THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
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- 834 US PATENTS IN FORCE
- 19 US APPLICATIONS PENDING
- Mar 20, 2018 most recent publication
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- 834 Issued Patents
- 0 Issued in last 3 years
- 0 Published in last 3 years
- 21,064 Total Citation Count
- Feb 12, 1988 Earliest Filing
- 126 Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents
Patent Activity in the Last 10 Years
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Recent Publications
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2018/0063,576 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIDEO CONTENT STREAMSAug 30, 16Mar 01, 18[H04N, G06F, G11B]
2017/0374,123 Method To Insert Program Boundaries In Linear Video For Adaptive Bitrate StreamingJun 22, 16Dec 28, 17[H04L]
2017/0230,705 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A USER RECEIVING DEVICE USING VOICE COMMANDSFeb 04, 16Aug 10, 17[H04N, G10L, H04B]
2017/0188,110 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF NOTIFYING USERS USING AN IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMDec 29, 15Jun 29, 17[H04M, H04N]
2017/0093,654 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PERFORMANCE OF A GATEWAY DEVICESep 30, 15Mar 30, 17[H04L]
2017/0094,356 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AN ACTION IN A GATEWAY DEVICE BASED ON A USER PROFILESep 30, 15Mar 30, 17[H04L, H04N, G06F]
2017/0012,650 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREQUENCY AND BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION WITH A SINGLE-WIRE MULTISWITCH DEVICESep 20, 16Jan 12, 17[H04L, H04B]
2017/0013,289 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING MANAGEMENT OF RECORDED DIGITAL VIDEOJan 12, 15Jan 12, 17[H04N]
2017/0013,319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SINGLE-WIRE MULTISWITCH DEVICEApr 22, 15Jan 12, 17[H04N, H04B, H04W]
Recent Patents
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Title
Filing Date
Issue Date
Intl Class
9924233 Systems and methods for controlling a single-wire multiswitch deviceApr 22, 15Mar 20, 18[H04N, H04B, H04W]
9917564 System and method to monitor audio loudness and provide audio automatic gain controlAug 07, 17Mar 13, 18[H03G]
9918129 Apparatus and method for providing programming information for media content to a wearable deviceJul 27, 16Mar 13, 18[H04N]
9918135 Single button selection to facilitate actions in a communications networkFeb 07, 17Mar 13, 18[H04N]
9912976 Method and system for directing service offerings corresponding to a customer risk profileJul 22, 15Mar 06, 18[H04N, G06Q]
9912977 Method and system for controlling a user receiving device using voice commandsFeb 04, 16Mar 06, 18[H04N, H04B, G10L]
9894312 Method and system for controlling a user receiving device using voice commandsMar 15, 13Feb 13, 18[H04N, G08C, G10L, G06F]
9894403 Method and system for selecting and viewing sports content and a scoreguide in a virtual reality deviceMar 14, 16Feb 13, 18[H04N]
Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents
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2016/0227,267 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIEWING SET TOP BOX CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICEAbandonedJan 30, 15Aug 04, 16[H04N]
2015/0106,843 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING ROW ADVERTISING IN A PROGRAM GUIDEAbandonedOct 20, 14Apr 16, 15[H04N]
2014/0068,657 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING ADVERTISING INTO A VIDEO SIGNAL AT A RECEIVING DEVICE NOT HAVING A DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER (NON-DVR) RECEIVERAbandonedAug 29, 12Mar 06, 14[H04N]
8634484 Method for suppression of OFDM energy spectral density for minimization of out of band emission or utilization of fractured spectrumExpiredDec 13, 10Jan 21, 14[H04K]
2013/0212,616 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A USER INTERFACE OF A RECEIVING UNIT FOR AN AUXILIARY REMOTE CONTROL DEVICEAbandonedAug 07, 12Aug 15, 13[H04N]
2013/0120,657 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING ANTI-ALIASED TEXT TO A VIDEO SCREENAbandonedNov 10, 11May 16, 13[H04N, G09G]
2013/0104,160 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A SECOND SCREEN DEVICE TO TUNE A SET TOP BOX TO DISPLAY CONTENT PLAYING ON THE SECOND SCREEN DEVICEAbandonedOct 24, 11Apr 25, 13[H04N]
2013/0053,057 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE AND UTILIZING THE LOCATION IN CONTENT SERVICESAbandonedAug 31, 11Feb 28, 13[H04W]
2012/0246,015 SYSTEM FOR ONLINE SALES WITH AUTOMATIC REBATE AND COUPON REDEMPTIONAbandonedJun 08, 12Sep 27, 12[G06Q]
2012/0077,595 TELEVISION INTERACTIVE GAMING HAVING A LOCAL STORAGE OF GAME PORTALAbandonedSep 16, 11Mar 29, 12[A63F]
2011/0255,003 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING ON-SCREEN GRAPHICS IN A FRAME-COMPATIBLE 3D FORMATAbandonedApr 16, 10Oct 20, 11[H04N]
2011/0162,020 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MULTI-ROOM DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEMAbandonedDec 29, 09Jun 30, 11[H04N]
2011/0080,517 PHASE NOISE AND FREQUENCY ERROR RESILIENT DEMODULATION SCHEME FOR MOCAAbandonedOct 01, 09Apr 07, 11[H04N]
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