Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Edward T. Schmidt

35Patents
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63Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 1, 2010 → Mar 15, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8255731B1 Methods and apparatus for power state based backup Electricity 40 Active
US8868859B2 Methods and apparatus for multi-source restore Physics 31 Active
US8255545B1 Dual-phase content synchronization Electricity 13 Active
US11509726B2 Encapsulating and synchronizing state interactions between devices Electricity 12 Active
US8819471B2 Methods and apparatus for power state based backup Electricity 6 Active
US10331399B2 Smart audio playback when connecting to an audio output system Electricity 6 Active
US9483365B2 Methods and apparatus for multi-source restore Physics 6 Active
US9098363B2 Search extensibility to third party applications Physics 5 Active
US9317369B2 Methods and apparatus for multi-phase restore Physics 3 Active
US10609208B2 Managing device usage Physics 3 Active
US10019444B2 Universal identifier Physics 3 Active
US8689034B2 Methods and apparatus for power state based backup Electricity 2 Active
US10264319B2 Priming media applications and presenting primed media application data Electricity 2 Active
US9904597B2 Methods and apparatus for multi-phase restore Physics 2 Active
US10447748B2 Sharing media information between applications on client devices Electricity 2 Active
US11297369B2 Remotely controlling playback devices Electricity 1 Active
US11974338B2 Pairing devices by proxy Electricity 1 Active
US11005986B2 Managing device usage Physics 1 Active
US9953033B2 Wireless content synchronization Physics 1 Active
US10805370B2 Alarms for a system of smart media playback devices Electricity 1 Active
US10382522B2 Generating a dynamic user interface representing an arbitrary content provider back-end Electricity 0 Active
US10783929B2 Managing playback groups Electricity 0 Active
US10318114B2 Playlist-only media items Physics 0 Active
US10993274B2 Pairing devices by proxy Electricity 0 Active
US11949725B2 Alarms for a system of smart media playback devices Electricity 0 Active

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