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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: Musabji; Adil M.


Number of patents: 22
Last date: May 22, 2012

NumberTitleIssue Date
8185297Personalized traffic reports
A method and system are disclosed for providing personalized traffic reports. A personalized traffic report is a relatively short, audio-visual presentation that includes an audio narrative by an announcer describing the traffic conditions along a user's selected ro...
05/22/2012
8182348Method for comparing performances on remotely located courses
A method and system are disclosed for comparing the performance of a participant in an event that includes movement along a course to another performance. The performance by the participant is monitored. Using a geographic database that represents the area in which ...
05/22/2012
8176027Spatial index for data files
A method and system of managing computer data files are disclosed. Each computer data file on at least one data storage device is associated with at least one physical geographic location. Alternatively, the location may be an actual physical geographic location, a ...
05/08/2012
8155882Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system
A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request for the pedestrian route between a first location inside a building and a second location inside the building is obtained. A geographic database associated w...
04/10/2012
8117041Method of using map data that has been organized for affinity relationships
A method is disclosed for providing guidance to a destination with a computing system that uses geographic data indexed by affinity relationships. A user specifies a municipality of relatively greater importance that is located nearby the desired actual destination....
02/14/2012
8116598Location-referenced photograph repository
A photograph repository system includes data storage for storing photographs in the form of digital data files and a search feature that provides for searching for photographs by location and optionally by other search criteria. In one embodiment, a photograph repos...
02/14/2012
8099237Open area maps
Systems and methods associated with an open area map are disclosed. For example, one method comprises obtaining an image of a layout. The layout represents a real-world area in which a person moves about. A grid is applied on the image. The grid includes tiles that ...
01/17/2012
8086071System and method for revealing occluded objects in an image dataset
Disclosed are a system and method for identifying objects in an image dataset that occlude other objects and for transforming the image dataset to reveal the occluded objects. In some cases, occluding objects are identified by processing the image dataset to determi...
12/27/2011
8078572System and method for updating a geographic database using satellite imagery
A reporting program and system for updating a master copy of a geographic database is disclosed. According to the method and system, reports are obtained that relate to data contained in a geographic database. Satellite images of the geographic locations represented...
12/13/2011
8070608Geographic data collection using game play
A method is disclosed for collecting geographic data during game play. A game scenario includes an activity for the game player to perform. The game player may be given an incentive within the context of the game for performing the activity. The incentive may be of ...
12/06/2011
7978232Photograph location stamp
A camera includes a feature that associates meaningful information with a photograph to indicate where the photograph was taken. The camera includes equipment that determines a physical position associated with an image. An application uses geographic data to determ...
07/12/2011
7970749Method and system for using geographic data in computer game development
A system and method are disclosed for facilitating development of computer games that depict or represent actual, real world geographic areas as part of the play scenarios of the games. A source database contains data that represent geographic features in a region i...
06/28/2011
7967678Computer game development factory system and method
A system and method are disclosed for facilitating development of computer games that depict or represent actual geographic locales or imaginary locales as part of the play scenarios of the games. A computer game factory system includes inventories of map data produ...
06/28/2011
7949464Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information
A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes transmitting a parking message including a determined parking availability. The de...
05/24/2011
7921136Method and system for using geographic data for developing scenes for entertainment features
A system and method are disclosed for facilitating development of scenes for entertainment features, such as motion pictures or television shows, that depict or represent actual, real world (or imaginary) geographic areas. A source database contains data that repres...
04/05/2011
7901292Method for comparing performances on remotely located courses
A method and system are disclosed for comparing the performance of a participant in an event that includes movement along a course to another performance. The performance by the participant is monitored. Using a geographic database that represents the area in which ...
03/08/2011
7828655Application programming interface for geographic data in computer games
A computer game depicts or represents actual or imaginary geographic locales as part of the play scenarios of the games. The computer game uses a map database that contains data that represent geographic features, such as roads, in a locale. A game engine program pr...
11/09/2010
7805317Method of organizing map data for affinity relationships and application for use thereof
An affinity relationship index and a method for using it are disclosed. The affinity relationship index captures, for any given place name, an affinity to one or more potentially more important place names. Each such more important place subtends an affinity domain ...
09/28/2010
7805239Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information
A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing historic parking availability information for the identified parking fac...
09/28/2010
7688229System and method for stitching of video for routes
A system and method are disclosed for displaying video on a computing device for navigation and other purposes. A map database developer collects video data. The video data is collected by traveling along roads in a geographic area and storing the video data along w...
03/30/2010
7628704Geographic data collection using game play
A method is disclosed for collecting geographic data during game play. A game scenario includes an activity for the game player to perform. The game player may be given an incentive within the context of the game for performing the activity. The incentive may be of ...
12/08/2009
7516010Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information
A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing historic parking availability information for the identified parking fac...
04/07/2009
 
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