This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent and 3 published patent applications. Top assignee: Absolute Software Corporation. Active years: 2026.
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Years Active: 2026
Title: Nicholas B. Van Someren and Network-Based Boot Recovery
Introduction
Nicholas B. Van Someren is an inventor associated with Vancouver, Canada, and Absolute Software Corporation. His patent work addresses a practical challenge in networked computing: helping a client device recover when it fails to boot.
Latest Patents
The supplied information identifies one patent associated with Van Someren: Techniques for Recovering from Boot Failures over a Computer Network. The invention describes detecting an unsuccessful boot and evaluating the device’s bootup conditions to identify a possible cause. The device can then connect to a server and communicate those conditions, receive a remediation playbook, and execute it to help achieve a successful boot. The record lists 1 patent.
Career Highlights
Van Someren’s listed patent reflects work on device recovery in client/server environments. By using information about a failed boot to select and run a server-provided remediation playbook, the described approach aims to support recovery over a computer network.
Collaborations
The supplied information names Marcel Laforce and Eric Wheatley as Van Someren’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or whether they collaborated on the invention.
Conclusion
Nicholas B. Van Someren’s listed invention focuses on network-assisted recovery from boot failures, connecting device diagnostics with server-guided remediation.
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