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GEN-ERIC Patent News Tuesday, February 3,
2004
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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.
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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.
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Index ================================================== PATENTS AVAILABLE FOR
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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.
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