Inventor · Chicago, IL, US

Michael R. Smith

47Patents
16h-index
48Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 18, 1977 → Jul 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7411493B2 User-centric event reporting Electricity 1,141 Active
US7084775B1 Method and system for generating and sending user-centric weather alerts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 329 Expired
US7426654B2 Method and system for providing customer controlled notifications in a managed network services system Electricity 227 Active
US6603405B2 Vehicle-centric weather prediction system and method Physics 211 Expired
US7248159B2 User-centric event reporting Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US6118936A Signaling network management system for converting network events into standard form and then correlating the standard form events with topology and maintenance information Electricity 134 Expired
US6845324B2 Rotating map and user-centric weather prediction Electricity 105 Expired
US6646559B2 Method and apparatus for activating warning devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US7089116B2 User-centric event reporting Electricity 85 Expired
US6581009B1 Quantitative precipitation prediction method Physics 61 Expired
US6963853B1 Method and apparatus for calculating a return on investment for weather-related risk management Physics 50 Expired
US7245214B2 Electronically tracking a path history Physics 46 Expired
US9876715B2 Network fabric overlay Physics 42 Active
US9363183B2 Network address translation offload to network infrastructure for service chains in a network environment Electricity 36 Active
US6947842B2 Normalized and animated inundation maps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US6594352B1 Method and system for automatically providing a customer billing identifier for a directory assistance extension call to a switch in a public telephone network Electricity 25 Expired
US4158201A Flat electro optic display panel and method of using same Physics 16 Expired
US9825814B2 Dynamic attribute based application policy Electricity 12 Active
US4354102A Cursor apparatus for interactive graphic display system Physics 11 Expired
US8281282B2 Method and apparatus for in-built searching and aggregating functionality Physics 11 Active
US8738760B2 Method and system for providing automated data retrieval in support of fault isolation in a managed services network Electricity 11 Expired
US7213858B2 Tailgate support structure with lateral tailgate adjustment Fixed Constructions 9 Expired
US4158715A Laser recording film with opaque coating Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US8812649B2 Method and system for processing fault alarms and trouble tickets in a managed network services system Electricity 7 Active
US8924533B2 Method and system for providing automated fault isolation in a managed services network Electricity 6 Active

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