Inventor · disambiguated record
William B. May, Jr.
Also filed as: MAY JR WILLIAM · MAY JR WILLIAM B · MAY WILLIAM · MAY WILLIAM B JR
43 granted patents·6 pending applications·871 citations·filing 1998–2023
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49 records- 0198US10523726B2Real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 31, 2019·32 cites·23 claims
- 0297US8892691B2Real-time or near real-time streamingPANTOS ROGER·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 18, 2014·65 cites·38 claims
- 0397US8843586B2Playlists for real-time or near real-time streamingPANTOS ROGER·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 23, 2014·248 cites·27 claims
- 0497US8301725B2Variant streams for real-time or near real-time streamingBIDERMAN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 30, 2012·73 cites·34 claims
- 0597US8099473B2Variant streams for real-time or near real-time streamingBIDERMAN DAVID·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 17, 2012·71 cites·33 claims
- 0696US8099476B2Updatable real-time or near real-time streamingBIDERMAN DAVID·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 17, 2012·41 cites·43 claims
- 0795US8805963B2Real-time or near real-time streamingPANTOS ROGER·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 12, 2014·26 cites·14 claims
- 0894US9558282B2Playlists for real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 31, 2017·12 cites·20 claims
- 0993US8560642B2Real-time or near real-time streamingPANTOS ROGER·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 15, 2013·24 cites·19 claims
- 1092US8639832B2Variant streams for real-time or near real-time streaming to provide failover protectionBIDERMAN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 28, 2014·12 cites·18 claims
- 1191US8856283B2Playlists for real-time or near real-time streamingBIDERMAN DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 7, 2014·11 cites·16 claims
- 1291US8650192B2Playlists for real-time or near real-time streamingBIDERMAN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 11, 2014·11 cites·12 claims
- 1389US11509949B2Packager for segmenter fluidityDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 22, 2022·8 cites·19 claims
- 1489US9531779B2Real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 27, 2016·9 cites·21 claims
- 1589US8260877B2Variant streams for real-time or near real-time streaming to provide failover protectionBIDERMAN DAVID·Filed 2010·Granted Sep 4, 2012·9 cites·21 claims
- 1688US11451603B2Selective pre-caching of media streamsDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 20, 2022·4 cites·19 claims
- 1788US9729830B2Real-time or near real-time streamingMAY JR WILLIAM·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 8, 2017·13 cites·17 claims
- 1880US10135748B2Switching between media streamsAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 20, 2018·4 cites·13 claims
- 1980US7660477B2Multiple image artifact correction of images for a display having a partially-silvered surfaceCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 9, 2010·4 cites·14 claims
- 2073US10977330B2Playlists for real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 13, 2021·1 cites·26 claims
- 2172US6907468B1Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chainsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 14, 2005·14 cites·41 claims
- 2271US7970948B1Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chainsCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 28, 2011·4 cites·46 claims
- 2370US7649898B1Converting media streams in a communication systemCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 19, 2010·15 cites·13 claims
- 2470US2021263981A1Playlists for real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 2568US12244884B2Packager for segmenter fluidityDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2667US10044779B2Real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 7, 2018·1 cites·17 claims
- 2767US8650289B2Estimating bandwidth based on server IP addressPANTOS ROGER·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 11, 2014·2 cites·19 claims
- 2866US6578084B1Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chainsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 10, 2003·47 cites·32 claims
- 2964US11877022B2Packager for segmenter fluidityDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 16, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3063US11757963B2Transcoder conditioning for segment fluidityDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 12, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3163US11128688B2Transcoder conditioning for segment fluidityDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 21, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 3262US9979765B2Adaptive connection switchingAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 22, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 3359US10693930B2Real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 23, 2020·0 cites·13 claims
- 3459US9832245B2Playlists for real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 28, 2017·0 cites·17 claims
- 3556US8068515B2Faster multimedia synchronization of broadcast streams using router caching of RTCP packetsMAY JR WILLIAM B·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 29, 2011·2 cites·16 claims
- 3654US6697872B1Distributed packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chainsCISCO TECHNOLOGY·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 24, 2004·33 cites·33 claims
- 3752US9660926B2Multi-stream scheduling and requestsAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 23, 2017·0 cites·32 claims
- 3851US12126879B2Surgical micro-encoding of contentDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 22, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 3951US11019309B2Real-time or near real-time streamingAPPLE INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 25, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 4050US6381736B1Method for compile-time type-checking of arguments for externally-specified format stringsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 30, 2002·27 cites·19 claims
- 4147US6460146B1System and method for establishing processor redundancyCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 1, 2002·20 cites·19 claims
- 4247US2006075449A1Distributed architecture for digital program insertion in video streams delivered over packet networksCISCO TECH IND·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 4346US2024121459A1Unique playlist creation using variable substitution in video deliveryHULU LLC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4445US11368505B2Dynamic variant list modification to achieve bitrate reductionDISNEY ENTPR INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 21, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 4543US2015347415A1Http live streaming daterangesAPPLE INC·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 4643US2006271987A1Method and system for providing low cost set-top boxCISCO TECH INC·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4741US6457138B1System and method for crash handling on redundant systemsCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 24, 2002·15 cites·20 claims
- 4837US6321255B1Extensible storage of network device identification informationCISCO TECH IND·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 20, 2001·12 cites·42 claims
- 4937US2017094354A1Protocol for gating access to media itemsAPPLE INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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