Mark A Piwonka

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Tomball, TX, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Updates to flash memory based on determinations of bits to erase
- Patent number 11,762,575
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Power management systems
- Patent number 11,507,177
- Issue date Nov 22, 2022
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert C. Brooks
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Power supply identification
- Patent number 11,262,825
- Issue date Mar 1, 2022
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Michael R. Durham
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Power monitoring and reduction
- Patent number 11,204,634
- Issue date Dec 21, 2021
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert C Brooks
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Communication port recovery
- Patent number 11,119,875
- Issue date Sep 14, 2021
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Binh T Truong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Balancing a power load among USB ports
- Patent number 10,996,729
- Issue date May 4, 2021
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Protected memory area
- Patent number 10,877,903
- Issue date Dec 29, 2020
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Backup power supply based configuration data application
- Patent number 10,747,287
- Issue date Aug 18, 2020
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Connected devices information
- Patent number 10,585,674
- Issue date Mar 10, 2020
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Enablement and disablement of cameras
- Patent number 10,250,798
- Issue date Apr 2, 2019
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Nam H Nguyen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Device configuration prior to initialization of a system
- Patent number 10,175,993
- Issue date Jan 8, 2019
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Gregory P. Ziarnik
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Protected memory area
- Patent number 10,102,154
- Issue date Oct 16, 2018
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Enablement and disablement of cameras
- Patent number 10,051,176
- Issue date Aug 14, 2018
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Nam H Nguyen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Grant
Method for determining whether to enter a S3 state based on user-de...
- Patent number 9,639,145
- Issue date May 2, 2017
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert C Brooks
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Locking a system management interrupt (SMI) enable register of a ch...
- Patent number 9,483,426
- Issue date Nov 1, 2016
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Gregory P. Ziarnik
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Modify executable bits of system management memory page table
- Patent number 9,367,691
- Issue date Jun 14, 2016
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Clearing secure system resources in a computing device
- Patent number 8,892,860
- Issue date Nov 18, 2014
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Bernard D. Desselle
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods of determining a trust level from system manage...
- Patent number 8,850,601
- Issue date Sep 30, 2014
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Booting computing devices with EFI aware operating systems
- Patent number 8,751,783
- Issue date Jun 10, 2014
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
SMM-dependent GPIO lock for enhanced computer security
- Patent number 8,595,387
- Issue date Nov 26, 2013
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Apparatus for determining during a power-on sequence, a value to be...
- Patent number 8,495,354
- Issue date Jul 23, 2013
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Louis B. Hobson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for updating a basic input/output system (BIOS)
- Patent number 8,296,579
- Issue date Oct 23, 2012
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Boot block
- Patent number 8,176,306
- Issue date May 8, 2012
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code
- Patent number 8,171,274
- Issue date May 1, 2012
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Louis B. Hobson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for programming a data storage device with a pass...
- Patent number 8,112,637
- Issue date Feb 7, 2012
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Jason Spottswood
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code
- Patent number 7,797,523
- Issue date Sep 14, 2010
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Louis B. Hobson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Resetting a system in response to changes of component settings
- Patent number 7,734,904
- Issue date Jun 8, 2010
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Method for ensuring optimal memory configuration in a computer
- Patent number 7,681,023
- Issue date Mar 16, 2010
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert J. Volentine
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
BIOS password security using modified scan codes
- Patent number 7,619,544
- Issue date Nov 17, 2009
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Ownership tag on power up screen
- Patent number 7,599,889
- Issue date Oct 6, 2009
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Paul J. Broyles, III
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
Identification of Option Cards Using Multiple Voltage Inputs
- Publication number 20240264966
- Publication date Aug 8, 2024
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Michael Richard Durham
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SURGE RECOVERY WITH PROCESSOR POWER CONTROL
- Publication number 20230205295
- Publication date Jun 29, 2023
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert Cleveland Brooks
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
UPDATES TO FLASH MEMORY BASED ON DETERMINATIONS OF BITS TO ERASE
- Publication number 20220155990
- Publication date May 19, 2022
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20220075441
- Publication date Mar 10, 2022
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert C. Brooks
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ASSIGNING POWER SOURCES
- Publication number 20210157384
- Publication date May 27, 2021
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM UPDATES
- Publication number 20200159929
- Publication date May 21, 2020
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L.P.
- Christopher H Stewart
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
POWER SUPPLY IDENTIFICATION
- Publication number 20200142462
- Publication date May 7, 2020
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Michael R. Durham
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BACKUP POWER SUPPLY BASED CONFIGURATION DATA APPLICATION
- Publication number 20200117261
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- Mark A. PIWONKA
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
COMMUNICATION PORT RECOVERY
- Publication number 20200097379
- Publication date Mar 26, 2020
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Binh T Truong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BALANCING A POWER LOAD AMONG USB PORTS
- Publication number 20190171267
- Publication date Jun 6, 2019
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. PIWONKA
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
POWER MONITORING AND REDUCTION
- Publication number 20190138074
- Publication date May 9, 2019
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert C Brooks
- G05 - CONTROLLING REGULATING
Information Patent Application
PROTECTED MEMORY AREA
- Publication number 20190079879
- Publication date Mar 14, 2019
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CONNECTED DEVICES INFORMATION
- Publication number 20190056959
- Publication date Feb 21, 2019
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. PIWONKA
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ENABLEMENT AND DISABLEMENT OF CAMERAS
- Publication number 20180352147
- Publication date Dec 6, 2018
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Nam H Nguyen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ENABLEMENT AND DISABLEMENT OF CAMERAS
- Publication number 20170289443
- Publication date Oct 5, 2017
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Nam H Nguyen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Information Patent Application
PROTECTED MEMORY AREA
- Publication number 20160253270
- Publication date Sep 1, 2016
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DEVICE CONFIGURATION PRIOR TO INITIALIZATION OF A SYSTEM
- Publication number 20160216976
- Publication date Jul 28, 2016
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Gregory Ziarnik
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
COMPUTING DEVICE POWER STATES
- Publication number 20160139657
- Publication date May 19, 2016
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Robert C Brooks
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Modify Executable Bits of System Management Memory Page Table
- Publication number 20150039812
- Publication date Feb 5, 2015
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
LOCKING A SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INTERRUPT (SMI) ENABLE REGISTER OF A CH...
- Publication number 20140344491
- Publication date Nov 20, 2014
- Gregory P. Ziarnik
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Time measurement of power button signal activation
- Publication number 20120198113
- Publication date Aug 2, 2012
- Gregory P. Ziarnik
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
BOOTING COMPUTING DEVICES
- Publication number 20120191960
- Publication date Jul 26, 2012
- Mark Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING A TRUST LEVEL FROM SYSTEM MANAGE...
- Publication number 20120017285
- Publication date Jan 19, 2012
- Mark A Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Power Management In A System Having A Processor And A Voltage Conve...
- Publication number 20110179299
- Publication date Jul 21, 2011
- Mark A Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Clearing Secure System Resources In A Computing Device
- Publication number 20110179264
- Publication date Jul 21, 2011
- Bernard D. Desselle
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS)
- Publication number 20110113181
- Publication date May 12, 2011
- Mark A. Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Boot Block
- Publication number 20110022830
- Publication date Jan 27, 2011
- Mark Piwonka
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Method And System Of Executing Stack-based Memory Reference Code
- Publication number 20100299480
- Publication date Nov 25, 2010
- Louis B. Hobson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Systems And Methods Of Secure BIOS Update
- Publication number 20100077199
- Publication date Mar 25, 2010
- Louis B. Hobson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A MEMORY REGION
- Publication number 20080162848
- Publication date Jul 3, 2008
- Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Paul J. Broyles
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Mark A Piwonka

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Updates to flash memory based on determinations of bits to erase

Power management systems

Power supply identification

Power monitoring and reduction

Communication port recovery

Balancing a power load among USB ports

Protected memory area

Backup power supply based configuration data application

Connected devices information

Enablement and disablement of cameras

Device configuration prior to initialization of a system

Protected memory area

Enablement and disablement of cameras

Method for determining whether to enter a S3 state based on user-de...

Locking a system management interrupt (SMI) enable register of a ch...

Modify executable bits of system management memory page table

Clearing secure system resources in a computing device

Systems and methods of determining a trust level from system manage...

Booting computing devices with EFI aware operating systems

SMM-dependent GPIO lock for enhanced computer security

Apparatus for determining during a power-on sequence, a value to be...

System and method for updating a basic input/output system (BIOS)

Boot block

Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code

System and method for programming a data storage device with a pass...

Method and system of executing stack-based memory reference code

Resetting a system in response to changes of component settings

Method for ensuring optimal memory configuration in a computer

BIOS password security using modified scan codes

Ownership tag on power up screen

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Identification of Option Cards Using Multiple Voltage Inputs

SURGE RECOVERY WITH PROCESSOR POWER CONTROL

UPDATES TO FLASH MEMORY BASED ON DETERMINATIONS OF BITS TO ERASE

POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

ASSIGNING POWER SOURCES

BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM UPDATES

POWER SUPPLY IDENTIFICATION

BACKUP POWER SUPPLY BASED CONFIGURATION DATA APPLICATION

COMMUNICATION PORT RECOVERY

BALANCING A POWER LOAD AMONG USB PORTS

POWER MONITORING AND REDUCTION

PROTECTED MEMORY AREA

CONNECTED DEVICES INFORMATION

ENABLEMENT AND DISABLEMENT OF CAMERAS

ENABLEMENT AND DISABLEMENT OF CAMERAS

PROTECTED MEMORY AREA

DEVICE CONFIGURATION PRIOR TO INITIALIZATION OF A SYSTEM

COMPUTING DEVICE POWER STATES

Modify Executable Bits of System Management Memory Page Table

LOCKING A SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INTERRUPT (SMI) ENABLE REGISTER OF A CH...

Time measurement of power button signal activation

BOOTING COMPUTING DEVICES

SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING A TRUST LEVEL FROM SYSTEM MANAGE...

Power Management In A System Having A Processor And A Voltage Conve...

Clearing Secure System Resources In A Computing Device

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS)

Boot Block

Method And System Of Executing Stack-based Memory Reference Code

Systems And Methods Of Secure BIOS Update

CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A MEMORY REGION