Inventor · Woodinville, WA, US

James A. Billmaier

58Patents
28h-index
24Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 22, 2000 → Jul 26, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD462339S1 Remote control General 187 Expired
US7055104B1 System and method for focused navigation using filters Electricity 180 Expired
USD462340S1 Remote control General 167 Expired
US7076202B1 System and method for providing an electronic program guide of live and cached radio programs accessible to a mobile device Electricity 145 Expired
US7650569B1 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 130 Active
US6710815B1 Synchronizing multiple signals received through different transmission mediums Electricity 127 Expired
US7594246B1 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 106 Expired
USD470153S1 User interface design for a television display screen General 93 Expired
US7237252B2 Method and apparatus to invoke a shopping ticker Electricity 92 Expired
US7380260B1 Focused navigation interface for a PC media center and extension device Electricity 90 Expired
US6972787B1 System and method for tracking an object with multiple cameras Electricity 75 Expired
US7107532B1 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 75 Expired
US7080394B2 System and method for capturing video frames for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 73 Expired
US7350157B1 Filtering by broadcast or recording quality within an electronic program guide Electricity 73 Expired
US7159177B2 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 67 Expired
US7155675B2 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 55 Expired
US6727935B1 System and method for selectively obscuring a video signal Electricity 51 Expired
US7243123B1 Video call routing with presence determination Electricity 51 Expired
US7735102B1 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 50 Active
US7006613B2 System and method for screening incoming video communications within an interactive television system Electricity 47 Expired
US7757253B2 System and method for capturing video clips for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 44 Active
US7159176B2 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 40 Expired
US7428023B2 Remote control device with integrated display screen for controlling a digital video recorder Electricity 39 Expired
US8099680B1 System and method of contextual pre-tuning Electricity 36 Active
US7107531B2 System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Electricity 35 Expired

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