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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE43430 | Apparatus and method for delivering information to an individual based on location and/or time A time/location information delivery system that provides focused advertising and/or other information to individuals based on the time and their location. A wireless identification device is carried by an individual and can be read from or written to when the indiv... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8175622 | Method and system for keeping all phone numbers active while roaming with diverse operator subscriber identity modules A system, method, and computer product are provided for facilitating mobile communication corresponding to Multiple MSISDNs associated with Multiple IMSIs of a subscriber. The system includes a Signaling Gateway (SG) coupled to a first network. The SG receives one o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160620 | Determining mobile phone number assignment The present invention detects whether an initial mobile number assignment is suboptimal, resulting in excessive roaming. If excessive roaming is encountered, the telematics service provider determines the effective home area of the telematics unit and assigns an app... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7881734 | System and method for application location register routing in a telecommunication network A system and method for application location register routing at a signal transfer point (26) are provided. The signal transfer point (26) includes processor clusters (64, 66, 68) and databases (236, 238) for processing queries including ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7869819 | Intelligent network services in a mobile network A method and a system in a mobile communication system including plural mobile communications ranges, each range providing basic mobile telephony services to mobile communications units operating within the mobile communications range, wherein per subscriber, ranges... | 01/11/2011 |
| RE41701 | Apparatus and method for delivering information to an individual based on location and/or time A time/location information delivery system that provides focused advertising and/or other information to individuals based on the time and their location. A wireless identification device is carried by an individual and can be read from or written to when the indiv... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7738886 | Wireless digital personal communications system having voice/data/image two-way calling and intercel hand-off A wireless digital personal communications system (or PCS) having a plurality of radio cell base stations, fixed terminals, and portable handset terminals, each having a predetermined radio cell coverage area. The wireless PCS has a full digital network interface. T... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7668559 | Smart call delivery with GIS integration A method of delivering a call to a called party's device. The method includes receiving a call directed to a wireline device and validating that a telephone number of the wireline device is associated with a telephone number of a wireless device. The method also inc... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657270 | System and method for providing a single telephone number for use with a plurality of telephone handsets Systems and methods providing integrated voice and data services utilizing wired cordless access with unlicensed/unregulated connectivity sources and wireless access with licensed/regulated connectivity sources. A single telephone directory number is assigned for us... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7610054 | Mobile communication system In a mobile communication system, a user managing section manages, as user managing information, a user ID of each user in association with a terminal ID of a currently activated one of mobile terminal equipments possessed by the user. Upon activating one of the mob... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7596382 | Mobile terminal for managing schedule and method therefor A mobile terminal for managing a schedule and a method therefor are discussed. According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a storage unit to store schedule notification information including at least one notification time information assigned to each of... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7565159 | Methods and arrangement for implementing an active call handover by employing a switching component An active call handover arrangement for managing a handover between a plurality of telecommunication devices associated with a public extension number is provided. The arrangement includes a mobility server configured to manage a telecommunication session between a ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7526296 | Telephone number allocation and management in a wireless access point A method for a WLAN access point to allocate telephone numbers for use by mobile stations. The access point includes stored data indicating one or more allowed telephone numbers. When a mobile station associated with the access point and acquires an IP address, the ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7444148 | Temporary wireless number communication system A communication system for providing temporary wireless telephone numbers to wireless call devices. The communication system comprising a first switching system and a service control point. The first switching system is configured to receive a registration request f... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440561 | Method and apparatus for selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441034 | Communication device implementing a retransmitting function, program and medium A communication device implementing a function of retransmitting to a destination includes an operation unit detecting an input operation, a communication module starting a transmission to a destination specified by the input operation, a storage unit storing one or... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437141 | Apparatus and method for easily restoring a connection to a telephone A method, system, and article of manufacture for restoring a telephone connection between a first communication device and at least one other communication device. In some embodiments, the method includes establishing a first telephone call between a first communica... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426397 | Interactive digital television messaging system A message delivery system is arranged to accept a message from a message source and deliver it to a message recipient in a telecommunications system including an Intelligent Network platform having a plurality of applications, each application being stored at a resp... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421466 | Dynamic mapping of wireless network devices Methods and apparatus for presenting dynamic mapping information in a wireless network are useful in locating or identifying a desired service-providing device within the wireless network relative to a service-requesting device. The mapping information may be physic... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409207 | Communication system and method The present invention provides a communication system and method via which users can obtain assistance from an operator on the use of their equipment such as, for example, a mobile phone. The user contacts the operator, who, using data relating to the equipment, ret... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406323 | Communication system and method, information processing terminal and method, and information processing apparatus and method The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA 11 is brought close, a reader 2 | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406036 | Radio communication apparatus, base station apparatus, communication terminal apparatus and transmission rate predicting method A radio communication apparatus, base station apparatus and communication terminal apparatus capable of predicting an accurate transmission rate before starting data communications to know download time and the like. In the apparatus, a packet CH demodulation sectio... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406309 | Cellular radio system A method for forwarding incoming cellular communications to an aircraft is provided. A request is received to divert incoming calls for a cellular telephone number to a communication system on board an aircraft. The request includes at least a temporary identificati... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403970 | Method and apparatus for assigning a virtual address to and text-messaging to multiple text-capable destination entities A virtual address is configured. A destination address and a capability information associated with each destination entity of a set of destination entities associated with a destination party are configured. Each destination entity from the set of destination entit... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400879 | Method for conducting mobile communications for a network A method for facilitating incoming and outgoing calls in a mobile communication system using a server or software located on a third-party server is provided. An electronic attendant allows users to perform various tasks using one or more speech terminals coupled to... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397908 | System and method for telephone operation in quiet mode A method and system for automatically changing the operation of signaling features in a telephone are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method is disclosed to provide automatic reduction in the sound volume associated with the signaling features of a telephon... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388844 | Method and system for initiating a virtual private network over a shared network on behalf of a wireless terminal A VPN server on a radio access network may initiate a virtual private network (VPN) over a shared network, e.g., Internet, on behalf of a wireless terminal. The VPN may span the shared network, but not span the radio access network. As a result, the radio access net... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385875 | Dismiss all event reminders A hand-held mobile electronic device that includes a controller, a display, a user input device, a storage, and a rigid case dimensioned to be held in a hand of a user, the case housing the controller, the display, the user input device and the storage. The controll... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385948 | Determining the state of a station in a local area network In a wireless local area network, transmissions exchanged between a station and an access point is received using a detector located adjacent to the station. The received transmissions are analyzed to determine the state of the station, where the state of the statio... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376411 | Method and system for routing calls as determined by a call cost database of a wireless transmit/receive unit A method and communication system for routing calls. The system includes at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least one wireless base station, a land-line communication unit, and a land-line base unit. A call placed by the land-line communication u... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372866 | Wireless communication method for avoiding mutual interference between wireless communication systems, and apparatus thereof The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for avoiding mutual interference between wireless communication systems. A measurement unit measures the strength of a signal received through a channel to be used in a transmission slot for a switching time of... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373135 | Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, and program A collision of data transmitted in an ad hoc network in which a communication system such as a wireless LAN system is managed without a master control station is minimized. A communication station in the network estimates a time at which a neighboring station will t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373185 | Foldable mobile communication terminal and calling method thereof A foldable mobile communication terminal and a calling method thereof, in which calling operation to a telephone number is started from the open state of its cabinet, and the calling operation is executed smoothly by reducing one of processes of the calling operatio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372955 | System and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset connected to a public wiring network A system and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset connected to a public wiring network are described. A request to establish a communication is received from a user interface. A connection path is determined for the communication based on an identi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369839 | Method and apparatus for determining individual or common mobile subscriber number in mobile network for handling multiple subscribers having the same calling line identity The present invention provides a mobile network for handling multiple subscribers having the same calling line identity. Each multiple subscriber has an individual mobile subscriber number and a common mobile subscriber number that can be used to replace the individ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366529 | Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363002 | Method using a set-top box communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359491 | Saving information from information retrieval systems A method and system for allowing a calling party to save information obtained from an information retrieval system. The caller may select options to save the information to a memory location, e.g., the caller's own network-based voice mail system or a temporary voic... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359720 | Mobility extended telephone application programming interface and method of use A system and method of for exchanging information between a wireless network and an external system is disclosed. The wireless network detects trigger events related to communications with wireless subscribers. Certain event triggers cause the wireless system to cre... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356355 | Wireless base station for reducing interference from a control signal emitted by another wireless base station A signal processing unit 50 in a wireless base station forms an omni-directional pattern to intermittently transmit a control signal, forms an antenna array pattern to receive a control signal from a mobile station, and further transmits a link channel allocation us... | 04/08/2008 |
