Theodore Paraskevakos

<h2 id="notable-inventions">Notable inventions</h2>
Paraskevakos' most notable inventions relate to the transmission of electronic data through telephone lines which formed the original basis for what is now known as <a href="/facts/Caller_ID/hh9DqEEj">caller ID</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> Paraskevakos began his work in this field in 1968 while working as a communications engineer with <a href="/facts/SITA_(IT_company)/GNNI98Nn">SITA</a> and has since been issued over 20 <a href="/facts/Patents/LjT2bG3A">patents</a> worldwide based on this <a href="/facts/Technology/9Uav5WVR">technology</a>. His <a href="/facts/Transmitter/nFYghtKv">transmitter</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> and <a href="/facts/Receiver_(information_theory)/I7NBQwac">receiver</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> were put into practice in 1971 in a <a href="/facts/Boeing/tF5sMe9F">Boeing</a> facility in <a href="/facts/Huntsville,_Alabama/Rdu00gpd">Huntsville, Alabama</a>.

<h2 id="patents">Patents</h2>
Paraskevakos holds over 50 patents worldwide including a digital alarm communication system, which also covered handheld or portable cardiac alarms<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> <a href="/facts/Automatic_meter_reading/8X2ANTxP">automatic meter reading</a> and <a href="/facts/Load_management/BR52sGsK">load management</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> digital vending machine communications,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> indoor archery,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> vertical parking, intelligent currency validation network,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> and a method for identification of currency used in unlawful activity.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> He founded, among other companies, Metretek, Inc., DataVend, Inc. and Intelligent Currency Validation Network, Inc.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

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<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140604215218/https://patents.justia.com/inventor/theodore-g-paraskevakos">Theodore G. Paraskevakos Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications, JUSTIA Patents</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140604215218/https://patents.google.com/patent/US3812296">Patent for Apparatus for generating and transmitting digital information</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140604215218/https://patents.google.com/patent/US3727003A/en">Patent for Decoding and display apparatus for groups of pulse trains</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140604215218/https://patents.google.com/patent/US3842208">Patent for Sensor monitoring device</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140604215218/https://patents.google.com/patent/US4623145A/en">Patent for Archery/practice exercise device and attachments therefor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140604215218/https://patents.google.com/patent/US4241237A/en">Patent for Apparatus and method for remote sensor monitoring, metering and control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140604215218/https://patents.google.com/patent/US4858743A/en">Patent for Vending machine and method for automatic vending and returning of merchandise, particularly video cassette tapes</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">"Theodore Paraskevakos: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 20 June 2013.[dead link‍] <a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=99411576&privcapId=84684310&previousCapId=84684310&previousTitle=ICVN,%20Inc." target="_blank">http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=99411576&privcapId=84684310&previousCapId=84684310&previousTitle=ICVN,%20Inc.</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">U.S. Patent #3,812,296/5-21-1974 (Apparatus for Generating and Transmitting Digital Information) <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">U.S. Patent #3,727,003/4-10-1973 (Decoding and Display Apparatus for Groups of Pulse Trains) <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">U.S. Patent #3,842,208/10-15-1974 (Sensor Monitoring Device) <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">U.S. Patents #4,241,237/12-23-1980 and #4,455,453/1-19-1984 (Apparatus and Method for Remote Sensor Monitoring, Metering and Control) as well as #7,940,901/5-10-2011 (Remote Management of Products and Services) <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">U.S. Patent #4,858,743/8-22-1989 (Vending Machine and Method for Automatic Vending and Returning of Merchandise, Particularly Videocassette Tapes) <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">U.S. Patents #4,623,145/11-18-1986 and #4,708,341/11-24-1987 (Archery/Practice Device and Attachments Therefor) <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">U.S. Patents #7,006,664/2-28-2006 (Intelligent Currency Validation Network), #7,454,049/11-18-2008 (System and Method for Intelligent Currency Validation), #7,567,698/7-28-2009 (Device and Method for Preventing Counterfeiting Using a Currency Serial Number Reader) and #7,724,938/5-25-2010 (System and Method for Intelligent Currency Validation) <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Legionpatient 698 Paraskevakos Device and method for preventing counterfeiting using a currency serial number reader <a href="https://www.legionpatent.com/patents/7567698/" target="_blank">https://www.legionpatent.com/patents/7567698/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"Theodore Paraskevakos: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 20 June 2013.[dead link‍] <a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=99411576&privcapId=84684310&previousCapId=84684310&previousTitle=ICVN,%20Inc." target="_blank">http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=99411576&privcapId=84684310&previousCapId=84684310&previousTitle=ICVN,%20Inc.</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">Milani, Kate (10 November 2003). "Inventor reveals the names behind numbers". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 20 June 2013. <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2003/11/10/smallb3.html?page=all" target="_blank">http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2003/11/10/smallb3.html?page=all</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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