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From: eribsskog@gmail.com
Sent: 8/5/2012 09:44:52 PM
To: USPTO Info <usptoInfo@uspto.gov>
Subject: Patents
Hi,
I'm sending you an initial e-mail regarding some patents I've invented.
1.
The first patent is an online 'one-click-shop', for e-commerce.
One just point on the goods with the mouse-arrow, and then clicks to put the item in the shopping-basket.
Like shown on one of my web-shops here:
http://www.ukgoodyshop.com/
(It works with PayPal now, but should work with any payment-system with some modification).
2.
I've also invented a crossword-compilaton-programme, some years ago.
When I studied at the academy NHI, (Norges Høgskole for Informasjonsteknologi), once owned by French company Vivendi, in Oslo, in 1991/92, as part of a module called O39/49 Project Assignment.
My transcript from this academy can be found in PS. 5, in this link, from my website, at Angelfire:
http://johncons.angelfire.com/om.html
The computer-programme I made in Pascal has an algoritm in it that can make crosswords.
The programme first makes the solution for the cross-word, in a matrix, and then finds the synonyms in a word-list, and then prints out the cross-words.
These algoritms, could be used to make commercial crosswords, I think.
One just need to put them in a bigger matrix.
And the programme, as it is, from the early 90's could make commercial cross-words as it is.
One just need to put some more synonyms in the world-list.
But if one works a bit more with it, one could make even bigger cross-words.
But I want to please have patents on these two algorithms, and also the finished programme.
The academy isn't co-operating now, I've overheard I'm followed by some 'mafian' in Norway, so I've ran to the UK, and the programme is in Norway.
Even so I send this as an initial e-mail regarding this.
I've been in contact with UK patent-autorities, but have had problems with getting them to see this from my side.
Am also wondering about contacting Norwegian patent-autorities.
Hope I can get these patents registered with you!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
