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Dean E. Thorson — 54 Patents

Google: 18 patents #1,173 of 22,993Top 6%
Motorola: 17 patents #544 of 14,142Top 4%
Motorola Mobility: 12 patents #109 of 2,091Top 6%
RWRepublic Wireless: 6 patents #6 of 30Top 20%
RERelay: 1 patents #11 of 29Top 40%
Grayslake, IL: #4 of 548 inventorsTop 1%
Illinois: #696 of 84,256 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #46,969 of 4,157,543Top 2%
54 Patents All Time
Dean E. Thorson has been granted 54 US patents while listed as an inventor at Google. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in September 2025. Dean E. Thorson ranks #46,969 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list Dean E. Thorson in Grayslake, IL, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 54 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12407982 Optimal microphone selection on a remote speaker/microphone (RSM) assembly Bokchain Koh, Matthew Newton, Michael Oltmanns 2025-09-02
10594868 Techniques for responding to inbound voice messages in a communication system Sai Rathnam, Justin Milam, Ryan McShane, James Mulcahy, Jared Kashimba +3 more 2020-03-17
10523818 Techniques for managing inbound voice messages in a communication system Sai Rathnam, Justin Milam, Ryan McShane, James Mulcahy, Jared Kashimba +3 more 2019-12-31
10470005 Techniques for managing outbound voice messages in a communication system Sai Rathnam, Justin Milam, Ryan McShane, James Mulcahy, Jared Kashimba +3 more 2019-11-05
10321251 Techniques of performing microphone switching for a multi-microphone equipped device 2019-06-11
10021618 Apparatus and method for cloud assisted wireless mobility William K. Morgan, Daniel C. Chisu 2018-07-10 $26,663,000
9992708 Micro to macro IP connection handover Naveen Aerrabotu 2018-06-05 $29,508,000
9972343 Multi-step validation of wakeup phrase processing Jared Kashimba, Matthew Newton, Justin Milam 2018-05-15
9930125 Methods for coordinating communications between a plurality of communication devices of a user William P. Alberth, Jr., Kevin L. Baum 2018-03-27 $31,907,000
9775130 System and method for managing a location of an alert for a remotely originating incoming communication Stephane Maes 2017-09-26 $11,810,000
9674064 Techniques for server transaction processing 2017-06-06
9538452 Management of ad-hoc peer-to-peer connections to provide data network access using a plurality of heterogeneous wide area networks Krishna K. Bellamkonda, Nischal Patel, Brett L. Robertson, Jarrett Simerson, Malhar D. Vaishnav 2017-01-03 $13,711,000
9491706 Reduced-power transmitting from a communications device Steve R. Hauswirth, Eric Krenz, Paul J. Moller 2016-11-08 $11,507,000
9438642 Methods for coordinating communications between a plurality of communication devices of a user William P. Alberth, Jr., Kevin L. Baum 2016-09-06 $12,831,000
9392322 Method of visually synchronizing differing camera feeds with common subject 2016-07-12 $17,855,000
9338290 Method and apparatus for facilitating a communication session Jerome Vogedes, Mark R. Lemke 2016-05-10 $18,289,000
9215302 Method and device for determining user handedness and controlling a user interface Naveen Aerrabotu 2015-12-15 $23,405,000
9197925 Populating a user interface display with information William P. Alberth, Jr., Geoffrey S. Roman 2015-11-24 $15,500,000
9191497 Method and apparatus for implementing avatar modifications in another user's avatar William P. Alberth, Jr. 2015-11-17 $22,421,000
9146624 Method for managing screen orientation of a portable electronic device Hong Zhao, LieJun Tao 2015-09-29 $17,122,000
9140782 Inter-vehicle alert system with nagable video look ahead William P. Alberth, Jr. 2015-09-22 $16,694,000
9116567 Systems and methods for managing the display of content on an electronic device William P. Alberth, Jr. 2015-08-25 $16,710,000
9077848 Side channel for employing descriptive audio commentary about a video conference William P. Alberth, Jr. 2015-07-07 $11,187,000
8995939 Method and apparatus for power cutback in a simultaneous dual frequency band call Thomas D. Nagode, Lawrence R. Schumacher 2015-03-31 $6,798,000
8976218 Apparatus for providing feedback on nonverbal cues of video conference participants William P. Alberth, Jr. 2015-03-10 $10,628,000