Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

John C. Eidson

39Patents
20h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 30, 1991 → Dec 17, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5923557A Method and apparatus for providing a standard interface to process control devices that are adapted to differing field-bus protocols Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Expired
US6078847A Self-organizing materials handling systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 111 Expired
US6348874B1 Power distribution to nodes in a distributed system Electricity 105 Expired
US5566180A Method for recognizing events and synchronizing clocks Electricity 99 Expired
US6665316B1 Organization of time synchronization in a distributed system Electricity 75 Expired
US6370159B1 System application techniques using time synchronization Electricity 72 Expired
US7242294B2 System and method for using mobile collectors for accessing a wireless sensor network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US5586305A Smart distributed measurement and control system with a flexible architecture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US7602873B2 Correcting time synchronization inaccuracy caused by asymmetric delay on a communication link Electricity 50 Active
US7610175B2 Timestamping signal monitor device Electricity 50 Active
US6278710A Enhancements to time synchronization in distributed systems Electricity 49 Expired
US7809518B2 Method of calibrating an instrument, a self-calibrating instrument and a system including the instrument Physics 48 Active
US5774377A Method and apparatus for monitoring a subsystem within a distributed system for providing an archive of events within a certain time of a trap condition Electricity 48 Expired
US6205362A Constructing applications in distributed control systems using components having built-in behaviors Physics 39 Expired
US6173207A Real-time control system with non-deterministic communication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US6889095B1 Computer network adapted for industrial environments Electricity 33 Expired
US6654356B1 Distributed control system architecture based on synchronized clocks Electricity 32 Expired
US5978753A Context parameters for establishing data communication patterns in a distributed control and measurement system Physics 23 Expired
US7251199B2 Distributed system time synchronization including a timing signal path Electricity 23 Expired
US6047219A Specification interpreting distributed system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6167457A Message filters, automatic binding, and encoding for distributed systems Physics 20 Expired
US6741952B2 Instrument timing using synchronized clocks Electricity 19 Expired
US6125420A Mechanisms for determining groupings of nodes in a distributed system Electricity 16 Expired
US5293374A Measurement system control using real-time clocks and data buffers Physics 15 Expired
US7315739B2 Systems and methods for measurement and/or control using mobile probes Electricity 14 Expired

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