Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Scott Herz

105Patents
26h-index
75Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 24, 2006 → Feb 7, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7479949B2 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics Electricity 1,853 Active
US7957762B2 Using ambient light sensor to augment proximity sensor output Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 603 Active
US7694231B2 Keyboards for portable electronic devices Physics 331 Active
US7844915B2 Application programming interfaces for scrolling operations Physics 239 Active
US8564544B2 Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for customizing display of content category icons Electricity 173 Active
US8260320B2 Location specific content Electricity 144 Active
US7671756B2 Portable electronic device with alert silencing Electricity 105 Active
US8369867B2 Location sharing Electricity 93 Active
US7956846B2 Portable electronic device with content-dependent touch sensitivity Physics 91 Active
US8600430B2 Using ambient light sensor to augment proximity sensor output Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Active
US8135389B2 Missed telephone call management for a portable multifunction device Electricity 82 Active
US9001047B2 Modal change based on orientation of a portable multifunction device Electricity 82 Active
US10540976B2 Contextual voice commands Physics 82 Active
US7777732B2 Multi-event input system Physics 66 Active
US10761691B2 Portable multifunction device with animated user interface transitions Electricity 64 Active
US8031164B2 Backlight and ambient light sensor system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Active
US9619143B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for viewing application launch icons Physics 58 Active
US8340635B2 Capability model for mobile devices Electricity 51 Active
US8698727B2 Backlight and ambient light sensor system Electricity 51 Active
US8661363B2 Application programming interfaces for scrolling operations Physics 41 Active
US8014760B2 Missed telephone call management for a portable multifunction device Electricity 32 Active
US10002199B2 Mobile device with localized app recommendations Electricity 31 Active
US9304675B2 Portable electronic device for instant messaging Electricity 30 Active
US9965035B2 Device, method, and graphical user interface for synchronizing two or more displays Electricity 30 Active
US10354531B1 System and method for identifying available parking locations Physics 27 Active

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