Inventor · Pflugerville, TX, US

John Paul Dodson

21Patents
16h-index
12Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 26, 1996 → Nov 30, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6278443A Touch screen with random finger placement and rolling on screen to control the movement of information on-screen Physics 460 Expired
US6184877A System and method for interactively accessing program information on a television Electricity 280 Expired
US6628309B1 Workspace drag and drop Physics 187 Expired
US6507762B1 Method and system for remotely controlling an appliance using a personal digital assistant Physics 150 Expired
US6041326A Method and system in a computer network for an intelligent search engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US6237004A System and method for displaying data using graphical user interface control elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US5950216A Method and system for marking and subsequently retrieving a collection of objects within a multipage compound document utilizing selectable page numbered dialog boxes Physics 45 Expired
US6339436B1 User defined dynamic help Physics 44 Expired
US5867678A Method and system for searching and retrieving specific types of objects contained within a compound document Physics 42 Expired
US6909439B1 Method and apparatus for maximizing efficiency of small display in a data processing system Physics 35 Expired
US5757292A Keyboard cap extension apparatus Electricity 30 Expired
US6324500A Method and system for the international support of internet web pages Electricity 29 Expired
US5680561A Effectively locating an object within a compound document using an elevator Physics 21 Expired
US6335745B1 Method and system for invoking a function of a graphical object in a graphical user interface Physics 19 Expired
US5757370A Method, memory, and apparatus for effectively locating an object within a compound document Physics 18 Expired
US6414697B1 Method and system for providing an iconic progress indicator Physics 18 Expired
US5977970A Method and apparatus for moving information displayed in a window Physics 16 Expired
US6664949B1 Interoperable/heterogeneous environment keyboard Physics 10 Expired
US6715056B1 Network document transmission to receiving display stations with automatic sizing of received document caches based upon user activity in prior browsing sessions Physics 4 Expired
US8132181B2 Method, apparatus and media for indication management in an information model environment Electricity 3 Active
US7519988B2 Method and apparatus for authenticated network address allocation Electricity 0 Expired

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