Inventor
DULAC STEPHEN P
US28 patents
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DIRECTV GROUP INC
17 patentsUS7343375B1Mar 11, 2008
Collection and correlation over time of private viewing usage data
DIRECTV GROUP INC56 citations98
US7191461B1Mar 13, 2007
Method and apparatus for adapting program guides to meet subscriber criteria
DIRECTV GROUP INC67 citations97
US9967521B2May 8, 2018
Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems
DIRECTV GROUP INC30 citations94
US7801303B2Sep 21, 2010
Video on demand in a broadcast network
DIRECTV GROUP INC49 citations94
US8001565B2Aug 16, 2011
Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systems
DIRECTV GROUP INC21 citations92
US7992175B2Aug 2, 2011
Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems
DIRECTV GROUP INC18 citations92
US7661119B1Feb 9, 2010
Method and apparatus for providing non-resident program guide information to a media subscriber
DIRECTV GROUP INC21 citations92
US7036137B1Apr 25, 2006
Method and apparatus for providing unified program guide information to a media subscriber
DIRECTV GROUP INC22 citations92
US6922844B1Jul 26, 2005
Method and apparatus for distinguishing program guides according to originating network
DIRECTV GROUP INC27 citations92
US10977631B2Apr 13, 2021
Secure content transfer systems and methods to operate the same
DIRECTV GROUP INC2 citations73
US7543317B2Jun 2, 2009
Service activation of set-top box functionality using broadcast conditional access system
DIRECTV GROUP INC6 citations73
US9819982B2Nov 14, 2017
Method and system for changing communication parameters of a content delivery system based on feedback from user devices
DIRECTV GROUP INC5 citations72
US8804035B1Aug 12, 2014
Method and system for communicating descriptive data in a television broadcast system
DIRECTV GROUP INC5 citations72
US7684409B2Mar 23, 2010
Efficient message delivery in a multi-channel uni-directional communications system
DIRECTV GROUP INC5 citations63
US7707609B2Apr 27, 2010
System and method for dynamically scheduling quasi on-demand programming in a broadcast television network
DIRECTV GROUP INC5 citations62
US9811789B2Nov 7, 2017
Secure content transfer systems and methods to operate the same
DIRECTV GROUP INC0 citations52
US9743121B2Aug 22, 2017
Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at broadcast headends in pay delivery systems
DIRECTV GROUP INC0 citations51
KAHN RAYNOLD M
5 patentsUS9485469B2Nov 1, 2016
Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems
KAHN RAYNOLD M35 citations94
US8775319B2Jul 8, 2014
Secure content transfer systems and methods to operate the same
KAHN RAYNOLD M15 citations92
US8095466B2Jan 10, 2012
Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at content servers in pay delivery systems
KAHN RAYNOLD M37 citations92
US8996421B2Mar 31, 2015
Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at broadcast headends in pay delivery systems
KAHN RAYNOLD M15 citations83
US8079043B2Dec 13, 2011
Service activation of set-top box functionality using broadcast conditional access system
KAHN RAYNOLD M2 citations62
PONTUAL ROMULO
3 patentsUS9456247B1Sep 27, 2016
Method and system for changing communication parameters of a content delivery system based on feedback from user devices
PONTUAL ROMULO57 citations96
US8849434B1Sep 30, 2014
Methods and apparatus to control audio leveling in media presentation devices
PONTUAL ROMULO9 citations83
US9137556B2Sep 15, 2015
Method and system of building a wanted list queue for a user in a content distribution system
PONTUAL ROMULO1 citations50