Patents by Inventor Scotty Wiginton

Scotty Wiginton 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).

  • Booting computing devices with EFI aware operating systems
    Patent number: 8751783
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to finding a boot loader on storage. A boot process for a computing device including storage including an extensible firmware interface aware operating system is started. The storage is searched for a boot loader associated with the extensible firmware interface aware operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Piwonka, Scotty Wiginton
  • BOOTING COMPUTING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120191960
    Abstract: Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to finding a boot loader on storage. A boot process for a computing device including storage including an extensible firmware interface aware operating system is started. The storage is searched for a boot loader associated with the extensible firmware interface aware operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Piwonka, Scotty Wiginton