Registers inventions 02/09

20090050684 - point of sale terminal network implementation for transmitting data indicative of terminal changes upon switching of open close state of cash drawer: Tracking at the local point of sale terminal level, changes in data associated with each terminal, such as a changed printer or POS register supporting a particular POS terminal, the identified cash drawer for the terminal, the particular changeable removable cash till in the cash drawer or the particular terminal... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090050688 - Electronic wallet device and communication method: There is provided an electronic wallet device including a holding section to hold a plurality of non-contact type IC cards, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with an external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the IC cards held in the holding section, a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090050687 - Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value: There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, which includes a holding section to hold a plurality of non-contact type IC cards, an external communication antenna to perform... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090050689 - Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value: There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, including a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090050686 - Electronic wallet device, communication method, and program: An electronic wallet device is provided, which includes a holding section holding a plurality of non-contact type IC cards in an attachable/detachable manner, an antenna for external communication, a transmitting/receiving section demodulating a communication request received by the antenna for external communication and transmitting a response signal, a storage section... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090050685 - Reducing leakage noise in directly sampled radio frequency signals: The present disclosure includes a system and method for reducing leakage noise in directly sampled radio frequency signals. In some implementations, a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) reader includes an antenna, an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), a synthesizer module, and a Carrier Noise Reduction (CNR) module. The antenna is configured to receive... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090050690 - Electronic money settling system, and electronic money settling method: Electronic money is stored in a user card to be used by a user, and the sum of the electronic money stored in the user card is acquired by a shop terminal. In case this sum is smaller than a using sum for the settlement in question, the electronic money... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090050691 - Electronic money terminal: The present invention provides an electronic money terminal which alone can handle multiple types of electronic money services. Since the electronic money terminal has a storage unit for storing a plurality of settlement processing programs each corresponding to one electronic money service, a selection unit for allowing a user to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090050692 - Dynamic identity matching in response to threat levels: A dynamic identity matching facility that enables an operator to determine the status of an individual based on identification information contained on an identification record provided by the individual. The operator scans the individual's identification information from the identification record using a scanning device. The facility decodes the scanned identification... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090050693 - Transaction card with sound and transformative playback feature: A transaction card includes an audio circuit, housing and an account identifier. The audio circuit includes memory configured to store an audio file having audio properties. The audio circuit is configured to transform at least one audio property of the audio file such that upon playback of the audio file,... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090050694 - Medicine management methods and apparatus: Methods and apparatus are shown for providing information on a pill. A patient specific delivery apparatus for medicine using information on a pill or pills is shown as well, and a database with patient specific information may be provided, resulting in an individualized pharmacopoeia for a patient. A dispenser and... Agent: Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey

20090050695 - Efficient access rules enforcement mechanism for label-based access control: A computer-program product for improving LBAC performance in a database may include assigning a security label to a user of a database. The security label may be one of multiple security labels associated with a security policy of the database. Each of the multiple security labels may then be compared... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090050696 - System and method for valid period control: A system for valid period control, comprising: a user device and a paid service server. The user device comprises a device identification code; the paid service server accepts the device identification code; assigns an expiry date according to the device identification code, and then encrypts and sends the device identification... Agent: Raymond Sun

20090050697 - Apparatus for distributed data storage of security identification and security access system and method of use thereof: An apparatus and method are provided to control the entry and tracking of individuals into and through controlled areas for security. A novel system is provided which stores data in a collection of portable data carriers of various formats and flash memory. A method is further provided to control the... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.C.

20090050698 - Sales tool: Disclosed is a computer system for use in a retail store. The store employees are provided with wireless devices. The wireless devices are able to interface with a local area network associated with the store and are able to receive product availability information, e.g., inventory; product detail information; and pricing... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20090050699 - Apparatus for prevention of reading of magnetic cards: A card reading machine includes a card reader for reading data on a magnetic card and a device for preventing reading of the data on the magnetic card by illegal card reading devices operatively associated with the card reading machine. The device for preventing may include an oscillator, a driver... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20090050700 - Adding and detecting bar code printed with ink invisible to human eye onto printed medium: A bar code is added to a printed medium having one or more images visible to the human eye. The bar code is printed with ink invisible to the human eye. The bar code as printed on the printed medium with ink invisible to the human eye is then detected,... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20090050701 - Reader with optical character recognition: An imaging-based bar code reader that includes an imaging and decoding system. Focusing optics and a sensor array define a field of view. A data processor has a memory for storing a pattern definition of previously imaged OCR characters and comparing a format of said previously stored characters to a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p

20090050702 - Portable electronic device and control method of portable electronic device: An IC card stores history information indicating information relating to a command executed for each logical channel in a storage portion and determines the validity of the command based on history information of a logical channel specified by the command stored in the storage portion when the command is supplied... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090045250 - Method of recording mail transactions: A method of recording an interaction with a mail item. The mail item comprises a product contained in a mailing package. The mailing package comprises an interface surface containing mailing information. The interface surface has coded data indicative of a mail item identity and of coordinates of a plurality of... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090045249 - Modifying processing of scanned sheets based on scanned control sheets: Scanned sheet processing is modified based on control sheets that are also scanned. The following is performed for each sheet of a number of sheets. The sheet is scanned, and whether the sheet is a control sheet is determined. Where the sheet is a control sheet, one or more of... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20090045251 - Restricting bank card access based upon use authorization data: The present invention provides a system and method to detect credit card fraud. It allows the user, or the credit card company, to limit the use of a particular credit card according to authorized use data which is prespecified by the card holder, such as allowing authorized use within a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090045252 - Apparatus and method of entering an authorization code into a chip card terminal: An authorization code is entered into a chip card terminal from a chip card. The authorization code is first entered into a chip card and stored in a secret memory location. A state on the chip card is temporarily changed from a first state to a second state. When the... Agent: John R. Pivnichny IBM Corporation /IPLaw Dept. Iq0a

20090045254 - Device for checking the regularity of the operation of automatic payment terminals: There is described a device for the control and surveillance to check the regularity of the operation of automatic payment terminals, specifically automatic terminals employing payment card readers of the contact-type.... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090045253 - System and method for providing virtual discernment information: A system and method of providing virtual identification information which can securely perform a predetermined control process online or offline using virtual identification information, without directly exposing personal information, is provided. The method of providing virtual identification information includes: exposing an output medium having an identification code to a user... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20090045255 - Gaming system card reader/writer/dispenser having provision for card recycling: An apparatus for processing cards bearing machine readable data is provided that includes a housing, a hopper in the housing for storing and dispensing cards capable of bearing machine readable data, mounted in the housing are also a card input receiver for receiving a previously used card in the apparatus,... Agent: James D. Erickson C/o Jcm American

20090045256 - Water and drink mix vending machine: A liquid and drink mix vending machine can vend both potable water and as an additional purchase option drink mixes (e.g., flavored drink mixes). The vending machine can include a liquid vending system and a drink mix vending system. The liquid vending system can vend different amounts of water, which... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090045257 - Federated id secure virtual terminal emulation smartcard: A smartcard using a combination of secure virtual terminal emulation implemented by the smartcard and Federated ID information stored on the smartcard (and optionally on a transaction processor server) to provide secure verification of the personal identity of the cardholder. The Federated ID information provides a high level personal identity... Agent: Mehrman Law Office, P.C.

20090045258 - Method & system for enforcing a return policy: A method and system for enforcing a return policy by determining whether an article of merchandise has been, used, or not used, within a predetermined time after the purchase of the merchandise. The system including sensor means associated with the article for recording data related to ambient conditions post-purchase, data... Agent: Sabeta Ip

20090045259 - Optical reader having a color imager: There is described a device having a two dimensional imager. The device having a two dimensional image sensor can be a hand held device. Imaging optics can be provided for focusing light reflected from a target onto the two dimensional imager. A two dimensional image sensor can be a color... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090045260 - Retail information collection: An apparatus for collecting and transmitting a retail data comprising a barcode data of the products purchased over each transaction. The apparatus comprises a terminal device that has loaded onto it a retail information collection application that receives, stores, processes, and transmits the retail data. Financial data such as credit... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20090045261 - Method for providing user feedback in an autoidentification system: An optical barcode and/or RFID reader having at least two sets of illuminating LEDs that are directed toward a target object to reflect whether the barcode and/or RFID reading was successful or unsuccessful. The reader is provided with a set of red LEDs and a set of green LEDs for... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20090045262 - Article having an embedded accessible storage member, apparatus and method for using same: A portable card adapted to interact with a data processing station when the portable card and the data processing station are moved relative to each other is disclosed. The portable card includes a substrate having a predetermined shape, e.g. rectangular. An accessible embedded storage member is enclosed within said substrate.... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 2099 Gateway Place

20090039149 - Contactless activation systems and methods: Methods and systems for enabling contactless communications with a contactless card are disclosed. A contactless card may include a contactless interface activation mechanism that includes one or more sense contacts, a processor, and a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The processor-readable storage medium may contain programming instructions... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090039146 - Multi-function machine and method of controlling the same: A document including a two-dimensional barcode recorded therein is scanned, the two-dimensional barcode of the scan image is decoded, a text recorded in the document is extracted, the extracted text or a document produced by a document editing unit is attached to an e-mail, and the e-mail is transmitted. The... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090039147 - Rfid tag printer and printer: Data is transferred from an operating device to a printer for printing with a simple operation. It is determined whether or not a printer ID received by a RFID tag for a printer of a printer via radio communication from a mobile terminal matches a printer ID of the printer... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090039148 - Secured access using a position-coded system: A system and method are disclosed for controlling access to goods or services. A location may be read from a base, such as a card, using a digital pen. The system may then check if the location is within a region belonging to an authorized user. If so, access may... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090039151 - Reject structure in cash transaction machine: A reject structure in a cash transaction machine includes a main body of the cash transaction machine including a receiving section wherein a fixed magnet is included in the receiving section; a reject box body being detachably disposed in the receiving section; a reject box shutter being provided on the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090039150 - Remote handheld payment device and method: Embodiments of the present invention provide a remote payment device that is simple, versatile, and easy to use, accepts payments by charge cards or cash, and handles a split-check scenario in a simple and flexible manner. In one embodiment, a remote payment device for processing payment of a bill to... Agent: Zuber & Taillieu LLP Suite 300

20090039152 - Apparatus for accrediting event participants: The present invention relates to the accreditation of participants to an event. Participants are invited to register, allowing an accreditation system (300) to collect information (325 and 320) from each of the participants. The accreditation system produces a non-valid pass for each of the participants, and the non-valid passes are... Agent: Ibm Endicott (anthony England) Law Office Of Anthony England

20090039153 - Deactivatable/reactivatable smart card recording apparatus: An automated system with one or more memory-card interface devices, a custom-formatted end-user memory card keeps track of the user's results, and a reactivation memory card controls the provider's recharging of the end-user memory card after the end-user memory card expires. The contents of the reactivation memory card are updated... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20090039154 - Foldable transaction card systems: A transaction card system comprising a foldable transaction card and a foldable housing is disclosed. The foldable transaction card has a folded state and an unfolded state. The foldable housing for housing the foldable transaction card when the foldable transaction card is in a folded state, wherein the foldable housing... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20090039155 - Airport vehicular gate entry access system: A method of securing airport vehicular gate entries by providing mechanisms to check airport employee escorting a vehicle, as well as vehicle driver and passengers and match them against the TSA NO-FLY and SELECTEE lists. The system provides means of authenticating drivers' licenses, verifying employee status, printing temporary passes, printing... Agent: Micheal Haddad

20090039156 - Method for authorized granting of a service and device for carrying out said method: Current electronic cards, such as, for example, proximity cards, smartcards for short, can transmit data to a reader unit over a range of up to about 10 cm. Boosters are used to improve convenience which in essence represent a wireless extension. This is however not adequate with regards to autonomy,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090039157 - Taking undistorted images of moved objects with uniform resolution by line sensor: An apparatus (10), in particular a code reader, for the taking of undistorted images of a surface of objects (14) moved on a conveying device (12) is set forth, wherein the apparatus (10) has a geometry detection sensor (18) which is made for the detection of the geometry of the... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090039158 - Microwave readable dielectric barcode: Presented is a system and method for reading a microwave readable barcode formed from a pattern of dielectric material. The dielectric pattern creates a strong microwave contrast with the surrounding media selectively resonating with or scattering an interrogating microwave signal. Dielectric bars can be fabricated by inkjet printing, injection, spraying,... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20090039159 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes: a cabinet on whose end surface is formed a slot for insertion of a card; a card access unit that has a terminal that contacts an electrode of the card inserted from the slot. The card access unit is disposed in a position spaced from the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090039160 - Card processor: In a card processor having a function of intermittently transporting a magnetic card, card information is prevented more effectively from being illegally acquired by a skimmer mounted on a card slot. Transport rollers are mounted near the card slot. When a sensor turns ON as a card is inserted into... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090039161 - Information reader for optically reading code: An information reader has a light source, an optical system having a light receiving sensor and a lens, and a board supporting the source and sensor such that a sensor axis of the sensor perpendicular to the sensor and passing an intersection of an optical axis of the optical system... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090039162 - Tag reader and the tag: A tag reader and the tag are disclosed. The tag comprises a barcode pattern layer and horizontal line segments, which are connected to form an RF antenna. The antenna is further electrically connected to an RF chip, wherein an RF chip data is recorded in the RF chip. The tag... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090039163 - Optical reader having image sensor for reading decodable indicia: An optical reader for reading decodable indicia is provided. In one embodiment, the optical reader can include an image sensor. In one aspect, the optical reader can be configured to read bar codes such as 1D bar codes. Particular methods and apparatus for reading decodable indicia are described.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090039165 - Methods and apparatus for a bar code scanner providing video surveillance: Systems and techniques for monitoring checkout transactions using video supplied by a camera integrated into a scanner used at a checkout station. The provides a view of an area of interest, and video is supplied to one or more remote locations, such as a security station or a product identification... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090039164 - Methods and apparatus for image recognition in checkout verification: Systems and techniques for automated checkout verification. Product identification information is received and used as an index to retrieve a set of images associated with the identified product. The images may provide multiple views of the product. As the product is presented for purchase, an image of the product is... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090039167 - Indicia reading terminal having spatial measurement functionality: There is provided in one embodiment an indicia reading terminal that can execute a spatial measurement mode of operation in which the indicia reading terminal can determine a dimension of an article in a field of view of the indicia reading terminal and/or determine other spatial information. In determining a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090039166 - Methods and apparatus for positioning objects for scanning by a hybrid laser and imaging scanner: Systems and techniques for assuring proper presentation of a bar code for imaging scanning in a hybrid laser and imaging bar code scanner A scanner includes elements for laser bar code scanning and imaging bar code scanning, and includes indicia for assuring proper presentation by a user of a bar... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090039169 - Electronic-ink based display tagging system employing a plurality of electronic-ink display tags having a stacked architecture and being powered and programmed by a portable tag activation module: An electronic-ink based display tagging system including a plurality of programmable electronic-ink display tags, and a portable tag activation module for programming display indicia to be displayed on each electronic-ink display tag. Each electronic-ink display tag includes an addressable display assembly including a layer of electronic ink including a bi-stable... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq.

20090039168 - Noncontact information storage medium and method for manufacturing same: A non-contact information storage medium has IC chip having at least a function of storing information, and resin substrate having antenna pattern for communicating a signal to an external device. Antenna terminal disposed at one end of antenna pattern on resin substrate and electrode terminal of IC chip are mounted... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090032578 - Computer generated bookmarks for scanning and transmission to platform aggregator or search engine to add additional information to printed material: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of conveying information related to a printed publication. A label having a readable code for attachment to or insertion into a printed publication is used. A reader adapted to read the code on the label or insert and to communicate the code... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20090032577 - System and method for cable monitoring: Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for cable monitoring. One embodiment includes a method that creates a communication channel between two optical transceivers and exchanges data between the two optical transceivers to determine if a fiber optic cable is properly functioning.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090032579 - Multiple financial institution automated teller machine apparatus, system and method for using same: An apparatus, system and method for providing to a network of ATMs (10) the ability to transact business in connection with several financial institutions (30, 40) using each financial institution's display interfaces (34, 44), and optionally provides for advertising and promotional materials (32, 42)) associated with each financial institution targeted... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20090032580 - Process of and system for facilitating cash collections deposits and deposit tracking: A process of facilitating cash collection deposits and deposit tracking includes identifying by a retailer an amount of cash collected by that retailer, including respective amounts of currency by denomination of the collected cash, creating a deposit ticket containing at least a unique identification code associated therewith, depositing the created... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20090032584 - Display device, data processing method and data processing system using the display device: The present invention has non-contact communication means (3a) configured to read a card identifier ID stored in a memory of an IC card, a barcode generation unit (22) configured to generate a two-dimensional barcode of a bonus data associated with the card identifier ID read by the non-contact communication means... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090032582 - Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and computer product: An information providing apparatus provides a menu to a portable terminal and, when an item is selected from the menu by the user of the portable terminal, provides detailed information about the item. The information providing apparatus has an IC-tag reader that corresponds to a menu item and performs short-distance... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090032581 - Stored value card transaction control systems and methods: A gift card processing system which includes a database storing interval information representing a required interval between transactions using the gift card. The database also stores data representing the maximum amount of each transaction. The gift card processing system is part of a network that includes POS terminals at merchant... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090032583 - System for authenticating encoded object: A system for authenticating an object is provided having means for sensing coded tags printed on the object which each encode an identity of the object, a signature fragment and a signature fragment identifier associated with the signature fragment, means for identifying a determined signature from the identity, signature fragment... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090032585 - Access control gate: An access control gate with a mechanical guidance forms one or more access lanes for patrons. First electronic means include a contactless access reader which is connected to a software controlled verification system to identify the access right of patrons, second means comprise two motor driven flaps which protrude from... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090032586 - Advertising and marketing method and device: The event souvenir bracelet and card comprises a bracelet and card displaying an identifying name or logo of an event inside a transparent package with an information packet containing information about the event. The card contains stored, retrievable data allowing it to function as a money card, such as a... Agent: Hitchcock Evert LLP

20090032587 - User identification system: A user identification system includes a portable terminal device for holding user information for receiving a designated service and a user information inspection device for inspecting the user information, wherein provisions are made to prevent any person other than the rightful holder of the portable terminal device from receiving the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090032589 - Method and system to improve product recalls: A method and system is provided to deter purchases of recalled products. An inventory control system is provided with an identification code corresponding to a recalled product. The identification code of the recalled product is identified when it is scanned or otherwise determined to be part of a sale at... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090032588 - Self-service checkout system with cash not available mode: A self-service checkout system which continues operation when cash transaction options are not available. The self-service checkout system includes a cash dispenser, a display for displaying payment options, an input device for recording selection of payment options, including cash and non-cash transaction options, and a processor for disabling the cash... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090032590 - Location, orientation, product and color identification apparatus, system and method for the blind or visually impaired: A radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled assistive device, system and method for blind or visually impaired (B & VI) persons. A device typically includes at least partially within a hand-operated housing structure a RFID scanner capable of interrogating a surrounding environment of the presence of one or more RFID tags,... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20090032591 - Electronic voting system and associated method: An electronic voting system includes a vote security device (VSD), a user interface for presenting a ballot to a voter, and an audit trail printer operatively coupled to the VSD. The printer prints an audit trail ballot only in response to verifying encrypted and/or digitally signed messages received from the... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090032592 - Spherical encoded beads: The present application discloses a composition comprising a plurality of spherical beads, wherein a radiofrequency chip operating at a frequency of in the range of 2.2-2.7 GHz is embedded within each of said beads and wherein essentially each of said beads is individually identifiable on the basis of radiofrequency identification.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090032593 - Smart card and smart card reader: A smart card (1) has a card contact element (2) for establishing an electrical contact with a reader contact element of a smart card reader for reading the smart card (1). The card contact element (2) has a contact surface (3) coated with a contact layer, said contact surface (3)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090032595 - Illumination lens for optical code reader: An optical code reader of the imager type includes at least one light source and at least one illumination lens downstream of the at least one light source for projecting a predetermined illumination pattern. The at least one illumination lens comprises a first main face, wherein in a first direction,... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20090032596 - Method for decoding data: Disclosed is a method for decoding data that is encoded on a medium in a two-dimensional arrangement of code symbol marks (12). According to said method, orientation symbol marks (7) are disposed in several rows and several columns such that a grid of row centerlines and column centerlines is adjusted... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090032594 - Portable optical card readers: A device for reading optical data cards. This device includes a shuttle mounted on shuttle tracks within the device housing. The shuttle is configured to move back and forth on the shuttle tracks driven by the shuttle motor. A card loader allows optical data cards to be positioned onto the... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20090032597 - Reading apparatus 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: Honeywell International Inc.

20090032598 - Method for differentiating hotkeys and computer apparatus thereof: A method for differentiating hotkeys includes setting a plurality of hotkeys to correspond to a designated scan code and to correspond to a plurality of different identification codes, respectively, wherein the designated scan code and one identification code corresponding to each hotkey are outputted and the identification code is stored... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090032599 - Scanner for scanning items marked with near-infrared tags: A scanner for scanning items marked with near-infrared tags includes a laser configured to produce a narrowband near-infrared beam matched to a peak wavelength of near-infrared ink used to print the tags. A mirror assembly re-directs the beam. A deflecting arrangement receives the re-directed beam. A steering mirror steers the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090032600 - Handheld scanner for coded surfaces: A swipe scanner for scanning a graphic image printed on a surface. The surface has a position-coding pattern imposed with the graphic image. The swipe scanner comprises: (a) a first image sensor positioned for imaging portions of the surface during a swipe of the surface, each imaged portion containing part... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090032601 - Information advisor card: An information card including a memory device for storing validity information of driver's licenses from more than one jurisdiction means for selectively accessing validity information for a selected jurisdiction, and means for displaying the accessed information.... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090032602 - Thermobondable polyester film, process for production of ic cards or ic tags with the same, and ic cards with ic tags:

20090032603 - Ic card and manufacturing method of the same: An IC card formed by sandwiching a circuit board formed with an antenna pattern and an IC chip mounted on the circuit board with a plurality of card constituent sheets. Ferrite beads to absorb and remove noises (unnecessary radiation energy) input to and output from the IC chip are mounted... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP