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10/17/06

7,121,509 Alerting system for aircraft crew
  Issued: October 17, 2006
  Filed: December 29, 2003
  U.S. Class: 244/118.5
Abstract:  
A method and system for alerting an aircrew of terrorist activity in a cabin of an aircraft. The system includes a plurality of fobs worn by flight attendants. The system also includes an antenna sending unit (ASU) located within the cabin and a cockpit display unit (CDU) located in the cockpit of the aircraft. When a terrorist situation is detected by a flight attendant, the flight attendant sends an alerting signal to the cockpit by sending a coded signal via the ASU to the CDU. The CDU provides an indicator to the cockpit crew and an alert to each fob. In addition, the CDU sends a test signal to each fob to check the status of each fob.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:38:18 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day


10/17/06

7,121,028 Method and apparatus for converting a rearview mirror into a dedicated information display
  Issued: October 17, 2006
  Filed: December 9, 2002
  U.S. Class: 40/593
Abstract:  
A dedicated information display in a vehicle is provided, the display having a rearview mirror with a reflective surface. The display also includes a label having an adhesive side and a display side, and a size and a shape that covers a portion of the reflective surface of the rearview mirror. The adhesive side of the label is affixed to the rearview mirror such that the rearview mirror is converted into an effectively dedicated information display. The information display may also be constructed using an electronic display.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:37:43 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day


10/17/06

7,124,129 Identifying the items most relevant to a current query based on items selected in connection with similar queries
  Issued: October 17, 2006
  Filed: May 2, 2001
  U.S. Class: 707/5
Abstract:  
The present invention provides a software facility for identifying the items most relevant to a current query based on items selected in connection with similar queries. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the facility receives a query specifying one or more query terms. In response, the facility generates a query result identifying a plurality of items that satisfy the query. The facility then produces a ranking value for at least a portion of the items identified in the query result by combining the relative frequencies with which users selected that item from the query results generated from queries specifying each of the terms specified by the query. The facility identifies as most relevant those items having the highest ranking values.

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10/17/06

Transmeta, a Santa Clara, Calif. company, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel, claiming the microprocessor giant has used its architecture and power efficiency technologies in its products. The lawsuit, which was filed Oct. 11 in U.S. District Court in Delaware, claims that Intel has infringed on 10 Transmeta patents. In its complaint, Transmeta asks that Intel, which is also based in Santa Clara, stop using the technology in its microprocessors, and that Intel should pay an unspecified amount of royalties and other monetary damages to Transmeta. Transmeta charges that Intel used the technology in the Pentium III, Pentium 4, Pentium M, Core and Core 2 processors. "After endeavoring to negotiate with Intel for fair compensation for the continued use of our intellectual property, we have concluded that we must turn to the judicial system to be fairly compensated for our inventions," John O'Hara Horsley, executive vice president and general counsel at Transmeta, wrote in a statement announcing the lawsuit against Intel.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:05:08 am into the following categories: In The News


10/17/06

Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. has sued Digeo Inc.'s Moxi interactive program guide in a patent infringement case filed in federal court in the Central District of California, the company said Friday. The suit was filed after discussion over patent licenses failed between the two companies and after Kirkland, Wash.-based Digeo filed an antitrust suit against Gemstar-TV Guide. The suit says Digeo engaged in infringement of Gemstar-TV Guide's patents through the Moxi guide and that Charter Communications is also liable by deploying unlicensed Moxi guides, an on-screen programming guide.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:03:55 am into the following categories: In The News


10/17/06

Freedom Wireless has resolved its alleged patent infringement issues with Virgin Mobile USA without having to go to court. The two sides have come together to forge a licensing agreement. The companies did not reveal the financial terms of the pact, but said the royalty-bearing licensing deal involved certain prepaid wireless systems and methods. "This agreement allows both companies to move ahead with our business goals without litigation," said Virgin Mobile USA CEO Dan Schulman in a prepared statement. In July, Boston Communications Group Inc. (bcgi) settled its long-standing legal battles with Freedom Wireless. The agreement between the two companies called for bcgi to pay Freedom Wireless $55 million. As with the deal reached with Virgin, the bcgi settlement also included a licensing agreement.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:02:36 am into the following categories: In The News


10/17/06

Nanometrics Inc., a maker of measurement systems for computer chips, said Wednesday it filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Israeli competitor Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is in addition to a complaint filed in March, Nanometrics said. The patents at issue in the current lawsuit relate to optical critical dimension technology, also called scatterometry.

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