William R. Reams
32Patents
8h-index
16Co-inventors
72Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 15, 1996 → Nov 3, 2016
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5980194A | Wafer position error detection and correction system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 128 | Expired |
| US9202372B2 | Systems and methods for remote control setup | Physics | 86 | Active |
| US7907060B2 | Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting replacement of a battery in a remote control | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US8009054B2 | Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting a low battery detection threshold of a remote control | Physics | 12 | Active |
| US9094723B2 | Systems and methods for a remote alarm | Electricity | 12 | Active |
| US8082455B2 | Systems and methods for controlling the power state of remote control electronics | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Active |
| US8344859B2 | Automatic change of association of a remote control device with an electronic device | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US8544054B2 | System and method for remote device pairing | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US8698745B2 | Configuring the functionality of control elements of a control device based on orientation | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US8362908B2 | Systems and apparatus for battery replacement detection and reduced battery status transmission in a remote control | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8941784B2 | Easy RF remote control pairing for networked set top boxes | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8400344B2 | Methods and apparatus for learning remote control commands | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8305277B2 | Apparatus and methods for snow and ice detection and removal on a communication antenna | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US8545331B2 | Assisting use of control devices with different content players in a network | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US8707291B2 | Firmware recovery of wireless devices | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US9338495B2 | System and method for remote device pairing | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US8386649B2 | User input command relaying | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8749427B2 | Systems and methods for controlling power consumption in electronic devices | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9257034B2 | Systems, methods and apparatus for providing an audio indicator via a remote control | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8362909B2 | Systems, methods and apparatus for determining whether a low battery condition exists in a remote control | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US8786413B2 | Assisting use of control devices with different electronic devices | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US8305249B2 | Systems and methods for controlling power consumption in electronic devices | Electricity | 1 | Active |
| US9520743B2 | Reduction of power consumption in remote control electronics | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 1 | Active |
| US10198066B2 | Reduction of power consumption in remote control electronics | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Active |
| US9633556B2 | Adjusting acknowledgement requests for remote control transmissions based on previous acknowledgements | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.