A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,266,682, owned by VideoLabs, Inc. The ‘682 patent generally relates to data from a transmitter that is extended to include authentication data on the application level by an application protocol. The authentication data is used by the receiver to determine whether the transmitter is known by the receiver. If the transmitter is known by the receiver, the data is accepted. If not, the data is rejected. The ‘682 patent has been asserted against Amazon, Facebook, and Instagram.

The contest will expire on May 15, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.