Inventor · Willow View Lane, CA, US

William Pat Price

31Patents
15h-index
16Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 26, 2000 → Mar 27, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.