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David Rivera — 26 Patents

IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
Raleigh, NC: #266 of 6,378 inventorsTop 5%
North Carolina: #1,597 of 45,564 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
David Rivera has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in January 2025. David Rivera ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list David Rivera in Raleigh, NC, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12189753 Permitting device use based on location recognized from camera input Peter Hamilton Wetsel 2025-01-07
10860739 Encryption of media based on content Scott Wentao Li, Russell Speight VanBlon 2020-12-08
10846386 Pulse sensors for biometric identification Igor Stolbikov, Rod D. Waltermann, Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury 2020-11-24
10684722 Touch input settings management Nathan J. Peterson, Rod D. Waltermann 2020-06-16
10306443 Providing access to and enabling functionality of first device based on communication with second device Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Philip John Jakes, Daniel Justin Hebel, Joseph Nicholas Laltrello 2019-05-28
10037432 Implementing file security settings based on context Goran Hans Wibran, Richard Wayne Cheston, Russell Speight VanBlon 2018-07-31
9911256 Restricting access to a building Timothy Winthrop Kingsbury, Justin Tyler Dubs, Christopher Aaron Whitesock 2018-03-06
9881151 Providing selective system privileges on an information handling device Liang Chen, Joshua Neil Novak, Rod D. Waltermann, Jun Li 2018-01-30
9594893 Multi-touch local device authentication Xin Feng, James Anthony Hunt, Peter Carlson Rane 2017-03-14
9495562 Removable storage device data protection Rod D. Waltermann 2016-11-15
9351098 Providing access to and enabling functionality of first device based on communication with second device Peter Hamilton Wetsel, Philip John Jakes, Daniel Justin Hebel, Joseph Nicholas Laltrello 2016-05-24
9329766 Homepage re-assignment Karen Ruth Kluttz, James Anthony Hunt, Rod D. Waltermann 2016-05-03
9310958 Dock for favorite applications Karen Ruth Kluttz, James Anthony Hunt, Rod D. Waltermann 2016-04-12
9262042 File transfer applications Karen Ruth Kluttz, James Anthony Hunt, Rod D. Waltermann 2016-02-16
8908867 Automatic recovery of TPM keys Matthew P. Lietzke, James Hoff 2014-12-09
8706642 Apparatus, system, and method for securely authorizing changes to a transaction restriction Stacy John Cannady, David Carroll Challener, Daryl Cromer, Mark Charles Davis, Randall Scott Springfield +1 more 2014-04-22
8490200 Techniques for capturing identifying information on a device user David Carroll Challener, Rod D. Waltermann 2013-07-16
8341393 Security to extend trust Randall Scott Springfield, Howard Locker, Joseph Michael Pennisi, Rod D. Waltermann 2012-12-25
8290164 Automatic recovery of TPM keys Matthew P. Lietzke, James Hoff 2012-10-16
7941847 Method and apparatus for providing a secure single sign-on to a computer system David Carroll Challener, William Fred Keown, Jr., Joseph Michael Pennisi, Randall Scott Springfield 2011-05-10
7818567 Method for protecting security accounts manager (SAM) files within windows operating systems Rod D. Waltermann, David Carroll Challener, Philip Lee Childs, Norman A. Dion, II, James Anthony Hunt +3 more 2010-10-19
7743240 Apparatus, method and program product for policy synchronization Philip Lee Childs, Charles B. Oxrieder 2010-06-22
7484241 Secure single sign-on to operating system via power-on password David Carroll Challener, Steven Dale Goodman, James Hoff, Randall Scott Springfield 2009-01-27
7167982 Securing decrypted files in a shared environment Scott Elliott, James Hoff, Christopher Scott Long, James Peter Ward 2007-01-23
7107460 Method and system for securing enablement access to a data security device Daryl Cromer, Scott Elliott, James Hoff, Howard Locker, Randall Scott Springfield +1 more 2006-09-12 $4,301,000