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BANKER ROBERT O
US64 patents
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SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA
37 patentsUS7373650B1May 13, 2008
Apparatuses and methods to enable the simultaneous viewing of multiple television channels and electronic program guide content
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA282 citations99
US6526508B2Feb 25, 2003
Source authentication of download information in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA117 citations99
US6516412B2Feb 4, 2003
Authorization of services in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA194 citations99
US6292568B1Sep 18, 2001
Representing entitlements to service in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA214 citations99
US6252964B1Jun 26, 2001
Authorization of services in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA191 citations99
US6246767B1Jun 12, 2001
Source authentication of download information in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA160 citations99
US6105134AAug 15, 2000
Verification of the source of program information in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA376 citations99
US5485221AJan 16, 1996
Subscription television system and terminal for enabling simultaneous display of multiple services
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA699 citations99
US5477262ADec 19, 1995
Method and apparatus for providing an on-screen user interface for a subscription television terminal
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA477 citations99
US5317391AMay 31, 1994
Method and apparatus for providing message information to subscribers in a cable television system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA225 citations99
US5301028AApr 5, 1994
Method and apparatus for displaying channel identification information
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA282 citations99
US5247364ASep 21, 1993
Method and apparatus for tuning data channels in a subscription television system having in-band data transmissions
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA444 citations99
US4466017AAug 14, 1984
Sync suppression scrambling of television signals for subscription TV
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA154 citations99
US7200857B1Apr 3, 2007
Synchronized video-on-demand supplemental commentary
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA116 citations98
US6978310B1Dec 20, 2005
Media-on-demand catalog viewing preference system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA110 citations98
US6817028B1Nov 9, 2004
Reduced screen control system for interactive program guide
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA75 citations98
US6744967B2Jun 1, 2004
Program position user interface for personal video recording time shift buffer
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA288 citations98
US6005938ADec 21, 1999
Preventing replay attacks on digital information distributed by network service providers
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA184 citations98
US5440632AAug 8, 1995
Reprogrammable subscriber terminal
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA554 citations98
US7308697B1Dec 11, 2007
Systems and methods for multimedia messaging in a cable or satellite subscriber system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA75 citations97
US7010801B1Mar 7, 2006
Video on demand system with parameter-controlled bandwidth deallocation
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA193 citations97
US5579057ANov 26, 1996
Display system for selectively overlaying symbols and graphics onto a video signal
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA235 citations97
US6971008B2Nov 29, 2005
Authorization of services in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA62 citations96
US6937729B2Aug 30, 2005
Representing entitlements to service in a conditional access system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA60 citations96
US5715515AFeb 3, 1998
Method and apparatus for downloading on-screen graphics and captions to a television terminal
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA221 citations96
US4523228AJun 11, 1985
Sync suppression scrambling of television signals for subscription TV
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA115 citations96
US6212278B1Apr 3, 2001
Reprogrammable subscriber terminal
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA46 citations95
US5357276AOct 18, 1994
Method of providing video on demand with VCR like functions
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA1,189 citations95
US5058160AOct 15, 1991
In-band controller
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA283 citations94
US5497187AMar 5, 1996
In-band/out-of-band data transmission method and apparatus for a television system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA147 citations93
US7290274B1Oct 30, 2007
Context sensitive television menu
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA27 citations92
US7120922B2Oct 10, 2006
Time-adaptive control of television viewing functionality
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA34 citations92
US6671879B1Dec 30, 2003
Method and apparatus for pay-per-view system
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA54 citations92
US6832386B1Dec 14, 2004
System and method for allowing a user to quickly navigate within a program guide to an established reference point
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA52 citations91
US6166728ADec 26, 2000
Display system with programmable display parameters
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA43 citations89
US5142575AAug 25, 1992
Method and apparatus for improving video scrambling and employing split sync pulses
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA24 citations89
US4924498AMay 8, 1990
Method and apparatus for improving video scrambling and employing split snyc pulses
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA41 citations89
JERDING DEAN F
7 patentsUS8516525B1Aug 20, 2013
Integrated searching system for interactive media guide
JERDING DEAN F58 citations98
US7992163B1Aug 2, 2011
Video-on-demand navigational system
JERDING DEAN F70 citations96
US7934232B1Apr 26, 2011
Navigation paradigm for access to television services
JERDING DEAN F32 citations92
US8037504B2Oct 11, 2011
Video on demand system with selectable options of configurable random-access control
JERDING DEAN F21 citations90
US8079047B1Dec 13, 2011
Program information searching system for interactive program guide
JERDING DEAN F14 citations84
US8020184B2Sep 13, 2011
Channel control system for exiting from an interactive program guide
JERDING DEAN F8 citations84
US8255951B2Aug 28, 2012
User input for access to television services
JERDING DEAN F9 citations83
RODRIGUEZ ARTURO A
4 patentsUS7962370B2Jun 14, 2011
Methods in a media service system for transaction processing
RODRIGUEZ ARTURO A25 citations92
US8056106B2Nov 8, 2011
Video on demand system with dynamic enablement of random-access functionality
RODRIGUEZ ARTURO A18 citations90
US8161388B2Apr 17, 2012
Interactive discovery of display device characteristics
RODRIGUEZ ARTURO A22 citations89
US8069259B2Nov 29, 2011
Managing removal of media titles from a list
RODRIGUEZ ARTURO A14 citations84
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