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Methods and Apparatus for Providing Notifications in a Media System

US 10,692,360 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended Dec 27, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jun 20, 2018 as application 16/013,438 · Granted Jun 23, 2020
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
Jun 23, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,026,301, US 7,768,388, US 8,730,028, US 9,747,783, to Dec 27, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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Maintenance fees paid
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 27, 2005, when application 11/318,811, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2018)Dec 27, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,026,301, US 7,768,388, US 8,730,028, US 9,747,783)resolves to Dec 27, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh 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

This family

US 7,768,388In force
Apr 2027
Apr 2027
US 8,730,028In force
Apr 2027
Apr 2027
US 9,747,783Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 10,026,301Term ended
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
US 10,692,360this patent
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
US 11,288,949Term ended
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
US 11,776,384Term ended
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
Application 18/223,309Abandoned
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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
Jun 20, 2018
Reel 46147, frame 641
Putterman, Daniel; Peters, Gregory; Bullwinkle, Richard; Dykeman, Kim R.; Dietrich, BradleyMediabolic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 20, 2018
Reel 46147, frame 708
Rovi Solutions CorporationRovi Guides, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 20, 2018
Reel 46397, frame 103
Macrovision CorporationRovi Solutions CorporationChange of Name
Jun 20, 2018
Reel 47305, frame 738
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
Oct 2, 2024
Reel 69085, frame 376
Rovi Guides, Inc.Adeia Guides Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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