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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155063 | Apparatus and methods for transmission and reception of data in multi-antenna systems Methods and apparatus adapted to address asymmetric conditions in a multi-antenna system. In one embodiment, the multi-antenna system comprises a wireless (e.g., 3G cellular) multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system, and the methods and apparatus efficiently ut... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154680 | Electronic device display structures with controlled chassis reflections A display may be based on a display unit that is mounted within a chassis. The display unit may be a liquid crystal display unit. A backlight may be used to illuminate the display unit. The backlight may include a light guide plate. Light from a light source may be ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154650 | Electronic device having a camera flash redirector An electronic camera device has an imaging sensor to capture an image of a scene, a flash to illuminate the scene for capture by the sensor, and an evaluator to detect a condition in the scene. A redirector shifts the peak of a spatial energy profile of light from t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154275 | Apparatus and method for testing sense amplifier thresholds on an integrated circuit An apparatus and method for testing sense amplifier threshold voltages on an integrated circuit includes one or more sense amplifier modules each including a number of sense amplifier circuits, a voltage generator unit, and detection logic. The voltage generator uni... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153882 | Time compression/expansion of selected audio segments in an audio file A computer implemented method allows a user to adjust tracks in a musical arrangement. The method involves a user selecting a musical position of an audio track, which the user desires to adjust in time, either by compressing it or expanding it, by indicating with a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153016 | Shaping a cover glass The fabrication of a touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors fabricated on the back side of a cover glass is disclosed. It can be desirable from a manufacturing perspective to perform all thin-film processing steps on a motherglass before sepa... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152570 | Power connector having protective interior cover Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may provide protection from exposed wires or terminals when a power plug is damaged or destroyed. One example may provide a plug having an inner cover that shields power carrying wires or terminals when an outer shell is damaged... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152565 | Sealed connectors for portable electronic devices A portable electronic device may have a sealed connector secured within a device housing. The sealed connector may have a metal shell. A plastic contact housing may be insert molded within the shell. Conductive signal contacts may be laterally spaced in the contact ... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657381 | Housing for an electronic device | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151259 | Remote content updates for portable media devices Improved techniques for interaction between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a portable media device (e.g., media player) are disclosed. According to one embodiment, interaction between the host device and the portable media device can be performed over a net... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151231 | Analyzing integrated circuit operations A method and apparatus for viewing and/or analyzing the operations and logical states of an integrated circuit. The logical state of various flip-flops within the ASIC may be determined at a specified time. The embodiment may store these flip-flop states in a comput... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151128 | Computer system power source with improved light-load efficiency Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that supplies power in a computer system. The system includes a power adapter coupled to a source of electrical power and a set of a set of power consumers coupled to a power bus in the computer system. A full-po... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150937 | Wireless synchronization between media player and host device Improved techniques for interaction between a host computer (e.g., personal computer) and a media player are disclosed. According to one embodiment, interaction between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a media player can be performed over a wireless channel. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150837 | Methods and systems for managing data Methods and systems for managing an index database. In one exemplary method, an index database is stored on a machine readable volume with an operating system and the files which have been indexed, and then the volume is, after the storing, made available for distri... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150826 | Methods and systems for managing data Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file dif... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150327 | Channel sounding techniques for a wireless communication system A technique for channel sounding in a wireless communication system includes determining respective geometries of multiple subscriber stations with respect to a serving base station. Respective time periods for sounding a channel between the multiple subscriber stat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150255 | Flash control for electronic rolling shutter A method performed by an electronic camera in flash mode is as follows. A scene ambient lighting indication is obtained. An integration time interval and a flash pulse-on time interval for taking a picture is then set. The set integration time interval is shorter wh... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150063 | Stabilizing directional audio input from a moving microphone array A device includes a microphone array fixed to the device. A signal processor produces an audio output using audio beamforming with input from the microphone array. The signal processor aims the beamforming in a selected direction. An orientation sensor—such as a c... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150058 | Mode switching noise cancellation for microphone-speaker combinations used in two way audio communications An audio host device has an electrical interface having a speaker contact, a microphone contact, and a reference contact. The reference contact is shared by a microphone and a speaker. The reference contact is also directly coupled to a power return plane of the aud... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150039 | Single security model in booting a computing device A method and apparatus for securely booting software components in an electronic device to establish an operating environment are described herein. According to an aspect of the invention, software components are to be executed in sequence in order to establish an o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148913 | Active enclosure for computing device A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light device disposed inside the housing. The light device is configured to illuminate the illuminable portion. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148622 | Media playback queuing for playback management Management or coordination of playback of digital media assets by an electronic device (e.g., a computing device), that supports media playback is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the electronic device can be controlled such that a user is able to schedule pl... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146244 | Method of manufacturing a handheld computing device A method of manufacturing a handheld computing device that includes an electronic component assembly including at least one user interface component and an enclosure. The enclosure is a tube that is extruded. The extruded tube defines an internal lumen between open ... | 04/03/2012 |
| RE43301 | Method and apparatus for an improved stack arrangement and operations thereon An apparatus and method for an improved stack comprises an advantageous indexing scheme and stack arrangement allowing more efficient performance of stack operations. The most-recently-used stack item appears at the top of the stack and the least-recently-used item ... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656955 | Electronic device | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145928 | Methods and systems for power management in a data processing system Methods and systems for managing power consumption in data processing systems are described. In one embodiment, a data processing system includes a general purpose processing unit, a graphics processing unit (GPU), at least one peripheral interface controller, at le... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145604 | Method and apparatus for relocating an active five system journal Relocating a file system journal within a partitioned memory space is described. In one embodiment, a method, which involves relocating an active file system journal, includes writing the changes for relocating the metadata structures into the new file system journa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145261 | Ejectable component assemblies in electronic devices Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145196 | Creation and management of voicemail greetings for mobile communication devices Methods, graphical user interfaces and devices for creation and management of voicemail greetings are disclosed. A user of a mobile communication device can create and manage multiple voicemail greetings. In one aspect, a user of a mobile communication device can cr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144915 | Wired headset with integrated switch Headsets are provided with integrated switch assemblies. An integrated switch assembly can include a switch hidden from view by a housing. The switch can be activated when a user applies pressure to the housing. The housing may include a flexible housing cover that,... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144725 | Wireless femtocell setup methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus that enable a wireless femtocell to operate in its designated frequency so as to minimize interference between the wireless femtocell and neighboring base stations (and other femtocells or nomadic cells). In one exemplary embodiment, the femtoc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144475 | Electrical components coupled to circuit boards The present invention can facilitate the coupling between electrical components and a circuit board after the circuit board is inserted into a housing of an electronic device. An electrical component can be integrated with a flexible circuit of another electrical co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144474 | Portable computer structures Portable computer structures are provided. The portable computer structures may include connector structures. The portable computer may have a case. A portion of the connector structure may be formed by the case of the portable computer. The portable computer may ha... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144295 | Common bus design for a TFT-LCD display Embodiments of the present invention provide for a FFS TFT LCD with a high refresh rate without limiting the aperture of individual pixels. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide for the use of common bus lines to reduce the effective resistance of ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144159 | Partial display updates in a windowing system using a programmable graphics processing unit Techniques to generate partial display updates in a buffered window system in which arbitrary visual effects are permitted to any one or more windows (e.g., application-specific window buffers) are described. Once a display output region is identified for updating, ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144129 | Flexible touch sensing circuits One or more multi-touch skins can placed along three dimensions of an object. The one or more multi-touch skins enable multi-touch inputs during the operation of the object. The multi-touch inputs can be tracked to monitor the operation of the object and provide fee... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144063 | Antenna isolation for portable electronic devices Portable electronic devices are provided with wireless circuitry that includes antennas and antenna isolation elements. The antennas may include antennas that have multiple arms and that are configured to handle communications in multiple frequency bands. The antenn... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143983 | Electronic device with magnetic attachment A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechan... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143982 | Foldable accessory device A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechan... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143851 | Power source having a parallel cell topology A power source with multiple cells connected in parallel to a common node or power supply point. The individual cells within the power source may also have a dedicated controller for each of the individual cells such that the dedicated controllers are connected on a... | 03/27/2012 |
