Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098802 | DSL integrated call waiting One embodiment of a call handling method, among others, includes receiving a query from a switching system indicating that a called party telephone is busy; examining handling information for the called party to determine if the called party has voice over Internet ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7634070 | Modem with hold and quick connect functionality A modem to modem communication system supports call waiting services by exchanging hold request and acknowledge signals before relinquishing the line servicing incoming calls. Thereafter, the modem to modem session is reestablished without having to redial. The hold... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7587034 | Use of modem on hold for network management and telephone access A modem to modem communication system supports call waiting services by exchanging hold request and acknowledge signals before relinquishing the line servicing incoming calls. Thereafter, the modem to modem session is reestablished without having to redial. The hold... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7502450 | Communication apparatus Conventionally, when a mobile phone receives an incoming call and no response is made to the call, the user can only recognize the name or phone number of a caller, plus the incoming time, by the incoming call history list. Also, if no response is made to an incomin... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7443966 | Using modems to place modem connections on hold and to maintain upper layer network connection A modem to modem communication system supports call waiting services by exchanging hold request and acknowledge signals before relinquishing the line servicing incoming calls. Thereafter, the modem to modem session is reestablished without having to redial. The hold... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7411984 | Method of providing tone information to nodes in a packet network Telephone tones such as dialing tones and busy or engaged tones differ in different countries and in traditional telephone networks it has been possible to deal with this because national telephone networks have been used. However, with the advent of next generation... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370348 | Technique and apparatus for processing cryptographic services of data in a network system A controller for controlling communications between a system and a transport medium includes a receiving circuit to receive data and associated security control information. A first cryptographic engine cryptographically processes the data received from the transpor... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359500 | Method for carrying out predetermined actions by a receiving telecom device using an answer prefix A method for carrying out predetermined actions by a telecom receiving device. A predetermined answer string is entered and stored in a memory portion of a receiving telecom device. Incoming calls are checked for appropriateness. Accepted incoming calls are monitore... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352736 | Channel synchronization apparatus of TDD-based mobile communication terminal An apparatus and method for synchronizing the transmission of uplink signals and reception of downlink signals by a terminal in a mobile communication system is disclosed, the apparatus and method allowing the terminal itself to adaptively compensate for deflection ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350155 | Resizing internet document for display on television screen Methods and systems for scaling down a Web page image enables the image to be displayed on a standard television without horizontal scrolling of the image. A Web page image that initially has a horizontal dimension larger than the horizontal dimension of a televisio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343171 | Method and system for interrupting a dispatch call The invention concerns a method (300) and system (100) for interrupting a dispatch call. The method can be practiced in a dispatch communications system (100) having at least a first communications channel (162) for carrying voice traffic... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324812 | Mobile communications device with hold mode A mobile communications device may incorporate a hold routine to hold incoming calls for a period of time, and allow a user to answer the call at his convenience. The hold indicator, such as a single ring or a vibration, to show that the mobile communications device... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317714 | Internet call waiting messaging Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for providing Internet Call Waiting (ICW) Messaging Services. In an embodiment, a calling party places an incoming call to a called telephone number having an active ICW session and data connection. A telecommunication... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310416 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless comm... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304983 | Methods and systems for enhancing internet call- waiting messages Methods and systems are disclosed for notifying a called station of an incoming call. The called station has a busy status as a result of a connection to a data network via an access server. Because the called station is connected to the data network, and thus “bu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305072 | Method and apparatus for quick modern reconnect A quick startup procedure for a modem system utilizes known characteristics of a previously established communication channel to reduce the initialization period associated with subsequent connections over the same channel. In response to the establishment of a call... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292679 | Method and a system for submitting messages deposited in an inbox of a messaging service A system and a method for submitting a message (MSG) to a telecommunications terminal (2) of an addressee, which message has been deposited by a caller in an inbox (12) of a messaging server (1) of the addressee. The method comprises the followi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286658 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network or other caller identifying data is received in a paging signal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286799 | Remote caller identification (ID) device The present invention provides technical advantages as systems, devices and methods that enable a person to remotely identify the origin of an incoming call. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277533 | Providing calling party information in a request to establish a call session A method and apparatus are provided for providing calling party information (such as information regarding purchases of the calling party) in a request to establish a call session. A call request is received from a network entity over a network to establish an inter... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272215 | Automatic rapid switching between DSL service and POTS over loaded loops The preferred embodiments of the present invention generally provide improved communications over a subscriber loop that is loaded with at least one and potentially a plurality of load coils. The preferred embodiments of the present invention will support digital su... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257210 | Picture phone with caller id Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the pictures are sent to a message center along with the caller ID of the mes... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257427 | System and method for managing mobile communications A system and method for managing mobile communications is disclosed. The system and method can determine which of several systems associated with a motor vehicle is permitted to communicate with a user interface in the motor vehicle. The user interface is used to as... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254219 | Method and system for online call management A method of managing a telephone call from a calling station to a called station having a telephone service, where the called station is capable of connection to the Internet comprising the steps of forwarding the called station telephone service to an intermediate ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254226 | Call waiting priority alert A method for delivering a priority call waiting alert service to a telephone subscriber. An embodiment of the present invention may be implemented on an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN). When a call intended the subscriber is received by a service switching point ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251695 | Computer network communication method and apparatus The present invention provides a method and system for using standard global computer network communication protocol to implement server driven “push” technology. An initial communication connection is established between a server and a client. The connection is... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248676 | Apparatus and method for personalized call acknowledgement A method of operating a call management system enables a subscriber to acknowledge a call, without taking the call. When the system receives the call, it identifies the called subscriber, obtains caller information, and presents the caller information to the subscri... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245612 | Internet call waiting with voicemail system that provides monitoring during recording An Internet Call Waiting (ICW) service provides single-line subscribers (100) connected to the Internet with incoming call information, call screening and voice messaging capabilities. An incoming call is terminated at an ICW server (154). The caller i... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243123 | Video call routing with presence determination A request to establish video communication with a recipient associated with multiple communication devices is received. The recipient is identified using information contained within the request. A set of communication devices associated with the recipient is determ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7215975 | Portable device A portable device is described which comprises a user input and a processor. The user input has a key with a plurality of functions. It has a first function when the device is in a first state and a second function when the device is not in the first state. The proc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7184537 | Apparatus and method for CNG detection with call waiting A telephone switching device which includes a detector for identifying a call waiting (CW) signal when the incoming telephone line is in use. The detector device automatically switches the incoming telephone line to the second call and monitors for additional coded ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184525 | Accessing messages stored in one communication system by another communication system The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accessing messages in one communication system by another communication system. In some embodiments, a request to access data is received from a second communication system. The data is located at a first commu... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184522 | Method and apparatus for managing calls through an entertainment center An incoming telephone call is held in a telephony network while a subscriber is notified that the call is waiting to be handled. A guide menu presenting call handling options is displayed on an entertainment center while a program played through the entertainment ce... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180991 | Dynamic, interactive call notification A system and method that provides a dialog with the called party when a call is received, a process is initiated to communicate with the calling party and a process is initiated to communicate with the called party. The processes communicate with each other to provi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177408 | Devices, softwares and methods for selectively limiting the duration of an individual Modem-On-Hold session Devices, softwares and methods selectively limit a duration of an individual modem-on hold session. A network device receives and holds data for an individualized on-hold timeout time limit for each user, such as an ISP subscriber. ... | 02/13/2007 |
