Inventor · Noblesville, IN, US

John Chaney

26Patents
16h-index
15Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 24, 1980 → Dec 18, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5515106A Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a program guide for television services Electricity 194 Expired
US5642153A Consumer interface for a digital television system Electricity 174 Expired
US5841433A Digital television system channel guide having a limited lifetime Electricity 138 Expired
US6035037A System for processing a video signal via series-connected high speed signal processing smart cards Electricity 137 Expired
US5852290A Smart-card based access control system with improved security Electricity 134 Expired
US5473609A Method and apparatus for processing a conditional access program guide as for a satellite TV service Electricity 131 Expired
US5253067A Channel labeling apparatus for a television receiver wherein graphics and text labels may be selected from a preprogrammed list Electricity 118 Expired
US5867207A Program guide in a digital video system Electricity 63 Expired
US5619501A Conditional access filter as for a packet video signal inverse transport system Electricity 63 Expired
US6594361B1 High speed signal processing smart card Electricity 58 Expired
US6064378A Program guide in a digital video system Electricity 32 Expired
US5561433A Apparatus and method for aligning a receiving antenna utilizing an audible tone Electricity 31 Expired
US5515058A Antenna alignment apparatus and method utilizing the error condition of the received signal Electricity 22 Expired
US7984569B2 Modular footwear system Human Necessities 21 Active
US6671881B1 Conditional access filter as for a packet video signal inverse transport system Electricity 18 Expired
US4466049A Modular circuit board guide Electricity 18 Expired
US7299485B2 Apparatus and method for processing a program guide in a digital video system Electricity 12 Expired
US8544189B2 Modular footwear system Human Necessities 9 Active
US5194951A Sleep timer arrangement for a television receiver Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US9045200B1 Floating craft stabilizing platform Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
USD268754S Card cage module General 5 Expired
US6976266B1 Apparatus and method for processing a program guide in a digital video system Electricity 5 Expired
US5673378A Color coding method for expanding palette by including colors derived by averaging numeric codes of actual palette colors Physics 3 Expired
US7334248B2 Conditional access filter as for a packet video signal inverse transport system Electricity 2 Expired
US7739502B2 Localization determination process for 1394 serial bus Electricity 0 Active

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