PATROLL

$1,000 awarded for Morris Routing network patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Calvin Zhong, who was awarded $1,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 11,196,660, owned by Morris Routing Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘660 patent generally relates to routing methods, systems, and computer program products. It has been asserted against 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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Eric Zautner entity, Conexus, web applications patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 11,736,499, owned and asserted by Conexus LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The '499 patent focuses on monitoring web applications for potentially malicious code execution, employing a model of legitimate behavior to identify anomalies. It details a thorough process of capturing and analyzing network and application activities to safeguard against security threats that bypass traditional defenses. It has been asserted against Datadog and eSentire.

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

$4,000 awarded for STT WebOS web-based communication patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $4,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by STT WebOS, Inc. The patents relate to web based control management systems and communications. They have been asserted against ByteDance.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on these patents. 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 10,686,797 - Information Exchange Over a Web Based Environment

Winners: Ritu Tyagi, Calvin Zhong & Rekha Bansiwal

Winning Submissions: WO 2001039007; US 7133901; US 6438632

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US 11,336,754 - Concurrent Web Based Multitasking Support

Winners: Ritu Tyagi, Ganesan Rajamanickam & Andrei Gilya

Winning Submissions: US 6990534; US 7814200; US 20030135587

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$32,000 for AutoConnect Holdings automotive patents prior art

Unified Patents added sixteen 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 June 2, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

US 8831826 - Gesture Recognition for On-board Display

US 8983718 - Universal Bus in the Car

US 9008906 - Occupant Sharing of Displayed Content in Vehicles

US 9088572 - On Board Vehicle Media Controller

US 9117318 - Vehicle Diagnostic Detection

US 9142071 - Vehicle Zone-based Intelligent Console Display Settings

US 9142072 - Information Shared Between a Vehicle and User Devices

US 9159232 - Vehicle Climate Control

US 9297662 - Universal Bus in the Car

US 9338170 - On Board Vehicle Media Controller

US 9412273 - Radar Sensing and Emergency Response Vehicle Detection

US 9417834 - Occupant Sharing of Displayed Content in Vehicles

US 9524597 - Radar Sensing and Emergency Response Vehicle Detection

US 9952680 - Vehicle User Interface Customization and Control

US 11372936 - Vehicle User Profiles

US 11379541 - Adapting a Control Function Based on a User Profile

$8,000 awarded for Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, networking patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $8,000 in cash prizes. 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.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on these patents. 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 7,193,986 Wireless Network MAC Protocol

Winners: Calvin Zhong & Nisha Devi

Winning Submissions: US 7133396; US 5644576

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

Winners: Umesh Kumar, Ketan Sachdeva & Nikko Quevada

Winning Submissions: IEEE 802.11e Wireless LAN for Quality of Service (“Mangold”); US 20030103520; US 6785252

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US 10,735,258 Self-allocating Resources

Winners: Ritu Tyagi & Ekta Aswal

Winning Submissions: US 9380068; US 9235801

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

Winners: Suman Trikha & Calvin Zhong

Winning Submissions: US 20030142872; US 9197845

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