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Charles N. Hicks

Examiner (ID: 14684, Phone: (571)270-3010 , Office: P/2424 )

Most Active Art Unit
2424
Art Unit(s)
2623, STIC, 2424
Total Applications
562
Issued Applications
390
Pending Applications
42
Abandoned Applications
144

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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15/401775
Individualized dynamic insertion of secondary content in live streaming Jan 8, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 15237115 [patent_doc_number] => 10506300 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-12-10 [patent_title] => Method and apparatus for managing advertisements using social media data [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/397274 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-01-03 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 11608 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 301 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15397274 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/397274
Method and apparatus for managing advertisements using social media data Jan 2, 2017 Issued
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15/393725
Apparatus and method for resuming playing of media source, and smart television Dec 28, 2016 Issued
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15/393741
Device And Method For No-Signal Processing Of Television And Smart Television Dec 28, 2016 Abandoned
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15/391660
Methods and systems for determining user engagement based on user interactions during different advertisement slots Dec 26, 2016 Issued
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15/391548
Methods and systems for determining user engagement based on user interactions during different time intervals Dec 26, 2016 Issued
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15/361315
Methods and apparatus to improve viewer assignment by adjusting for a localized event Nov 24, 2016 Issued
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15/359634
SEARCH FILTER PUSH Nov 22, 2016 Abandoned
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15/296793
Profiling and identification of television viewers Oct 17, 2016 Issued
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15/764399
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Sep 27, 2016 Abandoned
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15/269272
Extracting data from advertisement files for ad insertion Sep 18, 2016 Issued
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15/256249
Content annotation tool Sep 1, 2016 Issued
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15/234442
Updating content libraries by transmitting release data Aug 10, 2016 Issued
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15/218236
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME Jul 24, 2016 Abandoned
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15/205379
Systems and methods for detecting and removing traceable identifying audio content from media content Jul 7, 2016 Issued
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15/188483
Methods, systems, and media for identifying and presenting users with multi-lingual media content items Jun 20, 2016 Issued
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15/170738
Methods and systems for public announcements on a transportation vehicle May 31, 2016 Issued
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15/160739
Dual-port testing of a cable network May 19, 2016 Issued
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15/155567
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and information processing system May 15, 2016 Issued
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15/154233
Synchronizing video content with extrinsic data May 12, 2016 Issued
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