Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7894582 | Photo telephone directory and methods of making and using a photo telephone directory A telephone directory having a plurality of pages is disclosed. The pages can be moveable between a first position and a second position such that a desired page can be selected by moving pages from the first position to the second position until the desired page is... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7363645 | Interactive electronic program guide for use with television delivery system An interactive electronic program guide is disclosed for use with a television delivery system. The guide is generated by a set top terminal that receives a television signal from an operations center and extracts from the signal individual programs for display on a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7295993 | ATM customer marketing system A marketing system includes a plurality of automated transaction machines (74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86). The automated transaction machines operate to carry out financial transactions with associated host computers (90, 94, 100, 104). Marketing presenta... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289619 | System and method for managing workplace real estate and other resources Organizations can proactively manage and reserve shared resources, such as workspaces, equipment and services, as well as report on the utilization of those resources across departments and facilities using the system of the present invention. Work-place management ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277445 | Call management via television A telephone call management system and method are disclosed, allowing for call review where a voice mail message being recorded for a specific telephone may be played on a television associated therewith during the time it is being recorded. Optionally, the call may... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278002 | Method and system for reducing storage requirements for program code in a communication device A software routine that writes downloaded updated operating system software over existing application code to flash memory of a cable modem in an inverted arrangement. If the download process is interrupted before the update can be verified, a pointer still points t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268908 | Image processing system and its control method A host computer is connected to a plurality of printers via an IEEE1394 bus. To make these printers print an identical image, the host computer assures a communication channel. The host computer then broadcasts print data to the printers to make them print images. I... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249344 | Delivery of financial services to remote devices A financial institution can provide financial services to a plurality of remote devices, such as personal computers, personal data assistants, screen phones, automatic teller machines, external service providers, and internally to staff terminals and individual bran... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247568 | Method for manufacturing a transparent element with invisible electrodes A conductive pattern, made of a transparent conductive oxide, such as ITO including electrodes (2) and conductive paths (4) is formed on one face of a transparent substrate (3) made of sapphire or toughened glass, then coated with a first layer ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248677 | Method of and apparatus for communicating user related information using a wireless information device A mobile telephone which can supply or post ‘pre-answer’ information which the device owner considers of relevance to a potential call recipient. This information enables a potential call recipient to be given useful information about a potential call before act... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242136 | Front filter, and plasma display apparatus having the same The present invention relates to a front filter having a touch screen, and a plasma display apparatus having the same. The front filter installed on a front surface of a panel of a plasma display apparatus, the front filter including: a touch screen for generating a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239166 | Portable multi-purpose toolkit for testing computing device hardware and software A testing device for determining the condition of hardware and/or software components of a computing (target) device is disclosed. The testing device includes a memory component, at least one connector and I/O software suitable for enabling the testing device to com... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239692 | Method and system for distributing outbound telephone calls A method and system is provided for the distribution of outbound telephone calls. This method and system includes dialing devices receiving call records and providing telephone calls to one or more agents. Interfaced with the dialing device is a distribution module ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231229 | Communication device interface In a communication device, user activation of a speed-dial button causes a context-sensitive menu to be displayed. The menu lists available options, or communication modes, for contacting the party associated with the speed-dial button. The user can select an item f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224775 | System and method for providing prioritized access to a messaging system A method and system for providing prioritized access to a messaging system includes receiving at an access controller for a messaging system a request for connection by a user to the messaging system. The access controller determines whether the messaging system is ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212988 | Test screening of videos The present invention is directed to methods for facilitating video test screening on an electronic visual communications network. One step is to establish a database for a video test screening audience. The database contains audience member information and ID numbe... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194070 | Integrated telephone call and context notification mechanism A mechanism for placing a telephone call while at the same time communicating context (e.g., subject, importance and/or nature) of the telephone call. The caller uses a mechanism on a user interface to instruct a caller computing system to place a telephone call to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194754 | Method and system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television A viewer can initiate and then defer a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods or services available from a network, such as the Internet, that is accessible via the interactive ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184428 | Facility management platform for a hybrid coaxial/twisted pair local loop network service architecture The present invention provides a facility management platform to monitor and view the status of a plurality of individually addressable downstream devices including, but not limited to, addressable terminals, IRG's, settops, cable modems, taps, nodes, and/or hubs at... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176785 | Device control system While a general-purpose interface circuit and another general-purpose interface circuit are provided so as to transmit/receive data between a host appliance and a device appliance, when the general-purpose interface of the device appliance happens to hang up, a cont... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162276 | Mobile communication terminal having hands-free speech state and computer program for switching over to hands-free speech state A mobile communication terminal having a hands-free speech state, in which a speech function and one of the other functions, such as a browsing information function on the Internet and an e-mail transmitting or receiving function, can be operated simultaneously, by ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158629 | System and method for preemptive goals based routing of contact records A method and system is provided for the preemptive goals based distribution of contact records. This method and system includes devices receiving contact records and providing customer contacts to one or more agents. Interfaced with the device is a distribution modu... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147475 | Personal computer lesson system using videophones In this system, an instructor's device for teaching how to operate a personal computer is bidirectionally connected to a student's device for learning how to operate a personal computer, via a communication line of various types. The instructor's device has a person... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146327 | Electronic publication distribution method and system A method and system for distributing an electronic publication allows the distribution of customized publications, including customized advertising, customized content, or both. In accordance with the method for distributing an electronic publication, an electronic ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142662 | Method and system for distributing outbound telephone calls A method and system is provided for the distribution of outbound telephone calls. This method and system includes dialing devices receiving call records and providing telephone calls to one or more agents. Interfaced with the dialing device is a distribution module ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134118 | Re-programmable flash memory micro controller as programmable logic controller Functions of a programmable logic controller are located in physically separable units. These physically separable units include a program execution device, or control device, whose function is limited to sequencing through the user logic program and a communication... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123715 | Telephone apparatus Telephone apparatus comprises a telephone and a remote controller separate therefrom. The telephone has a built-in keypad and an internal operating circuit including a control circuit connected with the keypad for accepting keying signals therefrom to process a tele... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124090 | Electronic publication distribution method and system A method and system for distributing an electronic publication allows the distribution of customized publications, including customized advertising, customized content, or both. In accordance with the method for distributing an electronic publication, an electronic ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114172 | Synchronized personal video recorders A method, apparatus and system for synchronizing the video output of personal video recorders in two or more locations. A broadcast program is received and recorded on a personal video recorder on a first personal video recorder. Thus, at least one program will be s... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102673 | Defective pixel specifying method, defective pixel specifying system, image correcting method, and image correcting system A defective pixel specifying method and a defective pixel specifying system for a semiconductor device having a defective pixel are provided. Also provided are an image correcting method and an image correcting system for making a defective pixel inconspicuous on th... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103173 | System and method for preemptive goals based routing of contact records A method and system is provided for the preemptive goals based distribution of contact records. This method and system includes devices receiving contact records and providing customer contacts to one or more agents. Interfaced with the device is a distribution modu... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100011 | Method and system for reducing storage requirements for program code in a communication device A software routine that writes downloaded updated operating system software over existing application code to flash memory of a cable modem in an inverted arrangement. If the download process is interrupted before the update can be verified, a pointer still points t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085811 | Sender elected messaging services A method that enables the recipient to receive notification of the letters, flats and/or packages (mail) that the recipient is going to receive prior to the delivery of the mail. The recipient is then able to inform a post or courier, e.g., Federal Express®, Airbor... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080166 | Multifunctional apparatus, information processing apparatus, data processing method, and computer program product executed by the multifunctional apparatus or the information processing apparatus A communication apparatus has a communication unit that transmits data to a designated destination, and a management unit that manages ID information determined for each user and address location information associated with the ID information, wherein the address lo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079191 | Digital broadcast reception apparatus and picture printing method A frame memory for extending data of an picture demonstrated on an picture display device is effectively utilized to effect the printing of an picture demonstrated on the picture display device inexpensively and appropriately. To this end, there is provided a printi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063253 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine software authorization system and method An automated banking machine is operative to authorize the installation, use, and/or configuration of ATM software applications and components. The machine may be provided with either an authorization key or a configuration certificate that is generated by a licensi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062021 | Integrated telephone call and context notification mechanism A mechanism for placing a telephone call while at the same time communicating context (e.g., subject, importance and/or nature) of the telephone call. The caller uses a mechanism on a user interface to instruct a caller computing system to place a telephone call to ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054434 | System and method for common account based routing of contact records A method and system is provided for common account based distribution of contact records. A comparison engine analyzes call record accounts to identify and tag related call records, such as call record accounts related to the same individual. A common account tag de... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053799 | Keypad with illumination structure An illuminated keypad (400) includes a substantially transparent keypad (420) having a plurality of actuator buttons (412), a plurality of switches (404) residing substantially and correspondingly below the plurality of actuator buttons, ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032008 | System for on-line financial services using distributed objects A system is disclosed for accessing recent financial information from various financial services providers. The system is based on a client/server architecture so that services are accessible from a variety of presentation tools. Communications between clients and s... | 04/18/2006 |
