Inventor · Skokie, IL, US

Stephen L. Spear

39Patents
21h-index
53Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 6, 1979 → Sep 24, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8473618B2 Method and system for processing multiple communication sessions in a communication network Electricity 157 Active
US5974106A Method and apparatus for multirate data communications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 155 Expired
US4268722A Radiotelephone communications system Electricity 135 Expired
US6567667B1 Domain selecting system and method Electricity 65 Expired
US5185739A Time-allocation of radio carriers Electricity 65 Expired
US4811380A Cellular radiotelephone system with dropped call protection Electricity 62 Expired
US7165112B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system Electricity 62 Expired
US5263047A Multiple cavity tuning of a transmitter output in a communication system Electricity 61 Expired
US6295450A Method and apparatus for transferring communication within a communication system Electricity 59 Expired
US7020087B2 Segmented and distributed path optimization in a communication network Electricity 56 Expired
US6289220A Multiple controller identities for neighbor lists Electricity 54 Expired
US5301188A Shared-carrier frequency hopping Electricity 52 Expired
US7042855B1 Method for routing data in a communication system Electricity 40 Expired
US5913167A Method for transferring a communication link in a wireless communication system Electricity 39 Expired
US5081641A Interconnecting and processing system for facilitating frequency hopping Electricity 39 Expired
US5642354A Enhanced access burst in a wireless communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6134443A Method and apparatus of directing radio frequency communication in a communication system Electricity 36 Expired
US5506867A Cellular radio system using common radio backbone Electricity 27 Expired
US5036531A Local PSTN interconnect with remote signal link processing Electricity 26 Expired
US5442681A Method of exchanging communicated signals between a remote base site and a central site in a communication system Electricity 26 Expired
US6130883A Method and apparatus for voice packet communications Electricity 25 Expired
US6973069B1 Method for transporting multimedia information in a communication system Electricity 19 Expired
US5974325A Cellular radio system using common radio backbone Electricity 18 Expired
US6198937A Method and apparatus for controlling radio link capacity in a communication system Electricity 17 Expired
US7106714B2 Method and apparatus for transmission of control data in a packet data communication system Electricity 13 Expired

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