Patents by Inventor Scott T. Millward

Scott T. Millward 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 and apparatus for dumping memory
    Patent number: 7437524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dumping memory. More particularly a computer-implemented method of saving at least some data within volatile storage to non-volatile storage when a computer system panics is described. The method includes the steps of: the computer system defining a specified portion of volatile storage (1) containing data to be saved as a dump device (2), rebooting (8) the computer system without affecting the data within the dump device, and the computer system copying (12) the data in the dump device to non-volatile storage (13). A reboot of the computer system after copying the data to non-volatile storage is not necessary for the computer system to begin (14) normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ranjani Narayan, Kiran Kumar Kasturi, Meera K. Raghunandan, Scott T. Millward, Sabyasachi Sengupta
  • Method and apparatus for tuning multiple instances of kernel modules
    Patent number: 7191322
    Abstract: In one configuration, a method for operating a computer includes booting an operating system having a plurality of tunable kernel subsystems; storing a representation of at least one base tunable having a set of inheritable properties in a memory of the computer; and storing, in a memory of the computer, a plurality of representations of instances of at least one of the stored base tunables, each instance including at least one inheritable property of the stored base tunable, wherein representations of at least a first instance and a second instance are stored at different memory addresses. The first instance and the second instance include a plurality of values, and differ in at least one corresponding value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott T. Millward, Steven T. Roth
  • Method and apparatus for tuning multiple instances of kernel modules
    Publication number: 20040003221
    Abstract: In one configuration, a method for operating a computer includes booting an operating system having a plurality of tunable kernel subsystems; storing a representation of at least one base tunable having a set of inheritable properties in a memory of the computer; and storing, in a memory of the computer, a plurality of representations of instances of at least one of the stored base tunables, each instance including at least one inheritable property of the stored base tunable, wherein representations of at least a first instance and a second instance are stored at different memory addresses. The first instance and the second instance include a plurality of values, and differ in at least one corresponding value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Scott T. Millward, Steven T. Roth