Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7702577 | System and method for conversion of initial transaction to final transaction The invention comprises a system and method for converting initial financial transactions into final financial transactions entailing lower transaction fees or which are otherwise more advantageous. According to one embodiment of the invention, a card not present (C... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702553 | System and method for conversion of initial transaction to final transaction The invention comprises a system and method for converting initial financial transactions into final financial transactions entailing lower transaction fees or which are otherwise more advantageous. According to one embodiment of the invention, a card not present (C... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669239 | Secure network system and associated method of use A network computer system for providing security that includes a monitoring function for the network computer system utilizing compartments that can be logical or separate physical hardware, at least one outside server for an untrusted computer network, e.g., global... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7506804 | System and method for an integrated payment and reward card An integrated rewards card includes a credit card number associated with a credit account of a person, persons, entity or a business. The integrated rewards card also includes a debit card number. The debit card number is different then the credit card number. Purch... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7440915 | Method, system, and computer-readable medium for reducing payee fraud An exemplary method for reducing fraudulent transactions includes receiving fraud data from a first data source, wherein the fraud data is related to a fraudulent transaction of an entity. A first data element corresponding to the entity is also received from the fi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7266693 | Validated mutual authentication A method of authenticating a user through a validated mutual authentication system is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes establishing a validating fractal image during an enrollment or other process. A plurality of fractal images are provided ... | 09/04/2007 |
