Patents by Inventor John Michael Page

John Michael Page has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Disablement of a write filter stored on a write-protected partition
    Patent number: 6523103
    Abstract: A computer system having at least primary and secondary partitions, a primary write filter for write-protecting the primary partition, and a state machine. The state machine, in response to a need to write persistent data to the primary partition, boots to the secondary partition, disables the primary write filter, boots to the primary partition, writes persistent data to the primary partition, re-enables the primary write filter, and then reboots to the primary partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John Michael Page
  • DISABLEMENT OF A WRITE FILTER STORED ON A WRITE-PROTECTED PARTITION
    Publication number: 20030018865
    Abstract: A computer system having at least primary and secondary partitions, a primary write filter for write-protecting the primary partition, and a state machine. The state machine, in response to a need to write persistent data to the primary partition, boots to the secondary partition, disables the primary write filter, boots to the primary partition, writes persistent data to the primary partition, re-enables the primary write filter, and then reboots to the primary partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventor: John Michael Page