Inventor · Hinsdale, IL, US

David B. Smith

74Patents
19h-index
44Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 18, 1975 → Jun 30, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6263055A System for suppressed ringing access of subscriber lines to identify usage anomalies of customer premise equipment connected thereto Electricity 263 Expired
US6452490B1 Home/commercial security monitoring system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 214 Expired
US5559871A Call charge control and notification Electricity 138 Expired
US5999526A Method and apparatus for delivering data from an information provider using the public switched network Electricity 101 Expired
US6912177B2 Transmission of data in boreholes Physics 84 Expired
US4096856A Portable electronic physiological instrument having separable first and second components, and improved mechanical connector therefor Electricity 74 Expired
US6724885B1 Automatic call distribution center with queue position restoration for call-back customers Electricity 63 Expired
US5721765A Personal identification number security system incorporating a time dimension Electricity 59 Expired
US6167042A Communications between service providers and customer premises equipment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US5812656A System for providing prioritized connections in a public switched network Electricity 51 Expired
US5450123A Method to enhance voice communications using encoded one-way video signals under bi-directional user or network control for transmitting stored or real-time video or image information Electricity 49 Expired
US6615194B1 System for secure execution of credit based point of sale purchases Physics 48 Expired
US5825849A Loop-back test system using a suppressed ringing connection Electricity 32 Expired
US6563916B1 System for transmitting a change in call queued/hold state across a communications network Electricity 26 Expired
US6798877B2 Enhanced end user automatic call distributor control Electricity 25 Expired
US5742667A Notification of toll free call charging status Electricity 24 Expired
US7591418B2 Stored-value card with housed object Physics 23 Active
US6128376A Change of equal access carrier notification Electricity 21 Expired
US6219415A Call hold state notification across a communications network Electricity 19 Expired
USD244154S Portable defibrillator General 17 Expired
US6754311B1 Enhanced subscriber line call monitoring Electricity 16 Expired
US5606593A Apparatus and method for automatically returning a telephone set to an on-hook condition Electricity 16 Expired
USD249064S Portable defibrillator/EKG monitor/EKG recorder General 16 Expired
USD244155S Portable electrocardiogram monitor and recorder General 16 Expired
US5710807A Method for recording non-communication intervals during a communications call Electricity 16 Expired

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