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The Better View Patent of the Day goes to Sony Corporation of Tokyo for a Wireless sports view display and business method of use
10/04/05

6,952,558 Wireless sports view display and business method of use
  Issued: October 4, 2005
  Filed: February 20, 2001
  U.S. Class: 455/3.06
Abstract:  An on-location local multicast distribution system and business method therefor. Contemporaneous information is continuously provided to a local distribution unit on a particular event (e.g., a NASCAR race) from multiple input devices, such as video cameras and microphones. The distribution unit simultaneously transmits audio, video and event specific information to multiple uniquely identifiable output devices, each in the hands of a registered attendee. The input devices are in wireless Communication with the distribution unit and the distribution unit is in wireless Communication with the output devices. The uniquely identifiable output devices include a display such as a liquid crystal display and may be for example, a personal digital assistant (PDA). Registered attendees may selecting which of the multiple inputs are received. For an auto race the local distribution unit provides audio and video feeds from pit crews, race cars and individual driver and race car statistics to individual attendees as selected.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:57:26 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Self Organizing Patent of the Day goes to AskMe Corporation of Bellevue for a Method, apparatus, and manufacture for facilitating a self-organizing workforce
10/04/05

6,952,678 Method, apparatus, and manufacture for facilitating a self-organizing workforce
  Issued: October 4, 2005
  Filed: August 30, 2001
  U.S. Class: 705/1
Abstract:  A system, method, and apparatus for facilitating a self-organizing workforce of one or more workers through payment and recognition incentives, a set of configurable operating rules, and a set of credentials to represent the reputations and organizational capital of individual workers. The system includes a worksite having one or more configurable worksite rules where the one or more workers may work on an idea. Work includes posting to a discussion about the idea, voting on the idea, and recommending an outcome for the idea. Worker credentials for each worker are updated based on a worker's work on the idea within the worksite. The worker credentials include merit, which is a measure of the quantity, quality, and significance of work done; links, which is a function of what one worker thinks of another worker's work; wisdom, which reflects the worker's ability to spot a good idea; and, influence, which is a function of merit, links, and wisdom, and which reflects a worker's overall organizational capital within the system.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:56:47 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Virtually Surreal Patent of the Day goes to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha of Tokyo for a Game apparatus for mixed reality space, image processing method thereof, and program storage medium
10/04/05

6,951,515 Game apparatus for mixed reality space, image processing method thereof, and program storage medium
  Issued: October 4, 2005
  Filed: February 17, 2000
  U.S. Class: 463/31
Abstract:  A game apparatus allows a virtual object to act in a mixed reality space as if it had its own will. A player can play a game with the virtual object. Rules for controlling the action patterns of the virtual object on the basis of the objective of the game, and the relative positional relationship between the virtual object and the real object is pre-stored. The next action pattern of the virtual object is determined based on an operator command, the stored rule(s), a simulation progress status, and geometric information of a real object(s).

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:56:04 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 10/4/2005
10/04/05
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Reissue Applications Filed - 10/4/2005
10/04/05
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Jury awards $51 million to Medtronic for patent infringement
10/04/05

Medtronic Navigation on Friday won a $51 million jury verdict in its seven-year patent dispute with competing medical technology company BrainLAB. The Louisville, Colo.-based company sued BrainLAB in U.S. District Court in 1998 for infringement on four patents involving image-guided surgical techniques and devices. "We will always place a premium on our intellectual property and are extremely happy with the jury's decision in this case," Pete Wehrly, Medtronic's vice president, said in a statement. The patents cover technology that allows a surgeon to operate on the brain freehanded, discern tumors from healthy tissue and utilize scanning technology and magnetic resonance imaging in the operating room.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:09:18 am into the following categories: In The News

Eolas Gets Leg Up in Microsoft Patent Suit
10/04/05

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this week dealt Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) a blow that may not be a knock-out punch, but comes pretty close to hobbling its argument that Internet Explorer (IE) does not infringe on a Web browser patent because prior art makes the patent invalid. The USPTO reviewed and reaffirmed the patent owned by the University of California and licensed exclusively to Eolas Technologies. The patent, known as the 906 patent after its official patent number, 5,838,906, covers a method used to call up interactive applications, or plug-ins, within a browser. Microsoft will have to redesign IE, the most widely used Internet browser by far, if it loses the suit and cannot come to a licensing agreement with Eolas. "That decision is certainly going to make it harder for Microsoft in court," Bruce Sunstein, a patent attorney with Bromberg and Sunstein, told TechNewsWorld. "The patent office viewed the prior art and said, 'We think the patent is OK.' It will make it harder to invalidate at trial -- not impossible, but hard."

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:07:31 am into the following categories: In The News

Metrologic Accused of Patent Infringement
10/04/05

Metrologic Instruments, Inc. today announced that it has been served with a complaint alleging that certain of its products infringe certain patents owned by Symbol Technologies, Inc. The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Symbol also filed a similar complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) naming certain of Metrologic's products that were recently found by an arbitrator not to be included under the parties' existing cross license agreement. Metrologic strongly believes there is no basis for these claims.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:06:06 am into the following categories: In The News

Power-One sues Artesyn over patents
10/04/05

Power-One Inc., a maker of power switches and converters, on Monday said it is suing power supplies manufacturer Artesyn Technologies Inc. over alleged patent infringement. In its complaint, Power-One claims Artesyn's DPL20C POL converter product violates two of Power-One's proprietary patents. The lawsuit seeks monetary damages and a permanent injunction that would prohibit Artesyn from manufacturing the converter.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:47 am into the following categories: In The News
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