Inventor · Alpharetta, GA, US

John M. Schlarb

33Patents
15h-index
17Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 26, 1993 → May 27, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6792616B1 System and method for providing a plurality of programming services in a television system Electricity 160 Expired
US5631554A Electronic metering device including automatic service sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 129 Expired
US6802077B1 Method for a pay-per-view referral Electricity 54 Expired
US6671879B1 Method and apparatus for pay-per-view system Electricity 40 Expired
US6243145A Method and apparatus for browsing television channel information by category Electricity 38 Expired
US7298135B2 Electronic revenue meter with automatic service sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5469049A System checking and troubleshooting package for an electronic metering device Physics 30 Expired
US6906507B2 Electronic revenue meter with automatic service sensing Physics 30 Expired
US7639000B2 Apparatus for electronically measuring or distributing electrical energy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Active
US6874075B2 System and method for a communication terminal to manage memory and maintain a current application version for multiple applications Electricity 29 Expired
US7688060B2 Electronic revenue meter with automatic service sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7688061B2 Apparatus for electronically measuring electrical energy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7934232B1 Navigation paradigm for access to television services Electricity 26 Expired
US5471137A System checking and troubleshooting package for an electronic metering device Physics 24 Expired
US7290274B1 Context sensitive television menu Electricity 16 Expired
US6629227B1 System and method for a communication terminal to manage memory and maintain a current application version for multiple applications Electricity 15 Expired
US6664984B2 Method and system for identification of pay-per-view programming Electricity 12 Expired
US7234035B2 System and method for maintaining applications with their current versions Electricity 10 Expired
US8255951B2 User input for access to television services Electricity 6 Active
US7539834B2 System and method for a communication terminal to manage memory for downloadable applications Electricity 5 Active
US9137480B2 Secure escrow and recovery of media device content keys Electricity 5 Active
US8245255B2 Program guide navigation Electricity 4 Active
US7711922B2 Management of applications and their current versions Electricity 4 Active
US8621353B2 Method and system for identification of pay-per-view programming Electricity 4 Active
US7999532B2 Apparatus for electronically measuring or distributing electrical energy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active

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