Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

B. Thomas Adler

36Patents
20h-index
22Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 12, 1996 → Feb 6, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6219045A Scalable virtual world chat client-server system Electricity 549 Expired
US7181690B1 System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space Electricity 217 Expired
US7180500B2 User definable gestures for motion controlled handheld devices Physics 145 Expired
US7365736B2 Customizable gesture mappings for motion controlled handheld devices Physics 131 Expired
US7301529B2 Context dependent gesture response Physics 96 Expired
US7180502B2 Handheld device with preferred motion selection Physics 87 Expired
US7176888B2 Selective engagement of motion detection Physics 85 Expired
US7280096B2 Motion sensor engagement for a handheld device Electricity 77 Expired
US7180501B2 Gesture based navigation of a handheld user interface Physics 74 Expired
US7945856B2 System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space Electricity 59 Active
US7176887B2 Environmental modeling for motion controlled handheld devices Physics 59 Expired
US7301528B2 Distinguishing tilt and translation motion components in handheld devices Physics 55 Expired
US8082501B2 System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space Electricity 53 Active
US8725462B2 Data aggregation platform Physics 51 Active
US8617067B2 Continuous monitoring of stress using environmental data Human Necessities 37 Active
US7493558B2 System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space Electricity 33 Active
US7990365B2 Motion controlled remote controller Physics 32 Active
US8280886B2 Determining candidate terms related to terms of a query Physics 27 Active
US8622901B2 Continuous monitoring of stress using accelerometer data Human Necessities 25 Active
US8622900B2 Calculating and monitoring the efficacy of stress-related therapies Human Necessities 23 Active
US7903084B2 Selective engagement of motion input modes Physics 18 Active
US9317593B2 Modeling topics using statistical distributions Physics 15 Active
US8108392B2 Identifying clusters of words according to word affinities Physics 15 Active
US8280892B2 Selecting tags for a document by analyzing paragraphs of the document Physics 14 Active
US9189599B2 Calculating and monitoring a composite stress index Physics 12 Active

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