$2,000 for Secure NFC PTY security patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,374,712, owned by owned by Secure NFC PTY. Ltd. The invention relates to the field of information technology security (ITS), and particularly, but not exclusively, to a multi-issuer architecture to enable the coexistence of the Secure Element partitions allocated to each card issuer within NFC enabled devices such as mobile smart-phones. It has been asserted against Mastercard.

The contest will expire on March 8, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$4,000 for IP Edge entity, Communication Advances, image patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Communication Advances LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Edge LLC. The patents relate to digital cameras, and in particular, to an image capturing method employing eye-gazing detection to trigger various applications. The patents have been asserted against General Motors.

The contests will expire on February 22, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 8823826 - Digital Camera and Image Capturing Method (litigation)

US 8994847 - Digital Camera and Image Capturing Method (litigation)

$2,000 for IP Investments Group entity, Advanced Transactions, email patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,386,594, owned by Advanced Transactions LLC, an entity of IP Investments Group. The ‘594 patent relates to an email campaign generator that generates an email campaign template from an email target database. It has been asserted against Belk, Fiesta Mart, Advance Auto Parts, Regis Corp., Marco’s Pizza, The Gap, AutoZone, and Staples.

The contest will expire on February 29, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$8,000 for S3G Technologies software modifying patents prior art

Unified Patents added four new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by S3G Technology LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to a computerized system for efficiently modifying remote software. The patents have been asserted against Foursquare, TripAdvisor, HTC, Acer, ASUSTek, and Samsung.

The contests will expire on February 12, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

US 8572571 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

US 9940124 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

US 10261774 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

US 10387140 - Efficient Modification of Remote Software (litigation)

$2,000 for Vilox search engine patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 6,760,720, owned by Vilox Technologies LLC, a Texas-based NPE managed by inventor Joseph De Bellis. The ‘720 patent relates to a method and system for a dynamic search engine that facilitates search-on-the-fly/sort-on-the-fly capabilities. The invention is about enhancing search and data display techniques, particularly on various devices including handhelds, phones, GPS devices, and computers. The patent has been asserted against Salesforce and Oracle.

The contest will expire on January 31, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.