Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Brian Minear

49Patents
14h-index
27Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 3, 2001 → Jun 8, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6947772B2 System and method for providing messages on a wireless device connecting to an application server Electricity 184 Expired
US6721578B2 System and method for providing an interactive screen on a wireless device interacting with a server Electricity 166 Expired
US6941135B2 System and method for temporary application component deletion and reload on a wireless device Electricity 68 Expired
US7120429B2 System and method for licensing applications on wireless devices over a wireless network Electricity 67 Expired
US7219145B2 Method and apparatus for individually estimating time required to download application programs to remote modules over wireless network Electricity 60 Expired
US6996537B2 System and method for providing subscribed applications on wireless devices over a wireless network Electricity 39 Expired
US7099663B2 Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US7684792B2 Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US7113776B2 System and method for application and application metadata filtering based on wireless device capabilities Electricity 28 Expired
US7734285B2 Method and apparatus for network initiated uninstallation of application program over wireless network Electricity 22 Expired
US7165099B2 Dynamically downloading and executing system services on a wireless device Electricity 21 Expired
US8620275B2 Server processing in providing messages for a wireless device connecting to a server Electricity 18 Active
US6996394B2 Server processing in providing messages for a wireless device connecting to a server Electricity 17 Expired
US7096004B2 Test enabled application execution Electricity 16 Expired
US8249577B2 Method and apparatus for network initiated uninstallation of application program over wireless network Electricity 14 Active
US7412411B2 Methods and apparatus for gifting over a data network Physics 13 Expired
US8112076B2 Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7065388B2 System and method for providing an interactive screen on a wireless device interacting with a server Electricity 11 Expired
US9134989B2 System and method for updating dataset versions resident on a wireless device Electricity 9 Expired
US7113765B2 System and method for allowing user based application licensing across multiple wireless communications devices Electricity 9 Expired
US7536172B2 Test enabled application execution Electricity 8 Active
US8588766B2 Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8582729B2 System and method of controlling a graphical user interface at a wireless device Electricity 7 Active
US9092286B2 System to automatically process components on a device Physics 7 Active
US7039398B2 Server processing of interactive screens for a wireless device Electricity 6 Expired

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