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Dow Corning Corporation

Thomas A Bush

Ollie W Marko

David Waddleton

John Eric Herman

Kevin Allan Dooley

A cordless digital audio headphone is disclosed. The headphone includes a pair of earphones connected to a headband. The earphones provide audible signals. The headphone also includes a memory unit positioned on the headband for containing digitally stored audio information. A processor is disposed on the headband, and is coupled to the memory unit for retrieving the digitally stored information from the memory unit. An analog to digital converter receives the digitally stored audio information, and provides the audible signal to the earphones.

Cordless digital audio headphone

An adjustable truss for reinforcing a floor supported atop horizontal joists has a beam which underlies the floor and includes reinforcing members having spaced apart limbs which provide space for the accommodation of utility components such as wiring, pipes, and conduits. The support members are removable from the beam so as to enable any selected support to be uncoupled from the beam and recoupled thereto following movement of the support member in such manner as to enable the utility components to be accommodated in the space between the limbs. The support members are rockable in either of two opposite direction so as to enable the beam to be adjusted in such manner as to maintain bearing engagement with the underside of the floor.

Adjustable truss construction

A cordless digital audio headphone is disclosed. The headphone includes a pair of earphones connected to a headband. The earphones provide audible signals. The headphone also includes a memory slot positioned on the headband for receiving a memory card containing digitally stored audio information. A processor is disposed on the headband, and is coupled to the memory slot for retrieving the digitally stored audio information from the memory card. An analog to digital converter receives the digitally stored audio information, and provides the audible signal to the earphones.

A remote control device controls interaction of an interactive receiver unit positioned at a remote location. The remote control device has a housing and manually actuable keypad mounted on the housing. A control mechanism is mounted in the enclosure and operatively connected to the manually actuable keypad for receiving selected input data from the keypad corresponding to desired programming selections of the interactive receiver unit positioned at the remote location. Financial information is stored in the remote, and a transmitter transmits a desired program corresponding to a selected keypad sequence, and also transmits financial information of the user.

Device for controlling remote interactive receiver

A method for grinding silicon metalloid comprising grinding silicon metalloid in the presence of an effective amount of a grinding aid selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids comprising at least 8 carbon atoms, alkali metal salts of carboxylic acids comprising at least 8 carbon atoms, and polydiorganosiloxanes.

Method for grinding silicon metalloid

A transactional processing system is used in conjunction with a transmitting source. The system allows for real-time authorization of payments for a plurality of products and services made available by the transmitting source. A video menu is sent to a receiver representing a list of the available products and services. The receiver contains a credit or debit card reader and transmits financial account information, as well as the selection from the menu, via a modem to a payment processor. The payment processor verifies the programming selection and account information and transmits an authorization signal to the vendor or service provider. The payment processor would verify financial account information and forward payment authorization to a financial institution. The vendor, in turn sends the selected product to the consumer upon receiving payment from the financial institution.

Transactional processing system

In a pay per view entertainment system, prerecorded entertainment such as musical works are distributed to subscribers over a cable network. The subscribers are able to listen to edited versions or previews of the complete musical works and to select desired musical works for recording. Before the musical work is recorded on a special receiver, the subscriber is billed for the service.

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Stamford, CT, United States of America

Thomas A Bush