Inventor · Ottawa, ON, CA

Brian Finlay Beaton

18Patents
17h-index
20Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 5, 1996 → Mar 3, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6310610A Intelligent touch display Physics 1,855 Expired
US6333973A Integrated message center Electricity 424 Expired
US6340979B1 Contextual gesture interface Electricity 300 Expired
US6037937A Navigation tool for graphical user interface Electricity 258 Expired
US7222304B2 Multitasking graphical user interface Electricity 248 Expired
US6226367A Calling line identification with location icon Electricity 176 Expired
US6442263B1 Electronic business cards Electricity 172 Expired
US5923327A Scrolling with automatic compression and expansion Electricity 154 Expired
US6084951A Iconized name list Electricity 137 Expired
US6608637B1 Multitasking graphical user interface Electricity 86 Expired
US6208713A Method and apparatus for locating a desired record in a plurality of records in an input recognizing telephone directory Electricity 71 Expired
US7516411B2 Graphical user interface for a virtual team environment Electricity 43 Active
US7472352B2 Method and system for automatic handling of invitations to join communications sessions in a virtual team environment Electricity 42 Active
US5890052A Foldable wireless telephone wallet Electricity 33 Expired
US7469384B2 Method and system for creating a virtual team environment Electricity 19 Active
US7516410B2 Method and system for supporting communications within a virtual team environment Electricity 19 Active
US6697842B1 Dynamic context filters for communication and information management Physics 17 Expired
US7917854B1 Telecommunications network administration graphical user interface Electricity 13 Active

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