Inventor · Apex, NC, US

James Peter Ward

100Patents
30h-index
78Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 9, 1983 → Feb 28, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6177860A Method and economical direct connected apparatus for deploying and tracking computers Physics 259 Expired
US6249227A RFID integrated in electronic assets Electricity 254 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
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
US6170059A Tracking memory modules within a computer system Physics 101 Expired
US6778096B1 Method and apparatus for deploying and tracking computers Physics 81 Expired
US6154790A Monitoring and reporting hard disk drives identification using radio frequency Physics 72 Expired
US5974500A Memory device having programmable access protection and method of operating the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 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
US6175927A Alert mechanism for service interruption from power loss Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 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
US7218944B2 Frequency beacon to broadcast allowed frequency Electricity 64 Expired
US6046676A Self powered electronic memory identification tag with dual communication ports Physics 61 Expired
US7257108B2 Determining the physical location of resources on and proximate to a network Electricity 56 Expired
US6480972B1 Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely perform diagnostics on a malfunctioning client computer system Physics 54 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
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
US6353854B1 Automatic reconfiguration system for change in management servers having protocol destination addresses Electricity 38 Expired
US7143067B1 System and method for installing personal computer software Physics 38 Expired
US6021493A System and method for detecting when a computer system is removed from a network Electricity 34 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
US6256732A Computer system having automatic registration for in-box configuration Electricity 33 Expired

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