Inventor · Fort Worth, TX, US

Brian Smith

38Patents
16h-index
41Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 18, 1984 → Sep 9, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7095715B2 System and method for processing network packet flows Electricity 203 Expired
US6983323B2 Multi-level packet screening with dynamically selected filtering criteria Electricity 182 Expired
US5111398A Processing natural language text using autonomous punctuational structure Physics 142 Expired
US6421356B2 Method and apparatus for bandwidth management in a digital loop carrier system Electricity 86 Expired
US7359962B2 Network security system integration Electricity 83 Expired
US7239639B2 System and method for dynamically constructing packet classification rules Electricity 79 Expired
US7454499B2 Active network defense system and method Electricity 57 Expired
US6320600A Web-based video-editing method and system using a high-performance multimedia software library Electricity 47 Expired
US8782787B2 Distributed packet flow inspection and processing Electricity 41 Active
US7454792B2 Active network defense system and method Electricity 36 Expired
US7180895B2 System and method for classifying network packets with packet content Electricity 34 Expired
US8823531B1 Systems and methods for sensing and indicating orientation of electrical equipment with active cooling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Active
US8818192B1 Optical network unit with redundant reverse powering from customer premises equipment with alarm fault discrimination indicative for power fault condition Electricity 31 Active
US8601289B1 Optical network unit with redundant reverse powering from customer premises equipment Electricity 26 Active
US7451489B2 Active network defense system and method Electricity 22 Expired
US4560160A Exercise device for swimmers Human Necessities 20 Expired
US7633868B2 System and method for processing network packet flows Electricity 15 Active
US8385064B1 Reversible fan module for electronic enclosures Electricity 13 Active
US6199201A Software constructs that facilitate partial evaluation of source code Physics 12 Expired
US8973141B2 Universal actor correlator Electricity 8 Active
US6631517B1 Software constructs that facilitate partial evaluation of source code Physics 8 Expired
US9173326B1 Reversible fan module for electronic enclosures Electricity 7 Active
US9354690B1 Systems and methods for adjusting core voltage to optimize power savings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8564920B1 Smart breaker and related system and method for protecting electrical devices from fault conditions Electricity 5 Active
US8570866B2 System and method for processing network packet flows Electricity 5 Active

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