Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7570755 | Routine communication sessions for recording Systems and methods for recording a communication session between a customer and an agent are provided. In this regard, a representative method comprises: routing a media stream associated with the communication session based on information corresponding to routing ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7542852 | Derivation and production of high-resolution, very short-term weather forecasts Weather forecasting systems and methods for deriving and producing very short-term weather forecasts. Weather data and forecast information maybe input to derive very short-term weather forecasts in the 0-6 hour time frame. The system and methods include an expert s... | 06/02/2009 |
| RE40634 | Voice interaction analysis module A signal monitoring apparatus and method involving devices for monitoring signals representing communications traffic, devices for identifying at least one predetermined parameter by analyzing the context of the at least one monitoring signal, a device for recording... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7424718 | Method and system for presenting events associated with recorded data exchanged between a server and a user Events associated with recorded data exchanged between at least one user and at least one server are presented to a user. A set of events associated with the recorded data is defined, and each event within the set is represented by an event identifier, e.g., a time ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424715 | Method and system for presenting events associated with recorded data exchanged between a server and a user Events associated with recorded data exchanged between at least one user and at least one server are presented to a user. A set of events associated with the recorded data is defined, and each event within the set is represented by an event identifier, e.g., a time ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7376735 | Method, apparatus, and system for capturing data exchanged between a server and a user Data exchanged between at least one server and at least one user is intercepted in a capturing module that operates independently from the server and the user. A copy of the intercepted data is stored in a database. The intercepted data that is destined for the serv... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7261241 | Heating and cooling energy saving device A system for regulating the temperature of multiple areas within a facility using multiple energy savings devices (ESD) that each regulate the temperature of individual rooms or areas within a facility having a central heating and cooling plant. The device includes ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6688384 | Heating and cooling energy saving device An energy savings device (ESD) for regulating the temperature of individual rooms or areas within a facility having a central heating and cooling plant. The device includes a fan and thermostats to control the temperature in each room. A first thermostat ... | 02/10/2004 |
