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William N. Harris

Examiner (ID: 2597, Phone: (571)272-3609 , Office: P/2875 )

Most Active Art Unit
2875
Art Unit(s)
2885, 2875
Total Applications
929
Issued Applications
683
Pending Applications
52
Abandoned Applications
214

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/396973
Adaptive bitrate streaming time shift buffer Aug 8, 2021 Issued
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17/397601
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content Aug 8, 2021 Issued
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17/395688
Method for co-hosting in live streaming and server Aug 5, 2021 Issued
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17/394495
Method and electronic device for displaying video Aug 4, 2021 Issued
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17/387878
Methods and apparatus to calibrate audience measurement ratings based on return path data Jul 27, 2021 Issued
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17/381812
Broadcast receiving apparatus Jul 20, 2021 Issued
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17/375085
INTERACTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT SYSTEM Jul 13, 2021 Pending
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18/573063
DATA RELAY APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DATA RELAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Jun 28, 2021 Pending
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17/361347
Systems and methods for multi-video stream transmission Jun 28, 2021 Issued
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17/360714
VIRTUAL AGENT FOR PROVIDING GUIDANCE IN ADVERTISING Jun 27, 2021 Abandoned
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17/357022
System and method of tablet-based distribution of digital media content Jun 23, 2021 Issued
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18/014873
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Jun 23, 2021 Pending
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17/304524
Image analysis system Jun 21, 2021 Issued
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17/352615
Media content display synchronization on multiple devices Jun 20, 2021 Issued
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17/344725
PERSONAL PROGRAM AND CHANNEL GUIDE DATABASE Jun 9, 2021 Abandoned
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17/342454
OPTIMIZATION OF BROADCAST EVENT EFFECTIVENESS Jun 7, 2021 Abandoned
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17/303704
Use of In-Band Data to Facilitate Ad Harvesting for Dynamic Ad Replacement Jun 3, 2021 Abandoned
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18/008288
INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND DEVICE, AND TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM Jun 3, 2021 Abandoned
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17/326593
Methods and systems for personalized content based on captured gestures May 20, 2021 Issued
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17/995531
VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE, AND VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD May 13, 2021 Abandoned
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