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`FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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`Ameranth Significantly Expands Enforcement of
`its Patented 21st Century Communications™
`Web/Wireless
`Data/Display Synchronization Inventions
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`‘Expanded enforcement includes major hotel companies, travel aggregators, ticketing companies
`and additional restaurant ordering/reservations companies’
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`July 2, 2012, San Diego, CA — Ameranth, Inc. announced today that it has greatly
`expanded the enforcement of its broad ‘data/display synchronization’ patent portfolio, now
`having filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
`against many of the leading hotel, travel site, ticketing, point of sale and other hospitality
`companies. New patent infringement suits have been filed against (a) Hilton, Marriott,
`Hyatt, Starwood and Best Western hotel chains, (b) Travelocity, Kayak, Hotwire, Expedia,
`Orbitz, Hotels.com, Usablenet and Hoteltonight, travel aggregators, (c) Ticketmaster,
`Stubhub and Fandango ticketing companies, and (d) Micros, EMN8, Mobo Systems/OLO,
`Orderin, Subtledata , Tabbed Out, Urbanspoon – restaurant point of sale, and/or
`reservations and/or online/mobile ordering companies. All of these companies are accused
`of infringing numerous claims of multiple Ameranth patents.
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`The explosive growth of the use of smart phones, social/affinity group networking, wireless
`networks, payment processing and mobile wallets on/via smart phones, cloud based
`computing, and related technologies now make the use and licensing of Ameranth’s
`patents essential to achieve a totally synchronized hospitality system, i.e., the 21St Century
`Communications™ system – conceived/invented in September 1998 by Ameranth’s
`visionary inventors.
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`Ameranth’s pioneering web/wireless data and display synchronization inventions have
`been patented (U.S. Patent Nos. 6,384,850; 6,871,325; 6,982,733; 8,146,077 – and with an
`additional patent pending), have been widely adopted and deployed, and are now essential
`to the modern wireless/web hospitality enterprise. Ameranth’s most recent patent,
`8,146,077, was issued on March 27, 2012 following an extraordinarily comprehensive and
`thorough review conducted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The
`extensive Patent Office review (inclusive of multiple Supervisory Patent Examiners)
`considered nearly 200 separate references (including references identified by Ameranth,
`the Patent Office and multiple third parties). As a result, this new strategic patent allowance
`decisively confirms the non-obviousness and novelty of Ameranth’s family of data/display
`synchronization patents.
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`Modern hospitality information technology systems performing functions such as
`online/mobile ordering, hotel/restaurant reservations, event ticketing, payment
`processing/mobile wallets on smart phones, frequency, voice integration and related
`functionality require the use of Ameranth’s patented inventions for synchronized
`operations.
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`Ameranth already has active patent infringement lawsuits against numerous other
`infringing defendants; including Seamless, GrubHub, Exit41, PAR, QuikOrder, OpenTable,
`Agilysys and the three largest pizza chains - Papa John’s, Domino’s and Pizza Hut. It has
`already licensed 12 companies – (including Chownow, Radiant, Menusoft, Netwaiter, Brink
`Software, Savory Mobile, Skywire, Compelcart, Xpient, Munchaway, Ticketmob/Laughstub
`and Snapfinger), and is in active negotiations to provide patent licenses to numerous
`additional hospitality industry product/service providers.
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`“Our licensing program is active and available at reasonable licensing rates to the many
`hospitality technology companies which need patent licenses. However, as these new suits
`confirm, we are fully prepared and determined to enforce our patents against infringers to
`protect the value of our shareholders’ intellectual property,” stated Vern Yates, Ameranth’s
`Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “We are extremely confident of the validity of our
`patents and we are determined to defeat all challenges to the contrary. Our licenses
`provide assurance that the companies and their customers and partners practicing
`Ameranth’s inventions have the patent coverage that they need - from this point forward,”
`added Yates.
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`The adoption of Ameranth’s technology by industry leaders and the wide acclaim received
`by Ameranth for its technological innovations are just some of the many confirmations of
`the breakthrough aspects of Ameranth’s inventions. Ameranth has received twelve
`different technology awards (three with “end customer” partners) and has been widely
`recognized as a hospitality wireless/internet technology leader by almost all major national
`and hospitality print publications, e.g., The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA
`Today, and many others. Ameranth was personally nominated by Bill Gates, the Founder
`of Microsoft, for the prestigious Computerworld Honors Award that Ameranth received in
`2001 for its breakthrough synchronized reservations/ticketing system with the Improv
`Comedy Theatres. In his nomination, Mr. Gates described Ameranth as “one of the leading
`pioneers of information technology for the betterment of mankind.”
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`About Ameranth, Inc.:
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`Ameranth,Inc. ( http://www.ameranth.com) is a recognized leader in the hospitality
`technology market, having been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times,
`Chicago Sun Times, USA Today, Business Week, US News & World Report, Nation’s
`Restaurant News, Hospitality Technology, TIME, CNNfn, San Diego Union Tribune, and
`numerous other prestigious publications. Ameranth has also been awarded or participated
`in twelve technology/“best product” awards.
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`Tel: (888) AMERANTH Fax: (858) 362-0151- (www.ameranth.com)
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