公开(公告)号：US06721001B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-13

申请号：US09213313

申请日：1998-12-16

申请人： Viktors Berstis

发明人： Viktors Berstis

IPC分类号： H04N576

CPC分类号： H04N9/8233 ,  H04N1/32128 ,  H04N5/772 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N9/806 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/440236 ,  H04N21/8153 ,  H04N2101/00 ,  H04N2201/0084 ,  H04N2201/3264 ,  H04N2201/3266 ,  H04N2201/3274

摘要： A digital camera which allows voice annotations to be recorded for each picture, but which includes text annotations with each such picture when the picture is transmitted from the camera. The digital camera includes an image sensing apparatus operable to receive light comprising an image and output image data representing the image, a first memory operable to store the image data, a sound sensing apparatus operable to receive a sound and output sound data representing the sound, wherein the sound is speech and the sound data is voice data, a second memory operable to store the voice data, a third memory operable to store text data; and a voice recognition apparatus operable to access the second memory, translate the stored voice data into text data and store the text data in the third memory, when the digital camera is provided with external power. In one embodiment, the voice recognition apparatus includes a microprocessor operable to execute image capture routines, voice recording routines and voice recognition routines. The microprocessor may be further operable to execute data transfer routines.

摘要翻译： 一种数码相机，其允许每个图像记录语音注释，但是当图像从相机发送时，其包括每个这样的图像的文本注释。 数字照相机包括可操作以接收光的图像感测装置，其包括图像和表示图像的输出图像数据，可操作以存储图像数据的第一存储器，可操作以接收声音并输出表示声音的声音数据的声音传感装置， 其中所述声音是语音，所述声音数据是语音数据，可操作以存储所述语音数据的第二存储器，可操作以存储文本数据的第三存储器; 以及语音识别装置，其可操作以访问所述第二存储器，当所述数字照相机被提供有外部电力时，将所存储的语音数据转换为文本数据并将所述文本数据存储在所述第三存储器中。 在一个实施例中，语音识别装置包括可操作以执行图像捕获程序，语音记录程序和语音识别程序的微处理器。 微处理器可以进一步操作以执行数据传输例程。

公开(公告)号：US06718341B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-06

申请号：US09239338

申请日：1999-01-28

申请人： Viktors Berstis ,  Linda Arnold Lisle

发明人： Viktors Berstis ,  Linda Arnold Lisle

IPC分类号： G06F1700

CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  Y10S707/99932 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： The invention locates store employees by receiving a set of unique signature transmissions by a set of receivers on the store. Each transmission emanates from a badge worn by a store employee. In a database, each unique signature with an employee and employee biographical information, including an expertise of an employee. The transmissions from the badges are used to locate employees in the store. Responsive to a user request for employees having a given expertise, a store map is displayed on an informational kiosk wherein showing the location of the employees having the given expertise.

摘要翻译： 本发明通过在商店上接收一组接收器来接收一组唯一的签名传输来定位商店雇员。 每个传输都是由商店员工佩戴的徽章产生的。 在数据库中，每个独特的签名与员工和员工的履历信息，包括员工的专业知识。 来自徽章的传输用于定位商店中的员工。 响应于对具有专门知识的员工的用户请求，商店地图显示在信息亭上，其中显示具有给定专业知识的雇员的位置。

公开(公告)号：US06718015B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-06

申请号：US09213318

申请日：1998-12-16

申请人： Viktors Berstis

发明人： Viktors Berstis

IPC分类号： H04M164

CPC分类号： G10L13/00

摘要： A method for enabling a user having access to a telephone device to browse the Internet without a Web browser. The method begins by establishing a connection between the user's telephone device and a computer. The computer includes a Web browser and a text-to-speech processor. Using the telephone device, the user enters information identifying a given URL. The input information is then supplied to the Web browser, which fetches the desired page. The text portions of the Web page are then converted to speech and output to the user over the telephone device. Alternatively, the user may elect to transmit the page to a given fax destination, to e-mail the page to a given e-mail destination address, or to e-mail the URL itself. Using the telephone as an input device, the user may selectively navigate the Web page or explore links in the page.

摘要翻译： 一种用于使得能够访问电话设备的用户在没有Web浏览器的情况下浏览因特网的方法。 该方法开始于在用户的电话设备和计算机之间建立连接。 计算机包括Web浏览器和文本到语音处理器。 使用电话设备，用户输入标识给定URL的信息。 然后将输入信息提供给Web浏览器，Web浏览器将获取所需的页面。 然后将网页的文本部分转换成语音并通过电话设备输出给用户。 或者，用户可以选择将页面发送到给定的传真目的地，以将页面电子邮件发送到给定的电子邮件目的地地址，或者通过电子邮件发送URL本身。 使用电话作为输入设备，用户可以选择性地浏览网页或浏览页面中的链接。

公开(公告)号：US06549972B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-15

申请号：US09444616

申请日：1999-11-22

申请人： Viktors Berstis ,  George Willard Van Leeuwen ,  Steven Michael Pritko ,  Amal Ahmed Shaheen

发明人： Viktors Berstis ,  George Willard Van Leeuwen ,  Steven Michael Pritko ,  Amal Ahmed Shaheen

IPC分类号： G06F1130

CPC分类号： H04L63/02 ,  H04L63/04 ,  H04L63/12

摘要： A method for providing control accesses between a device on a non-proprietary bus and a device on a proprietary bus is disclosed. A gateway controller is connected between a proprietary bus and a non-proprietary bus. A message originated from a device on the non-proprietary bus intended for a device on the proprietary bus is checked by the gateway controller to determine if a transmission of the message should be permitted according to a permitted message bitmap. The permitted message bitmap contains a list of devices on the non-proprietary bus that are previously registered as able to communicate with devices on the proprietary bus and a list of permitted messages associated with each of the devices on the non-proprietary bus. The transmission of the message to the device on the proprietary bus is denied if the message is not registered within the permitted message bitmap.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在非专有总线上的设备和专有总线上的设备之间提供控制访问的方法。 网关控制器连接在专有总线和非专有总线之间。 由网关控制器检查来自专用总线上的设备的非专有总线上的设备的消息，以确定是否应允许根据允许的消息位图传输消息。 允许的消息位图包含非专有总线上先前注册为能够与专有总线上的设备通信的设备列表以及与非专有总线上的每个设备相关联的允许消息的列表。 如果消息未在允许的消息位图中注册，则将消息传输到专用总线上的设备。

公开(公告)号：US06431443B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-13

申请号：US09465290

申请日：1999-12-17

申请人： Stacey Alan Barnes ,  Viktors Berstis

发明人： Stacey Alan Barnes ,  Viktors Berstis

IPC分类号： G06K500

CPC分类号： G07F7/1008 ,  G06K19/077 ,  G06K19/07703 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q20/108 ,  G06Q20/1085 ,  G06Q20/341 ,  G06Q20/3576 ,  G06Q20/40 ,  G07F7/0806

摘要： A card structure provides an existing card having an associated card service and further having at least one associated service of at least one other card that is used by a card user. A display is coupled to the card structure for displaying desired information on the overloaded card. The overloaded card display comprises a silicone sheet display having embedded thereon an array of electrostatically chargeable balls. An electric charge is applied to each of the balls so that each of the balls is in a desired position to display the information on the overloaded card. The card is read by a reader at a card terminal, and an array of electrodes that charge and manipulate the balls face the display to charge them so that images programmed at the electrodes are left thereon.

摘要翻译： 卡结构提供具有相关卡服务的现有卡，并且还具有由卡用户使用的至少一个其他卡的至少一个相关联的服务。 显示器耦合到卡结构，用于在过载卡上显示所需信息。 过载的卡片显示器包括其上嵌有可静电充电球的阵列的硅胶片显示器。 对每个球施加电荷，使得每个球处于期望位置以显示超载卡上的信息。 该读卡器由卡终端读取，并且充电和操纵滚珠的电极阵列面向显示器以对它们进行充电，使得在电极处编程的图像保留在其上。

公开(公告)号：US06427909B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-06

申请号：US09465289

申请日：1999-12-17

申请人： Stacey Alan Barnes ,  Viktors Berstis

发明人： Stacey Alan Barnes ,  Viktors Berstis

IPC分类号： G06K500

CPC分类号： G07F7/1008 ,  G06Q20/105 ,  G06Q20/108 ,  G06Q20/341 ,  G06Q20/3552 ,  G06Q20/3576 ,  G06Q20/3578

摘要： A system and method of providing and using an overloaded card with overloaded card services. A card terminal reads a host card, and a server system determines whether or not to overload the host card with a card service of one other card. The server system overloads the host card with the other card services by associating the other card services with the host card within the server system such that no additional information must be encoded within or maintained by the host card.

摘要翻译： 提供和使用具有超载卡服务的超载卡的系统和方法。 卡终端​​读取主机卡，并且服务器系统确定是否使用另一个卡的卡服务使主机卡过载。 服务器系统通过将其他卡服务与服务器系统中的主机卡相关联来使主机卡与其他卡服务重载，使得不需要在主机卡内编码或维护主机卡。

公开(公告)号：US06282653B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-28

申请号：US09080030

申请日：1998-05-15

申请人： Viktors Berstis ,  Maria Azua Himmel

发明人： Viktors Berstis ,  Maria Azua Himmel

IPC分类号： G06F1130

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G06F21/10 ,  G06F2221/0706 ,  G06F2221/2135 ,  G06Q20/1235 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A method, system and computer program product to facilitate royalty collection with respect to online distribution of electronically published material over a computer network. In one embodiment, a method for managing use of a digital file (that includes content subject to copyright protection on behalf of some content provider) begins by establishing a count of a number of permitted copies of the digital file. In response to a given protocol, a copy of the digital file is then selectively transferred from a source to a target. Thus, for example, the source and target may be located on the same computer with the source being a disk storage device and the target being a rendering device (e.g., a printer, a display, a sound card or the like). The method logs an indication each time the digital file is transferred from the source to a target rendering device, and the count is decremented upon each transfer. When the count reaches a given value (e.g., zero), the file is destroyed or otherwise prevented from being transferred from the source device. The indications logged are transferred to a management server to facilitate payment of royalties to the content provider.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，系统和计算机程序产品，以便通过计算机网络在线分发电子出版的材料方便版税收取。 在一个实施例中，通过建立数字文件的允许副本的数量的开始，开始管理数字文件（包括代表某些内容提供商的受版权保护的内容）的使用的方法。 响应于给定的协议，然后将数字文件的副本从源选择性地传送到目标。 因此，例如，源和目标可以位于相同的计算机上，其中源是磁盘存储设备，目标是渲染设备（例如，打印机，显示器，声卡等）。 该方法每当将数字文件从源传输到目标渲染设备时记录指示，并且每次传送时计数递减。 当计数达到给定值（例如，零）时，文件被破坏或以其他方式被阻止从源设备传送。 记录的指示被转移到管理服务器以便于向内容提供商支付版税。

公开(公告)号：US06243647B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-05

申请号：US09239334

申请日：1999-01-28

申请人： Viktors Berstis ,  Joel Leslie Smith

发明人： Viktors Berstis ,  Joel Leslie Smith

IPC分类号： G06F700

CPC分类号： G08G5/0013 ,  G01S5/0072 ,  G01S7/04 ,  G01S2205/002 ,  G08G1/22 ,  G08G5/0026 ,  G08G5/0082

摘要： The location of machines in space is displayed in a three dimensional user interface. At each machine of a plurality of machines, the location of the machine is determined via a global positioning system calculation. Each machine, determining a cell corresponding to the GPS determined location. The machines broadcasting a message at a time slice allocated for the cell, wherein the message is indicative of the type of machine broadcasting. The machine which presents the interface receives broadcasted messages from the plurality of machines. Using the received broadcasted messages, it determines the locations of the plurality of machines. Next, the presentation machine chooses a representation of each machine according to a machine type. Finally, the user interface is constructed by orienting and presenting the representations within a user interface showing a volume of space according to the determined locations.

摘要翻译： 机器在空间中的位置显示在三维用户界面中。 在多台机器的每台机器上，通过全球定位系统计算确定机器的位置。 每台机器，确定一个对应于GPS确定位置的单元。 机器在为该小区分配的时间片上广播消息，其中消息指示机器广播的类型。 呈现接口的机器接收来自多台机器的广播消息。 使用接收到的广播消息，它确定多个机器的位置。 接下来，演示机器根据机器类型选择每台机器的表示。 最后，根据所确定的位置，通过在显示一定空间量的用户界面内定向和呈现表示来构建用户界面。

公开(公告)号：US06243091B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-05

申请号：US08976403

申请日：1997-11-21

申请人： Viktors Berstis

发明人： Viktors Berstis

IPC分类号： G06F300

CPC分类号： G06F3/04815 ,  G06F17/30884

摘要： The history of browsing in a distributed database, such as the Internet, is presented in a global history window. Each document browsed is represented by a page icon selected as representative of content in the browsed document. Each link between browsed pages is represented by a roadway to connect the respective selected page icons. The user's present position is indicated by an icon or other manner. Features proximate to the user's present position may be enlarged. In the preferred embodiment, the global history map is presented on an apparently curved surface having a variety of features which serve to orient the user in the map. With each new request for retrieval of a new document, the global history map window is presented wherein the building of a new roadway serves as a progress indicator for retrieving the new document. A new page icon indicative of the content of the new document is selected. The new page icon is presented proximate to a terminus of the new roadway. An end of road icon at the terminus of the new roadway is presented once the new document is retrieved.

摘要翻译： 在分布式数据库（如Internet）中浏览的历史记录在全局历史窗口中显示。 浏览的每个文件都是以被浏览的文档中的内容的代表所选择的页面图标表示的。 所浏览的页面之间的每个链接由道路表示以连接相应的所选页面图标。 用户的当前位置由图标或其他方式指示。 靠近用户现在位置的特征可以被放大。 在优选实施例中，全局历史地图呈现在具有各种特征的表面曲面上，其用于使用户在地图中定向。 对于每个新的检索新文档的请求，呈现全球历史地图窗口，其中建立新的道路作为用于检索新文档的进度指示符。 选择指示新文档的内容的新页面图标。 新页面图标显示在新道路的终点附近。 一旦新文件被检索，就会出现在新道路终点处的道路图标结束。

公开(公告)号：US06212327B1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-03

申请号：US08977295

申请日：1997-11-24

申请人： Viktors Berstis ,  Richard Dale Hoffman

发明人： Viktors Berstis ,  Richard Dale Hoffman

IPC分类号： H04N5761

CPC分类号： H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/44582 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/926 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/6543

摘要： A data processing system connected to and controlling an infrared emitter may be utilized to control remote control devices such as video cassette recorders and cassette recorders, allowing the data processing system to program recording by such devices. The data processing system may, for example, be a set-top box located in proximity to remote controlled record/playback devices, relying on line-of-sight or reflected infrared signal transmission, or may be utilized in connection with suitably placed infrared repeaters. The data processing system may also be employed in conjunction with the “server push” network technique, in which a data stream is transmitted to a subscribing client without intervention by the client. The data stream is monitored for user-defined data items. When detected, the data processing automatically controls the appropriate record/playback device to record a broadcast associated with the detected data item.

摘要翻译： 连接到和控制红外发射器的数据处理系统可用于控制诸如盒式磁带录像机的遥控设备，允许数据处理系统对这些设备进行程序记录。 数据处理系统可以例如是依赖于视线或反射的红外信号传输的位于遥控记录/重放设备附近的机顶盒，或者可以结合适当放置的红外中继器 。 数据处理系统还可以与“服务器推送”网络技术一起使用，其中将数据流发送到订阅客户端而不需要客户端的干预。 对用户定义的数据项监视数据流。 当检测到数据处理时，数据处理自动控制适当的记录/回放设备来记录与检测到的数据项相关联的广播。