$2,000 for VideoLabs data transmission patent prior art

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.

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$2,000 for IpIcontent voice recognition patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,416,668, owned by IpIcontent, LLC. The ‘668 patent generally relates to voice recognition with a limited dictionary.

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

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$12,000 for SoftBank entity, Neo Wireless, prior art

On February 21, 2023, Unified added 6 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and SoftBank subsidiary. The contests will all end on May 1, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from APEX Standards, Techson IP, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.

• US 8,467,366 - Random Access in Multi-carrier Communication Systems (litigations)

• US 10,075,941 - Multi-carrier Communication Systems (litigations)

• US 10,447,450 - Multi-carrier Packet Communication (litigations)

• US 10,771,302 - Channel Probing Signal for a Broadband Communication System (litigations)

• US 10,833,908 - Channel Probing Signal for a Broadband Communication System (litigations)

• US 10,965,512 - Multi Cell Wireless Communication Networks (litigations)

$2,000 for Flick Intelligence content display patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,465,451, owned by Flick Intelligence, LLC. The ‘451 patent generally relates to obtaining and displaying supplemental data about a displayed movie, show, event, or video game. It is currently being asserted against Apple and Google.

The contest will expire on May 1, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Fare Technologies taximeters patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent RE46727, owned by Fare Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The '727 patent generally relates to a taxi trip meter system that includes a taximeter and a location sensor connected to a computer loaded with street information and driver evaluation software. It has been asserted against Lyft and Uber.

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.

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• US 5068656

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