Patents by Inventor Stuart J. Lipoff
Stuart J. Lipoff 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).
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Patent number: 8590940Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLCInventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff
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Publication number: 20130021651Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff
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Publication number: 20120252350Abstract: A safety device for vehicles. The device inhibits use of communication devices that run the risk of distracting a driver/operator while the vehicle is in motion. Several techniques for inhibiting use are described which can be used individually or in a complementary combinations. In one technique, a rapidly varying signal level is created local to the communication device. The variations exceed the operational limits of the system, thereby inhibiting communications. The device may be in a constant-on mode, unless it detects an attempt to make a communication classified as appropriate. Such a device may inhibit short messages, such as “text” messages and may also allow or, in some embodiments, place emergency calls.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Allan Steinmetz, Douglas Magyari, Stuart J. Lipoff
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Publication number: 20110310442Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff
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Patent number: 7950698Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLCInventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff
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Patent number: 5692093Abstract: During recording of a television signal on a VCR, data are accumulated with respect to the time of occurrence and duration of detectable events, such as blank frames, in the television signal, and such data are stored. Timing reference data are written onto the tape as it is recorded. At a time subsequent to the recording process, the stored data are analyzed to classify the content of the television signal between the detectable events and a playback map is constructed for the recorded signal. During playback, the stored playback map is retrieved and stored timing data are compared to the timing reference data read from the tape. The VCR is automatically commanded into a fast scan mode when the tape reaches the beginning time of a portion of the video signal that has been classified for elimination during playback. The VCR is then automatically commanded to return to the normal "play" mode when the tape reaches the ending time of that portion of the video signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1994Date of Patent: November 25, 1997Assignee: SRT, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Iggulden, Alan McFarland, Stuart J. Lipoff, Jung-ming Wu, Richard H. Caro, Raymond E. Debs
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Patent number: 5455630Abstract: A time code or other digital code is inserted into a video signal by modulating the video signal itself or the signal's radio frequency (RF) carrier. This allows the code to be recorded concurrently with recording of the video signal, thereby obviating the need for a specially adapted recording apparatus. Furthermore, since the code is embedded in the recorded video signal, the encoded information may be retrieved from the video signal in a unit that is external to the playback apparatus. In combination with a conventional video cassette recorder (VCR), the video signal that is tuned to by the VCR is processed to extract raster synchronization signals. A modulator inserted ahead of the RF input to the VCR modulates the RF carrier in response to the digital code. Feedback of the tuned video signal insures proper synchronization of the broadband RF modulation so that the digital code is inserted into a non-viewable portion of the recorded video signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1993Date of Patent: October 3, 1995Assignee: Arthur D. Little Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Alan McFarland, Stuart J. Lipoff, Jung-Ming Wu, Richard H. Caro
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Patent number: 4529941Abstract: FSK demodulator apparatus in accordance with the teachings of the present invention is provided wherein the input signal to be demodulated is phase compared with a plurality of reference phases of the mark and space frequencies to be detected to bracket the input signal within a particular quadrant for the frequency involved. The results of each phase comparison are then integrated with respect to time and threshold compared in such a manner that one or more phase comparison outputs, each having a duty cycle not equal to 50%, will be produced for the frequency involved, resulting in an output from the threshold comparison. This output may then be employed to establish a logic condition indicative of the frequency then being received.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1982Date of Patent: July 16, 1985Assignee: Arthur D. Little, Inc.Inventor: Stuart J. Lipoff
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Patent number: RE44274Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T.30 or T.4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLCInventors: Robert P. Popadic, John R. Popadic, Thomas E. Gazda, Stuart J. Lipoff