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W. Paul Sherer
Also filed as: SHERER W P · SHERER W PAUL
22 granted patents·1 pending application·1,695 citations·filing 1991–2010
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23 records- 0197US5937169AOffload of TCP segmentation to a smart adapter3COM CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 10, 1999·471 cites·83 claims
- 0296US7788393B2Switching a client from unicasting to multicasting by increasing the unicast stream rate to the clientCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 31, 2010·38 cites·12 claims
- 0392US7721117B2Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanismSHERER W PAUL·Filed 2006·Granted May 18, 2010·23 cites·21 claims
- 0491US7904581B2Fast channel change with conditional return to multicastingCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 8, 2011·14 cites·26 claims
- 0589US8370649B2Stream control failover utilizing an attribute-dependent protection mechanismCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 5, 2013·14 cites·20 claims
- 0688US8713195B2Method and system for streaming digital video content to a client in a digital video networkPICKENS JOHN·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 29, 2014·19 cites·27 claims
- 0788US5299313ANetwork interface with host independent buffer management3COM CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Mar 29, 1994·136 cites·29 claims
- 0886US6041166AVirtual network architecture for connectionless LAN backbone3COM CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 21, 2000·148 cites·22 claims
- 0985US8452885B2Playout-dependent unicast streaming of digital video contentSHERER W PAUL·Filed 2006·Granted May 28, 2013·15 cites·10 claims
- 1085US6115376AMedium access control address authentication3COM CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 5, 2000·153 cites·37 claims
- 1185US5434872AApparatus for automatic initiation of data transmission3COM CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Jul 18, 1995·110 cites·26 claims
- 1283US6269404B1Virtual network architecture for connectionless LAN backbone3COM CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 31, 2001·117 cites·26 claims
- 1381US5307459ANetwork adapter with host indication optimization3COM CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Apr 26, 1994·104 cites·53 claims
- 1480US5732094AMethod for automatic initiation of data transmission3COM CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 24, 1998·99 cites·53 claims
- 1579US8326967B2Stream control failover utilizing the sharing of state information within a logical group of stream serversSHERER W PAUL·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 4, 2012·6 cites·11 claims
- 1674US8140699B2Switching a client from unicasting to multicasting by simultaneously providing unicast and multicast streams to the clientPICKENS JOHN·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 20, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 1773US8145778B2Method and system for transitioning streamed digital video content between stream servers in a digital video networkPICKENS JOHN·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 27, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 1873US5600823AMethod for optimizing software for any one of a plurality of variant architectures3COM CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 4, 1997·59 cites·10 claims
- 1971US5459854AMethod for optimizing software for any one of a plurality of variant architectures3COM CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Oct 17, 1995·49 cites·12 claims
- 2068US5771235AScalable CSMA/CD repeater3COM CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 23, 1998·65 cites·22 claims
- 2164US5530874ANetwork adapter with an indication signal mask and an interrupt signal mask3COM CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jun 25, 1996·41 cites·30 claims
- 2262US8935313B2Quick session setup for video on demand with information cachingSHERER W PAUL·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 13, 2015·2 cites·23 claims
- 2344US2006218602A1Replacement of trick mode content in a video on demand systemSHERER W P·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
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