Patents by Inventor Thomas Voor

Thomas Voor 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).

  • UEFI and operating system driver methods for updating MAC address in LAN-based NIC
    Patent number: 9537822
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) unambiguously addresses networked devices connected by a local area network (LAN) based network interface controller (NIC) by detecting a device descriptor of LAN-based NIC, determining that the device descriptor indicates a capability for assigning a reserve media access control (MAC) address to the networked device, writing the reserve MAC address in the LAN-based NIC of the networked device, and associating the reserve MAC address with the networked device in an inventory data structure for the IHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: James T. Gillon, Thomas Voor, Nicholas D. Grobelny, Nathan F. Martell
  • UEFI AND OPERATING SYSTEM DRIVER METHODS FOR UPDATING MAC ADDRESS IN LAN-BASED NIC
    Publication number: 20160036767
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) unambiguously addresses networked devices connected by a local area network (LAN) based network interface controller (NIC) by detecting a device descriptor of LAN-based NIC, determining that the device descriptor indicates a capability for assigning a reserve media access control (MAC) address to the networked device, writing the reserve MAC address in the LAN-based NIC of the networked device, and associating the reserve MAC address with the networked device in an inventory data structure for the IHS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: JAMES T. GILLON, THOMAS VOOR, NICHOLAS D. GROBELNY, NATHAN F. MARTELL
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE CONTROL OF CHARGING A POWER SOURCE
    Publication number: 20060238416
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for selective control of charging a power source (122). The method can include the steps of charging (212) the power source of an electronic device (136) in which the electronic device also includes a global positioning system unit (118) and conducting (216) a session for the global positioning system unit. The method can also include the step of—in response to the session—selectively throttling (218) the flow of current to the power source of the electronic device to reduce the effect of thermal variation on the operation of the global positioning system unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Voor, Brian Bucknor, Sameh Tawadrous