METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PARALLEL MARKETING OF ITEMS

    公开(公告)号:JP2000153842A

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-06

    申请号:JP26971999

    申请日:1999-09-24

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent illegal resale by forming at least one of coat and code on an item and determining whether the item has been resold from an authorized merchant to an unauthorized merchant by checking the coat or code. SOLUTION: This identifier is extremely difficult if not impossible to remove. The identifier has its allocation and encoded code known only to a manufacturer. When the manufacturer suspects that parallel commercial transaction is occurring, he easily identifies an unauthorized reseller and can take appropriate countermeasures to prevent unauthorized activity. The system 50 includes a processor 51, a special coat/ruled code to be attached onto an item of interest and a detector 53 for determining information contents of the special coat/ scribing code. Although the detector 53 is shown separately from the processor 51, the detector can incorporate the processor therein.

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    公开(公告)号:DE10107208B4

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-28

    申请号:DE10107208

    申请日:2001-02-16

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A computerized base station system communicates with radio frequency tags attached to one or more objects. Included in the system is a separate position detector that determines the position of one or more of the tags within a time increment and within a field of the base station. A communication process reads information from one or more of the tags within the time increment and associates the position determined with the information of the respective tag.

    Liquid crystal display panel assembly

    公开(公告)号:GB2343965A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-24

    申请号:GB9926568

    申请日:1999-11-11

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: To prevent contamination of liquid crystal material ( 4 ) in the display region of an LCD panel, a barrier wall ( 3 ) is deposited between the two substrates ( 1a and 1b ) of the panel to surround the liquid crystal and to separate the liquid crystal from a strip of epoxy adhesive ( 2a ) which surrounds the barrier wall. In one variation, the epoxy adhesive is formed from two strips ( 2a and 2b ) which intermix when the substrates are joined to form the panel.

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    公开(公告)号:IT7926086D0

    公开(公告)日:1979-09-28

    申请号:IT2608679

    申请日:1979-09-28

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: 1. A method for bonding a metallic wire (13) to a microcircuit conductor (11), characterized in that it includes the steps of : a. applying said wire to the conductor, b. maintaining said wire in close contact with said conductor, c. applying a focussed energy beam (14) directed towards a point at least tangentially in contact with said wire, and forming a hole in said conductor, and d. applying additional energy to portions of said wire adjacent to said point for melting the wire metal so that the metal flows into said hole (15) to form an electrical contact between the wire and the conductor.

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    公开(公告)号:DE2732855A1

    公开(公告)日:1978-05-24

    申请号:DE2732855

    申请日:1977-07-21

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A pulse of energy including atomic, thermal or electromagnetic radiation produced by a source such as an electron or atomic beam, laser, electrical or optical means is applied to a generator. The generator includes a body of material adapted for acoustic vibration. An energy absorbing layer is in intimate acoustic contact with the body of material so that acoustic vibrations generated in the absorbing layer are transmitted to the body of material. The surface of the absorbing layer opposite to the body of material is acoustically clamped in position by a solid clamping medium.

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