Inventor · Stow, MA, US

Thomas E. Westberg

28Patents
11h-index
26Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 21, 1984 → Sep 15, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6177931A Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information Electricity 2,553 Expired
US6052145A System and method for controlling the broadcast and recording of television programs and for distributing information to be displayed on a television screen Electricity 370 Expired
US8793742B2 Systems and methods for capturing and storing an advertisement-related video clip Electricity 225 Active
US6233734A System and method for controlling the broadcast and recording of television programs and for distributing information to be displayed on a television screen Electricity 118 Expired
US5361391A Intelligent cache memory and prefetch method based on CPU data fetching characteristics Physics 80 Expired
US4862156A Video computer system including multiple graphics controllers and associated method Physics 45 Expired
US5101365A Apparatus for extending windows using Z buffer memory Physics 30 Expired
US7984468B2 Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide Electricity 26 Active
US7814511B2 Systems and methods for digitizing video related to products Electricity 20 Active
US5107251A Method and apparatus for detecting cursors Physics 19 Expired
US5325375A Method and apparatus for non-atomic level parity protection for storing data in a random access memory Physics 13 Expired
US9191722B2 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Electricity 11 Active
US8904441B2 Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide Electricity 10 Active
US10484473B2 Systems and methods for efficient distribution of stored data objects Electricity 4 Active
US9191719B2 Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide Electricity 3 Active
US10484740B2 Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide Electricity 3 Active
US8321896B2 Systems and methods for capturing and storing a product-related video frame Electricity 2 Active
US9015749B2 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Electricity 1 Active
US9118978B2 Systems and methods for capturing and storing an image related to a media asset Electricity 1 Active
US11153654B2 Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide Electricity 1 Active
US8918807B2 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Electricity 1 Active
US8137197B2 System and method for generating targeted newsletters Human Necessities 0 Active
US11683563B2 Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide Electricity 0 Active
US8966567B2 Systems and methods for exporting digital content using an interactive television application Electricity 0 Active
US9521448B2 Systems and methods for exporting digital content using an interactive television application Electricity 0 Active

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