Inventor · Madison, WI, US

Michael P. Ruf

32Patents
13h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 29, 1993 → May 20, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7609650B2 Collection of data at target wireless devices using data collection profiles Electricity 296 Active
US7551922B2 Rule based data collection and management in a wireless communications network Electricity 274 Active
US7159008B1 Chat interface with haptic feedback functionality Electricity 180 Expired
US7013155B1 Delivery of an instant voice message in a wireless network using the SMS protocol Electricity 131 Expired
US7016844B2 System and method for online transcription services Electricity 124 Expired
US6853915B2 Motor vehicle navigation system that receives route information from a central unit Physics 56 Expired
US5467132A Method for digital transmission of hierarchical HDTV, EDTV and SDTV television signals Electricity 46 Expired
US8233943B1 Selective activation of alerts for receipt and availability of data in a communication device Electricity 40 Active
US7227930B1 Systems and methods for criteria-based recording of voice data Electricity 38 Expired
US7493365B2 Chat interface with haptic feedback functionality Electricity 35 Active
US7317919B1 Initiating a wireless communication session from contact information on a computer Electricity 19 Expired
US7747265B1 Initiating a wireless communication session from contact information on a computer Electricity 14 Active
US6996089B1 Method of transmitting digitally coded traffic information and radio receiver for same Electricity 13 Expired
US8392392B1 Voice request broker Electricity 11 Active
US8548433B1 Voice messaging service for network-based instant connect systems Electricity 9 Active
US6920327B1 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN MASTER/SLAVE STATIONS BY MEANS OF RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER FOR THE ALLOCATION OF RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR THE TRANSMISSION DATA BETWEEN MASTER/SLAVE STATIONS Electricity 5 Expired
US8576994B2 Visual voice messaging state synchronization Electricity 2 Active
US8391447B2 Visual voice messaging state synchronization Electricity 2 Active
US9372163B2 Method of conducting an X-ray diffraction-based crystallography analysis Physics 1 Active
US8239647B2 User interface indicator for mobile device backup status Physics 1 Active
US8571584B1 Delivery of voice data from multimedia messaging service messages Electricity 1 Active
US8122211B2 User interface indicator for mobile device backup status Physics 1 Active
US9049535B2 Recording a voice message in response to termination of a push-to-talk session Electricity 0 Active
US12122104B2 Method for forming connections from a reinforcing fiber or reinforcing fibers, and method for producing a pressure container Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9321174B2 Manipulator arrangement and method for operating the manipulator arrangement Performing Operations; Transporting 0 Active

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