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Geoffrey R. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH GEOFFREY · SMITH GEOFFREY R
30 granted patents·6 pending applications·925 citations·filing 2000–2020
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36 records- 0198US7634785B2DVR-based targeted advertisingMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 15, 2009·65 cites·15 claims
- 0298US6804824B1Systems and methods using multiple tunersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 12, 2004·240 cites·19 claims
- 0397US7853969B2Log processing to determine impression values using reliable durationsGOOGLE INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 14, 2010·46 cites·22 claims
- 0497US7088910B2Optimizing use of storage space in a video data recording systemMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 8, 2006·153 cites·29 claims
- 0596US6897904B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 24, 2005·83 cites·24 claims
- 0695US7477653B2Accelerated channel change in rate-limited environmentsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 13, 2009·77 cites·16 claims
- 0794US7944863B2Accelerated channel change in rate-limited environmentsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2008·Granted May 17, 2011·25 cites·32 claims
- 0892US8091101B2Channel tune dwell time log processingSMITH GEOFFREY R·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 3, 2012·18 cites·20 claims
- 0991US7743394B2Log processing of channel tunes and channel tune times generated from a television processing deviceGOOGLE INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 22, 2010·22 cites·23 claims
- 1090US7644103B2MediaDescription data structures for carrying descriptive content metadata and content acquisition data in multimedia systemsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 5, 2010·25 cites·20 claims
- 1188US7480701B2Mixed-media service collections for multimedia platformsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 20, 2009·35 cites·19 claims
- 1287US7701516B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 20, 2010·6 cites·8 claims
- 1384US7546383B2Enabling broadcast of multiple data configurationsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 9, 2009·30 cites·20 claims
- 1484US7277137B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 2, 2007·14 cites·21 claims
- 1583US7370129B2Retry strategies for use in a streaming environmentMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted May 6, 2008·35 cites·18 claims
- 1682US8438591B2Channel tune dwell time log processingSMITH GEOFFREY R·Filed 2011·Granted May 7, 2013·3 cites·18 claims
- 1780US10757465B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersROVI TECH CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 25, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 1880US8928819B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersPOTREBIC PETER J·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 6, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 1979US8495682B2Exposure based customization of surveysDIERKS TIMOTHY M·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 23, 2013·7 cites·21 claims
- 2078US8127325B2Log processing to determine impression values using reliable durationsSMITH GEOFFREY R·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 28, 2012·5 cites·23 claims
- 2178US7606255B2Selectively receiving broadcast data according to one of multiple data configurationsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 20, 2009·19 cites·30 claims
- 2277US8739199B2Log processing to determine impressions using an impression time windowSMITH GEOFFREY R·Filed 2012·Granted May 27, 2014·1 cites·24 claims
- 2373US7765305B2Retry request overload protectionMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 27, 2010·6 cites·16 claims
- 2472US11412288B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersROVI TECH CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 9, 2022·0 cites·14 claims
- 2571US8966516B2Determining automatically generated channel tunes based on channel tune dwell timesGOOGLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 24, 2015·0 cites·15 claims
- 2662US7574490B2Strategies for configuring a server-based information-transmission infrastructureMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 11, 2009·7 cites·28 claims
- 2760US9854293B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersROVI TECH CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 26, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 2857US9084007B2Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tunersPOTREBIC PETER J·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 14, 2015·0 cites·11 claims
- 2957US2010235219A1Reconciling forecast data with measured dataGOOGLE INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3052US7813268B2Retry strategies for use in a streaming environmentMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 12, 2010·0 cites·20 claims
- 3150US2009150198A1Estimating tv ad impressionsVOLOVICH YAROSLAV·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3245US2009150548A1Management of network-based services and servers within a server clusterMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3344US2006089935A1Failover and load balancing for server clustersMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 3442US7278009B2Tiered sequential processing media data through multiple processor chains with longest path tier assignment of processorsMICROSOFT CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 2, 2007·0 cites·17 claims
- 3542US2002108126A1Background enabled recording in a set top boxFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 3641US2007223668A1Inserting content into a connection using an intermediaryPHONEBITES INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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