Inventor · disambiguated record
Douglas Makofka
Also filed as: MAKOFKA DOUGLAS · MAKOFKA DOUGLAS S
12 granted patents·11 pending applications·489 citations·filing 1993–2024
92Inventor score
Files withGEN INSTRUMENT CORP10COMCAST CABLE COMM LLC5CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS INC1MAKOFKA DOUGLAS S1SAFADI REEM1
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23 records- 0193US7120926B1Method and system of identifying software and firmware objects available for download over a network such as a cable television systemGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 10, 2006·66 cites·33 claims
- 0290US6813778B1Method and system for downloading and managing the enablement of a list of code objectsGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 2, 2004·60 cites·11 claims
- 0390US6718374B1Method and system for identifying and downloading appropriate software or formware specific to a particular model of set-top box in a cable television systemGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 6, 2004·80 cites·34 claims
- 0490US5353011AElectronic article security system with digital signal processing and increased detection rangeCHECKPOINT SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 4, 1994·221 cites·101 claims
- 0587US6904611B1Method and system for directing the download of software and firmware objects over a network such as a cable television systemGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 7, 2005·41 cites·2 claims
- 0681US9501307B2Systems and methods for providing availability to resourcesCOMCAST CABLE COMM LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 22, 2016·6 cites·19 claims
- 0774US10365941B2Systems and methods for providing availability to resourcesCOMCAST CABLE COMM LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 30, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 0867US12242872B2Systems and methods for providing availability to resourcesCOMCAST CABLE COMM LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·22 claims
- 0966US2024259633A1Methods and systems for content deliveryCOMCAST CABLE COMM LLC·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 1062US11936950B2Methods and systems for content deliveryCOMCAST CABLE COMM LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 19, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 1162US8032917B2Method and system for directing the download of software and firmware objects over a network such as a cable television systemGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 4, 2011·5 cites·38 claims
- 1261US7150035B2Path sealed software object conditional access controlGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 12, 2006·4 cites·26 claims
- 1357US7818401B2Method and apparatus for providing decentralized load distributionGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 19, 2010·4 cites·10 claims
- 1447US2004210941A1Method and system for downloading and managing the enablement of a list of code objectsFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 1547US2005289617A1Personal versatile recorder and method of implementing and using sameSAFADI REEM·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 1647US2005073993A1Location/stream universe discovery in broadband systems with overlapping streamsGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 1744US2004123326A1Method and apparatus for allocating tuning devices to broadband head-end servicesGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 1844US2005105732A1Systems and methods for delivering pre-encrypted content to a subscriber terminalFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 1942US2003037330A1Methods and apparatus for the display of advertising material during personal versatile recorder trick play modesGEN INSTRUMENT CORP·Filed 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 2042US2003093799A1Streamed content DeliveryFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 2141US2006212699A1Method and apparatus for certifying a design of a software computer programMAKOFKA DOUGLAS S·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2241US2004179538A1System and method for delivery network resource management in a broadbandFiled 2003·Application pending·0 cites
- 2340US2002112175A1Conditional access for functional unitsFiled 2000·Application pending·0 cites
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