GeoSymm Ventures LLC—an entity connected with a figure familiar in patent monetization circles—has initiated its first litigation over a portfolio of patents that the plaintiff received from Allied Security Trust (AST) in early June. In separate Eastern District of Texas complaints, GeoSymm accuses IBM (2:23-cv-00325) and Samsung (2:23-cv-00324) of infringing a single patent generally related to responding to a user request using “semantic web services” through the provision of their respective voice assistant platforms. At issue are features related to natural language processing and voice commands. In a third complaint, filed against PTC (6:23-cv-00493) in the Western District of Texas, the plaintiff asserts three patents generally related to using “digitally encoded markers” to position an overlay image in an augmented reality (AR) interface. The defendant is targeted over its mobile app, with features for positioning objects in an AR space at issue.