Inventor · Issaquah, WA, US

William J. Westerinen

81Patents
21h-index
110Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 29, 2002 → Jul 31, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7644239B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US7395452B2 Method and system for improved reliability in storage devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US7493487B2 Portable computing environment Physics 84 Active
US7221331B2 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Physics 71 Expired
US7036040B2 Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache Physics 52 Expired
US7913182B2 Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device Physics 51 Active
US7240228B2 Method and system for standby auxiliary processing of information for a computing device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US7523226B2 Controlling an auxiliary display user interface based on usage context Physics 42 Active
US7136042B2 Display controller permitting connection of multiple displays with a single video cable Physics 38 Expired
US7392429B2 System and method for maintaining persistent state data Physics 38 Expired
US7539863B2 Remote services for portable computing environment Physics 30 Active
US7440728B2 Use of separate control channel to mitigate interference problems in wireless networking Electricity 29 Expired
US7519816B2 Portable computing environment solution Physics 29 Active
US7540024B2 Security features for portable computing environment Physics 28 Active
US7561116B2 Multiple display monitor Physics 26 Expired
US7337442B2 Methods and systems for cooperative scheduling of hardware resource elements Physics 26 Expired
US7454653B2 Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache Physics 26 Expired
US8255645B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US9717981B2 Augmented reality and physical games Human Necessities 23 Active
US7292956B1 Federated sensing, analysis, summarization, and sharing of data for healthcare Physics 21 Active
US7979721B2 Enhanced packaging for PC security Electricity 21 Active
US8041904B2 Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US9558590B2 Augmented reality light guide display Electricity 20 Active
US7131011B2 System and method for preserving state data of a personal computer in a standby state in the event of an AC power failure Physics 20 Expired
US7818608B2 System and method for using a file system to automatically backup a file as a generational file Physics 19 Active

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