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BIER ERIC A
US50 patents
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XEROX CORP
24 patentsUS5818455AOct 6, 1998
Method 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 regions
XEROX CORP215 citations99
USD396455SJul 28, 1998
Display object for a display screen
XEROX CORP301 citations99
US5617114AApr 1, 1997
User interface having click-through tools that can be composed with other tools
XEROX CORP352 citations99
US5581670ADec 3, 1996
User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools
XEROX CORP554 citations99
US5479603ADec 26, 1995
Method and apparatus for producing a composite second image in the spatial context of a first image
XEROX CORP140 citations99
US5442788AAug 15, 1995
Method and apparatus for interfacing a plurality of users to a plurality of applications on a common display device
XEROX CORP195 citations99
US5278980AJan 11, 1994
Iterative technique for phrase query formation and an information retrieval system employing same
XEROX CORP805 citations99
US6072501AJun 6, 2000
Method and apparatus for composing layered synthetic graphics filters
XEROX CORP97 citations98
USD397101SAug 18, 1998
Display object for a display screen
XEROX CORP113 citations98
USD396456SJul 28, 1998
Display object for a display screen
XEROX CORP97 citations98
US5729704AMar 17, 1998
User-directed method for operating on an object-based model data structure through a second contextual image
XEROX CORP508 citations98
US5561811AOct 1, 1996
Method and apparatus for per-user customization of applications shared by a plurality of users on a single display
XEROX CORP136 citations98
US5133052AJul 21, 1992
Interactive graphical search and replace utility for computer-resident synthetic graphic image editors
XEROX CORP166 citations98
US5862395AJan 19, 1999
Customizable user interfaces for programmed computer systems
XEROX CORP89 citations96
US5408250AApr 18, 1995
Portable computer for short-range graphical multiparty communication
XEROX CORP72 citations96
US5798752AAug 25, 1998
User interface having simultaneously movable tools and cursor
XEROX CORP759 citations95
US7558792B2Jul 7, 2009
Automatic extraction of human-readable lists from structured documents
XEROX CORP51 citations94
US7529731B2May 5, 2009
Automatic discovery of classification related to a category using an indexed document collection
XEROX CORP26 citations93
US6043824AMar 28, 2000
Composing layered synthetic graphics filters with limited scopes of operation
XEROX CORP34 citations93
USD396709SAug 4, 1998
Display object for a display screen
XEROX CORP38 citations93
US7904807B2Mar 8, 2011
System and method for copying formatting information between Web pages
XEROX CORP14 citations84
US7302426B2Nov 27, 2007
Expanding a partially-correct list of category elements using an indexed document collection
XEROX CORP19 citations84
US7810028B2Oct 5, 2010
Method and system for copying, moving, replacing and deleting content in group-editable electronic documents
XEROX CORP6 citations59
US12203670B2Jan 21, 2025
System and method for determining HVAC set points
XEROX CORP0 citations50
PALO ALTO RES CT INC
15 patentsUS8001157B2Aug 16, 2011
Method, apparatus, and program product for developing and maintaining a comprehension state of a collection of information
PALO ALTO RES CT INC24 citations93
US7703004B2Apr 20, 2010
Systems and methods for automatically converting web pages to structured shared web-writable pages
PALO ALTO RES CT INC22 citations93
US8347237B2Jan 1, 2013
Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently detecting relationships in a comprehension state of a collection of information
PALO ALTO RES CT INC46 citations92
US10827092B1Nov 3, 2020
System that facilitates making mobile payments to multi-function printer using proximity network and payment server
PALO ALTO RES CT INC8 citations84
US7668787B2Feb 23, 2010
Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently adding entities and relationships in a comprehension state of a collection of information
PALO ALTO RES CT INC18 citations84
US8010646B2Aug 30, 2011
Method, apparatus, and program product for efficiently defining relationships in a comprehension state of a collection of information
PALO ALTO RES CT INC19 citations82
US11588809B2Feb 21, 2023
System and method for securing a content creation device connected to a cloud service
PALO ALTO RES CT INC3 citations73
US11151494B2Oct 19, 2021
System and method for visualizing parking enforcement officer movement in real time with the aid of a digital computer
PALO ALTO RES CT INC5 citations72
US11163674B1Nov 2, 2021
System and method for identifying a faulty component in a spectrum ambiguity group
PALO ALTO RES CT INC4 citations71
US11249888B1Feb 15, 2022
System and method for generating counterexample tests of incidental invariants
PALO ALTO RES CT INC6 citations69
US11625228B2Apr 11, 2023
System and method for facilitating efficient round-trip engineering using intermediate representations
PALO ALTO RES CT INC1 citations63
US9058588B2Jun 16, 2015
Computer-implemented system and method for managing a context-sensitive sidebar window
PALO ALTO RES CT INC3 citations63
US12499169B2Dec 16, 2025
Computer-implemented system and method for providing website navigation recommendations
PALO ALTO RES CT INC1 citations62
US11265331B2Mar 1, 2022
Bluetooth hub device mediating connections between mobile device and controlled device
PALO ALTO RES CT INC1 citations62
US11520689B2Dec 6, 2022
System and method for automatic program repair using fast-result test cases
PALO ALTO RES CT INC0 citations50
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC
6 patentsUS11157860B2Oct 26, 2021
System and method for motivating parking enforcement officer performance with the aid of a digital computer
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC3 citations70
US11144855B2Oct 12, 2021
System and method for managing coverage of parking enforcement for a neighborhood with the aid of a digital computer
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC2 citations70
US10817814B2Oct 27, 2020
System and method for coordinating parking enforcement officer patrol in real time with the aid of a digital computer
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC6 citations70
US11120375B2Sep 14, 2021
System and method for monitoring parking enforcement officer performance in real time with the aid of a digital computer
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC1 citations59
US11062241B2Jul 13, 2021
System and method for facilitating parking enforcement officer dispatching in real time with the aid of a digital computer
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC0 citations49
US11126942B2Sep 21, 2021
System and method for facilitating parking enforcement officer performance in real time with the aid of a digital computer
CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES LLC0 citations48
BIER ERIC A
3 patentsUS8312385B2Nov 13, 2012
System and method for providing context-sensitive sidebar window display on an electronic desktop
BIER ERIC A27 citations92
US9721039B2Aug 1, 2017
Generating a relationship visualization for nonhomogeneous entities
BIER ERIC A14 citations83
US9747278B2Aug 29, 2017
System and method for mapping text phrases to geographical locations
BIER ERIC A3 citations69