Patents by Inventor Vijayakumar Subbu

Vijayakumar Subbu 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).

  • Framework for multi-type and multi-location firmware updates and hardware feature updates through a single interface protocol
    Patent number: 8875121
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, system, and/or apparatus to enable multi-type and multi-location firmware updates and hardware feature updates through a single interface protocol. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of updating a platform system firmware and a component device firmware through a single interface protocol includes assigning a unique index number to each of a platform system and a component device, generating a platform system firmware payload, receiving a component device firmware payload, and generating a firmware update package comprising the platform system firmware payload and the component device firmware payload. The method also includes querying the platform payload header and the component payload header using a check image application programming interface and updating at least one of the platform system firmware and the component device firmware by passing at least one of the platform system firmware payload and the component device firmware payload to a set image API.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Vijayakumar Subbu, Poyen Huang
  • FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-TYPE AND MULTI-LOCATION FIRMWARE UPDATES AND HARDWARE FEATURE UPDATES THROUGH A SINGLE INTERFACE PROTOCOL
    Publication number: 20140130034
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method, system, and/or apparatus to enable multi-type and multi-location firmware updates and hardware feature updates through a single interface protocol. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of updating a platform system firmware and a component device firmware through a single interface protocol includes assigning a unique index number to each of a platform system and a component device, generating a platform system firmware payload, receiving a component device firmware payload, and generating a firmware update package comprising the platform system firmware payload and the component device firmware payload. The method also includes querying the platform payload header and the component payload header using a check image application programming interface and updating at least one of the platform system firmware and the component device firmware by passing at least one of the platform system firmware payload and the component device firmware payload to a set image API.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Vijayakumar Subbu, Poyen Huang