Inventor · Redmond, WA, US

Timothy Sharpe

21Patents
12h-index
40Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 27, 2000 → Jun 24, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6642945B1 Method and system for optimizing a visual display for handheld computer systems Physics 411 Expired
US6664991B1 Method and apparatus for providing context menus on a pen-based device Physics 215 Expired
US7533352B2 Method and apparatus for providing context menus on a hand-held device Physics 136 Expired
US8472973B2 Adaptive energy-efficient location determination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Active
US6700591B1 Variable visual indicators based on predetermined characteristics Physics 74 Expired
US7210107B2 Menus whose geometry is bounded by two radii and an arc Physics 60 Expired
US7007237B1 Method and system for accessing web pages in the background Human Necessities 43 Expired
US7769142B2 Asynchronous discrete manageable instant voice messages Electricity 29 Active
US7352363B2 Single finger or thumb method for text entry via a keypad Electricity 21 Expired
US7962344B2 Depicting a speech user interface via graphical elements Physics 15 Active
US8290775B2 Pronunciation correction of text-to-speech systems between different spoken languages Physics 13 Active
US7769804B2 Server side search with multi-word word wheeling and wildcard expansion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Active
US7590553B2 Integrated spatial view of time, location, and event schedule information Physics 12 Active
US8909546B2 Privacy-centric ad models that leverage social graphs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7986953B2 Location determination with geographic and bias tuning Physics 5 Active
US8639276B2 Mobile telephone interactive call disposition system Electricity 4 Active
US7752560B2 Systems and methods for creating and managing graphical user interface lists Physics 3 Expired
US7590943B2 Systems and methods for creating and managing graphical user interface lists Physics 2 Active
US7603627B2 Systems and methods for creating and managing graphical user interface lists Physics 2 Expired
US8280025B2 Automated unique call announcement Electricity 2 Active
US9625563B2 Adaptive energy-efficient location determination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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