Inventor · San Mateo, CA, US

Tom R. Markson

12Patents
12h-index
10Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 18, 1996 → Aug 11, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6597956B1 Method and apparatus for controlling an extensible computing system Physics 245 Expired
US6779016B1 Extensible computing system Electricity 210 Expired
US5822434A Scheme to allow two computers on a network to upgrade from a non-secured to a secured session Physics 130 Expired
US7503045B1 Extensible computing system Electricity 84 Active
US6798782B1 Truly anonymous communications using supernets, with the provision of topology hiding Electricity 46 Expired
US6970941B1 System and method for separating addresses from the delivery scheme in a virtual private network Electricity 42 Expired
US7336790B1 Decoupling access control from key management in a network Electricity 31 Expired
US6870842B1 Using multicasting to provide ethernet-like communication behavior to selected peers on a network Electricity 25 Expired
US7685309B2 System and method for separating addresses from the delivery scheme in a virtual private network Electricity 24 Active
US6938169B1 Channel-specific file system views in a private network using a public-network infrastructure Electricity 19 Expired
US7765581B1 System and method for enabling scalable security in a virtual private network Electricity 18 Expired
US6977929B1 Method and system for facilitating relocation of devices on a network Electricity 17 Expired

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