$2,000 for inventor-owned, Jaffe '828, image 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 6,757,828, owned by inventor, Jonathan E. Jaffe. The present invention relates to an improved method and system for authenticating images captured by digital cameras. The main aspect of the invention is the creation of a digital signature that ensures the authenticity of images by linking them to specific parameters and/or environmental factors. The patent has been asserted against Adobe and TruePic.

The contest will expire on March 8, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for DynaIP entity Cloud Systems Holdco IP data management 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 7,975,051, owned by Cloud Systems HoldCo IP, LLC, an entity of Dynamic IP Deals. The present invention relates to a system and method for controlling, managing and routing data among multiple devices that are sources or consumers of streaming data and control devices present in a given environment in a hardware independent manner. The patent has been asserted against ADT, Samsung, Vivint, Monitronics, Google, and Ring.

The contest will expire on March 8, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Secure NFC PTY security 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 9,374,712, owned by owned by Secure NFC PTY. Ltd. The invention relates to the field of information technology security (ITS), and particularly, but not exclusively, to a multi-issuer architecture to enable the coexistence of the Secure Element partitions allocated to each card issuer within NFC enabled devices such as mobile smart-phones. It has been asserted against Mastercard.

The contest will expire on March 8, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$4,000 for IP Edge entity, Communication Advances, image 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 Communication Advances LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Edge LLC. The patents relate to digital cameras, and in particular, to an image capturing method employing eye-gazing detection to trigger various applications. The patents have been asserted against General Motors.

The contests will expire on February 22, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 8823826 - Digital Camera and Image Capturing Method (litigation)

US 8994847 - Digital Camera and Image Capturing Method (litigation)

$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.