Ocean Tomo Auctions to Sell Early Priority Video-On-Demand Patent

Ocean Tomo Auctions to Sell Early Priority Video-On-Demand Patent

CHICAGO, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC announced today US Patent Numbers 4,890,320 and 4,995,078, both entitled "Television Broadcast System for Selective Transmission of Viewer-Chosen Programs at Viewer- Requested Times," have been consigned to be sold at The Ocean Tomo Fall 2006 Live Intellectual Property Auction to be held on October 26, 2006 in New York City.

These two patents maintain early priority in the field of Video-On-Demand ("VOD"). The patents disclose systems and methods where a central location holds a collection of preferred programs which are available for transmission to a private television upon user request. Thus, an array of programs is made available to users on their television sets without the need to travel and whenever they desire to view such programs.

The '320 and '078 Patents have been cited by the following patents:

-- US Patent 5,812,928 assigned to Bismuth Investments (Gibraltar)
Limited
-- US Patents 5,813,010 and 6,009,433 assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha
Toshiba
-- US Patents 5,357,276 and 5,826,167 assigned to Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
-- US Patents 5,883,661, 6,055,315, 5,220,420, 6,034,678, 6,064,377,
6,100,883, 6,205,582 and 6,305,020 assigned to ICTV, Inc.
-- US Patents 5,917,537, 5,247,347, 5,625,404, 5,712,906, 5,729,825,
5,774,530, 5,790,174, 5,790,176, 5,802,283, 5,809,120 and 5,854,835
assigned to Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.
-- US Patent 5,926,204 assigned to AT&T Corporation
-- US Patent 5,986,690 assigned to Discovery Communications, Inc.
-- US Patents 5,990,927, 6,052,554, 6,160,989, 6,181,335, 6,408,437,
6,463,585, 6,539,548, 6,738,978, 7,013,478, 7,017,178 and 7,073,187
assigned to Sedna Patent Services, LLC
-- US Patents 5,508,732, 5,724,646, 6,055,560 and 5,568,181 assigned to
IBM Corporation
-- US Patent 6,266,816 assigned to Watson Technologies
-- US Patent 6,434,746 assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
-- US Patent 6,510,556 assigned to Hitachi, Ltd.
-- US Patents 5,793,410, 6,594,826 and 6,738,983 assigned to Irdeto
Access, Inc.
-- US Patent 6,879,526 assigned to Ring Technology Enterprises, LLC
-- US Patents 4,947,244, RE34611, 5,323,448 and 5,475,740 assigned to The
Bank of New York
-- US Patents 4,980,912 and 5,144,662 assigned to U.S. Philips
Corporation
-- US Patent 4,995,078 assigned to Black & Veatch
-- US Patent 5,016,272 assigned to Home Video Systems, Inc.
-- US Patents 5,046,090 and 5,168,353 assigned to GTE Laboratories
Incorporated
-- US Patents 5,051,822 and 5,181,107 assigned to Interactive Television
Systems, Inc.
-- US Patents 5,091,938 and 5,406,627 assigned to NEC USA, Inc.
-- US Patent 5,130,792 assigned to USA Video Technology Corporation
-- US Patent 5,132,789 assigned to Tiltrac Corporation
-- US Patents 5,132,992, 5,253,275, 5,550,863, 6,002,720 and 6,144,702
assigned to Acacia Media Technologies Corporation
-- US Patents RE35,651 and 5,172,413 assigned to Sasktel
-- US Patent 5,289,272 assigned to Rockwell International Corporation
-- US Patent 5,291,554 assigned to TV Answer, Inc.
-- US Patents 5,311,423 and 5,383,112 assigned to GTE Service Corporation
-- US Patent 5,323,234 assigned to Pioneer Electronic Corporation
-- US Patent 5,389,963 assigned to Safari Video Networks, LLC
-- US Patents 5,400,402 and 5,530,754 assigned to Garfinkle Limited
Partnership II
-- US Patents 5,247,347, 5,410,343, 5,528,281 and 5,854,835 assigned to
Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.
-- US Patent 5,446,490 assigned to AT&T IPM Corporation
-- US Patent 5,565,908 assigned to Eastern Electronics Co., Limited
-- US Patents 5,577,032 and 6,198,478 assigned to Fujitsu Limited
-- US Patents 5,577,735, 5,944,608, 6,126,546 and 6,402,618 assigned to
Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.
-- US Patents 5,583,560, 5,594,509 and 5,621,456 assigned to Apple
Computer, Inc.
-- US Patents 5,644,355 and 6,188,428 assigned to Intelligent Instruments
Corporation
-- US Patent 5,719,792 assigned to The Provident Bank
-- US Patents 5,745,710, 5,995,106, 6,154,209 and 6,344,861 assigned to
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-- US Patent 5,841,979 assigned to Sony Corporation
-- US Patents 5,874,985, 6,005,602 and RE38376 assigned to Microsoft
Corporation
-- US Patent 5,887,243 assigned to Personalized Media Communications, LLC
-- US Patent 5,930,250 assigned to Koninklijke KPN N.V.
-- US Patent 6,009,465 assigned to SVI Hotel Corporation
-- US Patent 6,148,142 assigned to Intel Network Systems, Inc.
-- US Patent 6,243,465 assigned to GTE Service Corporation, GTE
Laboratories Incorporated
-- US Patents 6,331,877 and 6,373,528 assigned to TV Guide Magazine Group,
Inc.
-- US Patent 6,714,986 assigned to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,
Ltd.
-- US Patent 6,728,967 assigned to United Video Properties, Inc.

For more information on US Patent Numbers 4,890,320 and 4,995,078, The Ocean Tomo Fall 2006 Live Intellectual Property Auction or to submit intellectual property for inclusion in future Ocean Tomo Auctions, please call 312.377.4851 or visit http://www.oceantomoauctions.com/ .

About Ocean Tomo, LLC:

Ocean Tomo, LLC ( http://www.oceantomo.com/ ) was established in 2003. The firm specializes in understanding and leveraging intellectual property assets and provides advice in IP-related mergers and acquisitions, valuations, expert services, analytics and IP auctions. Ocean Tomo has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, Palm Beach, Orange County and Washington, DC. In May of 2006, Ocean Tomo was appointed as Back-Up IP Manager for an approximately $1.8 Billion trademark royalty rights securitization -- the largest IP securitization ever. Subsidiaries of Ocean Tomo include: Ocean Tomo Capital Fund, LP -- a $200 million private equity investment fund; and Ocean Tomo Asset Management, LLC -- an SEC Registered Investment Advisor offering hedge funds utilizing IP-based investment strategies.

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