"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7097097 | Check book unit for use with debit cards A check book unit has a card reader and a PDA-type system. Check transactions are recorded in the unit using the PDA-type unit and a computer keeps track of the balance and other data associated with the check transaction. A card reader is also included and uses one... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7044365 | Method for reconciling a financial account from a portable account register A method for reconciling a financial account of a user on a user device. A user list of transactions that have been entered by the user are accessed. A list of transactions from a financial institution is downloaded. The financial institution list is stored on the u... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6997481 | Checkbook cover A checkbook cover has an exterior cover, an interior check and register holder affixed adjacent to the cover, and a slot formed through the exterior cover. A writing instrument, preferably with a pocket clip thereon, passes partially through the exterior cover slot ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6950839 | Nature's friend An electronic device for recording a woman's menstrual cycle, recalling each recorded cycle and updating each cycle with respect to normal and abnormal menstrual flow; a frequency button is provided to record the average number of days between periods; a projection ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6839687 | Consumer-based system and method for managing and paying electronic billing statements A consumer-based bill management and payment system is configured to receive, analyze, manage and pay electronic billing statements received from the biller over the Internet. The system includes a notification manager that detects when the electronic bill arrives a... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6231225 | Attachment apparatus for checkbook cover and method of use thereof The attachment apparatus includes a thin functional assembly and a clip assembly. A first portion of the thin clip assembly is rotatably, or alternatively slideably connected to the thin functional assembly. A clip portion of the thin clip assembly, which... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6128603 | Consumer-based system and method for managing and paying electronic billing statements A consumer-based bill management and payment system is configured to receive, analyze, manage and pay electronic billing statements received from the biller over the Internet. The system includes a notification manager that detects when the electronic bil... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6076079 | Electronic tip calculator An electronic calculating device for conveniently calculating a percentage of a value, as is often performed in a restaurant or bar when calculating a gratuity based on the amount of a bill is provided. The invention is a device having a first side and a ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5965862 | Information detection apparatus and method for printing on a medium and for reading information recorded on the medium An information detection apparatus and information detection method for processing recording media to ascertain validity of checks and other negotiable instruments and print as necessary on the recording media. The information detection apparatus for proc... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5828587 | Attachment apparatus for checkbook cover and method of use thereof The attachment apparatus includes a thin functional assembly and a thin clip assembly. A first portion of the thin clip assembly is rotatably connected to the thin functional assembly. A clip portion of the thin clip assembly, which is connected to the fi... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5789727 | Integrated method and apparatus for reading mier code and printing Printing to aNd MICR code reading from a cut-sheet form imprinted with an MICR code, such as personal checks, are continuously accomplished by a single apparatus, thereby simplifying processing and reducing the required installation space. A magnetic head... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5583783 | Checkwriter and method A checkwriter has a tray for containing check forms having a transparent cover with a scaled region provided with scale lines. The tray is detachably loaded into the check printing unit thereof. When the cover is closed, the surface of the top check form ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5337263 | Simplified checkbook balancing computer system A checkbook balancing system in which the user does not have to enter each checking transaction into the system but only transactions which bring the checkbook in line with the bank statement and vice versa. The display of the system is divided into two h... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5258935 | Self-inputting checkbook accounting device A backing plastic for a carbon-style checkbook is provided with a stylus sensor to sense the position of a writing instrument as a check is written. The position of the writing instrument is input to a microcomputer that calculates beginning and ending ve... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5233547 | Electronic checking account apparatus and method having a digitizer to receive information as a check is being written An electronic checkbook and method for using it. The checkbook comprises upper and lower parts which fold together when not in use. The lower part receives on its upper surface a booklet of checks. A digitizer is hingedly connected or fixed to the remaind... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5093787 | Electronic checkbook with automatic reconciliation An apparatus for reconciling checking account and other transaction data including first and second data reconciliation control units, each including associated memory, data transference/communication channels for facilitating two-way data communication b... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4910696 | Computerized personal portable account register A computer device is provided which is sized and shaped to be hand-held. The computer device includes various memory modes and keys that are generally dedicated to provide particular command functions and to activate particular data channel circuitry for ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4751664 | Enclosure device with magnetically attached calculator An enclosure has a first flap member portion and a second member flap portion flexibly connected to each other so that the flap member portions may be moved away from and toward each other. In one embodiment, the enclosure retains a check recordal pad and... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4737911 | Process for electronically maintaining financial records, especially for checkbook balancing and rectification A process for maintaining financial records, such as checkbook balances, in which a checking account user employs a hand-held calculator to record the usual checkbook data electronically. The calculator is programmed to calculate and memorize a first runn... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4724527 | Electronic personal asset control device An asset control device comprising an input keyboard for entering information of transactions including the amount of a check and that of deposit, a current balance storage, an opening balance storage, a transaction storage for registering the serial numb... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4623965 | Electronic checkbook A portable, pocket sized check writing apparatus adapted to perform standard check writing functions incorporates a rectangular box-like housing open at one end for receiving a check cartridge. A keyboard is provided on the exterior of the housing for ent... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4569029 | Check calculator Disclosed is a check calculator as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is characterized in that; It displays the amount of the check drawn on a payee and the deposit balance after the check has been drawn on a payee, then instructs either ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4455100 | Pocket-sized check writing device with check form A pocket-size check writing device is disclosed with a means for positioning a check form in a writing position having a number of predetermined writing types composed of individual symbol elements and with a manually operable device for actuating the wri... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4308588 | Electronic checkbook (1.) An electronic checkbook consisting of: (A.) a dedicated microprocessor which continues to perform a specific function and store the information on a day to day basis, even when not otherwise in use, (B.) Checks. (C.) Checking stubs with numbers correspond... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4224675 | Portable checkbook-balance calculating device The improved portable check recordal device of the present invention includes a cover within which are disposed a block of checks, a check recordal pad and a check calculator, held in the cover by tabs or the like in one or more cover pockets. At least th... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4222109 | Electronic checkbook An electronic checkbook consisting of: A. a dedicated microprocessor which continues to perform a specific function and store the information on a day to day basis, even when not otherwise in use. B. Checks. C. Checking stubs with numbers corresponding to the ... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4096577 | Thin flexible electronic calculator An electronic calculator structure comprised of a flexible printed circuit on a thin flexible dielectric material base to which are fixed a low profile solid state computing and driving elements, a readout register and a low profile flexible diaphram type... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4075702 | Electronic calculating apparatus and wallet enclosure Several embodiments of an electronic calculating apparatus and wallet enclosure are described. The apparatus is provided with a side-located battery compartment for providing, in combination with the enclosure, a very convenient and useful, relatively thi... | 02/21/1978 |