Alan Ward
24Patents
9h-index
29Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Apr 8, 1986 → Sep 23, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8984442B2 | Method and system for upgrading a previously purchased media asset | Physics | 287 | Active |
| US8166508B2 | Content rental system | Electricity | 53 | Active |
| US7774708B2 | Graphical user interface with improved media presentation | Electricity | 33 | Active |
| US9075882B1 | Recommending content items | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US6799266B1 | Methods and apparatus for reducing the size of code with an exposed pipeline by encoding NOP operations as instruction operands | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US9489496B2 | Secure software updates | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US8677430B2 | Content rental system | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US6922829B2 | Method of generating profile-optimized code | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US9948617B2 | Secure software updates | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US6754893B2 | Method for collapsing the prolog and epilog of software pipelined loops | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6718544B1 | User interface for making compiler tradeoffs | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US7809949B2 | Configuration of a computing device in a secure manner | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US4867493A | Door stop | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Expired |
| US10521812B2 | Method and system for upgrading a previously purchased media asset | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8214648B2 | Secure configuration of a computing device | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8782521B2 | Graphical user interface with improved media presentation | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8135865B2 | Synchronization and transfer of digital media items | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9665878B2 | Method and system for upgrading a previously purchased media asset | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US8631241B2 | Secure configuration of computing device | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11178121B2 | Secure software updates | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10104441B2 | Content rental system | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US10432593B2 | Secure software updates | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US11039219B2 | Content rental system | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8117309B2 | Re-download management of previously acquired digital media assets | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.