Patents by Inventor Robert V. Cox
Robert V. Cox 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).
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Patent number: 10972361Abstract: An information handling system for managing equipment in a datacenter includes a display, a wireless communication interface, and an imaging system configured to capture image data from within a field of view of the imaging system. The information handling system shows the image data on the display, and provides an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay locates an element of datacenter equipment that needs to be serviced. The information handling system further determines that the element is within the field of view, establishes a wireless communication link with the element via the wireless communication interface in response to determining that the element is within the field of view, and receives an instruction to service the element from a remote service system in response to establishing the wireless communication link.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Alexander P. Rote, Saurabh Kishore, Robert V. Cox, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
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Patent number: 10966342Abstract: An information handling system for identifying equipment in a datacenter establishes a wireless communication link with an element of datacenter equipment, and receives identification information from the element. The identification information distinguishes the element from other elements of the datacenter equipment that are visibly indistinct from the first element. The information handling system further captures image data when the field of view of an imaging system includes the element, displays the image data on a display, matches a portion of the image data with an image object associated with the first and second elements, determines an identity of the element based upon the identification information and the image object, and displays an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay co-locates the image object with the portion and includes the identity over the portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Alexander P. Rote, Saurabh Kishore, Robert V. Cox, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
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Patent number: 10880163Abstract: An information handling system for managing equipment in a datacenter captures image data when a field of view of an imaging system includes a server rack, determines a bounding box of the server rack based upon the image data, determines slot locations in the bounding box, establishes a wireless communication link with an element of datacenter equipment via the wireless communication interface, determines an identity of the element based upon an identification message sent to the element via the wireless communication link, determines one of the slot locations based upon the identity, receives configuration information from the element via the wireless communication link, and displays an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay co-locates a first image object associated with the first element with the one slot location and includes the first configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Alexander P. Rote, Saurabh Kishore, Robert V. Cox, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
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Publication number: 20200250430Abstract: An information handling system captures image data when the field of view of an imaging system includes an element of datacenter equipment, establishes a wireless communication link with the element, receives identification information from the element to distinguish the element from other elements of datacenter equipment that are visibly indistinct from the element, displays the image data on a display of the information handling system, matches a portion of the image data with an image object associated with the visibly indistinct elements, determines an identity of the element based upon the image object and the identification information, and displays an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay co-locates the image object with the portion and includes the identity over the portion, and sends the identity to a datacenter management system via the second communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Saurabh Kishore, Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Alexander P. Rote, Robert V. Cox, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
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Publication number: 20200250863Abstract: An information handling system for managing equipment in a datacenter captures image data when a field of view of an imaging system includes a server rack, establishes a wireless communication link with a first element of the datacenter equipment via the wireless communication interface, receives information defining a first network connection between the first element and a second element of the datacenter equipment based upon the establishing of the wireless communication link, and displays an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay identifies a first network connector of the first element. The first network connector is first connector of the first network connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Alexander P. Rote, Saurabh Kishore, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett, Robert V. Cox
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Publication number: 20200252302Abstract: An information handling system for managing equipment in a datacenter includes a display, a wireless communication interface, and an imaging system configured to capture image data from within a field of view of the imaging system. The information handling system shows the image data on the display, and provides an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay locates an element of datacenter equipment that needs to be serviced. The information handling system further determines that the element is within the field of view, establishes a wireless communication link with the element via the wireless communication interface in response to determining that the element is within the field of view, and receives an instruction to service the element from a remote service system in response to establishing the wireless communication link.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Alexander P. Rote, Saurabh Kishore, Robert V. Cox, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
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Publication number: 20200253079Abstract: An information handling system for identifying equipment in a datacenter establishes a wireless communication link with an element of datacenter equipment, and receives identification information from the element. The identification information distinguishes the element from other elements of the datacenter equipment that are visibly indistinct from the first element. The information handling system further captures image data when the field of view of an imaging system includes the element, displays the image data on a display, matches a portion of the image data with an image object associated with the first and second elements, determines an identity of the element based upon the identification information and the image object, and displays an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay co-locates the image object with the portion and includes the identity over the portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Alexander P. Rote, Saurabh Kishore, Robert V. Cox, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
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Publication number: 20200252276Abstract: An information handling system for managing equipment in a datacenter captures image data when a field of view of an imaging system includes a server rack, determines a bounding box of the server rack based upon the image data, determines slot locations in the bounding box, establishes a wireless communication link with an element of datacenter equipment via the wireless communication interface, determines an identity of the element based upon an identification message sent to the element via the wireless communication link, determines one of the slot locations based upon the identity, receives configuration information from the element via the wireless communication link, and displays an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay co-locates a first image object associated with the first element with the one slot location and includes the first configuration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey M. Lairsey, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Alexander P. Rote, Saurabh Kishore, Robert V. Cox, Saurav Shrestha, Robert Barrett
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Patent number: 7664986Abstract: A system and method for determining fault isolation in an enterprise computing system is disclosed. A method includes automatically troubleshooting errors in an enterprise computing system that receives at an analyzer engine a status notification from a first component. In response to receiving the status notification, the method automatically selects a first analyzer policy file from a set of analyzer policy files based on the status notification received at the analyzer engine, wherein the analyzer policy file contains troubleshooting logic for determining root causes for errors. The method automatically attempts to communicate with a second component based on the troubleshooting logic within the first analyzer policy file. The method automatically determines a root cause for the status notification based on the troubleshooting logic in the selected analyzer policy file and based on information obtained in connection with the attempt to communicate with the second component.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Karthikeyan Angamuthu, Robert V. Cox, Stephanos S. Heracleous
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Publication number: 20080133978Abstract: A system and method for determining fault isolation in an enterprise computing system is disclosed. A method includes automatically troubleshooting errors in an enterprise computing system that receives at an analyzer engine a status notification from a first component. In response to receiving the status notification, the method automatically selects a first analyzer policy file from a set of analyzer policy files based on the status notification received at the analyzer engine, wherein the analyzer policy file contains troubleshooting logic for determining root causes for errors. The method automatically attempts to communicate with a second component based on the troubleshooting logic within the first analyzer policy file. The method automatically determines a root cause for the status notification based on the troubleshooting logic in the selected analyzer policy file and based on information obtained in connection with the attempt to communicate with the second component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2008Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Karthikeyan Angamuthu, Robert V. Cox, Stephanos S. Heracleous
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Patent number: 7340649Abstract: A system and method for determining fault isolation in an enterprise computing system is disclosed. A method includes automatically troubleshooting errors in an enterprise computing system that receives at an analyzer engine a status notification from a first component. In response to receiving the status notification, the method automatically selects a first analyzer policy file from a set of analyzer policy files based on the status notification received at the analyzer engine, wherein the analyzer policy file contains troubleshooting logic for determining root causes for errors. The method automatically attempts to communicate with a second component based on the troubleshooting logic within the first analyzer policy file. The method automatically determines a root cause for the status notification based on the troubleshooting logic in the selected analyzer policy file and based on information obtained in connection with the attempt to communicate with the second component.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Karthikeyan Angamuthu, Robert V. Cox, Stephanos S. Heracleous
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Publication number: 20040187048Abstract: A system and method for determining fault isolation in an enterprise computing system is disclosed. A method includes automatically troubleshooting errors in an enterprise computing system that receives at an analyzer engine a status notification from a first component. In response to receiving the status notification, the method automatically selects a first analyzer policy file from a set of analyzer policy files based on the status notification received at the analyzer engine, wherein the analyzer policy file contains troubleshooting logic for determining root causes for errors. The method automatically attempts to communicate with a second component based on the troubleshooting logic within the first analyzer policy file. The method automatically determines a root cause for the status notification based on the troubleshooting logic in the selected analyzer policy file and based on information obtained in connection with the attempt to communicate with the second component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L. P.Inventors: Karthikeyan Angamuthu, Robert V. Cox, Stephanos S. Heracleous