Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Steven R. Klinkner

55Patents
11h-index
24Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 21, 2001 → Jun 26, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7913300B1 Centralized role-based access control for storage servers Electricity 289 Active
US7539836B1 Method and system for configuring a data storage object Physics 40 Expired
US10575138B1 Tracking device location detection using access point collections Electricity 37 Active
US10462611B1 User presence-enabled tracking device functionality Electricity 28 Active
US6836832B1 System and method for pre-selecting candidate disks based on validity for volume Physics 27 Expired
US7343529B1 Automatic error and corrective action reporting system for a network storage appliance Physics 23 Expired
US10506386B1 Locating tracking device by user-guided trilateration Electricity 21 Active
US10992797B2 Tracking functionality standby mode for third party electronic devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US7966294B1 User interface system for a clustered storage system Physics 14 Expired
US11265716B2 End-to-end encryption with distributed key management in a tracking device environment Electricity 14 Active
US10708722B1 Tracking device presence detection and reporting by access points Electricity 12 Active
US10735909B1 Access point queries for tracking device smart alerts Electricity 10 Active
US10645534B1 User presence-enabled tracking device functionality Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7698351B1 GUI architecture for namespace and storage management Physics 8 Active
US10757540B1 Smart alerts in a tracking device environment Electricity 7 Active
US11153758B2 End-to-end encryption with distributed key management in a tracking device environment Electricity 7 Active
US10645538B1 Tracking device location detection using access point collections Electricity 5 Active
US11201748B2 Data protection in a tracking device environment Physics 4 Active
US8635247B1 Namespace and storage management application infrastructure for use in management of resources in a storage system environment Electricity 4 Active
US10911904B1 Tracking device presence detection and reporting by access points Electricity 2 Active
US11470447B2 Issuing remote commands to tracking devices Electricity 2 Active
US11368815B2 Tracking device presence detection and reporting by access points Electricity 2 Active
US11089438B2 Locating tracking device by user-guided trilateration Electricity 1 Active
US11641270B2 Key diversification in a tracking device environment Electricity 1 Active
US11202174B2 Smart alerts in a tracking device environment Electricity 1 Active

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