Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Rydman

Thomas J. Rydman 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for acquiring and displaying expansion read only memory size information
    Patent number: 7254703
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for acquiring and displaying expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution are disclosed. The disclosed method and apparatus detect an expansion read only memory, determine a memory usage characteristic of the detected expansion read only memory, and store the memory usage characteristic in a data structure prior to execution of an operating system by a processor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas J. Rydman
  • Methods and apparatus for acquiring expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution
    Publication number: 20040153600
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for acquiring expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus detect an expansion read only memory, determine a memory usage characteristic of the detected expansion read only memory, and store the memory usage characteristic in a data structure prior to execution of an operating system by a processor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas J. Rydman