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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 |
| 6085255 | System and associated method for re-engineering a telecommunications support system with object-oriented translators A re-engineering method for standardizing data processing in a communication network while maintaining user services is disclosed. Data channels, between communicating network data processing components (hereinafter denoted operational components), are ma... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081791 | Enhanced ATM for facilitating telephony access An improved, automated teller machine (ATM) for enhanced telephony access is provided. The ATM provides for conventional financial transactions with financial institutions as well as the purchase of prepaid calling cards for telephony services. In the lat... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6014134 | Network-based intelligent tutoring system A technique for providing a networked, distributed tutorial application having a direct manipulation graphical user interface displayable on an Internet client node is disclosed. The application has a first portion on an Internet server node and a second ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5999901 | Telephone network apparatus and method using echo delay and attenuation The present invention provides a telephone network apparatus for performing speech recognition services in a telephone system in substantially real time. The apparatus uses a telephone channel signal to determine the echo delay of a telephone channel and ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5934127 | Method and apparatus for reforming a container bottom A reforming apparatus, and method of using the same, is provided for reforming the bottom of a container to increase the dome reversal pressure and improve the drop resistance of a beverage container. The invention is particularly apt for use in reforming... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5907610 | Networked telephony central offices A communications networking system is disclosed for controlling and monitoring devices within a telephony central office. The networking system includes a high bandwidth local area network (LAN) within the central office for transferring substantially all... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5903731 | System and associated method for re-engineering a telecommunications network support system with object-oriented translators A re-engineering method for standardizing data processing in a communication network while maintaining user services is disclosed. Data channels, between communicating network data processing components (hereinafter denoted operational components), are ma... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5810178 | Equipment mounting frame for aircraft The present invention is directed to an equipment mounting rack for use in transport aircraft. The rack releasably engages structural members of the aircraft for rapid rack removal. The support legs of the rack are designed to buckle in a predetermined ma... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5812638 | Telephone operator mid-call queuing interval system and associated method A method for handling incoming callers to a call processing system such as a directory assistance facility, and associated system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of recording a greeting message from an operator, recording information provided ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799016 | Network addressing scheme encoding communication channel information An addressing scheme is disclosed for a network wherein addresses of the scheme not only uniquely identify addressable process interfaces or nodes communicating with the network, but also each such address encodes information related to a communication ch... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5784562 | System for using a dialog session context to process electronic forms data on the world wide web An electronic document processing system is disclosed for a communications network, wherein the network protocol has the property of repeatingly breaking down each established communication connection between network nodes attempting to carry on a dialog ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5764756 | Networked telephony central offices A communications networking system is disclosed for controlling and monitoring devices within a telephony central office. The networking system includes a high bandwidth local area network (LAN) within the central office for transferring substantially all... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5754630 | System and associated method for multiple extension routing via an advanced intelligent network (AIN) A multiple extension routing via AIN system and method is disclosed. The method and system concerns rerouting an incoming call from an incoming caller to a single telephone number to at least one of a plurality of destination telephone numbers correspondi... | 05/19/1998 |
