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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110297741 | CUSTOM SCANNING DEVICE AND AUTOMATED CAR AUCTION FACILITY MANAGEMENT An automobile auction system to receive scanned automobile bar codes and function bar codes along with location data and to process the scanned bar codes. The system includes a first interface for receiving scanned bar codes, GPS coordinates, scanner ID, and time of sca... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290873 | CROP TRACEABILITY SYSTEM AS WELL AS SERVER, METHOD, AND PROGRAM USED FOR THE SAME A crop traceability system includes: a terminal which moves together with a machine to harvest or transport a crop; and a server which receives an information from the terminal. The terminal includes: a location information acquisition unit which acquires a location inf... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110114721 | SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A BULK FOODSTUFF TRANSPORT CONTAINER A security monitoring system provides for the secure transport of cargo, such as in a bulk foodstuff transport container. The system includes an electromechanical locking mechanism allowing access by only authorized persons, a positional locator for determining the geog... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110093294 | PERITONEAL DIALYSIS OPTIMIZED USING A PATIENT HAND-HELD SCANNING DEVICE A dialysis system includes: a portable device configured to be carried by a patient and to read a marking displayed on a dialysis fluid container, the device obtaining data concerning at least one of a dialysis fluid type and a dialysis fluid volume from the marking; th... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110006111 | PLURALITY OF PLANT POTS FOR USE IN CULTIVATING PLANTS, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A PLURALITY OF PLANT POTS, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR CULTIVATING PLANTS The invention relates to a plurality of at least 1000 plant pots for use in cultivating plants. Each plant pot has a side wall and bottom which delimit an interior space for substrate which is open at the top, in which the bottom has a bottom side which is turned away f... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100140345 | Portable Tool and Work Management Data Collection System A work management data collection system 1 is provided with a data collection mechanism in a tool 2, and by counting a number of times a work operation has been executed or the like, obtains a work data identifying the work task that has been executed and ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100065625 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A DATA CARRIER An optical device having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, said optical device with uniquely identifiable data carrier means for carrying data related to said optical device, said data carrier means operable in at least one of an electrical mode and a magneti... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100065624 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM An operation support system includes a progress information providing unit, an entry device, and an updating unit. The progress information providing unit stores progress information indicating to which operation stage an operation procedure has progressed and provides ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100030616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING SURVEYS A system and method for collecting and analyzing data in real-time across a geographical area. The data is collected by different evaluators using a portable wireless device, and transmitted to a central database in real-time. The data can be reviewed at different level... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090302102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT UTILIZINIG BARCODE INDICATORS A quality management system for products including a multiplicity of barcoded quality indicators, a barcode indicator reader and a product type responsive indication interpreter, each of the barcoded quality indicators including a first barcode including at least one fi... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090299806 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEMAND AND/OR SKILL HEDGING A risk management method and system determine distribution of skills, composition of skills and resources to achieve said distribution, a set of actions to achieve said composition, a portfolio of service and/or product offerings, a composition of staffing plans to achi... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090182649 | Optimizing Inventory In Accordance with a Constrained Network In one embodiment, optimizing inventory includes accessing service level band sets. Each service level band set is associated with a policy group, and includes service level bands. Each service level band of a service level band set has a service level priority with res... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090173780 | PICK RELEASE PERFORMANCE USING A MULTI-THREADED ARCHITECTURE TO DISTRIBUTE THE WORKLOAD ACROSS MULTIPLE PROCESSORS In various embodiments, methods and systems can provide highly efficient order processing suitable for high volume order processing businesses. A batch of orders can be preprocessed to create smaller data sets that group orders for the same item together. The smaller da... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090145958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM Among other things, the present invention provides a variety of systems and methods for configuring and/or providing a configurable point-of-sale system. Various methods of the present invention include providing a point-of-sale device and coupling it to a communication... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090145962 | Automated banking machine processing system and method A system includes a plurality of automated banking machines that each include a card reader and operate to carry out financial transactions. A server computer in operative connection with the plurality of automated banking machines receives processing jobs. The server o... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090114714 | RFID REAL-TIME INFORMATION SYSTEM ACCOMMODATED TO SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN This invention provides an RFID real-time information system accommodated to a semiconductor supply chain for exchanging real-time information. The RFID real-time information system is characterized by comprising an RFID middleware module for generating a stock and logi... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090106080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SURVEY FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSET A system and method to manage a survey for a community development asset. The system includes a response repository, a sampler, a respondent profile filter, and an inference generator. The response repository stores a plurality of survey responses from survey respondent... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090065569 | PROGRESS DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROGRESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM This disclosure discloses a progress display apparatus displaying a progress state of an event by a plurality of work procedures along a chronological order, comprising: a display signal output portion for a total procedure configured to output a display signal for disp... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090055000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING SELECTION USING STATISTICAL DATA A system, method, and medium, the method including receiving parameter information associated with a mailer, associating the parameter information with a mailing, receiving statistical information, the statistical information including historical performance data of at ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090024456 | Casino operations management system A system, computer program and computer-based method for managing casino operations. The system provides for employee management and information storage and retrieval for a significant number of casino operations. The system includes an attendance controller that receiv... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090014514 | Image Data Recording Method, Method of Recording Finished Work by Image Data, Image Data Recording Apparatus, and Finished Work Recording System Using Image Data There is provided a method of recording an image by causing a subject to truly coincide with data relating to the subject. In a finished work recording method using image data by obtaining a product to be recorded and work contents to the product to be recorded as a wor... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080294502 | System and Method for Providing Event-Based Services A system and method for providing event-based services are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, merchants and users subscribe with an Event Service Provider (ESP), which includes a server and database. The database maintains information relat... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080283588 | Method and system for tracking unfinished ceramic structures during manufacture A system and method is provided for virtually tracking unfinished ceramic structures moved by a conveyor system through a plurality of manufacturing loops which reliably and accurately preserves both identification and manufacturing information during all steps of manuf... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080223917 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD An operation support system, method and apparatus that transmit operation information indicating an operation to an operator and supports the operation. The system includes a reading unit that reads, from a plurality of codes affixed to parts, position information of th... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080191004 | Quality Management Method For Aerospace Machine Element Product and Aerospace Bearing A aerospace machine element product (1) to be managed comprises a plurality of assembled components (2) ((1) to (3)). Each of the plurality of components (2) ((1) to (3)) is manufactured through a material purchase proces... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080191005 | Automatic Remote Acquisition System for Determining the Configuration of an Installation There is described an automatic remote acquisition system for determining the configuration of an installation having a number of devices, which are divided into standard devices grouped by cabinets, and into non-standard devices, and are each defined by a respective nu... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080185426 | Method and Hardware Topology Presentation for Graphically Visualizing a Hardware Topology for a Drive System The invention relates to methods and a hardware topology display for graphically visualizing a hardware topology of a drive system (10, 11, 12) of a machine tool, production machine, and/or robot. According to the invention, component symbols (3, 8, 9) rep... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080177612 | Method And System For Designing, Storing, and Executing Workflows For Laboratory Processes A method and system for designing, storing, and executing workflows for laboratory processes have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method, comprises executing a workflow. The workflow includes a process activity, a system activity, and... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080169343 | Internet-based shipping, tracking, and delivery network supporting a plurality of digital image capture and processing intruments deployed at a plurality of pickup and delivery terminals An Internet-based shipping, tracking, and delivery network supporting a plurality of digital image capture and processing instruments deployed at a plurality of pickup and delivery terminals. Each digital image capture and processing instrument can upload digital images... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080149705 | Tracking System Using Personal Digital Key Groups A system and method provides efficient and highly reliable customer tracking. A Personal Digital Key (PDK) is associated with and carried by a user. The PDK wirelessly communicates with a receiver/decoder circuit (RDC) that can be coupled to a variety of electronic devi... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080128486 | LIVESTOCK BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A method and system for livestock breeding and management for use with a herd where each female animal carries a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The system comprises a herd management system and one or more breeding activity monitors to be carried by each mal... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080121690 | Ubiquitous Tracking System and Method The ubiquitous tracking system monitors many trackable devices from different manufacturers, each transmitting geographic locus, device id and event data via GPS, GPRS or GSM communications channels. The data is addressed to the tracking system. The system compiles devi... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080105738 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DOSING BY USING A SCALE A device for dosing a number of constituents according to a given formula with a scale (1) containing a formula memory. The scale (1) is equipped with a transponder read unit (2), the given formula is storable in a transponder (4) and transmi... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080099550 | PORTABLE PATIENT CARD, INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND PROCEDURE FOR PATIENT INFORMATION A portable personalized tracker card is provided. The tracker card may be a patient tracker card. The tracker card includes a control unit, a memory for storing personal data, an energy supply unit and an electrochromic display for displaying the personal data ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080087719 | Method and system to monitor hand hygiene compliance A system which allows healthcare providers to monitor hand hygiene compliance includes a data reader adapted to be worn by a healthcare provider. The system includes a portal trigger disposed at each door portal of a patient room which activates the reader to record an ... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080078829 | Inventory manager service and assistant for PCB manufacturing A method of monitoring, in real time, process data of a printed circuit board assembly line includes monitoring status or data from machines (11) in the assembly line. Based on the monitoring step, an order of events to be performed on the assembly line is determ... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080061940 | Smart antenna system for reading data tags A method and apparatus can provide system (20) for reading radio frequency identification tags (22). The system includes one or more individual readers (24), and each individual reader has an operative power supply (26), antenna (28), ... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080061125 | systems and methods for measuring the purity of bales of recyclable materials In one embodiment of the present invention, a system includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader that is configured to obtain identification information from a plurality of RFID tags respectively attached to the plurality of items. A computer is configured t... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080061124 | Systems and methods for indicating a quality of grouped items Systems and methods for determining a relative quantity of recyclable items with respect to a total number of items are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method includes reading an identifier respectively associated with at le... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080048018 | Methods, Objects and Apparatus Employing Machine Readable Data The present invention relates generally to steganography and data hiding. One claimed combination recites an apparatus including circuitry having measurable performance or operating characteristics, and steganographic indicia including or linking to plural-bit data pert... | 02/28/2008 |
