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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7809128 | Methods and systems for per-session traffic rate policing in a media gateway Methods and systems for per-session traffic rate policing in a media gateway include receiving voice over IP (VoIP) packets at a media gateway where it is determined whether each VoIP packet is associated with an existing VoIP session in the media gateway. A per-ses... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7369866 | Message processing for communication terminal Message processing for a communication terminal is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for preparing an outgoing message includes composing the message, programming control information for performing a word spacing function, and associating the outgoing message w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7352848 | Personal address updates using directory assistance data Methods and systems are provided for storing directory assistance information in a subscriber's electronic address book for future use. If a directory number associated with the desired called party is not in the subscriber's address book, a voice services node init... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352339 | Diffuse illumination systems and methods The systems and methods disclosed herein relate to sources of diffuse illumination for providing substantially uniform illumination to a surface. The diffuse illumination arises from varying the diffusion angle of light generated by an LED system. To vary the diffus... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336949 | International dialing for wireless networks Systems and techniques are disclosed relating to international communications over a network. The systems and techniques involve retrieving information from a network, identifying an international access code related to the retrieved information, and placing an inte... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330970 | Methods and systems for protecting information in paging operating systems The inventive methods and systems provide an approach to protecting unencrypted sensitive information from being paged out to secondary storage, such as a hard disk, during paging operations. In the described embodiment, a key is provided and is maintained in the ma... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7295193 | Written command A handheld electronic device which is adapted to carry out at least one operation. The device is controllable by a user using the device as a pen and writing a command for initiating said operation, such as “dial the following telephone number”. A method ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289796 | Mobile communications terminal device and method for identifying incoming call for use with the same To provide a mobile communications terminal device that can identify an originator in a unit of group or a discriminating ringing by depending on the kind of an incoming identification tone without regard to a display, and acquire information designating the origina... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286796 | Communication apparatus and system, and control method This invention solves various problems associated with apparatus registration and communications after registration in an n:n communication system based on, e.g., a Bluetooth protocol. Information of a newly registered wireless communication apparatus is sent to alr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280821 | Outgoing call handling system and method A cellular system for handling outgoing calls from a mobile station (1) including a network element (8) being capable of recognizing voiced commands and names, and has in memory a database of telephone numbers corresponding to an array of names. The mo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7262752 | Series led backlight control circuit A light emitting diode control circuit provides a plurality of series light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are fault tolerant, temperature compensated, and temperature derated. The series LEDs may be used to backlight an LCD in such applications as laptop computers, pe... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7248689 | Display device This invention provides a display device that can be updated via a communications network. In an improved version the advertising material used to update the device depends upon a called number dialled on a telephone which is associated with the device. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243132 | Apparatus and method for controlling a device in a home network based upon a batch command that is generated when a name of the batch command, a name of the device, a service of the device and details related to the service are sequentially selected Apparatus and method for controlling devices within a home network, and a home network system employing the same. The apparatus for controlling a plurality of devices connected in the home network includes a batch processing portion for generating a batch command fo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233650 | Managing caller identifiers at a communication device Managing caller identifiers includes communicating calls at a communication device, where each call is associated with a caller identifier. The caller identifiers for the calls are stored in response to the communication. A sort command is accessed, and the caller i... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231060 | Systems and methods of generating control signals Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; computing a short-time similarity measure between the left channel and the right channel; classifying portions of th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227536 | Hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs A hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs is disclosed. In order to operate within the limited space available on a hand-held electronic device, the present invention optimizes the placement and shape of the keys, preferably usi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225413 | Device for controlling a display screen A device for controlling a display screen has an actuating element which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis and moved in the direction of the longitudinal axis, enabling a point of a menu structure consisting of menu, partial menus, functions and/or function v... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224782 | Method for providing additional service by a communication company A communication company accumulates a communication time or the amount of communication for a call when the call is received, and provides additional service such as discount for a called party according to an accumulated communication time or the accumulated amount... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221740 | Auto block and auto discovery in a distributed communication system A voicemail system enabling various components of the voicemail system to be distributed geographically yet operate as a seamlessly integrated system is disclosed. A signal gateway interfaces with a telephone network. In addition, one or more media servers interface... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218728 | Telephone terminal device A power source is turned on by pressing a power source button in a key input part. Then, a telephone number is inputted from the ten keys in the key input part so that the telephone number is stored in a telephone number temporary memory part. After pressing a commu... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218921 | Method and system for inviting and creating accounts for prospective users of an instant messaging system A system and method for assigning a unique identifier to a prospective user of an instant messaging system. The IM system comprises a plurality of clients (111) having IM applications of the same or different types, selectively interconnected to an IM server ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218249 | Hand-held communication device having navigation key-based predictive text entry A hand-held communication device provides navigation key-based predictive text entry. The hand-held communication device includes a housing generally sized to be held in a human hand having a display disposed for displaying characters selectable for entry in a chara... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216221 | Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer A system and method for improved audio controls on a personal computer is provided. The system and method provide a unified architecture for audio controls across hardware and software interfaces of the personal computer. An intelligent facility may automatically ch... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212626 | Information terminal capable of originating a call, method of originating a call and recording medium which stores the program for originating a call An information terminal according to the present invention is provided where a telephone number is directly extracted from a window displayed, and call dialing is performed based upon the extracted telephone number. In the information terminal, a control OS executio... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203296 | Method, system, and article for placing a telephone call to a previously-called party Upon receiving a service code from a calling party, a list of parties previously called by the calling party is retrieved. An audio message is generated based on the list, and communicated to the calling party. A dialed input indicating a selected party from the lis... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200150 | System and method for bypassing data from egress facilities An open architecture platform bypasses data from the facilities of a telecommunications carrier, e.g. an incumbent local exchange carrier, by distinguishing between voice and data traffic, and handling voice and data traffic separately. An SS7 gateway receives and t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200417 | Method and apparatus for reformatting caller identification from different communication networks A communication device (200) operates on a plurality of communication networks (104, 110) and utilizes a method (400) for reformatting a caller identification received from one communication network (110) to match the caller identificatio... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194075 | System and process for automatic storage, enforcement and override of consumer do-not-call requests A method of implementing call compliance at a central facility, the method involving: receiving a call from a caller on an incoming connection; enabling the caller on the incoming connection to initiate an outgoing call on an outgoing connection; receiving over the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190768 | Method and apparatus for human-assisted adaptive outbound telephone call classification based on pattern recognition A system for classifying outbound telephone calls is provided. According to the invention, voice messages received as a result of placing outbound telephone calls can be classified. In particular, autovoice messages, including network intercept messages, can be dete... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181297 | System and method for delivering customized audio data A method for providing customized audio data products that includes the steps of (1) storing a machine readable hearing profile for a customer, (2) accepting via a data input device or data network for example, machine readable orders from the customer for a particu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164934 | Mobile telephone having voice recording, playback and automatic voice dial pad A mobile phone which incorporates an audio recorder to record a telephone number and a voice recognition system for converting the recorded telephone number into a dialing command. The mobile phone includes a transmitter/receiver unit for transmitting and receiving ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162274 | Folding communication terminal and display control method therefor The folding communication terminal of the present invention is composed of a display device which is visible to the user when the folding communication terminal is in a folded state, and which is capable of multicolor display. The user knows by glancing at the illum... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155002 | Call-to-make reminder system A system to remind a user of calls he should make, to prevent protracted negligence, comprises a telephone service server that generates a call-to-make reminder page based on the urgency of reminder identified by multiplying a non-contact period from the last call m... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142230 | System and method for screening incoming and outgoing video communications within an interactive television system Outgoing video communication requests are intercepted and screened by one or more unauthorized recipient lists, authorized recipient lists, caller-specific authorized/unauthorized recipient lists, and/or various combinations of these. The video communication request... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139370 | Using hyperlinks to establish call sessions A communication system includes various terminals that are capable of establishing call sessions over a data network. Each of the terminals includes a display in which hyperlinks can be presented. User selection of the hyperlinks is communicated to one or more appli... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127238 | Method and apparatus for using Caller ID information in a browser of a mobile communication device A mobile telephone comprises a telephony unit to process wireless telephony signals and a browser to enable the user to navigate hypermedia information via a wireless network. The telephony unit receives a signal indicating an incoming telephone call with Caller-ID ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126713 | Communication terminal apparatus and method A communication terminal apparatus which includes a non-volatile memory device that stores parameters of various kinds, and a control device that performs an operation based on at least the parameters. The non-volatile memory device includes a read-only non-volatile... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123946 | Portable information terminal device and telephone directory display method used by the device A display order deciding unit decides the display order upon displaying a telephone directory on the basis of setting if the telephone directory is displayed in the display order in response to a usage frequency or in the alphabetical order by a learning function se... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120424 | Method and apparatus for providing enhanced services at a mobile communication device A method and apparatus provide for enhancing personal information management (PIM) services available through a mobile communication device. A PIM service is designed with a full set of features. The mobile communication device is programmed to be able to execute a ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7110520 | Method and system for directory assistance services A mobile telephone, or personal communication services subscriber who wishes directory assistance services is connected in the conventional manner to an operator who identifies a destination telephone number desired by the subscriber. As known in the prior art, the ... | 09/19/2006 |
