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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7933388 | Method and system for providing information and advertising content in a telephone system A method for operating a directory assistance process adapted to provide a targeted message to incoming callers totally or substantially free of one or more 411-type directory assistance calling charges. The method includes receiving a phone call from an incoming ca... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929681 | Technique for continually assisting a user during an information assistance call A user may want to search for relevant information and/or conduct a transaction through an information assistance service. During an information assistance call, the user may return to an information assistance provider multiple times to accomplish the task at hand.... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929671 | System and method for voice activated signaling A system for facilitating communications with an automated response system includes a database for storing an address book entry. The address book entry includes a location name and contact number for a location that employs an automated response platform that does ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928320 | Helically-wound electric cable A helically-wound electric cable having at least two groups wound together so as to form a group helix. Each group has at least two twisted-together conductor wires, wherein the pitch of the group helix varying along the helically-wound electric cable in accordance ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925243 | System and method for providing mobile device services using SMS communications An enhanced services platform said platform includes an interface for receiving a communication from a user requesting a desired data. A response module parses the communication and retries the desired data. The platform arranges the desired data into a response mes... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924503 | Binocular display for displaying information The invention relates to a binocular device for displaying information, the device comprising a support for placing on the nose and supporting a right display element and a left display element each designed to be placed in front of an eye and each comprising a ligh... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922322 | Display for mounting on a pair of eyeglasses The invention relates to a display (1) for mounting on a pair of eyeglasses (2), the display comprising an electronic and optical system for generating light beams (20A) and an imager (20B) for shaping the light beams coming therefrom, th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912373 | Optical multiple transmission method, optical network and optical transmission apparatus In a known wavelength multiplexer, optical signals to pass are passed with their wavelengths held identical. Therefore, unless an unused wavelength common to all zones exists in case of setting an optical channel, the channel cannot be set. According to the present ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912206 | Technique for providing a personalized electronic messaging service through an information assistance provider To provide a personalized voice email service, data pertaining to one or more of a user's email accounts, e.g., email addresses and account access data, is maintained in a folder by an information assistance service, which is unaffiliated with the email service prov... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912202 | Enhanced directory assistance system with voice over IP call handling A method is provided for operating a directory assistance system. The method includes the steps of storing a plurality of directory listings, including listings relating to identification of Voice over IP devices. A directory request is received for one of the direc... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910521 | Coated conductor with simplified layer architecture A coated conductor with simplified layer architecture includes a biaxial textured substrate, a template buffer layer composed of a material having the general formula RE2−xB2+xO7 with RE being at least one lanthanoid metal, B being... | 03/22/2011 |
| D633816 | Set of wrist bands | 03/08/2011 |
| 7884282 | Swellable tapes and yarns to replace strand filling compounds A cable has a conductor and an insulator over the conductor. The conductor includes a first layer of at least one conductor element, a second layer of conductor elements, disposed over the first layer, and an intermediate water blocking layer, between the first and ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884143 | Biopolymer-based composition for a power and/or telecommunications cable The present invention relates to a power and/or telecommunications cable including at least one component element made of a material extruded from an extrudable composition, wherein said extrudable composition comprises a biopolymer selected from polymers of cellulo... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882806 | Cage with micro filter top A cage and cage cover combination includes at least a cage cover having a plurality of stacking lugs. The combination also includes at least an animal cage having a lower surface, where the upper surfaces of the stacking lugs, when in contact with the lower surface ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7847192 | Electrical conductor An electrical conductor L is specified, which has a central core (1) and at least two layers which are arranged above the core (1) and are composed of electrically conductive individual wires, which are twisted around the core (1) in a first lay... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878024 | Earring An earring includes an earring body, a locking bar provided at one end of the earring body and formed with a locking groove, and a locker provided at the other end of the earring body to be selectively locked with the locking bar. The locker is formed with an insert... | 02/01/2011 |
| D631230 | Article of clothing | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872199 | Electrical cable Electric cable having at least one conductor (1) with an insulating layer (2) applied thereto and being twisted around a longitudinal axis of the cable, where the insulated conductor (1, 2) is provided with an enclosing elastomer layer (3... | 01/18/2011 |
| D631055 | Wireless device | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869825 | Communication assistance system and method A communication assistance system includes a database having a plurality of listings therein, each of the listings includes a least one contact name and a contact information. A means is provided for receiving incoming communications from a plurality of requesters s... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857444 | Ophthalmic lens incorporating an optical insert for projecting information The invention provides an eyesight correcting lens having a front face and a rear face, and into which light beams emitted by a light beam generator system are introduced via an inlet surface and directed towards the eye of an ametropic wearer of said lens to enable... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840111 | Rack for optical distribution frame A rack (1) for optical distribution frame includes a plurality of horizontal supports for sockets with connections on a front face (1A) of the rack and means for management of the bundles of optical cables outside each socket. These means for managemen... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826605 | Method and system for integrating information from wireless and landline telephone systems A method of operating a telephony system. The method includes receiving a call from a caller through a telecommunication network, identifying a phone number associated with the call from the caller, and processing the phone number. The method also includes determini... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7807608 | Coated conductor and polycrystalline films useful for the production of high temperatures superconductor layers Coated conductors have a substrate, a high temperature superconductor layer and at least one or more buffer layers, wherein at least one of the buffer layers is a template for biaxially orienting the high temperature superconductor layer wherein the template is comp... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804944 | Communication assistance system and method A communication assistance system provides access to information corresponding to a plurality of subscriber listings. The system includes a telephone switch for receiving calls from a plurality of callers desiring to access the information corresponding to the subsc... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800871 | Resistive high temperature superconductor fault current limiter The present invention relates to a resistive type high temperature superconductor based fault current limiter with improved heat exchange capability composed of a thermally conductive matrix material 8 with a plurality of superconductor components 5 em... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7800827 | Method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens for providing an optical display The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a vision correction lens that has a front face and a rear face, and into which light beams emitted by an optical element of a light beam generator system are introduced via an entry surface and directed towards the ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794085 | Method and device for determining the eye's rotation center The invention relates to a device for determining the center of rotation of an eye of a person relative to a frame of reference associated with the person or with said person's eyeglasses, making it possible to determine the visual axis of the person along at least ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792272 | Technique for communicating commands and parameters in an information assistance system to provide services A message is received from a first device in an information/call center, wherein the message identifies a second device in an information/call center capable of providing a requested service and includes a command directed at the second device to activate the servic... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792257 | Method and system for determining gender and targeting advertising in a telephone system A method of operating a telephony system. The method includes connecting a call from a caller to a call processing entity, receiving voice information from the caller during a time period associated with the call, and processing the voice information to provide one ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791806 | Ophthalmological display including a device for adjusting to the user's pupil spacing The invention relates to an ophthalmological display comprising an optical imager (10) for shaping light beams emitted by a miniature screen (20) of a light beam generator system and for directing the beams towards the eye (O) of the wearer to enable a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791804 | Ophthalmic display comprising an ophthalmic lens and an optical imager The invention relates to an ophthalmic display comprising an ophthalmic lens containing an optical imager insert (400) presenting a direction of polarization and serving to shape light beams and direct them towards the eye of the wearer to enable information ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7772497 | Signal transmission electric wire for the aviation and space industries The invention relates to a data transmission electric wire comprising a plurality of conductor strands covered in at least one insulating covering including PTFE, the plurality of strands comprising an inner core of first strands covered by at least one outer layer ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7772493 | Electrical winding conductor with a rectangular cross section An electrical winding conductor (1) with a rectangular cross section is specified in order to produce an electrical winding for electrical appliances which contain a liquid, which is used as a coolant and in which the winding is immersed in the in-use positio... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767725 | High processing temperature foaming polymer composition A foaming composition comprising a melt processible fluoropolymer, and a chemical foaming agent, where the chemical foaming agent is ammonium polyphosphate. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766510 | Cooling structure for street lamp using light emitting diode Provided is a cooling structure for a street lamp using light emitting diodes. The cooling structure comprises a heat-dissipating case having an installation portion therein, a printed circuit board installed within the installation portion, one or more light emitti... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763804 | Electrically conductive wire and method for its production An electrically conductive wire (1) is surrounded by a layer (3) which covers the same without any gaps and is composed of a crosslinked polymer material, over which a layer (6) composed of paper is arranged. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758186 | Ophthalmic display The invention relates to an ophthalmic display comprising: a generator system for generating light beams; an optical imager for shaping light beams emitted by a miniature screen of said light beam generator system,... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757872 | Removable cap assembly with a sealing ring and stopper lock A removable cap assembly maintains a cap having a curved side wall with an inner surface and an outer surface, a top portion extending from the curved side wall, a boss extending perpendicularly from the top portion, and a circumferential rib extending perpendicular... | 07/20/2010 |
