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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110314128 | USE OF BROWSER HISTORY FILE TO DETERMINE WEB SITE REACH Methods and apparatus for using a browser history file to determine web site reach are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a message from a first computer at a second computer after a browser history at the first computer is populated with information, where... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110179447 | DETECTION OF MEDIA LINKS IN BROADCAST SIGNALS A detection apparatus includes a meter to record a media link embedded in a first program tuned by a tuner. The media link is activatable to retrieve content different from the first program from a content provider. The content is different from the first program to be ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20100235853 | DETECTION OF MEDIA LINKS IN BROADCAST SIGNALS A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning information, o... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100174608 | DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT AND AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Digital rights management and audience measurement systems and methods are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a request to transfer a first packet of a media content at a router, extracting a code embedded in a payload of the first packet, analyzing a busin... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100138770 | INTERACTIVE SERVICE DEVICE METERING SYSTEMS A metering system meters usage of on-line and local services by way of interactive service devices. An example metering system includes a first data acquisition module configured to copy usage data associated with a first interactive service device and a second data acq... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20080282303 | DETECTION OF MEDIA LINKS IN BROADCAST SIGNALS A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning information, o... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080249961 | DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT AND AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Digital rights management and audience measurement systems and methods are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a request to upload media content to a content distributor, attempting to obtain a code associated with the media content, querying a program infor... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080235077 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY INTENTIONALLY PLACED PRODUCTS Systems and methods to identify intentionally placed products in media content are disclosed. A disclosed system to detect intentionally placed products in media content includes a placement monitor site to record an occurrence of a first intentionally placed product wi... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20050216581 | Use of browser history file to determine web site reach In a method of metering Web usage, a collection program is downloaded from a server to a metered computer in response to a message transmitted from the metered computer to the server, and the collection program is executed on the metered computer in order to collect Web... | 09/29/2005 |
