PATROLL

$2,000 awarded for AutoConnect vehicle patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Tanya Chauhan, who was awarded $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,793,034, owned by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘034 patent focuses on methods for automatically determining the presence of a person within the vehicle, identifying them, and storing personal settings. It has been asserted against Toyota.

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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$10,000 for Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, 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 Arlington Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Dominion Harbor Group. The patents relate to various technologies and two of the patents have been asserted against Comcast.

The contests will expire on February 28, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests.

US 11,381,626 Video Codec for High Resolution and High Frame Rate Video

US 10,735,258 Self-allocating Resources

US 9,507,015 Device Proximity Detection

US 7,324,491 Over-the-air Bandwidth Reservations in Wireless Networks

US 7,193,986 Wireless Network MAC Protocol

Adeia Technologies optimization patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 9,208,155, owned by Adeia Technologies Inc, an NPE. The ‘155 patent discloses a content recommendation system focusing on enhancing user experience by observing and adapting to user interactions with various list presentations.

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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Avant Location wireless patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,934,922, owned and asserted by Avant Location Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The ‘922 patent focuses on areas where mobile operators face competition from short-range wireless communication technologies like Bluetooth, DECT, and WIFI. The patent has been asserted against Apple, Fibar Group, Nice Group, and Samsung.

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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$2,000 awarded for Empire IP entity EMM Innovations multimedia patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Mani Manikandan, who shared a cash reward of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 10,776,756, owned by EMM Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. The ‘756 patent relates to assigning emotional selections to messages or multimedia objects on a network page. It has been asserted against Lark Technologies.

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 SUBMISSIONS