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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7991730 | Methods for similarity searching of chemical reactions A computer-based method for identifying at least one pair of similar chemical reactions between a plurality of reactions each related to preparation of at least one product from at least one reagent may include generating for each reaction a structural representatio... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979382 | Component based information linking during claim processing A computer program is provided for developing component based software capable of linking insurance-related information. The program includes a data component that stores, retrieves and manipulates data utilizing a plurality of functions. Also provided is a client c... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979383 | Atlas reporting A method and database for generating a report of findings of at least one abnormality evident in a medical image, the medical image including at least a portion of at least one structure of the body, the method includes retrieving a figure of the at least one struct... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7899808 | Text enhancement mechanism Media enhancing services for pages containing text is described. Text is analyzed to determine related additional media available on the network, and the page description is augmented with metadata to identify the additional media in an enhanced page description. Wh... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7870088 | Method of delivering music and information The invention comprises music and information delivery systems and methods. One system comprises a portable communication device configured to receive a piece of music from an audio source and transmit the piece of music via a first communication medium to a host co... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7853552 | Method and system for increasing a repulsive force between a first node and surrounding nodes in proportion to a number of entities and adding nodes to a visualization graph A visualization graph is provided on a computer. Data corresponding to a plurality of entities is stored, wherein a semantic net includes the entities and wherein the entities are linked to each other by a plurality of relations. In response to a query with respect ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844569 | Method and system for electronic negotiation of documents A method and system for creation of customized documents over a network as well as for negotiation of contents for documents over a network (e.g., Internet) is disclosed. In one aspect, professional documents can be created in an automated manner. In another aspect,... | 11/30/2010 |
| RE41957 | System for searching a data base for information associated with broadcast segments based upon broadcast time A play list comprising the names of music pieces broadcasted from a broadcast station and broadcast time information are accumulated in a data base. If a user likes a music piece broadcasted from the broadcast station, he activates a book marker which stores time in... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7805399 | Methods and apparatus for providing a partial dual-encrypted stream in a conditional access overlay system The present invention is directed towards providing a partial dual-encrypted stream in a conditional access overlay system. The headend equipment includes an aligner, identifier, and remapper (AIR) device (615) that receives a clear stream and one or two encr... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792782 | Internet music composition application with pattern-combination method This invention relates to the method and system of producing/composing user's own music (musical composition, arrangement, and performance) on the web site. The system creates musical patterns out of all kinds of music, recommends the ideal patterns in accordance wi... | 09/07/2010 |
| RE41493 | System for automated generation of media A system and method for creating audiovisual programming has media elements, such as audiovisual clips, stored in a library. A database contains selected information about each of the media elements. The stored information in the database does not dictate the tempor... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769708 | Efficient fuzzy matching of a test item to items in a database A database includes a repository of data segments to be searched, called standard streams. But rather than searching all possible segments of each standard stream, the database includes a set of index files that reference a number of different segments in the reposi... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765182 | Haptic authoring Methods are presented for authoring geometrical databases which incorporate touch or haptic feedback. In particular, a database of geometrical elements incorporates attributes necessary to support haptic interactions such as stiffness, hardness, friction, and so for... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7765181 | Web-based asset management The method and system of the present invention provides an improved technique for replacing, implementing and managing computer-related assets. A technician accesses the World Wide Web through a user's computer. The information resident on the computer, including in... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7756818 | Database table recovery system A system and method for recovering a database table that depends on a tablespace receives a backup copy of the tablespace and reads log records associated with the table. The system then applies the log records to the backup copy and builds new table data pages from... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756819 | Integrated authoring system for electronic technical manual and paper technical manual using logistics support analysis data and authoring method therefor Disclosed are an integrated authoring system for an electronic technical manual and a paper technical manual using logistics support analysis data, which is capable of authoring an interactive electronic technical manual (IETM) of Class IV level and a paper technica... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747560 | Methods and systems for providing a distributed database store with correlation service A digital history service presents a user's collected data in an historical format such as a timeline that includes various interactions with objects and people over the course of time wherein the digital history data was retrieved and correlated from the various da... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7730019 | System and method for data collection, management, and analysis A system, method and computer readable medium that performs data analyses, such as economic forecasting, in accordance with the configured needs of one or more users. The system may maintain local information on which its various analyses are based, and may suppleme... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725426 | Lot/serial engine for a warehouse management system A novel method for configuring an item specific user-definable lot or serial attribute. The method also provides for grouping one or more attributes into an time specific context. The method also provides for capturing, maintaining and querying attribute data values... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720796 | Directory and file mirroring for migration, snapshot, and replication A NAS switch provides mirroring in a NAS storage network that is transparent to client. A source file server exports an original NAS file handles indicative of object locations on the source file server to the NAS switch. The NAS switch modifies the original NAS fil... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720797 | Method and apparatus for electronic collection, translation, grouping, and delivery of wage assignment information A system that electronically collects, translates, groups, and delivers wage assignment information from at least one initiator to at least one recipient via an accumulator is described. An initiator initially receives the wage assignment information. Then, an accum... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720798 | Transmitter-receiver system, transmitting apparatus, transmitting method, receiving apparatus, receiving method, and program A transmitter-receiver system includes: a transmitting apparatus configured to transmit data categorized into groups recorded on a recording medium; and a receiving apparatus configured to receive the data; wherein the transmitting apparatus includes: a read unit co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720799 | Systems and methods for employing an orthogonal corpus for document indexing Methods and systems for processing a body of reference material to generate a directory for accessing information from a database. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720795 | Digital cockpit A method for communicating information for pre-defined metrics management of business metrics uses a system including a server and at least one user accessible device communicative with the server. The server has a database and a web interface. The method comprises ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716170 | Holistic dynamic information management platform for end-users to interact with and share all information categories, including data, functions, and results, in collaborative secure venue A method and system dynamically and contextually manage information in an electronic computational environment. In one aspect, a desired project provides a context for management of a plurality of information elements, each element being in at least one of a plurali... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711700 | Systems and methods for classifying and transferring information in a storage network Systems and methods for data classification to facilitate and improve data management within an enterprise are described. The disclosed systems and methods evaluate and define data management operations based on data characteristics rather than data location, among ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711696 | File system for nonvolatile memory A file system for nonvolatile memory media is disclosed, based on the assumptions that the file system structure is flat (i.e., does not contain directories), and that a relatively small amount of memory space is available. The nonvolatile memory medium is divided i... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711697 | System and method for producing electronic business information reports and related products A communication system for producing electronic business information reports comprising: a communication network, a website module, a product fabrication module, a computer system for communicating with and controlling the operation of the group of modules via the n... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711698 | Communication system, communication method, distribution apparatus, distribution method and terminal apparatus A communication system includes a first storage section for storing a plurality of pieces of contents information, a second storage section for storing a plurality of pieces of contents information, a control section for accessing the contents information stored in ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711699 | Method and system for presenting traffic-related information Presenting of real-world situational data on a dynamically updateable user interface is provided for by providing a dynamically updateable user interface that includes dynamic objects having variable characteristics and that correspond to real-world objects, receivi... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707163 | Software and metadata structures for distributed and interactive database architecture for parallel and asynchronous data processing of complex data and for real-time query processing The various embodiments of the invention provide software and metadata structures for a data processing system and method, for applications such as marketing campaign management, speech recognition and signal processing. An exemplary system embodiment includes a fir... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702657 | Portable information processor A portable information processor (10) includes a storage unit (11) that stores information; a connecting unit (12) that connects to one of the device (1 (or 2)); an information acquiring unit (13) that acquires information f... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702656 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing a dynamic, multi-dimensional commodity modeling process An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity modeling process. The system includes a data collection component operable for collecting raw data, a dynamic multi-dimension... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702652 | Method and system for presenting on-line “Yellow Pages”, particularly in association with location data A method for doing business, wherein a web server maintains a commercial subscriber database including a plurality of records each containing data relating to commercial subscribers including at least name, address and category, and imposes a periodic subscription f... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702653 | Methods and systems for triggering actions Systems and methods for triggering actions are set forth. According to one embodiment, a method comprising determining at least one triggering condition associated with an article, correlating the triggering condition with information associated with a user, and pro... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702654 | Asset management in media production An asset management system for managing media assets in media production. The system includes a database and a database interface. The database stores a plurality of records, each record storing information for a media asset. Each record includes work performance in... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702651 | Spatially defined universal dates Methods and apparatus for converting a date using spatial information. In one implementation, a method of converting date information using spatial information includes: storing date information in a storage format; receiving target spatial information; retrieving a... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702655 | Maintaining and using user-created mapping history for network resource mapping A system provides a user map service that receives component data associated with a resource in a storage area network and matches the component data to entries in a user-created component matching database to determine a specific identity of the resource in the sto... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698300 | Information processing apparatus, method and program If content having an attribute different from that of content usually used by a user is selected, the present invention allows proper content recommendation in accordance with the selection. When notified from a control block of a selected piece of music, a short-te... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698297 | Accessing digital media Method and apparatus for accessing media across networks. The present invention generally allows for media to be provided across a network. A client requests media information from a server so the client can create a local representation of the server's database. Th... | 04/13/2010 |
