Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Daniel Ryan

63Patents
20h-index
10Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 8, 2012 → Mar 28, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8248467B1 Light positioning system using digital pulse recognition Electricity 189 Active
US8334901B1 Method and system for modulating a light source in a light based positioning system using a DC bias Physics 175 Active
US8432438B2 Device for dimming a beacon light source used in a light based positioning system Electricity 151 Active
US8334898B1 Method and system for configuring an imaging device for the reception of digital pulse recognition information Electricity 77 Active
US8457502B2 Method and system for modulating a beacon light source in a light based positioning system Electricity 74 Active
US8520065B2 Method and system for video processing to determine digital pulse recognition tones Physics 68 Active
US8436896B2 Method and system for demodulating a digital pulse recognition signal in a light based positioning system using a Fourier transform Physics 62 Active
US8416290B2 Method and system for digital pulse recognition demodulation Electricity 58 Active
US8866391B2 Self identifying modulated light source Electricity 54 Active
US9723676B2 Method and system for modifying a beacon light source for use in a light based positioning system Physics 49 Active
US8994799B2 Method and system for determining the position of a device in a light based positioning system using locally stored maps Physics 46 Active
US8964016B2 Content delivery based on a light positioning system Electricity 45 Active
US8947513B2 Method and system for tracking and analyzing data obtained using a light based positioning system Electricity 44 Active
US8994814B2 Light positioning system using digital pulse recognition Electricity 44 Active
US8957951B1 Content delivery based on a light positioning system Electricity 43 Active
US9509402B2 System and method for communication with a mobile device via a positioning system including RF communication devices and modulated beacon light sources Electricity 41 Active
US9055200B1 Content delivery based on a light positioning system Electricity 37 Active
US9054803B1 Content delivery based on a light positioning system Electricity 33 Active
US10024948B2 Independent beacon based light position system Electricity 29 Active
US9418115B2 Location-based mobile services and applications Electricity 27 Active
US9600983B1 Method and system for dynamic reassignment of an identification code in a light-based positioning system Electricity 20 Active
US9287976B2 Independent beacon based light position system Electricity 15 Active
US9846222B2 System and method for estimating the position and orientation of a mobile communications device in a beacon-based positioning system Physics 12 Active
US9444547B2 Self-identifying one-way authentication method using optical signals Electricity 9 Active
US9594152B2 System and method for estimating the position and orientation of a mobile communications device in a beacon-based positioning system Physics 8 Active

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