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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 |
| 7212616 | System for adapting a conventional telephone line to a data and voice transmission local network The system includes a device (1) for detecting hung up/picked up line, which provides a signal showing whether the line is open or closed, a device (2) for closing or opening the line (7), which provides the data to be transmitted, a device (... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7127048 | Systems and methods for integrating analog voice service and derived POTS voice service in a digital subscriber line environment Systems and methods for integrating analog voice service and derived POTS voice service in a DSL environment are provided. One embodiment is a system comprising: a first communication path for carrying plain old telephone service (POTS) voice signals between a telep... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7103159 | Off-hook notifier A method for handling an off-hook event can include the step of detecting an off-hook event with a modem communicatively linked to a circuit loop in which the off-hook event occurs. The detection can be based upon audible information conveyed within the circuit loop... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7058175 | Digital switching system with shared analog line An auxiliary connection mechanism for allowing a Digital Switching System (DSS) to share an analog line with an analog device (via an auxiliary device port) is disclosed. The auxiliary connection mechanism includes a pair of relays for releasably connecting the auxi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7039169 | Detection and authentication of multiple integrated receiver decoders (IRDs) within a subscriber dwelling Apparatus and methods that allow detection and authentication of multiple devices within a subscriber dwelling. A system is described generally comprising multiple devices, each adapted to receive a broadband signal and including a modem coupled to a telephone line.... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6976069 | Multi-site network monitor for measuring performance over an internet An apparatus and method of measuring the performance of a computer network by determining transit times of packets between two selected sites connected by the computer network and the public switched telephone network and deriving from those transit times a measure ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6934382 | Method for recognizing an off-hook condition on a single subscriber line with two terminal devices The invention is directed to a method for recognizing, in a system having a first terminal device and a second terminal device connected to a two-wire subscriber line, an off-hook condition of the second terminal device (2; 3) at the two-wire subscriber line ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6825762 | Device for directing a premises alarm panel to a backup radio network upon detection of use of the PSTN by another premises device A device for redirecting alarm-messaging from an alarm control panel from its connection to the PSTN to a backup radio transceiver for transmission of the alarm signaling to a central alarm station via a radio network. The switch-over to the radio network occurs not... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6801608 | Telephone incoming signal discriminator A telephone incoming signal discriminator includes a first relay, an FSK detector, a DTMF detector, a pin detector, a tone amplifier and oscillation control, an FSK/DTMF decoder IC, a memory, a buzzer, a comparison/setting control IC, an auto answer machine, and a s... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6785724 | On-demand web server A system and method that allows one network device that is connected to the Internet to gain access to another network device via the Internet that is initially off-line and connected to an idle phone line, but is ultimately brought on-line, on-demand, in a seamless... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6771773 | Digital switching system with shared analog line An auxiliary connection mechanism for allowing a Digital Switching System (DSS) to share an analog line with an analog device (via an auxiliary device port) is disclosed. The auxiliary connection mechanism includes a pair of relays for releasably connecting the auxi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6760416 | Metering data transfer between end systems Metering of a data transfer operation between two end systems across a communications infrastructure is done by having at least one of the end systems send a metering message to a service system. Both end systems can be set to send respective metering messages to th... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6512929 | Telecommunication assembly A telecommunication assembly includes various terminals which share a transmission channel via a base station for granting or not granting a terminal access to the transmission channel on the basis of different priorities being assigned to the terminals. ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6487282 | Apparatus and method for an inbound telemetry device to sense telephone line status A telephone-based automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes a telemetry device through which a host computer can collect meter readings remotely. So that the telemetry device does not interfere with customer usage of other telephone devices on the tel... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6470083 | Telecommunications off-hook and intrusion detection method and apparatus A method and apparatus to detect off-hook and intrusion conditions on a telephone line. A voltage to frequency converter is used to convert the voltage measured between the TIP and RING terminals of a telephone line to a frequency. The voltage is continuo... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6456703 | Data access arrangement for detecting the hook status of an extension device A full-featured data access arrangement (DAA) for connecting a modem to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) includes a bridge current loop circuit, a line in use detection circuit, an off hook relay, a loop current sense circuit, and an extension/r... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6366647 | Alarm report call rerouter A device for rerouting the report call of an alarm system to another telephone number through the interruption of the alarm system's out-dialing process, includes two electronically controlled switching devices that allow the device to momentarily isolate... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6307923 | Apparatus and method for user tone notification during data suspension or degradation Apparatus and method for generating user warning signal during data transmission suspension or degradation, that allows an user to identify that parallel operation of plain old telephone system (POTS) and digital data communications equipment is either oc... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6263055 | System for suppressed ringing access of subscriber lines to identify usage anomalies of customer premise equipment connected thereto The usage detection system establishes a suppressed ringing connection to the subscriber line for either a predetermined extended time interval to enable at least two successive usage readings to be taken, or for a duration as determined by the telemetry ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6240167 | Telephone-linked commodity-billing method A method for billing consumers of on-demand commodities consumed at a site remote from the site at which they are produced. It is modeled after certain contemporary telephone-company billing practices, though it is not limited to use with telephone compan... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6134304 | General analysis system A general analysis system for performing an analysis used in the control of an industrial process. The general analysis system comprises a general analysis program for performing at least one analysis on a set of data and an analysis control data for cont... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6134321 | Modem loop current detect system to detect an off-hook condition in an extension telephone A telephone line monitoring circuit uses an optoisolator to convert the telephone line current to a voltage which is applied to the input of an AID converter. The A/D values are coarse values representing telephone line current. The A/D is sampled at a pr... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6031897 | Apparatus and method for user tone warning during data suspension or degradation Apparatus and method for generating user warning signal during data transmission suspension or degradation, that allows an user to identify that parallel operation of plain old telephone system (POTS) and digital data communications equipment is either oc... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6005923 | Full featured data access arrangement for use with modems A full-featured data access arrangement (DAA) for connecting a modem to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) includes a bridge current loop circuit, a line in use detection circuit, an off hook relay, a loop current sense circuit, and an extension/r... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5859906 | Telephone switch hook interface circuit A switch hook interface circuit couples a subscriber telephone to a subscriber telephone line. This interface circuit comprises a source of an off-hook signal, having one state indicating an off-hook condition, and a second state indicating an on-hook con... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5852658 | Remote meter reading system A system for remote automatic monitoring and recording of utility meter readings which comprises an electronic meter reader (EMR) for accumulating meter counts from a plurality of utility meters, a data concentrator which collects accumulated meter counts... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5825861 | Telecommunications networks In a telecommunications network of the kind which handles non-time-critical calls (NTCC) in addition to normal telephony, a congestion indication is transmitted to NTCC transmitting platforms if volume and/or rate limit for a particular communications rou... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5651057 | Method of communicating data from remote devices to a central computer via a telecommunications link A method for communicating data from one or more remote computerized coin telephone auditing devices to a central computer via a telephone line, which comprises the steps of receiving input data signals at a remote computerized auditing device, decoding t... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5583923 | Telephony network having no-ring telemetry call aborted in favor of incoming telephony calls A telecommunications network including a number of digital main switching units connected to local switching units which provide telephony service to consumer premises via local connections provide telemetry services for utilities by way of a telemetry pl... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5566167 | Subband echo canceler Failure to cancel echos at frequencies in which the frequency characteristics of sub-band filters in the X and Y analysis filter banks overlag in subband echo cancelers is overcome by employing an X-analysis filter bank in which the pass-band of the subba... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5488654 | Telemetry device including a dynamic off-hook detector capable of operationg in a pulse-dialing environment A telemetry device is provided including a dynamic off-hook detector which is capable of determining when a contending telephone device comes off-hook even when the telemetry device is engaged in pulse dialing. The technique is directly applicable to "cur... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5485509 | Telemetry device including a dynamic off-hook detector The telemetry device of the present invention overcomes the wide variation in operating parameters found in the telephone system by automatically tuning itself to the operating conditions sensed on the telephone line. More particularly, the invention dyna... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5428605 | Method and echo canceller for echo cancellation with a number of cascade-connected adaptive filters Echo-cancellation with the aid of a number of cascade-connected adaptive filters, wherein each filter forms an output signal for cancelling its respective part of an echo signal appearing on a line included in a four-wire loop. The filters will preferably... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5422939 | Parallel off-hook detection for both line-available and phone pick-up detection A secondary communications device, such as a modem, a facsimile machine, an automatic meter reader or an answering machine, shares a telephone line with a subscriber's telephone and must grant the telephone primary access to the line. The present inventio... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5381462 | Utility monitor communications systems A utility meter reading and communications system gathers data from utility meters and sends that data to a utility company's central data collection point (host computer) via phone lines. The system places a call on the user's telephone line at a specifi... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5134650 | Dial inbound meter interface unit (MIU) for automatic meter reading using no subscriber line access controller The present invention is a method by which a dial inbound MIU is able to provide for connection with a central station computer without the need for any specialized telephone equipment at the telephone company's central office. If the customer's phone has... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5038372 | Systems for transmitting data via telephone lines A system for transmitting data via a telephone line by means of a data communications device (4) connected to the telephone line, at least one other communications device being connected to the telephone line and each device being switchable between an in... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4995109 | Communication with a non-telephone terminal via a telephone switching network using two consecutive calls A telecommunications system allows data communications between a data center and a non-telephone terminal via a telephone switching network. A terminal adapter connected to a first telephone line of the network is also connected to the non-telephone termi... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4958371 | Method and apparatus for determining when a telephone handset is off-hook Apparatus in an automatic telecommunications system which communicates between a central location and at least one remote location over the switched telephone network, senses changes in loading of the telephone line which correspond to a telephone going o... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4839917 | Universal line status monitoring and response system A system is disclosed for monitoring telephone lines by bridging across each line between a telephone central office or private branch exchange (PBX) and a telephone set. The lines are scanned periodically for OFF-HOOK, DIALING or IN-RING condition to det... | 06/13/1989 |
