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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107401 | Method and apparatus for providing a virtual assistant to a communication participant Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing a virtual assistant to at least one party of a communication. The virtual assistant is injected into the communication, for example, by a VXML engine. The operation of the virtual assistant is controlled by one or mo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098598 | Emulating a removable mass storage device A communication system receives, via a wireless communication link, a packet of data from a mobile communication device that is connected to, and enumerated by, a computer system as a locally attached mass storage device. The communication system sends this packet o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094586 | Method and apparatus for configuring services in a mobile terminal of a mobile radio network A method and apparatus for configuring services in a mobile terminal of a mobile radio network. Configuration data for services in the mobile terminal is updated by means of a data-switching network element and a data-storage network element, data being transmitted ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8064367 | Multiple voicemail account support for a VoIP system In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at an IP private branch exchange (IP PBX), an event notification message from a user agent corresponding to a voicemail system. The event notification message includes a Request-URI field identifying a Uniform Resource... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059565 | System and method for identifying and calling a function of a service with respect to a subscriber and service management system employing the same Various systems and methods for identifying and calling functions to perform various tasks. One aspect provides a method of exposing a set of device-specific functions associated with a subscriber. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) identifying service desc... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059564 | Method and system for terminal codec setup of multimedia ring back tone service Disclosed is a method and a system for setup of a multimedia codec and a voice codec between a mobile phone system and a terminal, in providing a multimedia RBT service capable of operating a multimedia codec allowing high quality music playback during an RBT interv... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7995503 | Method for provisioning network service provider application in digital interactive broadcasting environment A method for provisioning a NSP application in a digital interactive broadcasting environment including: A) at a headend server transmitting the AIT table, having an application provisioning descriptor including a version information and a location information of an... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983198 | Method and apparatus for delivering IPP2T (IP-push-to-talk) wireless LAN mobile radio service A wireless subscriber terminal (ST) for use with IP push-to-talk (PP2T) service using a wireless local area network (WLAN) operating in a plurality of modes, including a mobile terminal having an ability to communicate over the air to a wireless Access Point (AP), t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7948923 | Method and apparatus for delivering IPP2T (IP-push-to-talk) wireless LAN mobile radio service A wireless subscriber terminal (ST) for use with IP push-to-talk (PP2T) service using a wireless local area network (WLAN) operating in a plurality of modes, including a mobile terminal having an ability to communicate over the air to a wireless Access Point (AP), t... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940701 | Network selection A network selection for easily selecting a network according to its status is disclosed. A wireless base station control device selects a network based on a wireless base station and a type of information to be transmitted on the network among networks provided betw... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933225 | Architecture and method for using IEEE 802.11-like wireless LAN system to emulate private land mobile radio system (PLMRS) radio service An architecture is described for providing IP push-to-talk (IPP2T) service using a wireless local area network (WLAN) serving a plurality of subscriber terminals (STs), having at least one broadband access network terminal (BANT), the BANT coupled to and interacting... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7911983 | Selective mute/unmute control over applications running on a PC A computer includes a sound card and a processor that runs one or more applications that cause the processor to generate audio signals coupled to the sound card. The processor is operable to execute code that provides a graphical user interface which allows a user t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903587 | Wireless emergency services protocols translator between ansi-41 and VoIP emergency services protocols A protocol converter or translator between ANSI-41 ORREQs and VoIP V2 messaging. The protocol converter may alternatively (or also) provide conversion between GSM MAP and VoIP V2 messaging. Interaction of VSPs with a Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) or a Gateway Mobi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898989 | Call-number based customer identification method for personalizable internet portals A method of customer identification for personalizable Internet portals is described. The method identifies customers on the basis of the phone number of the calling party, in which the phone number and service request is transmitted from the terminal via the access... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889684 | Method for managing a terminal device A method for managing a terminal device includes: setting management commands; sending the management commands to a terminal device; and obtaining executed results of the management commands from the terminal device. Another method for managing a terminal device, co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7855982 | Providing services to packet flows in a network A system and method for providing services to packet flows in a communication network. The services include enhanced charging, stateful firewalls, traffic performance optimization (TPO) and advanced services such as content differentiated charging, per-subscriber st... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7796542 | Method and apparatus for the prevention of unwanted calls in a callback system In one method and apparatus for blocking unwanted calls in a callback system, parameters associated with a callback request (e.g., the user device to which the call is to be directed, the IP address from which the request originated or an identifier of the source co... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7738407 | Method and apparatus for delivering IPP2T (IP-push-to-talk) wireless LAN mobile radio service A wireless subscriber terminal (ST) for use with IP push-to-talk (IPP2T) service using a wireless local area network (WLAN) operating in a plurality of modes, including a mobile terminal having an ability to communicate over the air to a wireless Access Point (AP), ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7688763 | Method for establishing a communication connection in a direct communication network In order to establish a communication connection between two subscribers in a direct communication network, signaling information containing subscriber address information is exchanged between subscribers participating in the communication connection. The communicat... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7643435 | Method and system for establishing a voice communication solution for business transactions and commerce applications A method and a system for establishing a self-owned and self-managed network-based voice communication solution (VCS) for supporting business transactions and commerce applications over the communications network(s) including the Internet and PSTN. The voice communi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7616591 | Video conferencing system A method configured to continuously receive frames from a plurality of video channels and transmit to each of a plurality of participants in a video conference individual frames containing information concerning each of the video channels. The method only transmits ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613136 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing communications re-connection services A method, system, and computer program product for implementing communications re-connection services is provided. The method includes determining whether a disconnection for a communications session occurring between at least two devices is voluntary. The method al... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7609659 | Systems and methods for facilitating communication over a plurality of communication mediums A processor-implemented method facilitates communication over a plurality of communication mediums by identifying interlocutors in a first communication and searching contact data to determine whether the interlocutors identified have an associated communication cap... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7548518 | Receiver The present invention relates to receivers such as multi-carrier and cellular receivers. Cellular receivers, in the form of portable radiotelephones are commonplace, and their design and operation is well understood. Such portable radiotelephones can be used ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7525930 | System and method for user identity portability in communication systems Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for user identity portability in communication systems. The present invention can provide user identity portability across communication networks that do not necessarily impose a phon... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7499414 | Method for administration of a multicast service A method is provided for the administration of a muticast service whereby mobile terminals of users who have subscribed to the multicast service receive multicast messages via a mobile communication network. The present invention seeks to use the available radio res... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7474633 | Method for forwarding and storing session packets according to preset and/or dynamic rules A system and method for recording and/or monitoring data by forwarding it, with or without analyzing or otherwise filtering the data itself. According to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the system and method are operative over IP networks. According ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7440421 | Detection of looping communication channels A method is disclosed that enables a data-processing system, such as a private branch exchange, to detect and disconnect looping communication channels, without some of the costs, disadvantages, and limitations of techniques in the prior art. The illustrative embodi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436816 | Method and system for transmission-based billing of applications Computer- and network-based methods and systems for transmission-based billing are provided. Example embodiments provide a Packet-Based Billing System (“PBBS”), which enables application providers, such as carriers and content providers, to bill subscribers for ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423982 | Adaptive communication modes Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a message from a remotely located network control system and implementing one of a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420920 | Automated service change recommendations for wireless network subscribers A method of automatically suggesting service changes for a wireless communications network subscriber is provided. The method includes compiling a record of services used by the subscriber during a time period, determining one or more subscriber usage metrics, compa... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412043 | Automatic callback method for a packet-oriented network In cases when a called participant is not registered on a packet oriented network, a call-back request made by a calling subscriber is transmitted automatically to a substitutional device which is disposed in a network and assigned to the called subscriber. Preferab... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392035 | Consolidated billing in a wireless network Consolidated billing in a wireless network is achieved by employing a processing node having storage capabilities for facilitating service creation and/or negotiation, and billing for those services in a wireless network, by associating user information and/or servi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386277 | Communication system and method for increasing communication efficiency A mobile communication system capable of increasing communication efficiency and a method therefor are provided, including a receiver for grouping n MCS levels (where n>0) into continuous m MCS levels (where n>m>0) according to the quality of a data channel for tran... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386604 | Signaling method for communication networks A signaling method for use in a communication network, in particular a unified network, for supporting a communication along a communication path (12) via a plurality of in-path network infrastructure elements (6, 8, 10) of the network. A service eleme... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372869 | Device and method for the packet based access of classical ISDN/PSTN subscribers to a switching system The invention relates to a device and to a method for the packet-based access of classical ISDN/PSTN subscribers to a switching system. The convergence of packet-based networks and TDM networks leads to a situation where classical analogous and ISDN subscribers and ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372371 | Notification lights, locations and rules for a computer system Notifications to computer users are provided via indicators such as lights. The indicators are controlled according to rules, to convey computer-related state information to users in a consistent manner. Locations of visible indicators are chosen to facilitate easy ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373384 | Short message (SMS) storage system It comprises a Short Message Service Center (2) (SMSC), STP nodes (4) (Signal Transfer Point), Home Location Register (3) (HLR) and Visitor Location Register (VLR); it is characterized in that it comprises additional SMS storage means (5)... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369559 | Adaptive call admission control for calls handled over a compressed clear channel A system that packetizes telephone calls using loss-less codecs for transmission over a communication link. The system includes a call admission control mechanism that admits calls for transmission over the communication link. An adaptive system which monitors bandw... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366116 | Network telephone system and methods therefor One embodiment of the present invention includes a telephony interface, a network interface and a local area network (LAN). The telephony interface provides connectivity between one or more netphones and an external telephone network such as a PSTN telephone system.... | 04/29/2008 |
