Inventor · Hoffman Estates, IL, US

Timothy W. Markison

487Patents
28h-index
57Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 6, 1992 → Jun 4, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8762793B2 Migrating encoded data slices from a re-provisioned memory device of a dispersed storage network memory Physics 317 Active
US8103249B2 Credit card imaging for mobile payment and other applications Physics 216 Active
US5553314A Method of configuring a communication unit using a wireless portable configuration device Electricity 212 Expired
US5483658A Detection of unauthorized use of software applications in processing devices Physics 207 Expired
US5533008A Method and apparatus for providing a communication system infrastructure Electricity 117 Expired
US5507009A Method for reprogramming a communication unit's access to a wireless communication system Physics 106 Expired
US5608725A Method and apparatus of a communications system having a DMT infrastructure Electricity 101 Expired
US5495483A Method and apparatus for allocating carrier channels Electricity 100 Expired
US5521906A Method and apparatus for updating carrier channel allocations Electricity 97 Expired
US5619505A Method for producing and recovering a data stream for a DMT transceiver Electricity 93 Expired
US5388212A Detecting unauthorized modification of communication unit based on comparison between stored hardware identification code and hardware identification code generated from operational platform identification code Physics 92 Expired
US5682419A Method and apparatus for providing infrastructure call support Electricity 88 Expired
US5602916A Method and apparatus for preventing unauthorized monitoring of wireless data transmissions Electricity 85 Expired
US5379343A Detection of unauthorized use of software applications in communication units Electricity 84 Expired
US5440758A Method of preventing unauthorized access to a wireless communication system Electricity 82 Expired
US5678170A Method and apparatus for monitoring and limiting distribution of data Electricity 67 Expired
US5535431A Method of detecting unauthorized use of a communication unit Electricity 58 Expired
US5539777A Method and apparatus for a DMT receiver having a data de-formatter coupled directly to a constellation decoder Electricity 56 Expired
US8464133B2 Media content distribution in a social network utilizing dispersed storage Electricity 49 Active
US6212230A Method and apparatus for pulse position modulation Electricity 46 Expired
US5581803A Method of programming a radio identification code in a communication unit Electricity 41 Expired
US5606577A Method and apparatus for a DMT transmitter having a data for matter coupled directly to a constellation encoder Electricity 39 Expired
US5594796A Method and apparatus for detecting unauthorized distribution of data Electricity 35 Expired
US8595596B2 Method and apparatus for dispersed storage of streaming data Physics 34 Active
US8935761B2 Accessing storage nodes in an on-line media storage system Physics 34 Active

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