Patents by Inventor William Arthur Sargenti, Jr.

William Arthur Sargenti, Jr. 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).

  • Use of other processors during BIOS boot sequence to minimize boot time
    Patent number: 6336185
    Abstract: A method for use in a multi-processor system, including a boot strap processor and at least a first processor, for booting the system by executing a plurality of boot sequence tasks, comprising the steps of causing the boot strap processor to execute at least one task from the plurality of boot sequence tasks, and causing the first processor to execute a task in the plurality of boot sequence tasks that is different from the task being executed by the boot strap processor and is executed at least partially in parallel with the execution by the boot strap processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: William Arthur Sargenti, Jr., David Lawrence French