Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $9,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Emerging Automotive LLC. The patents generally relate to user profiles for vehicles and e-Keys and have been asserted against Toyota and Kia.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

US 9171268 - Managing User Profiles for Vehicles

Winners: Dinesh Swami, Kiyoshi Yoda, & Mani Manikandan

Winning Submissions: US 20100228405; US 8463488; “Car-Sharing: Where and How It Succeeds (2005)”

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US 9365188 - Generating and Sharing Electronic Keys (e-Keys) with Users

Winners: Ekta Aswal & Ramesh Varadharaj

Winning Submissions: JP 2004190233; US 7868736; US 20080150683

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US 10407026 - Generating and Sharing Electronic Keys (e-Keys)

Winners: Mani Manikandan, Ramesh Varadharaj, & Dinesh Swami

Winning Submissions: US 20100293607; US 8330571; US 20100073125

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