Inventor · Seattle, WA, US

Michael W. Van Flandern

17Patents
11h-index
39Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 23, 1994 → Jan 11, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7630501B2 System and method for calibration of an acoustic system Electricity 1,479 Active
US5565887A Method and apparatus for moving a cursor on a computer screen Physics 196 Expired
US5786818A Method and system for activating focus Physics 118 Expired
US5611040A Method and system for activating double click applications with a single click Physics 114 Expired
US5473343A Method and apparatus for locating a cursor on a computer screen Physics 114 Expired
US5628686A Apparatus and method for bidirectional data communication in a game port Human Necessities 89 Expired
US5793356A System and method for the software emulation of a computer joystick Physics 80 Expired
US7840979B2 Graphical tile-based expansion cell guide Physics 60 Active
US7647332B2 Aggregating content from multiple content delivery types in a discovery interface Electricity 18 Active
US5724558A System and method for dynamic data packet configuration Physics 18 Expired
US8015580B2 Customizing virtual channels in a discovery interface Electricity 17 Active
US7577429B2 Real-time communications architecture and methods for use with a personal computer system Electricity 9 Active
US8005838B2 Aggregating discovery data in a discovery interface Electricity 9 Active
US5754828A System and method for positional control device data source selection Physics 7 Expired
US7675922B2 System and method for providing a universal communications port with computer-telephony interface Physics 5 Active
US7567549B2 Computer telephony integration adapter Electricity 3 Expired
US7409209B2 Telephony remote control Electricity 1 Expired

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