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POTREBIC PETER J
US43 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
26 patentsUS6897904B2May 24, 2005
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
MICROSOFT CORP83 citations99
US7380264B2May 27, 2008
Systems for unifying heterogeneous multimedia tuners
MICROSOFT CORP79 citations98
US7088910B2Aug 8, 2006
Optimizing use of storage space in a video data recording system
MICROSOFT CORP153 citations98
US6798971B2Sep 28, 2004
Systems and methods for providing continuous recording of repeating programming
MICROSOFT CORP93 citations98
US7848618B2Dec 7, 2010
Unified recording and pause buffer format
MICROSOFT CORP59 citations97
US7882528B1Feb 1, 2011
Methods and systems for enhancing a user's viewing experience
MICROSOFT CORP41 citations93
US7773859B1Aug 10, 2010
Resolving recording conflicts between coinciding programming
MICROSOFT CORP32 citations93
US7600246B2Oct 6, 2009
Method and apparatus for analyzing program data
MICROSOFT CORP40 citations93
US7581238B1Aug 25, 2009
Program episodes recording
MICROSOFT CORP41 citations93
US7200611B2Apr 3, 2007
TV program database
MICROSOFT CORP26 citations93
US7640566B1Dec 29, 2009
Dynamic pause buffer sizing
MICROSOFT CORP23 citations92
US7634652B2Dec 15, 2009
Management of streaming content
MICROSOFT CORP47 citations92
US7555196B1Jun 30, 2009
Methods and systems for synchronizing timecodes when sending indices to client devices
MICROSOFT CORP34 citations92
US7298960B1Nov 20, 2007
Playback diagnostics
MICROSOFT CORP41 citations92
US7277137B2Oct 2, 2007
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations92
US7394967B1Jul 1, 2008
Recorded content management
MICROSOFT CORP33 citations90
US7685306B2Mar 23, 2010
Streaming content navigation
MICROSOFT CORP11 citations84
US7743398B2Jun 22, 2010
Video recording conflict management and user interface
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations82
US7584497B2Sep 1, 2009
Strategies for scheduling bandwidth-consuming media events
MICROSOFT CORP19 citations79
US7571454B2Aug 4, 2009
Strategies for updating schedules
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations79
US7701516B2Apr 20, 2010
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations74
US7603688B2Oct 13, 2009
Cycling of recording states for program selections during video recording conflict resolutions
MICROSOFT CORP7 citations72
US7792410B2Sep 7, 2010
Playback diagnostics
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations63
US7730510B1Jun 1, 2010
Methods and systems for conditionally managing entertainment systems
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations63
US7669222B2Feb 23, 2010
Virtual tuner management
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations62
US7809242B2Oct 5, 2010
Recording resource limitation resolution
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations42
POTREBIC PETER J
7 patentsUS8699861B2Apr 15, 2014
Recorded content management
POTREBIC PETER J9 citations80
US8234668B2Jul 31, 2012
Content access
POTREBIC PETER J7 citations79
US9241125B2Jan 19, 2016
Unified recording and pause buffer format
POTREBIC PETER J2 citations62
US8928819B2Jan 6, 2015
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
POTREBIC PETER J2 citations62
US8209720B2Jun 26, 2012
TV program database
POTREBIC PETER J4 citations62
US9084007B2Jul 14, 2015
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
POTREBIC PETER J0 citations51
US9160971B2Oct 13, 2015
Content access
POTREBIC PETER J0 citations48
ROVI TECH CORP
5 patentsUS9578363B2Feb 21, 2017
Content access
ROVI TECH CORP4 citations80
US10757465B2Aug 25, 2020
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
ROVI TECH CORP1 citations73
US11412288B2Aug 9, 2022
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
ROVI TECH CORP0 citations62
USRE48384EJan 5, 2021
Content access
ROVI TECH CORP0 citations59
US9854293B2Dec 26, 2017
Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners
ROVI TECH CORP0 citations52