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Douglas B. Macrae — 28 Patents

GDGemstar Development: 9 patents #4 of 29Top 15%
ISIndex Systems: 8 patents #5 of 36Top 15%
RGRovi Guides: 6 patents #200 of 684Top 30%
EGE Guide: 3 patents #4 of 10Top 40%
Weston, MA: #28 of 466 inventorsTop 7%
Massachusetts: #3,526 of 88,656 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Douglas B. Macrae has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Gemstar Development. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in December 2016. Douglas B. Macrae ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Douglas B. Macrae in Weston, MA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9521462 Premium channel promotion system and method Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock, Jonathan B. Orlick 2016-12-13 $6,333,000
9271049 Premium channel promotion system and method Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock, Jonathan B. Orlick 2016-02-23 $14,037,000
9191722 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Ronald Alexander, Stephen Dias, Kenneth S. Hancock, Elsie Y. Leung, Arthur Y. Ng +6 more 2015-11-17 $1,721,000
9118978 Systems and methods for capturing and storing an image related to a media asset Thomas E. Westberg 2015-08-25 $1,872,000
9015749 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Ronald Alexander, Stephen Dias, Kenneth S. Hancock, Elsie Y. Leung, Arthur Y. Ng +6 more 2015-04-21 $1,546,000
8997148 Premium channel promotion system and method Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock, Jonathan B. Orlick 2015-03-31 $6,214,000
8918807 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Ronald Alexander, Stephen Dias, Kenneth S. Hancock, Elsie Y. Leung, Arthur Y. Ng +6 more 2014-12-23
8793742 Systems and methods for capturing and storing an advertisement-related video clip Thomas E. Westberg 2014-07-29
8732757 System and method for targeted advertisement display responsive to user characteristics Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock 2014-05-20
8726311 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock 2014-05-13
8635649 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock 2014-01-21
8448209 System and method for displaying advertisements responsive to EPG information Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock 2013-05-21
8336071 System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock 2012-12-18
8321896 Systems and methods for capturing and storing a product-related video frame Thomas E. Westberg 2012-11-27
8137197 System and method for generating targeted newsletters Thomas E. Westberg, John O'Keefe 2012-03-20
7921441 Detection and indication of premium channel availability Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock, Jonathan B. Orlick 2011-04-05
7814511 Systems and methods for digitizing video related to products Thomas E. Westberg 2010-10-12
7328450 Method and system for displaying targeted advertisements in an electronic program guide Henry C. Yuen 2008-02-05
6870579 Smart-channel: learning-capable television channel changing apparatus, system and method Kenneth S. Hancock 2005-03-22
6756997 Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information Thomas E. Ward 2004-06-29
6745391 Premium channel promotion system and method Thomas E. Ward, Kenneth S. Hancock, Jonathan B. Orlick 2004-06-01
6701523 V-Chip plus+in-guide user interface apparatus and method for programmable blocking of television and other viewable programming, such as for parental control of a television receiver Kenneth S. Hancock, Thomas E. Ward, Jacques Hugon 2004-03-02
6665871 Download system for consumer electronic devices Stephen Dias, Zafar Khan 2003-12-16
6442757 System and method of channel map correction in an EPG guide Kenneth S. Hancock, Peter C. Schoaff, Eric Shalkey, Wensdy Whitehead 2002-08-27
6411343 Smart-channel: learning-capable television channel changing apparatus, system and method Kenneth S. Hancock 2002-06-25