Kurt Joseph Gillespie

US Patent:

7711758, May 4, 2010

Filed:

Apr 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/398993

Inventors:

Kurt Gillespie - Lawrenceville GA, US

Assignee:

American Megatrends, Inc. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707812, 707690, 709201, 709202, 709206

Abstract:

Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for storing a character string in a HII database in an EFI environment are provided. According to one method, a request is received to store a character string in an HII database within an EFI environment. Included in the request are one or more attributes that distinctly identify the character string to be created and added to the HII database. A determination is then made as to whether a character string having identical or nearly identical distinct attributes was previously stored in the HII database. If a character string having identical distinct attributes was previously stored in the HII database, the character string is not stored in the HII database and the previously stored string's unique token is retrieved. If a character string having distinct attributes was not previously stored in the HII database, then the character string is stored in the HII database and a new unique token for the string is retrieved.

US Patent:

7921247, Apr 5, 2011

Filed:

Feb 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/388559

Inventors:

Kurt Gillespie - Lawrenceville GA, US

Assignee:

American Megatrends, Inc. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

710100, 713 1

Abstract:

A block of memory is allocated from a volatile memory device, such as a main system random access memory. The memory block is allocated dynamically and has a dynamically assigned memory address. The memory address of the memory block is shared between a master component executing within an EFI environment and one or more slave components executing within the same and/or different processing modes, such as a system management mode. The memory address is used by the master component to access the memory block and also used by the slave components to access the memory block.

US Patent:

7512719, Mar 31, 2009

Filed:

Mar 16, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/377808

Inventors:

Kurt Gillespie - Lawrenceville GA, US

Assignee:

American Megatrends, Inc. - Norcross GA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

710 10, 713 1, 711147

Abstract:

A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for sharing a dynamically located memory block between regular, SMM, and other components in an EFI environment are provided. According to the method, a block of memory is allocated from a volatile memory device, such as a main system random access memory. The memory block is allocated dynamically and has a dynamically assigned memory address. The memory address of the memory block is shared between a master component executing within an EFI environment and one or more slave components executing within the same and/or different processing modes, such as a system management mode. The memory address is used by the master component to access the memory block and also used by the slave components to access the memory block.