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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2001
Applicants:

Jonathan Zittrain, Cambridge, MA (US);

Shermann Loyall Min, Pacifica, CA (US);

Zachary Mainen, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (US);

Mary Wilson Lambert, New York, NY (US);

David Goetsch, Los Angelos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Zittrain, Cambridge, MA (US);

Shermann Loyall Min, Pacifica, CA (US);

Zachary Mainen, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (US);

Mary Wilson Lambert, New York, NY (US);

David Goetsch, Los Angelos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A communications system has first and second units whereby, when a user changes the physical state of the first unit, a message is sent to the second unit to cause the second unit to change to the same state. This change in state can be, for example, a physical squeezing movement or a change in color.


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