Inventor

Geoffrey O. Thompson

Inventor
Mountain View, CA, US

Overview

38→
Patents
1977–2020
Patent span
Electricity
Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 38 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Lprimary
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication25%
H04WWireless communication networks15%
G06FElectric digital data processing10%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television10%
H01HElectric switches7%
H01RElectrically-conductive connections6%
Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use6%
Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications4%
H04JMultiplex communication3%
H05BElectric heating3%
PatentTitleYear
10,845,861Systems and methods for facilitating device control, device protection, and power savings202010,139,885Systems and methods for facilitating device control, device protection, and power savings201810,110,844Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating expansion of media device interface capabilities20189,967,514Recording system20189,924,580'Light switch'20189,549,144'Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating expansion of media device interface capabilities'20179,526,154'Light switch'20169,477,299'Systems and methods for facilitating device control, device protection, and power savings'20169,350,967'Recording system'20169,297,568'Cooler with collapsible chair storage'20169,300,895'Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating expansion of media device interface capabilities'2016RE045708'VLAN frame format'2015RE045598'VLAN frame format'2015RE045521'VLAN frame format'20159,009,340'Dynamic QoS in a network distributing streamed content'2015RE045121'VLAN frame format'2014RE045095'VLAN frame format'2014RE045081'VLAN frame format'20148,804,762'Method and system for timestamp inclusion in virtual local area network tag'2014RE045065'VLAN frame format'20148,724,971'Recording system'2014RE044775'VLAN frame format'20148,468,636'Apparatus, systems and methods for debris removal from an antenna'20138,223,792'Ultra low cost ethernet architecture'20127,688,119'Power supply with digital control loop'2010RE040999'Vlan frame format'20096,488,533'Devices for protecting network equipment from electrostatic discharge emanating from network cables'20026,448,899'Power indicating ethernet outlet and method therefor'20026,192,397'Method for establishing a master-slave relationship in a peer-to-peer network'20016,111,876'VLAN frame format'20005,959,990'VLAN frame format'19995,825,755'Method and apparatus for switching between full-duplex and half-duplex CSMA/CD systems'19985,726,976'Congestion sense controlled access for a star configured network'19985,251,203'Hub privacy filter for active star CSMA/CD network'19935,088,033'Data processing system emulation in a window with a coprocessor and I/O emulation'19925,062,042'System for managing data which is accessible by file address or disk address via a disk track map'19914,920,481'Emulation with display update trapping'19904,056,822'Low profile single channel thermal analog recorder'1977

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1977–1993Patents assigned to XEROX CORP (5)· patent assignee history
1977–2001Based in Palo Alto, CA, US· patent location history
2000–2009Patents assigned to NORTEL NETWORKS LTD (5)· patent assignee history
2002–2015Based in Mountain View, CA, US· patent location history
2014–2015Patents assigned to Rockstar Consortium LP US (6)· patent assignee history
2014Patents assigned to ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP (4)· patent assignee history
2014–2020Based in Keighley, GB· patent location history
2015–2018Patents assigned to ECHOSTAR UK HOLDINGS LTD (8)· patent assignee history
2016Based in Keighly, GB· patent location history
2018Based in Keighely, GB· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
ECHOSTAR UK HOLDINGS LTD82015–2018
Rockstar Consortium LP US62014–2015
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD52000–2009
XEROX CORP51977–1993
ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP42014
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Mountain View, California, US132002–2015
Keighley, GB102014–2020
Palo Alto, California, US101977–2001
Keighely, GB12018
Keighly, GB12016