Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Brian J. Tucker

36Patents
11h-index
32Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 1, 1998 → Jun 10, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8947202B2 Accessing a vehicle using portable devices Electricity 55 Active
US9113300B2 Proximity fence Electricity 32 Active
US8285860B2 Efficient service discovery for peer-to-peer networking devices Electricity 29 Active
US8849202B2 Audio transfer using the Bluetooth Low Energy standard Electricity 27 Active
US10282727B2 User interface for payments Electricity 21 Active
US9820093B2 Programmable beacon payloads Electricity 19 Active
US10202100B1 Accessing a vehicle using portable devices Electricity 16 Active
US9351102B2 Accessing a vehicle using portable devices Electricity 15 Active
US6820087B1 Method and apparatus for initializing data structures to accelerate variable length decode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6313766A Method and apparatus for accelerating software decode of variable length encoded information Electricity 12 Expired
US9041556B2 Method for locating a vehicle Electricity 11 Active
US10977651B2 User interface for payments Electricity 6 Active
US10043185B2 User interface for payments Electricity 6 Active
US9520062B2 Method for locating a vehicle Electricity 6 Active
US10140863B2 Method for locating a vehicle Electricity 5 Active
US8825873B2 Using a service discovery request to find available devices Physics 4 Active
US9531501B2 Data transfer between electronic devices Electricity 4 Active
US9112986B2 Supplemental audio signal processing for a bluetooth audio link Electricity 4 Active
US8572248B2 Efficient service discovery for peer-to-peer networking devices Electricity 3 Active
US10748153B2 User interface for payments Electricity 3 Active
US10748422B2 Method for locating a vehicle Electricity 3 Active
US11373168B2 Value added services polling Physics 3 Active
US9179244B2 Proximity and tap detection using a wireless system Electricity 2 Active
US10902424B2 User interface for payments Electricity 2 Active
US9749797B2 Multi-level virtual fence Electricity 2 Active

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