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Thomas M. Dougherty

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Most Active Art Unit
2837
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3102, 2102, 2899, 2834, 2837
Total Applications
3722
Issued Applications
3182
Pending Applications
118
Abandoned Applications
430

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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19/052027
Access Control Techniques for Media Playback Systems Feb 11, 2025 Pending
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19/024243
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR METERING PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYERS Jan 15, 2025 Pending
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19/019369
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY STREAMING SESSIONS Jan 12, 2025 Pending
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19/010493
CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USERS WITH DISABILITIES Jan 5, 2025 Pending
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18/985221
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC MEDIA INSERTION BASED ON STREAMING METER DATA Dec 17, 2024 Pending
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18/968765
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL FROM A STREAMING PLATFORM Dec 3, 2024 Pending
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18/961733
METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO INCREASE INTEREST IN AND VIEWERSHIP OF CONTENT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER A LIVE EVENT Nov 26, 2024 Pending
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18/938824
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTING A USER FROM TERMINATING A SERVICE BASED ON THE ACCESSIBILITY OF A PREFERRED MEDIA ASSET Nov 5, 2024 Pending
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18/892796
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENT BASED ON LOCATIONAL ACTIVITY Sep 22, 2024 Pending
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18/892291
MEDIA USAGE MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Sep 19, 2024 Abandoned
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18/777907
CONTENT TRANSMISSION METHOD AND CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD Jul 18, 2024 Pending
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18/768930
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO ON-DEMAND MEDIA CONTENT Jul 9, 2024 Pending
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18/767173
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TELEVISION SCORING SERVICE THAT LEARNS TO REACH A TARGET AUDIENCE Jul 8, 2024 Pending
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18/766103
CREATION OF CHANNELS USING PRE-ENCODED MEDIA ASSETS Jul 7, 2024 Pending
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18/750907
LIVE STREAMING CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Jun 20, 2024 Pending
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18/748577
Information display method, electronic device, and storage medium Jun 19, 2024 Issued
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18/748775
Generating a media segment asset Jun 19, 2024 Issued
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18/741696
MEDIA USAGE MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Jun 11, 2024 Abandoned
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18/734196
Publishing a plurality of disparate live media output stream manifests using live input streams and pre-encoded media assets Jun 4, 2024 Issued
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18/672565
Systems and methods for modifying broadcast interfaces based on detected broadcast events May 22, 2024 Issued
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