Patents by Inventor Thao N. Tran

Thao N. Tran 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).

  • System and method for managing access to a storage drive in a computer system
    Patent number: 7685634
    Abstract: A system and method for unlocking storage drives during the transition from a low power state to an operational state in a computer system is disclosed. During initiation of the computer system, a password for each password-protected storage drive is saved to a memory location in the computer system. During the transition from a low power state to an operational power state, the password associated with each password-protected device is retrieved from the memory location on the basis of the unique identifier associated with each storage drive and applied to the storage drive for the purpose of unlocking or making the storage drive accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Thao N. Tran, Lowell B. Dennis, Orbie A. Welch, Peter A. Woytovech