Dell Assigned Two Patents

Configuring enterprise information handling system storage solutions
Dell Products LP, Round Rock, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,650,491) developed by 10 co-inventors for a “system and method for configuring enterprise information handling system storage solutions.”

The co-inventors are Fenghua Jia, Jason Wallis, Round Rock, TX, Robert Hayes, Cedar Park, TX, Sreenivas Sathyanarayana, Hsinlin Lai, Austin, TX, Greg Murray, Asmita Phadke, Round Rock, TX, Hemant Deshpande, Jayavel Somasundaram, Austin, TX, and Kevin Thex, Round Rock, TX.

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Enterprise information handling system storage solutions are configured automatically through a graphical user interface that accepts storage device and storage topology selections from an end user to automatically present a graphical image depicting interconnection devices that interface the storage devices. For example, cables with a color selected by the end user are depicted interfacing storage devices with the selected color. In one embodiment, switches are automatically selected and depicted for the storage devices and storage topology selected by the end user.”

The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2007 (11/951,610).

Reserved solid state nonvolatile memory storage capacity for system reduced power state
Dell Products LP, Round Rock, TX, has been assigned a patent (8,671,241) developed by Michael K. Molloy, Round Rock, TX, for “systems and methods for using reserved solid state nonvolatile memory storage capacity for system reduced power state.”

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods that may be implemented to utilize the same portion of solid state nonvolatile memory for both managing system running data during a system working state and to store previous working state data written from system volatile memory during a low power state when the system volatile memory is depowered. The previous working state information may include data and instructions that may be employed to restore the previous working state of the information handling system prior to entering the low power state and terminating power to the system volatile memory.”

The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2011 (13/231,504).