G06F 3/167
Audio in a user interface
Official title: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback}
G06F3/167 (Audio in a user interface) appears on 12,576 US grants and 15,784 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 12,576
- Published applications
- 15,784
- Assignees
- 2,685
- Inventors
- 24,543
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 559 | 675 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Methods and systems for controlling media content presentation on a smart glasses display6 Oct 2026US 12,754,431 B2Adeia Guides Inc.
- Audio-visual navigation and communication dynamic memory architectures6 Oct 2026US 12,754,651 B2Aq Media, Inc.
- Authentication using active acoustic sensing6 Oct 2026US 12,754,987 B2Google Inc.
- Human-robot collaboration for 3D functional mapping6 Oct 2026US 12,755,420 B2Intel Corporation
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- Emotive assistant with attention-based interaction capabilities8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310290 A1
- Dynamic packaging system for a wearable biosensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310297 A1Aquilx Incorporated
- Voice Controlled Vision Blocker Shield Attachment for a Headset8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310402 A1
- Adaptive User Interfaces8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310403 A1Google Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for synchronizing operations among a plurality of independently clocked digital data processing devices1,949US 8,234,395 B2Sonos, Inc. · 2012
- Method and device for obtaining playlist content over a network1,821US 8,045,952 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011
- Vehicle interior LED lighting system962US 7,195,381 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2007
- Method and apparatus for accelerated scrolling756US 7,312,785 B2Apple Inc. · 2007
- Method and device for an internet radio capable of obtaining playlist content from a content server732US 8,050,652 B2Horsham Enterprises, LLC · 2011