Daniel M. Coffman
21Patents
13h-index
25Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 13, 1999 → Jun 10, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7137126B1 | Conversational computing via conversational virtual machine | Electricity | 512 | Expired |
| US8082153B2 | Conversational computing via conversational virtual machine | Electricity | 477 | Active |
| US7729916B2 | Conversational computing via conversational virtual machine | Electricity | 467 | Active |
| US7069220B2 | Method for determining and maintaining dialog focus in a conversational speech system | Physics | 256 | Expired |
| US8930238B2 | Pervasive symbiotic advertising system and methods therefor | Physics | 163 | Active |
| US6658388B1 | Personality generator for conversational systems | Physics | 145 | Expired |
| US6377913B1 | Method and system for multi-client access to a dialog system | Physics | 110 | Expired |
| US6598020B1 | Adaptive emotion and initiative generator for conversational systems | Physics | 86 | Expired |
| US7349845B2 | Method and apparatus for dynamic modification of command weights in a natural language understanding system | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US6839896B2 | System and method for providing dialog management and arbitration in a multi-modal environment | Physics | 53 | Expired |
| US8375292B2 | Tool and method for mapping and viewing an event | Physics | 26 | Active |
| USD717248S1 | Hand grip connector for cable protectors | General | 18 | Active |
| US9059574B2 | Hand grip connector for cable protectors | Electricity | 17 | Active |
| US9673601B2 | Cable protector with expandable center section | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US7996431B2 | Systems, methods and computer program products for generating metadata and visualizing media content | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US6799169B1 | Method and system for modeless operation of a multi-modal user interface through implementation of independent decision networks | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US8027999B2 | Systems, methods and computer program products for indexing, searching and visualizing media content | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US7533025B2 | Method and apparatus for dynamic modification of command weights in a natural language understanding system | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US7996432B2 | Systems, methods and computer program products for the creation of annotations for media content to enable the selective management and playback of media content | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8433998B2 | Tool and method for annotating an event map, and collaborating using the annotated event map | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9456004B2 | Optimizing risk-based compliance of an information technology (IT) system | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.