Inventor · Columbus, IN, US

Brian Beach

67Patents
13h-index
46Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 1994 → May 24, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7228556B2 Distributed, interactive television program guide; system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Expired
US6728713B1 Distributed database management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 118 Expired
US7665111B1 Data storage management and scheduling system Physics 52 Expired
US9094718B2 Customizing DVR functionality Electricity 38 Active
US7882520B2 Broadcast program recording overrun and underrun scheduling system Electricity 32 Expired
US8478114B1 Distributed database management system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US5388268A Methods of indicating states of software processes cooperating on a single task Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US8301648B2 Multimedia content search and recording scheduling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US7861258B2 Customizing DVR functionality Electricity 16 Active
US6317134A System software for use in a graphics computer system having a shared system memory and supporting DM Pbuffers and other constructs aliased as DM buffers Physics 15 Expired
US8914394B1 Multimedia content search system with source and field differentiation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8880529B2 Hierarchical tags with community-based ratings Physics 14 Active
US8689265B2 Multimedia mobile personalization system Electricity 13 Active
US7877768B2 Smart broadcast program recording padding and scheduling system Electricity 12 Active
US9288548B1 Multimedia content search system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8959099B2 Multimedia content search and recording scheduling system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8549553B2 Customizing DVR functionality Electricity 8 Active
US9424264B2 Hierarchical tags with community-based ratings Physics 8 Active
US8347337B2 Data storage management and scheduling system Physics 7 Active
US6070002A System software for use in a graphics computer system having a shared system memory Physics 7 Expired
US10313760B2 Swivel search system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8316396B2 Correlation of media metadata gathered from diverse sources Electricity 6 Active
US9060099B2 Distributed, interactive television program guide; system and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8761585B2 Method and apparatus for restricting DVD content Electricity 5 Active
US9282273B2 Multimedia mobile personalization system Electricity 5 Active

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