Inventor

Anthony D. Masterson

Inventor
Saratoga, CA, US

Overview

30→
Patents
1990–2016
Patent span
Electricity
Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 30 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Nprimary
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television48%
G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information17%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general13%
G06FElectric digital data processing8%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer6%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication4%
G06GAnalogue computers2%
G11CStatic stores2%
PatentTitleYear
9,350,968'Enhanced digital video recording using video transcoding'20169,161,030'Graphics overlay system for multiple displays using compressed video'20159,053,752'Architecture for multiple graphics planes'20158,872,856'Macroblock based scaling of images using reduced memory bandwidth'20148,743,954'Architecture for adjusting bit rate based on measured quality'20148,698,838'Architecture for multiple graphics planes'20148,619,570'Architecture for combining media processing with networking'20138,588,300'Efficient transcoding between formats using macroblock buffer'20138,582,650'Manipulation of media streams in the compressed domain'20138,526,465'Media transmission using aggregated bandwidth of disparate communication channels'20138,508,661'Enhanced deinterlacing using predictors from motion estimation engine'20138,503,533'Motion estimation engine for performing multiple types of operations'20138,488,679'Streamlined transcoder architecture'20138,483,389'Graphics overlay system for multiple displays using compressed video'20138,351,510'Motion compensated noise reduction using shared motion estimation engine'20138,311,114'Streamlined transcoder architecture'20128,265,168'Providing trick mode for video stream transmitted over network'20128,199,820'Intermediate compression of reference frames for transcoding'20128,179,964'Efficient transcoding between formats using macroblock buffer'20128,102,916'Dynamically changing media compression format in compressed domain'20128,050,289'Media transmission using aggregated bandwidth of disparate communication channels'20117,830,800'Architecture for combining media processing with networking'20105,818,613'System and method for color space conversion'19985,469,190'Apparatus for converting twenty-four bit color to fifteen bit color in a computer output display system'19955,257,348'Apparatus for storing data both video and graphics signals in a single frame buffer'19935,241,658'Apparatus for storing information in and deriving information from a frame buffer'19935,162,788'Chunky planar data packing apparatus and method for a video memory'19925,097,257'Apparatus for providing output filtering from a frame buffer storing both video and graphics signals'19925,073,851'Apparatus and method for improved caching in a computer system'19914,970,418'Programmable memory state machine for providing variable clocking to a multimode memory'1990

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1990–1995Patents assigned to APPLE COMPUTER (7)· patent assignee history
1990–1993Based in Cupertino, CA, US· patent location history
1993–2016Based in Saratoga, CA, US· patent location history
2010–2015Patents assigned to ZENVERGE INC (20)· patent assignee history
2012–2014Patents assigned to MASTERSON ANTHONY D (17)· patent assignee history
2012–2013Patents assigned to KIPNIS ALEXANDER N (5)· patent assignee history
2012–2013Patents assigned to MOBINI AMIR M (5)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
ZENVERGE INC202010–2015
MASTERSON ANTHONY Dself172012–2014
APPLE COMPUTER71990–1995
KIPNIS ALEXANDER N52012–2013
MOBINI AMIR M52012–2013
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Saratoga, California, US251993–2016
Cupertino, California, US51990–1993