Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Christopher M. White

42Patents
28h-index
32Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 23, 1992 → Aug 19, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6199114A Initiating a user session at an internet terminal using a smart card Electricity 277 Expired
US5315703A Object-oriented notification framework system Physics 217 Expired
US6034689A Web browser allowing navigation between hypertext objects using remote control Electricity 210 Expired
US5983273A Method and apparatus for providing physical security for a user account and providing access to the user's environment and preferences Electricity 200 Expired
US6005563A User interface for controlling audio functions in a web browser Electricity 186 Expired
US5434965A Balloon help system Physics 166 Expired
US7237253B1 User interface for interactive television systems Electricity 148 Expired
US6496205B1 User interface for controlling audio functions in a web browser Electricity 128 Expired
US5367633A Objected oriented notification framework system Physics 99 Expired
US5551055A System for providing locale dependent user interface for presenting control graphic which has different contents or same contents displayed in a predetermined order Physics 90 Expired
US6219042A Selective reestablishment of internet connectivity based on duration of user inactivity Electricity 82 Expired
US6064449A Automatic characterization of a television signal Electricity 75 Expired
US5583982A Dialog system Physics 67 Expired
US7181756B1 Television/internet terminal user interface Electricity 63 Expired
US6424354B1 Object-oriented event notification system with listener registration of both interests and methods Physics 59 Expired
US7523478B2 User interface for interactive television systems Electricity 57 Active
US7849226B2 Television with set top internet terminal with user interface wherein auxiliary content is received that is associated with current television programming Electricity 57 Active
US5530864A Command object system for an object-oriented software platform Physics 55 Expired
US5550563A Interaction framework system Physics 54 Expired
US7036092B2 Categorical user interface for navigation within a grid Electricity 53 Expired
US6133913A Methods of scaling and displaying a server-provided image Electricity 50 Expired
US5479601A Method and apparatus for processing commands generated by user interface controls in an atomic manner Physics 44 Expired
US6259446A Menu state system Physics 44 Expired
US7305693B2 User interface for interactive television systems Electricity 42 Expired
US5517606A Object-oriented menuing system using command objects of an object-oriented operation system Physics 40 Expired

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