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WEBTV NETWORKS INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    267
About

WEBTV NETWORKS INC has a total of 267 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1996. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets audio-visual technology, computer technology and digital networks are VAU JEAN-MARIE, COMIGO LTD and PACKETVIDEO CORP.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing WEBTV NETWORKS INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Perlman Stephen G 72
#2 Leak Bruce A 49
#3 Goldman Phillip Y 48
#4 Zigmond Daniel J 26
#5 White Christopher M 23
#6 Blackketter Dean J 21
#7 Mighdoll Lee S 18
#8 Anderson David R 17
#9 Sfarti Adrian 15
#10 Malamy Adam 13

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
EP1315110A2 Method and systems for planning advertising campaigns
US7177356B2 Spatially transcoding a video stream
US6741259B2 Applying multiple texture maps to objects in three-dimensional imaging processes
US6518802B1 Circuits and methods for generating an accurate digital representation of a sinusoidal wave
US6606003B2 Error compensating voltage controlled oscillator
US6718421B1 Interconnect bus
US2002170057A1 Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming
US6859235B2 Adaptively deinterlacing video on a per pixel basis
US6850571B2 Systems and methods for MPEG subsample decoding
US6686915B2 Systems and methods for rendering visual effects that are a function of depth
US6697126B2 Intra-frame video error concealment
US6473099B1 Automatically upgrading software over a satellite link
US6816923B1 Arbitrating and servicing polychronous data requests in direct memory access
US6704776B1 Selecting attribute based content for server applications
US6785901B1 Altering locks on programming content
US7188188B1 Methods and computer program products for providing network quality of service for World Wide Web applications
US6766524B1 System and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs
US6678737B1 Home network appliance and method
WO0056067A1 Application program interfaces for electronic program guide data services
AU3896200A A system and method for efficiently tuning to channels of a variety of differentboradcast types