Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

John W. Barrus

86Patents
19h-index
37Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 15, 1994 → Nov 18, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5465291A Apparatus for ordering from remote locations Electricity 199 Expired
US6693652B1 System and method for automatic generation of visual representations and links in a hierarchical messaging system Physics 162 Expired
US6058397A 3D virtual environment creation management and delivery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 136 Expired
US5570301A System for unencumbered measurement and reporting of body posture Human Necessities 95 Expired
US5914783A Method and apparatus for detecting the location of a light source Physics 84 Expired
US5736990A System for designing a virtual environment utilizing locales Electricity 78 Expired
US9449031B2 Sorting and filtering a table with image data and symbolic data in a single cell Physics 76 Active
US7150399B2 Embedding barcode data in an auxiliary field of an image file Physics 68 Expired
US7552381B2 Check boxes for identifying and processing stored documents Electricity 56 Expired
US6784899B1 Systems and methods for providing rich multimedia messages to remote users using telephones and facsimile machines Electricity 42 Expired
US7739583B2 Multimedia document sharing method and apparatus Physics 37 Expired
US7225405B1 System and method for audio creation and editing in a multimedia messaging environment Physics 35 Expired
US7509569B2 Action stickers for nested collections Physics 27 Expired
US6975334B1 Method and apparatus for simulating the appearance of paving stone on an existing driveway Physics 25 Expired
US5990896A Rapid and efficient terrain surface finding system Physics 23 Expired
US7757162B2 Document collection manipulation Electricity 21 Expired
US8977860B2 Method and apparatus for tamper proof camera logs Physics 21 Active
US7562302B1 System and method for automatic generation of visual representations and links in a hierarchical messaging system Physics 19 Expired
US8698873B2 Video conferencing with shared drawing Electricity 19 Active
US7999842B1 Continuously rotating video camera, method and user interface for using the same Electricity 18 Active
US9652562B2 Proximal equipment data capture Electricity 18 Active
US9558170B2 Creating and switching a view of a collection including image data and symbolic data Physics 17 Active
US8063887B2 Thin multiple layer input/output device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US8286083B2 Copying documents from electronic displays Electricity 14 Active
US7876472B2 Handheld printer and method of operation Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Active

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