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Methods and Apparatus for Providing Notifications in a Media System

US 8,730,028 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Mediabolic, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Apr 28, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jun 25, 2010 as application 12/823,466 · Granted May 20, 2014
Base term plus 834 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2027
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2005
Term ends
Apr 28, 2027
Granted
May 20, 2014
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
834
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,768,388.
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.
8
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 834 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Dec 27, 2005, when application 11/318,811, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 25, 2010)Dec 27, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+834 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 9, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,768,388)capped to Apr 28, 2027High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 28, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,768,388In force
Apr 2027
Apr 2027
US 8,730,028this patent
Apr 2027
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US 9,747,783Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 10,026,301Term ended
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
US 10,692,360Term ended
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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not computed
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

The 40 most recent of 45 recorded documents are shown; the 5 earliest are not. 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 24, 2014
Reel 33396, frame 1
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAll Media Guide, LLC; Aptiv Digital, Inc.; Gemstar Development Corporation; Index Systems Inc.; Rovi Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Starsight Telecast, Inc.; TV Guide International, Inc.; United Video Properties, Inc.Patent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAll Media Guide, LLCPatent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAptiv Digital, Inc.Patent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentGemstar Development CorporationPatent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentIndex Systems Inc.Patent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentRovi CorporationPatent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentRovi Guides, Inc.Patent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentRovi Solutions CorporationPatent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentRovi Technologies CorporationPatent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentStarsight Telecast, Inc.Patent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentTV Guide International, Inc.Patent Release
Jul 24, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentUnited Video Properties, Inc.Patent Release
Feb 11, 2015
Reel 34940, frame 382
Rovi Solutions CorporationRovi Guides, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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
Nov 25, 2019
Reel 51145, frame 90
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentAptiv Digital Inc.; Gemstar Development Corporation; Index Systems Inc.; Rovi Guides, Inc.; Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Sonic Solutions LLC; Starsight Telecast, Inc.; United Video Properties, Inc.; Veveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentAptiv Digital Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentGemstar Development CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentIndex Systems Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentRovi Guides, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentRovi Solutions CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentRovi Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSonic Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentStarsight Telecast, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentUnited Video Properties, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 25, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentVeveo, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
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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