Inventor · disambiguated record
Robert Allan Unger
Also filed as: UNGER ROBERT · UNGER ROBERT A · UNGER ROBERT ALLAN
74 granted patents·11 pending applications·2,343 citations·filing 1974–2020
99Inventor score
Top patents by PatentIndex Score
85 records- 0199US7915980B2Coax core insulator waveguideSONY CORP·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 29, 2011·432 cites·28 claims
- 0299US7336787B2Critical packet partial encryptionSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 26, 2008·186 cites·165 claims
- 0399US7127619B2Decoding and decryption of partially encrypted informationSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·185 cites·71 claims
- 0499US7124303B2Elementary stream partial encryptionSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 17, 2006·225 cites·66 claims
- 0599US6909837B1Method and system for providing alternative, less-intrusive advertising that appears during fast forward playback of a recorded video programSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 21, 2005·237 cites·20 claims
- 0698US7228154B2Method and system for processing wireless digital multimediaSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 5, 2007·48 cites·15 claims
- 0798US7151831B2Partial encryption and PID mappingSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 19, 2006·88 cites·42 claims
- 0898US7139398B2Time division partial encryptionSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 21, 2006·136 cites·67 claims
- 0998US7020287B2Method and system for key insertion for stored encrypted contentSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 28, 2006·80 cites·30 claims
- 1097US7483717B2Method and system for processing wireless digital multimediaSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 27, 2009·35 cites·1 claims
- 1197US7287168B2Partial encryption and PID mappingSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 23, 2007·26 cites·20 claims
- 1296US8055191B2Method and structure in support of the formation of substantially co-linear wireless device pairings and mitigation of interference effects in a digital multi-media communication environmentSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Nov 8, 2011·139 cites·32 claims
- 1396US7016409B2Apparatus and method for use in providing dynamic bit rate encodingSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 21, 2006·74 cites·17 claims
- 1495US8538324B2Mobile phone dock for TVHARDACKER ROBERT·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 17, 2013·41 cites·17 claims
- 1594US7848520B2Partial encryption storage mediumSONY CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 7, 2010·12 cites·21 claims
- 1693US7751561B2Partial encryptionSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 6, 2010·10 cites·32 claims
- 1793US7319753B2Partial encryption and PID mappingSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 15, 2008·10 cites·17 claims
- 1892US7418191B2Method and system for providing alternative, less-intrusive advertising that appears during fast forward playback of a recorded video programSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 26, 2008·14 cites·21 claims
- 1992US6985669B1Method and system for electronic capture of user-selected segments of a broadcast data signalSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 10, 2006·49 cites·13 claims
- 2091US7684826B2Method and system for processing wireless digital multimediaSONY CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 23, 2010·11 cites·2 claims
- 2190US7310422B2Partial encryption and PID mappingSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 18, 2007·7 cites·26 claims
- 2289US8285223B2Wireless link status presentation for wireless displaysUNGER ROBERT ALLAN·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 9, 2012·13 cites·37 claims
- 2388US7423662B2Method and system for electronic capture of user-selected segments of a broadcast data signalSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 9, 2008·10 cites·43 claims
- 2487US8094037B2Method and apparatus for identifying an electronic applianceUNGER ROBERT A·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 10, 2012·25 cites·19 claims
- 2587US7719482B2Method and system for processing wireless digital multimediaSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted May 18, 2010·9 cites·13 claims
- 2684US8045552B2Wired exchange of control information in wireless systemSONY CORP·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 25, 2011·12 cites·17 claims
- 2783US7751560B2Time division partial encryptionSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 6, 2010·3 cites·28 claims
- 2882US8289306B2Static retention mode for display panelsUNGER ROBERT ALLAN·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 16, 2012·5 cites·19 claims
- 2982US8036381B2Partial multiple encryptionSONY CORP·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 11, 2011·2 cites·12 claims
- 3081US8514208B2Method and apparatus for optical wireless communicationCHAMPION MARK·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 20, 2013·4 cites·19 claims
- 3181US7895616B2Reconstitution of program streams split across multiple packet identifiersSONY CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 22, 2011·19 cites·51 claims
- 3280US8631453B2Video branchingSADJA ARAN LONDON·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 14, 2014·6 cites·29 claims
- 3380US7675509B2Methods and apparatus for optical wireless communicationSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Mar 9, 2010·7 cites·28 claims
- 3479US8250604B2Near real-time multiple thumbnail guide with single tunerUNGER ROBERT ALLAN·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 21, 2012·6 cites·18 claims
- 3579US7760879B2Multiple partial encryptionSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 20, 2010·2 cites·25 claims
- 3679US7092616B2Method and apparatus for copy protecting video content and producing a reduced quality reproduction of video content for personal useSONY CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 15, 2006·13 cites·23 claims
- 3778US8209730B2Speculative video on demandHARDACKER ROBERT L·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 26, 2012·5 cites·28 claims
- 3878US7786996B2System and method for object oriented hardware including cross-point switch interconnecting modules with I/OSONY CORP·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 31, 2010·5 cites·7 claims
- 3978US3949378AComputer memory addressing employing base and index registersUS NAVY·Filed 1974·Granted Apr 6, 1976·47 cites·3 claims
- 4077US8018750B2Power circuit with passthroughSONY CORP·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 13, 2011·3 cites·26 claims
- 4177US7782642B2Power brick with passthroughSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 24, 2010·11 cites·28 claims
- 4275US7100194B1Method and system for minimizing the time required to acquire a control channel of a cable television signal with a set-top unitSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 29, 2006·13 cites·23 claims
- 4370US8280222B2Use of metadata in video to establish TV settingsHARDACKER ROBERT·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 2, 2012·2 cites·7 claims
- 4469US9497513B2Apparatus and method for use in providing dynamic bit rate encodingUNGER ROBERT ALLAN·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 15, 2016·2 cites·20 claims
- 4569US8228262B2Method and system for processing wireless digital multimediaUNGER ROBERT ALLAN·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 24, 2012·1 cites·9 claims
- 4668US7076666B2Hard disk drive authentication for personal video recorderSONY ELECTRONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 11, 2006·13 cites·4 claims
- 4767US8665219B2Wireless attached reader screen for cell phonesUNGER ROBERT A·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 4, 2014·2 cites·21 claims
- 4865US7353158B2Inter integrated circuit extension via shadow memorySONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 1, 2008·11 cites·23 claims
- 4964US7545939B2Control 3 signal synthesisSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 9, 2009·1 cites·23 claims
- 5062US7733294B2Method and system for wireless transmissionSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 8, 2010·2 cites·10 claims
Showing the top 50 of 85 patent records by PatentIndex Score.
Identity basis: PatentsView inventor disambiguation (2025Q4-odp release). How scoring works →