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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6948131 | Communication system and method including rich media tools The rich media communication system of the present invention provides a user with a three-dimensional communication space or theater having rich media functions. The user may be represented in the theater as a segmented video image or as an avatar. The user is also ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938213 | Tracking user availability for participation in messaging sessions A method, system and program for tracking user availability are provided. Time estimates of a user availability are compiled for a separate user from among multiple users for participation in a messaging session. Then, the compiled time estimates of user availabilit... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6907447 | Method and apparatus for providing an instant message notification An instant messaging client application is provided that receives requests to initiate instant messaging conversations and, in response to the requests, displays a notification window. The notification window includes information that may allow a user to decide whet... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907571 | Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications to or between chatterbots or other software agents A user's chatterbot participates in a chat session with other users and the other users' chatterbots. The originator of an incoming instant message is identified to such a degree that a buddy on a buddy list is able to determine that the instant message was sent by ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6692359 | Method of interfacing on a computer network by visual representations of users, method of interacting and computer network A Methods of interfacing and interacting on a network having a central computer system and a plurality of telephone line-connected remote computer systems is provided, each remote computer system including a video display. The network methods include the ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6678673 | System and method for providing appropriate hyperlink based on identified keywords from text messages sent between users In a computer communications system wherein a number of user stations are connected via a data network to a remote server hosting a chat-space where text messages may be exchanged, a parsing subsystem is provided in at least some of the user stations. The... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6657641 | Scenario display method and apparatus A scenario display method, apparatus and computer program for displaying in a current scene, included as one of a plurality of sequential scenes of a scenario, information indicating relations between the current scene and scenes occurring before and afte... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6630944 | Display control method and device The disclosure is directed to methods and devices for displaying conversations on a network for ease of viewing in accordance with user preferences. Based on thread (message-group) forming instructions from users, as well as on member users' instructions,... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6628287 | Method and apparatus for consistent, responsive, and secure distributed simulation in a computer network environment A set of mechanisms provides consistency, responsiveness, and integrity, to allow high-realism in a distributed network simulation environment. Consistency is achieved by executing the same computation with the same inputs on multiple machines. Responsive... | 09/30/2003 |
| 5627978 | Graphical user interface for multimedia call set-up and call handling in a virtual conference on a desktop computer conferencing system A graphical user interface, i.e., multimedia communications application program, for setting up and handling a multimedia call is disclosed that employs realistic metaphors of real life face-to-meetings in setting up and handling a multimedia call to esta... | 05/06/1997 |
