DIRECTV, LLC
🏢 View company profile →1,095Patents
839Active
1,095Granted
62Portfolio score
Filing activity: Feb 12, 1988 → Feb 5, 2024 · 339 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8572639B2 | Broadcast advertisement adapting method and apparatus | Electricity | 239 | Active |
| US6868292B2 | Device control via digitally stored program content | Electricity | 226 | Expired |
| US7191378B2 | Method and system for providing low density parity check (LDPC) encoding | Electricity | 210 | Expired |
| US7366463B1 | Military UHF and commercial Geo-mobile system combination for radio signal relay | Electricity | 175 | Expired |
| US7203887B2 | Method and system for routing in low density parity check (LDPC) decoders | Electricity | 175 | Expired |
| US6813775B1 | Method and apparatus for sharing viewing preferences | Electricity | 165 | Expired |
| US6975837B1 | Method and apparatus for reducing interference between terrestrially-based and space-based broadcast systems | Electricity | 158 | Expired |
| US9137302B1 | Content distribution network selector | Electricity | 139 | Active |
| US6853728B1 | Video on demand pay per view services with unmodified conditional access functionality | Electricity | 137 | Expired |
| US6963622B2 | Bit labeling for amplitude phase shift constellation used with low density parity check (LDPC) codes | Electricity | 125 | Expired |
| US7187949B2 | Multiple basestation communication system having adaptive antennas | Electricity | 96 | Expired |
| US6772434B1 | Device and method for the integrated presentation of a secondary service as a part of a primary service | Electricity | 90 | Expired |
| US7075945B2 | Dynamic mapping of broadcast resources | Electricity | 89 | Expired |
| US6971119B1 | Method and apparatus for transmission, receipt, caching and display of one-way broadcast programming and data | Electricity | 88 | Expired |
| US6754906B1 | Categorical electronic program guide | Electricity | 87 | Expired |
| US7555006B2 | Method and system for adaptive transcoding and transrating in a video network | Electricity | 82 | Active |
| US7379653B2 | Audio-video synchronization for digital systems | Electricity | 77 | Expired |
| US7673297B1 | Automatic software update detection and flexible installer for set-top boxes | Electricity | 75 | Active |
| US9232279B2 | Method and system for using a second screen device to tune a set top box to display content playing on the second screen device | Electricity | 71 | Active |
| US6973663B1 | Method and apparatus for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video system | Electricity | 69 | Expired |
| US6941138B1 | Concurrent communications between a user terminal and multiple stratospheric transponder platforms | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US7146626B1 | Method and apparatus for storing and displaying digital objects associated with an electronic television program guide using fuzzy logic | Electricity | 66 | Expired |
| US6961430B1 | Method and apparatus for background caching of encrypted programming data for later playback | Electricity | 62 | Expired |
| US8209713B1 | Television advertisement monitoring system | Electricity | 61 | Active |
| US9032296B1 | User interface for displaying highlights of an event or plurality of events | Human Necessities | 60 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.