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"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350809 | Airbag device and occupant classification device A seating state of an occupant including a presence, absence, and posture of the occupant is accurately determined. The device includes a seat belt provided with marks whose image is to be taken, an imaging portion that takes an image of the marks provided on the se... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6981634 | Keystroke trapping system, keystroke trapping method and keystroke trapping program A false act of a clerk at a store is monitored at a host computer under utilization of a communication network by detecting a false key operation in reference to a count which can be flexibly set in an item sales register or the like. The sales processing unit reads... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6666373 | Electronic cash register An operator number acquiring code is set in the macro-key data with correspondence to a macro-key. If the macro-key is depressed and there is the operator number acquiring code, the operator (logged on) number is supplied to the following key decode proce... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6321987 | Bar code reading apparatus for reading plural code systems A demodulated data storage buffer is stored with bar width data sets obtained by scanning a coupon code with a scan optical system. A CPU first executes a demodulating process on these bar width data sets in accordance with a demodulation algorithm in a W... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6168076 | Electronic cash register and price calculation method Unit items ordered by a customer are accepted. An automatic selection is given of unit items, from among the accepted unit items, which compose at least one of predetermined set-menu item combinations having respective predetermined discount prices. A pri... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5804811 | Non-contacting RF-ID card for wide voltage range input A battery-free non-contacting information card of a relatively simple arrangement which prevents an IC chip or the like from being destroyed by an excess voltage. This non-contacting information card includes a resonance circuit (3) for receiving a carrie... | 09/08/1998 |
| 4311901 | Cash register mechanism A cash register mechanism has targets swingable up and down between a lowered concealed horizontal retracted position and a raised visible position close to and behind a window by means of pushrods actuated by key levers. The pushrods have latchable keepe... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4164319 | Toy cash register A toy cash register for displaying sales amount indicia including a plurality of corresponding indicia legs, which when manipulated cause a sales amount indicia display to be shown at the top of the register. The actuation mechanism for translating the ab... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4031357 | Safety check bill receptacle A receptacle is mounted on the front plate of a cash register to hold and receive paper money bills. A slidable arm extends through a slot in the vertical wall of the receptacle and cash register to contact a bill placed on the bottom shelf of the recepta... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4025756 | Toy cash register A toy cash register having vertically slidable plastic indicator targets and plunger-type actuating keys which are integral with the targets and with interconnecting parts including hinging portions. When raised, the targets are held up by resilient finge... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3957198 | Toy cash register A toy cash register having vertically slidable plastic indicator targets and plunger-type actuating keys which are integral with the targets and with interconnecting parts including hinging portions. When raised, the targets are held up by resilient finge... | 05/18/1976 |
