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William Joseph Piazza
Also filed as: PIAZZA III WILLIAM · PIAZZA WILLIAM · PIAZZA WILLIAM J · PIAZZA WILLIAM JOSEPH
63 granted patents·17 pending applications·1,501 citations·filing 1992–2021
99Inventor score
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80 records- 0198US8006108B2Dynamic selection of group and device power limitsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 23, 2011·104 cites·18 claims
- 0295US6889908B2Thermal analysis in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 10, 2005·101 cites·24 claims
- 0395US6802611B2System and method for presenting, capturing, and modifying images on a presentation boardIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 12, 2004·73 cites·39 claims
- 0494US7463950B1Identification and characterization of recirculation in electronic systemsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 9, 2008·25 cites·5 claims
- 0591US8140195B2Reducing maximum power consumption using environmental control settingsMATTESON JASON AARON·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 20, 2012·31 cites·17 claims
- 0691US6966006B2Adaptive startup policy for accelerating multi-disk array spin-upIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 15, 2005·76 cites·27 claims
- 0791US5283559AAutomatic calibration of a capacitive touch screen used with a fixed element flat screen display panelIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Feb 1, 1994·239 cites·19 claims
- 0890US7134288B2System, method, and apparatus for providing a thermal bypass in electronic equipmentIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·44 cites·20 claims
- 0990US6931568B2Fail-over control in a computer system having redundant service processorsIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 16, 2005·72 cites·23 claims
- 1089US7925389B2Method of detecting recirculation of heated air within a rack enclosureIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 12, 2011·19 cites·19 claims
- 1189US7783903B2Limiting power consumption by controlling airflowIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 24, 2010·19 cites·20 claims
- 1288US7418730B2Automatic client responses to worm or hacker attacksIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 26, 2008·51 cites·7 claims
- 1388US7178141B2Method and system for identifying compatibility between firmware imagesIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 13, 2007·53 cites·18 claims
- 1488US7010710B2Proximity sensor enhanced power managementIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 7, 2006·53 cites·22 claims
- 1587US7171479B2Efficient delivery of boot code images from a network serverIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 30, 2007·51 cites·24 claims
- 1686US7421368B2Detection of airflow anomalies in electronic equipmentIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 2, 2008·16 cites·13 claims
- 1785US7013385B2Remotely controlled boot settings in a server blade environmentIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 14, 2006·42 cites·15 claims
- 1884US7933739B2Automated analysis of datacenter layout using temperature sensor positionsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 26, 2011·13 cites·20 claims
- 1984US7676301B2Identification and characterization of recirculation in electronic systemsIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 9, 2010·9 cites·15 claims
- 2083US7330965B2Multi-tiered boot listIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 12, 2008·10 cites·12 claims
- 2182US9372089B2Monitoring suggested routes for deviationsIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 21, 2016·7 cites·20 claims
- 2281US7930573B2Workload apportionment according to mean and varianceIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 19, 2011·13 cites·15 claims
- 2381US7667855B2Providing position information to computing equipment installed in racks of a datacenterIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 23, 2010·15 cites·20 claims
- 2480US7673132B2Multi-tiered boot listIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 2, 2010·7 cites·15 claims
- 2580US7194619B2Remotely booting devices in a dense server environment without manually installing authentication parameters on the devices to be bootedIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 20, 2007·29 cites·56 claims
- 2678US8013805B2Automatic adjustment of display settings for remote viewing by an administratorIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 6, 2011·8 cites·15 claims
- 2778US6934864B2System and method for co-operative thermal management of electronic devices within a common housingIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 23, 2005·27 cites·21 claims
- 2878US6762691B2Method and system for automatically locating equipment stored in a rackIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 13, 2004·24 cites·33 claims
- 2977US9286345B2Query tree navigationBANDHOLZ JUSTIN P·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 15, 2016·6 cites·14 claims
- 3077US8391485B2Stealth message transmission in a networkBANDHOLZ SR JUSTIN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 5, 2013·5 cites·19 claims
- 3177US8351605B2Stealth message transmission in a networkIBM·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 8, 2013·8 cites·14 claims
- 3277US8091127B2Heuristic malware detectionBRADICICH THOMAS M·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 3, 2012·12 cites·25 claims
- 3377US7460978B1Method, system, and computer program product for rack position determination using acousticsIBM·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 2, 2008·8 cites·8 claims
- 3477US5603011ASelective shadowing and paging in computer memory systemsIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 11, 1997·74 cites·11 claims
- 3575US9027014B2Updating firmware compatibility dataIBM·Filed 2013·Granted May 5, 2015·3 cites·16 claims
- 3675US8756390B2Methods and apparatuses for protecting data on mass storage devicesCHU SIMON·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 17, 2014·8 cites·19 claims
- 3775US6883125B2Logging insertion/removal of server blades in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 19, 2005·20 cites·20 claims
- 3873US7735326B2Air re-cool for electronic equipmentIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 15, 2010·3 cites·19 claims
- 3973US7415519B2System and method for prevention of boot storms in a computer networkLENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 19, 2008·18 cites·16 claims
- 4071US9213380B2Mapping computers and ports of power distribution units in a data centerBANDHOLZ JUSTIN P·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 15, 2015·5 cites·21 claims
- 4171US8443210B2Power management module enforcing computer power capping by reading power cap information from nameplate having both machine readable module and human readable designation for providing such informationBANDHOLZ JUSTIN P·Filed 2009·Granted May 14, 2013·1 cites·19 claims
- 4271US8433935B2Energy management of remotely controllable devices associated with a workspace based on users scheduled activities in a calendar application and users' current network activitiesPIAZZA WILLIAM J·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 30, 2013·6 cites·12 claims
- 4371US6961794B2System and method for analyzing and optimizing computer system performance utilizing observed time performance measuresIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 1, 2005·16 cites·20 claims
- 4469US8032331B2Detection of airflow anomalies in electronic equipmentIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 4, 2011·4 cites·6 claims
- 4568US6993583B2Dynamically sharing a pool of IP addressesIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 31, 2006·16 cites·69 claims
- 4666US7621134B2Air re-cool for electronic equipmentIBM·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 24, 2009·1 cites·4 claims
- 4766US7269630B2Automatically switching shared remote devices in a dense server environment thereby allowing the remote devices to function as a local deviceIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 11, 2007·11 cites·22 claims
- 4865US8267320B2Label-controlled system configurationBANDHOLZ JUSTIN P·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 18, 2012·2 cites·17 claims
- 4965US2015120382A1Optimizing a business performance forecastIBM·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 5065US2015120383A1Optimizing a business performance forecastIBM·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
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