Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159339 | Child monitoring system Disclosed is a child monitoring system. The child monitoring system includes a plurality of caregiver units and a child monitoring unit. The child monitoring unit is communicably coupled to the plurality of caregiver units and the plurality of caregiver units are co... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8115625 | Parental alert and child tracking device which determines if a child has deviated from a predicated travel route A system is provided including a first detection unit detecting a position of a first terminal, a second detection unit detecting a position of a second terminal, and a notification area determination unit determining a notification area based on the detected positi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8094013 | Baby monitoring system A baby monitoring system for remotely monitoring a child's breath rate and body orientation is disclosed. The system comprises, in one embodiment, a parent unit retained by a supervisor, a sensor unit removably engaged around the child's abdomen, and a nursery unit ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7719418 | System and method for locating objects A system and method for locating objects in an approximate immediate proximity to a user is disclosed. A two-way radio transponder system is employed with a Coordinator as a parent device and multiple Identification Tags as child devices. The system is low-cost and ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7629883 | Baby monitor having a temporary mute function and method of use A system and method for monitoring a baby is disclosed incorporating a parent unit in communication with a baby unit. The parent unit includes a function operable to temporarily mute the substantial reproduction of baby sounds at the parent unit. The parent unit may... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7498939 | Communication system, communication apparatus, image reception system, and communication method A communication system is capable of two-way wireless data communications between a parent unit and a child unit. The child unit includes a power switch for turning power to the child unit on/off; a power control signal issuing unit operable to issue a power control... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7443291 | Portable terminal and information provision system utilizing the portable terminal A portable terminal comprising a transmission part that transmits to information provision equipment or a server, a signal indicating presence at a prescribed location, presence of a communications counterparty at a prescribed location, a reception part that receive... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7425901 | Baby monitoring system with recording capability A baby monitoring system including a baby unit for receiving audio signals, and a parent unit for reproducing an audio signal received at the baby unit. At least one of the baby and parent units includes audio signal recording capability, e.g. using a digital voice ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7417539 | Baby monitor system A baby monitor system includes a transmitter unit that has a first receiver to receive baby sounds, a transmitter to transmit a signal corresponding to the baby sounds, and a transmitter housing to house the first receiver and the transmitter. The transmitter housin... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7405648 | Remote control wiring mechanism There is provided a remote control wiring mechanism, which makes it easy to construct a system by facilitating a connection work and treatment of members constructing the system. A main unit includes signal terminals connected to signal lines and power supply termin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7397367 | Hideable tracking monitor A hideable tracking monitoring apparatus is provided for communicating the presence of an emergency to a monitoring station. The monitoring station then triangulates the location of the emergency signal and alerts an emergency response vehicle. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396157 | Body temperature measuring system capable of measuring plural remote temperatures and receiver capable of measuring a body temperature A temperature measuring device includes a local terminal and a measuring element installed at a predetermined distance from the local terminal. The local terminal includes a first measuring unit for measuring a first human body temperature, a signal processing unit ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397366 | Method and apparatus for locating a person who has been buried alive A search apparatus and related method facilitate the final stage of a search for a buried person carrying a transmitter. When the searcher is in the close vicinity of the buried transmitter, the search enters a point-localization phase where the apparatus displays a... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394386 | Location signaling for transport system A system and method to provide location signaling for service, such as a request for transport from a child to his or her parent(s) to be picked up from school, for example. A dedicated communication device has location capabilities and a control to request service ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382268 | Device and method for tethering a person wirelessly with a cellular telephone A system for monitoring activities of a person. The system has a tethering device with a battery-powered transceiver and a securement device that is attachable to a person. The securement device is configured to prevent and detect tampering and attempts to remove th... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375641 | Centralized implementation of portal announcing method and system In a facility having a plurality of portals and having a number of individuals having access to the portals and where each portal is assigned a unique portal for his or her use, a system is designed which allows each individual to receive a unique voice message from... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7362227 | Anti-theft and security system for computers A system is disclosed for preventing an unauthorized person from use a portable computer having an external port. The system includes a control device capable of connecting to an external port of the portable computer. The control device includes a wireless receiver... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357318 | RFID tag access authentication system and RFID tag access authentication method An RFID tag access authentication system including a data processing terminal, a memory medium and a RFID tag. The data processing terminal generates a request signal for requesting a first key data, and transmits the request signal to the memory medium. The system ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355514 | Method and system for locating a dependent A method and system for locating a dependent by a guardian entity at a locality using RFID technology is disclosed. A RFID tag is situated with the dependent and a plurality of RFID reader devices capable of communicating with the RFID tag are distributed about the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339479 | Information processing apparatus, control method of information processing apparatus, control program of information processing apparatus, and recording medium on which control program of information processing apparatus is recorded A monitor device is equipped with an external communication section and an information extraction section, which receive position information from a reader/writer that calculates position information of a RFID tag that was disposed on each of plural articles or user... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336188 | System and method for ensuring location of an individual within a designated area A system and method for ensuring that a monitored individual is located within a designated area is provided. The system contains a monitoring band having a transmitter capable of transmitting a signal. A transceiver interface unit is also located within the system,... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333627 | Auxiliary playpen speaker A portable auxiliary speaker for a playpen or a crib comprising a housing incorporating a loudspeaker, the housing being adapted to receive at least a portion of a framework of a crib or a playpen to mount the housing to the crib or the playpen, wherein the housing ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330120 | Remote measurement of motion employing RFID A system and method for making measurements using and RFID system includes a transceiver, a transponder and a sensor configured within the transponder. The transceiver is configured to send and receive radio frequency signals. The transponder is configured to receiv... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330119 | Remote measurement employing RFID A measurement system includes a transceiver and a transponder. The transceiver is configured to send and receive radio frequency signals. The transponder is configured to receive radio frequency signals from the transceiver and to send radio frequency signals to the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327256 | Systems and methods for tagging and identification A mother and infant matching and security system is disclosed. The mother and infant matching and security system comprises a first tag unit adapted to be secured to an infant. The first tag unit is operable to transmit a first signal having a low frequency and a se... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7298263 | Control and/or monitoring device using an electronic label, a reader and a state encoder The invention concerns a control and/or monitoring device comprising pairs (P, P′) of interactive members (1, 2; 1′, 2′) each of which includes an electronic label (1, 1′) identified by a specific identification code (KID1, KID1′ | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298256 | Crisis monitoring system Provided is a crisis monitoring system that detects a crisis by identifying a person's emotion from his/her utterance includes an input unit to which an audio signal is inputted, a recording unit which records information necessary to judge a crisis situation, and a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7280807 | Initiator device capable of two-way half-duplex communication with multiple recipient devices An initiator transceiver for operating in a two-way half-duplex communication mode with multiple recipient transceivers. The transceivers includes a body having a cavity and a control device, positioned within the cavity, for receiving a recipient identification cod... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271717 | Two-way emergency alert system A two-way emergency alert system comprising two devices in communication for a minimum of 1500 feet apart, each device featuring a sequential button for on, audio alarm, vibratory alarm, and off, each device further comprising a low battery indicator, alarm activati... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268680 | Electronic identification tag with electronic banding A tag unit is disclosed. The tag unit comprises of transmitting unit and a banding material coupled to the transmitting unit. A radio frequency and identification (RFID) circuit is coupled to the transmitting unit and the banding unit. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265667 | Communication system, communication apparatus, image reception system, and communication method A communication system is capable of two-way wireless data communications between a parent unit and a child unit. The child unit includes a power switch for turning power to the child unit on/off; a power control signal issuing unit operable to issue a power control... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262687 | System and method for tracking personnel A method and system for tracking the presence of persons, particularly security personnel, at a predetermined location within a prescribed window of time. Persons input information at predetermined locations and this input information is transmitted to a central ser... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259671 | Proximity aware personal alert system Disclosed is a proximity aware personal alert system including a first mobile transceiver unit and a second mobile transceiver unit in communication with the first mobile transceiver unit via an RF link where the second mobile transceiver provides an alarm indicatio... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260410 | Apparatus for monitoring the environment of a person by telephone An apparatus for monitoring the environment of a person from any dialable telephone includes a small transmitter/receiver which is attached to the person whose environment is to be monitored. The transmitter/receiver contains cellular/wireless/mobile electronics and... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251334 | Remote sound monitor and receiver therefor A remote sound monitor includes a receiver unit and a transmitter unit. The transmitter unit includes a sound transducer that receives the sound input and converts the sound input to the audio signal, and an audio transmitter that transmits the audio signal. The rec... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7230530 | Child seat safety system for vehicles A vehicle safety system includes independently operable child location determining mechanism that has a sound wave emitting module nested therein and care giver location determining mechanism for determining a location of the care giver. The care giver location dete... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7196621 | Tracking system and associated method A tracking system (10) for tracking movable assets (16) and several methods for using the system are provided. The tracking system includes a monitoring device (22), a tracking information network (20), a data communication network (18... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193512 | Load safeguard systems A system for improved monitoring of changes in the location and conditions surrounding vehicles and shippable property, utilizing fixed and moveable logic processors, which communicate with each other as well as receivers. Non-continuous signaling may be used to pro... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183911 | Baby monitor A baby monitor has a nursery unit and parent unit. The nursery unit has a controller for generating a privacy code, a microphone for detecting baby sounds and a transmitter for transmitting a signal made up of the privacy code and the baby sounds. The parent unit ha... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183913 | Life raft container security system and method A method comprises providing a container having a first container portion and a second container portion, placing an inflatable life raft within the container, placing a transmitter mechanism adjacent the container, and automatically detecting whether a tamper condi... | 02/27/2007 |
