Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Robert A. Rust

40Patents
16h-index
21Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 2, 1993 → Jun 10, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6532121B1 Compression algorithm with embedded meta-data for partial record operation augmented with expansion joints Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 145 Expired
US5886655A Arithmetic coding context model that accelerates adaptation for small amounts of data Electricity 70 Expired
US5574953A Storing compressed data in non-contiguous memory Physics 69 Expired
US6397293B2 Storage management system and auto-RAID transaction manager for coherent memory map across hot plug interface Physics 55 Expired
US5487138A Method to reduce memory requirements in Asian printers while improving performance Physics 46 Expired
US6230240A Storage management system and auto-RAID transaction manager for coherent memory map across hot plug interface Physics 46 Expired
US7020803B2 System and methods for fault path testing through automated error injection Physics 33 Expired
US6870466B2 Data display system and method for an object traversing a circuit Human Necessities 33 Expired
US6098190A Method and apparatus for use of a host address to validate accessed data Physics 31 Expired
US5857035A Arithmetic coding compressor for encoding multiple bit values Physics 31 Expired
US6567891B2 Methods and arrangements for improved stripe-based processing Physics 28 Expired
US6546459B2 Redundant data storage systems and methods of operating a redundant data storage system Physics 20 Expired
US5781308A High speed system for threshold matrix alignment and tiling, during creation of a binary half-tone image Electricity 20 Expired
US6622285B1 Methods and systems for fault location Physics 18 Expired
US5442664A Digitally phase modulated clock inhibiting reduced RF emissions Electricity 18 Expired
US6768643B1 Methods and apparatus for reducing the opportunity for accidental removal or insertion of components Electricity 16 Expired
US5978928A Relative logarithmic time stamps for reduced memory map size Electricity 16 Expired
US6687872B2 Methods and systems of using result buffers in parity operations Physics 15 Expired
US6647516B1 Fault tolerant data storage systems and methods of operating a fault tolerant data storage system Physics 15 Expired
US7111227B2 Methods and systems of using result buffers in parity operations Physics 13 Expired
US5778158A High speed system for image scaling Physics 13 Expired
US6799254B2 Memory manager for a common memory Physics 12 Expired
US5680601A Compression system for reducing the occurrence of a literal prefix Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7318120B2 Hardware assisted communication between processors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5771105A High speed system for grey level image scaling, threshold matrix alignment and tiling, and creation of a binary half-tone image Electricity 10 Expired

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