Inventor · Bellevue, WA, US

Bryan Willman

43Patents
15h-index
53Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 29, 1989 → Sep 7, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5363487A Method and system for dynamic volume tracking in an installable file system Physics 116 Expired
US6938164B1 Method and system for allowing code to be securely initialized in a computer Physics 61 Expired
US5684993A Segregation of thread-specific information from shared task information Physics 58 Expired
US5497492A System and method for loading an operating system through use of a fire system Physics 55 Expired
US6529966B1 Booting a computer system using a last known good set of configuration data Physics 53 Expired
US5418956A Method and system for avoiding selector loads Physics 38 Expired
US6745306B1 Method and system for restricting the load of physical address translations of virtual addresses Physics 34 Expired
US7073173B1 Code and thread differential addressing via multiplex page maps Physics 31 Expired
US7788669B2 System for isolating first computing environment from second execution environment while sharing resources by copying data from first portion to second portion of memory Physics 29 Active
US7478235B2 Methods and systems for protecting data in USB systems Physics 26 Expired
US7694121B2 System and method for protected operating system boot using state validation Physics 19 Active
US7434003B2 Efficient operating system operation on a hypervisor Physics 16 Active
US7330981B2 File locker and mechanisms for providing and using same Physics 15 Expired
US7058768B2 Memory isolation through address translation data edit control Physics 15 Expired
US7530103B2 Projection of trustworthiness from a trusted environment to an untrusted environment Physics 15 Expired
US6986006B2 Page granular curtained memory via mapping control Physics 14 Expired
US7721341B2 Method and system for allowing code to be securely initialized in a computer Physics 9 Active
US7644246B2 Using limits on address translation to control access to an addressable entity Physics 9 Expired
US7543293B2 Privelege level changing for virtual memory mapping Physics 7 Active
US7543335B2 Method and system for allowing code to be securely initialized in a computer Physics 7 Active
US7574610B2 Security state watcher Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7496768B2 Providing secure input and output to a trusted agent in a system with a high-assurance execution environment Physics 7 Expired
US9218047B2 Efficient power management of a system with virtual machines Physics 6 Active
US7284107B2 Special-use heaps Physics 6 Expired
US8909946B2 Efficient power management of a system with virtual machines Physics 6 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.