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The Where Are You Patent of the Day goes to Avaya Technology Corp of New Jersey for Location-based ringbacks
11/28/06

7,142,656 Location-based ringbacks
  Issued: November 28, 2006
  Filed: January 4, 2005
  U.S. Class: 379/207.16
Abstract:  An apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable a first user of a telecommunications terminal to receive, upon placing a call to a second user, a ringback signal that is based on one or more geo-locations (e.g., the geo-location of the first user, the geo-location of the second user, etc.), and optionally on one or more of the following: the identity of the first user; the identity of the second user; the first user's telecommunications terminal (e.g., whether it is a cell phone, wireline telephone, payphone, soft phone, etc.); and the second user's telecommunications terminal.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:01 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Port of Entry Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Bethesda for a Method and system to validate periodically the visa of a foreign visitor during the visitor's in-country stay
11/28/06

7,140,535 Method and system to validate periodically the visa of a foreign visitor during the visitor's in-country stay
  Issued: November 28, 2006
  Filed: February 4, 2004
  U.S. Class: 235/375
Abstract:  This invention integrates with a country's customs and immigration system to keep a periodic check on visitors within the country's borders. A smartcard is created and issued to the visitor at the visitor's Port of Entry. Pertinent immigration information is embedded in the smartcard. Cryptographic technology is used with the smartcard to maintain privacy, as well as to reduce fraud and other misuse. The smartcard is used as the visitor's official identification document whilst in the country. During the visitor's stay, at specified intervals, the visitor registers with automated kiosks (i.e. a Visitor-Visa Automated Teller Machines--ATMs), which are placed at various locations within the country. The ATM kiosks are securely integrated with the customs and immigration database. On exiting the country, the smartcard is returned and is recycled with a new visitor.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:03:21 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Voice IM Patent of the Day goes to Verizon Data Services Inc. of Texas for a Voice mail integration with instant messenger
11/28/06

7,142,646 Voice mail integration with instant messenger
  Issued: November 28, 2006
  Filed: February 27, 2002
  U.S. Class: 379/88.17
Abstract:  A method for providing a message to a called party through a network comprised of both a telephone network and a data network, and at least one gateway device connected to both the telephone network and the data network. The method performed by the gateway device includes receiving, through the telephone network, signaling information representing a message from a calling party to a called party and providing the message to the called party via the data network by displaying an instant message containing a notification of the message on a display device visible to the called party.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:01:52 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 11/28/2006
11/28/06
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Changes To Eliminate the Disclosure Document Program
11/28/06
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Supreme Court To Review Patent Rights
11/28/06

Some of the largest companies in the United States are facing off in a Supreme Court case over gas pedals, with one side hoping the justices will put the brakes on an out-of-control patent system. The court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on what's obvious when older inventions are combined to create something new. The law says an invention that's "obvious" isn't patentable, but the definition isn't clear despite decades of litigation.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:16:03 am into the following categories: In The News

$75 Million Penalty for Microsoft
11/28/06

Microsoft will possibly be paying damages amounting to $75 million for patent infringement in Korea. In a Supreme Court ruling last week, judges denied Microsoft's request to invalidate patents obtained by Professor Lee Keung-Hae of the Hankuk Aviation University in 1997. Representing Lee Keung-Hae, P&IB is suing Microsoft for using in its Office suite the patented program in question that enables automatic translation between English and Korean.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:14:49 am into the following categories: In The News

Samsung Wins Patent Suit in U.S. Court
11/28/06

Samsung Electronics has won a U.S. patent suit against Taiwanese PC maker Compal. A jury for the Californian Federal Court found on Nov. 17 that the Taiwanese PC manufacturer violated a notebook computer patent of Samsung Electronics and ordered Compal to pay US$9 million, part of sales earned between April 1999 and March 2002 in damages. Samsung Electronics sued Compal in 2000 for violating patented technologies like adjusting screen brightness by pressing a key while pushing the function key.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:13:32 am into the following categories: In The News

Alcatel Sues Microsoft for Patent Infringement
11/28/06

Signs point to dispute over Xbox 360 video technologies. French telecommunications company Alcatel has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for patent infringement. Seven patents are at issue in the complaint. This legal quibble may also stem from a Lucent and Microsoft patent war that started in 2003, and was recently revitalized over Xbox 360 video encoding, which Microsoft eventually won. Alcatel acquired Lucent earlier this year, absorbing its entire patent portfolio with it.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:12:13 am into the following categories: In The News
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