Inventor · Pasadena, CA, US

Brian K. Schmidt

45Patents
10h-index
20Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 16, 2001 → May 3, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7206819B2 Method and apparatus for providing virtual namespaces for active computing environments Physics 87 Expired
US7694204B2 Error detection in physical interfaces for point-to-point communications between integrated circuits Electricity 87 Active
US7187307B1 Method and system for encapsulation of multiple levels of communication protocol functionality within line codes Electricity 42 Expired
US6747580B1 Method and apparatus for encoding or decoding data in accordance with an NB/(N+1)B block code, and method for determining such a block code Electricity 36 Expired
US8595434B2 Smart scalable storage switch architecture Electricity 33 Active
US6944860B2 Method and apparatus for representing and encapsulating active computing environments Physics 30 Expired
US7162719B2 Method and apparatus for aggregate resource management of active computing environments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7571269B2 Covert channel for conveying supplemental messages in a protocol-defined link for a system of storage devices Physics 17 Active
US8233432B2 Ensuring physical locality of entities sharing data Electricity 14 Active
US7936790B2 Synchronizing related data streams in interconnection networks Electricity 12 Active
US7903550B2 Bandwidth reservation for data flows in interconnection networks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US9529509B1 Item selection Physics 8 Active
US9201778B2 Smart scalable storage switch architecture Electricity 8 Active
US8086886B2 Group power management of network devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7911956B2 Packet level prioritization in interconnection networks Electricity 6 Active
US11276088B1 System architecture and methods for online real-time auctions of advertising inventory Electricity 6 Active
US8624960B2 Multi-view display system Electricity 6 Active
US6931449B2 Method migrating open network connections Physics 6 Expired
US8504672B2 Discovery of electronic devices in a combined network Electricity 5 Active
US7937644B2 Error detection in physical interfaces for point-to-point communications between integrated circuits Electricity 4 Active
US8099648B2 Error detection in physical interfaces for point-to-point communications between integrated circuits Electricity 4 Active
US11366632B2 User interface for screencast applications Human Necessities 3 Active
US8799443B2 Discovery of electronic devices in a combined network Electricity 3 Active
US8149711B2 Data stream control for network devices Physics 3 Active
US8924509B2 Automated service discovery and dynamic connection management Electricity 3 Active

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