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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175228 | Systems, methods and computer products for internet protocol television message waiting indication Systems, methods and computer products for Internet Protocol Television message waiting indication. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing messages to an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method including receiving a communication that a message to... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175227 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing message management services A method, system, and computer program product for creating a reminder to take action on a message is provided. The method includes presenting a message that includes communication detail components and content. The method also includes receiving a request to create... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165274 | System for digitally notifying customers of a utility A digital notification and response system for digitally notifying customers of an utility. The system includes a plurality of user contact devices, an application programming interface, and a dynamic information database. Real time digital user data comprising bank... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8126120 | Providing missed call and message information Information associated with messages and/or missed calls is provided to a subscriber. Calls received but not answered by the subscriber may be monitored. Each monitored call is classified as one of a missed call and a message. The monitored calls may be summarized b... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116439 | Call intrusion A computational system is provided that includes: (a) a boundary analyzer 164, 168, and 216 operable to identify a next boundary in a predetermined activity; and (b) an interrupt handler 160 op... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107597 | Messaging advise in presence-aware networks A presence aware communications system, comprising a messaging system configured to perform at least one of the following operations: (a) provide a subscriber's communication device with information regarding an incoming contact du... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102974 | Method and apparatus for event notification based on the identity of a calling party An event notification system notifies one or more designated persons of an event or emergency that has been reported by an endpoint to a receiver. When a call is received by the receiver, an event notification process identifies the endpoint. One or more designated ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094788 | System and method for the creation and automatic deployment of personalized, dynamic and interactive voice services with customized message depending on recipient A system and method for the creation and delivery of automated, personal information service gathers news, weather, financial and other data for transmission by telephone or other media. The recipient of a given voice broadcast may be detected and discriminated to a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090081 | Maintaining a call log One embodiment of such a method for maintaining a call log can be broadly summarized by the following: receiving an incoming call on a telephone device; obtaining call information about the incoming call via the telephone device; updating a call log with the call in... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8077837 | Systems and methods for providing context-based voicemail Voicemail systems and methods for managing voicemail systems are provided herein. The subject voicemail systems provide a plurality voicemail greeting, each of which are associated with a context tag. The context tag can be, for example, a location, a device paramet... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073113 | Marking voice messages as heard In response to receiving a voice message, a telephony service creates an e-mail message directed to the intended recipient of the voice message. The e-mail message includes the voice message as an attachment and an embedded image file. Once the e-mail message has be... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064574 | Messaging advise in presence-aware networks A presence aware communications system, comprising a messaging system configured to perform at least one of the following operations: (a) provide a subscriber's communication device with information regarding an incoming contact du... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059792 | Method and system for message routing A method and system for forwarding information, such as a message waiting indicator (MWI) message, to a telephone number corresponding to a foreign network (e.g., a wireless network) and a shared NPA/NXX—The invention evaluates individual telephone numbers of shar... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059791 | Visual alert provisioning system and method A visual alert method and system permits (1) a visual alert to be provided with a call to a called party on a call termination attempt; (2) a visual alert to be provided to a calling party on a call termination attempt; and (3) the respective parties to block undesi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050388 | Messaging advise in presence-aware networks A presence aware communications system, comprising a messaging system configured to perform at least one of the following operations: (a) provide a subscriber's communication device with information regarding an incoming contact during a messaging session bet... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8036345 | Voice mailbox with management support Systems and techniques for providing telecommunications services by receiving a notification forwarded from a wireless device, the notification indicating that a voicemail message intended for a recipient associated with the wireless device was received. The voicema... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019054 | Method and apparatus for dynamically generating color ringback tones A system and method for providing dynamically generated information to a caller during the ringing state of a telephone call. In one example, color ringback tones may be used in conjunction with text-to-speech technology and caller ID services to provide personalize... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014497 | Messaging advise in presence-aware networks A presence aware communications system, comprising a messaging system configured to perform at least one of the following operations: (a) provide a subscriber's communication device with information regarding an incoming contact du... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7995715 | Communications systems and methods for exchanging messages between users A communications system exchanges messages between users. A messaging store stores the messages. A messaging server accesses and manages messages of the message store. A plurality of servers interface between the messaging server and different networks of the users.... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995714 | Voicemail conversion Included are embodiments of methods for providing voicemail conversion. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a message waiting indicator signal in a first protocol, the message waiting indicator signal being received from a Public Switched Telephon... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983399 | Remote notification system and method and intelligent agent therefor The invention relates to remote access systems and methods using automatic speech recognition to access a computer system. The invention also relates to an intelligent agent resident on the computer system for facilitating remote access to, and receipt of, informati... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7957510 | Notifying network contacts of inquiries A method, computer-readable medium, and user interface for displaying an inquiry indication related to an inquiring user's inquiry are described. An inquiring user prepares and submits an inquiry in an inquiry application. Upon preparing and submitting an inquiry, a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945027 | Message-indication testing A computer-implemented method and system to remotely test message-waiting notifications over a communications network is provided. The method includes receiving broadband signaling from a voicemail platform; converting the broadband signaling to narrowband signaling... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7903795 | System and method for indicating status of an incoming transmission to a user A method and system are provided for managing incoming transmissions. A response to an incoming transmission is generated as a function of recipient availability and information relating to the incoming transmission, such as a medium of the transmission. An indicati... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7869577 | Remote access system and method and intelligent agent therefor The invention relates to remote access systems and methods using automatic speech recognition to access a computer system. The invention also relates to an intelligent agent resident on the computer system for facilitating remote access to, and receipt of, informati... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860223 | Method and system for communication confirmation warning A method to provide a confirmation warning to a target sender of an electronic communication is disclosed. The confirmation warning is provided prior to transmitting the electronic communication from the target sender to a target recipient, there being an establishe... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7813483 | System and method for providing presence information to voicemail users A method of providing telecommunication service includes receiving a call for a called party from a calling party. The method also includes determining a presence status of the called party and communicating a greeting for the calling party, wherein the greeting ide... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7778396 | Telephone status notification system A telephone line status notification system including at least one telephone line having a status, a communications network, at least one communications terminal which is connectable to the communications network and which is employable by a seeking user to communic... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764770 | System and method for efficient provision of a voicemail message indicator signal over a computer data network Exemplary embodiments provide notification information of a telephone voicemail message over a computer and/or hybrid communications network. A table of updated voicemail subscriber message information is generated that includes voicemail subscriber identifier infor... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7751533 | Dynamic message templates and messaging macros A device and method provide a user with a template for a message having fields that can be pre-filled with data to reduce the manual entry of data into the message. The method includes, but is not limited to, executing an application at a device, wherein context dat... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746987 | Voice message transmission and retrieval A method and system for storing, transmitting and retrieving an audio message is disclosed herein. The invention allows a recipient to access a voice message sent by a sender by clicking on an access key in a SMS text sent to the recipient's phone. The SMS text pref... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738636 | Message-indication testing A method and system to remotely test message-waiting notifications over a communications network is provided. The method includes receiving broadband signaling from a voicemail platform; converting the broadband signaling to narrowband signaling; and transmitting th... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7724878 | Technique for assisting a user with information services at an information/call center A service providing information assistance may maintain for a subscriber contacts folders comprising private directories of the subscriber, and a personal profile containing the subscriber's preferences. When a user calls the service to attempt to communicate with a... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7702082 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voice mail system A method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voicemail system are disclosed. The method includes receiving a facsimile at a voicemail system, storing the facsimile in a recipient voice mailbox, and interpreting elem... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7684548 | Notification and response system with attendance tracking features A notification and response system utilizes an administrator interface to transmit an attendance messages from an administrator to a contact devices for guardians, employees, and students associated with an institution. The system comprises a dynamic information dat... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680253 | Method and apparatus for remote notification of office mail delivery A mailbox system that notifies the mail recipient, via a communication network, of the presence of physical mail in his or her mailbox. A button is placed in each mail slot that causes an electronic notification message to be sent to the mail recipient, thus notifyi... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7643620 | System and method for notification of an event A system and method for notifying a notification recipient of an event status change and allowing the notification recipient to request action is disclosed. An event occurs. A message relating to the event applicable to an end-user is created. A communication link b... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7623633 | System and method for providing presence information to voicemail users A method of providing telecommunication service includes receiving a call for a called party from a calling party. The method also includes determining a presence status of the called party and communicating a greeting for the calling party, wherein the greeting ide... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7613280 | System and method for transmitting critical communications to a plurality of communication recipients A system and method are provided that deliver critical communications to a plurality of recipients, on demand, at any time and nearly anywhere. A server receives input from a client interface that defines the communication, recipient information, and broadcast infor... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7613281 | Monitoring a response time for a user request A processing system allows for the monitoring of user requests such that a response may be provided within a defined maximum processing time (MPT). The user request relating to issues or concerns with a product or application/usage of the product is received through... | 11/03/2009 |
