Abstract: An wireless telephone microchip can be implanted into a human or animal to allow telephone calling, location and control of implanted medical devices. A chip can contain complete telephone circuitry, GPS and local RF communication to an earphone/microphone for telephony and for controlling or modifying a medical device. Wideband local RF can provide downloaded compressed music to a high quality earphone. The chip could optionally contain a small microphone and earphone that operates through the skin. The chip can contain a battery that can be recharged through an externally applied field or by other means. In particular, the battery could be recharged while the user sleeps in a bed containing an induction coil.

Abstract: A safety improvement for restraint free ambulation devices that prevents lateral and longitudinal tipping accidents by placing weights left and right of the centerline and on the lower part of the device's frame normally forward of the rear wheels. The weights can be contained in a member that runs laterally across the lower part of the frame. The weights can be metal, stone, sand or other heavy material. The amount and position of the weight can be adjustable to fit the needs of different patients. If a bar member is used, it can optionally extend slightly wider than the frame and its ends can be padded.

Abstract: A system and method for supplying and receiving custom scenes of events like sporting events where a user can request a particular image, either one that is known to be available, or in some embodiments, an image from a virtual camera located anywhere the user wishes it and pointed in a direction specified by the user with a specified zoom. Parameters of some such virtual scenes can be predetermined for the user (such as the moving view from the kicker's eyes during a field goal kick). Requests can be made for images and images can be transmitted by any possible transmission method or technique including cable, internet, wireless and telephone. Images can be displayed on any type of wired, cabled, or wireless device. In particular, special eyeglasses or heads-up displays can be used. Displayed images can be 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting the presence of and/or removing or disabling RFID tags in commercial items. In one embodiment, the commercial item is subjected to an electromagnetic or particle field of sufficient energy to destroy any embedded RFID tags. In another embodiment, RFID tags are interrogated and located by a local receiver where they then can be removed or destroyed. In still another embodiment, a commercial item is scanned by x-ray similar to existing security systems. Embedded RFID tags are located either manually or automatically and then either removed or destroyed. The detection and removal of RFID tags is also a business method where a fee can be charged for clearing an item of hidden or embedded RFID, tags.

Abstract: A location caller ID feature where a cellular telephone placing a called is located by a telephone service and a message relating to that location is transmitted to a called telephone. The called telephone can display the location of the calling phone in human readable terms.

Abstract: A telephone answering system and method for playing particular different greeting messages to different callers. When an incoming call is received, either caller-ID is decoded, or the caller's identification is determined some other way if possible, and if the particular caller's identification is on a list, a special message can be played for that caller if such a message as been stored and is active. Any other caller receives a different message, usually a default greeting message. Special messages can be date/time stamped to die or change after particular dates or times. Messages and caller identification can be loaded into the system remotely.

Abstract: A biosensor unit that can be wall mounted in a location to perform testing of ambient air for bio-contaminants. This unit could contain an air filter for collecting contaminants and a micro-laboratory on a chip or otherwise situated within the unit to perform DNA or RNA binding tests for specific biological targets. Information from such units distributed within an environment could be communicated to one or more central locations via the internet or other communication means to be logged or recorded or to produce reports or alarms.

Abstract: An implantable microchip that is attached to a source of bodily fluids such as a vein, capillary, small artery or other fluid source such as lymph fluid or urine where the fluid flows through the microchip. The microchip can contain a micro-laboratory with reagent sources and micro-canal test chambers. The microchip can contain a readout mechanism where test data is command and/or readout to an external unit. Test results can be detected with an on-chip fluorescence or light detector or an external detector.