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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088010 | Online gaming with real-world data A method, system, and apparatus provide online games integrating sensory data and/or gameplay data from a live game that was played with physical game elements. Sensory data and/or gameplay data from the original live game are recorded for delayed playback or live s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087088 | Using fuzzy classification models to perform matching operations in a web application security scanner A system provides for fuzzy classification in comparisons of scanner responses. A web application test suite performs tests against a web application by sending client requests from a testing computer to the server running the web application and checking how the we... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7633413 | Systems and processes for decoding a chain reaction code through inactivation A method for processing a chain reaction codes includes first selecting a source symbol which is associated an output symbol of degree two or higher (i.e., an output symbol which is itself associated with two or more input symbols), and subsequently deactivating the... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7307618 | System and method for providing user input to character animation The present invention provides a system that increases a user's control over character animation. Time-dependent signals are accepted from a user input device. The input is processed in real-time such that the user's input can be used to directly control the animati... | 12/11/2007 |
| 6025843 | Clustering user interface A user is presented with a display of item labels and category labels, where item labels are shown to the extent that categories contain not more than a threshold count of items. Alternatively, the item labels are shown to the extent that display area is ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5940229 | Image reflecting device for use with a computer monitor A device and method for generating images of a computer user and the surrounding area behind the user. A mirror (24) has a reflecting surface (32) and a support (22) supports the mirror adjacent to or on a computer monitor (6). The mirror is positioned re... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5737621 | Finite-state encoding system for hyphenation rules Valid positions for hyphens in input strings are determined by reading in and processing the symbols of the input string through a finite state transducer which has a state-transition data structure determined by a compilation of a set of hyphenation rule... | 04/07/1998 |
