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Edward J. Cain

Examiner (ID: 17175, Phone: (571)272-1118 , Office: P/1762 )

Most Active Art Unit
1714
Art Unit(s)
1511, 0, 1796, 1762, 1714, 1509
Total Applications
3559
Issued Applications
2955
Pending Applications
148
Abandoned Applications
460

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/086389
Systems and methods for updating user interface element display properties based on user history Dec 20, 2022 Issued
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18/084349
Systems and methods for identifying and storing a portion of a media asset Dec 18, 2022 Issued
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18/072009
Methods, systems, and media for presenting notifications indicating recommended content Nov 29, 2022 Issued
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17/990378
DYNAMIC STREAMING INTERFACE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZED INTERACTION SIGNALS Nov 17, 2022 Abandoned
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17/982249
Systems and methods for displaying search results for program content Nov 6, 2022 Issued
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17/980031
Methods, systems, and media for selecting video formats for adaptive video streaming Nov 2, 2022 Issued
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17/976433
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAM SOURCE DISPLAY Oct 27, 2022 Pending
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17/974204
Event-based content distribution Oct 25, 2022 Issued
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17/966237
Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof Oct 13, 2022 Issued
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17/960806
Data processing method, apparatus, and device for point cloud media, and storage medium Oct 4, 2022 Issued
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17/958990
contents navigation method for OTT service of heterogeneous contents Oct 2, 2022 Abandoned
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18/692168
METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION Sep 18, 2022 Pending
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18/271495
METHOD, MAINFRAME, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING PLAYED CONTENT, MEDIUM AND DEVICE Aug 30, 2022 Pending
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17/815871
Video interaction method and device, electronic device and storage medium Jul 27, 2022 Issued
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18/292252
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUESTION ANSWERING Jul 26, 2022 Abandoned
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17/861066
Episode Season Selectable DVR recordings Jul 7, 2022 Abandoned
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17/809222
PRODUCT SUGGESTION AND RULES ENGINE DRIVEN OFF OF ANCILLARY DATA Jun 26, 2022 Abandoned
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17/842667
Method for just-in-time transcoding of byterange-addressable parts Jun 15, 2022 Issued
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17/834416
System and methods for recommending a media asset relating to a character unknown to a user Jun 6, 2022 Issued
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17/740276
Proactive detection of media item matching May 8, 2022 Issued
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