Inventor

Steven Dale Goodman

Inventor

Raleigh, NC, US

Overview

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Patents

2001–2019

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 40 as inventor

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

G06Fprimary

G06FElectric digital data processing75%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication11%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television4%

F04DNon-positive-displacement pumps2%

G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer2%

H04WWireless communication networks2%

H05KPrinted circuits2%

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

10,372,914Validating firmware on a computing device2019 9,280,687'Pre-boot authentication using a cryptographic processor'2016 8,862,709'Remote management of boot application'2014 8,677,117'Remote management of boot application'2014 8,266,449'Security for storage devices'2012 7,962,759'Reducing the boot time of a TCPA based computing system when the core root of trust measurement is embedded in the boot block code'2011 7,827,376'System and method for protecting hidden protected area of HDD during operation'2010 7,814,532'Data processing system and method for password protecting a boot device'2010 7,757,112'System and method for booting alternate MBR in event of virus attack'2010 7,702,894'System and method for loading programs from HDD independent of operating system'2010 7,590,870'Physical presence determination in a trusted platform'2009 7,533,274'Reducing the boot time of a TCPA based computing system when the core root of trust measurement is embedded in the boot block code'2009 7,490,250'Method and system for detecting a tamper event in a trusted computing environment'2009 7,484,241'Secure single sign-on to operating system via power-on password'2009 7,484,105'Flash update using a trusted platform module'2009 7,421,588'Apparatus, system, and method for sealing a data repository to a trusted computing platform'2008 7,412,596'Method for preventing system wake up from a sleep state if a boot log returned during the system wake up cannot be authenticated'2008 7,401,361'System and method for reducing virus scan time'2008 7,366,887'System and method for loading programs from HDD independent of operating system'2008 7,319,299'Determining types of cooling fans used in a personal computer thereby using optimum parameters to control each unique cooling fan'2008 7,281,125'Securing sensitive configuration data remotely'2007 7,269,747'Physical presence determination in a trusted platform'2007 7,254,722'Trusted platform motherboard having physical presence detection based on activation of power-on-switch'2007 7,249,249'Dynamic hardfile size allocation to secure data'2007 7,200,761'Method to use secure passwords in an unsecure program environment'2007 7,194,762'Method of creating password list for remote authentication to services'2007 7,191,464'Method and system for tracking a secure boot in a trusted computing environment'2007 7,174,465'Secure method for system attribute modification'2007 7,096,157'Method and structure for diagnostically testing files in a computer'2006 7,082,129'Secure method and system to prevent external unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer'2006 7,013,384'Computer system with selectively available immutable boot block code'2006 6,993,648'Proving BIOS trust in a TCPA compliant system'2006 6,990,515'Secure method and system to prevent internal unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer systems'2006 6,925,557'Method and system for a clean system booting process'2005 6,892,305'Method and system for booting up a computer system in a secure fashion'2005 6,823,464'Method of providing enhanced security in a remotely managed computer system'2004 6,782,349'Method and system for updating a root of trust measurement function in a personal computer'2004 6,721,885'Reducing start-up time and avoiding customer-induced system failures for personal computers'2004 6,711,690'Secure write blocking circuit and method for preventing unauthorized write access to nonvolatile memory'2004 6,282,601'Multiprocessor data processing system and method of interrupt handling that facilitate identification of a processor requesting a system management interrupt'2001

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2001–2014Patents assigned to IBM (14)· patent assignee history

2001–2019Based in Raleigh, NC, US· patent location history

2006–2019Patents assigned to LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD (22)· patent assignee history

2014Patents assigned to CROMER DARYL CARVIS (2)· patent assignee history

2014Patents assigned to DAYAN RICHARD ALAN (2)· patent assignee history

2014Patents assigned to FREEMAN JOSEPH WAYNE (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
LENOVO SINGAPORE PTE LTD	22	2006–2019
IBM	14	2001–2014
CROMER DARYL CARVIS	2	2014
DAYAN RICHARD ALAN	2	2014
FREEMAN JOSEPH WAYNE	2	2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Raleigh, NC, US	40	2001–2019