Thomas C. Ely
13Patents
11h-index
19Co-inventors
69Inventor score
Filing activity: May 23, 1988 → Jul 13, 2007
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6115737A | System and method for accessing customer contact services over a network | Electricity | 196 | Expired |
| US5241588A | Systems and processes providing programmable or customized customer telephone information services | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 152 | Expired |
| US5583927A | Method and apparatus for integrating telephone and broadband networks | Electricity | 83 | Expired |
| US5796424A | System and method for providing videoconferencing services | Electricity | 80 | Expired |
| US5345380A | System and processes specifying customized customer telecommunication services using a graphical interface | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US5574778A | Method and apparatus for providing video services | Electricity | 60 | Expired |
| US5574779A | Method and apparatus for provisioning network services | Electricity | 49 | Expired |
| US6724747B1 | Method and system for media connectivity over a packet-based network | Electricity | 38 | Expired |
| US5003464A | Methods and apparatus for efficient resource allocation | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US6002758A | System and method for developing message processing applications | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US5315646A | Systems and processes for providing multiple interfaces for telephone services | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US5778056A | Broadband network and method for connecting information providers | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7720082B2 | System and method for short message service and instant messaging continuity | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.