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Douglas D. Watts

Examiner (ID: 708)

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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17/198548
MANAGING PROGRAM ACCESS DURING PROMOTIONAL PERIOD Mar 10, 2021 Abandoned
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17/196718
SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR TRICK MODE IMPLEMENTATION Mar 8, 2021 Pending
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17/196536
Methods and systems for facilitating providing of augmented media content to a viewer Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/155794
System, method, and computer-readable recording medium of detecting wireless home digital interface devices and configuring parental control for each Jan 21, 2021 Issued
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17/248302
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Jan 18, 2021 Issued
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17/248063
Video-on-demand content delivery method for providing video-on-demand services to TV service subscribers Jan 6, 2021 Issued
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17/138627
Dynamic bandwidth allocation for addressable content Dec 29, 2020 Issued
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17/135685
Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method Dec 27, 2020 Issued
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17/133774
Target user identification and management of distributed and published content Dec 23, 2020 Issued
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17/121473
National insertion of targeted advertisement Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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17/121564
Hybrid data collection system to create an integrated database of connected and detailed consumer video viewing data in real-time Dec 13, 2020 Issued
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16/950857
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING CONTENT IDENTIFIERS IN A SUPER-INTERFACE Nov 16, 2020 Abandoned
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17/073622
Systems and methods for providing access to still images derived from a video Oct 18, 2020 Issued
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17/037302
Signal splitting device Sep 28, 2020 Issued
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17/034432
Methods and systems of facilitating sharing of information among service providers Sep 27, 2020 Issued
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16/948600
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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16/948600
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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16/948600
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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16/948600
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/007142
Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with video stream transfer features Aug 30, 2020 Issued
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