Patents by Inventor Vijay Bharat Nijhawan

Vijay Bharat Nijhawan 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).

  • Automatic generation of ACPI source language for peripheral resource configuration
    Patent number: 6185677
    Abstract: A method and article of manufacture for the automatic generation of Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (“ACPI”) Source Language (“ASL”) code in a Basic Input-Output System (“BIOS”) of a computer system having an ACPI compliant BIOS. The method scans all device node structures in the BIOS to find the device node structures corresponding to static and MCD devices. ASL code is generated corresponding to the device node structure by extracting the PnP Id of the devices and generating the required control methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
    Inventor: Vijay Bharat Nijhawan