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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 |
| 7979906 | Method and system for multifaceted scanning A method and system for multifaceted scanning, the method having the steps of receiving a data source; processing the data source for a plurality of scanning aspects, the processing step utilizing rules and policies for the plurality of scanning aspects to provide t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979035 | Communication device with multiple detachable communication modules A wireless communication device has a docking cavity, a short-range transceiver, and a long-range transceiver for long-range wireless communication with a wireless network. A wireless communication module includes a speaker and a microphone, and a short-range transc... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7977587 | Two-stage switch assembly A switch assembly is provided to actuate a pair of switches using a single push key, e.g. for a camera that utilizes a first switch to activate an image focusing function and a second switch to activate a camera shutter. The switch assembly comprises a contact pad s... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976324 | Device opener and vibration mechanism A device, method and computer program product for effecting vibrations in a device. In accordance with one example embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for effecting vibrations in a mobile electronic device having a first body and a secon... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970860 | System and method for pushing data to a mobile device A system for handling information requests from mobile devices includes a memory, a state prediction module, and a push module. The memory is operable to store data requests received from the mobile devices. The state prediction module is operable to access the memo... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970849 | Handheld electronic device and associated method providing time data in a messaging environment An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which time data regarding certain aspects of a messaging conversation on a handheld electronic device are made available to a user. Such time data is provided, for instance, in situation... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966323 | Enabling category-based filtering A category may be associated, in a personal information manager (PIM) application, with a data item by associating a category pattern with the data item. Where the PIM application already associates keyword patterns with data items for enabling keyword searching, th... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966015 | System and method for assigning a network address A method relates to a network identification that uniquely identifies a communication device. The method includes determining a network address corresponding to the network identification. Another step is determining which device manager, of multiple device managers... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962171 | Audio management in a dual processor environment In a dual processor mobile device one processor is a radio processor and one processor is an application processor, the mobile device further including a polyphonic audio chip, a method and apparatus for audio control, the method having the steps of: connecting the ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961883 | System and method for securing a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for securing a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device. Upon detecting at a network node that an address associated with the mobile communications device has changed, a challenge-and-response procedure... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961703 | System and method for maintaining packet protocol context A system and method for maintaining a packet protocol context, such as a PDP (Packet Data Protocol) context, is provided. A mobile device communicates over a packet protocol context. If there has been no data activity over the packet protocol context for a timeout d... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957776 | Integrated switch-mode power supply and linear regulator A power supply includes a switching voltage regulator, and a linear voltage regulator coupled electrically in series with the switching voltage regulator. The switching voltage regulator includes a first input for receiving a DC input signal, a semiconductor switchi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957717 | System and method for differentiating between incoming and outgoing messages and identifying correspondents in a TTY communication A method and system are provided that examine incoming and outgoing TTY transmissions to determine an identifier for distinguishing between correspondents in a TTY call. The system may utilize existing contact information associated wit an incoming call to provide c... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7945248 | Mobile communications device employing multiple data storage locations for electronic messages A computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions thereon for execution by a processor of a mobile communication device (116) comprises a code segment (216) for message processing, which may include a code segment for rule compar... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937684 | System and method for enabling assisted visual development of incoming message handling operations for applications on a communication device A message wizard enables assisted visual development of operations to process an incoming message for an application on a communication device. The wizard provides a series of pages from which a developer can select a desired action to perform on a target upon recei... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934015 | System and method for addressing a mobile device in an IP-based wireless network A system and method for addressing a mobile device in an IP-based wireless network is provided. Push service providers prepare data for transmission to the mobile device using a first IP address. The addressed data is then transmitted to a push proxy. The push proxy... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933618 | Apparatus, and associated method, for selectably delaying synchronization of database copies in a radio communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, for selectably delaying performance of synchronization operations in which database copies are placed in match with one another. A user of a mobile node at which a database copy is maintained selectably actuates an actuator to se... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930138 | Root median square power measurement A handheld computing device comprises a data processor configured to allocate a set of measurements of a wireless signal amongst partitions of a hierarchical multi-level partition space. Each level has a plurality of the partitions. Each partition has a respective n... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929967 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating WLAN selection by a mobile node Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate selection of a WLAN through which a mobile node communicates. Selection takes into account the geographic positioning of the mobile node. The mobile node ascertains its geographic positioning by monitoring ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929960 | System and method for controlling device usage Mobile device usage may be monitored and restricted by pushing enabling/disabling events from an administrator the device. The events impose a certain set of rules that can “lock” certain features provided by the device, according to permissions and pre-establis... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929523 | System and method for communicating asynchronously with synchronous web services using a mediator service A system, method and computer readable medium for mediating communication between a mobile device and a data source over a network is described. The system includes an asynchronous message receiver that is configured to receive an asynchronous request message from t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925280 | Method, and associated apparatus, of integrating extraction of extra partial identity bits with quick paging techniques where multiple pages share a message field Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating paging of an access terminal. A detector detects delivery at the access terminal of a paging message. The paging message includes a group of identities that are ordered. The ordering is determinative of an extra ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925279 | Apparatus, and associated method, for forming a page message including a structure of partial identifiers of differing bit lengths Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to form a quick page message for broadcast to access terminals to alert the access terminals of pending communication. The quick page message includes a structure formed of page identifier sets. During formation of the s... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924797 | Packet zone reconnect control for an always-on mobile station A system and method of packet zone hysteresis for a mobile station is presented. A packet zone hysteresis reset timer is started whenever the mobile station sends or receives packet data and packet data exchange is determined to be incomplete. The packet zone hyster... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920865 | System and method for managing secure registration of a mobile communications device In one embodiment, a method is provided for managing secure registration of a mobile communications device, the method comprising registering, at a network node, the mobile communications device using a first registration process, the first registration process requ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920857 | Event reminder method A method is performed by first and second mobile wireless communication devices used respectively by first and second users. In the method, a first user selects, on the first device, a first task for the first user to perform. The first device sends to the second de... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920074 | Apparatus and method for an accelerated thumbwheel on a communications device An accelerated roller apparatus on a handheld electronic communications device that handles urgency conditions. The device includes a manipulable mechanism that is capable of generating a manipulation-related signal. Changes in the signal occur whenever motion is im... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917284 | Mobile device with on-screen optical navigation A mobile computing device, including a main body, a processor and associated memory housed within the main body, a display screen housed within the main body and responsive to signals from the processor, an optical sensor fixed to the main body for capturing success... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917174 | Method and system for the configuration of a mobile station baseband circuit for an acoustic accessory A method and system for the configuration of a mobile station baseband circuit for an acoustic accessory having an identifier, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the mobile device recognizes the identifier of the acoustic device; and configuring... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917143 | Method and apparatus for CDMA timer-based registration on a mobile device A method and apparatus for improved timer based registration for a mobile device with a network, the network having a standard slot cycle time for interrupts, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at the mobile device, a system parameter message from the ne... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917136 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating formation of a call connection in a radio communication system with a service center identified by a short dialing code Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating call connection with a selected service center from a mobile node. A mobile node is provided with short dialing codes used in a network with which the mobile node is registered by SMS messages sent thereto, such ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917126 | System and method of exchanging identification information for mobile stations A system is provided for allowing mobile stations to exchange identification information using a predetermined communication path for the purpose of obtaining identification information to use in establishing a different communication path for communicating. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912977 | Always-on wireless internet protocol communication In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for always-on wireless IP communication. An access provider network (APN) that includes an always-on packet data serving node (PDSN) may be used to communicate over a wireless commun... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912463 | Method of using SNR to reduce factory test time The application relates to wireless networks and more particularly to a method of reducing factory test time of receiver sensitivity in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless device. Under TIA/EIA/-98E, the radio frequency (RF) sensitivity of a CDMA wireles... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912462 | Method for conducting digital interface and baseband circuitry tests using digital loopback In a mobile device having a primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit and an interface between the primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit, a method for testing the interface and primary and secondary baseband circuits comprising th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911987 | Method for creating a peer-to-peer immediate messaging solution without using an instant messaging server A messaging method in a system including a wireless network, a routing server, and a plurality of mobile stations. A first mobile station has first communications applications and a first PIN and a second mobile station has second communications applications and a s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908509 | Method and apparatus for controlling an upper layer in a protocol stack to delay timeouts In a device communicating over a network, a proxy to delay timeout of an application on the device where the proxy is on a communications path between the application and the network, the proxy comprising means for registering a data request from the application to ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904099 | Unified addressing An outgoing message composed on a mobile wireless communication device may be recognized as including a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field. The outgoing message may then be processed to create a SMS message payload. The SMS mess... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900214 | System and method for adaptable provisioning of generic application content The current state of art for over-the-air (OTA) provisioning typically consists of a rigid set of operations that are suited to deliver a fixed content type. The runtime environment on the terminal is designed to handle a limited set of predefined content types and ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7900001 | System and method for obscuring hand-held device data traffic information Increasing security for a hand-held data processing device with communication functionality where such a device includes an access-ordered memory cache relating to communications carried out by the device. The hand-held data processing device has a locked state that... | 03/01/2011 |
