Inventor · Lompoc, CA, US

Paul Bates

96Patents
17h-index
36Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 19, 2012 → Jan 10, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9374607B2 Media playback system with guest access Electricity 213 Active
US10499146B2 Voice control of a media playback system Electricity 133 Active
US8910265B2 Assisted registration of audio sources Electricity 112 Active
US9977561B2 Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide guest access Electricity 97 Active
US10712997B2 Room association based on name Electricity 95 Active
US11212612B2 Voice control of a media playback system Electricity 67 Active
US11175880B2 Systems and methods for voice-assisted media content selection Physics 66 Active
USD795887S1 Display screen with icon General 56 Active
US9232277B2 Associating playback devices with playback queues Electricity 52 Active
US10469897B2 Context-based user music menu systems and methods Electricity 45 Active
US9519413B2 Lock screen media playback control Physics 45 Active
US9727219B2 Media playback system controller having multiple graphical interfaces Electricity 43 Active
US10771274B2 Playback queue control Electricity 40 Active
US9892118B2 Dynamic display of filter criteria Physics 33 Active
US10055108B2 Location based playback system control Physics 31 Active
US10270612B2 Playback queue control for a zone-based media playback system Electricity 29 Active
USD959484S1 Display screen or portion thereof with icon General 17 Active
US10275138B2 Zone recognition Physics 16 Active
US10268357B2 Playback modification based on proximity Physics 12 Active
US8908879B2 Audio content auditioning Electricity 11 Active
US9779613B2 Display and control of pre-determined audio content playback Electricity 10 Active
USD879797S1 Display screen or portion thereof with icon General 8 Active
US9078010B2 Audio content playback management Electricity 4 Active
US10592086B2 Location based playback system control Physics 4 Active
US9483230B1 Wearable device zone group control Electricity 4 Active

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