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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125993 | PLANAR DATA CARRIER The invention relates to a data carrier or a group of such data carriers which allow for accurate correlation of information, the use of these data carriers, as well as a reading device, by means of which a data carrier via its structured information layer is associated... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120067954 | SENSORS, SCANNERS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TAGGING CONTENT A content tagging and management capability is provided for enabling automatic tagging of content and management of tagged content. A sensor is configured for supporting automatic content tagging of content captured by a content capture device. The sensor may be configu... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120018514 | MEMS barcode device for monitoring medical systems at point of care This invention relates to a novel wireless barcode MEMS canary which can be embedded in electronic systems that can be monitored at any time for their degradation over a period of time until they fail. By establishing the relationship between the healthy state of the ba... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110284632 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARDS AND DEVICES OPERABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAYS A card is provided with a touch transmitter operable to electrically communicate touch signals to a touch-sensitive screen such as a capacitive touch sensitive screen. In doing so, for example, a card may directly communicate with a mobile telephonic device or portable ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110266347 | ELECTRONIC INKS AND DISPLAYS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHODS An electronic ink containing charged particles includes a combination of resin particles, a pigment, and a charge director. The resin particles exhibit an average particle size less than 1.0 micron and contain a resin that exhibits a molecular weight of 500 to 20,000. T... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110192893 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Packages in an Automated Dispensary In a method and apparatus for handling a package in an automated dispensary, a package is positioned in an inspection station of the dispensary. Images are captured of the package and are read to identify data on labels or on the package itself. The data is encoded as s... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110101098 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING AN ELECTRONIC CODE A method and device for reading an electronic code. An alternating electrical signal is brought to the code being measured with the aid of electrodes, and the current or voltage travelling through the electrodes is measured. The real and the imaginary components of the ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110057042 | WEARABLE DATA TRANSCEIVER WITH COUPLED ANTENNA A flexible antenna capacitively coupled to related circuitry components for an active wearable data transceiver electronic location and identification device. Wearable data transceivers (WDXs) are employed as bracelets, badges, and may be incorporated with back pack str... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110057038 | ANTENNA, AND RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND METHOD A radio frequency identifying device minimizes a null point area within a radiation pattern by horizontally or vertically vibrating an antenna plate radiating a radio frequency beam by using at least one vibration motor.... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20100324722 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INVENTORIES OF REAGENTS A system for managing the inventory of reagents for a laboratory automation system. The system for managing the inventory of reagents comprises a controller, software for the controller, and a refrigerator capable of refrigerating reagents, detecting the presence or abs... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100301117 | System and Method for Storing and Reading Information The invention relates to a system and a process for storing and reading information, having a data storage medium for storing information and a reading unit for reading the information stored in the data storage medium, the data storage medium having a dielectric and th... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100274655 | POINT OF SALE DEVICE FOR ONLINE REWARD POINT EXCHANGE METHOD AND SYSTEM An online reward exchange system and method of operation, which includes an exchange computer that interoperates via a computer network with user computers, reward point issuer computers, and merchant computers. The merchants' products may be purchased by a user by requ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100234995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY TRANSPORTING AN ITEM A system. The system includes an apparatus and a server. The apparatus is configured for securely transporting an item from a first location to a second location, and includes a mobile robot and a cart. The cart is coupled to the mobile robot and includes at least one s... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100206952 | CAPACITIVE DATA BODY AND DATA READING DEVICE THEREOF Capacitive data electrostatically recorded on a medium such as cards, papers, and labels is read by shifting the medium and the data reading device opposite to each other. The capacitive data is formed in multiple kinds of different widths and contains a plurality of el... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100140409 | SYSTEM FOR ACCOMMODATING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT IN A CABIN OF A VEHICLE A system for accommodating at least one object in a cabin of a vehicle exhibits at least one first connecting means, at least one second connecting means and at least one latching device, wherein the first connecting means is positioned in the cabin of the vehicle, and ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100084466 | METHOD OF FORMING AN AUTO-CALIBRATION CIRCUIT OR LABEL A method of forming and using an auto-calibration circuit or label on a test sensor includes providing a label or circuit. The label or circuit includes a first layer, a second layer and a lamination portion. The second layer is located between the first layer and the l... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100084467 | RFID Tag and Driving Method Thereof The wireless tag includes a circuit which receives an AC signal from the outside and detects an envelope, a detection circuit which detects the level of electric power supplied from the outside and outputs a potential corresponding to the detected electric power, a prot... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100012725 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING ELECTRIC FIELD SENSOR An authentication system for reducing the power consumed during an authentication process and shortening the authentication time includes an electrode plate. The electrode plate has a unique shape that defines an authentication key. An electric field sensor detects capa... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090294537 | Electronic Tag A printed electronic tag (2) for packaging comprising a first set of spaced, electrically-conductive lines (4) overlying a substrate (5), an electrically-insulating layer (6) overlying at least a portion of the first set of lines, a second se... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090298540 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic t... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090266896 | Methods and Systems of Attaching a Radio Transceiver to an Antenna Methods and systems of attaching a radio transceiver to an antenna. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising an antenna and an integrated circuit configured to operate as a radio transceiver. The antenna comprises a ground plane having a firs... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090266895 | Apparatus for communicating with RFID tag This disclosure discloses an apparatus for communicating with a RFID tag comprising: a feeding device configured to feed a tag medium; an antenna for label production and an antenna for information acquisition that can respectively transmit/receive information to a RFID... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090171682 | Contactless prepaid Product For Transit Fare Collection Transaction processing in an offline environment for a prepaid product comprising a portable consumer device includes responding to presentation of the prepaid product at a reader for offline processing by initiating operation of the prepaid product, receiving data from... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090084846 | INFORMATION READING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION READING METHOD A portable information reading apparatus includes: a first antenna which has a loop or spiral like shape and is provided in a plate-like manner on one surface of an outer shape; a second antenna which is provided in a plate-like manner on a side face of the one surface,... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080286023 | Method and System for Rfid Label Printing The present invention relates to a RFID label printing system, comprising a label printer with a printing control panel, an antenna, a RF read-write module and a RFID label with loop, and a read-write interface and non-volatile memory. And a method for RFID label printi... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080251588 | PORTABLE DATA STORAGE MODULE A portable data storage module comprises a control module, a wireless communication module, a rewriteable memory and a data transfer button. When the data transfer button is actuated, the portable data storage module wakes from a sleep mode and the control module initia... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080121707 | METHOD, APPARATUS, ASEMBLY AND KIT FOR IDENTIFICATION TOKEN In some embodiments, an identification token assembly includes: a card-shaped plastic body having a first edge and a second edge, said plastic body having a scored line formed therein, the plastic body including a subcard body extending from the first edge of the plasti... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080121708 | Physical Credentials and Related Methods Directional albedo of a particular article, such as an identity card, is measured and stored. When the article is later presented, it can be confirmed to be the same particular article by re-measuring the albedo function, and checking for correspondence against the earl... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080116275 | Method and system for generating an electronic product identification report in an embedded device An embedded device includes a web interface configured to receive a request for an electronic product information (EPID) report, and send the request to a request handling service. The embedded device further includes the request handling service, configured to deploy o... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080067249 | Data Communications System, Information Processing Terminal, IC Card, Reader/Writer, and Program Disclosed herein is a data communications system configured to execute data communication between three parties of a reader/writer, an integrated circuit card wirelessly communicable with the reader/writer in a non-contact manner, and an information processing terminal ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080048035 | RF Label Identification In an RF label identification system comprising a label reader and a plurality of labels, a unique and secret identifier being associated with each label, a first random number is sent from a label to the reader. A second random number is then sent from the reader to th... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080048036 | Contactless Ic Chip Reader/Writer In a contactless IC chip reader/writer including communication units for performing data communication with a contactless IC chip and a main control unit for controlling communication with a contactless IC chip via the communication unit in response to a request from an... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080041953 | ADJUSTING PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH LEAKAGE SIGNALS The present disclosure includes a system and method for adjusting parameters associated with leakage signals. In some implementations, an RFID reader includes an RF antenna, a transmitter section, a receiver section, a control module and a cancellation noise reduction (... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080011827 | AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY INFORMATION FOR A SECURITY TOKEN ACCESS DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS A security token access device and a method implemented on an access device for automatically managing security information. The access device is capable of wirelessly communication with a plurality of user devices and may be securely paired with at least one of the plu... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080011851 | Answer To Reset (ATR) Pushing A wireless-enabled smart card reader receives an Answer to Reset (ATR) from a smart card and transmits the ATR using a wireless communication link to a computing device without waiting for an ATR request from the computing device. The computing device may cache the ATR ... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080011833 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING AFTER-OPERATION INFORMATION OF SECURE ELEMENT APPLICATIONS In a mobile terminal device a Secure Element, a main controlling unit, and near-field-comunication Module form a communication triangle. A method is disclosed for providing an interface communication in said mobile terminal device comprising a means and/or an operation ... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080006696 | Programmatic control of RFID tags Techniques that enable a device to advertise its mode of operation using an RFID tag attached to the device. Techniques are provided for programmatically controlling an RFID tag. An RFID tag attached to a device is programmatically enabled or disabled depending upon the... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070284446 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND WARNING METHOD THEREOF A portable electronic apparatus and a warning method thereof are provided. By detecting an external tag by a wireless identification unit disposed in the portable electronics apparatus, the present invention can remind user to prevent from losing the portable electronic... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070272752 | Portable terminal unit By concealing the existence of an area using a function (which is referred to as IC privacy function) capable of concealing the data area corresponding to each service (behaving as if the data area does not exist), an existing function provided in the contactless IC car... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070262157 | Method and apparatus for coordinating communications between a tag and a reader A tag has circuitry that can transmit and receive wireless signals, including receipt of first and second wireless signals that are different. The circuitry responds to a predetermined event by inhibiting wireless transmissions for up to a selected time interval, while ... | 11/15/2007 |
