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...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 |
| 8170948 | Client account and information management system and method An information repository and management system for data regarding a client base which integrates a plurality of information types including database records, word processor files, e-mail, other hyperlinked documents, web pages and web sites. Implemented as a databa... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169303 | Method and system using RFID tags for initiation of selected business processes A system and related methods for dynamically re-configuring a radio frequency identification tag reader, engaging software business processes, or combinations of both, using a radio-frequency-readable configuration tag which physically associated with one or more RF... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161401 | Intermediate viewer for transferring information elements via a transfer buffer to a plurality of sets of destinations A method for viewing and controlling data intermediately between source and destination by receiving from a graphical user interface a user designation of a plurality of sets of copy command destination positions within contents of a computer file, wherein each dest... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156484 | LDAP server performance object creation and use thereof A system in which a plurality of performance objects are stored in computer memory, where each performance objects contains at least one input template and a corresponding optimized code path program product. A template matcher intercepts an input set destined to a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145666 | Real-time attribute processor and syntax schema for directory access protocol services Real-time attributes are processed according to a syntax schema for a directory access protocol service by associating by a computer a real-time attribute with a directory structure, the real-time attribute being externally stored from the directory structure; respo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145516 | Cross-virtual-world resource scheduling framework A cross-world framework for providing integrated scheduling and reservation of virtual resources. Users are allowed to access the scheduling application from a website or an in-world interface. According to one embodiment, the framework uses the iCal industry standa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8122424 | Automatic natural language translation during information transfer Content is transferred from one computer resource to another by enabling automatic cutting-and-pasting in a destination first, source second sequence, a user selecting insertion points in the contents of a destination computer resource, followed by the user selectin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111588 | Synchronization of a plurality of devices in a wireless sensor arrangement Two or more wirelessly networked devices for control or data acquisition functions for real-time application are provided with a error corrected synchronization and data collection process. A single start device transmits a start message, followed by each stop devic... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108063 | User interface for color transfer control in textile processing equipment Dye transfer in a dying machine or washing machine is controlled via a user display by showing a dialog having with color level indicators for setting a threshold to trigger a dye transfer control action, and with threshold adjustment controls; responsive to the thr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103574 | Online offer and bid management with sealed bids A computer system for a manufacturer or service provider to communicate goods or services which are available for bidding by bidders that provides collected bids in a bid database, the bids each having an associated seal status indication field queries the bid datab... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103552 | Dynamic content configuration for microbrowsers by state, resource allocation and user preferences A microbrowser allows a user to configure types of objects to be blocked from download by providing a web page content web server with a set of non-advertisement web objects for a web page, the web page containing at least one inclusion method to one or more adverti... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099895 | Kinetic firearm trigger A trigger mechanism having a sear block engaging a striker of a firearm, a pivot drop piece supporting the sear block in an over center configuration, a toggle sear supporting the pivot drop piece and engaging a finger piece via a set of sear surfaces, the toggle se... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091022 | Online learning monitor Content is transferred from one computer resource to another computer resource by receiving a user-selected first insertion point for placement of verbatim quoted information within a first UI to a destination electronic document file; receiving a user selection of ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086999 | Automatic natural language translation during information transfer Information elements are automatically translated during cutting-and-pasting in a destination first, source second sequence by receiving a user selection of insertion points in the contents of a destination computer resource, then receiving a user selection of one o... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085623 | Synchronization of a plurality of devices in a wireless sensor arrangement Two or more wirelessly networked devices for control or data acquisition functions for real-time application are provided with a error corrected synchronization and data collection process. A single start device transmits a start message, followed by each stop devic... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8037017 | Real-time chat and conference contact information manager A real-time chat and conference contact information manager which, during a real-time online chat, online meeting, or online collaboration session between multiple participants, receives identification items associated with addition of a new participant; stores the ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031943 | Automatic natural language translation of embedded text regions in images during information transfer Text regions of natural language embedded in images are automatically translated via a clipboard buffer during a cut-and-paste command according to an isolation rule defining one or more types of image elements to be isolated, by examining the image elements, respon... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027843 | On-demand supplemental diagnostic and service resource planning for mobile systems Enhanced diagnostic service is provided by determining availability of and downloading a supplemental diagnostic function to isolate a failure according to a service signal from a mobile system; coalescing offers for a repair service according to results of the exec... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014752 | Automatic wireless utilization of cellular telephone devices Automatic utilization of cellular telephone device is achieved by a controller and a short-range wireless communicator mounted on a vehicle, the short-range wireless communicator having a peer-to-peer communications capability; responsive to an emergency notificatio... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010888 | Producing input to a transformation engine Input to a transformation engine is produced, responsive to a client computer providing a data access service (DAS) computer with XML data for transformation, by creating a graph shell and XML store for the XML data, determining if the graph has a store; and, if so,... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010423 | Anticipatory mobile system service brokering and resource planning from multiple providers An opportunity server searches for potential vehicle repair transaction providers by receiving a signal from a mobile system indicating a need for a transaction with a business entity responsive to an on-board diagnostic detection of a real-time fault condition resu... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996207 | Bidirectional domain names A multilingual bidirectional domain name is produced by receiving a domain name having characters from at least two character sets with different display orders with just one direction of reading; breaking domain name into labels delimited by a full stop punctuation... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992033 | System management infrastructure for corrective actions to servers with shared resources Corrective actions are managed for differing preferences among multiple sharing customers by a repository inquirer which, responsive to receipt of a fault event or out-of-limits condition for a shared resource of a first computing system domain, queries a customer r... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7971069 | Security system for replicated storage devices on computer networks A replicated networked storage domain of an original data partition and one or more replica data partitions in which each partition is stored on a storage device having a network address, is secured by associating with each partition a secret key; sharing the secret... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953703 | Creation of highly available pseudo-clone standby servers for rapid failover provisioning Near clones for a set of targeted computing systems are provided by evaluating different configurations of the targeted computing systems including lists of installed hardware components and installed software components; determining a subset of components in common... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7948357 | Free-space gesture recognition for transaction security and command processing A sensor panel for detecting a free-space gesture signature conducted with a gesturing instrument by providing a panel mounted on a controlled system with multiple gesturing sensors in a two-dimensional arrangement to detect movement of a gesturing instrument, and a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7930267 | Real-time chat and conference contact information manager Real-time chat and conference contact information manager which, responsive to storing of an identification data item into a contact record of a local contact list during an online communication session, extracts a search key value for a data item from the contact r... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7912817 | System and method for data management through decomposition and decay Data is decayed over time by a type of data item by identifying constituent units of each data item; creating a shelf-life criterion for the constituent units by assigning dimensions to each data item and to each constituent unit; for each of the data items of the d... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7849130 | Dynamic service-on-demand delivery messaging hub An infrastructure for on-demand service delivery receiving a request for a service to be performed from a service consumer with an information payload; decomposing requested service into essential or primitive functions; dynamically composing a sequence of a plurali... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7873954 | Stack unique signatures for program procedures and methods Stack signature marking segments are inserted into re-entrant programming source code modules prior to compilation of the modules at each code module entry point and at each code module exit point, followed by producing one or more executable programs from the progr... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7856640 | Web client endpoint emulator A web services endpoint emulator for testing and developing web server client program, which generates emulator service classes according to service descriptor files, the classes being contained in a web container accessible by a web server; receives by the web serv... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852219 | Container manifest integrity maintenance system and method Container manifests are tracked using a radio frequency identification (RFID) contents reader affixed to a container in which a plurality of RFID-tagged items are disposed, the contents reader being configured to collect and store identification information from all... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844247 | System for automatic wireless utilization of cellular telephone devices in an emergency by co-opting nearby cellular telephone devices Parties are automatically notified mounting a controller and a peer-to-peer short-range wireless communicator on a vehicle; responsive to a vehicle urgency, pinging by the short-range communicator a long-range communication device within peer-to-peer range, the long... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840588 | Real-time attribute processor and syntax schema for directory access protocol services A directory server handles requests for values of dynamic attributes by providing at least one declaration for an attribute to be handled as a real-time attribute associated with but external to a directory structure; receiving a directory access protocol request fo... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827598 | Grouped access control list actions Access Control Lists control permitted actions on protected network computer system resources by providing an access control policy associated with the requested protected system resource containing a permission list of permitted identities and at least one action g... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7827318 | User enrollment in an e-community An Internet user transfers directly to a domain within an e-community without returning to a home domain or reauthenticating by providing to a web browser by a home domain server a home identity cookie with an extensible data area and an enrollment token; performing... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821876 | Synchronization of a plurality of devices in a wireless sensor arrangement Two or more wirelessly networked devices for control or data acquisition functions for real-time application are provided with a error corrected synchronization and data collection process. A single start device transmits a start message, followed by each stop devic... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810132 | Application server object-level security for distributed computing domains Objects on application servers are distributed to one or more application servers; a user is allowed to declare in a list which objects residing on each application server are to be protected; the list is read by an interceptor; responsive to exportation of a Common... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809525 | Automatic configuration of robotic transaction playback through analysis of previously collected traffic patterns A system or method which accesses or otherwise receives collected performance data for at least one server application, where the server application is capable of performing a plurality of transactions with client devices and the client devices are geographically di... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809360 | Optimization of calendar, itinerary, route plan, and PIM efficiencies according to assimilated wireless service availability conditions Real-time optimization of one or more events in an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, or an electronic route plan, by receiving an electronic personal plan for a first user having wireless connectivity service need indications during... | 10/05/2010 |
