Inventor
MAY JR WILLIAM B
US22 patents
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DISNEY ENTPR INC
8 patentsUS11509949B2Nov 22, 2022
Packager for segmenter fluidity
DISNEY ENTPR INC8 citations81
US11451603B2Sep 20, 2022
Selective pre-caching of media streams
DISNEY ENTPR INC4 citations63
US11757963B2Sep 12, 2023
Transcoder conditioning for segment fluidity
DISNEY ENTPR INC0 citations62
US11128688B2Sep 21, 2021
Transcoder conditioning for segment fluidity
DISNEY ENTPR INC0 citations62
US12244884B2Mar 4, 2025
Packager for segmenter fluidity
DISNEY ENTPR INC0 citations58
US11877022B2Jan 16, 2024
Packager for segmenter fluidity
DISNEY ENTPR INC0 citations58
US11368505B2Jun 21, 2022
Dynamic variant list modification to achieve bitrate reduction
DISNEY ENTPR INC0 citations53
US12126879B2Oct 22, 2024
Surgical micro-encoding of content
DISNEY ENTPR INC0 citations51
APPLE INC
5 patentsUS10135748B2Nov 20, 2018
Switching between media streams
APPLE INC4 citations72
US12531915B2Jan 20, 2026
Real-time or near real-time streaming
APPLE INC0 citations62
US10693930B2Jun 23, 2020
Real-time or near real-time streaming
APPLE INC0 citations52
US9979765B2May 22, 2018
Adaptive connection switching
APPLE INC1 citations48
US9660926B2May 23, 2017
Multi-stream scheduling and requests
APPLE INC0 citations48
CISCO TECH IND
4 patentsUS6578084B1Jun 10, 2003
Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains
CISCO TECH IND47 citations93
US6907468B1Jun 14, 2005
Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains
CISCO TECH IND14 citations89
US6381736B1Apr 30, 2002
Method for compile-time type-checking of arguments for externally-specified format strings
CISCO TECH IND27 citations89
US6321255B1Nov 20, 2001
Extensible storage of network device identification information
CISCO TECH IND12 citations66
CISCO TECH INC
3 patentsUS7649898B1Jan 19, 2010
Converting media streams in a communication system
CISCO TECH INC15 citations83
US7660477B2Feb 9, 2010
Multiple image artifact correction of images for a display having a partially-silvered surface
CISCO TECH INC4 citations63
US7970948B1Jun 28, 2011
Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains
CISCO TECH INC4 citations60