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Kyle Prestenback — 40 Patents

Disney: 24 patents #256 of 6,686Top 4%
CACarnival: 11 patents #1 of 13Top 8%
IBM: 4 patents #21,783 of 70,183Top 35%
Virginia Gardens, FL: #1 of 6 inventorsTop 20%
Florida: #830 of 67,251 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Kyle Prestenback has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at Disney. The first was granted in 2010 and the most recent in June 2025. Kyle Prestenback ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Kyle Prestenback in Virginia Gardens, FL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2010 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2018.peak 62010: 3 patents20102012: 3 patents2013: 3 patents20132014: 4 patents2015: 5 patents20152016: 5 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 6 patents2019: 5 patents20192022: 1 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12342255 Antenna device for a wireless guest engagement system and methods for making and using the same John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2025-06-24
12058596 Signal processing of a wireless guest engagement system and methods for making and using the same John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2024-08-06
11671807 Wireless device and methods for making and using the same John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2023-06-06
11582507 Methods and apparatuses for combining and distributing user enhanced video/audio content Evan Tahler, Brian Kwan, David Jessen 2023-02-14 $1,089,266,000
11252548 Wireless guest engagement system John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2022-02-15
10499228 Wireless guest engagement system John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2019-12-03
10304271 Devices and accessories for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2019-05-28
10271005 Event state monitoring for multiple platforms associated with a user account Evan Tahler 2019-04-23 $132,089,000
10238976 Location-based experience with interactive merchandise Jonathan Ackley, Christopher Purvis, Scott F. Watson, Mark A. Reichow 2019-03-26 $206,228,000
10171978 Door locks and assemblies for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2019-01-01
10157514 Portable wireless devices for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2018-12-18
D835201 Gaming station Richard J. Criado, Caitlin Rose Merryman, Michael G. Jungen, John Padgett, Jeff Ashbrook 2018-12-04
10049516 Door locks and assemblies for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2018-08-14
10045184 Wireless guest engagement system John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2018-08-07
10037642 Devices and accessories for use in wireless guest engagement systems John Padgett, Michael G. Jungen, Douglas Steele, Richard J. Criado, Vince Ball +5 more 2018-07-31
9959897 User input handling for digital video playback device Evan Tahler, David Jessen, Brian Kwan 2018-05-01 $71,619,000
9639850 Systems and methods for incentivizing content engagement Jeffrey R. Ashbrook, Evan Acosta, Brian Kwan, David Jessen 2017-05-02 $105,264,000
9522341 System and method for an interactive device for use with a media device Evan Tahler 2016-12-20 $136,390,000
9383730 Zone based identification for interactive experiences 2016-07-05 $235,221,000
9253539 Systems and methods for settings management across multiple titles Jeffrey R. Ashbrook, Brian Ikei 2016-02-02 $118,719,000
9247007 System and method for providing a peripheral control interface for extending media device functions Evan Tahler, Jeffrey R. Ashbrook 2016-01-26 $79,260,000
9232280 System and method for transmitting a services list to a playback device Jeffrey R. Ashbrook 2016-01-05 $732,742,000
9077858 Media playback system and method for monitoring usage of media contents Jeff Ashbrook, Evan Tahler, David Jessen 2015-07-07 $127,755,000
9071854 System and method for transmitting a services list to a playback device Jeffrey R. Ashbrook 2015-06-30 $159,385,000
9065870 Method and system for pairing a medium to a user account Evan Tahler 2015-06-23 $646,914,000