Nicholas E. Smith
18Patents
11h-index
30Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 25, 1996 → May 3, 2019
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5968109A | System and method for use and storage of geographic data on physical media | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 276 | Expired |
| US6314365A | Method and system of providing navigation services to cellular phone devices from a server | Physics | 223 | Expired |
| US6308177A | System and method for use and storage of geographic data on physical media | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 186 | Expired |
| US6184823A | Geographic database architecture for representation of named intersections and complex intersections and methods for formation thereof and use in a navigation application program | Physics | 160 | Expired |
| US6038559A | Segment aggregation in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 133 | Expired |
| US7197500B1 | System and method for use and storage of geographic data on physical media | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 130 | Expired |
| US6919821B1 | Method and system for collecting meteorological data using in-vehicle systems | Physics | 73 | Expired |
| US8717192B2 | Method and system for using intersecting electronic horizons | Physics | 47 | Active |
| US6473770B1 | Segment aggregation and interleaving of data types in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Expired |
| US6507850B1 | Segment aggregation and interleaving of data types in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 36 | Expired |
| US7152186B2 | Cross-triggering of processing devices | Physics | 16 | Expired |
| US9330564B2 | Method and system for using intersecting electronic horizons | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US7599998B2 | Message handling communication between a source processor core and destination processor cores | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9799216B2 | Method and system for using intersecting electronic horizons | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US6571195B2 | Method for calculating distance using piece-wise linear interpolation | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US10198940B2 | Method and system for using intersecting electronic horizons | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US11718418B2 | Determining servicability and remaining life of an in-service structure using three-dimensional scan data | Physics | 0 | Active |
| US10783775B2 | Method and system for using intersecting electronic horizons | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.