Inventor
BALLARD LEE E
US31 patents
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DELL PRODUCTS LP
28 patentsUS11899602B2Feb 13, 2024
Smart network interface controller operating system binding
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations73
US10361948B2Jul 23, 2019
Communication loop prevention in an information handling system
DELL PRODUCTS LP6 citations73
US11012407B2May 18, 2021
System and method of utilizing multiple networks
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations72
US10146653B2Dec 4, 2018
Automated system-level failure and recovery
DELL PRODUCTS LP5 citations71
US10419239B2Sep 17, 2019
Switch dependent teaming for high availability of virtual network functions
DELL PRODUCTS LP3 citations68
US10990680B2Apr 27, 2021
Method and apparatus for securing add-in cards from firmware and configuration changes
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations67
US9960987B2May 1, 2018
System and method for using open source management modules on hardware switch elements
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations65
US12541623B2Feb 3, 2026
Synchronization of system time among smart devices via Security Protocol Data Model (SPDM)
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations62
US11928191B2Mar 12, 2024
System and method for authorization scope extension for security protocol and data model capable devices
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations62
US11438229B2Sep 6, 2022
Systems and methods for operating system deployment and lifecycle management of a smart network interface card
DELL PRODUCTS LP1 citations62
US9467441B2Oct 11, 2016
Secure service delegator
DELL PRODUCTS LP2 citations62
US11258624B2Feb 22, 2022
System and method for providing remote site security for information handling systems in a protected network
DELL PRODUCTS LP1 citations61
US12399697B2Aug 26, 2025
Secure smart network interface controller firmware update
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations60
US12585454B2Mar 24, 2026
Management controller firmware updates for information handling system (IHS) component without a direct out-of-band (OOB) management channel
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations57
US11411753B2Aug 9, 2022
Adding network controller sideband interface (NC-SI) sideband and management to a high power consumption device
DELL PRODUCTS LP1 citations56
US12425400B2Sep 23, 2025
Secure access via 802.1X port-based network access control (PNAC)
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations52
US12405807B2Sep 2, 2025
System and method for boot and shutdown synchronization of server operating system and component operating system
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations52
US12164642B2Dec 10, 2024
Smart network interface controller signature database emulation
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations52
US11805338B2Oct 31, 2023
Systems and methods for enabling smart network interface card as an advanced telemetry appliance
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations52
US12407674B2Sep 2, 2025
System and method for discovery and binding of remote access controller firmware to a proxy service
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51
US12222882B2Feb 11, 2025
Systems and methods for smart network interface card-initiated server management
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51
US12001827B2Jun 4, 2024
System and method for system-wide firmware downgrade control
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51
US11836504B2Dec 5, 2023
Synchronized shutdown of host operating system and data processing unit operating system
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51
US11809289B2Nov 7, 2023
High-availability (HA) management networks for high performance computing platforms
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations51
US10785120B2Sep 22, 2020
Systems and methods for extending link layer discovery over virtual Ethernet bridges
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations50
US10075398B2Sep 11, 2018
Systems and methods for enabling a host system to use a network interface of a management controller
DELL PRODUCTS LP1 citations47
US12118363B2Oct 15, 2024
Coordinated boot synchronization and startup of information handling system subsystems
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations46
US10853113B2Dec 1, 2020
Hierarchically nested virtualized functions having a physical function providing processing requests and responses to each level of the hierarchy
DELL PRODUCTS LP0 citations41