STUART J LIPOFF
Engineering in Newton, MA

8200291, Jun 12, 2012

Jul 23, 2008

12/178084

Allan Steinmetz - Newton MA, US
Douglas Magyari - Royal Oak MI, US
Stuart Lipoff - Newton MA, US

H04M 1/00

4555692, 4555691, 455565, 455 99, 455117, 340670

A safety device for automotive vehicles (cars, buses and trucks) or rail locomotives. The device inhibits use of cellular telephones and other communication devices that run the risk of distracting a driver/operator while the vehicle is in motion. Several techniques for inhibiting use are described which can be used individually or in a complementary combinations. In one technique, a rapidly varying signal level is created local to the communication device. The variations exceed the operational limits of the system, thereby inhibiting communications. In another technique, the safety device emits radiation that interferes with the reception of signals by the communication device only within the interior of the vehicle and will not interfere with cell phones or wireless devises outside the automotive vehicle or rail locomotive. As another alternative, masking signals also may be generated to prevent signals sent by the communication device within the vehicle from being intelligible at receiving stations outside the vehicle.

5455630, Oct 3, 1995

Aug 6, 1993

8/103067

Alan McFarland - North Hollywood CA
Stuart J. Lipoff - Newton MA
Jung-Ming Wu - Acton MA
Richard H. Caro - Acton MA

Arthur D. Little Enterprises, Inc. - Cambridge MA

H04N 7087

348476

A time code or other digital code is inserted into a video signal by modulating the video signal itself or the signal's radio frequency (RF) carrier. This allows the code to be recorded concurrently with recording of the video signal, thereby obviating the need for a specially adapted recording apparatus. Furthermore, since the code is embedded in the recorded video signal, the encoded information may be retrieved from the video signal in a unit that is external to the playback apparatus. In combination with a conventional video cassette recorder (VCR), the video signal that is tuned to by the VCR is processed to extract raster synchronization signals. A modulator inserted ahead of the RF input to the VCR modulates the RF carrier in response to the digital code. Feedback of the tuned video signal insures proper synchronization of the broadband RF modulation so that the digital code is inserted into a non-viewable portion of the recorded video signal.

RE44274, Jun 11, 2013

Mar 14, 2012

13/420385

Robert P. Popadic - Wenham MA, US
John R. Popadic - Wenham MA, US
Thomas E. Gazda - Chelmsford MA, US
Stuart J. Lipoff - Newton MA, US

Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLC - Wenham MA

B42D 15/00, B65D 27/00, G06Q 40/00, G07D 11/00, G07F 19/00, G06K 5/00, G06K 9/00

283 70, 283 58, 229 681, 235379, 235380, 382137

A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T. 30 or T. 4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.

5692093, Nov 25, 1997

Jan 4, 1994

8/177813

Jerry Iggulden - Santa Clarita CA
Alan McFarland - North Hollywood CA
Stuart J. Lipoff - Newton MA
Jung-ming Wu - Acton MA
Richard H. Caro - Acton MA
Raymond E. Debs - Saratoga CA

SRT, Inc. - Cambridge MA

H04N 576

386 46

During recording of a television signal on a VCR, data are accumulated with respect to the time of occurrence and duration of detectable events, such as blank frames, in the television signal, and such data are stored. Timing reference data are written onto the tape as it is recorded. At a time subsequent to the recording process, the stored data are analyzed to classify the content of the television signal between the detectable events and a playback map is constructed for the recorded signal. During playback, the stored playback map is retrieved and stored timing data are compared to the timing reference data read from the tape. The VCR is automatically commanded into a fast scan mode when the tape reaches the beginning time of a portion of the video signal that has been classified for elimination during playback. The VCR is then automatically commanded to return to the normal "play" mode when the tape reaches the ending time of that portion of the video signal. Since all of the television signal is recorded on the tape, any or all of the signal may be viewed, even if portions of it have been misclassified.

7950698, May 31, 2011

Oct 16, 2006

11/581705

Robert P. Popadic - Wenham MA, US
John R. Popadic - Wenham MA, US
Thomas E. Gazda - Chelmsford MA, US
Stuart J. Lipoff - Newton MA, US

Lighthouse Consulting Group, LLC - Wenham MA

B42D 15/00, B65D 27/00, G06Q 40/00, G07D 11/00, G06F 19/00, G06K 5/00, G06K 9/00

283 70, 283 58, 229 681, 235379, 235380, 382137

A method or corresponding apparatus for remote transmission of a negotiable instrument. In an example embodiment, the process provides a carrier that secures a negotiable instrument. Next, the process creates a unique identifier, associated with the carrier, and generates an electronic image of the negotiable instrument. After generating the electronic image, the process transmits the electronic image of the negotiable instrument and the unique identifier to a remote location. The negotiable instrument may be transmitted via a fax, a scanner, a device designed to transmit electronic data, other image device compatible with ITU-T recommendations T. 30 or T. 4, or combination thereof. The process may also verify the negotiable instrument has a valid endorsement, verify image quality of the electronic image to ensure compliance with financial industry standards, or validate any received security information.

2009022, Sep 3, 2009

Sep 22, 2008

12/284463

Todd O. Burger - Lexington MA, US
Stuart Lipoff - Newton MA, US

Chameleon Network Inc. - Lexington MA

G06Q 30/00

705 14

A portable electronic device may be configured to present information identifying a coupon or rebate offer concerning a product or service in a machine-readable format at a point of sale. The portable electronic device may additionally or alternatively be configured to electronically receive information identifying a coupon or rebate offer concerning a product or service while disposed at a first location, and to store the information in memory so that the information can be selectively retrieved from the memory and presented in a manner that enables the information to be communicated to a provider of the product or service in connection with a purchase of the product or service consummated when the portable electronic device is disposed at a second location. The portable electronic device may be further configured to, in response to the occurrence of at least one event, automatically disable a capability of the portable electronic device to present the information.

7003495, Feb 21, 2006

Sep 28, 2000

09/675438

Todd O. Burger - Lexington MA, US
Rob Cohen - Sudbury MA, US
Karlin Jessen - Reading MA, US
Joshua Hassol - Lexington MA, US
Stuart Lipoff - Newton MA, US

Chameleon Network Inc. - Concord MA

G06F 17/60

705 50, 235375, 235379, 235380, 235487, 235492, 705 14, 705 26, 705 27, 705 39, 705 40, 705 41, 705 44, 705 68, 705 75, 380 30, 713172

In one embodiment an apparatus includes a housing; a user authenticator, supported by the housing, that authenticates an identity of a user; at least one memory, supported by the housing, that stores transaction information for at least first and second media; and at least one output, supported by the housing, that releases at least a portion of the transaction information to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal after the user authenticator has authenticated the identity of the user. In another embodiment, a method involves steps of: storing transaction information for at least first and second media in a memory of a device; receiving as input a user's selection of one of the at least first and second media; displaying a visual indication to the user regarding which of the at least first and second media has been selected; and transferring at least a portion of the transaction information from the device to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal.

4529941, Jul 16, 1985

Nov 29, 1982

6/445294

Stuart J. Lipoff - Newton MA

Arthur D. Little, Inc. - Cambridge MA

H03D 306

329112

FSK demodulator apparatus in accordance with the teachings of the present invention is provided wherein the input signal to be demodulated is phase compared with a plurality of reference phases of the mark and space frequencies to be detected to bracket the input signal within a particular quadrant for the frequency involved. The results of each phase comparison are then integrated with respect to time and threshold compared in such a manner that one or more phase comparison outputs, each having a duty cycle not equal to 50%, will be produced for the frequency involved, resulting in an output from the threshold comparison. This output may then be employed to establish a logic condition indicative of the frequency then being received.

2009021, Aug 27, 2009

Sep 15, 2008

12/283740

Todd O. Burger - Lexington MA, US
Stuart Lipoff - Newton MA, US
Matthew Hickox - Groton MA, US

Chamelon Network Inc. - Lexington MA

G06K 7/10, G06K 19/06

23546201, 235491

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an electrically-controlled illumination source, and a circuit configured to control the illumination source so as cause the light source to generate at least one sequence of light pulses that mimics those a photo-detector of a bar code reader would observe from a reflected source when reading a printed bar code symbol. In another embodiment, an apparatus comprises an electronically reconfigurable, reflective display that is insensitive to a polarization of an incident illumination source, and a circuit configured to selectively configure the display to display a bar code symbol thereon.

2007001, Jan 25, 2007

Mar 8, 2006

11/371218

Todd Burger - Lexington MA, US
Stuart Lipoff - Newton MA, US
Matthew Hickox - Groton MA, US

Chameleon Network Inc. - Lexington MA

G06K 7/10

235462010

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an electrically-controlled illumination source, and a circuit configured to control the illumination source so as cause the light source to generate at least one sequence of light pulses that mimics those a photo-detector of a bar code reader would observe from a reflected source when reading a printed bar code symbol. In another embodiment, an apparatus comprises an electronically reconfigurable, reflective display that is insensitive to a polarization of an incident illumination source, and a circuit configured to selectively configure the display to display a bar code symbol thereon.