Inventor · Cary, NC, US

Howard Locker

35Patents
22h-index
32Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 19, 1989 → Feb 10, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6195695A Data processing system and method for recovering from system crashes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 225 Expired
US6493104B1 Data processing system and method for permitting a computer to automatically detect a presence of and establish a communications link with a printer Physics 133 Expired
US6166688A Data processing system and method for disabling a portable computer outside an authorized area Electricity 131 Expired
US6954147B1 Method and system for providing protection against theft and loss of a portable computer system Physics 122 Expired
US6601097B1 Method and system for determining the physical location of computers in a network by storing a room location and MAC address in the ethernet wall plate Electricity 108 Expired
US6105136A Computer system which is disabled when it is disconnected from a network Physics 72 Expired
US6978385B1 Data processing system and method for remote recovery of a primary password Physics 67 Expired
US5175822A Apparatus and method for assigning addresses to SCSI supported peripheral devices Physics 66 Expired
US6480972B1 Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely perform diagnostics on a malfunctioning client computer system Physics 54 Expired
US6263373A Data processing system and method for remotely controlling execution of a processor utilizing a test access port Physics 49 Expired
US6304900A Data processing system and method for permitting a server computer system to remotely modify operation of a client system's network hardware Electricity 45 Expired
US6167494A Method and system for recovering from operating system failure Physics 42 Expired
US6526507B1 Data processing system and method for waking a client only in response to receipt of an authenticated Wake-on-LAN packet Electricity 36 Expired
US6021493A System and method for detecting when a computer system is removed from a network Electricity 34 Expired
US6282643A Computer system having flash memory BIOS which can be accessed remotely while protected mode operating system is running Physics 33 Expired
US6314455A Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely initiate a client's boot block recovery Electricity 33 Expired
US6412025B1 Apparatus and method for automatic configuration of a personal computer system when reconnected to a network Electricity 32 Expired
US6405259B1 Data processing system and method for transmission of a network packet specifying a group identifier identifying a selected plurality of clients Electricity 30 Expired
US6920561B1 Method and system for enabling free seating using biometrics through a centralized authentication Physics 28 Expired
US5927050A In-box configuration method for a computer system Performing Operations; Transporting 27 Expired
US6397249B1 Data processing system and method for determining a physical location of a client computer system Electricity 26 Expired
US6532497B1 Separately powered network interface for reporting the activity states of a network connected client Electricity 24 Expired
US5987536A Computer system having flash memory bios which can be accessed while protected mode operating system is running Physics 21 Expired
US6189108A Reporting of power states for a network connected PC Physics 20 Expired
US6609207B1 Data processing system and method for securing a docking station and its portable PC Physics 19 Expired

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