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Ben Franklin Patent Holding LLC

General Magic, Inc.

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Intellectual Ventures I LLC

George M White

Kevin J Surace

Clifford Ivar Nass

Roy David Albert

Byron B Reeves

Mark D Campbell

James P Giangola

Glen Shires

Steven Markman

James J Buteau

Mark Andrew Ritchart

James R Montgomery

Scott Michael Walsh

Frank L White

James Joshua Nichols

John A Figueroa

The fishing rod holder with strike indicator is a free-standing fishing strike indicating device. The fishing rod holder with strike indicator is a stand which holds the fishing rod. The fishing rod holder with strike indicator allows for the adjustment of the cant between the fishing rod and the ground. The adjustment of the cant allows for the adjustment of the angle of attack between the fishing line and the water. The fishing rod holder with strike indicator comprises a tripod, a pedestal, and a control circuit. The pedestal mounts on the tripod. The control circuit is contained within the tripod. The tripod is a supporting structure that adjusts the elevation of the pedestal relative to the ground. The fishing rod mounts on the pedestal. The control circuit detects when a fish has struck the fishing line and generates a visible alarm and an audible alarm.

Fishing rod holder with strike indicator

The present invention provides a voice user interface with personality. In one embodiment, a method includes executing a voice user interface, and controlling the voice user interface to provide the voice user interface with a personality. The method includes selecting a prompt based on various context situations, such as a previously selected prompt and the user's experience with using the voice user interface.

Voice user interface with personality

A distributed voice user interface system includes a local device which receives speech input issued from a user. Such speech input may specify a command or a request by the user. The local device performs preliminary processing of the speech input and also provides the speech input to a remote system. The local device is able to update its recognition capabilities based on analysis of the speech, input by the remote system.

Distributed voice user interface

A distributed voice user interface system includes a local device which receives speech input issued from a user. Such speech input may specify a command or a request by the user. The local device performs preliminary processing of the speech input and determines whether it is able to respond to the command or request by itself. If not, the local device initiates communication with a remote system for further processing of the speech input.

The present invention is directed to a golf ball heater comprising a rectangular container, the interior of which is outfitted with at least one heating element and rails for holding golf balls. One end of the container includes a sliding door for retrieving a heated golf ball. On one side of the container, a control box is outfitted with circuitry to cooperatively work with sensors in the container for purposes of selectively activating the heating element(s) according to whether or not the sliding door is open or shut and whether or not the temperature inside the container is within the optimal temperature range.

Golf ball heater

A tissue sampling apparatus comprises a tubular body having a primary lumen for receiving a tissue sample. The tubular body includes a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The tissue sampling apparatus further comprises a cutting cylinder having a distal cutting edge, which is movable both distally and proximally relative to the tubular body. A band having an eyelet disposed therein extends across a distal end of the tissue sampling apparatus, wherein the eyelet is advantageously movable relative to the distal cutting edge in order to sever a distal end of the tissue sample.

Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue

A tree seat comprises a horizontal beam having a rotatable seat at one end thereof and a vertical pin at the other end thereof that is removably journalled in a complementary vertical element that is secured to a tree by a pair of tree encircling straps.

Hunter's tree seat

A hunting mask for purifying the breath of a hunter comprises a face mask having a one-way air intake valve thereon, a tube for conducting a hunter's breath from the mask to an intake end of an air purification canister, and a one-way discharge valve at the discharge end of the canister for controlled passage of breath to the ambient atmosphere.

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Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America

George M White