RETURN to News Archive ================================================== Copyright(c) 1998-2003 GEN-ERIC Channel.  All rights reserved. GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, February 3, 2004 ================================================== Use Quick Links to Access any Area of Interest Headlines News Patents of the Day Access Official Gazette and Notices Patents Available for Licensing Patent Related Opportunities Printer Friendly Version ================================================== HEADLINES   (patents issued a few hours ago..) The Smart Map Patent of the Day goes to Robert Bosch GmbH of Stuttgart for a Method for coding and decoding objects in a road traffic network The Silent Sale Patent of the Day goes to Inventors from New York City and Tokyo for a Method and apparatus for performing a transaction without the use of spoken communication between the transaction parties     Index ================================================== NEWS Andrew to pay TruePosition $35M-plus in patent case http://rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=16748 Communications systems equipment provider Andrew Corp. conceded defeat in its patent infringement battle with wireless location services company TruePosition Inc., agreeing to pay the company $35 million and offer up 1 million shares of its stock. The deal stems from litigation between TruePosition and E911 company Grayson Wireless. "We are very pleased to announce this settlement," said Kent Sander, TruePosition's chief operating officer and president. "TruePosition continues to be the leader in the E-911 location technology sector. With our Finder System, we provide wireless location solutions to millions of wireless users across the country. Our motto is: Any phone, Anywhere. Our network-based technology works with existing handsets in any environment."     Index Judge: Company permitted to use aerial footage for Super Bowl http://www.cinematography.com/index.asp?newsID=136 A federal judge has denied an injunction that sought to prevent a California company from using its aerial camera suspension system during the Super Bowl on Sunday. U.S. District Judge Legrome Davis ruled Friday in response to a patent infringement complaint filed by suburban Philadelphia-based CF InFlight against rival Cablecam International, which was contracted by CBS to provide aerial footage of all but one NFL postseason game. The complaint centered on an aerial camera system, the Multi-V, developed by Cablecam and used at professional and amateur sporting events. Cablecam is under contract to use its system for NFL games televised on Fox and CBS. In its complaint, CF Inflight alleged that Cablecam infringed on its patent for the Skycam, a similar cable suspension system used during Sunday night and Monday night football games televised on ESPN and ABC, respectively. Davis said although the Skycam and Multi-V systems "perform essentially the same function" by providing aerial footage, the similarity between the two was "insufficient" to merit a preliminary injunction.     Index DealerTrack, Inc. Files Suit Against RouteOne LLC Citing Patent Infringement http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040128005895&newsLang=en DealerTrack, Inc., a technology services company enabling finance transactions between automobile dealers and financing sources through its online DealerTrack(TM) platform, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against RouteOne LLC, a joint venture of DaimlerChrysler Services L.L.C., Ford Motor Credit Corporation, General Motors Acceptance Corporation and Toyota Financial Services. RouteOne launched a Web-based credit application and routing system in the fourth quarter of 2003. The complaint was filed on January 28, 2004, in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, and asks, among other things, that the court enjoin RouteOne from infringing two patents held by DealerTrack, Inc. These patents cover a routing system, method and computer program product that support a number of processes related to automated credit application analysis and decisioning.     Index ================================================== PATENTS OF THE DAY 6,687,611 Method for coding and decoding objects in a road traffic network Abstract:  In a method for encoding objects in a traffic route network, to which information from one transmitter at a time to a receiver is transmitted, and for the encoding and decoding of which different databases, in particular digital maps of the traffic route network, can be used in the transmitter and the receiver, the objects are each provided with at least one coordinate chain, which is located at least in part on traffic routes that are also included in the database of the receiver, and which includes characteristic properties of parts of the traffic route network.     Index 6,685,188 Method and apparatus for performing a transaction without the use of spoken communication between the transaction parties Background:  Existing translational communication aids are conceived to teach or assist a person in learning, reading or speaking a foreign language. This means that such aids are not designed to perform a transaction for the user by clearly communicating the goal of the transaction to another party. Instead, existing translational communication aids are designed to teach someone how to speak and communicate in that foreign language. Transactional flash cards are actually quite the opposite; they circumvent the need to learn, memorize or even pronounce a word or a phrase. Abstract:  A method for performing a transaction without the use of spoken communication is disclosed. The method consists of providing at least one transactional flash card having information about the transaction and the transaction goal displayed on the card in text understandable to the user and different text understandable to the party from whom the user wishes to purchase goods or services. The method may include displaying such a flash card in printed form, or on a personal electronic device. The method may further include providing flash cards having inquiries about price, payment methods, or shipping terms. Also disclosed are transactional flash cards used with the method.     Index ================================================== ACCESS OFFICIAL GAZETTE AND NOTICES Access this week's Official Gazette http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week05/OG/index2.htm Excerpt from OG Notices Examining Corps Reissue Applications Filed     Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR LICENSING to Learn More or to List a Patent Plug-and-play smart data cable The invention includes a smart, plug-and-play cable capable of transparently translating between two different communication protocols. The cables are "plug-and-play" such that two devices can be coupled together for communication without the requirement that the user perform any special set-up steps in order for it to work. To implement this plug-and-play functionality, the smart cable of the present invention determines which communication protocols are required at each of its ports, and selects, activates, enables, or downloads the appropriate communication protocol drivers to enable proper operation. Electric shaver having orbitally moving blades An electric shaver includes blades which while rotating around their own centers also orbit around another axis, thus providing that the blades sweep a large area. Implantable fuel cell This invention makes use of an electrostrictive material to increase the efficiency of a fuel cell as used for the production of power within a human.     Index ================================================== EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES to List a Job Patent Related Jobs from Monster Patent Related Jobs from www.IntelPropLaw.com     Index ================================================== GEN-ERIC Channel