Inventor · Mercer Island, WA, US

Miller Thomas Abel

34Patents
10h-index
52Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 20, 1996 → Aug 17, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7657255B2 Provisioning of wireless connectivity for devices using NFC Electricity 118 Expired
US8014722B2 Provisioning of wireless connectivity for devices using NFC Electricity 84 Active
US6058178A Method for routing incoming calls to a user's premises on a POTS telephone line Electricity 77 Expired
US8718554B2 Means for provisioning and managing mobile device configuration over a near-field communication link Electricity 60 Active
US8433620B2 Application store tastemaker recommendations Physics 48 Active
US6021176A Method for monitoring incoming calls to a user's premises on a pots telephone line Electricity 44 Expired
US8504512B2 Identifying geospatial patterns from device data Physics 29 Active
US8494502B2 Provisioning of wireless connectivity for devices using NFC Electricity 24 Active
US9509686B2 Secure element authentication Electricity 20 Active
US8102797B2 Web format-based wireless communications Electricity 19 Active
US9014685B2 Mobile device which automatically determines operating mode Electricity 9 Active
US9092783B2 Viral distribution and tracking of electronic coupons Physics 4 Active
US9953084B2 Application store tastemaker recommendations Physics 4 Active
US8400913B2 Method for optimizing near field links Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8751524B2 Application store concierge Physics 3 Active
US7996323B2 Method and system for a service provider to control exposure to non-payment by a service consumer Physics 3 Active
US7577990B2 Method and system for resolving disputes between service providers and service consumers Physics 3 Expired
US8000692B2 Mobile device manners propagation and compliance Electricity 3 Active
US8887987B2 Federated voting with criteria-based discrimination Physics 3 Active
US7870490B2 On-the-fly device configuration and management Physics 3 Active
US8620215B2 Personalization of a mobile communcation device Electricity 3 Active
US8787832B2 Dynamic range wireless communications access point Electricity 2 Active
US9536202B2 Identifying geospatial patterns from device data Physics 1 Active
US10891599B2 Use of state objects in near field communication (NFC) transactions Physics 1 Active
US8971810B2 Dynamic range wireless communications access point Electricity 1 Active

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