公开(公告)号：US06959380B2

公开(公告)日：2005-10-25

申请号：US09804875

申请日：2001-03-13

申请人： Gregory William Dake ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes

发明人： Gregory William Dake ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes

IPC分类号： G06F3/14 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G06F13/12 ,  G06F13/38 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G06F3/1454 ,  G09G2330/026 ,  H04L67/025

摘要： A remote control application is loaded and executes on a service processor independent from a main processor within a remotely managed system, prior to power on for the main processor. The remote control application grabs and packetizes video data from the remotely managed system for transmission to the remote console via a TCP/IP connection transport layer, and receives keyboard/mouse signals in the same manner for insertion into the remotely managed systems's keyboard/mouse controller(s) as though originating from locally attached peripherals. The service processor also feeds up a Java applet for displaying the video data and capturing keyboard/mouse actions through a browser at the remote console. Remote control is thus enabled from power up of the main processor continuously through operating system load by the main processor with a single user interface, a single connection, and no special utility requirements at the remote console.

摘要翻译： 在主处理器上电之前，远程控制应用程序被加载并在独立于远程管理系统内的主处理器的服务处理器上执行。 远程控制应用程序从远程管理系统抓取并打包视频数据，通过TCP / IP连接传输层传输到远程控制台，并以相同的方式接收键盘/鼠标信号，以插入远程管理系统的键盘/鼠标控制器 （如）源自本地连接的外围设备。 服务处理器还通过远程控制台上的浏览器提供用于显示视频数据和捕获键盘/鼠标动作的Java小应用程序。 因此，通过主处理器通过主处理器通过单个用户界面，单个连接和远程控制台没有特殊的实用程序要求，通过主处理器的上电连续启用远程控制。

公开(公告)号：US06931568B2

公开(公告)日：2005-08-16

申请号：US10113167

申请日：2002-03-29

申请人： Antonio Abbondanzio ,  Gregory William Dake ,  Dhruv Manmohandas Desai ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  William Joseph Piazza ,  Gregory Brian Pruett ,  David B. Rhoades

发明人： Antonio Abbondanzio ,  Gregory William Dake ,  Dhruv Manmohandas Desai ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  William Joseph Piazza ,  Gregory Brian Pruett ,  David B. Rhoades

IPC分类号： H04L1/22 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2028 ,  G06F11/2038 ,  H04L1/22

摘要： A system and method for determining an active service processor from two or more redundant service processors in the system. The system typically includes two management modules and at least one managed subsystem such as a server blade. Each management module includes a service processor and control logic. The control logic is configured to receive various status signals from the service processor and to generate a control signal based thereon. The control signal is provided, via an interconnect plane, to determination logic on each managed subsystem. The determination logic receives a control signal from each management module and generates a switch signal based on the state of the control signals. The switch signal controls switching logic configured to receive bus signals from the service processors on each management module. Based on the control signal, one of the service processor bus signals is provided to managed instrumentation on the managed subsystem. The management module control logic is generally configured to maintain the control signal in its current state if the active processor is determined to be functional. The control logic is further configured to alter the control signal state if the active service processor is determined to be non-functional. A transition in the control signal typically generates a fail-over event that causes the switching logic on the managed subsystems to switch from the previously active service processor to the previously inactive or standby service processor as the source of service processor signals.

摘要翻译： 一种用于从系统中的两个或多个冗余服务处理器确定主动服务处理器的系统和方法。 系统通常包括两个管理模块和至少一个托管子系统，例如服务器刀片。 每个管理模块包括服务处理器和控制逻辑。 控制逻辑被配置为从服务处理器接收各种状态信号并且基于此产生控制信号。 控制信号通过互连平面提供给每个被管理的子系统上的确定逻辑。 确定逻辑从每个管理模块接收控制信号，并根据控制信号的状态生成开关信号。 开关信号控制被配置为从每个管理模块上的服务处理器接收总线信号的开关逻辑。 基于控制信号，服务处理器总线信号之一被提供给被管理子系统上的管理仪器。 管理模块控制逻辑通常被配置为如果活动处理器被确定为功能，则将控制信号保持在其当前状态。 控制逻辑还被配置为如果主动服务处理器被确定为不起作用则改变控制信号状态。 控制信号中的转换通常产生故障转移事件，导致被管理子系统上的交换逻辑从先前有效的服务处理器切换到先前不活动或备用服务处理器作为服务源处理器信号。

公开(公告)号：US07194659B2

公开(公告)日：2007-03-20

申请号：US10315807

申请日：2002-12-10

申请人： William W. Buchanan, Jr. ,  Simon C. Chu ,  Peter Thomas Donovan ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  Gregory Brian Pruett ,  David B. Rhoades ,  Paul Brian Tippet

发明人： William W. Buchanan, Jr. ,  Simon C. Chu ,  Peter Thomas Donovan ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  Gregory Brian Pruett ,  David B. Rhoades ,  Paul Brian Tippet

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1417

摘要： Aspects for detection and correction of entrance into an improper master boot record (MBR) state in a computer system are described. The aspects include providing a proxy MBR at a predetermined location on a storage device of a computer system to provide a proxy MBR. The proxy MBR is then utilized during a restart operation. An original MBR maintained at an original location on the storage device is then utilized during a reboot operation when the utilization of the proxy MBR is unsuccessful.

摘要翻译： 描述了在计算机系统中检测和校正进入不正确主引导记录（MBR）状态的方面。 这些方面包括在计算机系统的存储设备上的预定位置处提供代理MBR以提供代理MBR。 然后在重新启动操作期间使用代理MBR。 然后，当代理MBR的使用不成功时，在重新引导操作期间，使用维护在存储设备上的原始位置的原始MBR。

公开(公告)号：US06888643B1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-03

申请号：US09595936

申请日：2000-06-16

申请人： Benjamin Russell Grimes

发明人： Benjamin Russell Grimes

IPC分类号： G06R15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/147 ,  G09G2340/0407 ,  G09G2370/16 ,  G09G2380/14

摘要： A paperless printing system for storing and displaying documents produced by print facilities of a data processing system comprises a docking station in communication with a printer port of the data processing system. The docking station receives, from the data processing system, printer data that defines one or more documents. A portable viewer that is removably coupled with the docking station receives the printer data from the docking station. A rewritable memory within the portable viewer stores the printer data. One or more controls on the portable viewer respond to operator manipulation by causing the portable viewer to utilize the printer data to display a desired portion of the one or more documents at least when the portable viewer is not coupled with the docking station and not in communication with the data processing system. In an illustrative embodiment, the system also includes a printer driver in the data processing system that is associated with the paperless printer. An operating system in the data processing system responds to an invocation of a print function of an application by utilizing the printer driver to generate the printer data.

摘要翻译： 用于存储和显示由数据处理系统的打印设备产生的文档的无纸打印系统包括与数据处理系统的打印机端口通信的对接站。 对接站从数据处理系统接收定义一个或多个文档的打印机数据。 可拆卸地与对接站耦合的便携式观察器从对接站接收打印机数据。 便携式查看器内的可重写存储器存储打印机数据。 便携式观看者上的一个或多个控件通过使便携式观看者利用打印机数据至少当便携式观看者不与对接站耦合而不在通信中时利用打印机数据来显示所述一个或多个文档的期望部分来响应操作者的操纵 与数据处理系统。 在说明性实施例中，系统还包括与无纸打印机相关联的数据处理系统中的打印机驱动程序。 数据处理系统中的操作系统通过利用打印机驱动程序产生打印机数据来响应应用程序的打印功能的调用。

公开(公告)号：US06880012B1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-12

申请号：US09630912

申请日：2000-08-02

申请人： Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  Jillian Lynn Kaufman ,  Edward Stanley Suffern

发明人： Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  Jillian Lynn Kaufman ,  Edward Stanley Suffern

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04M11/00 ,  H04M11/06

CPC分类号： H04M11/066 ,  H04M11/007

摘要： A system, method, and program for establishing modem communication between a master computer system and a plurality of slave computer systems coupled to a common serial communication channel are disclosed. An unique identification number (UIN) is assigned to each slave computer system. The slave system modems are initialized to a “receive mode.” The master computer system directs a session request to the slave computer systems through the common serial communication channel. All slave computer systems receive and respond to the session request by changing each of the modems to the “answer mode.” After all the slave computer systems respond, the master computer system requests communication with a particular slave computer system among the plurality of slave computer systems. The master computer system uses the UIN to establish communication with the particular slave computer system by sending a request from the master computer system specifying the UIN of the particular slave computer system. After the master computer system requests communication with the particular slave computer system, communication is maintained between the master computer system and only the particular slave computer system by maintaining the modem for the particular slave computer system in the “answer mode” and switching the modems for all other slave computer systems to the “receive mode.” After communication is established between the master computer system and the particular slave computer system, the master computer system controls the particular slave computer system by issuing commands.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在主计算机系统和耦合到公共串行通信信道的多个从属计算机系统之间建立调制解调器通信的系统，方法和程序。 每个从属计算机系统分配唯一的标识号（UIN）。 从系统调制解调器被初始化为“接收模式”。 主计算机系统通过通用串行通信通道将会话请求引导到从属计算机系统。 所有从机计算机系统通过将每个调制解调器更改为“应答模式”来接收和响应会话请求。 在所有从计算机系统响应之后，主计算机系统请求与多个从属计算机系统中的特定从属计算机系统的通信。 主计算机系统通过发送来自指定特定从属计算机系统的UIN的主计算机系统的请求，使用UIN与特定从属计算机系统建立通信。 在主计算机系统请求与特定从属计算机系统的通信之后，通过将特定从属计算机系统的调制解调器维持在“应答模式”中，并且将调制解调器切换为 所有其他从属计算机系统到“接收模式”。 在主计算机系统和特定从属计算机系统之间建立通信之后，主计算机系统通过发出命令来控制特定的从计算机系统。

公开(公告)号：US5742758A

公开(公告)日：1998-04-21

申请号：US681740

申请日：1996-07-29

申请人： Scott Neil Dunham ,  Charles Richard Dart, II ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes

发明人： Scott Neil Dunham ,  Charles Richard Dart, II ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes

IPC分类号： G06F11/22 ,  G06F11/273 ,  G06F21/00 ,  G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2635 ,  G06F11/2273 ,  G06F21/71 ,  G06F2211/1097

摘要： Provides management tools for a System Owner to assure that a personal computer system is secured against access by an unauthorized user by foreclosing the possibility of circumventing system's security protection during an I/O ROM scan. The POST code is designed to prompt for the proper security password prior to allowing any adapter ROM utility to be run. An interrupt service routine will detect key strokes during adapter ROM scan and prior to passing control to the adapter ROM for handling of the keyboard interrupt. Prior to the ROM Scan for the system, the POST code detects whether or not C2 Security is enabled. On some systems, the C2 functionally may not be used and, the system does not consider password protection for the adapter Utilities. If however, the C2 functionality of the system is enabled, the POST code will continue to enable the password protection for the ROM Scan. Once the interrupt service routine is established the ROM scan will begin. Once the ROM Scan is complete, the interrupt service routine will be unchained from the system, and progress will continue through POST.

摘要翻译： 为系统所有者提供管理工具，以确保个人计算机系统受到非授权用户的访问，防止在I / O ROM扫描过程中绕过系统的安全保护。 POST代码旨在在允许运行任何适配器ROM实用程序之前提示正确的安全密码。 中断服务程序将在适配器ROM扫描期间以及在将控制权传给适配器ROM以处理键盘中断之前检测到关键笔划。 在系统的ROM扫描之前，POST代码检测C2 Security是否启用。 在某些系统上，C2功能上可能不会使用，并且系统不考虑适配器工具的密码保护。 然而，如果启用了系统的C2功能，则POST代码将继续为ROM扫描启用密码保护。 一旦建立中断服务程序，ROM扫描将开始。 ROM扫描完成后，中断服务程序将从系统中解除连接，并通过POST继续进行。

公开(公告)号：US5684979A

公开(公告)日：1997-11-04

申请号：US681415

申请日：1996-07-23

申请人： Benjamin Russell Grimes

发明人： Benjamin Russell Grimes

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F12/06 ,  G11C29/08 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G11C29/08 ,  G06F12/0653 ,  G06F12/0684

摘要： A computer system which includes a page mode memory in which a particular piece of data is accessed by first supplying a page or row address, then supplying a column address. These addresses are input to the memory by row address strobe (RAS) signals and column address strobe (CAS) signals. The RAS signals are determined by comparing input CPU addresses with row starting address information stored in registers, each of which corresponds to a memory socket in which a memory module may be installed. An algorithm is described for initializing the memory and its memory controller, including a determination of the starting address information.

摘要翻译： 一种计算机系统，其包括页面模式存储器，其中通过首先提供页面或行地址来访问特定数据片段，然后提供列地址。 这些地址通过行地址选通（RAS）信号和列地址选通（CAS）信号输入到存储器。 通过将输入CPU地址与存储在寄存器中的行起始地址信息进行比较来确定RAS信号，每个寄存器对应于可以安装存储器模块的存储器插槽。 描述了用于初始化存储器及其存储器控制器的算法，包括确定起始地址信息。

公开(公告)号：US5852738A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-22

申请号：US752410

申请日：1996-11-19

申请人： Richard Bealkowski ,  Doyle Stanfill Cronk ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  Michael Robert Turner

发明人： Richard Bealkowski ,  Doyle Stanfill Cronk ,  Benjamin Russell Grimes ,  Michael Robert Turner

IPC分类号： G06F12/10

CPC分类号： G06F12/10 ,  G06F12/1027

摘要： A method for managing a memory address space in a memory system, the memory system having multiple block address translation entries, each entry defining a portion of the memory address space, including the steps of determining that a received virtual address references a portion of the memory address space not defined by any of the block address translation entries, reallocating at least one of the block address translation entries to define a portion of the memory address space including the received virtual address, and providing a physical address matching the virtual address by using the reallocated block address translation entries. In addition, an apparatus for managing a memory address space in a memory system, the memory system having multiple block address translation entries, each entry defining a portion of the memory address space, including apparatus for determining that a received virtual address references a portion of the memory address space not defined by any of the block address translation entries, apparatus for reallocating at least one of the block address translation entries to define a portion of the memory address space including the received virtual address, and apparatus for providing a physical address matching the virtual address by using the reallocated block address translation entries.

摘要翻译： 一种用于管理存储器系统中的存储器地址空间的方法，所述存储器系统具有多个块地址转换条目，每个条目定义所述存储器地址空间的一部分，包括以下步骤：确定所接收的虚拟地址引用所述存储器的一部分 地址空间未由任何块地址转换条目定义，重新分配块地址转换条目中的至少一个以定义包括接收到的虚拟地址的存储器地址空间的一部分，以及通过使用所述虚拟地址提供与虚拟地址匹配的物理地址 重新分配块地址转换条目。 另外，一种用于管理存储器系统中的存储器地址空间的装置，所述存储器系统具有多个块地址转换条目，每个条目定义存储器地址空间的一部分，包括用于确定所接收的虚拟地址参考 没有由块地址转换条目中的任一个定义的存储器地址空间，用于重新分配块地址转换条目中的至少一个以定义包括接收到的虚拟地址的存储器地址空间的一部分的装置，以及用于提供物理地址匹配的装置 虚拟地址通过使用重新分配的块地址转换条目。