MARK S POTTER
Electrician at Lk Grv Bnd, Tomball, TX

6543004, Apr 1, 2003

Jul 29, 1999

09/363512

John M. Cagle - Houston TX
Gregory T. Noren - The Woodlands TX
Kevin M. Jones - Tomball TX
Mark R. Potter - Tomball TX

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H04H 305

714 15, 714 7

A computer system includes a first storage device, a backup storage device, and a system controller. The first storage device has a default operating system and a customized operating system stored therein. The backup storage device has at least archived configuration data stored therein. The system controller is adapted to replace the customized operating system with a restored operating system that is based on the default operating system. A method for restoring a computer system includes providing a first storage device having a default operating system stored therein. A backup storage device is provided having at least configuration data stored therein. The configuration data is transferred to the first storage device.

6446091, Sep 3, 2002

Jul 29, 1999

09/363443

Gregory T. Noren - The Woodlands TX
John M. Cagle - Houston TX
Mark R. Potter - Tomball TX

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

G06F 1200

707202, 707200, 707203, 707205, 707 10

A method for undeleting files in a computer system includes flagging at least one deleted file with an identifier. The flagged deleted file is hidden in the computer system. A list of deleted files that have been flagged with the identifier is generated. The list of deleted files is comprised of a directory path hierarchy for each deleted file. A file is selected from the list of deleted files and undeleted.

2004003, Feb 26, 2004

Aug 20, 2002

10/224217

Brady Evans - Bellevue WA, US
Todd Behrbaum - Mercer Island WA, US
Mark Potter - Tomball TX, US
Thomas Buske - Spring TX, US
John Cagle - Houston TX, US
John Hemphill - Spring TX, US

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

G06F015/16, G06F015/173

709/225000

A computer network comprising a plurality of computing entities including a dynamic provisioning system that redeploys computer systems between resource groups. The determination as to when this transition between resource groups should occur is based on performance statistics gathered from the network. The transition from one group to the other includes, disabling the computer from a first resource group, reconfiguring the computer according to a configuration database, and redeploying the reconfigured machine to a second resource group. The second resource group can be an over utilized resource group that needs extra compute resources or it can be an idle resource group.

7143300, Nov 28, 2006

Jul 25, 2001

09/915082

Mark R. Potter - Tomball TX, US
Thomas L. Buske - Spring TX, US
John M. Cagle - Houston TX, US
John M. Hemphill - Spring TX, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

G06F 1/26, G06F 15/173

713323, 713321, 718105, 719224

A computer system comprising a plurality of computing entities includes automatic power management logic that automatically transitions the system to a state in which less power is consumed when appropriate. The determination as to when this transition should occur is based on determining when demand for the processing abilities of the system are reduced. Once the decision has been made to transition to a reduced power state, the system's power management logic makes this transition in such a way to preferably minimize or at least reduce the performance impact on the system. Also, rather than altering the power state of one of the computing entities in the system, the entity can be deployed as part of another computing system.

6167538, Dec 26, 2000

Mar 6, 1998

9/036263

E. David Neufeld - Tomball TX
Andrew C. Cartes - Spring TX
Mark R. Potter - Tomball TX

Compaq Computer Corporation - Houston TX

G06F 1100

714 47

Improved techniques for monitoring behavioral data of components of a computer system are disclosed. The monitoring begins to monitor a component once a monitoring program recognizes the presence of the component within the computer system. Then, the monitoring program tracks behavioral data generated by the component. A user interacting with the monitoring program is thus able to monitor the operation of the component by analyzing the various behavioral data it receives from the component. In one embodiment, the component is a hardware resource and its driver sends events to the monitoring program, and the driver receives commands from the monitoring program.