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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7941175 | Signal prioritization in a communications system A method, system, and apparatus enables lower priority (e.g., access response) messages to be transmitted instead of higher priority (e.g., paging) messages when the lower priority messages become too backlogged in an environment in which the two types of messages s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7606593 | Priority dispatch communications in publicly-accessible networks A system and method for priority dispatch communications are provided. Priority access to the communication network is provided. Additionally, barge-in for active dispatch communications in a publicly-accessible network are provided. When the user is in an active di... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7430427 | Radio resource management scheduler using object request broker methodology A method for scheduling RRM procedures in a wireless communication system begins by receiving at least one trigger, each trigger being associated with at least one RRM procedure. A radio link is placed into a busy state, whereby the radio link is accessible only by ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7406315 | Method and apparatus for resource management in a wireless data communication system A method and apparatus for delaying or hastening the “lifespan” of a session in response to detecting (or causing) a session renewal. A “session,” refers to a particular user terminal's right of access to one or more communication channels to exchange data w... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7366532 | Group call management through receive/transmit synchronization A method of communicating with a transceiver (120). In one arrangement, the method of communicating with the transceiver can be performed in a systemless group environment. Synchronization information (150) can be received from a mobile transceiver ( | 04/29/2008 |
| 7269444 | Portable terminal device and communication control method A portable terminal device includes a first radio communication part provided in the device for performing a wireless communication with a first network and a second radio communication part built in the device for performing a wireless communication with a second n... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7236749 | Stuck microphone deselection system and method Methods and apparatus are provided for handling a STUCK-ON microphone push-to-talk (PTT) switch. The apparatus comprises an input device receiving the PTT output, switches for selecting a radio, and a controller that receives this information and determines whether ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228108 | Connection system between computer body and wireless peripheral equipment, computer, and wireless peripheral equipment An RF tag 25 is incorporated in a mouse 20, and an RF tag reader 15 is mounted on the main body side of a computer 10. When using the mouse 20 to a specified computer 10, a user moves the mouse close to the reader 15 ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7206593 | Method for providing differing service levels in a wireless telecommunications network A mobile station in a wireless network can be assigned a priority level. The wireless network may support two or more different priority levels. A mobile station's priority level may be stored in a database containing other identifiers, such as the mobile station's ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7184458 | Reduced subset scan and dual frequency wakeup for bluetooth inquiry operation An inquiry message is transmitted successively on each of a first plurality of transmit frequencies (44–48) and thereafter successively on each of a second plurality of transmit frequencies (51), in order to ensure that a first wireless communication... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7139590 | Mobile apparatus capable of automatic detection and communication of voice and digital data A mobile apparatus with automatic detection and communication of voice and digital data. The mobile apparatus has a voice module for processing a voice signal and communication means for serial transmission and reception of a digital data signal. Also, the mobile ap... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133692 | Interface module in a vehicle An interface module in a vehicle that provides for the vehicle a connection to a communication network, for example the Internet, and executes the function of a watchdog for the components in the vehicle connected to it. For this purpose, a processor of the interfac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7110784 | Wireless communication system In response to the receipt of an inquiry sent out from a wireless headset 2 serving as a source wireless communication device, each of cellular phones 1a and 1b serving as prospective destinations determine whether it is currently ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7092721 | Reducing delay in setting up calls A method (600) and apparatus (700) for reducing delay associated with a call set-up for a call between an originating communication unit (120) and a target communication unit (121–124) in a radio access system (RAS) (101) is desc... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091701 | Power supply for an electrical load A power supply is for an electrical load in the form of a Notebook computer. The power supply includes first terminals which extend from the computer for releasably electrically connecting with a first energy storage device in the form of a battery during a first in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7035721 | Remotely controlling a servant aircraft A remote control signal, such as a signal from a GPS satellite or from an escort aircraft, is received at a servant aircraft. If the remote control signal is valid and is a landing remote control signal, the processor causes the landing of the servant aircraft. The ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6952592 | Method and apparatus for limiting a transmission in a dispatch system A controller 103 for a dispatch communications system 100 that is arranged and constructed for limiting a transmission in the dispatch communications system, methods thereof, and communications units 115, 117, 123 for use within the system have ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6937158 | Method and apparatus for wireless communication between electronic devices A first device operates at a first hopping frequency during a first period of time and operates at a second hopping frequency during a second period of time. A second device operates at the first hopping frequency and communicates with the first device during the fi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920114 | Method of call control for console sites monitoring critical talkgroups in a packet-based communication system A method of call control in a packet-based communication system having consoles, distributed among one or more console sites, that are adapted to monitor talkgroup calls. The console sites are served by console site links having a limited available bandwidth. Upon r... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6665534 | Priority incoming call alerting system for a wireless communication system The priority incoming call alerting system for a wireless communication system functions to automatically identify the subscriber's need for privacy in terms of the present location of a wireless subscriber or the subscriber's manually indicated preferenc... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6466786 | Call set-up in mobile communications system In a call set-up method a called mobile station is checked upon routing an incoming call to see if incoming calls are barred. In prior art call set-up an incoming call barring prevents the routing of all calls destined to the mobile station. The call set-... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6389287 | Method for prioritizing a communication in a wireless communication system A wireless communication system receives (402) a communication specifying a portable subscriber unit (122) for which the communication is intended, and further indicating an originator location at which an originator of the communication is positioned. Th... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6385446 | Call forwarding in a telecommunications network In telecommunications networks the problem with call forwarding restriction according to prior art is that access through call forwarding to numbers with ensuring an answer rather than possible further forwarding is not possible. The invention is based on... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6385458 | Priority handling of location services in a mobile communications network Provided is a method, computer program, and system that implements a location service in a mobile communications network to generate a location estimate for a terminal device associated with a user. The method takes a location request, and, with a precisi... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6373791 | Information reproducing apparatus, information reproducing method, and program storage medium Listening to a CD by using headphones for example is interrupted by voice signals. A control microcomputer 55 executes a procedure for establishing a connection for communication with a communication unit. When the connection has been established, the con... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6360103 | Cellular telephone system which increases efficiency of reserved channel usage A wireless communication system, such as a cellular communication system prioritizes calls to have a low, regular or high priority. The communication channels provided by a base station are divided into regular channels and reserved channels. All calls ar... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6327469 | Channel scanning method and apparatus The channel scanning method and apparatus uses a priority table (500) to determine the action that should be taken by a mobile station (MS) during an idle frame of a traffic channel (TCH) in order to decode the base station identification code (BSIC) of e... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6208865 | Cellular telephone system which increases efficiency of reserved channel usage A wireless communication system, such as a cellular communication system prioritizes calls to have a low, regular or high priority. The communication channels provided by a base station are divided into regular channels and reserved channels. All calls ar... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6198931 | Method for prioritizing a communication in a wireless communication system A wireless communication system receives (402) a communication specifying a portable subscriber unit (122) for which the communication is intended, and further indicating an originator location at which an originator of the communication is positioned. Th... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6173180 | System and method of providing preferential access to subscribers of localized service areas in a radio telecommunications network A system and method of providing preferential access to a cellular telecommunications network to a localized service area (LSA) subscriber who subscribes to a LSA and is operating a mobile station (MS) within the LSA. The cells which are included in the L... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6161021 | Remote notification control in wireless communication device A communications system allows the user of a wireless communications device to prioritize the incoming communications by the source of the incoming communications such that even when the user disables the notification function of the wireless communicatio... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154649 | Broadcast receiver with integrated telephone unit A radio receiver with an integrated telephone device (1) is proposed, which is used for switching of loudspeakers (20, 21, 22, 23) between radio reception and telephone reception. In the telephone mode the loudspeakers (20, . . . , 23), which can be conne... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148190 | System and method of handling emergency calls in a radio telecommunications network in the presence of cloned mobile stations A system and method in a radio telecommunications network for reconnecting a disconnected emergency call between a mobile station having an emergency (emergency MS) and a public safety answering point (PSAP). The method reduces the probability that a seco... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144854 | Satellite communication system and center station A satellite communication system capable of notifying an user in speaking that a connection request is transmitted and capable of being implemented at low cost. A satellite communication system in accordance with the SCPC method using a voice activation i... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6138031 | Call establishment in a mobile communication system A call establishment in a mobile communication system comprising mobile stations that contain database in which are marked first calls of a first priority level, and a network infrastructure which the mobile stations communicate with. The process includes... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131029 | Method and apparatus for allocating a radio resource by preemption in a cellular radio system for communication with mobiles A method of allocating radio resource by preemption in the event of an inter-cell transfer in a cellular radio system for communication with mobiles, the request being for transfer from a "server" cell under the control of a "server" entity of the system ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6125283 | Multi-mode mobile terminal and methods for operating the same A multi-mode mobile terminal having a subscriber identity is provided which uses knowledge of communications network supported service levels to navigate to a communication mode allowing the greatest possible service availability when the subscriber ident... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5960362 | Method and apparatus for access regulation and system protection of a dispatch system A method and apparatus to provide access to a dispatch system is disclosed. A communications manager (40) grants an exclusive system talker privilege to one remote unit (10) in the system at a time. After a remote unit (10) requests and is designated as t... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5918182 | Method and apparatus for mitigating data congestion in an integrated voice/data radio communications system A method and apparatus for mitigating data congestion in a radio communication system makes use of a data controller that provides a data buffer for storing data messages to be transmitted over a common communication resource. If the stored data messages ... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5915208 | Vehicular repeater system and method therefor In a communication environment (140) having multiple vehicular repeater systems (110, 120) operating according to a priority scheme designating primary responsibility for retransmitting signals, a vehicular repeater system (120) supports automatic transit... | 06/22/1999 |
