Patents in subclass Registers/Systems Controlled By Data Bearing Records
Parent class: Registers
| Number | Patent title | Issue Date |
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| 07407096 | System and method for training and monitoring data reader operators A scanner or other data reader is equipped with means for determining characteristics of an operator's scanning technique. In a preferred configuration, the scanner is integrated with a weigh scale for obtaining a dynamic weight of an... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07407099 | Method and apparatus for achieving a tailored content response based upon a product identifier coupled with a device identifier A method and an apparatus for achieving a tailored content response based upon a product identifier coupled with a device identifier are provided. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives a machine readable indicia wherein... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07407100 | Automated system and method for inbound processing of mailed ballots A system and method for processing incoming mailed ballot packages having a voter ID code, a verification signature on the envelope, and a ballot enclosed within the envelope. Prior to receipt of the incoming ballots voter signatures have... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07407111 | Surface acoustic wave identification tag having enhanced data content and methods of operation and manufacture thereof A surface acoustic wave (SAW) identification tag and methods of operating and manufacturing the tag. In one embodiment, the tag includes: (1) a piezoelectric substrate having a SAW transducer located thereon, (2) a group of slots arranged... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07404517 | Access control system A non-contact-type access authorization reading device on an access control apparatus (1) reads an access authorization stored in a data carrier (9) received by an object (ski 7) which the user carries near the ground. The reading device... |
07/29/2008 |
| 07406438 | System and method for tracking and establishing a progressive discount based upon a customer's visits to a retail establishment In accordance with one described embodiment, methods, systems, and apparatus are provided for determining a progressive discount for a customer. In one example, a customer is provided with a discount that is incremented if the customer... |
07/29/2008 |
| 07401728 | Feed-forward control in event-based manufacturing systems Communication between machines in an event-based manufacturing system. In an event-based manufacturing system, material-specific data obtained for a material produced during a first manufacturing operation is used to govern a second... |
07/22/2008 |
| 07401731 | Method and system for implementing a card product with multiple customized relationships According to one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method and a system for implementing a card product or access mechanism with multiple relationships with an issuing entity (e.g., bank, etc.) where each relationship may be... |
07/22/2008 |
| 07401734 | Real world showroom A method of retrieving product information and ordering products is disclosed. A consumer observes a product in its real world usage context and scans an RFID tag embedded in the product. A mobile terminal is used to transmit the RFID tag... |
07/22/2008 |
| 07398916 | Printer having straight media path A printer is provided having a print media supply, at least one printhead arranged to print on traveling print media, a feeder arranged to feed print media from the print media supply along a media path past the printhead, and a binder... |
07/15/2008 |
| 07398932 | Methods and apparatus for providing a radio frequency identification system Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems and methods are described herein that may allow RFID reader devices to automatically initiate an autonomous reader script in order to excute reader operations independent of a host computer... |
07/15/2008 |
| 07400742 | Animal identification and security system An animal identification and security system and method assigns an identifying code uniquely associated with each system member and each animal owned by the member. An identification code imprinted on a marker attached to the animal... |
07/15/2008 |
| 07395957 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus comprises a read unit for reading a data file stored in a storage medium which is removably loaded into an apparatus body, a determining unit for determining a file type of the data file read out of the... |
07/08/2008 |
| 07395962 | Pick up notice and method of using same Generally described, the invention provides for an indicia that is associated with a pick up notice left at a pick up location. This indicia is "linked" to the parcel(s) that were intended for pick up at the location, which may be done by... |
07/08/2008 |
| 07397358 | Method and system for location-centric information retrieval from wireless devices using RFID coding The present invention provides an RFID device and RFID reader to obtain an ID string from the device which is then transmitted over the internet to a remote system that uses the ID string to retrieve information related to that ID string.... |
07/08/2008 |
| 07392933 | Systems and methods for interfacing multiple types of object identifiers and object identifier readers to multiple types of applications A method for interfacing an object identifier reader to at least one application involves receiving object identifier data from the object identifier reader. The object identifier data may include information and formatting characters.... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07392936 | Card reading arrangement involving robotic card handling responsive to card sensing in banking system A banking facility includes therein plural customer stations and a service provider (SP) station. A robotic device acts as an intermediate item handling device between a customer and service provider. The robotic device can access each... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07392937 | Card reading arrangement involving robotic card handling responsive to card sensing at a drive-up automated banking machine An automated banking machine is located adjacent a vehicle drive-up lane. The machine includes a card reader device, a cash dispenser device, and a robotic item handling device having a gripper. An item transfer area is accessible to both... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07394371 | Method of tracking automotive production A method of tracking automotive production in the manufacture of automotive vehicles (10) is provided. The method includes manufacturing a plurality of automotive vehicles along an assembly line (12). Each of the plurality of automotive... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07394373 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a mainboard on which a reader is integrally installed, and a RFID (radio frequency identification) tag is installed on a cartridge within a distance capable of radio... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07394380 | System and method for improved item tracking A method for tracking objects, including identifying and locating an object using a first method, identifying and locating a person using a second method, and associating the object and the person. |
07/01/2008 |
| 07389913 | Method and apparatus for online check processing Methods and apparatus for processing an online payment for an item. In one implementation, the method includes receiving information from a user corresponding to online payment for an item. The information from the user is received... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07389921 | Dynamic component management An auto-identification system is described that includes a plurality of distributed auto-id nodes that are operable to track physical objects as they move through an operation of an enterprise, such as, for example, a supply chain network... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07391318 | Goods management system, ingredient freezing system, ingredient managing method and program recording medium An ingredient freezing system which provides accident information about ingredients stored in a refrigerator, the system including, a reading unit which obtains identification information of IC tags attached to the ingredients stored in a... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07392059 | Electrical devices An electrical device such as a portable communications device, domestic or personal care appliance has a main body adapted to couple to an accessory which may be in the form of a tool attachable to the main body or a housing portion. The... |
06/24/2008 |
| 07387233 | RFID card issuing system In this REID card issuing system, manual operations are required only in two steps of: inputting personal information of an RFID card holder to register it in database; and pushing a shutter button of a camera when a photograph is being... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07387234 | Electronic business card processing device and method The present invention provides an electronic business card processing device and an electronic business card processing method which can effectively utilize information relating to electronic business cards. A business card is displayed... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07387235 | Mutual authentication security system with recovery from partial programming Memory contents in an electronic key are re-programmed using a base station from a multi-byte pre-existing or default value. If writing the new secret code value is interrupted and results in a partially-written value then a first... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07387254 | Information processing system and method, information processing apparatus and method, and program An information processing system and method, information processing apparatus and method, and program is provided. A user profile memory of a client (user terminal) stores a user profile representing a history of contents that have been... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07388491 | Mobile RFID reader with integrated location awareness for material tracking and management A portable RFID reader (or reader/writer) that also employs a location determination subsystem that facilitates determination of the reader (or reader/writer) location. The location subsystem can employ a satellite-based GPS (Global... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07388492 | Pallet recycling system, radio tag, pallet, and management method and program A pallet recycling system for managing a pallet to support pallet recycling, comprising: a managing section connected to a network that manages a pallet distribution; a radio tag given to the pallet that records and transmits a pallet... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07388495 | Integrated electronic article surveillance (EAS) and point of sale (POS) system and method A system and method for integrating point of sale (POS) data with electronic article surveillance (EAS) data, comprising a general-purpose computer for receiving and processing POS and EAS data is disclosed. The system and method... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07388502 | Safety shoes, protective shoes, working shoes for professional use, equipped to allow identification and to memorize other data Personal protective equipment (PPE) such as safety, protective or working shoe for professional use and the like equipped with a transponder designed to identify the item, with memorization of the number or name of the article, the class... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07383965 | Blood-collection tube preparation device In the blood-sampling-tube preparation device according to the present invention, the each blood-sampling-tube containing section is provided with a number of compartments along a periphery thereof, in which the blood-sampling-tubes are... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07383982 | Card recognition system for recognizing standard card and non-standard card A novel card recognition system includes a computer having a card controller for exchanging data with a standard card that is compliant with a standard and a non-standard card that is not compliant with the standard, and a card adapter... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07383983 | System and method for managing content between devices in various domains A system and method for managing content between different client devices in various domains (such as vehicle, home, and person). The system and method include receiving an input from a user on the first client device to pause the... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07383984 | Shopping system having user interactive identity and product items A shopping system is provided having a first interface surface having first coded data identifying a user of the first interface surface, a shopping receptacle having a shopping receptacle identity, and a sensing device. The sensing... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07383985 | Household electric user having an electronic control, and control and programming system thereof A household electric user includes an electronic control system that contains an electronic microcontroller (MC), a read and write non volatile memory means (MNV), and means (MC,MS,A1-A5,MZ) for detecting and/or generating variables which... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07383990 | Organizational settings for a price planning workbench A method for defining a price planning schedule according to one or more organization settings. The method includes receiving a default organization setting for at least one article, receiving a pricing level for the default organization... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07384340 | Trading cards interactive with electronic game machine and game system Trading cards consist of a single rule card and a plurality of character cards. The rule card is formed with a data recording area on its front surface. The data recording area of the rule card is mechanically readably recorded with rule... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07385509 | Manufactured article recovery system A system for recovering a manufactured article is disclosed. The system includes an electronic reader that reads a unique code associated with the manufactured article when that article is within range of the reader. The unique code may... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07386793 | Apparatus, method and program for supporting a review When a comment and a solution thereagainst are described in any one of a review document, a minute and a pending issue list, a reflecting unit reflects the comment and solution upon a corresponding portion of the document associated with... |
06/10/2008 |
| 07380675 | Method and device for processing sheet-like articles The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing sheet material, in particular bank notes, papers of value and the like.When sheet material is checked for adherence to criteria, at least a group of sheet material... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07380706 | Gun identification kit A firearm identification kit is provided including a data storage media bearing ballistics information and other indicia that may be useful in matching a fired spent cartridge case or bullet to the firearm that fired it. |
06/03/2008 |
| 07380707 | Method and system for credit card reimbursements for health care transactions According to one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method and a system for reimbursing credit card transactions for health care services and/or products. An exemplary method and system may involve registering a user for... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07380709 | Printing a trading card using a mobile device A system for printing a trading card on a print medium. The system comprises a mobile telecommunications device which includes a printer module to print the trading card on the print medium and a sensor module to sense a print media... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07380712 | Method and system for interacting with a product item A method of interacting with a product item. The product item comprises a product contained in a package, the package having an interface surface containing information relating to the product, the interface surface having disposed... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07380724 | Entering text into an electronic communication device In entering text into an electronic device with a keypad having a number of keys, each key represents a plurality of characters. A character is entered by the corresponding key and selected among the plurality of characters by pressing... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07382256 | Security system for preventing unauthorized removal of merchandise A security tag assembly and security system associated therewith prevent the unauthorized removal of merchandise from a given area, such as a retail establishment. The security tag assembly comprises a base and at least one attachment... |
06/03/2008 |
| 07377421 | Methods and systems for interacting with printed articles, such as posters A user detects data from a poster using a handheld appliance. The appliance then contacts a remote computer based on the data obtained from the poster, and can perform any of a variety of functions, such as purchasing tickets to a concert... |
05/27/2008 |