Inventor · Raleigh, NC, US

Joseph Wayne Freeman

43Patents
15h-index
32Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 28, 1983 → Apr 20, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6658562B1 Method, system, and program for customizing a basic input/output system (“BIOS”) configuration according to the type of user Physics 40 Expired
US6721885B1 Reducing start-up time and avoiding customer-induced system failures for personal computers Physics 28 Expired
US7069431B2 Recovery of a BIOS image Physics 27 Expired
US7200761B1 Method to use secure passwords in an unsecure program environment Physics 26 Expired
US6098171A Personal computer ROM scan startup protection Physics 23 Expired
US7366887B2 System and method for loading programs from HDD independent of operating system Physics 22 Active
US6510528B1 Method for improving personal computer reliability for systems that use certain power saving schemes Physics 22 Expired
US7191464B2 Method and system for tracking a secure boot in a trusted computing environment Physics 22 Expired
US6925570B2 Method and system for setting a secure computer environment Physics 21 Expired
US7065627B2 Method and system for providing an event driven image for a boot record Physics 19 Expired
US7490250B2 Method and system for detecting a tamper event in a trusted computing environment Physics 19 Expired
US7082129B2 Secure method and system to prevent external unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6823464B2 Method of providing enhanced security in a remotely managed computer system Physics 17 Expired
US7814532B2 Data processing system and method for password protecting a boot device Physics 16 Active
US6892305B1 Method and system for booting up a computer system in a secure fashion Physics 15 Expired
US6237100A Power passwords within a data processing system for controlling a supply of system power Physics 14 Expired
US6161178A Data processing system and method for specification of one of a plurality of password requirements for each boot device Physics 14 Expired
US7906871B2 Apparatus, system, and method for reducing power consumption on devices with multiple power supplies Electricity 13 Active
US6687348B2 Method and system for conserving power and improving usability for personal computers with remote startup features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7177782B2 Methods and arrangements for capturing runtime information Physics 10 Expired
US8862709B2 Remote management of boot application Electricity 10 Active
US7533274B2 Reducing the boot time of a TCPA based computing system when the core root of trust measurement is embedded in the boot block code Physics 9 Active
US6990515B2 Secure method and system to prevent internal unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer systems Electricity 9 Expired
US7412596B2 Method for preventing system wake up from a sleep state if a boot log returned during the system wake up cannot be authenticated Physics 9 Expired
US7366888B2 Booting to a recovery/maintenance environment Physics 8 Expired

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