Patents by Inventor Norton Garfinkle

Norton Garfinkle 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).

  • Interactive television with correlation of viewers input and results made available to each viewer
    Patent number: 5530469
    Abstract: An interactive television system in which the television program and a computer program are integrated to provide a viewer-friendly environment in which the viewer can participate on a real time basis with other viewers. The programmed computer system receives inputs from viewers in response to the television program content. A programmed interactive computer system processes the viewer inputs in accordance with parameters and algorithms correlated with the transmitted television program material. The system processes, for each participating viewer, his or her results based on the algorithm for the broadcast television program and the inputs of the other participating viewers. This individual data is stored and is made accessible to the viewer; in the preferred embodiment via a voice synthesizer to the participating viewer who initiates a call to the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventor: Norton Garfinkle
  • Video on demand
    Patent number: 5530754
    Abstract: A video-on-demand system in which catalog data is periodically transferred to the user sites, where it is stored. This catalog data includes listings of the video products available at the central station, so-called trailers or previews for certain of the video products, and lead-ins for the initial portions of certain products to provide a seamless lead in to program material ordered from the central station. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, menu driven software allows a user to control the display of catalog data and to order video products from the central station interactively with displayed catalog material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Inventor: Norton Garfinkle
  • System for limiting use of down-loaded video-on-demand data
    Patent number: 5400402
    Abstract: A digital data system that includes a control system at a customer site that blocks access to a down-loaded stored program after it has been viewed a predetermined number of times (e.g., once), or after a predetermined interval, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Inventor: Norton Garfinkle
  • Oral rinse and method for plaque removal
    Patent number: 5043183
    Abstract: This invention relates to improved oral compositions for dental hygiene, and, in particular, to dental rinse and mouthwash formulations containing orthophosphates which upon application to the teeth remove and retard the development of dental plaque on dental surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Cambridge Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Sol Gershon, Charles Fox, Norton Garfinkle