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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7747834 | Memory manager for an embedded system A memory manager acts on a memory that has been arranged with a predetermined number of fixed memory blocks, with each memory block set to a predefined size. These fixed blocks have been initialized to accelerate the allocation process. When a memory manger receives... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746292 | Reconfigurable radiation desensitivity bracket systems and methods A method and device bracket are presented for reconfigurable radiation desensitivity. The method includes: accepting a radiated wave from a source such as a transmitter, antenna, microprocessor, electrical component, integrated circuit, camera, connector, or signal ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734290 | Method for managing acquisition lists for wireless local area networks An exemplary method for updating acquisition list in a wireless communication device having a first transceiver and a second transceiver is disclosed. The acquisition list associated with the second transceiver. The exemplary method comprises updating a first catego... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728814 | Portable electronic device control arm and related method A device and method for providing a control arm integral to a portable electronic device are disclosed. An exemplary device comprises a portable electronic device having a processor communicably coupled with a memory and a control arm, and an enclosure housing the m... | 06/01/2010 |
| D616405 | Portable electronic device | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720443 | System and method for filtering time division multiple access telephone communications A system and method are presented for transceiving Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) telephone communications through a common filter. The system includes a tunable ferro-electric bandpass filter (FE BPF), a controller, a low noise amplifier (LNA), and a power am... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7706843 | Mobile handset including alert mechanism A mobile handset including a light-alert feature that overcomes some of the problems of cell phone ringers and vibration mechanisms. A mobile handset includes a phone housing, a display carried by the phone housing, one or more illumination devices other than the di... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706832 | Systems and methods for using aliases to manage contact information in a mobile communication device An alias can be used to access address book information across multiple communication applications. The alias can also be a screen name, for example, an instant messenger screen name. However, the alias can be used to access more than just instant messenger contact ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706525 | Systems and methods for side-tone noise suppression A side-tone circuit comprises a microphone configured to generate a reverse link audio signal and a side-tone noise suppressor. The side tone noise suppressor is configured to receive the reverse link audio signal, suppress noise in the received reverse link audio s... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706307 | System and method for selecting a communication band A system and method for making a band selection in a wireless communications device is provided. The available bands include a first-communication band, a second communication band, and an auxiliary band. A wideband diplexer provides a wideband path, which includes ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7630491 | Speaker enhancer and method of use A speaker enhancer for a wireless communication device includes an acoustic chamber forming section that, when the speaker enhancer is mounted to a rear of the wireless communication device, forms a sealed acoustic enclosure along the rear of the wireless communicat... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7629928 | Patch antenna with electromagnetic shield counterpoise A patch antenna includes a radiating element positioned on one side of a printed circuit board and an electromagnetic shield positioned on the opposite side of the printed circuit board. The electromagnetic shield forms at least a portion of a counterpoise and is co... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7593015 | System and method for sequencing media objects A method of displaying a long animation is provided. The animation is defined in an animation file, which identifies a set of images that form the animation when sequentially displayed. A batch processor segments the set of images into sequential subsets, with each ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7577126 | System and method for over the air area code update Systems and methods for modifying the area code in a wireless communication device are provided that provide authorization from the carrier. The wireless communication device contains a table of valid area codes in persistent memory. The table defines the complete s... | 08/18/2009 |
| D598408 | Stringed instrument wireless communication device | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574218 | Systems and methods for transmitting global positioning system information A wireless communication system includes a location assist system that is configured to interface with a network, such as the Internet, or a server, such as an HTTP server, to obtain GPS information. The GPS information can then be used to provide wireless devices w... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567807 | Apparatus and method for performing handoff with a mobile station having a smart antenna Disclosed is a mobile station configured to perform soft, softer, and soft softer handoffs. The mobile station comprises a smart antenna module and a logic module which are configured to make use of signals that, up to now, have been categorized as noise, interferen... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567578 | System and method for roaming connectivity A communication system allows multiple, simultaneous access by a multiplicity of users to a plurality of area networks. Users are granted access to the plurality of area networks by an authentication server coupled to the plurality of area networks The authenticatio... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567419 | Apparatus, system, and method for electrostatic discharge protection An apparatus, system, and method provide electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection in electronic devices by guiding electrostatic charges to a ground through ESD channels within electrical insulation sheet. The ESD channels are positioned within the electrical insula... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567113 | Method for reducing the number of pins required for an interface to an electronic device and devices using the method A single signal trace can be multiplexed between a circuit that provides a reference voltage and another circuit that is not operational while the reference voltage is needed. Fewer signal connections will be needed due to the multiplexing. As one possible example, ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567059 | Desktop charger for a portable electronic device with a display An exemplary variable position desktop charger comprises a base, a cradle, an electrical interface, and a charger. The base and cradle are rotatably coupled such that the display of the portable electronic device can be adjusted continuously between a first angle an... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7565178 | Portable handset with integrated speaker A portable wireless handset with enhanced acoustic functions is disclosed having a chamber gasket that has an opening sized to receive a speaker. When inserted into the opening, the speaker seals to the chamber gasket. The chamber gasket also seals to a support surf... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7564339 | System and method for broadcasting a message from a wireless communications device A message is automatically broadcast to a plurality of recipients from a mobile wireless communications device. A recipient list of recipient names and addresses is preprogrammed and stored in the wireless communications device. Recorded voice and text messages are ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561873 | Mobile handset as TTY device A mobile communication device 10 for converting between alphanumeric data and TTY formatted data. A conversion table 20, 40 is stored in a memory associated with microprocessor 16 of mobile 10. Microprocessor 16 converts alphanumer... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7542786 | System and method for changing a ring tone A wireless communication system, a wireless handset, and a method for remotely changing a ring tone on the wireless handset are described. The wireless communication system comprises antennas, a network system and a set of programming instructions. The network syste... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542774 | System and method for selecting input Systems and methods for selecting an input source for data input to a wireless communication device are provided that allow a wireless communication device to be in active communication with one or more remote devices via wired or wireless links and receive input fr... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542758 | Field downloading of wireless device software Disclosed is a system and method for field updating software in wireless communications devices. The software in the devices is organized into libraries referenced or organized by symbols, and is organized into associated code segments or sections. Software can be c... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542727 | Method for receiving a signal on a single multi-band antenna A system and method for providing a global positioning system (GPS:) enabled antenna system are provided. The GPS enabled antenna may be used, for example, on a wireless communications device such as a wireless handset. The wireless communications device includes a ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541771 | Rechargeable battery and method of assembly An exemplary battery pack comprises a battery cell having a first terminal and a second terminal disposed on a first end of the battery cell. A support member is attached to the first end of the battery cell, and a first L-shaped contact is connected to the first te... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7529473 | Scalable image capture on wireless communication device Systems and methods for capturing optimally sized Picture ID images are provided that allow a wireless communication device to modify the size of the camera viewfinder when capturing an image to be used as a Picture ID. During the capture of a Picture ID image, the ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528797 | Electrical connector with frequency-tuned groundplane An electrical connector with a frequency-tuned groundplane is disclosed. The connector includes a signal medium to communicate an electrical signal and a frequency-tuned groundplane medium to communicate a reference voltage (i.e., ground). The groundplane medium dif... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526306 | Push to talk user interface A push to talk (PTT) user interface for a wireless communications device utilizes a single all contacts database. The database is updated and utilized by the user in either a “PTT contacts” list screen or in an “all contacts” list screen. These screens are u... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7515894 | System and method for providing a multiband antenna A system and a method for wireless communications includes an antenna, a GPS circuit with a GPS matching circuit that is coupled to the antenna, a communications circuit with a communications matching circuit that is coupled to the antenna. The communications matchi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7509100 | Antenna interface unit A ferro-electric (FE) tunable antenna matching circuit is provided for a multi-band antenna. The tunable matching circuit is integrated with a diplexer on one substrate. The tunable matching circuit has a first and second inductor coupled to the antenna. The second ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7509099 | Wireless communication device and method of use A wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device for placing a call to and receiving a call from a contact of a select number of contacts includes a housing; a call actuation mechanism situated on the housing; a memory storing a predetermined number of con... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7508868 | Systems and methods for testing the performance of and simulating a wireless communication device A system abstracts channel information from field data gathered in actual wireless communication system environments. The abstracted data is then transformed into control signals or programming codes that can be used to control channel simulators so as to recreate t... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7502609 | Wireless communication device and method of use A method of assigning contact phone numbers of a select number of contact phone numbers in a wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device includes accessing a website on a global computer network to assign contact phone numbers to respective lights and c... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502478 | Stereo audio headset interface and method that is compatible with mono headsets A stereo headset interface that is compatible with mono for an audio playback device. A load in series between an audio output from a stereo headset driver and a ground of a mono headset plug prevents the audio output from being grounded when a mono headset plug is ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502409 | Mobile broadband modem and related access sharing technique An exemplary mobile broadband modem for network access comprises a processor coupled to an I/O interface capable of being communicably coupled to a plurality of computers, a transceiver coupled to an antenna and the processor, and a network sharing module executed b... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499736 | Printed stubby unbalanced dipole antenna A printed circuit board unbalanced dipole antenna is provided for a wireless communications device. Digital and/or transceiver circuits are mounted on first portion of the printed circuit board that is positioned within a main body of a chassis of the device. A radi... | 03/03/2009 |
