Registers inventions 08/07

20070199983 - Rotating tool having an electric data carrier: A rotating cutting tool (2, 14, 16) for machining a workpiece on a machine tool, in particular for dressing the grinding worm of a tooth flank grinding machine, having an electronic data carrier for storing data relevant to the use of the tool, has an annular data carrier (7) arranged... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070199984 - Automated banking machine with improved resistance to fraud: An automated banking machine has sensing devices adjacent a card reader slot. The sensing devices enable detection of a fraudulent card reading device.... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20070199986 - Issuing a value-bearing card associated with only non-personally identifying information: Issuing a debit card associated with only non-personally identifying information includes communicating among an input device, a network coupling, and a card dispenser. The input device is configured to receive a new account request. The new account request includes only non-personally identifiable information. The network coupling is configured to send... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070199985 - Method and system for processing a transaction: A method of, and system for, processing payment for a transaction is provided. The method includes providing a user with an option to select payment for the transaction from an account associated with a communication line via which an electronic terminal is connected to a communication network. The communication line... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070199987 - Ic card adapter apparatus and vehicle control device: An IC card adapter apparatus and a vehicle control device which can control a vehicle, and which are convenient to use are provided with using a proximity type IC card that stores personal information for controlling a vehicle are provided. An IC card adapter apparatus has a first communicating unit... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070199988 - Method and means for detection of counterfeit items and prevention of counterfeiting activities: This invention relates to the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and labels, as a means of preventing and/or detecting counterfeiting in the fashion, jewelry, timepiece, art, luxury goods and wearable accessory industries and the authentication of bona fide articles and/or their owners.... Agent: Lacy Kolo

20070199989 - Combined machine identification and diagnosis device: An apparatus that combines an RFID-like machine configuration reader with a device for acquiring machine diagnostic information. The apparatus includes an RFID-like communicator with an antenna and a machine diagnostic sensor, with the RFID-like communicator and the machine diagnostic sensor being substantially combined in a single housing. The apparatus is... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20070199990 - Printed material with identification function, image generating apparatus, image processing apparatus, image generating method, image processing method, and program product therefor: A printed material includes a first coded pattern of image identification information repeatedly formed on a recording material, and a second coded pattern of a coordinate value on the recording material recorded as a background image. The first coded pattern and the second coded pattern are provided to identify an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070199991 - Authentication method and system: The present invention relates to a method for determining the authenticity of an object, the method comprising the steps of: providing an authentication code, determining the positions of particles being distributed in an object, encoding of the positions to provide a check-code, using the check-code and the authentication-code to determine... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070199992 - Automatic placement of an object on a page: Characteristics of a code are decided upon. For example, the geometry and how noisy the background of the barcode can be may be decided upon. A representation of the code based on the code's characteristics is automatically placed in a variety of trial locations, which are each tested to see... Agent: David Lewis

20070199994 - Color barcode with enhanced capacity and readability for a closed loop system: Disclosed is a method for determining optimum color gradation levels used by a color gradation barcode in a system including a rendering device for rendering the barcode and a detector for detecting the barcode. The method includes: (a) obtaining input color gradation data; (b) rendering, by using the rendering device,... Agent: Ying Chen

20070199993 - Automatic digital-imaging based bar code symbol reading system supporting a pass-through mode of system operation using automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques: An automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting a presentation mode of system operation, automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques. By virtue of the present invention, the automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system ensures the reliable reading of code symbols... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070199995 - Automatic imaging-based code symbol reading system supporting a multi-tier modular software architecture, automatic illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques: An automatic digital imaging-based code symbol reading system supporting a presentation-type mode of system operation, a multi-tier modular software architecture, automatic illumination control and video image capture and processing techniques. By virtue of the present invention, the automatic digital imaging-based code symbol reading system ensures the reliable reading of 1D... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20070199996 - Ambient light shield and color filter for imaging-based bar code reader: An ambient illumination shielding apparatus for an imaging-based scanner adapted to read direct part marking (DPM) bar codes. The shielding apparatus includes an illumination shield extending from a housing of the scanner and extending along at least a portion of a path of travel of an aiming pattern generated by... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070199997 - Bar-code reading apparatus, bar-code reading method, and library apparatus: The present invention relates to bar-code reading from a carried object such as a cartridge and enables the bar-code reading from a gripped carried object. For a bar-code label attached to a carried object such as a cartridge storing a magnetic tape, a bar-code reading unit is provided in a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070199998 - Method of dynamically controlling illumination and image capturing operations in a digital image capture and processing system: A digital image capture and processing system employing automated real-time analysis of digital image exposure quality to automatically reconfigure system control parameters, and dynamically control illumination and imaging operations within the digital image capture and processing system.... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070200001 - Method and apparatus for making articles: Method and apparatus for applying unique composite indicia or markings to a succession of articles, in which each unique composite indicium comprises two or more indicia. At least part of each of the indicia may be co-located at a predetermined location on the article with such co-location being unique or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070200000 - Multimedia gift card and total gift package: Provided is a total gift package for promotional and/or entertainment media and the like along with transactional media items as desired. Various configurations of the above mentioned media and entertainment and promotional items may be packaged with an informational wrap sheet and a transactional media item along with a multimedia... Agent: Archibald LLC

20070199999 - Valuable document comprising a security element and method for producing said valuable document: A valuable document comprising at least one security element that is provided with a marking layer in a marking region, the layer containing an electroluminescent pigment and being applied to a carrier body. The electroluminescence of the pigment of one such valuable document must be able to be excited even... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070200002 - Security device formed by printing with special effect inks: A security device is disclosed that has an image formed upon a substrate. The image has a first printed region and a second different printed region both printed with a same ink formulation of field alignable flakes. At least one of the printed regions has optically variable effects. One of... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070200003 - Method and apparatus for contactless interface on icc supporting high speed interface: An integrated circuit card includes a plurality of electrical contacts; and a memory to store information, the memory being allowed to communicate with a processor via the plurality of electrical contacts. One set of electrical contacts are allowed to be allocated by the processor to support an operation in at... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070194098 - Image forming device and recording sheet selection method therefor: An image forming device including a document tag reader that detects a contactless IC tag (document tag) attached to the document. If the document tag reader detects a document tag attached to a document, the tagged document is recognized as having a high management level, and a tagged recording sheet... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070194100 - Remote control system for sequence control in medical treatment...: A remote control system for sequence control in medical treatment-assisting systems includes a signal emitter including at least one switchable transponder operative to generate a signal, said signal emitter remotely located relative to the treatment-assisting system, and a signal receiver operable to process the emitted signal within the framework of... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20070194097 - Data acquisition and processing system for risk assessment: Systems and methods of risk management that employ a risk assessment component to continuously update risk estimation associated with a machine of a manufacturing system. A data input component is provided for receiving a measured parameter associated with a current machine condition. A comparison is performed between the measured parameter... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070194101 - Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium: The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the electronics media industry, such as cable television (CATV), home shopping services, on-line computer services and computer memory applications. These methods and apparatus allow a user to access and make use of electronic media input and output devices by reference to and/or... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20070194099 - System and method for tracking people affected by a public health crisis and a tag for use therewith: A system and method for tracking people affected by a public health crisis, including a plurality of tags having a first portion, a second portion, at least one removable barcode, and an external database. A single tag of the plurality of tags is associated with a person. The first portion... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070194104 - System and method for utilizing a mobile device to obtain a balance on a financial transaction instrument: The balance of funds remaining for a stored-value card (“SVC”) may easily be determined without going through an actual purchase transaction with the SVC. The balance is obtained wirelessly from a server storing information pertaining to SVCs, and may be provided in a discreet manner. A card reader adds a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (amex)

20070194105 - Transaction data capture system and method therefor: A transaction data capture system comprises a data capture interface, a portable data capture module (herein, the “PDCM”), and a data transfer interface. Transaction data from an electronic transaction device that would normally be directed to a paper printer is sent to the data capture interface and written to the... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20070194102 - Decentralized system and method for the remote capture, processing and transmission of check 21 compliant checking document information: A de-centralized, or non-centralized, system and method facilitates the capture and processing of checks and related bank document information at a remote client subsystem and locally processing the checks and information at the remote client site, for transmission to a main subsystem, for direct routing of the bank document information... Agent: Gold & Rizvi, P.A.

20070194103 - Determining information about documents: A code is included on documents. The code may include information that may be used to locate, within a database, information associated with the document. In an embodiment, the information in the database is used to authenticate the document. In an embodiment, the code is a barcode. In an embodiment,... Agent: David Lewis

20070194106 - Rf communication of data between currency canister and automated banking machine: An automated canister reloading machine is able to reload a currency canister removed from an ATM. The reloading machine includes a supply of currency notes. The reloading machine can transfer currency notes from the supply into a storage area of the canister. The canister includes a memory that can store... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20070194107 - Pre-paid credit card: A method of acquiring goods and services using a pre-paid credit card, issued by either a merchant in any network of merchants or service providers, a bank card network or a financial institution, credit card companies and a system for settling a used amount with the pre-paid credit card. A... Agent: Bernadette Aigbogun

20070194108 - Assured payments for health care plans: A computer-implemented method and system to facilitate a purchase. A request for payment for a charge by a provider to a customer having a plurality of accounts is received at a host computer. At least one of the accounts qualifies for pre-tax treatment and at least one account does not... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070194109 - Payment programs for healthcare plans: The invention is a computer-implemented method and system to facilitate a purchase utilizing a tax-advantaged account. A request for payment for an item is received from a requester. A determination is made whether the item qualifies for pre-tax treatment. If the item qualifies for pre-tax treatment at least a partial... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070194111 - Energy activated retail receipt system: This invention relates to a receipt generating apparatus, comprising: an article that has been purchased; and a receipt portion located substantially on the article such that the receipt portion includes an energy activated material section upon which selected receipt markings are placed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070194112 - Security summary for retail receipt: A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for determining if a retail purchase is proper is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a list of items that require purchase review when being purchased at a checkout station in a store; scanning one or more items for... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070194110 - System and method for managing wireless point-of-sale transactions: A system that enables a wireless point-of-sale transaction. In one embodiment the system comprises an account module, an account selection module, a display, an input interface, and a wireless transmitter. The account module stores account information corresponding to a plurality of payment accounts. The account selection module selects a payment... Agent: David Benjamin Esplin

20070194113 - System and method for managing wireless point-of-sale transactions: A system that enables a wireless point-of-sale transaction. In one embodiment the system comprises an account module, an account selection module, a display, an input interface, and a wireless transmitter. The account module stores account information corresponding to a plurality of payment accounts. The account selection module selects a payment... Agent: David Benjamin Esplin

20070194114 - Device for issuing a ticket for thermal or analogue printing mechanism, authorizing the restitution of the ticket against a reverse withdrawal control: The device of the invention is a device for issuing a ticket (1) from a tape reserve for a printing mechanism. Such device implements at least one pair of rolls (2, 3) motorised (4) for driving the ticket (1) towards an evacuation opening (5) of the mechanism. The implementation of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070194115 - Enhanced recordation device for rail car inspections: A device for conducting rail car inspections including an inspection module, an imaging module, a scanner module, a location module, a printer module and a communication module.... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070194116 - Roll back method for a smart card: In a data carrier (2) for contactless communication of storage data (SD) with a reader station (1), a recovery device (13) is provided, with which, following an unexpected abort of the storing of storage data (SD) in a memory (11) by virtue of a lack of supply voltage, a valid... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070194121 - Structures and methods thereof for scanner with two ccd arrays: Structures and methods thereof for a scanner with two CCD arrays, which respectively capture two independent object images in one scan action, are provided. Three functions: a. image recovery, b. double resolution, and c. high dynamic range can be achieved for the transparent media and the reflective media. The image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070194118 - Graphical code readers for balancing decode capability and speed: In an exemplary embodiment, a graphical code reader is disclosed that includes an image capture component that is configured to capture images at different resolutions. The graphical code reader also includes a processor, and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions are stored in the memory. The instructions are... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070194119 - Imaging reader and method with internal window reflections directed away from imager: A target is illuminated with illumination light for image capture by a solid-state imager of an imaging reader. Internal reflections of the illumination light at a window are minimized, if not eliminated, by configuring the window as a non-planar optical element operative for redirecting the internal reflections away from the... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070194117 - Information processing apparatus, information recording medium, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus for recording information on an information recording medium is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a content cryptographic processor configured to generate encrypted content by executing encryption using a unit key associated with a content management unit that serves as a unit for controlling usage of... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070194120 - Optical scanning module: An optical scanning module includes a housing, a light source and a first heat-dissipating sheet. The light source is disposed inside the housing for emitting a source light to be projected onto the object. The light source includes an electrode wrapped by an electric-insulating and heat-conducting rubber. The first heat-dissipating... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070194122 - Digital image capture and processing system employing a multi-mode illumination subsystem adaptable to ambient illumination levels: A digital image capture and processing system providing a high degree of adaptability to ambient illumination levels and having great dynamic range. The system includes a multi-mode illumination subsystem, having an active illumination mode and a passive illumination mode. During object illumination and image capturing operations, the exposure quality of... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski. Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070194123 - Mobile payment system using barcode capture: The present invention proposes to streamline the process by replacing most of the manual entry and mobile navigation through a mobile client application that will allow the user to [a] capture a barcode using a camera phone or any other camera-equipped communicating device such as a PDA with a camera... Agent: Scanbuy, Inc.

20070194124 - Automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation using automatic object direction detection, narrow-area and wide-area illumination control, and narrow-area and wide-area video i: An automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation, automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques. By virtue of the present invention, the automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system ensures the reliable reading of code... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070194125 - Commodity information registering apparatus and commodity information registering method: There is disclosed a commodity information registering apparatus which registers commodity information while a commodity is moved, comprising a radio tag reading section which reads a radio tag within a first field to acquire commodity identification information stored in the radio tag, an optical reading section which reads a code... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070194127 - Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium: The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the electronics media industry, such as cable television (CATV), home shopping services, on-line computer services and computer memory applications. These methods and apparatus allow a user to access and make use of electronic media input and output devices by reference to and/or... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20070194126 - Wireless telecommunication device, decoding system, computer program and method: The invention relates to decoding digital information, where a surface of an object is illuminated with a first optical illumination from a first direction, the surface comprising microscopic embossed data units encoding digital information. A first primary digital microscopic image is recorded from the microscopic embossed data units with the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070194128 - Promotional items having a card receiving area for holding and displaying a card: A promotional item includes a promotional item portion; and a housing portion having a card receiving area for retaining a card, in operative association with the promotional item portion, and the housing portion further having at least one surface being at least partially see-through for displaying the retained card therethrough.... Agent: Allen R. Kipnes, Esq. Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20070194129 - Secure core material for documents: Particles conveying a code are incorporated into polymer matrix to form a core document substrate. These particles may be colored to create a distinctive look of the document that makes it unique for a particular document issuer and enables visual authentication. Addition of a covert attribute to the particle, such... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070194134 - Smart cards and smart card systems supporting multiple interfaces: A smart card includes a first interface configured to perform a first type interfacing operation with a host using a plurality of contact pads defined by a contact type smart card protocol, a second interface configured to perform a second type interfacing operation with the host using a subset of... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070194131 - Adapter for contact and contactless smart cards: A portable adapter for using a contact smart card with a contactless smart card reader and a contactless smart card with a contact smart card reader. The adaptor is provided with a casing that is configured to engage a contact smart card or a contactless smart card, and is provided... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070194133 - Integrated-circuit enclosed retroreflective product: An integrated circuit enclosed retroreflective product which comprises an integrated circuit module having built-in integrated circuit(s), a retroreflective element, and their carrier layer(s).... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070194130 - Method for making an electronic label and electronic label obtained by said method: A method of making an electronic label including a chip (1) provided with two contact strips (2, 3) onto which a conducting wire (4) is welded in a single operation. The segment of conducting wire (4) forming the antenna is then cut between the two contact strips (2, 3) of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070194135 - Paper tag identified by using radiofrequency and method of manufacturing the same: A RFID tag including: a paper-like structure inlaying a RFID thread between a first paper layer and a second paper layer, the RFID thread being connected to a RFID chip through bumps to an antenna arranged onto a base member and being formed with a protecting material provided with a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070194132 - Smart card adaptor: A portable adaptor for using a smart card of a first configuration with a smart card reader of a second configuration. For instance, the adaptor may enable use of a contactless smart card with a contact smart card reader, or vice versa. The adaptor is provided with a casing that... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070187477 - Computerized system and method for determining whether a consumable may be safely administered to a body site of a patient: A method and system in a computerized health care environment for determining whether a consumable may be safely administered to a body site of a patient is provided. A patient identifier to identify a patient and a consumable identifier identifying a consumable are received. A body site identifier identifying a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070187476 - Computerized system and method for determining whether a location on a patient's body is available for an attachment: A system method for determining whether a location on a patient's body is available for an attachment is provided. A patient identifier is received and the patient's electronic medical record is accessed. An interactive graphical representation of at least a portion of a human body is displayed. A selection of... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070187478 - Computerized system and method for processing a number of attachments associated with a patient: A method and system in a computerized health care environment for determining whether an attachment may be safely attached to a body site of a patient is provided. A patient identifier is received and the patient's electronic medical record is accessed. An attachment identifier is received and data for the... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070187480 - Image forming apparatus, operation history storage method and control method, and storage medium: In order to realize both the security and convenience upon using the image forming apparatus, whether or not to store an operation history is selected for each operation mode. A desired one of a plurality of operation modes is designated. When the designated operation mode is selected to store the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070187475 - Medication verification systems and methods: Human errors during the administration of medications to patients results in a number of accidents that can be attributed to not having a systematic method for verifying the contents of secondary containers used for storing and administering medications. Some embodiments of the invention provide an electronically-aided systems and methods for... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070187474 - Method, system, and computer program product for managing technology information associated with a supply chain: A method, system, and computer program product for managing technology information associated with a supply chain is provided. The method includes gathering technology data from suppliers. The technology data includes materials and processes used in manufacturing components. The method also includes mapping the technology data to component part numbers that... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20070187479 - System for enabling competition entry via label: A system for enabling competition entry is provided using a printed product label provided on a product item. The system has a sensing device and a computer system. The sensing device senses coded data from the label attached to the product item and generates interaction data representing interaction of the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070187486 - Banknote receipt and payout apparatus: A banknote receipt and payout apparatus including: a receipt and pay-out opening for carrying out either or both of payout and stacking of charged banknotes: a banknote determining part for determining denominations of banknotes, a plurality of banknote storage and discharge bins arranged to store therein and discharge therefrom, different... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070187485 - Cash handling: Cash handling in a cash handling system is described in terms of methods and arrangements that interact by exchanging cash as well as information signals. A cash transport unit is configured to receive, store and provide cash, preferably in the form of notes. The transport units connect with ATM's, shops,... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070187481 - Controlling transactions: Before a transaction takes place between a plurality of agent-based devices (21-29), not all of which have previous experience of each other, a data file is created which identifies all the agents which are to take part in the transaction. The data file is circulated to all the agents, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070187484 - Methods and systems for transferring funds: Methods and systems for transferring funds are disclosed that utilize a transfer card issued to a sender that enables the sender to transfer funds at independent host locations. The transfer card may be encoded with information about the sender and the intended receiver so that transfer forms are not required... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070187483 - Mobile banking vehicle: A mobile banking vehicle including wheels supporting a chassis, an engine and an office area at a floor height supported by the vehicle chassis. An exterior door provides access to the office area. A drive-up teller area is provided, preferably at the rear of the vehicle, and having a floor... Agent: George Pappas

20070187482 - Point of sale transaction method and system: Disclosed is a method and system to perform an instant point of sale transaction through a communication device, comprising the use of audio tones. Such transactions may or may not be monetary in nature. The invention accordingly makes it possible for the user to either make a transaction, such as,... Agent: Carla Ferrari-lugo Law Office

20070187491 - Processing cashless transactions of remote field assets: A field asset for use in a machine to machine environment that includes a plurality of field assets in communication with a remote transaction processing server may comprise a card reader and an extended function adapter (EFA). The card reader may detect a cashless payment card presented to the card... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070187487 - Method of distributing and activating gift cards: The present invention is directed towards a method of distributing and activating gift cards. The method is performed by attaching a non-activated gift card to an article and selling the article to a consumer. The article may be sold at a retail store, or ordered over a telephone line or... Agent: Stephen E. Feldman

20070187488 - Presentation instrument package arrangement: A presentation instrument package is constructed of a carrier having a package identifier. The package defines an enclosure into which is held a presentation instrument having a human readable presentation instrument identifier such that the human readable information is hidden from view.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070187489 - Presentation instrument with user-created pin: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for activating a presentation instrument using a computerized network. The method utilizes a presentation instrument package that comprises a presentation instrument that is coupled to a carrier. A package identifier on the presentation instrument package is read and transmitted to a host... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070187492 - System and method for authorizing stored value card transactions: A computer-implemented method for processing a stored-value card transaction request in a card data management system is presented. The management system has a central processor in communication with one or more point-of-sale terminals over a communications network. Each terminal has a unique terminal identifier and is associated with a location... Agent: J. Michael Martinez De Andino Hunton & Williams LLP

20070187490 - Systems, methods, and devices for selling transaction instruments via web-based tool: The present invention generally relates to a system and method for distributing a transaction instrument. The system includes the steps of: offering for sale, in a retail environment, the transaction instrument; selling a selected transaction instrument; communicating with the issuer of the transaction instrument via an internet accessible web site,... Agent: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. C/o Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.

20070187493 - Smart card authentication system with multiple card and server support: An approach is provided for a smart card authentication solution utilizing dynamically configurable data to authenticate unrecognized smart cards and communicate with back-end systems not supported by a default environment. The data may be dynamically reconfigured by a user to reflect changes in the authentication environment such as a new... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070187495 - Automated rain check issue system: A computer controlled system for issuing “rain checks” to customers in a retail store in order to allow future purchase of retail items at a currently advertised sales price in the event the “on sale” items are currently out of stock. The system includes a central processing unit (CPU), a... Agent: Robert M. Downey, P.A.

20070187494 - Cash redemption of gift cards systems and methods: A method of redeeming cash from a stored-value instrument is disclosed. The method may, at a point-of-sale (“POS”) device associated with a money transfer network, receive an identifier associated with the stored-value instrument and transmit a request to redeem cash associated with the stored-value instrument to an instrument authority system.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070187497 - Channel search method and communication apparatus using the same: There is disclosed a communication channel search method for searching for a beacon transmitted from a base station and setting a communication channel with the base station based on a search result and the received beacon. The communication channel search method includes the steps of: transmitting a plurality of beacons... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070187496 - Inventory tracking system and method: A method of tracking inventory movement using a material handling device is provided. The method includes utilizing automatic identification objects positioned at predetermined locations about a perimeter of a zone, each automatic identification object having zone determining information that is readable by a reader. The zone determining information from at... Agent: International Paper Company

20070187498 - Verifiable voting system: A method of processing votes in an election includes receiving a voter identity for a voter, receiving a vote set for the voter, providing a phrase to the voter based on the received vote set, generating a unique receipt number for the voter and providing the receipt number to the... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070187499 - Card reading systems and methods: A method of reading cards includes receiving card carrier information for each of at least two card carriers. The card carrier information identifies at least one card relating to each card carrier. The method also includes reading card information from a card a first time, reading card information from the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070187500 - Card printer having a cam to push a magnetic head bearer away from an encoder roller: A card printer has a card conveyor for conveying along a card conveying route a card having a magnetic strip for storing data , a magnetic head bearer installed on a first side of the card conveying route, a magnetic head installed on the magnetic head bearer for accessing data... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070187501 - Method of and apparatus for treating defective labels, in particular rfid label printer: The invention concerns a method of treating defective labels (E′), in particular RFID labels, in a label printer, and the label printer itself, in which the labels (E, E′) are arranged on a label carrier strip (ET) in succession in the conveyor direction of the label carrier strip (ET), which... Agent: Jonathan A Platt Renner Otton Boissell & Sklar

20070187502 - Multiple device and/or user association: Methods and devices are provided for automating a login process and user/device associations. A user's preferred device settings and/or functions may be provisioned automatically. Some implementations provide an automated log out or “sleep” when a user leaves one or more of the devices. Users may be automatically identified and associated.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070187505 - Capturing physical feature data: Directional albedo of a particular article, such as an identity card, is measured and stored. When the article is later presented, it can be confirmed to be the same particular article by re-measuring the albedo function, and checking for correspondence against the earlier-stored data. The re-measuring can be performed through... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070187506 - Combined imaging coded data source data acquisition: A signal processing means (40) outputs a signal (41) representing a number when a combination of at least two imagers (11), (12) detects a spatial arrangement of a plurality of code portions of a coded data source (60)—where the spatial arrangement of the plurality of code portions represents the number,... Agent: William J. Hallihan

20070187504 - Optical disc: The present invention provides an optical disk and, more particularly, an optical disk including a data side and a label side. The data side has a first pregroove on which a plurality of first position marks are marked to provide an optical pickup unit with a basis for writing data... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070187503 - Thin mfp (multifunction peripheral): A thin MFP includes a scanning module, a printing module, a paper advance module, a paper switch module and a paper-guiding module all disposed in a casing thereof. Both the scanning module and the printing module are fixed on the same plane. The paper advance module has a first paper... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070187508 - Printing apparatus and printing method: There is provided a printing apparatus including: an image creating device which creates a plurality of two-dimensional code images; an interval setting device which sets an interval between the plurality of two-dimensional code images; and a printing device which prints the plurality of two-dimensional code images having the interval set... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070187511 - Device and method for controlling the calorimetric quality of any printed document: A novel control device and a method for using the device for the calorimetric quality assurance of photographic documents or any colour and monochrome products printed on any type of supports. The inventive control device is embodied in the form of an improved reflective spectrophotometer which also makes it possible... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070187509 - Automatic digital-imaging based bar code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation using automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques: An automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system supporting pass-through and presentation modes of system operation, automatic object direction detection and illumination control, and video image capture and processing techniques. By virtue of the present invention, the automatic digital-imaging based code symbol reading system ensures the reliable reading of code... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070187510 - Digital image capture and processing system employing real-time analysis of image exposure quality and the reconfiguration of system control parameters based on the results of such exposure quality analysis: An digital image capture and processing system supporting employing an adaptive control process involving the real-time analysis of the exposure quality of captured digital images and the reconfiguration of system control parameters (SCPs) based on the results of such exposure quality analysis. By virtue of the present invention, the system... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070187507 - Information processing system and information processing method: An object (10) to be imaged has a display section (11) thereon for displaying and making changeable part of a two-dimensional bar code (10a) arranged on the object (10). An information processing apparatus (20) detects the two-dimensional bar code (10a) from a captured image obtained by imaging the object, and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070187512 - Two-dimensional code detection system and two-dimensional code detection program: A two-dimensional-code detection system includes a reading unit, a recognizing unit, a calculating unit and a position specifying unit. The reading unit reads an image including plural two-dimensional codes. The recognizing unit recognizes position detection patterns of the respective two-dimensional codes from the read image, which includes the plural two-dimensional... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070187513 - Method and system for the individualized characterization of magnetic elements based on ferromagnetic resonance.: In a method and system for the characterization of a magnetic element based on ferromagnetic resonance, the magnetic element presents ferromagnetic resonance and its own characteristic resonance frequency. The system includes: mechanism for application of a low-frequency electromagnetic field in a given area; a mechanism for application of a high-frequency... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070187514 - Identification mark reading method and apparatus for the same: A reading method and a reading apparatus of an identification mark can read the identification mark even if a principle surface of a wafer on which the identification mark is formed is molded with a resin. In order to achieve this object, a reading apparatus (A) of an identification mark... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070187515 - Laser etched security features for identification documents and methods of making same: Identification documents employing laser-etched or -engraved features are detailed, together with methods for their manufacture. Tactile effects produced by the laser-processed features may be felt by touch, helping confirm the authenticity of such documents.... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070187516 - Scented authorization card and method of manufacture: Manufacture of a scented authorization card applies a first portion of card data retrieved from a database to either a dimensionally stable substrate or to a scent-emanating layer. Those components are thereafter laminated together. A post-lamination step in which at least a second portion of card data is applied to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070187518 - Method for making contactless cards: A method for, producing contact-free chip card includes embedding metallized bumps of the chip into an antenna as the chip is mounted on the antenna.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070187517 - Wheel assembly identification device: An identification device modified to fit into a lug nut hole of a rim of a wheel assembly to supply information to a remote interrogator pertaining to the tire, rim, and valve stem prior to mounting the wheel assembly on the vehicle. The device includes a conical body molded of... Agent: Tom Kingsbury Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20070181665 - Mobile communication terminal and method for providing rfid technique: A mobile communication terminal and method for providing an RFID technique is provided. The terminal includes an RFID reader unit for receiving identification information from an RFID tag and a controller for detecting a pre-set theme corresponding to the identification information and outputting a control signal based on the detected... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070181664 - System and method for creating a badge for a conference or exhibition visitor from a scanned id document: A system and method for acquiring identification information from each visitor of an event and producing a smart badge that will automatically register him to the event activities. The system comprises a scanning or imaging device, information extraction means and printing means, including label printing and RFID, magnetic and barcode... Agent: Cssn Inc. Card Scanning Solutions

20070181663 - Method and system for retrieval of consumer product information: A system comprising a product tag, a consumer receiver and software for the receiver enables a consumer to electronically retrieve information about commercial product. Each product would have a tag that could contain any amount of description information about the product. The tag has the capability of transmitting this information... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20070181666 - Printer having straight media path: A printer is provided having a print media supply, at least one printhead arranged to print on traveling print media, a feeder arranged to feed print media from the print media supply along a media path past the printhead, and a binder arranged on the media path for binding the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070181668 - Cash and cheque automatic depositing apparatus: A cash and cheque automatic depositing apparatus is capable of automatically depositing a bundle of cashes and cheques inserted at once. The apparatus includes a bundle insertion opening for allowing a user to deposit or receive therethrough a bundle of cashes and cheques, and a bundle separator for separating the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070181667 - Automated teller machine having a cassette apparatus: An automatic teller machine (ATM) has a cassette apparatus, detachably accommodated in a cassette accommodating space of the ATM, for storing the cheques endorsed by a printing unit therein. The cassette apparatus includes a storage cassette for stacking the cheques in a cheque storage position thereof, a transfer unit for... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070181672 - Electronic settlement system, portable telephone, noncontact ic card reader, and personal identification data sampler: An electronic settlement system includes a portable telephone mounted with a noncontact IC card means and a fingerprint verification means, a noncontact IC card reader, and a fingerprint sampler connected with the noncontact IC card reader. User's fingerprint data is sampled using the fingerprint sampler and transmitted from the noncontact... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070181673 - Identification system: Disclosed is a system for uniquely identifying an entity includes a wireless identification device with a controller mechanism for wirelessly communicating and acquiring, processing and transmitting data. A reader device having a controller mechanism acquires, processes and transmits data and a sensing mechanism is in communication with the reader device... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070181669 - Personalized calling card including indicia for conveying information about the cardholder's offspring: A personalized calling card (100) includes personal information (103-111) and also includes indicia signifying the cardholder's children (113) that conveys information regarding their number, gender and and/or birth order (115).... Agent: Miller Johnson Snell Cummiskey, PLC

20070181670 - System, method and computer program product for pos-based capture of reference magnetic signatures: The present invention provides systems, methods and computer program products for point of sale (POS) based capture of reference magnetic signatures. In one embodiment, a magnetic signature included in a request to authorize a transaction associated with a magstripe card is retrieved from a database. If the transaction is determined... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070181671 - System, method and computer program product for updating a reference magnetic signature of a magstripe card: The present invention provides systems, methods and computer program products for updating a reference magnetic signature of a magstripe card. In one embodiment, magnetic signatures from a magstripe card, each previously captured from a terminal during a transaction are retrieved from a database. The magnetic signatures are examined to identify... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070181676 - Automated banking machine system and method: An automated banking machine (152) includes a plurality of transaction function devices. The transaction function devices include a card reader (170), a keypad (172), a printer (174), a bill dispenser (176), a coin dispenser (178), a code reading device (180), a display (182), a cash acceptor (184), a check acceptor... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20070181675 - Card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method: A card activated cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method is provided. The machine is operate to read a financial card bearing account indicia with a card reader of the machine. The machine enables a user to perform banking operations responsive to account indicia read from the card. Such... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20070181674 - System and method for granting promotional rewards to both customers and non-customers: Systems and methods of attracting and retaining customers of a Banking institution through an incentive program is disclosed, comprising: operating a promotional program, comprising the dispensing of a indicia redeemable for a prize, and wherein the dispensing of the indicia is accomplished through the use of an automated teller machine... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070181677 - Digital system and method for home entertainment: A digital system for home entertainment includes a multi-function DVD Receiver and a remote large capacity digital library of multi-national materials. The system also includes a high speed connection between the multi-function DVD Receiver and the remote library. The system also includes a security sub-system including a smart card and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070181680 - Apparatus and method for providing point of purchase products: The present invention provides various apparatuses and methods that allow point of purchase products to be automatically dispensed. In an embodiment, the present invention operates with a self-scanning checkout and enables products to be dispensed with other retail items that a consumer collects and brings to the point of purchase.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20070181679 - Device for interfacing a point-of-sale system and a cash drawer: Provided is a device for interfacing between a POS system having a first connection requirement, such as a serial connection requirement, and a cash drawer having a second connection requirement different from the first connection requirement. The device includes a circuit adapted to receive a signal from the POS system... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070181678 - Handheld device in an electronic labelling system: A handheld device for personal use for communication with electronic labels (11) in an ESL system comprises, in addition to control means (55), memory means (61), transmission means (57) for transmitting a command to the electronic label, and one or more buttons (53, 53′) for user input, a receiver (63)... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070181682 - Method and apparatus to indicated proximity of a medium and update a user inventory: A computer implemented method, computer usable code and apparatus for locating a desired medium having a radio frequency transponder having a product unique identifier, wherein the desired medium has a medium name. A radio frequency reader or reader looks up the medium unique identifier from a user inventor based on... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070181681 - Part availability business process: A system and method for identifying and ordering parts and monitoring inventory levels is presented. The method includes the steps of capturing identifying information from the part, identify the part from the identifying information and ordering the part from a portable device. Additional steps are having a central computer monitor... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070181683 - Wireless sensing system using open-circuit, electrically-conductive spiral-trace sensor: A wireless sensing system includes a sensor made from an electrical conductor shaped to form an open-circuit, electrically-conductive spiral trace having inductance and capacitance. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the sensor resonates to generate a harmonic response having a frequency, amplitude and bandwidth. A magnetic field response... Agent: National Aeronautics And Space Administration Langley Research Center

20070181687 - Method and apparatus for taking pictures: Detection information is obtained from captured-image information of an imaging element array. An area is provided in an image capturing region in the imaging element array. In response to the obtained detection information, a pattern is generated which defines a ratio of a number of photosensor pixels used to capture... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20070181686 - Apparatus, system and method for increasing quality of digital image capture: An apparatus, system or method for increasing quality of digital image capture is provided. Imaging and, more particularly, capturing visuals to provide image manipulation options are provided to increase resolution of the subject images.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070181685 - Automated package dimensioning subsystem: An automated package dimensioning subsystem comprising a Laser Detecting and Ranging (LADAR-based) scanning apparatus for capturing two-dimensional range data maps of the space above a conveyor structure, along which packages are transported, and an image contour tracing apparatus for extracting package dimension data from the two-dimensional range data maps.... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070181684 - Object, image data, image data transmission method, card, game mat, card game system, image analysis device, and image analysis method: There is provided a two-dimensional code capable of performing accurate recognition. The two-dimensional code includes: a code data portion (102) where a plurality of square cells (106) are two-dimensionally arranged to constitute code data; and a plurality of corner cells (104) arranged so as to surround the code data portion... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070181689 - Digital image capture and processing engine employing optical waveguide technology for collecting and guiding led-based illumination during object illumination and image capture modes of operation: Digital image capture and processing engine of modular design and employing an optical waveguide structure for collecting and guiding LED-based illumination during object illumination and imaging operations. The digital image capture and processing engine also includes apparatus for automatically controlling the duration of illumination produced from LED illumination arrays during... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070181688 - Monitoring light beam position in electro-optical readers and image projectors: An arrangement for determining light beam position in an electro-optical reader, image projector and like devices includes a drive for moving a scanning light beam at a scan frequency across a target as a scan line, and an electro-optical feedback assembly operatively connected to the drive, for optically detecting scan... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070181690 - Optical system: An optical system used in a barcode scanner is disclosed to include a lens, two LEDs arranged at two sides of the lens, two condensers arranged in front of the LEDs, and two curved reflectors with multiple curvatures for reflecting a major part of light from the LEDs through the... Agent: Marson Technology Co., Ltd.

20070181692 - Scanner and method for eliminating specular reflection: Described is a scanner for reading an optical code which includes a light transmission system and an image acquisition system. The light transmission system projects light on a target. The image acquisition system receives light reflected from the target to generate an image of the target. The image acquisition system... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070181691 - System and method for information retrieval with barcode using digital image capture devices: The present invention discloses a system and method for information retrieval by decoding barcodes from images obtained using a mobile device or computer. The barcode image is obtained via a digital camera or web cam attached to the mobile device or computer. After the barcode image has been obtained, the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070181694 - System for managing memory storing data in one or more wireless transceiver devices: A system manages memory storing data in one or more wireless transceiver devices. A docking station receptacle receives, and makes electrical connection with, a transceiver device used for storing and wirelessly communicating data to a remote location. A docking detector generates a docking signal in response to detecting insertion of... Agent: Jack Schwartz & Associates

20070181693 - Optical reader having partial frame operating mode: A method for decoding a decodable symbol using an optical reader having a 2D image sensor that is configured to operate in a partial frame capture operating mode. In a partial frame operating mode, the reader clocks out and captures at least one partial frame of image data having image... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070181696 - Method and apparatus for forming iso-compliant transaction cards including pla: A method and apparatus for forming transaction cards. A smooth glossy outer surface may be provided on transaction cards without the use of an over-laminate film. A liquid coating material may be applied to a sheet substrate, which is subsequently subjected to heat and pressure so that the liquid coating... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070181695 - Method and apparatus for forming transaction cards and other sheet plastic products: A method and apparatus for forming transaction cards. A smooth glossy outer surface may be provided on transaction cards without the use of an over-laminate film. A liquid coating material may be applied to a sheet substrate, which is subsequently subjected to heat and pressure so that the liquid coating... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070181699 - Memory card pack: A memory card pack includes an adaptor insertable in a memory slot of an application device and including a semiconductor chip having a control circuit therein and an expansion socket including a plurality of slots, each slot being configured to receive a memory card, and a plurality of contacts electrically... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070181700 - Memory card authentication system, capacity switching-type memory card host device, capacity switching-type memory card, storage capacity setting method, and storage capacity setting program: A system for authenticating a memory card including: a capacity switching-type memory card host device including a capacity switch notification module which notifies a memory card targeted for exchanging information that the capacity switching-type memory card host device handles a capacity switching-type memory card, and a capacity switch authentication module... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070181697 - Method of a usb interface device with a discrimination function: A method of a USB interface device with a discrimination function includes a device which is installed with a smart card to perform a transmission in a contact or non-contact method through a connection interface, so as to allow a user to input a fingerprint for comparison and validation. The... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070181698 - Portable programmable memory device insertable into a computer controlled display system with apparatus for recognizing computer display system and displaying dialog prompting selection of featured files for the system: A portable memory device operatively insertable into a computer controlled display system that comprises apparatus, responsive to said insertion of the memory device, for recognizing the computer controlled display system inserted into and combined with means that, upon recognizing this computer controlled display system, enable the computer controlled display system... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070175972 - Manually actuated contactless card: A manually actuated contactless card includes at least one manual actuator and a memory having at least one record of confidential information. The manually actuated contactless card provides the at least one record of confidential information to a reader when the manually actuated contactless card is energized by the reader... Agent: Eric Ringer

20070175975 - Method and apparatus for providing dvd content with rendering device in upnp network: An apparatus and method for transmitting digital versatile disc (DVD) content to a media renderer according to a menu set by a user via a network are provided. In the apparatus and method, a media server generates two or more types of menu setting information from combinations of options available... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070175976 - Record management system and method to trace chemicals: An operation for a chemical of indefinite form is managed so that operation record of the chemical is traceable. An IC tag (3) is attached to various containers (4a to 4c) each holding a chemical, and a chemical ID to identify the chemical held in each of the containers (4a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070175974 - System and method of code generation and authentication: Systems and methods of code generation and authentication are disclosed here. One embodiment includes receiving a request for a batch of codes, each code being unique for a separate unit item, generating a batch of codes, each code being unique for a separate unit item, wherein a subsection of the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070175973 - System and method for managing information of accounts: Information such as financial information related to one or more accounts of one or more business units is compiled. The compiled information is converted into a predefined format and is uploaded on a database. One or more views of the information included in the database are generated based on user... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070175977 - System, method, and computer program product for processing payments with a virtual preauthorized draft: An image-based check processing software has the ability to create an electronic check form to be displayed, printed and/or exported to a file. Using various text fonts, such as the Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) font, a new electronic form has been created from text data that has all the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070175978 - Systems and method for secure wireless payment transactions: When purchasing an item or service, a user enters a PIN enter their mobile communication device and send the PIN, e.g., via text message to a payment authority. The payment authority authenticates the user using at least the PIN and the mobile communication device identifier associated with the user's mobile... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20070175980 - Clinical decision support system for guideline selection and knowledge/location indication with the guideline: A clinical decision support system (30) displays a patient treatment guideline (20) for a given patient in response to a query from a medical practitioner along with an indicator (21) as to what state in the patient treatment guideline (20) the current patient is. According to one aspect of the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070175981 - Merchandise transaction system and data reading device thereof: A merchandise transaction system and data reading device capable of gathering statistics of overall consuming detail data are provided. The data reading device comprises an input interface, a display interface, a data collecting processor, and a plurality of connecting ports. One end of each connecting port can electrically connect to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070175983 - Multifunction information card devices and methods: An information card device may include a storage device configured to store information as a plurality of sets of information, an input device configured to select one of the plurality of sets of information, and an output device configured to output information of the selected set of information. A method... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070175984 - Open-loop gift card system and method: Provided herein is a description of an open-loop gift card system and method.... Agent: Axios Law Group

20070175982 - System, method, and computer program product for issuing and using debit cards: A system, method, and computer program product are used to issue and track debit cards. A system comprises an enrolling system that verifies an enrollee, associates an enrollee's main and overdraft account, and issues a debit card, an authentication system that receives information regarding a requested transaction of a debit... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070175979 - Ticket management system, terminal device, ticket management server, register device, value conversion method, computer program, and recording medium: A useful ticket management system is provided, which can perform adjustment using a ticket to which non-updatable value information is assigned together with an electronic value, according to a payment form. The ticket management system includes an IC tag attached to a money ticket, a money ticket management server, and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070175985 - Linking transaction cards with spending accounts: A computer-implemented system and method to facilitate a purchase utilizing a flexible spending account, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a host computer, a request for payment authorization for an item; determining whether the item qualifies for pre-tax treatment; and when the item qualifies for pre-tax treatment: determining at least... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20070175986 - System and method for nameless biometric authentication and non-repudiation validation: A system, method, and computer program product for authenticating a requestor using a previously-stored biometric print. Records are stored in a database, where each record contains a previously-stored biometric print corresponding to an individual and is disassociated from an identity of the individual. An identifier and a biometric sample are... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (amex)

20070175991 - Card stripper for removing cards from card carriers: An automated system for preparing cards for further processing includes an envelope feed hopper configured to receive a plurality of envelopes, each having contents including a card carrier and one or more cards attached thereto. The systems also includes an envelope opener configured to receive envelopes from the hopper and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070175989 - Interactive communication system for remotely providing product information: An interactive product information device is disclosed for establishing a communication link between a customer using the device and a product representative at a remote location. The interactive product information device, to be used in various commercial settings such as stores, shopping malls, trade shows and the like, is designed... Agent: Bcf LLP

20070175990 - Method and apparatus for routing data in automatic identification system: A system for routing data in an automatic identification system includes an event management system (EMS), a real-time in-memory data structure (RIED) coupled to the EMS, the RIED for storing event information gathered by the EMS and a task management system (TMS) for ensuring that the RIED is updated by... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070175988 - Method, system, and computer program product for providing self-checkout services: A method, system, and computer program product for providing self-checkout services is provided. The method includes activating a detection element within an item repository in response to the initiation of a transaction, the detection element monitoring the presence of personal items placed in the item repository. The transaction includes performing... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Research Triangle Park

20070175987 - Transaction terminal with signature capture offset correction: A method of processing a transaction comprising the steps of generating a position signal indicative of position of a touching of a touch screen having a transparent reference surface, displaying an image of the touching of the screen responsive to the position signal, and changing the image as a function... Agent: Hand Held Products, Inc.

20070175992 - Inventory and point of sale management system: A computerized system including an integrated inventory and point of sale management system.... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070175993 - External unit for storage-medium storage device: An external unit is externally attached to a storage-medium storage device. The external unit includes a verification unit that verifies whether a storage medium that is about to be inserted in a storage slot of the storage-medium storage device is legitimate, and an open/close unit that opens the storage slot... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070175994 - Method and apparatus for a usb and contactless smart card device: An apparatus for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) and wireless smart card is provided. The apparatus includes a mode detection circuit, a switching block, a controller, an antenna, and a wired interface. Furthermore, an apparatus for a triple-mode smart card is also provided herein. The apparatus for the triple mode... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20070175995 - Rfid reader/writer: A reader/writer 25 transmits an instruction for changing over between antennas 31 and 32, carried on a high frequency wave in the same format as a common command. A part of the antenna is equipped with a command interpretation circuit 30 which demodulates a high frequency wave received from the... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070175997 - Electronic business card case: An electronic business card case has a body, an image scanning device and an image processing circuit. The image scanning device is mounted inside the body to generate a digital image of a business card, The image processing circuit is mounted inside the body, is connected to the image scanning... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070175996 - Imaging reader and method with tall field of view: A target is illuminated with light for image capture by a solid-state imager of an imaging reader over a tall field of view having an aspect ratio whose vertical dimension is larger than its horizontal dimension during image capture.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070175999 - Planar laser illumination and imaging system: A hand-supportable linear-type planar laser illumination and imaging (PLIIM) based device comprising a linear image formation and detection (IFD) module having a linear array of image detection elements and also image formation optics having a field of view (FOV) focusing a linear image of an object onto the linear array... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq. P.C.

20070175998 - System and method for reliable content access using a cellular/wireless device with imaging capabilities: A system and method for reliable content access using a cellular/wireless device with imaging capabilities, to use part of a printed or displayed medium for identifying and using a reference to access information, services, or content related to the reference, including capturing an image of the reference with an imaging... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070176001 - Document printing and scanning method using low resolution barcode to encode resolution data: A document is printed on a recoding medium together with a high resolution 2d barcode that encodes desired information about the document, and a low resolution 2d barcode that encode resolution data that specifies the spatial resolution of the high resolution barcode. The low resolution barcode has a sufficiently low... Agent: Ying Chen

20070176000 - Selective image encoding and replacement: A method of processing a document is described in which selected area(s) of the document, such as areas containing sensitive information, with a barcode(s) that represents the information in the selected area(s). Selection of the area(s) may be done by a user or automatically. When the processed document is printed... Agent: Ying Chen

20070176002 - Digital image capture and processing system having automatic illumination measurement and control capabilities realized using a photodetector operating independently of the image sensing array, and an image-processing based illumination metering program f: A digital-imaging based code symbol reading system comprising an image sensing array with a field of view (FOV), an illumination subsystem with an LED illumination array, an automatic illumination measurement subsystem, an illumination control subsystem, and programmed imager processor supporting an image-processing based illumination metering program. The automatic illumination measurement... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070176003 - Extended working range illumination system for an imaging-based bar code reader: A method and apparatus for reading a target object having areas of differing light reflectivity on the target such as a handheld bar code reader having a first illumination pattern, a detector for measuring a distance from the reader to a target object, a system threshold, and a comparator for... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070176004 - Customizable optical reader: An optical reader, which is operable in a “host commands” mode and a “host routines” mode. In the “host commands” mode, the reader receives and executes a script routine module from a host. In the “host routines” mode, the reader receives a script routine Module identifier from the host, and... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070176005 - Card processing system: A card processing system comprises an input section for inputting extraction information of a ticket to be extracted from a storage box and a control section for specifying the storage box storing the ticket carrying identification information which corresponds to the extraction information input at the input section according to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070176006 - Apparatus and methods for facilitating multi-component, goal-oriented processes: A deck of cards for facilitating a multi-component, goal-oriented process such as development of a business and methods therefore including a plurality of cards each divided into a plurality of areas, the first area containing a process component, and each card including color-coding corresponding to at least one of several... Agent: Cahn & Samuels LLP

20070176007 - Variably sized mini card: A plastic card carrier connecting a mini card is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first plastic substrate is connected to a second plastic substrate to define the carrier having edges that form a perimeter of a carrier. A plurality of slots extend through the first and second plastic substrates and... Agent: Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd.