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Systems and Methods for Endpoint Recording Using a Conference Bridge

US 7,680,264 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).

Term ends Jan 14, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Mar 31, 2006 as application 11/395,350 · Granted Mar 16, 2010
Base term plus 1020 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2029
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2006
Term ends
Jan 14, 2029
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,020
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 1020 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 31, 2006, when this application, 11/395,350, was filedMar 31, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1020 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 14, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 14, 2029High confidence

This family

US 8,204,056In force
Jun 2028
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US 8,594,313In force
Jun 2027
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US 7,680,264this patent
Jan 2029
Jan 2029
US 8,130,938In force
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
US 8,000,465In force
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
Application 11/692,983Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,730,959Lapsed on the fee record
May 2026
May 2026
US 8,379,835Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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
Mar 31, 2006
Reel 17712, frame 172
Dong, Thomas Z.; Williams, JamieWitness Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 2, 2011
Reel 26207, frame 203
Verint Americas Inc.Credit Suisse AGSecurity Agreement
Mar 29, 2013
Reel 30112, frame 585
Witness Systems, Inc.Verint Americas Inc.Change of Name
Oct 21, 2013
Reel 31448, frame 373
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentVerint Americas Inc.; Verint Systems Inc.; Verint Video Solutions Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Oct 21, 2013
Reel 31465, frame 450
Verint Americas Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Oct 21, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentVerint Americas Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Oct 21, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentVerint Systems Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Oct 21, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentVerint Video Solutions Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Jun 30, 2017
Reel 43066, frame 473
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchVerint Americas Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 21, 2017
Reel 43293, frame 567
Verint Americas Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 26, 2025
Reel 73796, frame 639
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentVerint Americas Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (043293/0567)
Dec 23, 2025
Reel 74034, frame 292
Verint Americas Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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