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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270266 | Card for facilitating user interaction A card for identifying a user to a computer system using a sensing device, the card having an interface surface having disposed thereon or therein coded data, the coded data including a plurality of coded data portions, each coded data portion being indicative of an... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7195157 | 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... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168525 | Self-checkout method and apparatus including graphic interface for non-bar coded items A self-checkout system includes a graphical user interface for self-checkout of non-bar-coded items. The interface displayes a predetermined image corresponding to a non-bar-coded item, and means for the user to select the image. A product look up (PLU) entry device... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7064688 | System and method for compressing data on a bandwidth-limited network A method for compressing a message is disclosed, comprising: identifying a block of data within the message which is found in a previous message; generating a pointer identifying the block of data in said previous message; and replacing the block of data with the po... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7035963 | Method for resolving address space conflicts between a virtual machine monitor and a guest operating system In one embodiment, a method for resolving address space conflicts includes detecting that a guest operating system attempts to access a region occupied by a first portion of a virtual machine monitor and relocating the first portion of the virtual machine monitor wi... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013484 | Managing a secure environment using a chipset in isolated execution mode A chipset is initialized in a secure environment for an isolated execution mode by an initialization storage. The secure environment has a plurality of executive entities and is associated with an isolated memory area accessible by at least one processor. The at lea... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6435407 | Computerized shopping cart with storage and distribution system, for supermarket use A system including a computerized shopping cart that includes a closed mechanical cart (1) which interconnects/disconnects to units for the insertion/storage of products upon manual command managed by a shopping computer aimed at managing shopping problem... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6380873 | Method for reducing radio frequency emissions on high-speed serial buses A method for reducing radio frequency interference from a high frequency serial bus by scrambling data signals and reducing the repetition of control signals. Beginning and ending control signals are provided with meaningless signals provided therebetween... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5335334 | Data processing apparatus having a real memory region with a corresponding fixed memory protection key value and method for allocating memories therefor A region comprising a plurality of real pages in a part of a real storage unit is provided with a first key storage unit having a plurality of key storage entries each corresponding to one of the plurality of real pages, while a second region comprising a... | 08/02/1994 |
| 4934846 | Franking system A method of franking mail items is disclosed in which the franking impression includes a machine readable portion and a visually readable portion. The machine readable portion comprises a data block including at least a postage charge and a pseudo-random ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4849927 | Method of controlling the operation of security modules In a method of controlling the operation of a security module, wherein firmware controlling the operation of the security module (10) is stored in a program memory (40), new firmware may be loaded into the module (10). An authentication key (KA) is encryp... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4682150 | Data compression method and apparatus A system and apparatus for compressing redundant and non-redundant binary data generated as part of an operation of a time and attendance terminal in which the data represents the time an employee is present during working hours. The first data entry incl... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4344135 | Dynamic creation of signatures In order to verify the authenticity of the signature of an individual, first a sample signature is written with a pen which can generate electrical signals representative of the forces exerted in the plane of the paper in the process of writing. These sig... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4322612 | Self-service wagering system A single cash deposite may be used for multiple race/multiple day wagering. As a receipt for the deposit, a ticket, having a form upon which a proposed wager may be entered, is issued with a system-generated transaction identification code. The code corre... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4319131 | Score record processing system A system is disclosed for use in cooperation with record cards and identification cards to indicate scoring data. In the disclosed system, the record cards incorporate a magnetic stripe and preserve duplicate printed and magnetic records of scoring data, ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4268744 | Score processing system for use with ID cards A system is disclosed for use in cooperation with identification cards which incorporate a magnetic stripe and which functions to preserve a record and control the effect of scoring data, as a golfer's handicap. As disclosed herein, the system includes tw... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4236446 | Check-digit printing means The invention contemplates a document printer for the automatically indexed sequential account numbering of successive documents, with the added feature of printing alongside each sequential number an automatic indication of the validity or invalidity of ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4204637 | Ticket and reading device A ticket reading device for reading a ticket having at least one row of indicia thereon as disclosed including means at a loading station for accepting the ticket and sensing its presence when presented for reading, means for moving the ticket from the lo... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4175694 | Method and apparatus for processing documents A method and apparatus for processing documents having both pre-printed information adapted to be identified by an automatic recognition device and handwritten information adapted to be identified by the human eye. Each document is subjected to an operati... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4156911 | Dynamic re-creation of signatures In order to verify the authenticity of the signature of an individual, first a sample signature is written with a pen which can generate electrical signals representative of the forces exerted in the plane of the paper in the process of writing. These sig... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4136819 | Card processing apparatus This specification discloses a card processing apparatus which is constructed such that a card having information recorded thereon and a paper leaf are superposedly placed on card tray movably disposed in an opening formed within the housing of the appara... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4114032 | Documents having fibers which are coated with a magnetic or magnetizable material embedded therein and an apparatus for checking the authenticity of the documents A method of manufacturing documents such as paper money, credit cards, identification cards and the like in a manner so as to prevent forgeries thereof, comprises the steps of producing a base material, coating fibers with a magnetic or magnetizable mater... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4088877 | Sequence checking device A device for determining the presence and position or order of items which bear a bar coded tag and in which, by means of comparing the codes of two sequentially scanned items, missing, duplicate, or out-of-sequence items are determined. Additionally, all... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4087858 | Accounting and cash-transfer system for filling stations having metered pumps A filling station with several pumps, dispensing various types of fuel, includes an electronic control unit with a counter receiving trains of backward-counting pulses from the outputs of various pulse generators driven by flowmeters installed in the seve... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4085670 | Check digit numbering mechanisms A check digit numbering mechanism for generating check digits in accordance with a check digit load setting utilizes a check digit printing mechanism for printing a check digit on a printing medium including serial reference numerals. The check digit prin... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4075461 | UPC symbol decoding system A symbol decoding system for decoding symbols comprised of plurality of bars some of which representing characters, comprising, means for providing a series of pulses representative of said bars, means for counting the interval between positive transition... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4071741 | Card validator A validator for a card bearing a code readable by moving the card forward past a reader, particularly for use in a vendor to control vending, in which the card is transported forward from an entry position past the reader to an escrow position. If read as... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4071740 | Mobile automated shopping system An improved automated shopping system used within stores of the type utilizing shopping carts having product code scanning means and product weight sensing means located thereon in conjunction with a central computer also located within the store wherein ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4064389 | System and method for authenticating an electronically transmitted document A method and apparatus are disclosed for electronically transmitting to a remote point unique data to be included in a document and for electronically transmitting from a second independent source an authenticating mark for the document. Where a plurality... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4035614 | Card validating apparatus Apparatus for validating a card having positioned thereon a plurality of redundant encoded blocks of data readable by moving the card past a reader and for controlling the movement of such a card whose validity is to be determined. A card transporter move... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4033588 | Automatic keno game This invention relates to a numbers game apparatus, among other things, for taking money, giving change, printing and giving out tickets, validating tickets, finding and checking winners, finding out the odds, and determining the amounts won by winning ti... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4027141 | Apparatus for encoding a magnetic label An apparatus for encoding a magnetic recording medium in the form of discrete labels such as may be removably adhered to a carrier web includes a mechanism for transporting the medium past a magnetic record and playback head. As the tape passes the playba... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4025760 | Security means for transaction terminal system A transaction terminal system is provided including means which prevent the utilization of certain tapped-line data. Security data, such as personal identification numbers or card security codes, is allowed to be distorted by each terminal in a manner whi... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4004134 | Off-line magnetic card reader system operable as though normally on line A card has two sets of magnetized spots, one set being readable by a reader in an on-line system, and the other set being readable by an off-line reader. Coupled to the off-line reader is a pulse generator adapted to develop pulses of the same character a... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3996449 | Operating system authenticator An operating system authenticator for determining if an operating system being loaded in a computer is valid. A user's identification code or secret key which is unique to the operating system, and a verifier value which is a predetermined function of a v... | 12/07/1976 |
