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Martin William Sotheran
Also filed as: SOTHERAN MARTIN · SOTHERAN MARTIN W · SOTHERAN MARTIN WILLIAM
41 granted patents·4 pending applications·2,395 citations·filing 1993–2014
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45 records- 0198US5956519APicture end token in a system comprising a plurality of pipeline stagesDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 21, 1999·258 cites·14 claims
- 0297US7095783B1Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including start codes and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 22, 2006·109 cites·4 claims
- 0397US6799246B1Memory interface for reading/writing data from/to a memoryDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 28, 2004·228 cites·8 claims
- 0497US5603012AStart code detectorDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 11, 1997·230 cites·37 claims
- 0596US7149811B2Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including a reconfigurable processing stage and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 12, 2006·78 cites·24 claims
- 0695US7711938B2Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including start code detection and methods relating theretoWISE ADRIAN P·Filed 2001·Granted May 4, 2010·87 cites·29 claims
- 0794US6330666B1Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including start codes and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 11, 2001·99 cites·6 claims
- 0893US6697930B2Multistandard video decoder and decompression method for processing encoded bit streams according to respective different standardsDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 24, 2004·31 cites·3 claims
- 0993US6217234B1Apparatus and method for processing data with an arithmetic unitDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 17, 2001·103 cites·6 claims
- 1091US7230986B2Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including a video formatter and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 12, 2007·70 cites·24 claims
- 1189US6910125B2Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including a decoder with token generator and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 21, 2005·20 cites·11 claims
- 1287US5798719AParallel Huffman decoderDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 25, 1998·54 cites·11 claims
- 1386US6435737B1Data pipeline system and data encoding methodDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Aug 20, 2002·64 cites·7 claims
- 1486US5963154ATechnique for decoding variable and fixed length codesDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 5, 1999·48 cites·13 claims
- 1585US6950930B2Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including pipeline processing and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 27, 2005·19 cites·6 claims
- 1684US6892296B2Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including a standard-independent stage and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 2001·Granted May 10, 2005·14 cites·13 claims
- 1784US5835792AToken-based adaptive video processing arrangementDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 10, 1998·63 cites·15 claims
- 1883US6263422B1Pipeline processing machine with interactive stages operable in response to tokens and system and methods relating theretoDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 17, 2001·72 cites·55 claims
- 1979US5805914AData pipeline system and data encoding methodDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 8, 1998·91 cites·9 claims
- 2078US5821885AVideo decompressionDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 13, 1998·30 cites·11 claims
- 2177US5828907AToken-based adaptive video processing arrangementDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 27, 1998·38 cites·6 claims
- 2277US5740460AArrangement for processing packetized dataDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 14, 1998·28 cites·5 claims
- 2376US5878273ASystem for microprogrammable state machine in video parser disabling portion of processing stages responsive to sequence-- end token generating by token generator responsive to received dataDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 2, 1999·25 cites·6 claims
- 2474US6079009ACoding standard token in a system compromising a plurality of pipeline stagesDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 20, 2000·45 cites·4 claims
- 2574US6035126AData pipeline system and data encoding methodDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 7, 2000·35 cites·2 claims
- 2674US5835740AData pipeline system and data encoding methodDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 10, 1998·49 cites·41 claims
- 2773US6047112ATechnique for initiating processing of a data stream of encoded video informationDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 4, 2000·56 cites·5 claims
- 2873US5842033APadding apparatus for passing an arbitrary number of bits through a buffer in a pipeline systemDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 24, 1998·32 cites·5 claims
- 2971US6038380AData pipeline system and data encoding methodDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 14, 2000·28 cites·7 claims
- 3071US5907692AData pipeline system and data encoding methodDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted May 25, 1999·36 cites·18 claims
- 3168US6067417APicture start tokenDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted May 23, 2000·53 cites·12 claims
- 3265US6018776ASystem for microprogrammable state machine in video parser clearing and resetting processing stages responsive to flush token generating by token generator responsive to received dataDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 25, 2000·40 cites·10 claims
- 3360US5590067AMethod and arrangement for transformation of signals from a frequency to a time domainDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Dec 31, 1996·27 cites·48 claims
- 3459US5479364AMethod and arrangement for transformation of signals from a frequency to a time domainDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1993·Granted Dec 26, 1995·23 cites·28 claims
- 3558US5689313ABuffer management in an image formatterDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Nov 18, 1997·31 cites·11 claims
- 3658US5596517AMethod and arrangement for transformation of signals from a frequency to a time domainDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 21, 1997·24 cites·41 claims
- 3752US5594678AMethod and arrangement for transformation of signals from a frequency to a time domainDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 14, 1997·18 cites·41 claims
- 3851US6122726AData pipeline system and data encoding methodDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 19, 2000·13 cites·8 claims
- 3948US2003018884A1Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including expanding run length codes and methods relating theretoFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4047US2015172215A1Apparatus for Network BridgingCONTINNUMBRIDGE LTD·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 4146US5861894ABuffer managerDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1995·Granted Jan 19, 1999·12 cites·8 claims
- 4245US2003196078A1Data pipeline system and data encoding methodFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4345US2002152369A1Multistandard video decoder and decompression system for processing encoded bit streams including storing data and methods relating theretoFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 4440US6034674ABuffer managerDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 7, 2000·8 cites·16 claims
- 4535US6417859B1Method and apparatus for displaying video dataDISCOVISION ASS·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 9, 2002·6 cites·5 claims
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