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Charles N. Hicks

Examiner (ID: 8591, Phone: (571)270-3010 , Office: P/2424 )

Most Active Art Unit
2424
Art Unit(s)
STIC, 2424, 2623
Total Applications
562
Issued Applications
394
Pending Applications
30
Abandoned Applications
145

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/478854
Methods and apparatus to automate receivability updates for media crediting Sep 16, 2021 Issued
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17/476105
Systems and methods for providing program suggestions in an interactive television program guide Sep 14, 2021 Issued
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17/475873
Methods and apparatus to estimate audience sizes and durations of media accesses Sep 14, 2021 Issued
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17/470986
Augmented reality content recommendation Sep 8, 2021 Issued
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17/410177
Systems and methods for selectively providing supplemental content during presentation of media asset Aug 23, 2021 Issued
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17/409910
Method and system for content switching and content control based on facial identification profiling Aug 23, 2021 Issued
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17/409607
Allocating streaming content on a hybrid network Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/401656
Identifying and labeling segments within video content Aug 12, 2021 Issued
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18/032686
Information processing system, eye state measurement system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium Aug 10, 2021 Issued
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17/390427
Method and system for providing contents Jul 29, 2021 Issued
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17/364599
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for user engagement analysis Jun 29, 2021 Issued
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17/341268
Smart media recommendations by events Jun 6, 2021 Issued
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17/322572
Method and device for displaying a screen shot May 16, 2021 Issued
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17/320095
CONTENT FILTERING SYSTEM BASED ON IMPROVED CONTENT CLASSIFICATION May 12, 2021 Abandoned
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17/318215
Training of multiple parts of a model to identify behavior to person prediction May 11, 2021 Issued
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17/318384
Methods and systems for generating personalized data-streaming for a multimedia playback device May 11, 2021 Issued
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17/314217
Apparatus and methods for multi-resolution image stitching May 6, 2021 Issued
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17/315107
Reinforcement learning for guaranteed delivery of supplemental content May 6, 2021 Issued
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17/245665
Systems and methods for providing media content Apr 29, 2021 Issued
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17/224697
Intelligent mapping for fast access of any content type Apr 6, 2021 Issued
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