Theodore George "Ted" Paraskevakos (; born March 25, 1937, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek-American inventor and businessman. Paraskevakos graduated from the Superior College of Electronics in Greece and served for 28 months as communications and electronics instructor in the Hellenic Air Force. He attended a variety of courses for digital engineering in Alabama and in Florida.
Notable inventions
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 caller ID. Paraskevakos began his work in this field in 1968 while working as a communications engineer with SITA and has since been issued over 20 patents worldwide based on this technology. His transmitterU.S. Patent #3,812,296/5-21-1974 (Apparatus for Generating and Transmitting Digital Information) and receiverU.S. Patent #3,727,003/4-10-1973 (Decoding and Display Apparatus for Groups of Pulse Trains) were put into practice in 1971 in a Boeing facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
Patents Paraskevakos holds over 50 patents worldwide including a digital alarm communication system, which also covered handheld or portable cardiac alarmsU.S. Patent #3,842,208/10-15-1974 (Sensor Monitoring Device) automatic meter reading and load management,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) digital vending machine communications,U.S. Patent #4,858,743/8-22-1989 (Vending Machine and Method for Automatic Vending and Returning of Merchandise, Particularly Videocassette Tapes) indoor archery,U.S. Patents #4,623,145/11-18-1986 and #4,708,341/11-24-1987 (Archery/Practice Device and Attachments Therefor) vertical parking, intelligent currency validation network,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) and a method for identification of currency used in unlawful activity.Legionpatient 698 Paraskevakos Device and method for preventing counterfeiting using a currency serial number reader He founded, among other companies, Metretek, Inc., DataVend, Inc. and Intelligent Currency Validation Network, Inc.
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Theodore G. Paraskevakos Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications, JUSTIA Patents Patent for Apparatus for generating and transmitting digital information Patent for Decoding and display apparatus for groups of pulse trains Patent for Sensor monitoring device Patent for Archery/practice exercise device and attachments therefor Patent for Apparatus and method for remote sensor monitoring, metering and control Patent for Vending machine and method for automatic vending and returning of merchandise, particularly video cassette tapes