Inventor · Kirkland, WA, US

Dan Altman

32Patents
17h-index
23Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: May 20, 1993 → Apr 1, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5517578A Method and apparatus for grouping and manipulating electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 198 Expired
US5613019A System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Physics 110 Expired
US7430508B2 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Physics 92 Active
US6559869B1 Adaptive auto-scrolling merge for hand written input Physics 56 Expired
US6587587B2 System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Physics 49 Expired
US6833827B2 System and method for automatically switching between writing and text input modes Physics 46 Expired
US6552719B2 System and method for automatically switching between writing and text input modes Physics 42 Expired
US6836759B1 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Physics 40 Expired
US7259753B2 Classifying, anchoring, and transforming ink Physics 35 Expired
US6256009A Method for automatically and intelligently scrolling handwritten input Physics 34 Expired
US7203903B1 System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Physics 29 Expired
US6651221B1 System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting, printing and drawings Physics 29 Expired
US6487569B1 Method and apparatus for organizing notes on a limited resource computing device Physics 27 Expired
US6754386B1 Method and system of matching ink processor and recognizer word breaks Physics 25 Expired
US6816615B2 Implicit page breaks for digitally represented handwriting Physics 21 Expired
US6535897B1 System and methods for spacing, storing and recognizing electronic representations of handwriting printing and drawings Physics 18 Expired
US7945855B2 Smart space insertion Physics 17 Expired
US7168038B2 System and method for scaling and repositioning drawings Physics 17 Expired
US7028256B2 Adding white space to a document generating adjusted page sizing Physics 10 Expired
US7457466B2 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Physics 10 Active
US7454699B2 Smart content insertion Physics 10 Expired
US7440896B2 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Physics 9 Active
US7130798B2 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Physics 8 Expired
US7590535B2 Method and system of handling the selection of alternates for recognized words Physics 7 Active
US7735007B2 Adding and removing white space from a document Physics 4 Active

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