Inventor · Holly Springs, NC, US

William Joseph Piazza

63Patents
16h-index
56Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 21, 1992 → May 15, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5283559A Automatic calibration of a capacitive touch screen used with a fixed element flat screen display panel Physics 178 Expired
US8006108B2 Dynamic selection of group and device power limits Physics 87 Active
US6889908B2 Thermal analysis in a data processing system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 73 Expired
US6966006B2 Adaptive startup policy for accelerating multi-disk array spin-up Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US7418730B2 Automatic client responses to worm or hacker attacks Physics 48 Expired
US5603011A Selective shadowing and paging in computer memory systems Physics 44 Expired
US7134288B2 System, method, and apparatus for providing a thermal bypass in electronic equipment Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 38 Expired
US6802611B2 System and method for presenting, capturing, and modifying images on a presentation board Electricity 36 Expired
US7178141B2 Method and system for identifying compatibility between firmware images Physics 34 Expired
US7010710B2 Proximity sensor enhanced power management Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6931568B2 Fail-over control in a computer system having redundant service processors Physics 32 Expired
US7171479B2 Efficient delivery of boot code images from a network server Electricity 30 Expired
US7013385B2 Remotely controlled boot settings in a server blade environment Physics 22 Expired
US8140195B2 Reducing maximum power consumption using environmental control settings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US7194619B2 Remotely booting devices in a dense server environment without manually installing authentication parameters on the devices to be booted Physics 19 Expired
US7925389B2 Method of detecting recirculation of heated air within a rack enclosure Physics 17 Active
US6762691B2 Method and system for automatically locating equipment stored in a rack Physics 14 Expired
US7463950B1 Identification and characterization of recirculation in electronic systems Electricity 13 Active
US7783903B2 Limiting power consumption by controlling airflow Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US6934864B2 System and method for co-operative thermal management of electronic devices within a common housing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7933739B2 Automated analysis of datacenter layout using temperature sensor positions Physics 11 Active
US7421368B2 Detection of airflow anomalies in electronic equipment Physics 10 Active
US7667855B2 Providing position information to computing equipment installed in racks of a datacenter Physics 10 Active
US7415519B2 System and method for prevention of boot storms in a computer network Electricity 9 Expired
US8091127B2 Heuristic malware detection Physics 9 Active

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