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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472146 | Non-linear algorithm calculating device A portable hand-held device for producing output values, such as body mass index calculations, has a hand-holdable housing that includes a memory unit storing a pre-defined non-linear algorithm. A processing unit located in the housing applies the algorithm to input... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7274808 | Imaging system and apparatus for combining finger recognition and finger navigation An imaging system for imaging a fingerprint operates in at least two different modes to provide both finger recognition and finger navigation applications. A light source illuminates a swipe interface having an elongated sensing area upon which a user swipes a finge... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269557 | Coarticulated concatenated speech Described are methods and systems for reducing the audible gap in concatenated recorded speech, resulting in more natural sounding speech in voice applications. The sound of concatenated, recorded speech is improved by also coarticulating the recorded speech. The re... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7247023 | System and method for monitoring weight and nutrition A website provides a weight and nutritional program over a network. The website allows users to input an assessment of a subject, which can be used to generate a weight plan for the subject. The weight plan can include minimum weights for the subject, each of the mi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7076438 | Systems and methods for determining nutrients within dietary intake The present invention uses market research data to access nutrient intakes of a population. Dietary collection using 24-hour recall generally does not reflect a pattern of “usual” intake behavior for a population group. To determine the impact of food consumptio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063263 | Consumer interactive shopping system The present invention relates generally to a consumer interactive shopping and marketing system. The system includes a portable data terminal for communicating information over a communication network. The present system has aspects that may be used within a shoppin... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7020508 | Apparatus for detecting human physiological and contextual information A detecting apparatus includes a housing support section(s), a housing removably attached thereto, one or more sensors and a processor. An alternate apparatus measures heat flux and includes a known resistivity base member, a processing unit and two temperature meas... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6978221 | Computerized dietetic scale A dietetic scale and method for calculating and tracking nutritional content information. The scale includes a bar code reader for identifying a food product from its package, with food content data per unit weight of the product being retrieved from a database. The... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978286 | Handheld medication dosage calculator A handheld medication dosage calculator (100) and method for comparing an inputted, ordered medication dosage with a known medication dosage range in a database including an input device for inputting a desired drug name, indicating whether the drug is for a ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6944638 | Medication dosage calculator The subject invention provides a system and method for quick and easy calculation of medication dosages to overcome problems in current methods and systems for calculating dosages. The invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a system, a device, a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6652455 | Method and apparatus for scanning of food and medicine to provide outputs relative to a user profile A method and apparatus for recording foods and medicines by scanning and relating scanned data to a stored medical profile specific to an individual. In a preferred embodiment, quantities of foods or medicines are sensed by scanning to relate consumption ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6425862 | Interactive furniture for dieters The present invention 10 discloses a horseshoe-shaped table 12 having a computer 14 and a dual-purpose chair 16 associated therewith. The chair 16 adjusts to variously sized users 11 by using a piston 78 and piston support mechanism disposed internally of... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6014750 | Techniques for distributing/supplying intra-computer DC power to external peripheral devices of a computer system Apparatus for adapting a personal computer unit having an internal power supply and a sidewall adapted for supplying associated external peripherals with DC power from the power supply. For each peripheral, the sidewall is provided with a removable power ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5831525 | Filtered air, temperature controlled removable computer cartridge devices 058315250 The present invention provides for removable cartridge devices including removable cartridges having fan assisted cooling for housing data storage devices and brackets adapted for removably mounting the cartridges. Various features of these cart... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5796640 | Dietary fat control automatic calculator system and fold label fat evaluator A relatively small, compact, portable, hand-held, pre-programmed, dedicated, automatic calculator for dietary fat control, having a limited number of data enter keys, a cusom program, a memory for storing user-entered data, said program, and user prompts,... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5729479 | Multifunctional diet calculator This invention discloses a multifunctional diet calculator comprising a user operable input for receiving at least one target amount of at least one food substance to be consumed by a user and information regarding actual consumption of food substances by... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5704350 | Nutritional microcomputer and method This invention relates to a microcomputer and method for selecting foodstuffs from a foodstuff database, nutrients from a nutrient database, minerals from a mineral database, vitamins from a vitamin database and physical activities from a physical activit... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5483472 | Portable electronic food shopper A portable electronic shopping list device with the familiarity of a pocket calculator comprises a display, keyboard with control keys, microprocessor and memory for storage of a library of standard lists and custom lists, input and output port for commun... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5424524 | Personal scanner/computer for displaying shopping lists and scanning barcodes to aid shoppers A personal bar code scanning device for aiding shoppers in keeping track of their expenditures and speeding the process of check-out and taking advantage of coupons. A microprocessor coupled to a bar code reader, a communication port, an audible feedback ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5347473 | Coin counting calculator An electronic calculator allows a user to quickly add up change. The user simply pushes one of the coin switches clearly marked to represent a particular coin denomination in order to add up the change. Each time a coin switch is activated, an accumulated... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345071 | Shopper's purchase monitoring device A purchase monitoring device, to be used by a shopper in a self-service store having items with bar codes which identify the item and its price, the device including primarily a portable handset having a bar code scanner which enables pricing and identifi... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5265029 | Chemical calculator A chemical calculator providing rapid and convenient ways to retrieve information and perform calculations of chemical elements and chemical formulas obtained by direct entry from a periodic table keypad. Chemical element data, such as atomic number and m... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5150315 | Electrical resistor value decoding calculator An electronic hand-held resistor value decoding calculator is disclosed. The calculator includes a keypad comprising a keypad housing and an array of ten manually operated keypad switches for receiving input signals. Each of the keypad switches has a nume... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5027307 | Lighting application calculator An apparatus for selecting optimum lighting fixtures for a given application first determines a room cavity ratio from entered values of the dimensions of the room. The room cavity ratio is used to select from tabulated values a coefficient of utilization... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5019974 | Diabetes management system and apparatus A system and apparatus for efficient medical control of a medical condition such as diabetes comprises a recorder, an interface and a master computer. The master computer develops a program of therapy which is downloaded into the recorder which then remin... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4891756 | Nutritional microcomputer and method This invention relates to a microcomputer and method for selecting foodstuffs and maintaining a record of the nutritional values of foodstuffs eaten. The apparatus has a memory for receiving and retaining a data base of information regarding foodstuffs, a... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4864592 | Golf score counter An electronic golf score counter for counting each fairway and putting stroke and totaling hole scores, total scores for the front nine holes, totals for the second or back nine, and the 18-hole totals. The counter has LCD displays and a plurality of swit... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4855945 | Portable food-constituent-amount display and calculating system, and device to operate the system A portable system gives information on the amounts of constituents of foods for health control. The system tells the amounts of nutritive constituents of foods and the total amount of nutritive constituents of foods taken a day by arithmetic operations, a... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4853854 | Human behavior modification which establishes and generates a user adaptive withdrawal schedule A human behavior modification method and apparatus aid in withdrawing from a particular habit. A behavioral event such as smoking a cigarette may be associated with the habit numerous times over a period of time. The present method and apparatus aids with... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4744044 | Hand-held calculator for dimensional calculations The specification discloses a hand-held calculator particularly adapted for dimensional or measurement calculations. The calculator includes keys for indicating a different dimension system (e.g. feet, yards, meters) associated with each number inputted, ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4715011 | Grade averaging calculator A calculator for use by teachers for rapidly and easily converting numeric scores into letter grades. The calculator includes a memory device for storing a user-defined set of numeric score ranges and the letter grades corresponding thereto. As individual... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4709331 | Calculator-computer for calculating infusion rates over varying time intervals A calculator, particularly useful for medical personnel comprises function, numerical selection, and memory circuits with a read out display connected to provide conversion of quantitative values from one system to another, times and converts pulse rates ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4689753 | Calculator for chemical stoichiometry An electronic calculator having unique utility for computation in chemical stoichiometry is described. Push-bottom input keys for stoichiometry are labeled by chemical unit, each of said keys being juxtaposed to an LED indicator light, and said keys being... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4668194 | Multi-modal educational and entertainment system A multi-modal automated educational and entertainment device having improved functional versatility and which requires relational positioning of input data by the user which corresponds to required manual operations and procedures. The device comprises a ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4528638 | Shopping calculator with comparison feature The present invention discloses a shopping calculator into the budget memory of which, when shopping, a previously decided budget value is entered for storage by means of a budget key, and each time a purchase is made the cost of the purchase is entered i... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4446528 | Shoppers calculator A hand-held apparatus is provided for determining the most economical purchase among products available in at least two sizes and at different prices, in conjunction with a price reduction product ("cents off") coupon. While requiring no knowledge of alge... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4445178 | Fishing aid apparatus and method To determine a desirable type of bait, size of bait, size of fishing line, retrieval speed of the line, color of the bait and the general conditions for fishing, the present invention includes a microcomputer which responds to electrical input signals pro... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4382280 | Electronic horse race analyzer A handheld electronic thoroughbred horse race analyzer includes a housing carrying a display and a number of input keys. The display is controlled by an internal microprocessor to show prompting messages to which an operator responds by depressing selecte... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4366873 | Electronic scale for use in a weight control program An electronic scale for use in a weight control program in which the weighing histories and desired weight goals for each of a number of individuals are stored. A weigh signal is produced when an individual steps onto the platform of the scale, and the we... | 01/04/1983 |
