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Method and Apparatus for Segmentation of Audio Interactions

US 7,716,048 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 26, 2026 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Nov 9, 2028 · High confidence

Held by Daimler AG
Filed Feb 9, 2006 as application 10/567,810 · Granted May 11, 2010
Base term plus 1019 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2028
Clock starts
Jan 25, 2006
Term ends
Nov 9, 2028
Granted
May 11, 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
1,019
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.
2
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 1019 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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 25, 2006, when application PCT/IL2006/000100, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2006)Jan 25, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1019 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 9, 2028High 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 orderNov 9, 2028High confidence

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US 7,716,048this patent
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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
Feb 9, 2006
Reel 17570, frame 325
Pereg, Oren; Waserblat, MosheNice Systems Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2008
Reel 20976, frame 889
Daimlerchrysler AGDaimler AGChange of Name
Dec 6, 2016
Reel 40821, frame 818
Nice Ltd.; Nice Systems Inc.; AC2 Solutions, Inc.; Actimize Limited; Incontact, Inc.; Nexidia, Inc.; Nice Systems Technologies, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentPatent Security Agreement
Feb 25, 2026
Reel 75018, frame 663
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentNice Ltd.; Nice Systems Inc.; AC² Solutions, Inc.; Actimize Limited; Incontact, Inc.; Nexidia, Inc.; Nice Systems Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 25, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentNice Ltd.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 25, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentNice Systems Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 25, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentAC² Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 25, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentActimize LimitedRelease of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 25, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentIncontact, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 25, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentNexidia, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 25, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentNice Systems Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818)
Feb 26, 2026
Reel 74986, frame 208
Nice Ltd.; Nice Systems Inc.; Nice Systems Technologies Inc.; Incontact, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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