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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680895 | Integrated conversations having both email and chat messages Email and chat messages may be displayed as part of the same conversation, in an integrated conversation view. The conversation view would include items corresponding to email messages that are part of the conversation and chat messages that are part of the conversa... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673007 | Web services push gateway A system and method for interfacing Web Services push applications and mobile terminals operable with one of a plurality of different mobile push technologies. A Web Services push gateway includes a Web Services endpoint to terminate Web Services protocols utilized ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668922 | Identifying and displaying relevant shared entities in an instant messaging system An apparatus, program product and/or method identify relevant shared entities and/or display shared entities in an instant messaging system. In particular, entities such as files, images, videos, e-mails, links, bookmarks, databases, transcripts of other instant mes... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664822 | Systems and methods for authentication of target protocol screen names A protocol management system is capable of detecting certain message protocols and applying policy rules to the detected message protocols that prevent intrusion, or abuse, of a network's resources. In one aspect, a protocol message gateway is configured to apply po... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660865 | Spam filtering with probabilistic secure hashes Disclosed are signature-based systems and methods that facilitate spam detection and prevention at least in part by calculating hash values for an incoming message and then determining a probability that the hash values indicate spam. In particular, the signatures g... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660863 | Confidence communication method between two units A method for communication between a first unit and a second unit via a telecommunications network, wherein the first unit comprises a first family of applications and a second family of applications having communication capacities on the network extending beyond co... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660864 | System and method for user notification Systems and methods applicable, for example, in having a node inform its user of one or more events while the user interface of the node is in an idle state. The user might, for instance, be able to select one or more of the events of which she is informed for corre... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657605 | Presence enhanced online processes In some embodiments, a managed presence online processing system may include one or more of the following features: (a) a memory comprising, (i) presence information submitted from a user, and (ii) a presence online processing program that initiates online processes... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7650385 | Assigning priorities Disclosed is a technique for assigning priorities. A request to manipulate data is received. A type of the request is determined. A priority is assigned to the request based on the type of the request. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647383 | Intelligent message deletion In accordance with certain aspects of the intelligent message deletion, a system includes a message queue and an intelligent deletion module. The intelligent message deletion module adds a newly received message to the message queue and deletes a previously received... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644129 | Persistence of common reliable messaging data Method and system for processing single WS-RM sequence by a plurality of clustered application server instances, sharing persisted RM sequence data related to WS-RM protocol. The common RM sequence data, associated with a plurality of RM requests is cached in a buff... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7634546 | System and method for communication within a community A communications tool that combines a software application and various communication systems that parallel natural styles of knowledge sharing and problem solving. It merges with normal patterns of relationship to create a seamless and transparent extension of commu... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631047 | Systems and methods for providing critical information based on profile data Systems and methods for providing critical information to a user of a content providing service based on profile data associated with the user are disclosed. Such systems and methods can include storing a user profile that identifies a plurality of communication pat... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7631049 | Content providing device and device for browsing provided content A teleconference system is large-scale. In the present invention, an IM server provides instant message service to a first client, a second client and a content providing device. The first client adds position information of a first cursor to an instant message and ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7631048 | Method and system for personal policy-controlled automated response to information transfer requests A user's computer system sends a policy controlled response to an information request from a requesting computing system. A user policy is set by the user, and the user policy defines parameters, i.e. rules and values, for use in controlling the response information... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7617287 | Cellular messaging alert method and system An efficient method and system for utilizing existing wireless communication devices and networks, such as cellular phones and carriers, as an underlying infrastructure in providing emergency information to a targeted percentage of the population in a specified geog... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7606866 | Messenger assistant for personal information management A real-time communications device, a real-time communications system of networked distributed such devices and method and program product for operating such devices. The device includes a personal information manager (PIM), an instant messenger and a Messenger Assis... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7603426 | Flexible context management for enumeration sessions using context exchange Mechanisms for providing requested data items in a request-driven enumeration session while retaining control over how much inter-message context information is retained by the data provider. Upon receiving a request for the data items, the data provider identifies ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7603427 | System and method for defining, refining, and personalizing communications policies in a notification platform A system and method is provided for personalizing and refining policies within a general notification platform. The system includes a profile definition and selection system that receives contextual information relating to a user state. The profile definition and se... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7590701 | Apparatus and method for generating alert messages in a message exchange network A method of operating a message exchange network is described. In one embodiment, the method includes coordinating a message generated by a message sender with a message recipient. The method also includes detecting an event asssociated with the message. The method ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587460 | Data processing apparatus for generating reduced images of transmission images or reduced data of transmission data in list form and control method thereof Read images are stored and images to be transmitted are selected. When the selected images are transmitted, list data listing a group of reduced images of the images is generated. The generated list data is printed, displayed, or otherwise output, allowing a user to... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7587461 | Method and system for activity based email sorting Messages of a user are ranked based on metrics derived from user actions with regard to the messages. Groupings of messages, such as conversations or a set of messages that are determined to be similar, may also be ranked. When new messages are received, their inter... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7587462 | Method and apparatus for distributing notification among cooperating devices and device channels Methods and devices for networked applications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a device instructs a proxy server to receive traffic inbound for the device, and to notify the device when such traffic arrives. The device can then sleep, except for a notification cha... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7577712 | Efficient event completion in UDAPL A technique in accordance with one embodiment of the invention uses an adaptive algorithm to obtain UDAPL event messages. According to one aspect, a process repetitively performs the following steps as long as the process expects to receive at least one event messag... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577711 | Chat room communication network implementation enabling senders to restrict the display of messages to the chat room chronological displays of only designated recipients A participant in an instant messaging chat room may send restricted messages to only a set of selected participants in the chat room. Enabling a user at a display station to select a set of only users to receive a restricted message, and send the restricted message ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577710 | System and method for prioritizing electronic mail and controlling spam The present system and method for prioritizing email and controlling spam provides capability to determine the priority of emails received by an addressee. Such emails are designed to alert an addressee of its priority by the number of times the characters of the em... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574479 | Techniques for attesting to content Techniques for attesting to content received from an author (sender) are provided. A sender's content is represented by a message digest. The message digest is signed by an identity service. The signed message digest represents an attestation as to the authenticity ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571214 | System and method for controlling distribution of network communications A method for controlling distribution of network communications (messages). An incoming message either carries priority information, or is assigned priority information based on a shared characteristic with other messages. The priority information is used to determi... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568012 | Method and device for forwarding short messages from a mobile terminal Short messages sent by a mobile terminal from a foreign network are routed to an external short-message entity. An external short-message entity, which runs on a computer in a data network, is reached from a mobile telephone from any desired foreign network. The inq... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7568013 | Multiple message send routine for network packets A method for sending a plurality of messages to a plurality of recipients including obtaining the plurality of messages for the plurality of recipients, grouping the plurality of messages into a data structure, generating a system call from a user-level application ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7558833 | Method and system for selectively forwarding electronic-mail A method for selectively forwarding e-mail comprising receiving a first e-mail message at a first receiving host system from an originator at a sending host system. The first e-mail message is addressed to a recipient at a first mailbox on the first receiving host s... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7558834 | Method and system to process issue data pertaining to a system A computer-implemented method processes issue data pertaining to a system. Issue data is received from a reporting entity, the issue data identifying an issue pertaining to the system and the reporting entity. A database is accessed to retrieve performance data rega... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7552186 | Method and system for filtering spam using an adjustable reliability value A spam detection system can monitor incoming and outgoing email messages and prevent email messages from being delivered. This spam detection system incorporates a sender ranking system that maintains prior sender's email addresses and an associated reliability valu... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548956 | Spam control based on sender account characteristics The characteristics of a communications account are used to determine whether the account is being used by a spammer. When the account is being used by a spammer, the use of the account for outgoing communications is limited to help prevent spam from being sent from... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7543035 | Network that converts data from a first format into a second format for communication, data communication apparatus capable of communication of data in a first format, communication system incorporating all the above, and control method for all the above In a communication system having a network capable of converting data in a first format into data in a second format to perform communication, and a data communication apparatus capable of performing communication of the data in the first format, the data communicat... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7543036 | System and method for controlling distribution of network communications A method for controlling distribution of network communications (messages). An incoming message either carries priority information, or is assigned priority information based on a shared characteristic with other messages. The priority information is used to determi... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7543034 | Instant messenger reflector A system and method are provided for establishing an Instant Messenger (IM) reflector service. The method comprises: establishing an interface between an IM network server and an IM master client identified with a first username; establishing a reflector service bet... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7536442 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing autonomic identification of an important message An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing autonomic identification of an important message addressed to a recipient email subscriber. The method includes scanning an email message received over a network o... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7519676 | Methods for and applications of learning and inferring the periods of time until people are available or unavailable for different forms of communication, collaboration, and information access A system and method are provided to learn and infer the time until a user will be available for communications, collaboration, or information access, given evidence about such observations as time of day, calendar, location, presence, and activity. The methods can b... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512662 | System and method for user registry management of messages A system and method for providing user registry management of instant messages is disclosed. The system allows recipients to set filter criteria for filtering instant messages, the filter criteria being selected from a database of characteristics, or registry, for s... | 03/31/2009 |