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James P Duffy

Examiner (ID: 2861, Phone: (571)270-7516 , Office: P/2461 )

Most Active Art Unit
2461
Art Unit(s)
2461, 4173, 2416
Total Applications
610
Issued Applications
424
Pending Applications
55
Abandoned Applications
131

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/772916
DISPLAY CONTROL FOR TELEVISIONS Oct 28, 2020 Abandoned
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17/082298
Expiring synchronized supplemental content in time-shifted media Oct 27, 2020 Issued
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17/077421
Systems and methods for adjusting buffer size Oct 21, 2020 Issued
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17/069006
Remotely accessed virtual recording room Oct 12, 2020 Issued
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17/062750
Systems and methods for sharing video data via social media Oct 4, 2020 Issued
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17/030959
Method and apparatus for synthesizing video Sep 23, 2020 Issued
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17/761178
Methods and systems for managing storage of videos in a storage device Sep 9, 2020 Issued
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18/024020
SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME Aug 27, 2020 Pending
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17/758186
FACE RECOGNITION-BASED VIDEO RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION Aug 24, 2020 Pending
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16/998996
Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals Aug 19, 2020 Issued
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16/945290
Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify linear and non-linear media presentations Jul 30, 2020 Issued
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16/937494
Method and apparatus for synthesized video stream Jul 22, 2020 Issued
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16/926291
USING WIFI-SIGNAL BASED, DEVICE-FREE HUMAN PRESENCE DETECTION TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY HUMANS CONSUMING MEDIA CONTENT Jul 9, 2020 Abandoned
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16/902119
Cloud-based digital content recorder apparatus and methods Jun 14, 2020 Issued
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16/893173
Method and system for selecting different versions of electronic media compositions in real time Jun 3, 2020 Issued
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16/884225
Situation-dependent dynamic bit rate encoding and distribution of content May 26, 2020 Issued
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16/877533
DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD May 18, 2020 Abandoned
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16/877153
Methods and systems for providing a scaled user interface May 17, 2020 Issued
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16/874991
Remotely accessed virtual recording room May 14, 2020 Issued
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16/865756
Remotely accessed virtual recording room May 3, 2020 Issued
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