Inventor · Cary, NC, US

Howard Locker

288Patents
25h-index
152Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 18, 1995 → Sep 7, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7945798B2 Battery pack for portable computer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,006 Active
US9201458B2 Nudge notification via shifting device battery Electricity 66 Active
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
US7218944B2 Frequency beacon to broadcast allowed frequency Electricity 64 Expired
US7257108B2 Determining the physical location of resources on and proximate to a network Electricity 56 Expired
US6765550B2 Privacy filter apparatus for a notebook computer display Physics 50 Expired
US7466678B2 System and method for passive scanning of authorized wireless channels Electricity 47 Expired
US5945915A Computer system for sending an alert signal over a network when a cover of said system has been opened Physics 46 Expired
US6754826B1 Data processing system and method including a network access connector for limiting access to the network Electricity 43 Expired
US6421792B1 Data processing system and method for automatic recovery from an unsuccessful boot Physics 42 Expired
US9019088B2 Modulation of haptic feedback Physics 41 Active
US7143067B1 System and method for installing personal computer software Physics 38 Expired
US6353854B1 Automatic reconfiguration system for change in management servers having protocol destination addresses Electricity 38 Expired
US6272541A Data processing system and method for determining a physical location of a client computer system coupled to a server via a physical network Electricity 38 Expired
US6286102A Selective wireless disablement for computers passing through a security checkpoint Physics 35 Expired
US6330624A 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 Physics 34 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
US7113497B2 Bandwidth management in a wireless network Electricity 32 Expired
US6218941A Method and system for detecting an authorized tamper event Physics 31 Expired
US6026492A Computer system and method to disable same when network cable is removed Physics 31 Expired
US6647497B1 Method and system for secure computer system transfer Physics 29 Expired
US6357007B1 System for detecting tamper events and capturing the time of their occurrence Electricity 28 Expired
US7003331B2 Apparatus, method and program to optimize battery life in a wireless device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6249812A Interactive system support using a system management asic Electricity 26 Expired
US6944867B2 Method for providing a single preloaded software image with an ability to support multiple hardware configurations and multiple types of computer systems Physics 26 Expired

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