Alphonso Inc.

48 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

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Jan 2027

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Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Nov 28, 2026
The maintenance fee for Automated identification of product or brand-related metadata candidates for a commercial using dominance and prominence of product or brand-related text or objects in video frames of the commercial (US 10,306,304) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Dec 6, 2026
The maintenance fee for System and method for selectively replacing commercials that are in a video data stream with alternative commercials (US 11,671,634) comes due Dec 6, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 7, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jan 9, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and method for detecting repeating content, including commercials, in a video data stream using audio-based and video-based automated content recognition (US 10,346,474) comes due Jan 9, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 9, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Feb 1, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method for identifying when a newly encountered advertisement is a variant of a known advertisement (US 11,715,128) comes due Feb 1, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 2, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 12, 2027
The maintenance fee for Apparatus and method for identifying candidate brand names for an ad clip of a query video advertisement using OCR data (US 11,842,367) comes due Jun 12, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 13, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Aug 25, 2027
The maintenance fee for Apparatus and method for determining audio and/or visual time shift (US 10,575,126) comes due Aug 25, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 25, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Oct 7, 2027
The maintenance fee for System and method for detecting repeating content, including commercials, in a video data stream (US 10,614,137) comes due Oct 7, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 7, 2028, it lapses early.

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Patents held now

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Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,617,508	Methods and Systems for Collaborative Capture of Television Viewer Generated Clickstreams In force Term ends Jan 14, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 14, 2027	High confidence
US 8,677,384	Methods and systems for network based capture of television viewer generated clickstreams In force Term ends Apr 10, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 10, 2029	High confidence
US 9,584,236	Efficient apparatus and method for audio signature generation using motion In force Term ends May 15, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 15, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 9,590,755	Efficient apparatus and method for audio signature generation using audio threshold In force Term ends May 15, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 15, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 9,641,980	Apparatus and method for determining co-location of services using a device that generates an audio signal In force Term ends May 15, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 15, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 9,698,924	Efficient apparatus and method for audio signature generation using recognition history In force Ends no later than May 15, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than May 15, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 9,942,711	Apparatus and method for determining co-location of services using a device that generates an audio signal In force Ends no later than May 15, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than May 15, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 10,278,017	Efficient Apparatus and Method for Audio Signature Generation Using Recognition History In force Ends no later than May 15, 2035 · Low confidence	In force	Ends no later than May 15, 2035	Low confidence
US 9,583,121	Apparatus and method for determining co-location of services In force Term ends Jun 18, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 18, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 9,520,142	Efficient apparatus and method for audio signature generation using recognition history In force Term ends Jul 30, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 30, 2035	From the USPTO record

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