$3,000 awarded for Cloud-Native Heroes Challenge - prior art found on Proxense '640

Unified Patents and Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) are pleased to announce the winning prior art submissions in the Cloud Native Heroes Challenge, a patent troll bounty program. The results of this contest demonstrate the benefits of engaging open source developers and technologists with domain expertise in the fight against patent trolls.

We would like to thank the dozens of high-quality submissions that were made on these patents. The ongoing contests are open to anyone and offer 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.

Contest & Winning Submissions

Jake Winter was awarded $3,000 for his prior art submission on claim 17 of U.S. Patent 11,095,640, owned and asserted by Proxense LLC, an NPE. The '640 patent focuses on a system and method for securely and automatically authenticating users to access data or applications, notably through radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic authentication technologies. The patent has been asserted against Hyundai.

WINNING PATENT SUBMISSIONS - DOWNLOAD WINNING CHART

• US 7178034

• US 7941534

Find more information on CNCF and the prior art challenges within the links below:

• CNCF Blog: Announcing the Cloud Native Heroes Challenge

• CNCF Blog: Announcing the Inaugural Contest

• CNCF Blog: List of Cloud Native Heroes Challenges

• Computer Weekly blog

• Cloud Native Now article

$2,000 awarded for Key Patent Innovations entity, Malikie Innovations, video streaming patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Nitish Jaswal, Huang Chien-Cheng, and Calvin Zhong, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,411,742, owned by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations. The ‘742 patent introduces a hybrid video encoder that optimizes multivariable solutions across various elements, such as quantizers and motion compensators, by employing soft decision processing.

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

• US 6249546

• Rate Distortion Optimized Quantization (“Wang”)

• US 6167162

• Context-Based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (“CABAC”)

$2,000 awarded for Adaptive Avenue website patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,171,629, owned and asserted by Adaptive Avenue Associates, Inc., an NPE. The '629 patent focuses on an enhanced web site access system, improving user experience through automated, customizable navigation across multiple web pages. It replaces static web browsing with dynamic presentations, incorporating bookmarks and slideshow features for ease of use and efficient content delivery. It has been asserted against several but most recently Amazon, Home Depot, eBay, Best Buy, Costco, Walmart, Barnes & Noble, OpticsPlanet, and PetCo.

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

• US 7290204

$2,000 awarded for Proxense authentication patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Jake Winter, Tanya Chauhan, and Vivek Yadav, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 9,450,956, owned and asserted by Proxense LLC, an NPE. The ‘956 patent details a secure authentication system comprising a Personal Digital Key (PDK), a Reader, and associated methods and devices to authorize individuals for data access or application use, based on biometric and profile authentication. It had been asserted against Hyundai.

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

• JP 2002104105

• KR 100647374

• US 9218454

• KR 20060084165

$2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, Digimedia Tech, storage patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ritu Tyagi and Geethanath, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,287,088, owned and asserted by DigiMedia Tech, LLC, an NPE and an IP Investments Group entity. The ‘088 patent has been asserted against Box, Pinterest, CarGurus, and eHarmony.

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

• US 20070064124

• JP 3820086

• US 7965310