Daniel A. Ford
42Patents
20h-index
35Co-inventors
85Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 25, 1993 → Sep 25, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.