"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7263489 | Detection of characteristics of human-machine interactions for dialog customization and analysis A system which uses automatic speech recognition to provide dialogs with human speakers automatically detects one or more characteristics, which may be characteristics of a speaker, his speech, his environment, or the speech channel used to communicate with the spea... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6941304 | Method and apparatus for performing enterprise email management The enterprise email system processes incoming email using a set of configurable rules that examine each message for a specific attribute state condition and invoke a configurable action when the attribute satisfies the condition. A number of actions may be invoked ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6249807 | Method and apparatus for performing enterprise email management An enterprise email management system is disclosed. The enterprise mail system is designed to handle large volumes of email quickly and efficiently, responding through enterprise email system users or automated means. The enterprise email system processes... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5966436 | Redialing method A redialing method in a communication apparatus provides that the digits of a telephone number are consecutively input by a user, and the actual time intervals between the consecutive inputs are measured and stored in memory along with the digits of the t... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5530931 | Method and apparatus for providing a look ahead feature for enhanced call forwarding in a telecommunications system A method and apparatus for providing an enhanced Call Forwarding Don't Answer feature is disclosed. When an originating address calls a base address assigned the Call forwarding Don't Answer feature and the call is forwarded to a remote address, a Look Ah... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5521975 | Telephone terminal device with means for detecting abandonment of call A telephone terminal device, which is activated by a predetermined number of ringing signals even if a telephone call occurred immediately after a previous caller had abandoned a call before engagement of the telephone line. When the telephone terminal de... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5426695 | Ringing signal control circuit capable of suppressing surge voltage In a ringing signal control circuit for controlling supply of a ringing signal from a ringing signal generator to a subscriber's line in response to a call signal destined thereto, a switching element is repeatedly switched to connect the ringing signal g... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5027389 | Self-compensated dual tone multiple frequency generator A Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) Generator produces a row and column tone frequency for application to the input of two source follower buffer stages. The outputs of the buffers stages are combined in summation operational amplifier to generate the DTMF... | 06/25/1991 |