Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Timo Bruck

64Patents
34h-index
61Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 5, 1995 → May 29, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
USD712920S1 Display screen or portion thereof with an animated graphical user interface General 359 Active
US6008836A Method and apparatus for adjusting television display control using a browser Electricity 278 Expired
US6628302B2 Interactive video programming methods Electricity 247 Expired
US6804825B1 Video on demand methods and systems Electricity 241 Expired
US5781189A Embedding internet browser/buttons within components of a network component system Physics 203 Expired
US6237022A System and method for distributing preferenced data over a communications network Electricity 199 Expired
US7392532B2 Interactive video programming methods Electricity 196 Expired
USD707245S1 Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface General 195 Active
US6338094B1 Method, device and system for playing a video file in response to selecting a web page link Electricity 193 Expired
US7143428B1 Concurrent viewing of a video programming and of text communications concerning the video programming Electricity 172 Expired
USD697526S1 Display screen or portion thereof with an animated graphical user interface General 163 Active
USD701869S1 Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface General 161 Active
USD687059S1 Display screen or portion thereof with an animated graphical user interface General 135 Active
US6701522B1 Apparatus and method for portal device authentication Physics 125 Expired
US6268856A System and method for controlling delivery of content over a communications network Electricity 104 Expired
USD697930S1 Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface General 103 Active
US6317780A System and method for distributing data over a communications network Electricity 91 Expired
US6317791A System and method for distributing data over a communications network for display during start-up Electricity 82 Expired
US8893032B2 User interfaces for HVAC schedule display and modification on smartphone or other space-limited touchscreen device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 76 Active
US9652976B2 Mobile user interface for event notifications arising from smart-home hazard detection devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Active
US6344855B1 Encapsulated network entity reference of a network component system for integrating object oriented software components Physics 74 Expired
USD742898S1 Display screen or portion thereof with a graphical user interface General 69 Active
US9222693B2 Touchscreen device user interface for remote control of a thermostat Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 66 Active
US5929852A Encapsulated network entity reference of a network component system Physics 62 Expired
US9049567B2 Hazard detection unit facilitating user-friendly setup experience Electricity 57 Active

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