A service processor is coupled to a machine under test for sending system firmware test functions to the machine under test and receiving test data from the machine under test. A host computer is coupled to the service processor for sending bring-up tool debug test functions to the machine under test and receiving test data from the machine under test. The system firmware starts without user intervention on initial power-on routine of the machine under test. When the host computer receives a user request, the host computer notifies the service processor. The bring-up tool debug test functions are started responsive to the user request. The system firmware can be used for certain operations to a certain point in an operational test sequence of the machine under test and then the debug tool debug test functions are used for other functions that are not implemented in the system firmware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert V. Corteville, Daniel Morgan Crowell, James Fred Daily, Christopher John Engel