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Charles N. Hicks

Examiner (ID: 9636, Phone: (571)270-3010 , Office: P/2424 )

Most Active Art Unit
2424
Art Unit(s)
2623, 2424, STIC
Total Applications
562
Issued Applications
391
Pending Applications
37
Abandoned Applications
145

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/740015
Systems and methods for transmission of data streams May 8, 2022 Issued
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17/734922
Apparatus, systems and methods for generating an emotional-based content recommendation list May 1, 2022 Issued
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17/729995
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SUMMARY MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON BIOMETRIC INFORMATION Apr 25, 2022 Abandoned
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17/727306
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and information processing system Apr 21, 2022 Issued
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17/716894
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COUNSELING A USER WITH RESPECT TO IDENTIFIED CONTENT Apr 7, 2022 Abandoned
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17/657913
Devices and method for providing remote control hints on a display Apr 3, 2022 Issued
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17/697578
AUTOMATED CUSTOMIZATION OF MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON INSIGHTS ABOUT A CONSUMER OF THE MEDIA CONTENT Mar 16, 2022 Abandoned
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18/546386
Identifying and labeling segments within video content Jan 20, 2022 Issued
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18/260078
VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH MIRROR DISPLAY FOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER CAMERAS Jan 5, 2022 Pending
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17/567437
Systems and methods for determining that a media item is being presented Jan 2, 2022 Issued
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17/562696
Dynamic content insertion on a user-by-user basis Dec 26, 2021 Issued
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17/546782
Collaborative comment analysis and modification to content Dec 8, 2021 Issued
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17/538434
Digital processing systems and methods for managing presentation of stream portions Nov 29, 2021 Issued
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17/537061
Reaction based real time natural language content adjustment Nov 28, 2021 Issued
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17/536289
Method and apparatus for providing content metadata in electronic advertising Nov 28, 2021 Issued
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17/533288
System and method for creating interactive elements for objects contemporaneously displayed in live video Nov 22, 2021 Issued
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17/525574
Techniques for curating content items Nov 11, 2021 Issued
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17/453582
Systems and methods for providing image content associated with music channels Nov 3, 2021 Issued
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17/512874
Systems and methods for customizing a display of information associated with a media asset Oct 27, 2021 Issued
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17/494045
Methods and systems for determining user engagement based on user interactions during different time intervals Oct 4, 2021 Issued
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