Patents by Inventor Wesley M. Ellinger

Wesley M. Ellinger 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).

  • Server controller for storing and retrieving sequences of video screens forwarded by a server host computer
    Patent number: 6173340
    Abstract: A communication system is presented whereby sequences of video screens sent from a host CPU to a video controller can be stored and subsequently retrieved by a terminal located remote from the host CPU. The host CPU and video controller form part of a server arranged within a distributed computing system. An administrator situated at the remote terminal can retrieve select video screens produced during server operations to determine information regarding the server configuration and possible causes of server failure or future failure. The sequence of video screens thereby represent video screen changes stored upon a server controller adapted for coupling to the server expansion bus. The video screen changes represent a sequence of video screen changes occurring prior to server failure or after server reset. Those changes provide beneficial information to an administrator located remote from the server, and allows the administrator to communicate with the server using several possible communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: R. Scott Gready, Wesley M. Ellinger, Gordon R. Clark
  • System for storing display data during first time period prior to failure of computer and during second time period after reset of the computer
    Patent number: 5852720
    Abstract: A communication system is presented whereby sequences of video screens sent from a host CPU to a video controller can be stored and subsequently retrieved by a terminal located remote from the host CPU. The host CPU and video controller form part of a server arranged within a distributed computing system. An administrator situated at the remote terminal can retrieve select video screens produced during server operations to determine information regarding the server configuration and possible causes of server failure or future failure. The sequence of video screens thereby represent video screen changes stored upon a server controller adapted for coupling to the server expansion bus. The video screen changes represent a sequence of video screen changes occurring prior to server failure or after server reset. Those changes provide beneficial information to an administrator located remote from the server, and allows the administrator to communicate with the server using several possible communication protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corp.
    Inventors: R. Scott Gready, Wesley M. Ellinger, Gordon R. Clark