PATROLL

$2,000 for Dialect communications 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 8,140,327, owned by Dialect, LLC, an NPE. The ‘327 patent generally relates to a system and method for filtering and eliminating noise from natural language utterances to improve speech recognition and parsing. The patent has been asserted against Amazon and Samsung.

The contest will expire on July 16, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 for Flick Intelligence information sharing patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 14 of U.S. Patent 9,465,451, owned by Flick Intelligence, LLC, an NPE. The ‘451 patent generally relates to a computer program product for displaying additional information about a displayed point of interest. The patent has been asserted against Magic Leap, Google, Apple, and Niantic.

The contest will expire on July 16, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 awarded for Web 2.0 Technologies storage patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Dinesh Swamy, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 6,845,448, owned by Web 2.0 Technologies, LLC. The ‘448 patent generally relates to a method and system for gathering and storing personal information on a server computer and releasing such information to authorized requesters. It had been asserted against several companies such as Trello, Hive, Nulab, and LiquidPlanner.

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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$18,000 for Dominion Harbor entity, Monument Peak Ventures, prior art

Unified added 9 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The contests will all end on June 30, 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.

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$2,000 awarded for Tiare Technology patron counter patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Dinesh Swamy, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 10,157,414, owned by Tiare Technology, Inc., an NPE. The ‘414 patent generally relates to using a wireless patron unit for providing services to patrons at resorts, stadiums, arenas, and other venues. The patent had been asserted over 20 times against companies like Applebees, Albertsons, Kroger, Sonic, and Best Buy.

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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