Ask Sydney image search patent reexam instituted

On August 18, 2023, six weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,474,705, owned and asserted by Ask Sydney, LLC, an NPE. The ‘705 patent relates to analyzing tags associated with a sequence of images presented to a user to guide a user to a current interest. The patent has been asserted against Google, Amazon.com Services, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, and Snap.

View district court litigations by Ask Sydney. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj of Hayes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rosen, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015256

$2,000 for Avant Location Tech monitoring patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,485,621, owned by Avant Location Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The ‘621 patent relates to a method for monitoring a mobile station presence in a special area. This invention relates also to a mobile system, a server, a radio transmitting device, and a mobile station suitable for carrying out such a method. The patent has been asserted against Ecobee.

The contest will expire on October 15, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for WristDocs biotelemetry patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,392,970, owned by WristDocs LLC, an NPE. The ‘970 patent provides a portable, disposable biotelemetry system, including one or more sensors, capable of being mounted on one or more extremities, particularly the wrist. The invention provides a biotelemetry system for disposition on the wrist. The device of the invention may be portable, untethered and in some instances, disposable. The features of the wrist biotelemetry system make it effective in stable, chronic or emergency medical settings. The patent has been asserted against Google, Garmin, ZEPP Health, and Apple.

The contest will expire on October 1, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Jeffrey M. Gross entity, GeoSymm Ventures, automated assistance patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,130,900, owned by GeoSymm Ventures LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘900 patent generally relates to a system and method for providing automated assistance for a user using a computing device. The patent has been asserted against IBM and Samsung.

The contest will expire on October 1, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$6,000 for Patent Armory patents prior art

Unified has added 3 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Patent Armory, Inc., an NPE. The contests will end on October 1, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 7,130,430 - Sound Production Control

The ‘430 patent relates to systems for reproducing sound in general and to systems which can control sound production to localized regions in particular. It has been asserted against Yamaha, Panasonic, K-array, Sennheiser Electronic, Holoplot, Sonos, Guangzhou DSPPA Audio, Hisense, Devialet, Creative Technology, Sony, Boss Audio, Bose Corporation, Bang & Olufsen, Pioneer, LG, and Samsung.

US 8,831,205 - Computer Integrated Telecommunications Systems

The ‘205 patent relates generally to computer integrated telecommunications systems and more particularly to a system and method employing an intelligent switching architecture. It has been asserted against Snap Inc., Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, Quora, and Meta.

US 10,237,420 - Intelligent Switching Architecture

The ‘420 patent relates generally to computer integrated telecommunications systems and more particularly to a system and method employing an intelligent switching architecture. It has been asserted against Snap Inc., Twitter, Pinterest, Reddit, Quora, and Meta, Booking Holdings, Teledyne FLIR, Seek Thermal, and OnePlus Technology.