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RITZ ANDREW J
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MICROSOFT CORP
11 patentsUS8010822B2Aug 30, 2011
Power-aware thread scheduling and dynamic use of processors
MICROSOFT CORP85 citations97
US7376968B2May 20, 2008
BIOS integrated encryption
MICROSOFT CORP72 citations96
US6742180B1May 25, 2004
System and method providing seamless transition of operating system environment
MICROSOFT CORP29 citations92
US7577860B2Aug 18, 2009
Processor specific BIOS interface for power management
MICROSOFT CORP8 citations84
US7490256B2Feb 10, 2009
Identifying a target processor idle state
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations84
US7949904B2May 24, 2011
System and method for hardware error reporting and recovery
MICROSOFT CORP7 citations83
US7934121B2Apr 26, 2011
Transparent replacement of a system processor
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations80
US7877358B2Jan 25, 2011
Replacing system hardware
MICROSOFT CORP12 citations79
US9170636B2Oct 27, 2015
Operating system management of network interface devices
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations62
US7424525B2Sep 9, 2008
Managing headless computer systems
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations62
US7373530B2May 13, 2008
Systems and methods for providing power-loss protection to sleeping computers systems
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations59
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
8 patentsUS9294379B2Mar 22, 2016
Wake pattern management
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC6 citations83
US10212022B2Feb 19, 2019
Enhanced network virtualization using metadata in encapsulation header
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC2 citations72
US9596153B2Mar 14, 2017
Wake pattern management
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations72
US10862732B2Dec 8, 2020
Enhanced network virtualization using metadata in encapsulation header
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations51
US9939876B2Apr 10, 2018
Operating system management of network interface devices
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations51
US10153959B2Dec 11, 2018
Network communication and cost awareness
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations48
US9680724B2Jun 13, 2017
Network communication and cost awareness
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations48
US12536504B2Jan 27, 2026
Collaborative workspaces for browsers
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations44
RITZ ANDREW J
5 patentsUS8086906B2Dec 27, 2011
Correlating hardware devices between local operating system and global management entity
RITZ ANDREW J29 citations89
US8543871B2Sep 24, 2013
Correlating hardware devices between local operating system and global management entity
RITZ ANDREW J4 citations60
US8473460B2Jun 25, 2013
Driver model for replacing core system hardware
RITZ ANDREW J4 citations58
US8745441B2Jun 3, 2014
Processor replacement
RITZ ANDREW J0 citations48
US8797914B2Aug 5, 2014
Unified policy management for extensible virtual switches
RITZ ANDREW J0 citations44