Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Richard Bealkowski

49Patents
22h-index
57Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 27, 1987 → Jul 11, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5022077A Apparatus and method for preventing unauthorized access to BIOS in a personal computer system Physics 222 Expired
US5878256A Method and apparatus for providing updated firmware in a data processing system Physics 170 Expired
US5826075A Automated programmable fireware store for a personal computer system Physics 129 Expired
US5327531A Data processing system including corrupt flash ROM recovery Physics 100 Expired
US6330656A PCI slot control apparatus with dynamic configuration for partitioned systems Physics 88 Expired
US5214695A Apparatus and method for loading a system reference diskette image from a system partition in a personal computer system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US5355489A Bios load for a personal computer system having a removable processor card Physics 77 Expired
US5210875A Initial BIOS load for a personal computer system Physics 73 Expired
US5128995A Apparatus and method for loading a system reference diskette image from a system partition in a personal computer system Physics 69 Expired
US5852738A Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling address space allocation Physics 67 Expired
US5379342A Method and apparatus for providing enhanced data verification in a computer system Physics 65 Expired
US5237690A System for testing adaptor card upon power up and having disablement, enablement, and reconfiguration options Physics 54 Expired
US5136713A Apparatus and method for decreasing the memory requirements for BIOS in a personal computer system Physics 52 Expired
US5410699A Apparatus and method for loading BIOS from a diskette in a personal computer system Physics 47 Expired
US6282596A Method and system for hot-plugging a processor into a data processing system Physics 39 Expired
US5586327A Extended initialization for personal data processing systems Physics 35 Expired
US4928237A Computer system having mode independent addressing Physics 33 Expired
US6378027B1 System upgrade and processor service Physics 33 Expired
US5636352A Method and apparatus for utilizing condensed instructions Physics 29 Expired
US5193174A System for automatically redirecting information to alternate system console in response to the comparison of present and default system configuration in personal computer system Physics 27 Expired
US5193161A Computer system having mode independent addressing Physics 25 Expired
US6295591A Method of upgrading and/or servicing memory without interrupting the operation of the system Physics 24 Expired
US5446898A Method and apparatus for configuring and installing a loadable ABIOS device support layer in a computer system Physics 22 Expired
US6601109B1 USB-based networking and I/O hub Electricity 21 Expired
US6820182B1 Support for exhaustion recovery in a data processing system with memory mirroring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired

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