Heartsoft Files U.S. Utility Patent Application for On-Line Pornography Image Detection and Filtering Technology.Business & Education Editors TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2001 Heartsoft, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :HTSF HTSF Hard-Target Smart Fuse HTSF High Technology Small Firm HTSF Hybrid Thin Slot Formalism ), announced today that the Company had filed a regular utility patent application on May 25, 2001, with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as the subsequent step in the process to seek patent protection for its proprietary pornographic image detection and recognition software. The company had filed a provisional patent application in May 2000, entitled, "Evaluating Graphic Image Files For Objectionable Content." The current patent pending technology is utilized as one of the key security features of Internet Safari(TM), the Company's recently released secure Internet browser for children. Through the utilization of artificial intelligence, the patent-pending technology performs a real-time analysis of digitized images transmitted over the Internet, including Joint Photographic Experts Group (image, body, file format, standard) Joint Photographic Experts Group - (JPEG) The original name of the committee that designed the standard image compression algorithm. JPEG is designed for compressing either full-colour or grey-scale digital images of "natural", real-world scenes. (JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. ) and Graphics Interchange Format (graphics, file format) Graphics Interchange Format - /gif/, occasionally /jif/ (GIF, GIF 89A) A standard for digitised images compressed with the LZW algorithm, defined in 1987 by CompuServe (CIS). (GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. ) graphic image files. The technology determines to a high level of confidence whether a graphic image is likely to contain inappropriate content and prevents it from being viewed. Heartsoft is exploring other applications for the use of its image and detection technology as well as the opportunities to license the patent-pending code for use in business and governmental agencies. The company will initially concentrate its efforts on evaluating the possibility of offering its technology as a plug-in to mitigate the amount of objectionable material received in the work place and thereby reducing the liability of businesses to sexual harassment complaints. About Internet Safari Internet Safari(TM) is a secure children's browser that utilizes artificial intelligence to provide young children with a safe Internet surfing experience while being engaged in an exciting and fun-filled jungle-theme setting. Through the incorporation of material provided by a hand-selected group of premium content providers and the iSafari Outpost page, young children will find it easier to visit web sites that have been approved by parents and educators. Parents can now have ease of mind when their children surf the Internet using Internet Safari's(TM) integrated security protocols and patent-pending graphic image analysis and detection routines. Internet Safari(TM) offers parents and educators a secure and safe alternative to such adult browsers as Microsoft's Internet Explorer(R) and Netscape's Navigator(R)/Communicator(R). Heartsoft's patent-pending filtering technology expands the Company's ability to provide Internet software applications currently being serviced by companies like Peoplesoft (Nasdaq:PSFT PSFT PeopleSoft (stock symbol) PSFT Progressive Saturation Fourier Transform PSFT Prosoft-Technology, Inc ), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ), and SurfControl, PLC (Easdaq:SRFC SRFC Shamrock Rovers Football Club (Ireland) SRFC Stafford Rangers Football Club (UK) SRFC Service Response Force Commanders SRFC Salisbury Rugby Football Club SRFC Slow Rayleigh Fading Channel ). About Heartsoft, Inc. Heartsoft, Inc. publishes and distributes Internet and multimedia educational software products for early-learning students to schools and homes nationwide. The Company's educational software products, as well as Internet Safari(TM), operate on both Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) Windows 95/98/2000(R) and Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) iMac(R) and G3 and G4 Macintosh(R) platforms. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Heartsoft, Inc. may be visited on line at http://www.heartsoft.com, http://www.isafari.com, and http://www.thinkology.com. The Company's plans, estimates, and beliefs concerning the future contained in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors. |
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