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Joseph Wayne Freeman
Also filed as: FREEMAN JOSEPH W · FREEMAN JOSEPH WAYNE
43 granted patents·9 pending applications·897 citations·filing 1983–2009
98Inventor score
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52 records- 0192US7366887B2System and method for loading programs from HDD independent of operating systemLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 29, 2008·26 cites·12 claims
- 0288US6658562B1Method, system, and program for customizing a basic input/output system (“BIOS”) configuration according to the type of userIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 2, 2003·70 cites·22 claims
- 0387US7200761B1Method to use secure passwords in an unsecure program environmentIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 3, 2007·50 cites·33 claims
- 0487US7069431B2Recovery of a BIOS imageLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 27, 2006·49 cites·67 claims
- 0587US6721885B1Reducing start-up time and avoiding customer-induced system failures for personal computersIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 13, 2004·52 cites·16 claims
- 0685US7757112B2System and method for booting alternate MBR in event of virus attackLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 13, 2010·15 cites·14 claims
- 0784US8862709B2Remote management of boot applicationCROMER DARYL CARVIS·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 14, 2014·12 cites·18 claims
- 0884US7191464B2Method and system for tracking a secure boot in a trusted computing environmentLENOVO PTE LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 13, 2007·38 cites·29 claims
- 0983US7673161B2Apparatus, system, and method for selecting a waking processLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 2, 2010·12 cites·18 claims
- 1082US6925570B2Method and system for setting a secure computer environmentIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 2, 2005·32 cites·26 claims
- 1181US7906871B2Apparatus, system, and method for reducing power consumption on devices with multiple power suppliesIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 15, 2011·21 cites·20 claims
- 1281US7319299B2Determining types of cooling fans used in a personal computer thereby using optimum parameters to control each unique cooling fanLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 15, 2008·11 cites·6 claims
- 1381US7082129B2Secure method and system to prevent external unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computerIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 25, 2006·33 cites·12 claims
- 1480US6823464B2Method of providing enhanced security in a remotely managed computer systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 23, 2004·29 cites·21 claims
- 1579US6687348B2Method and system for conserving power and improving usability for personal computers with remote startup featuresIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 3, 2004·26 cites·12 claims
- 1678US7490250B2Method and system for detecting a tamper event in a trusted computing environmentLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 10, 2009·24 cites·21 claims
- 1778US6892305B1Method and system for booting up a computer system in a secure fashionIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 10, 2005·25 cites·51 claims
- 1877US7065627B2Method and system for providing an event driven image for a boot recordIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 20, 2006·24 cites·15 claims
- 1976US6990515B2Secure method and system to prevent internal unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer systemsIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 24, 2006·24 cites·8 claims
- 2075US7533274B2Reducing the boot time of a TCPA based computing system when the core root of trust measurement is embedded in the boot block codeIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 12, 2009·17 cites·6 claims
- 2174US7840796B2Booting to a recovery/maintenance environmentLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 23, 2010·5 cites·18 claims
- 2274US7814532B2Data processing system and method for password protecting a boot deviceLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 12, 2010·18 cites·2 claims
- 2373US7412596B2Method for preventing system wake up from a sleep state if a boot log returned during the system wake up cannot be authenticatedLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 12, 2008·18 cites·17 claims
- 2473US7177782B2Methods and arrangements for capturing runtime informationLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 13, 2007·18 cites·26 claims
- 2571US7421588B2Apparatus, system, and method for sealing a data repository to a trusted computing platformLENOVO PTE LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 2, 2008·16 cites·28 claims
- 2670US7366888B2Booting to a recovery/maintenance environmentLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 29, 2008·13 cites·21 claims
- 2770US6832262B2Method and system for disguising a computer system's identity on a network by disguising the system's MAC addressIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 14, 2004·14 cites·16 claims
- 2868US7174465B2Secure method for system attribute modificationLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 6, 2007·14 cites·20 claims
- 2966US7827376B2System and method for protecting hidden protected area of HDD during operationLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 2, 2010·3 cites·18 claims
- 3066US6098171APersonal computer ROM scan startup protectionIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 1, 2000·50 cites·11 claims
- 3165US6510528B1Method for improving personal computer reliability for systems that use certain power saving schemesIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 21, 2003·43 cites·15 claims
- 3263US7401361B2System and method for reducing virus scan timeLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 15, 2008·9 cites·14 claims
- 3363US6925557B2Method and system for a clean system booting processIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 2, 2005·9 cites·27 claims
- 3460US7962759B2Reducing the boot time of a TCPA based computing system when the core root of trust measurement is embedded in the boot block codeIBM·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 14, 2011·1 cites·12 claims
- 3556US7249249B2Dynamic hardfile size allocation to secure dataLENOVO·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 24, 2007·7 cites·24 claims
- 3656US6237100B1Power passwords within a data processing system for controlling a supply of system powerIBM·Filed 1998·Granted May 22, 2001·31 cites·8 claims
- 3752US7076538B2Method and system for disguising a computer system's identity on a networkLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 11, 2006·1 cites·8 claims
- 3851US7702894B2System and method for loading programs from HDD independent of operating systemLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 20, 2010·0 cites·5 claims
- 3951US6161178AData processing system and method for specification of one of a plurality of password requirements for each boot deviceIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 12, 2000·25 cites·21 claims
- 4048US8677117B2Remote management of boot applicationCROMER DARYL CARVIS·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 18, 2014·0 cites·21 claims
- 4145US7096157B2Method and structure for diagnostically testing files in a computerLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 22, 2006·0 cites·18 claims
- 4245US2005166213A1Remote deployment of executable code in a pre-boot environmentIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4344US2005132177A1Detecting modifications made to code placed in memory by the POST BIOSIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4444US2005138396A1Method and system for protecting a hard diskIBM·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 4543US2004003265A1Secure method for BIOS flash data updateIBM·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4643US2003204754A1Controlling access to data stored on a storage device of a computer systemIBM·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4742US2008140946A1Apparatus, system, and method for protecting hard disk data in multiple operating system environmentsDAVIS MARK CHARLES·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4842US2002144104A1Method and system for providing a trusted flash boot sourceFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4941US2002157010A1Secure system and method for updating a protected partition of a hard driveIBM·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 5041US2002157027A1Method and system for providing a trusted boot source in a partitionIBM·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
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