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The Bullet Proof Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Virginia Beach for a Protective bed unit
11/21/06

7,137,881 Protective bed unit
  Issued: November 21, 2006
  Filed: February 6, 2004
  U.S. Class: 454/251
Abstract:  A protective bed includes a shield comprising bullet-proof and impact resistance material that surrounds a metal frame. The shield operably separates to provide access to an interior sleeping area. Quick access doors are located on either side of the bed. A ventilation system provides for climate control as well as filtering harmful substances from the air. A rebreather scrubs carbon dioxide from air within the unit to allow a user to close the unit to outside air.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:14:01 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Copy Paste Patent of the Day goes to Intel Corporation of Santa Clara for a Method and apparatus for intersystem cut/copy and paste
11/21/06

7,139,842 Method and apparatus for intersystem cut/copy and paste
  Issued: November 21, 2006
  Filed: March 30, 2001
  U.S. Class: 709/246
Abstract:  An apparatus in accordance with the invention includes a switch-box, where the switch-box includes a memory buffer to which information is copied from a computing system selected via the switch-box from two or more computing systems coupled with the switch-box as a result of a first substantially predetermined event.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:13:33 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The On Hold Patent of the Day goes to International Business Machines Corporation of Armonk for Promoting use of experts to callers waiting in a hold queue
11/21/06

7,139,390 Promoting use of experts to callers waiting in a hold queue
  Issued: November 21, 2006
  Filed: December 12, 2001
  U.S. Class: 379/265.02
Abstract:  A method, system, and program for promoting use of experts to callers waiting within a hold queue are provided. First, use of experts by callers waiting in a hold queue is promoted by offering callers an incentive to speak to an expert while waiting to speak with an official representative. The caller continues to progress in the hold queue while speaking with an expert. In addition, the caller may receive an additional adjustment in the hold queue, a financial incentive, and a rewards points incentive, for interacting with an expert while holding. Second, use of experts by callers waiting in a hold queue is promoted by authenticating the identity of third party experts, in order to verify that an expert has the skills needed to help a caller and to provide the caller with the identity of the expert for accountability.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:12:47 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Reissue Applications Filed - 11/21/2006
11/21/06
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 11/21/2006
11/21/06
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AMD hit with patent infringement suit
11/21/06

AMD is being sued for patent infringement by holding company Opti. Opti is one of a new breed of companies that exists only to enforce their patents and intellectual property through licensing deals and the courts. It also has prior form, having sued Nvidia in 2004 in a similar lawsuit and settled out of court earlier this year. Opti claims that AMD has infringed three of its patents for a technology known as "Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses". The complaint alleges that AMD has infringed the patents by making and selling CPUs and core logic products using Opti's predictive snooping technology. The three patents at issue in the lawsuit are US patent no. 5,710,906, 5,813,036 and 6,405,291 - the same three it alleged Nvidia has infringed.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:09:30 am into the following categories: In The News

Wi-Fi standards face patent threat
11/21/06

A federal judge in Tyler, Texas, ruled last week that an Australian government agency holds the rights to patents on the underlying technology used in two Wi-Fi standards and a third proposed standard. The decision--if it survives what many assume will be a lengthy appeals process--could have a wide-ranging impact on wireless equipment makers and consumer electronics manufacturers. Stan Schatt, vice president at ABI Research Judge Leonard Davis ruled that a patent granted in 1996 to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, is valid. The patent describes the implementation of several aspects of the 802.11a and 802.11g wireless standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The court also ruled that Buffalo Technology, a small maker of Wi-Fi routing gear, had violated this patent.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:08:36 am into the following categories: In The News

Sonic files patent suit against Nero
11/21/06

Sonic Solutions, a digital media software maker, said Thursday it filed a lawsuit against German software manufacturer Nero AG and its U.S. affiliate, Nero Inc. for patent infringement. The claim was filed in the U.S. District Court in Mashall, Texas, and it alleges a video editing application made by Nero infringes upon one of Sonic's patents. A spokeswoman from Nero declined to comment.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:07:20 am into the following categories: In The News
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