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The TeleLottery Patent of the Day goes to Sierra Design Group of Las Vegas for Remote gaming using cell phones with location and identity restrictions
04/25/06

7,035,626 Remote gaming using cell phones with location and identity restrictions
  Issued: April 25, 2006
  Filed: November 12, 2003
  U.S. Class: 455/414.1
Abstract:  Disclosed is a remote lottery ticket purchasing or gaming event bet placement system using E-911 compliant cell phones. E-911 compliant cell phones provide the location of the caller, enabling the system of the present invention to determine in which jurisdiction the caller is located. The system further uses at least one identifier that the caller must provide, allowing an age check to be made. The use of both pieces of information, location and age, is used by the system to remotely purchase lottery tickets or make bets in full legal accordance with what is allowed in the caller's jurisdiction.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:47:31 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Fly Mail Patent of the Day goes to Honeywell International Inc. of New Jersey for an In-flight e-mail system
04/25/06

7,035,634 In-flight e-mail system
  Issued: April 25, 2006
  Filed: April 10, 2001
  U.S. Class: 455/431
Abstract:  Systems and methods for sending and receiving e-mail from a terminal on a vehicle are provided. According to one embodiment, a passenger in a vehicle, such as an airplane, has access to a terminal and can send and receive e-mail messages between the terminal and a first server located on the vehicle. The first server wirelessly communicates e-mail messages with a second server external to the vehicle. The second server is configured to send and receive e-mail messages between the second server and a data network.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:46:57 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Paper Quake Patent of the Day goes to National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences of Taiwan for an Earthquake simulating vibration table
04/25/06

7,032,452 Earthquake simulating vibration table
  Issued: April 25, 2006
  Filed: October 12, 2004
  U.S. Class: 73/663
Abstract:  An earthquake simulating vibration table includes a vibration machine having a vibration table provided on the topside. Paper models are assembled on a model fundamental base that is fixed on the vibration table. The vibration machine is controlled by a computer to produce simulated various-degree earthquakes. A test of anti-seismic strength of the paper models begins with a smallest seismic strength and then the seismic strength increases by degrees until it reaches to a largest level to have all the paper models collapse. The earthquake simulating vibration table is convenient and quick in assembling, economical in cost and able to be popularized to schools to serve as a course of vibration resistance education to elevate students' learning interest.

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04/25/06
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04/25/06
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Rambus wins $306.5 million in patent suit with Hynix
04/25/06

Memory chip designer Rambus said a San Jose jury has ruled in its favor and awarded it $306.5 million in a patent infringement case against Hynix Semiconductor. The case began in 2000, when the memory chip giant Hynix sued Rambus, seeking to invalidate 11 of Rambus' patents. Rambus, based in Los Altos, then countersued Hynix, one of the world's largest memory chip companies. Rambus' shares surged 15.28 percent in regular-hour trading, as investors believed the jury verdict would possibly help the chip designer in its other patent infringement cases. The company has ongoing patent infringement lawsuits against Micron, Samsung and another memory technology suit against Hynix. The company alleges that its many designs to speed up the communication between the memory chips and the microprocessor were infringed.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 03:00:35 am into the following categories: In The News

Microsoft, Autodesk Lose $133 Million Patent Verdict
04/25/06

A Texas jury ruled Microsoft and Autodesk must pay $133 million to a Michigan man who claimed he was owed royalties for inventions to prevent software piracy. The Tyler, Texas, jury today awarded Z4 Technologies, founded by David Colvin of Commerce Township, Mich., $115 million from Microsoft and $18 million from Autodesk. Colvin claimed two patents were infringed by software including Microsoft's Office and Windows XP and Autodesk's AutoCAD. The verdict is the second large patent loss for Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker. The company is fighting a 2003 verdict of $521 million for patent infringement over a feature in its Internet Explorer. The Z4 verdict continued a pattern of victories in East Texas federal courts for patent owners claming infringement.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:59:54 am into the following categories: In The News

Philips sues Kodak over image compression
04/25/06

Less than a month after photo company Minolta got out of photography in part due to the finanical hit it took after being successfully sued for a technology patent infringement Honeywell by a non-photo company, Kodak has been sued by Philips for infringing its patent on image compression technology. According to Reuters, Philips Electronics said Wednesday that it is suing Eastman Kodak, claiming several of Kodak's cameras infringe on a patent related to digital image compression. Philips developed the technology in the 1980s and has licenced it to many players in the digital still camera market. However, it reportedly has not managed to sign a deal with Kodak despite attempts to do so.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:58:38 am into the following categories: In The News

AOL pays to settle patent dispute
04/25/06

Klausner had sued the Dulles-based subsidiary of Time Warner over the use of the technology. Brought to you by Cingular New York-based Klausner had filed a $200 million patent infringement claim over its voice platform technology in federal court in Virginia. At issue were features that let subscribers receive visual notification of new voice messages and selectively retrieve messages from their displays. Klausner, founded by Judah Klausner, inventor of the PDA and the electronic organizer, is owned by a group of private investors. It controls patents covering voice mail services in which subscribers receive visual identification of their new voice messages and then selectively retrieve individual messages via their computers or cell phones.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 02:57:41 am into the following categories: In The News
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