Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

David N. Hackson

25Patents
11h-index
14Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: May 30, 1997 → Dec 15, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5977964A Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a system based on a user's monitored system interaction and preferred system access times Electricity 927 Expired
US5945988A Method and apparatus for automatically determining and dynamically updating user preferences in an entertainment system Electricity 728 Expired
US6008802A Method and apparatus for automatically performing a function based on the reception of information corresponding to broadcast data Electricity 310 Expired
US6317881A Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast Electricity 262 Expired
US6601103B1 Method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 193 Expired
US6075971A Method and apparatus for providing and monitoring coupons via a network Electricity 132 Expired
US6324694A Method and apparatus for providing subsidiary data synchronous to primary content data Electricity 95 Expired
US7058635B1 Method and apparatus for searching through an electronic programming guide Electricity 93 Expired
US6295646A Method and apparatus for displaying video data and corresponding entertainment data for multiple entertainment selection sources Electricity 86 Expired
US7313806B1 Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences Electricity 56 Expired
US6671880B2 Method and apparatus for customized rendering of commercials Electricity 48 Expired
US8621517B2 Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences Electricity 7 Active
US8051448B2 Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display Electricity 7 Active
US7370026B2 Method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US8108897B2 Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display Electricity 2 Active
US8966534B2 Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences Electricity 1 Active
US9246612B2 Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast Electricity 1 Active
US8544042B2 Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display Electricity 1 Active
US9027053B2 Method and apparatus for customized rendering of commercials Electricity 1 Active
US8250602B2 Method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9749698B2 Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast Electricity 0 Active
US8656427B2 Method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8661093B2 Method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8984557B2 Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display Electricity 0 Active
US9473823B2 Techniques for collecting and providing viewer information Electricity 0 Active

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