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Howard Locker — 35 Patents

IBM: 33 patents #3,003 of 70,183Top 5%
LPLenovo Pte.: 1 patents #12 of 75Top 20%
Boca Raton, FL: #52 of 2,373 inventorsTop 3%
Florida: #1,035 of 67,251 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Howard Locker has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at IBM. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in September 2009. Howard Locker ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Howard Locker in Boca Raton, FL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2001.peak 81992: 1 patents19921999: 2 patents19992000: 5 patents20002001: 8 patents20012002: 7 patents20022003: 7 patents20032004: 1 patents20042005: 3 patents20052009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7590834 Method and apparatus for tracking boot history David Carroll Challener, Daryl Cromer, Mark Charles Davis, Jerry Clyde Dishman, Randall Scott Springfield 2009-09-15
6978385 Data processing system and method for remote recovery of a primary password Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Richard A. Dayan, Dhruv M. Desai, Jan M. Janick +2 more 2005-12-20 $8,568,000
6954147 Method and system for providing protection against theft and loss of a portable computer system Daryl Cromer, David B. Rhoades, James Peter Ward, Eric R. Kern, Brandon Jon Ellison +1 more 2005-10-11
6920561 Method and system for enabling free seating using biometrics through a centralized authentication Christopher Britton Gould, Andy Lloyd Trotter, Michael Terrell Vanover, James Peter Ward 2005-07-19 $10,945,000
6701349 Data processing system and method for prohibiting unauthorized modification of transmission priority levels Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Andy Lloyd Trotter, James Peter Ward 2004-03-02 $12,738,000
6671720 Data processing system and method for dynamically assigning a temporary network address to a client computer system utilizing an access port Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Dhruv M. Desai, James Peter Ward 2003-12-30 $8,971,000
6628663 System and method for permitting a dumb device to create and transmit network packets Daryl Cromer, Dhruv M. Desai, Brandon Jon Ellison, James Peter Ward 2003-09-30 $10,221,000
6609207 Data processing system and method for securing a docking station and its portable PC Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield, James Peter Ward 2003-08-19 $23,908,000
6601097 Method and system for determining the physical location of computers in a network by storing a room location and MAC address in the ethernet wall plate Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Dhruv M. Desai, James Peter Ward 2003-07-29 $10,466,000
6567920 Data processing system and method for authentication of devices external to a secure network utilizing client identifier Daryl Cromer, Dhruv M. Desai, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Andy Lloyd Trotter +1 more 2003-05-20 $14,158,000
6532497 Separately powered network interface for reporting the activity states of a network connected client Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Gregory W. Kilmer, Randall Scott Springfield +1 more 2003-03-11 $18,284,000
6526507 Data processing system and method for waking a client only in response to receipt of an authenticated Wake-on-LAN packet Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern 2003-02-25 $14,577,000
6493104 Data processing system and method for permitting a computer to automatically detect a presence of and establish a communications link with a printer Daryl Cromer, Richard A. Dayan, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, James Peter Ward 2002-12-10 $14,124,000
6480972 Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely perform diagnostics on a malfunctioning client computer system Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield, James Peter Ward 2002-11-12 $19,603,000
6470455 Data processing system and method for prohibiting access to a SCSI bus Daryl Cromer, David B. Rhoades, James Peter Ward 2002-10-22 $16,060,000
6412025 Apparatus and method for automatic configuration of a personal computer system when reconnected to a network Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Dhruv M. Desai, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern +2 more 2002-06-25 $16,651,000
6405259 Data processing system and method for transmission of a network packet specifying a group identifier identifying a selected plurality of clients Richard Wayne Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Dhruv M. Desai, Brandon Jon Ellison, James Peter Ward 2002-06-11 $11,523,000
6397249 Data processing system and method for determining a physical location of a client computer system Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Gregory W. Kilmer, James Peter Ward 2002-05-28 $13,038,000
6381636 Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely access a powered-off client computer system's asset information Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Michael Sievert, James Peter Ward 2002-04-30 $15,490,000
6334147 Data processing system and method for remotely accessing a client computer systems's individual initialization settings while the client is powered off Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield 2001-12-25
6314455 Data processing system and method for permitting a server to remotely initiate a client's boot block recovery Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield 2001-11-06 $29,245,000
6304900 Data processing system and method for permitting a server computer system to remotely modify operation of a client system's network hardware Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Robert D. Johnson, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield 2001-10-16 $28,845,000
6282643 Computer system having flash memory BIOS which can be accessed remotely while protected mode operating system is running Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield 2001-08-28 $18,210,000
6266696 Full time network auxiliary for a network connected PC Daryl Cromer, James Peter Ward, David B. Rhoades 2001-07-24 $31,737,000
6263373 Data processing system and method for remotely controlling execution of a processor utilizing a test access port Daryl Cromer, Brandon Jon Ellison, Eric R. Kern, Randall Scott Springfield 2001-07-17 $23,321,000