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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7319414 | Secure notification messaging systems and methods using authentication indicia Systems and methods are disclosed for notification or messaging systems that give confidence to the notification-receiving party that a notification concerning the travel status of a mobile thing is from a proper authorized source. One representative method, among o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7221753 | Method and system for providing network interactive voice response with intelligent call routing integration An approach for providing interactive voice response services is disclosed. A voice response platform receives a call and generates an automated menu in response. The menu, according to one embodiment, includes an option to transfer the call to an available agent an... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191058 | Notification systems and methods enabling user entry of notification trigger information based upon monitored mobile vehicle location A vehicle monitoring and notification system includes a mapping application and a data manager. The mapping application receives data identifying a particular location and automatically translates this data into a set of location values. The mapping application then... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7149290 | System and method for storing and transferring information tokens in a low network communication A system (10) and method (40) are provided permitting cookie files to be used with telephonic customer premises equipment (CPE) (12). The caller CPE (12) can be an intelligent telephone adapted to generate, store, transmit and receive coo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119716 | Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with a computer-based notification system and a personal communications device (e.g., telephone, pager, computer, PDA, etc.) associated with a party. One such representative response method,... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113110 | Stop list generation systems and methods based upon tracked PCD's and responses from notified PCD's Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data associated with a first personal communications device (PCD); initiating a notification comm... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089107 | System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7064681 | Response systems and methods for notification systems Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with an automated computer-based notification system. One representative response method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: initiating a notification communication to a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7030781 | Notification system and method that informs a party of vehicle delay An advance notification system and method notifies passengers of the impending arrival of a transportation vehicle, for example, a school bus, at a particular vehicle stop. The system generally includes an on-board vehicle control unit for each vehicle and a base st... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6930263 | Switch assembly for electronic appliances A switch assembly for a laptop computer includes a push member connected to the lid of the computer. An activation member is disposed to a base of the computer. A switch is located at a position where the activation member movably touches the switch when the lid is ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904359 | Notification systems and methods with user-definable notifications based upon occurance of events Methods and systems are disclosed for a vehicle status reporting system for allowing a user to define when a user will receive a vehicle status report about the status of a mobile vehicle, in relation to a location, for establishing a communication link between the ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6009166 | Nitinol hookswitch actuator A hookswitch actuator including an activating mechanism which maintains the hookswitch circuit of a telephone in an "on hook" state when the activating mechanism is in a first position, or in an "off hook" state when the activating mechanism is in the sec... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5949863 | Coin operated telephone auditor A low-power, integrated coin acceptor for a payphone containing audit circuitry is described. The integrated coin acceptor connects to the telephone tip, ring and ground lines and connects to a dumb or smart payphone chassis to provide both coin validatio... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5159628 | Hook-off detection device for a telephone handset A device for detecting the hooking off of a telephone handset from a telephone set body, comprises an elongated part (8) provided with hinges (11) rotating around a longitudinal axis (10); a key (6), constituted by a lateral extension of said part and pos... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5033083 | Telephone line switch apparatus A telephone line switch actuating mechanism includes two identical parts, each having a portion which makes up a plunger, while the remaining portion is pivotally mounted for enabling the two parts to be assembled in an opposing relationship to each other... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4907265 | Telephone set with a mechanism for preventing unwanted displacements An improved telephone set of the type including a telephone body and a handset adapted to be placed on the former wherein the telephone set includes features which prevents displacement of the handset from the telephone body. The telephone body has a pair... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4874912 | Hook switch A hook switch has a box-shaped body an an open end. Within the box-shaped body there is fixed at least one contact piece, and extending from the box-shaped body is an arm on which an actuator is rotatably mounted. A slider is received within the box-shape... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4790008 | Telephone line switch apparatus A telephone stand has a housing with a cradle in its top for a handset adapted when placed in the cradle to depress a pair of laterally spaced plungers passing through holes in the housing down into its interior. A line switch is disposed in the housing b... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4747135 | Pop up telephone A pop up telephone having a latch carried on a latch carrier with a slot. A cap having a post, the post capable of vertical travel within the slot. The post capable of engagement with the latch. A spring, contained below the cap and within the latch carri... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4710954 | Telephone set line switch A line switch for a telephone set comprises a lever rockably mounted in the tand for the set and having as a rear part a plunger fin received in a slot passing through the stand to a handset cradle on its top. The lever has at its front a head carrying on ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4700383 | Lock-releasing mechanism for telephone set with muting function A lock-releasing apparatus for use in a telepone set, having a lock-releasing button (61) for a locking mechanism which locks a handset (41) stationarily to a cradle (42). The lock releasing button also actuates a muting switch (71).... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4674120 | Hook switch actuator assembly An actuator assembly for operating a hook switch in a telephone set includes an actuating member with a cantilever leaf spring. The actuating member is pivotally mounted to the inner surface of the cover and is biased toward the inner surface of the cover... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4658421 | Telephone set stand A stand for a telephone set comprises an open-bottomed housing providing at its top a handset cradle to the rear of a housing upper wall slanting up towards the cradle and having a large aperture in it. A keypad has keys projecting outward within the aper... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4638126 | Cradle switch for a telephone apparatus A cradle switch, which is used with a telephone apparatus having a housing with an opening and a cradle adjacent the opening, characterized by a housing having contact assemblies, an actuating lever pivotally connected onto the housing and a switch member... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4572930 | Multiple switch using a rotary actuator The present invention discloses a multiple switch using a rotary actuator comprising a stationary terminal block in which a plurality of stationary terminals are arranged, a movable terminal block in which a plurality of movable terminals are arranged for... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4456799 | Switch construction for telephone instrument A switch assembly adapted especially for use in a pivotal hookswitch mechanism which includes a transverse camshaft acting as a contact operating shaft for a plurality of transversely spaced contact spring operating pairs, each pair having a contact sprin... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4436964 | Hookswitch mechanism for telephone instrument A pivotal hookswitch mechanism which includes a transverse camshaft supported between actuating arms of a cradle lever. The camshaft carries a plurality of transversely spaced contact spring operating cams, each cam positioned between respective contact s... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4375583 | Indirectly activatable telephone system There is provided an arrangement for the indirect impulsing of a number dialed on a telephone. The arrangement includes an impulsing mechanism which provides impulses at preset intervals to actuate a circuit completion switch. A shutter is movably mounted... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4365118 | Connection arrangement in a telephone instrument for connecting an additional speech device The connection arrangement according to the present invention is primarily intended to connect a loudspeaking device instead of the normal lowspeaking device (receiver in the handset) in a telephone instrument of the "DIAVOX" type. The arrangement include... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4268726 | Multiple cantilever spring contact switch A multiple cantilever spring contact switch has contact members stacked both vertically and side-by-side. The contact members are gripped at one end between surfaces which impose a predetermined inclination of the contact members relative to a base. A piv... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4188512 | Telephone hookswitch actuator and handset support assembly A telephone hookswitch actuator and handset support assembly arranged to allow a telephone instrument to be used as either a desk or wall unit. The actuator is constructed of two independently pivoting members, a first hookswitch actuator member controlli... | 02/12/1980 |
