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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 |
| 8180024 | Method and system of call completion based on caller selected call treatment In the present invention, a caller is presented with the state of the call as detected by the network, along with a number of potential options, such as: request sequential or parallel call notification to one or more other stations; end the call but leave a voicema... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7991125 | Adaptive incoming call processing Methods of processing incoming telephone calls include receiving an incoming telephone call from a caller, identifying the caller associated with the incoming telephone call, and processing the incoming call in response to a call handling rule generated in response ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7430510 | System and method of using modular spoken-dialog components A system and method are disclosed for switching contexts within a spoken dialog between a user and a spoken dialog system. The spoken dialog system utilizes modular subdialogs that are invoked by at least one flow controller that is a finite state model and that ass... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7409218 | Cellular ad hoc phone extension system and method A method of establishing a cooperative ad hoc network of phone extensions is implemented by the cellular devices within the ad hoc network. First, a first cellular device receiving an incoming call or placing an outgoing call is designated as the master of the ad ho... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400711 | System and technique for dynamically interjecting live advertisements in the context of real-time isochronous (telephone-model) discourse A method, system and program storage device are provided for interjecting messages into a real-time isochronous discourse (such as a telephone call) between a plurality of callers wherein the method, system and device accesses the call between the callers, monitors ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7353256 | Application program interface for message routing and management system Transmission of messages composed on one or more input devices to a single or multiple recipients by means of one or plural communication modes is facilitated. Such communication modes may include conventional or wireless telephone, facsimile transmission, pager, e-... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342917 | Multimedia personalized call management (MPCM) The present invention provides methods and systems for managing a call based on multimedia data. According to one embodiment, the invention provides a method for managing a call. The method includes receiving first data related to a call sent by a calling party to a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340390 | Mobile communication terminal and method therefore A method for organizing data records in a memory in a mobile telecommunication terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of digits, which identify a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network, in a control unit in the mobile, telecomm... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324839 | Communications control method, communications control system, and wireless telephone device An antenna of a wireless interface is installed in a communications suppressing area, and a communications suppressing signal is transmitted. When a wireless telephone device receives this signal, its operation mode set to suppression mode so that when a call is rec... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310412 | Personalized recorded message via message delivery system Message delivery system primarily for answering machines which provides a realistic sounding recorded message containing an individualized personal greeting which can be delivered onto one or more answering machines. This automated method of delivering a recorded pe... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310416 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless comm... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310308 | Systems and methods for multiple mode voice and data communications using intelligently bridged TDM and packet buses Systems and methods by which voice/data communications may occur in multiple modes/protocols are disclosed. In particular, systems and methods are provided for multiple native mode/protocol voice and data transmissions and receptions with a computing system having a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305226 | Architecture and method for intercepting communications in a communications network An architecture and method for intercepting communications in a communications network is disclosed. The architecture includes a first access device that captures call identifying information of a call to the communications network and transmits the captured call id... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286658 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network or other caller identifying data is received in a paging signal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283521 | System and method for reporting communication related information in a packet mode communication A method for lawful interception of communication related information is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the method includes detecting the occurrence of an event in a packet data network. The method also includes collecting communication related information ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280641 | Communication terminal apparatus and transfer method therefor Messages from a remote telephone set are automatically recorded as automatically recorded data by an answering function. An e-mail transmission/reception unit stores e-mail received from an e-mail server in a received mail file. An automatically recorded message and... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280649 | Personal auto attendant apparatus and method A method for operating a telecommunications server including configuring a personal auto attendant associated with a particular telephone extension, the personal auto attendant including a series of menu selections, each menu selection associated with a user defined... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272563 | Personal computer and scanner for generating conversation utterances to a remote listener in response to a quiet selection A user conducts a telephone conversation without speaking. It does this by moving the participant in the public situation to a quiet mode of communication (e.g., keyboard, buttons, touchscreen). All the other participants are allowed to continue using their usual au... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268904 | Print order recording system that provides notification if a requested image is absent Reduced image data of images recorded in a memory card of a digital camera is transmitted from the digital camera to a portable phone. In the portable phone, while viewing the photographs one by one, a print order instruction operation is performed on the desired im... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257210 | Picture phone with caller id Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the pictures are sent to a message center along with the caller ID of the mes... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243123 | Video call routing with presence determination A request to establish video communication with a recipient associated with multiple communication devices is received. The recipient is identified using information contained within the request. A set of communication devices associated with the recipient is determ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236577 | Call screening system and method A call screening system and method. The method can include receiving an inbound telephone call destined for a called party. Associated caller identification data can be identified from the inbound telephone call. The associated caller identification data can be comp... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224962 | Remote operational screener This invention provides an audible remote screening function or device for use with an answering device or machine and may also combine this screening function with an ability for remote operational control of an answering device or machine. Preferred forms of the i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224794 | Transmitting message playback concurrent with speakerphone operation A digital telephone answering device having speakerphone capability allows a recorded message to be played back and heard by the far-end party as well as over the local speakerphone by the near-end party during speakerphone operation as if it were a normal receive s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218916 | Portable radio communication apparatus The present invention aims at providing a portable radio communication apparatus in which forming of a message is easy. The portable radio communication apparatus is provided with a novel pre-message memory formed of a ROM or the like stored in which are fixed messa... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212618 | Systems and methods for forwarding telephone calls A system (130) forwards a telephone call to a user. The system (130) receives a telephone call from a calling party and compares the name of the calling party to a list of names. If the calling party's name matches a name in the list, the system (13... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7181401 | Methods for generating voice prompts using grammatical rules in a system proving TDM voice communications and VOIP communications Systems and methods by which voice/data communications may occur in multiple modes/protocols are disclosed. In particular, systems and methods are provided for multiple native mode/protocol voice and data transmissions and receptions with a computing system having a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7162013 | Home network telephone answering system and method for same A system and method are provided for answering Home Network telephone calls. The method comprises: receiving telephone calls addressed to a Home Network endpoint; routing the received calls from a gateway to the endpoint; and, automatically recording the received ca... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159140 | Method to transfer information between data storage devices A method to transfer information between data storage devices. The method provides an information storage assembly comprising a frame, a memory device disposed on that frame, information written to that memory device, a power supply removeably attached to the frame,... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7142841 | Telephone personal information manager A personal information manager (PIM) has been provided for use in controlling telephone call message responses for a wireless communications network mobile station telephone. The PIM permits a telephone user to program a unique response for each calling party. Typic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142846 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A processor extracts a numeral string from a pager message which has been received via a pager antenna and a pager-signal receiving unit, and retrieves a telephone number including that numeral from a built-in telephone directory memory. The retrieved telephone numb... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136366 | Method and system for providing inter-frequency handoff in a telephone system In the preferred embodiment, the transmission length of the non-full rate frame is shortened frame in order for the mobile terminal 100 to monitor other frequencies with a single receiver. Modulated symbols of non-full rate frame are transmitted with reduced ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133500 | Method and apparatus for intercept of wireline communications Method and apparatus for conducting surveillance in a SS7 Intelligent Network (IN) or Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) provides in the case of AIN that an Info Analyzed trigger is armed in an end office switch and notifies a delivery function when a call is proces... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127045 | Automatic answering telephone set with individual answering and method thereof The present invention relates to an individual answering method for an automatic answering telephone set which can selectively ring the telephone when a call is received by distinguishing absent users from users who are at home. A plurality of individual answering m... | 10/24/2006 |
