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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185862 | Architectural level power-aware optimization and risk mitigation Systems and methods are disclosed to automatically synthesize a custom integrated circuit by receiving a specification of the custom integrated circuit including computer readable code and generating a profile of the computer readable code to determine instruction u... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8163581 | Semiconductor and optoelectronic devices Techniques to utilize layer transfer schemes such as ion-cut to form novel light emitting diodes (LEDs), CMOS image sensors, displays, microdisplays and solar cells are disclosed. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8127287 | Systems and methods for reusing SAP adaptors in non-supported releases An adaptor provides functionality in a second version of a software to a first version by determining at least one functionality available in the second version but not available in the first version; determining a reuse or adaptation of an adaptor framework in the ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126816 | Method for fingerprinting and identifying internet users Various aspects of the present system provide methods and systems for authenticating online purchase by tracing internet actions to a remote computer and to an individual who operates the computer. One aspect provides a technique to generate fingerprint of computer ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121673 | Health monitoring appliance A heart monitoring system for a person includes a wearable appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes, the appliance including a heart disease recognizer to determine the person's cardiovascular health. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108036 | Mesh network stroke monitoring appliance A heart monitoring system for a patient includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a wearable appliance having a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with the one or more wireless nodes; and a statistical analyzer to determine heart ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108001 | Systems and methods for a simplified mobile phone Systems and methods for communicating through a mobile phone are disclosed with a buttonless mobile phone including a power supply with means for capable of enabling or disabling the a power supply; and memory to store a phone number directed to a remote station; a ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103333 | Mesh network monitoring appliance A health care monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network to communicate data over the wireless mesh network to detect a heart attack or a stroke attack. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091082 | Systems and methods for risk analysis and updating of software Systems and methods for updating software includes detecting a change for a change object being generated or mitigated across a system landscape; comparing the change to a predetermined guideline; and preventing the change from propagating across the system landscap... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088332 | Explosive or drug detection system for shipping containers A tester to detect the presence of a target substance includes a housing that can be mounted on a shipping container; a chemical reservoir insertable into the housing; a disc or an automated cartridge containing test filter swipes adapted to receive particles or vap... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084762 | Resistive memory A memory device includes an array of memory structures disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a substrate, each memory structure comprising a first signal electrode, a second signal electrode, and a resistive layer coupled to the first signal electrode an... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071385 | Portable explosive or drug detection system A portable chemical analytical apparatus to analyze a test swipe includes a heater to warm the test swipe to a predetermined temperature; a clamp to secure the test swipe to the heater; one or more pumps to dispense one or more chemicals onto the test swipe from a d... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068931 | Systems and methods for monitoring pill taking Systems and methods are disclosed for dispensing one or more pills from a pill box by applying power when the one or more pills are poured from the pill box; identifying an opened compartment and an opening time; and recording the opened compartment and the opening ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8035479 | Mesh network door lock Systems and methods are disclosed for sending a code from a mesh network key and wirelessly communicating the code with one or more mesh network appliances over a mesh network such as ZigBee; receiving the code over the mesh network by a mesh network lock controller... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032449 | Method of processing online payments with fraud analysis and management system Systems and methods are disclosed to detect fraud by displaying on a buyer's computer a high value item next to one or more commonly purchased items to attract a fraudster; analyzing customer purchasing behavior on the high value item for an indication of fraud; and... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7976386 | Mesh network game controller with voice transmission, search capability, motion detection, and/or position detection Systems and methods are disclosed having a mesh network such as a ZigBee mesh network, a game controller coupled to the mesh network; and a display device coupled to the mesh network. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7884727 | Wireless occupancy and day-light sensing A system to control energy consumption in a room uses a wireless mesh network that allows for continuous connections and reconfiguration around blocked paths by hopping from node to node until a connection can be established, the mesh network including one or more w... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7879631 | Systems and methods for on-die light sensing with low leakage Systems and methods are disclosed for fabricating a device by forming a photosensitive area on a wafer; forming a control circuit adjacent the photosensitive area; and coating the photosensitive area with one or more film layers to form an optical filter. The filter... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7864560 | Nano-electronic array A nano device includes an array of cells disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a substrate, and an optical circuit disposed over the substrate, wherein the optical circuit is formed by nano elements in a self-assembled process. ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862624 | Nano-particles on fabric or textile Systems and methods for fabricating a wash durable material includes forming a substrate having strands with void spaces in the strands and between the strands; filling at least a part of the void spaces with nano-particles; and forming projections on the substrate.... | 01/04/2011 |
| D629747 | Recharge station | 12/28/2010 |
| 7831672 | Systems and methods for securing computers Systems and methods are disclosed for avoiding electronic mail (email) attacks on a computer by downloading one or more emails in virtual-copy format to prevent the one or more emails from executing; determining whether a potentially infected email is in the one or ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827491 | Systems and methods for video editing Systems and methods are disclosed to edit video by receiving a source video; processing the source video with a plurality of tasks including one or more transitions, effects, and audio; assigning the tasks to a plurality of general purpose processor cores and a grap... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823394 | Thermal insulation technique for ultra low temperature cryogenic processor Systems and methods are disclosed to insulate a vessel includes placing a plurality of shells on all sides of the vessel without providing a direct energy pathway from outer walls of the vessel to the inner walls of the vessel; placing the shells under a vacuum; cry... | 11/02/2010 |
| D626032 | Electric car | 10/26/2010 |
| 7812458 | Pad invariant FPGA and ASIC devices A three dimensional semiconductor device, comprising: a plurality of circuit blocks including programmable logic blocks having predetermined positions within the device; a plurality of pads having predetermined positions within the device; and a configuration memory... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7795913 | Programmable latch based multiplier A programmable logic circuit is disclosed that includes a latch for enhancing the circuit logic capacity. In a multiplier configuration, the circuit comprises a logic block; and a latch having a latch output coupled to a logic block input, wherein the latch output c... | 09/14/2010 |
| D622637 | Electric scooter | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777319 | Three dimensional integrated circuits A three-dimensional semiconductor device, comprising: a first module layer having a plurality of circuit blocks; and a second module layer positioned substantially above the first module layer, including a plurality of configuration circuits; and a third module laye... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7761293 | Spoken mobile engine Systems and methods are disclosed to operate a mobile device. The system includes a message center; an engine coupled to the message center; and a mobile device wirelessly coupled to the message center, wherein the engine specifies one or more meeting locations and ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7760713 | Camera-phone barcode scanning support Systems and methods are disclosed for load balancing call centers and for providing remote receptionist service. ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7759969 | Programmable logic devices comprising time multiplexed programmable interconnect A time multiplexed programmable switch of a semiconductor device comprising: a first node; and a plurality of second nodes, each of the second nodes having a path to couple to the first node, the path comprising: a first configurable device configured to select or d... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7759705 | Semiconductor devices fabricated with different processing options A semiconductor device, wherein: a first fabricating option provides a plurality of user configurations to configure the device functionality; and a second fabricating option hard-wires a said functional configuration, the second option comprising a plurality of com... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7733224 | Mesh network personal emergency response appliance A monitoring system includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a user activity sensor including a wireless mesh transceiver adapted to communicate with the one or more wireless nodes using the wireless mesh network; and a digital monitoring... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7716581 | Patent optimizer Systems and methods are disclosed to analyze a patent document by receiving patent application text including background, description of drawings, description and claims; generating a claim chart showing claim dependencies; checking for antecedent, support in drawin... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7709314 | Semiconductor switching devices and fabrication methods Methods of fabricating low temperature semiconductor thin film switching devices are described. A method includes: forming one or more metal lines on a substrate; forming a conductive contact to a said metal line thru an insulator layer above the metal lines; formin... | 05/04/2010 |
| D614999 | Electric truck | 05/04/2010 |
| D614536 | Electric van | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702739 | Efficient transactional messaging between loosely coupled client and server over multiple intermittent networks with policy based routing Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing the cost of sending messages over an intermittent network of computing devices via multiple communication channels by creating a first message on a first device, the message intended to be sent to a second device over t... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7701331 | Mesh network door lock Systems and methods are disclosed for sending a code from a mesh network key and wirelessly communicating the code with one or more mesh network appliances over a mesh network such as ZigBee; receiving the code over the mesh network by a mesh network lock controller... | 04/20/2010 |
