Jeremy M Ford

US Patent:

6459942, Oct 1, 2002

Filed:

Sep 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/940928

Inventors:

Mitchell A. Markow - Spring TX
Jeremy Ford - Spring TX
Ji-An Gong - Houston TX

Assignee:

Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G06F 1700

US Classification:

700 94, 381 98, 381103, 333 28 R, 379406, 379410

Abstract:

A speakerphone of a system with a digital signal processor, such as a computer, uses a filter set or network to provide acoustic coupling loss at a microphone to offset acoustic coupling gain produced by sound reflections resulting from various conditions in the system. The filter network processes an acoustic signal before the signal is provided to a digital signal processor to eliminate acoustic coupling gain that the digital signal processor is unable to cancel or offset. The filter network detects when the acoustic coupling gain in the acoustic signal at the microphone exceeds the maximum amount of acoustic coupling loss supplied by the digital signal processor. Alternatively, if acoustic coupling gain is desirable at the frequency location of the anomaly caused by the sound reflections, the filter network is used to boost the acoustic coupling gain produced by the anomaly. Thus, the present speakerphone uses equalization at the microphone to boost or attenuate acoustic coupling gain caused by frequency anomalies before acoustic echo cancellation by the digital signal processor.

US Patent:

7103189, Sep 5, 2006

Filed:

Jan 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/771102

Inventors:

Jeremy M. Ford - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

H02B 1/00

US Classification:

381123, 381120

Abstract:

An audio amplifier configuration for a personal computer system optimizes performance in both the single-ended mode and the bridged mode. In a single-ended mode, as when the computer system user receives audio through headphones plugged into an external jack, a jack sense line is activated that switches into operation a power supply that is optimized for single-ended audio operation. In the bridged mode, as when the computer user receives audio from the system's internal speaker, operation is such that the audio amplifier is supplied by a power source optimized for operation in a bridged mode. In general, single-ended operation dictates that the audio amplifier power supply exhibit substantial noise immunity characteristics; whereas bridged-mode operation requires that the power supply be capable of supplying more demanding peak voltage and current excursions.

US Patent:

7518624, Apr 14, 2009

Filed:

Jan 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/040951

Inventors:

Jeremy M. Ford - Austin TX, US
Jeffrey Thelen - Round Rock TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G09G 5/00
H04N 5/64

US Classification:

345905, 345903, 348839

Abstract:

A modular display system and method assembles an external interface module with a display module to support built-to-order display configurations. The display module has display panel, timing controller and speaker components assembled in a display module housing that accepts a single LVDS and a single audio interface. The external interface module couples to the display module housing to form an integral display system. Selective assembly of the display system from plural types of external interface modules allows selective configuration of the display system with various television and information handling system display functionalities, such as to fill a purchaser order in a build-to-order manufacturing process.

US Patent:

8001581, Aug 16, 2011

Filed:

Dec 17, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/316940

Inventors:

Jeremy Ford - Spring TX, US
Clint O'Connor - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

726 2, 713 1, 713 2

Abstract:

Methods and systems for providing embedded user authentication and/or providing computing services using an information handling system configured as flexible computing node, and which may be implemented to perform preboot authentication of users. The flexible computing node may also be configured to provision the appropriate work environment for a given user based on one or more user parameters (e. g. entitlements, location, network connection, and/or other parameters).

US Patent:

8154569, Apr 10, 2012

Filed:

Mar 25, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/410610

Inventors:

Jeremy M. Ford - Austin TX, US
Jeffrey Thelen - Round Rock TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G09G 5/00
G06F 1/16
H04N 5/64

US Classification:

345905, 345903, 36167922, 348839

Abstract:

A modular display system and method assembles an external interface module with a display module to support built-to-order display configurations. The display module has display panel, timing controller and speaker components assembled in a display module housing that accepts a single LVDS and a single audio interface. The external interface module couples to the display module housing to form an integral display system. Selective assembly of the display system from plural types of external interface modules allows selective configuration of the display system with various television and information handling system display functionalities, such as to fill a purchaser order in a build-to-order manufacturing process.

US Patent:

8387060, Feb 26, 2013

Filed:

Oct 1, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/571820

Inventors:

Fahd Pirzada - Austin TX, US
Jeremy M. Ford - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06F 9/50
G06F 9/455

US Classification:

718104, 718 1

Abstract:

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for automatically allocating resources to a virtual machine. Expected workload profile data and application utilization data corresponding to a software application associated with a virtual machine (VM) is collected by an application profiling agent. Resource utilization data corresponding to the utilization of resources associated with the execution of the software application is collected by a system resource monitor. The expected workload profile data, the application utilization data, and the resource utilization data are then processed to determine a virtual machine workload class, which is then used to determine a corresponding VM policy. Data associated with the VM policy then processed to generate VM resource allocation instructions, which are in turn processed to provision the VM.

US Patent:

20020159607, Oct 31, 2002

Filed:

Apr 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/844355

Inventors:

Jeremy Ford - Austin TX, US
Mitchell Markow - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

H03G005/00

US Classification:

381/103000, 381/098000

Abstract:

An audio system that automatically customizes equalization and gain of sound based on sound type includes a controller coupling together a digital audio source, a digital equalizer, equalization coefficient database, and source information database. The digital equalizer receives a digital audio signal from the digital audio source. The digital audio source contains digital audio media containing a number of sound selections and transmits a sound selection header to the controller. The controller transmits the sound selection header to the source information database. The source information database provides a sound type corresponding to the sound selection header to the controller. After receiving the sound type from the source information database, the controller transmits the sound type to the equalization coefficient database. The equalization coefficient database then provides the audio signal processing coefficients corresponding to the sound type to the controller and the controller automatically updates digital equalizer parameters.

US Patent:

20040205403, Oct 14, 2004

Filed:

Mar 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/402024

Inventors:

Mitchell Markow - Hutto TX, US
Jeremy Ford - Austin TX, US
Ricardo Dominguez - Georgetown TX, US

International Classification:

H02H003/05

US Classification:

714/030000

Abstract:

Hardware component performance in an information handling system is detected with an integrated acoustic power spectra sensor that can be used for diagnostics analysis. The acoustic power spectra data is compared to acoustic models for operative drives to determine an acoustic pass/fail criteria, or to provide more sophisticated analysis of the drive performance, including specific drive failure conditions or impending drive failure conditions.