Inventor
Christopher J. Read
Inventor
San Diego, CA, US
Overview
Patents· 75 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
G06Fprimary
G06FElectric digital data processing42%
H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television22%
G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information8%
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer5%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication5%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes4%
H03MCoding3%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general2%
G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus2%
H04BTransmission2%
PatentTitleYear
9,996,612System and method for audio identification and metadata retrieval20189,430,651'Digital rights management license archiving'20168,817,064'Videoconference arrangement'20148,763,143'System and method for providing content in two formats on one DRM disk'20148,718,198'Multipurpose television module'20148,610,834'System and method for effectively implementing a charging base for a remote control device'20138,559,516'Video sequence ID by decimated scene signature'20138,538,324'Mobile phone dock for TV'20138,478,694'Digital rights management license archiving'2013RE044190'Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations'20138,323,035'60 GHz data transmission through a mechanical swivel connection'20128,300,818'System and method for effectively protecting electronic content information'20128,296,240'Digital rights management dongle'20128,261,305'System and method for scrolling through TV video icons by category'20128,259,156'Videoconference arrangement'20128,224,752'Digital rights management license renewal'20128,146,166'System and method for providing content in two formats on one DRM disk'20128,095,955'Methods and systems for improving network response during channel change'20128,019,810'Television viewing of RSS'20117,984,505'Rearrangement of media content while preserving digital rights management protection'20117,915,980'Coax core insulator waveguide'20117,839,844'System and method for dynamically determining retransmit buffer time'20107,832,014'System and method for providing content in two formats on one DRM disk'20107,751,436'System and method for dynamically establishing PLL speed based on receive buffer data accumulation for streaming video'20107,730,516'TV-centric system'20107,721,312'System and method for scrolling through TV video icons by category'20107,716,136'System and method for revenue sharing for multimedia sharing in social network'20107,649,949'Multipurpose television module'20107,643,503'System and method for dynamically determining retransmit buffer time'20107,596,673'Failure tolerant data storage'20097,469,232'System and method for revenue sharing for multimedia sharing in social network'20087,436,793'System and method for effectively performing a transmit power adjustment procedure'20087,389,317'Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations'20087,242,325'Error correction compensating ones or zeros string suppression'20077,154,554'Flat moldable HDTV display'20067,076,666'Hard disk drive authentication for personal video recorder'20066,867,813'Flat moldable HDTV display'20056,657,563'Method and system for encoder signal processing with reduced routing'20036,370,558'Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations'20026,240,437'Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations'20016,219,688'Method, apparatus and system for sum of plural absolute differences'20016,116,768'Three input arithmetic logic unit with barrel rotator'20006,098,163'Three input arithmetic logic unit with shifter'20006,032,170'Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations'20006,016,538'Method, apparatus and system forming the sum of data in plural equal sections of a single data word'20005,995,748'Three input arithmetic logic unit with shifter and/or mask generator'19995,995,747'Three input arithmetic logic unit capable of performing all possible three operand boolean operations with shifter and/or mask generator'19995,974,539'Three input arithmetic logic unit with shifter and mask generator'19995,961,635'Three input arithmetic logic unit with barrel rotator and mask generator'19995,960,193'Apparatus and system for sum of plural absolute differences'19995,835,130'Video telephony system with hold program'19985,796,875'Selective de-blocking filter for DCT compressed images'19985,761,726'Base address generation in a multi-processing system having plural memories with a unified address space corresponding to each processor'19985,742,538'Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations'19985,734,880'Hardware branching employing loop control registers loaded according to status of sections of an arithmetic logic unit divided into a plurality of sections'19985,727,225'Method, apparatus and system forming the sum of data in plural equal sections of a single data word'19985,696,954'Three input arithmetic logic unit with shifting means at one input forming a sum/difference of two inputs logically anded with a third input logically ored with the sum/difference logically anded with an inverse of the third input'19975,694,348'Method apparatus and system for correlation'19975,689,695'Conditional processor operation based upon result of two consecutive prior processor operations'19975,673,407'Data processor having capability to perform both floating point operations and memory access in response to a single instruction'19975,651,127'Guided transfers with variable stepping'19975,640,578'Arithmetic logic unit having plural independent sections and register storing resultant indicator bit from every section'19975,634,065'Three input arithmetic logic unit with controllable shifter and mask generator'19975,606,677'Packed word pair multiply operation forming output including most significant bits of product and other bits of one input'19975,600,847'Three input arithmetic logic unit with mask generator'19975,590,350'Three input arithmetic logic unit with mask generator'19965,560,030'Transfer processor with transparency'19965,512,896'Huffman encoding method, circuit and system employing most significant bit change for size detection'19965,509,129'Long instruction word controlling plural independent processor operations'19965,493,646'Pixel block transfer with transparency'19965,487,146'Plural memory access address generation employing guide table entries forming linked list'19965,479,166'Huffman decoding method, circuit and system employing conditional subtraction for conversion of negative numbers'19955,420,809'Method of operating a data processing apparatus to compute correlation'19955,327,240'Methods, systems and apparatus for providing improved definition video'19945,272,468'Image processing for computer color conversion'1993Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1993–2013Patents assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC (36)· patent assignee history
1993–2008Based in Houston, TX, US· patent location history
1996Based in Houston, Harris County, TX, US· patent location history
1998–2016Patents assigned to SONY ELECTRONICS INC (36)· patent assignee history
1998–2018Patents assigned to SONY CORP (35)· patent assignee history
1998–2018Based in San Diego, CA, US· patent location history
2012–2018Patents assigned to READ CHRISTOPHER JENSEN (12)· patent assignee history
2012–2018Patents assigned to HARDACKER ROBERT (7)· patent assignee history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| SONY ELECTRONICS INC | 36 | 1998–2016 |
| TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC | 36 | 1993–2013 |
| SONY CORP | 35 | 1998–2018 |
| READ CHRISTOPHER JENSENself | 12 | 2012–2018 |
| HARDACKER ROBERT | 7 | 2012–2018 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego, California, US | 39 | 1998–2018 |
| Houston, Texas, US | 35 | 1993–2008 |
| Houston, Harris County, Texas, US | 1 | 1996 |