Inventor · Pine Island, MN, US

Eric L. Barsness

350Patents
21h-index
39Co-inventors
90Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 24, 1995 → May 9, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7103848B2 Handheld electronic book reader with annotation and usage tracking capabilities Physics 152 Expired
US6930707B2 Digital camera apparatus with biometric capability Physics 108 Expired
US10049136B1 Managing a stream computing environment using a projected database object Physics 102 Active
US7089228B2 Computer apparatus and method for caching results of a database query Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US7350704B2 Handheld electronic book reader with annotation and usage tracking capabilities Physics 82 Active
US6829582B1 Controlled access to audio signals based on objectionable audio content detected via sound recognition Electricity 77 Expired
US7337210B2 Method and apparatus for determining availability of a user of an instant messaging application Physics 69 Expired
US6965990B2 Method and apparatus for providing programming assistance Physics 64 Expired
US7885954B2 Monitoring performance of a data processing system Physics 44 Active
US9086924B2 Executing a distributed java application on a plurality of compute nodes Physics 40 Active
US7958184B2 Network virtualization in a multi-node system with multiple networks Electricity 40 Active
US6701520B1 Preventing garbage collection of objects in object oriented computer programming languages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6694507B2 Method and apparatus for analyzing performance of object oriented programming code Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US8732300B2 Application monitoring in a stream database environment Electricity 30 Active
US7901288B2 Embedded advertising enhancements in interactive computer game environments Human Necessities 29 Active
US7246116B2 Method, system and article of manufacturing for converting data values quantified using a first measurement unit into equivalent data values when quantified using a second measurement unit in order to receive query results including data values measured using at least one of the first and second measurement units Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5805898A Method and apparatus for estimating installation time in a data processing system Physics 26 Expired
US8495627B2 Resource allocation based on anticipated resource underutilization in a logically partitioned multi-processor environment Physics 24 Active
US7844853B2 Methods and apparatus for restoring a node state Physics 23 Active
US7725498B2 Techniques for identifying mergeable data Physics 22 Active
US7480643B2 System and method for migrating databases Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Active
US8589931B2 Environment based node selection for work scheduling in a parallel computing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Active
US7130838B2 Query optimization via a partitioned environment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6795836B2 Accurately determining an object's lifetime Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US7783986B2 Handheld electronic book reader with annotation and usage tracking capabilities Physics 16 Active

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