Patents by Inventor Wayne R. Weilnau
Wayne R. Weilnau 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).
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Publication number: 20120192007Abstract: A server chassis includes an uninterruptible power supply, and a server including a controller. The uninterruptible power supply is configured to provide a reserve power when a primary power is lost, and to send a power loss signal when the primary power is lost. The controller is configured to receive a desired server uptime, to receive an indication that a power limit for the server is fixed or decreasing over the desired server, to receive the power loss signal from the uninterruptible power supply, to send a power capacity query to the uninterruptible power supply, to receive a reserve power capacity of the uninterruptible power supply in response to the power capacity query, to calculate the power limit for the server based on the reserve power capacity of the uninterruptible power supply and on the desired server uptime, and to enforce the power limit on the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Wayne R. Weilnau, JR., Elie J. Jreij
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Publication number: 20120173862Abstract: A system and method of delaying power-up of an information handling system is disclosed. According to an aspect, a method of powering an information handling system can include detecting a delay power-up setting within a basic input output system (BIOS) of a particular information handling system using a management controller. The management controller can be configured to delay power-up of the particular information handling system. The method can further include enabling a power-up of the particular information handling system in response to the delay power-up setting using the management controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Mukund P. Khatri, Wayne R. Weilnau, JR., Richard L. Holmberg, JR., Akkiah C. Maddukuri
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Publication number: 20120158890Abstract: A communication system includes a storage operable to host an operating system and a management controller configured to directly communicate with the operating system. The management controller directly communicates with the operating system through a communication channel free of an intermediate agent. The management controller is operable to asynchronously send management information to the operating system over the communication channel. The management controller is also operable to asynchronously receive management information from the operating system over the communication channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Elie Jreij, Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Wayne R. Weilnau, JR.
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Patent number: 8122235Abstract: A system and method of delaying power-up of an information handling system is disclosed. According to an aspect, a method of powering an information handling system can include detecting a delay power-up setting within a basic input output system (BIOS) of a particular information handling system using a management controller. The management controller can be configured to delay power-up of the particular information handling system. The method can further include enabling a power-up of the particular information handling system in response to the delay power-up setting using the management controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Mukund P. Khatri, Wayne R. Weilnau, Jr., Richard L. Holmberg, Jr., Akkiah C. Maddukuri
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Patent number: 8072975Abstract: The “dual stack” capability of a network supporting two or more address spaces is used to perform host discovery in the network address space of one network address format using the network address space of another network format (e.g., via a PING sweep in the network address space of the other network format). The host discovery can be performed using addressing in a smaller network address space (e.g., IPv4 network address format) to discover hosts in a larger network address space (e.g., IPv6 network address format), or vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Wayne R. Weilnau, Jr., Robert L. Winter
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Patent number: 7814335Abstract: A system and method of selectively installing software onto a computer system which includes reading a configuration file that contains computer system information, determining an encryption key from data contained in the configuration file, and deciphering data stored on a nonvolatile storage device using the encryption key. The computer system information includes system specific information that may be used to determine whether the computer system was purchased from a particular vendor. In a Windows™ based application, the configuration file includes a BIOS/DOS file that includes computer system specific information and the encryption key is optionally stored in a registry file to provide for repeated uses of the encryption key if more than one data file are being deciphered. In another embodiment, the data file is stored on a World Wide Web page accessible over a global computer network, such as the Internet, to install and decipher encrypted data files stored on a Web server.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Anil V. Rao, Wayne R. Weilnau
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Publication number: 20100118734Abstract: The “dual stack” capability of a network supporting two or more address spaces is used to perform host discovery in the network address space of one network address format using the network address space of another network format (e.g., via a PING sweep in the network address space of the other network format). The host discovery can be performed using addressing in a smaller network address space (e.g., IPv4 network address format) to discover hosts in a larger network address space (e.g., IPv6 network address format), or vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Wayne R. Weilnau, JR., Robert L. Winter
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Publication number: 20090307476Abstract: A system and method of delaying power-up of an information handling system is disclosed. According to an aspect, a method of powering an information handling system can include detecting a delay power-up setting within a basic input output system (BIOS) of a particular information handling system using a management controller. The management controller can be configured to delay power-up of the particular information handling system. The method can further include enabling a power-up of the particular information handling system in response to the delay power-up setting using the management controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2008Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Mukund P. Khatri, Wayne R. Weilnau, JR., Richard L. Holmberg, JR., Akkiah C. Maddukuri
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Patent number: 6904391Abstract: A system and method for interpreting sensor data utilizing virtual sensors includes a plurality of physical sensors having a sensor number, a virtual sensor repository including a plurality of virtual sensors and an event log, a management controller, and one or more agents and allows for a central repository for a plurality of sensor values and a consistent and uniform view of system health. The management controller associates each of the physical sensors with one or more of the virtual sensors utilizing the sensor numbers. The management controller further stores within each of the associated virtual sensors the sensor value from the physical sensor associated with the associated virtual sensor. The one or more agents request and receive the sensor value for a desired physical sensor from one or more of the virtual sensors located in the virtual sensor repository instead of directly from the desired physical sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Cynthia M. Merkin, Donald W. Gerhart, Wayne R. Weilnau, Jr., Allen M. Blanton, Jr., Philip D. Chidester, Mukund P. Khatri
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Publication number: 20040254767Abstract: A system and method for interpreting sensor data utilizing virtual sensors includes a plurality of physical sensors having a sensor number, a virtual sensor repository including a plurality of virtual sensors and an event log, a management controller, and one or more agents and allows for a central repository for a plurality of sensor values and a consistent and uniform view of system health. The management controller associates each of the physical sensors with one or more of the virtual sensors utilizing the sensor numbers. The management controller further stores within each of the associated virtual sensors the sensor value from the physical sensor associated with the associated virtual sensor. The one or more agents request and receive the sensor value for a desired physical sensor from one or more of the virtual sensors located in the virtual sensor repository instead of directly from the desired physical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.Inventors: Cynthia M. Merkin, Donald W. Gerhart, Wayne R. Weilnau, Allen M. Blanton, Philip D. Chidester, Mukund P. Khatri
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Patent number: 6772099Abstract: A system and method for interpreting sensor data utilizing virtual sensors includes a plurality of physical sensors having a sensor number, a virtual sensor repository including a plurality of virtual sensors and an event log, a management controller, and one or more agents and allows for a central repository for a plurality of sensor values and a consistent and uniform view of system health. The management controller associates each of the physical sensors with one or more of the virtual sensors utilizing the sensor numbers. The management controller further stores within each of the associated virtual sensors the sensor value from the physical sensor associated with the associated virtual sensor. The one or more agents request and receive the sensor value for a desired physical sensor from one or more of the virtual sensors located in the virtual sensor repository instead of directly from the desired physical sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Cynthia M. Merkin, Donald W. Gerhart, Wayne R. Weilnau, Jr., Allen M. Blanton, Jr., Philip D. Chidester, Mukund P. Khatri
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Publication number: 20040133398Abstract: A system and method for interpreting sensor data utilizing virtual sensors includes a plurality of physical sensors having a sensor number, a virtual sensor repository including a plurality of virtual sensors and an event log, a management controller, and one or more agents and allows for a central repository for a plurality of sensor values and a consistent and uniform view of system health. The management controller associates each of the physical sensors with one or more of the virtual sensors utilizing the sensor numbers. The management controller further stores within each of the associated virtual sensors the sensor value from the physical sensor associated with the associated virtual sensor. The one or more agents request and receive the sensor value for a desired physical sensor from one or more of the virtual sensors located in the virtual sensor repository instead of directly from the desired physical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Cynthia M. Merkin, Donald W. Gerhart, Wayne R. Weilnau, Allen M. Blanton, Philip D. Chidester, Mukund P. Khatri