Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

John P. Comito

47Patents
16h-index
15Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 21, 1994 → Jan 9, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6481012B1 Picture-in-picture and multiple video streams using slice-based encoding Electricity 121 Expired
US6584153B1 Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide Electricity 94 Expired
US6621870B1 Method and apparatus for compressing video sequences Electricity 80 Expired
US6968567B1 Latency reduction in providing interactive program guide Electricity 67 Expired
US6704359B1 Efficient encoding algorithms for delivery of server-centric interactive program guide Electricity 63 Expired
US6651252B1 Method and apparatus for transmitting video and graphics in a compressed form Electricity 55 Expired
US7096487B1 Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encoded content Electricity 54 Expired
US6754271B1 Temporal slice persistence method and apparatus for delivery of interactive program guide Electricity 50 Expired
US6904610B1 Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interactive television environment Electricity 49 Expired
US6614843B1 Stream indexing for delivery of interactive program guide Electricity 35 Expired
US7146628B1 Messaging protocol for interactive delivery system Electricity 30 Expired
US6732370B1 Service provider side interactive program guide encoder Electricity 26 Expired
US9456241B2 Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interactive television environment Electricity 26 Active
US8032906B2 Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video streams using slice-based encoding Electricity 18 Active
US7953160B2 Method and apparatus for compressing video sequences Electricity 18 Active
US7174084B2 Method and apparatus for performing sub-picture level splicing based on interrupts Electricity 17 Expired
US7738560B2 Temporal slice persistence method and apparatus for delivery of interactive program guide Electricity 16 Active
US7058965B1 Multiplexing structures for delivery of interactive program guide Electricity 14 Expired
US7127737B1 Bandwidth management techniques for delivery of interactive program guide Electricity 13 Expired
US7519982B1 Efficient delivery of interactive program guide using demand-cast Electricity 12 Expired
US7260147B2 Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide Electricity 11 Expired
US8578419B2 Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interactive television environment Electricity 11 Active
US7634788B2 Service provider side interactive program guide encoder Electricity 10 Expired
US7433406B2 Efficient encoding algorithms for delivery of server-centric interactive program guide Electricity 8 Active
US7254824B1 Encoding optimization techniques for encoding program grid section of server-centric interactive programming guide Electricity 8 Expired

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