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01/23/07

7,167,715 System and method for determining relative positioning in Ad-Hoc networks
  Issued: January 23, 2007
  Filed: April 1, 2003
  U.S. Class: 455/457
Abstract:  
A system and method for improving the ability of a portable voice and data wireless communications network to provide position information regarding mobile nodes located within a network. The system and method employs mobile access points, wireless routers, and mobile nodes, which each contain at least one transceiver, and are mounted or dispersed at a geographic location. Access points can be connected to mobile vehicles, or connected to a network management system, and wireless routers can be mounted to portable stands for easy deployment. Mobile nodes can be attached to equipment or personnel for tracking purposes, and each node includes technology which may determine an absolute node location containing latitude, longitude and altitude of a node, or a relative node location containing the distance and angle between nodes, or a combination of both absolute and relative location data.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:19:17 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day


01/23/07

7,167,100 Apparatus for leaving message on refrigerator
  Issued: January 23, 2007
  Filed: September 13, 2004
  U.S. Class: 340/692
Abstract:  
An apparatus for leaving a message on a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus can be mounted on the refrigerator so as to broadcast a voice upon opening a door of the refrigerator. A control unit for processing and controlling the voice is mounted on the main body of the present invention, wherein the control unit is a signal processing control center. A sensor is mounted on the inner side of the door of the refrigerator and is connected to the control unit of the main body. When the door of the refrigerator is open, the sensor is triggered to transmit a sensor signal to the control unit to broadcast the voice. A timer is also connected to the control unit to active the apparatus at a predetermined time. In other words, a predetermined voice content is broadcasted. Thus, the reminding, warning, and encouraging effects are accomplished so as to act an interactive communication medium for family members.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:18:42 pm into the following categories: Patents of the Day


01/23/07

7,166,794 Hexaphonic pickup for digital guitar system
  Issued: January 23, 2007
  Filed: September 8, 2003
  U.S. Class: 84/728
Abstract:  
A novel multi-signal guitar pickup is provided. The pickup includes a coil assembly for each string that is capable of generating two signals which can be combined together in a predetermined manner to generate an x-plane and a y-plane signal. The pickup is particularly useful in a digital guitar system which generates multiple digital signals representative of the vibrations of each string.

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01/23/07

OPTi filed suit in U.S. District Court in Texas against Apple, claiming that Apple Macs are infringing on its patents for speeding up cache memory. The technology, called "predictive snooping of cache memory," allows a controller to bypass the normal memory cycle in a burst access. OPTi claims that Apple has infringed on three of its patents. The company is seeking damages and punitive damages. OPTi's attorney, Samuel Baxter, said the case was filed in Texas because of the technology expertise among the judges in the Eastern District of Texas and the courts' ability to move cases quickly. Both OPTi and Apple are headquartered in Silicon Valley.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:49:50 am into the following categories: In The News


01/23/07

Zilog filed a patent infringement suit against Altera and Actel over technology that allows chip communications to be programmed after they’re already fabricated. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, revolves around a patent entitled “Integrated Circuit Programmable Cross-Point Connection Technique.”

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:48:57 am into the following categories: In The News


01/23/07

Apcon Inc. is suing MRV Communications Inc. and Curtiss-Wright Corp. in federal court for patent infringement. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and seeks to prevent MRV and Curtiss-Wright from infringing upon Apcon's U.S. Patent No. 6,243,510. Wilsonville-based Apcon designs, manufactures and sells electronic products including Intellapatch physical layer switches, as well as other network products providing high-speed connections between computers and computer peripherals.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:47:45 am into the following categories: In The News


01/23/07

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, the world's leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries to the semiconductor industry, announced that today it filed a legal action against DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials LLC (DA Nano) for DA Nano's manufacture and marketing of certain CMP slurries that infringe patents owned by Cabot Microelectronics. The affected DA Nano products include those used for tungsten CMP. As explained in Cabot Microelectronics' December 12, 2006 press release on the matter, Cabot Microelectronics filed its complaint as a counterclaim in response to an action filed by DA Nano in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona regarding some of the patents at issue.

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