Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110036939 | RAPIDLY CONVERTIBLE HYBRID AIRCRAFT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD A hybrid fixed wing aircraft converts into a roadworthy vehicle in a matter of seconds therefore operating efficiently in both air and ground transportation systems. The single piece wing is mounted on a skewed pivot that is on the lower portion of the fuselage and is o... | 02/17/2011 |
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| 20110034142 | DETECTION OF TRANSIENT SIGNALS IN DOPPLER SPECTRA Signal processing is used to detect transient signals in the presence of noise. Two embodiments are disclosed. In both embodiments, the time series from a remote sensor is broken into a number of short time series. The power spectrum of each short time series are then c... | 02/10/2011 |
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| 20100277271 | ALARM SYSTEM FOR USE OVER SATELLITE BROADBAND The present invention allows an alarm monitoring to use satellite broadband services as a data link for communication between an alarms system and a monitoring station, middleware provider, individual user, or other alarm monitor. Standard alarm system protocols are mod... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100275456 | DIGITAL MEASURING DEVICE The invention comprises a device, about the size of an iPod, this battery-powered device measures distances via an extremely thin wire. The head of the device extends out on a retractable wire. There are no measurements printed on the wire, the distance is calculated an... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100272521 | LATHE TOOLHOLDER INCORPORATING SIDE RAKE AND BACK RAKE A holder for a cutting bit of metal-cutting material, typically employed in a metal-cutting lathe, incorporates fixed side rake and fixed back rake. The invention makes use of straight tool bits of uniform cross-section that are much longer than they are wide. This inve... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100198490 | EXTENSION OF AIRCRAFT TRACKING AND POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM MOVEMENT AREAS INTO NON-MOVEMENT AREAS At most airports, responsibility of air traffic control starts and stops at the entrance or exit to the runway movement areas, which are taxiways and runways. In the non-movement areas, such as hangers, ramps, and aprons, aircraft movements and separation are no longer ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100159948 | Adaptive Networking For Power Savings An adaptive networking system for power savings which applies to distributed computing systems includes a computing device which runs Adaptive Networking Component software which analyzes, obtains and maintains reliable network connection(s) to one or more mobile device... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100153539 | ALGORITHM FOR CLASSIFICATION OF BROWSER LINKS A method or algorithm for classifying downloaded links or URL's based on the reason behind the download. Downloads are classified into categories, for example, a “visited” URL or an “embedded” URL. Categorizing these downloads allows other applications to collec... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADS-B VALIDATION, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MULTILATERATION, AND ELLIPTICAL SURVEILLANCE A system and method are disclosed to track aircraft or other vehicles using techniques including multilateration and elliptical surveillance. Unlike conventional approaches that use time difference of arrival for multilateration at a fixed set of reception points, this ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100079342 | MULTILATERATION ENHANCEMENTS FOR NOISE AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Multilateration techniques are used to provide accurate aircraft tracking data for aircraft on the ground and in the vicinity of an airport. From this data, aircraft noise and operations management may be enhanced. Aircraft noise may be calculated virtually using track ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100041391 | EMBEDDED MOBILE ANALYTICS IN A MOBILE DEVICE A method or process enables the collection of data from mobile devices and mobile networks using filtering, compression, encryption, memory management, and power management technologies to collect mobile device metrics at the mobile device (client side), and then transm... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090212571 | WAVE POWER SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING SIMULTANEOUSLY BOTH POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY AT VARIABLE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS AND PERIODS A wave energy conversion system or device includes a float and base on top of which there is a power take-off system. The float, its base and the machine room are inserted in a main column supported by legs and corresponding leg supports on the bottom floor in shallow w... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090201191 | AIRCRAFT TRACKING USING LOW COST TAGGING AS A DISCRIMINATOR A simplified multilateration and ADS-B Surveillance System is used, to perform tagging for the FAA Low Cost Ground Surveillance program. This system may also be used as the foundation for a full multilateration system, if a customer wants to upgrade. The present inventi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090189084 | ROCKING TOOTHBRUSH SANITIZER A toothbrush or the like may be inserted, bristles downward, into an aperture in a cap removably attached to a body of the apparatus. A peg may be inserted into any one of the apertures in order to allow an electric toothbrush head or other non-standard type of toothbru... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090188150 | DNA SAMPLING HOOK The DNA Sampling Hook is a significant improvement on a method of obtaining a tissue sample from a live fish in situ from an aquatic environment. A tissue sample taken from a live fish can be used for DNA analyses, which can identify the species of fish, as well as the ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090174573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE VEHICLE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AT INTERSECTIONS The present invention includes a number of embodiments for improving vehicle situational awareness at intersections. A first embodiment may comprise a lens fitted at the top of the windshield or outside the vehicle, for refracting the light to the driver, so the driver ... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090174572 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADAPTIVE TARGET VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM Methods and apparatus are described to improve emergency vehicle deployment by automatically alerting all other nearby vehicles on the road as to the presence and intention of the emergency vehicle. Since the use of audible sirens has somewhat marked effectiveness, in s... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090174540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE VEHICLE INTENT The present invention relates to the field of smart cars and automatic signaling of a vehicle's intent. The invention allows a driver to choose between manual or automatic signaling (turns, deceleration, acceleration) and a prominent feature is that the system is not co... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090157480 | INTELLIGENT BROADCAST TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE WIRELESS DEVICE BANDWIDTH USAGE A system and technique is described to enhance the use of limited bandwidth by intelligent broadcast, which would allow many more users to access content that was broadcast or downloaded by another user or group of users. While many users may download content that is sp... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090140925 | Multilateration Enhancements for Noise and Operations Management Multilateration techniques are used to provide accurate aircraft tracking data for aircraft on the ground and in the vicinity of an airport. From this data, aircraft noise and operations management may be enhanced. Aircraft noise may be calculated virtually using track ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090097912 | SHAFT CLAMPING MECHANISM The shaft clamping mechanism clamps a cylindrical shaft such that it will not rotate in a housing. Using ordinary machine tools or the like, portions of the housing that surround the shaft are removed, leaving thin areas that act as hinges. The housing may not be cut al... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090067732 | SEQUENTIAL DECODING OF PROGRESSIVE CODED JPEGS Progressive scan encoded JPEGS are decoded sequentially on a Minimum Coded Unit (MCU) basis and then the JPEG image is output one row at a time to a frame buffer. Since the entire image does not need to be decoded at once, a huge JPEG buffer is generally not required. T... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090039206 | BIRD VORTEX FLYING MACHINE The present invention comprises, in one embodiment, an inexpensive, lightweight flying vehicle using fixed pitch helicopter blades powered by ramjet engines mounted to a power-ring which transfers torque to the lifting rotors. The use of fixed pitch blades eliminates th... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090017789 | Point of presence on a mobile network A wireless device with a capacity for high bandwidth connectivity adapted to provide access to the Internet or other WAN for a single user or multiple concurrent users. The wireless access device acts as a network point of presence to provide access to a number of diffe... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090018801 | LOSSLESS COMPRESSION ALGORITHM FOR HYPERSPECTRAL DATA Lossless compression techniques provide efficient compression of hyperspectral satellite data. The present invention combines the advantages of a clustering with linear modeling. A number of visualizations are presented, which help clarify why the approach of the presen... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090009395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO IMPROVE ADS-B SECURITY Security of ADS-B transmissions is improved in a first embodiment to detect position spoofing. The annunciated position source may then be compared with the derived source and a determination is made regarding the difference between the results. Any position difference ... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080281764 | Machine Learning System A method for training a classifier to classify elements of a data set according to a characteristic is described. The data set includes N elements with the elements each characterized by at least one feature. The method includes the steps of forming a first labeled subs... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080256065 | Information Extraction System A method for determining link feature weights from a data set of linked elements is described. These link feature weights are indicative of whether a link travels to a subset of the data set, which has a predetermined characteristic. The link features weights also corre... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080229590 | ROOFMATES SHINGLE KNIFE In one embodiment of the present invention, SHINGLE KNIFE™, comprises a pneumatically powered miniaturized reciprocating or circular saw designed especially for roofing applications. In an alternative embodiment, SHINGLE KNIFE™ may be powered by rechargeable battery... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080217349 | Automatic Machine for Leasing or Selling of Articles Like Dvd in Cassettes An automatic machine for leasing or selling of flat articles to be chosen, such as DVDs in cassettes and the like, includes a support (8) with a shelf element (9), wherein the articles to be chosen may be stored, preferably partly in a vertical y-direction... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080211709 | DEPLOYABLE PASSIVE BROADBAND AIRCRAFT TRACKING In a first, preferred embodiment of the present invention, integrated tracking is provided using passive broadband. The invention takes the system for deployable passive broadband detection and extends it by incorporating the capability to decode position for ADS-B, SSR... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080197631 | WAVE-POWER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ENERGY AT CONSTANT ROTATIONAL SPEED AT VARIABLE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS AND PERIODS A wave energy conversion system or device is provided which includes a hull that serves as a float, moving up and down with incoming waves. The power take-off system contained within the hull comprises a longitudinal main rotary shaft upon which a series different diame... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080191942 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO EXTEND ADS PERFORMANCE METRICS A method and system are provided for measuring and monitoring performance metrics of a non-ADS-B tracking system and generating performance metrics for the non-ADS-B tracking system in terms of ADS-B equivalent performance metrics. An aircraft transmits various transpon... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080188779 | TOPICAL ANALGESIA USING ELECTRICAL AND VIBRATION STIMULI The present invention is an electrode with one or more conductive surfaces and one or more access windows allowing needles, lancets and other similar objects to pass through or near the electrode and into the underlying skin layer. The electrode adheres to skin and surr... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080167958 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR THE SUPPLY OR SUBMISSION OF GENERAL INFORMATION AS WELL AS ADVERTISING MARKETING AND OTHER MATERIAL THROUGH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, EITHER IN CONNECTION OR IN LINE WITH LOCATION-BASED SERVICES, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERACTIVE CONNECTIONS The object of this invention is an interactive system designed for the supply or submission of general information as well as advertising, marketing and other material through electronic communication technologies, either in connection or in line with location-based ser... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080121767 | TETRABALL™ The Tetraball™ provides four essentially equal and (generally) evenly spaced constraints on the ball. It is the equivalent of a ball and socket joint in which the “socket” is composed of four small constraining pads of equal size and equally spaced around the surf... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080118039 | ENHANCED 911 NOTIFICATION FOR INTERNET ENABLED ALARM SYSTEM The present invention allows an alarm monitoring service to ally with a PSAP provider to allow our customers to direct connect to the 911 center responsible for their home, but no matter where the customer calls from. When an alarm monitoring company or middleware provi... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080105489 | ROOFMATES GABLEMASTER LADDER SUPPORT A lightweight adjustable ladder and scaffold support is provided which may be marketed under the name GABLEMASTER™, a trademark of the inventor. A pair of rails are provided, spaced approximately 24 inches apart, the standard spacing of most roof joists. Connected to ... | 05/08/2008 |
