Inventor
CHESTON RICHARD W
US28 patents
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LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD
11 patentsUS7257108B2Aug 14, 2007
Determining the physical location of resources on and proximate to a network
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD70 citations98
US7143067B1Nov 28, 2006
System and method for installing personal computer software
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD68 citations98
US7353428B2Apr 1, 2008
Polled automatic virus fix
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD21 citations90
US7941657B2May 10, 2011
Multi-mode mobile computer with hypervisor affording diskless and local disk operating environments
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD8 citations84
US7555679B2Jun 30, 2009
System and method for computer system rejuvenation
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD11 citations84
US7424745B2Sep 9, 2008
Anti-virus fix for intermittently connected client computers
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD16 citations84
US7383575B2Jun 3, 2008
System and method for automatic password reset
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD16 citations84
US9152195B2Oct 6, 2015
Wake on cloud
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD4 citations71
US9052917B2Jun 9, 2015
Data storage for remote environment
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD3 citations62
US7760189B2Jul 20, 2010
Touchpad diagonal scrolling
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD3 citations58
US7996901B2Aug 9, 2011
Hypervisor area for email virus testing
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD2 citations56
IBM
10 patentsUS6195695B1Feb 27, 2001
Data processing system and method for recovering from system crashes
IBM343 citations99
US6601097B1Jul 29, 2003
Method and system for determining the physical location of computers in a network by storing a room location and MAC address in the ethernet wall plate
IBM129 citations98
US6978385B1Dec 20, 2005
Data processing system and method for remote recovery of a primary password
IBM89 citations97
US6412025B1Jun 25, 2002
Apparatus and method for automatic configuration of a personal computer system when reconnected to a network
IBM58 citations96
US6021493AFeb 1, 2000
System and method for detecting when a computer system is removed from a network
IBM63 citations96
US6167494ADec 26, 2000
Method and system for recovering from operating system failure
IBM78 citations94
US6725178B2Apr 20, 2004
Use of hidden partitions in a storage device for storing BIOS extension files
IBM47 citations93
US6405259B1Jun 11, 2002
Data processing system and method for transmission of a network packet specifying a group identifier identifying a selected plurality of clients
IBM53 citations92
US7587765B2Sep 8, 2009
Automatic virus fix
IBM10 citations84
US6671720B1Dec 30, 2003
Data processing system and method for dynamically assigning a temporary network address to a client computer system utilizing an access port
IBM12 citations73