Inventor

William J. Westerinen

Inventor

Sammamish, WA, US

Overview

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Patents

2006–2019

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 32 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing37%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication18%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use13%

B65GTransport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyors7%

G05BControl or regulating systems in general6%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes6%

A61HPhysical therapy apparatus, e.g. devices for locating or stimulating reflex points in the body3%

A61NElectrotherapy3%

A47JKitchen equipment1%

G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus1%

PatentTitleYear

10,216,637Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement2019 9,405,693'Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement'2016 8,522,043'Hardware-based computer theft deterrence'2013 8,255,645'Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement'2012 8,214,296'Disaggregated secure execution environment'2012 8,073,779'Disaggregated secure execution environment'2011 8,041,904'Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement'2011 7,913,182'Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device'2011 7,818,608'System and method for using a file system to automatically backup a file as a generational file'2010 7,814,543'System and method for securing a computer system connected to a network from attacks'2010 7,774,437'Configurable multi-connector storage device'2010 7,710,587'Method and system for configuring an electronic device'2010 7,675,922'System and method for providing a universal communications port with computer-telephony interface'2010 7,669,048'Computing device limiting mechanism'2010 7,644,239'Non-volatile memory cache performance improvement'2010 7,596,671'Pre-paid computer monitoring hardware'2009 7,546,471'Method and system for virus detection using pattern matching techniques'2009 7,540,024'Security features for portable computing environment'2009 7,539,863'Remote services for portable computing environment'2009 7,519,816'Portable computing environment solution'2009 7,511,848'Method and system for configuring an electronic device'2009 7,493,487'Portable computing environment'2009 7,454,653'Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache'2008 7,424,740'Method and system for activating a computer system'2008 7,353,390'Enabling network devices within a virtual network to communicate while the networks\'s communications are restricted due to security threats'2008 7,275,167'Task-oriented processing as an auxiliary to primary computing environments'2007 7,240,228'Method and system for standby auxiliary processing of information for a computing device'2007 7,221,331'Method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device'2007 7,152,171'Task-oriented processing as an auxiliary to primary computing environments'2006 7,082,495'Method and apparatus to reduce power consumption and improve read/write performance of hard disk drives using non-volatile memory'2006 7,065,740'System and method to automate the management of computer services and programmable devices'2006 7,036,040'Reliability of diskless network-bootable computers using non-volatile memory cache'2006

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2006–2013Patents assigned to MICROSOFT CORP (29)· patent assignee history

2006–2016Based in Sammamish, WA, US· patent location history

2010–2013Based in Issaquah, WA, US· patent location history

2012–2016Patents assigned to WESTERINEN WILLIAM J (4)· patent assignee history

2012–2016Patents assigned to DEWHITT DEAN L (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2016Patents assigned to ERGAN CENK (2)· patent assignee history

2012–2016Patents assigned to FORTIN MICHAEL R (2)· patent assignee history

2019Based in Redmond, WA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MICROSOFT CORP	29	2006–2013
WESTERINEN WILLIAM Jself	4	2012–2016
DEWHITT DEAN L	2	2012–2016
ERGAN CENK	2	2012–2016
FORTIN MICHAEL R	2	2012–2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Sammamish, Washington, US	28	2006–2016
Issaquah, Washington, US	3	2010–2013
Redmond, Washington, US	1	2019