Eric M. Foster
41Patents
22h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 4, 1991 → Jul 2, 2008
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6038630A | Shared access control device for integrated system with multiple functional units accessing external structures over multiple data buses | Physics | 166 | Expired |
| US6275507A | Transport demultiplexor for an MPEG-2 compliant data stream | Electricity | 114 | Expired |
| US5202943A | Optoelectronic assembly with alignment member | Physics | 105 | Expired |
| US6091772A | Black based filtering of MPEG-2 compliant table sections | Electricity | 94 | Expired |
| US6115422A | Protocol and procedure for time base change in an MPEG-2 compliant datastream | Electricity | 77 | Expired |
| US6714826B1 | Facility for simultaneously outputting both a mixed digital audio signal and an unmixed digital audio signal multiple concurrently received streams of digital audio data | Electricity | 76 | Expired |
| US6078594A | Protocol and procedure for automated channel change in an MPEG-2 compliant datastream | Electricity | 70 | Expired |
| US6181706A | Common buffer for multiple streams and control registers in an MPEG-2 compliant transport register | Electricity | 59 | Expired |
| US6662329B1 | Processing errors in MPEG data as it is sent to a fixed storage device | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US6026506A | Concealing errors in transport stream data | Electricity | 45 | Expired |
| US6356567B2 | Embedded clock recovery and difference filtering for an MPEG-2 compliant transport stream | Electricity | 43 | Expired |
| US6101591A | Method and system for selectively independently or simultaneously updating multiple system time clocks in an MPEG system | Electricity | 42 | Expired |
| US6851056B2 | Control function employing a requesting master id and a data address to qualify data access within an integrated system | Physics | 39 | Expired |
| US7356707B2 | Initializing, maintaining, updating and recovering secure operation within an integrated system employing a data access control function | Physics | 39 | Active |
| US6240492A | Memory interface for functional unit of integrated system allowing access to dedicated memory and shared memory, and speculative generation of lookahead fetch requests | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US7266842B2 | Control function implementing selective transparent data authentication within an integrated system | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US7089419B2 | Control function with multiple security states for facilitating secure operation of an integrated system | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US6229801A | Delivery of MPEG2 compliant table data | Electricity | 30 | Expired |
| US6311161A | System and method for merging multiple audio streams | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US6715085B2 | Initializing, maintaining, updating and recovering secure operation within an integrated system employing a data access control function | Physics | 26 | Expired |
| US6195403A | Pulse generator for a voltage controlled oscillator | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US7356147B2 | Method, system and program product for attaching a title key to encrypted content for synchronized transmission to a recipient | Electricity | 24 | Expired |
| US6072771A | Detection of errors in table data | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US6654835B1 | High bandwidth data transfer employing a multi-mode, shared line buffer | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6088357A | Auxiliary transport assist processor especially for an MPEG-2 compliant decoder | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.