Dirk Balfanz
33Patents
19h-index
42Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 13, 2000 → Jan 4, 2018
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7275156B2 | Method and apparatus for establishing and using a secure credential infrastructure | Electricity | 204 | Expired |
| US7246374B1 | Enhancing computer system security via multiple user desktops | Physics | 126 | Expired |
| US8256664B1 | Out-of band authentication of browser sessions | Electricity | 94 | Active |
| US7392387B2 | Apparatus and methods for providing secured communication | Electricity | 75 | Active |
| US7581096B2 | Method, apparatus, and program product for automatically provisioning secure network elements | Electricity | 74 | Expired |
| US7937089B2 | Method, apparatus, and program product for provisioning secure wireless sensors | Electricity | 73 | Expired |
| US7757076B2 | Method and apparatus for using a secure credential infrastructure to access vehicle components | Electricity | 69 | Active |
| US7376834B2 | System and method for securely controlling communications | Electricity | 67 | Expired |
| US8156337B2 | Systems and methods for authenticating communications in a network medium | Electricity | 66 | Active |
| US7454619B2 | Method, apparatus, and program product for securely presenting situation information | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US9325696B1 | System and method for authenticating to a participating website using locally stored credentials | Electricity | 65 | Active |
| US8515389B2 | Method, apparatus, and program product for provisioning secure wireless sensors | Electricity | 65 | Active |
| US7400732B2 | Systems and methods for non-interactive session key distribution with revocation | Electricity | 64 | Expired |
| US7916861B2 | System and method for establishing secondary channels | Electricity | 62 | Active |
| US7904720B2 | System and method for providing secure resource management | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US7937752B2 | Systems and methods for authenticating communications in a network medium | Electricity | 55 | Active |
| US9276914B2 | Auto-user registration and unlocking of a computing device | Electricity | 45 | Active |
| US7185199B2 | Apparatus and methods for providing secured communication | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US7793110B2 | Posture-based data protection | Physics | 35 | Active |
| US7130998B2 | Using a portable security token to facilitate cross-certification between certification authorities | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US7822863B2 | Personal domain controller | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US7552322B2 | Using a portable security token to facilitate public key certification for devices in a network | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US7426271B2 | System and method for establishing secondary channels | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US7549047B2 | Method and system for securely sharing files | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US9449160B1 | Methods and systems of adding a user account to a device | Electricity | 8 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.