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The Big Brother Patent of the Day goes to Nextel Communications Inc. of Kansas for a System and method of analyzing communications between a calling party and a called party
12/26/06

7,155,207 System and method of analyzing communications between a calling party and a called party
  Issued: December 26, 2006
  Filed: June 22, 2005
  U.S. Class: 455/410
Abstract:  A system and method of analyzing communications between a calling party and a called party is disclosed. In an embodiment of a method of the present invention, the method includes receiving a communication at a service provider network, recording the communication, analyzing a voice content portion of the recorded communication to determine if the voice content portion contains a keyword stored in a database, and forwarding the recorded communication to a law enforcement agency if the keyword is detected in the voice content portion. In an embodiment of a system of the present invention, the system includes a buffer memory for receiving a recorded communication from a service provider network and a content analysis system coupled to the buffer memory. The content analysis system analyzes a voice content portion of the recorded communication to determine if the voice content portion contains a keyword stored in a database and the system forwards the recorded communication to a law enforcement agency if the keyword is detected in the voice content portion.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:59:24 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The Heat Seeking Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Illinois for a Device for protecting military vehicles from infrared guided munitions
12/26/06

7,154,429 Device for protecting military vehicles from infrared guided munitions
  Issued: December 26, 2006
  Filed: December 6, 2004
  U.S. Class: 342/9
Abstract:  A heat seeking missile decoy device mounted on a military vehicle to change the infrared signature of the military vehicle. The device is at ambient temperature when stored on the military vehicle. When a heat seeking missile is fired at the military vehicle, the decoy device deploys and increases in temperature, changing the infrared signature of the vehicle and causing a hot spot away from vulnerable components of the vehicle. The hot spot radiates in the infrared in an area that is away from vulnerable parts of a military vehicle, drawing the heat seeking missile toward it. The termination trajectory of the heat seeking missile is at the end of the decoy device and not the vulnerable parts of the military vehicle. The energy required to heat the device is passive waste energy from the vehicle engine exhaust.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:58:46 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

The In the Stars Patent of the Day goes to an Independent Inventor from Los Angeles for Celestial body communication techniques
12/26/06

7,154,415 Celestial body communication techniques
  Issued: December 26, 2006
  Filed: May 17, 2005
  U.S. Class: 341/22
Abstract:  In a communication technique using the apparent distribution of stars and other celestial bodies visible from the earth to generate codes corresponding to communication characters such as the English alphabet and or Arabic numbers, the characters of a conventional keyboard, or any other suitable character set. The stars, or subset of stars, or combinations of stars and other celestial bodies to be used may be divided into sections; the stars or stars and celestial bodies of each section may be assigned to represent one or more characters of the character set to be used. A communication to be sent is prepared by replacing each conventional character of the communication with the section of stars that correspond to the character. The resulting communication is unrecognizable as a conventional communication, it has a high degree of security, and yet it has an esthetic or romantic appeal similar to that of the night sky. Any celestial communication may be decoded by reversing the procedure.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:58:04 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day

Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed - 12/26/2006
12/26/06
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Reissue Applications Filed - 12/26/2006
12/26/06
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 10:43:48 am into the following categories: OG Notice Links

Garmin Obtains Complete Victory on TomTom Patents
12/26/06

Garmin Ltd. announced today that it has received a decision from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on pending cross motions for summary judgment filed by Garmin and TomTom in their pending patent litigation. The Court's ruling gave Garmin a complete victory in its defense of TomTom's claims of infringement of three patents and left unadjudicated many of the claims filed by Garmin against TomTom. Garmin currently owns 289 U.S. patents and 13 foreign patents and has 181 patent applications pending. In early February of this year, Garmin Ltd. and Garmin Corporation Garmin sued TomTom in Wisconsin alleging that TomTom infringed five patents dealing with certain "ease-of-use" features developed by Garmin engineers. After the Wisconsin lawsuit was filed, TomTom, which does not hold any U.S. patents for technology it developed itself, purchased three U.S. patents from Horizon Navigation, Inc. and then asserted these patents in a counterclaim in the Wisconsin lawsuit. TomTom alleged that over 60 products made by Garmin infringed these three patents and sought substantial damages and a permanent injunction against further sales of these Garmin products.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:15:55 am into the following categories: In The News

Judge Doubles Award in Visto Patent Suit
12/26/06

Visto Corp., provider of mobile email services, is on a mission to protect its technology through several lawsuits for patent infringement. Earlier this year, the company won a victory in this battle against Seven Networks, Inc. and this week the judge’s final ruling enhanced that victory. SFGate.com reports that the patent infringement suit awarded Visto $7.7 million, more than doubling the jury’s initial award to account for interest and various legal fees. Visto has filed similar suits against other companies, including Microsoft and Research in Motion.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:14:48 am into the following categories: In The News

Silicon Image settles patent suit with Genesis
12/26/06

Silicon Image Inc., a designer of high-definition video microchips, said on Thursday it expects to book up to $15 million in additional operating income for its fourth quarter after settling a five-year-old patent lawsuit against Genesis Microchip Inc. Under the deal, Genesis will pay additional monies on top of $11 million it had paid Silicon Image through the end of September, meaning Silicon Image expects to record an additional $13 million to $15 million in operating income for the quarter.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:13:52 am into the following categories: In The News

Two Companies Battle over Inflatable Airheads
12/26/06

A Hollywood dummy designer who filled "Rocky Balboa" and dozens of other big-budget films with inflatable extras is being sued by a pair of mannequin makers who say they were the first to come up with the idea of replacing humans with airheads. Plastic people-maker Crowd in a Box filed a patent infringement suit last week against The Inflatable Crowd and owner Joe Biggins for his use of "inflatable humanoid figures." "Joe Biggins made comments in various press reports that he was the inventor of these things ... but while he was using them, we were creating them and patenting them," Crowd in a Box co-owner Mark Woolpert told CourtTVnews.com.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:12:44 am into the following categories: In The News
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