"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120013440 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Module-Based Scanning of RFID Tags These teachings comprise accessing an identifier as corresponds to a given module of RFID-tagged items and then using that identifier to filter the RFID tag readings. By one approach, one can obtain this identifier for the module by reading an optical code as correspond... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110156867 | Gesture-based signature authentication Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, devices, and machine-readable mediums for implementing gesture-based signature authentication. In one embodiment, a method may involve recording a first gesture-based signature and storing the reco... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20100328036 | SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRANTING ACCESS A method for granting access to change a security system from a locked state to an unlocked state includes: displaying a security access interface on the display unit; selecting one image; changing at least one value of at least one property of the selected image; at le... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100308963 | System and Method for Motor Drive Control Pad and Drive Terminals Embodiments of the invention provide a variable frequency drive system and a method of controlling a pump driven by a motor with the pump in fluid communication with a fluid system. The drive system and method can provide one or more of the following: a sleep mode, pipe... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100277279 | RFID PRIVACY PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) privacy protection method and apparatus is provided. The RFID privacy protection method includes: receiving a password of a tag; reading a code value from the tag; performing authentication of a user with respect to the tag using ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100127824 | Method and Device for the Safe, Systematic, Exclusive Assignment of the Command Authorization of an Operator to a Controllable Technical Installation The invention relates to methods and appropriate devices for safely, unequivocally and exclusively, temporarily assigning the command authority of an operator (1) to a controllable technical system (60) using a mobile control device (2) which is tec... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100085154 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF FORMING RFID VIRTUAL TAG AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING CONTENTS USING THE SAME Provided is a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag generating method and device, and a contents receiving method using the same. The contents receiving method using the RFID tag generating device includes: a terminal detecting a virtual tag corresponding to content... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100051689 | WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATOR FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENT ON ACCOUNT READ FROM REMOVABLE CARD A wireless mobile communications apparatus reads removable cards and can communicate an account corresponding to the removable card in order to conduct a wireless transaction with a merchant on the account with the wireless mobile communications apparatus. A total curre... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100052854 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTION CONTROL OF RFID SYSTEM Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling an operation of an RFID system, that can selectively control communication of the RFID system. In the method for controlling an operation of the RFID system including at least one REID tag storing predetermined data... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090302999 | SECURITY AND MONITORING CONTROL SYSTEM METHODS FOR VEHICLES A vehicle security and monitoring control system having one or more vehicle security and monitoring control (VSMCM) controllers, one or more wireless remotes and one or more base stations connected to a computer. The VSMCM controller prevents operation of a vehicle in a... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090295540 | Facsimile machine, facsimile notification system, and communication terminal device A facsimile machine receives image data, generates a password for received image data, assigns the generated password to the received image data, and stores the received image data. Information indicating a notification destination is extracted from the received image d... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090140839 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-TRADITIONAL PAYMENT USING BIOMETRIC DATA Facilitating transactions using non-traditional devices and biometric data to activate a transaction device is disclosed. A transaction request is formed at a non-traditional device, and communicated to a reader, wherein the non-traditional device may be configured with... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090046841 | Telecommunication call management and monitoring system with voiceprint verification Disclosed is a secure telephone call management system for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users is accomplished by using a personal identification number, preferably in conjunction with speaker independent ... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080306774 | Methods and apparatus for digital audio, video, and data player and recorder and business method of managing medical information on a branded data storage device A credit card sized digital storage device and data system and method of marketing same pertaining to health care information, a memory and processor for processing digital data, an output on the card for converting and transmitting the digital data for video output, a ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080238614 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING AND RECOVERING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A method of securing a wireless device, includes: receiving, from a subscriber, a request to activate one or more security features and recovery functions of a missing wireless device; determining whether the wireless device is powered on; setting, in the event the wire... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080231418 | Integrated Physical Unclonable Function (Puf) with Combined Sensor and Display The present invention relates to a device (100, 200, 300) and a method for creating challenge-response pairs. A basic idea of the present invention is to create a challenge in the form of light emitted onto a light scattering element (103, 203), which ligh... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20070296546 | CODE BASED ACCESS SYSTEMS A system including at least two parts or stations wherein a transaction or connection between any two or more of the parts or stations is conducted or established by means of an access code, the access code being available to an accessed part or station and requiring an... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070293194 | Method for providing remote mobile device access and control Provided is a remote mobile device access and control method, and particularly a generic approach for providing remote mobile device access and control. To this end, there is provided a method for a user to access and control his/her mobile device at a remote location b... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070216518 | Security Element and Method for Producing Same The present invention relates to a security element (30) for securing valuable articles, having a first optically active layer (32) that is present at least in some areas and comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal material. According to the present inventi... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070030123 | Apparatus, system, and method for securely associating identification information with an electronic device An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for securely associating identification information with an electronic device. The apparatus, system and method facilitate identifying an authorized user of an electronic device. An electronic display integrated the exterio... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060208853 | Radio frequency identification security system and method A radio frequency identification (RFID) security system includes an RFID tag and a portable electronic device. The RFID tag has a user ID code. The portable electronic device has a reader, an identification memory and an identification controller. The reader is used to ... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060087407 | Master tags A method for creating a hierarchy of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and the resultant system include associating each of a plurality of first RFID tags with an individual object of a plurality of objects, each first RFID tag storing identification informatio... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20050225791 | Security server for facsimile machine and method of selectively printing document data using the security server A security server for facsimile machines to provide security information on users authorized to print document data transmitted from a transmitting facsimile machine to a receiving facsimile machine, to the receiving facsimile machine. The security server includes a sec... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050179320 | Vehicle security system When transmitting an instruction for activating an immobilizer function to a vehicle, a base station also transmits a given password for releasing the immobilizer function. When receiving the instruction and the given password, an immobilizer ECU outputs an instruction ... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050052278 | Data entry systems with biometric devices for security access control A security system incorporating one or more biometric data recognition capabilities in a non-intrusive way to enhance the overall security provided by the system. The biometric recognition may be provided by incorporating one or more cameras in a keypad system wherein t... | 03/10/2005 |