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D-Index
54
Citations
9049
World Ranking
4652
National Ranking
2158

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Operating system
  • Computer network
  • Programming language

Computer network, Computer security, Embedded system, Mobile device and Encryption are his primary areas of study. His Computer network research incorporates themes from Mobile database and Mobile telephony. His study in Computer security is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Certificate, World Wide Web and Digital signature.

His work carried out in the field of Embedded system brings together such families of science as Bluetooth, Computer hardware, Scanner and Barcode. His Mobile device research includes elements of Security information and Display device. His Encryption research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Computer program, Wireless network, Authorization and Data Protection Act 1998.

His most cited work include:

  • Automatic security action invocation for mobile communications device (259 citations)
  • System and method for compressing secure E-mail for exchange with a mobile data communication device (232 citations)
  • System and method for processing encoded messages for exchange with a mobile data communication device (200 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Herbert A. Little mostly deals with Computer network, Computer security, Computer hardware, Mobile device and Wireless. His work deals with themes such as Mobile database and Mobile telephony, which intersect with Computer network. His Computer security research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Certificate and World Wide Web.

His work in Computer hardware addresses subjects such as Embedded system, which are connected to disciplines such as Smart card. Mobile device and Authentication are frequently intertwined in his study. His Message broker study combines topics in areas such as Communication source and Message authentication code.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Computer network (31.76%)
  • Computer security (25.34%)
  • Computer hardware (17.23%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2016)?

  • Computer network (31.76%)
  • Computer security (25.34%)
  • Wireless (15.20%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Herbert A. Little mainly investigates Computer network, Computer security, Wireless, Mobile computing and Operating system. His Computer network research integrates issues from Network Access Device, Mobile device and Mobile telephony. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Process and Revocation.

He has included themes like Smart card application protocol data unit, Smart card and Timeout in his Wireless study. He interconnects Host and Mobile database in the investigation of issues within Mobile computing. His studies deal with areas such as Timer, Watchdog timer and Computer hardware as well as Operating system.

Between 2010 and 2016, his most popular works were:

  • Method and apparatus for differentiated access control (53 citations)
  • Enabling content interaction at a connected electronic device (41 citations)
  • Method for establishing a plurality of modes of operation on a mobile device (40 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Operating system
  • Computer network
  • Programming language

Herbert A. Little spends much of his time researching Computer network, Mobile device, Computer hardware, Enterprise private network and Operating system. His Computer network research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Computer security, Mobile wireless, Radio access network, Payment and Transfer. Herbert A. Little combines subjects such as Certificate, Revocation and Task with his study of Computer security.

His research in Mobile device intersects with topics in Distributed computing, Data access, Embedded system and Network Access Device. His Embedded system research includes themes of Authentication, Security information and Mobile telephony. The Computer hardware study combines topics in areas such as Control, Portable data terminal, Computer graphics and Barcode.

Best Publications

  • Automatic security action invocation for mobile communications device

    Michael S. Brown;Neil Adams;Steven Fyke;Herbert Little

  • System and method for compressing secure E-mail for exchange with a mobile data communication device

    James A. Godfrey;Herbert A. Little;Michael K. Brown;Neil P. Adams

  • System and method for processing encoded messages for exchange with a mobile data communication device

    James A. Godfrey;Herbert A. Little

  • Methods and devices for facilitating bluetooth pairing using a camera as a barcode scanner

    Michael Stephen Brown;Herbert Anthony Little

  • System and method for secure message key caching in a mobile communication device

    Herbert A. Little;Michael G. Kirkup

  • System und Verfahren zum dynamischen Schieben von Informationen in drahtlose Datenkommunikationsgeräte

    Herbert A Little;Craig A Dunk;Hugh Hind;Gary P Mousseau

  • System and method for providing remote data access for a mobile communication device

    Salim H. Omar;Russell N. Owen;Herbert A. Little;Tomasz K. Rybak

  • System and method for supporting multiple certificate status providers on a mobile communication device

    Herbert Anthony Little;Stefan Erik Janhunen;Dale J. Hobbs

  • Selectively wiping a remote device

    Michael Kenneth Brown;Michael Stephen Brown;Herbert Anthony Little;Scott William Totzke

  • System and method of operation control on an electronic device

    Neil P. Adams;Michael G. Kirkup;Herbert A. Little;Russell N. Owen

  • System and method for privilege management and revocation

    Neil Patrick Adams;Herbert Anthony Little

  • Account management in a system and method for providing code signing services

    Neil Adams;Michael Kirkup;Herbert Little;Michael Rybak

  • Visual event notification on a handheld communications device

    Tammy MacFarlane;Alain Gagne;Chris Wormald;Herbert Little

  • System and method for secure control of resources of wireless mobile communication devices

    Russell Norman Owen;Herbert Anthony Little;David Paul Yach;Michael Shenfield

  • Method and system for supporting portable authenticators on electronic devices

    Neil P. Adams;David F. Tapuska;Michael S. Brown;Herbert A. Little

  • Battery pack authentication for a mobile device

    Herbert A. Little

  • System and method of secure authentication information distribution

    Herbert A. Little;Michael G. Kirkup;Ian M. Robertson

  • System and method of security function activation for a mobile electronic device

    Herbert A. Little;Neil P. Adams;Scott W. Totzke

  • System and method for processing encoded messages

    Herbert Anthony Little;Michael Stephen Brown

  • Certificate management and transfer system and method

    Herbert Anthony Little;Neil Patrick Adams;David Francis Tapuska;Michael Stephen Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil Patrick Adams
Neil Patrick Adams Blackberry (United States)
Michael S. Brown
Michael S. Brown ISARA Corporation
Michael K. Brown
Michael K. Brown Auvik Networks Inc.
Michael Shenfield
Michael Shenfield Blackberry (United States)
Mihal Lazaridis
Mihal Lazaridis Blackberry (United States)
Steven Henry Fyke
Steven Henry Fyke Blackberry (United States)

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