Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126970 | LAMP SET FOR HOLDING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER A lamp set capable of holding a fire extinguisher includes a light emission module, an audio module, an electric storage device to provide electric power for the light emission module and the audio module, a hollow pillar to hold the fire extinguisher, and a gravity sen... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120038477 | DETECTION OF PROPER INSERTION OF MEDICAL LEADS INTO A MEDICAL DEVICE Proper insertion of medical leads into medical devices is detected at the time the lead is being inserted. An external device initiates impedance testing by the medical device that is receiving the lead prior to the insertion of the lead being completed. The medical dev... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038473 | WIRELESS MONITORING OF BATTERY FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT The disclosed invention provides a system and apparatus for monitoring battery status and usage to facilitate battery protection, battery repurposing and battery maintenance. Wireless interrogation of a battery's location and key attributes provides efficiencies to mana... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032795 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL A camera system includes a plurality of first cameras and a second camera. Each of the plurality of first cameras has a first receiving section that receives a control signal, a first image pickup section that photographs a first image based on the control signal, and a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120025972 | TEMPERATURE ALARM SYSTEM OUTLET MODULE A portable alarm outlet module is pluggable into a conventional wall outlet. The alarm module contains circuitry which monitors the outlet and detects fire-causing conditions at, or in the proximity of the outlet. The alarm module may contain a transmitter circuit for t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019378 | APPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD A method and system for monitoring an appliance is disclosed. The method includes establishing a wireless communication connection between a communication module in an appliance and a communication network, transmitting operational data in real-time from the appliance t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019379 | SYSTEMS FOR THREE FACTOR AUTHENTICATION CHALLENGE A method and apparatus for three-factor authentication uses a short wireless device to authenticate access to a computer or device. The computer or device issues a challenge question to the user, for example, requesting the user to say a phrase or write symbols. The use... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110316692 | SPACE LOCATION DEVICE, ASSOCIATED REFERENCE TRANSMITTER AND LOCATION SYSTEM The invention pertains to the field of systems for locating a person, an animal, a vegetable, a parcel or more generally any entity mobile in motion or that can be moved. More precisely, the invention relates to a location device that comprises means for receiving an id... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316691 | FLAT-HIERARCHY SYSTEM FOR CONDITION-BASED MONITORING OF DISTRIBUTED EQUIPMENT Systems and methods for monitoring the condition of equipment in a manufacturing plant or other facility. A computing node is attached to each piece of equipment under consideration. Each node gathers relevant information from the machine using sensors and is capable of... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110309928 | Display For Hand-Held Electronics The invention disclosed here is a display system for managing power and security for a plurality of hand-held electronic devices sold to consumers in a retail location. The display includes features that allow power to be supplied to individual devices without hard wiri... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110298610 | COMPRESSING DATA IN A WIRELESS NETWORK A distinguished node is dynamically selected from a subset of nodes in a wireless network. Data samples from the subset of nodes are received in view of the distinguished node status. At least one estimate is generated from the data samples and the data samples are comp... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298609 | METHOD OF CONSERVING ENERGY AND WATER USING AN APPARATUS TO LOCATE LEAKS IN SUBSURFACE PIPELINES A method of conserving energy and natural resources transported in subsurface pipelines and preventing environmental contamination therefrom by identifying the subsurface location of leaks of oil, gas, water or other natural resources transported in these pipelines incl... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110285527 | Wireless Structural Health Monitoring System with Synchronized Timekeeper A method of obtaining data about a structure includes providing a plurality of sensor modules on the structure. Each of the sensor modules includes a sensor, a processor, a sensor module precision timekeeper, and a sensor module transceiver. One of the plurality of sens... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279262 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, AND MANAGING DATA FOR TAGS This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and mana... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279261 | EVENT WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF An event warning system is provided. The innovation can provide real time, personalized and meaningful alert warnings to either or both a machine operator/driver and pedestrians who are in harm's way, or are potentially approaching harm's way. Different from generic war... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273285 | INTRUSION DETECTION DEVICE To provide an intrusion detecting device of a type in which a battery for supplying an electric power to both of the main unit and the transmitter is provided in a unit holder for holding the main unit, including the detecting element, to thereby increase the overall el... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110260851 | METHOD AND PROTOCOL FOR REAL TIME SECURITY SYSTEM A security system comprises one or more sensor devices configured to detect conditions at one or more sites; one or more checkpoints at each of said one or more sites configured to receive signals from the one or more sensor devices; and a central headquarters processor... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110260853 | Covering Arrangement for a Pipe, and Pipe Having such a Covering Arrangement Covering arrangement for a pipe which can be welded to a series of further pipes to produce pipelines intended, in particular, for transporting gaseous or liquid media, wherein the covering arrangement is designed for sealing at least the pipe edge which is at risk of c... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110248846 | Wireless Sensing Module and Method of Operation A wireless sensing module with extended service life containing at least one sensor of a physical parameter, a data acquisition hardware acquiring output electrical signals from at least one sensor and converting it into digital measurement data, a microcontroller, a no... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241870 | TETHER CORD AND SENSOR ALARMS Methods, systems and other embodiments associated with protecting merchandise items are presented. A method of protecting merchandise items includes displaying merchandise items at a consumer display so that the merchandise items can be handled by a consumer. A detectio... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110227722 | Tracking System And Device A tracking device and system for tracking containers, in particular, containers and their contents, is disclosed. The tracking device utilizes AGPS/GPS/GSM/CDMA/LTE/EVDO/WiFi/RFID/Bluetooth®/TDMA technology to enable an individual to locate and monitor the movement of ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227721 | Leak detection system for pipes The leak detection system for pipes and couplings is a system for generating an alert signal when a liquid leak from the pipe joint or coupling is detected. The leak detection system includes a transmitter mounted adjacent a pipe joint formed between a first pipe and a ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110210844 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ELECTRICAL CABLE MONITORING An apparatus and method for monitoring an electrical cable, wherein a sensor, which is mounted in contact with the electrical cable, monitors at least one characteristic of the electrical cable, and reports an alert when a monitored level of the at least one characteris... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205055 | VALVE MALFUNCTIONING DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A VACUUM SEWER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS A valve malfunctioning detection system for use in a vacuum sewer system including a vacuum pit in fluid communication with a vacuum station is provided. The vacuum pit includes a vacuum sewer valve that is moveable between an opened position and a closed position. The ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110201898 | Wireless healthcare smart grid One implementation encompasses an apparatus, which comprises: at least one sensor; at least one controllable element; and at least one server operatively coupled to the at least one sensor and to the at least one controllable element, the at least one server configured ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110187524 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH INSTRUMENTED TOOLS UTILIZED BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS An instrumented emergency response tool system and method for wirelessly communicating emergency response condition and location information to a team of emergency responders. An emergency response tool utilized by an emergency responder can be integrated with one or mo... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181408 | Public Tactical Message System An emergency message system provides localized tactical emergency messages to the public.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110175722 | WIRELESS DEVICE INVENTORY SCANNER The invention relates to an apparatus that Alerts a user that one or more Wireless-Capable Devices are not present at the time of a Triggering Event. The presence or non-presence of the Wireless-Capable Devices is determined by Wireless Detection of the Wireless-Capable... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110175723 | METHOD FOR REMINDING OF BATTERY POWER LEVEL The present invention discloses a method for reminding of a battery power level, which generates a grading instruction according to the battery power level of an electronic device, and which controls the electronic device to present an obvious reminder corresponding to ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169631 | REAL-TIME ALARM SYSTEM A real-time alarm system comprises an image capturing element, a network transmission system, a control processing unit and a mobile device. The image capturing element is installed on different sites to generate image information. The image information is transmitted t... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110169630 | Sensor foreign material exclusion devices and methods A foreign material exclusion device adapted for use in a cavity of a system or construction, for example a tube, pipe, or the like, the device having a body that is adapted to seal a first side of the cavity from a second side of the cavity and prevent passage of debris... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163870 | Wireless Monitoring and Communication for Sanitizer Dispenser Systems A monitoring and communication system for sanitizer compliance monitoring, comprises a plurality of sanitizer monitoring sensors for collecting sanitize compliance data at a respective plurality of sanitizer stations, each sensor located to monitor whether a person pass... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110148884 | System and method for determining motion of a subject A system and method of generating a representation or alteration of a subject. One or more devices may be attached to a subject, and a first signal transmitted towards the subject, the first signal interacting with the one or more devices to produce a second signal. The... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110133925 | CONTAINER MONITORING SYSTEM A detection system for an enclosed container includes many nanosensors for detecting materials harmful to human beings within an enclosed container and transmitting a signal representing a condition thereof. The nanosensors are carried on a carrier material, such as a c... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTERING TERRORISM BY MONITORING CONTAINERS OVER INTERNATIONAL SEAS The present invention is directed to a system and method for countering terrorism by monitoring shipping containers using an advanced communication system network for tracking and monitoring the container as it travels over international seas.... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110102170 | REMOTE MONITORING OF REAL-TIME INFORMATION A method for remote monitoring of real-time information is provided. In the method, a representation is displayed of each of a plurality of items configured to generate the real-time information. Also displayed is a representation of each of a plurality of destinations ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102189 | Method and System for Remotely Monitoring the Location of a Vehicle A telemetry system coupled to a vehicle can communicate with a remote site using a wireless network, such as a cellular mobile radiotelephone network. The telemetry system can monitor aspects of the vehicle's operations based on remote user input. The telemetry system c... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110084822 | DETECTING APPARATUS FOR A BICYCLE A detecting apparatus for a bicycle includes a detector mounted on a wheel fork and a monitoring device connected to a bicycle for immediately monitoring cycling status data. The detector wirelessly communicates with the monitoring device for detecting a wheel rotation ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110084831 | 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; an... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110080281 | System for Managing Mail Carriers in a Sorting Facility Using Persistent Asset Routing Terminals A system for managing a plurality of carriers in a mail sorting facility includes a server configured to create, implement and/or execute a sort plan, a plurality of terminals disposed on the plurality of carriers and each configured to send a wireless beacon signal and... | 04/07/2011 |
