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Douglas D. Watts

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Most Active Art Unit
3204
Art Unit(s)
3724, 3101, 3203, 2902, 3727, 3103, 3204, 2899, 3105
Total Applications
2654
Issued Applications
2350
Pending Applications
81
Abandoned Applications
222

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/469076
Apparatus, systems and methods for reducing time required for a media content event channel change Sep 7, 2021 Issued
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17/407189
METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIDEO PLAYING, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF Aug 19, 2021 Abandoned
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17/407364
Blind scan method, non-transitory computer-readable medium and control circuit thereof Aug 19, 2021 Issued
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18/681484
DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR COMBINING VIDEO SIGNALS Aug 10, 2021 Abandoned
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18/033788
Graphics engine and graphics processing method applicable to player Aug 8, 2021 Issued
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17/397708
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING Aug 8, 2021 Abandoned
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17/382784
Method for determining location of focus, electronic device, and storage medium Jul 21, 2021 Issued
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17/368062
Image-capturing unit and image-capturing apparatus Jul 5, 2021 Issued
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17/366850
Systems and methods for media content hand-off based on type of buffered data Jul 1, 2021 Issued
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17/358515
Systems and methods for routing content to an associated output device Jun 24, 2021 Issued
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17/352811
Systems and methods for providing audio content during trick-play playback Jun 20, 2021 Issued
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17/343310
Content-Modification System With Feature For Exposing Multiple Devices In A Household To The Same Or Similar Advertisements Jun 8, 2021 Pending
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17/242649
Method of performing video call and display device Apr 27, 2021 Issued
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17/241323
Methods, devices, and systems for embedding visual advertisements in video content Apr 26, 2021 Issued
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17/231820
Switching between transmitting a preauthored video frame and a composited video frame Apr 14, 2021 Issued
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17/226503
VIDEO-ON-DEMAND CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICES TO TV SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS Apr 8, 2021 Abandoned
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17/221110
Software based system to provide advanced personalized information and recommendations on what watch to viewers of video content (on TV, online and other platforms) Apr 1, 2021 Issued
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17/208447
Apparatus and methods for latency reduction in digital content switching operations Mar 21, 2021 Issued
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17/206409
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Mar 18, 2021 Issued
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17/249862
Generating customized graphics based on location information Mar 15, 2021 Issued
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