William Folwell Barton
28Patents
12h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 13, 1979 → Oct 14, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9368105B1 | Preventing false wake word detections with a voice-controlled device | Physics | 296 | Active |
| US9689960B1 | Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systems | Electricity | 158 | Active |
| US9047857B1 | Voice commands for transitioning between device states | Physics | 87 | Active |
| US5787183A | Microphone system for teleconferencing system | Electricity | 84 | Expired |
| US10746840B1 | Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systems | Electricity | 47 | Active |
| US8131556B2 | Communications using different modalities | Electricity | 47 | Active |
| US5664021A | Microphone system for teleconferencing system | Electricity | 41 | Expired |
| US10331402B1 | Search and knowledge base question answering for a voice user interface | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US9466286B1 | Transitioning an electronic device between device states | Physics | 26 | Active |
| US9336767B1 | Detecting device proximities | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US9460715B2 | Identification using audio signatures and additional characteristics | Physics | 18 | Active |
| US9521486B1 | Frequency based beamforming | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US10706846B1 | Question answering for a voice user interface | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US9147399B1 | Identification using audio signatures and additional characteristics | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US7562019B2 | Automated testing of voice recognition software | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US10049656B1 | Generation of predictive natural language processing models | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9319783B1 | Attenuation of output audio based on residual echo | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| USD261996S | Levelling device | General | 5 | Expired |
| US8315874B2 | Voice user interface authoring tool | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US10964312B2 | Generation of predictive natural language processing models | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US10642577B2 | Search and knowledge base question answering for a voice user interface | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8805688B2 | Communications using different modalities | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10062372B1 | Detecting device proximities | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US11175372B1 | Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systems | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US11624800B1 | Beam rejection in multi-beam microphone systems | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.