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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116433 | Calls per second network testing Systems and methods for calls per second network testing are disclosed. The methods may be performed by a network testing system or other computing device. The method may include receiving user selection to create a network test. A user specification of a bulk netwo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7787598 | Method and system for automatic generation and testing of voice applications A method (100) and system (30) to enable automatic generation and testing of voice applications includes generating (102) a test driver application (TDA) (32) and generating (104) a modified original voice application (34) t... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7668299 | System using script command to generate audio quality test case to test a network A device translates a script command into a test case for testing a network, receives an audio input based on the test case, performs a quality test of the audio based on the test case, and generates a result of the quality test to determine a functionality of the n... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7649982 | Network-test system and method using script command in a server to emulate a tty device and define a tty test case A device translates a script command related to teletype (TTY) communications in a network, and generates or receives a TTY signal based on the translated script to test the network. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7359490 | Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356611 | Method and apparatus for permissions based active document workflow Techniques for designing and processing a workflow that can be refined or modified based upon information associated with a document processed by the workflow. Since the author of the document may configure the information associated with a document that is used to ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349692 | Network testing systems A method of testing a digital mobile phone network such as a GPRS or 3 G network comprises creating test traffic using an unmodified test mobile phone coupled to a computer, and using the computer to measure a parameter associated with the network's response to the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349345 | Method and apparatus for testing communications between a network edge device and a customer premises device A method and apparatus for testing communications within a broadband network between a network edge device and a customer premises device. Network data traffic is diverted from the customer premises device to a test device. The test device emulates the customer prem... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7308079 | Automating testing path responses to external systems within a voice response system A method of testing path a voice response system can include establishing a voice link between a test system and a voice response system and playing voice prompts to the test system over the voice link. The method also can include sending execution information to th... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7263173 | Evaluating performance of a voice mail system in an inter-messaging network One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for evaluating the performance of an inter-messaging network of voice mail systems. This preferred embodiment includes an evaluation test unit that connects to the inter-messaging network... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7231330 | Rapid mobility network emulator method and system A system for emulating mobile network communications can include one or more wireless nodes configured to variably adjust signal reception sensitivity and signal transmission strength; at least one mobile node configured to wirelessly communicate with selected ones ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231210 | Method and apparatus for automatically generating call flow test scripts The invention comprises a method and apparatus for generating at least one test script for testing at least one service. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining information associated with at least one call flow associated with the at least one service, automat... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224968 | Network testing and monitoring systems A method of testing a digital mobile phone network such as a GPRS or 3G network comprises either using real traffic or creating test traffic using test mobile phone coupled to a computer, and using the computer to measure a parameter associated with the network's re... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7203284 | Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200535 | Quality control in disease management services A quality control system in disease management services for the enlightenment, development and motivation of patients in conjunction with telemonitoring of critical body values and, resulting from this, early recognition of risk situations, wherein random generators... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187907 | Simultaneous two-way transmission of information signals in the same frequency band This invention provides designs for communication systems that use adaptive filters in circuits whose purpose is to enable two-way transmission of information signals in the same frequency band at the same time over twisted pair channels, coaxial cable channels, fib... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7164758 | System, evaluation device and method for verifying connection-related communication data determined by a digital exchange A system and method for ensuring that a digital switching exchange is able to properly collect data on the charges incurred for pay connections by providing a verification of the accuracy of the communications data records generated by the digital switching exchange... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7139743 | Associative database scanning and information retrieval using FPGA devices A data storage and retrieval device and method is disclosed. The device includes at least one magnetic storage medium configured to store target data and at least one re-configurable logic device comprising an FPGA coupled to the at least one magnetic storage medium... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139369 | Interface and method of designing an interface A method of designing an interface system that allows users to map the representation of their task directly to the interface. There are three major phases to the Customer-Centric Approach to Interface Design (C-CAID). End-users' tasks are categorized to determine t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136746 | Apparatus and method for testing performance of mobile station having GPS function An apparatus for testing a performance of a mobile station having a global positioning system (GPS) function including a test block having test commands and a test user interface for testing the performance of the mobile station. The test block and test interface ar... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7116759 | Method, system and computer program product for facilitating the analysis of automatic line insulation testing data A method for analyzing automatic line insulation testing data comprising receiving an electronic version of ALIT test results and parsing the ALIT test results to extract error data. The error data is inserted into an ALIT database. The ALIT database includes one re... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114107 | Method for the dynamic control of the channel use of a transmission channel and a load generator for sending a test sequence A method for the dynamic control of the channel use of a transmission channel as well as a load generator for sending a test sequence generates the test sequence with several test patterns in accordance with a communication protocol to be used for transmission, pref... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110949 | System and method for analysis and adjustment of speech-enabled systems A method for analyzing and adjusting the performance of a speech-enabled application includes selecting a number of user utterances that were previously received by the speech-enabled application. The speech-enabled application receives such user utterances and asso... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103637 | Network file sharing method and system A method for writing file data from client to server which comprises writing file data from a client to a server, wherein the client issues to the server a file transfer proposal that includes the names of a plurality of files to be transferred and attributes of eac... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099438 | Multi-protocol, multi-interface communications device testing system A multi-protocol, multi-interface communications device testing system is disclosed. The system simultaneously control communication channels of a communications platform though multiple Interface Protocols, such as TDM, IP and Telephony Application Program Interfac... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076049 | Method of designing a telecommunications call center interface A method is provided for designing an interface system. The method includes receiving a call from a customer at a call center, and logging a reason the customer is calling the call center. Subsequently, reasons from multiple customers are collected and categorized i... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062264 | Network testing systems A method of testing a digital mobile phone network such as a GPRS or 3G network comprises creating test traffic using an unmodified test mobile phone coupled to a computer, and using the computer to measure a parameter associated with the network's response to the t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050090 | VDSL video/data set top test equipment A VDSL customer drop testing arrangement and equipment utilizes a test set top box having a sign-on identifier unique to an authorized test device to perform testing of the customer drop without the need to provision the drop for receipt of video programming or data... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043435 | System and method for optimizing prompts for speech-enabled applications A computer-implemented method is described for optimizing prompts for a speech-enabled application. The speech-enabled application is operable to receive communications from a number of users and communicate one or more prompts to each user to illicit a response fro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024600 | Diagnosis of data transfer faults using constraints Method for diagnosing faults in a system under test (SUT) are provided. A representative method includes identifying at least some portions of the data transmission paths of the SUT capable of introducing errors in data transfer; providing constraints defining relat... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016842 | Method and system for evaluating automatic speech recognition telephone services A method and system for evaluating telephone services provided by speech recognition interfaces an evaluation engine with a voice recognition service over a telephone system to submit speech utterance samples to the voice recognition service, receive the response of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016671 | Test system for mobile communication terminal in which result of connection-transition test can be directly and visually grasped A test procedure control unit outputs control information for carrying out a transition test of a mobile communication terminal (UE) of a cellular system for a predetermined number of times. A transmitting/receiving unit transmits test signals corresponding to cells... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6957064 | Method for automated retune of telecommunications data in a wireless network using lucent equipment A method and system are provided for updating data in a database associated with a wireless network. The wireless network includes Lucent equipment that operates pursuant to a digital retune of the wireless network. The method includes receiving as user input at lea... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944799 | Multimedia synchronization system An multimedia synchronization services system has been provided that can synchronize input actions and test data measurements associated with activities of a client/server computer system. The system can be applied to virtual test systems coupled to a contact center... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944448 | Method for the automated analysis of a mobile radio telephone system The invention relates to a method for the automated analysis and appraisal of a mobile radio telephone system (1). Said method scans calls that are executed as part of a test phase, in accordance with internal and external system parameter values which flag e... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6934374 | System and method for data communication A data communication system configured to promptly determine the validity of establishing the line connection between terminals and a host computer and maintaining the line connection. The data communication system includes at least a plurality of terminals and a se... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922415 | Apparatus and method for a non-symmetrical half-duplex DSL modem A non-symmetrical half-duplex data communications apparatus and method provides for transmitting and receiving non-symmetrical half-duplex signals over a communications link. The non-symmetrical half-duplex data communications apparatus includes interface circuitry ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6914962 | Call-flow verification method and apparatus After implementation of an interactive voice response (IVR) system providing voice prompts (i.e., utterances) to aid a telephone caller, it is desirable to provide call-flow verification to validate system accuracy, particularly under high-volume or saturation calli... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6898272 | System and method for testing telecommunication devices An invention is provided for testing telecommunications devices. Broadly speaking, test data is encoded prior to testing a SUT. Then, during testing, the encoded test data is transmitted to the SUT, which processes the test data. The processed test data then is rece... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6826259 | Method for emulating a terminal and test apparatus for testing a telecommunication network A method for emulating a terminal for testing a telecommunication network has the terminal being assigned a user interface programmable by a user for executing a communication sequence, the programming of the user interface having first of all the provisioning of a ... | 11/30/2004 |
