14 patents currently held

1 more in force is now held by another company

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

3 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.

The next term ends in Jan 2028. from the record

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Ending by 2030

Jan 2028

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Patent families

When these terms end

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notable patents all others Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

System, Apparatus and Method for Discovery of Music Within a Social Network US 8,572,169

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 398 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data. Protection runs to 2030.

Ends Apr 2030 · High confidence Also notable

Interactive Multicast Media Service US 8,756,333

Cited by 162 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2031.

Ends Nov 2031 · High confidence Also notable

Social Networking Relevance Index US 8,930,453

Cited by 134 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.

Ends Jan 2032 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

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 Oct 5, 2027
The maintenance fee for System, Apparatus and Method for Determining Correct Metadata from Community-Submitted Data (US 9,305,119) comes due Oct 5, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 5, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

What they patent

The 4 largest of its 14 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Dynamic Native Binding for Managed Assemblies	1 in force	to Dec 2032
Metadata Ingestion to Stream Customization	1 in force	to Jan 2032
Interactive Multicast Media Service	1 in force	to Nov 2031
System, Apparatus and Method for Discovery of Music Within a Social Network	1 in force	to Apr 2030

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 7,986,867	Video Downloading and Scrubbing System and Method In force Term ends Jan 28, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 28, 2028	High confidence
US 7,934,011	System and Method for Flow Control in Web-Based Video Editing System In force Term ends Jul 29, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 29, 2028	High confidence
US 8,631,068	Peer-based communications system with scalable data model held by Myspace Music LLC In force Term ends Nov 1, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 1, 2029	High confidence
US 8,572,169	System, Apparatus and Method for Discovery of Music Within a Social Network In force Term ends Apr 15, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 15, 2030	High confidence
US 9,305,119	System, Apparatus and Method for Determining Correct Metadata from Community-Submitted Data In force Term ends Nov 24, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 24, 2030	High confidence
US 8,218,830	Image Editing System and Method In force Term ends Feb 7, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 7, 2031	High confidence
US 8,286,069	System and Method for Editing Web-Based Video In force Term ends Mar 22, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 22, 2031	High confidence
US 8,321,454	Double Map Reduce Distributed Computing Framework In force Term ends May 17, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 17, 2031	High confidence
US 8,756,333	Interactive Multicast Media Service held by Myspace Music LLC In force Term ends Nov 7, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 7, 2031	High confidence
US 8,572,575	Debugging a Map Reduce Application on a Cluster In force Term ends Nov 27, 2031 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 27, 2031	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 14: 1 patent in force now held by others · 1 patent ended · 40 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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