Patents

Over 115 patents filed since 1990, the following 110 have issued:

#110  US011736555  2023-08-22

IOT interaction system  

#109  US011265363  2022-03-01

IOT interaction system 

#108  US010635460  2020-04-28

Assisted interaction for mobile products  

#107  US010257256  2019-04-09

IOT interaction system 

#106  US010045169  2018-08-07

Systems and methods for personalizing public devices

#105  US010024952  2018-07-17

Self-organizing hybrid indoor location system

#104  US09911136  2018-03-06

Method and system for providing sign data and sign history 

#103  US09907008  2018-02-17

Cloud-coordinated location system using ultrasonic pulses and radio signals  

#102  US09870057  2018-01-16

Gesture detection using an array of short-range communication devices

#101  US09817540  2017-11-14

Device, system, and method of composing logical computing platforms

#100  US09791540  2017-10-17

Self-organizing hybrid indoor location system

#99  US09666013  2017-05-30

Cloud-based vending

#98  US09662569  2017-05-30

Sensor fusion to combine sensor input data from multiple devices into one input stream

#97  US09621703  2017-04-11

Motion to connect to kiosk

#96  US09609482  2017-03-28

Cloud-coordinated location system using ultrasonic pulses and radio signals

#95  US09413872  2016-08-09

Motion to connect to kiosk

#94  US09282232  2016-03-08

Collaborative Image Control

#93  US09215286  2015-12-15
Creating a social network based on an activity

#92  US09203476  2015-12-01
System and method for code communication

#91  US09143944  2015-09-22
Secure peer-to-peer network setup

#90  US09077912  2015-07-07
Motion initiated time synchronization

#89  US09071282  2015-06-30
Variable read rates for short-range communication

#88  US09002930  2015-04-07
Activity distribution between multiple devices

#87  US08928555  2015-01-06
Privacy display

#86  US08874594  2014-10-28
Search with my location history

#85  US08755785  2014-06-17
Collaborative image control

#84  US08705707  2014-04-22
Labeling communication device call logs

#83  US08686921  2014-04-01
Dynamic geometry management of virtual frame buffer for appendable logical displays

#82  US08638190  2014-01-28
Gesture detection using an array of short-range communication devices

#81  US08626135  2014-01-07
Communication redirect via short-range communication for digital item retrieval  

#80  US08565791  2013-10-22
Computing device interaction with visual media

#79  US08560484  2013-10-15
User model creation

#78  US08515413  2013-08-20
Controlling a target device using short-range communication

#77  US08504008  2013-08-06
Virtual control panels using short-range communication

#76  US08456381  2013-06-04
Device, system, and method of providing an extended display with desired relative display orientation 

#75  US08405572  2013-03-26
Privacy display

#74  US08363586  2013-01-29

Social networking and advertisements in a mobile device on a local personal area network

#73  US08281123  2012-10-02

Apparatus and method for managing and protecting information during use of semi-trusted interfaces 

#72  US08254995  2012-08-28

Method and device for communicating data 

#71  US08170212  2012-05-01

Device, system, and method of establishing secure wireless communication

#70  US08117284  2012-02-14

Unsolicited and unconfirmed computing platform service information 

#69  US08107879  2012-01-31

Device, system, and method of establishing multiple wireless connections

#68  US08081612  2011-12-20

Device, system, and method of selectively activating a wireless network connection

#67  RE42927  2011-11-15

System and method for obtaining and using location specific information

#66  US08041951  2011-10-18

Code-based communication connection management 

#65  US07831278  2010-11-09

Method and device for communicating data with a personal wireless storage device

#64  US07779193  2010-08-17

Method and apparatus for external data transfer in a personal storage device

#63  US07707150  2010-04-27

Automatic exchange of information in an ad-hoc computing environment

#62  US07664529  2010-02-16

Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices

#61  US07483952  2009-01-27

System transmitting unsolicited and unconfirmed computing platform service information to wireless devices

#60  US07426403  2008-09-16

Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices

#59  US07337466  2008-02-26

Information hiding through time synchronization

#58  US07278024  2007-10-02

Session authentication using temporary passwords

#57  US07253800  2007-08-07

Manipulative user interface systems and methods

#56  US07229017  2007-06-12

Laser locating and tracking system for externally activated tags

#55  US07202783  2007-04-10

Method and system for identifying when a first devices is within a physical range of a second device

#54  US07200812  2007-04-03

Method, apparatus and system for enabling users to selectively greek documents

#53  US07174462  2007-02-06

Method of authentication using familiar photographs

#52  US07089288  2006-08-08

Interactive context preserved navigation of graphical data sets using multiple physical tags

#51  US07082578  2006-07-25

Computer user interface using a physical manipulatory grammar

#50  US06816859  2004-11-09 

Rotationally desensitized unistroke handwriting recognition (extended)

#49  US06630922  2003-10-07 

Handedness detection for a physical manipulatory grammar

#48  US06628447  2003-09-30 

Array of rotatable solid elements for color display

#47  US06611196  2003-08-26 

System and method for providing audio augmentation of a physical environment

#46 US06608549  2003-08-19

Virtual interface for configuring an audio augmentation system

#45  US06573916  2003-06-03

Navigation of rendered virtual environments using physical tags

#44  US06542083  2003-04-01 

Electronic tag position detection using radio broadcast

#43  US06498601  2002-12-24 

Method and apparatus for selecting input modes on a palmtop computer

#42  US06456273  2002-09-24

Flap array under fluidic and electrical control

#41  US06446208  2002-09-03

User interface system based on sequentially read electronic tags

#40  US06422474  2002-07-23

N-space indexing of digital data representations using physical tags

#39  US06366697  2002-02-04

Rotationally desensitized unistroke handwriting recognition

#38  US06342830  2002-01-29

Controlled shielding of electronic tags

#37  US06340957  2002-01-22

Dynamically relocatable tileable displays

#36  US06340931  2002-01-22

Network printer document interface using electronic tags (extended)

#35  US06326946  2001-12-04

Operator icons for information collages

#34  US06297838  2001-02-10

Spinning as a morpheme for a physical manipulatory grammar

#33  US06297805  2001-02-10

Multiple interacting computers interface-able through a physical manipulatory grammar

#32  US06292744  2001-09-12

Infrared beacon positioning system (extended)

#31  US06268857  2001-07-31

Computer user interface using a physical manipulatory grammar

#30  US06249226

2001-06-19

Network printer document interface using electronic tags

#29  US06243075

2001-06-05

Graspable device manipulation for controlling a computer display

#28  US06243074

2001-06-05

Handedness detection for a physical manipulatory grammar

#27  US06241364  2001-06-05

Light fixture embedded infrared beacon

#26  US06216087  2001-04-10

Infrared beacon positioning system

#25  US06176425  2001-01-23

Information management system supporting multiple electronic tags

#24  US06160540  2000-12-12

Zoomorphic computer user interface

#23  US06122520  2000-09-19

System and method for obtaining and using location specific information

#22  US06021399  2000-02-01

Space efficient method of verifying electronic payments

#21  US06008727  1999-12-28

Selectively enabled electronic tags

#20  US06005482  1999-12-21

Surface mounted information collage

#19  US05982520  1999-11-09

Personal storage device for application and data transfer

#18  US05952638  1999-09-14

Space efficient method of electronic payments

#17  US05857023  1999-01-05

Space efficient method of redeeming electronic payments

#16  US05825675  1998-10-20

Apparatus and configuration method for a small, hand-held computing device

#15  US05818425  1998-10-06

Mapping drawings generated on small mobile pen based electronic devices onto large displays

#14  US05812865  1998-09-22

Specifying and establishing communication data paths between particular media devices in multiple media device computing systems based on context of a user or users

#13  US05793630  1998-08-11

High precision spatially defined data transfer system

#12  US05721725  1998-02-24

Protocol for channel access in wireless or network data communication

#11  US05627517  1997-05-06

Decentralized tracking and routing system wherein packages are associated with active tags

#10  US05611050  1997-03-11

Method for selectively performing event on computer controlled device whose location and allowable operation is consistent with the contextual and locational attributes of the event

#9  US05603054  1997-02-11

Method for triggering selected machine event when the triggering properties of the system are met and the triggering conditions of an identified user are perceived

#8  US05564070  1996-10-08

Method and system for maintaining processing continuity to mobile computers in a wireless network

#7  US05555376  1996-09-10

Method for granting a user request having locational and contextual attributes consistent with user policies for devices having locational attributes consistent with the user request

#6  US05544321  1996-08-06

System for granting ownership of device by user based on requested level of ownership, present state of the device, and the context of the device

#5  US05530235  1996-06-25

Interactive contents revealing storage device

#4  US05493692  1996-02-20

Selective delivery of electronic messages in a multiple computer system based on context and environment of a user

#3  US05493283  GB2230365A 1996-02-20, 1989-02-18

Locating and authentication system

#2  US05485634  1996-01-16

Method and system for the dynamic selection, allocation and arbitration of control between devices within a region

#1  US05402469  1995-03-28

Carrier locating system

Europe: 00124926.7-2206, Virtual Control System Using non-imaging Scanner
Europe: 00124927.5-2210, Patterned Retro-reflective Tags Usable in Laser Scanning Systems