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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5740536 | System and method for managing neighbor-channel interference in channelized cellular systems Novel methodologies are provided for managing neighbor channel interference in a cellular wireless communications system as a function of a service-quality factor for a communications channel within such a system. Those methodologies, and their essential ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5740289 | Optical arrangement for amplifying WDM signals An amplification circuit for amplifying wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical signals in a fiber-optic network is presented. The amplification circuit amplifies WDM signals propagating simultaneously in both directions through a fiber-optic link w... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5737389 | Technique for determining a compression ratio for use in processing audio signals within a telecommunications system A "loudness balance" procedure is used to determine the amount of dynamic range for syllabic compression loss in an individual's cochlea. In particular, an individual is asked to adjust a set of tone volumes, which are played to them, until the tone volum... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5736932 | Security for controlled access systems In order to gain access to a secured system, a user must be able to enter valid user identification information and must also have a remote wireless communication device such as a pager or cellular telephone having a number that is substantially unique to... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737707 | Pager-controlled wireless radiotelephone An integrated pager and cellular phone (123) includes circuitry (502, 515) that responds to receipt by the pager (122) of an incoming-call-indicative paging signal by connecting the cellular phone (121) to a battery power source (513). This activates the ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737701 | Automatic authentication system A communications system is designed to exempt communications services users, such as wireless communications subscribers and calling card callers, from entering an authentication code for calls directed to pre-selected destination numbers, notwithstanding... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737403 | Interaction of routing features in a telephone system Techniques for analyzing interactions of call routing features in a telephone system and implementing the features. Analysis and implementation are based on the recognition that a customer intends a call routing feature to apply to a telephone number whic... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737333 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting ATM-attached hosts with telephone-network attached hosts Communication, for example, via the internet protocol (IP), is facilitated among ATM-attached, LAN-attached and telephone-network-attached hosts, by a so-called "RouTel" and an address server. The RouTel provides gateway capabilities for connecting a) the... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5732383 | Traffic information estimation and reporting system An estimation of traffic conditions on roads located in the radio coverage areas of a wireless communications network is provided based on an analysis of real-time and past wireless traffic data carried on the wireless communications network. Data analyze... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5729597 | Service and information management system for a telecommunications network A system for service control and operations for a telecommunications network. In particular, an architecture and method for a service control and operations element system. The system communicates with a plurality of interconnected telecommunications netw... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5724407 | Network based multimedia messaging method for non-CCITT compliant switches A method is disclosed for messaging multimedia calls with a non-CCITT compliant switch when the intended recipient is unavailable. The method is used in connection with a telecommunication network which has an identified multimedia server. According to th... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724263 | Automatic temporospatial pattern analysis and prediction in a telecommunications network using rule induction A facility is provided for enhancing an operations support system so that, based on data generated as a result of an event occurring in an associated telecommunications network, the operations support system can predict the likelihood of the event occurri... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724411 | Method for selectively alerting multiple telephones of an incoming call A method and system for selectively routing incoming calls to a requested called party wherein the requested called party is at least one of a group of individuals associated with a plurality of telephones. A database system sends a menu to a calling part... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724355 | Network access to internet and stored multimedia services from a terminal supporting the H.320 protocol Internet access is provided to a multimedia terminal (101, 102, 103, 104) supporting the H.320 protocol through a gateway server (125) that is connected to the Internet. The data stream of the H.320 bearer channel (ISDN phone line or switched 56 kbps faci... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5722084 | Cellular/PCS handset NAM download capability using a wide-area paging system The invention relates to a personal communicator which includes an electromagnetic antenna for receiving signals from a wide-area paging system coupled to a receiver for receiving a number assignment module from the antenna. The receiver delivers the numb... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5721763 | Method for providing information during a chat session A subscriber to a chat service is provided with at least one announcement by the chat service provider about product and/or service offerings available to the subscriber from the chat service provider. The announcement typically takes the form of a menu o... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5715305 | Apparatus for and method of providing consumers with local access carrier In accordance with the present invention, a selected local carrier may be operated by receiving a first signal and initializing provision of a second signal to a residential communications device in response to the first signal. More specifically, the fir... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713540 | Method and apparatus for detecting railway activity A highly reliable early warning system that can provide efficient detection of railway activity and early warning of dangerous railway conditions to train operators and to central dispatch control offices. The warning system has an acoustic sensor circuit... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5703930 | Personal mobile communication system with call bridging A communications system permits a personal mobile telecommunications device user, such as a cellular telephone subscriber, to complete a connection to a calling party that has attempted to reach the subscriber using the subscriber's assigned telephone num... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5699416 | Method for obtaining billing validation of directory number accounts from line identification databases in a telecommunications network A method for selecting one of a plurality of line identification (ID) databases for validation of an operator-assisted call billed to a ported directory number account comprises determining whether billing information received from a caller is directory n... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5689552 | Telephone calling with automatic billing AN automatic calling service is provided wherein a subscriber predefines one or more destination telephone numbers, and calls to such number or numbers are billed to the subscriber's local telephone number. Calls are made to such destination numbers throu... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5689553 | Multimedia telecommunications network and service A multimedia telecommunications network provides telephone service which may involve one or more of audio, video, and data communications. In one example of the invention, the multimedia telecommunications network contains a virtual meeting services compl... | 11/18/1997 |
