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Robert Drew Major
Also filed as: MAJOR ROBERT D · MAJOR ROBERT DREW
76 granted patents·13 pending applications·1,451 citations·filing 1987–2025
99Inventor score
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89 records- 0199US7680897B1Methods and systems for managing network trafficNOVELL INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 16, 2010·354 cites·37 claims
- 0297US7954144B1Brokering state information and identity among user agents, origin servers, and proxiesNOVELL INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 31, 2011·174 cites·22 claims
- 0396US6862606B1System and method for partitioning address space in a proxy cache server clusterNOVELL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 1, 2005·174 cites·19 claims
- 0495US10687099B2Methods and systems for assisted content deliveryECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 16, 2020·7 cites·19 claims
- 0595US6993508B1Method and mechanism for vending digital contentNOVELL INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 31, 2006·133 cites·38 claims
- 0694US11924490B2Systems and methods for adapting content items to secured endpoint media device dataDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 5, 2024·3 cites·20 claims
- 0794US11750855B2Dynamic content insertion on a user-by-user basisDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 5, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 0894US11172269B2Automated commercial content shifting in a video streaming systemDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 9, 2021·4 cites·13 claims
- 0994US8925023B2Remote storage digital video recorder for multiple bitrate digital media contentDISH DIGITAL LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 30, 2014·12 cites·20 claims
- 1094US7386514B2Method and mechanism for vending digital contentNOVELL INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 10, 2008·33 cites·7 claims
- 1193US9100700B2File structure techniques for storing multiple bitrate contentECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 4, 2015·11 cites·17 claims
- 1293US8776151B2File system index table for a remote storage digital video recorder that handles multiple bitrate contentDISH DIGITAL LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 8, 2014·10 cites·15 claims
- 1392US11917246B2Automated content identification for binge watching of digital mediaDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 27, 2024·1 cites·16 claims
- 1492US10904596B2Dynamic content delivery routing and related methods and systemsDISH TECH LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 26, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 1592US10194183B2Remote storage digital video recorder streaming and related methodsECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 29, 2019·5 cites·18 claims
- 1692US9407564B2Apparatus, system, and method for adaptive-rate shifting of streaming contentECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 2, 2016·8 cites·16 claims
- 1792US9049484B2Efficient assignment of program copies in a network digital video recorderDISH DIGITAL LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 2, 2015·17 cites·20 claims
- 1892US8832757B2Late assignment of recorded digital media content at time of playbackDISH DIGITAL LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 9, 2014·9 cites·18 claims
- 1992US8832724B2Remote storage digital video recorder that supports shared and per-subscriber content rightsDISH DIGITAL LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 9, 2014·9 cites·18 claims
- 2092US8683013B2System and method for data streaming in a computer networkMAJOR ROBERT D·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 25, 2014·27 cites·23 claims
- 2192US7721117B2Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanismSHERER W PAUL·Filed 2006·Granted May 18, 2010·23 cites·21 claims
- 2292US6542967B1Cache object storeNOVELL INC·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 1, 2003·205 cites·22 claims
- 2391US10721508B2Methods and systems for adaptive content deliveryECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 21, 2020·4 cites·20 claims
- 2491US9661380B2Television content management with integrated third party interfaceECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2014·Granted May 23, 2017·10 cites·20 claims
- 2591US8850017B2Brokering state information and identity among user agents, origin servers, and proxiesEBRAHIMI HASHEM MOHAMMAD·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 30, 2014·17 cites·20 claims
- 2690US9071873B2Storage device management techniques for a remote storage digital video recorder that handles multiple bitrate contentECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 30, 2015·6 cites·20 claims
- 2789US11979624B1Correcting ad markers in media contentSLING TV L L C·Filed 2022·Granted May 7, 2024·1 cites·18 claims
- 2889US10368109B2Dynamic content delivery routing and related methods and systemsECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 30, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 2989US10212490B2Pre-distribution identification of broadcast television content using audio fingerprintsECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 19, 2019·7 cites·16 claims
- 3089US9432701B2Distribution schemes for storing multiple bitrate contentECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 30, 2016·4 cites·18 claims
- 3189US8370649B2Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanismCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 5, 2013·14 cites·20 claims
- 3288US11245936B2Dynamic content insertion on a user-by-user basisDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 8, 2022·3 cites·17 claims
- 3388US10945048B2Methods and apparatus for presenting advertisements during playback of recorded television contentECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 9, 2021·5 cites·13 claims
- 3488US10798433B2Dynamic content delivery routing and related methods and systemsDISH TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 6, 2020·2 cites·20 claims
- 3587US6990512B1Method and system for using live time shift technology to control a multimedia fileNOVELL INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 24, 2006·92 cites·22 claims
- 3686US10757156B2Apparatus, system, and method for adaptive-rate shifting of streaming contentDISH TECH LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 25, 2020·3 cites·18 claims
- 3785US11245946B2Systems and methods for adapting content items to secured endpoint media device dataDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 8, 2022·2 cites·20 claims
- 3884US9716856B2Adaptive bit rate transcode and caching for off air television programming deliveryLYNCH ROGER·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 25, 2017·7 cites·23 claims
- 3983US11974024B2Automated program promotion detection in a video streaming systemSLING TV L L C·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 30, 2024·1 cites·18 claims
- 4083US8145570B2Method and mechanism for vending digital contentMAJOR ROBERT DREW·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 27, 2012·14 cites·7 claims
- 4182US11178469B2Pre-distribution identification of broadcast television content using audio fingerprintsDISH TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 16, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 4282US10812845B2Remote storage digital video recorder streaming and related methodsDISH TECH LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 20, 2020·1 cites·19 claims
- 4381US10356358B2Transcoding and caching for off air television programming deliveryDISH TECH LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 16, 2019·2 cites·18 claims
- 4480US12301937B2Automated content identification for binge watching of digital mediaDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2024·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·15 claims
- 4579US12244896B2Automated content identification for binge watching of digital media using auto-skip processingDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
- 4679US10412446B2Television content management with integrated third party interfaceECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 10, 2019·2 cites·18 claims
- 4779US8326967B2Stream control failover utilizing the sharing of state information within a logical group of stream serversSHERER W PAUL·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 4, 2012·6 cites·11 claims
- 4878US9716916B2Adaptive multicast delivery of media streamsECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 25, 2017·3 cites·17 claims
- 4977US2025047912A1Dynamic content insertion on a user-by-user basisDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 5076US12316896B2Systems and methods for adapting content items to secured endpoint media device dataDISH NETWORK LLC·Filed 2024·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
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