Inventor

PIWONKA MARK A

US40 patents

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PIWONKA MARK A

HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO

Ownership tag on power-up screen

Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system

Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code

Structure and method for automatically setting the CPU speed

Unattended BIOS recovery

Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system

Method for secure storage and verification of the administrator, power-on password and configuration information

Systems and methods for securing ports

Balancing a power load among USB ports

Protected memory area

Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM

BIOS password security using modified scan codes

Resetting a system in response to changes of component settings

Power supply identification

Communication port recovery

Ownership tag on power up screen

Method for ensuring optimal memory configuration in a computer

Updates to flash memory based on determinations of bits to erase

Power management systems

Power monitoring and reduction

Protected memory area

Enablement and disablement of cameras

Device configuration prior to initialization of a system

PIWONKA MARK A

System and method for updating a basic input/output system (BIOS)

Modify executable bits of system management memory page table

SMM-dependent GPIO lock for enhanced computer security

Systems and methods of determining a trust level from system management mode

COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP

Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM

Computer with periodic full power-on self test

Method for storing board revision

COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIE

Method for supporting optical international language modules flashed into ROM

Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM

HOBSON LOUIS B

Apparatus for determining during a power-on sequence, a value to be written to a first register in a secure area and the same value to a second register in non-secure area, which during a protected mode, the value is compared such that if it is equal, enabling writing to a memory

Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code

HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO LP

Backup power supply based configuration data application

Method for determining whether to enter a S3 state based on user-defined permissible S3 period during an always on mode

SPOTTSWOOD JASON

System and method for programming a data storage device with a password

ZIARNIK GREGORY P

Locking a system management interrupt (SMI) enable register of a chipset

HEWLWTT PACKARD DEV COMPANY L P

Connected devices information

DESSELLE BERNARD D

Clearing secure system resources in a computing device