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...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 |
| 8150010 | Phone communication controlling method According to an aspect of the embodiment provides a communication terminal for communicating in a network. The terminal receives from another communication terminal a request includes an obscured call information for obscuring an identification information. The comm... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8064582 | Method and apparatus for providing an identifier for a caller ID function in a telecommunication system Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for providing an identifier for a caller identifier (ID) function when processing a communication request between a calling party and a called party in a communication network is described. In some examples, an initial... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7995727 | Method and apparatus for controlling calling-party identification The present invention provides a system, method, and apparatus for managing the calling-party identification information offered to called parties. Accordingly, a caller can designate the Caller ID information to the called party based on the context of the call (e.... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7844040 | Device and method for announcing an incoming call A telecommunications device and/or service are provided that enable a user to identify a particular call announcement to be used when announcing an incoming call from the user on the call recipient's telecommunications device. The call from the user includes call da... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7551731 | Flexible caller ID and calling name information presentation Embodiments of the system, and method provide for network support for providing caller flexibility on “name”, “number”, and “message” for a calling terminal that is displayed on a called terminal. One embodiment of the method may have the steps of: enter... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7310515 | Method for anonymous identification of the profiles of subscribers in a communication system and corresponding module Methods and apparatus for anonymous identification of the profiles of subscribers in a communication system, wherein subscribers define and store subscriber-specific profiles via a respective input unit in a respective communication terminal and/or in a respective m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7269249 | Systems and methods for providing user profile information in conjunction with an enhanced caller information system An enhanced caller-id service providing multi-media based caller information to subscribers via a server system. The server system can combine user-provided profile information with other data to provide more detailed reports for the subscriber. The server can also ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251474 | Identification based operational modification of a portable electronic device Identification based operational modification of a portable electronic device includes detecting the presence of an employee identification badge, authenticating the identification badge as an eligible identification badge based at least in part upon data associated... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7231605 | Method and apparatus for mapping electronic devices coupled to a wireless network A user selects a wireless network mapping option on their computer and is presented with a list of names of electronic devices coupled to the wireless network to which the computer is coupled. When one of the electronic devices transmits a wireless identification si... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218709 | Intelligent voicemail message waiting system and method An intelligent voice message status indication device for a single line of a telephone network includes a controller that responds to caller-ID signals to detect whether a mailbox contains a message, responds to a call-waiting signal to break communication with the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215750 | System and method for providing custom caller-ID messages Systems and methods for providing a message in Caller-ID information are described. In one embodiment of the present invention, an applications server, such as service control point (SCP), substitutes a message for Caller-ID information when a switch serving the cal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203295 | Virtual telecommunication messaging service system and method This invention relates a system, wherein virtual numbers are provided to users through Telecom or computer networks, and one-way or two-way message transmission (texts, images, music or multimedia) are achieved under the situation that message senders do not know th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7170983 | Method and system for providing a work-at-home telecommunication service A work-at-home telecommunication service is provided in response to receiving, from a calling party, a service-specific vertical feature code and a dialed number to initiate a call. The call is suspended and a query is sent to a service control point after receiving... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162019 | System and method for privacy screening A communications network-based system and service is disclosed. The service permits subscribers to control and manage incoming telephone calls. Subscribers can establish preferences for how calls will be handled by a communications network if the calls are received ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7139374 | System and method for gathering information related to a geographical location of a callee in a public switched telephone network In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants. In one embodiment, the approach entail... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133507 | Call progress information in cable telephony A method, carried out in an arrangement having a cable that provides programming information to a television monitor as well as telephony service, where call progress information of a telephone call is displayed on the monitor of the television monitor, and the meth... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130405 | Identifying a call made or received on behalf of another A system, system, and program for identifying a call made or received on behalf of another are provided. In particular, a call request for a call is detected. A context for the call is requested from a context inference service, wherein the context indicates whether... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127488 | System and method for gathering information related to a geographical location of a caller in an internet-based communication system In a telecommunication system having at least two communicants (i.e., a caller and a callee), a system and method are presented for collecting information associated with the geographical location of either of the communicants from a server. In one embodiment, the a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7099454 | Caller identification in a communication system A communication system for providing caller identification services comprises a processing system configured to store a data structure having a plurality of codes associated with a plurality of caller numbers, and to translate one of the codes into one of the caller... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099445 | Name-alias based delivery of subscriber services A method, system and apparatus for name-alias based delivery of services through the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A method for resolving caller identity in a PSTN can include detecting an attempt to establish a telephone call between a calling party and... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085257 | Method and system for making accessible wirelessly a network phonebook and journal database There is disclosed a method and system to provide a wireless terminal online access capability to a system phonebook, such as a WLAN, which calls for instructing the system to start a phonebook application such that for incoming calls the phonebook application comme... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085358 | Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incomi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7027572 | System and method for associating interactive voice response unit data to a telephone call using automatic number identifiers A system and method of providing interactive data exchange between a plurality of outside parties utilizing a plurality of telephone apparatus, a voice response unit, at least one operator terminal, and at least one database regardless of the configuration of the vo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020255 | Method and system for providing a work-at-home telecommunication service A work-at-home telecommunication service is provided in response to receiving, from a calling party, a service-specific vertical feature code and a dialed number to initiate a call. The call is suspended and a query is sent to a service control point after receiving... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016482 | Method and system of providing caller identification with name A system (20) for providing a caller identification with name service includes a destination service switching point (22) having a plurality of destination numbers (24). A switching control point (26) has a caller identification with name... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013132 | Method for the provision and allocation of call numbers in a telecommunication network The invention relates to a method for the provision and allocation of call numbers in a telecommunication network. According to said method, the call numbers are allocated to the subscribers of the telecommunication network, in addition to the available subscriber c... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996219 | System and method for sending called party caller identification information to a forward-to telephone device in a communications system A method, computer program product, and a signaling system for conveying caller identification information of a called party to a forward-to telephone device in a communications system. A call set up message is received at a switching system servicing a called telep... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6970546 | Intelligent remote caller ID An intelligent remote caller identification system is provided that typically includes a central office, a service control point, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The service c... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6952469 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a message using caller ID An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a message using a caller ID is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, it includes an advertiser and an advertisement service company unit adapted to provide an advertisement. The advertisement service company uni... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6947533 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INCOMING CALL DISPLAY METHOD, INCOMING CALL HISTORY DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAMS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM IN WHICH THE PROGRAM IS STORED There is provided a communication apparatus, with which it is possible to prevent the conventional problem that in the case where an incoming call arrives, not a name registered by a user but a caller's name informed from a switching system is displayed and therefor... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6882713 | Telephone apparatus A received telephone number is classified into group and stored by a simple operation, and is used as the telephone number when making a call. It comprises a telephone number detector (2) for detecting an incoming telephone number from a telephone line... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6823058 | Method and system for forwarding calls A Service Switching Point in an advanced intelligent network includes a trigger associated with a specific digit string and activated by a call to the specific digit string at the SSP. The SSP queries a Service Control Point (SCP) for a forwarding instruction based ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6771757 | Method for producing a service profile based on user's choice for an extension in a telecommunications network A procedure for creating a service profile dependent on user selection for a subscription in a telecommunication network. The invention makes it possible to use a single subscription in a telecommunication network with several different subscriber numbers, each numb... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6766002 | Adaptive caller ID storage based on blocked status A telephone or adjunct Caller ID device adaptively stores Caller ID data based, for example, on a blocked status of the Caller ID data. In a particular example, a telephone or Caller ID device includes a memory adapted to store Caller ID data associated with an inco... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6697473 | Automated personalized telephone management system A holistic, automated, personalized telephone call management system is capable of responding to all incoming calls. The system employs customized software, computer chips, printed circuit board, ANI, where available, and a data input/output module, which... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6504925 | Apparatus for enabling a telephone user to obtain telephone directory information Telephone directory information is obtained and telephone calls are placed with a telephone, a telephone directory memory storing signals representing names and telephone numbers of subscribers, a display, a QWERTY keyboard and special keys. The microproc... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6449351 | Method and system of providing caller identification with name A system (20) for providing a caller identification with name service includes a destination service switching point (22) having a plurality of destination numbers (24). A switching control point (26) has a caller identification with name database (30) an... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6026152 | Ring count controlled by incoming call related information A variable ring count device in customer premises equipment is provided and includes a processor, a call related information detector/receiver in communication with a telephone line and a call related information directory in communication with the proces... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5901209 | Caller ID substitution for selected telephone callers A system and method for selectively adjusting the caller identification of a calling party based, in party, on parameters associated with adjusting the calling party. Security codes can be used in conjunction with a database to insure that the substituted... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5590184 | Communications privacy protection system by replacing calling party number with non-assigned number A telephone subscriber of a privacy communications service is allowed to use a randomly selected non-assigned telephone number--instead of the subscriber's real telephone number--as a return phone number in a telephone message left for a called party. The... | 12/31/1996 |
