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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7315489 | Method and apparatus for time measurement A method is provided for accurate time measurement. Time is first measured with a first oscillator. At designated intervals, a second oscillator is activated for a period of time based on the first oscillator. The second oscillator is more accurate than the first os... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7215929 | Method and apparatus for maintaining desired link quality when no data is transmitted on transport channels having quality targets Disclosed is a mobile station executed method for updating a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) target during a discontinuous transmission (DTX) period of a downlink transport channel having a network specified quality target value, as is a mobile station (100 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7184791 | Methods, receivers, and computer program products for determining transmission power control commands using biased interpretation Methods, receivers, and computer program products for defining asymmetric decision regions of a symbol space to interpret transmitted power control commands are disclosed. A method of determining transmitted power control commands at a receiver can include defining ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7116983 | Method, base station and mobile station for timeslot selection and timeslot assignment A timeslot selection method is provided. The timeslot selection method includes the steps of: obtaining a propagation loss; receiving an occupation state and an interference amount of an uplink timeslot; obtaining a desired wave power from the propagation loss; obta... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7065323 | RF dynamic channel switching method In an access control system, a method and system for dynamic channel selection to select a channel for communication between a Wireless Access Point Module (WAPM) and a Wireless Panel Interface Module (WPIM). A number of communication channels are available. The WAP... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6937874 | Power control in spread spectrum communications systems A method for power control in spread spectrum communication systems includes a first step of providing multiplexed registers coupled to a control circuit and controlled by a control signal. A next step includes measuring a transmit power. Next steps include receivin... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6809633 | Coupling broadband modems to power lines A method and system are given for a coupling a data signal over a power distribution system. An inductive signal coupler has two windings. The first winding is in series with a line conductor of the power distribution system. A capacitor is connected between the fir... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6594499 | Downlink power control in a cellular telecommunications network A power control system method for controlling the downlink (DL) transmit power from a base station (BS) to a mobile station (MS) in a cellular telecommunications network. A power balancing value ƊP is divided into a number of smaller correction implement... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6238384 | Instrument for compensating for hand tremor during the manipulation of fine structures An instrument for the manipulation of fine structures, said instrument detecting hand tremor and compensating for this hand tremor by effecting counter-movements of the working tip. The main area of application will probably lie in the field of microsurge... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6182030 | Enhanced coding to improve coded communication signals At a transmitter of a communication system, a target signal and a primary coded signal are produced in response to an input signal. The primary coded signal is intended to match the target signal. Also produced is encoded enhancement information indicativ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6166622 | Time slot structure for improved TPC estimation in WCDMA A communication circuit is designed with a processing circuit (11) coupled to receive a plurality of first control signals (402, 408) from a source external to the communication circuit. The processing circuit produces a second control signal (432, 434) a... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5428555 | Facility and gas management system An interactive computer controlled management system for real-time data gathering and analysis of process information relating to a plurality of data sources in a facility and for controlling process functions of the data sources. In a preferred embodimen... | 06/27/1995 |
| 4689605 | Powering device for transmitters and receivers of a signal transmission system In a signal transmission system whose transmission line (16) is connected to a line side component (66, 68) of a respective transmitter (12) and receiver (14) and is electrically isolated from the operating side, the line side component (66, 68) of the re... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4654653 | Digital data communication apparatus An asynchronous one way digital data communication system is disclosed in which a first microcomputer produces a series of groups of pulses at a first port representative of digits in an information packet to be transmitted, the groups being separated by ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4598289 | Control device for a synchro receiver A control device suitable for synchros comprising three stator windings. The device comprises four circuit branches with the inputs of the first and the second branches interconnected to receive a first voltage from the ends of the stator windings of the ... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4307384 | Apparatus for optical indication of values A periodically energized luminous element mounted on a body undergoing cyclic movement at a high speed producing periodic illumination at a frequency exceeding the fusion frequency of the human eye. The interval duration of said periodic illumination resu... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4104625 | Apparatus for providing facial image animation An image animation apparatus includes a rotating disk having film negatives mounted around its periphery each film negative having a different facial expression on it. By use of an associated microprocessor which responds to certain control inputs the seq... | 08/01/1978 |
