Inventor
MICHENER JAMES A
US22 patents
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DIRECTV GROUP INC
11 patentsUS7912219B1Mar 22, 2011
Just in time delivery of entitlement control message (ECMs) and other essential data elements for television programming
DIRECTV GROUP INC80 citations98
US7283965B1Oct 16, 2007
Delivery and transmission of dolby digital AC-3 over television broadcast
DIRECTV GROUP INC57 citations96
US6744789B1Jun 1, 2004
System and method for translating MPEG packets which include PCR data into DIRECTV packets which include RTS data
DIRECTV GROUP INC52 citations92
US7376159B1May 20, 2008
Exploitation of null packets in packetized digital television systems
DIRECTV GROUP INC21 citations90
US7647221B2Jan 12, 2010
Audio level control for compressed audio
DIRECTV GROUP INC8 citations84
US7817184B1Oct 19, 2010
Methods and apparatus to test receivers
DIRECTV GROUP INC12 citations83
US7735111B2Jun 8, 2010
Merging of multiple encoded audio-video streams into one program with source clock frequency locked and encoder clock synchronized
DIRECTV GROUP INC19 citations77
US7948558B2May 24, 2011
Audio video timing measurement and synchronization
DIRECTV GROUP INC2 citations62
US7848933B2Dec 7, 2010
Error monitoring of a Dolby Digital AC-3 bit stream
DIRECTV GROUP INC2 citations62
US7848364B2Dec 7, 2010
Exploitation of null packets in packetized digital television systems
DIRECTV GROUP INC1 citations50
US9917564B2Mar 13, 2018
System and method to monitor audio loudness and provide audio automatic gain control
DIRECTV GROUP INC0 citations48
GRASS VALLEY GROUP
4 patentsUS4852035AJul 25, 1989
Simple coefficient half-bandwidth digital filter for video data compression
GRASS VALLEY GROUP36 citations92
US5448301ASep 5, 1995
Programmable video transformation rendering method and apparatus
GRASS VALLEY GROUP18 citations73
US4888768ADec 19, 1989
Frame format for video codec
GRASS VALLEY GROUP10 citations73
US4470064ASep 4, 1984
Horizontal sync to subcarrier phase measurement method and apparatus
GRASS VALLEY GROUP13 citations73
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP
2 patentsUS6323909B1Nov 27, 2001
Method and apparatus for transmitting high definition television programming using a digital satellite system transport and MPEG-2 packetized elementary streams (PES)
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP74 citations95
US6560496B1May 6, 2003
Method for altering AC-3 data streams using minimum computation
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP37 citations92