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Eric A. Bier
Also filed as: BIER ERIC A · BIER ERIC ALLAN
61 granted patents·6 pending applications·5,131 citations·filing 1988–2023
99Inventor score
Files withPALO ALTO RES CT INC28XEROX CORP27CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC6BIER ERIC A3BIER ERIC ALLAN2
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67 records- 0198USD397101SDisplay object for a display screenXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 18, 1998·113 cites·1 claims
- 0298USD396455SDisplay object for a display screenXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 28, 1998·301 cites·1 claims
- 0398USD396456SDisplay object for a display screenXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 28, 1998·97 cites·1 claims
- 0498US5729704AUser-directed method for operating on an object-based model data structure through a second contextual imageXEROX CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 17, 1998·508 cites·22 claims
- 0598US5581670AUser interface having movable sheet with click-through toolsXEROX CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 3, 1996·554 cites·47 claims
- 0698US5278980AIterative technique for phrase query formation and an information retrieval system employing sameXEROX CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 11, 1994·805 cites·44 claims
- 0796US5617114AUser interface having click-through tools that can be composed with other toolsXEROX CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 1, 1997·352 cites·28 claims
- 0895US11249888B1System and method for generating counterexample tests of incidental invariantsPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 15, 2022·6 cites·15 claims
- 0995US5818455AMethod and apparatus for operating on the model data structure of an image to produce human perceptible output using a viewing operation region having explicit multiple regionsXEROX CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 6, 1998·215 cites·16 claims
- 1095US5798752AUser interface having simultaneously movable tools and cursorXEROX CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 25, 1998·759 cites·27 claims
- 1195US5479603AMethod and apparatus for producing a composite second image in the spatial context of a first imageXEROX CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 26, 1995·140 cites·26 claims
- 1294US7707517B2Systems and methods for displaying meta-dataPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 27, 2010·46 cites·17 claims
- 1393US5133052AInteractive graphical search and replace utility for computer-resident synthetic graphic image editorsXEROX CORP·Filed 1988·Granted Jul 21, 1992·166 cites·8 claims
- 1492US11595226B1Method and system for collecting sensor data in buildingsPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2021·Granted Feb 28, 2023·2 cites·21 claims
- 1592US11588809B2System and method for securing a content creation device connected to a cloud servicePALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 21, 2023·3 cites·21 claims
- 1692US11163674B1System and method for identifying a faulty component in a spectrum ambiguity groupPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 2, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 1792US10827092B1System that facilitates making mobile payments to multi-function printer using proximity network and payment serverPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 3, 2020·8 cites·19 claims
- 1892US5442788AMethod and apparatus for interfacing a plurality of users to a plurality of applications on a common display deviceXEROX CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 15, 1995·195 cites·9 claims
- 1991US8347237B2Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently detecting relationships in a comprehension state of a collection of informationPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 1, 2013·46 cites·42 claims
- 2091USD396709SDisplay object for a display screenXEROX CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 4, 1998·38 cites·1 claims
- 2190US8312385B2System and method for providing context-sensitive sidebar window display on an electronic desktopBIER ERIC A·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 13, 2012·27 cites·14 claims
- 2290US8001157B2Method, apparatus, and program product for developing and maintaining a comprehension state of a collection of informationPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 16, 2011·24 cites·31 claims
- 2389US9721039B2Generating a relationship visualization for nonhomogeneous entitiesBIER ERIC A·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 1, 2017·14 cites·20 claims
- 2488US12499169B2Computer-implemented system and method for providing website navigation recommendationsPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 16, 2025·1 cites·20 claims
- 2588US5561811AMethod and apparatus for per-user customization of applications shared by a plurality of users on a single displayXEROX CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 1, 1996·136 cites·7 claims
- 2687US11151494B2System and method for visualizing parking enforcement officer movement in real time with the aid of a digital computerPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 19, 2021·5 cites·20 claims
- 2787US10817814B2System and method for coordinating parking enforcement officer patrol in real time with the aid of a digital computerCONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 27, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 2887US7558792B2Automatic extraction of human-readable lists from structured documentsXEROX CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 7, 2009·51 cites·17 claims
- 2986US6072501AMethod and apparatus for composing layered synthetic graphics filtersXEROX CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 6, 2000·97 cites·21 claims
- 3085US8010646B2Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently defining relationships in a comprehension state of a collection of informationPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 30, 2011·19 cites·19 claims
- 3185US5408250APortable computer for short-range graphical multiparty communicationXEROX CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 18, 1995·72 cites·35 claims
- 3283US7552398B2Systems and methods for semantically zooming informationPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 23, 2009·14 cites·36 claims
- 3382US11157860B2System and method for motivating parking enforcement officer performance with the aid of a digital computerCONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 26, 2021·3 cites·16 claims
- 3482US9058588B2Computer-implemented system and method for managing a context-sensitive sidebar windowPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 16, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 3581US10929473B2Integrated index blocks and searching in blockchain systemsPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 23, 2021·2 cites·18 claims
- 3681US5862395ACustomizable user interfaces for programmed computer systemsXEROX CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 19, 1999·89 cites·6 claims
- 3779US11625228B2System and method for facilitating efficient round-trip engineering using intermediate representationsPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 11, 2023·1 cites·22 claims
- 3879US8719703B2Systems and methods for editing a web pageBIER ERIC ALLAN·Filed 2000·Granted May 6, 2014·32 cites·17 claims
- 3979US7668787B2Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently adding entities and relationships in a comprehension state of a collection of informationPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 23, 2010·18 cites·27 claims
- 4078US11144855B2System and method for managing coverage of parking enforcement for a neighborhood with the aid of a digital computerCONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 12, 2021·2 cites·15 claims
- 4178US7562085B2Systems and methods for displaying linked information in a sorted contextPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 14, 2009·10 cites·65 claims
- 4278US7529731B2Automatic discovery of classification related to a category using an indexed document collectionXEROX CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 5, 2009·26 cites·40 claims
- 4375US7703004B2Systems and methods for automatically converting web pages to structured shared web-writable pagesPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 20, 2010·22 cites·8 claims
- 4473US8341534B2System and method for flexibly taking actions in response to detected activitiesBIER ERIC ALLAN·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 25, 2012·3 cites·24 claims
- 4573US2023267153A1Integrated index blocks and searching in blockchain systemsPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4671US11120375B2System and method for monitoring parking enforcement officer performance in real time with the aid of a digital computerCONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 14, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 4770US11265331B2Bluetooth hub device mediating connections between mobile device and controlled devicePALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 1, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 4869US9753896B2System and method for flexibly taking actions upon activation of defined triggersPALO ALTO RES CT INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 5, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 4969US7904807B2System and method for copying formatting information between Web pagesXEROX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 8, 2011·14 cites·37 claims
- 5069US7810028B2Method and system for copying, moving, replacing and deleting content in group-editable electronic documentsXEROX CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 5, 2010·6 cites·39 claims
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