Inventor · Apex, NC, US

David B. Rhoades

61Patents
22h-index
51Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 27, 1991 → Jun 9, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6195695A Data processing system and method for recovering from system crashes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 225 Expired
US6954147B1 Method and system for providing protection against theft and loss of a portable computer system Physics 122 Expired
US7469138B2 Method and system for providing location information for mobile internet calling devices Electricity 99 Active
US5860001A Computer system having at least two boot sequences Physics 70 Expired
US6718464B2 Method and system for customizing a client computer system configuration for a current user using BIOS settings downloaded from a server Physics 65 Expired
US6966006B2 Adaptive startup policy for accelerating multi-disk array spin-up Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US5945915A Computer system for sending an alert signal over a network when a cover of said system has been opened Physics 46 Expired
US6167494A Method and system for recovering from operating system failure Physics 42 Expired
US7143067B1 System and method for installing personal computer software Physics 38 Expired
US6802611B2 System and method for presenting, capturing, and modifying images on a presentation board Electricity 36 Expired
US6735692B1 Redirected network boot to multiple remote file servers Physics 35 Expired
US6021493A System and method for detecting when a computer system is removed from a network Electricity 34 Expired
US6256732A Computer system having automatic registration for in-box configuration Electricity 33 Expired
US6282642A System for presetting a first or second remote boot protocol by a computer remotely receiving and storing a boot parameter prior to being powered on Physics 33 Expired
US6931568B2 Fail-over control in a computer system having redundant service processors Physics 32 Expired
US6968414B2 Monitoring insertion/removal of server blades in a data processing system Physics 32 Expired
US6412025B1 Apparatus and method for automatic configuration of a personal computer system when reconnected to a network Electricity 32 Expired
US7171479B2 Efficient delivery of boot code images from a network server Electricity 30 Expired
US5927050A In-box configuration method for a computer system Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US6728833B2 Upgrading firmware on disks of the raid storage system without deactivating the server Physics 23 Expired
US6658563B1 Virtual floppy diskette image within a primary partition in a hard disk drive and method for booting system with virtual diskette Physics 23 Expired
US7013385B2 Remotely controlled boot settings in a server blade environment Physics 22 Expired
US6725178B2 Use of hidden partitions in a storage device for storing BIOS extension files Physics 22 Expired
US7243347B2 Method and system for maintaining firmware versions in a data processing system Electricity 20 Expired
US7194619B2 Remotely booting devices in a dense server environment without manually installing authentication parameters on the devices to be booted Physics 19 Expired

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