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Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20080064334 | Methods and Apparatuses for Communicating With Wireless Peripheral Devices Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for communicating with wireless peripheral devices. One method receives a communication for the wireless peripheral device. Wireless signals, such as activation, initialization, or registration signals/messages, are communicated to ... | 03/13/2008 |
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| 20060234736 | Providing Contact Data in a Wireless Telecommunication System Providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system comprises receiving a contact data record from a first mobile device and storing the contact data record in a contact database remote from the mobile device. A selection can be received remotely for the conta... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060188116 | Presence activated hearing assistive system An electronic device includes a receiver, a processor, and a presence activation sensor configured to receive a signal from a user. The user signal includes a user specific performance parameter, or the user specific performance parameter may be accessed from a memory b... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060111120 | System and method for dynamic scheduling of channels in a code division multiple access system A base station system for dynamically allocating channels to an incoming data stream. The base station system comprises an input for receiving the incoming data stream and a processor for receiving the incoming data stream from the input. The processor is operable to de... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060105747 | Testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications Several testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications, such as a cellular telephone communications, are described. One method for use in troubleshooting a problematic call in a wireless communication system by a computer test station includes the steps of re... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060105762 | Testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications Several testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications, such as a cellular telephone communications, are described. One method for use in troubleshooting a problematic call in a wireless communication system by a computer test station includes the steps of re... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060105763 | Testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications Several testing methods and apparatus for wireless communications, such as a cellular telephone communications, are described. One method for use in troubleshooting a problematic call in a wireless communication system by a computer test station includes the steps of re... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20050245241 | Mobile advertising and directory assistance Rich multimedia content is provided to a wireless device, particularly in response to a request for directory assistance generated by a client application. The multimedia content is provided as a multimedia message including bundled multimedia elements such as images, s... | 11/03/2005 |
