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| 7398180 | Vehicle technician time clock tool A vehicle technician time clock tool comprises a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related informat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7328131 | Implantable pedometer An implantable pedometer for measuring the amount of joint use is disclosed. The implantable pedometer includes a sensor adapted for detecting indicators of joint usage. A counter is configured for storing count data corresponding to the number of indicators detecte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311523 | Method of timing hand washing A hand washing device and method encouraging hand washing includes a display panel, a message “WASH UP with Soap and Water. Get rid of germs in only 15 seconds.” and may have one of a variety of timing means to time the wash cycle or the user may use an ordinary... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293645 | Method for monitoring hand hygiene compliance While clean, disinfected hands are widely recognized as a principle means for controlling the spread of infections, disease, and similar health problems to both self and others, the prompt and repeated application of such materials as soap and water or waterless gel... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7257547 | Service managing system A service managing system comprises: order terminals for enabling customers to view contents of service items and to order desired items, and being portable and driven by a battery; order-receiving terminals for receiving and indicating orders from the order termina... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7167416 | Mechanical watch equipped with weekly cycle indicator The invention relates to a watch comprising a movement arranged for driving hands displaying hours and minutes as well as a counting mechanism for driving an additional hand arranged to display the working time of the watch user, day after day, within a one week cyc... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7136326 | Watch A watch for displaying time in hours and hundredths of an hour. The watch includes a housing assembly being designed for being worn by the user. A timing assembly is positioned in the housing assembly and operationally coupled to a power supply. The power supply sup... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7089156 | Method and apparatus for determining the performance of data processing devices with unsynchronized clocks Method and apparatus to enable measurement of response times, for example at one-second resolution or better, in a system where a starting location and ending location of processing are different. A timing data that signals a start of data processing is entered into... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059519 | Man/machine interface method and device for a ticket processing device comprising a magnetic stripe The invention concerns a man/machine interface method for a ticket processing device (DIS) comprising a magnetic read/write station (PIL), a thermal printing station (TT) and control means (UC), including the following steps: a) writing on the magnetic stripe of a c... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7035170 | Device for displaying variable data for small screens A device and method for displaying variable data comprises: logic for displaying a gauge that comprises a closed two-dimensional shape. The two-dimensional shape comprises a linear pointer inside the shape, the location of the pointer being determined as a function ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6973437 | Computer integrated communication system for restaurants A computer integrated communication system for restaurants that includes a central server and a series of table units and staff units. The table and staff units each include a display and wireless communication device that enables customer request information and ot... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6944256 | Optimizing use of statistics counters Optimizing statistics counter use is disclosed. A total number of counter bits to be used to track two or more statistics is determined. The total number of counter bits is allocated among the two or more statistics to provide for each statistic a counter comprising... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6922456 | Counter system and method A system and method for performing counting operations for a plurality of components is disclosed. A memory stores a plurality of counts from different components. The memory is coupled to a counter and the plurality of counts are accessible to the adder for adding ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6707873 | Usage competent hand soap dispenser with data collection and display capabilities A device which measures individual employee usage of a liquid product or hand soap dispenser as part of an overall hygiene compliance program. The dispenser consists of a self-contained keypad/display module which is attached to a standard hand soap dispenser. An em... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6404837 | Usage competent hand soap dispenser with data collection and display capabilities A device which measures individual employee usage of a liquid product or hand soap dispenser as part of an overall hygiene compliance program. The dispenser consists of a self-contained keypad/display module which is attached to a standard hand soap dispe... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6212506 | Per call real time billing display Real-time, per call charge information is provided to a subscriber for calls in progress using a communications system having a service interface supporting the charge display feature. A repository of billing rate information is accessible to the communic... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6119110 | Measuring device, particularly for fuel pumps Measuring device, particularly for fuel pumps in service stations, comprising a pulser equipped with a microprocessor unit and an electronic head equipped with a microprocessor unit, in which device the pulser and the electronic head are connected and mut... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6094644 | Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data An apparatus and method for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data. The apparatus includes a first timer for recording time during which the service is in operation and a second timer rendered operable when the service reque... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6029145 | Software license verification process and apparatus A method and apparatus for collating, correlating and redistributing information about the use of proprietary products including copyrighted works and licensed software products, at various computer sites. The system consolidates information (originally c... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026139 | Method and apparatus for generating a frequency distribution representation using integrated counter-based instrumentation Integrated counter-based instrumentation for generating a frequency distribution representation such as a histogram. An integrated circuit device includes an event counter to count a number of a predetermined type of events detected in each of a plurality... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5898751 | Electronic tennis analyzer An electronic scoring device for analyzing a player's tennis game. A group of push-buttons are used to increment corresponding counters to track statistics within six different categories. The categories may include aces, winners, unforced errors, other w... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5838423 | Apparatus for collecting data An apparatus is provided for collecting data. The apparatus is particularly, but not exclusively, applicable for the diagnosing of eye disorders. The apparatus contains a rack (1) having a plurality of engagement positions and a plurality of counters (5) ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5797067 | Image forming apparatus which displays an accumulated number of times image formation has been executed for each of image forming modes An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet in accordance with an image forming mode selected from among a plurality of image forming modes is provided with a counter to accumulate the number of times image formation has been executed for e... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5608494 | Image forming apparatus using ID card having counter An image forming apparatus for totalizing data obtained at the time of operation, such as the number of copying operations performed for each user, by using a single portable medium is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a first memory for sto... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5388133 | Counter for attribute storage for use in a repeater A counter for attribute stored in an Ethernet system is partitioned such that the storage section is separated from the incrementors section. In so doing, counters are implemented in a significantly less space than if the counters were implemented as indi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5383129 | Method of estimating cost of printing materials used to print a job on a printing apparatus There is provided a method of estimating cost of printing materials used to print a job on a printing apparatus. The method includes the steps of: storing billing rates reflecting the cost of printing materials to be used in printing the job, selecting a ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5299026 | Tracking the reproduction of documents on a reprographic device An apparatus for capturing and recording the content, ownership, and/or bibliographic source of documents reproduced on a reprographic device, and more particularly for tracking the reproduction of specified information, especially copyrighted documents, ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5233545 | Time interval triggering and hardware histogram generation A time interval data processing circuit uses a pipelined hardware data processor to perform the conversion of incoming time stamp data into time interval results. These results can be further processed into a hardware accumulated histogram or can be compa... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5172398 | Method and device for recording charges for copies made on a copying machine A device for selectively recording charges for copies made on a copying machine by way of two or more accounting means connected at the same time via the device to the copying machine, comprising means for coupling the device to the copying machine, a plu... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5038367 | Opinion sampling device A polling device (10) includes a housing (12), pushbuttons (14, 16) mounted on the housing for receiving customer responses to an inquiry, circuitry for counting and storing the number of times each pushbutton (14, 16) is depressed, and a time delay circu... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5012425 | EPM having an improvement in non-volatile storage of accounting data An electronic postage meter has two non-volatile memory devices, each of a different technology, CMOS battery-backed RAM and E2 PROM. The E2 PROM technology allows a limited number of rewrites. In order to provide real-time accountin... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4974238 | Counter arrangement for determining the life of consumables in office equipment Equipment using consumables that require replacement after a predetermined number of uses includes counter arrangements for keeping track of the number of uses of each consumable. Even though some of the consumables may replace the same item, the usage co... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4737910 | Apparatus for tracking inventory An apparatus is provided for monitoring inventory in a business or hospital to provide an immediate indication of the number of items in such inventory, the number of items needed to be reordered at any time to replenish the inventory to its maximum level... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4727559 | Weighted event counting circuit A weighted event counting circuit comprises a cascade connection circuit composed of a plurality of frequency dividing circuit means and a plurality of coincidence detecting circuit means inserted between the frequency dividing circuit means, and input ci... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4689757 | Machine event processing system A system for reading, recording and transferring one or more discrete machine events to computer processing equipment for accounting and tabulation. The system is comprised of a discrete machine event counting module which records and stores a count of ma... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4651279 | Information recording system with multiple levels of data access An information recording system, which comprises means for storing in a storage device various pieces of information to be registered, an operator table storing at least one secret code peculiar to a particular operator and an operation level correspondin... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4639876 | Multi-unit energy use monitor A system for monitoring energy use by each of a plurality of tenants or other users of energy provided by a common heating/cooling plant and for allocating the energy expense for a building among such users on a pro-rata basis.... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4639875 | Quantity checking system and method A checking system is provided to check the condition of a plurality of storage racks, e.g., the quantity and types of articles in racks in a machine, with the articles being stored along the length of the racks. Rack indicating means is provided in the fo... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4593369 | Monitoring system for a container testing machine A monitoring device for a can testing machine which provides a visual display on a cathode ray tube identifying potential can production process problems and can testing machine problems. The visual dislay provides a summary of can test data as well as an... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4476570 | Data processing apparatus with combined voice sound reproducing device and visual display A voice sound producing electronic data processing apparatus has an electronic data processing main body, a visual display device and a voice sound outputting device having at least one loudspeaker. The voice sound outputting device is coupled to the disp... | 10/09/1984 |
