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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| 8121897 | System and method of advertisement via mobile terminal The present invention provides a method for delivering an advertisement to a user comprising providing an advertisement by the advertiser to the service system, followed by delivering the advertisement by the service system to a mobile phone of a user through mobile... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7373528 | Increased power for power over Ethernet applications According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for supplying power over Ethernet includes determining whether a first port of power sourcing equipment is supplying current to a power over Ethernet device in a predetermined current range. The method also incl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366297 | Method and system for converting alternating current to ethernet in-line power According to one embodiment, a method for converting alternating current voltage signals to Ethernet in-line power includes converting an alternating current voltage signal to an approximate direct current voltage signal, adding at least one odd harmonic of the appr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7310823 | Digital information recording apparatus and outputting apparatus A digital information recording apparatus includes multiple recording circuits for making multiple copies. The apparatus limits the number of copies, however, in accordance with copy information provided within the digital information itself. When the number of copi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7257218 | Presence enabled queue management The present invention allows a queue management system (QMS) to use presence information from a presence system to efficiently match requestors of information with qualified resources capable of providing the necessary response. The resources for information may be ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251477 | Method for storing and reproducing a voice message in a mobile telephone A method for managing voice messages in a mobile telephone, including a voice message store mode and a voice message reproduce mode. In the voice message store mode, the remaining memory capacity is calculated first, and, if there is sufficient memory, the voice mes... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243845 | Systems and methods for event driven baggage management Systems and methods for event driven baggage management are disclosed. Readers are used to detect and monitor the location of tags attached to baggage as the baggage moves from the point at which a traveler drops of the baggage at the origin of a trip to the point a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227937 | Monitoring natural interaction for presence detection The present invention provides a presence system capable of monitoring state information derived from a plurality of sources over any number of disparate networks. The sources of state information are devices, which are frequently used by a user throughout a normal ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7206403 | Telephone terminal equipment interface circuit The object of the present invention is to remove the dead region of a diode bridge and maintain stable operations in a telephone terminal equipment interface circuit. In order to realize this object, a telephone terminal equipment interface circuit, according to the... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203286 | Method and apparatus for combining ambient sound effects to voice messages A voice-mail platform in which a voice message can be combined with a sound sample such that the combined message contains background noise to enhance the persuasiveness of the message. The voice message and the sound sample may be stored either together or separate... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7139797 | Presence information based on media activity The present invention provides presence information to a subscriber indicative of the availability of a user who is already actively participating in a communication session. A presence system receives and processes participation information, which bears on the degr... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7068762 | Method and system for providing visual notification in a unified messaging system A method and system for interfacing a legacy e-mail, voice mail and facsimile system into a unified messaging system. The system includes visual message notification for notifying a user of incoming messages. Visual notification may include a flashing light emitting... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061142 | Inline power device detection According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing power to a device coupled to a communications switch through a data line is provided. The method includes determining that the device includes a diode. The method also includes providing power to t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062036 | Telephone call information delivery system A telephone call information delivery system includes answering circuitry to answer a telephone call incoming from a service provider and to attain information input by a caller. The system further includes an information signal provider to provide at least one sign... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7035923 | Presence information specifying communication preferences The present invention provides a presence system capable of monitoring state information, communication capabilities, or a combination thereof derived from a plurality of sources over any number of disparate networks. The state information bears on the presence or a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031462 | Electronic inductor with transmit signal telephone line driver In an electronic inductor circuit, an operational amplifier drives the base of the electronic inductor transistor, and receives negative feedback from the emitter of the transistor. The transistor and operational amplifier combine to form a voltage-controlled, curre... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026730 | Integrated connector unit According to one embodiment of the invention, an integrated jack unit is provided. The integrated jack unit includes a housing. The integrated jack unit also includes a jack positioned at least in part in the housing. The integrated jack unit also includes a power c... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6937699 | System and method for advertising using data network telephone connections A system and method for providing advertising and advertising services using a telephone system. A data network telephony system includes a commercial message server that communicates with a telephony connection server to communicate commercial messages to display d... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931124 | Soft mute circuit A soft mute circuit includes a programmable amplifier controlled by a register. Data is stored in the register from an adder that combines the current data in the register with a second number for increasing or decreasing the gain of the amplifier. A summation circu... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925620 | Calculating interconnect swizzling patterns for capacitive and inductive noise cancellation Disclosed herein are swizzling techniques that may provide capacitive and inductive noise cancellation on a set of signal lines. Positive noise due to a capacitive coupling between attacker signal lines and near victim signal lines is, in part, cancelled by negative... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6842772 | 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-... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6639973 | Mobile originator call control An originating party (10) places a call through an originating party called control (30), through a network (40), through a terminating party call control (50) to a terminating subscriber (22). For an inability to complete the connection from the originat... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6611681 | Method and apparatus for an improved call interrupt feature in a cordless telephone answering device A telecommunication device comprising a base unit and a cordless handset, wherein said telecommunication device is operable in a plurality of modes of operation. The base unit includes: (1) a ring signal detection module communicatively coupled to a telep... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6553101 | DOS-based card-type voice mail system A card-type voice mail system, connected to a key telephone system, includes: a key telephone system interface connected to a universal slot of the key telephone system for interfacing with the key telephone system; a codec for digitizing analog data rece... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6498835 | Method and system for providing visual notification in a unified messaging system A method and system for interfacing a legacy e-mail, voice mail and facsimile system into a unified messaging system. The system includes visual message notification for notifying a user of incoming messages. Visual notification may include a flashing lig... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496568 | Method and apparatus for providing automated notification to a customer of a real-time notification system An automated method and apparatus for notifying subscribers of a customer message manager notification system upon changes in some real-time data is disclosed. Subscribers are notified in an order based on some predetermined criteria, such as subscriber l... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6418198 | Apparatus and method for verification of the presence of a remote user A telephone answering apparatus for verification of the presence of a remote user includes a detector, and a controller operatively connected to the detector and to a timer, wherein the controller restarts the timer upon detection of a telephone signal fr... | 07/09/2002 |
| 5926523 | Apparatus and method of recognizing establishment of speech channels in communication appliances connected in parallel to a common telephone line An apparatus for recognizing an establishment of speech channel in communication appliances connected in parallel to a common telephone line includes a hook switching unit for establishing a speech channel between the telephone line and a selected one of ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5924016 | Control and monitoring apparatus and method for a telephone system A telephone switching and control system connected to a telephone network for providing telephone calling services to an authorized user. The telephone switching and control system monitoring a telephone call placed via the control system to provide a add... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5912948 | Automatic screening apparatus and method for use with telephone answering devices A method and apparatus for screening an incoming telephone call from a caller on an external telephone line connected to an answering device for recording the call includes inserting into the telephone line a circuit comprising a voltage sensitive device ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5793844 | Telephone having an answering machine A telephone having an answering function includes a receiving section for receiving a voice signal, a command signal, and a receiving signal from a telephone line, and providing the voice signal, the command signal, and the receiving signal as respective ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5784436 | Automatic telephone recorder system incorporating a personal computer having a sound handling feature An automatic telephone recorder includes a computer equipped with a sound signal handling feature and a digital recording medium such as a disk drive. The sound signal handling feature includes an audio input, an audio output and programmable means for se... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5646982 | System and method for message delivery A message delivery sequence coordinates the scheduling and delivery of messages. When a user desires to send a message, the user contacts the message delivery system. An automated voice response unit prompts the user for message delivery information, incl... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5606598 | Telephone answering device with direct telephone line interface A telephone answering device with a direct telephone line connection eliminates the need for a transformer, optoisolators and relays that are normally used in telephone answering devices to isolate the telephone answering device system from the central of... | 02/25/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5442685 | Automatic telephone answering apparatus including conversion recording mode An automatic telephone answering apparatus sends an out-going message recorded in a memory through a telephone line and records in-coming messages in another in-coming message memory. In addition, the apparatus records a conversation between an operator a... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5424587 | Integrated electrical/communication system hardware In a preferred embodiment, a power module for use in an electrical system of the type having a multiplexer which provides an output signal in response to an input signal, the output signal commanding that electrical power be furnished to a device, the pow... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5351289 | Caller ID telephone security device Apparatus for automatically controlling the application of the power ring signal of an incoming call generated by the telephone company to a telecommunication device by way of an electronic switching device connected in series with the telephone line. The... | 09/27/1994 |
