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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106723 | METHOD FOR FILTERING INCOMING CALLS TO COMMUNICATION DEVICE The present disclosure provides a method for filtering an incoming call to a communication device. The communication device stores a default ring duration M and a default call frequency N. The communication device may calculate the ring duration of an incoming call, and... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120068958 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A portable electronic device and method executes control functions by variations of a light intensity. The portable electronic device comprises a memory, a touch screen, a proximity sensor and at least one processor. The light sensor detects an original light intensity ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050115 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME An antenna assembly includes a slide mechanism, a chassis, and an antenna. The slide mechanism includes a fixed plate and a slide plate slidably mounted on the fixed plate. The chassis is mounted on the slide plate. The antenna is mounted on the chassis. The antenna is ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050110 | MICROSTRIP FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING THE SAME A microstrip for wireless communication includes a main body and two connection bodies formed on the main body. The main body defines a slot therein, and the slot includes a plurality of zigzag units. Feed signals are input to and output from the main body through the t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120048943 | CHIP CARD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME A chip card includes a card portion and a chip. The chip is detachably assembled in the card portion. When the chip is assembled in the card portion, the chip card can be used at an ATM or a POS device. When the chip is disassembled from the card portion, the chip can b... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120032897 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING CONTACT UTILIZED THEREBY In a method of detecting input for a portable electronic device, when a virtual keyboard is displayed on a display of a touch panel, an accelerometer detects orientation of the portable electronic device to adjust a contact area of each key of the virtual keyboard. The ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026665 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF A method executes an altimeter function to unlock a portable electronic device. A user can move the portable electronic device in an up-down direction to set a predetermined changed height for unlocking the portable electronic device. In an unlock procedure, an altimete... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026080 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF An electronic device and a method enables an unlock operation of the electronic device. When the electronic device in a lock state is moved for the unlock operation, the electronic device receives a three-axis acceleration vector of the electronic device from an acceler... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026001 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF A method executes a gyroscope function to unlock a portable electronic device. A user can rotate the portable electronic device to set a predetermined rotation direction and a predetermined rotation angle for unlocking the portable electronic device. In an unlock proced... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024648 | PORTABLE DEVICE A portable device includes a curved base housing a motion sensor, a pendulum, and a motor. The pendulum slides inside the curved base in response to the tilting of the portable device to prevent the portable device from falling over. The motor may generate a torque to t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110283192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication device and a method for data management include setting relevant information for contacts in a contact list to one or more social network applications, and confirming contacts associated with a specific social network application when the communication d... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication device and a method for data management include setting a birth month and a birth day of each contact in a contact list. The method further includes arranging all the contacts in the contact list according to the birth month of each contact, and arrangin... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120022925 | METHOD FOR BROADCASTING ADVERTISEMENTS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE A method for broadcasting advertisements is used on an electronic device. The electronic device may download the advertisements from a server of an advertiser. When the electronic device is awaked from a sleep state, the advertisements are broadcasted on a display of th... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110267785 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND PORTALE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME A hinge assembly includes an axle portion having first and second ends, a first hinged portion, a second hinged portion, and at least one conductive member. The first hinged portion is inserted into one end of the axle portion. The other end of the axle portion is recei... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261077 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ZOOM FUNCTION FOR VISUAL OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON SCREEN A system and a method for providing a zoom function for visual objects displayed on a screen. The system provides a user interface showing the visual object. The system includes a detection unit and a zoom unit. The zoom function is completed by using a control object a... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120008272 | PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICE A portable storage device includes a case, a USB plug, a sliding button, a delete button, a controller and a memory module. The delete button is electrically coupled with the controller. Data stored in the device can be deleted through operation of the delete button wit... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007833 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A portable electronic device and control method thereof perform an unlocking operation and several page turning operations for a display of the portable electronic device. Light intensities in several positions of the light sensors are detected in a preset time period. ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001827 | ANTENNA MODULE An antenna module for a portable device includes a first antenna section, a second antenna section, a third antenna section, a feed section, and a ground section. The first antenna section and the third antenna section form a first groove. The feed section and the groun... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001817 | GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM ANTENNA A global positioning system antenna includes a radiator. The radiator includes a base section, an extension section connected to an edge of the base section, a first curved section connected to an edge of the extension section, and a second curved section connected to a... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320973 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT An electronic device processes received messages, such as text messages, text-based emails, and push notifications, received by the electronic device. The electronic device extracts event information from the received messages. The electronic device enters the extracted... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316777 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING REGULATION OF BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS AND METHOD THEREOF An electronic device includes a display module, a function key, a motion sensor, a determination module, and a regulation module. The motion sensor is operable to acquire a coordinate of the electronic device. The determination module is operable to determine whether th... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310708 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING TIME A device with a camera take pictures of a clock in order to use the time displayed on the clock to calibrate the time thereof. The device identifies elements related to time representation and extract features from the identified elements. The device translates the extr... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110298674 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTENNA SWITCH AND ANTENNA SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF An electronic device with antenna switch comprises a first antenna, a first proximity sensor, a second antenna, a detection module, a determination module and a control module. The first proximity sensor is located with the first antenna at a first side portion of the e... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110297455 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING WEIGHT UTILIZING THE SAME An object is weighed using a portable electronic device. Placement of an object on a touch panel of the portable electronic device provides measurement of the weight of the object. In the measurement, the portable electronic device sends information to the touch panel t... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291906 | ANTENNA MODULE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE An antenna module for a portable electronic device includes a loop portion, a dipole portion, a feeding end portion and a grounding end portion. The dipole portion is positioned in the loop portion and connected to the loop portion. The feeding end portion and the groun... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110255524 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS ACCESS LOCATION A device with automatic wireless network access location includes an access table of WIFI hotspots. The device periodically acquires the longitude and latitude of the device by reading data signals travelling between base stations and the device when the device is not i... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110242783 | CHIP CARD HOLDER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME A chip card holder is secured to a circuit board. The chip card holder comprises a hollow frame including an opening, a first board, a second board opposite to the first board, two opposite sidewalls and an end board opposite to the opening. The frame has two securing b... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242777 | KEY STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME A key structure, and an electronic device employing the key structure, includes a housing member and a key body, and the key body is mounted within the housing member for electrically connection to a circuit board. The housing member defines at least one positioning hol... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241691 | TESTING DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME An exemplary testing device for testing quality of indicator lights includes a light intensity tester and a control unit electrically connected to the light intensity tester. The light intensity tester includes a testing circuit, and the testing circuit is capable of ge... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237092 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME A connector is latched to a circuit board, the connector comprises a main body. The main body comprises two opposite ends, each end of the main body having a securing protrusion protruding therefrom, the securing protrusion for latching the connector to the circuit boar... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110227798 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A wireless communication device includes a housing and a circuit board. The circuit board includes a signal transmitting point and a grounding point. The housing connects to the signal transmitting point and the grounding point, and forms an antenna with the signal tran... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110223978 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANSWERING INCOMING PHONE CALLS A method and a communication device that includes a proximity sensor acquires a current distance between a user and the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming phone call. The method and the communication device establishes a communicatio... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110215980 | ANTENNA FOR PORTABLE DEVICE The disclosure provides an antenna used for a portable device. The antenna includes a feed part, a ground part, a bent part, a main body, and an extended part. The main body connects with the feed part and the ground part. The main body further includes several gaps and... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110207413 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REGULATING ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC THEREOF A mobile device includes an antenna module, a calculation module, a location sensor, a determination module, and a regulator module. The calculation module calculates a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the antenna module. The location sensor senses a user r... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110196902 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF An image processing method using an electronic device configures additional information into an image file. The electronic device acquires the image file stored in a storage unit and adds the additional information into at least one image layer of the image file. A user... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110193748 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA A multiband antenna used for a portable communication device includes a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, a third antenna unit, and feed member. The first antenna unit, the second antenna unit and the third antenna unit are capable of receiving and/or sending w... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110191391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA BACKUP IN COMMUNICATION DEVICES A system and method automatically backup unsaved data in a communication device if a back cover of the communication device is removed. An identifier of an application of the communication device is received. Based on the received identifier, an application correspondin... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110189889 | RADIO FREQUENCY CONNECTOR AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME A portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, an antenna, and a RF connector. The circuit board, the antenna, and the RF connector are within the housing. The antenna and the RF connector are electrically connected to the circuit board. The RF connec... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110188181 | PROTECTION MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME A protection mechanism used for in an electronic device includes a main body and two pivoting members. The main body is capable of receiving and protecting the electronic device, and the pivoting members are rotatably positioned on the main body. The pivoting members ar... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER INTERFACE ADJUSTMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE A system for user interface adjustment includes a touch-enabled display. The touch-enabled display can sense one or more finger contacts to determine a command to adjust the user interface. The command can adjust the size of detectable areas defined by the user interfac... | 08/04/2011 |
