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Louis B. Hobson
Also filed as: HOBSON LOUIS · HOBSON LOUIS B
27 granted patents·8 pending applications·763 citations·filing 1995–2018
96Inventor score
Files withHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO9COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP7HOBSON LOUIS B7COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIE2PIWONKA MARK A2
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35 records- 0196US6073206AMethod for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROMCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jun 6, 2000·231 cites·24 claims
- 0289US7797523B2Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference codeHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 14, 2010·18 cites·17 claims
- 0387US6360327B1System with control registers for managing computer legacy peripheral devices using an advanced configuration power interface software power management systemCOMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIE·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 19, 2002·131 cites·46 claims
- 0479US9170632B2Providing wakeup logic to awaken an electronic device from a lower power modeBROOKS ROBERT C·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 27, 2015·6 cites·19 claims
- 0578US5809555AMethod of determining sizes of 1:1 and 2:1 memory interleaving in a computer system, configuring to the maximum size, and informing the user if memory is incorrectly installedCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 15, 1998·83 cites·21 claims
- 0675US7191328B2System and method for using an extensible firmware interface (EFI) utility to build an EFI layer between an operating system and a legacy basic input/output system during a boot processHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 13, 2007·20 cites·20 claims
- 0775US6112164AComputer system thermal managementCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 29, 2000·68 cites·47 claims
- 0872US6122748AControl of computer system wake/sleep transitionsCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 19, 2000·60 cites·47 claims
- 0971US6505278B1Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROMCOMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIE·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 7, 2003·12 cites·10 claims
- 1068US8495354B2Apparatus for determining during a power-on sequence, a value to be written to a first register in a secure area and the same value to a second register in non-secure area, which during a protected mode, the value is compared such that if it is equal, enabling writing to a memoryHOBSON LOUIS B·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 23, 2013·4 cites·17 claims
- 1168US6065121AControl of computer system wake/sleep transitionsCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted May 16, 2000·58 cites·38 claims
- 1267US7480790B2Sleep state resumeHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 20, 2009·4 cites·12 claims
- 1365US8886974B2ControllerTUPA MARK D·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 11, 2014·4 cites·15 claims
- 1461US6754793B2Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROMHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 22, 2004·12 cites·19 claims
- 1559US10768687B2Determination of a zero watt state for implementationHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 8, 2020·0 cites·11 claims
- 1659US10579359B2Cooling fan speed in accordance with a firmware updateHEWLETT PACKARD ENTPR DEV LP·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 3, 2020·1 cites·12 claims
- 1757US7430502B2Using thermal management register to simulate processor performance statesHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 30, 2008·5 cites·11 claims
- 1855US10001831B2Determination of a zero watt state for implementationHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 19, 2018·0 cites·14 claims
- 1954US9275527B2ControllerHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 1, 2016·0 cites·13 claims
- 2054US8166288B2Managing requests of operating systems executing in virtual machinesSANCHO-DOMINGUEZ JOSE A·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 24, 2012·2 cites·15 claims
- 2152US6115813ASelectively enabling advanced configuration and power interface BIOS supportCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 5, 2000·29 cites·46 claims
- 2249US8850601B2Systems and methods of determining a trust level from system management modePIWONKA MARK A·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 30, 2014·0 cites·11 claims
- 2349US8171274B2Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference codeHOBSON LOUIS B·Filed 2010·Granted May 1, 2012·0 cites·13 claims
- 2448US8898412B2Methods and systems to selectively scrub a system memoryHOBSON LOUIS B·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 25, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 2547US9619015B2Implementing a power off state in a computing deviceHOBSON LOUIS B·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 11, 2017·0 cites·19 claims
- 2646US2011179299A1Power Management In A System Having A Processor And A Voltage Converter That Provide A Power Voltage To The ProcessorPIWONKA MARK A·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 2745US2008162848A1Controlling access to a memory regionHEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2844US9483103B2Process state of a computing machineHOBSON LOUIS B·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 1, 2016·0 cites·15 claims
- 2944US2006064563A1Caching presence detection dataHOBSON LOUIS B·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3041US2006282651A1ACPI table managementHOBSON LOUIS B·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3140US2005192788A1Simulating processor performance statesFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3240US2006212627A1Legacy serial/parallel port deviceDURHAM MICHAEL R·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3339US2012198113A1Time measurement of power button signal activationZIARNIK GREGORY P·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 3437US6065067ASystem, method and program for controlling access to an input/output device possible resource settings data in an advanced configuration and power interface operating systemCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted May 16, 2000·15 cites·40 claims
- 3533US2007169076A1Methods and systems for updating a BIOS imageDESSELLE BERNARD D·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
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