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Alan Ward
Also filed as: WARD ALAN · WARD ALAN S
24 granted patents·8 pending applications·579 citations·filing 1986–2021
96Inventor score
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32 records- 0195US8984442B2Method and system for upgrading a previously purchased media assetPIRNACK TRACY·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 17, 2015·288 cites·46 claims
- 0295US8166508B2Content rental systemMITSUJI HIRO·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 24, 2012·63 cites·26 claims
- 0394US9948617B2Secure software updatesAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 17, 2018·11 cites·20 claims
- 0494US7774708B2Graphical user interface with improved media presentationAPPLE INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 10, 2010·47 cites·17 claims
- 0593US8677430B2Content rental systemMITSUJI HIRO·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 18, 2014·24 cites·14 claims
- 0689US9075882B1Recommending content itemsWARD ALAN·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 7, 2015·33 cites·24 claims
- 0788US10521812B2Method and system for upgrading a previously purchased media assetAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 31, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 0888US9489496B2Secure software updatesWYSOCKI CHRISTOPHER R·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 8, 2016·16 cites·31 claims
- 0978US7809949B2Configuration of a computing device in a secure mannerAPPLE INC·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 5, 2010·6 cites·32 claims
- 1077US6799266B1Methods and apparatus for reducing the size of code with an exposed pipeline by encoding NOP operations as instruction operandsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 28, 2004·24 cites·17 claims
- 1175US6922829B2Method of generating profile-optimized codeTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 26, 2005·24 cites·15 claims
- 1274US8214648B2Secure configuration of a computing deviceWYSOCKI CHRISTOPHER R·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 3, 2012·1 cites·20 claims
- 1370US8782521B2Graphical user interface with improved media presentationBELL CHRISTOPHER L·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 15, 2014·2 cites·19 claims
- 1467US6754893B2Method for collapsing the prolog and epilog of software pipelined loopsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 22, 2004·14 cites·12 claims
- 1567US6718544B1User interface for making compiler tradeoffsTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 6, 2004·14 cites·10 claims
- 1666US11178121B2Secure software updatesAPPLE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 1763US2022007081A1Content Rental SystemAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 1862US11039219B2Content rental systemAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 15, 2021·0 cites·23 claims
- 1962US8135865B2Synchronization and transfer of digital media itemsFLEISCHMAN DAVID·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 13, 2012·2 cites·12 claims
- 2061US10432593B2Secure software updatesAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 1, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 2160US10104441B2Content rental systemAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 16, 2018·0 cites·21 claims
- 2258US9665878B2Method and system for upgrading a previously purchased media assetAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 30, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 2355US8117309B2Re-download management of previously acquired digital media assetsMIRRASHIDI PAYAM·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 14, 2012·1 cites·25 claims
- 2453US2008120609A1Method and System for Upgrading a Previously Purchased Media AssetGATES PATRICK·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2553US2009063301A1Digital Asset Delivery to Different DevicesWARD ALAN·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 2652US2007208583A1Computing popularity based upon subscriptionsAPPLE COMPUTER·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2751US2008120199A1Method and system for upgrading a previously purchased media assetPIRNACK TRACY·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2850US8631241B2Secure configuration of computing deviceWYSOCKI CHRISTOPHER R·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 14, 2014·0 cites·18 claims
- 2947US2016048902A1Recommending Content ItemsAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 3045US2012137376A1Re-download management of previously acquired digital media assetsMIRRASHIDI PAYAM·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3144US2005125783A1Program optimization with intermediate codeTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 3227US4867493ADoor stopKICKSTOP LIMITED·Filed 1986·Granted Sep 19, 1989·5 cites·10 claims
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