Technologies.
That Change The World.

We develop technologies that power many of today's critical hardware & software systems.

TECHNOLOGY AREAS ↗
THE S3G PERSPECTIVE

Innovations.
That Solve Real World Problems.

S3G's innovations have enabled global technology solutions that have benefited millions of users around the world.

Some of these solutions have been featured on Bloomberg TV's Innovators program. The World Economic Forum also named S3G's core technologist as a Global Leader for his "professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world."

While he was a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his doctoral dissertation was selected as one of the top inventions in computing, and the invention was preserved and showcased at the Museum of Science in Boston. He shares this honor and recognition together with Bill Gates—the founder of Microsoft Corporation—and Tim Berners-Lee—the inventor of the World Wide Web.

In relation to the results of the examination of one of S3G's patent applications, Peter Yim, a partner and head of the Electronics, Software, and Telecommunications Patent Group at the international law firm of Morrison & Foerster, stated: “This result—having all claims found to be novel, having an inventive step, and having industrial applicability—is unusual, and reflects the strength and innovation represented by this invention.”

Bloomberg TV Innovators Program Discussion
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TECHNOLOGY AREAS

01. MOBILE APPS & COMMERCE

Our portfolio includes systems and methods directed to mobile apps and efficiently modifying apps, including enabling technologies that are used by most modern brands, as well as tools that facilitate the foregoing.

02. AI & MACHINE LEARNING

Our portfolio includes systems and methods directed to AI and ML, including performing real-time and non-real-time analyses and learning based on that analyses, as well as tools that facilitate the foregoing.

03. CLOUD COMPUTING & VIRTUAL PROCESSORS

Our portfolio includes systems and methods directed to efficiently using cloud resources, virtualized processing environments, remote execution systems, and distributed server architectures.

04. IOT & CONNECTED SYSTEMS

Our portfolio includes systems and methods directed to efficient IOT and connected systems, including hardware communication, telemetry protocols, and sensor networks.

NEWS & SELECT S3G LICENSEES

Hospitality at global scale

In licensing S3G's patents, unicorn startup OYO stated: "challenging the validity of any of the Licensed Patents would be difficult ... [and] OYO and its Affiliates agreed to ... license the Licensed Patents in part because of the high burden of proving invalidity of any of the Licensed Patents."

OYO Global Headquarters

Infrastructure for smart access

In licensing S3G's patents, Unikey's CEO stated: "We retained one of the largest and best law firms in the world to analyze S3G's patent portfolio. After that analysis, UniKey decided to take a global license to S3G's impressive patent portfolio...."

UniKey Smart Lock Hardware and Keyless Mobile Access

AI-powered mobile apps & commerce

In licensing S3G's patents, Bryj stated: "The licensed patent portfolio [is] recognized across the mobile ecosystem for its technical importance ... [and] [t]hese methods underpin many modern mobile app experiences used by global brands today." Bryj's CEO stated that the patents enable "the most advanced AI-powered mobile development and growth capabilities."

User interacting with mobile app on smartphone in office environment

Digital services for agriculture

In licensing S3G's patents, SourceTrace stated: "the Licensed Patents are directed to and claim critical distributed computing technologies ... [and] the technology embodied in the Licensed Patents has achieved commercial success."

Smart agriculture IoT field sensors and mobile telemetry
PATENT PORTFOLIO
Illuminated proprietary technology circuit schematic and patent blueprint on drafting table

WORLDWIDE PATENTS ISSUED

17+

ENFORCEABLE PATENT CLAIMS

537+

COUNTRIES

United States, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, and more

COMPANIES LICENSED

76 (half in the Fortune 500, Fortune 1000 or Global 2000)

Architectural curves

OYO Global Headquarters

S3G entered into a worldwide patent license agreement with OYO Hotels, Inc. (OYO USA), Oravel Stays Limited (OYO India), Oravel Stays Singapore Private Limited (OYO Singapore), OYO Rooms and Hospitality UK Ltd. (OYO UK), and OYO Mountainia UK Limited (OYO Mountainia) for S3G's patent portfolio.

OYO, an unicorn valued at over $10 Billion US Dollars, is the world’s leading chain of hotels, homes, and spaces. The portfolio combines fully operated real estate comprising more than 44,000 hotels with over 1.2 million rooms. Through its vacation homes business, the company offers travelers and city dwellers access to over 125,000 homes around the world under the OYO Home and other brands. OYO today operates in over 800 cities in 80 countries, including the U.S., Europe, U.K., India, Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Japan.

The license agreement includes patent licenses to S3G’s patent portfolio in major markets around the world where OYO operates, including the United States, India, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and the Philippines. The license agreement covers OYO’s software systems, including its widely-used mobile software applications that are used by consumers worldwide to search for and book hotel reservations.

The S3G patents licensed by OYO include Indian Patent No. 328489; Brazilian Patent No. 1120120015109; Mexican Patent No. 317989; Indonesian Patent No. W00201200112; Philippines Patent No. 1-2012-500065; and U.S. Patent Nos. 9,304,758; 9,081,897; 9,940,124; 8,572,571; 10,387,140; 10,261,774, 10,831,468 and 11,210,082. The patents are directed to efficient network communications, including over low bandwidth wireless networks, between various hardware and software systems, including mobile apps. The technology addressed a long felt need by users and the technology industry as a whole to enable higher performance and higher speed communications even over slow wireless networks. Some of the patents also cover location-based systems, data analytics and data visualizations, cloud computing and virtualized processor systems.

In licensing the S3G patents, OYO and its Affiliates stated that "challenging the validity of any of the Licensed Patents would be difficult" and OYO and its Affiliates licensed the patents "in part because of the high burden of proving invalidity of any of the Licensed Patents."

UniKey Smart Lock Hardware and Keyless Mobile Access

UniKey Technologies, the world's largest smart access control platform provider, licensed S3G's patent portfolio.

Phil Dumas, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of UniKey Technologies, Inc. (“UniKey”) described UniKey’s experience with S3G's patent portfolio, stating:

We retained one of the largest and best law firms in the world to analyze S3G's patent portfolio. After that analysis, UniKey decided to take a global license to S3G's impressive patent portfolio, the core of which covers critical distributed computing technologies, including highly efficient network communications between mobile devices and servers.

As an innovator myself, I appreciate and understand the innovation represented by S3G's patent portfolio. As the founder and CEO of UniKey, I invented the technology underlying one of the world’s first and most popular smart door locks: Kwikset’s Kevo smart door lock. Using the associated Kevo mobile app – which is also powered by UniKey’s technologies - users can remotely lock and unlock their doors, or can send digital keys to friends, family and others. I pitched UniKey and this solution on Shark Tank, and was the first company to receive an offer from all 5 sharks!

Phil Dumas, Founder and CEO of UniKey
User interacting with mobile app on smartphone in office environment

Bryj, the first AI-powered platform that unifies mobile app development, user engagement, and growth marketing capabilities, signed a multi-million-dollar, non-exclusive patent license agreement with S3G.

A press release issued by Bryj states: "The licensed patent portfolio, recognized across the mobile ecosystem for its technical importance, covers foundational technologies for highly efficient network communication between mobile devices and servers, dynamic delivery of content and app logic, and cross-device synchronization. These methods underpin many modern mobile app experiences used by global brands today."

The press release further states: "After legal and technical due diligence on the patent portfolio, the patents were determined valid and represent significant and enabling technological advances in modern mobile applications. In addition to its US patents, S3G also has foreign counterpart patents that are directed to the same subject matter and are registered in key markets around the world, including India, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, and the Philippines."

The CEO of Bryj, James Colgan, who previously at Microsoft scaled Outlook Mobile from 0 to 60 million monthly active users, explained that licensing S3G's patents enable "the most advanced AI-powered mobile development and growth capabilities," stating:

Mobile is rapidly becoming the primary revenue and loyalty channel for brands, and businesses need the freedom to innovate without hesitation or risk. This agreement ensures that every customer using Bryj’s platform and services can create and grow their mobile app experiences with complete confidence. It reinforces our commitment to delivering the most advanced AI-powered mobile development and growth capabilities while ensuring our customers are always protected.

James Colgan, CEO of Bryj
Smart agriculture IoT field sensors and mobile telemetry

SourceTrace, a global leader in providing digital solutions to agriculture and food businesses, licensed S3G's patents.

In licensing the patents, SourceTrace stated that it used independent legal and technical experts and counsel to perform analysis of the Licensed Patents. SourceTrace also stated that "the Licensed Patents are directed to and claim critical distributed computing technologies, including highly efficient network communications between one or more mobile devices and/or one or more servers ... [and] the technology embodied in the Licensed Patents has achieved commercial success."

SourceTrace continued to state that "the original patent application was filed in the United States and as a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patent application, and that each of the granted foreign counterpart patents of the original granted US patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,572,571) are directed to and claim the same subject matter."

SourceTrace further stated that: "(i) each of the Licensed Patents is valid and constitute patentable subject matter under each applicable country’s patent laws; (ii) many other companies have unsuccessfully attempted to challenge the validity of one or more of the Licensed Patents; and, (iii) challenging the validity of any of the Licensed Patents would be extremely difficult."