PATROLL

$4,000 for Helios Streaming multimedia patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Helios Streaming, LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to multimedia streaming. The ‘164 patent is currently asserted against Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

The contests will expire on April 20, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 8549164 - Media Transmission System (litigation)

US 8656041 - Distributing Multimedia Streaming Service Request

$3,000 awarded for Jeffrey M. Gross entity Context Directions detection patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, who was awarded $3,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 9,807,564, owned by Context Directions LLC, a Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The ‘564 patent generally relates to a method for detecting context of a mobile device, and to a mobile device having a context detection module, especially to detect that the mobile device is located in a moving vehicle. The patent had been asserted over 10 times but most recently against Fox Rent-A-Car, Avis, and Enterprise Rent-A-Center.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect Solutions, communications patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 7,260,153, owned by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. The ‘153 patent relates to a Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) Wireless Communication System. It has been asserted against several including Penske Auto, Aptiv, USIC Locating Services, Rivian, Peloton, Heritage-Crystal Clean, and Southern Tire Mart.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

IP Edge entity, Communication Advances, image patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 9,538,177, owned by Communication Advances, LLC, an NPE and IP Edge entity. The ‘177 patent relates to a buffering apparatus for buffering context arrays of a multi-tile encoded picture. It has been asserted against Roku.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSION

$9,000 awarded for Emerging Automotive vehicle patents prior art

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)”

DOWNLOAD WINNING PRIOR ART HERE

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

Winners: Ekta Aswal & Ramesh Varadharaj

Winning Submissions: JP 2004190233; US 7868736; US 20080150683

DOWNLOAD WINNING PRIOR ART HERE

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

Winners: Mani Manikandan, Ramesh Varadharaj, & Dinesh Swami

Winning Submissions: US 20100293607; US 8330571; US 20100073125

DOWNLOAD WINNING PRIOR ART HERE

US 11396244 - Managing User Profiles for Vehicles

Winners: Ekta Aswal, Mani Manikandan, & Vibhor Dimri

Winning Submissions: US 20110137520; US 8522320; US 6505780; US 20070255464

DOWNLOAD WINNING PRIOR ART HERE

US 11738659 - Vehicles and Cloud Systems for Sharing E-keys

Winners: Ramesh Varadharaj, & Dinesh Swami

Winning Submissions: US 20080150683; US 7868736; JP 2009293283

DOWNLOAD WINNING PRIOR ART HERE