Inventor · Mercer Island, WA, US

Fred Torok

34Patents
10h-index
33Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 20, 2012 → Jul 20, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9304736B1 Voice controlled assistant with non-verbal code entry Physics 333 Active
US9324322B1 Automatic volume attenuation for speech enabled devices Electricity 209 Active
US9064495B1 Measurement of user perceived latency in a cloud based speech application Electricity 149 Active
US10224056B1 Contingent device actions during loss of network connectivity Physics 126 Active
US8977555B2 Identification of utterance subjects Physics 16 Active
US10249296B1 Application discovery and selection in language-based systems Physics 12 Active
US10031722B1 Grouping devices for voice control Physics 12 Active
US9240187B2 Identification of utterance subjects Physics 12 Active
US9282403B1 User perceived gapless playback Electricity 12 Active
US10453461B1 Remote execution of secondary-device drivers Physics 11 Active
US9996148B1 Rule-based presentation of media items Physics 4 Active
US10839795B2 Implicit target selection for multiple audio playback devices in an environment Physics 4 Active
US10264358B2 Selection of master device for synchronized audio Electricity 3 Active
US10431217B2 Audio playback device that dynamically switches between receiving audio data from a soft access point and receiving audio data from a local access point Electricity 2 Active
US9293138B2 Storing state information from network-based user devices Physics 2 Active
US9781214B2 Load-balanced, persistent connection techniques Electricity 1 Active
US10976996B1 Grouping devices for voice control Physics 1 Active
US11538480B1 Integration of speech processing functionality with organization systems Electricity 1 Active
US10904665B2 Selection of master device for synchronized audio Electricity 1 Active
US11756550B1 Integration of speech processing functionality with organization systems Electricity 1 Active
US11422772B1 Creating scenes from voice-controllable devices Physics 1 Active
US10055190B2 Attribute-based audio channel arbitration Physics 0 Active
US9712625B2 Load-balanced, persistent connection techniques General 0 Revoked
US12014117B2 Grouping devices for voice control Physics 0 Active
US12051415B1 Integration of speech processing functionality with organization systems Electricity 0 Active

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