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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D597451 | Kneeling walker | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565675 | Scheduled retrieval, storage and access of media data A system and method automates a scheduled retrieval, storage, and access of media data. Media data is retrieved from an external source and downloaded to an end user media device storage for subsequent playback at the end user media device. Media data is accessible ... | 07/21/2009 |
| D589410 | Kneeling walker | 03/31/2009 |
| 7461055 | Method and apparatus for recommending selections based on preferences in a multi-user system A system for determining selections that a user is likely to be interested in. The determination is made based on the user's prior indicated preferences. The user designates his or her preferred selections as entries in a user's preference list. Entries in the user'... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7437769 | Multiple entity control of access restrictions for media playback Multiple entity control of access restrictions for media playback may include a first entity receiving a request for a media resource hosted by a third-party entity, the first entity authorizing a user to access the requested media resource and providing an indicati... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428440 | Method and apparatus for preserving matrix surround information in encoded audio/video A method and apparatus for preserving matrix-surround information in encoded audio/video includes a receiver operative to receive matrix-surround encoded audio signals via a modem, separate the audio signals into a frequency spectrum having discrete audio frequencie... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7319992 | Method and apparatus for delivering a virtual reality environment Described is a method and apparatus for generating a customized dynamic virtual reality environment. The dynamic virtual reality environment communicates with a participant via a virtual personal assistant utilizing an input/output arrangement. The virtual personal ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302396 | System and method for cross-fading between audio streams A system and method of the present invention cross-fade a first transmitted audio stream to a second transmitted audio stream, wherein both first and second audio streams represent the same original audio signal, but at different quality levels. A client computer re... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7263688 | Method and apparatus for dynamic data-type management A method and apparatus for dynamically managing data-type associations and relationships includes providing a first global data-type association ruleset including one or more predefined operational relationships between two or more applications, determining whether ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263185 | Key based decipher including its generation, distribution and usage A decipher key based decipher with at least a portion of the decipher key dissolved into the decipher is disclosed. The decipher includes in-line instructions specifically designed to incrementally contribute to computation of Me Mod n, where e is a prede... | 08/28/2007 |
