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03/13/07
7,191,116 Methods and systems for determining a language of a document
Issued: March 13, 2007
Filed: June 19, 2001
U.S. Class: 704/8
Abstract: A system and method for determining the language of an unknown document is provided. For a set of candidate languages, a negative assumption is set for each candidate language that the document is not that language and the system attempts to prove the negative assumption is wrong. If the negative assumption fails for one language, then the document is identified as being in that language. The present system and method provides a higher degree of accuracy when determining the language of a document.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:42:45 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day
03/13/07
7,189,134 Interactive beverage bottle top
Issued: March 13, 2007
Filed: April 29, 2003
U.S. Class: 446/74
Abstract: Beverage bottle tops having interactive elements or performing interactive actions are disclosed. The beverage bottle tops are capable of conveying liquid from the bottle to a person. The beverage bottle tops include interactive elements, structures, or acts, which result from activation thereof. For example, the interactive elements, structures, or acts include, but are not limited to, members moving on the bottle top, lights illuminating on the bottle top, sounds emanating from the bottle top, or squirting liquid from the bottle top. The interactive bottle tops can be activated manually, electrically, or magnetically. In addition, the interactive bottle tops can be activated by squeezing a body on the bottle top, by operating a trigger on the bottle top, by changes in environmental light or sound, or by drinking liquid through the bottle top.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:42:01 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day
03/13/07
7,191,219 Self-destructing document and e-mail messaging system
Issued: March 13, 2007
Filed: August 12, 2002
U.S. Class: 709/206
Abstract: A self-destruction document or e-mail messaging system is provided that automatically destroys documents or e-mail messages at a predetermined time by attaching a "virus" to the document or e-mail message. A virus in the form of a Trojan horse is attached to file (such as an e-mail message or document) when it is created. The virus contains a portion of executable code or an executable program which instructs the computer to overwrite and/or delete the file to which the virus is attached at a desired time. Since the virus is attached to the file, it will travel with the file even when the file is copied, forwarded, or saved to disks or tape drives.

Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:41:32 am into the following categories: Patents of the Day
03/13/07
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03/13/07
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03/13/07
A federal jury on Thursday found that Internet phone carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. had infringed on Verizon Communications Inc.'s patents and ordered Vonage to pay $58 million. The judgment is far less than the $197 million that Verizon had requested, and it was more in line with the figure that Vonage had suggested—if the Holmdel, N.J.-based company was found to be liable. Still undetermined is whether Vonage will be barred from using Verizon's technology. Following the verdict, attorneys for New York-based Verizon requested a permanent injunction barring Vonage from further use of the patented technology. A hearing on the request was scheduled for March 23. Verizon sued Vonage last year for infringing on five patents that it said Vonage uses to make its Internet telephone service network functional. The eight-person jury found Vonage infringed on three of the five patents. The jury found in its verdict that Vonage's infringement was not willful. That means that Verizon cannot collect triple damages, which can be awarded in patent infringement cases.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:06:09 am into the following categories: In The News
03/13/07
A U.S. judge ruled that Google Inc.'s 3D modeling software, which gives Web users an astronaut's view of the earth and allows them to zoom down to street level, does not infringe the patent of a rival. Judge Douglas Woodlock of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston denied a complaint by Skyline Software Systems Inc. that the Google Earth mapping software of Google's Keyhole Inc. infringed Skyline patents. The judge also denied motions from both parties on whether the patents in question were valid, but left the possibility for either party to reassert these issues if they do so before April 20. He canceled a planned trial date set for June.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:04:15 am into the following categories: In The News
03/13/07
3M has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that several IT vendors, including Lenovo Group, Hitachi, Sony and Panasonic, violated two patents the company holds for the design for lithium-ion batteries. The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on March 7, also names CDW, Batteries Com, Total Micro Technologies and Matsushita Electronic Industrial. In addition to damages, the lawsuit asks that these companies stop selling batteries that infringe on 3M's patented designs. In its lawsuit, 3M, which is based in Maplewood, Minn., claims these companies infringed on lithium-ion battery designs the company filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 15, 2005, and July 18, 2006. Specifically, the patents— No. 6,964,828 and No. 7,078,128—refer to 3M's design of "Cathode Compositions for Lithium-Ion Batteries." In designing lithium-ion batteries, the cathode is a reference to the positive electrode within the battery.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:03:22 am into the following categories: In The News
03/13/07
Synergetics USA Inc. said Monday that a pending patent infringement lawsuit brought by Iridex Corp. will be taken before a jury. In October 2005, Iridex, of Mountain View, Calif., filed a suit against Synergetics in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri alleging patent infringement. Medical device maker Synergetics said Feb. 28 that, according to a court-issued order, its current connector design does not infringe on Iridex Corp.'s patent. But Synergetics said the court also found that Synergetics' old product design infringes some claims of the Iridex patent. Iridex's lawsuit alleged that Synergetics infringed on its patent (U.S. Patent No. 5,085,492) for laser probe technology used in its EndoProbe products and other laser-delivery devices.
Posted by GEN-ERIC at 12:02:13 am into the following categories: In The News
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