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The Who are You Patent of the Day goes to Crosscheck Identification Systems International, Inc. of Stamford for a National identification card system and biometric identity verification method for negotiating transactions
08/23/05

6,934,861 National identification card system and biometric identity verification method for negotiating transactions
  Issued: August 23, 2005
  Filed: November 6, 2001
  U.S. Class: 713/202
Abstract:  A method and system for preventing or obstructing a person from negotiating a transaction with another person, group, or entity in a population, includes verifying and crosschecking the identity of the person and the status of the national identification card carried by the person, as a prerequisite to negotiating or entering into a transaction, such as purchasing an airline ticket. The identity of the person is verified and crosschecked by using a biometric characteristic unique to that person. If an irregularity is found during the verification or crosscheck, or if the identification card is found to be invalid or expired, the person is prevented or obstructed from negotiating that or any subsequent transaction with any other person, group or entity in the population.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:54:03 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Seek and Find Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from London for a Treasure hunt game utilizing wireless communications devices and location positioning technology
08/23/05

6,932,698 Treasure hunt game utilizing wireless communications devices and location positioning technology
  Issued: August 23, 2005
  Filed: January 31, 2002
  U.S. Class: 463/9
Abstract:  A treasure hunt type game that utilizes location positioning technology equipped wireless communications devices. Players are given clues or directions to proceed along one of many predetermined treasure hunt routes based on their location. Based on these clues or directions, players change their locations. Based on these changed locations, as determined by the location positioning devices, additional clues or directions are given to the players until one of the players completes the treasure hunt route and arrives at the treasure to win the game. The game also incorporates other variables in determining the clues to provide to players, such as the location of other players, the previous locations of the player and other players and whether the player has correctly solved certain clues.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:52:58 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The 411 Patent of the Day goes to Nortel Networks Limited of California for a White and yellow page multimedia service
08/23/05

6,934,369 White and yellow page multimedia service
  Issued: August 23, 2005
  Filed: March 31, 2003
  U.S. Class: 379/93.23
Abstract:  A system for providing integrated multimedia and voice telephone service by simply dialing a telephone number is provided. One or both parties of a typical voice telephone call placed by the calling party dialing the called party number may simultaneously receive multimedia packets of data associated with the other party if both of the voice telephone devices are connected to or associated with a multimedia display device, and both telephone numbers are associated with clients or subscribers of the multimedia service. Multimedia data that may be provided to one or both parties includes names, office hours, maps of the other party's location, etc.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:52:21 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Reissue Applications Filed - 8/23/2005
08/23/05
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination - 8/23/2005
08/23/05
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US$8m advertising patent victory for Yahoo
08/23/05

Online marketer Miva has agreed to pay Yahoo US$8 million and ongoing royalties to settle a patent infringement lawsuit over pay-per-click technology used in search result ads. Neither Yahoo nor Miva, acquired by FindWhat.com in 2003, disclosed terms of the royalty payments that are part of the settlement, announced on Monday in Miva's quarterly financial report. The agreement ends a three-year legal battle between the two companies. "We are pleased to have this behind us and eager to move forward," Craig Pisaris-Henderson, chief executive of Miva, said in a statement. Google agreed to settle a similar lawsuit a year ago. The search giant agreed to license Yahoo pay-per-click technology, as well as give Yahoo 2.7 million shares of its common stock to settle the patent infringement lawsuit and another dispute related to Yahoo's right to buy shares in Google. "This patent has now been battle-tested in two litigations, both of which resulted in other companies deciding it was in their best interest to take a licence of these patents," Joseph Siino, vice-president of intellectual property at Yahoo, said in an interview.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:18:58 am into the following categories: In The News

TiVo Wins Patent Case On Appeal
08/23/05

In a patent infringement action, the district court had granted summary judgment to the defendant TiVo — finding that certain TiVo products did not infringe Pause’s reissued patent. On appeal, Pause challenged the district court’s claim construction rulings as erroneously defining the limitations “circular storage buffer” and “time interval of predetermined duration”. In support of its position, Pause argued, inter alia, that (i) the lower court’s interpretation of a “circular storage buffer” limitation should not depend on other language appearing later in the claim and (ii) the language employed by the district court in construing the limitations was not present within the claim and, thereby, led to impermissible narrowing of the claim’s scope.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:18:03 am into the following categories: In The News

Fujitsu sues Nanya for DRAM patent infringement
08/23/05

Fujitsu Ltd. filed a DRAM patent infringement claim here Monday (Aug. 22) against the Japanese subsidiary of Nanya Technology Corp. of Taiwan. The suit filed in Tokyo District Court seeks a court order banning future importation and sales of infringing DRAM products from Nanya. It also seeks compensation for alleged past infringement. Fujitsu claims that the Taiwanese company infringed its patented technology used to improve circuits that input data with address signals in DDR SDRAM memory. Fujitsu had been negotiating with Nanya for an undisclosed period of time seeking a licensing agreement. Talks have stalled, and Fujitsu ruled out further talks.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:16:56 am into the following categories: In The News
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