Douglas Dillon
91Patents
37h-index
48Co-inventors
88Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 1, 1983 → Nov 3, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.