Inventor · Morristown, NJ, US

Alan Edward Kaplan

37Patents
13h-index
27Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 22, 1978 → Oct 18, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5734371A Interactive pointing device Physics 174 Expired
US6498797B1 Method and apparatus for communication services on a network Electricity 128 Expired
US6690358B2 Display control for hand-held devices Physics 107 Expired
US5903635A Advertising effectiveness rating system Electricity 77 Expired
US6725462B1 Optimizing upstream transmission in a cable television distribution plant Electricity 73 Expired
US5937055A Method and apparatus for routing telephone calls between alternate telephone service providers Electricity 59 Expired
US6912275B1 Secure remote access to voice mail Electricity 39 Expired
US6950507B1 System for working at a remote office PBX Electricity 32 Expired
US5818908A Selective voice menu system Electricity 28 Expired
USD303954S Tape player adapter for car radios General 24 Expired
US5793354A Method and apparatus for an improved computer pointing device Physics 22 Expired
US6396906B1 Telephone answering system that automatically calls back a caller who has left a message Electricity 22 Expired
US4323031A Crystal plating apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US6731740B1 Method for preventing overload condition in a circuit switched arrangement Electricity 10 Expired
US6826273B1 Method for preventing overload condition in a circuit switched arrangement Electricity 7 Expired
US6144462A Enhancement of a fascimile machine for flexible notification of a facsimile sender Electricity 7 Expired
US7761571B2 SIP service for home network device and service mobility Electricity 6 Active
US6850608B2 Process for assigning a called number to customer premises equipment Electricity 6 Expired
US4208553A Telephone office assignment verification Electricity 5 Expired
US6885665B2 Method for distributing calls to a group of end points Electricity 5 Expired
US8107479B2 Method and system for telephony and high-speed data access on a broadband access network Electricity 3 Active
US4236487A Crystal plating apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Expired
US6665299B1 Method and system for telephony and high speed data access on a broadband access network Electricity 3 Expired
US6069921A System and method for reducing quantization noise Electricity 2 Expired
US6016327A Electronic memory system and method for use in system for reducing quantization noise Electricity 2 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.