Registers inventions 12/08

20080314969 - Patient care indicia reader system: A health care service (HCS) network comprising a hand held optical reader for reading a target having information bearing indicia provided thereon and generating therefrom a decoded out indicia data message to a base unit which receives the message and transmits the message to a workstation in communication with a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080314968 - System and method for capturing and managing personal documents and information: A system and method for electronically registering individuals in a entity such as a school district is disclosed. The disclosed system provides the entity with the ability to provide each potential registrant with an account. The system includes hardware and software for receiving documents and information directly from the registrant... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080314970 - Keypad system and method: A keypad system and method includes a keypad disposable in a position accessible by a user and a supply of security devices disposable proximate the keypad and accessible by the user. Each of the security devices includes a card having a finger opening sized for receiving a user's finger therethrough.... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080314971 - Mobile subscriber device for financial transaction tokens: There is provided a mobile subscriber unit for a financial transaction token. The subscriber unit interfaces with a financial token or card that is in communication with the subscriber unit. The financial token or card has an onboard energy source so that the card token may operate away from proximity... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080314972 - System controled by data bearing records including check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine: A banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records includes an automated banking machine which includes a deposit accepting device. Data read from a user card through operation of a card reader in the machine is used to determine if the data on the card corresponds to an account of... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20080314976 - Card with embedded bistable display having short and long term information: A transaction card system includes a transaction cared with a display tag for displaying short term information, the character display having optical states that are stable without power and viewable from one side of the display tag and an array of electrical contacts for electrically addressing the character display from... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080314974 - Data storage and access systems: Data storage and access systems are described for downloading and paying for data such as audio and video data, text, software, games and other types of data. A portable data carrier has an interface for sending and receiving data, non-volatile data memory for storing received content data and non-volatile payment... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080314977 - Method, system, and computer program product for customer-level data verification: A system, method, and computer program to reduce incorrectly declined transactions and improve risk calculation accuracy by reducing error probability during fraud detection. The tool first receives at least one postal address as well as transaction account data and/or financial transaction instrument data. Then a customer is determined from a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080314975 - Proximity card function content distribution system and proximity card function content distribution method: In a proximity card function content distribution system of the invention, an IP-side apparatus 5 adds identification information of a user to simplified data of contents for the proximity card function, a mobile terminal 1A acquires the simplified data from the IP-side apparatus 5, and distributes the simplified data to... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20080314973 - System and method for configuring a medical device: In one embodiment a medical device comprising an interface, a portable component and a controller is provided. The interface is configured for receiving identification data of a user, the portable component is configured for storing configuration data and the controller is configured for retrieving the configuration data based on the... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080314978 - Apparatus, system and method for tracking drugs during a repackaging and administering process: The invention relates to a system and method for tracking drugs during a transfer and administering process to reduce labeling errors that can occur during that process. The system includes a storage container reader that is configured to read a set of one or more storage-container-associated machine-readable indicia positioned on... Agent: Herman & Millman

20080314979 - Cable management systems: In order to monitoring connectivity of cabling in a system comprising chassis components and cables interconnecting the chassis components, machine readable labels are applied to cable connectors and chassis component connectors, the machine readable labels on a cable connector and a chassis component to which the cable connector is connected... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080314981 - Inventory balancing system: A system by which a central hub and transport means, listing means, matching engine, and operating method will capture overstock and understock information from participating retailer or distributor nodes and create congruent matches, with subsequent shipments of one to the other to improve the inventory of both nodes.... Agent: Henry Eisenson

20080314980 - Storage rack with automatic tag reading device and information processing system comprising such a storage rack: s

20080314982 - Card data storage device with detector plate:

20080314983 - Card with embedded bistable display having short and long term information: A transaction card system includes a transaction cared with a display tag for displaying short term information, the character display having optical states that are stable without power and viewable from one side of the display tag and an array of electrical contacts for electrically addressing the character display from... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080314984 - Magnetic tag and method and system for reading a magnetic tag: A method and system are presented for reading a magnetic tag (10), which is formed by an array of elongated magnetic elements arranged in a spaced-apart parallel relationship in accordance with a pattern of coded information. The tag (10) is located within an interrogating zone where an interrogating field is... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080314987 - Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (pc) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein an image detection array is mounted on the rear side of said pc board, and a linear array of light emitting diodes (leds) is mounte: A digital image capture and processing system includes a housing having an imaging window with an illumination-focusing lens structure integrated therewithin. A printed circuit (PC) board is mounted in the housing and has a front surface, a rear surface, and a light transmission aperture spatially aligned with the imaging window.... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080314986 - Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (pc) board with light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (leds) are mounted on the rear side of the pc board for producing a linear targ: A digital image capture and processing system having single printed circuit (PC) board with light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080314985 - Digital image capture and processing system supporting advanced modes of automatic illumination and imaging control: A method of capturing processing digital images of an object, using a hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system having a trigger switch, an imaging window and a field of view (FOV) projected therethrough and onto an area-type image detection array. The method involves automatically detecting an object within the... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., PC Soundview Plaza

20080314988 - Smart information carrier and production process therfor: A smart information carrier comprising a security element having two sides each side being laminated with at least one transparent polymer foil having a melting point higher than 150° C. so that the security element is surrounded by an edge at least 1 mm wide in which the at least... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080314990 - Chip card and method for the production of a chip card: The invention pertains to a chip card and to a method for producing a chip card with a chip module that is contacted with an external contact arrangement arranged in the contact surface of a card body, as well as with an antenna device arranged in a card inlay, wherein... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080314992 - Digital information recording media system including a digital information recording media device with an electronic-ink display label for displaying information related to said digital information recording media device and/or digital information recorde: A digital information recording media system including a digital information recording media device, and a digital information reading and writing drive unit for writing digital information to, and reading digital information from the digital information recording media device. An electronic-ink display label is provided to the digital information recording media... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080314989 - Document having an integrated contactless resonator electronic device: A support (10) provided with at least first (12) and second (14) parts capable of displacing relative to one another along a selected axis of displacement (16), and a contactless electronic device (1) mounted in the first part (12) of the support and including an electronic microcircuit (3) and an... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080314991 - Electronic product identification and price display system employing electronic-ink display labels having a stacked architecture for visually displaying the price and/or promotional information for said consumer product, remotely updated by one or more re: An electronic product identification price display system for installation in a retail environment storing a plurality of consumer products on shelves. The system includes a plurality of remote activator modules installed within the retail environment, and a plurality of remotely-updateable electronic-ink labels applied to consumer products stored in the retail... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq.

20080314993 - Rfid tag, rfid-tag antenna, rfid-tag antenna sheet, and method of manufacturing rfid tag: A radio-frequency-identification tag antenna includes a film base, a plurality of antenna patterns for transmission and reception, which is formed in parallel on the film base, and a cut line that is formed on the film base between adjacent antenna patterns along the antenna patterns from an inside to an... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080314994 - Appliance for financial transaction tokens: There is provided an accessory device for a financial transaction token. The accessory has an onboard power storage device that enables a financial token or card that is in communication with the accessory to operate when the card or token is not in the proximity of a merchant terminal (e.g.;... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080314995 - Metal-containing transaction card and method of making same: A method of making a transaction card comprising cutting a first sheet of metal to create a card body, cutting a second sheet of metal to create a back panel, applying an adhesive to said back panel and bonding said back panel to said card body.... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20080314996 - Value card pin security method and device: A value card comprising a substantially planar substrate with first indicia applied to a surface of the substrate is provided. An obscuring layer formed from an opaque material is disposed over the first indicia so as to prevent at least a portion of the first indicia from being viewed. The... Agent: J. Michael Martinez De Andino, Esq. Hunton & Williams LLP

20080314997 - Vote by mail envelope that protects integrity of ballot during signature verification: A vote-by-mail return envelope that includes a pouch portion for containing the ballot and a stub portion on which the voter applies his/her signature and method for processing are provided. Each portion of the envelope contains a respective barcode that identifies the respective portion. When the envelope is received at... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080308622 - Method of registering sensing device with relay device: A method of registering a sensing device with a relay device is provided. The relay device allowing the sensing device to communicate with a computer system of the system. The method performs registration using a registration form having information relating to an interactive element coincident with tags mapped over the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080308623 - System and method for tracking shipment of items utilizing rfid-tags: A system and method of tracking a plurality of items during transfer from a source location to a destination. One embodiment is a method comprising associating information identifying the plurality of items with a radio frequency (RF) tag that identifies a carrier unit. The method further comprises storing said associated... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080308624 - Advance remote payment authority for real and virtual world transactions: A payment card system for use in remote transactions wherein a cardholder may create additional accounts subsidiary to a principal payment card, each such account having its own unique payment card number compliant with existing standards and protocols and each credited in advance by transfer from the principal account with... Agent: Richard Mervyn Gardner

20080308627 - Financial and similar identification cards and methods relating thereto including awards: Apparatuses forming portable identification cards and associated methods are described. A preferred apparatus includes an input device adapted for a consumer to enter authentication data, a memory for storing reference data, a processor configured to compare the authentication data entered by the consumer to the reference data stored in the... Agent: Gregory Ipl, P.C.

20080308625 - Intelligent credit card system: A new credit card system which enables improved reading and other operations. Reading can be done in the short edge of the credit card thereby shortening the aspect ratio and size of the card reader. The reader can be electrical, reading information via contacts, or can be optical readers.... Agent: Scott C Harris

20080308626 - Systems and methods for acquiring media assets: In one aspect, the invention provides a device for facilitating the acquisition of media assets. In some embodiments, the device includes: a housing; a USB connector projecting outwardly from an end of the housing; a card reader housed in the housing; non-volatile memory housed in the housing and coupled to... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080308628 - System and method for providing receipts, advertising, promotion, loyalty programs, and contests to a consumer via an application-specific user interface on a personal communication device: Systems and methods for performing a consumer advertising transaction at a retail device are disclosed. According to one system and method, an identifier associated with the retail device is provided to a personal communication device. An application-specific user interface specific to the retail device is associated based on the identifier.... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080308629 - Time-varying security code for enabling authorizations and other uses of financial accounts: A portable device is provided that carries account data. The account data may include a security code having a value that is time-varying. The value of the security code may be programmatically varied based on at least one of an algorithm or event. Authorization and use of the account may... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080308630 - User-requirement driven shopping assistant: Device, method and system for providing shopping assistance information to customers using RFID tagged items in a store equipped with on-board or hand-held shopping cart RFID readers and display devices modified to have a personal product specification criteria data input interface.... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080308631 - Hand-held device for parking meter enforcement: The present invention provides a hand-held violation ticket issuing device which incorporates a digital camera so that the ticket can be printed with an image of the vehicle license plate and the expired meter and/or expired parking receipt or other evidence of a violation.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080308632 - Known loss data logging: System and method for collecting information pertaining to a defeated electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag are disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a recording unit for collecting data pertaining to missing merchandise having at least one user interface, recording the data into the recording unit in response to... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20080308635 - Automated postal voting system and method: A voting indicium product including a human-readable portion to represent a unique vote identification element for a specific ballot choice by a specific voter. The voting indicium further including a bar-coded portion to represent the unique vote identification element for the specific ballot choice by the specific voter, the bar-coded... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080308634 - Integrated voting system and method for accommodating paper ballots and audio ballots: An integrated voting system and method for accommodating paper ballots and audio ballots. The voting system includes a voting device operable to scan a paper ballot with one or more marked voting selections and tabulate the marked voting selections. The voting system also includes an accessible voting station in communication... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080308633 - Integrated voting system and method for accommodating paper ballots and electronic ballots: An integrated voting system and method for accommodating paper ballots and electronic ballots. The voting system comprises a processing circuit operable to determine whether the voting system is operating in an electronic ballot mode or a paper ballot mode. In the electronic ballot mode, an electronic ballot is displayed to... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080308636 - System and methods for creating a user customized bank card: One form of the present invention contemplates a unique system for creating a customized bank card by a consumer/user based on instructions from a remote terminal. Other forms of the present invention contemplate unique apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, software, methods, and combinations of these for creating customized bank cards.... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20080308637 - Identification device and method: An identification device for marking an article, the identification device having a low emmissivity at thermal infrared wavelengths and comprising a plurality of layers including a first layer arranged to be substantially transmissive at thermal infrared wavelengths and substantially absorbing at least one visible wavelength so as to impart a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080308638 - Indicia reading system: A method of reading indicia comprising the steps of: displaying a plurality of information data bearing indicia seriatim on a display; reading and decoding the displayed plurality of information data bearing indicia utilizing an indicia reader; and establishing a relationship of data provided in the plurality of information data bearing... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080308639 - Scanning devices and methods using surface emitting laser diodes: A bar code scanning device, system and method that utilizes one or more vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes for producing at least one laser beam, where the vertical cavity surface emitting laser diodes are disposed on a substrate, and wherein the produced laser beam is substantially an essential single... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080308640 - Contactless stand-alone assembly: The invention presents a contactless stand-alone assembly for insertion of an integrated circuit module, including an antenna for transmitting data between the integrated circuit module and a remote card reader; and a module holder for holding the integrated circuit module, electrically connected to the antenna for performing contactless transaction with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080308641 - Smart card with switchable matching antenna: A smart card having a multi-layer substrate; a transponder module disposed in a first layer of the multi-layer substrate; a first antenna disposed in the first layer of the multi-layer substrate; and a second antenna disposed in a second layer of the multi-layer substrate. A switch and a capacitor in... Agent: Gerald E. Linden C/o Stauffer

20080308642 - Personalised support such as an identity card comprising anti-falsification means: The invention concerns a support having a surface provided with personalizing data, wherein it includes anti-counterfeit measures, arranged on at least part of the surface. The anti-counterfeit measures are being configured to be modified in appearance under the effect of an additional personalization of the surface part and appear as... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080302866 - Method for creating a label, computer program product and logistics system: There is provided a method and logistics system for creating a label. An exemplary method comprises creating allowance information to allow an original receiver to enter shipment information and allowing the original receiver to activate an option to create a return label. The exemplary method further comprises enabling the original... Agent: InternationalIPLaw Group

20080302865 - Method of integrating barcode information and extended display identification data: A method of integrating barcode information and EDID firstly inputs barcode information and temporarily stores the information in a first storage device; reads a pre-stored barcode rule and a pre-stored check code from a second storage device, wherein the barcode rule is defined with relevant data of plural codes included... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080302867 - System and method for tracking individuals via remote transmitters attached to personal items: In accordance with an embodiment, a system and method for verifying presence at a vendor location is defined. Preferably, an identification tag is coupled to a device, and the identification tag is operable to transmit a unique user identifier representing the user in possession of the device. The identification tag... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080302868 - Electronic money charger: which can certainly prevent an electronic money from being fraudulently deposited. An electronic money charger of the present invention comprises a reader/writer which reads and writes data with respect to a contactless IC card in which an electronic money balance used in an electronic money service has been stored, a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080302870 - Computerized biometric passenger identification system and method: A system and method for passenger identity verification. The system has at least one check in system with a barcode reader and a biometric data collection device. When a passenger checks in, a barcode is placed on the passenger's boarding documents, the barcode is read, and biometric data is collected... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080302869 - Dynamic credit card with magnetic stripe and embedded encoder and methods for using the same to provide a copy-proof credit card: A dynamic credit card is provided in which a secure credit card number (e.g., a secret/hidden credit card number) is encoded based on a timing signal (e.g., an internal counter) to provide a dynamic credit card number. This dynamic number may be displayed to a user via a display (e.g.,... Agent: Jeffrey D. Mullen

20080302871 - Rfid key rotation system: In various embodiments, a method for tracking objects includes receiving an internal identifier associated with an object. A first key or external identifier for a tag is associated with the internal identifier. A second external identifier is generated and the second external identifier is then written to the tag. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080302872 - Discount card application system and method: To improve the consumer experience with retail rewards and discount programs, a system and method is provided for consolidating information relating to multiple rewards or discount programs in a manner that is convenient and reduces or eliminates the need to carry numerous rewards cards. The system and method of the... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080302873 - Digital image capture and processing system supporting automatic communication interface testing/detection and system configuration parameter (scp) programming: A digital image capture and processing system supporting automatic communication interface testing/detection and system configuration parameter programming. The digital image capture and processing system includes a housing having a port for receiving a standard connector associated with a flexible communication interface cable, and a multi-interface I/O subsystem disposed in the... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., PC

20080302874 - Optical media sensing arrangement for a mobile telephone having internal and external media pathways: The invention provides for an optical sensing arrangement for use in a mobile telephone. The sensing arrangement allows the telephone to decode tags of coded data printed on media present in internal and external pathways of the telephone. The sensing arrangement includes a beam splitter configured to deflect incoming light... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080302875 - Communication terminal with contactless ic card system: A communication terminal with a contactless IC card is disclosed. The portable communication apparatus for a contactless transmission, includes a main device having a casing and a socket disposed therein for holding a contactless IC card; a pad set disposed on the casing of the main device; a connecting circuit... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080302876 - Dynamic credit card with magnetic stripe and embedded encoder and methods for using the same to provide a copy-proof credit card: A dynamic credit card is provided in which a secure credit card number (e.g., a secret/hidden credit card number) is encoded based on a timing signal (e.g., an internal counter) to provide a dynamic credit card number. This dynamic number may be displayed to a user via a display (e.g.,... Agent: Jeffrey D. Mullen

20080302877 - Ic card comprising a main device and an additional device: The IC Card includes a main device having a microprocessor and a memory unit, and an I/O contact pad for a connection between the main device and a read write device, also referred to as a main interconnection. The IC card also includes additional device connectable to the main device... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080296361 - Coordinate designation interface: The present invention contemplates a novel method and device that employs a coordinate scanner to monitor an identifiable surface and communicate to a computer the exact location of the placement of a pointer on any identified surface and perform a variety of preprogrammed responses. This surface is identified to a... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20080296362 - Method for identifying and authenticating goods using codes, bar codes and radio frequency identification: Methods are provided for identifying and authenticating goods. A code or checksum based on information or an image relating to a good is derived and associated with a barcode to include on a label. The label is scanned by a recipient to authenticate the goods. Scanable code are provided based... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080296363 - Method for managing competition entry with printed labels: Provided is a method for managing competition entry by means of products having printed labels, the labels having human-readable information relating to a competition and machine-readable coded information relating to an identity of the label and being uniquely indicative of the product item. The label includes regions selected from the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080296364 - Method for tracking time attendance of either a dedicated user or multiple non-dedicated users, interchangeably, using a single multi-function electronic hand-held device: A method for tracking time attendance for either a single dedicated user, and typically owner, of a single multi-function electronic hand-held device without the need of entering password information, or selectively interchangeable to multiple non-dedicated users which must enter passwords to access their time tracking screens is provided. The time... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080296366 - Cash dispensing automated banking machine with locking frame panels: An automated banking machine is provided. The automated banking machine may include a fascia in operative connection with a frame. The machine may include a plurality of hardware devices which are accessible through the fascia. The hardware devices may include a cash dispenser, receipt printer, and a card reader.... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20080296365 - Self service device with manipulation recognition: A self-service device, such as a cash machine, bank statement printer and/or information or transaction terminal, comprising an operator control panel which has a plurality of components is provided with an apparatus (7) for monitoring the weight of at least one of the components of the operator control panel in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080296367 - Electronic ink for identity card: A method and apparatus for an identity card with improved security features. The identity card can have a programmable display. The display can be used to display sensitive data under defined circumstances. The card may have an interactive interface to receive input from a user. The card may also have... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080296368 - Stored-value instrument protection system and method: A system and method are disclosed for protecting funds associated with a stored-value instrument, such as a gift card, by way of a non-limiting example. The system and method provide an ability to assign a deactivated status to a stored-value instrument in response to a deactivation request. The system and... Agent: Weide & Miller, Ltd.

20080296369 - System and method for managing enhancement features assigned to financial presentation devices: A system for managing enhancement features assigned to financial presentation devices such as credit cards. The system includes an accounts database and a feature management module. The accounts database stores account holder data containing assigned enhancement features for associated credit cards. The feature management module is capable of updating and... Agent: Abelman , Frayne / Visa

20080296370 - System and method for the capture, storage and manipulation of remote information: A system and method for the capture, storage and manipulation of remote information is disclosed. The system includes at least one remote information capture device located at a remote site for capturing remote data, a central database accessible by the remote capture device for storing the captured remote data, and... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20080296371 - Method of activating a fingerprint identification process of a smart card according to a given condition and a device thereof: The present invention relates to a method of activating a fingerprint identification process of a smart card according to a given condition and a device thereof. The present invention uses a contactless smart card as a carrier of the fingerprint identification technology and incorporates user identification during use of the... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20080296372 - Park user management system and park user management method using the same: A park user management system having a plurality of radio frequency tag readers installed along usable routes in a park for recognizing information stored in a radio frequency tag provided to each park user and an exercise quantity management module for calculating exercise information of each park user using the... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20080296374 - Recycling kiosk system and method thereof: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method of providing incentive to recycle recyclable materials by providing financial incentives to consumers for recycling at a recycling kiosk. In one embodiment, a method of providing incentive to recycle recyclable materials comprises providing a recycling kiosk having a load... Agent: Maldjian & Fallon LLC

20080296373 - Tagging methods and apparatus: A method of tagging and sterilizing an item, the method including the steps of: providing an item (12) that is to be sterilized and tagged; applying an RFID tagging device (22) to said item, said tagging device including a data store (30) formed from an array of micromechanical resonant members... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080296375 - Method for assigning voter identifications in a vote by mail system: A method of conducting an election including storing a signature image for each voter, providing a plurality of return envelopes, providing an indicium having a barcode on each of the return envelopes, for each of the return envelopes, associating the barcode of the indicium with a respective one of the... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080296376 - Card detection apparatus and method: A card detection apparatus and a method for detecting insertion and ejection of a card includes a card including at least one card detection terminal. A card detection unit generates a detection signal to determine whether or not the card has been inserted using a connection time difference of the... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20080296377 - Tamper-proof card reader: In accordance with the invention, a card reader (1) comprising a contacting unit (2) for a card (4) that can be inserted through a card insertion opening (6), comprises on its mounting side (7) a conductor path element (8) that can be bent against the action of an elastic restoring... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080296378 - Anti-tampering protection for magnetic stripe reader: A magnetic stripe reading device including a magnetic head assembly including a mounting element, at least one information reading sensor having output contacts, the sensor being mounted in the mounting element and a flat cable coupled to the output contacts of the at least one information reading sensor, a portion... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080296379 - Graphical code readers for balancing decode capability and speed by using image brightness information: A method for adaptively varying resolutions of captured images may include capturing images and processing the captured images. The method may also include determining brightness information about the captured images. The method may also include varying the resolutions of the captured images based on the brightness information that is determined... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080296381 - Method and system for filtering an optical lens: Described are a method and system for filtering an optical lens. The system includes an imager providing an image of a target based on light from the target; an optical lens having a light-filtering coating blocking ambient light, the optical lens focusing at least a portion of the light from... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080296380 - Nutritional intake tracker: A system that facilitates tracking of nutritional intake by an individual is disclosed. The innovation employs the notion of establishing a strategy to compress nutritional information into an identifying indicia (e.g., two-dimensional barcode) that can be processed (e.g., scanned) by a wide array of devices (e.g., mobile phone, personal data... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080296382 - Smart scanning system: The present invention provides a smart scanning system comprising an integrated scanning and image capture system in which one or more image capture device(s) (e.g., still camera, video camera, etc.) and a barcode scanner are positioned within a common enclosure that is a component of a checkout station. The barcode... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080296384 - Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit board with a light transmission aperture, through which the field of view (fov) of the image detection array and visible targeting illumination beam are projected using: A hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system including a hand-supportable housing having an imaging window. A printed circuit (PC) board is mounted in the hand-supportable housing, and has front and rear surfaces and a light transmission aperture formed centrally therethrough. An image formation and detection subsystem has image formation... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080296383 - Range finding in imaging readers for electro-optically reading indicia: In an imaging reader for reading a target located in a range of working distances from the reader, a solid-state imager captures light from the target, and an optical assembly visually illuminates the target to aid an operator in aiming the imager at the target, and also visually indicates to... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080296385 - Variable focus imaging lens assembly for an imaging-based bar code reader: A variable focus imaging lens assembly (50) for an imaging-based bar code reader (10) including: a lens assembly (52) focusing light from a field of view (FV) onto a sensor array (28), the lens assembly (52) including a lens (53) movable along a path of travel; a drive mechanism (58)... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080296387 - Point-of transaction workstation for electro-optically reading one-dimensional indicia, including image capture of two-dimensional targets: A solid-state imager and an electro-optical reader are mounted behind respective windows at a point-of-transaction workstation for capturing images of diverse targets useful for customer identification, customer payment validation, and operator surveillance, and for reading coded indicia. Each window allows light to pass therethrough to only one of the reader... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080296386 - Scan engine interface: A scan engine (52, 66) for imaging a target object (30) comprises a photosensitive circuitry (58, 76) located within the scan engine (52, 66) for capturing an image reflected from a target object (30) to the scan engine (52, 66). A communication interface (60, 78) is disposed within the scan... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080296388 - Compact, ergonomic imaging reader and method: 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. The reader is pivotably mounted in a stand and has a... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080296389 - Optical imaging pen with a radio antenna and orthogonal accelerometers: An optical imaging pen configured to detect information encoded on a page with ink which is substantially invisible to the human eye. The pen includes a housing, an electronics chassis mounted inside the housing, and an infrared LED supported by the chassis for providing infrared radiation for projection onto the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080296390 - Progressively degrading synthetic markers: There is described a synthetic marker encoding data, the synthetic marker comprising an information payload represented by bits encoded along a spectrum, each of the bits having a priority level assigned thereto ranging from high to low, bits having lower priority levels being encoded along an end of the spectrum... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080296391 - Modular marking apparatus and method: Various embodiments relating to a modular marking apparatus and method are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080296393 - Multipurpose optical reader: An optical reading device for collecting and processing symbology data comprising: an image sensor array of pixels for converting light reflected from a target containing a machine readable indicia into output signals representative thereof, the image sensor being operated in a global shutter mode wherein all or substantially all of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080296392 - Portable device-based shopping checkout: The present invention provides portable-device based store checkout. Specifically, a portable device is configured for store checkout. When the shopper obtains an item, he/she scans its barcode and captures its image using the portable device. The identity of the item as determined based on the barcode is compared with its... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080296394 - Travel kiosk: A travel kiosk which focuses operator attention to a work area. The travel kiosk includes a first portion containing a touch screen, and a second portion adjacent the first portion including a printer, a barcode reader, a passport imager, and a radio frequency reader. The second portion contains a work... Agent: Intellectual Property Section Law Department