Inventor · Auckland, NZ

Paul Ranford

14Patents
6h-index
10Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 7, 1994 → Oct 22, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8457888B2 Method for reminding users about future appointments while taking into account traveling time to the appointment location Physics 53 Active
US6990183B2 Multiple platform voice processing system with optimized resource allocation Electricity 18 Expired
US6418201B1 Multiple platform voice processing system with optimized resource allocation Electricity 17 Expired
US6556672B1 Fault tolerant voice processing system Electricity 16 Expired
US6304645A Call processing system with resources on multiple platforms Electricity 12 Expired
US8294683B2 Method of processing touch commands and voice commands in parallel in an electronic device supporting speech recognition Physics 6 Active
US8405677B2 Method of improving the accuracy of selecting a soft button displayed on a touch-sensitive screen and related portable electronic device Physics 5 Active
US8855918B2 Methods of assisting a user with selecting a route after a personal navigation device transitions from driving mode to walking mode Physics 5 Active
US8667424B2 Method of spreading out and displaying closely located points of interest on a personal navigation device Physics 5 Active
US8600667B2 Location based entertainment with a personal navigation device Physics 4 Active
US5608791A Group exchange port (GXP) Electricity 3 Expired
US7372871B2 Techniques to reduce information loss and translation costs in a system populated with data sources and sinks communicating with multiple data representations Electricity 2 Expired
US5719919A Run time control in a call processing system Electricity 2 Expired
US8428875B2 GPS management system Electricity 0 Active

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