William Pat Price
31Patents
15h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 26, 2000 → Mar 27, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7296284B1 | Client terminal for displaying ranked program listings based upon a selected rating source | Electricity | 219 | Expired |
| US7027716B1 | Communicating between a digital video recorder (DVR) and a set top box (STB) to coordinate the display of a graphical user interface | Electricity | 211 | Expired |
| US7813954B1 | Audiovisual system and method for displaying segmented advertisements tailored to the characteristic viewing preferences of a user | Physics | 185 | Active |
| US6986154B1 | System and method for selecting content to be presented to a user | Electricity | 181 | Expired |
| US7319806B1 | Audiovisual system which uses metadata to allow user-initiated jumps from point to point within multiple audiovisual streams | Electricity | 174 | Expired |
| US7292774B1 | System and method for creating and displaying a preference based menu for a viewing session | Electricity | 154 | Expired |
| US7292775B1 | Communicating program identifiers from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a set top box (STB) independent of when the STB demodulates the associated program data | Electricity | 148 | Expired |
| US6578106B1 | Data storage system adapted to select an operational state with corresponding performance levels and acoustic noise levels based on a system profile | Electricity | 143 | Expired |
| US7106947B2 | Communicating a channel-change event from a set top box to a digital video recorder | Electricity | 140 | Expired |
| US7325244B2 | Displaying a program guide responsive to electronic program guide data and program recording indicators | Electricity | 139 | Expired |
| US8091112B1 | System and a method for transmitting and receiving a program with improved efficiency | Electricity | 139 | Active |
| US6934713B2 | Method and system for presenting programs to a user that facilitate selecting programs from a multitude of programs | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 138 | Expired |
| US7249365B1 | System and method for ensuring presentation of embedded rich media across station boundaries | Electricity | 132 | Expired |
| US8417566B2 | Audiovisual system and method for displaying segmented advertisements tailored to the characteristic viewing preferences of a user | Physics | 132 | Active |
| USD585068S1 | Memory card with contact exposing openings | General | 16 | Expired |
| US8347325B2 | System, method and apparatus for viewer detection and action | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US9886750B2 | Electronic device for reading diagnostic test results and collecting subject data for inclusion in a local chain of evidence database and for transferring and receiving data from remote databases | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US9691067B2 | Validation database resident on a network server and containing specified distinctive identifiers of local/mobile computing devices may be used as a digital hardware key in the process of gaining authorized access to a users online website account such as, but not limited to, e-commerce website account, online financial accounts and online email accounts | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9003280B2 | Displaying still and moving images of a constant size or images that occupy a specified percentage of a screen across different size display screens | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8201100B2 | Metadata driven control of navigational speed through a user interface | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9131269B2 | Method and apparatus for freezing a video stream on a digital television display such that the frame freeze point is before the viewer initiates the event | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8964007B2 | Frame system, method and apparatus for synchronizing three-dimensional eyewear | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9472144B2 | Controlling color and white temperature in an LCD display modulating supply current frequency | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US12120512B2 | Online validation service secures access to devices connected wirelessly to a secure secondary intelligent router module, which is connected via a wireless connection to a primary wired/wireless router/modem | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US8988340B2 | Controlling color and white temperature in an LCD display modulating supply current frequency | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.