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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363300 | System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list. A database stores accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing info... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7231358 | Automatic flight management in an online marketplace A database search system includes a database of search terms, each search term associated with a bid amount payable by an advertiser of a plurality of advertisers and a search engine responsive to search queries from searchers for searching the database. A flight ma... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225182 | Recommending search terms using collaborative filtering and web spidering In a pay-for-placement search system, the system makes search term recommendations to advertisers managing their accounts in one or more of two ways. A first technique involves looking for good search terms directly on an advertiser's web site. A second technique in... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7092901 | System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7065500 | Automatic advertiser notification for a system for providing place and price protection in a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A notification method in a computer database system includes receiving a notification instruction from an owner associated with a search listing stored in the computer database system, monitoring conditions specified by the notification instruction for the search li... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054857 | Use of extensible markup language in a system and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A database search apparatus and method for generating a search result list which responds to Extensible Markup Language (XML) requests from a client to a server of an on-line marketplace. A bid management tool is operable on a client computer to manage search listin... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029188 | Image forming apparatus, image forming apparatus setup system, and image forming apparatus setup method The image forming apparatus includes a printer that performs image printing on the sheet members supplied at preset intervals at the first transport speed and a processor that performs development processing on the printed sheet members transported at the second tra... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6978263 | System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A method for providing a search result list. The method includes receiving a search request from a searcher. In a database of search listings in which each search listing is associated with an advertiser and includes at least one search term and a bid amount by the ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975381 | Image printing system An image printing system is a system which forms images continuously on a long photosensitive material. The image printing system includes an inputting unit for making reservations for cutting of the photosensitive material by the unit of order. The reserved orders ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6907566 | Method and system for optimum placement of advertisements on a webpage A method and system for placement of graphical objects on a page to optimize the occurrence of an event associated with such objects. The graphical objects might include, for instance, advertisements on a webpage, and the event would include a user clicking on that ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6805501 | System and method for digital film development using visible light One aspect of the invention is a system for digital dye color film processing. In one embodiment, a developer station applies a processing solution to film to initiate development of metallic silver grains and at least one dye image within the film. A scanning syste... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6704087 | Photographic processing system A method of processing a print order in which the entire order is delivered simultaneously. An exposed sheet carrying all the latent images of the order is developed in a single processing space.... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6450707 | Film cutting apparatus for removing and separating a film strip from a cartridge Film cutting apparatus for removing and separating a film strip from a cartridge, one end of the film strip being secured to a spool within the cartridge, includes a carrier for receiving the film cartridge and moveable between a first position and a seco... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6409400 | Image recording apparatus, light-sensitive material processing apparatus and image forming apparatus There are provided an image recording apparatus comprising an exposing device for forming a latent image by imagewise exposure of a light-sensitive material, a transport device for supplying the light-sensitive material into the exposing device and for tr... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6327439 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing postcard-affixed photographic prints and photographic prints The present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing a postcard-affixed photographic print and a photographic print, which can improve productivity while using a conventional digital image recording device, and which improve the ef... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6172736 | Photographic process and printer processor A photographic processing method and a printer processor in which the length of a developing path can be shortened and the size of the apparatus can also be reduced without reducing the processing capacity is provided. Since the direction in which printin... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6056451 | Photographic film processing apparatus A photographic film processing apparatus for processing long developed film (10b) formed by joining photographic films with a splicing material (13). The apparatus includes a first transport device (40a) for transporting the long developed film. A region ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6030131 | Photographic film processing apparatus including a film supplying apparatus in film developing system A film developing process automatically conveys film to a film developing section. When a cartridge conveyed intermittently by a cartridge conveying device is conveyed to a first stop position, a tapered tongue drawing device is actuated to draw an end po... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6008879 | Photograph processor Presence or absence of paper is detected by individual sensors and data content stored in a backup RAM is checked out at the time when an external power source begins to supply electric power, and paper feeding operation is automatically performed by a CP... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5975771 | Development control method developing apparatus and image exposing apparatus A development control method capable of adequately determining exposed frames of a silver halide photosensitive material so as to develop the exposed frames. When a photographing operation is performed by using a predetermined negative film, exposure comp... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5956128 | Photo-processing apparatus An enlargement lens is moved to a retracted position by driving a lens moving deck, and temporarily transferred onto a lens storing deck. After the lens moving deck is returned to its initial position, the enlargement lens is rotatably supported on suppor... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5826131 | Development processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus is provided with a loading section for loading therein a film container accommodating a film which is wound from one edge section in the longitudinal section thereof around a spool shaft with the edge section... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5822642 | Developing and packaging method for photographic film and apparatus for the same When an IX240-type photographic film is brought in a photofinishing laboratory, a user selects a winding form or a cutting form. At the laboratory, selected form is inputted with a keyboard and a controller controls a film transport changing unit due to t... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5796465 | Automatic film development apparatus An automatic film development apparatus includes a cartridge case for carrying a group of film cartridges loaded with undeveloped films. A feeder unit stores a plurality of the cartridge cases and delivering them one by one to an unloading station for unl... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5768650 | Apparatus for recovering film containers An apparatus for recovering film containers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a separating device for withdrawing a film stored in a wound state within a film container held at a holding portion from the film container and then separating the film from... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5745811 | Image recording device, developing device and image recording system An image recording system includes an image recording device and a developing device. When a latent image is formed by exposure in a frame on a silver halide photosensitive material, the image recording device records optically recognizable information re... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5708906 | Film processor and method of processing a photographic film A plurality of films contained within a respective plurality of cartridges are successively spliced together and transferred to a development processing station. The leading end of a first film is drawn out from its respective cartridge and transferred to... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5692228 | Photographic film developing apparatus A photographic film developing apparatus includes a developing section including a developing tank for developing a photographic film strip, a drying section drying the developed film strip, and a film collecting/storing holder disposed adjacent an exit o... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5669030 | Film feeder for automatic developing machine In a film feeder for use in an automatic developing machine, a cutter control circuit actuates a cutter using electrical energy from a utility power source and electrical energy stored in a capacitor if a film end sensor detects the tail end of a film dur... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5657111 | 3D photographic printer with a chemical processor A 3D printer that has a chemical processor in-line with the printer. The preferred printer is a single-stage printer that uses two video cameras with different magnification powers for acquiring images from 2D negatives for editing and key subject alignme... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5587758 | Photo-developing apparatus A photo-developing apparatus comprises direction switching means in a transfer passage shifting a sheet paper to a developing unit from a printing unit and is disposed for rotating the sheet paper sent from the printing unit to change its direction within... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5576153 | Photographic film This invention is a photographic film proposed to facilitate a cutting operation of the photographic film by accurately cutting a longitudinal central position of perforations and to facilitate an editing operation of cut stereo photographs, and has a con... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5555066 | Method of and apparatus for removing exposed film from cartridges An apparatus for developing films confined in cartridges has a lightproof housing which accommodates a developing bath. Two chambers are located in the housing upstream of the developing bath, and each has a holder for a film cartridge. Transporting rolle... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5495311 | Automatic loading device for photographic films, in developing machines A device for automatically loading a roll of film into a developing machine includes an external casing and a sliding drawer set in motion by a drive. The drawer has a longitudinal gap. A shuttle housing the roll of film, a product bar code reader, elemen... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5461446 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus which performs, with high accuracy, the positioning of a negative table, an optical system supporting member, a guide member for photographic paper, a conveying member, a development portion, a drying portion... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5448326 | Photographic processing apparatus In some types of processing apparatus, there is a minimum length of film strip which can be processed. To overcome this problem, several film strips may be spliced together to provide the desired length and/or a leader attached to the leading edge of the ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5374972 | Photographic processing system An apparatus for processing a photographic paper, includes a distributor between an exposure station and a developing station so that plural sheets of photographic papers exposed at the exposure station can be conveyed in parallel in the developing statio... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5311237 | Film container and automatic developing apparatus An automatic developing apparatus which can supply a photographic film without use of a leader. The automatic developing apparatus 100 has an automatic loader 31 in which a plurality of film containers 1 are held in a holder 32, a feed-out control mechani... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5250974 | Apparatus for supplying a film for use in an automatic developing machine An apparatus for supplying a film for use in an automatic developing machine wherein a film stored within a cartridge is withdrawn and supplied to an automatic developing machine, which automatically conveys the film for processing by a power supply from ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 4791443 | Photographic processor with auxiliary power supply A photographic film processor having a controller and a drive motor for conveying exposed film from a spool and along a film path through a series of process stations is disclosed. The photographic processor includes: a main power supply and an auxiliary ... | 12/13/1988 |
