Patents by Inventor B. Cohen

B. Cohen 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).

  • Verifying a written expression
    Publication number: 20070146350
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method, a manual device, a handheld manual device, a handheld writing device, a system, and an apparatus. An embodiment provides a system. The system includes a manual device that includes a writing element operable to discharge a marking substance on a surface in response to a movement of the writing element upon the surface. The system also includes a sensor operable to acquire information corresponding to an environment of the manual device. The system further includes a verification module operable to determine a correspondence between a first aspect of the environment of the manual device and a second aspect of the environment of the manual device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Alexander Cohen, B. Cohen, Ed Harlow, Eric Leuthardt, Royce Levien, Mark Malamud
  • Including contextual information with a formed expression
    Publication number: 20070126717
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method, a manual device, a handheld manual device, a handheld writing device, a system, and an apparatus. An embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a writing element having a first portion operable to discharge a first marking substance on a surface in response to a movement of the writing element over the surface and a second portion operable to discharge a second marking substance on the surface in response to a controller. The apparatus also includes the controller operable to encode information corresponding to a context of the apparatus by regulating the discharge of the second marking substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Alexander Cohen, B. Cohen, Ed Harlow, Eric Leuthardt, Royce Levien, Mark Malamud
  • Including environmental information in a manual expression
    Publication number: 20070120837
    Abstract: Embodiments include a method, a manual device, a handheld manual device, a handheld writing device, a system, and an apparatus. An embodiment provides a system. The system includes a manual device. The manual device includes a first writing element operable to discharge a first marking substance on a surface in response to a movement of the first writing element upon the surface. The manual device also includes a second writing element operable to discharge a second marking substance on the surface in response to a controller. The controller is operable to encode information corresponding to an environment of the manual device by regulating a discharge of the second marking substance. The system also includes a sensor operable to acquire data indicative of an environment of the manual device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Alexander Cohen, B. Cohen, Ed Harlow, Eric Leuthardt, Royce Levien, Mark Malamud