Posted at 2:52 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2007
Honolulu-based DataHouse sells patent for $220,000
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu-based information technology company DataHouse Consulting received $220,000 on the recent sale of its Handwritten Messaging patents at a national patent auction.DataHouse invented the technology to allow sick children in hospitals to electronically send handwritten notes and drawings from their beds to family and friends. Development of the Internet handwriting messaging system was done as a donation to a national children's foundation.
DataHouse eventually obtained three U.S. patents for the concept as applied to email, phone, and instant messaging networks, and, with the help of a local investor group, Pen-Pal Email Systems Partnership.
