Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7295864 | Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7257395 | Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7156791 | Yoga grip block Yoga grip blocks having one or more block sections and a grip section that provide support and comfort in the practice of yoga exercises. The invention includes preferred materials to fabricate yoga grip blocks and describes methods of using yoga grip blocks. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149509 | Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7094126 | Toy kitchen set with repositionable island A toy kitchen including a main unit and at least one island. Each island is removably coupled to the main unit in one of at least two positions. The island includes a frame and a coupling mechanism attached to the frame. The coupling mechanism is configured to remov... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6816754 | Method and system for controlling drive of a robot A method and system for controlling drive of a robot having two or more drive axes and driven in accordance with an action program transmitted from a system controller to a robot controller by a wireless transmission way, checks whether a detected current position o... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6728598 | Arithmetic processing device, inter-object communication method, and robot An arithmetic processing device for inter-object data communication has an object manager for connecting objects so as to enable exchange of data between the objects, and a connection data supplying unit for supplying the object manager with connection data necessar... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718231 | Authoring system and authoring method, and storage medium An action editing window (200) is formed as a time table of a two-dimensional time line style, made up by a horizontal time axis and a vertical channel. Within the time line table, respective constituent elements of an action of a robot, such as a time ruler ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6692328 | Electronic toy using prerecorded messages A toy, such as a toy pager or a toy telephone, generates an attention signal and plays a recorded message to the user. The attention signal is generated in a seemingly random fashion to simulate the operation of a real pager or telephone.... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684127 | Method of controlling behaviors of pet robots A robotic system, robot apparatus, and a control method are presented wherein behaviors suitable for a robot are embodied based on information distributed by a number of information distributing devices. Also, the robotic system, robot apparatus, and a co... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6244960 | Tablet unit and virtual experience method The tablet unit 10 comprises a receiving antenna which is brought near a prescribed position on the tablet when the tablet unit is connected to the electronic device 12 and receives the scan signal supplied to the antenna line; operating means 38 which ha... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6179682 | Teaching toy telephone An educational toy telephone is provided and includes a telephone base and a removable handset. A numerical keypad is provided by which an input telephone number may be entered into said telephone. The telephone further includes a microprocessor and memor... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6029042 | Educational audio playback device including hidden graphical images located below pivoting button elements A novel educational audio playback device is disclosed which, in the preferred embodiment, is in the shape of a simulated telephone. On the body of the apparatus are a plurality of buttons, each of the buttons having a hinged cover mounted thereon. These ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5513993 | Educational 911 training device An educational training device in disclosed which includes a replica of a telephone including a telephone headset having an operational speaker and a telephone keypad having a plurality of numeric key buttons. A machine is associated with a telephone oper... | 05/07/1996 |
| 4838826 | Toy telephones and cords for toy telephones A toy telephone having a telephone base, a telephone handset, and a cord extending between the base and the handset, the cord having first and second cord segments of preselected lengths, the first cord segment connected at one end to the base and the sec... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4713035 | Toy telephone A toy telephone having a base, a dial connected to the base and noise generating means within the base actuatable by the dial, characterized in that the dial is connected to the base for both rotary and axial motion relative to the base and the noise gene... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4642054 | Picture book having a telephone dial therein A picture book comprising the front and back covers and further a plurality of printed paper sheets therebetween, characterized in that said front cover and paper sheets have each window cut in aligned positions, and in that a telephone structure is attac... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4515359 | Toy kitchen play center A toy kitchen play center device is disclosed which includes, in a unitary structure, a simulated stove, cooking range, kitchen sink, cabinet/refrigerator, telephone, kitchen canopy and ventilation unit, and further includes a folding table which is pivot... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4505358 | Voice communicator Direct voice communication with simultaneous two-way transmission is possible with a communicator having the earpiece of the communicator at one station connected by flexible plastic tubing to the mouthpiece of a communicator at another station, the two s... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4237650 | Preschool play apparatus A preschool play apparatus comprising a base having a wall defining a plurality of different shape holes. There is a translucent viewing window in the wall adjacent each of the holes. There are also a plurality of plugs or inserts having shapes which matc... | 12/09/1980 |
