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| 20100325056 | System and method for facilitating property comparisons - A system and method allowing a user to quickly receive a ranked comparison of homes for sale based on default criteria or criteria of the user's choice. An interactive website is provided into which a home buyer can enter details of several properties under consideration for purchase and receive a ranked comparison list in order of best value for money. Homebuyers may change the weightings of the criteria according to their preferences. An alternate home price is calculated for the homes ranked below first such that they have the same perceived value per dollar as the top ranked home. Finally, there is an option for the homebuyer to share results with the online community. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110057797 | ALERT FOR REAL-TIME RISK OF THEFT OR LOSS - Devices, methods, systems and a computer readable medium for the provision of alerts to electronic devices in response to real-time, location based analysis of the risk of theft or loss of such devices are provided. A continually updated database of locations of thefts, losses and/or stolen or lost electronic devices is accessed in order to provide the alerts to the electronic devices. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110115621 | MULTIPLE DEVICE LOSS STATUS RETRIEVAL WITHOUT ID PROVISION - A system is disclosed that enables multiple electronic devices to be tracked in the case of theft or loss without the need for monitoring or tracking the devices prior to the loss or theft. The system operates by sending bulk status information regarding the lost/stolen statuses of multiple devices to one of these devices. The receiving device then decodes the bulk status information to determine its own lost/stolen status. If the status reveals that the device is currently reported as lost or stolen, the device initiates an appropriate security action, such as the transmission of its location to a monitoring center. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110305025 | LED-BASED LAMPS AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS THEREFOR - Disclosed herein is a lamp including an LED-based light source ( | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110316451 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR THE LIGHT-BASED COMMUNICATION OF SERVICE ORDERS AND PERSONAL OBJECTS IDENTIFICATION - Light-based systems for communicating information associated with service orders and/or the identification of personal objects are disclosed. A personal mobile electronic communication device is used in conjunction with a communication network and a lighting controller to communicate service orders by lighting with one or more individually controllable luminaries in a lighting network. A personal mobile electronic communication device is, alternatively or additionally, used in conjunction with a communication network, a memory, and a lighting controller controlling to indicate by lighting whether there is an association between the personal mobile electronic communication device and a personal item. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120003991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHILE CONSERVING CELLULAR NETWORK RESOURCES - A system and associated methods are disclosed for tracking mobile electronic devices while conserving cellular network resources used for such tracking. The tracking may be performed for purposes of facilitating recovery of lost or stolen devices. To conserve network resources, different telephone numbers may be assigned depending upon the location of each device and the time of each call, and individual calls may be made only after a determination has been made that a telephone call is required. A determination that a telephone call is required may be made depending upon whether a protected electronic device had been reported lost or stolen, and/or whether an internet communication between the protected electronic device and a monitoring center has been made within a selected previous period of time. A dynamic schedule permits reserved telephone call slots to be freed up if not needed so that they can be used for devices that need the communication time. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120013072 | Puzzle with Polycubes of Distributed and Low Complexity for Building Cube and Other Shapes - An assembly puzzle comprising different polycubes that can be arranged to form a cube comprising sixty-four unit cubes. Included in the puzzle are polycubes of a sufficiently distributed complexity to allow meaningful hints to be given without actually providing a solution. Furthermore, the polycubes can be arranged in different configurations to build a wide variety of shapes other than a cube. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120034934 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT-BASED SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS - Light-based systems for communicating information associated with the formation of social connections are disclosed. One or more lighting controllers controlling individually controllable luminaires are used in conjunction with communication networks in order to identify and form remote light-based social connections. Additionally, visualization controllers are used in conjunction with visualization infrastructures, visualization actuators, localization systems and identification systems to visually identify proximally present potential social connections. | 02-09-2012 |
