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Harold Aaron Ludtke
Also filed as: LUDTKE HAROLD A · LUDTKE HAROLD AARON
48 granted patents·26 pending applications·3,520 citations·filing 1998–2022
99Inventor score
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74 records- 0198US6202210B1Method and system for collecting data over a 1394 network to support analysis of consumer behavior, marketing and customer supportSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 13, 2001·445 cites·31 claims
- 0297US6501441B1Method of and apparatus for partitioning, scaling and displaying video and/or graphics across several display devicesSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 31, 2002·352 cites·45 claims
- 0396US11942806B2Battery charging system and mobile and accessory devicesAPPLE INC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 26, 2024·3 cites·22 claims
- 0496US6131129AComputer system within an AV/C based media changer subunit providing a standarized command setSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 10, 2000·124 cites·23 claims
- 0594US7729925B2System and method for facilitating real time transactions between a user and multiple entitiesSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 1, 2010·70 cites·45 claims
- 0694US6595342B1Method and apparatus for a biometrically-secured self-service kiosk system for guaranteed product delivery and returnSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 22, 2003·348 cites·16 claims
- 0794US6233611B1Media manager for controlling autonomous media devices within a network environment and managing the flow and format of data between the devicesSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted May 15, 2001·235 cites·40 claims
- 0893US6496860B2Media manager for controlling autonomous media devices within a network environment and managing the flow and format of data between the devicesSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 17, 2002·70 cites·43 claims
- 0991US8269453B2Battery charging system for mobile and accessory deviceLUDTKE HAROLD AARON·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 18, 2012·20 cites·13 claims
- 1091US7188110B1Secure and convenient method and apparatus for storing and transmitting telephony-based dataSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 6, 2007·77 cites·23 claims
- 1191US6867764B2Data entry user interfaceSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 15, 2005·65 cites·12 claims
- 1290US6799205B2Distributed help system for consumer electronic devicesSONY CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 28, 2004·60 cites·10 claims
- 1390US6237049B1Method and system for defining and discovering proxy functionality on a distributed audio video networkSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted May 22, 2001·228 cites·37 claims
- 1490US6154206AMethod and apparatus for distributed conditional access control on a serial communication networkSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 28, 2000·216 cites·32 claims
- 1590US6141702AModel and command set for an AV/C-based disc media player recorderSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 31, 2000·135 cites·23 claims
- 1689US6453376B1Method for implementing scheduling mechanisms with selectable resource modesSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·60 cites·34 claims
- 1786US7069558B1System and method for interactively utilizing a user interface to manage device resourcesSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 27, 2006·44 cites·5 claims
- 1886US6986463B2Method and system of broadcasting item locationSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 17, 2006·38 cites·26 claims
- 1986US6456892B1Data driven interaction for networked control of a DDI target device over a home entertainment networkSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 24, 2002·225 cites·24 claims
- 2085US6148241AMethod and system for providing a user interface for a networked device using panel subunit descriptor informationSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 14, 2000·161 cites·23 claims
- 2183US6421069B1Method and apparatus for including self-describing information within devicesSONY CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jul 16, 2002·127 cites·64 claims
- 2279US6493753B2Media manager for controlling autonomous media devices within a network environment and managing the flow and format of data between the devicesSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 10, 2002·21 cites·50 claims
- 2377US7251633B2Method or system for executing deferred transactionsSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 31, 2007·13 cites·69 claims
- 2477US7075557B2Method of and apparatus for handling high bandwidth on-screen-display graphics data over a distributed IEEE 1394 network utilizing an isochronous data transmission formatSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 11, 2006·14 cites·44 claims
- 2577US6940492B2System and method of secure touch screen input and displaySONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 6, 2005·26 cites·20 claims
- 2677US6377276B1Bitmap animation of on-screen-display graphics over a distributed network and a clipping region having a visible windowSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 23, 2002·62 cites·9 claims
- 2776US6584496B1Distributed help system for consumer electronic devicesSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 24, 2003·78 cites·7 claims
- 2875US10930984B2Battery charging system and mobile and accessory devicesAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 23, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 2973US7765163B2System and method for conducting secure transactions over a networkSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 27, 2010·8 cites·11 claims
- 3071US6460032B1System for searching through descriptive data in a network having a hierarchical data structure describing contents and capabilities of the network devicesSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 1, 2002·13 cites·29 claims
- 3171US2021126299A1Battery charging system and mobile and accessory devicesAPPLE INC·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 3270US6973653B1Method for utilizing resource characterizations to optimize performance in an electronic deviceSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 6, 2005·15 cites·53 claims
- 3369US6593937B2Method of and apparatus for handling high bandwidth on-screen-display graphics data over a distributed IEEE 1394 network utilizing an isochronous data transmission formatSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 15, 2003·54 cites·50 claims
- 3463US7552326B2Use of kernel authorization data to maintain security in a digital processing systemSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 23, 2009·11 cites·17 claims
- 3561US7268773B2Data entry user interfaceSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 11, 2007·6 cites·12 claims
- 3660US6675240B1Method of providing and enabling a dynamic and scaleable system architecture for a computer systemSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 6, 2004·6 cites·18 claims
- 3758US7720821B1Method of and apparatus for writing and reading time sensitive data within a storage deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 18, 2010·3 cites·31 claims
- 3855US6952826B1Method for implementing a multi-level system model for deterministically handling selected dataSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 4, 2005·4 cites·16 claims
- 3955US6279059B1Docking stationSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 21, 2001·24 cites·41 claims
- 4055US2003110133A1Automated digital rights management and payment system with embedded contentFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4155US2002123971A1Method and system of conducting network-based transactionsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4255US2002095386A1Account control and access management of sub-accounts from master accountFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4355US2003037009A1Monitoring and managing delivery of shipped itemsFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4454US6381655B1System for transmitting information about an electronic unit stored in a storage means having a hierarchical data structure to one of a plurality of electronic unitsSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 30, 2002·2 cites·10 claims
- 4554US2002052797A1Customizing a price of a product or a service by using an intelligent agentFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4654US2002143567A1Information-based digital currency and barteringFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4753US2013196183A1Battery charging system and mobile and accessory devicesAPPLE INC·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4853US2002128878A1Method and apparatus for consolidating billing information and paying suppliers on a networkFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4952US2002026423A1Automated usage-independent and location-independent agent-based incentive method and system for customer retentionSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Application pending·0 cites
- 5052US2002026419A1Apparatus and method for populating a portable smart deviceSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Application pending·0 cites
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