Patents by Inventor Vance E. Corn

Vance E. Corn 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).

  • Patent number: 9612759
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be used to automatically create RAID configuration with heterogeneous Physical Disk (PD) set up using Virtual Disk (VD) RAID Level and size, for example, to allow replication of a given RAID configuration across multiple different RAID platform systems regardless of the underlying storage disk sizes and/or storage disk types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Sundar Dasar, Sanjeev S. Dambal, Satyajit D. Desai, Vance E. Corn, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20160335008
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be used to automatically create RAID configuration with heterogeneous Physical Disk (PD) set up using Virtual Disk (VD) RAID Level and size, for example, to allow replication of a given RAID configuration across multiple different RAID platform systems regardless of the underlying storage disk sizes and/or storage disk types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Sundar Dasar, Sanjeev S. Dambal, Satyajit D. Desai, Vance E. Corn, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Patent number: 9292396
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor and a management controller separate from the processor. The management controller is operable to boot the information handling system to a system service management module, direct the system service management module to execute diagnostics code on the processor and to store a result from the execution of the diagnostics code in a predetermined memory location. The management controller is also operable to retrieve the result from the predetermined memory location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Mark A. Young, Jerry M. Jones, Sumeet Kukreja, Vance E. Corn, Jon R. Hass, William C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20150039939
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a processor and a management controller separate from the processor. The management controller is operable to boot the information handling system to a system service management module, direct the system service management module to execute diagnostics code on the processor and to store a result from the execution of the diagnostics code in a predetermined memory location. The management controller is also operable to retrieve the result from the predetermined memory location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Mark A. Young, Jerry M. Jones, Sumeet Kukreja, Vance E. Corn, Jon R. Hass, William C. Edwards
  • Patent number: 8838848
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to manage machine-specific System Profile Unique Data (SPUD) information for one or more information handling systems. Such SPUD information may be managed and transported through in-band and/or out-of-band processing and communications, and may be employed to make restoration of machine-specific data possible either through network data communications and/or local system data communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products LP
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Jianwen Yin, Madhav Karri, Vance E. Corn, William C. Edwards
  • Patent number: 8832369
    Abstract: Remote RAID system configuration may be implemented in an embedded and out-of-band manner using an information handling system configured, for example, as a RAID server. The remote RAID configuration may be implement, for example, on a RAID server system in the condition as it is supplied directly out-of-the-box to a user without requiring downloading of any additional software or firmware, without requiring presence of a management framework and plug in, and/or in a manner that is operating system (OS)-independent or that requires no OS to be present on the server. The RAID server may then be remotely reconfigured one or more times thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Patrick O. Boyd, Vance E. Corn, William C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20140082236
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to manage machine-specific System Profile Unique Data (SPUD) information for one or more information handling systems. Such SPUD information may be managed and transported through in-band and/or out-of-band processing and communications, and may be employed to make restoration of machine-specific data possible either through network data communications and/or local system data communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Jianwen Yin, Madhav Karri, Vance E. Corn, William C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20120110262
    Abstract: Remote RAID system configuration may be implemented in an embedded and out-of-band manner using an information handling system configured, for example, as a RAID server. The remote RAID configuration may be implement, for example, on a RAID server system in the condition as it is supplied directly out-of-the-box to a user without requiring downloading of any additional software or firmware, without requiring presence of a management framework and plug in, and/or in a manner that is operating system (OS)-independent or that requires no OS to be present on the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Patrick O. Boyd, Vance E. Corn, William C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20070294476
    Abstract: A system and method for previewing a disk drive's disk data format (DDF) metadata before performing an “import” or “clear” method to make it available on a receiving system comprising a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array. A preview method is implemented such that the DDF metadata of one or more disk drives comprising a foreign configuration can be examined prior to importing or clearing the disk. New objects are derived from existing virtual disk and physical disk array objects that have the same characteristics as existing object definitions. These new objects are aggregated to comprise a new foreign configuration object when foreign metadata is discovered on a drive by a receiving RAID controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Vance E. Corn, John Dodson, William C. Edwards, Scott A. Lenharth
  • Patent number: 5564017
    Abstract: A process for terminating a client server network connection that includes a first automatic termination of all programs executing on the client from code accessed from the server. The disconnection processing interrogates the client computer system to determine any open program files or libraries. Network program files or libraries result in a user prompting to determine whether they should be automatically terminated. In an alternate embodiment, a profile may indicate whether automatic termination will take place without user notification. Once all network loaded programs have been terminated, the disconnection process proceeds normally to sever the network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vance E. Corn, Steven M. French