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Computer Science

D-Index
33
Citations
7045
World Ranking
12440
National Ranking
5043

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Operating system
  • Computer network
  • World Wide Web

His primary scientific interests are in Multimedia, World Wide Web, Synchronization, Media content and Representation. His Multimedia study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Selection. His work deals with themes such as Graphical user interface and Purchasing, which intersect with World Wide Web.

He combines subjects such as Media management, Window, User interface, Human–computer interaction and Post-WIMP with his study of Graphical user interface. His Synchronization study incorporates themes from Transfer, Multiple media, Data link and Data transmission. His research on Media content often connects related areas such as Quality.

His most cited work include:

  • Intelligent interaction between media player and host computer (477 citations)
  • Intelligent Synchronization of Media Player with Host Computer (343 citations)
  • Accessing media across networks (320 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David Heller mostly deals with Multimedia, World Wide Web, Graphical user interface, Synchronization and Digital media. David Heller is interested in Media content, which is a field of Multimedia. His World Wide Web study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Representation and Electronic media.

His studies deal with areas such as User interface and Human–computer interaction as well as Graphical user interface. The various areas that David Heller examines in his Synchronization study include Computer hardware, Data transmission, Data link, Transfer and Yet another. In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Digital media, Internet privacy is strongly linked to Purchasing.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Multimedia (56.14%)
  • World Wide Web (43.86%)
  • Graphical user interface (19.30%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2014)?

  • Information retrieval (5.26%)
  • State (5.26%)
  • Representation (10.53%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Information retrieval, State, Representation, Multimedia and World Wide Web are his primary areas of study. His Information retrieval research incorporates themes from Graphical user interface and Text display. His Multimedia research includes themes of Network media and Interoperability.

His World Wide Web research integrates issues from Database and Information repository.

Between 2010 and 2014, his most popular works were:

  • Electronic text manipulation and display (250 citations)
  • Network media device (60 citations)
  • Integrated media jukebox and physiologic data handling application (55 citations)

Best Publications

  • Method for playing a media item on a media player

    Jeffrey Robbin;David Heller

  • Intelligent Synchronization of Media Player with Host Computer

    Jeffrey Robbin;David Heller

  • Media manager with integrated browsers

    Thomas Sunnyvale Dowdy;David Los Altos Heller;Anne Emerald Hills Jones

  • Method and device for updating playlists

    David Heller;Jeffrey L. Robbin

  • Electronic text manipulation and display

    Elizabeth Caroline Furches Cranfill;David Heller;Jeffrey Robbin;Alan C. Cannistraro

  • Hot unpluggable media storage device

    Jeffrey L. Robbin;David Heller;Craig A. Marciniak

  • Method and system for configurable automatic media selection

    David Heller;Jeffrey L. Robbin

  • Graphical user interface for browsing, searching and presenting media items

    Jeffrey L. Robbin;David Heller;Peter K. Farm Hill Blvd. Wagner;Mike Wiese

  • Multiple Media Type Synchronization Between Host Computer and Media Device

    David Heller;Timothy Wasko;Jeff Miller;Jesse Boettcher

  • Network-Based Purchase and Distribution of Media

    Patrice Gautier;Max Muller;Thomas Burkholder;Jeffrey L. Robbin

  • Image scaling arrangement

    Greg Marriott;Jesse Boettcher;Thomas Dowdy;David Heller

  • Media management for groups of media items

    David Heller;Jeffrey L. Robbin;Steven P. Jobs;Timothy Wasko

  • Intelligent synchronization for a media player

    Jeffrey L. Robbin;David Heller

  • Ein gesichertes netzwerkbasiertes inhaltverteilungsverfahren und -system

    Thomas Dowdy;Guy L. Tribble;Dave Heller;Jeffrey L. Robbin

  • Data Backup for Mobile Device

    Dallas De Atley;Scott Forstall;Gordie Freedman;David Heller

  • Widget Synchronization in Accordance with Synchronization Preferences

    Jeffrey L. Robbin;David Heller;Christopher R. Wysocki;Timothy Wasko

  • Utilization of podcasts on portable media devices

    Greg Marriott;Jesse Boettcher;Richard Atwell;David Heller

  • Techniques and systems for electronic submission of media for network-based distribution

    Gregory Robbin;David Heller;Max Muller

  • Data Synchronization with Host Device in Accordance with Synchronization Preferences

    Jeffrey L. Robbin;David Heller;Christopher R. Wysocki;Timothy Wasko

  • Networked media station

    Philip F. Kearney;Robert Dale Newberry;Jeffrey L Robbin;David Heller

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey L. Robbin
Jeffrey L. Robbin Apple (United States)
Scott Forstall
Scott Forstall Apple (United States)

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