Inventor · Atlanta, GA, US

Edward Michael Silver

108Patents
20h-index
18Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 2001 → Nov 18, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6937742B2 Gesture activated home appliance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 396 Expired
US7680298B2 Methods, systems, and products for gesture-activated appliances Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 348 Active
US7162237B1 System for automatic selection of profile based on location Electricity 237 Expired
US7348882B2 Method and system for alerting a person to a situation Electricity 201 Expired
US7106846B2 System and method for caller control of a distinctive ring Electricity 154 Expired
US7444001B2 Gesture activated home appliance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Active
US7071821B2 Method and system for alerting a person to a situation Electricity 67 Expired
US7068291B1 Video display screen segmentation Physics 49 Expired
US7236611B2 Gesture activated home appliance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Expired
US7580873B1 Electronic financial assistant Physics 47 Expired
US7215750B2 System and method for providing custom caller-ID messages Electricity 35 Expired
US7046140B2 Method and system for alerting a person to a situation Electricity 35 Expired
US7254226B1 Call waiting priority alert Electricity 31 Expired
US6876970B1 Voice-activated tuning of broadcast channels Electricity 30 Expired
US7412047B2 Conference call setup automation Electricity 29 Expired
US8739221B2 Electronic programming guide Electricity 27 Active
US6754325B1 Caller control of call forwarding services Electricity 25 Expired
US6873692B1 Telephone synchronization with software applications and documents Electricity 23 Expired
US7443967B1 Second communication during ring suppression Electricity 22 Expired
US6853543B1 Pop-up laptop keyboard Physics 20 Expired
US7352854B1 Call waiting suppression Electricity 20 Expired
US7050559B2 Monitoring a call forwarded to a network-based voice mail system Electricity 19 Expired
US7389526B1 System and method for recording a digital video image Electricity 18 Expired
US6931117B2 Caller control of internet call waiting Electricity 16 Expired
US7197135B1 Systems and methods for caller-controlled tune notification of a call Electricity 16 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.