Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Daniel A. Ford

42Patents
20h-index
35Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 25, 1993 → Sep 25, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6446004B1 System and method for implementing proximity or location driven activities Physics 606 Expired
US6606644B1 System and technique for dynamic information gathering and targeted advertising in a web based model using a live information selection and analysis tool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 320 Expired
US6606643B1 Method of automatically selecting a mirror server for web-based client-host interaction Electricity 267 Expired
US6529136B2 Group notification system and method for implementing and indicating the proximity of individuals or groups to other individuals or groups Electricity 214 Expired
US6480830B1 Active calendar system Physics 165 Expired
US5530850A Data storage library array with log-structured file system which allows simultaneous write and garbage collection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 162 Expired
US6603489B1 Electronic calendaring system that automatically predicts calendar entries based upon previous activities Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 115 Expired
US6182085A Collaborative team crawling:Large scale information gathering over the internet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 105 Expired
US5440686A Selecting a data unit candidate to be demoted to a backing store from a front store based upon thresholds individual to each of the data candidates Physics 72 Expired
US6604079B1 System and method for feeding e-mail with calendar data Physics 66 Expired
US5963947A Technique of dynamically adding functionality from a client to manipulated data at a server Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US7259694B2 Wireless communication system and method to provide geo-spatial related event data Electricity 54 Expired
US5497457A Redundant arrays of independent libraries of dismountable media with parity logging Physics 54 Expired
US9967334B2 Computing device configuration and management using a secure decentralized transaction ledger Electricity 43 Active
US9619776B1 Systems and methods for individualized routing and transportation of parcels Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Active
US5586243A Multiple display pointers for computer graphical user interfaces Physics 32 Expired
US7400711B1 System and technique for dynamically interjecting live advertisements in the context of real-time isochronous (telephone-model) discourse Electricity 31 Expired
US9965628B2 Device reporting and protection systems and methods using a secure distributed transactional ledger Electricity 30 Active
US6978246B1 System and method for matching entities utilizing an electronic calendaring system Physics 26 Expired
US7003735B2 Calendar desktop graphical user interface (GUI) for computer workstations, personal computers, and personal digital assistants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6823190B2 System and method to anonymously test for proximity of mobile users without revealing individual phase space coordinates Electricity 20 Expired
US9967333B2 Deferred configuration or instruction execution using a secure distributed transaction ledger Electricity 20 Active
US6515857B2 Visual heat sink for computers and method of use Physics 18 Expired
US7251628B1 Automated purchasing agent system and method Physics 16 Expired
US5777615A Multiple display pointers for computer graphical user interfaces Physics 15 Expired

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