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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 |
| 7269408 | Method and system of alerting callers to surcharges Method and system of alerting callers of surcharges associated with making phone calls. The method and system relating to calls made between affiliated and non-affiliated providers wherein the surcharges are fees incurred in service calls therebetween. The fees may ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269134 | Device for designing standby path, method for designing standby path, and program therefor A device for designing a standby path that can prevent retrieval of a standby path in a network including any standby path from being failed. A current path search unit searches for a shortest route from a start point to an end point in the network. A standby path s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7245607 | Apparatus and method for telephony feature access and gatekeeper policy interaction on combined ToL/PBX systems A ToL/PBX system is provided whereby a single policy may be enforced for both TFA (telephony feature access) and ToL (telephony over LAN) users by making the H.323 gatekeeper (103) aware of those TFA connectors so as to accurately allocate the remaining avail... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230927 | Non-blocking expandable call center architecture An improved call center architecture includes a switch which communicates with agents either over a broadband network or through a conventional legacy PBX. The hybrid configuration also includes N+1 fault tolerance and the ability to linearly expand the capacity of ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7206399 | Failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony A failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony is disclosed. An indication as to whether an alternative network telephony call processing system is available to process calls from an associated piece of telephone equipment is received automatically and t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7162474 | Recipient controlled contact directories A presence system 4 manages communications in a network 2 between initiating parties 8 and recipient parties 6. The system 4 has a database 10 storing entries each relating to recipient parties 6. Each entry is stored... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162021 | Call routing control using call routing scripts A technique for use in controlling routing of a call in a communications system is provided. In one embodiment of the technique, a call routing script is used. The script includes at least one call routing instruction that refers to a variable whose value is stored ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7065200 | Method of detecting circular routing in No. 7 signaling A method of detecting circular routing in a No. 7 signaling network is provided which detects circular routing that occurs when operating the signaling network, thereby preventing congestion of links by circular routing and finding out any reasons for the link conge... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051113 | Method and apparatus for computing a primary path while allowing for computing an alternate path by using a blocked list Methods and apparatus for creating a primary path such that the ability to create a corresponding alternate path, if one exists, is effectively ensured are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for creating a circuit path includes sel... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042998 | Call routing system and method with rule-modifying ability A method and system is provided wherein routing information is obtained from previously cached information or from a gatekeeper. An originating gateway in a network receives a request for a connection and determines whether pertinent routing information is cached. I... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7031450 | Call routing system and method A method and system is provided wherein routing information is obtained from previously cached information or from a gatekeeper. An originating gateway in a network receives a request for a connection and determines whether pertinent routing information is cached. I... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6980638 | Failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony A failsafe configuration for alternative network telephony is disclosed. An indication as to whether an alternative network telephony call processing system is available to process calls from an associated piece of telephone equipment is received automatically and t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975717 | Selective processing of calls using alternative network telephony A system and method are disclosed for selective processing of calls using alternative network telephony. Called party data is received indicating a destination to which a calling party using a local telephone equipment desires to place a call. It is determined trans... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6956858 | Network routing table and packet routing method A routing table circuit for a router has one or more input ports and output ports for message communication. In the routing table circuit, one or more routing table memories store a plurality of routing table arrays. The routing table arrays are arranged hierarchica... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6934381 | Contact routing system and method A contact routing system is disclosed comprising: a plurality of media connectors which receive incoming customer contacts from an equal plurality of media channels; and contact routing logic which routes the incoming contacts to particular customer service represen... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6816585 | Method for routing in loaded telecommunication networks A method for routing of incoming prioritized telecommunication traffic in a telecommunication network by applying an algorithm of finding optimal path to an augmented graph built for said telecommunication network. The telecommunication network is represented as a n... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6801614 | Digital loop carrier system There is provided a remote digital terminal (RDT) which connects digital lines extended from integrated digital terminals(IDTs) with subscriber lines extended from subscribers accommodated in the integrated digital terminals comprising: first means for cross-connect... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6766015 | Method and device for hunting for communication channel A method of hunting for a communication channel in a communication system where a plurality of communication lines each have a plurality of communication channels includes the steps of maintaining a record of current channel statuses of the communication channels wi... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6760424 | Method for establishing a protected communication segment between two network elements of a telecommunication network as well as a corresponding telecommunication network For establishing a protected communication segment between two network elements of a telecommunication network, a protected connection and a protecting connection must be set up. For this purpose, first cross connections carrying the communication traffic for the pr... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6748070 | Method for allocating network resources Network resources for a call between a calling party and a called party are allocated. The network resources for the call are reserved based on a reservation request. The network resources are reserved before any one network resource from the reserved network resour... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6718033 | Private network interchange unit application-oriented half-link An interchange unit for a private telecommunications network executing partly in real time and partly in mixed mode, which interchange unit includes a half-link which has an interface using a protocol used by the interchange unit for connecting real time application... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6614904 | Apparatus and method for effecting a communication arrangement between switch arrays An apparatus is disclosed for effecting a communication arrangement of a plurality of communication circuits between first connection loci of a first switch array and second connection loci of a second switch array. The apparatus comprises: (a) a first co... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6577728 | Method of providing continual network access for subscriber communication lines A method for providing automatic restoration of network access for user lines within a communication system. The user lines interface with groups of transmission lines that include dedicated transmission lines which are connected to the user lines, idle t... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6567516 | Method and device for controlling affiliation of remote line-collection device with switch A method of controlling affiliation of a remote line-collection device with a plurality of switches connected via a network includes the steps of providing each switch with a backup-storage area in advance in addition to a normal storage area, and transfe... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6522660 | Method and system for controlling reservation of data channels in automatic call distribution services A channel reservation control system which reserves data channels in an appropriate manner to ensure the subsequent call set-up operations in automatic call distribution services. A channel allocation unit determines how many data channels should be reser... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6434528 | Computer network telephony There is provided method and apparatus for connecting computer network ip telephones using a speech recognition engine and a ip address database on an INTERNET server, The method comprises opening a voice channel from an ip phones to a speech recognition ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6411703 | Geographically distributed telephony Method and system are provided for efficient telephone number portability within a geographically dispersed telephony and the like switching system, wherein ported telephone numbers, when dialled and found non-existent at their number-inherent destination... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6366662 | System and method for alternative routing of subscriber calls A method of switching subscriber calls is disclosed that includes receiving a subscriber call request on an access terminal, determining whether the access terminal is in communication with a telecommunications network and routing the subscriber call requ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6324277 | Completing telecommunications calls in a competitive local and toll environment In an environment of competitive local and interexchange carriers, offering number portability between local carriers serving a common region and between switches serving that region, each local carrier accesses a regional database to determine the identi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6246759 | Call overflow system and method for overflowing telephone calls between telephonic switches A call overflow system 10 and method for overflowing telephone calls from an originating telephonic switch 12A and a destination telephonic switch 12B is provided. An information element data packet 34 containing information relating to the telephone call... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6128378 | Method and apparatus for establishing interlata communication A system and method for processing electronic data and voice audio calls providing an interLATA (Local Access Transport Area) fast connect routing scheme that bypasses an interexchange carrier. An interLATA communication circuit is established between a f... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6055224 | Method and system for handling telecommunications data traffic A method and device for (a) generating a constant rate data stream from data, (b) providing, via a termination unit, the constant rate data stream to a router, and (c) assigning an address to the termination unit. The method and device permit the data to ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6031906 | Digital loop carrier system with automatic reprovisioning of dedicated lines A digital loop carrier system in a communications network that provides automatic restoration of network access for user lines in the event of a failure. The system includes a plurality of user lines and groups of transmission lines interfaced with the us... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6032194 | Method and apparatus for rapidly reconfiguring computer networks A method that rapidly reconfigures a computer network having a plurality of devices executing the spanning tree algorithm. First, one or more devices are configured and arranged so that one port, providing connectivity to the root, is in the forwarding st... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6028925 | Telephonic switching system, telephonic switch and method for servicing telephone calls using virtual memory spaces A telephonic switching system 100 including a telephonic switch 102 services telephone calls received from telephonic units 104 through a telephonic network 106. The telephone calls are received at input ports 107 and placed in virtual memory spaces 118 b... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5999614 | Telecommunications system architecture The call processing capacity of the of a telecommunications network by forming the communication switches forming the network into respective groups of communication switches. The communication switches forming a respective group of switches are fully int... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995618 | Method for redirecting traffic on a communications network for conservation of network resources A method of operating a switched communications network redirects certain types of messages away from the switch to free up switch resources for other messages, thereby decreasing the size of switch needed or delaying necessary switch size upgrading. Mess... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5974132 | Network architecture for routing of adjunct based services The present invention is a novel architecture design for adjunct based architectures. The architecture is built on two key principles; routing traffic based on geographic origin and routing based on customer group. In order to implement the geographic rou... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5923643 | Redundancy, expanded switching capacity and fault isolation arrangements for expandable telecommunications system Redundancy, expanded switching capacity and fault isolation arrangements for use with an expandable telecommunications system. An inter-nodal network connects a plurality of programmable switching nodes or other nodes. One or more additional inter-nodal n... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5923746 | Call recording system and method for use with a telephonic switch A call recording system and method records telephone calls routed by a telephonic switch 104 to agents located at computer terminals 108. A call information circuit 110 associated with the telephonic switch 104 detects information, such as DNIS via a DNIS... | 07/13/1999 |