Registers inventions 03/09

20090078754 - Method and device for transporting items by means of identified containers: A method and a device transport multiple items, in particular mail items, to predefined destination points. The respective destination point and a value of a predefined feature of each item are measured and stored. The item is transported together with other items in a transport device to an intermediate point.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090078753 - Name changing method, information processing apparatus and network system: The present invention is a method for changing a device identification name of an information processing apparatus to which the device identification name is added for identification by a user. First, a device identification name of other information processing apparatus connected to a same network is obtained. Next, the device... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090078755 - Stored-value card management method and system: A computerized system for activating, issuing and otherwise managing transactions and activities pertaining to stored-value cards over a communications network. A central information database is provided for storing stored-value cardholder and card purchaser information received directly from respective stored-value cardholders and card purchasers PCs through a universal central processor via... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20090078756 - Method and apparatus for identifying and dispensing currency and non cash media from automated teller machine or cash dispensing device: Disclosed is a non-cash media card that is dispensable through automated teller machines (ATM's), with the card having information that identifies a particular customer and the particular transaction by which the card was purchased. Also disclosed is a process for dispensing the non-cash media card from an automated teller machine,... Agent: Etherton Law Group, LLC

20090078760 - Automated appliance registration: A system for automatically registering an appliance, including a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, and a communication card including a controller, an interface connector for connecting the communication card to the electrical appliance, a wireless cellular modem for... Agent: Soquel Group, LLC

20090078759 - Electronic device, method and computer-readable recording medium for controlling electronic device: An electronic device having a maneuvering part provided at an external part of the electronic device for maneuvering the electronic device that includes a unique data storage part configured to store unique data identifying a valid non-contact key medium, a data reading part configured to read data stored in a... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20090078761 - Financial and similar identification cards read by magnetic swipe card readers and methods relating thereto: Apparatus forming a portable charge, debit or similar identification card which can be read using a magnetic card reader and methods for securing information are described. The preferred apparatus includes a magnetic stripe for storing information, a jamming assembly configured to emit a jamming signal which temporarily renders at least... Agent: Gregory Ipl, P.C.

20090078757 - Information management system and method: An information management system includes a computer server. The computer server includes an interface module. The information management system also includes a plurality of card processors in communication with the computer server via the interface module. The computer server is configured to interface with each of the plurality of card... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090078758 - Systems and methods for cardless transactions using a telephone number: This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for performing cardless financial transactions using a telephone number. The method may include registering a customer's telephone number with a financial account of the customer based at least in part on verification of the customer's identity and prompting the customer to enter into... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090078762 - Rfid tag: An attachable RFID tag is described having a containment head portion (1) containing a passive RFID transponder (8) and an attachment portion comprising an elongate projection therefrom, which projection is discontinuously threaded, with a screw-threaded portion (5) and an unthreaded portion (6) of longitudinal extent greater than the thickness of... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090078763 - Contact-less smart card reader: An improved contact-less smart card reader is disclosed that includes at least one separate transmit antenna and at least one separate receive antenna for transmitting and receiving respectively, wherein the antenna geometry of said reader is adapted to capture a maximum number of flux lines that pass through the corresponding... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090078764 - Electromagnetic field induced msr swipes detection: A payment terminal including a magnetic card reader, a decoder receiving analog signals from the magnetic card reader and providing a digital data output to utilization circuitry and data integrity assurance circuitry operative to eliminate spurious data due to Electromagnetic Field (EMF) interference.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090078765 - Electromagnetic field induced msr swipes detection: A payment terminal including a magnetic card reader, a decoder receiving analog signals from the magnetic card reader and providing a digital data output to utilization circuitry and data integrity assurance circuitry operative to eliminate spurious data due to Electromagnetic Field (EMF) interference.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090078766 - Code reading device, code reading program storage medium and code reading method: A code reading device includes an acquisition section, a derivation section and a correction section. The acquisition section reads a two-dimensional code image and acquires image information representing the two-dimensional code image. The derivation section derives an image characteristic quantity representing a ratio between a number of white pixels and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090078771 - Method and system for using an optical sensor array to control a labeling device: A method for using an optical sensor array to control a labeling device includes scanning a surface texture of an imageable media with the optical sensor array, collecting surface data corresponding to the surface texture of the imageable media, and controlling the labeling device in response to the surface data.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090078768 - Method of imaging a coding pattern having an orientation identified via a plurality of direction components: A method of imaging a coding pattern disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: (a) capturing an image of a portion of the coding pattern; (b) sampling and decoding a plurality of registration symbols contained in the imaged portion; (c) determining an orientation from... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090078769 - Method of imaging a coding pattern having registration symbols: A method of imaging a coding pattern disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: (a) capturing an image of a portion of the coding pattern; (b) sampling and decoding a plurality of registration symbols contained in said imaged portion; (c) determining an orientation and... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090078767 - Method of imaging a coding pattern with data elements encoding by multi-pulse position modulation: A method of imaging a coding pattern disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: (a) capturing an image of a portion of the coding pattern; and (b) low-pass filtering said captured image so as to obscure data elements and preserve target elements. The coding... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090078770 - Method of imaging coding pattern and identifying cell translations from different orientations: A method of imaging a coding pattern disposed on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises the steps of: (a) capturing an image of a portion of the coding pattern; (b) sampling a registration symbol contained in the imaged portion; (c) mapping a set of data elements to a... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090078772 - Techniques for decoding images of barcodes: Techniques for enhancing the reliable and efficient decoding of images of computer-readable symbols, which represent information encoded using a one- or two-dimensional visual symbology, are discussed. In accordance with one technique, prior to attempting to decode a particular image, a likelihood of successfully decoding the visual symbology from the image... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090078773 - Multiple configuration image scanner: An imaging-based bar code reader that includes an imaging and decoding system. Focusing optics and a sensor array define a field of view. An exemplary system has an image sensor includes multiple configuration registers. With multiple configuration registers a video mode can be implemented where the video consists of a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p

20090078775 - Electro-optical imaging reader having plural solid-state imagers with shutters to prevent concurrent exposure: A bioptical workstation includes plural image capture modules for capturing images of indicia along different fields of view. Each module includes an illuminator for illuminating the indicia with illumination light, a megapixel imager with a rolling shutter for sequentially capturing the return light, and a shutter element for passing the... Agent: Kirschstein, Israel, Schiffmiller & Pieroni, P.C.

20090078774 - Graphical user interface for use in programming a barcode reader: 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

20090078776 - Carbon transaction card: A transaction card wherein at least a portion of the card is carbon.... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20090078777 - Real-time card balance on card plastic: A system, method and prepaid payment card configured to display a current card balance on the prepaid payment card. The prepaid payment card receives a balance request from a button on the card. After retrieving the current card balance encoded on the prepaid payment card, the card displays the current... Agent: Visa Usa C/o Duane Morris LLP Attn: James Sze, Esq.

20090078779 - Coding pattern comprising direction codes: A substrate having a coding pattern disposed on a surface thereof. The coding pattern comprises a plurality of target elements defining a target grid. The target grid comprises a plurality of cells, wherein neighboring cells share target elements. A plurality of data elements are contained in each cell. Tags are... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090078780 - Coding pattern comprising registration symbols: A substrate having a coding pattern disposed on a surface thereof. The coding pattern comprises a plurality of target elements defining a target grid. The target grid comprises a plurality of cells, wherein neighboring cells share target elements. A plurality of data elements are contained in each cell. Tags are... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090078778 - Coding pattern with data elements encoding by multi-pulse position modulation: A substrate having a coding pattern disposed on a surface thereof. The coding pattern comprises a plurality of data elements, which encode data values by multi-pulse position modulation.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090072019 - Apparatus for producing rfid labels and document-processing progress management system: This disclosure discloses an apparatus capable of producing RFID labels comprising: a feeding device configured to feed a tag medium; a printing device configured to make a desired print on the tag medium or on a print-receiving medium; a tag accessing device configured to make an access to a RFID... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090072021 - Automated banking machine system and method: An automated banking machine (152) includes a plurality of transaction function devices. The transaction function devices include a card reader (170), a keypad (172), a printer (174), a bill dispenser (176), a coin dispenser (178), a code reading device (180), a display (182), a cash acceptor (184), a check acceptor... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20090072020 - Integrated financial transaction and access system: A universal digital information management and transaction system facilitates a consumer's ability to organize, use and obtain personal data related to a consumer, including for example, the consumer's financial, health, and personal records. A consumer is provided with an online profile that stores all of the relevant consumer information, with... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090072026 - Concept card and selling system and method based on purchaser using the card: A new concept card and a selling system and method based on a purchaser using the card are disclosed. The system includes a card system 4 which issues a new concept card for allowing a card company to identify a seller or registers or grants information to a seller, a... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090072023 - Methods for receiving credit card applications at a fuel dispenser: Credit card applications typically involve the help of a third party to input the necessary data required by a credit card issuing agency. Using the present invention, a customer at a fuel dispenser can complete a credit card application and have it approved or denied in a quick and easy... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20090072025 - Methods, systems and computer program products for electronic identification card creation and transfer during real time communications: Exemplary embodiments include a method for creating an electronic identification card during a real time communications session including: presenting a user with an option to enter personal information; receiving a command from the user to send the electronic identification card including the personal information during the real time communications session;... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090072022 - Modular communication plug-in module for an electronic trip unit: The present invention relates to a communication module plug-in device for an electronic trip unit including both wired and wire-less conventional communication methodologies. The device comprising a housing, the housing being structurally configured for the releasable connection to an electronic trip unit, wherein the housing further facilitates the electronic communication... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090072024 - Transit security detection system: A method and system for processing exposure to an item of interest in a transit system is disclosed. Detectors are sensitive to the item of interest such as chemicals, biologic compound, radiation, nuclear, and/or explosives to produce detector or other information. A threat assessment value is determined periodically. The fare... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090072027 - Subscription antenna strap: An antenna strap for the mobile device is being provided with an antenna extension (means) for receiving wireless broadcast in the mobile device. The antenna extension of the antenna strap extends beyond the traditional antenna of the mobile device so that the mobile broadcast is more feasible and that the... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090072028 - Commodity-vending system and weight-scale apparatus: When a customer picks up a commodity at a store aisles and operates a tag device, a PLU code of the commodity is transmitted from the tag device to a weight-scale apparatus. The terminal device is provided corresponding to each commodity. The weight-scale apparatus upon receiving the PLU code increments... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090072029 - Inventory control system: An inventory control system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of inventory item storage locations, an access system for controlling access to the inventory items, where the access system includes an input device for entering the identity of a user, a monitoring system for monitoring the removal and replacement... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090072031 - method for paper-free verifiable electronic voting: A method for a paper-free, verifiable, electronic voting system, the method comprising the steps of submitting votes by a voter using a direct-recording electronic voting machine, requesting a ballot summary from the direct-recording electronic voting machine, creating a ballot summary in a verification subsystem, displaying the ballot summary by the... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090072032 - Method for electronic voting using a trusted computing platform: A method for voting in a trusted electronic voting system under the control of an election authority, the method comprising: casting a ballot having ballot information, the ballot information representing votes by a voter; receiving a request to cast the ballot by a voting machine, the voting machine running as... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090072030 - System for paper-free verifiable electronic voting: An apparatus for a paper-free, verifiable, electronic voting system, comprising an electronic voting machine including at least one direct recording electronic device, at least one ballot summary, where each of the ballot summaries representing selections of a voter, at least one ballot verification subsystem that creates, displays, and stores said... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090072033 - Magnetic card reader, especially for point of sale terminals: A point of sale device including a housing, a magnetic card reader disposed in the housing, the magnetic card reader including at least first and second heads, a flexible circuit board electrically coupled to the first and second heads and a unitary resilient head mounting element resiliently supporting the at... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090072034 - Using a 2d imager for rastering scanning: A method of operating an optical reader having a 2D image sensor array having an array of rows and columns of pixels comprising the steps of: (a) configuring the image sensor array to output a select set of pixels; (b) capturing an image; (c) outputting the pixel data from the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090072035 - Barcode generation system, barcode generation program, printing device, and test chart: A test chart for printing black bars and white bars of a barcode, each of which has one of multiple different numbers of dots-in-width, is printed on a printing device on which barcodes are printed. In image data on the test chart, the space between neighboring black bars on the... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090072036 - Method, device and system for scanning optical codes: Apparatuses, methods and systems used to reduce the time needed to process images of a bar code or optical code captured by a image bar code scanner. Inage bar code scanners read bar codes or optical codes by capturing digital images of the codes using an image capture device and... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090072037 - Autofocus liquid lens scanner: An autofocus system and method for performing the same for a liquid lens. The autofocus system in one embodiment includes a liquid lens having a variable focal length that is adjusted by varying an input voltage to the lens, distance detection circuitry operative to measure a distance to a target... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Allentown

20090072038 - Indicia reading terminal having multiple setting imaging lens: An indicia reading terminal can include a multiple setting imaging lens assembly and an image sensor having an image sensor array. In one embodiment, an indicia reading terminal in an active reading state can cycle through a set of different lens settings, expose pixels of an image sensor array during... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090072039 - Code symbol reading apparatus: A case has a front surface facing an image sensing area, a concave formed on the front surface, and an opening on the bottom of the concave. The case accommodates an area image sensor to image-sense the image sensing area through the opening, and an illumination device to illuminate the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090072040 - Anti-fake identification device and method for making the same: An anti-fake identification (14) includes a light-emitting layer (144) and a pattern layer (142). The light-emitting layer includes ultraviolet radiation photo initiator. The pattern layer has some through holes defined therein so as to form a pattern. Under ultraviolet radiation, the light-emitting layer emits light and the light passes through... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090065566 - Apparatus and method for providing contents by using machine-readable code: According to the present invention, an apparatus and method for proving a user with a content by using a machine-readable code is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, provided is a method for implementation on a terminal for providing a user with at least one content by using... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090065567 - Apparatus and method for providing contents by using machine-readable code: According to the present invention, an apparatus and method for proving a user with a content by using a machine-readable code is provided. In an aspect of the present invention, provided is a method for implementation on a terminal for providing a user with at least one content by using... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090065565 - System, method and apparatus for preventing reuse of medical instruments: An application for preventing the reuse of a medical device includes a disposable medical device and a handle for accepting the disposable medical device. The handle physically supports the disposable medical device. A circuit for identifying the disposable medical device is imbedded within the disposable medical device and a circuit... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20090065568 - Systems and methods for associating production attributes with products: Methods are provided for marking products with unique identification codes, associating times with at least some of the unique identification codes, and associating other times with certain events pertaining to the production of the marked products. These times can be used to subsequently determine whether a marked product belongs to... Agent: Peters Verny , L.L.P.

20090065569 - Progress display apparatus and progress management system: This disclosure discloses a progress display apparatus displaying a progress state of an event by a plurality of work procedures along a chronological order, comprising: a display signal output portion for a total procedure configured to output a display signal for displaying a total-procedure display part corresponding to all the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090065570 - Systems and methods for facilitating consumer-dispenser interactions: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for dispensing consumable products. In one embodiment, a product dispenser is provided. The product dispenser can include a user interface operable to receive consumer inputs and to present product selection information. In addition, the product dispenser can include a reader configured... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090065571 - Selectively switching antennas of transaction cards: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for selectively switching antennas of transaction cards. In some implementations, a method includes physically interfacing a card with a mobile host device including a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The card executes wireless financial transactions independent of the mobile host device.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090065573 - System and method for checkless cash advance settlement: A method for conducting a checkless cash advance settlement is provided, including the following steps: (1) a customer initiates a Debit or Credit POS transaction via a gaming machine; (2) the customer receives authorization or denial; (3) the customer provides his identification and the credit/debit card to a cashier/attendant at... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20090065572 - Wirelessly executing transactions with different enterprises: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for wirelessly executing transactions with different institutions. In some implementations, a physical interface, a communication module, secure memory, a user-interface module, and a transaction module. The physical interface connects to a port of a mobile host device that includes a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090065576 - Card, card reader and authentication system: An object of the present invention is to provide a card hard to counterfeit it by reading information stored thereinside even if an electronic technique is abused, a card reader used to read such a card, and an authentication system using the card and the card reader. Therefore, in the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090065577 - Medium processing system and intermediary medium processing apparatus: A medium processing system for use with an information recording medium is disclosed. The system may include a first medium processing apparatus, a host apparatus, and a second medium processing apparatus. The first medium processing apparatus may be structured to carry out writing and reading information to and from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090065575 - Method for use in association with identification token and apparatus including identification token: In some embodiments, a method comprises: sensing at least one of movement and position of an identification token; determining if a criteria is satisfied; and enabling operation of the identification token if the criteria is satisfied; wherein determining if the criteria is satisfied comprises determining if the at least one... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090065574 - Lottery ticket bar code: Security can be provided for lottery tickets having data printed thereon in a bar code or other machine readable media by covering only a portion of the bar code with a scratch-off material. Removing the scratch-off material, or in some cases only a portion of the scratch-off material, can permit... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090065578 - Location dependent control access in a process control system: A method of accessing an element in a process control environment using a portable communicator includes defining a plurality of control areas within the process control environment, determining a position of a user operating a portable communicator with respect to one or more of the control areas, establishing an identity... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090065579 - Attributing harvest information with unique identifiers: Systems and methods allow units of produce to be traced back to the fields in which the produce was grown. In the field, a harvest form is completed with harvest information at the time of the harvest. In some instances, labels having unique codes are used to label the produce... Agent: Peters Verny , L.L.P.

20090065580 - Radio frequency identification tag reader and method: A system that includes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag reader, said reader includes a reading section, a processing section, memory and a transmitting section; wherein the reading section is configured to read tag data stored on one or more RFID tags, the processing section is configured to process this... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20090065581 - Automated system for verifying electronic election results: A reader for automatically reading electronic voting machine paper audit records containing voting information encoded into barcodes printed on the audit records. The reader includes an optical imager for capturing images of barcodes printed on the audit records and a sensor for triggering the capture of images at the appropriate... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20090065582 - Card holder and communication method: A card holder is provided, which includes a holding section holding, in an attachable/detachable manner, a plurality of non-contact type IC cards capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, an antenna for external communication communicating contactlessly with the external unit, an antenna for card communication communicating contactlessly with each... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090065583 - Retro-emissive markings: A retro-emissive marking system that returns a coded-spectrum optical signal to a source of an interrogation beam is described. The system is valuable for applications such track-and-trace systems, vehicle markings, anti-counterfeit/security, inventory control, animal ear tags, product authentication, identification cards, and security systems; and it also has value as a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090065584 - Pos-based digital image capturing and processing system employing automatic object motion detection and spectral-mixing based illumination techniques: A POS-based digital image capturing and processing system for illuminating objects using automatic object detection and spectral-mixing illumination technique. The system comprises an area-type illumination and imaging station for projecting a coextensive area-type illumination and imaging field (i.e. zone) into a 3D imaging volume during object illumination and imaging operations.... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski , Esq., P.C.

20090065585 - Concealable card module for a cash register keyboard: The invention relates to a keyboard (1) for data input, particularly a POS keyboard (1), with a key field (2) and at least one card reading device (6), for the reading of data from a card (13) provided with data, whereby the device (6) has a shaft (12), into which... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090065586 - Electronic device: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising an IC element 10, a first circuit layer 20 on the surface of which is formed an antenna circuit 21 composed of a conductive layer, and a second circuit layer 30 on the surface of which is formed a conductive layer 31. The IC... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090065593 - Ic card and an adapter for the same: An IC card and card adapters are designed so that the IC card of a specific standard (e.g., MMC standard) is compatible with IC cards and terminals of other standards (e.g., MS card standard and USB terminal standard). In the IC card (MMC), a controller IC, which is connected to... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090065587 - Identification token and method of making identification token: In accordance with some embodiments, a method includes enabling operation of an RFID integrated circuit of a first card in an identification token using a first switch; and enabling operation of an RFID integrated circuit of a second card in an identification token using a second switch. In accordance with... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090065590 - Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same: A separation layer and a semiconductor element layer including a thin film transistor are formed. A conductive resin electrically connected to the semiconductor element layer is formed. A first sealing layer including a fiber and an organic resin layer is formed over the semiconductor element layer and the conductive resin.... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090065588 - Semiconductor device, manufacturing method thereof, and manufacturing method of antenna: An element group having a transistor is formed over a substrate and a conductive film to be a dummy pattern is formed over the element group by pushing out a paste including conductive particles from a first opening portion, and then a conductive film functioning as an antenna is formed... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090065592 - Smart card chip arrangement: A smart-card chip arrangement comprises: a smart-card chip (148); an organic semiconductor layer (166, 168, 170, 172) disposed on a surface of the chip, and at least one transistor (150, 152, 154, 156) formed in the organic semiconductor layer. The at least one transistor is configured so as to enable... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090065591 - Smart-card chip arrangement: A smart-card chip arrangement includes a smart-card chip, an organic conductive layer disposed on a surface of the chip, and signal-deriving means for deriving a signal dependent on one or more properties of the organic conductive layer. The organic conductive layer and the signal-deriving means are configured such as to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090065589 - Smartcard and method of producing smartcards: The invention relates to a smartcard (1) comprising: a first section (4) enclosing a contactless microcircuit (2). In order to improve the security of the smart card against forgery said smartcard comprises: a compensation section (7) of a transparent material, said compensation section having substantially the same thickness as the... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090065594 - Wireless ic device and wireless ic device composite component: A wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip, a feed circuit board having the wireless IC chip mounted thereon and including a feed circuit including inductance elements, and a radiation plate electromagnetically coupled to the inductance elements in the feed circuit. A high-permeability magnetic body made of a high-permeability... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090057423 - Cash processing machine: This invention provides a coin depositing and dispensing machine capable of clearly specifying whether each coin dispensed into the same coin dispensing port is a coin to be paid or rejected coin, and preventing the coins from being mistakenly mishandled. Light emitting unit capable of emitting light of different colors... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090057391 - Deposit container verification and/or identification system: A system for identification and confirmation of legitimate deposit refund containers on which a monetary deposit has been collected. The containers include a marking indicating eligibility for collection of the monetary deposit upon return of the containers. The system includes at least one emitter operative to emit radiation positioned to... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090057392 - Method of enabling online purchasing using encoded form: A method of enabling online purchasing via a printed form is provided in which the printed form is provided containing information relating to a purchasing transaction and a plurality of coded tags, where each tag encodes data on an identity of the form and the position of the tag on... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090057390 - System and method for matching colored lids to cartons: A system and method for matching lids to cartons includes a carton feed conveyor having a plurality of cartons carried at individual flight positions defined along the conveyor, with each of the cartons having a mark applied thereto indicating a type of lid to be applied to the respective carton.... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090057397 - Automated banking machine system and method: A card actuated automated banking machine (152, 198, 200) includes a plurality of transaction function devices. The transaction function devices include a card reader (170), a printer (174), a bill dispenser (176), a coin dispenser (178), a display (182), a check imaging device (186) and at least one processor (190).... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20090057394 - Automated retail kiosk with changeable presentation formats: An automated retail kiosk or vending machine that can vend working cellular handsets and that uses changeable presentation formats. The kiosk is generally an automated retail kiosk that can deliver primarily prepaid wireless products and services such as prepaid cellular handsets, prepaid cellular and long distance calling plans and E-pins,... Agent: Clifford Kraft Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

20090057398 - Banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records: An automated banking machine operates using data read from user cards. The machine is operative to transfer funds in account. The machine includes a fascia adapted to be held by a lock adjacent an opening of a housing supported atop a chest. The fascia is in operatively supported connection with... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20090057396 - Method and system for multiple account, token-based single transactions: Systems and methods configured to enable a consumer to use a token (such as a magnetic stripe card, a smart chip, a bio-metric tool, etc.) linked to a plurality of financial accounts belonging to the consumer to complete a purchase or a financial transaction are described. The information stored in... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090057395 - Self-service terminal: A method of detecting attempted fraud at a self-service terminal. The method involves providing a classifier having a plurality of input zones, each input zone being adapted to receive data of a different modality. The classifier may be a statistical model. The method also involves mapping inputs from a plurality... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20090057393 - System and method for completing a secure financial transaction using a wireless communications device: A system and method for completing a financial transaction using a wireless communication device is provided. A transaction authorization request is sent from the device to an issuer using SMS. An authentication message is sent from the issuer to the device, and a response is sent by a user of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090057399 - Electronic security system for monitoring and recording activity and data relating to institutions and clients thereof: A tracking system for use in identifying individuals of a group, each of the individuals having an associated data set indicative of the identity of those individuals, includes an electromagnetic identification apparatus configured with each of the individuals for providing an electromagnetic identification signal indicative of the content data set... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090057400 - System for identifying counterfeit security document: A system is provided having a sensing device and a processor for determining a counterfeit security document. The security document has disposed thereon or therein coded data including a number of coded data portions. Each coded data portion is indicative of an identity of the security document and a part... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090057402 - Information processing apparatus and information processing system: An information processing system is supplied capable of holding a security; and transferring an output authority which is had by a transfer source portability terminal to a transfer destination portability terminal. In the information processing system, a transfer source sending section for sending authority information to the transfer destination portability... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090057401 - System and methods for providing prepaid car wash or lube services: Systems and methods are disclosed for operating an automated vehicle wash or lubrication system and providing user selected car wash or lubrication services according to a prepaid customer account, in which the customer's credit card is automatically charged at a regular interval or based on a certain number of services... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090057403 - Inbound receiving system: Systems and methods of the present invention for receiving inbound shipments are provided. Bar code information may be decoded, and various types of information can be identified from the decoded bar code information. Such information may include, for example, recipient name, recipient address, a sender account number with the shipping... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090057404 - Protection of optically encoded content using one or more rfid tags embedded within one or more optical medias: The present invention discloses a solution for protection of optically encoded content using one or more Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags embedded within one or more optical medias. The solution can include an RFID tag embedded within an optical media that can manage the use of the optically encoded content... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. Ibm-rsw

20090057405 - Light collection assembly with self-retaining lens in electro-optical reader: An assembly for collecting light from indicia includes a chassis having a port through which the light from the indicia passes, and walls bounding an interior compartment. A self-retaining frame constituted of an optical material is non-adhesively mounted within the compartment in an assembled position. The frame has an integral... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20090057408 - Optical encoding: An article includes at least one surface with a visual feature included thereon and a plurality of elements with at least a portion of the elements being of selected optical states in accordance with a predetermined code, so that the visual feature is encoded with information. The article further includes... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20090057407 - Photoelectric conversion apparatus and driving method thereof: A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprises a common signal reading line through which signals are read out from the plurality of photoreceiving elements of the plurality of sensor chips. After sequentially reading out signals from a first photoreceiving elements included in the plurality of unit blocks to the common signal reading... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090057406 - Reflection type encoder: A reflection type encoder includes a reflection scale 20 having an origin pattern formed thereon, a light source 42 for irradiating light to the origin pattern, and a light receiving element 50 for detecting reflection light from the origin pattern, in which the origin pattern on the reflection scale 20... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090057409 - Automatic raster height and speed adjustment in programmable electeo-optical readers for reading two-dimensional symbols of different heights: A reader for electro-optically reading two-dimensional symbols of different heights, includes a scanner for scanning the symbols with light in a raster scan pattern of an adjustable height, and for detecting light scattered from the symbols to generate electrical signals indicative of the detected light. A controller not only decodes... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20090057410 - Digital image capture and processing system having a single printed circuit (pc) board with a 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 li: 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 linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20090057411 - Imaging system for reading target with multiple symbols: An imaging system for acquiring images of multiple indicia, such as symbols and non-symbols, on a target, such as a label, comprises a solid-state imager having an array of image sensors for capturing light from the indicia on the target over a field of view, and a controller having a... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20090057412 - Diagnosing malfunction of electro-optical reader: The operating parameters of data capture systems, such as electro-optical moving beam readers and imagers, are reported to a host in the event of a system malfunction by having a system operator scan a unique utility datum with the reader, or depress an actuator on the reader.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20090057413 - Selectable aiming pattern for an imaging-based bar code reader: An aiming pattern assembly (60) for an imaging-based bar code reader (10) including: a light source assembly (62) generating focused light; a pattern shaping assembly (66) receiving focused light from the light source assembly (62) and including a first area (66a) and a non-overlapping second area (66b), focused light passing... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p

20090057417 - Ic card: The present invention realizes a card on which a secure IC chip (a first semiconductor chip) that operates on both of a high power source voltage and a low power source voltage, and a nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip that operates on the lower power source voltage are mounted. Means for... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090057415 - Method for making objects which can be read electromagnetically: The invention relates to a marking electromagnetically readable from a substrate, a method for producing such a marking, and a memory medium. The marking comprises first areas on a substrate at a distance to each, which comprise at least one electrically conductive material and the electrical conductivity of which is... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20090057414 - Method of producing a contactless microelectronic device, such as for an electronic passport: A method of manufacturing a microelectronic device with contactless operation, mainly for electronic passports. An antenna is made on a thin, flexible substrate. A perforated sheet that is thin and calibrated, and that has at least one cavity in its thickness, is placed on the substrate. A microelectronic chip is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090057416 - Semiconductor device: An object of the present invention is to achieve a wireless chip with high reliability, a small chip area, and low power consumption, where voltage that is generated inside is prevented from excessively increasing also in a strong magnetic field such as in the case of approaching an antenna. A... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090057418 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device is provided, which includes an antenna, a first circuit (a boosting circuit), a second circuit (a reference voltage supply circuit), and a third circuit (a voltage comparison circuit). The first circuit is electrically connected to the antenna, and includes at least a first charge pump, a second... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090057420 - Clear two-dimensional code, article having clear two-dimensional code attached thereto, method for printing two-dimensional code and method for displaying two-dimensional code: The present invention relates to a clear two-dimensional code which can be merged with an image without giving a user a feeling of disorder when the clear two-dimensional code is attached to the image and in which a readable situation and the like can be arbitrarily set; an article having... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090057422 - Contactless memory information storage for sample analysis and hand-holdable analyzer for use therewith: An analytical instrument stores and/or reads information related to a sample in a contactless memory, such as a passive or active radio-frequency identification (RF-ID) tag. The information may include information about: composition of the sample, one or more analytical instruments that were used to analyze the sample, operator(s) who used... Agent: Thermo Finnigan LLC

20090057419 - Data encoding pattern: A product 100 having a data encoding pattern 108 printed on it, the pattern defining a grid having a grid spacing, wherein the grid spacing has discontinuities arranged to compensate for a mismatch between the resolution at which the pattern 108 is printed and a required value for the grid... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090057421 - Data management: A package is provided for use with a track-and-trace data management system. The package comprises a base defining a plurality of compartments, each compartment containing an item, and a cover enclosing the compartments to retain each item inside a respective compartment. Each item carries a unique item code, and the... Agent: Charles Q. Maney Intellectual Property Section