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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-5,982,452 |
Analog video merging system for merging N video signals from N video
cameras This invention relates to an analog video merging system, and more particularly to a system that can take the output of a plurality of video cameras and form a... |
| US-5,980,683 |
Production of a support element module for embedding into smart cards or
other data carrier cards Described is a method for manufacturing of carrier element modules of a thin carrier element (4) and a thereon mounted semiconductor chip (2). This method... |
| US-5,980,282 |
Dual readout socket connector A card edge socket connector (1) includes an insulative elongated housing (10) having a plurality of contact slots (14) side by side vertically extending... |
| US-5,980,281 |
Mechanism to assist in insertion or removal of PCI cards A board-handling mechanism for more easily installing and removing boards from motherboards and/or other mountings within system enclosures such that it does not... |
| US-5,978,840 |
System, method and article of manufacture for a payment gateway system
architecture for processing encrypted... Secure transmission of data is provided between a plurality of computer systems over a public communication system, such as the Internet. Secure transmission of... |
| US-5,978,655 |
Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus has a transmission antenna and a reception antenna and performs radio transmission/reception with a radio card via the two... |
| US-5,978,551 |
Picture data printing apparatus and print picture data generating
apparatus This still picture filing system comprises a printer unit 2, a picture processing block 3, a thinning and compression/expansion processing block 4, a storage... |
| US-5,978,495 |
Method and apparatus for accurate determination of the identity of human
beings Methods and apparatus for the accurate determination of the identity of human beings by comparing a fingerprint image with previously recorder templates utilize... |
| US-5,978,479 |
Descrambler A descramble section extracts required information for descrambling transmitted together with TV signals and converts scrambled signals to ordinary TV signals in... |
| US-5,978,459 |
Encryption of telephone calling card codes A cost-efficient method that utilizes encryption techniques to prevent the unauthorized use of telephone customer calling card account and personal ... |
| US-5,978,036 |
Character signal processing apparatus and character signal processing
system and personal computer A personal computer receives a teletext signal. A television broadcast signal received by a TV tuner unit is converted to a composite video signal and a voice... |
| US-5,975,953 |
EMI by-pass gasket for shielded connectors Good shielding in shielded peripheral connectors is maintained by including an EMI by-pass gasket between the cable connector and the card connector. The EMI... |
| US-5,975,584 |
Carrier card with value chip A carrier card of standardized size has a base body with at least one cutout for receiving a value chip. The cutout has securing elements forming a snap... |
| US-5,974,961 |
Multi-hopper card embosser A multi-hopper embosser comprising a card processing apparatus (13, 14, 15) for performing encoding, embossing and tipping processings on a card, plural hoppers... |
| US-5,974,629 |
Method and apparatus for measuring fiber length and nep number in a
carding machine A method of measuring fiber material while being processed by fiber processing components of a carding machine, includes the following steps: measuring fiber... |
| US-RE36,365 |
Method and apparatus for distributing currency A process which provides electronic access to pre-paid funds for cash or payment for goods and services. A card is issued to a customer with a value selectable... |
| US-5,974,363 |
Self-testing of smart line cards Automatic testing a group of line circuits on a smart line card served by a central switch over a PCM bus is localized by using the microprocessor/DSP that... |
| US-5,974,136 |
Apparatus for electronic exchange having a general-purpose bus
separating the exchange unit and control unit An electronic exchange apparatus where an exchange unit for controlling extension-line and trunk-line interface cards unique to the exchange apparatus is... |
| US-5,972,546 |
Secure photographic method and apparatus The application of Lippmann photographs as a unique security device on security documents, such as, e.g. identity cards, passports, credit cards is presented.... |
| US-5,971,849 |
Computer-based system and method for playing a poker-like game A computer-based system and method allow at least one player to play a poker-like game using a computer. A processor processes inputs through a graphic user... |
| US-5,971,804 |
Backplane having strip transmission line ethernet bus A data server having a plurality of hot replaceable processing unit modules. Each module includes a motherboard having plugged therein: a CPU; a main memory; an... |
| US-5,971,585 |
Best can do matching of assets with demand in microelectronics
manufacturing A computer implemented decision support tool serves as a solver to generate a best can do (BCD) match between existing assets and demands across multiple... |
| US-5,970,470 |
System and method for establishing and managing subscription purchase
agreements including commitments to... A system and process for distributing a product in accordance with a subscription purchase agreement that includes the establishment by a customer of an account... |
| US-5,970,139 |
T1 channel bank control process and apparatus A technique for powering telephone lines using an unbalance current source and current sink; and a technique for improving attenuation/frequency distribution and... |
| US-5,970,099 |
Silent polarity reversal in a communication system A line card integrates subscriber line interface circuitry, A/D and D/A converters, and digital signal processing technology. The digital signal processing... |
| US-5,969,283 |
Music organizer and entertainment center A music organizer and entertainment center provides a center having a microprocessor, sound card functions and high-volume data storage and retrieval units for... |
| US-5,968,155 |
Digital gate computer bus A computer bus includes a set of computer bus input nodes to receive a set of computer bus input signals generated by system cards attached to the computer bus.... |
| US-5,967,021 |
Food appliance and a coding system therefor A versatile food appliance includes a set of hardware components common to a plurality of single-purpose food appliances. The set of hardware components is... |
| US-RE36,346 |
Interactive golf game information system An interactive golf game information system receives, stores, analyzes and outputs a plurality of different types of information related to golf. The system... |
| US-5,966,429 |
Telephone transaction processing as a part of a call transport A telephone transaction processing system is disclosed. Processing of telephone transactions, such as credit card transactions, financial account debiting, or... |
| US-5,965,084 |
Process for producing non-woven fabrics of ultrafine polyolefin fibers A process for producing a non-woven fabric of ultrafine polyolefin fibers by subjecting a web of splittable conjugate polyolefin fibers to a water needle... |
| US-5,964,855 |
Method and system for enabling nondisruptive live insertion and removal
of feature cards in a computer system Method and system for controlling the state of a system bus during live insertion and removal of a pluggable feature card (FC) by driving control signals, which... |
| US-5,964,854 |
Card cage for an electronic control unit having signal-processing
components and high-speed digital components... In the case of a card cage for an electronic control unit having signal-processing analog and/or digital components, high-speed digital components, as well as... |
| US-5,964,821 |
Mapless GPS navigation system with sortable destinations and zone
preference A navigation system is provided for offering navigational assistance to a mobile user. The navigation system receives GPS position information signals which are... |
| US-5,963,926 |
Computer implemented method, system and apparatus for processing various
transactions using a plurality of... A method, apparatus and computer program for processing plural types of transactions by a transaction processor connected to plural companies of different... |
| US-5,963,917 |
Financial system of computers An automated payment system particularly suited for purchases over a distributed computer network such as the Internet. In such a distributed computer network, a... |
| US-5,963,643 |
Method and system for the transfer of information between two
populations of persons, one nomadic and the other... A method enabling two populations of persons, one being sedentary (for example a provider of long-distance services) and the other being nomadic (for example the... |
| US-5,963,199 |
Image processing systems and data input devices therefor An image processing system including a plurality of pen-like input units 31 which produce signals of frequencies inherent to the respective input units, a panel... |
| US-5,962,831 |
Electronic marketing apparatus and method An apparatus for processing consumer transactions and recording them on a consumer's magnetic stripe card is disclosed, having a magnetic stripe reader, a... |
| US-5,962,112 |
Wipers comprising point unbonded webs There is provided a wiper comprising a first web of fibers of at most 50 microns in diameter wherein said web has been bonded using a point unbonded pattern... |
| US-5,961,618 |
Dual-bus riser card for an expansion slot A dual-bus riser card for an expansion slot in a computer system is formed by a substrate having an edge portion removably mountable into the expansion slot... |
| US-5,960,651 |
Theft prevention mechanism for information processing apparatus A theft prevention mechanism is effective to prevent not only a portable information processing apparatus but also a PC card inserted therein from being stolen.... |
| US-5,960,445 |
Information processor, method of updating a program and information
processing system BIOS updating is performed after saving an old BIOS to a spare storage area. A current version BIOS stored in a first bank of a flash ROM is moved to a second... |
| US-5,960,412 |
Method and apparatus for communicating with a card distribution center
for management, selection, and delivery... A system for communicating with a card distribution center for selecting, ordering, and sending social expression cards using a personal computer. The user can... |
| US-5,960,208 |
Data communication adapter for selectively supplying power to a
communication control circuit or a portable... In an information processing system having a portable terminal unit, such as a hand-held computer, driven by a rechargeable battery and a data communication... |
| US-5,960,084 |
Secure method for enabling/disabling power to a computer system
following two-piece user verification A method for enabling power to all or portions of a computer system based upon the results of a two-piece user verification process that is completed as part of... |
| US-5,959,996 |
System for interfacing numerous ISDN data connecting to a data network
through the telephone network A system for providing low cost data connections directly to a long distance switch in order to connect a plurality of ISDN-based data connections to a data... |
| US-5,959,277 |
Gaming machine system operable with general purpose charge cards A player feeds a general purpose charge card, such as a VISA, MasterCard or AMERICAN EXPRESS card, or an account identification to a reader at a gaming machine... |
| US-5,959,276 |
Issuing customized IC cards of different types A method and apparatus issues a plurality of kinds of IC cards. A plurality of items of issue information are stored, to be written into a plurality of kinds of... |
| US-5,959,275 |
System and method for registering and maintaining field equipment
inventory based on individualized equipment... A system and method for registering and tracking network equipment at the circuit card level. A computer network server is coupled with an equipment database... |
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