Registers inventions 09/08

20080230594 - 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: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080230595 - Automated audio, video, and data extraction: A system and method for loading, processing and classifying media used in an automated system is disclosed. A robotic arm, or similar device, is used to pick a piece of media from a set of unprocessed discs in a first location and place that medium into a suitable media reader,... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080230596 - Method and apparatus for purchasing and dispensing products: A system for purchasing a product that does not need to be physically present at a point-of-sale includes a point-of-sale device, a product-selection device, a data-analyzing device, an inventory-managing device, and a dispensing machine. The point-of-sale device includes apparatus for scanning or otherwise inputting a first product that is physically... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080230597 - Electronic money charger: The present invention provides an electronic money charger in which an inserted currency returned when an anomaly has occurred in an electronic money deposit process is not carried away. An electronic money charger of the present invention is provided with a banknote receiving unit which receives an inserted banknote, a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080230598 - Free-space gesture recognition for transaction security and command processing: A sensor panel having a matrix of independently decoded sensors, arranged in a two-dimensional pattern allows a consumer identification unit (CIDU) to detect a user-specific gesture made with a gesturing instrument such as an RF ID device. The CIDU monitors on a timed basis which of the sensors in the... Agent: Robert H. Frantz

20080230599 - System and method for processing transactions: There is disclosed a transaction processing server (300), comprising: means (304) for receiving a request (224) to initiate a transaction, the request including user identification data (220) and monetary value authorisation data; validating means (302) for validating the monetary value authorisation data; processing means (302) for processing the monetary value... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080230601 - Financial server, ic card terminal, and financial information processing method: A credit card 8 is an IC card, and a PIN is authenticated between a card terminal 3 and the credit card 8. The card terminal 3 transmits to a credit company server 4 an authentication result, amount information indicating an amount with which to charge up, and a credit... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20080230600 - Method, system, and apparatus for conducting a purchase transaction: A system, method, and apparatus for conducting a purchase transaction include receiving account information from a payment card device for a purchase transaction, wherein an unrestricted funds account and a restricted funds account is associated with the payment card device; receiving account type data representative of one of the unrestricted... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20080230602 - Biometric authentication device and method: The invention may be embodied as an identity authentication system or method. A system according to the invention may have a biometric sensor capable of providing static biometric indications, an adhesive capable of positioning the sensor on an organism, and a computer in communication with the sensor. The computer may... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20080230603 - Media enabled shopping system user interface: A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080230604 - System for optimizing on-premises advertisements: A system for optimizing on-premises advertising, for example, at retail food and/or beverage establishments, such as bars, restaurants, night clubs, sports stadiums and other on-premise retail sites. The optimization is based upon on-premise sales data which includes point-of-sale (POS) data and may also take into account waste, spoilage, theft etc... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080230605 - Process and apparatus for maintaining data integrity: A process for maintaining data integrity of a sample. The process includes scanning a substrate barcode, scanning a sample barcode, placing the sample into a rack at a position that is identified, depositing the sample onto the substrate at a trackable well location, re-scanning the substrate barcode, analyzing the substrate... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP 2700 First Indiana Plaza

20080230606 - Security monitoring system for a bulk foodstuff transport container: A security monitoring system provides for the secure transport of a bulk foodstuff container. The system includes an electromechanical locking mechanism allowing access by only authorized persons, a positional locator for determining the geographical position of the bulk foodstuff transport container, and a controller associated with the transport container. The... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20080230607 - Method for updating indicia readers: An indicia reader system comprising: an indicia reader for reading symbol indicia and producing a symbol signal representative of the symbol indicia, the indicia reader capable of transferring and receiving data formatted in a plurality of protocols; a controller capable of transferring and receiving data formatted in a plurality of... Agent: Hand Held Products, Inc.

20080230608 - Detecting components of a medical diagnostic system related documents: A method for detecting installed or associated components that are each identified by at least one unique identifier is provided. The identifiers may be read out by at least one reader device. The identifiers, for detecting the respective components, are read out automatically by the reader device. All the serialized... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080230609 - Smart card session optimization: A method is provided for facilitating communications between a computer device and a smart card reader having an associated smart card. The computer device includes a smart card resource manager and a smart card reader service, the smart card reader service acting as a relay for commands between the smart... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080230610 - Mechanism for ensuring authenticity of written and printed documents: A mechanism for ensuring the authenticity of written and printed documents. With the mechanism of the present invention, electronic ink is deposited onto a document, wherein the electronic ink deposited comprises at least one mark visible to a user. Current is applied to the electronic ink while the electronic ink... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080230611 - Variable laser beam focus: An imaging device includes a scanning platform coupled to a fixed platform by flexible members. The scanning platform, fixed platform, and flexible members are made of a polymer such as is commonly used for printed circuit boards. The scanning platform has a laser light source, focusing lens, variable focus mechanism,... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20080230613 - Assembly consisting of a micro-module and a reproducing device which is equipped with contact-free near-communication means: A portable communication device for at least mono-directional communication with a terminal is disclosed. The portable communication device includes a micro-module including a chip that has an antenna allowing the micro-module to communicate with the terminal when the antenna is placed in the immediate vicinity of the terminal. The portable... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080230612 - Contactless card: The present invention aims at providing a contactless card that enables a reader/writer to identify which card such reader/writer is communicating with in a set of card identification processes and that improves the possibility of protecting the cardholder's privacy. Contactless card (200) includes: power detection unit (203); random number ID... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080230614 - Credit card security enhancement: The credit card security enhancement is a combination credit and security card that has the same size dimensions as a credit card and can be used in conventional credit card swiping terminals, ATMs, and so on. It contains an enhanced, digital, liquid crystal display (LCD) screen that displays a distinct... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20080230615 - Near-field communication card for communication of contact information: User contact information may be stored in a memory of a near-field communication integrated circuit (IC) card. Upon detecting electromagnetic energy emitted by a reader/writer device, the IC card may power on and automatically transmit the stored contact information. In one embodiment, this transmission may be preceded by an authentication... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080230616 - Computerized card production equipment: An apparatus and method for manipulating images is disclosed. In one embodiment according to the invention, a method for manipulating images comprises: displaying for manipulation at a browser-based user interface a graphical representation of at least a portion of an image held at a remote image store; providing an internet... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080223942 - Absolute value scale and absolute value calculating method: A rotary absolute value scale includes a rotor in which two rotor side coil patterns provided with different pitches are laminated, and a stator in which two stator side coil patterns provided with different pitches are also laminated. A linear absolute value scale includes a slider in which two slider... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080223916 - Device and method for controlling copying operation of document with use of barcode: The present invention provides an image processor capable of preventing illegal copying of a document. The image processor first extracts information from a barcode in a first region of document image data. Then, the image processor extracts information from a barcode in a second region of the document image data... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080223917 - Operation support system, operation support apparatus and operation support method: An operation support system, method and apparatus that transmit operation information indicating an operation to an operator and supports the operation. The system includes a reading unit that reads, from a plurality of codes affixed to parts, position information of the codes. The system also includes a calculation unit that... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080223919 - Automated banking machine system and method: An automated banking machine is operatively controlled from a front consumer user station and a rear maintenance user station. The machine is operative to output a consumer user interface through a front display device. The consumer user interface includes interactive options for performing transactions with the machine including dispensing cash... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20080223918 - Payment tokens: Systems and methods of payment processing via employing a payment token(s) that is supplied to smart portable devices, which are carried by customers. Such a token can be in form of a unique identifier(s) (which is generated by an issuing bank and received by the smart portable devices), and is... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080223924 - Apparatus for reducing energy consumption within an unoccupied room: An apparatus for managing energy consumption in an unoccupied room having a keycard actuated card and a plurality of appliance control units interposed between electrical appliances and their power sources such that the card reader wirelessly transmits signals to the appliance control units upon insertion and removal of the keycard... Agent: Carlton Fields, P.A.

20080223925 - Biometric identity verification system and method: A card authenticates a cardholder. The card includes a substrate, a sensor module, a wireless transceiver module, and a power circuit. The sensor module includes (a) a biometric sensor adapted to detect biometric information from a person's body, (b) a processor unit adapted to authenticate the person in response to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080223921 - Magnetic stripe card anti-fraud security system: To prevent fraud, a magnetic card's ID, which may be a stripe ID or security chip, is converted to an encrypted card ID, which is stored on the card and in a database. Information about the card's history is captured, encrypted, and stored on the card and in a database.... Agent: Rick B. Yeager, Attorney

20080223922 - Monitoring of stored-value-instrument usage: Methods and systems are disclosed of executing a financial transaction that enable enhanced usage monitoring. Funds are received from a buyer for purchase of a single-load stored-value instrument. The single-load stored-value instrument is associated with a predefined value amount. Buyer identification information that identifies the buyer is received. The buyer... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080223923 - Stored-value card with pedometer and clip: A financial transaction card includes an enclosure, a step detector, and a processing device. The enclosure includes an account identifier linked to a financial account or record such that the financial transaction card can be used toward the purchase or use of at least one of goods and services. The... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080223920 - Interest bearing gift card mechanisms: An interest bearing gift card (“IBGC”) and related methods and systems are compatible with various credit and debit card networks and may be employed almost universally. An account associated with the IBGC is credited on a predetermined basis with transaction related credits reflecting an effective monetary return on amounts maintained... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080223926 - Biometric control of equipment: An example apparatus for allowing operation of equipment by an authorized operator comprises a biometric scanner receiving a biometric input from an authorized operator, and transmitting an authorization signal. The apparatus may further includes a base station that allows the equipment to operate while the base station receives the authorization... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080223927 - Entry and exit control apparatus: An entry and exit control apparatus wherein missing entry and exit information on a user entering and exiting a controlled area by tailgating is complemented by entry and exit information on another user presumed to enter and exit the controlled area along with the user that is tailgating. Therefore, reliability... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080223928 - Networked disposal and sample provisioning apparatus: A waste disposal system comprises a waste disposal unit, including a processor, a scanner, a network interface coupled to a network, and a remote processing system coupled to the waste disposal unit via the network. The remote processing system includes a database storing user sample preferences, wherein the sample preferences... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080223930 - Cash tracking system: A system of tracking the location of cash is disclosed.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080223929 - Food product trace apparatus, food product trace system, and food product trace method: It aims, for example, at enabling to easily check whether information displayed on a label etc. attached to a food product is reliable or not. First, a producer 402 registers an ingredient analysis result of a food product. A terminal apparatus 400b of the producer 402 acquires a verification code... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223931 - Electronic circuit for a contactless reader device: An electronic circuit (12, 12′) for a reader device (10, 10′) for contactless communication with a transponder (20) is disclosed. The electronic circuit (12, 12′) comprises a connection (13a, 13b) to an antenna (11) of said reader device (10, 10′), which antenna (11) is designed for receiving a radio signal... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080223932 - Transparently securing transactional data: A secure magnetic stripe card stripe reader (MSR) module and software system capable of encrypting the magnetic stripe data to CPI, SDP and CISP standards for use in point of sale (POS) and other applications requiring data security using non secure networks and computing devices. Additionally, when incorporated within an... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080223933 - Methods and systems for forming images of moving optical codes: A method aligns a second image of an object taken at a second time with a first image taken at a first time, wherein the object experiences motion relative to an imager between the first and second times. The images are formed of sets of pixels arranged horizontally and vertically... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20080223934 - Imaging module having lead frame supported light source or sources: An imaging module for data collection devices, such as bar code scanners. The module includes an aiming or illumination light source or sources, seated on a support is mounted in a housing. The support is fixed in the housing to provide for its precise placement therein, in a predetermined position.... Agent: Hand Held Products, Inc.

20080223935 - Systems, devices, and methods for reading machine-readable characters and human-readable characters: Systems, devices, and methods for automatic data collection. An automatic data collection system includes an image capture subsystem and a processor subsystem. The automatic data collection system is operable to decode machine-readable symbols in a machine-readable symbol reading mode, and to automatically switch from a machine-readable symbol reading mode to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080223936 - Security for blister packs: Various RFID based blister pack embodiments are provided for improving the ability to detect and prevent tampering and counterfeiting of blister packs and/or facilitating the chain of custody tracking of blister packs during manufacture. Some embodiments employ an RFID chip network on the blister pack and some embodiments employ an... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080223937 - Smart apparatus for making secure transactions: The disclosed invention relates to an apparatus and method for making secured transactions. Such an apparatus may include a smart card device configured with a display for display a static or dynamic number for making a secured transaction. The display is configured to display a valid card number after the... Agent: Simmons Patents

20080223938 - Payment card dynamically receiving power from external source: A payment card with a display and/or dynamic magnetic stripe that operates using power received from an electro-magnetic/RF signal, without the need for incorporating a battery within the payment card. In one example, a payment card includes a receiver for receiving an external electro-magnetic signal and converting it to an... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080223940 - Electronic ticket management system: An electronic ticket management system mainly includes a vendor module, a ticket process module, a Web module, a ticket order module, a delivery module and a ticket verification module. After a consumer has purchased a ticket through a communication network, a service center transmits the information of the electronic ticket... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080223939 - Financial transaction card assembly with packaged product: A financial transaction card assembly comprises a financial transaction card, a package, and at least one article. The financial transaction card includes an account identifier linking the financial transaction card to at least one of a financial account or a financial record. The package is separate from the financial transaction... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080223941 - Systems and methods for processing measurement data: Disclosed are systems and methods for collecting, processing and displaying medical measurement data in human-readable and machine-readable formats. The system may collect medical measurement data using one or more sensors. The system may then analyze the collected measurement data as well as various characteristics of the available display device. Based... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080217392 - Method for processing data from barcodes: Disclosed in this specification is a method for processing barcode data from one or more barcode scanners. The decoded data is reformatted in accordance with selected reformatting instructions and thereafter supplied to a software application for subsequent use. Preferably, the reformatting instructions can be customized by the end users, thus... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080217394 - Operation support system, component arrangement recognition method and cassette arrangement recognition method in component mounting apparatus: An operation support system in a component mounting apparatus on a manufacturing line for manufacturing printed board units, comprises: an ID reading unit that reads out cassette identification information for identifying cassettes and component identification information for identifying components from the cassette each comprising tags for recording the cassette identification... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080217391 - Optical markings: A method and system for cumulatively associating manufacture data and patient data with disposable equipment, particularly sample collection containers, in a medical or laboratory environment by permanently affixing unique code labels to the disposable equipment.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080217393 - Sharing of database objects: A system may include reading a provider database mapping of file identifiers to page numbers of the provider database, determining one or more shared database objects of the provider database based on the provider database mapping, and registering the one or more shared database objects in a local namespace of... Agent: Sap Ag C/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080217395 - Secure internet payment apparatus and method: An improved apparatus and method for making payment over the internet with a financial media, such as a financial card, RFID, contactless media or the like, are disclosed. The apparatus includes an online enabled device or circuit connected to the internet to receive a communication indicating an amount due for... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20080217398 - Anti-theft credit card system with a credit card having magnetic stripe containing digitized finger print information of authorized owner and a printing section of user's finger print thereon: An anti-theft credit card system is provided. The anti-theft credit card according to current invention has digitized information of the finger print of an authorized card holder. A finger printing section of a user is provided on a corner of the card. A scanner, installed in a credit card machine,... Agent: Eugene Oak

20080217396 - Device and method for conducting secure economic transactions: A secure economic transaction device includes a memory for storing user account information, a temporary code generator coupled to the memory and operable to generate a code based upon the user account information that is valid for only a finite amount of time, and a wireless transmitter operable to wirelessly... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.a.

20080217397 - Real-time awards determinations: The present invention provides systems and methods for facilitating transactions with real-time awards determinations for a cardholder. Each transaction includes transaction information, where the transaction information includes: cardholder information, merchant information, and a transaction amount. An engine determines if an award should be granted based on award criteria, such that... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080217399 - System and method for controlling usage of a payment card: A system and method for controlling usage of a payment card by a cardholder using a cardholder telephony device is provided. The cardholder registers the payment card and the cardholder telephony device and defines cardholder default limits for the card. During subsequent usage of the card, an authorization computing device... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20080217400 - System for preventing fraudulent purchases and identity theft: An anti-fraud/anti-identity theft system verifies the authenticity of genuine identification devices, including credit cards, cellular telephones, and the like. Likewise the system detects counterfeit credit cards or lines of credit. The system comprises a modified retailer machine that verifies the cards and/or person at the time of buying or selling... Agent: Meroni & Meroni, P.c.

20080217401 - Stored-value card with chemical luminescence: A stored-value card includes a housing and a glow article. The housing includes an account identifier adapted to link the stored-value card to a financial account or a financial record. The glow article is enclosed within the housing and is configured to be selectively removed from the housing and manipulated... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080217402 - Maturity rating enforcement via rf-tags: Maturity levels of those present to watch a television program are automatically and transparently determined and matched to a derived maturity rating of the candidate program (S244). If none of the detected levels achieves the rating, the program is blocked (S234). Presence is preferably determined by communication exchange with wearable... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080217406 - Method and system for tracking disposition status of an item to be delivered within an organization: A method and system for tracking the receipt and the internal movement of items such as packages, parcels and other accountable items within an organization such as a corporation, hospital or school. The system comprises a portable data terminal programmed to record information regarding the receipt and the internal movement... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080217405 - Pallet content identification mechanism that converts rfid information to corresponding barcode information: A pallet content identification mechanism is a small electronic device that is attached to a pallet. The pallet content identification mechanism reads RFID tags on the pallet using an RFID portal scanner, converts the RFID information into corresponding barcode information, and transmits the corresponding barcodes to a barcode-based inventory control... Agent: Martin & Associates, Llc

20080217404 - System and method for demand driven collaborative procurement, logistics, and authenticity establishment of luxury commodities using virtual inventories: Systems and methods providing for a virtual inventory system of goods aggregating disparate inventories into a single virtual inventory for the purpose of tracking the goods, trading the goods, and establishing authenticity of the goods. The aggregation of disparate inventories readily provides for quick procurement or sales of the goods,... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080217403 - System and method for logging electronic images: The subject application is directed to a system and method for logging electronic images. Receipt of a plurality of electronic images prompts the generation of unique tag data associated with each received electronic document. Each unique tag data includes data identifying the electronic document associated with the tag. Each of... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080217408 - Device for identification of a gas cartridge for a gas-powered fastening device where the apparatus comprises the device and the cartridge for the apparatus: The device comprises a combustion chamber, a device for transmitting gas from the cartridge in said chamber comprising a valve controlled by a solenoid. The device comprises a means of reading an electronic label for identifying cartridge, with an antenna for emitting data from label, where the means of reading... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Gilman & Berner, LLP (itw)

20080217407 - Host apparatus and method providing calibration and reagent information to a measurement apparatus with makes use of a consumable reagent in a measuring process: Apparatuses and methods providing data such as, for example, calibration and reagent information (30) over a network (6) to a measurement apparatus (4) which makes use of a consumable reagent (18) in a measuring process are disclosed. The present invention permits a measurement apparatus (4) to download the necessary code... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP One Dayton Centre

20080217409 - Rfid tag communicating apparatus: Article can be managed relatively inexpensively without using an expensive database or communication infrastructure. An RFID tag communicating apparatus has an antenna that transmits/receives a signal by wireless communication with RFID circuit elements provided at the tag labels provided at a bookshelf on which books are placed and an operator,... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080217410 - Method for waking up in-counter fixed scanners: A method of waking up an in-counter bar code scanner from its standby mode comprises providing a sensor assembly attached to a touch plate. The sensor assembly comprises an oscillating magnet member affixed at one end and a permanent magnet attached at an opposite free end at the end of... Agent: Duane Morris, LLP Ip Department

20080217411 - Secure wireless indicia reader: A method of operating an indicia reader network comprising the steps of: reading an information bearing indicia of an item with a hand held indicia reader having a first wireless transceiver and generating therefrom an encrypted data message in accordance with a FIPS standard; transmitting the encrypted data message from... Agent: Hand Held Products, Inc.

20080217414 - Flexible display member and article having the same: A flexible display member includes a base member having flexibility and a thin film LED (Light Emitting Diode) mounted on the base member. Accordingly, when the flexible display member is deformed, it is difficult to damage the flexible display member, thereby obtaining the flexible display member with high reliability.... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, Llc

20080217413 - Method and apparatus for a contactless smartcard incorporating a mechanical switch: An apparatus and method for providing a radio frequency identification (RFID) card, the card including a card inlay; an antenna positioned on the card inlay, a RFID integrated circuit (IC) on the card inlay, a pressure-sensitive switch including an electrode structure located on or in the card inlay and coupled... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080217412 - Segmented microencapsulated display system: A segmented microencapsulated display system that includes a substrate upon which an image is produced in a layer of microencapsulated electrophoric elements and a unit remote from the substrate that includes electronics circuitry that creates the image produced in the layer of microencapsulated electrophoric elements.... Agent: Butzel Long Ip Docketing Dept

20080217416 - Magnetic watermark for text documents: The present disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for applying magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) technology to enable the embedding of coded information within text characters of a document.... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080217415 - Stored value card package with a combined upc and activation magnetic stripe: An integrated breakaway package with one or more stored value card is presented in which a card magnetic stripe is found on each stored value card and a package magnetic stripe is found on an end portion of the breakaway packaging. Each card magnetic stripe identifies an account associated with... Agent: Beck And Tysver P.l.l.c.

20080210746 - Apparatus and method for providing security in a voting machine: The invention provides an exemplary apparatus and method for ensuring security for a voting machine. The voting machine can include a display screen upon which numerous election choices are displayed for selection by a voter. The voting machine may be provided with an auxiliary input device for use by voters... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080210766 - Device for determining the sex (gender) of fish by measurement of morphological characteristics: This measuring tool permits the measurement of all critical morphological characteristics of fish, including the new ones identified by the author in May 2005, thereby allowing for the determination of gender (sex). The device incorporates three measurement scales in metric and standard units and a calibrated gender bar. In combination,... Agent: Susannah Lee Clary

20080210747 - Information processing apparatus, information recording medium manufacturing apparatus, and information recording medium: A configuration is provided for enabling a process in which appropriate content code corresponding to apparatuses and applications of various model types and versions is selected to be performed. In a configuration in which content code recorded on an information recording medium is obtained, and processing, such as a security... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080210749 - Internet-based shipping, tracking, and delivering network supporting a plurality of mobile digital image capture and processing instruments deployed on a plurality of pickup and delivery couriers: An Internet-based shipping, tracking, and delivery network supporting a plurality of mobile digital image capture and processing instruments deployed on a plurality of pickup and delivery couriers. Each mobile digital image capture and processing instrument can upload digital images of shipping documents to one or more application servers and/or human-operated... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080210750 - Internet-based shipping, tracking, and delivery network supporting a plurality of digital image capture and processing instruments deployed aboard a plurality of pickup/delivery vehicles: The Internet-based shipping, tracking, and delivery network supporting a plurality of digital image capture and processing instruments deployed aboard a plurality of pickup/delivery vehicles, wherein each digital image capture and processing instrument can upload digital images of shipping documents wirelessly to a cellular telephone which, in turn, transmits the digital... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080210748 - Systems and methods for receiving pathogen related information and responding: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may be used for detection of one or more pathogens and determining one or more agents in response to pathogen detection.... Agent: Searete LLC

20080210752 - System and method for transferring funds: A system and method for electronic transfer of cash or cash equivalent between a sender and a recipient includes an initiating regional office for initiating the transfer and which receives an amount of money to be electronically transferred from the sender and a verification ID protocol from the sender, an... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080210751 - System and method for transferring money based on approval of transfer request transmitted from receiver to sender: A money transfer system transfers money based on approval of a sender for a transfer request transmitted from a receiver. This system includes a receiver terminal for transferring transfer request information including receiving information and sending information; a bank server for extracting the sending information from the transfer request information... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080210754 - Account payment using barcode information exchange: A system for effecting transactions, typically retail transactions, by using account information stored on a computing device, such as a cell phone, wherein the computing device is placed on an optical reader at the merchant's establishment. The computing device generates a pattern, such as a bar code, on a visual... Agent: James Richards

20080210753 - Loyalty reward settlement system and method: A acquirer system used for credit card transaction processing includes a loyalty server to manage issuance of loyalty points as transactions are processed and to provide settlement features. The loyalty server uses loyalty qualifying criteria and assigned point values stored in an associated database. When points are awarded, the loyalty... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080210756 - Customer interaction with inventory via rfid: Customer interaction with inventory via radio frequency identification (RFID) are disclosed, where a unique RFID is combined into ID cards, credit, debit, and smartcards. The current inventory RFID technology and RFID reader are moved into a place convenient to the end-user or customer to remove the need for cashiers. Some... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080210755 - Prescription medication information reading system: A reading device includes a housing having a receptacle for receiving at least part of a container, an interface operable to initiate communication with a destination device upon the receptacle receiving the at least part of the container, and a reader operable to read an identifier located on the container.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080210757 - Identification tag, object adapted to be identified, and related methods, devices, and systems: Disclosed is an object (200) such as a credit card, bank note, document, label, etc which carries an identification layer (103) which contains readable information. The identification layer can include randomly distributed conductive/magnetisable particles (303), semiconductive particle, optically active particles and the like. The identification layer is sandwiched between an... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080210758 - Color barcode producing, reading and/or reproducing method and apparatus: A color barcode can record much more amount of information than black white barcode. However, the problem of the color barcode is that it is easy to lose integrity or authenticity in printing and copy generation. This invention provides an apparatus and a method to keep the integrity or authenticity... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080210759 - Barcode scanner with tool free tower housing assembly: A barcode scanner with a tool free tower housing assembly. The barcode scanner includes a base, a tower section coupled to the base, and a tower housing assembly over the tower section including a tower housing and a bezel that are installable and removable without hand tools.... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080210760 - Media storage apparatus and media processing apparatus: A first in-feed roller (49) and a pressure roller (80) are disposed to the first check storage unit (11) of a check processing apparatus (1). A first pressure member (85) that is urged toward the first in-feed roller (49) is pivotably attached to the pressure roller (80). When a check... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080210763 - Foldable data support with a contactless chip such as a passport: The invention relates to a flexible data support, comprising a support with at least first and second sheets (11, 12A, 12B, 12C) which can pivot relative to each other about an axis (P) along the edges of said sheets and a contactless chip housed in said support and comprising an... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080210762 - Semiconductor device and power receiving device: An object is to provide a semiconductor device that is capable of wireless communication, such as an RFID tag, which can transmit and receive individual information without checking remaining capacity of a battery or changing batteries due to deterioration with time in the battery for a drive power supply voltage,... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080210761 - Token coin and manufacturing method thereof: A token coin and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The token coin with an RF label embedded therein may be used as a disposable coin or a fixed amount coin. Although the token coin is manufactured through insert-injection molding with the RF label embedded therein, the RF label is... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080210764 - Color barcode producing, reading and/or reproducing method and apparatus: A color barcode can record much more amount of information than black white barcode. However, the problem of the color barcode is that it is easy to lose integrity or authenticity in printing and copy generation. This invention provides an apparatus and a method to keep the integrity or authenticity... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080210765 - Document with indexes and associated document reader system: A document with indexes and associated document reader system. The document is constructed by printing plural pixels and divided into plural areas. Each of the areas has plural indexes respectively consisting of a group of indexing dots to represent an area code corresponding to the area. The indexes and the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC