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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7072621 | Luminescent signaling displays utilizing a wireless mobile communication device The present invention includes a wireless mobile communication device with a body casing having an exterior surface, and a number of light sources (LS) disposed on the exterior surface. A machine accessible medium is provided with instructions to selectively activat... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065333 | Method and system for playing broadcasts with a mobile telecommunication device that includes multiple tuners The invention provides a method, system, and apparatus for finding, playing, and recording broadcasts on a mobile device (400) that includes two or more tuners and also works as a cellular telephone. The user can provide specific preferences or a pattern of u... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6999804 | Interchangeable covering additions to a mobile communication device for display and key reorientation A mobile communications device including an interchangeable covering addition for display and key reorientation is provided. A body encases a first set of electronic components. A display screen with a default display orientation and a first plurality of input keys ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6987948 | Identification based operational modification of a portable electronic device Identification based operational modification of a portable electronic device includes detecting the presence of an employee identification badge, authenticating the identification badge as an eligible identification badge based at least in part upon data associated... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6987991 | Emoticon input method and apparatus An apparatus, such as a communication device, is provided with emoticon input logic associated with an input key to improve the ease-of-use of the apparatus for entering emoticons, e.g. into a text message, while the apparatus is operating e.g. in a text mode. Respo... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6975888 | Interchangeable cover for a mobile communications device An interchangeable cover for a mobile communications device is provided. The interchangeable cover includes a a resilient three-sided semi-rigid shell having a substantially U-shaped profile adapted to wrap around a substantial portion of a front, back and side of t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965785 | Cooperative wireless luminescent imagery A wireless communication device having luminescent display capabilities in accordance with various embodiments is provided with a machine accessible medium including instructions to receive data representing a set of one or more picture elements of an audience assis... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6954658 | Luminescent signaling displays utilizing a wireless mobile communication device The present invention includes a wireless mobile communication device with a body casing having an exterior surface, and a number of light sources (LS) disposed on the exterior surface. A machine accessible medium is provided with instructions to selectively activat... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952597 | Wireless mobile phone with key stroking based input facilities A wireless mobile phone, is provided with an input keypad having a number of touch sensitive keys, and complementary logic to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data through stroking of the touch sensitive keys of the input keypad. Alphanumeric data or commands are en... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6944482 | Visualization supplemented wireless mobile telephony A wireless mobile phone is provided with the capability to visually convey various information to users, using a number of light emitting devcies (LEDs). The information may include notification of an incoming call, text messages of a call (in Morse code representat... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920338 | Adding I/O ports to mobile device via smart interchangeable cover An interchangeable cover is endowed with one or more I/O ports and complementary electronics to add the one or more I/O ports to a mobile device, to which the interchangeable cover is attached. In various embodiments, the I/O ports may comprise a PS/2 mouse port, a ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6854651 | Non-persistently displayed bar code based data input method and apparatus A device is equipped with the ability to non-persistently display a data on its display in bar code form on demand, to enable another system to acquire the data by reading the bar code. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850782 | Wireless device with vibrational communication capabilities A wireless communication device having vibrational communication capabilities in accordance with various embodiments is provided including a receiver to receive signals, a body casing, a vibrator coupled to the body casing to vibrate the wireless communication devic... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6721545 | Mobile electronic communication device and covering for similar devices with ornament attachment mechanism A mobile electronics communications device with a housing and an ornament attachment mechanism. The ornament attachment mechanism provides the ability to customize the appearance of the device in a more personal and unique manner. A covering for a mobile electronics... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6720863 | Mobile electronic communication device with lights to indicate received messages A mobile electronic communication device includes a processor unit, a transceiver, a keypad and a light unit. Each key of the keypad is associated with a contact of a contact list. The light unit can perform light functions to notify a user of the reception and/or s... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6643371 | Method and apparatus for alphanumeric data entry On a communication device, letters A to Z are assigned to data entry keys of a data entry keypad (330), and the letters assigned to each of the data entry keys are advantageously arranged in accordance with the frequency of occurrence of the letters in us... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6418323 | Wireless mobile phone with Morse code and related capabilities A wireless mobile phone, is provided with a couple of buttons and complementary logic to facilitate entry and transmission of Morse code representations of alphanumeric data. As a result, a user may use the provided facilities to engage in non-verbal comm... | 07/09/2002 |
