Patents by Inventor Stuart Allen

Stuart Allen 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).

  • Publication number: 20130151767
    Abstract: A method of memory controller-independent memory mirroring includes providing a mirroring association between a first memory segment and a second memory segment that is independent of a memory controller. A memory buffer receives data from the memory controller that is directed to a first memory location in the first memory segment. The memory buffer writes the data, independent of the memory controller, to both the first memory segment and the second memory segment according to the mirroring association. The memory buffer receives a plurality of read commands from the memory controller that are directed to the first memory location in the first memory segment and, in response, reads data from an alternating one of the first memory segment and the second memory segment and stores both first data from the first memory segment and second data from the second memory segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, William Sauber
  • Patent number: 8449900
    Abstract: Pesticide strips used to control parasitic mites in honeybees. The pesticide strips are designed to have a lifetime or period of existence, after which the strip no longer exists in its original form. The strip breaks down, such as by disintegration, dissolving, decomposition, being eaten or carrier away, or otherwise degrading over time, so that at the end of the recommended lifetime, the strip is no longer in its original form. In most embodiments, at least 50% of the strip is no longer present, and in other embodiments at least 75% of the strip is no longer present. Preferably, at the end of the recommended lifetime, the strip no longer exists, at least the body of the strip that included the active ingredient. With this design, the strip does not provide extended low-dose pesticide that can be detrimental in treating the mites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Mann Lake, Ltd.
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Volby
  • Publication number: 20130120149
    Abstract: Systems and methods for safe handling of information handling resources are provided. In some embodiments, a method is provided. The method may include detecting occurrence of a power down sequence and in response to detecting of the power down sequence, controlling operation of a cooling fan coupled to information handling resources based at least on a first criteria of a predetermined policy. The method may include receiving a signal from a sensor, the signal indicating a thermal property of a particular information handling resource coupled to the sensor. The method may include determining if the thermal property satisfies a second criteria of the predetermined policy, the second criteria comprising a safe temperature range for handling the particular information handling resource. If the thermal property meets the second criteria, the method may provide an alert via an indicator to a user indicating the particular information handling resource is safe for handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, Dominick Lovicott, Hasnain Shabbir, William K. Coxe, III
  • Publication number: 20130111308
    Abstract: A method of selectively enabling error checking in an information handling system, including receiving information indicating that data associated with a first memory portion in a system memory should be subject to error checking during transmission between the memory controller and the system memory and indicating that data associated with a second memory portion in the system memory should be free of error checking during transmission between the memory controller and the system memory, receiving a memory access request directed to one of the first and second memory portions, transmitting data between the memory controller and the system memory in response to the memory access request, and selectively performing an error checking technique on the transmitted data based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: William Sauber, Ayedin Nikazm, Stuart Allen Berke
  • Publication number: 20130080799
    Abstract: A method for managing the power consumption of an information handling system including a processor and an associated cooling system. The method may include providing power to the cooling system based on a performance/power balance setting, accepting a user input to adjust the performance/power balance setting, and adjusting the power provided to the cooling system based on the adjusted performance/power balance setting. The performance/power balance setting may define a balance between performance of the processor and power consumption of the associated cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Artman, Stuart Allen Berke
  • Patent number: 8402208
    Abstract: A memory system includes a first memory module and a second memory module. A memory controller is coupled to the first and second memory modules and reads configuration information from the first and second memory modules using a memory channel. The controller also configures a switch coupled between the controller and one of the memory modules to communicate using either a chip select line or a memory address line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Berke
  • Publication number: 20130060996
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for controller independent faulty memory replacement is described. The system includes a system memory component with a system memory component architecture. The system also includes a memory buffer coupled to the system memory component. The memory buffer may include at least one spare memory location corresponding to a faulty memory location of the system memory component. Additionally, the system memory component architecture may receive a read command directed to an address of the system memory component containing the faulty memory location and output, in response to the read command, data corresponding to the address from both the system memory component and the at least one spare memory component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Berke
  • Publication number: 20130054949
    Abstract: An apparatus including a first connector configured to fit into a first socket in a processing system, the first connector and first socket conforming to a first standard, a second socket configured to accept a memory module therein, the second socket and the memory module conforming to a second standard, a memory buffer module communicatively coupled to the first connector and the second socket, the memory buffer module configured to receive signals associated with the first standard from the first connector and output signals associated with the second standard to the second socket, and a virtualization module communicatively coupled to the memory buffer module, the first connector, and the second socket, the virtualization module configured to receive first initialization data associated with the second standard from the second socket and output second initialization data associated with the first standard to the processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, William Sauber
  • Patent number: 8368547
    Abstract: Systems and methods for indicating the unsafe service handling temperature of an information handling system component are disclosed. A method may include sensing a surface temperature of the component and comparing the surface temperature to a first and second threshold temperatures. The method may further include displaying various temperature warning by multiple temperature indicators if the surface temperature is above or below the threshold temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, Shawn P. Hoss
  • Patent number: 8349297
    Abstract: Saturated, monophasic solutions of drug in a solvent and propellant mixture, together with a film-forming agent, exhibit transdermal diffusion fluxes greater than those predicted by Fick's law when applied topically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Medpharm Limited
    Inventors: Marc Barry Brown, Stuart Allen Jones
  • Patent number: 8350711
    Abstract: Systems and methods for safe handling of information handling resources are provided. In some embodiments, a method is provided. The method may include detecting occurrence of a power down sequence and in response to detecting of the power down sequence, controlling operation of a cooling fan coupled to information handling resources based at least on a first criteria of a predetermined policy. The method may include receiving a signal from a sensor, the signal indicating a thermal property of a particular information handling resource coupled to the sensor. The method may include determining if the thermal property satisfies a second criteria of the predetermined policy, the second criteria comprising a safe temperature range for handling the particular information handling resource. If the thermal property meets the second criteria, the method may provide an alert via an indicator to a user indicating the particular information handling resource is safe for handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, Dominick Lovicott, Hasnain Shabbir, William Coxe
  • Patent number: 8321205
    Abstract: In order to know precisely and clearly what words mean, the DMTIPCI definitional method implements by use of a first algorithm steps for iteratively deconstructing all usage predicate words of all words in any language to their primary words, creating the DMTIPCI First Subject Word Dictionary. Primary words as herein defined are words that have no non-tautological words in their predicate(s). The second algorithm creates a list of all primary words and the third algorithm gives meanings to the primary words by citing examples of said primary words. All words are arranged under their primary words by a fourth algorithm creating a DMTIPCI Primary Word Dictionary. A fifth algorithm measures the accuracy of search engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Garrie
  • Publication number: 20120263772
    Abstract: Pesticide strips used to control parasitic mites in honeybees. The pesticide strips are designed to have a lifetime or period of existence, after which the strip no longer exists in its original form. The strip breaks down, such as by disintegration, dissolving, decomposition, being eaten or carrier away, or otherwise degrading over time, so that at the end of the recommended lifetime, the strip is no longer in its original form. In most embodiments, at least 50% of the strip is no longer present, and in other embodiments at least 75% of the strip is no longer present. Preferably, at the end of the recommended lifetime, the strip no longer exists, at least the body of the strip that included the active ingredient. With this design, the strip does not provide extended low-dose pesticide that can be detrimental in treating the mites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Mann Lake Holding, Inc.
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Volby
  • Patent number: 8291153
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for an information handling system having transportable cache module is disclosed herein. The information handling system has a memory controller coupled to a central processing unit and a plurality of memory modules. The transportable cache module has a protected memory module, a nonvolatile memory module, a module controller, and an independent power source. The module controller is operative to copy a protected memory region from the protected memory module to a nonvolatile memory region on the nonvolatile memory module. The independent power source is operative to supply power to the protected memory module, the nonvolatile memory module, and the module controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, Gary Benedict Kotzur
  • Publication number: 20120260137
    Abstract: Disclosed in a method of optimizing a voltage reference signal. The method includes: assigning a first value to the voltage reference signal; executing a test pattern while using the voltage reference signal having the first value; observing whether a failure occurs in response to the executing and thereafter recording a pass/fail result; incrementing the voltage reference signal by a second value; repeating the executing, the observing, and the incrementing a plurality of times until the voltage reference signal exceeds a third value; and determining an optimized value for the voltage reference signal based on the pass/fail results obtained through the repeating the executing, the observing, and the incrementing the plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Berke
  • Publication number: 20120257459
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves an apparatus. The apparatus includes a decoder that receives an input command signal as its input and generates a first output command signal as its output. The apparatus includes a register component that receives the input command signal as its input and generates a second output command signal as its output. The apparatus further includes a multiplexer that receives a control signal as its control input and receives both the first output command signal and the second output command signal as its data input, the multiplexer being operable to route one of the first and second output command signals to its output in response to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Berke
  • Publication number: 20120198263
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for creating and dynamically maintaining power inventories of an information handling system is presented. A system for creating and dynamically maintaining power inventories of an information handling system may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be operable to generate power inventories for the information handling system and save the power inventories in the memory. Each of the power inventories may correspond to one of the power states of the information handling system. The processor may also be operable to dynamically update each of the saved power inventories in response to changes in the information handling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, Mukund P. Khatri
  • Publication number: 20120173228
    Abstract: In order to know precisely and clearly what words or terms mean, the DMTIPCI definitional method by an algorithm implementing the DMTIPCI method's unique and novel steps in a computer microprocessor of iteratively deconstructing all usage predicate words of all words in any language to their primary words and storing said words with their deconstructed predicates and primary words in computer repositories and/or in printed form—the DMTIPCI Dictionary. Primary words as herein defined are words or terms that have no non-tautological words in their predicate(s). All words of any language are arranged under their primary words by another DMTIPCI algorithm implemented in a computer microprocessor creating a DMTIPCI Primary Word Dictionary. Other embodiments are described and shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Stuart Allen Garrie
  • Patent number: 8205046
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining coherency in a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system are disclosed. Briefly described, in architecture, one exemplary embodiment comprises a first crossbar coupled to a plurality of local processors; a second crossbar coupled to at least one remote processor; and at least one crossbar directory that tracks access of information by a remote processor in a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system, the remote processor in communication with at least one of the local processors via the crossbars, such that a most current location of the information can be determined by the crossbar directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Shaw, Stuart Allen Berke
  • Patent number: 8190873
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing performance of an information handling system component communicatively coupled to the information handling system are disclosed. An information handling system may include a data gathering module and an operating condition controller module. The data gathering module may be configured to retrieve an operating condition characterization value from the component. That operating condition characterization value may be substantially based on a predetermined characteristic of the component. The operating condition controller module may be configured to modify an operating condition of the component based at least on the retrieved operating condition characterization value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, William F. Sauber