John C. Eidson
39Patents
20h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 30, 1991 → Dec 17, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.