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DIRECTV GROUP INC
US·689 granted patents·76 pending applications·10,427 citations·filing 1988–2021
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765 records- 0199US7191378B2Method and system for providing low density parity check (LDPC) encodingDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 13, 2007·259 cites·29 claims
- 0299US6813775B1Method and apparatus for sharing viewing preferencesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 2, 2004·285 cites·41 claims
- 0398US11113333B2Automated content tag processing for mobile mediaDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 7, 2021·15 cites·20 claims
- 0498US9967521B2Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systemsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 8, 2018·30 cites·14 claims
- 0598US7912219B1Just in time delivery of entitlement control message (ECMs) and other essential data elements for television programmingDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 22, 2011·80 cites·27 claims
- 0698US7882518B2Method and apparatus for transmission, receipt and display of advertisementsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 1, 2011·53 cites·18 claims
- 0798US7254829B1Method and apparatus for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video systemDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 7, 2007·71 cites·6 claims
- 0898US6975837B1Method and apparatus for reducing interference between terrestrially-based and space-based broadcast systemsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 13, 2005·171 cites·26 claims
- 0998US6853728B1Video on demand pay per view services with unmodified conditional access functionalityDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 8, 2005·256 cites·37 claims
- 1097US7460832B2Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interferenceDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 2, 2008·40 cites·20 claims
- 1197US7334181B2Method and system for providing short block length low density parity check (LDPC) codesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 19, 2008·63 cites·22 claims
- 1297US7167704B2Communication system using multiple link terminals for aircraftDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 23, 2007·63 cites·14 claims
- 1397US6973663B1Method and apparatus for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video systemDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 6, 2005·119 cites·24 claims
- 1497US6971119B1Method and apparatus for transmission, receipt, caching and display of one-way broadcast programming and dataDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 29, 2005·135 cites·23 claims
- 1597US6963622B2Bit labeling for amplitude phase shift constellation used with low density parity check (LDPC) codesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 8, 2005·145 cites·25 claims
- 1697US6772434B1Device and method for the integrated presentation of a secondary service as a part of a primary serviceDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 3, 2004·141 cites·28 claims
- 1797US6754906B1Categorical electronic program guideDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 22, 2004·137 cites·25 claims
- 1896US11025740B2Edge cache segment prefetchingDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 1, 2021·9 cites·20 claims
- 1996US7673297B1Automatic software update detection and flexible installer for set-top boxesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 2, 2010·127 cites·42 claims
- 2096US7552458B1Method and apparatus for transmission receipt and display of advertisementsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 23, 2009·96 cites·7 claims
- 2196US7366463B1Military UHF and commercial Geo-mobile system combination for radio signal relayDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 29, 2008·216 cites·34 claims
- 2296US7075945B2Dynamic mapping of broadcast resourcesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 11, 2006·105 cites·13 claims
- 2395US10082530B1Method and apparatus for rapid and scalable testing of antennasDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 25, 2018·17 cites·16 claims
- 2495US7673226B2Method and system for providing short block length low density parity check (LDPC) codesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 2, 2010·32 cites·21 claims
- 2595US7627284B2Method and apparatus for providing wideband services using medium and low earth orbit satellitesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 1, 2009·32 cites·6 claims
- 2695US7551736B2Physical layer header scrambling in satellite broadcast systemsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 23, 2009·22 cites·20 claims
- 2795US6961430B1Method and apparatus for background caching of encrypted programming data for later playbackDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 1, 2005·100 cites·28 claims
- 2894US10601946B2Edge cache segment prefetchingDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 24, 2020·13 cites·20 claims
- 2994US10397659B1Method and system for personalizing the display of recordings stored in a user receiving deviceDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 27, 2019·11 cites·21 claims
- 3094US9232279B2Method and system for using a second screen device to tune a set top box to display content playing on the second screen deviceDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 5, 2016·58 cites·13 claims
- 3194US7926078B2Virtual video on demand using multiple encrypted video segmentsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 12, 2011·60 cites·16 claims
- 3294US7483496B2Method and system for providing long and short block length low density parity check (LDPC) codesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 27, 2009·29 cites·24 claims
- 3394US7424662B2Method and system for providing low density parity check (LDPC) encodingDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 9, 2008·23 cites·22 claims
- 3494US7209524B2Layered modulation for digital signalsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 24, 2007·78 cites·45 claims
- 3594US7203311B1Super encrypted storage and retrieval of media programs in a hard-paired receiver and storage deviceDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 10, 2007·65 cites·37 claims
- 3694US6993499B2Pay-TV billing, system activation, and E-commerce using a pay-TV receiverDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 31, 2006·73 cites·42 claims
- 3794US6868292B2Device control via digitally stored program contentDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 15, 2005·361 cites·36 claims
- 3893US9467726B1Systems and methods for provisioning multi-dimensional rule based entitlement offersDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 11, 2016·17 cites·16 claims
- 3993US7992175B2Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systemsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 2, 2011·18 cites·19 claims
- 4093US7739711B2Electronic television program guide with calendar toolDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 15, 2010·52 cites·39 claims
- 4193US7657151B2Method and system for displaying a series of recordable eventsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 2, 2010·19 cites·20 claims
- 4293US7555006B2Method and system for adaptive transcoding and transrating in a video networkDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 30, 2009·97 cites·39 claims
- 4393US7412209B2Shifted channel characteristics for mitigating co-channel interferenceDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 12, 2008·15 cites·20 claims
- 4493US7379653B2Audio-video synchronization for digital systemsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 27, 2008·100 cites·30 claims
- 4593US7191461B1Method and apparatus for adapting program guides to meet subscriber criteriaDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 13, 2007·67 cites·16 claims
- 4693US6975600B1Multimode transmission system using TDMADIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 13, 2005·72 cites·15 claims
- 4793US6895217B1Stratospheric-based communication system for mobile users having adaptive interference rejectionDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2000·Granted May 17, 2005·69 cites·17 claims
- 4892US10003394B2Wireless communications systems and methodsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 19, 2018·8 cites·20 claims
- 4992US8347281B2Automatic software update detection and flexible installer for set-top boxesDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 1, 2013·20 cites·40 claims
- 5092US8001565B2Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systemsDIRECTV GROUP INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 16, 2011·21 cites·36 claims
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