Inventor
BIFFLE CLIFFORD L
US32 patents
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GOOGLE INC
9 patentsUS9329600B2May 3, 2016
Balloon power sources with a buoyancy trade-off
GOOGLE INC52 citations98
US8971274B1Mar 3, 2015
Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between balloon network and terrestrial network
GOOGLE INC43 citations98
US9340272B1May 17, 2016
Altitude control via adjustment to mass of air in bladder within lift-gas filled envelope
GOOGLE INC37 citations94
US9233746B2Jan 12, 2016
Altitude control via rotation of balloon to adjust balloon density
GOOGLE INC24 citations94
US9584214B2Feb 28, 2017
Location aware profiles in an aerial network
GOOGLE INC14 citations92
US9407362B2Aug 2, 2016
Balloon network with free-space optical communication between super-node balloons and RF communication between super-node and sub-node balloons
GOOGLE INC20 citations92
US9300481B2Mar 29, 2016
Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between balloon network and terrestrial network
GOOGLE INC6 citations84
US9282431B2Mar 8, 2016
Location-aware caching in a balloon network
GOOGLE INC3 citations73
US9075625B1Jul 7, 2015
Predicated control flow and store instructions for native code module security
GOOGLE INC3 citations61
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE
7 patentsUS8967533B2Mar 3, 2015
Balloon power sources with a buoyancy trade-off
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE61 citations98
US8718477B2May 6, 2014
Balloon network with free-space optical communication between super-node balloons and RF communication between super-node and sub-node balloons
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE48 citations98
US8820678B2Sep 2, 2014
Relative positioning of balloons with altitude control and wind data
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE74 citations97
US9033274B2May 19, 2015
Balloon altitude control using density adjustment and/or volume adjustment
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE38 citations94
US8910905B2Dec 16, 2014
Combined balloon shipping container and deployment system
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE48 citations92
US8733697B2May 27, 2014
Altitude control via rotation of balloon to adjust balloon density
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE16 citations92
US8634974B2Jan 21, 2014
Using predicted movement to maintain optical-communication lock with nearby balloon
DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE9 citations84
TELLER ERIC
7 patentsUS8918047B1Dec 23, 2014
Use of satellite-based routing processes with a balloon network
TELLER ERIC73 citations97
US9203148B1Dec 1, 2015
Expandable antenna structure
TELLER ERIC28 citations94
US8996024B1Mar 31, 2015
Virtual pooling of local resources in a balloon network
TELLER ERIC45 citations94
US8897933B1Nov 25, 2014
Battery flywheel for a high-altitude balloon
TELLER ERIC44 citations94
US9281896B2Mar 8, 2016
Location-aware profiles in a balloon network
TELLER ERIC17 citations92
US8988253B2Mar 24, 2015
Recovery of balloon materials
TELLER ERIC25 citations92
US8825847B1Sep 2, 2014
Location-aware “ghost” caching in a balloon network
TELLER ERIC16 citations92
X DEV LLC
4 patentsUS9749984B2Aug 29, 2017
Location-aware caching in an aerial network
X DEV LLC2 citations73
US10045223B2Aug 7, 2018
Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between a high-altitude network and terrestrial network
X DEV LLC0 citations52
US9900080B2Feb 20, 2018
Location-aware profiles in an aerial network
X DEV LLC0 citations52
US9848335B1Dec 19, 2017
Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between a high-altitude network and terrestrial network
X DEV LLC0 citations52