Registers inventions 03/07

20070069004 - Product recall notification system: A method of broadcasting product-recall advisory alerts via communications networks where a central notification computer is provided to broadcast advisory alerts to electronic device addresses stored in a subscriber database in a text, oral, pictorial, and computer retrievable format. The subscriber database contains subscriber data sets which each include the... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070069006 - Automated handling of exceptions in financial transaction records: A financial transactions control system may automate the correction of exceptions in financial transaction data. It may include an exception identification system configured to detect exceptions in the financial transaction data. It may include a storage system configured to store information about the detected exceptions, recipients designated to handle the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery & LLP

20070069007 - Coin counter and voucher dispensing machine and method: A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers′ coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray angled downward from the horizontal. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070069005 - Method and system for identifying unsafe synthetic transactions and modifying parameters for automated playback: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for identifying unsafe synthetic transactions and modifying parameters for automated playback. Bytecode instrumentation is used to dynamically observe the behavior of application code directly and identify each universal resource locator traversed and parameters passed in a transaction. The bytecode instrumentation may determine, based on... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070069008 - System and method for conducting secure transactions: A system and method of conducting a transaction comprising accepting transaction information from a user, producing a customized statement, the customized statement relating to at least a portion of the transaction information and including a challenge to the user, and sending the user an obscured representation of the customized statement.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070069010 - Biometrically activated radio frequency identification tag: A biometrically activated radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a fingerprint detection matrix, an antenna control circuit, and a biometric identification chip. The fingerprint detection matrix acquires biometric data indicative of a user's identity and passes it to the biometric identification chip. The biometric identification chip compares the biometric data... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070069009 - Magnetic stripe card medium for pharmacy input of patient third party, medical and demographic information: Current hardware, along with customized copyrighted software, can be utilized to enhance efficiency of information processing by pharmacy personnel and as a byproduct, bring third party payers into compliance with statutory laws.... Agent: Peter Richard Devayst

20070069011 - Rf point of purchase apparatus and method of using same: The present invention provides a checkout device that includes a purchasable item having an RFID tag affixed thereto and a scanner for detecting the RFID tag. A dispenser proximate to the scanner dispenses a point of purchase product upon selection by a user of the checkout device. A controller in... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070069012 - Security protected circuit: The present invention relates to a security protected circuit in a microcomputer, and more particularly provides a security protected circuit capable of controlling whether an ICE should be used without an external terminal and for protecting security. Specifically, collation data is supplied from an ICE to a JTAG I/F and... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070069013 - Electronic receipting: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for receipting transactions transacted at a POS device. More specifically, but not by of limitation, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for electronically receipting POS transactions and, in some embodiments, of providing the electronic receipts to a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070069016 - Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units: A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated payment-accepting subsystem. Customers use the portable terminal to identify and log products that are selected as they move through a store. Item identification data... Agent: Maccord Mason PLLC

20070069015 - Payment terminals: A system of processing a payment transaction for goods and/or services, the system comprising a kiosk for providing the goods and/or services, a payment application and a payment terminal. The kiosk includes a kiosk application and a data store for storing data in respect of the transaction. The payment application... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070069014 - Retail environment: A retail store has responsive environment apparatus installed which is controlled by processing apparatus. Trigger event sensors coupled to the processing apparatus, are positioned throughout the store. When customers enter and move about the store, the processing apparatus senses various trigger events and in response thereto creates a micro-environment in... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070069018 - Rf point of sale and delivery method and system using communication with remote computer and having features to read a large number of rf tags: A method and system for providing point-of-sale and point-of-delivery and/or distribution of products in a restricted access unit near the customer. The method and system utilize products equipped with radio frequency tags and reduce the effects of energy sharing, shadowing, and nulls. In one embodiment, a plurality of RF tagged... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070069017 - System for identifying and managing pallets: System for identifying and managing pallets, which are placed at or picked up from bin locations by means of an industrial truck, with the following characteristics: a box-shaped housing, which contains all components required for communicating with transponders as well as evaluating signals from the transponders, in particular a read/write... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070069019 - Economical, efficient and trustworthy voting system: We describe an economical and efficient voting system that uses paper balloting and statistical methods to allow trustworthy verification of the results. In the past, voting systems have relied on recounts to verify that the correct winner is chosen. However, recounts only prove the consistency of the system, doing little... Agent: John Edmonds David

20070069020 - Transponder unit: In order to realize a cost-effective production of a transponder in an RFID system that is intended for the identification of merchandise, the invention proposes a two-part housing with an upper housing part and a lower housing part, wherein the lower housing part is provided with a grounding surface and... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20070069021 - Smart floor tiles/carpet for tracking movement in retail, industrial and other environments: In one embodiment, provided is a sensing element including a transducer configured to convert mechanical pressure into an electrical signal. Also provided is an RFID tag having a first section configured to employ at least a portion of the electrical signal as a trigger signal, wherein the trigger signal causes... Agent: Mark S. Svat Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070069022 - Wireless communication system and method: A plurality of electromagnetic wave areas is provided to form a data channel between a wireless IC chip and a main antenna. The plurality of electromagnetic wave areas is placed along a traveling direction of the wireless IC chip, and comprises an electromagnetic wave area at a first stage in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070069024 - Integrated assembly of trigger and lightpipe in electro-optical readers: A trigger for initiating reading, and a lightpipe for displaying the results of the reading, together form an integrated molded assembly for installation into an electro-optical reader.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070069023 - System and method for string distance measurement for alphanumeric indicia: A method and system for determining the relationship between at least two indicia values that can be related to the same article is provided. The system includes a processor for providing a first indicia value, providing a second indicia value, manipulating the first indicia value and the second indicia value... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070069026 - Two-dimensional code detector and program thereof, and robot control information generator and robot: A two-dimensional code detector detecting a two-dimensional code including a plurality of position identifying patterns and an information pattern and generating control information for an object provided with the two-dimensional code, the two-dimensional code detector includes: an image input unit which inputs an acquired image obtained by an image pickup... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070069027 - Method and system for optimizing scanner performance: Described is a method and system for optimizing scanner performance. The method comprises obtaining a digitized representation of a bar code, estimating a set of parameters from the digitized representation, adjusting a scan angle as a function of at least one parameter in the set of parameters.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070069025 - Bar code reader with polygon mirror having curved reflection surfaces: A bar code reader includes a polygon mirror being located opposite to a laser beam projecting unit with a surrounding reflection mirror set arranged between them. The polygon mirror includes a plurality of sides, each of which is a curved reflection surface, and is driven by a motor to rotate,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070069028 - System to improve reading performance and accuracy of single or two dimensional data codes in a large field of view: A plural-component symbology is provided, which includes a substrate for displaying symbols thereon, and a locater and a data code symbol displayed on the substrate. The locater code symbol has first detectable elements to be read. The data code symbol has a fixed physical relationship to the locater code symbol... Agent: Goodwin Procter L.l.p

20070069029 - Method and systems for collecting user's choices using rfids: A method and systems for collecting data from a huge number of pre-filled forms are disclosed. According to the method and systems of the invention, the pre-filled forms comprise RFID tags, check boxes, and electrical connection between the RFID tags and the check boxes so that responses are modified according... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070069030 - Data collection device and network having radio signal responsive mode switching: A data collection device is configured so that the device receives and processes various radio signals and automatically changes an operating mode of the data collection device in response to the processing of the radio signals or in response to the presence or absence of radio signals without manually inputting... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20070069031 - Card carrying device: A card carrying device may include a stacker in which a plurality of cards may be stacked, a card pushing-out member for engaging with the rear edge of a card at a lowest position of the cards to push the card at the lowest position outside from the stacker, a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070069034 - Foldable transaction card systems: Transaction cards having one or more folds therein to provide compact and easily stored transaction cards are provided. Moreover, foldable transaction cards are provided having one or more holes or apertures therein for holding key chains, or other devices for attaching the transaction cards to other items, such as sets... Agent: American Express Company C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070069033 - Mechanically ablated business communication assembly prepared from discontinuous substrates: The present invention is directed toward a substantially planar business communication assembly that has one or more mechanically ablated recesses or depressions which are created through the use of rotary bit a portion of the form assembly. The assembly preferably includes first and second portions that are joined to one... Agent: Ward / Kraft, Inc.

20070069032 - Secure core material for documents: A non-reactive but highly absorbent material, such as clay, is incorporated into polyolefin/silica matrix to form a core document substrate. This material may be added to create a distinctive look of the document. Clay particles are added to the polyolefin/silica matrix in measured quantities at a known particle size distribution... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070069037 - Antenna unit and noncontact ic tag: An antenna unit by which a noncontact IC tag having different resonance frequencies can be easily manufactured, and the noncontact IC tag are provided. An antenna unit has an impedance matching wiring portion and an antenna, in which when an IC chip is electrically connected to the impedance matching wiring... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070069038 - Method of manufacturing a contactless card: A method for producing a contactless card having a support for the functional elements of the card. The support is provided with lower and upper covering layers, and the functional elements borne thereon are formed by means of extrusion, directly in contact with the support.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070069036 - Radio frequency identification tag: The present invention provides a RFID tag that includes a base, an antenna for communication wired to the base, a circuit chip electrically connected to the antenna for radio communication via the antenna, a first reinforcing member and a second reinforcing member. The first reinforcing member covers and fills the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070069035 - Structure for usb flash drive: An improved structure for a USB flash drive includes an accommodating base, a circuit board, a sliding seat, a sliding key and a frame body. The circuit board having a connecting terminal on one end thereof and a fingerprint recognizer thereon, is inserted into a bottom of the sliding seat,... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070063012 - Method of performing an action in relation to a software object: A method of performing an action in relation to an object, the method including: determining a request to perform the action in relation to the object; identifying, using the request, action data indicative of at least one of: the action; the object; and, a target device to perform the action... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063013 - Systems and methods for maintaining warranty claim information: An image forming system such as a printer (100) includes an RFID tag (70) and RFID reader (72) for storing one or more warranty parameters. A print controller (57) measures a specified warranty parameter and causes the reader (72) to write data representative of the parameter to the RFID tag... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070063014 - Time and attendance recording system: The present invention provides a method for use in a method for use in a system comprising user identification reading means, a computer operable to communicate with the user identification reading means, the computer having access to scheduled attendance information of at least one employee, a mobile device and wireless... Agent: Venable LLP

20070063019 - Method and apparatuses for opening and closing a cassette: A cassette, a control device, an automatic teller and a method for opening and/or closing such a cassette provided wherein the cassette can be opened and/or closed contactlessly by means of establishing a direct radio link between the cassette and a control device in order to open and/or close the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070063018 - Method and system for enabling teller presentation of pre-approved credit offers: Method and System for Enabling Teller Presentation of Pre-Approved Credit Offers. Simultaneously with a teller transaction flow, pertinent customer information can be parsed and forwarded to a credit opportunity system such as may be operated by a credit bureau. If the customer qualifies, the appropriate details of the pre-approved credit... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070063015 - Payment transaction system and method: A payment transaction system and method is disclosed which has a central facility (100, 200) which has an approval payment processor and a transaction payment database for maintaining accounts relating to customers. The approval payment processor interrogates the database to determine whether a payment should be improved based on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070063016 - System and method for cash management in a commercial and retail environment: A method and system for tracking deposit information and reporting the deposit information to a bank is disclosed. The method includes preparing a deposit record at a retailer or commercial service location and electronically communicating the deposit record to the bank. The deposit record is authenticated with the bank to... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070063017 - System and method for securely making payments and deposits: A system and method for securely making payments and deposits is disclosed. A method for securely and synchronously making a payment includes the steps of submitting a transaction request to a transaction center, the transaction request including details of a transaction between a customer and a third party, confirming the... Agent: Fortune Law Group LLP

20070063021 - Activation number generation and association: The present invention is generally directed to methods of manufacturing data card assemblies. These methods generally comprise manufacturing or purchasing a data card comprising a special number, wherein the special number is associated with a particular data card account; packaging the data cards in a package such that the special... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Riverfront Plaza

20070063023 - Device customizing system, device customizing method, authentication agent, recording medium storing device customizing program and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave: A device customizing system which includes: a device having an account information acquisition unit that acquires account information, and a customizing unit that customizes environments and settings of the device based on customize information; an authentication agent including a user data storage unit that stores user data for customizing the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070063024 - Dual macro- and micro-payment card system: An electronic transactions system suitable for payment services wherein certain merchants needing to accept online micro-payments from holders of mainstream payment cards are equipped with an online Point Of Service system capable of communicating directly with an operator acting on behalf of the issuer of the cards of the payers... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070063025 - Selectable multi-purpose card: A selectable, multi-purpose card comprising a plurality of features stored in memory means operatively mounted on the card and selection means for allowing a user to select a feature in a few simple steps, preferably in a single step. In one embodiment the card includes a plurality of magnetic strips... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070063022 - Settlement system using electronic money and recording medium for electronic money information: A settlement system using electronic money for accessible objects includes a recording medium for electronic money information and a controller. The recording medium has an electronic money memory storing the electronic money information and an accumulative information memory storing accumulative information for granting a privilege. The accumulative information is accumulated... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070063020 - System and method for charity gift card: Systems and methods enable the provision, management and use of a monetary card for making donations. A processor may cause information associated with donation parameters to be stored on a monetary card. The card may be given as a gift to a recipient. The recipient may use the card to... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070063027 - Coinless vending system, method, and computer readable medium using an audio code collector and validator: A system, method, and computer readable medium, wherein a vending machine comprising an audio code collector and a code validator is adapted to receive audio tones from a mobile device, and wherein the audio tones include authentication codes and dispense codes to control dispensing of product from the vending machine.... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070063026 - Method and system for packaging and despensing samples in a sales environment: The invention includes a system for, a method for, and a method of doing business including dispensing samples. These include a sample card distributor 4; a machine-readable label 3 incorporated in a sample card 2, a machine-readable label writer 6 for writing data associated with a product 5 onto the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070063028 - Integrated processing system for point-of-sale station and methods therefor: The present invention includes systems and methods to conduct and process transactions between a merchant and a customer. In accordance with the present invention, when new, value-added functionalities are desired for existing legacy point-of-sale (POS) stations, specially adapted external device(s) of the invention may be communicatively coupled to existing legacy... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070063029 - Rfid-based product manufacturing and lifecycle management: Architecture that utilizes RFID technology in product manufacturing and lifecycle management to track the depletion of inventory, verify the correctness of a part, monitor the completeness of an assembled product, and check a returned product to determine warranty procedure. An RFID reader, or reader/writer, can sense information of an RFID... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070063030 - Wireless tag information management device: Articles being information management objects are brought together and stored in a preservation place arranged within the communication area by an antenna and a reader/writer unit, and electric wave communication of having an access to only wireless tags of the number of the information management objects located in the preservation... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070063031 - Printing a greeting card using a mobile device: A system for printing a greeting card on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the greeting card on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063038 - Printing a health report using a mobile device: A system for printing a health report on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the health report on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063033 - Printing a subscription using a mobile device: A system for printing a subscription on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the subscription on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063034 - Printing a trading card using a mobile device: A system for printing a trading card on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the trading card on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063037 - Printing audio information using a mobile device: A system for printing audio information on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the audio information on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063035 - Printing educational material using a mobile device: A system for printing educational material on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the educational material on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063039 - Printing gaming information using a mobile device: A system for printing gaming information on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the gaming information on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063036 - Printing location-based information using a mobile device: A system for printing location-based information on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the location-based information on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063032 - Printing video information using a mobile device: A system for printing video information on a print medium, the system comprising: a mobile telecommunications device which comprises: a printer module to print the video information on the print medium; and, a sensor module to sense a print media identifier of the print medium.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070063040 - Wireless tag scan device: As pairs of antennas driven under the same timing among antennas of respective groups, there are plural combinations whose selected two antennas have the distance therebetween set to be shortest.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070063041 - Information processing apparatus and loop antenna: An information processing apparatus for use in a transmitting or receiving operation by a non-contact type IC card function and a reader/writer function includes a loop antenna having a feeding element having a first number of turns winded in a predetermined form, and a non-feeding element provided inside or outside... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070063042 - Optical reading system: The invention relates to an optical reading system. The optical reading system comprises: an object, a sensor assembly and a processing device. The object has at least one predetermined pattern on a surface of the object. The predetermined pattern is printed in a predetermined ink for receiving light beams from... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070063043 - Optoelectronic reader and method for reading machine-readable symbols: An optoelectronic reader for reading machine-readable symbols such as barcode symbols employs an optical assembly to focus a non-Gaussian image on an image sensor. The optical assembly may include a substantially diffraction free optical element, such as an annular slit aperture or a conical lens element, for example a conical... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070063044 - Paper sheet processing apparatus: A mail processing apparatus has a conveying path to convey mail, a reader to read information about mail conveyed through the conveying path, and a processor to make unnecessary information unreadable when the information read by the reader includes unnecessary information.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070063045 - Combined data reader and electronic article surveillance (eas) system: An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. In one configuration, a data reader such as a bar code scanner is equipped with an EAS deactivation module disposed behind the scanner surface preferably downstream and/or upstream of the scanner window. The system may be... Agent: Psc Scanning, Inc. - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20070063046 - System and method for assistance in the set-up of a new device to operate within a current system configuration: A method and system for assisting a user in the set-up of a new device to operate within a current system configuration are described. The method may involve identifying a new device to be added to a current system configuration, where the new device is identified via a Universal Product... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070063047 - Image generation apparatus, print method, storage medium, print medium group, and information retention system: An image generation apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires first position information for determining a position in a first area provided on a first medium plane and second position information for determining a position in a second area provided on a second medium plane, the second position information having... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070063048 - Data reader apparatus having an adaptive lens: Systems and methods for making and using handheld data readers comprising one or more fluid lenses. One or more fluid lenses are provided to allow a handheld data reader to perform such operations as reading indicia, including such additional operations as zooming, reorienting a viewing direction, focusing, adjusting an optical... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20070063049 - Portable data reading device with integrated web server for configuration and data extraction: A portable data reading device, such as a barcode scanner or RFID reader, includes a Web server and a first server-side application to modify one or more settings of the portable data reading device. The settings may include, for example, symbology settings, device settings, and network settings. The Web server... Agent: Psc Scanning, Inc. - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20070063050 - System and method for decoding and analyzing barcodes using a mobile device: The present invention discloses a system and method for decoding barcodes using mobile device. Generally, the barcode image is acquired via a digital camera attached to the mobile device. After the barcode image has been acquired, software located on the mobile device enhances the barcode image and subsequently decodes the... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070063052 - Foldable data card assembly and method: A foldable data card assembly and method are disclosed. The foldable data card assembly comprises a base assembly with a left portion, a middle portion, and a right potion. The left portion or the middle portion contains an aperture. A data card is enclosed within the base assembly such that... Agent: J. Michael Martinez De Andino, Esq. Hunton & Williams LLP

20070063051 - Storage unit with identifying markings: The subject of this invention is a storage unit with identifying markings consisting of a receptacle that encloses a storage area to receive the material to be stored, an opening in the receptacle leading to the storage area, and a closure member that may be secured temporarily over the opening.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070063054 - Chambered presentation instruments and methods: Transactional presentation instrument systems having one or more chambers, and method of using and constructing such systems are provided. Systems can include a presentation instrument, an information storage medium configured to store a unique identifier, and a chamber having a fluid component and an object component. The object component can... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070063053 - Data support with identifications written thereon by means of a laser beam and method for production thereof: The invention relates to a data carrier into which, by a laser beam, identifiers (20, 22) are introduced in the form of patterns, letters, numbers and/or images that are visible due to local changes in the optical properties of the data carrier, effected by the laser beam and resulting from... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20070063056 - Apparatus and methods for packaging antennas with integrated circuit chips for millimeter wave applications: Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging antennas with semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips to provide highly-integrated and high-performance radio/wireless communications systems for millimeter wave applications including, e.g., voice communication, data communication and radar applications. For example, wireless communication modules are constructed with IC chips having receiver/transmitter/transceiver integrated circuits... Agent: Frank V. Derosa, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070063055 - Contactless data carrier: The invention relates to an apparatus as well as a method for reliably determining the deliberate use of a contactless data carrier. Beside an antenna-based data transmission channel in dependence on the data to be transmitted additionally an optical data transmission channel between reading device and data carrier can be... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070063058 - Ic tag, reader/writer for the ic tag and system using the ic tag: An IC tag which has a means for recording and erasing invisible information and a means for recording and erasing visible information, both allowing recording and erasing information in a non-contact manner, exhibits flexibility and can have a small size is provided. The IC tag has a means for recording... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070063057 - Non-contact ic tag, package for member having the non-contact ic tag, and device using the member having the non-contact ic tag: A non-contact IC tag includes; a plurality of antennas corresponding to a plurality of frequency bands, and a peel-off sticker. The peel-off sticker is applied to at least one of the plurality of antennas and can be peeled off to disable the at least one antenna to which the peel-off... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070057030 - Input apparatus for a handheld electronic device and method of enabling input employing the same: An improved input apparatus and method of enabling input improve handheld electronic devices having a housing and a processor apparatus disposed on the housing. The processor apparatus comprises a processor and a memory. The input apparatus includes an input assembly with an input device for providing input to the processor,... Agent: Grant E. Coffield Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070057031 - Light guide plate for keypad backlight panels and method of manufacturing the same: Disclosed herein is a light guide plate for keypad backlight panels, which is mounted at the rear of a keypad having numerals or characters printed thereon for supplying light emitted from a light source mounted at one side of the keypad to the keypad. The light guide plate is made... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070057034 - Compact protocol and solution for substantially offline messaging between portable consumer device and base device: A method for providing messaging between a portable device and base device is provided. The method included communicating one or more message codes maintained in the portable device to the base device. The base device then composes a message for a user of the portable device using a dictionary of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070057033 - Data processing method: A data processing method for the time-optimized calculation and placing to the account of prices for a performance rendered for a customer by an enterprise. The price is calculated and placed to the account in accordance with a price model with at least the following processing steps: (1) calculating the... Agent: Michael Bednarek Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070057032 - Delivery of item specific audible information via voice server: A device for accurately and flexibly delivering item-specific information from a voice server to a user and the method of using same is disclosed. The user scans a unique identification code associated with an item using a scanner on the device. The device then connects to the voice server. The... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070057035 - Enhanced pre-allocated check negotiability systems and methods: Systems, methods, and software are described for authorizing transactions undertaken with a negotiable instrument which is pre-allocated a specific amount of funds. A host computer system may receive a request to allocate funds to a negotiable instrument. The host may verify the availability of funds, and allocate the funds to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070057043 - Calling card with integrated banking functions: An integrated multi-serviced stored value card system permits and performs integrated telecommunication and financial services. A card affords the features of a traditional calling card plus a wide array of banking services, such as electronic fund transfers between cards and cash withdrawals, and telecommunication features. Stored values from a primary... Agent: Albert B. Kimball, Jr. Bracewell & Patterson L L P

20070057039 - Charge card network with an implementation to enable card owners to limit the use of their cards to sales points in designated geographic areas and to sales points for designated types of goods and services: An implementation enabling an owner of a charge card to limit purchases made with the charge card comprising an implementation enabling the owner of a charge card to limit purchases made with the charge card to purchases of either owner defined types of goods and/or owner defined geographical areas, and... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070057046 - Electronic device with card interface: When initializing a card-shaped device inserted in a card interface, operation mode acquiring means incorporated in an electronic device acquires operation mode information, stored in a register file incorporated in the card-shaped device, by a predetermined procedure using a predetermined pin. Operation mode setting means incorporated in the electronic device... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070057042 - Electronic money settlement system and electronic money information storage medium: An electronic money settlement system for making settlement using an electronic money information storage medium 21 storing electronic money information, wherein the electronic money information storage medium 21 includes an electronic money storage area 27 storing the electronic money information, and a discount-rate storage 28 area storing a predetermined discount... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070057044 - Information processor-based service providing system and method: A Smart card-based service providing system and method, in which a service application uses resources of a common application and which can easily cope with an addition of a service application into the Smart card and thereby efficiently utilize valuable resources of the Smart card, is provided. A management application... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070057041 - Rechargeable smart card blood pressure recording method and apparatus: Enabling the providers of automated blood pressure readings, such as pharmacies, corporate work sites, health clubs and other customers, to charge a fee for the long-term use of a memory card to record non-invasive physiological test data and make the data available for health consultations. In an automated blood pressure... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070057037 - Secure credit card and method and apparatus for utilizing the same: A secure credit card and a method of use of the same is shown. A transactional processing system using the method and the secure credit card of the present invention is also shown. The secure credit card has a first group of numbers or symbols which identify a user, and... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20070057036 - System for consumers at the point of purchase/sale to automatically invest funds into a personal money saving program: Herein taught is a system that allows an individual to automatically transfer funds into a personal money saving program via a retailer/wholesaler. The system is novel as a percent of the actual sales price is incorporated into the purchase/sale and the percent is credited to the purchaser. Also, we provide... Agent: Cathy D. Santa Cruz

20070057045 - Systems, methods and devices for selling transaction instruments: The present invention generally relates to a system and method for distributing an open transaction instrument. The system includes the steps of: accessibly offering for sale, in a retail environment, the open transaction instrument; selling a selected open transaction instrument; and enabling the use of the open transaction instrument. The... Agent: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. C/o Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.

20070057040 - Transaction card with attached auxiliary portion: A transaction card assembly may include a transaction card and an auxiliary portion attached to the transaction card. The transaction card and the auxiliary portion may be formed to have a shaped edge that conforms with a trademark, a representation of a product, or other information printed or otherwise formed... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070057038 - Wireless devices for storing a financial account card and methods for storing card data in a wireless device: A wireless device is enabled to receive a financial account card that is inserted into a card slot of the wireless device. The wireless device reads card data from the financial account card when it is inserted into the slot and programs an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag or a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070057047 - Dispenser, dispenser array, manufacturing method for dispenser, inspection device, inspection method and biochip: The present invention provides a dispenser which can inspect and manufacture a biochip by attaching various kinds of liquid samples accurately and at a high speed. The dispenser comprises liquid discharge means (12) for discharging liquid and identification information holding means (200) for holding, in a readable manner, the identification... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070057048 - Method and/or system to authorize access to stored data: Embodiments of methods and/or systems to authorize access to stored data are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070057049 - Method and apparatus for detecting suspicious activity using video analysis: A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and analyzing the video data to obtain at least one video transaction parameter concerning transactions associated with the transaction area. The transaction area can be a video count of items indicated in the video data... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070057051 - Method, system and portable consumer device using wildcard values: A portable consumer device is disclosed. The portable consumer device includes a body and a computer readable medium coupled to the body. The computer readable medium comprises a data string including one or more wildcard values. The data string is specifically associated with the consumer. For example, the data string... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070057050 - Rfid tag system: A system for applying radio frequency identification tags on which are disposed respective barcodes includes a processor and a plurality of representations of the items accessible by the processor. Each representation is associated with at least one of the barcodes and includes an indication of a predetermined position for placement... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070057052 - Transaction card fabrication control system and method: A system and method for producing transaction cards, such as gift cards and identification cards, ensures that duplicate and missing cards are eliminated from a group of cards. Cards may also be provided in an ordered sequence. Each transaction card may include one or more unique identifiers so that each... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070057054 - Identification device and method: The invention provides an identification device and method. The device includes a pattern adapted and configured to be read optically by a reader to obtain information. The pattern is formed at least in part by electrically conductive material. The device also includes a resonant circuit configured to resonate at a... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070057053 - Rfid encoded inkjet label and method: An identification system for an object includes a radio frequency identification tag formed as a label. The tag is encoded so as to contain information regarding the object. The label has indicia printed thereon corresponding to the encoded information. The information encoded on the radio frequency identification tag corresponds to... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (illinois Tool Works)

20070057056 - Card connector with anti-mismating device: A card connector (100) includes an insulating housing (10), first and second sets of contacts (22, 24) received in the insulating housing (10), a protection door (40) and a mating member (4821). The insulating housing (10) defines a receiving space (18) with a first entrance opening (19). The protection door... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070057055 - Card reader: A card reader including a housing, a reading module, a sliding element having a first hook, an elastic element, a second hook, and a switch element is provided. The housing has an inserting hole, and the reading module is disposed in the housing. The sliding element is disposed at one... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070057057 - Synchronization techniques in multi-technology/multi-frequency rfid reader arrays: Methods and apparatus for provisioning the use of multiple readers and/or wireless communication protocols within a defined area are provided. More specifically, a coordinator or the like can be used to manage the activation and deactivation of the multiple readers and/or communication protocols within a single reader such that interference... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070057061 - Reflective decoders for use in decoding optically encoded images: A reflective decoding device is provided for use in decoding an encoded image comprising a latent image encoded using at least one encoding parameter. The device comprises a substrate with a reflective surface portion having a surface topography comprising a predetermined pattern of topographical features. The predetermined pattern is configured... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP East Tower

20070057058 - Reflective optical encoder: In one embodiment, an optical encoder includes a code member, a light source, and a detector array. The code member has a plurality of reflectors thereon; and the light source is positioned to illuminate an area of the code member that includes at least one of the reflectors. The detector... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070057060 - Scanner apparatus and arrangement reproduction method: An arrangement reproduction method includes: reading a first code image on a first medium and a second code image on a second medium arranged on the first medium; recognizing an arrangement range in which the second medium is arranged on the first medium using the first code image and the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070057059 - Transmissive optical encoder: In one embodiment, an optical encoder includes a light source, a detector array and a code member. The detector array is positioned in spaced-apart relation to the light source and includes at least one detector set. Each of the at least one detector sets includes a plurality of detector elements.... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070057062 - Laser power control arrangements in electro-optical readers: Laser power control arrangements interrupt power to a laser used in electro-optical readers upon detection of an over-power condition not conforming to preestablished standards to meet prevalent safety standards.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070057063 - Method of automatically establishing a data communication link between an optical code reading device and a host system having a data communication interface: An improved bar code symbol reading methodology/device/system includes a bar code symbol reading engine that reads bar code symbols affixed to objects proximate thereto and produces symbol character data representative of such bar code symbols. A data transmission subsystem, operably coupled to the bar code reading engine, communicates such symbol... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20070057064 - Scan engine with dual chip architecture for use in electro-optical readers: A microprocessor and an application specific integrated circuit are embodied as two chips mounted on a printed circuit board which is, in turn, mounted on a scan engine for use in an electro-optical reader. This dual chip architecture is readily configurable and controls reader operation.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070057065 - Apparatus for rotating a mirrored spinner: An apparatus for rotating a mirrored spinner about multiple axes. The apparatus includes a first axle which rotates about a first axis of rotation, and a second axle for mounting the mirrored spinner to the first axle, wherein the second axle rotates the mirrored spinner about a second axis of... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20070057066 - Imaging-based bar code reader with enhanced decoding capability: An imaging and decoding system for an imaging-based bar code reader. The imaging and decoding system includes an imaging system and a decoding system. The imaging system includes an imaging pixel array and a memory which function to: image the target bar code by scanning the target bar code at... Agent: Watts Hoffmann Co., L.p.a.

20070057067 - Sensor for activating an aiming pattern of a handheld scanner: A portable indicium scanner that includes circuitry for enabling an aiming pattern through an activation device. The aiming pattern targets selected indicia and signals the operator indicating whether a proper selection has been made, thereby allowing an imaging system to capture and decode the targeted indicia. The activation device includes... Agent: Tarolli, Sundhelm, Covell & Tummino, LLP

20070057069 - Battery pack with integrated human interface devices: A power pack with human interface devices that includes a power pack housing, which is detachably interfaced to a portable device. The power pack includes a power source internal to the housing for providing power, a light source internal to the housing for producing a light signal associated with a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070057068 - Portable electronic device and method for automatically switching power modes: A portable electronic device and method for automatically switching power modes is provided. First, detect variation of external forces applied to the portable electronic device by an accelerometer. Next, obtain a placement state of the portable electronic device according to the external force variation. Then, switch a power mode of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070057070 - Automated banking machine anti-skimming card reader: A card reader for an automated banking machine is provided. The card reader includes a processor and a card transport. The card transport moves at least one card a plurality of cycles between a first position and a second position within the card transport. The card transport continuously moves the... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20070057071 - Thin smart card: The present invention discloses systems and methods for a smart card including: a first card having a device; and a second card having an aperture that is configured to allow a device to be inserted into an aperture when the second card is properly aligned with the first card, thereby... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070057072 - Coding system for value documents: The invention relates to a coding system having a luminescent basic substance and at least one luminescent additive, the possible codings of the coding system being formed by the presence or absence of a luminescent additive and/or the type of additives and/or the number of additives.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070057073 - Non-contact ic system and mobile terminal: A non-contact IC system 1 is mounted within the casing of a mobile telephone 100 and it includes: an antenna coil 11; an IC module 12 for receiving power and communication information via radio waves received by the antenna coil 11; a central arithmetic processing unit 13 for controlling the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070057074 - Grid orientation, scale, translation and modulation estimation: A process (700) for determining one or more parameters for data encoded in a modulated grid (e.g., 200) of dots (e.g., 202). The process (700) determines one or more vectors from at least one dot (202) of the grid (200) to a closest other dot. The dots are modulated about... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070051793 - Information processing apparatus, information recording system, information recording method, and computer-readable medium storing program: An information processing apparatus is disclosed that that acquires image/audio information in response to an operations command and generates predetermined electronic data from the acquired information. The information processing apparatus includes a user information storing unit that stores and manages information for identifying an operator issuing the operations command, a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070051792 - Method of remapping the input elements of a hand-held device: A technique for re-mapping the input elements disposed on a hand-held electronic device to an executable function that is different than the pre-loaded or pre-assigned function(s) provided in software applications may include receiving configuration settings for a software application or a class of software applications, including at least one physical... Agent: Fish & Richardson, Pc

20070051791 - System and method for assessing risks of a software solution for a customer: A risk assessment system and method. A system is provided that includes: a risk avoidance process for implementing a customer solution, wherein the risk avoidance process includes markers where a risk is assessed; a system for assigning a value to a first risk coefficient associated with a design related process... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20070051794 - Credit proxy system and method: Methods and apparatus for providing the shifting of fees associated with accepting various forms of electronic payment from the retailer to the customer by using a credit proxy. A credit proxy is provided that adds a fee to the monetary value of a transaction, and obtains authorization to approve the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070051795 - Method and apparatus for verifying the legitamacy of a financial instrument: An apparatus and method for verifying the legitimacy of a financial instrument used by a shopper is disclosed. A seller accepts details about goods and services to be delivered, and information about a financial instrument to be used in a purchase by a shopper. Identifier information is send to a... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, Plc

20070051796 - Goods sales management system and goods sales management method: A goods sales management system includes a plurality of goods vending machines 1 having a container capable of storing a plurality of goods and a vending machine management apparatus 80 connected to the goods vending machines 1 via a communication line. The goods vending machine 1 includes a time adjustment... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20070051797 - Methods and systems for packaging and distributing financial instruments: A card dispensing apparatus is described herein. A product package is provided that contains a consumable or a non-consumable. A debit card or a credit card having a magnetic stripe is removably positioned in the product package, and/or removably coupled to the product package. The card can be coupled to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070051798 - Content management server, storage medium having content management program stored therein, and content management method: There is provided a content management server for providing a content to a target user. This server includes a protected content generator which encapsulates an original content to generate a protected content corresponding to the original content, and an accessibility setting unit which sets access right to access the protected... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070051799 - Radio frequency system and password management method in radio frequency system: A radio frequency system and a password management method applied to a storage device of the radio frequency system are provided, in which a first access password is stored for deciding whether to permit access to information and a first changed password. The first changed password, a second access password,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20070051801 - Fixed self-checkout station with cradle for communicating with portable self-scanning units: A retail checkout system includes a customer-operated portable terminal with a data reader, such as a barcode scanner, and a customer-operated self-checkout station with an automated payment-accepting subsystem. Customers use the portable terminal to identify and log products that are selected as they move through a store. Item identification data... Agent: Maccord Mason Pllc

20070051800 - Operation guidance display unit, operation guidance display program, operation guidance display method, and checkout system: The present invention has been made to allow a user to easily grasp the operation area and thereby to easily and quickly perform the operation even in the case where the operation area extends across the entire system. An operation guidance display unit displays the entire appearance of a system... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070051802 - System and kiosk for commerce of optical media through multiple locations: A kiosk dispenses and receives recorded optical media using an interconnected central server, through an Internet Service Provider. The central server has databases and processing capabilities and is connected to a credit verification system. The databases collect inventory administration information and customer data (e.g., credit card information and email addresses)... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070051803 - Delivery product management system: A delivery product management system for managing a delivery product with an RFID tag includes: a delivering site terminal provided with a delivering site reader-writer for reading and writing, or for reading information stored in the RFID tag; and a receiving site terminal provided with a receiving site reader for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070051805 - Secure electronic voting device: A secure device for electronic voting is employs a write-once vote-recording cartridge, preferably based on an e-fuse array. The cartridge has two distinct modes of operation: write mode and read mode. When in write mode, the array can only be written—it cannot be read. When in read mode, the array... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20070051804 - Secure voting system: Methods, systems and program products for securely voting by providing a secure voting module in communication with a voting device. A voter signs onto the voting device using a unique voter identification, and the voter's voting selections are written to the voting device. A scrambled voter identification is generated using... Agent: Delio & Peterson, Llc

20070051806 - Card and host device: A host device is configured to read and write information from and into a card and to supply a supply voltage that belongs to a first voltage range or a second voltage range which is lower than the first voltage range, and issues a voltage identification command to the card.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070051808 - Alerting a smart card reader of probable wireless communication: A wireless device may alert a wireless smart card reader that communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless smart card reader is probably imminent by sending an activation alert. Upon receipt of the activation alert, if the wireless smart card reader is in a low-power state, the... Agent: Integral Intellectual Property Inc.

20070051809 - Reader/writer and communication method thereof: A reader/writer is provided. The reader/writer performing radio communication with a radio communication terminal in close proximity thereto, includes: an antenna which transmits a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency and which receives a composite wave of the carrier wave and a modulated signal of the carrier wave transmitted from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070051807 - Reader/writer and mobile communication apparatus: A non-contact reader/writer for an IC card includes an antenna substrate provided with a loop antenna and a capacitor on its upper surface, a control substrate provided with a transmitting/receiving circuit and a chip coil on its upper surface, and a magnetic sheet disposed between the antenna substrate and the... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070051812 - Method and apparatus employing imaging and/or scanning for reading machine-readable symbols such as barcode symbols: A machine-readable symbol reader is operable to read one and two-dimensional machine-readable symbols such as barcode or matrix code symbols. The reader includes an imaging subsystem and a scanning subsystem. The reader initially attempts to acquire a symbol operating as a conventional imager. If unsuccessful, the reader then attempts to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20070051810 - Optical reading head of scanning apparatus: An optical reading head of a scanning apparatus includes a casing, a lens, a base and a sliding frame. The base is used to support an image sensing module and movable on the casing. The sliding frame is coupled with the base for fixing and driving the lens to move... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070051811 - Structure of bar-like side-emitting light guide and planar light source module: A bar-like side-emitting light guide suitable for re-directing an incident light beam such that the light beam emerges from each side of the structure. The guide structure includes a light guiding bar having an upper surface and a lower surface and extending along a longitudinal direction. On a cross-sectional plane... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070051814 - Optical reader for classifying an image: An optical reader that is configured for classifying an image. The optical reader includes an image analysis component that is configured for classifying the image by evaluating a result of attempting to locate and process a portion of the image as graphical symbol, and configured for classifying the image as... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20070051813 - Methods and execution programs for reading and displaying a two-dimensional code: A method for reading and displaying a two-dimensional code is to enable the display of digital information with high cell density and to enable an accurate reading of digital information, while responding to the various conditions. An image pattern that can be distinguished from surrounding cells is detected from an... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070051815 - Optically encoded particles with grey scale spectra: The invention concerns a particle having a grey scale code embedded in its physical structure by refractive index changes between different regions of the particle.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070051816 - Digital labels for product authentication: A label for a product includes an electronic display for displaying label information. The digital label includes a processor, a memory, and a display configured to store and display label information about a product to which the label is attached. The digital label also stores product authentication data for authenticating... Agent: Coats & Bennett, Pllc

20070051817 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit to extract layer levels of each packet included in partial encoded data, an estimation unit to calculate the number of layer levels of each packet based on the extracted layer levels of each packet and estimates... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070045392 - Modular keyboard system: A modular keyboard system includes a first module having a left end and a right end, and a second module configured to be coupled rigidly to at least one of the left and right ends of the first module.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070045393 - Collecting and valuating used items for sale: Data is collected and aggregated regarding a particular used item for sale, e.g., automobiles, which is in turn validated and normalized with respect to pre-determined identification models. A historical report may be generated to provide an assessment of value based on qualitative information such as mileage and/or location, and may... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070045395 - Electronic transfer of hard currency: A method and system is described for person-to-person and person-to-entity cash-transfer via ATMs. Beneficially, at the system endpoints (cash in, cash out) the remitter and receiver can each interact with the system without requiring interactions with local operators and without having any pre-existing user accounts.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070045397 - Flexible, multi-mode financial transactions processing systems and methods: A financial transactions processing system is operable in more than one mode so that it can have increased usefulness to the bank. Such a system can be switched between the available modes as desired by the bank so that separate, dedicated machines for operation in a single one of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070045394 - Front counter and back counter workflow integration: A system and method for processing financial transactions includes an input receptive of cash and a plurality of images of physical items of the transaction, wherein the images contain a visual record of the transaction data such as an amount of monetary value. A front, counter transaction processor processes the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070045396 - Paper stacking apparatus: A bottom surface of a stacking and accommodating portion is structured such as to be sloped to be lower in accordance with moving away from a paper carry-in side, and a push plate is controlled so as to be moved in a direction moving close to a carry-in port of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070045399 - Card with rewriteable display: A transaction card is formed of an electrically-alterable display material. The display may be altered by the application of an external field, without requiring any circuiting on the card. The card also includes an information storage medium, and both the information storage medium and the display may be accessed by... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070045406 - Credit card offer and activation system and method: A method and system for providing and activating a credit card and credit line to a consumer. In one embodiment, the system and method include providing the consumer with a choice of one credit card from a plurality of cards. In response to the consumer's selection of one of the... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20070045398 - Credit card verification system: A method and system verifies the validity of a credit card payment transaction with a set of requester account data by searching an account record database for a matched record containing a record account number that matches the requester account number and an expected verification key that matches the requester... Agent: Han-ping Chen

20070045400 - Distriubuted registry for personalization: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application personalization and provide a method, system and computer program product for application and computing environment personalization utilizing a distributed personalization data registry. In an embodiment of the invention, a personalization data processing system can include a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070045408 - Information processing system, clients, server, programs and information processing method: An information processing system including an IC chip, a client driving the IC chip to carry out predetermined processing, a server connected to the client by a communication network, wherein the client has a processing-command requesting section configured to request for transmission of a processing command to the server; an... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070045407 - Method and system for facilitating electronic funds transactions: A method and system for executing electronic funds transactions using a merchant-issued payment (MIP) card in a merchant-centric system having benefits which include reduced fees to acquiring merchants and optionally remitting a portion of the collected fees, or other incentive, to issuing merchants. The system also preferably provides information sharing... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070045409 - Methods and systems for redeeming a stored- value card: A reloadable debit card system includes an issuing institution whereat a main account is set up and multiple sub-accounts are established thereunder. Each sub-account corresponds to a respective cardholder. The sub-accounts are established and debit cards are printed with respective sub-account numbers prior to distributing the cards to an 80... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070045404 - Presentation instrument display and activation systems and methods: A method of validating and activating a purchase card includes providing a purchase card that is removably attached to a card carrier, wherein the purchase card has an account identifier associated therewith and has a card indicium affixed thereto, wherein the purchase card includes a machine-readable information encoding region into... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070045401 - Retail package for prepaid debit cards and method for debit card distribution: A retail package for prepaid cards is disclosed which includes a card retainer, a proxy debit card retained by the retainer and adapted to be loaded with funds at a point of sale, and at least one electronic debit card retained by the retainer and requiring registration prior to use,... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070045402 - System and method for issuing and managing a plurality of credit card accounts: A system and method for issuing and managing a plurality of credit cards are provided. The system and method enables a merchant to sign up customers for their proprietary, e.g., merchant/house, credit card without credit risk to the merchant and then allowing the customers to utilize the proprietary account without... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070045405 - System and method for issuing digital receipts for purchase transactions over a network: A system and method for providing digital receipts for purchase transactions are provided. The method includes the steps receiving information for a first credit card account for executing a transaction; retrieving a first customer record from a database using information from the first credit card account; charging an amount of... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070045403 - System and method for locking and unlocking a financial account card: A system and method whereby a holder of a financial account card, such as a credit card or debit card, is able to disable and re-enable use of the card by locking and unlocking the card repeatedly. A request to lock or unlock a card may be provided by a... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070045411 - Pay for use power outlet: A pay for use power outlet may include a housing and a power management system disposed within the housing. An electrical receptacle or ground fault interrupt plug may also be positioned on the housing or remotely from the housing to provide a user with a source of electrical current.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070045410 - Smart connections: The invention provides a method of controlling access to an object (16), such as a product for sale. The object (16) or its packaging (110) is secured, for example to a sales console (12,68) by use of connecting means (26). The connecting means (26) are either capable of release by... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070045412 - Guest-service-type convenience system for implementation at ticketing activity, touring activity and retail transaction: An RFID system, which operates at different frequencies, for information interchange is provided. The system includes a user RFID module and a proprietor RFID module. The two RFID modules include a tag and a tag reader which operate at different frequencies, respectively. The frequency of the tag of the proprietor... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070045413 - System and method for determining packaging preference: There is disclosed a method and system for determining packaging preference of a customer by identifying the customer using a customer identifier, and retrieving available packaging preference information using the customer identifier. In an embodiment, the customer's packaging preference information for a particular identified item is retrieved and graphically communicated.... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070045414 - Arrangement for detection of storage units: In an arrangement and method for identification and association of a quantity of shipping packages supplied to a postal sortation site, an electronic data memory that can be read without contact and that has at least one memory region in which at least data for individual identification of the medium... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070045416 - Mapping between uri and id service guide: Embodiments of the invention are directed to transmitting and receiving electronic service guide (“ESG”) fragments. In the transmission of ESG fragments, the identifier (“ID”), version, and/or uniform resource identifier (“URI”) values associated with the ESG fragments for transmission are processed and compared. The ESG fragments are encapsulated in a service... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070045415 - Record player: For the purpose of processing and editing the video data, which was recorded by means of the record player, in such a way as adding titles, playlists, menus, and other similar data, the conventional technique requires a processing and editing software operating on a personal computer. Such software is usually... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070045417 - Usb device having ic card reader/writer and flash memory disk functions: A universal serial bus (USB) device having integrated chip (IC) card reader/writer and flash memory disk functions is disclosed, in which an IC card reader/writer module and a flash memory disk module are integrated. The USB device comprises an IC card reader/writer module, a flash memory disk module and a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070045418 - Inductive coupling reader comprising means for extracting a power supply voltage: The present invention relates to a method for supplying a power supply voltage (Vccr) to a contactless integrated circuit reader (RD1) that is in a passive operating mode, in the presence of an external alternating magnetic field (FLD2), the reader comprising an antenna circuit (ACT) substantially tuned to a working... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070045419 - Appendage based user interface navigation system for imaging devices: An imaging device (100) having an imaging system (102) that optically detects movement of an appendage (104), and a processor (200) that automatically translates the movement of the appendage to alphanumeric symbols (400) or graphical user interface navigation commands. The processor can automatically implement the alphanumeric symbols or navigation commands... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070045420 - Position measurement system: A position measurement system, includes: a plurality of concentric pattern projectors each for projecting a concentric pattern; an image sensor that has a sensor plane and that detects the concentric pattern; and an arithmetic unit that calculates a position of the image sensor and a normal direction of the sensor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070045422 - Optical information reader: In an optical information reader, a case, and a light source is installed in the case. The light source supplies light. A lens is installed in the case and focuses the supplied light through part of the case onto optical information attached to a target. A particle blocking member is... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070045421 - [barcode display device having data processing ability and its op