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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6838884 | Timing output panel A timing output panel may include a rear portion and a front portion. The rear portion may include a number of network connectors respectively configured to connect to a number of network elements, and at least one timing connector connected to the number of network... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6798747 | System and method for time slot assignment in a fiber optic network simulation plan A system and method for providing Time Slot Assignment (TSA)-compatible routes that optimize demand transport in a network with optimal placement of network equipment. A demand input structure having a plurality of demands organized by their time points and MUX leve... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6771758 | Reconciling database information among service providers Disclosed is a system that prevalidates service orders placed by an interexchange carrier with a local exchange carrier for connection of the interexchange carrier with a business customer. An integrated prevalidation system and service order system is disclosed in ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6697474 | Systems and methods for receiving telephone calls via instant messaging A system establishes a telephone call between a calling party and a called party. The system receives a telephone call connection request, including identification of the called party, from the calling party and determines, based on the identification inf... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6665391 | Auditing of charges in an integrated prevalidation and ordering system Disclosed is a system that prevalidates service orders that are placed by an inter exchange carrier with a local exchange carrier for connection of the inter exchange carrier with a business customer. An integrated prevalidation system and service order s... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6584188 | Intelligent telephone set An intelligent telephone set is disclosed that includes a caller-ID circuit that extracts a call identifier from an incoming call. A call processing circuit in communication with the caller-ID circuit assigns the incoming call to a caller category associa... | 06/24/2003 |
