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Bernard D Pianalto

Examiner (ID: 17695)

Most Active Art Unit
1762
Art Unit(s)
1101, 2305, 1762, 1502, 1309, 1112, 1308, 2831, 2899, 1506
Total Applications
2958
Issued Applications
2518
Pending Applications
60
Abandoned Applications
380

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/340256
Dynamic verification of playback of media assets at client device Jun 6, 2021 Issued
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17/324777
Media sharing and communication system May 18, 2021 Issued
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17/313374
Systems and methods for operating a set top box May 5, 2021 Issued
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17/222282
Voice-controlled device switching between modes based on speech input Apr 4, 2021 Issued
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17/218491
MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUTHORIZATION METHOD Mar 30, 2021 Abandoned
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17/194126
Parental controls for content Mar 4, 2021 Issued
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17/177906
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CONTENT RENDITION Feb 16, 2021 Abandoned
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17/176956
DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Feb 15, 2021 Pending
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17/175580
Identifying viewing characteristics of an audience of a content channel Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/175380
Media sharing and communication system Feb 11, 2021 Issued
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17/170891
DEVICE ANALYSIS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT EXPOSURE Feb 8, 2021 Pending
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17/152865
Display apparatus and operating method thereof Jan 19, 2021 Issued
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17/248052
Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing media content over a communications network Jan 6, 2021 Issued
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17/138745
Systems and methods for client-based addressable advertising Dec 29, 2020 Issued
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17/125969
Method and system for associating video assets from multiple sources with customized metadata Dec 16, 2020 Issued
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17/108306
Media sharing and communication system Nov 30, 2020 Issued
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17/780241
Method and apparatus for decoding a 3D video Nov 23, 2020 Issued
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16/951609
FREQUENCY CAPPING OF ADDRESSABLE CONTENT Nov 17, 2020 Pending
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17/095182
Pattern addressing for session-based dash operations Nov 10, 2020 Issued
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17/092858
Augmentation of audio/video content with enhanced interactive content Nov 8, 2020 Issued
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