Inventor · Menlo Park, CA, US

Daniel J. Zigmond

73Patents
30h-index
77Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: May 23, 1994 → Dec 1, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6698020B1 Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1,728 Expired
US6400407B1 Communicating logical addresses of resources in a data service channel of a video signal Electricity 295 Expired
US6415438B1 Trigger having a time attribute Electricity 285 Expired
US5594490A System for distributing video/audio files from central location to a plurality of cable headends Electricity 250 Expired
US6766524B1 System and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs Electricity 249 Expired
US6571392B1 Receiving an information resource from the internet if it is not received from a broadcast channel Electricity 247 Expired
US7051351B2 System and method of inserting advertisements into an information retrieval system display Electricity 227 Expired
US6215483A Combining real-time and batch mode logical address links Electricity 188 Expired
US6785902B1 Document data structure and method for integrating broadcast television with web pages Electricity 182 Expired
US7103904B1 Methods and apparatus for broadcasting interactive advertising using remote advertising templates Electricity 166 Expired
US6708335B1 Tracking viewing behavior of advertisements on a home entertainment system Electricity 161 Expired
US8453173B1 Estimating demographic compositions of television audiences from audience similarities Electricity 140 Active
US8984547B2 Estimating demographic compositions of television audiences Electricity 116 Active
US6704929B1 Tracking viewing behavior of a home entertainment system Electricity 112 Expired
US6938270B2 Communicating scripts in a data service channel of a video signal Electricity 95 Expired
US6668378B2 Interactive television triggers having connected content/disconnected content attribute Electricity 93 Expired
US7159232B1 Scheduling the recording of television programs Electricity 85 Expired
US6330719A Interactive television receiver unit browser that waits to send requests Electricity 75 Expired
US6560777B2 Broadcast enhancement trigger addressed to multiple uniquely addressed information resources Electricity 71 Expired
US7197758B1 Method and apparatus for indexing video programs Electricity 70 Expired
US7181756B1 Television/internet terminal user interface Electricity 63 Expired
US6990678B2 Combining real-time and batch mode logical address links Electricity 58 Expired
US7849226B2 Television with set top internet terminal with user interface wherein auxiliary content is received that is associated with current television programming Electricity 57 Active
US8516515B2 Impression based television advertising Physics 57 Active
US7840975B2 System and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs Electricity 50 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.