"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7114152 | Method, apparatus, and program to determine the mutability of an object at loading time A mutability mechanism is provided for parsing an object at loading time. The mutability mechanism inserts a property into the object that indicates whether or not the object is immutable. The mutability mechanism looks at the code for the object and determines whet... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7082067 | Circuit for verifying the write speed of SRAM cells A circuit for measuring the performance of a memory cell. The circuit includes a ring oscillator, which includes a plurality of memory cells. The performance of the memory cell can be determined from an oscillation frequency of the ring oscillator. The circuit accur... | 07/25/2006 |
| 5881139 | Apparatus and method for optimizing the use of long distance telephone services An apparatus for placing a toll telephone call using a lowest cost long distance carrier includes a telephone input for operatively connecting to a telephone or other dialing equipment at a user's location, and a line output for operatively connecting to ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 4885772 | Apparatus for obtaining a high sound level and good sound reproduction from a loudspeaking telephone Apparatus for obtaining a high sound level and good sound reproduction from a loudspeaking telephone powered from the line. The apparatus includes a loudspeaker element which has a relatively high Q value, and the resonance frequency of which is within th... | 12/05/1989 |
| 3985971 | Telephony Relay trees connected to modified connector switches provide call-waiting service on a connector-group basis in step-by-step telephone switching systems. The subscriber's line is connected to an auxiliary line relay which functions to connect the line to ... | 10/12/1976 |