Inventor
LOCKER HOWARD JEFFREY
US85 patents
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IBM
23 patentsUS7218944B2May 15, 2007
Frequency beacon to broadcast allowed frequency
IBM72 citations98
US6718464B2Apr 6, 2004
Method and system for customizing a client computer system configuration for a current user using BIOS settings downloaded from a server
IBM112 citations98
US6765550B2Jul 20, 2004
Privacy filter apparatus for a notebook computer display
IBM158 citations97
US6330624B1Dec 11, 2001
Access limiting to only a planar by storing a device public key only within the planar and a planar public key only within the device
IBM62 citations96
US6353854B1Mar 5, 2002
Automatic reconfiguration system for change in management servers having protocol destination addresses
IBM73 citations95
US7203183B2Apr 10, 2007
Access point initiated forced roaming based upon bandwidth
IBM31 citations93
US7185229B2Feb 27, 2007
Method and system for performing remote maintenance operations on a battery powered computer
IBM22 citations93
US7085289B2Aug 1, 2006
Bandwidth throttle for a wireless device
IBM24 citations93
US6725178B2Apr 20, 2004
Use of hidden partitions in a storage device for storing BIOS extension files
IBM47 citations93
US7200652B2Apr 3, 2007
Method and system for providing automatic notification of end of lease of computers and their locations
IBM38 citations92
US7107460B2Sep 12, 2006
Method and system for securing enablement access to a data security device
IBM22 citations92
US6856688B2Feb 15, 2005
Method and system for automatic reconfiguration of a multi-dimension sound system
IBM22 citations92
US6654886B1Nov 25, 2003
Data processing system and method for permitting only preregistered hardware to access a remote service
IBM42 citations92
US6249812B1Jun 19, 2001
Interactive system support using a system management asic
IBM46 citations92
US6591320B1Jul 8, 2003
Method and system for selective disablement of expansion bus slots in a multibus data processing system
IBM20 citations91
US7400648B2Jul 15, 2008
Virtual USB communications port
IBM24 citations90
US7587765B2Sep 8, 2009
Automatic virus fix
IBM10 citations84
US7483966B2Jan 27, 2009
Systems, methods, and media for remote wake-up and management of systems in a network
IBM16 citations84
US5734840AMar 31, 1998
PCI and expansion bus riser card
IBM24 citations84
US6959390B1Oct 25, 2005
Data processing system and method for maintaining secure user private keys in non-secure storage
IBM15 citations83
US7284084B2Oct 16, 2007
ROM scan memory expander
IBM11 citations82
US6880095B2Apr 12, 2005
Switching power planes of external device interfaces in a computing system in response to connection status
IBM11 citations74
US7688851B2Mar 30, 2010
Virtual USB communications port
IBM6 citations73
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD
21 patentsUS7945798B2May 17, 2011
Battery pack for portable computer
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD1,027 citations99
US7257108B2Aug 14, 2007
Determining the physical location of resources on and proximate to a network
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD70 citations98
US7113497B2Sep 26, 2006
Bandwidth management in a wireless network
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD51 citations93
US7027843B2Apr 11, 2006
Wireless device power optimization
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD37 citations93
US7003331B2Feb 21, 2006
Apparatus, method and program to optimize battery life in a wireless device
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD47 citations93
US7962739B2Jun 14, 2011
Recovering from hard disk errors that corrupt one or more critical system boot files
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD23 citations92
US7466678B2Dec 16, 2008
System and method for passive scanning of authorized wireless channels
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD54 citations92
US7146433B2Dec 5, 2006
Extending an allowable transmission distance between a wireless device and an access point by communication with intermediate wireless devices
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD28 citations92
US6988196B2Jan 17, 2006
Computer system and method for generating a digital certificate
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD40 citations92
US7353428B2Apr 1, 2008
Polled automatic virus fix
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD21 citations90
US6944867B2Sep 13, 2005
Method for providing a single preloaded software image with an ability to support multiple hardware configurations and multiple types of computer systems
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD46 citations90
US7174463B2Feb 6, 2007
Method and system for preboot user authentication
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD23 citations89
US7853804B2Dec 14, 2010
System and method for secure data disposal
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD8 citations84
US7555679B2Jun 30, 2009
System and method for computer system rejuvenation
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD11 citations84
US7430452B2Sep 30, 2008
Apparatus, system, and method for selectivity protecting a motion sensitive component in a computerized device
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD16 citations84
US7424745B2Sep 9, 2008
Anti-virus fix for intermittently connected client computers
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD16 citations84
US7412596B2Aug 12, 2008
Method for preventing system wake up from a sleep state if a boot log returned during the system wake up cannot be authenticated
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD18 citations84
US7389352B2Jun 17, 2008
System and method for concurrent WLAN and WPAN wireless modes from a single device
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD16 citations84
US7817370B2Oct 19, 2010
System and method to avoid disk lube pooling
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD7 citations74
US7630713B2Dec 8, 2009
Apparatus, system, and method for rapid wireless network association
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD7 citations74
US7222143B2May 22, 2007
Safely restoring previously un-backed up data during system restore of a failing system
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD9 citations73
LENOVO PTE LTD
2 patentsLENOVO SINAPORE PTE LTD
1 patentCHALLENER DAVID CARROLL
1 patentCROMER DARYL CARVIS
1 patentSAPPER RICHARD
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