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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6115458 | Method and apparatus for summaries of prepaid instrument transaction activity A system for generating and transmitting summary transaction data includes a computer database from which information is compiled and forwarded to a requesting party automatically, i.e., without the need to interface with a human operator. A party having ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5870724 | Targeting advertising in a home retail banking delivery service A practical system and method for the remote distribution of financial services (e.g., home banking and bill-paying) involves distributing portable terminals to a user base. The terminals include a multi-line display, keys "pointing to" lines on the displ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5856639 | Pointer position detection system using a signal processor in the pointer A pointer position detection system for use in determining the position of a pointer relative to a tablet comprising a signal generating system coupled to the tablet for transmitting a driving signal, the signal generating system including a set of conduc... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5818916 | Method and apparatus for preventing return dial tone fraud in a cellular paystation A cellular paystation system has a transceiver, paystation and an interface. The cellular paystation system operates to prevent return dial tone fraud by providing from the interface a first dial tone to a calling party using the paystation when an off-ho... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5815141 | Resistive touchscreen having multiple selectable regions for pressure discrimination A resistive two sheet touchscreen that provides discrimination between objects touching the surface thereof. This is achieved by subdividing at least one sheet into a selected number of separated portions of selected configuration. Each of these portions ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5815818 | Cellular mobile communication system wherein service area is reduced in response to control signal contamination In order to facilitate communications in a cellular communication system wherein control signal contamination renders communication with the closest cell impossible, the transmission power of the closest cell is reduced to the point wherein communication ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5812117 | Method for inputting information using a selectable soft keyboard A portable information terminal adopting a soft keyboard includes screen display device for receiving screen data relating to the soft keyboard and displaying the soft keyboard on the display screen. The soft keyboard includes an information key region wh... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5809119 | Communication method of supplying information in intelligent network and apparatus therefor A communication method for providing information in an intelligent network includes a step of entering by a user a connection number of the user terminal, a connection number of an information provider terminal and a time to receive the information provid... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5805147 | Coordinate input apparatus with correction of detected signal level shift With the use of transfer delay of supersonic wave, an apparatus for measuring a distance and inputting coordinates accurately is implement. When a distance is measured with the use of the transfer of supersonic wave, the transfer delay time is measured at... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5804773 | Simplified touch screen with improved position accuracy An improved touch sensor having a resistive surface and simplified corner electrodes for introducing electrical potentials into the resistive surface. Improved positional accuracy is achieved by selectively energizing the touch sensor transversely (either... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802483 | Method and apparatus for transmission of data and voice A modem-controller for auto switching and controlling the transmission and receiving of voice and error-free transmission of standard data signals, fax data signals and voice communications over telephone line service, radio frequency networks, satellite ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5801682 | Tactile designation device with high-resolution transparent capacitive surface A tactile designation device comprises a continuous transparent capacitive surface supported at its corners by flexible strips to which there are attached strain gauges, a HF supply source, a series capacitor, a multiplexer, a detection circuit and a comp... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5802142 | Data correction system for communications network An inter-network call accounting system for use in a communication network such as the public switched telephone network in Britain allows call records to be sorted according to the network operator to be charged in respect of the calls, prior to being pr... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5799072 | Telecommunications call management system A call management system is disclosed that may interface with an existing PBX or may be utilized as a separate unit. In a preferred embodiment, the call management system includes a tariff data server, a local client computer and one or more line units. T... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5793843 | Method and apparatus for transmission of data and voice A modem-controller for auto switching and controlling the transmission and receiving of voice and error-free transmission of standard data signals, fax data signals and voice communications over telephone line service, radio frequency networks, satellite ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5792997 | Position transducer and position sensing method A position transducer and a position sensing method which permit the sensing of a coordinate of a plurality of position indicators without changing resonance frequencies of the plurality of position indicators. The position transducer is made up of a firs... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5790632 | Method and apparatus for echo canceling accounting for companding induced quantization error An improved method and apparatus for canceling echo is disclosed. The echo canceller of the present invention compensates for the existence of quantization error in the echo signal that does not exist in the reference signal by introducing the quantizatio... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5790106 | Coordinate input apparatus with pen and finger input detection A coordinate input apparatus which performs an input operation with high precision by use of either an operator's finger or an input pen. The input apparatus includes a tablet having a plurality of X electrodes and Y electrodes arranged in the form of a m... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5790633 | System for proactively maintaining telephone network facilities in a public switched telephone network In an administration system for a public switched telephone network, a service analysis system is provided for proactively analyzing the working status of customer network facilities including a communication line in a communication cable associated with ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5790644 | Computer-to-telephone interface A portable computer, such as a laptop, notebook, or palmtop computer, comprises control routines for providing a sophisticated touch-tone dialer operable through an existing or supplied output speaker, enabling calls to be routed without making a wired di... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787157 | Gateway device for telecommunication station A gateway device for controlling the admission of telephone calls from a telephone line to a telecommunication station which includes a telephone call identification device; a micro controller operatively connectable to the telephone line through the tele... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5784053 | Two-dimensional pattern digitizer A digitizer includes a reference level generator for generating a reference level, a comparator for comparing a signal level of the analog input with the reference level to provide a digitized output, a first detecting circuit for detecting a moderate cha... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5774532 | Single network record construction Call records are generated from various network elements processing a call. A consolidation feed acts as a concentrator for the various records. However, since the concentrator receives the call records at different times, the invention provides a concent... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5774534 | Context-based transactions using broadcast advertising A broadcast network, which may have multiple affiliated television stations each broadcasting in different geographic areas, is provided with one or more easy-to-use telephone numbers. The broadcast network, in turn, assigns one or more the these numbers ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5767457 | Apparatus and method for audible feedback from input device A method and apparatus for developing an audible feedback in the form of a response signal to a tapping motion, a gesture or a series of taps or gestures on an electronic touch-sensitive computer input device which uses an electronic switch having no mech... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768342 | Telephone system loop current detector A current detector for connection in series with a lead carrying current to be detected, has a first branch with a plurality of series connected diodes having an anode end and a cathode end for connection to the lead, a first optocoupler light emitting di... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5767458 | Low-pass filter of graphical tablet has cut-off frequency lower than sampling frequecy A graphical tablet includes a pair of parts to be brought into electrical contact with one another under user-interaction. Electrical signals are generated indicative of X and Y coordinates of the contact. The signals are filtered by a low-pass filter. Th... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768352 | Generalized statistics engine for telephone network Data incorporated in call detail records (CDR), obtained from network switches, are subjected to processing by a statistics engine which maintains separate counts for CDR events relating to certain calls, such as 800 number and 900 number calls. Such even... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768353 | Data processing system for communications network An inter-network call accounting system for use in a communication network such as the public switched telephone network in Britain allows call records to be sorted according to the network operator to be charged in respect of the calls, prior to being pr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764741 | Least cost rooting system A least cost routing system comprises at least one telephone dialing unit, at least one least cost router and a database updating unit. The telephone dialing unit dials a telephone number to place a telephone call. Each least cost router has a correspondi... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5763839 | Device and method for detecting position using electromagnetic induction without producing discrepancy caused by the residual induction voltage of the resonant circuit The present invention provides a method and a device for detecting position without producing discrepancy caused by residual induction voltage of a resonant circuit, wherein it includes steps for selecting and scanning one of a multiple loop coil position... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5760346 | Vibration sensing device There is provided a highly precise coordinate input device not requiring a particular designating tool. A sheet, composed of a piezoelectric plate polarized in the direction of thickness, is superposed with a vibration transmitting plate, provided with vi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5760347 | Digitizer pen apparatus An apparatus is adapted to receive a mechanism, for example, such as a removable felt tipped marker insert, for use in a graphic input system. The apparatus comprises a housing, retaining mechanism disposed within at least a portion of the housing and whi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5758281 | Personal communications service using wireline/wireless integration The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) wireline system connects to and controls processing of calls to a Personal Communication Service subscriber's wireless handset via a home base station or a wireless communication network. Depending on its current loc... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5757361 | Method and apparatus in computer systems to selectively map tablet input devices using a virtual boundary An improved method and apparatus in pen-based computer systems using a tablet input device to select the outer boundary area of a graphics display through use of a virtual cursory boundary is disclosed. The tablet input device has a first inner active are... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5756941 | Retractable pen tether for a digitizer pen and method of attaching a digitizer pen to a digitizer A retractable pen tether and a method for connecting a digitizer pen to a hand-held computer or other digitizer housing are provided. A tether attaches a digitizer pen to the digitizer to prevent the accidental loss of the digitizer pen. The tether length... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754636 | Computer telephone system A telecommunications system (10) is provided that provides for telephone functions to be accessed through client computer system (14). A server computer system (16) provides telephony services, database services and access to E-mail, voice mail, video con... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5754595 | Demodulated radio signals A received and demodulated multi-level signal (32) is corrected for D.C. offset by a feedback loop (34) which applies a correction signal (38) to the multi-level signal (32). Initial coarse correction is provided by feeding the corrected signal (42) into ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5750939 | Data processing system comprising a graphic tablet and a stylus, and stylus for use in such a system In a data processing system including a graphic tablet and a wireless stylus cooperating with the tablet, the stylus transmits an electromagnetic field to be received by the tablet. The stylus has a detector whereby a disturbance of the field, caused by a... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5750940 | Coordinate input tablet with notched film substrate A tablet that hardly causes the fluctuation in the sheet resistance on a film substrate despite the small size of the tablet. The edge of one side of the film substrate requiring a notch for connector insertion are provided with other notches having the s... | 05/12/1998 |
