Inventor · Apex, NC, US

Dwayne T. Crump

35Patents
24h-index
28Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 22, 1990 → Oct 8, 1997

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5801785A Method and system for processing two analog composite video signals Electricity 177 Expired
US5791992A Video game system with internet cartridge Human Necessities 164 Expired
US5577220A Method for saving and restoring the state of a CPU executing code in protected mode including estimating the value of the page table base register Physics 147 Expired
US5715464A Computer system having suspend once resume many sessions Physics 128 Expired
US5638531A Multiprocessor integrated circuit with video refresh logic employing instruction/data caching and associated timing synchronization Physics 96 Expired
US5784076A Video processor implementing various data translations using control registers Electricity 95 Expired
US5530879A Computer system having power management processor for switching power supply from one state to another responsive to a closure of a switch, a detected ring or an expiration of a timer Physics 91 Expired
US5850562A Personal computer apparatus and method for monitoring memory locations states for facilitating debugging of post and BIOS code Physics 91 Expired
US5497494A Method for saving and restoring the state of a CPU executing code in protected mode Physics 82 Expired
US5758174A Computer system having a plurality of stored system capability states from which to resume Physics 80 Expired
US5630142A Multifunction power switch and feedback led for suspend systems Physics 59 Expired
US5551043A Standby checkpoint to prevent data loss Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US5511204A Performing system tasks at power-off using system management interrupt Physics 55 Expired
US5134580A Computer with capability to automatically initialize in a first operating system of choice and reinitialize in a second operating system without computer shutdown Physics 55 Expired
US5548763A Desk top computer system having multi-level power management Physics 50 Expired
US5603038A Automatic restoration of user options after power loss Physics 48 Expired
US5560023A Automatic backup system for advanced power management Physics 44 Expired
US5860086A Video processor with serialization FIFO Physics 40 Expired
US5513359A Desktop computer having a single-switch suspend/resume function Physics 40 Expired
US5511202A Desktop computer system having zero-volt system suspend and control unit for ascertaining interrupt controller base address Physics 39 Expired
US5875463A Video processor with addressing mode control Physics 31 Expired
US5948092A Local bus IDE architecture for a split computer system Physics 30 Expired
US5689715A Low power ring detect for computer system wake-up Physics 28 Expired
US5752044A Computer system having multi-level suspend timers to suspend from operation in attended and unattended modes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US5925129A Desktop computer system having compressed suspend to hardfile Physics 24 Expired

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