Inventor · Palatine, IL, US

James A. Meek

16Patents
13h-index
17Co-inventors
67Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 25, 1996 → Jun 17, 2003

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6182006A Navigation system remote control unit with data caddy functionality Physics 338 Expired
US5968109A System and method for use and storage of geographic data on physical media Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 276 Expired
US6038559A Segment aggregation in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 133 Expired
US7197500B1 System and method for use and storage of geographic data on physical media Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 130 Expired
US6121924A Method and system for providing navigation systems with updated geographic data Physics 58 Expired
US6029173A Method and system for representation and use of shape information in geographic databases Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US6393149B1 Method and system for compressing data and a geographic database formed therewith and methods for use thereof in a navigation application program Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6366927B1 Method and system for representation and use of shape information in geographic databases Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6473770B1 Segment aggregation and interleaving of data types in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6507850B1 Segment aggregation and interleaving of data types in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6460046B1 Method and system for forming, storing and using sets of data values Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US6768818B2 Method and system for compressing data and a geographic database formed therewith and methods for use thereof in a navigation application program Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6362779B1 Method and system for providing navigation systems with updated geographic data Physics 16 Expired
US7266560B2 Parcelized geographic data medium with internal spatial indices and method and system for use and formation thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6600841B1 Method and system for compressing data and a geographic database formed therewith and methods for use thereof in a navigation application program Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7051035B2 Method and system for forming, storing and using sets of data values Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired

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