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)”
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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
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