Patents by Inventor William C. Edwards, III

William C. Edwards, III 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).

  • Patent number: 11922174
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and a management controller. The management controller establishes a communication channel with the UEFI, and provides a memory path associated with a driver associated with an operation to be performed in the UEFI. Based on the memory path, the UEFI receives the requested driver from a memory associated with the UEFI, and loads the requested driver. The UEFI executes the loaded requested driver, and provides an execution status for executed driver to the management controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William C Edwards, III, Aniruddha Suresh Herekar
  • Publication number: 20230325202
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and a management controller. The management controller establishes a communication channel with the UEFI, and provides a memory path associated with a driver associated with an operation to be performed in the UEFI. Based on the memory path, the UEFI receives the requested driver from a memory associated with the UEFI, and loads the requested driver. The UEFI executes the loaded requested driver, and provides an execution status for executed driver to the management controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: William C. Edwards III, Aniruddha Suresh Herekar
  • Patent number: 8819708
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a firmware management infrastructure. The firmware management infrastructure includes a database that identifies a correspondence between members of a set of device paths and members of a set of correlatable identifier strings. A device path represents a platform-specific reference to an object at the information handling system and a correlatable identifier string represents a platform independent reference to the object. Programs can access the database using an application programming interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Mark W. Shutt, Anand P. Joshi, Austin Bolen, Patrick O. Boyd, Samer El Haj Mahmoud, William C. Edwards, III
  • Patent number: 8782342
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20130238854
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Patent number: 8438333
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20120180076
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a firmware management infrastructure. The firmware management infrastructure includes a database that identifies a correspondence between members of a set of device paths and members of a set of correlatable identifier strings. A device path represents a platform-specific reference to an object at the information handling system and a correlatable identifier string represents a platform independent reference to the object. Programs can access the database using an application programming interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Mark W. Shutt, Anand P. Joshi, Austin Bolen, Patrick O. Boyd, Samer El Haj Mahmoud, William C. Edwards, III
  • Publication number: 20090204757
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a plurality of storage enclosures, a plurality of logical storage units located in each storage enclosure, a controller connected to each of the plurality of logical storage units. The controller is configured to receive data regarding the plurality of logical storage units, and automatically execute an algorithm based on the received logical storage unit data to generate a mirrored storage configuration to be implemented, the mirrored storage configuration defining mirrored pairs of the plurality of logical storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: William C. Edwards, III, Patrick O. Boyd