Inventor · La Porte, TX, US

Robert Williams

27Patents
10h-index
28Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 6, 1974 → Oct 10, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9858927B2 Processing spoken commands to control distributed audio outputs Electricity 173 Active
US9898250B1 Controlling distributed audio outputs to enable voice output Electricity 164 Active
US6405258B1 Method and apparatus for controlling the flow of data frames through a network switch on a port-by-port basis Electricity 94 Expired
US11127405B1 Selective requests for authentication for voice-based launching of applications Physics 82 Active
US10877637B1 Voice-based device operation mode management Physics 66 Active
US4140053A Mandrel mounting and trip mechanism for continuous motion decorator Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US5885133A Apparatus and method for cleaning tubular members Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US5499639A Apparatus and method for cleaning exchanger tubes Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 17 Expired
US4544915A Adjustable digital encoder Physics 11 Expired
US5664992A Apparatus and method for cleaning tubular members Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US4244292A Inker apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US4343391A Takeoff and restacking device for cup-like containers Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US4543883A Apparatus for printing frustoconical articles Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US10885910B1 Voice-forward graphical user interface mode management Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US9801216B1 Peer-to-peer configuration Electricity 4 Active
US4009776A Can unloader Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US4351610A Photocomposer Physics 3 Expired
US4458804A Contour in-feed means for continuous motion can decorator Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US10524299B1 Peer-to-peer configuration Electricity 2 Active
US4332316A Cup-stack delivery mechanism Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US10262657B1 Processing spoken commands to control distributed audio outputs Electricity 1 Active
US11822770B1 Input-based device operation mode management Physics 1 Active
US12094461B2 Processing spoken commands to control distributed audio outputs Electricity 0 Active
USD265480S Photoprocessor General 0 Expired
US10878815B2 Processing spoken commands to control distributed audio outputs Electricity 0 Active

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