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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7920046 | RFID readers and systems initializing after antenna switch and methods RFID readers, reader systems, and methods are provided for processing RFID tags through interruptions for antenna change or other reasons. If the reason for the interruption is an antenna change, the reader restarts processing the tags initializing any operational p... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7415441 | Printing system, apparatus and method for automatically printing records of electronic transactions A method and system for automatically printing a hard copy of transaction information relating to a transaction conducted electronically between a user-side and a supplier side. A control apparatus performs an operation of identifying a selected aspect of informatio... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7061365 | Communication apparatus having wired communication function and wireless communication function, and control method therefor A communication apparatus automatically sets the most appropriate communication mode in accordance with the location at which the communication apparatus is used. For example, the communication mode is switched between operating as a master station and operating as ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6912485 | Signal handling and processing An event monitoring system has a plurality of detector units for detecting neutrons or other emissions from radioactive materials (i.e., events). At least one of the detector units has a detector for the events and an amplifier to amplify signals generated by the de... | 06/28/2005 |
| 5966084 | Automatic train serialization with car orientation A method of serialization including establishing a parameter along a length of the train between a node on one of the cars and one end of the train. The presence of the parameter at each node is determined and the parameter is removed. The sequence is rep... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5854994 | Vibration monitor and transmission system An apparatus is disclosed consisting of one or more machine monitors which attach to one or more machines to sense a physical characteristic of the machine, such as vibration or temperature, and produce wireless transmissions corresponding to the sensed c... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5247292 | Sensor signal transmission system A sensor signal transmission system for transmitting serially sensor signals produced in parallel by a plurality of sensors installed at a remote station to a central control station. The central control station includes a clock generating circuit, a sign... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4434504 | Channeling and decode circuit for airborne radio-telephone systems An airborne radio-telephone transceiver is provided having improved channeling and decode circuitry compatible with the selective signalling call-up system prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission. The decode circuitry includes a filter and det... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4180801 | System for supervising connection points The invention is characterized by the use of electronic scanners independently controlled by a control unit, said scanners cyclically scanning in an autonomous manner the matrices of the contacts which are assigned to them and the control unit cyclically ... | 12/25/1979 |
