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Methods and Apparatus for Integrating Media Across a Wide Area Network

US 10,182,267 Term ended
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Term ended Dec 27, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Sep 2, 2016 as application 15/255,799 · Granted Jan 15, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Dec 27, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2005
Term ended
Dec 27, 2025
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
base term after the term ends fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 27, 2005, when application 11/318,793, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2016)Dec 27, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 27, 2025High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 12, 2018
Reel 46334, frame 731
Dietrich, Bradley; Putterman, Daniel; Peters, Gregory; Bullwinkle, RichardMediabolic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 12, 2018
Reel 46334, frame 910
Macrovision CorporationRovi Solutions CorporationChange of Name
Jul 12, 2018
Reel 46572, frame 31
Mediabolic, Inc.Macrovision CorporationMerger
Nov 22, 2019
Reel 51143, frame 468
Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 25, 2019
Reel 51110, frame 6
Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Jun 1, 2020
Reel 53468, frame 1
Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital CorporationBank Of America, N.a.Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
Reel 53458, frame 749
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
Reel 53481, frame 790
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Solutions CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCRovi Guides, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCTiVo Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
HPS Investment Partners, LLCVeveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Solutions CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Rovi Guides, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.TiVo Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 25, 2024
Reel 69047, frame 372
Rovi Solutions CorporationRovi Solutions LLCChange of Name
Sep 25, 2024
Reel 69047, frame 464
Rovi Solutions LLCAdeia Solutions LLCChange of Name

Sources

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