Inventor · Mashpee, MA, US

Michael C. Silva

54Patents
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59Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 20, 1996 → Oct 4, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6088749A Universal API with generic call processing message having user-defined PPL event ID and generic response message for communications between telecommunications switch and host application Electricity 32 Expired
US6463056B1 Arrangement for providing network protocol data independence in an expandable telecommunications system Electricity 30 Expired
US7930644B2 Programming environment and metadata management for programmable multimedia controller Electricity 27 Active
US10042336B2 User-defined scenes for home automation Electricity 20 Active
US9153125B2 Programmable multimedia controller with programmable services Physics 12 Active
US9442474B2 Location-aware operation based on bluetooth positioning within a structure Electricity 12 Active
US8199113B2 Programmable on screen display and remote control Electricity 10 Active
US8421602B2 Remote control unit for a programmable multimedia controller Electricity 9 Active
US6389024B1 Flexible call routing system Electricity 8 Expired
US5987035A Process for signaling messages in a data switching network Electricity 8 Expired
US9806900B2 Wireless provisioning and configuring of hardware elements of a home automation system Electricity 6 Active
US8766782B2 Remote control unit for a programmable multimedia controller Electricity 6 Active
US8213463B2 Location-based sharing of multimedia control resources Electricity 5 Active
US6526050B1 Programming call-processing application in a switching system Electricity 5 Expired
US9513615B2 Techniques for configuring a multimedia system Physics 5 Active
US9541910B2 Remote control unit for a programmable multimedia controller Electricity 4 Active
US8914724B2 Method and apparatus for creating and modifying graphical schedules Physics 4 Active
US9736616B2 Configuration connection device Electricity 4 Active
US10863267B2 Volume control for audio/video devices Electricity 4 Active
US9323239B2 Configuration interface for a programmable multimedia controller Electricity 4 Active
US10613704B2 Small screen virtual room-based user interface Electricity 3 Active
US8884886B2 Touch sensitive video signal display for a programmable multimedia controller Electricity 3 Active
US6898199B1 Architecture for providing flexible, programmable supplementary services in an expandable telecommunications system Electricity 3 Expired
US10387007B2 Video tiling Electricity 3 Active
US8972858B2 Configuration interface for a programmable multimedia controller Electricity 3 Active

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