Inventor · Kirkland, WA, US

Ryan J. Snodgrass

49Patents
20h-index
60Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 29, 1999 → Oct 31, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6360254B1 System and method for providing secure URL-based access to private resources Physics 499 Expired
US7433832B1 Methods and systems for distributing information within a dynamically defined community Physics 373 Expired
US7827055B1 Identifying and providing targeted content to users having common interests Physics 150 Active
US7356490B1 Services for increasing the utility of electronic wish lists Physics 137 Expired
US7478054B1 Sharing information about purchases Physics 117 Expired
US7664669B1 Methods and systems for distributing information within a dynamically defined community Physics 112 Active
US7778890B1 Methods and systems for distributing information within a dynamically defined community Physics 99 Active
US7461206B2 Probabilistic technique for consistency checking cache entries Electricity 91 Active
US8819116B1 Providing services using a device capabilities service Electricity 90 Active
US8260656B1 Mining of user-generated playlists for data regarding relationships between digital works Electricity 88 Active
US8365081B1 Embedding metadata within content Electricity 66 Active
US7831548B1 Systems and methods that use search queries to identify related lists Physics 55 Active
US7331038B1 Predictive prefetching to improve parallelization of document generation subtasks Electricity 50 Expired
US8478662B1 Customized electronic books with supplemental content Physics 38 Active
US7966334B1 Information retrieval systems and methods that use user-defined lists to identify related offerings Physics 38 Active
US8775810B1 Self-validating authentication token Electricity 33 Active
US8566788B2 Predictive prefetching to improve parallelization of data retrieval subtasks Electricity 33 Active
US8136089B2 Predictive prefetching to improve parallelization of document generation subtasks Electricity 29 Active
US8229782B1 Methods and systems for processing distributed feedback Physics 26 Active
US8826036B1 Ebook encryption using variable keys Physics 20 Active
US7801775B1 Method and system for authenticating users when conducting commercial transactions using a computer Physics 19 Expired
US8060466B1 Service for accepting and selectively exposing user-created lists of items Physics 17 Active
US8219752B1 System for caching data Physics 12 Active
US7925546B2 Services for increasing the utility of electronic wish lists Physics 10 Active
US8700991B1 Protecting content presented in a web browser Physics 10 Active

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