Stephen L. Spear
39Patents
21h-index
53Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 6, 1979 → Sep 24, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.