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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112504 | System for disseminating media content representing episodes in a serialized sequence An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with preference... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8064887 | Communication and control system using location aware devices for audio message storage and transmission operating under rule-based control A cellular telephone handset stores audio files previously recorded by the user as well as voice mail messages from other users and selectively transmitted selected ones of these files to the remote listener, or to the voice mail system of a remote user. Voice mail ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8051130 | Methods and apparatus for creating, combining, distributing and reproducing program content for groups of participating users A communications system for simulcasting audio or audiovisual program content to a plurality of participating system users via a communication network. Each user operates an access device that reproduces the received program content for the user and also accepts spo... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7924160 | Real-time ranging and angle measurements using radar and surface acoustic wave transponders A system for tracking the position of multiple objects in three dimensional space by transmitting radar interrogation signals having predetermined wave shapes to surface acoustic wave transducers attached to each object. Each transducer includes a unique electricall... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7896019 | Active controlled energy absorber using responsive fluids An impact absorber employs dilatant (shear responsive) fluid that is subjected to a controlled, low amplitude, high frequency oscillatory stress which controls the stiffness of the fluid. Piezoelectric transducers, voice coils, and other forms of transducers may be ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7877082 | Combined short range radio network and cellular telephone network for interpersonal communications Portable communication devices, such as Bluetooth enabled cellular phones, communicate with and identify like devices that are nearby, and send notification messages to a remote server. When a notification message is received at the server identifying two devices th... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7772481 | Synthetic drum sound generation by convolving recorded drum sounds with drum stick impact sensor output Methods and apparatus for simulating the sound of an acoustic percussion instrument. A first stored waveform signal representative of the impulse response of an acoustic percussion instrument is convolved with a waveform produced by a sensor circuit attached to a ph... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769364 | On demand voice mail recording system A cellular telephone handset stores audio files previously recorded by the user as well as voice mail messages from other users and selectively transmitted selected ones of these files to the remote listener, or to the voice mail system of a remote user. Voice mail ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7755765 | Method and apparatus for inertial sensing via measurement of trapped orbit dynamics An inertial sensor consisting of an electrodynamic trap for suspending one or more charged particles and a readout device for measuring variations in the position or motion of the particles when the trap is subjected to acceleration forces. Particle may be measured ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747352 | Physical modeling system for constructing and controlling articulated forms with motorized joints A “construction set” consisting of active and passive parts connected by joints that can be manipulated to form an movable articulated assembly representing things like animals and skeletons. Each active part includes a position sensor for acquiring and storing ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738637 | Interactive voice message retrieval A method for exchanging voice messages that may be employed in an answering machine, in wired or wireless telephone, or in an voice messaging system. An incoming voice message from a message source is received and recorded, parsed into segments, and the parsed messa... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7177664 | Bluetooth interface between cellular and wired telephone networks An interconnect device for connecting a Bluetooth compliant cellular telephone to one or more wired telephones on an existing wired network. The interconnect device includes an interface to the wired network that emulates the behavior of a standard trunk line to a c... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7069444 | Portable wireless access to computer-based systems A portable wireless system for providing a user with access to a computer-based system includes a BARB Badge to interface with the user's body, responsive to a disruption in the interface and including a transceiver to communicate with an external source, a BARB Bas... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7512117 | Internet controlled telephone system An Internet controlled telephony system employing a host services processor connected to a subscriber via the Internet and further connected to the public switched telephone system (PSTN). The subscriber employs a web interface to populate a database with preference... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509178 | Audio program distribution and playback system An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. A playback unit at the subscriber location reproduces the program segments received from the host and includes mechanisms... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7486664 | Internet controlled telephone system An Internet controlled telephony system employing a host services processor connected to a subscriber via the Internet and further connected to the public switched telephone system (PSTN). The subscriber employs a web interface to populate a database with preference... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7474983 | Method for object identification and sensing in a bounded interaction space An interactive media table that includes a tabletop that supports of plurality of movable objects each of which is identified by a unique identification code and each of which can be moved from place to place on said tabletop surface by one or more media table users... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7443283 | Methods and apparatus for connecting an intimate group by exchanging awareness cues and text, voice instant messages, and two-way voice communications A personal communicator with context awareness in a wristwatch form for connecting intimate friends and family via awareness cues and text, voice instant message, or synchronous voice connectivity. Sensors worn with the watch produce raw data tracking location (via ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432893 | Input device based on frustrated total internal reflection A touch panel in which two or more light sensors emit light into a transparent panel at an angle to sustain transmission through the panel by total internal reflection. The transmitted light is detected at an array of light detection positions around the periphery o... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429936 | Parasitic mobility in dynamically distributed sensor networks A distributed sensor networks employing mobile sensing nodes that are carried to desired locations by attaching themselves to moving hosts and detaching themselves when the host arrives at the desired location or is moving away from the desired location. Each sensin... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427711 | Particle based touch interaction for the creation of media streams Methods and apparatus for manipulating physical objects to produce sounds that are correlated with the feel of the objects being manipulated. Example devices called the PebbleBox, CrumbleBag and ScrubberGlove each use the manipulation of physical objects of arbitrar... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7380126 | Methods and apparatus for controlling the transmission and receipt of email messages Methods and apparatus for identifying unwanted email messages by transmitting metadata with an outbound email message that indicates the total number of email messages sent by that sender in a predetermined time period, or alternatively indicates the total number of... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7313463 | Biomimetic motion and balance controllers for use in prosthetics, orthotics and robotics Systems for controlling the motion of multiple articulated elements connected by one or more joints in an artificial appendage system. Four different embodiments includes a controller that reduces the dimension of joint state space by utilizing biomechanically inspi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304600 | Bluetooth remote controller using zipper interface A wireless remote control device for transmitting control commands to a Bluetooth™ enabled electronic device, such as a television set, an audio player, or a cellular telephone by manipulating the zipper in a garment, handbag or the like. The zipper fastener consi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7249077 | Methods for issuing, distributing, managing and redeeming investment instruments providing securitized annuity options A method of issuing and managing investment instruments called “Pension Shares” which preferably take the form of securities that represents a claim against and is secured by an investment fund. A Pension Share entitles its holder to receive, at a specified matu... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7181363 | Three dimensional tangible interface for interacting with spatial-temporal data using a laser scanner An interface that allows a user to model and analyze the properties of three dimensional surface and the regions surrounding such surfaces. The user manipulates a deformable physical modeling material that defines the geometry of a surface. A position sensor such as... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181362 | Three dimensional tangible interface for interacting with spatial-temporal data using infrared light sources and infrared detectors An interface that allows a user to model and analyze the properties of three dimensional surface and the regions surrounding such surfaces. The user manipulates a deformable bed of translucent glass beads that defines the geometry of a surface. An array of light emi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178100 | Methods and apparatus for storing and manipulating variable length and fixed length data elements as a sequence of fixed length integers Apparatus for storing and processing a plurality of data items each comprising supplied data values organized in one or more fields each of which stores typed data. Character strings and natural language text are converted to numerical token values in an array of fi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162691 | Methods and apparatus for indexing and searching of multi-media web pages A system for automatically enhancing Web pages with annotations expressed in Extensible Markup Language (XML) which describes the pages' multimedia content. Each Web page is parsed or scanned to identify markup tags which contain the URLs of separately stored multim... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143654 | Methods and apparatus for detecting the presence, intensity, trajectory or location of a liquid stream An array of piezoelectric ceramic sensors affixed to a flexible plastic membrane forms a target surface and the signals produced by the sensors are processed to produce an output signal which indicates the location where a liquid stream strikes the target. The senso... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139605 | Heart rate monitor A method for analyzing an EKG signal in real time to produce a heart rate indication. The most recent digitized samples of the EKG are stored in a buffer and evaluated to identify each R-wave peak sample value that (a) immediately precedes and is larger that the mos... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7100835 | Methods and apparatus for wireless RFID cardholder signature and data entry A radio operated data card whose outer jacket forms a sealed protected housing for internal electrical components, including an RFID integrated circuit which incorporates data storage and a radio frequency transceiver, and one or more on-card antenna structures. Man... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098776 | Methods and apparatus for vibrotactile communication A device for enhancing interpersonal communication over distance through use of touch. A vibrotactile (touch-and-vibration) interface is used to improve existing remote communication by allowing tactile cues to augment the audio-visual information in real-time. The ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7069271 | Methods and apparatus for implementing internet storefronts to provide integrated functions A rapidly deployable, integrated online sales system consisting of a core storefront application that executes on a conventional web database server, a guided buying and sales configuration module for selling products and services, a content management module, a rec... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058376 | Radio receiving, recording and playback system A radio receiver and storage unit which concurrently and continuously receives and records a plurality of separate, simultaneously broadcast programs, and then selectively reproduces desired programs at desired times. User interface buttons selectively perform the f... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7002264 | Control circuit for turning a device on or off using a conventional wall switch or a device switch A control circuit for operating a lamp or other electrically operated device using a conventional wall socket outlet that is selectively energized under the control of a conventional wall mounted switch. To permit the lamp to be independently controlled using either... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996402 | Rules based methods and apparatus for generating notification messages based on the proximity of electronic devices to one another Methods and apparatus for performing specified actions when the relative position of specified objects satisfies conditions specified by a user and expressed in one or more rules. Each of the rules contains a condition part and an action part. The condition part of ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6989129 | Automated capillary liquid chromatography small volume analysis system A system for automatically performing liquid chromatography analysis of low volume liquid chemical samples at nanosecond flow rates using an analysis column that integrates a pre-concentration trapping column and a chromatography separation column terminating at an ... | 01/24/2006 |
