Inventor

BARRETT PETER T

US68 patents

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BARRETT PETER T

MICROSOFT CORP

Multi-DVR node communication

Fast channel change

Using broadcast television as a portal for video on demand solicitation

Media stream splicer

Advertising using a combination of video and banner advertisements

Unified recording and pause buffer format

Accelerated channel change in rate-limited environments

Generating and searching compressed data

Systems and methods for interfacing with a user in instant messaging

Systems and methods for playing digital video in reverse and fast forward modes

Media recommendations based on negative feedback

Three-dimensional program guide

Media organization for distributed sending of media data

Priority mechanism for distributed sending of media data

Generating and searching compressed data

Generating and searching compressed data

Seamless digital channel changing

Mixed-media service collections for multimedia platforms

Systems and methods for interfacing with a user in instant messaging

Systems and methods for direct storage of compressed scan converted data

Accelerated channel change in rate-limited environments

Retry strategies for use in a streaming environment

Full scale video with overlaid graphical user interface and scaled image

Trick mode support for VOD with long intra-frame intervals

Electronic program guide displayed with recommendations

Systems and methods for playing digital video in reverse and fast forward modes

Scheduling scheme for distributed sending of media data

Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming

Full scale video with overlaid graphical user interface and scaled image

Full scale video with overlaid graphical user interface and scaled image

Specialized media presentation via an electronic program guide (EPG)

Time-based selection of EPG data destined for low resource clients

Generating and searching compressed data

Media organization for distributed sending of media data

Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming

Media network using set-top boxes as nodes

Architecture for distributed sending of media data

BARRETT PETER T

Recorded programs ranked based on social networks

Configuration of user interfaces

Fast digital channel changing

Bookmark interpretation service

Specialized media presentation via an electronic program guide (EPG)

WEBTV NETWORKS INC

System for transmitting digital data through a lossy channel

Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming

RADIUS INC

Method and apparatus for vector quantization for real-time playback on low cost personal computers

Method and apparatus for displaying YUV color information on a pseudo-color RGB display

SUPERMAC TECHNOLOGY INC

Method and apparatus for compression data by generating base image data from luminance and chrominance components and detail image data from luminance component

SUPERMAC TECHNOLOGY

Method for image compression on a personal computer

GREEN DUSTIN L

Media stream splicer

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

Specialized media presentation via an electronic program guide (EPG)