Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

David A. Nichols

37Patents
14h-index
70Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 29, 1986 → Sep 24, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5692213A Method for controlling real-time presentation of audio/visual data on a computer system Electricity 352 Expired
US5649099A Method for delegating access rights through executable access control program without delegating access rights not in a specification to any intermediary nor comprising server security Physics 322 Expired
US6560707B2 Multimedia coordination system Electricity 168 Expired
US6338086B1 Collaborative object architecture Electricity 109 Expired
US5495600A Conversion of queries to monotonically increasing incremental form to continuously query a append only database Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 93 Expired
US6772335B2 Multimedia coordination system Electricity 71 Expired
US7792788B2 Method and system for resolving conflicts operations in a collaborative editing environment Electricity 53 Active
US8214883B2 Using social networks while respecting access control lists Electricity 51 Active
US8341145B2 Face recognition using social data Physics 43 Active
US7991916B2 Per-user application rendering in the presence of application sharing Physics 28 Active
US8140914B2 Failure-model-driven repair and backup Physics 26 Active
US7603669B2 Upgrade and downgrade of data resource components Physics 18 Active
US8817668B2 Distributable, scalable, pluggable conferencing architecture Electricity 17 Active
US8443001B2 Stashing of locally persisted data to network accessible storage Physics 16 Active
US7779079B2 Reducing unsolicited instant messages by tracking communication threads Electricity 13 Active
US7596720B2 Application health checks Physics 12 Active
US7676806B2 Deployment, maintenance and configuration of complex hardware and software systems Physics 10 Active
US7822738B2 Collaborative workspace context information filtering Physics 9 Active
US7568005B2 Enhanced application behavior in the presence of application sharing Physics 8 Active
US8296356B2 Rating based on relationship Physics 8 Active
US7934661B2 Marketing/fundraising/reward system and method Physics 5 Active
US8918779B2 Logical migration of applications and data Electricity 5 Active
US4743455A Method for making potato chips Human Necessities 3 Expired
US9449016B2 Data synchronization policies Physics 2 Active
US9104737B2 Social distance based search result order adjustment Physics 2 Active

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