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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116638 | Radio frequency (RF) signal receiver using optical processing and associated methods A signal receiver, such as an RF-matched filter receiver, includes an optical source (e.g. a mode-locked laser) providing an optical signal, and a first optical modulator to modulate the optical signal with a received RF signal and provide a modulated optical signal... | 02/14/2012 |
| RE41162 | Method for providing scaleable restart and backout of software upgrades for clustered computing Platform and/or application software on all online, machine/servers in a cluster is updated without manually taking each machine/server offline. Initially, platform and/or application software for updating is stored in respective directories in an APPLY phase. Next,... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7519351 | Emergency mode operation in a wireless communication network A wireless communication network 20 operates in an emergency mode 22. In one example, network components enter an emergency mode 24. In another example, mobile stations enter an emergency mode 26. Various disclosed emergency mode features... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7496066 | Managing mobility of wireless devices in distributed communication networks The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for managing mobility of a wireless communication device across a first and a second access node in a common administrational area of a network. The method comprises using the first access node to assign a tem... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7471184 | Robust MEMS actuator for relays An apparatus comprising a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. The MEMS device includes a substrate having an anchoring pad thereon and a structural element. The structural element has a beam that includes a first part and a second part. The first part is at... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463361 | Optical apparatus having a polarization splitter and multiple interferometers A passive optical system substantially simultaneously separates light received at an optical input into three or more output light beams on optical outputs. The output light beams may have intensities that are proportional to intensities of optical projections of th... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460858 | System for reducing paging channel occupancy for message waiting indication in mobile switching centers In order to reduce the traffic on the paging channel, the system for reducing paging channel occupancy for message waiting indication in mobile switching centers allows the Message Waiting Notification process to determine a last zone in which the Mobile Subscriber ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460785 | Performance monitoring in an optical communication system An optical performance monitor (OPM), e.g., for use in an optical network. The OPM may be configured to characterize one or more impairments in an optical signal modulated with data. The OPM has an optical autocorrelator configured to sample the autocorrelation func... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460524 | Method of frame aggregation A method of the communication includes communicating at least one physical layer frame. The physical layer frame is formed by dynamically varying an aggregate packet size in response to a condition of a channel used for communicating voice and/or data. Here, the ste... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460487 | Accelerated per-flow traffic estimation A method of estimating per-flow traffic in a network of nodes interconnected by links splits the incoming traffic stream to a node into a number of parallel sub-streams by flow assignment using a hash function. Since each flow in the incoming traffic stream constitu... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7459197 | Reversibly adaptive rough micro- and nano-structures Reversibly adaptive rough structures, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of raised elements on the substrate, the raised elements mutually spaced apart by channel regions on the substrate, each of the raised elements having a lateral surface and a distal end; the ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457987 | Test vector manager, method of managing test vectors and a test tool employing the manager and the method The present invention provides a test vector manager for use with a unit under test (UUT). In one embodiment, the test vector manager includes a gateway device, coupled to the UUT, configured to provide a testing pathway for the UUT to coordinate test requests and r... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457948 | Automated authentication handling system An automated authentication handling system for use by clients on a network including a plurality of application servers connected to the network, each requiring authentication for access and an authentication server adapted to authenticate at least one of the clien... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457638 | Short message service encapsulation of supplementary service requests for IMS An apparatus in one example has: at least a first network of a first predetermined type and at least a second network of a predetermined type; at least one mobile terminal movable between the first and second networks; at least one gateway operatively coupled to eac... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457609 | Methods and systems for controlling services provided to shared plan subscribers Methods and systems for controlled provision of communications services to shared plan subscribers, in which a shared plan defines individual restrictions for a plurality of subscribers, wherein services are selectively provided services to the shared plan subscribe... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457508 | Polymeric compositions comprising quantum dots, optical devices comprising these compositions and methods for preparing same The present invention relates to a polymeric composition of matter. The composition includes at least one polymer matrix and plurality of quantum dots distributed therein. The polymer may be a perfluorocyclobutane polymer having high optical transmission at telecomm... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455021 | Method and apparatus for controlling friction between a fluid and a body A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein nanostructures or microstructures are disposed on a surface of a body (such as a submersible vehicle) that is adapted to move through a fluid, such as water. The nanostructures or microstructures are disposed on the surfac... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454225 | Method and apparatus for reducing transmitted energy in power-controlled systems based on early decoding The present invention provides a method for reducing transmitted energy based on early decoding. The method includes accessing a first portion of a block including a plurality of symbols indicative of an encoded message. The first portion has been transmitted at a f... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454200 | Personal handyphone system component employment of prepay telephone service system component to allow user employment of wireless telephone service subsequent to purchase thereof An apparatus in one example comprises a prepay telephone service system component and a personal handyphone system component. The personal handyphone system component employs the prepay telephone service system component to allow a user of a wireless telephone to ex... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454165 | Methods of receiving signaling information in a communication network supporting a broadcast-multicast service Methods for signaling information to a group of users in a communication network supporting a broadcast-multicast service are described, in which one or more indicator bits of a sequence may be assigned to indicate transmission of signaling information that is relat... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454164 | Providing a multimedia message with a multimedia messaging service message in a mobile environment The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for communicating a multimedia messaging service message from a source mobile device to a target mobile device in a telecommunications network. The method comprises receiving a request for a multimedia message... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454144 | Low total excursion dispersion maps A process optically transports digital data over an all-optical long-haul communication path. The process includes transporting digital optical data signals at a selected bit rate and a selected wavelength over a sequence of transmission spans. The sequence includes... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454112 | Ridge and mesa optical waveguides Apparatus including: a substrate layer having a substantially planar top surface; an optically conductive peak located and elongated on, and spanning a first thickness measured in a direction generally away from, the top surface; the optically conductive peak having... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453945 | Methods and devices for controlling RF, multi-carrier amplifier signal power The input (and output) power of a multi-carrier amplifier can be controlled to allow the amplifier to operate at high RF power levels and still remain within a power rating profile. The amplifier (or amplifiers) power is controlled using an aggregate scaling factor.... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453933 | Method of estimating a signal-to-interference+noise ratio (SINR) using data samples In the method of estimating a signal-to-interference+noise ratio (SINR), either the polarities or bit values of a plurality of received data symbol samples are estimated. Then an SINR estimate is generated based on the plurality of received data symbol samples and t... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453876 | Method and apparatus for providing distributed SLF routing capability in an internet multimedia subsystem (IMS) network A routing technique for supporting an internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Subscriber Locator Function (SLF) is provided. It is, in part, based on using a user's identification information, e.g. a user's realm, to facilitate the routing of information. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453871 | Efficient redirection of logging and tracing information in network node with distributed architecture A method for distributing logging and tracing information in a network node is disclosed. In one embodiment, log messages generated locally on the line cards are collected by Secondary Log Managers residing on the line cards. The Secondary Log Managers process the c... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453852 | Method and system for mobility across heterogeneous address spaces A mobile node includes a processor, a network interface, and a storage device having computer program code for execution by the processor. The computer program code includes a network layer for transmitting and receiving packets and an intermediate driver that trans... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453845 | Distributed call control A method for dynamically varying the allocation and distribution of a base station's resources in response to fluctuations in demand for services. The method includes transmitting a status signal from a base station to a base station controller over an Iub | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453821 | Methods of detecting signaling information in a wireless communication system In a method of detecting signaling information in a signal received in a wireless communication system, signaling information for a signal received in a subsequent time instant may be detected using an estimated value for the subsequent time instant. The estimated v... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453807 | Efficient rendezvous point tree to shortest path tree switch-over process A method of operating a network node in PIM-SM (Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a Rendezvous Point Tree (RPT) to Shortest Path Tree (SPT) switch over process is initiated after the packet flow rate of the RPT data stream ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453796 | Method and apparatus for designing networks to support fast restoration Improved network design techniques are provided. More particularly, the invention provides network design techniques that support fast restoration. In one aspect of the invention, a technique for designing a protection capacity to be reserved in a network comprises ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453629 | Semiconductor optical amplifier pulse reshaper A system includes a pulse reshaper for reshaping and re-amplifying optical signals in a communications network. In one embodiment, a vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier (VCSOA) device, comprising dual mode reflectors optically cooperating at each of an i... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452741 | Process for manufacturing an apparatus that protects features during the removal of sacrificial materials The present invention provides a process for manufacturing an apparatus. The process, in one embodiment, includes providing a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device, the micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device including an actuator coupled to a movable ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451340 | Connection set-up extension for restoration path establishment in mesh networks An extension to a connection setup protocol for establishment of a restoration path for a service in a mesh network involves, at a transit node along the restoration path, the steps of (1) receiving a service data structure having an identification of each link and ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451241 | Method and system for providing failure protection in a ring network that utilizes label switching A working label switched path (LSP) between neighbor label switched routers (LSRs) in a ring network that utilizes label switching is protected by an LSP that connects the neighbor LSRs of the working LSP in an opposite direction to the working LSP. If the working L... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451195 | Method and system for operating a PDA for use with an IP phone device A personal digital assistant (PDA) stores a list of available phone features and policies and selects certain phone features and policies from the stored features and policies. When connected with an internet protocol (IP) phone device, the PDA downloads the selecte... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450863 | Optical receiver for wavelength-division-multiplexed signals A WDM receiver that includes a single, delay interferometer coupled to an N-channel wavelength-demultiplexing filter provides for the simultaneous conversion of a multiplex of N differential-phase-shift-keyed modulated optical signals of different wavelengths into N... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450801 | Apparatus for free-space switching between planar lightwave circuits A free-space optical switch for switching light beams between waveguides of planar lightwave circuits (PLCs). Switching is accomplished using a combination of lenses and micromirrors. The lenses and the controlled tilt of the micromirrors can establish a one-to-one ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450522 | Power control system using acknowledgments A power control system for a wireless communications system adjusts the transmit power of a wireless transmitter in relation to a number of acknowledgments expected for radio transmissions over a wireless link. For example, a wireless unit monitors the number of ack... | 11/11/2008 |
