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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170583 | Signal comparison-based location determining method At least one portable RF communications device in conjunction with at least two fixed-location service-area antenna stations respectively capable of RF communication with the at least one device performs the steps of: (I) using a portable device at a selected locati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8051444 | Targeted television advertisements selected on the basis of an online user profile and presented with television programs or channels related to that profile In an automatic, computer-implemented method, a selected television advertisement is presented automatically in association with a television program or channel. A relationship is identified between an online user profile and the television program or channel, and t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8010314 | Methods for estimating location using signal with varying signal speed Robust methods are developed to provide bounds and probability distributions for the locations of objects as well as for associated variables that affect the accuracy of the location such as the positions of stations, the measurements, and errors in the speed of sig... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005911 | Systems for communicating current location information among mobile internet users and methods therefor A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity informat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7979307 | Method and stored program for accumulating descriptive profile data along with source information for use in targeting third-party advertisements A descriptive-profile mercantile method, for use at a juncture in a data-communications topology having associated therewith a maintained databank of partial profiles, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: from a user, receiving a transaction having therei... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7956872 | System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images A system, including apparatuses, software and methods, is disclosed for capturing and delivering images as to which various interactive functions are enabled for a user. The images introduced to the system can come from any one of a variety of sources, including fro... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942349 | Fuel injector A fuel injector body has a fuel chamber and a valve seat around a fuel outlet. A valve body is positioned at the valve seat and a valve stem extends through the fuel outlet and fuel chamber. Engagement (disengagement) of valve body and valve seat closes (opens) the ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7890609 | Requesting offline profile data for online use in a privacy-sensitive manner A method, performed using one or more servers under the control of an ISP, comprises: (a) receiving an electronic transmission from a requesting server of an IP address and a time and date; (b) automatically determining to which subscriber of the ISP the received IP... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887011 | Apparatus and methods for carrying airborne cargo An airborne cargo-carrying apparatus includes support and lower structural frames; a retaining mechanism securing a cargo carrier to the support frame; collapsible nose and tail cones coupled to the frames; flexible side panels coupled to the cones and frames; and a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7861260 | Targeted television advertisements based on online behavior In a method for delivering targeted television advertisements based on online behavior, IP addresses indicating online access devices and IP addresses indicating television set-top boxes are electronically associated for a multitude of users. Using user profile info... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7822823 | Systems for communicating current and future activity information among mobile internet users and methods therefor A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity informat... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822639 | Added-revenue off-site targeted internet advertising A super-saturation method for information-media substantially relates to a three-body cooperation to direct information to an electronic media consumer (reader, surfer, viewer, listener, etc.). Embodiments of the present invention facilitate a first media body subst... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822637 | Method for transacting an advertisement transfer A method for transacting an advertisement transfer is disclosed which facilitates expressing the rate structure for the individual advertisement as a function of a profile of the individual potential customer; and which is directed to the creation of a mechanism fro... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7819839 | Reclining breast pumping system A disclosed reclining breast pumping system includes a breast shield that forms a passageway. Material of the breast shield adjacent to a first end of the passageway is shaped to fit over an area surrounding the areola and nipple of a woman's breast. Material of the... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818415 | Systems for communicating current and future activity information among mobile internet users and methods therefor The invention relates, in one embodiment to a computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating an activity between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving activity ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818399 | Methods of expanding commercial opportunities for internet websites through coordinated offsite marketing An e-commerce outsourcing system and method provides hosts with transparent, context-sensitive e-commerce supported pages. A plurality of visually perceptible elements associated with and identifying a source of a host's web page are stored in the form of data in a ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7755643 | System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images A system, including apparatuses, software and methods, is disclosed for capturing and delivering images as to which various interactive functions are enabled for a user. The images introduced to the system can come from any one of a variety of sources, including fro... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747745 | Media properties selection method and system based on expected profit from profile-based ad delivery An automatic system facilitates selection of media properties on which to display an advertisement, responsive to a profile collected on a first media property, where a behavioral-targeting company calculates expected profit for an ad correlated with the profile and... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7730692 | Truss bearing A truss bearing supports a web-type construction truss and has an elongated metal member that is secured along its length to the primary supporting chord of a truss. The truss bearing can include a pair of substantially parallel spaced-apart elongated wooden members... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7616834 | System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images A system is disclosed for delivering and displaying images on web pages and enabling and implementing various interactive functions with respect to the images, so as to give a user the illusion that objects or scenes depicted in the images are rotating, being zoomed... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7602947 | Facial-recognition vehicle security system A movable-vehicle security system includes a facial-recognition system including a scanner such as a television or infrared camera directed at the face of a person in the driver's seat, which system produces output control signals that are applied to enable or disab... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7542050 | System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images A system, including apparatuses, software and methods, is disclosed for capturing and delivering images as to which various interactive functions are enabled for a user. The images introduced to the system can come from any one of a variety of sources, including fro... | 06/02/2009 |
| 6764377 | Hands-free breast milk expression system A disclosed breast milk expression system supports a pair of breast milk collection devices at the breasts of a nursing mother, allowing her to express breast milk while keeping her hands free. No special bra or other garment is required to provide support. The syst... | 07/20/2004 |
| 7517117 | Cam lock for track systems A lock has a preferably generally box-shaped body and a handle joined by and formed integrally with a narrower neck. The lock is useful for removably securing, without the need for semi-permanent attachments, Christmas light strings or other objects into a track sys... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517013 | Combination cooling pad for a vehicle seat and cooled, dual-configuration bag A combination cooling pad and bag comprises a flexible pad with pockets, cooling packs in the pockets, handles on opposing edges of the pad, and closure mechanisms on the edges and surface of the pad. A handle is sized to loop around a vehicle seat headrest and susp... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7502036 | System for delivering and enabling interactivity with images A system is disclosed for delivering and displaying images on web pages and enabling and implementing various interactive functions with respect to the images, so as to give a user the illusion that objects or scenes depicted in the images are rotating, being zoomed... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7458479 | Decorative electrical outlet cover A disclosed apparatus mounts to a wall over a standard electrical outlet and decoratively conceals electrical receptacles of the outlet with a cover that can hingedly connect to the base. The base has a number of holes that conform to the outlines of a standard elec... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454364 | Method for transacting an advertisement transfer A method for transacting an advertisement transfer is disclosed which facilitates expressing the rate structure for the individual advertisement as a function of a profile of the individual potential customer; and which is directed to the creation of a mechanism fro... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7428493 | Descriptive-profile mercantile method A descriptive-profile mercantile method, for use at a juncture in a data-communications topology having associated therewith a maintained databank of partial profiles, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: from a user, receiving a transaction having therei... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7409424 | Electronic mail file access system An electronic mail file access system (100) and associated methods permit a person (102) who originates or maintains a file to allow a person (198) authorized to view or edit a file to access the file by transmitting an electronic message to the... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7363191 | Estimation methods for wave speed Robust methods are developed to provide bounds and probability distributions for the locations of objects as well as for associated variables that affect the accuracy of the location such as the positions of stations, the measurements, and errors in the speed of sig... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343660 | Machine tool system A machine tool apparatus is provided employing a plurality of tool heads which may be sequentially or simultaneously automatically controlled to perform preprogrammed operations on either the same or different workpieces. In one form, a plurality of tool heads are s... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7312773 | Illuminated wearable ornament An electronic ornament that can be worn or attached to or suspended from an object has an LED matrix (21) capable of displaying a user-selected message from a preprogrammed set of graphic symbols or a user-programmed arbitrary pattern or animation. A safety p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7266955 | Modular freeze branding In a disclosed modular freeze branding method, refrigerant is caused to flow through a first thermally conductive conduit having exposed, coplanar segments that are arranged in the shape of a set of characters. Then the exposed portions are applied to brand a specim... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7229560 | Sack-based processes for recovering oil floating on water One or more water- and oil-porous containers or sacks are made of a pair of mesh sheets affixed together and stiffened around their perimeter. The sacks can be partially filled with a multitude of tubular bodies made of an oil-entrapping polymer, which have their lo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229559 | Dual-action decontamination method Hydrophobic polymer particles (e.g., granules or fragments) employed as filter media, e.g., for filtering runoff water, include an antimicrobial compound on exterior surfaces and can reduce proliferation of microbial organisms as well as sorb chemical contaminants f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225135 | Signal-predictive audio transmission system Various methods and systems disclosed compand audio signals using signal prediction, followed by expansion and reconstruction. The methods and systems compress and expand an error signal that represents deviations between samples of the original signal and predicted... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219032 | Estimation algorithms and location techniques Robust methods are developed to provide bounds and probability distributions for the locations of objects as well as for associated variables that affect the accuracy of the location such as the positions of stations, the measurements, and errors in the speed of sig... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215247 | Spatial position determination system A system is disclosed that determines a spatial position of a tracker device relative to an object sending a return signal to the tracker. Such a system advantageously maintains phase accuracy between a forward signal from the tracker device and the return signal fr... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7156714 | Surfer lift system A rider is suspended a distance beneath a lift cable and moved over a region of water with incoming waves. The distance that the rider is suspended beneath the lift cable is controllably increased and, thereafter, the rider enters the water, such as to surf the wave... | 01/02/2007 |
