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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Adam D. Sah, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Adam D. Sah, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
IPIX Corporation, Reston, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method of keeping a periodically refreshed image on a user's system comprises receiving a plurality of images, and identifying a most interesting image. The method further comprises selecting the most interesting image as a current image, and sending the current image to the user.