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Michael R. Smith
Also filed as: BURNS RICHARD H · SMITH MICHAEL · SMITH MICHAEL D · SMITH MICHAEL R
47 granted patents·12 pending applications·3,490 citations·filing 1977–2025
99Inventor score
Files withUSER CENTRIC IP L P8CISCO TECH INC7USER CENTRIC ENTPR INC7ADAMS JR FRANK PAUL5LOCATOR IP LP4
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59 records- 0198US7411493B2User-centric event reportingUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 12, 2008·1.2k cites·30 claims
- 0298US7084775B1Method and system for generating and sending user-centric weather alertsUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 1, 2006·395 cites·37 claims
- 0397US9876715B2Network fabric overlayCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 23, 2018·44 cites·19 claims
- 0497US7426654B2Method and system for providing customer controlled notifications in a managed network services systemVERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 16, 2008·241 cites·24 claims
- 0597US7248159B2User-centric event reportingUSER CENTRIC IP LP·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 24, 2007·175 cites·21 claims
- 0697US6646559B2Method and apparatus for activating warning devicesUSER CENTRIC ENTPR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 11, 2003·124 cites·26 claims
- 0797US6603405B2Vehicle-centric weather prediction system and methodUSER CENTRIC ENTPR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 5, 2003·312 cites·43 claims
- 0896US6845324B2Rotating map and user-centric weather predictionUSER CENTRIC ENTPR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 18, 2005·166 cites·30 claims
- 0995US9363183B2Network address translation offload to network infrastructure for service chains in a network environmentCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 7, 2016·40 cites·20 claims
- 1095US7089116B2User-centric event reportingUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 8, 2006·106 cites·62 claims
- 1194US7245214B2Electronically tracking a path historyUSER CENTRIC IP LP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 17, 2007·53 cites·35 claims
- 1294US6581009B1Quantitative precipitation prediction methodUSER CENTRIC ENTPR INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 17, 2003·93 cites·37 claims
- 1390US6963853B1Method and apparatus for calculating a return on investment for weather-related risk managementUSER CENTRIC ENTPR INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 8, 2005·76 cites·41 claims
- 1489US9825814B2Dynamic attribute based application policyCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 21, 2017·12 cites·20 claims
- 1588US11176272B2Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 16, 2021·4 cites·39 claims
- 1686US6947842B2Normalized and animated inundation mapsUSER CENTRIC ENTPR INC·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 20, 2005·50 cites·21 claims
- 1785US6118936ASignaling network management system for converting network events into standard form and then correlating the standard form events with topology and maintenance informationMCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 12, 2000·214 cites·35 claims
- 1884US10547544B2Network fabric overlayCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 28, 2020·3 cites·20 claims
- 1984US8924533B2Method and system for providing automated fault isolation in a managed services networkADAMS JR FRANK PAUL·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 30, 2014·14 cites·15 claims
- 2083US8812649B2Method and system for processing fault alarms and trouble tickets in a managed network services systemADAMS JR FRANK PAUL·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 19, 2014·14 cites·12 claims
- 2183US8281282B2Method and apparatus for in-built searching and aggregating functionalitySMITH MICHAEL ROBERT·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 2, 2012·16 cites·54 claims
- 2282US9407604B2Method and apparatus for best effort propagation of security group informationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 2, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 2382US8738760B2Method and system for providing automated data retrieval in support of fault isolation in a managed services networkADAMS JR FRANK PAUL·Filed 2005·Granted May 27, 2014·13 cites·15 claims
- 2482US2025382931A1Pressure relief valveROLLS ROYCE PLC·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2581US7213858B2Tailgate support structure with lateral tailgate adjustmentNISSAN TECH CT NORTH AMERICA·Filed 2005·Granted May 8, 2007·15 cites·31 claims
- 2680US2025131128A1Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 2778US10417893B2Wearable alert systemLOCATOR IP LP·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 17, 2019·2 cites·16 claims
- 2878US10193861B2Method and apparatus for best effort propagation of security group informationCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 29, 2019·2 cites·18 claims
- 2978US8732516B2Method and system for providing customer controlled notifications in a managed network services systemADAMS JR FRANK PAUL·Filed 2008·Granted May 20, 2014·7 cites·21 claims
- 3077US12118124B2Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Oct 15, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3175US8676945B2Method and system for processing fault alarms and maintenance events in a managed network services systemADAMS JR FRANK PAUL·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 18, 2014·6 cites·8 claims
- 3274US7216117B2System and method for address book customization for shared emessagingQWEST COMM INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 8, 2007·12 cites·15 claims
- 3373US7518505B2Electronically tracking a path historyUSER CENTRIC IP LP·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 14, 2009·9 cites·40 claims
- 3472US10720037B2Wearable alert systemLOCATOR IP LP·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 21, 2020·1 cites·18 claims
- 3572US10679482B2Wearable alert systemLOCATOR IP LP·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 9, 2020·1 cites·18 claims
- 3670US11783085B2Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to privatize consumer dataNIELSEN CO US LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 10, 2023·0 cites·24 claims
- 3769US11143791B2Mesoscale modelingUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 12, 2021·1 cites·16 claims
- 3866US4158201AFlat electro optic display panel and method of using sameSINGER CO·Filed 1977·Granted Jun 12, 1979·17 cites·25 claims
- 3965USRE49663EVirtual switching overlay for cloud computingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 19, 2023·0 cites·63 claims
- 4063US2022026600A1Mesoscale modelingUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4162US10153979B2Prioritization of network traffic in a distributed processing systemHEWLETT PACKARD ENTPR DEV LP·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 11, 2018·2 cites·18 claims
- 4259US6594352B1Method and system for automatically providing a customer billing identifier for a directory assistance extension call to a switch in a public telephone networkOPERATOR SERVICE·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 15, 2003·35 cites·26 claims
- 4358US2014207522A1Method and apparatus for surveying brand preferenceSMITH MICHAEL·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4457US8825889B2Network traffic rate limiting system and methodSMITH MICHAEL R·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 2, 2014·2 cites·18 claims
- 4554US10522022B2User-centric event reporting with follow-up informationSMITH MICHAEL R·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 31, 2019·1 cites·7 claims
- 4654US8869267B1Analysis for network intrusion detectionSMITH MICHAEL R·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 21, 2014·7 cites·6 claims
- 4753US4354102ACursor apparatus for interactive graphic display systemUS AIR FORCE·Filed 1980·Granted Oct 12, 1982·15 cites·9 claims
- 4849US2006241865A1Audio hazard warning systemUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 4949US2006267783A1Method and system for generating and sending user-centric weather alertsUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 5049US2018182222A1User-centric event reporting with follow-up informationUSER CENTRIC IP L P·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
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