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Thomas M. Dougherty

Examiner (ID: 15094, Phone: (571)272-2022 , Office: P/2837 )

Most Active Art Unit
2837
Art Unit(s)
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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17/970753
Generating a live media segment asset Oct 20, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 20260054 [patent_doc_number] => 12432422 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2025-09-30 [patent_title] => Interaction method, apparatus, device, and storage medium based on live streaming application [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/965136 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-10-13 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 16 [patent_no_of_words] => 8551 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 256 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17965136 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/965136
Interaction method, apparatus, device, and storage medium based on live streaming application Oct 12, 2022 Issued
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17/964989
STREAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD Oct 12, 2022 Pending
Array ( [id] => 19386197 [patent_doc_number] => 20240276067 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-08-15 [patent_title] => INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 18/568734 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-10-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 11974 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 18568734 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
18/568734
INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCT Oct 9, 2022 Pending
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17/940136
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING A USER EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A PAUSE IN PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT Sep 7, 2022 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 19377753 [patent_doc_number] => 12069346 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-08-20 [patent_title] => Systems and methods for a television scoring service that learns to reach a target audience [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/823981 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-09-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 48 [patent_figures_cnt] => 51 [patent_no_of_words] => 25160 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 112 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17823981 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/823981
Systems and methods for a television scoring service that learns to reach a target audience Aug 31, 2022 Issued
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18/569579
METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ITEM PRESENTING Aug 22, 2022 Pending
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17/820852
Method and system to encode user visibility count Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/888094
Reconciliation of commercial measurement ratings Aug 14, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18063255 [patent_doc_number] => 20220394342 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-12-08 [patent_title] => DIGITAL CONTENT STREAMING PLAYBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/882057 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-08-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 18830 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 319 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17882057 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/882057
DIGITAL CONTENT STREAMING PLAYBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD Aug 4, 2022 Abandoned
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17/877499
Methods and apparatus for dynamic media insertion based on streaming meter data Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/875775
Publishing a disparate per-client live media output stream based on dynamic insertion of targeted non-programming content and customized programming content Jul 27, 2022 Issued
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17/875057
Publishing a plurality of disparate live media output stream manifests using live input streams and pre-encoded media assets Jul 26, 2022 Issued
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17/810949
SHARING TIMESTAMPS FOR VIDEO CONTENT IN A MESSAGING PLATFORM Jul 5, 2022 Abandoned
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17/848091
Under-addressable advertisement measurement Jun 22, 2022 Issued
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17/831806
Content-modification system with feature for controlling viewer exposure to spoilers in advertisements Jun 2, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 19508925 [patent_doc_number] => 12120362 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2024-10-15 [patent_title] => Live stream viewable while sending and receiving text in group and among groups [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/921841 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-05-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 15 [patent_figures_cnt] => 15 [patent_no_of_words] => 11293 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 166 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17921841 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/921841
Live stream viewable while sending and receiving text in group and among groups May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/746531
Dynamic playout buffer for media output stream May 16, 2022 Issued
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17/742468
Client-side dynamic presentation of programming content in an indexed disparate live media output stream May 11, 2022 Issued
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17/739885
Server-side dynamic insertion of programming content in an indexed disparate live media output stream May 8, 2022 Issued
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