Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370085 | Method, system, and program for providing user location information with a personal information management program Provided is a method, system, program, and data structures for providing user location information with a personal information manager program. Position coordinates of a wireless device associated with a user are generated, along with time information indicating a t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362698 | Method, system and service for achieving synchronous communication responsive to dynamic status A method for routing a communication connection request includes the steps of obtaining context information from a communication connection requestor in response to a communication connection request. The steps further include using the context information to determ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349691 | System and apparatus for performing broadcast and localcast communications Described is a communication system including mobile communication devices. In the described system, the mobile devices many be wrist-worn watches such as are in common use today, except that the watches are specially configured to receive data in a “broadcast” ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7302395 | Speech notification A notification device comprises control software including a calendar-type application, which is capable of managing notification messages and where the messages are associated with at least an item of notification content and a time of notification. The method comp... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7218203 | Motion activated reminder system A motion activated, voice controlled reminder system, wherein a programmable device automatically reminds the intended receiver of a future event, without any extraordinary action on the part of the recipient, thus enabling the user to, via a telephone, leave a mess... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7120236 | Mnemonic discovery and notification method, product, and apparatus When any user request other than that of a phone number subscription request is received from a user, it may be determined whether a subscription request is offered to the user in response to the received request. When an offer is to be provided, a phone number subs... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7062281 | Multi-mode paging system A multi-mode paging system and method of selectively paging an individual through one of a plurality of paging mechanisms. An indication of a paging mechanism for each individual to be paged is stored in a memory device. When an input is received from a user to page... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7042337 | Communication and data entry device A personal communication and data entry device comprises a portable housing, an internal controller coupled to the housing, a paging device coupled to the controller, and at least one of a voice recording device, a cellular telephone transceiver, a radio transceiver... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7019616 | Wireless message system with monitor feedback and automatic backup control A messaging system for determining whether a wireless message has been transmitted includes a wireless transmitter, a messaging controller and a transmission monitor. The transmission monitor receives all wireless messages transmitted by the transmitter and provides... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002966 | Priority mechanism for link frame transmission and reception A method and system for scheduling multiple frames and packets that are queued for transmission over a link, and queued from a link for storing into main memory. It recognizes priorities, provides fairness, and guarantees forward progress of all users. This method a... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6909359 | Real-time medical alerting system A computerized reminder system collates medical prescription information such as provided by commercial retail pharmacies to customized schedules for administration of medication and therapy to patients. The system broadcasts reminder information via radio frequency... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6731944 | Apparatus and method for automatically controlling the forwarding of low priority page requests An apparatus and method are provided that can effectively improve a paging scheme of a traditional cellular system. Basically, the apparatus includes a controller (cell load monitor) which operates to determine when a paging distribution handler should forward a low... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6696921 | Transmitting and receiving devices and methods for transmitting data to and receiving data from a communications system In one aspect, the present invention provides a transmitting and receiving device and method for transmitting data to and receiving data from a communications system. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: receiving at the transmitting and r... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6665531 | Transmission system for relaying short messages A transmission system for relaying short messages comprising a sender of short messages and a receiver of short messages. The short message sender comprises sending means for sending a deleting short message including at least the address of the receiver ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6462646 | Transmitting and receiving devices and methods for transmitting data to and receiving data from a communication system A pager transceiver and method for selectively paging provides a page to a paging transceiver but does not automatically provide associated information. The paging transceiver receives the page and alerts the user that information is waiting and preferabl... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459360 | Networks, communication systems, transmitting and receiving devices and methods for transmitting, receiving, and erasing stored information A paging transceiver and method for selectively paging provides a page to a paging transceiver but does not automatically provide an associated message. The paging transceiver receives the page and alerts the user that information is waiting and provides ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6449488 | Quality of service based CDMA broadcast scheduler A computer implemented method and apparatus that schedules broadcast short message service (BSMS) messages in a manner that reduces the adverse impact on voice quality and system capacity, attributable to the transmission of the BSMS messages, in a wirele... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6393308 | Pager with auto powerup for message receipt A pager unit that can receive a message when it is turned off. A power supply of the pager unit is turned on by a control unit prior to the time scheduled to receive a message, and then turned of f after the message has been received. Accordingly, the pag... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6329944 | Tag communication protocol & system A method of communicating to a RF tag having a low power mode and a scan mode with a radar and an interrogator. The method comprises the steps of alternating the RF tag between the low power mode and the scan mode and then transmitting a wake-up call to t... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6144840 | Wireless telephone ring detection method for extended battery life A cordless telephone apparatus and method of use thereof with a telephone system providing a ring cadence as a series of alternating ring and silence periods over a telephone line. The cordless telephone comprises a handset that is configured and arranged... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6087956 | Paging transceivers and methods for selectively erasing information A paging transceiver and method for selectively paging provides a page to a paging transceiver but does not automatically provide an associated message. The paging transceiver receives the page and alerts the user that information is waiting and provides ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085070 | Radio communicating apparatus A radio communicating apparatus for communicating via a radio signal comprises: a connecting unit to connect a terminal and a communication channel; and a controller for controlling the connecting unit so as to disconnect the communication channel when a ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6085069 | Message transmission system, a method of operating the message transmission system, and a primary station therefor A message transmission system, such as a paging system, provides message compression through the use of corresponding memories or memory areas in a primary station and a secondary station storing identically the most frequently used n items of numeric onl... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081202 | Method and apparatus for scheduling a message for a first messaging system and informing a subscriber unit about the message through a second messaging system A first messaging system (112, 116) schedules (502) a first store-and-forward message (406, 408) for transmission to a subscriber unit (122) on a first channel (410) and enters (504) a second store-and-forward message (404) into a second messaging system ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5924042 | Mobile communication system In a mobile communication system having plural cells for presenting plural types of communication service to plural mobile stations, information of allowance of delay of call connection is attached to a call to the mobile station, and when delay of call c... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5886645 | Method and apparatus for providing duplicate messages in an acknowledge-back communication system A communication system (100) for providing information includes transceivers (110) for receiving the information and acknowledging reception of the information and a terminal (105) for transmitting the information to the transceivers (100). The terminal (... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5883581 | Time diversity radio system using transparent address vector and message repeats A method of decoding a repeat message made up of repeat message fragments at a selective call receiver (122) using a synchronous wireless protocol having time diversity includes the step of decoding (212) a repeat address N times corresponding to the repe... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5875387 | Method and apparatus for receiving a radio signal within a home control channel in a multichannel radio communication system In a system controller (102) a quantity of control channels is determined; a portion (344) of a code word (338) is set to identify the quantity of control channels; the code word (358) is transmitted in a predetermined portion (332) of each of a plurality... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5872505 | Medication alert pager and paging system A novel pager and paging system assist a patient with treatment reminders. A database containing information about the treatment regimen or appointment schedule of a patient is maintained by a paging system service provider. At appropriate times, the pagi... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5767785 | Method and apparatus for selecting a batch of pending messages for a next transmission A radio frequency manager (12) for choosing a selective call protocol among a plurality of selective call protocols comprises a memory (13) for storing historical data on messages previously sent, the historical data comprising for each protocol an airtim... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5745695 | Radio system with suspension of packet data service during non-data service connection A method of operation of a radio system with data capability, for example a GSM cellular radio system with GPRS capability includes suspending data service while remaining logged on to the system and signalling from a remote station (10) to a serving data... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5726640 | System and method for scheduling the transmission of pages having different protocols A paging controller (10) schedules the transmission of pages of different protocol types, dynamically, taking into account both the airtime efficiency of transmitting a page of a particular protocol type and the fairness of transmitting pages of that prot... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5663717 | Method and apparatus for prioritizing message transmissions and alerts in a radio communication system A communications system (100) for transmission of a plurality of messages over a communications channel includes a terminal (105) for selectively transmitting each of the plurality of message, and data communication receivers (110) for receiving first and... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5659298 | Method and apparatus for delivering messages in a communication system A satellite communication system for delivering simplex messages to subscribers comprises multiple Message Origination Controllers (MOCs), one or more Message Termination Controllers (MTCs), satellites, and geographically-diverse communication units. Mess... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5649302 | Method and apparatus for identifying an inbound message in a radio communication system A system controller (102) schedules an outbound selective call address (410) and an outbound message (430) at a position within a transmission cycle (330) of a synchronous outbound signaling protocol. The position and the outbound selective call address (... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5635914 | Method and apparatus for dynamic group calling in a selective call system A selective call system provides dynamic group calling by transmitting a paging message (FIG. 10) to each data communication receiver in a defined group. The paging message comprises a group call address (1040) and frame (1050) and phase (1060) informatio... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5623242 | Prescription reminder system and method A prescription reminder system and method provides patients with paging devices, and uses a database of information about the patients and their prescriptions to generate reminder signals, based on which paging signals are transmitted to the paging device... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5604492 | Apparatus and method for directory-linked canned pager messages A method and apparatus for displaying directory-linked canned messages on a display (20) of a portable device (10) having selective call receiving functions. A personal name directory (100) is stored in the device (10). The name directory (100) comprises ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5600703 | Method and apparatus for remotely retrieving messages intended for an acknowledge-back pager in a selective call communication system A method and apparatus remotely retrieves messages intended for an acknowledge-back pager (400, 700) in a communication system including a fixed portion (100) and the pager (400, 700). The communication system has provisions for interconnection with a use... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5550829 | Method for reallocation frame assignments of receives in a communication system A communication system (100) for reallocating frame assignments of a receiver (140). A message receiver (108) receives messages designating the receiver (140) and a transmitter (120) transmits a signal to the plurality of receivers (140). The signal has a... | 08/27/1996 |
