Cary Lee Bates
415Patents
75h-index
85Co-inventors
93Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 16, 1991 → Sep 4, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6415542B1 | Location-based firearm discharge prevention | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 882 | Expired |
| US8924250B2 | Advertising in virtual environments based on crowd statistics | Physics | 429 | Active |
| US8095878B2 | Method for spell check based upon target and presence of avatars within a virtual environment | Electricity | 417 | Active |
| US6873982B1 | Ordering of database search results based on user feedback | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 289 | Expired |
| US6681396B1 | Automated detection/resumption of interrupted television programs | Electricity | 275 | Expired |
| US6247043A | Apparatus, program products and methods utilizing intelligent contact management | Physics | 268 | Expired |
| US7284232B1 | Automated generation of aliases based on embedded alias information | Physics | 267 | Expired |
| US6157381A | Computer system, user interface component and method utilizing non-linear scroll bar | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 263 | Expired |
| US5533182A | Aural position indicating mechanism for viewable objects | Physics | 259 | Expired |
| US6785732B1 | Web server apparatus and method for virus checking | Electricity | 254 | Expired |
| US5877766A | Multi-node user interface component and method thereof for use in accessing a plurality of linked records | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 240 | Expired |
| US6088707A | Computer system and method of displaying update status of linked hypertext documents | Physics | 236 | Expired |
| US6751777B2 | Multi-target links for navigating between hypertext documents and the like | Physics | 231 | Expired |
| US5515491A | Method and system for managing communications within a collaborative data processing system | Physics | 210 | Expired |
| US6889361B1 | Educational spell checker | Physics | 209 | Expired |
| US6643824B1 | Touch screen region assist for hypertext links | Physics | 206 | Expired |
| US6732142B1 | Method and apparatus for audible presentation of web page content | Physics | 206 | Expired |
| US6072490A | Multi-node user interface component and method thereof for use in accessing a plurality of linked records | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 200 | Expired |
| US6745367B1 | Method and computer program product for implementing parental supervision for internet browsing | Physics | 200 | Expired |
| US5377317A | Method and apparatus for distinctively displaying windows on a computer display screen | Physics | 194 | Expired |
| US7254773B2 | Automated spell analysis | Physics | 194 | Expired |
| US6944821B1 | Copy/paste mechanism and paste buffer that includes source information for copied data | Physics | 193 | Expired |
| US6779021B1 | Method and system for predicting and managing undesirable electronic mail | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 178 | Expired |
| US6459969B1 | Apparatus, program product and method of processing diagnostic data transferred from a host computer to a portable computer | Physics | 171 | Expired |
| US6999757B2 | Telephone system and method for selectively ringing one or more land phones or portable phones based on the self-detected geographical position of a portable phone | Electricity | 170 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.