$2,000 for IP Investments Group entity, Advanced Transactions, email patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,386,594, owned by Advanced Transactions LLC, an entity of IP Investments Group. The ‘594 patent relates to an email campaign generator that generates an email campaign template from an email target database. It has been asserted against Belk, Fiesta Mart, Advance Auto Parts, Regis Corp., Marco’s Pizza, The Gap, AutoZone, and Staples.

The contest will expire on February 29, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$8,000 for S3G Technologies software modifying patents prior art

Unified Patents added four new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by S3G Technology LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to a computerized system for efficiently modifying remote software. The patents have been asserted against Foursquare, TripAdvisor, HTC, Acer, ASUSTek, and Samsung.

The contests will expire on February 12, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 8572571 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

US 9940124 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

US 10261774 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

US 10387140 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

$2,000 for Vilox search engine patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,760,720, owned by Vilox Technologies LLC, a Texas-based NPE managed by inventor Joseph De Bellis. The ‘720 patent relates to a method and system for a dynamic search engine that facilitates search-on-the-fly/sort-on-the-fly capabilities. The invention is about enhancing search and data display techniques, particularly on various devices including handhelds, phones, GPS devices, and computers. The patent has been asserted against Salesforce and Oracle.

The contest will expire on January 31, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$12,000 for Intellectual Ventures networking patents prior art

Unified Patents added five new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Intellectual Ventures LLC, an NPE. The patents have been asserted against JP Morgan Chase, Comerica, and Liberty Mutual.

The contests will expire on January 31, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 7280998 - Virtual Data Warehousing

US 7314167 - Secure Transactions

US 7712080 - Parallel Distributed Programming

US 7949785 - Secure Virtual Community Network System

US 8332844 - Root Image Caching

US 8407722 - Transferring Information Through Digital Networks

$6,000 for InfoGation navigation patents prior art

Unified Patents added three new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,292,743, U.S. Patent 8,898,003, and U.S. Patent 10,107,628, all owned by InfoGation Corporation, an NPE. The patents generally relate to navigation systems. The patents have been asserted against Toyota, BMW, and Honda.

The contests will expire on January 31, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 6292743 - Mobile Navigation System (litigations)

US 8898003 - GPS-based Navigation System

US 10107628 - Navigating on Artistic Maps