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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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17/005281
SYSTEM, METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR LIVE STREAMING ACTIVITY Aug 26, 2020 Abandoned
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16/947320
Method for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Jul 27, 2020 Issued
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16/938125
Efficient association between DASH objects Jul 23, 2020 Issued
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16/935146
Systems and methods for midstream selection of content to insert into a media stream Jul 20, 2020 Issued
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17/623339
Transparency overlay method for virtual set top box, virtual set top box, and storage medium Jun 27, 2020 Issued
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16/902908
Distribution and playback of media content Jun 15, 2020 Issued
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16/890708
Broadcast transmission device, broadcast reception device, operating method of broadcast transmission device, and operating method of broadcast reception device Jun 1, 2020 Issued
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16/890783
Systems and methods for playing media assets stored on a digital video recorder in performing customer service or messaging Jun 1, 2020 Issued
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16/883377
Video distribution system, video distribution method, information processing device, video distribution program, and video viewing program for displaying avatar objects May 25, 2020 Issued
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16/879440
Systems and methods for providing audio content during trick-play playback May 19, 2020 Issued
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16/871756
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation For Addressable Content May 10, 2020 Abandoned
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17/610885
METHOD FOR MANAGING THE RECEPTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT BY AN ACCESS DEVICE May 10, 2020 Pending
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16/865464
Media distribution and management system and apparatus May 3, 2020 Issued
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17/600980
LIVE BROADCAST METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Apr 2, 2020 Abandoned
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17/779532
Live commenting processing method and system Mar 25, 2020 Issued
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16/830319
Primary device, companion device and method Mar 25, 2020 Issued
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16/827910
User interfaces for a media browsing application Mar 23, 2020 Issued
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16/730053
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/730053
System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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16/730028
Video-on-demand content delivery system for providing video-on-demand services to TV service subscribers Dec 29, 2019 Issued
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