Patents by Inventor Yiqing Lai

Yiqing Lai 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: 7420934
    Abstract: A network connection of an information handling system is recovered after configuration of network communications components in an incorrect manner by adjusting the configuration of the network communication components. For instance, a network interface card (NIC) configured with an incorrect IP address has the IP addresses of other NICs of the information handling system applied to determine if network communication is supported. If application of each IP address fails to recover communication, the NIC adjusts to a dynamic network address, sends a configuration failure message, receives new configuration information and applies the new configuration information to establish network communication through a static network address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Bertram, Yiqing Lai, Paul Rad, Weijia Zhang
  • Patent number: 7216200
    Abstract: A deployment module of a RAID deployment management system integrates vendor-specific RAID configurations into a vendor-independent infrastructure with a RAID configuration utility that translates vendor-specific formatted configuration information to vendor-independent formatted configuration information. A user interface determines a RAID configuration for a target information handling system from a unique identifier associated with the target information handling system and deploys the configuration information through a deployment engine that selects a boot file from a DHCP server for the target to boot to with a PXE client. The deployment engine loads an agent to the target that executes to configure the target and then resets the boot file associated with the target so that subsequent boot allows the configured target to deploy software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Yiqing Lai, Anusha Ragunathan
  • Publication number: 20050185589
    Abstract: A network connection of an information handling system is recovered after configuration of network communications components in an incorrect manner by adjusting the configuration of the network communication components. For instance, a network interface card (NIC) configured with an incorrect IP address has the IP addresses of other NICs of the information handling system applied to determine if network communication is supported. If application of each IP address fails to recover communication, the NIC adjusts to a dynamic network address, sends a configuration failure message, receives new configuration information and applies the new configuration information to establish network communication through a static network address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Berbam, Yiqing Lai, Paul Rad, Weijia Zhang
  • Publication number: 20050108474
    Abstract: A deployment module of a RAID deployment management system integrates vendor-specific RAID configurations into a vendor-independent infrastructure with a RAID configuration utility that translates vendor-specific formatted configuration information to vendor-independent formatted configuration information. A user interface determines a RAID configuration for a target information handling system from a unique identifier associated with the target information handling system and deploys the configuration information through a deployment engine that selects a boot file from a DHCP server for the target to boot to with a PXE client. The deployment engine loads an agent to the target that executes to configure the target and then resets the boot file associated with the target so that subsequent boot allows the configured target to deploy software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Yiqing Lai, Anusha Ragunathan
  • Publication number: 20050097407
    Abstract: A remote deployment manager infers a target information handling system state from status information discovered from the target information handling system and applies the inferred target information handling system state to validate actions performed to the target information handling system. A discovery module discovers status information to which an inferred state engine applies state calculation rules to infer a target state without having to rely on tasks performed to the target. An action. validator applies the inferred state to actions requested from a user interface to ensure that only valid actions are communicated to a target information handling system. Valid actions may include remote commands for RAID configuration, capture of an image, deployment of a captured image or preassignment of an image to an undiscovered target information handing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Weijia Zhang, Daniel Bertram, Ruoting Huang, Yiqing Lai, Richard Landau, Jorge Pando, Hai Phung, Anusha Ragunathan