Inventor
OLSON KIPLEY J
US37 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
33 patentsUS6791581B2Sep 14, 2004
Methods and systems for synchronizing skin properties
MICROSOFT CORP81 citations99
US7065507B2Jun 20, 2006
Supervised license acquisition in a digital rights management system on a computing device
MICROSOFT CORP204 citations98
US7647346B2Jan 12, 2010
Automatic rules-based device synchronization
MICROSOFT CORP70 citations97
US7073130B2Jul 4, 2006
Methods and systems for creating skins
MICROSOFT CORP73 citations97
US6560636B2May 6, 2003
Methods for performing client-hosted application sessions in distributed processing systems
MICROSOFT CORP182 citations97
US6311209B1Oct 30, 2001
Methods for performing client-hosted application sessions in distributed processing systems
MICROSOFT CORP153 citations97
US5987376ANov 16, 1999
System and method for the distribution and synchronization of data and state information between clients in a distributed processing system
MICROSOFT CORP500 citations97
US7676590B2Mar 9, 2010
Background transcoding
MICROSOFT CORP97 citations96
US7770165B2Aug 3, 2010
Providing firmware updates to portable media devices
MICROSOFT CORP194 citations95
US6904566B2Jun 7, 2005
Methods, systems and media players for rendering different media types
MICROSOFT CORP73 citations95
US6374357B1Apr 16, 2002
System and method for regulating a network service provider's ability to host distributed applications in a distributed processing environment
MICROSOFT CORP93 citations95
US7801847B2Sep 21, 2010
Media file conversion using plug-ins
MICROSOFT CORP28 citations92
US7543235B2Jun 2, 2009
Methods and systems for creating skins
MICROSOFT CORP15 citations92
US7426691B2Sep 16, 2008
Methods and systems for creating and using skins
MICROSOFT CORP15 citations92
US7596234B2Sep 29, 2009
Method and apparatus for playback of audio files
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations91
US7072908B2Jul 4, 2006
Methods and systems for synchronizing visualizations with audio streams
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations91
US7593950B2Sep 22, 2009
Album art on devices with rules management
MICROSOFT CORP11 citations84
US7738766B2Jun 15, 2010
Sanctioned transcoding of digital-media content
MICROSOFT CORP15 citations83
US7480868B2Jan 20, 2009
Methods and systems for creating skins
MICROSOFT CORP8 citations83
US7272235B2Sep 18, 2007
Method and apparatus for audio normalization
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations83
US7620656B2Nov 17, 2009
Methods and systems for synchronizing visualizations with audio streams
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations82
US7571016B2Aug 4, 2009
Crossfade of media playback between different media processes
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations82
US7426692B2Sep 16, 2008
Methods and systems for creating and using skins
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations74
US7340681B2Mar 4, 2008
Methods and systems for creating and using skins
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations74
US7458020B2Nov 25, 2008
Methods and systems for creating skins
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations73
US7526505B2Apr 28, 2009
Methods and systems for synchronizing visualizations with audio streams
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations72
US7451399B2Nov 11, 2008
Methods and systems for creating skins
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations62
US7451402B2Nov 11, 2008
Methods and systems for creating skins
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations62
US7278102B2Oct 2, 2007
Methods, system and media players for rendering different media types
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations61
US7272794B2Sep 18, 2007
Methods, systems and media players for rendering different media types
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations61
US8054994B2Nov 8, 2011
Method and apparatus for audio normalization
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations51
US7599961B2Oct 6, 2009
Methods and systems for synchronizing visualizations with audio streams
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations50
US7596582B2Sep 29, 2009
Methods and systems for synchronizing visualizations with audio streams
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations50
APPLE COMPUTER
2 patentsUS5592588AJan 7, 1997
Method and apparatus for object-oriented digital audio signal processing using a chain of sound objects
APPLE COMPUTER129 citations94
US5581480ADec 3, 1996
Method and apparatus for mixing multiple channels of sampled digital audio using a non-linear clipping function
APPLE COMPUTER9 citations69