Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7474889 | Informing wireless device users of incoming calls or pages in environments inhospitable for notification Methods 300 and systems 100 are provided for notifying a mobile telephone user of an incoming call in a loud ambient environment. A call notification system registers mobile devices located within the boundary of the area it serves, and couples to the ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7464094 | Shared registry with multiple keys for storing preferences and other applications on a local area network A method and system for storing and automatic retrieval of data is provided. A “registry” is one way a computer system manages personal preference data such as configuration preferences and other data that users may want specific devices, applications and/or use... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7451222 | Client-centered WEP settings on a LAN A method of integrating setting up a residential gateway or access point and setting up a client network adapter into a single software process. The method eliminates inconsistent and confusing terminology and methods of interfacing different client adapter setups w... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444661 | Electronic program guide utilizing multiple tuning sources A system, software and method capable of communicating with a device coupled to the system via a network such that the tuning capabilities of the device can be made available for access and control via the system's program guide through placement of the device's tun... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7421654 | Method, system, software, and signal for automatic generation of macro commands A method, signal, system, software, and user interface for selecting command sequences and saving the sequences as a macro. The invention includes sourcing input devices and graphical user interfaces for both input commands and referencing macro elements. Macro elem... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418406 | Music distribution apparatus and method Digitally encoded content (e.g., music) is provided in a protected mode, along with a player that can unlock and/or decode this music on a user's personal computer (PC) for enjoyment only at their PC. Since the music is in a proprietary, protected form, the user can... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395539 | Transaction control in an information appliance management system The present invention provides a universal information appliance management system capable of executing transactions, including financial transactions, across a distributed network. The present invention allows content/service providers to control distribution of th... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363644 | System for using a channel and event overlay for invoking channel and event related functions A convergence system suitable for accepting inputs from several television or personal computing sources is disclosed. The sources can be output on a display. The convergence system is controlled by a multi-function controller suitable for providing a set of functio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363519 | Method and apparatus for power management by user needs A portable computer system with a battery and a processor, a memory, a display and storage device; all powered by the battery which includes a power management circuit configured to control the operation of the processor and memory in order to vary an amount of powe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7334054 | Video detection using display data channel A method and apparatus are provided for detecting a connection associated with a display and a system having a first and second video output port. Data channel information associated with the first video output port and the second video output port are read using DD... | 02/19/2008 |
