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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047511 | System and Method for Organizing and Managing Personal Contacts in a Contact List A communications device is configured to allow a user to sort, organize, and manage a plurality of contacts in a contact list stored on the device. The device includes a display to display a multi-dimensional contact board. The user can move contact objects representing... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110038401 | Core Modem Assembly for Mobile Communication Device The invention described herein provides a core modem assembly for a communication circuit that is well suited for mobile communication devices such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants, laptop computers, and hand-held computers. The core modem assembly compri... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110029229 | System and Method of Providing Directions to a User of a Wireless Communication Device A wireless communication device communicates Radio Frequency (RF) signals with a wireless communication network, and receives navigation signals from a constellation of satellites orbiting the Earth. When the device travels to an area where the RF signals from the netwo... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026778 | System and Method of Using Facial Recognition to Update a Personal Contact List An electronic device has a memory that stores images of people and a contact list of personal contacts. Each personal contact is a record that identifies the contact information for a person, and a corresponding facial signature for the person. The facial signature iden... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110014802 | Vertically Stackable Sockets for Chip Modules The socket system comprises a set of vertically-stackable sockets. A first socket mounts on a printed circuit board to receive a first chip module, and a second socket stacks on the first socket to receive a second chip module. The first socket includes a first set of e... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100302166 | Keypad with Integrated Alphanumeric Display A mobile communication device includes a keypad having an integrated display for displaying alphanumeric information. The mobile communication device includes a housing. A keypad including a plurality of keys is disposed on a front surface of said housing. A plurality o... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100287505 | User Input for Hand-Held Device A touch interface for a hand held device having a selection tool is described herein. The selection tool allows a large group of selectable items to be displayed in a relatively small space on a touchscreen display, and appears as an element of a graphical user interfac... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100245240 | Electronic Device with a Display Unit Being Movable in Relation to a Base Unit The invention relates to an electronic device and a method for controlling functionality of such an electronic device in relation to a display unit. The electronic device includes a base unit (3); a display unit (2), an orientation sensing arrangement and ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100210216 | Detecting Movement of Housing Sections in a Portable Electronic Device In a wireless communication device having two housing sections that move relative to one another between open and closed positions, relative movement between the housing sections is detected using a pair of accelerometers. One accelerometer is disposed on or in a first ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100166170 | Method and Apparatus for Relaying Calls A dual mode user terminal for a calling party can make calls over both a conventional cellular network and a packet data network using VoIP protocols. If the called party is not available to receive a VoIP call over the packet data network, the user terminal for the cal... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100151865 | Interference Reduction in High-Speed Wireless Data Networks Methods, apparatus, and systems are described, in which mobile stations in gaps between conventional cells obtain access to high speed data services by initiating an ad hoc, peer-to-peer connection with an intermediary mobile station and transmitting an access request m... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150252 | Multimedia Stream Combining Two or more video streams including a high quality video stream and a low quality video stream are simultaneously transmitted to the video receiving device over the wireless network. All of the video streams carry the same video content but with different video quality.... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150245 | Multimedia Stream Selection Two or more video streams including a high quality video stream and a low quality video stream are simultaneously transmitted to the mobile communication device over the wireless network. All of the video streams carry the same video content but with different video qua... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149029 | System and Method for Obtaining Location Assistance Data An electronic device such as a cellular telephone, for example, includes a receiver that receives broadcast radio signals transmitted by a commercial broadcast radio station. The broadcast radio signals include information that identifies a location of the radio station... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100085312 | Method and Apparatus for Dual Input Text Entry A method and apparatus is provided for entering alphanumeric characters into a computing device. A user selects a row in a character array containing a plurality of alphanumeric characters using a first input device and selects a character in the row using a second user... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100081468 | Mobile Communication Device for Accessing Network Isolated Devices According to a method of relaying data originated from the network isolated device which is addressed to a target destination device, the method includes establishing a temporary wireless communication connection with the network isolated device, storing data received f... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100069022 | Adaptively Selecting Signal Constellations for Multi-Carrier Edge The wireless communication device and corresponding method described herein selectively switches between a single-frequency mode, such as appropriate for an EDGE network, and a multiple-frequency mode, such as appropriate for a multi-carrier EDGE network. Accordingly, a... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100069009 | Adaptively Selecting Channel Filters for Multi-Carrier Edge The dual-mode processor and corresponding method described herein selectively switches between a single-frequency mode, such as appropriate for an EDGE network, and a multiple-frequency mode, such as appropriate for a multi-carrier EDGE network. The pulse-shaping filter... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100066640 | Electronic Device with Locking, Movable Displays An electronic device comprises one or more input devices configured to receive user input from a device user, a first display configured to display first visual content to the device user, and a second display configured to display second visual content to the device us... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064212 | Electronic Device Having a User Input Interface Opposite a Display A consumer electronic device, such as a cellular telephone, includes a monolithic housing. A display is positioned on a first face of the housing and displays graphics to the user. An input interface, such as a keypad, for example, accepts user input and is positioned o... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100060547 | Display Device and Method for Displaying Images in a Variable Size Display Area An image is displayed on a variable display area defined by two or more relatively moveable displays. A detector detects movement of the displays that varies the size of the display area. A processor determines the size of the new display area created by the relative mo... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100041360 | Evolved EDGE Receiver The wireless receiver of the present invention accommodates dual-carrier Evolved EDGE without significantly impacting existing receiver architectures. The inventive receiver comprises a shared local oscillator and two image-rejecting downconverters. The local oscillator... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100040027 | Reuse of Training Sequence Between Frequency-Adjacent Radio Signals Methods and apparatus for processing received signals in a multi-carrier system are disclosed. An exemplary method includes estimating one or more first propagation channel coefficients based on a training sequence in each of one or more first slots received over a firs... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100017438 | Adaptive Display for Enhancing Audio Playback An audio playback device and method searches initiates a web search for images related to music or other audio files being played, downloads images from selected web pages returned by the search engine, and outputs one or more images from the selected web pages on a dis... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100016022 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing Services Information with a Femtocell Wireless Base Station A femtocell base station is configured to transmit site-specific services data to in-range wireless devices, using a common broadcast channel. The site-specific services data identifies available services including, but not limited to, alternate radio signals available ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100009727 | Electronic Device An electronic device, such as a clamshell-type device or a slide-type device, senses when a user opens and closes the device. The device renders selected audio files as audible sounds to the user to indicate when the user opens and closes the device.... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100009700 | Methods and Apparatus for Collecting Image Data An image processing system identifies desired views of a particular subject and triggers a mobile camera device in proximity to the subject to capture a digital image, thus collecting new image data to augment an existing database. In an exemplary method, location data ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090324025 | Physical Access Control Using Dynamic Inputs from a Portable Communications Device Methods and apparatus for controlling access to a secure facility are disclosed, wherein a determination of whether access is permitted is based at least in part on a digital image of one or more predetermined features of the secure facility. In an exemplary method, an ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090324022 | Method and Apparatus for Tagging Images and Providing Notifications When Images are Tagged An image tagging and notification system provides notifications to a user when an image is tagged with personal information of the user. The image tagging and notification system comprises a tag generator to generate tags using facial recognition techniques and a notifi... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090312067 | System and Method of Escalating Call Alert Indications A wireless communications device, such as a cellular telephone, for example, receives incoming calls. A controller at the wireless communications device progressively escalates the call alert indications used to alert a user of an incoming call from a remote party based... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090309997 | Image Capturing Device An image-capturing device, such as a camera or a camera-equipped wireless communication device, includes touch-sensitive user controls disposed on a housing of the device. The touch-sensitive user controls detect user movement along the controls, and allow a user to con... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090285445 | System and Method of Translating Road Signs A camera-equipped wireless communication device captures images of traffic signs that are unfamiliar to a user. A controller in the device analyzes the captured image and generates information that allows the user to identify the traffic sign.... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090285443 | Remote Control Based on Image Recognition A remote control device uses image recognition to recognize features or objects in an on-screen menu displayed on an external display associated with a controlled device. The on-screen menu may contain one or more control objects for controlling the associated appliance... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090262194 | Interactive Media and Game System for Simulating Participation in a Live or Recorded Event An interactive media and game system creates a live event simulation that enables users to participate in a live event through a virtual participant controlled by the user. A game server receives user input controlling a position of a virtual participant in said live ev... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090251421 | Method and apparatus for tactile perception of digital images The method and apparatus enables a user to “feel” remote objects depicted in a visual scene. Exemplary embodiments of the invention detect image texture in a digital scene and generate tactile feedback control signals as a function of the detected image texture. In ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090248300 | Methods and Apparatus for Viewing Previously-Recorded Multimedia Content from Original Perspective Methods and apparatus for processing multimedia content are disclosed. In an exemplary method, such as might be implemented a portable multimedia device, stored media data pre-associated with a current location of the multimedia device is retrieved. The retrieved media ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090232417 | Method and Apparatus of Annotating Digital Images with Data A device is configured to capture a digital image, and to analyze the image to identify objects in the image. Metadata used to identify the objects may be generated when the digital image is captured and to annotate the digital image. The device may also save the metada... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090219436 | Positioning Accessory for Camera-Equipped Wireless Terminals A stand for a camera-equipped wireless communications device comprises an adjustable terminal support configured to be mounted to a base. The adjustable terminal support includes a system plug at one end that connects to a system interface on the camera-equipped wireles... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090209274 | System and Method for Dynamically Updating and Serving Data Objects Based on Sender and Recipient States Methods and apparatus for managing the distribution of data objects in a communication network are disclosed. In an exemplary method, such as might be implemented at a data object server, a plurality of data objects corresponding to a first user of a first communication... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090204925 | Active Desktop with Changeable Desktop Panels A desktop environment for a mobile computing device provides the user with multiple user desktops that can be changed on the fly by the user depending upon the particular experience the user desires. The desktop environment comprises a desktop module with a plug-in inte... | 08/13/2009 |
