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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190529 | Information processing system, information communication terminal and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program for internet transaction An information processing system, information communication terminal and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program capable of enabling safer electronic commercial transactions. A point-of-purchase server generates purchasing ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185474 | Image processing apparatus, image outputting method, and image outputting program embodied on computer readable medium In order to enable a still image to be checked while preventing leakage of confidential information contained in the still image, an MFP includes: an image acquiring portion to acquire a still image; an encoding portion to generate encoded data by encoding the acqui... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8140438 | Method, apparatus, and program product for processing product evaluations A technique for determining a match between a character string including an evaluation and product information stored in a storage device and including a feature description of a product. The character string includes a name of an evaluation object to be evaluated a... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131646 | Reprogrammable security for controlling piracy and enabling interactive content using revocation status Technologies are disclosed to transfer responsibility and control over security from player makers to content authors by enabling integration of security logic and content. An exemplary optical disc carries an encrypted digital video title combined with data process... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112361 | Method and system for dynamic, real-time addition of advertisement to downloaded static content A method and system for dynamic, real-time addition of advertisements to downloaded static content. The method comprises seamlessly combining a downloaded original content file with personalized information on a user device, and allowing the user either to use the c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8069116 | System and method for supplying and managing usage rights associated with an item repository A system and method for enforcing rights expressions, include specifying a repository rights expression indicating a manner of use of an item at a repository; and associating the repository rights expression with the repository. In a further embodiment, the system i... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069117 | Ad hoc access rights in restricted-access electronic space One embodiment of the present invention provides the administrator of an access restricted electronic system with a flexible management scheme. In this scheme, users request access to the electronic system. Users who submit verified access information, such as a log... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8010401 | Method and system for market research A method of gathering research associated with a product that includes distributing the product in a market resulting in a distributed product, wherein the distributed product that includes a first test group identified based on a selection key, enabling a first tes... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7788272 | Document catalog system A method for open-text searching of information sources owned by a library is provided. The method uses existing full-text search engines and databases of open-text scans of text documents to provide searches which are limited to the actual set of information source... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7730021 | System and method for generating landing pages for content sections A content enhancement system and method for increasing search engine visibility is disclosed. Landing web pages are optimized for relevant keywords and phrases associated with e-content publications such as articles, papers, reports, newsletters, etc. Landing web pa... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725398 | Method and system for selling goods and/or services over a communication network between multiple users A method and system for selling goods and/or services over a communication network. The system provides an compilation of digital images that visually represent the goods and/or services to be sold. The digital images are forwarded the compilation to a requesting us... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720765 | System and method for using digital strings to provide secure distribution of digital content A method and system for secure distribution of digital content, using a disintegration tool under control of a distributor of the digital content to divide the digital content into protected and unprotected segments, delivering the unprotected segments to the custom... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7647277 | Regulating access to content using a multitiered rule base Access to a content selection may be regulated by accessing a medium associated with the content selection, identifying a profile associated with the medium, using the profile to analyze a content request with a multitiered rule base that includes two or more of a m... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7624072 | Method and system for securely distributing content A system for securely distributing content is provided. A distribution system includes a content server that distributes content to content clients via a communications link or a tangible medium. The distribution system uses passwords to encrypt and decrypt content ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7562290 | Content downloading in communication terminals A multimedia terminal (200) that receives a document descriptor file in response to a content download request, parses the document descriptor file for a reference to a specification file that controls the usage of the requested content, and thereafter the te... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7552092 | Program distribution method and system In the present invention, a program is provided with a dummy module into which a watermark can be inserted without any effect on the operation of the program, and an digital signature. It is thereby possible for a distributor to insert a watermark for specifying a u... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7536354 | Methods for electronic multiparty accounts receivable and accounts payable systems The invention concerns methods for use in a multiparty accounts receivable and accounts payable system that allow business trading partners to use a single, shared system for both accounts receivable and accounts payable management. A system implementing the methods... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7438233 | Blinded electronic medical records A system for transferring and updating sensitive data including at least one consolidator including a plurality of sensitive data records, a transaction processor for processing a transfer of data from one or more of the sensitive data records; software executing on... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430543 | Method of enforcing a contract for a CAD tool A method for enforcing a contract for a computer-aided-design (CAD) tool is provided. In this method, a first payment for the CAD tool is made in accordance with the contract. The first payment is associated with user access to the CAD tool. At this point, the CAD t... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430542 | System and method for activating a rendering device in a multi-level rights-management architecture A digital rights management system for the distribution, protection and use of electronic content. The system includes a client architecture which receives content, where the content is preferably protected by encryption and may include a license and individualizati... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430520 | System and method for determining the level of a authentication required for redeeming a customer's award credits A redemption system for use with Low Authentication Promotion (LAP) programs. The redemption system includes a method for use with a network promotion system. The network promotion system provides awards to consumers for participation in promotion programs. The meth... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426494 | Rental system At the time of manufacturing a DVD to be provided to a rental agent, a provider device writes an agent-rental expiry along with contents onto the DVD. At the time of renting the DVD to a user, a rental agent device writes a user-expiry onto the DVD. A DVD player acq... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406357 | Transforming a product description into a process network and specifying product creation Product descriptions (e.g., brochures) and processing instructions required to create a product (impose, print, fold, staple) can be abstracted into common vocabularies that link one to the other. A link from a product description to the processing instructions is m... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7389428 | Data processing system, data processing method, and program providing medium The inventive data processing apparatus initially generates verifying values for verifying integrity of contents data stored in a memory device, then stores the verifying values in correspondence with contents data, and then, using the verifying values, the data pro... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386129 | System and method for multimedia content simulcast A computer-implemented method is described for processing multimedia channels comprising: encrypting a first group of multimedia channels using a first type of encryption to produce a first group of encrypted multimedia channels; encrypting the first group of multim... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386883 | Systems, methods and computer program products for administration of computer security threat countermeasures to a computer system A countermeasure for a computer security threat to a computer system is administered by establishing a baseline identification of an operating or application system type and an operating or application system release level for the computer system that is compatible ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376623 | System and method for accessibility content copyright permission A system and method for accessibility content copyright permission is presented. A copyright server receives a copyright request from a requestor, such as a portal server. The copyright request corresponds to a user requesting a particular content to be transcoded. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373391 | System and method for digital content distribution The present invention makes it possible to distribute digital content managed under copyright to a large number of users through a communications network while ensuring copyright protection. The web server 12 distributes images requested by the user through t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370206 | Self-signing electronic documents Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for performing digital signature operations on electronic content. An electronic document includes a digital signature module. The electronic document is accessed using a user applicati... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368343 | Low leakage MIM capacitor Capacitor structures for use in integrated circuits and methods of their manufacture. The capacitor structures include a bottom electrode, a top electrode and a dielectric layer interposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The capacitor structures ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370017 | Redistribution of rights-managed content and technique for encouraging same Use of rights-managed content is enabled by a digital license that includes the identity of the licensee. The licensee redistributes the content by sending a package containing the content and the license to another party. That other party obtains a license to use t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366905 | Method and system for user generated keys and certificates A method and system to allow user generation of a private-public key pair and an associated user generated certificate to establish the identity of a user based upon signing the user generated certificate with a private key of a private-public key pair associated wi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366700 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a decoding key encoded with specific information to decode encrypted information of a record medium A data recording apparatus capable of preventing easily copying of information is disclosed with which, even if information is copied, the copied information cannot be reproduced, the data recording apparatus having a terminal to which encoder ID specific for the da... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367044 | System and method for network operation A network of secure servers, requiring no central entity to administer user identities or access permissions. Each autonomous server hosts a set of user accounts. Users may link to and access the accounts of all other users in the network. Resources in accounts are ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366908 | Digital watermarking with content dependent keys and autocorrelation properties for synchronization A digital watermark detection method exploits autocorrelation properties of the watermarked signal that enable synchronization of the digital watermark despite temporal or geometric distortion of the host signal. Other watermark methods employ keys, including a key ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363507 | Device and method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs A device and a method of preventing pirated copies of computer programs. The device has input and output devices for bidirectional data exchange with an electronic computer and a first memory element containing a data file that can be transferred to the electronic c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363276 | Broadcast receiving method and apparatus and information distributing method and apparatus A broadcast receiving method comprises storing first control information in a storage device, the first control information containing information unique to a receiver and required for the receiver to select broadcasted and encrypted contents information, and receiv... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362868 | Hidden link dynamic key manager for use in computer systems with database structure for storage of encrypted data and method for storage and retrieval of encrypted data A computer system (20) having a security domain (22), at least one client business domain (26), and a plurality of client terminals (34) utilizes a hidden link dynamic key manager (24, 84) and a database structure that includes enc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363501 | Semiconductor integrated circuit with function to manage license information A semiconductor integrated circuit includes one or more function blocks, a nonvolatile memory unit which stores therein coded license information, and a decoder circuit which decodes the license information stored in the nonvolatile memory unit, and makes one of the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363275 | Access right contradiction detection apparatus and analysis rule creation apparatus Method signatures included in an input program are detected. An access analyzer sequentially analyzes the method signatures and obtains a run-time access right list based on a rule. This rule specifies method signatures and the access rights which may possibly be in... | 04/22/2008 |
