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Frank A. Schaffa
Also filed as: SCHAFFA FRANK · SCHAFFA FRANK A · SCHAFFA FRANK ANDRE
60 granted patents·10 pending applications·2,977 citations·filing 1992–2022
99Inventor score
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70 records- 0198US6298482B1System for two-way digital multimedia broadcast and interactive servicesIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 2, 2001·578 cites·3 claims
- 0297US6806887B2System for integrating personalized data with visual contentIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 19, 2004·162 cites·25 claims
- 0397US6772209B1Efficient method for rule-based distribution and management of content in a distributed hierarchy of storage devicesIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 3, 2004·238 cites·28 claims
- 0494US6314569B1System for video, audio, and graphic presentation in tandem with video/audio playIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 6, 2001·216 cites·28 claims
- 0594US6047317ASystem and method for enabling a user to rapidly access images in cyclically transmitted image streamsIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Apr 4, 2000·215 cites·18 claims
- 0693US7984473B1System and method for the coordination of short-term cyclic data and ephemeral content in a broadcast streamIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Jul 19, 2011·71 cites·24 claims
- 0792US7617509B1Method and system for automated monitoring of quality of service of digital video material distribution and play-outIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 10, 2009·59 cites·20 claims
- 0891US5533020AATM cell schedulerIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 2, 1996·197 cites·7 claims
- 0990US6643298B1Method and apparatus for MPEG-2 program ID re-mapping for multiplexing several programs into a single transport streamIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 4, 2003·136 cites·17 claims
- 1090US6229524B1User interface for interaction with videoIBM·Filed 1998·Granted May 8, 2001·168 cites·17 claims
- 1190US5973685AScheme for the distribution of multimedia follow-up informationIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 26, 1999·140 cites·10 claims
- 1289US6993081B1Seamless splicing/spot-insertion for MPEG-2 digital video/audio streamIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 31, 2006·143 cites·7 claims
- 1388US9576048B2Complex service network ranking and clusteringIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 21, 2017·7 cites·14 claims
- 1487US11899660B2Systems and methods for optimized cloud database query executionJPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 13, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1587US6813776B2Method for automatic and semi-automatic event scheduling based on information embedded in multimedia contentIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Nov 2, 2004·104 cites·34 claims
- 1686US7356147B2Method, system and program product for attaching a title key to encrypted content for synchronized transmission to a recipientIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 8, 2008·41 cites·7 claims
- 1785US6675388B1Data distribution system using coordinated analog and digital streamsIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 6, 2004·94 cites·22 claims
- 1884US10586131B2Multimedia conferencing system for determining participant engagementIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 10, 2020·4 cites·18 claims
- 1984US8321704B2Managing electric power consumption by configuring elements of a distributed computing systemCLARKE JR EDWARD P·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 27, 2012·11 cites·13 claims
- 2084US7092527B2Method, system and program product for managing a size of a key management block during content distributionIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 15, 2006·17 cites·20 claims
- 2183US9122745B2Interactive acquisition of remote servicesIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 1, 2015·7 cites·20 claims
- 2283US9020841B2System and method for custom-fitting services to consumer requirementsIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·6 cites·15 claims
- 2383US8271998B2Dynamic discovery and definition of mappings of parameters used by service oriented architecture services at runtimeDETTORI PAOLO·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 18, 2012·14 cites·31 claims
- 2483US7986707B2Method and system for rules based workflow of media servicesIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 26, 2011·14 cites·20 claims
- 2581US10984452B2User/group servicing based on deep network analysisIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Apr 20, 2021·2 cites·17 claims
- 2681US7720968B2Method and system of configuring elements of a distributed computing system for optimized valueIBM·Filed 2003·Granted May 18, 2010·35 cites·38 claims
- 2781US7269836B2System and method for providing multiplexing and remultiplexing of MPEG-2 streamsIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 11, 2007·20 cites·23 claims
- 2878US8656178B2Method, system and program product for modifying content usage conditions during content distributionFOSTER ERIC M·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 18, 2014·15 cites·24 claims
- 2978US6654389B1System and method for searching patterns in real-time over a shared mediaIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 25, 2003·119 cites·25 claims
- 3077US8548963B2Context sensitive media and informationDETTORI PAOLO·Filed 2005·Granted Oct 1, 2013·9 cites·14 claims
- 3176US10140638B2Providing information technology resiliency in a cloud-based services marketplaceIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 27, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 3276US9934519B2Dynamic, subscriber driven charging models for media distributionALEXANDER MICHAEL E·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 3, 2018·4 cites·22 claims
- 3376US8234410B2Subscriber driven media agnostic content delivery across networksALEXANDER MICHAEL E·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 31, 2012·6 cites·35 claims
- 3475US9456004B2Optimizing risk-based compliance of an information technology (IT) systemGLOBALFOUNDRIES INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 27, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 3575US8191082B2System and method for accessing really simple syndication (RSS) enabled content using session initiation protocol (SIP) signalingRAMANATHAN SRI·Filed 2007·Granted May 29, 2012·6 cites·24 claims
- 3674US10033781B2Streaming data on data processesIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 24, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 3774US8949854B2System and method for accessing really simple syndication (RSS) enabled content using session initiation protocol (SIP) signalingRAMANATHAN SRI·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 3, 2015·3 cites·8 claims
- 3873US9723043B2Streaming data on data processesIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 1, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 3972US9667680B2Streaming data on data processesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted May 30, 2017·1 cites·18 claims
- 4072US9503489B2Streaming data on data processesIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 22, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 4171US8494004B2Resource allocation in peer-to-peer streamingDETTORI PAOLO·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 23, 2013·3 cites·7 claims
- 4267US8559794B2System and method for recording collaborative informationABT WILLIAM F·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 15, 2013·2 cites·22 claims
- 4367US7877453B2System and method for optimizing data traffic in signaling stream of IP multimedia subsystem serviceIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 25, 2011·3 cites·18 claims
- 4464US9020840B2System and method for custom-fitting services to consumer requirementsIBM·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·1 cites·12 claims
- 4564US2014164184A1Providing information technology resiliency in a cloud-based services marketplaceIBM·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4662US2016162909A1Automatic modification of requirements based on consumption and market changesIBM·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 4760US6690683B1Method and apparatus for demultiplexing a shared data channel into a multitude of separate data streams, restoring the original CBRIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 10, 2004·24 cites·31 claims
- 4860US2019019222A1User/group servicing based on deep network analysisIBM·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 4959US9113150B2System and method for recording collaborative informationIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 18, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 5058US2009299809A1System and method to allow an end user to create and maintain a sub workflowIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
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