John Light
30Patents
15h-index
15Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 4, 1980 → Dec 30, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6192380A | Automatic web based form fill-in | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 379 | Expired |
| US6044349A | Secure and convenient information storage and retrieval method and apparatus | Physics | 165 | Expired |
| US6480835B1 | Method and system for searching on integrated metadata | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 145 | Expired |
| US5778363A | Method for measuring thresholded relevance of a document to a specified topic | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 126 | Expired |
| US7174462B2 | Method of authentication using familiar photographs | Physics | 122 | Expired |
| US6389412B1 | Method and system for constructing integrated metadata | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 96 | Expired |
| US6271854A | Method and apparatus for facilitating navigation in three-dimensional graphic scenes | Physics | 72 | Expired |
| US5774888A | Method for characterizing a document set using evaluation surrogates | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 61 | Expired |
| US7278024B2 | Session authentication using temporary passwords | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US6567070B1 | Selection of objects in a graphical user interface | Physics | 29 | Expired |
| US5973693A | Method and apparatus for improved information visualization | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US6131091A | System and method for high-performance data evaluation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US6598045B2 | System and method for piecemeal relevance evaluation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 21 | Expired |
| US5842217A | Method for recognizing compound terms in a document | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 17 | Expired |
| US7483952B2 | System transmitting unsolicited and unconfirmed computing platform service information to wireless devices | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US5880734A | Peripheral vision simulator for immersive 3D virtual environments | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US5831631A | Method and apparatus for improved information visualization | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US7707150B2 | Automatic exchange of information in an ad-hoc computing environment | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US4324392A | Molten metal pouring device | Performing Operations; Transporting | 8 | Expired |
| US7337466B2 | Information hiding through time synchronization | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US8041951B2 | Code-based communication connection management | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US6384820B2 | Method and apparatus for automated dynamics of three-dimensional graphics scenes for enhanced 3D visualization | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US8117284B2 | Unsolicited and unconfirmed computing platform service information | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US6377256B1 | Assisted camera orientation and positioning during object manipulation in a three-dimensional scene | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US10205722B2 | Mechanism for facilitating remote access of user and device credentials for remoting device activities between computing devices | Physics | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.