Inventor

Mark A. Piwonka

Inventor

Tomball, TX, US

Overview

39→

Patents

1999–2021

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 39 as inventor

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

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing83%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests9%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television4%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications2%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use2%

PatentTitleYear

11,119,875Communication port recovery2021 10,996,729Balancing a power load among USB ports2021 10,877,903Protected memory area2020 10,747,287Backup power supply based configuration data application2020 10,585,674Connected devices information2020 10,250,798Enablement and disablement of cameras2019 10,175,993Device configuration prior to initialization of a system2019 10,102,154Protected memory area2018 10,051,176Enablement and disablement of cameras2018 9,639,145'Method for determining whether to enter a S3 state based on user-defined permissible S3 period during an always on mode'2017 9,483,426'Locking a system management interrupt (SMI) enable register of a chipset'2016 9,367,691'Modify executable bits of system management memory page table'2016 8,892,860'Clearing secure system resources in a computing device'2014 8,850,601'Systems and methods of determining a trust level from system management mode'2014 8,751,783'Booting computing devices with EFI aware operating systems'2014 8,595,387'SMM-dependent GPIO lock for enhanced computer security'2013 8,495,354'Apparatus 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 memory'2013 8,296,579'System and method for updating a basic input/output system (BIOS)'2012 8,176,306'Boot block'2012 8,171,274'Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code'2012 8,112,637'System and method for programming a data storage device with a password'2012 7,797,523'Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code'2010 7,734,904'Resetting a system in response to changes of component settings'2010 7,681,023'Method for ensuring optimal memory configuration in a computer'2010 7,619,544'BIOS password security using modified scan codes'2009 7,599,889'Ownership tag on power up screen'2009 7,552,475'Systems and methods for securing ports'2009 7,395,434'Method for secure storage and verification of the administrator, power-on password and configuration information'2008 7,313,685'Unattended BIOS recovery'2007 7,069,472'Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system'2006 6,832,320'Ownership tag on power-up screen'2004 6,754,793'Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM'2004 6,647,512'Method for restoring CMOS in a jumperless system'2003 6,567,868'Structure and method for automatically setting the CPU speed'2003 6,505,278'Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM'2003 6,467,038'Method for supporting optical international language modules flashed into ROM'2002 6,405,311'Method for storing board revision'2002 6,073,206'Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM'2000 5,978,913'Computer with periodic full power-on self test'1999

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1999–2002Patents assigned to COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP (3)· patent assignee history

1999–2020Based in Tomball, TX, US· patent location history

2003–2021Patents assigned to HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO (31)· patent assignee history

2009–2021Based in Houston, TX, US· patent location history

2012–2016Patents assigned to PIWONKA MARK A (9)· patent assignee history

2012–2014Patents assigned to HOBSON LOUIS B (3)· patent assignee history

2016–2020Patents assigned to HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO LP (3)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO	31	2003–2021
PIWONKA MARK Aself	9	2012–2016
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP	3	1999–2002
HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO LP	3	2016–2020
HOBSON LOUIS B	3	2012–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Tomball, Texas, US	30	1999–2020
Houston, Texas, US	9	2009–2021