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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7962637 | Dynamic adjustments of video streams A method and apparatus for the dynamic adjustments of video streams sent from a server to a client is provided. Using both short term and long term thinning mechanisms, the server reduces its data transfer rate when bandwidth is reduced and increases its data transf... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7831727 | Multi-content presentation of unassociated content types Audio files and video files are selected for playback. One or more unassociated video items are selected for presentation during a playback of a selected audio file and presented during the playback of the selected audio file. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| D592222 | Graphic user interface for a display | 05/12/2009 |
| 7394666 | Circuit board cam-action standoff connector A cam-action expanding standoff connector and related method are disclosed for mounting a circuit board. The standoff connector includes a body and a plurality of mounting members having interior longitudinally-extending camming portions for engagement by a cam. A c... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7351066 | Electromagnetic connector for electronic device An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force from an electromagnet to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7333092 | Touch pad for handheld device A media device for storing and playing media such as audio, video or images, includes a memory device configured to store a plurality of media items in a digital format. The media device also includes a display configured to present a group of media items from the p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330192 | Rendering translucent layers in a display system A system and method of rendering overlapping layers in a computer display, such as a windowing system, employs front-to-back assembly of the displayed image. An arbitrary number of overlapping elements, such as windows, can be presented, without requiring temporary ... | 02/12/2008 |
| RE39763 | Isochronous channel having a linked list of buffers A computer system consists of a plurality of nodes, each with an associated local host, coupled together with a plurality of point-to-point links. An isochronous data channel is established within the computer system between a first subset of the plurality of nodes.... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7231632 | System for reducing the number of programs necessary to render an image A system for reducing memory and computational requirements of graphics operations. The system provides techniques for combining otherwise individual operations to apply filters to images. A combined filter emerging from the combination spares the processor time and... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222310 | Graphical user interface(GUI), a synthesiser and a computer system including a GUI The present invention relates to a graphical user interface (GUI), a synthesizer and a computer system including such a graphical user interface. In the prior art, input signals may be modified using a variety of controls including rotatable knobs or levers or switc... | 05/22/2007 |
| D542808 | Media device | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218510 | Computer controlled display device The present invention is a computer controlled display device. In one embodiment, the display device includes a flat panel display having an input for receiving display data. Additionally, a moveable assembly may be coupled to the display. The moveable assembly may ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216302 | Method and system for automatically resizing and repositioning windows in response to changes in display Windows in a graphical user interface are automatically repositioned and resized in response to changes in a display configuration. If a window is not capable of being fully displayed within the reconfigured display area, it is constrained to fit the available space... | 05/08/2007 |
| D542288 | Computing device | 05/08/2007 |
| D542306 | Media device | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215813 | Method and apparatus for color correction A graphical user interface for performing color correction and methods for implementing the color correction are disclosed. The graphical user interface allows a user to adjust the colorspace of the pixels in the image. In one embodiment, a color adjustment pad allo... | 05/08/2007 |
| D541799 | Electronic device | 05/01/2007 |
| RE39610 | Systems and methods for replacing open windows in a graphical user interface Systems and methods for returning windows to an original location are described. When springing already open windows to a new location on a display space, it is desired to return that window to its original location for certain situations. A list is provided when th... | 05/01/2007 |
| D541298 | Media device | 04/24/2007 |
| D541297 | Media device | 04/24/2007 |
| D541042 | Electronic device holder | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207104 | Hybrid ground grid for printed circuit board Electrical mounting boards and methods for their fabrication and use are disclosed herein. In particular, such mounting boards embodiments utilize hybrid ground lines interconnected through a substrate core to form multilayer ground grids. Such hybrid ground lines i... | 04/24/2007 |
| D541299 | Media device | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206001 | Fractal-dithering technique for image display Rapid dithering of an RGB image from a higher order to a lower order number of bits is provided while introducing fewer undesirable artifacts than are visible in conventional dithering technology. A compact, deterministic method enables the elimination of banding, f... | 04/17/2007 |
| D539814 | Electronic device | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199805 | Method and apparatus for titling Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for presenting computer-generated characters. The method defines several frames for a character and sequentially presents the frames. Each frame depicts a particular representation of the character. Also, at least t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200836 | Menu authoring for automatically performing low-level DVD configuration functions A DVD authoring system in a processor-based system removes an author from consideration of the DVD Specification during authoring. According to a preferred embodiment, the authoring system provides an authoring engine having an interactive graphical authoring interf... | 04/03/2007 |
| D539327 | Electronic device support stand | 03/27/2007 |
| D538822 | Electronic device | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194692 | Method and apparatus for binding user interface objects to application objects A graphical user interface (GUI) and accompanying functionality for binding Web page definitional elements to a back-end state (e.g., client- or server-side back-end state) and custom logic is provided. In one embodiment, a template containing definitional elements,... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194564 | Method and apparatus for preventing loops in a full-duplex bus A method and apparatus is disclosed for preventing loops in a full-duplex bus. One method has the acts of: selecting at least two candidates to join said bus; establishing a dominant candidate from one of said at least two candidates; testing for loops in said bus; ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194035 | Method and apparatus for improved coding mode selection Some embodiments provide a method of performing mode selection in a video compression and encoding system. The method encodes with several encoding modes from a set of encoding modes. The method computes a distortion value for each encoding mode from the several enc... | 03/20/2007 |
| D538820 | Media device | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191266 | Method and apparatus for supporting and presenting multiple serial bus nodes using distinct configuration ROM images A method and apparatus for presenting a plurality of link devices as separate nodes within a single serial bus module by generating individual or a distinct configuration ROM image for each link device in the module. Each configuration ROM includes an entry for a di... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190577 | Cooling system with integrated passive and active components A cooling system for a computer includes a heat spreader that is in thermal contact with at least one component in the computer, a frame casting, and at least one heat pipe coupled to the heat spreader and coupled to the frame casting for passively dissipating heat ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189913 | Method and apparatus for time compression and expansion of audio data with dynamic tempo change during playback A method and apparatus implement time compression and expansion of audio data, with dynamic tempo change during playback. Dynamic changes in tempo are implemented at specific points in the audio signal corresponding to local minimums in the fade-in and fade-out char... | 03/13/2007 |
| D537817 | Computing device | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187852 | Method and apparatus for on-the-fly DVD encoding A method of integrating audio information and video information, with a single pass is disclosed. In the system of the present invention, a first pass is made through a collection of audio and video information to determine certain information that will be needed to... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187474 | System and method for halftoning using a time-variable halftone pattern The present invention overcomes the limitations of the prior art by providing a system and method for halftoning using time-variable halftone patterns. Successive frames that are presented to the output device are individually halftoned. The halftone pattern is chan... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184056 | Method and apparatus for user customized shading of a graphical user interface To allow users to compensate for different and dynamically changing lighting conditions, the present invention introduces a graphical user interface shading system. The graphical user interface shading system provides a very simple intuitive interface to the user. I... | 02/27/2007 |
