Unified is seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of US-8379538-B2. The patent is owned by Valtrus Innovations Ltd., an entity of New PP Licensing LLC. This patent describes using a machine-readable monitoring model to store and maintain the configuration of a monitoring environment. A monitoring element reads that model and automatically adjusts how it operates based on the defined configuration. The patent had been asserted against SAP America and both Starbucks and Google have filed declaratory judgment actions against the patent. For more information on the patent: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/patents/patent/US-8379538-B2 View the Similar Documents (patents + scholarly publications) generated by Google Patents: Patents: https://patents.google.com/?q=(~patent%2fUS8379538B2)&before=filing:20050622 NPL: https://patents.google.com/?q=(~patent%2fUS8379538B2)&before=filing:20050622&patents=false&scholar ** PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR THIS CONTEST BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE. ** ** TO QUALIFY FOR CONSIDERATION, A CLAIM CHART IS REQUIRED. ** ** PRIOR ART THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CITED DURING PROSECUTION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. ** PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to initially generate claim charts, and then researchers must add relevant figures and highlighting before submitting each chart. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.