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William E. Atherton
Also filed as: ATHERTON WILLIAM E · ATHERTON WILLIAM EDWARD
21 granted patents·7 pending applications·229 citations·filing 2001–2016
95Inventor score
Files withIBM15ATHERTON WILLIAM E6LENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD3ASTIGARRAGA TARA2ANDERSON PAUL L1
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28 records- 0195US7480757B2Method for dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI Express connectorsIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 20, 2009·51 cites·4 claims
- 0295US7356442B1End of life prediction of flash memoryIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 8, 2008·45 cites·14 claims
- 0387US8103993B2Structure for dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI express connectorsATHERTON WILLIAM E·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 24, 2012·20 cites·7 claims
- 0485US7809869B2Throttling a point-to-point, serial input/output expansion subsystem within a computing systemIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 5, 2010·17 cites·18 claims
- 0584US7657688B2Dynamically allocating lanes to a plurality of PCI express connectorsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 2, 2010·12 cites·8 claims
- 0675US10049074B2PCI-E real-time flow control optimizationLENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 14, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 0774US8108180B2End of life prediction of flash memoryASTIGARRAGA TARA·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 31, 2012·5 cites·15 claims
- 0871US6961794B2System and method for analyzing and optimizing computer system performance utilizing observed time performance measuresIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 1, 2005·16 cites·20 claims
- 0970US7000087B2Programmatically pre-selecting specific physical memory blocks to allocate to an executing applicationIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 14, 2006·24 cites·32 claims
- 1068US8140730B2System reconfiguration of expansion cardsATHERTON WILLIAM E·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 20, 2012·4 cites·23 claims
- 1165US9262284B2Single channel memory mirrorATHERTON WILLIAM E·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 16, 2016·3 cites·14 claims
- 1265US7284084B2ROM scan memory expanderIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 16, 2007·11 cites·18 claims
- 1364US8132055B2Operating system-firmware interface update recoveryANDERSON PAUL L·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 6, 2012·3 cites·16 claims
- 1462US7661044B2Method, apparatus and program product to concurrently detect, repair, verify and isolate memory failuresIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 9, 2010·5 cites·13 claims
- 1560US7487409B2Apparatus, system, and method for accessing system informationIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 3, 2009·2 cites·25 claims
- 1659US8108179B2End of life prediction of flash memoryASTIGARRAGA TARA·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 31, 2012·1 cites·7 claims
- 1759US6941450B2System and method for identifying one or more optimum configurations of a data processing systemIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 6, 2005·5 cites·24 claims
- 1858US8924644B2Extending cache in a multi-processor computerATHERTON WILLIAM E·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 30, 2014·1 cites·22 claims
- 1958US8898416B2Storage allocation management in switches utilizing flow controlATHERTON WILLIAM E·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 25, 2014·1 cites·16 claims
- 2049US2007294498A1Storage Allocation Management in Switches Utilizing a Flow ControlIBM·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2148US7496708B2Boot read-only memory (ROM) configuration optimizationIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 24, 2009·0 cites·14 claims
- 2247US2009193363A1Representing Multiple Computing Resources Within A Predefined Region Of A Graphical User Interface For Displaying A Single IconIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2346US2008201547A1Structure for storage allocation management in switches utilizing flow controlATHERTON WILLIAM E·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2445US2008111698A1Mobile device power managementIBM·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2543US10270765B2Enabling application functions responsive to biometric input from more than one personLENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 23, 2019·0 cites·24 claims
- 2643US2008125889A1Method and system for customization of entertainment selections in response to user feedbackATHERTON WILLIAM EDWARD·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2740US2006253749A1Real-time memory verification in a high-availability systemIBM·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2837US2017357994A1Dynamic coupon management system for coupon redemption conditioned upon group participationLENOVO ENTPR SOLUTIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2016·Application pending·0 cites
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