Patents by Inventor Shankar Prasad Venkoba Rao

Shankar Prasad Venkoba Rao 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).

  • Computer system with dynamically configurable capacity
    Patent number: 7716334
    Abstract: A computer system comprises a plurality of field replaceable units (FRUs) for supplying processing resources and a system controller. Each of the plurality of FRUs has a field replaceable unit identification (FRUID) memory adapted store a capacity-on-demand (COD) indication associated with the FRU, wherein the COD indication is indicative of whether the FRU is a base level resource or a COD resource. The system controller is configured to access the FRUID memory of each of the plurality of FRUs to detect the COD indication. Additionally, the system controller is configured to enable at least those of the plurality of FRUs for which the corresponding COD indication indicates that the FRU is a base level resource. The system controller is further configured to identify a need for additional processing resources, and is configured to enable additional ones of the plurality of FRUs responsive to identifying the need for additional processing resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Prasad Venkoba Rao, Raymond J. Gilstrap
  • Computer system with dynamically configurable capacity
    Publication number: 20030217153
    Abstract: A computer system comprises a plurality of field replaceable units (FRUs) for supplying processing resources and a system controller. Each of the plurality of FRUs has a field replaceable unit identification (FRUID) memory adapted store a capacity-on-demand (COD) indication associated with the FRU, wherein the COD indication is indicative of whether the FRU is a base level resource or a COD resource. The system controller is configured to access the FRUID memory of each of the plurality of FRUs to detect the COD indication. Additionally, the system controller is configured to enable at least those of the plurality of FRUs for which the corresponding COD indication indicates that the FRU is a base level resource. The system controller is further configured to identify a need for additional processing resources, and is configured to enable additional ones of the plurality of FRUs responsive to identifying the need for additional processing resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Shankar Prasad Venkoba Rao, Raymond J. Gilstrap