Inventor · Mason, OH, US

Michael D. McCarthy

23Patents
7h-index
13Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 1, 1979 → Feb 23, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9137281B2 Dynamically enabling guest device supporting network-based media sharing protocol to share media content over local area computer network of lodging establishment with subset of in-room media devices connected thereto Electricity 31 Active
US4269150A Dog leash Human Necessities 28 Expired
US8572662B2 Method of providing customized hospitality media functions at a plurality of set-top boxes being connected to an RF coax network, and hospitality media system thereof Electricity 19 Active
US6185775A Utility ramp Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
USD263344S Teller machine wall unit or the like General 15 Expired
US9172733B2 Dynamic assignment of central media device supporting network-based media sharing protocol to guest device of hospitality establishment for media sharing purposes Electricity 11 Active
US9928531B2 In store voice picking system Physics 7 Active
US9781172B2 Media proxy that transparently proxies network-based media sharing protocol between guest device and an associated one of a plurality of media devices Electricity 7 Active
US9100665B2 Method of providing customized hospitality media functions at a plurality of set-top boxes being connected to an RF coax network, and hospitality media system thereof Electricity 6 Active
US9491492B2 Playing pay-per-view program at set-top box connected to one-way broadcast-only RF coax network after receiving passkey targeting identifier of that set-top box from user Electricity 5 Active
US9819971B2 Providing customized content-on-demand media functions at a hospitality establishment according to passkeys Electricity 4 Active
US10686851B2 Dynamically enabling user device to utilize network-based media sharing protocol Electricity 4 Active
US11706263B2 Allowing both internet access and network-based media sharing with media devices of particular guest room in response to confirming personal details received from guest device match registered guest of hospitality establishment Electricity 4 Active
US10230994B2 Providing customized media functions at a hospitality establishment according to passkeys Electricity 3 Active
US10911499B2 Dynamically enabling user device to discover service available on computer network Electricity 3 Active
US10863209B2 Authorizing playback and selecting RF channel for media content playback according to passkeys Electricity 3 Active
US4593651A Livestock feed conveyor including provision for multiple feeder bunks Human Necessities 2 Expired
US10065811B2 Robotic carton unloader with integral extraction mechanism Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US6636569B1 Nyquist band frequency translation Electricity 1 Expired
US5014845A Conveyor with rigidly locked sections Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US11284121B2 Activating media function on particular media device at hospitality establishment utilizing passkey generated according to current time and identifier of the particular media device Electricity 0 Active
US10977704B2 In store voice picking system Physics 0 Active
US11706464B2 Activating media function on particular media device at hospitality establishment utilizing passkey generated according to current time and identifier of the particular media device Electricity 0 Active

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