Wayne Ballantyne
33Patents
11h-index
69Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 7, 1993 → Dec 13, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7751826B2 | System and method for E911 location privacy protection | Electricity | 85 | Expired |
| US6940407B2 | Method and apparatus for detecting loss and location of a portable communications device | Physics | 78 | Expired |
| US7085943B2 | Method and circuitry for controlling supply voltage in a data processing system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 40 | Expired |
| US6795768B2 | Handheld object selector | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US7136680B2 | Motion detecting wireless receiver and signal monitoring method therefor | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US5335365A | Frequency synthesizer with VCO output control | Electricity | 26 | Expired |
| US9301177B2 | Method and system to improve antenna tuner reliability | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US7062240B2 | Automatic frequency control processing in multi-channel receivers | Electricity | 16 | Expired |
| US7742753B2 | Method and apparatus for operating a mobile communication device coupled with an external power supply for charging a battery of the mobile communication device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US9161196B2 | Apparatus and method for secure private location information transfer | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US8300560B2 | Using auxiliary information to direct users of wireless devices to safety in response to emergency alert system alerts | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US7184745B2 | Wireless receiver operation | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US6915210B2 | Method of updating GPS almanac data for satellites not in view | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US6931470B2 | Dual access serial peripheral interface | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US9161176B2 | Methods and apparatus for serving content to a wireless device | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8194615B2 | Method for conserving resources during wireless handover of a dual mode mobile station | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8396453B2 | Method and apparatus for surreptitiously triggering the collection of data from a lost wireless communications device equipped with audio and/or video collection means | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8671291B2 | Method and device for charging energy storage devices | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US6236282A | Crystal reference and oscillator circuit using same | Electricity | 2 | Expired |
| US11258450B2 | Techniques for addressing phase noise and phase lock loop performance | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US6246213A | Device having battery-save circuitry and method of operation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 2 | Expired |
| US9226125B2 | Method and apparatus for alert message reception | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US12413189B2 | Methods and devices for increased efficiency in linear power amplifier | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8774828B2 | System and method for E911 location privacy protection | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11789891B2 | Multi-device read protocol using a single device group read command | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.