Patents by Inventor Wiliam J. Beyda

Wiliam J. Beyda 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).

  • System and method for intelligent and reliable booting
    Patent number: 6061788
    Abstract: A system and method for intelligent and reliable booting of a PBX-supporting computer includes a system bus coupled to at least one central processor. Multiple booting devices are connected to the system bus including a hard disk drive, a removable media device, and at least one of RAM, NVRAM, and FLASHROM. Multiple monitoring devices are connected to the system bus to provide reliability data regarding each of the booting devices. A hierarchy of the booting devices is established, the order of which, in the absence of any system errors, is RAM, one of NVRAM and FLASHROM, the hard disk drive, and the removable media device. A power fail sensor detects power failures which have affected the system, and provides data regarding the reliability of RAM and the hard disk drive. A watchdog timer sensor detects errors in the operation of a central processor, and a memory status sensor detects memory checksum errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Reynaud, Joe Nielson, Randy Han, Tad Kuwano, James M. Worsham, Wiliam J. Beyda