URGENT !! i only need to know the keypoint for me put in powerpoint.

THE COMPETITION AND THE BUYERS

Brilliant Points acknowledges that two firms have developed inventions independently, which is expected to infringe upon the Brilliant Points patent, since the original Brilliant Points patent application is submitted. Both firms are IC-Tech, the LightMouseTM-tech Web site at www.ictech.com and their LaserDrawTM-technology at infovalley.com. Both are small businesses and are financed largely through SBIR research grants. The Company approached these firms to warn them of a possible violation and IC-Tech answered that it needed to licence. They replied. We are exploring legal and other avenues. InfoValley has yet to respond.

In its efforts, neither IC-Tech nor InfoValley have captured the length and width of the Genius Points patent, and due to their business position, we do not foresee considerable revenues.

Brilliant Points started contacting the New Business Ventures Group of the Logitech Corporation because they produce and distribute both quality, cost-effectiveness and an embedded laser pointer for item focus in a presentation, as well as a bluetooth based radio frequency (RF) mouse. For both Brilliant Points and Logitech, a licence agreement with a company such as Logitech makes strong business sense because both companies can exploit the other and quickly bring new technology to the market without any major expense. IOGEAR is another company that created a Remote-Track Bluetooth ball, which is somewhat similar to a Logitech system, with an embedded laser pointer.

The business plans for the sales of upgrade kits as the key revenue source within the first 18 months to search at other future partners, for example those entering into negotiations with Logitech.

Bluetooth is an RF technology for multi-wireless devices with a limited range (dozens of feet). Some can be seen as rival technologies because computer presentation controls can be controlled by remote devices (such as mouse, path ball, touch screen, etc.) which have been developed using this technology. The maximum recipient range of Bluetooth technology, however is around 30 feet, with a high reliability range of only 10 feet or less, particularly in the event of RF interferes or a considerable number of same band transmitting devices. This restriction means that you have to hold the device with the bluetooth receiver near the presenter, while the projector has to go back a lot to provide enough "throw" for a wide viewing area. This restriction means Such RF-based wireless system systems are subject to the same limitations. They all have challenges, as more and more similar computing systems are being used within one region and they are all better suited for local computer and network use than for the remote control of a monitor machine that is 100 metres distant.

There are no RF-like limitations on genius point technology: whether the pointer is accessible, the device operates no matter whether a point is one foot or one mile away. Computers, projectors, and webcams are easily positioned within one location and the presenter can move around the room without having to deal with the RF or "trip wires" The radiated emission is limited to a narrow beam, rather than omni-directed radiation as in bluetooth. Optical systems are often usually less efficient devices. As a result, remote batteries on Brilliant Points Technology-based systems would definitely survive for a much longer time. Additionally, optical devices are intrinsically resistant to noise and are not impacted by extreme RF interference.

Due to the optical and unidirectional usage of the Brilliant Points technology for machine control through company technology, the control scheme is substantially different from that requiring networking networks, or the link of machines to peripherals such as printers, disc drives, monitors, projecters, etc. that must be omnidirectional if wireless or wired to use the unit. During the use of Brilliant Points technologies, numerous technology interface complications would not occur. In conclusion, it should be remembered that while the manufacturer of these products e.g. Logitech and IOGEAR) was able to monitor the machine through Bluetooth, the incorporation of the laser points into the product was also a major business benefit in explicitly deferencing its ready-to-use usability in the demonstration process.

In brief, though companies like Logitech and IOGEAR, which use bluetooth or other methods for radiofrequency input devices, may be seen by others as a challenge to Brilliant Points, we consider them to be additional licencing choices.