Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090207757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION AND ACCESS NETWORK INFORMATION SUPPORT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating location and access network information for an end user to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) element that is coupled to a network element. The network element receives packets for a comm... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090207759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONVERGED WIRELINE AND WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving packets for a communications flow from an end user that can conduct the flow through a wireless network and through a wireline network. The method also includes providing policy control for the end us... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090207823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SELECTIVE MOBILITY INVOCATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes invoking a mobile access gateway function based on an end user requesting an Internet Protocol (IP) address in a wireless or a wireline network. The invocation is selective such that the mobile access gateway f... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090207843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION CONTROL IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving packets at a network element for a communications flow from an end user, the network element receiving the packets if the flow is initiated through a wireless network and through a wireline network. A... | 08/20/2009 |
