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...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 |
| 5634016 | Event management system A computer integrated event management system is disclosed that coordinates the entire process of event planning and implementation using specialized software combined with a microcomputer network which includes a network file server, CAD/DATA station and... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5594859 | Graphical user interface for video teleconferencing A video teleconferencing workstation includes a video teleconference session window displayed on the workstation display. The session window includes a video image area for displaying video information associated with the video teleconferencing session, a... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5577208 | "Multimedia" intercommunication between workstations having auxiliary unit directly connected to output of workstation and input to display wherein local and remote image data are combined A multimedia intercommunications installation suitable for conveying animated images between a plurality of users each provided with a microcomputer type of workstation. Each user is provided with a new central unit which processes the pixels for the scre... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5563805 | Multimedia context-sensitive real-time-help mechanism for use in a data processing system A method and apparatus for providing assistance to a user in a distributed data processing system. The distributed data processing system includes a plurality of applications and has a multiple users enrolled therein, wherein a plurality of expert users a... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5561811 | Method and apparatus for per-user customization of applications shared by a plurality of users on a single display A multi-user multi-device system enables a plurality of users to control a single screen. Each user has one or more input devices, which can be used to control one or more stored applications. At any time, the system produces a consistent view of all appl... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5557726 | Method and apparatus for a remote groupware operating system A device is provided for communicating with a second device in a remote groupware operation. The device includes a sending driver for sending data to the second device, a program operating unit for operating a general purpose application program, an input... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5544300 | User interface for dynamically converting between a single top level window and multiple top level windows A central processing (CPU) is coupled both to a display that displays graphic and other data and to a pointer control device that permits a user to selectively position a pointer at a desired location on the display, and to signal the CPU of user selectio... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5539658 | Electronic presentation system using portable storage media A method of facilitating electronic presentations using portable storage media. An array of images to be displayed to an audience is converted into a database and stored on the presenter's computer hard drive. A copy of the image database is transferred t... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539886 | Call management in a collaborative working network A programmable workstation for collaborative working in a network comprises a conventional operating system and network control layer for controlling physical routing of data between nodes. A collaborative application subsystem which interfaces with appli... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5528745 | Method and system for the display of scheduling information for users within a single viewport A method and system in a data processing system for providing an intuitive display of scheduling information for multiple users within a single viewport. Each user is associated with scheduled events which may be displayed along a time line within a viewp... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524194 | Data communication apparatus A multi-media communication apparatus has functions of receiving/transmitting images, audio signals, code data and the like. A detection unit detects an error in an image signal received from a communication partner's terminal. A transmission unit transmi... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5490244 | System and method for transmitting a computer object The present invention is a system and method for transmitting objects of varying types from one processing unit to another using a transporter. The present invention enables the user to create and iconically display each transporter and object icon on a d... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488686 | Data processing system A data processing system which defines a plurality of logical workspaces for performing tasks in response to operations performed by a system user and provides communication between two or more of the workspaces. When a user in a first workspace selects a... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5280583 | System and method for performing interlocution at a plurality of terminals connected to communication network A plurality of work stations each imparted with a multi-window control function are interconnected through an integrated service digital network (ISDN), wherein control communication route is established among a plurality of stations between which interlo... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5257306 | Video teleconferencing system A video teleconferencing system includes a plurality of terminals, a server including a storage for storing input information, and a network coupling the terminals to the server, where the input information is supplied from each terminal to other terminal... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5206934 | Method and apparatus for interactive computer conferencing A method and apparatus for conferencing among a plurality of computers is described. A local user receives inputs containing user actions and data for interpretation as to what the user action is with respect to the data and produces user action outputs. ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5195086 | Multiple call control method in a multimedia conferencing system A method for use in a multimedia conferencing arrangement to control multiple concurrent calls where each call comprises one or more channels. A first call among a first set of user stations and a second call among a second set of user stations are merged... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5093901 | System for exchanging electronic calendars based on entries and classification among users of the system A method of exchanging entries on calendars being maintained by a first and a second calendar users. An event is automatically scheduled on a second calendar if a classification which is associated with the event is higher than any previous scheduled even... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4977520 | Method to facilitate a reply to electronic meeting invitation in an interactive multi-terminal system employing electronic calendars An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system which includes a plurality of interactive terminals which are interconnected to permit an end user at each terminal to interchange information with each other and to maintain an electron... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4953159 | Audiographics conferencing arrangement An audiographics conferencing arrangement for use in a business communication system allows the conferees to exchange displayed text and/or graphics stored locally in their respective data terminals. The conferees may change the displayed text and/or grap... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4876657 | Presentation display apparatus for displaying two different images on separate displays for a listener and a speaker A presentation display apparatus including a data storage section for storing a plurality of explanative image data each having (R), (G) and (B) color image components, a data processing section for adding, to the explanative image data from the data stor... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4531184 | Conversational video system having contact selection control A video conversational data communication network (30) in which subscribers (34, 36) may conduct conversational video textual data communications with one or more keystations (70, 602, 98) in the network (30). Each keystation (70, 602, 98) is associated w... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4525779 | Conversational video system A video conversational data communication network (30) in which subscribers (34, 36) may conduct conversational video textual data communications with one or more keystations (70, 602,98) in the network (30). Each keystation (70, 602, 98) is associated wi... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4430639 | Visual message intercommunication unit and system Each of a plurality of message terminal units (10, 12, 14, 16) has a keyboard (20) for entry of data, a visual display (22) for display of entered and received data, and a logic system (FIG. 4) for processing received and transmitted messages. Each unit s... | 02/07/1984 |
