Inventor · Linglestown, PA, US

Brian Kiernan

31Patents
11h-index
26Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 21, 1986 → Jul 2, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7924785B2 Method and system for switching a radio access technology between wireless communication systems with a multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit Electricity 47 Active
US9526056B2 Method and apparatus for offloading backhaul traffic Electricity 32 Active
US7047036B2 Method and apparatus for handoff between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) Electricity 26 Expired
US6434135B1 Adaptive RF amplifier prelimiter Electricity 24 Expired
US7218626B2 System and method for reducing information communicated between universal mobile telecommunication system multimedia capable units Electricity 24 Expired
US7394795B2 RLAN wireless telecommunication system with RAN IP gateway and methods Electricity 14 Expired
US7227865B2 Utilizing session initiation protocol for identifying user equipment resource reservation setup protocol capabilities Electricity 14 Expired
US4779262A Connection of subscriber communication network base station to external information network Electricity 13 Expired
US6920127B2 User equipment (UE) having an adaptive RF amplifier prelimiter Electricity 12 Expired
US7120460B2 Method and apparatus for handoff between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) Electricity 12 Expired
US8432893B2 RLAN wireless telecommunication system with RAN IP gateway and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US8619757B2 Method and apparatus for delivery of data-based/voice services over piconets and wireless LANs (WLANs) coupled to 3GPP devices including protocol architecture and information elements relating to short message services (SMS) over WLANs Electricity 10 Active
US6968202B2 Method for operating a user equipment by prelimiting an output signal Electricity 5 Expired
US7287070B2 Determining control of an internet communication between a sender and receiver Electricity 5 Expired
US8897186B2 RLAN wireless telecommunications with radio access network (RAN) gateway and methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9380501B2 Method and system for switching a radio access technology between wireless communication systems with a multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit Electricity 4 Active
US8140112B2 Method and apparatus for handoff between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) Electricity 4 Active
US9237503B2 Method and apparatus for handoff between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) Electricity 3 Active
US7164931B2 Method for operating a base station by prelimiting an output signal Electricity 3 Expired
US7848291B2 Wireless metropolitan area network architecture for managing network resources and mobility Electricity 2 Expired
US9332415B2 Method and apparatus for delivery of data-based/voice services over piconets and wireless LANs (WLANs) coupled to 3GPP devices including protocol architecture and information elements relating to short message service (SMS) over WLANs Electricity 2 Active
US8738502B2 Electronic trading system and method that provide real-time trade analytics Physics 1 Active
US8774127B2 Wireless metropolitan area network architecture for managing network resources and mobility Electricity 0 Active
US11005686B2 Wireless communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10165478B2 Method and system for switching a radio access technology between wireless communication systems with a multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit Electricity 0 Active

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