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Reward Candy Dispenser for Personal Computers

A personal computer peripheral, battery powered reward candy dispenser which immediately presents students with a single candy for each problem completed correctly.

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Attorney: Fish & Richardson, p.c.


Number of patents: 23
Last date: April 19, 2011

NumberTitleIssue Date
7930681Service and application management in information technology systems
Systems and techniques for managing services and applications of a client system, such as an enterprise computer system, reduce the operational workload and optimize daily support process by deliverying embedded services in client system with direct connection of se...
04/19/2011
7909495Vehicle headlight having component inlaying portions and radiator body
A vehicle headlight is arranged to prevent moisture from entering into a lighting circuit and a lighting space. A back cover has a cover main body 19 fitted into a fitting portion 5 of a lamp body 2 and made of resin material and connection term...
03/22/2011
7855965Packet network telecommunication system
Packet network telecommunication systems, especially Internet Protocol (IP) telephony removes the need of explicit installing of TSP (TAPI service provider) software or other telephony software at each workstation. Application server software or corresponding contro...
12/21/2010
7844684Live media captioning subscription framework for mobile devices
A subscription-based system provides transcribed audio information to one or more mobile devices. Some techniques feature a system for providing subscription services for currently-generated (e.g., not stored) information (e.g., caption information, transcribed audi...
11/30/2010
7834733Inductive component
An inductive component includes a coil former comprising connection pins, a first winding and a second winding on the coil former, and protective components comprising either a PTC element or a polyswitch. The protective components are connected directly to the coil...
11/16/2010
7757234Methods and software for a batch processing framework for wizard-based processes
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques to provide for batch processing of wizards. In general, the techniques may include a computer-implemented method that comprises presenting a wizard to a user to perform a step-by-step process, with each step associated wit...
07/13/2010
7756970Feedback system for visual content with enhanced navigation features
A feedback system for visual content is described that allows individual users to obtain feedback regarding selected visual content. The feedback system includes a content navigation enhancer that provides useful navigation and feedback features to a feedback-provid...
07/13/2010
7727555Particles
Particles and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of making particles can include forming a stream of a mixture including first and second materials, exposing the stream to a vibration, and treating the stream to form particles. The vibratio...
06/01/2010
7703525Well perforating and fracturing
A system and method for perforating and fracturing enables sealing device on a working string to be actuated to substantially block passage of fluids through the wellbore. Without removing the working string from the wellbore, the working string is released from the...
04/27/2010
7680725Arbitrage of tracking securities
A financial product is based on a first fund that is traded on a trading marketplace in a first country. The financial product is registered in the first country. The first fund has the characteristics of being based on an index of securities that are traded in a se...
03/16/2010
7677055Refrigerator
According to one aspect, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber formed at a relatively upper portion of a refrigerator body and a freezing chamber formed at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator body, which comprises an ice-makin...
03/16/2010
7672439Concatenated audio messages
Audibly identifying an event includes enabling selection of a first sound based upon an identifier. The identifier enables identification of an entity related to the event. A notification of an occurrence of the event is received. The notification includes the ident...
03/02/2010
7664025Packet network telecommunication system
Packet network telecommunication systems, especially Internet Protocol (IP) telephony removes the need of explicit installing of TSP (TAPI service provider) software or other telephony software at each workstation. Application server software or corresponding contro...
02/16/2010
7657611Content request optimization
Content item requests are identified in a web page source document. For each request, it is determined if a content item request has been generated, and if a content item request has not been generated, a content item request for all requests in the web page source ...
02/02/2010
7655463Methods of activating RET receptor tyrosine kinase using neurotrophic factors
The invention relates to neublastin neurotrophic factor polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding neublastin polypeptides, and antibodies that bind specifically to neublastin polypeptides, as well as methods of making and methods of using the same. ...
02/02/2010
7616321Optical coupler for rotating catheter
An optical coupler for coupling to a rotating catheter has a housing with a rotatable distal face and a stationary proximal face. The distal face has an eccentric port and a central port. A lens is disposed inside the housing to intercept a rotating collection beam ...
11/10/2009
7616303Systems and methods for correcting optical reflectance measurements
We disclose measurement systems and methods for measuring analytes in target regions of samples that also include features overlying the target regions. The systems include: (a) a light source; (b) a detection system; (c) a set of at least first, second, and third l...
11/10/2009
7610597Process for providing targeted user content blended with a media stream
A network system provides delivery of customized target content, such as advertising, to individual users. There is transmission of a common spot content stream to a large group of the users. Each home client user communicates through a telecommunications network, s...
10/27/2009
7595778Display device and electronic device using the same
A display device with a compensation circuit that applies a fixed potential constantly to a gate electrode of a driving transistor for a certain period is provided. Specifically, each difference voltage value between an anode and a cathode of the light emitting elem...
09/29/2009
7549320Measuring cement properties
A cement sample testing apparatus including a first pressure zone; a second pressure zone; and a pressure control system. The pressure control system can be in fluid communication with the first pressure zone and the second pressure zone, operable to raise the first...
06/23/2009
RE40718Method for producing nitride monocrystals
The inventive method exploits the fact that in solutions or melts which contain certain organic substances, small nitride crystallites consisting of GaN or AlN are formed by thermal reaction and decomposition. A vessel containing the melt is kept at a first temperat...
06/09/2009
7541335Nogo-receptors and methods of use
Disclosed are compositions relating to the Nogo receptor (NgR) family as well as fragments, chimeras, and variants thereof. The invention provides polypeptides, nucleic acids, vectors, expression systems, and antibodies and antibody fragments related to the NgRs as ...
06/02/2009
7437446Reporting of abnormal computer resource utilization data
Identifying computer resource utilization issues includes accessing resource utilization data for a computer system for a particular period of time. The resource utilization data for the particular period of time is based on resource utilization data collected while...
10/14/2008
 
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