Inventor
COFFIN III LOUIS F
US33 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
17 patentsUS7010265B2Mar 7, 2006
Satellite receiving system with transmodulating outdoor unit
MICROSOFT CORP75 citations98
US7072627B2Jul 4, 2006
Method and apparatus for adjusting signal component strength
MICROSOFT CORP49 citations96
US6888888B1May 3, 2005
Simultaneous tuning of multiple channels using intermediate frequency sub-sampling
MICROSOFT CORP92 citations96
US7098868B2Aug 29, 2006
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MICROSOFT CORP53 citations94
US7149230B2Dec 12, 2006
Transport processor for processing multiple transport streams
MICROSOFT CORP19 citations87
US7664203B2Feb 16, 2010
Simultaneous tuning of multiple channels using intermediate frequency sub-sampling
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations82
US7269386B2Sep 11, 2007
Method and apparatus for adjusting signal component strength
MICROSOFT CORP7 citations74
US7463215B2Dec 9, 2008
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MICROSOFT CORP4 citations70
US7783247B2Aug 24, 2010
Satellite receiving system with transmodulating outdoor unit
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations63
US7634171B2Dec 15, 2009
PC-based personal video recorder
MICROSOFT CORP4 citations63
US7505012B2Mar 17, 2009
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MICROSOFT CORP3 citations61
US7495632B2Feb 24, 2009
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MICROSOFT CORP2 citations61
US7281186B2Oct 9, 2007
Error/status information management
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations61
US6983408B2Jan 3, 2006
Managing error/status information generated during video processing
MICROSOFT CORP3 citations61
US7151576B2Dec 19, 2006
Method and apparatus for modulating video signals
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations52
US7136112B2Nov 14, 2006
Method and apparatus for modulating video signals
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations52
US6956622B2Oct 18, 2005
Method and apparatus for modulating video signals
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations52
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC
13 patentsUS5905998AMay 18, 1999
Transaction activation processor for controlling memory transaction processing in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC176 citations99
US5655100AAug 5, 1997
Transaction activation processor for controlling memory transaction execution in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC288 citations99
US5692197ANov 25, 1997
Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a computer network without sacrificing performance
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC126 citations98
US5684977ANov 4, 1997
Writeback cancellation processing system for use in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC104 citations98
US5634068AMay 27, 1997
Packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC147 citations98
US5581729ADec 3, 1996
Parallelized coherent read and writeback transaction processing system for use in a packet switched cache coherent multiprocessor system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC121 citations97
US5657472AAug 12, 1997
Memory transaction execution system and method for multiprocessor system having independent parallel transaction queues associated with each processor
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC95 citations96
US5907485AMay 25, 1999
Method and apparatus for flow control in packet-switched computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC36 citations92
US5710891AJan 20, 1998
Pipelined distributed bus arbitration system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC35 citations92
US5706463AJan 6, 1998
Cache coherent computer system that minimizes invalidation and copyback operations
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC51 citations91
US5987579ANov 16, 1999
Method and apparatus for quickly initiating memory accesses in a multiprocessor cache coherent computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations74
US5862356AJan 19, 1999
Pipelined distributed bus arbitration system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC14 citations74
US5737755AApr 7, 1998
System level mechanism for invalidating data stored in the external cache of a processor in a computer system
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC1 citations51