Remove Patents Remove Screening Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Is there gold in your old intellectual property?

Berkonomics

So, I was surprised and excited when one of these verbal fishing expeditions during a lunch brought up a technology the company had patented years before and forgotten. and be redirected to a screen form that would allow the user to identify themself, pay any fees required for use and agree to the terms of service.

Patents 156
article thumbnail

What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

socalTECH

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

There’s gold in re-purposing intellectual property.

Berkonomics

Several times a month, I’d have lunch with one of my CEOs, and each time we’d find ourselves digging into the intellectual property developed by the company over the years, just to refresh ourselves about what the intended use was back then, and whether new developments or technologies might make these older ideas and patents relevant again.

Patents 120
article thumbnail

Vyng Picks Up $4M For Video Ringtones

socalTECH

Venice, California-based startup Vyng , which develops software which turns calls from friends into cute "video ringtones" that show up on your lock screen when a friend calls, has raised $4M in a funding round, the company said on Thursday. Paul Kats is the CEO and co-founder of Vyng. READ MORE>>.

Venice 133
article thumbnail

Interview with Curtis Staker and William Goldbach, Confident Technologies

socalTECH

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What does Confident Technologies do? The Confident authentication suite of software, which also includes out of band technology.

article thumbnail

Rock Smartwatch Launches $99 HD Touchscreen Smartwatch

Tech Zulu Event

This classy, yet highly functional watch is unique in that it includes a water proof stainless steel face casing, metal band with rubber inserts, Qi battery, patented wireless docking station, patented app portal, Rockin 9 notifications, plus 1.54” HD screen and is powered by the Android 4.2.

Patents 97
article thumbnail

Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D

socalTECH

Gene Dolgoff: After years of research and development, we have developed technology which converts two dimensional video to 3D. It was a series of different technologies we had ot develop and apply for patents on, and now that we have it, we're working on a prototype. I was doing that until 1995.

Startup 252