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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7315725 | Computer system and method for training certifying or monitoring human clinical raters A method and system are disclosed for computerized training, monitoring, certification or re-certification of human raters in clinical trials. The invention provides an interactive computerized interview that can be compared scores obtained by human raters to monito... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7277671 | Wireless response system and method A wireless response system includes a base unit and a plurality of handheld response units communicating with the base unit over a wireless communication link. The base unit sends polling commands to the response units over the wireless communication. The response u... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6928278 | Authentic person identification In a communication system which can privately inform each applicant of an outcome of a game or an examination, a cell phone with a cell phone number is used to transmit, to a center or a promoter, personal identification information including the cell phone number a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6657550 | Wireless lock-out system, apparatus and method for using the same A wireless lockout apparatus, a system and a method for using the same are provided for receiving wireless signals from individual transmitters. When a first signal has a code that matches a reference code in a decoder, the decoder locks out subsequent si... | 12/02/2003 |
| 5863207 | Portable random member selector A portable device for selecting a member of a group at random, or, at the desire of the operator, for selecting each member of the group exactly once in random order, i.e., in random sequence. The device can also select members in sequence, without random... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5842871 | Electronic testing system for use by multiple students The present invention is an electronic teaching system containing two principal components: a projection frame and a hand-held remote unit. The projection frame mediates the electronic test and holds a transparency on an overhead projector so that the tra... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5364108 | Game apparatus A video game apparatus is provided for use in conjunction with a remotely controllable audio visual playback device, such as a video cassette player. The game apparatus comprises a learning remote control which is programmed with remote control signals su... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5092779 | Academic quiz controller A quiz controller for developing a time-ordered list of contestant responses. A microprocessor-based main unit is in electronic communication with one or more players interfaces. Each player interfaces may have up to eight contestant pushbuttons. The main... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4948126 | Event adjudicator and interface An event adjudicator (10) comprising a first event register (14) capable of registering the occurrence of each of a plurality of local events, a second event register (16) capable of registering the occurrence of one or more remote events, which local and... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4895364 | Electronic game apparatus An electronic game apparatus having a central body from which rigid arms extend to remote switches. The arms are pivotally connected to the central body and the remote switches to allow the apparatus to be folded for storage in an upright, free-standing p... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4877408 | Competitive computer educational game The present invention provides a method of teaching rote facts by the use of a computer network and the required software with the following functions: (1) Student interest is maintained by engaging the students in a competative game. Each student has acc... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4842276 | Game device for randomly selecting players An electronic game device for randomly selecting the player or players to participate in each round of a game. The device preferably has a control module, a plurality of output stations, one output station associated with each player. When the device is i... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4772027 | Board game incorporating electronic logic device A board game which comprises a board on which objects can be placed by participating players. An electrically powered sensor/indicator device is mounted to the board, the device incorporating electronic logic circuitry and indicator elements connected to ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4767335 | Computerized academic quiz controller system An academic quiz controller system includes first and second pluralities of identical and interchangeable response stations (11, 12, 13, 14 and 21, 22, 23, 24) each provided with a switch (17) and an indicator light (16) activated by the switch when press... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4625244 | Multiple remote control VCR pause switch A multiple remote control VCR pause switch is provided which allows any number of viewers to pause an accessory video cassette recorder to, for example, answer questions posed on the video tape. Each viewer is provided with a response switch mounted insid... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4538142 | Signal seat for children This invention relates to disciplinary devices to teach young children proper behavior in general, and more specifically to a unique, tamper-proof weight activated signaling mechanism incorporated into a stool, which a child must sit on for disciplinary r... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4444391 | Teaching toy with stop action A teaching toy has a stop action feature which allows operators of the toy to momentarily stop the action of the toy in order for one of the operators to make a guess as to a question which is being asked by the toy. The teaching toy includes a housing wi... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4372554 | Electronic question and answer game A game apparatus makes use of a tape recorder and a programmed microprocessor to provide a game sequence in accordance with data recorded on a magnetic tape and using message outputs in the form of a voice recording on the same magnetic tape.... | 02/08/1983 |
