Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Michael E. Knappe

43Patents
16h-index
28Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 31, 1994 → Nov 17, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6850496B1 Virtual conference room for voice conferencing Electricity 146 Expired
US7002992B1 Codec selection to improve media communication Electricity 134 Expired
US6011851A Spatial audio processing method and apparatus for context switching between telephony applications Electricity 99 Expired
US6853716B1 System and method for identifying a participant during a conference call Electricity 83 Expired
US6826159B1 System and method for providing speaker identification in a conference call Electricity 81 Expired
US7058168B1 Method and system for participant control of privacy during multiparty communication sessions Electricity 66 Expired
US6707821B1 Time-sensitive-packet jitter and latency minimization on a shared data link Electricity 64 Expired
US6240084A Telephony-enabled network processing device with separate TDM bus and host system backplane bus Electricity 64 Expired
US9130859B1 Methods and apparatus for inter-virtual local area network multicast services Electricity 59 Active
US6061431A Method for hearing loss compensation in telephony systems based on telephone number resolution Electricity 58 Expired
US6603774B1 Signaling and handling method for proxy transcoding of encoded voice packets in packet telephony applications Electricity 49 Expired
US6973184B1 System and method for stereo conferencing over low-bandwidth links Physics 45 Expired
US7065203B1 Method and system for managing call requests in a limited bandwidth environment Electricity 37 Expired
US7180997B2 Method and system for improving the intelligibility of a moderator during a multiparty communication session Electricity 32 Expired
US9258313B1 Distributed application awareness Electricity 24 Active
US7068792B1 Enhanced spatial mixing to enable three-dimensional audio deployment Electricity 17 Expired
US6785267B1 Access and control system for enhanced audio capabilities in an integrated telephony/high speed data access device Electricity 16 Expired
US6922396B1 System and method for managing time sensitive data streams across a communication network Electricity 16 Expired
US7194084B2 System and method for stereo conferencing over low-bandwidth links Physics 15 Expired
US6904037B2 Asymmetric implementation of DSVD for voice/data internet access Electricity 15 Expired
US6873604B1 Method and apparatus for transitioning comfort noise in an IP-based telephony system Electricity 14 Expired
US7099280B1 Method and system for logging voice quality issues for communication connections Electricity 13 Expired
US6754342B1 Method and apparatus for concealing mute in an IP-based telephony system Electricity 13 Expired
US7249185B1 Methods, devices and software for redundant transmission of voice data over a packet network connection established according to an unreliable communication protocol Electricity 10 Expired
US5485514A Telephone instrument and method for altering audible characteristics Electricity 10 Expired

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