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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166422 | System and method for arranging and playing a media presentation The system enables a user to select and order media objects, such as sound files, image files, animations, and text into a media presentation. The media presentation is then associated with a trigger or other interrupt event. Upon an occurrence of the event, the sys... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161418 | System and method for generating an informational media display on a document processing device The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating an informational media display on a document processing device. A document processing signal representing the status of a document processing operation on an associated document processing dev... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8037426 | Method of generating a guidance route to a target menu and image processing apparatus using the same A method of guiding a menu, including storing route information generated based on hierarchical relationships of menus according to a tree structure, and displaying menu items using an on screen display and displaying a location and a function of a menu a user would... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7958082 | Application data replication between computers A method for replicating application data, the method including monitoring at least one application running on a first computer, detecting an inactivity trigger on the first computer, and, responsive to detecting the inactivity trigger, copying data associated with ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945866 | Methods, systems and computer program products for displaying video content with aging Methods of displaying video content include obtaining a video content record to be displayed and determining an associated aging characteristic associated with the video content record. A current age is determined for the obtained video content record and a modified... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7865846 | Display device and method for driving the same A display device and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The display device confirms whether display data applied to a display panel are uniformly maintained for a predetermined time. As a result of confirmation, if the display data are uniformly maintained... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7735026 | Poetry screen saver A computer poetry screen saver including loading an author analysis model, randomly selecting a seed word from the author analysis model, completing a poem following the seed word and displaying the poem on an output device. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7716607 | Automatic analyzer In an automatic analyzer for performing qualitative and quantitative analyses of living samples, such as blood and urine, a capability of recognizing the analyzer state, e.g., the state under run of analysis or the stopped state, from a distance is provided without ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7689939 | Software application break through a screen blanker The present invention is directed to a personal computer that includes: a display device 316 for displaying image information and a processor 312 operable when the display device 316 is in a screen saver mode to (a) receive, from an application,... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7596768 | Screensaver display method and information processing system There are provided a screensaver displaying method and an information processing system in which characters arbitrarily selected or input by a user can be displayed with a simple operation during starting of a screensaver in the screensaver started at a time when an... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7565629 | Information processing apparatus If a screen saver with a high load is set, a shift to standby mode cannot be executed without clearing the screen, and clearing of the screen causes problems. The present invention provides an electronic device with a screen to display, including a first screen save... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7383506 | Rendering with GPU during screen saver activation Pausing a graphic processing operation in order to continue processing a thread on a different desktop. When a graphic processing unit (GPU) is lost when a screen saver desktop is activated, the buffer containing the video frame that is currently being processed is ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376669 | System for automatically initiating a computer security and/or screen saver mode A system for automatically switching a computer to a password protected screen saver mode when a computer user leaves the proximity of the computer. The system includes a proximity sensor that determines whether or not an individual is located proximate the computer... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360161 | Refreshing a transaction screen Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for refreshing a transaction screen. The techniques include displaying a transaction screen containing data for a transaction, waiting to receive user input to the transaction screen... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7315989 | Method, computer program product, and system for a statistical analysis screensaver A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for activating a screensaver in a data processing system is provided. A timeout value that defines an idle interval after which a screensaver is to be activated is set. An analysis of contents of a vid... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293087 | Event-based application for performing configuration changes in a networked environment A system, a computer readable medium and a method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on client systems. This includes receiving one or more predetermined events along with one or more local run-time environmental conditions along ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7269802 | Poetry screen saver A computer generated poetry screen saver includes loading an author analysis model, and randomly selecting a seed word from the author analysis model. A poem is completed following the seed word using the author analysis model and the poem is displayed on an output ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7194703 | System and method for creating screen saver A system for creating screen savers based on video images is provided. An object image that may move around in a video image is separated from backgrounds. An MPEG-4 file of the video image is created and stored in a computer. The MPEG-4 file is uploaded from the co... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185292 | Screen controller and method therefor A screen controller for providing the display of images on a computer display in a programmatic manner, the images in one example originating from web sites of the Internet providing real time images from web cameras. In one embodiment, a method for displaying image... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185281 | Remote metering display with motion sensor A remote metering display is used for displaying power-related information generated by a power meter linked to the display. The remote metering display comprises a display screen, a plurality of user interface buttons for navigating through menu options depicted on... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170624 | System and method for advertising The present disclosure relates to a system and method for advertising. In one arrangement, the system and method pertain to receiving data to be printed via a network, configuring the data for printing on a print medium, printing the data on the print medium, and pr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162702 | Display device and method for driving the same A display device and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The display device confirms whether display data applied to a display panel are uniformly maintained for a predetermined time. As a result of confirmation, if the display data are uniformly maintained... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162263 | Method of editing information related to a picture file displayed on a cellular telephone A method of editing information related to a picture file displayed on a cellular telephone is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of enabling access to a plurality of picture files displayed on a cellular telephone from a location remote from the cellular tel... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158169 | Method and system for displaying content while reducing burn-in of a display A method and system for reducing burn-in of a display is disclosed. A plurality of assets containing text, graphics, and video are stored and then gathered. These assets are then assembled into a template to form a video frame or “screen”, which is subsequently ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7139279 | Methods and system for fast session establishment between equipment using H.324 and related telecommunications protocols Methods of establishing multimedia telecommunication (a multimedia “call”) between equipment (“terminals”). More particularly, the invention provides methods for reducing the time required to establish calls between terminals that implement the ITU-T H.324 R... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7123286 | Presence detection for IP telephony A method of detecting a user's presence at a workstation is provided. The workstation includes a computer (12) having an operating system (100) that has an interface for communicating with a screen saver (110). The interface provides for screen ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7113809 | Apparatus and a method for providing information to a user A screen saver for a wireless terminal, such as a mobile telephone, calendar or the like. The screen saver derives information from the applications of the terminal and shows calendar items, to-do-items, mails/SMS'es/MMS'es, and other items to the user during the id... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089508 | Method and system for preventing the activation of a computer screen saver A method and system are provided for preventing the activation of a screen saver for locking user access to a computer while a user is near the computer. A controller capable of generating signals corresponding to an input device is connected to a user interface of ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080124 | Digital media resource messaging A digital media resource messaging system provides a convenient digital media resource viewing, managing, organizing, and editing platform that facilitates enhanced resource exchange by storing and forwarding digital media resources via a server between multiple res... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072683 | Method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone A method of enabling the display of a picture file on a cellular telephone is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of enabling access to the picture file displayed on a cellular telephone from a location remote from the cellular telephone; entering information ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068569 | Apparatus and method for displaying time and randomly-selected text information The invention is an informational clock, wherein the clock displays information correlating to time displayed on the clock. Information is also varied by a randomizer, wherein a specific entry of information in a database, within an array selected to correlate with ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7024630 | Method for managing browser display A system, method, and computer program product are designed to manage web content displayed at a client device during one or more browser sessions. Responsive to a request for a first web page, the first web page is displayed at the client device through the browser... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6957398 | Collaborative screensaver Audiovisual images from independent providers on the Internet are exhibited as part of an updating, shared, collaboratively-produced multimedia exhibition system. Each individual user can choose to include or exclude certain content by personalizing his collection o... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6903743 | Dynamic interactive animated screen saver The present invention provides an apparatus (100) and method (800) for an electronic device having a device display for graphically providing the user with a message (104) while the electronic device is in a screen saver mode displaying a screen... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6851093 | Image reproducing apparatus An image reproducing apparatus according to this invention is an apparatus which has a function of a screen saver and reproduce an image on the basis of the image data read out from a DVD 600, and includes: a first field memory 410 capable of storing i... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6683605 | Screen saver disabler A wireless interface device for interfacing with a host computer connected in either a wired or wireless local area network (LAN). The wireless interface device includes a display that mirrors whatever is being displayed on the host computer to which it i... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6633318 | Screen saver having message management function and method therefor A screen saver having a function of managing a message for a computer system user, created by another user, and a method therefor are provided. The screen saver includes a screen saving portion for monitoring a state of a screen output to a display device... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6628247 | Display system with latent image reduction A display system reduces latent image formation by shifting an image between a first position and a second position, displaced only a few pixels from the first position. Preferably, the image is displayed briefly simultaneously at the first and second pos... | 09/30/2003 |
| 5850220 | Image display apparatus and a recording medium displaying a message as a screen saver An image display apparatus is disclosed in which a graphic image of, for example, the earth, a message, and a calendar are displayed on a display unit. This image display apparatus is practical and prevents an operator from losing his/her interest in look... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5748190 | Presentation system for individual personal computers in a personal computer network The network presentation system includes a database on a network server, the database being administered and controlled by an administration software module. The administration module creates individual images from text and/or visual material and then org... | 05/05/1998 |
