John O. Limb
33Patents
13h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 3, 1975 → May 5, 2011
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7061877B1 | System and method for providing high speed wireless media access | Electricity | 239 | Expired |
| US4532626A | Collision avoiding system and protocol for a two path multiple access digital communications system | Electricity | 111 | Expired |
| US4439763A | Collision avoiding system and protocol for a multiple access digital communications system | Electricity | 85 | Expired |
| US6804251B1 | System and method for multiplexing data from multiple sources | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US4412326A | Collision avoiding system, apparatus and protocol for a multiple access digital communications system including variable length packets | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US7333495B2 | Method for scheduling upstream communications | Electricity | 56 | Expired |
| US7164690B2 | Method for opening a proprietary MAC protocol in a non-DOCSIS modem compatibly with a DOCSIS modem | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US4004084A | Video conferencing system using spatial reduction and temporal resolution | Electricity | 47 | Expired |
| US4581735A | Local area network packet protocol for combined voice and data transmission | Electricity | 39 | Expired |
| US4779267A | Traffic scheduler for multiple access communication channels | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US4542502A | Reconfigurable collision avoiding system, station and protocol for a two path multiple access digital communications system | Electricity | 34 | Expired |
| US6185224A | System and method for communicating data in a cable network | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US3982063A | Methods and apparatus for reducing the bandwidth of a video signal | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US4009330A | Circuit for selecting frames indicative of still pictures | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US7245621B2 | Filtering and forwarding frames at an optical network node | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US4129882A | Video coder for color signals | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US5111456A | Apparatus and method for communicating data between a plurality of stations | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US4782484A | Encoding and decoding signals for transmission over a multi-access medium | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7720090B2 | Apparatuses and methods to utilize multiple protocols in a communication system | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7349394B2 | Filtering and forwarding frames at an optical line terminal | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US5271008A | Unidirectional bus system using reset signal | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US4091415A | Method and apparatus for detecting temporal changes in an object | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US7940774B2 | Method for scheduling wireless communications | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7411980B2 | Filtering and forwarding frames within an optical network | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US7912066B2 | Methods of allocating packets in a wireless communication system | Electricity | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.