Joseph Clayton Tallieu

US Patent:

7403927, Jul 22, 2008

Filed:

Jan 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/764184

Inventors:

Roy Meaney - Ballyneety, IE
Philip Brisky - Manchaca TX, US
Eric Hoxworth - Austin TX, US
Joseph Tallieu - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06Q 90/00

US Classification:

705500, 705 7, 700215, 700225, 700226, 700227

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing a build-to-order PC system unit having at least one hardware component, e. g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (“component ID”) in software readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (“system trackcode”) which defines the hardware and software configuration of the item, storing the system trackcode in association with the component ID in a manufacturing database such that the component ID can be used as a key to retrieve the associated system trackcode. During manufacture the component ID is read from the motherboard and used to retrieve the associated system trackcode from the database.

US Patent:

7882044, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

Jun 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/164225

Inventors:

Roy Meaney - Ballyneety, IE
Philip Brisky - Manchaca TX, US
Eric Hoxworth - Austin TX, US
Joseph Tallieu - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06Q 90/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

705500, 705 7, 700215, 700225, 700226, 700227

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing an information handling system having at least one hardware component, e. g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (component ID) in software-readable form. The method includes generating a digital identifier (system trackcode) which defines the hardware and software configuration of the item and storing the system trackcode in association with the component ID in a manufacturing database such that the component ID can be used as a key to retrieve the associated system trackcode. During manufacture the component ID is read from the motherboard and used to retrieve the associated system trackcode from the database.

US Patent:

8190535, May 29, 2012

Filed:

Dec 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/972677

Inventors:

Roy Meaney - Ballyneety, IE
Philip Brisky - Manchaca TX, US
Eric Hoxworth - Austin TX, US
Joseph Tallieu - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06Q 90/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

705500, 705 11, 705 711, 700215, 700225, 700226, 700227

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing an information handling system having at least one hardware component, e. g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (component ID) in software-readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (system trackcode) which defines the hardware and software configuration of the item, storing the system trackcode in association with the component ID in a manufacturing database such that the component ID can be used as a key to retrieve the associated system trackcode. During manufacture the component ID is read from the motherboard and used to retrieve the associated system trackcode from the database.

US Patent:

20040199758, Oct 7, 2004

Filed:

Apr 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/406462

Inventors:

Roy Meaney - Limerick, IE
Philip Brisky - Manchaca TX, US
Eric Hoxworth - Austin TX, US
Joseph Tallieu - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F009/00

US Classification:

713/002000

Abstract:

A universal PXE client obtains configuration information for an information handling system, applies the configuration information to create a drive on the information handling system and loads a manufacture operating system in the drive. The manufacture operating system runs a manufacture application that configures the software of the information handling system. The universal PXE client is generated by a scripting engine of a network boot program that is downloaded to the information handling system with a NIC boot kernel activated on power-up. The state of manufacture is periodically saved to a network location that tracks manufacture progress and persists manufacture state information through system re-boots.

US Patent:

20070266120, Nov 15, 2007

Filed:

May 10, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/431229

Inventors:

Joseph Tallieu - Austin TX, US
Vijay Halaharvi - Austin TX, US
Gong Yeh - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/177

US Classification:

709220000, 709222000

Abstract:

Systems and methods for handling instructions in a pre-boot execution environment are disclosed. A controlling server may connect to a pre-boot control (PBC) proxy server via a network and transmit over the network from the controlling server to the PBC proxy server instructions for a pre-boot task to be completed by a network bootstrap program (NBP) on a client system connected to the PBC proxy server. The NBP may poll the PBC proxy server to determine if any instructions for a pre-boot task to be completed are available. If instructions are available, the instructions may be transmitted from the PBC proxy server to the NBP, and the pre-boot task executed by the NBP on the client system. If instructions are not available, the NBP may sleep for a specified interval of time and repoll the PBC proxy server after the specified interval.

US Patent:

20120209819, Aug 16, 2012

Filed:

Apr 27, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/457794

Inventors:

Roy Meaney - Ballyneety, IE
Philip Brisky - Manchaca TX, US
Eric Hoxworth - Austin TX, US
Joseph Tallieu - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P. - Round Rock TX

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707690, 707E17009

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing an information handling system having at least one hardware component, e.g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (component ID) in software-readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (system trackcode) which defines the hardware and software configuration of the item, storing the system trackcode in association with the component ID in a manufacturing database such that the component ID can be used as a key to retrieve the associated system trackcode. During manufacture the component ID is read from the motherboard and used to retrieve the associated system trackcode from the database.