Inventor · San Francisco, CA, US

Ron Hirson

112Patents
20h-index
31Co-inventors
86Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 12, 2003 → Aug 18, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7120235B2 Method and apparatus to provide pay-per-call performance based advertising Physics 229 Expired
US8412626B2 Systems and methods to secure transactions via mobile devices Electricity 126 Active
US8355987B2 Systems and methods to manage information Physics 97 Active
US8140389B2 Methods and apparatuses for pay for deal advertisements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Active
US8140392B2 Methods and apparatuses for pay for lead advertisements Physics 61 Active
US8601386B2 Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications in virtual reality Electricity 55 Active
US8027878B2 Method and apparatus to compensate demand partners in a pay-per-call performance based advertising system Physics 53 Active
US7366683B2 Methods and apparatuses for offline selection of pay-per-call advertisers Electricity 50 Expired
US8724789B2 Systems and methods to connect people for real time communications via directory assistance Electricity 48 Active
US8837698B2 Systems and methods to collect information just in time for connecting people for real time communications Electricity 45 Active
US7876886B2 Method and apparatus to provide pay-per-call performance based advertising Physics 32 Active
US8295465B2 Systems and methods to connect members of a social network for real time communication Electricity 31 Active
US7720091B2 Systems and methods to arrange call back Electricity 31 Active
US8599832B2 Methods and apparatuses to connect people for real time communications via voice over internet protocol (VOIP) Electricity 26 Active
US8484084B2 Systems and methods to connect people in a marketplace environment Electricity 26 Active
US7359498B2 Systems and methods for arranging a call Electricity 25 Expired
US8077849B2 Systems and methods to block communication calls Electricity 25 Active
US9317855B2 Systems and methods to provide voice connections via local telephone numbers Electricity 22 Active
US9105032B2 Systems and methods to provide advertisements for real time communications Physics 22 Active
US8209225B2 Methods and apparatuses for offline selection of pay-per-call advertisers Electricity 21 Active
US8521596B2 Method and apparatuses for offline selection of pay-per-call advertisers Electricity 20 Active
US8681952B2 Systems and methods to selectively provide telephonic connections Physics 20 Active
US8224727B2 Systems and methods to process transactions based on social networking Electricity 20 Active
US8386353B2 Systems and methods to process transactions based on social networking Electricity 19 Active
US8473386B2 Systems and methods to facilitate real time communications between members of a social network Electricity 18 Active

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