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Joel Zdepski
Also filed as: ZDEPSKI JOEL · ZDEPSKI JOEL W · ZDEPSKI JOEL WALTER
58 granted patents·12 pending applications·4,699 citations·filing 1989–2024
99Inventor score
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70 records- 0198US5122875AAn HDTV compression systemGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 16, 1992·403 cites·18 claims
- 0297US10631042B2Methods and systems for enabling communications between devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 21, 2020·51 cites·22 claims
- 0397US5289276AMethod and apparatus for conveying compressed video data over a noisy communication channelGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1992·Granted Feb 22, 1994·344 cites·15 claims
- 0496US11671651B2Methods and systems for enabling communications between devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 6, 2023·5 cites·20 claims
- 0596US5371547AApparatus for excising (and reinserting) specific data from a compressed video data stream to reduce its transmission bandwidthGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 6, 1994·208 cites·6 claims
- 0696US5247363AError concealment apparatus for hdtv receiversRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 21, 1993·204 cites·10 claims
- 0796US5111292APriority selection apparatus as for a video signal processorGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1991·Granted May 5, 1992·333 cites·13 claims
- 0895US8331772B1Systems and methods to position and play contentZDEPSKI JOEL·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 11, 2012·28 cites·23 claims
- 0995US6931660B1Interactive television system and method for simultaneous transmission and rendering of multiple MPEG-encoded video streamsOPENTV INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 16, 2005·99 cites·33 claims
- 1095US5455629AApparatus for concealing errors in a digital video processing systemRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 3, 1995·187 cites·12 claims
- 1195US5442400AError concealment apparatus for MPEG-like video dataRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 15, 1995·200 cites·6 claims
- 1295US5148272AApparatus for recombining prioritized video dataRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 15, 1992·211 cites·17 claims
- 1394US11330326B2Methods and systems for enabling communications between devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted May 10, 2022·7 cites·20 claims
- 1494US10327035B2Systems and methods for associating communication devices with output devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 18, 2019·12 cites·10 claims
- 1594US10291956B2Methods and systems for enabling communications between devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 14, 2019·10 cites·19 claims
- 1694US5937331AProtocol and system for transmitting triggers from a remote network and for controlling interactive program content at a broadcast stationFiled 1996·Granted Aug 10, 1999·227 cites·17 claims
- 1793US11122318B2Methods and systems for implementing legacy remote and keystroke redirectionSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 14, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 1893US10743075B2Systems and methods for associating communication devices with output devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 11, 2020·9 cites·14 claims
- 1993US6606746B1Interactive television system and method for displaying a graphical user interface using insert picturesOPENTV INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 12, 2003·181 cites·32 claims
- 2093US6006256ASystem and method for inserting interactive program content within a television signal originating at a remote networkOPENTV INC·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 21, 1999·291 cites·41 claims
- 2192US5825884AMethod and apparatus for operating a transactional server in a proprietary database environmentTHOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 20, 1998·662 cites·49 claims
- 2291US9986199B2Systems and methods to position and play contentOPENTV INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 29, 2018·5 cites·21 claims
- 2391US6445738B1System and method for creating trick play video streams from a compressed normal play video bitstreamSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 3, 2002·199 cites·31 claims
- 2490US11641502B2Methods and systems for implementing legacy remote and keystroke redirectionSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 2, 2023·2 cites·20 claims
- 2590US10602212B2Methods and systems for implementing legacy remote and keystroke redirectionSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 24, 2020·6 cites·20 claims
- 2690US9042711B2Systems and methods to position and play contentOPENTV INC·Filed 2012·Granted May 26, 2015·6 cites·24 claims
- 2790US5565923AApparatus for formatting a digital signal to include multiple time stamps for system synchronizationRCA LICENSING CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 15, 1996·101 cites·8 claims
- 2890US5486864ADifferential time code method and apparatus as for a compressed video signalRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 23, 1996·81 cites·16 claims
- 2985US5467137AMethod and apparatus for synchronizing a receiver as for a compressed video signal using differential time codeRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 14, 1995·52 cites·10 claims
- 3085US5376969AMethod and apparatus for conveying compressed video data over a noisy communication channelRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 27, 1994·67 cites·5 claims
- 3185US5089888AMoving-image signal encoding apparatus with variably selected quanitization step sizeMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1990·Granted Feb 18, 1992·71 cites·3 claims
- 3285US2024422383A1Methods and systems for enabling communications between devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3384US7788687B1Push advertising model using multiple digital streamsOPENTV INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 31, 2010·31 cites·47 claims
- 3484US5889561AMethod and apparatus for scaling a compressed video bitstreamRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Mar 30, 1999·60 cites·13 claims
- 3583US5828788ASystem for processing data in variable segments and with variable data resolutionTHOMSON MULTIMEDIA SA·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 27, 1998·78 cites·18 claims
- 3682US7012963B2Positioning of images in a data streamOPENTV INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 14, 2006·21 cites·20 claims
- 3781US12101527B2Methods and systems for enabling communications between devicesSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 24, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3879US9172978B2Communicating primary content streams and secondary content streams including targeted advertising to a remote unitOPENTV INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 27, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 3979US6553072B1System for encoding and decoding layered compressed video dataTHOMSON LICENSING SA·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 22, 2003·61 cites·15 claims
- 4078US10375347B2Systems and methods to position and play contentOPENTV INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 6, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 4175US11039220B2Methods and systems for remotely monitoring connectivity and network performance in hospitality environmentsSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 15, 2021·1 cites·20 claims
- 4275US5886733AMethod and apparatus for successive refinement of broadcasted video framesSUN MICROSYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 23, 1999·47 cites·21 claims
- 4374US5387940AMethod and apparatus for providing scaleable compressed video signalRCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 7, 1995·42 cites·8 claims
- 4473US9438958B2Automated input in an interactive television systemOPENTV INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 6, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 4572US12063406B2Methods and systems for implementing legacy remote and keystroke redirectionSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 13, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4672US6915332B1System and method for one touch e-mail replyOPENTV INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 5, 2005·36 cites·12 claims
- 4770US10708668B2Methods and systems for remotely monitoring connectivity and network performance in hospitality environmentsSONIFI SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 7, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 4869US5005082AVideo signal compander adaptively responsive to predictions of the video signal processedGEN ELECTRIC·Filed 1989·Granted Apr 2, 1991·21 cites·20 claims
- 4968US9693098B2Targeted content transmission and reception systemOPENTV INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 27, 2017·1 cites·21 claims
- 5066US11503244B2Systems and methods to position and play contentOPENTV INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 15, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
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