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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184559 | Key telephone system using a SIP and method of receiving and answering an incoming call for a representative group in the key telephone system In a key telephone system including SIP telephones forming a representative group, a main unit transmits, upon reception of an incoming call for the representative group, a “NOTIFY” message to all of SIP telephones forming the representative group to perform a c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179821 | Identifying participants of an audio conference call An apparatus for identifying participants of a conference call in a telephony network, each participant using a respective channel to participate in the conference call, the apparatus including: a sampler, deployed in the telephony network, and configured to continu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175010 | System and method for providing simultaneous multiple push-to-talk over cellular multimedia service A system and method provide simultaneous multiple push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) multimedia service, and enable a PoC client performing an OMA PoC multimedia communication service to be simultaneously provided with a plurality of media streams, and also allo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175011 | Integrated home service network The present invention provides a centralized home controller that is used to coordinate a plurality of associated packet communication clients. The home controller provides a centralized and unified control and messaging system for the various packet communication c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8149739 | Background call validation A management system may test network paths prior to scheduled calls. Testing network paths may include one endpoint placing a test call to an endpoint on the other end of the path. Various characteristics of the network path may be tested. If the network path fails ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149741 | Apparatus and method for asymmetrical conferencing between local and external transceivers These multimedia conferencing apparatus and method manage asymmetrical public and/or private conferences. A conference takes place between an external transceiver and at least a local transceiver; local transceivers may take part to a plurality of conferences simult... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149740 | Method and apparatus for distributed conferences A method and apparatus for enabling an event such as a telecollaboration or conference event in a communication network. The apparatus is tree-structured, and comprises a main site and one or more descendent sites, each site comprising one or more servers. Each site... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139511 | Method and system for transmitting an address into an electronic form for a participant of a communication link A method and a system for transferring a PIM-address in an electronic formula of a PIM-application, based on a communication connection between end devices of subscribers in a communication system are provided. A communication system address, which identifies the se... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125932 | Method and apparatus for continuously receiving images from a plurality of video channels and for alternately continuously transmitting to each of a plurality of participants in a video conference individual images containing information concerning each of said video channels A method and apparatus is provided for video conferencing. The method and apparatus continuously receive frames from a plurality of video channels and alternately continuously transmit to each of a plurality of participants in a video conference individual frames co... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116237 | Clearing house for publish/subscribe of status data from distributed telecommunications systems A distributed contact center and method of managing data transfers between the distributed parts of the contact center is provided. Distributed parts of the contact center are joined together through a known communications initiation protocol, then one or both of st... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116236 | Audio conferencing utilizing packets with unencrypted power level information In one embodiment, a method that includes receiving a plurality of packet streams input from different endpoints, packets of each stream including encrypted and unencrypted portions, the unencrypted portion containing audio power level information. The audio power l... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111636 | Method and apparatus for providing spontaneous multi-way telephone conversation with inserted messaging The present invention provides a method for simultaneously broadcasting a message to a plurality of end-point devices. More specifically, the present invention receives a request to initiate a teleconference from a subscriber. The plurality of end-point devices is t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107402 | Method and system for secure automated conference setup A method and system are disclosed for secure automated conferencing between authorized conference participants. A conference server may schedule a conference between a plurality of authorized conference participants and assign each authorized conference participant ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107403 | Method and apparatus for unicast and multicast media processing A method and apparatus for unicast and multicast media processing is provided. The method may comprise receiving multicast packets communicating a plurality of media streams from a plurality of communication endpoints. Each communication endpoint may have an associa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098599 | Method and system for multiple party telephone call Provided is a method and system for multiple party telephone calls. The method includes receiving an incoming voice telephone call from a call network at a multi-party module, and allowing, by the multi-party module, for a plurality of terminal modules to participat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098600 | Computer, internet and telecommunications based network A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice server... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094587 | 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 are provided. According to embodiments of the invention, the system and method are operative over IP networks. According to an... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085692 | System and method for click-to-join audio conferencing Systems and methods for audio conferencing are described. At least one embodiment includes an audio-conferencing system comprising a web server configured to allow a host to select one or more individuals to receive invitations to participate in a conference call, t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077635 | Method and system for reserving facility resources for a conference A method for reserving conference resources includes communicating a conference notification to each of a plurality of conference invitees. The conference notification is associated with a multipoint conference. The method includes receiving, from each of a first nu... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077636 | Transcoders and mixers for voice-over-IP conferencing Transcoders and mixers having reduced algorithmic delay and processing complexity. An improved mixer for signals having encoded speech parameters wherein the parameters obtained through decoding are used by a parameter estimator to improve the encoding by providing ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077634 | System and method for providing group communication services A system and method for providing group communication services. Each of a plurality of communication devices coverts information signals into data packets suitable for transmission over a data network, such as the Internet. The data packets are transmitted through t... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8064368 | Systems and methods for collaborative communication Systems and methods for dynamically configuring and optimizing a multimedia conference session. An exemplary method of the invention may include providing a plurality of services to be used in the multimedia conference session, wherein each of the plurality of servi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8050197 | Connection controller, communication system, and connection control method A connection controller for controlling connection with a partner terminal with which communication is performed via a predetermined communication service includes setting information storage means for storing a record of setting information for the connection with ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045489 | Method and system for the automatic configuration of conference resources A method for the automatic configuration of conference resources includes receiving a user request identifying at least one conference resource to be used in a conference. The at least one conference resource is reserved for the conference. Operation of the conferen... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040825 | Multiparty calling method and corresponding mobile communication terminal A multiparty calling method, which includes initiating a multiparty call between at least a first, second and third terminal, and setting a flag in the first terminal to inform a processor of the first terminal to skip a process of closing an existing communication ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031641 | Method and system for serving multi-media data between hetero UPnP networks Provided is a method and system for streaming multimedia data between hetero UPnP networks configured of a private network. The method comprises establishing a communication channel with a relay peer; establishing a virtual communication channel with a specific exte... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027276 | Mixed mode conferencing A conferencing system integrates multiple conference types into a mixed mode conference. The mixed mode conference may integrate text messaging (such as instant messaging) conferences, voice conferences, and other types of conferences. The conferencing system may en... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8018877 | Mobile conferencing method and system A server-based architecture for mobile conferencing is presented. Session-based mobile conferencing is established by transmitting necessary server network address information through page-mode based messaging services to establish connections among the various mobi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8009592 | Method and apparatus for exchange of information in a communication system A technique for connecting a dialed B-party number to a data object is described. The connecting of a B-party number to a specific data object, hereafter referred to as phonepage, will allow an A-party direct access to information that a B-party wishes to display to... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009593 | Telecommunications system, method of managing a telecommunications system for optimized bandwidth usage during conference calls and program product therefor A telecommunications system, method of managing a telecommunications system and program product therefore. Telecommunications system branches are linked to a network and to each other in a wide area network (WAN). Each branch includes telecommunications devices and ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005023 | Client-side echo cancellation for multi-party audio conferencing A “Client-Side Echo Canceller” provides a unique system and method for reducing Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) computational overhead in a multi-point audio conference. In general, the local audio input signal of each client is transmitted in real-time to the MCU... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000268 | Frequency-hopped IFDMA communication system Frequency hopping in an IFDMA system takes place by utilizing a time-varying IFDMA modulation code. In particular, a modulator receives a symbol stream and a user specific IFDMA modulation code (bi(t)). The output of the modulator comprises a signal (x | 08/16/2011 |
| 7990899 | Method and apparatus for expanding conference sizes Techniques are disclosed for conference expansion in a conferencing system. For example, a method of providing for conference expansion in a conferencing system includes the following steps. At least one port is reserved in an original conference allocated in the co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986644 | Multi-fidelity conferencing bridge Embodiments according to the present invention allow multiple parties equipped with telecommunications devices (endpoint devices) of similar or differing audio capabilities to join in a conference call and enjoy the fidelity associated with their equipment. Rather t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983200 | Apparatus and method for packet-based media communications The performance of a voice conference using a packet-based conference bridge can be improved with a number of modifications. In one modification, the conference bridge receives speech indication signals from the individual packet-based terminals within the voice con... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983199 | Voice over internet protocol push-to-talk communication system A push-to-talk conference call is conducted over a packet switched network. Participants send a request and receive approval before being allowed to talk during the conference call. In one implementation, only one of the participants is enabled to transmit audio pac... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7969916 | Systems and methods for dynamic bridge linking Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to systems and methods for implementing telecommunications. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide methods for interconnecting real-time communication links. Such methods include ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969917 | Local area network of serial intelligent cells A serial intelligent cell (SIC) and a connection topology for local area networks using Electrically-conducting media. A local area network can be configured from a plurality of SIC's interconnected so that all communications between two adjacent SIC's is both point... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965660 | Conference where mixing is time controlled by a rendering device A telecommunications terminal hosts a conference mixer adapted to enable an at least audio conference between a first conference peer and at least two further conference peers. The conference mixer includes for each of the at least two further conference peers, a re... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965659 | Method and system for actually identifying a media source in a real-time-protocol stream A method and system for actually identifying a source of real-time media within an RTP stream. A sending node such as a client station or conference server inserts into an RTP header of at least one packet of the RTP stream an actual identification of the media sour... | 06/21/2011 |
