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Robert O. Banker
Also filed as: BANKER ROBERT O
64 granted patents·14 pending applications·8,428 citations·filing 1976–2014
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78 records- 0199US7373650B1Apparatuses and methods to enable the simultaneous viewing of multiple television channels and electronic program guide contentSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted May 13, 2008·282 cites·36 claims
- 0299US5485221ASubscription television system and terminal for enabling simultaneous display of multiple servicesSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 16, 1996·699 cites·10 claims
- 0398US6744967B2Program position user interface for personal video recording time shift bufferSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 1, 2004·288 cites·46 claims
- 0498US6516412B2Authorization of services in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 4, 2003·194 cites·52 claims
- 0598US6292568B1Representing entitlements to service in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 18, 2001·214 cites·13 claims
- 0698US6252964B1Authorization of services in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 26, 2001·191 cites·6 claims
- 0798US6246767B1Source authentication of download information in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 12, 2001·160 cites·36 claims
- 0898US6105134AVerification of the source of program information in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 15, 2000·376 cites·17 claims
- 0998US5477262AMethod and apparatus for providing an on-screen user interface for a subscription television terminalSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 19, 1995·477 cites·18 claims
- 1098US5440632AReprogrammable subscriber terminalSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 8, 1995·554 cites·62 claims
- 1198US5247364AMethod and apparatus for tuning data channels in a subscription television system having in-band data transmissionsSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 21, 1993·444 cites·8 claims
- 1297US7200857B1Synchronized video-on-demand supplemental commentarySCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 3, 2007·116 cites·17 claims
- 1397US7010801B1Video on demand system with parameter-controlled bandwidth deallocationSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 7, 2006·193 cites·6 claims
- 1497US5301028AMethod and apparatus for displaying channel identification informationSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 5, 1994·282 cites·32 claims
- 1597US4466017ASync suppression scrambling of television signals for subscription TVSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1981·Granted Aug 14, 1984·154 cites·40 claims
- 1696US6978310B1Media-on-demand catalog viewing preference systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 20, 2005·110 cites·13 claims
- 1796US6526508B2Source authentication of download information in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 25, 2003·117 cites·31 claims
- 1896US5317391AMethod and apparatus for providing message information to subscribers in a cable television systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1991·Granted May 31, 1994·225 cites·20 claims
- 1996US4523228ASync suppression scrambling of television signals for subscription TVSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1983·Granted Jun 11, 1985·115 cites·12 claims
- 2095US6817028B1Reduced screen control system for interactive program guideSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 9, 2004·75 cites·8 claims
- 2195US5357276AMethod of providing video on demand with VCR like functionsSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 18, 1994·1.2k cites·4 claims
- 2295US5058160AIn-band controllerSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1990·Granted Oct 15, 1991·283 cites·12 claims
- 2394US7308697B1Systems and methods for multimedia messaging in a cable or satellite subscriber systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 11, 2007·75 cites·4 claims
- 2494US6937729B2Representing entitlements to service in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 30, 2005·60 cites·45 claims
- 2594US5579057ADisplay system for selectively overlaying symbols and graphics onto a video signalSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 26, 1996·235 cites·39 claims
- 2693US5715515AMethod and apparatus for downloading on-screen graphics and captions to a television terminalSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 3, 1998·221 cites·27 claims
- 2792US8516525B1Integrated searching system for interactive media guideJERDING DEAN F·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 20, 2013·58 cites·52 claims
- 2892US8037504B2Video on demand system with selectable options of configurable random-access controlJERDING DEAN F·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 11, 2011·21 cites·27 claims
- 2991US8056106B2Video on demand system with dynamic enablement of random-access functionalityRODRIGUEZ ARTURO A·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 8, 2011·18 cites·28 claims
- 3091US7992163B1Video-on-demand navigational systemJERDING DEAN F·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 2, 2011·70 cites·22 claims
- 3191US6971008B2Authorization of services in a conditional access systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 29, 2005·62 cites·60 claims
- 3291US6832386B1System and method for allowing a user to quickly navigate within a program guide to an established reference pointSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 14, 2004·52 cites·41 claims
- 3390US8069259B2Managing removal of media titles from a listRODRIGUEZ ARTURO A·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 29, 2011·14 cites·51 claims
- 3489US7934232B1Navigation paradigm for access to television servicesJERDING DEAN F·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 26, 2011·32 cites·13 claims
- 3589US7120922B2Time-adaptive control of television viewing functionalitySCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 10, 2006·34 cites·41 claims
- 3689US5497187AIn-band/out-of-band data transmission method and apparatus for a television systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1994·Granted Mar 5, 1996·147 cites·7 claims
- 3787US6005938APreventing replay attacks on digital information distributed by network service providersSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 21, 1999·184 cites·42 claims
- 3886US7290274B1Context sensitive television menuSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 30, 2007·27 cites·24 claims
- 3984US7512315B2Managing time shift buffersCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 31, 2009·18 cites·26 claims
- 4082US8161388B2Interactive discovery of display device characteristicsRODRIGUEZ ARTURO A·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 17, 2012·22 cites·41 claims
- 4182US6664984B2Method and system for identification of pay-per-view programmingSCIENT ATLANTIC INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 16, 2003·23 cites·11 claims
- 4281US8577201B2Buffering of prior displayed television channels upon accessing a different channelKAMINSKI DARIUSZ S·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 5, 2013·6 cites·20 claims
- 4381US6212278B1Reprogrammable subscriber terminalSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 3, 2001·46 cites·49 claims
- 4480US4924498AMethod and apparatus for improving video scrambling and employing split snyc pulsesSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1988·Granted May 8, 1990·41 cites·4 claims
- 4578US7962370B2Methods in a media service system for transaction processingRODRIGUEZ ARTURO A·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 14, 2011·25 cites·33 claims
- 4676US8255951B2User input for access to television servicesJERDING DEAN F·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 28, 2012·9 cites·10 claims
- 4776US6671879B1Method and apparatus for pay-per-view systemSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 30, 2003·54 cites·8 claims
- 4875US8079047B1Program information searching system for interactive program guideJERDING DEAN F·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 13, 2011·14 cites·56 claims
- 4975US6785817B2Reprogrammable subscriber terminalSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 31, 2004·8 cites·36 claims
- 5075US6564324B2Reprogrammable subscriber terminalSCIENTIFIC ATLANTA·Filed 2000·Granted May 13, 2003·8 cites·20 claims
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