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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419097 | Method for providing mobile service using code-pattern A method and apparatus for providing a mobile service with the use of a code pattern is disclosed In one embodiment, the method comprising: taking a photograph of a code pattern image, decoding the photographed code pattern image so as to obtain code information, ex... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7328848 | Method and system for transmitting data based on two-dimensional symbol technologies Techniques for transmitting data between devices based on two-dimensional symbols are disclosed, where the devices are generally not equipped with the traditional networking capabilities, or at least these traditional networking capabilities are not used for the dat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 6873687 | Method and apparatus for capturing and retrieving voice messages An audio messaging system receives audio input and records its contents. The audio input is then converted to a machine-readable representation for later audio playback. The audio input is also converted into a text representation using voice recognition techniques.... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6597769 | Telephone ordering system and method A system and method (10) that enables customers (15) to order products and services from business vendors (19) using customized selection codes (24A) that they enter into a telephone ordering system (17). The order (32) is then transmitted (33) to the bus... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6094509 | Method and apparatus for decoding two-dimensional symbols in the spatial domain A method and system for decoding a two-dimensional optical symbol in the spatial domain. The system determines the orientation of an imaged symbol in the spatial domain by using a template to derive a correlation coefficient between radially adjacent sign... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6069911 | Radio network initialization method and apparatus A packet data transmission system is disclosed in which remote units, such as remote hand-held data gathering units, which normally communicate with remote base stations via a spread spectrum RF communications, are initialized via spread spectrum RF commu... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5144654 | Automatic telephone dialer system with printed storage An automatic telephone dialer system using optical input of telephone numbers from printed materials. Numbers can be stored as bar codes (22) readable by a bar code wand (26) or as characters (24) readable by an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scanner... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4975948 | Rapid dialing method for telecommunications A printed telephone number in either numerical (OCR-readable) or standard bar code format can be dialed rapidly and accurately by scanning the number with a hand-held optical sensor or wand. The OCR or bar code wand output is connected to an automatic dia... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4937853 | Lottery agent data communication/telephone line interface A data transmission system for interfacing with a telephone communication line includes a bar code reader and a hand-held bar code scanning device for reading bar coded information, such as a lottery ticket number, and generating electrical signals repres... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4907264 | Telephone set with subscriber listing In a housing (20) taking the form of a microtelephone, a dial-speech circuit (4), a receiver (24), a transmitter (25), a control unit (5), and a key pad (22) are accommodated. The telephone set further includes a subscriber listing (1) divided into sectio... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4899370 | Remote control apparatus for electronic equipment An apparatus for remotely controlling electronic equipment such as a VTR using a remote telephone set. The electronic equipment has a timer reservation unit which causes the electronic equipment to start a predetermined operation at a predetermined time i... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4897865 | Telephone data collection device A telephone data terminal and data collection network for communicating data over a telephone system using DTMF tone dialing. A telephone data terminal (10) includes an optical bar code reader wand (16) and a slot (22) in which a magnetic field sensor is ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4817136 | Telephone dialing system A telephone dialing system which utilizes a calling card having party identification information thereon as well as a telephone number digitally encoded thereon. The calling card is capable of being inserted into a dialing unit which will automatically di... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4672377 | Check authorization system A check authorization and verification system for use by stores handling personal checks. A data base containing credit reference on all customers made accessible to the store and is accessed whenever the customer presents a card having a unique identifyi... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4654482 | Home merchandise ordering telecommunications terminal A terminal provides for ordering merchandise from any one of a plurality of merchants over the direct distance dial telephone network while remaining at home. Printed merchandise codes are electronically read by a wand of a bar code reader that is passed ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4546382 | Television and market research data collection system and method A data gathering system includes a plurality of remote units which are controlled from a central location. Each of the remote units is attached to a television receiver which is generally but not necessarily attached to a cable system. Each of the remote ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4535204 | Telephone dialling system A telephone dialling system uses a hand-held wand to read telephone numbers represented in bar-code form. The coded numbers are converted to electrical signals, stored and then dialed out in impulse or tone signalling form. A microprocessor implementation... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4355372 | Market survey data collection method A method for independently electronically collecting related market survey data from a plurality of diverse locations (6,6') for temporary storage at each of the independent diverse locations (6,6') where the data is collected for subsequent transmission ... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4042792 | Telephone subscriber's apparatus for signalling decimal digit values represented in printed form Pushbutton telephone subscriber's apparatus in which there is provided a light pen arrangement for reading printed bar-code patterns representing series of decimal digit values, such as telephone numbers, and for converting the signal voltages obtained fr... | 08/16/1977 |
