PATROLL

$2,000 awarded for Big Will messaging patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan and Dinesh Swami, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 10,521,846, owned and asserted by Big Will Enterprises Inc., an NPE. The ‘846 patent relates to electronic messaging technologies, and more particularly, to systems, methods, and apparatus for accurately identifying a mobile thing (MT) and/or a motion activity associated with the MT using sensor data. It was asserted against SafeDrivePod International, Aware360, Solutions Into Motion Limited, and Matrix Telematics Limited.

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

$2,000 for Empire IP entity, Dynamic Data Innovations, dataset 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 9,632,676, asserted by Dynamic Data Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. The ‘643 patent relates to systems and methods for management of object datasets and for rending instructions to dynamically update a graphical user interface (GUI) to present a subset of the object dataset. It has been asserted against Old Navy and TravisMathew, LLC.

The contest will expire on January 3, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Longhorn Automotive auto patents prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 7,987,002 and U.S. Patent 8,265,353, owned and asserted by Longhorn Automotive Group, LLC, an entity of Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC. The patents generally relate to auto manufacturing and supplies. The patents have been asserted against Nissan.

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 7,987,002 - Distributed Measurement System - DOWNLOAD WINNING PRIOR ART

US 8,265,353 - Forming an Image of a Mobile Object - DOWNLOAD WINNING PRIOR ART

$20,000 for IngenioSpec eyeware patents prior art

Unified Patents added ten new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by IngenioSpec LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to smart eyewear.

The contests will expire on December 31, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 8112104 - Adaptable Communication Techniques (claim 1)

US 8582789 - Hearing Enhancement Systems (claim 1)

US 8770742 - Eyewear with Radiation Detection System (claim 18)

US 11657827 - Directional Wireless Communication (claim 21)

US 11762224 - Eyewear with Electrical Components (claim 27)

US 11803069 - Eyewear with Embedded Electrical Components (claim 1)

US 11829518 - Head-worn Device with Connection Region (claim 1)

US 11852901 - Wireless Headset Supporting Messages and Hearing Enhancement (claim 10)

US 12044901 - Smart Eyewear (claim 1)

US 12078870 - Eyewear with Battery Charging Capabilities (claim 36)

$22,000 for AutoConnect vehicle patents prior art

Unified Patents added eleven new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to vehicle ecosystems.

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

US 8793034 - Gesture Recognition for On-Board Vehicle Display

US 9020697 - Vehicle-based Multimode Discovery

US 9098367 - Self-configuring Vehicle Console Application Store

US 9123186 - Remote Control of Associated Vehicle Devices

US 9140560 - In-cloud Connection for Car Multimedia

US 9173100 - On Board Vehicle Network Security

US 9147296 - User Interaction and Automation

US 9147297 - Infotainment Systems

US 9290153 - Vehicle-based Multimode Discovery

US 11163931 - Personalized Vehicle Settings

US 12039243 - User Profile Exchange via Vehicle-Supported Communications