Inventor · Germantown, MD, US

Douglas Dillon

91Patents
37h-index
48Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 1, 1983 → Nov 3, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5852721A Method and apparatus for selectively retrieving information from a source computer using a terrestrial or satellite interface Electricity 378 Expired
US6351467B1 System and method for multicasting multimedia content Electricity 376 Expired
US6473793B1 Method and apparatus for selectively allocating and enforcing bandwidth usage requirements on network users Electricity 341 Expired
US6658463B1 Satellite multicast performance enhancing multicast HTTP proxy system and method Electricity 265 Expired
US6067561A Electronic mail notification system and method within a hybrid network that transmits notifications via a continuous, high-speed channel Electricity 262 Expired
US6795848B1 System and method of reading ahead of objects for delivery to an HTTP proxy server Electricity 229 Expired
US6430233B1 Single-LNB satellite data receiver Electricity 210 Expired
US5652795A Method and apparatus for an adapter card providing conditional access in a communication system Electricity 203 Expired
US7353279B2 Proxy architecture for providing quality of service(QoS) reservations Electricity 180 Active
US6385727B1 Apparatus for providing a secure processing environment Physics 155 Expired
US7398552B2 Method and system for integrating performance enhancing functions in a virtual private network (VPN) Electricity 146 Expired
US6016388A Method and apparatus for requesting and retrieving information from a source computer using terrestrial and satellite interfaces Electricity 119 Expired
US5727065A Deferred billing, broadcast, electronic document distribution system and method Physics 117 Expired
US6571296B1 Apparatus and method for hybrid network access Electricity 115 Expired
US7389330B2 System and method for pre-fetching content in a proxy architecture Electricity 112 Expired
US6161141A Network system with TCP/IP protocol spoofing Electricity 99 Expired
US6546488B2 Broadcast delivery of information to a personal computer for local storage and access Electricity 99 Expired
US6438666B2 Method and apparatus for controlling access to confidential data by analyzing property inherent in data Physics 97 Expired
US6600730B1 System for distribution of satellite signals from separate multiple satellites on a single cable line Electricity 94 Expired
US5995725A Method and apparatus for requesting and retrieving information from a source computer using terrestrial and satellite interfaces Electricity 94 Expired
US5995726A Method and apparatus for requesting and retrieving information from a source computer using terrestrial and satellite interfaces Electricity 92 Expired
US6519651B1 Apparatus and method for hybrid network access Electricity 74 Expired
US6338131B1 Network system with TCP/IP ACK reduction Electricity 71 Expired
US7336967B2 Method and system for providing load-sensitive bandwidth allocation Electricity 65 Expired
US5511079A Apparatus and method for controlling forward error correction encoding in a very small aperture terminal Electricity 58 Expired

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