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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7305073 | Rate modelling A method and apparatus are provided for generating a rate model (115) for use in determining a rate to be applied with respect to an instance of a product or service, system or process. The rate may relate for example to utilisation of a resource, for example... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305228 | Method of providing an account information and method of and device for transcribing of dictations Method of providing account information for the prior use of a service facility with which, from input information, output information is obtained automatically for example in transcription of dictation, in which a dictation file is converted into a text file by mea... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305074 | Communication system control method A method of controlling the operation of a communication system is described, where the system comprises a first entity 2 for sending a first data object 21 to a terminal device 4 and a second entity 3 for sending a second data object to ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305229 | Providing services in communications networks This disclosure is concerned with systems and methods for network communications. In one example, a cellular telecommunications network includes a radio access network with multiple geographically distributed cells, and further includes a core network for providing ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299030 | System and method of charging for user traffic except signaling a wireless communication system A system and method of charging for user traffic without including signaling costs in a wireless communication system is provided. In a system and method of charging a user equipment (UE) in a gateway node in a mobile communication system having a serving support no... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295659 | Method and system for prepaid communications credit A method and system for prepaying credits to a user account for communications services provided. If a system detects a predefined condition associated with a communications connection, the system deducts the cost of the communications connection from the credit in ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295829 | System, apparatus and method for managing telephone call records A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for communicating one or more telecommunication call records associated with a telecommunication system, the one or more call records are transmitted from a remote telecommunication device. The system includes a telecommun... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295830 | Method and apparatus for charging of communications services A charging method is provided for a communications service in a cellular communications system, especially for a prepaid communications service. A prepaid service processing node (PSPN) processes a communications service. A prepayment support node information (PI) i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295837 | Telecommunication module having a system-data processor for performing at least one telecommunication activity A telecommunication module is provided which includes a system-data processor for carrying out at least one telecommunication activity, a control data processor for automatically executing at least one control command sequence stored in the telecommunication module,... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295841 | System and method for providing exhibition information service through wireless communication The present invention discloses a system and method for providing an exhibition information service through wireless communication. In the system for providing the exhibition information corresponding to a request signal, when wireless connection devices receive a s... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295858 | Mobile station capable of outputting ring tones coming from a base station without storing them locally on the mobile station A device for ring tone output. The device comprises a phone speaker, a ringing speaker, a receiver, a switching device and a micro-controller. The receiver acquires audio data via a traffic channel. The audio data comprises a ring tone. The switching device receives... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292864 | Method and system for tailoring output from a location-determination system A method and system for tailoring responses from a location-determination system. A location-determination system will receive a position request from a location-based service (such as a PSAP), seeking the location of a wireless communication device, and the locatio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292996 | Method and apparatus for performing a credit based transaction between a user of a wireless communications device and a provider of a product or service A wireless telecommunications carrier operates a commerce platform in a trusted domain, which may store sensitive information associated with a consumer. During a credit card based transaction, a merchant's POS terminal sends transaction information to an acquirer. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292848 | Method of activating an in-vehicle wireless communication device The invention provides a system and method for activating an in-vehicle wireless communication device. A mobile identification number associated with the wireless communication device is provided. A broadcast signal containing the mobile identification number and a ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292538 | System and method for distributing information in a network environment A method for distributing information in a network environment is provided that includes receiving one or more packets from a communication flow initiated by an end user and selectively communicating information associated with the communication flow to a network el... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292841 | Call routing apparatus The present invention relates generally to telecommunications, and in particular to systems and methods for routing and placing telephone calls. In one embodiment, a call manager system is configured to place a call to a pay-per-call service, or to cause such a call... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292592 | Home network-assisted selection of intermediary network for a roaming mobile terminal Home network-assisted selection of an intermediary service network for a roaming mobile terminal is disclosed. The selection is based on a list of desired intermediary service networks generated using information associated with the mobile terminal's home service ne... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292590 | Method and apparatus for handing off control of service access over a cable IP network In a communication network that provides a path through a cable IP network between sending and receiving terminals residing on respective networks (e.g., an HFC, and/or PSTN network) controlled by different network managers or service providers, a controller hands o... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292840 | Method for ascertaining a billing tariff for a data transfer A method for ascertaining a billing tariff for billing for a packet switched data transfer, where a mobile communication terminal which is involved in the data transfer and has access rights for a data mobile radio network is situated in a visitor mobile radio netwo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289790 | System for providing device authentication in a wireless network A system and method are provided for authenticating a new device in a wireless network using an authentication device. First, the new device estimates the distance between the new device and the authenticating device as a first distance measurement, and sends the fi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289785 | Method and systems for providing information to a home system regarding a wireless unit roaming in a visited system Methods and systems to provide a home system with information about a wireless unit roaming in a visited system based on information the wireless unit provides to the visited system. A mobile switching center (MSC-V) of the visited system receives the information fr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289763 | Cellular telephone system that uses position of a mobile unit to make call management decisions A cellular telephone system has call management decisions made based on the exact geographic location of the mobile unit. These call management decisions include billing and taxing decisions, cell site selection, frequency selection and even cellular system selectio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289613 | Technique for selecting a profile to use to service a call A telephone call may have more than one identifier, e.g., a billing telephone number and a caller's telephone number, within its signaling stream. Each identifier may have an associated call servicing profile. The invention determines which of several call profiles ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289623 | System and method for an online speaker patch-through A systems and methods described herein may be incorporated into a “service marketplace” system that matches users with potential information or service providers and establishes a real-time communications connection between the user and a selected information pr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290028 | Methods, systems and computer program products for providing transactional quality of service Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for providing transactional quality of service providing transaction service level information from an application requesting a data transmission transaction to a communication process executing on a data p... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289787 | System and method for calculation of telecommunication charges The present invention relates to a method and a communication system for the current calculation of fees for a user of the telecommunication system. The present system includes a fee calculation station which is adapted to calculation the fees in accordance with a c... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290204 | Remote slide show system using a browser A plurality of uniform resource locators are automatically notified from a local side computer to one or more remote side computers in a predetermined sequence and at predetermined intervals, and the browser of each of the remote side computers displays the correspo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286836 | Mobile services A plurality of clients for different users use on-line services via a mobile communications network in a system comprising: an application database for holding a group of different applications for providing associated services to a client, the applications being co... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286158 | Method and system for providing integrated remote monitoring services A method and system for providing integrated remote monitoring services includes receiving and storing radio frequency identification (RFID) data from an RFID system at a remote facility of a subscriber. Video data is received from a video system at the facility and... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286655 | Service accounting system and method The present invention is related to a service accounting system containing one or more classified service accounts, in particular for mobile/cellular services. More specifically, a service accounting system connected to a main accounting system, part of a main accou... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286813 | Validating a transaction with user voice authentication using wireless communications A system comprises a wireless interface coupled to a transaction manager. The wireless interface receives user information, including a user speech sample and a user account code, from a wireless communication device over a wireless communication link. The transacti... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286834 | System and method for location based policy management The disclosure is directed to a system including a set of short-range wireless access points and a policy server. The set of short-range wireless access points are configured to provide a short-range wireless network having a coverage area and are configured to comm... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286815 | System and method for deploying application program components having an application server A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283820 | Secure communication over a medium which includes a potentially insecure communication link In an information processing system, a mobile phone obtains a setting program which makes security settings for ensuring security of communication by performing authentication with a communication destination on an unsecured communication link, from a registration s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284047 | System and method for controlling network demand via congestion pricing A method and system for avoiding network congestion by measuring network load to adjust a rate at each source. The load (e.g., as a price value) is provided to network traffic sources, which adjust their flows based on a per-flow weight (willingness to pay). The loa... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283815 | Method for maximizing gain of received signal in a multimedia broadcast/multicast service system A method for soft-combining MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service) data in an asynchronous mobile communication system including a user equipment (UE) and a radio network controller (RNC), wherein the system provides an MBMS service. In the method, the RNC me... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283808 | System, method and mobile device for remote control of a voice mail system A unified messaging system, method and user interface is provided for a handheld mobile communication device. The method may include the following steps: (a) providing a unified event listing display comprising: a plurality of summary descriptors, each summary descr... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283803 | Location-aware application based quality of service (QOS) via a broadband access gateway A system and method supporting access to multimedia information based upon user-defined quality of service criteria is disclosed. A broadband access gateway may coordinate network behavior during the transition of an access device among communication pathways having... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280981 | Method and system for facilitating payment transactions using access devices A payment system for facilitating a payment transaction between a payer and a payee is disclosed. The payment system includes a payer access device, a payee access device, and a services hub. The services hub is configured to communicate with the payer device and th... | 10/09/2007 |
