Patents by Inventor Willliam A. Stevens, JR.

Willliam A. Stevens, 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).

  • Method and System for linking Firmware Modules in a Pre-Memory Execution Environment
    Publication number: 20090006832
    Abstract: A BIOS includes a core and multiple modules. The modules include both those that are platform specific and those that are not platform specific. Each module has a standard interface that allows the core (or other module) to call the module. A platform vendor constructs a BIOS by selecting modules from one or more vendors, which when executed can select modules that are suitable for the platform the BIOS resides in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Willliam A. Stevens, JR., Andrew J. Fish, Kirk D. Brannock, Robert P. Hale, Ramamurthy Krithivas