Patents by Inventor Thane M. Larson
Thane M. Larson 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: 10804631Abstract: A device includes a circuit board with circuit components, and first edge finger tab extending from the circuit board, and a second edge finger tab extending from the circuit board. The first edge finger tab includes electrical contacts to provide signaling to and from particular circuit components of the circuit board, and is to mate with a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)-compatible edge card connection mechanism of a baseboard. The second edge finger tab includes electrical contacts to provide power delivery to the circuit board, is to mate with a second edge card connection mechanism of the baseboard. In some aspects, the second edge finger tab may be a PCIe-compatible feature that is typically to prevent the device from being inserted into a legacy PCI edge card connection mechanism, or with a PCIe-compatible feature that is typically to engage a retention mechanism of a baseboard.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Timothy Wig, Manisha M. Nilange, Thane M. Larson, Horthense Delphine Tamdem
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Publication number: 20190296470Abstract: A device includes a circuit board with circuit components, and first edge finger tab extending from the circuit board, and a second edge finger tab extending from the circuit board. The first edge finger tab includes electrical contacts to provide signaling to and from particular circuit components of the circuit board, and is to mate with a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)-compatible edge card connection mechanism of a baseboard. The second edge finger tab includes electrical contacts to provide power delivery to the circuit board, is to mate with a second edge card connection mechanism of the baseboard. In some aspects, the second edge finger tab may be a PCIe-compatible feature that is typically to prevent the device from being inserted into a legacy PCI edge card connection mechanism, or with a PCIe-compatible feature that is typically to engage a retention mechanism of a baseboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Timothy Wig, Manisha M. Nilange, Thane M. Larson, Horthense Delphine Tamdem
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Patent number: 10222823Abstract: The present disclosure describes embodiments of apparatuses and methods related to a computing apparatus with a real time clock (RTC) coupled to a bus, where the RTC does not have a backup power source to maintain time and date of the RTC. The computing apparatus may have firmware coupled to the bus, and the firmware may contain boot logic with network time protocol (NTP) logic. The computing apparatus may have persistent memory coupled to the bus with configuration parameters. The computing apparatus may have a controller coupled to the bus, where the controller is to retrieve the configuration parameters from the persistent memory and processes the boot logic with the NTP logic using the configuration parameters to transmit an NTP request over the bus and receives a coordinated universal time (UTC) over the bus and stores the UTC in the RTC.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Thane M. Larson, Ramamurthy Krithivas, Chris Ruffin
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Publication number: 20190053397Abstract: The present disclosure describes a number of embodiments related to devices, systems, and methods for identifying a location of a resource among a plurality of locations in a data center rack. A signal transmission medium may be disposed proximate to the plurality of locations to transmit a signal traversing the plurality of locations, with each resource in the rack having a sensor or transmitter portion that couples itself to the signal transmission medium at a point substantially at this resource location, or the location of the resource within the data center rack is identified based at least in part on the sensed signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Vasudevan Srinivasan, Murugasmy K. Nachimuthu, Brian J. Griffith
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Patent number: 10111199Abstract: An information technology (IT) equipment positioning system comprises a plurality of wireless transponders distributed in multiple locations in the data center and a controller. The controller is adapted to operate the transponders using triangulation to identify and detect positioning according to three-dimensional coordinates for wireless-tagged IT equipment located in the data center.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Thane M. Larson, Christopher G. Malone, Stephen B. Lyle
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Patent number: 10091906Abstract: Apparatuses and systems associated with a server rack to hold a plurality of rack components may include a cabinet having a front opening of width W, and a first mounting pole and a second mounting pole located parallel to each other at the front opening to facilitate receipt and to hold the plurality of rack components. The server rack may further include the first and second mounting poles having a spacing of x inches or centimeters from each other, with the mid-point of the spacing being offset from the mid-point of width W, that defines a first mounting space to receive a first subset of the rack components in a first orientation and a second mounting space to receive a second subset of the rack components in a second orientation that differs from the first orientation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Thane M. Larson
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Publication number: 20170245390Abstract: Apparatuses and systems associated with a server rack to hold a plurality of rack components may include a cabinet having a front opening of width W, and a first mounting pole and a second mounting pole located parallel to each other at the front opening to facilitate receipt and to hold the plurality of rack components. The server rack may further include the first and second mounting poles having a spacing of x inches or centimeters from each other, with the mid-point of the spacing being offset from the mid-point of width W, that defines a first mounting space to receive a first subset of the rack components in a first orientation and a second mounting space to receive a second subset of the rack components in a second orientation that differs from the first orientation. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Thane M. Larson
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Publication number: 20160378135Abstract: The present disclosure describes embodiments of apparatuses and methods related to a computing apparatus with a real time clock (RTC) coupled to a bus, where the RTC does not have a backup power source to maintain time and date of the RTC. The computing apparatus may have firmware coupled to the bus, and the firmware may contain boot logic with network time protocol (NTP) logic. The computing apparatus may have persistent memory coupled to the bus with configuration parameters. The computing apparatus may have a controller coupled to the bus, where the controller is to retrieve the configuration parameters from the persistent memory and processes the boot logic with the NTP logic using the configuration parameters to transmit an NTP request over the bus and receives a coordinated universal time (UTC) over the bus and stores the UTC in the RTC.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Ramamurthy Krithivas, Chris Ruffin
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Publication number: 20160044629Abstract: An information technology (IT) equipment positioning system comprises a plurality of wireless transponders distributed in multiple locations in the data center and a controller. The controller is adapted to operate the transponders using triangulation to identify and detect positioning according to three-dimensional coordinates for wireless-tagged IT equipment located in the data center.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Christopher G. Malone, Stephen B. Lyle
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Patent number: 9182480Abstract: An information technology (IT) equipment positioning system comprises a plurality of wireless transponders distributed in multiple locations in the data center and a controller. The controller is adapted to operate the transponders using triangulation to identify and detect positioning according to three-dimensional coordinates for wireless-tagged IT equipment located in the data center.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Christopher G. Malone
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Patent number: 8051210Abstract: A server includes a processor, a memory, and a plurality of interfaces for outputting server status information. A LAN switch includes a first port configured to be coupled to a first LAN, a second port configured to be coupled to a second LAN, and a plurality of interface connection ports. Each interface connection port is configured to be coupled to one of the plurality of interfaces. The LAN switch is configured to selectively connect ports of the switch based on a combination of a first set of connection information received from the first LAN through the first port and a second set of connection information received from the second LAN through the second port.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Loren Koehler
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Patent number: 7788477Abstract: A system controls operating system images for a group of diskless servers and comprises an operating system builder, an operating system image manager and a run-time configuration and management tool. The operating system builder is configured to create a binary image of an operating system and modify components of the image by automated operation. The binary image is operative as common base operating system image for multiple servers. The operating system image manager discovers and manages a set of diskless servers in conjunction with a server manageability interface and a boot server. The run-time configuration and management tool for the diskless server set is configured for high-availability management, server and application health monitoring, and enforcing a security protocol between a network and a host server and individual diskless servers.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Wei-Han Huang, Sachin Chheda, Thane M. Larson
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Patent number: 7726144Abstract: A method of managing conditions in a data center comprises storing information relating to field replaceable unit thermal properties in at least one field replaceable unit non-volatile memory and generating information for real-time dynamic temperature mapping of the data center based on the field replaceable unit thermal property information.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Christopher G. Malone
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Patent number: 7685348Abstract: A server system includes a plurality of printed circuit assemblies including at least one host processor card. A management card is coupled to the plurality of printed circuit assemblies. The management card is dedicated to monitoring and managing operation of the server system, including monitoring and managing on-line insertion and removal of the printed circuit assemblies in a compact peripheral component interconnect (cPCI) server system.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2001Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Kirk Bresniker
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Patent number: 7652889Abstract: An apparatus adapted for locating position of an electronic system or device in an information technology (IT) center comprises a connector strip adapted for attachment to a rack cabinet configured for mounting multiple electronic devices, and a jumper adapted for interfacing an electronic device of the multiple electronic devices and configured to mate with and attach to the connector strip. The apparatus further comprises a logic adapted to identify position of the interfaced electronic device in the rack cabinet based on attachment of the jumper to the connector strip.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Christopher G. Malone
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Patent number: 7630304Abstract: A method of recovering overflowed data at a first I2C source port buffer on an I2C router having a second I2C source port buffer and a destination port I2C bus. The method comprises: requesting resend of said overflowed data to the first I2C source port buffer; receiving the overflowed data at the first I2C source port buffer; capturing the destination port I2C bus and transmitting all data from the first I2C source port buffer to the destination port I2C bus.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2003Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Kirk Yates
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Patent number: 7612990Abstract: An LCD panel configured to be attached to a server system and coupled to a management card of the server system includes an LCD display. The panel includes a plurality of alphanumeric keys for entering alphanumeric strings that are displayed on the LCD display, and a plurality of navigation keys for navigating through a menu displayed on the LCD display and selecting menu items.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2003Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Kirk Bresniker
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Publication number: 20080270666Abstract: A removable active communication bus of an apparatus in one example comprises at least two blade communication interfaces that are configured to communicatively couple at least two blade components within at least one blade enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Christopher Gregory Malone, Thane M. Larson
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Publication number: 20080269916Abstract: A management system includes a management application that is executable in a central management station and is operative to manage hardware components one or more systems using visual graphics that presents assembly and repair functionality in combination with system health information. The management application is further operative to present a visual set of step-by-step instructions through the visual graphics for addition, deletion, and/or replacement of the managed hardware components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2007Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Christopher G. Malone, Thane M. Larson
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Patent number: 7398345Abstract: An inter-integrated circuit port for providing increased security. An electrical connector for communicative coupling to an inter-integrated circuit bus is provided. A controller coupled to the electrical connector operates to control data communication through the electrical connector based on control information. A mask coupled to the controller provides the control information to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2003Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Thane M. Larson, Kirk Yates