Patents by Inventor Arthur H. Kaufman

Arthur H. Kaufman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040083131
    Abstract: A system for distributing dated promotions over the internet via email to registered consumers permits the consumer to identify goods of interest and offers numerous ways to limit or restrict the number of dated promotions to be received in a given time period, such as by relative importance of goods, level of retail outlet, intended user, and the like, so that received dated promotions are of the most significance to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Arthur H. Kaufman, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20040054574
    Abstract: A system for distributing dated promotions over the internet via email to registered consumers permits the consumer to identify goods of interest and offers numerous ways to limit or restrict the number of dated promotions to be received in a given time period, such as by relative importance of goods, level of retail outlet, intended user, and the like, so that received dated promotions are of the most significance to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Arthur H. Kaufman, Paul R. Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20030171189
    Abstract: An electronic activity monitor for monitoring the performance of an activity such as an exercise comprises an activity detector responsive to motion associated with the performance of the activity to output a corresponding signal, a processor for receiving the signal and determining a starting address at which a block of corresponding sound data is stored, a memory for storing sound data corresponding to a plurality of values associated with the monitored activity, the sound data preferably comprising data representing a voice representation of the values, and a speech generator for generating a naturally-sounding human voice or reproducing a pre-stored version of an actual human voice or other audible indicia in accordance with the sound data stored in the memory. The speech generator is controlled by the processor in response to the activity detector to provide a verbal representation of the user's performance of the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventor: Arthur H. Kaufman
  • Patent number: 6582342
    Abstract: An electronic activity monitor for monitoring the performance of an activity such as an exercise comprises an activity detector responsive to motion associated with the performance of the activity to output a corresponding signal, a processor for receiving the signal and determining a starting address at which a block of corresponding sound data is stored, a memory for storing sound data corresponding to a plurality of values associated with the monitored activity, the sound data preferably comprising data representing a voice representation of the values, and a speech generator for generating a naturally-sounding human voice or reproducing a pre-stored version of an actual human voice or other audible indicia in accordance with the sound data stored in the memory. The speech generator is controlled by the processor in response to the activity detector to provide a verbal representation of the user's performance of the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: EPM Development Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur H. Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20020028730
    Abstract: An electronic activity monitor for monitoring the performance of an activity such as an exercise comprises an activity detector responsive to motion associated with the performance of the activity to output a corresponding signal, a processor for receiving the signal and determining a starting address at which a block of corresponding sound data is stored, a memory for storing sound data corresponding to a plurality of values associated with the monitored activity, the sound data preferably comprising data representing a voice representation of the values, and a speech generator for generating a naturally-sounding human voice or reproducing a pre-stored version of an actual human voice or other audible indicia in accordance with the sound data stored in the memory. The speech generator is controlled by the processor in response to the activity detector to provide a verbal representation of the user's performance of the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: EPM DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Arthur H. Kaufman
  • Patent number: 6251048
    Abstract: An electronic activity monitor for monitoring the performance of an activity such as an exercise comprises an activity detector responsive to motion associated with the performance of the activity to output a corresponding signal, a processor for receiving the signal and determining a starting address at which a block of corresponding sound data is stored, a memory for storing sound data corresponding to a plurality of values associated with the monitored activity, the sound data preferably comprising data representing a voice representation of the values, and a speech generator for generating a naturally-sounding human voice or reproducing a pre-stored version of an actual human voice or other audible indicia in accordance with the sound data stored in the memory. The speech generator is controlled by the processor in response to the activity detector to provide a verbal representation of the user's performance of the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: EPM Develoment Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Arthur H. Kaufman
  • Patent number: 5857939
    Abstract: An electronic exercise monitor for monitoring the repetitive performance of an exercise comprises a switch having a contact member connected to a displaceable member of the exercise equipment, the switch being responsive to the reciprocal motion of a displaceable member of an exercise device to output a signal for each of a plurality of sequential exercise repetitions performed by the user on the exercise equipment, a processor for receiving the signals and determining for each a starting address at which a block of corresponding sound data is stored, a memory for storing sound data for each of the plurality of sequential exercise repetitions, the sound data preferably comprising data representing a voice count number for each repetition of an exercise, and a speech generator for generating a naturally-sounding human voice or reproducing a digitized version of an actual human voice or other audible indicia in accordance with the sound data stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Talking Counter, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur H. Kaufman