Christopher Szeto
35Patents
16h-index
26Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 15, 2001 → Dec 4, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7406501B2 | System and method for instant messaging using an e-mail protocol | Electricity | 689 | Expired |
| US7188143B2 | Messenger-controlled applications in an instant messaging environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 467 | Expired |
| US8402097B2 | Determining a manner in which user interface commands are processed in an instant messaging environment | Electricity | 374 | Active |
| US7133900B1 | Sharing and implementing instant messaging environments | Electricity | 286 | Expired |
| US7496623B2 | System and method for enhanced messaging including a displayable status indicator | Electricity | 201 | Expired |
| US7725551B2 | System and method for enhanced messaging including a displayable status indicator relating to another user and an associated playlist or webpage | Physics | 200 | Active |
| US7725533B2 | System and method for enhanced messaging including a displayable status indicator relating to another user and an associated playlist or webpage | Electricity | 199 | Active |
| US7496633B2 | System and method facilitating a shared content experience using enhanced messaging including a displayable status indicator | Physics | 199 | Expired |
| US7409384B2 | Integration of instant messaging with internet searching | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Expired |
| US7120672B1 | Method and system for sharing information in an instant messaging environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Expired |
| US7200590B2 | Data sharing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US7487441B2 | Method and system of enhanced messaging | Electricity | 28 | Active |
| US7454472B2 | Determining a manner in which user interface commands are processed in an instant messaging environment | Electricity | 28 | Active |
| US7363295B2 | Techniques for inline searching in an instant messenger environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 25 | Expired |
| US7743099B2 | Associating multiple visibility profiles with a user of real-time communication system | Electricity | 19 | Active |
| US8930463B2 | Super-emoticons | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US7487455B2 | Techniques for simultaneously displaying a background page and an interactive content page in an application window | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US8793605B2 | Smart drag-and-drop | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US7359943B2 | Providing instant messaging functionality in non-instant messaging environments | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US7689650B1 | Presence indication configuration methodology | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US8037047B2 | Technique for inline searching in an instant messenger environment | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 9 | Active |
| US8001102B2 | Integration of instant messaging with internet searching | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US7451190B2 | Associating multiple visibility profiles with a user of a real-time communication system | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US9165284B2 | System and method for sharing content in an instant messaging application | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8799758B2 | Method and system of enhanced messaging | Electricity | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.