Inventor · Englewood, CO, US

William R. Reams

32Patents
8h-index
16Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 15, 1996 → Nov 3, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.