Inventor · Fort Collins, CO, US

Robert D. Gardner

42Patents
13h-index
43Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 14, 1991 → Feb 28, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7073059B2 Secure machine platform that interfaces to operating systems and customized control programs Physics 115 Expired
US8341626B1 Migration of a virtual machine in response to regional environment effects Physics 84 Active
US7272832B2 Method of protecting user process data in a secure platform inaccessible to the operating system and other tasks on top of the secure platform Physics 40 Expired
US7676405B2 System and method for media play forecasting Electricity 34 Active
US5165986A Copper conductive composition for use on aluminum nitride substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US8185894B1 Training a virtual machine placement controller Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US8181175B1 Accounting for resource usage time by a virtual machine Physics 29 Active
US8332847B1 Validating manual virtual machine migration Physics 24 Active
US8146079B2 Systems and methods for controlling resource usage by a driver domain on behalf of a virtual machine Physics 19 Active
US7051238B2 Method and system for using machine-architecture support to distinguish function and routine return values Physics 18 Expired
US9418220B1 Controlling access to memory using a controller that performs cryptographic functions Physics 15 Active
US8365169B1 Migrating a virtual machine across processing cells connected to an interconnect that provides data communication without cache coherency support Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8615436B2 Advertising inventory allocation Physics 13 Active
US7779424B2 System and method for attributing to a corresponding virtual machine CPU usage of an isolated driver domain in which a shared resource's device driver resides Physics 13 Active
US7797707B2 System and method for attributing to a corresponding virtual machine CPU usage of a domain in which a shared resource's device driver resides Physics 13 Active
US9092250B1 Selecting one of plural layouts of virtual machines on physical machines Physics 12 Active
US8296760B2 Migrating a virtual machine from a first physical machine in response to receiving a command to lower a power mode of the first physical machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8910152B1 Migrating a virtual machine by using a hot-plug event Physics 10 Active
US8099326B2 Traffic estimator Electricity 10 Active
US8019056B2 Interactive pre-programmed voice response system Electricity 9 Active
US5120579A Dielectric compositions Electricity 8 Expired
US8214838B2 System and method for attributing to a corresponding virtual machine CPU utilization of a network driver domain based on weighted communication Physics 8 Active
US5070047A Dielectric compositions Electricity 8 Expired
US8209682B2 System and method for controlling aggregate CPU usage by virtual machines and driver domains over a plurality of scheduling intervals Physics 8 Active
US7363536B1 Delivery of an interruption to an operating system Physics 5 Active

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