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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 |
| 8180558 | System and method for improved traffic flow reporting using satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) and vehicle communications, navigation and tracking system A system and method for traffic flow reporting are provided. An satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) system receives traffic flow information for segments of roads with service coverage at a vehicle. A vehicle communications, navigation and tracking (VCNT) ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171190 | Direct image formation method and apparatus Provided are a direct image formation method and apparatus in which a predetermined image file that is transmitted from a host computer is directly received and printed or transmitted. The direct image formation method includes setting a USB class of the direct imag... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164564 | Liquid crystal display and method of controlling the same A liquid crystal display and control method thereof, having a liquid crystal display panel, a light emitting diode device which is disposed on the rear of the liquid crystal display panel and which is divided into a plurality of partitioned areas that are capable of... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155278 | Communication method and apparatus for phone having voice recognition function A method and apparatus for communicating through a phone having a voice recognition function are provided. The method of performing communication using a phone having a voice recognition function includes converting to an incoming call notification and voice recogni... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149696 | Methods and system for admission control and scheduling in ad hoc wireless networks Methods and system for admission control and scheduling in ad hoc wireless networks are provided. The method for admission control and scheduling in ad hoc wireless networks for different class of flows C1, C2 and C3 is provided where said admission control mechanis... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145209 | Apparatus and method for delivering stream in a mobile broadcast system A method and system are provided for delivering a stream in a mobile broadcast system that receives stream contents of broadcast services (BCAST) from a content creation and provides the broadcast services to one terminal or one group of terminals via one of a broad... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145188 | Method for call charge transfer between mobile communication terminals A mobile terminal and method for transferring call charges between mobile terminals are disclosed. To transfer call-related charges between mobile terminals, the mobile terminal and call charge transfer method place a call by a calling mobile terminal to a called mo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145074 | Method of controlling image forming apparatus using write protection A system and method are provided for controlling an image forming apparatus and include a supplies information storage unit, which is included in supplies of an image forming apparatus and which has a writable first storage area and a second storage area providing w... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139970 | Image fixing control system and method to increase quality of fixed image An image fixing control system and method are provided comprising a power supply, a power switching unit, a heating roller, in which a temperature detector detects a temperature of the heating roller, and a controller detects a temperature variation slope of the hea... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139561 | Method for wireless internet communication in mobile communication terminal A method for a wireless Internet communication in a mobile communication terminal is provided. In an operation of starting a wireless Internet function, it is determined if a data call is being serviced and, if a data call is not serviced, the wireless Internet func... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130878 | Apparatus and method for estimating carrier-to-interference-and-noise ratio in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system An apparatus and method for estimating a carrier-to-interference-and-noise ratio (CINR) of a received signal in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system are provided. A band-pass filter attenuates a signal region of the received signal and passes ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130836 | Multi-view stereo imaging system and compression/decompression method applied thereto A receiver and transmitter in a multi-view stereo imaging system and a compression method applied thereto are provided for increasing a compression rate of an image. A first, second, and third image is captured at the same time by a first, second, and third camera c... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130827 | Method and apparatus for interpolating a reference pixel in an annular image and encoding/decoding an annular image A method and apparatus are disclosed for interpolating an object reference pixel in an annular image. In one embodiment, reference pixels selected based on a distorted shape of the annular image are arranged in a direction of distortion of the annular image and an o... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121534 | System and method for sending and receiving images via wireless audio channels A system and method for adding images to a wireless audio service. The invention is adapted for use in a system for wirelessly transmitting and receiving an audio data stream and includes an arrangement for providing an image and a mechanism for inserting the image ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120636 | Method for performing recording operation in video communication mode of wireless terminal and wireless terminal implementing the same A method for performing a recording operation in a video communication mode of a wireless terminal are provided, where the video communication mode of the wireless terminal is switched to a recording mode for performing the recording operation, and video data are ev... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118921 | Unit for accumulating and degassing oil A unit (1) for accumulating and degassing oil in an oil system comprising a reservoir (2) provided with a first chamber (3) in which the oil is subjected to atmospheric pressure and in which the oil volume is allowed to vary, a second chamber ( | 02/21/2012 |
| RE43202 | Power-saving circuit and method for a digital video display device A power-saving circuit for a digital video display device includes a TMDS driving unit converting a TMDS data signal and a TMDS clock signal, a display driving unit driving a display unit based on the horizontal/vertical synchronous signals and the digital video sig... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111950 | Image processing apparatus and method to generate reduced image An image processing apparatus and method are provided in which a reduced image is generated by removing some of a plurality of pixels of an original image. A pixel value of a pixel to be removed is reflected into a pixel value of an adjacent pixel and a reduced imag... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111314 | Camera-enabled portable terminal and method for taking multi-image photograph using the same The present invention relates to a camera-enabled portable terminal having a function for taking a multi-image photograph. The camera-enabled portable terminal includes a camera module for capturing one or more images of an object; a display unit for displaying a fr... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103294 | Determining the change in time at a mobile terminal In a terminal 106 having a receiver 202 for receiving the signals from plural transmission sources 101-105 whose positions and transmission time offsets are unknown within the terminal, a method is provided for determining the change in t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094604 | Method of inputting data in a wireless terminal and wireless terminal implementing the same A method of inputting data into a wireless terminal and wireless terminal implementing the same are provided, in which first data is input in data input mode, at least one pixel value of the first data detected is registered at a predetermined reference position, se... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8075078 | Head driving device, inkjet printer comprising the same, and data processing method thereof A head driving device, an inkjet printer comprising the same and data processing method of an ink jet printer are provided, in which a nozzle driving unit turns on/off a plurality of thermal elements that correspond to a plurality of nozzles and heat ink discharged ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068747 | Device and method for detecting position of unit mounted in image forming apparatus A device and a method for detecting the position of a developing unit mounted in an image forming apparatus are provided. The device includes an image forming controller outputting a clock signal for accessing first to Nth (N is a positive integer greater than 1) de... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064327 | Adaptive data multiplexing method in OFDMA system and transmission/reception apparatus thereof A transmission/reception method and apparatus in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless communication system are provided, in which a data transmitter adaptively selects a multiplexing scheme according to a code rate of the transmission ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055250 | Apparatus and method for function setting event in mobile terminal according to user position information An apparatus and method for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information are disclosed. According to the apparatus and method, a character agent function is added to a mobile terminal, and when an event occurs in the mobile te... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055142 | Replacement device of an image forming device that is determined to be a licensed product or a recycled product An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a device information storage unit, a determiner and a controller. The device information storage unit is included in a replaceable device of the image ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050687 | Location systems and methods A method of calculating the position or state of motion of one or more terminals is proposed in which each has a receiver capable of making measurements of signals received from one or more transmission sources for use in calculating the unknown position or state of... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050247 | Method and apparatus for retransmitting packet in a mobile communication system, and system thereof A retransmission method and apparatus performed in a transmitter of a mobile communication system supporting a Hybrid Automatic Retransmission reQuest (HARQ) operation and an Automatic Retransmission request (ARQ) operation for retransmission of a packet are provide... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050221 | Method and apparatus for dispersing user equipments to non-preferred frequencies in a multimedia broadcast/multicast service system A method and apparatus for dispersing user equipments (UEs) to non-preferred frequencies in a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MEMS) system is provided. Information regarding a time required until a next session of the MBMS service is started is received. A d... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8032580 | Content distribution system for generating content streams to suit different users and facilitating E-commerce transactions using broadcast content metadata A content distribution system is provided to facilitate e-commerce transactions for products and services associated with distributed content. A content stream comprising content blocks, reference content blocks and floating reference content blocks uses metadata to... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032571 | Method and apparatus for automatically classifying files on mobile communication terminal A method and apparatus for automatically classifying files on a mobile communication terminal are provided. The inventive method and apparatus enable the files to be automatically classified and copied into a desired storage folder on the mobile communication termin... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032066 | System and method for correcting color registration A method and apparatus for correcting a color registration are provided for improving the quality of images of an image forming apparatus. A surface condition is estimated of an intermediate transfer belt used to correct a color registration. A determination is made... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020709 | Filter element A filter element (1) has a filter pot (3) delimiting a cylindrical interior (5) and has a bottom part (7) with a fluid connection (11). A lid part (37) is opposite the bottom part. A filter medium (29) is adjacent to ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013788 | Assistance to a mobile SPS receiver A method is described, for use with an SPS mobile terminal receiver 102, of providing a compact assistance vector to initialize and constrain the computation of the terminal's location within a region of validity. The compact assistance vector is provided to ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011626 | Fixing system and fastening element which can be used therefor A fixing system for electronic and/or electric components—called E components in short—such as chips, circuits, transponders, cables (10) etc., has at least one first fastening element (12) having individual closure parts (14, 16) which, in ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007892 | Touch fastener A touch fastener has a plurality of interspaced bonding elements arranged on a backing. Each element has a head (12) connected to the backing by a stem (14). To allow the head (12) to always remain fastened to a body in the immediate vicinity, e... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007891 | Fixing device and method for producing the same A fixing device secures components, such as fan devices, heating devices and other air-conditioning devices, to padding foams of vehicle seats. A method produces the fixing device. The component has at least one adhesive fastening part (22) which, together wi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006593 | Tool revolver A tool revolver, in particular for a machine tool, includes a tool disk (1) rotatable about a revolver axis and provided with a plurality of tool stations distributed along the disk circumference and movable to an operation position by the disk (1) rot... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005419 | System and method for securely storing and organizing SDARS content with DRM and non-DRM protected media content, and for facilitating obtaining purchased or subscription-based media based on received SDARS content Disclosed are a device and method for securely storing and organizing SDARS content on a portable player. SDARS audio content is stored on a private partition of the device not available to a client PC. Shadow files are stored on a public partition of the device. Th... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8003387 | In vitro germinal centers The present invention incorporates germinal centers (GCs) into three-dimensional (3D) engineered tissue constructs (ETCs). In an embodiment, we have incorporated the GC in the design of an artificial immune system (AIS) to examine immune responses to vaccines and ot... | 08/23/2011 |
