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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100322409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A CONTACTS DATABASE AND TELEPHONE SERVICES Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is se... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100046737 | METHOD OF MAPPING A TRADITIONAL TOUCHTONE TELEPHONE KEYPAD ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS A method of mapping a traditional touchtone telephone keypad on a handheld electronic device having a disambiguation function, and an associated apparatus comprises outputting a representation of a remapped character layout and generating a disambiguated interpretation ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20080317240 | ALPHA CHARACTER SUPPORT AND TRANSLATION IN DIALER The innovation supports the ability to map alpha characters entered directly into the dialer application of a smartphone. These alpha characters can be entered via a smartphone keyboard (e.g., QWERTY keyboard) and converted to the appropriate digits as mapped to a conve... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080043991 | Instrument uses augmented keypad for text entry An instrument, analyzer or item of test equipment for some technical discipline is equipped with a numeric keypad that, in addition to the digits zero through nine and the decimal point, and which instead of carrying all the keys ordinarily needed, has been augmented to... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080037765 | HANDSET KEYPAD A keypad (1200) includes a plurality of keys (1202) and a plurality of key dividers (1204-1210) wherein each of the key dividers includes a plurality of raised guide portions (1212-1214) and at least one tactile cue portion (... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080013713 | Key unit, method for making key top, and method for manufacturing key unit using the same As a marking laser beam, a laser beam of wavelength 532 nm obtained by extracting by extracting second higher harmonic of the Nd:YAG laser or a laser beam of wavelength 355 nm obtained by extracting third higher harmonic of the Nd:YAG laser is used on a metal film forme... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080008310 | Input method using standard numeric keypad An input method using standard numeric keypad which complies with CCITT standards and comprises a plurality of CCITT standard keys is disclosed. Each CCITT standard key has a corresponding CCITT key value. The method comprises the steps of: reassigning a first CCITT key... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070297597 | Telephone/Transaction Entry Device and System for Entering Transaction Data into Databases Transaction data is entered by the user in response to prompts in a template. The template and entered data are accumulated into data transactions which are exploded and sent to an external database servers for processing and storage. Each database server may explode th... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070047722 | Telephone keypad with dot expression capability A telephone keypad that enabling dial an alphabetic telephone number that has ‘.com’ therein is provided. The keypad has a key button having a numeric, for example “5”, at the center and “J”,“K”, “L”and “.” symbols surrounding the numeric “5”... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20070041573 | Key pad lighting apparatus for a portable terminal A key pad lighting apparatus for a portable terminal includes: a waveguide in which a plurality of key buttons are arranged at one surface thereof; at least one light source provided at one side of the waveguide for introducing the light into the waveguide; and a guide ... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060267804 | Sequential Two-Key System to Input Keyboard Characters and Many Alphabets on Small Keypads This invention discloses a sequential two-key system to input letters of the English alphabet and of many world languages, numbers, punctuation marks, page-control characters, line-control characters, cursor-control characters and many other symbols on keypads with few ... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060115075 | Dialing methods and related devices Dialing methods for use in a device having a keypad. The keypad comprises a plurality of dual-purpose keys and non-numerical-purpose keys. The dual-purpose key has different input definitions in a letter mode and a number mode, and the non-numerical-purpose key does not... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060062382 | Method for describing alternative actions caused by pushing a single button A method, apparatus, and software are presented for a device to provide information about operation of a button during operation of the button. The button performs a first action if the button has been operated a first way, and performs a second alternative action if th... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060029208 | Telephone adapted for emergency dialing by touch A telephone has a key pad with ten number keys arranged to dial the digits from 0 to 9 inclusive, each of these number keys being marked with a visual indicator denoting the digit which the number key is arranged to dial. The 1 and 9 number keys are provided with tactil... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060018463 | Keyboard for a mobile device A keyboard apparatus includes a group of keys with corresponding actuation indicia for a plurality of numerals in a telephone keypad and a plurality of letters in an overlapping text-entry keyboard. Each key in the group is configured for multi-directional movement pivo... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060002543 | Computer telephony integration An enhanced computer keyboard connected to the user's computer to thereby provide an improved user interface for controlling a telephone when the user is primarily operating a computer. In particular, this improved user interface involves locating the button controls of... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050213744 | Retractable keyboard to be connected in a portable electronic device The invention relates to a retractable keyboard of an electronic device having a closed position and an operating position. Said retractable keyboard (6, 6a, 6b, 26) is in the closed position arranged partly or completely inside (S) or... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050195170 | Information entry system The objective of this invention is to protect the information entry such as a PIN from theft by observation of the finger movement based on the conventional fixed arrangement of entry keys. The present invention is an information entry system comprising a touch panel mo... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050163307 | Telephone keypad arrangement A telephone keypad arrangement having 15 keys arranged in 3×5 array including number keys 0˜9, function keys “*” and “#” and three selector keys, and 26 English letters properly arranged in pairs and respectively bilaterally marked on the number keys and the f... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050078815 | Self-lighting type push button input device In conventional self-lighting type push-button input devices there is adopted a construction wherein push-button portions and a base plate are formed using the same material. Since a light conducting function cannot be expected of the base plate, it is necessary to prov... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050053225 | Handheld electronic device with keyboard A keyboard for a handheld electronic device comprises ten keys arranged in four rows in a DTMF keypad format. Three of the keys respectively bearing numerals 1, 2 and 3 arranged in a first row, three of the keys respectively bearing numerals 4, 5 and 6 arranged in a sec... | 03/10/2005 |
