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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110039532 | METHODS FOR TRANSFER OF USER IDENTITY BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES Embodiments of methods are provided for transferring a user identity from one wireless communication device to another in a wireless communication system having a network system controller. A first device sends a deactivation request to the network controller, which inc... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033639 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH An apparatus is provided for growing high aspect ratio emitters (26) on a substrate (13). The apparatus comprises a housing (10) defining a chamber and includes a substrate holder (12) attached to the housing and positioned within the chamber... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100146573 | MULTI-REPRESENTATION MEDIA EVENT HANDOFF A system and method provides transition continuity for an event across a plurality of media representation device types. The system and method allow identification information for a media event such as a sports game, talk show, music, video, etc. to be handed-off betwee... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100081477 | PORTABLE DEVICE DISPLAY PRESENTING TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES An electronic device (100, 400, 500) includes a display (116, 516) positioned within a housing (104, 504) for presenting two dimensional images. A cover (102, 502) is moveably mounted to the housing (104, 504) and capable of assuming a... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100062178 | Apparatus and method for fabricating one-dimensional nanostructures on flexible substrates An apparatus and method are provided for forming one dimensional nanostructures. The method comprises ink jet printing (52) a plurality of catalyst particles (36) on a substrate (32). A gas (20) is applied (54) to the catalyst particle... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100045538 | RF TRANSPARENT HOUSING HAVING A METALLIC APPEARANCE An apparatus and method for forming an electronic device (110) including an antenna (212) coupled to circuitry (216, 218) for conducting signals in the radio frequency range and a housing (120, 300, 400, 600, 700) encasing the circuitry (2... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090297703 | INDUCED PHASE COMPOSITE TRANSPARENT HARD COATING A method of forming a protective layer on a substrate (202) such as glass includes depositing an a magnesium oxide layer (108, 208) and amorphous oxide material (106, 206) on the substrate (202), either simultaneously or in succession, and at... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090269524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALTERING DEVICE APPEARANCE A housing (100, 300, 600, 700) for storing and protecting items comprises a photoreactive material (106) that selectively and irreversibly changes colors upon exposure to activating radiation (124, 324); and an ultraviolet attenuation coating (10... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090251670 | OPTICAL FEEDBACK FOR HIGH SPEED SCAN MIRROR An image projection system (100) has a laser (102, 104, 106) providing at least one beam (103, 105, 107) to a scan mirror apparatus (130) for scanning the at least one beam (103, 105, 107) in two orthogonal directions (404, 406)... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090245299 | CAPACITIVE COMB FEEDBACK FOR HIGH SPEED SCAN MIRROR An image projection system (100) has a laser (102, 104, 106) providing at least one beam (103, 105, 107) to a scan mirror apparatus (130) for scanning the at least one beam (103, 105, 107) in two orthogonal directions (404, 406)... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090237374 | TRANSPARENT PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR USING A material (100) includes a transparent matrix (102) comprising at least one polymer material, and a plurality of transparent conducting particles (104) dispersed in the transparent matrix (102). The material (100) may be disposed betw... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090218041 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING A method for forming a housing for an electronic device (510) includes providing a first rigid layer (102, 302) including a curved surface defining a cavity (108, 308). A first adhesive (112, 312) is optionally applied over the curved surface... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090217963 | PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A method of making a plurality of photovoltaic cells (400, 800, 1112) for charging a battery (1230) of an electronic device (1010) includes forming by a self-assembly process a plurality of interdigitated photovoltaic cells (400, 800, 1112) b... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090217216 | CARBON NANOTUBE CIRCUITS DESIGN METHODOLOGY A methodology is provided for optimizing circuit parameters of circuits including carbon nanotube transistors. The method comprises mapping (122) selected transistor design parameters (118), based on carbon nanotube process parameters (120) and sele... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090214134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE DATA EXTRACTION AND ASSEMBLY IN DIGITAL CAMERAS A system and method for data extraction and assembly in digital cameras is provided. The system and method provides the ability to extract symbol data, including textual and other character data from multiple camera images, and assemble the extracted symbol data into a ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090191374 | DEVICE HAVING MULTI-PHASE SURFACES FOR SMUDGE PREVENTION A device (200, 300) makes smudges (406), including oils and dust, unnoticeable when formed on a viewable surface (201) thereof. The device (200, 300) includes a transparent layer (202) overlying a housing (102, 104) and/or a dis... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090191334 | FORMING AN ELECTROWETTING MODULE HAVING A HYDROPHILIC GRID A method of forming a matrix of electrowetting pixels includes forming a patterned layer of electrodes (512) on a substrate (510) and forming a patterned insulating layer (514) on the electrodes (512) and the substrate (510) to define ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090189711 | RF SYSTEM HAVING A ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE MULTI-PORT COUPLER A one-dimensional nanostructure multi-port coupler (100, 300, 400, 600) is provided for use in an RF device (700). The coupler (100, 300, 400, 600) includes a first plurality of one-dimensional nanostructures (102) aligned substantially in a ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090171659 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING DISTRIBUTED MULTI-MODAL APPLICATIONS Embodiments include methods and apparatus for synchronizing data and focus between visual and voice views associated with distributed multi-modal applications. An embodiment includes a client device adapted to render a visual display that includes at least one multi-mod... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090163160 | ADAPTIVE RESPONSIVITY RF RECEIVER DETECTOR SYSTEM A variable responsivity adaptive detector system (10) for a receiver protects a baseband amplifier from being overdriven and used to detect weak signals at the antenna (14). The RF detector system (10) includes an envelope detector (28) confi... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090160728 | UNCORRELATED ANTENNAS FORMED OF ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES An uncorrelated RF antenna system (100) having uncorrelated antennas (102, 104) disposed in close relationship for use with mobile communication device transmitters and/or receivers (300). A first antenna (102) comprises a first plurality of ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090156270 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A FLOW-BASED USER EXPERIENCE Methods and systems are provided for managing electrical power consumption in a mobile phone or other portable communications device having a battery and a display. A series of views forming a flow are retrieved from a memory or other digital storage device for presenta... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090156128 | EYEWEAR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM An eyewear apparatus (100) has a first plurality of antennas (144, 142, 158) disposed thereon for transmitting a signal in a narrow beam (402), for example, with a directivity greater than 10 dBi, the signal comprising at least one of data and video... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090149146 | ADAPTIVE MILLIMETER-WAVE ANTENNA SYSTEM A method of receiving an RF signal in a wireless communication device includes receiving (1002) a signal having a frequency greater than 10 gigahertz by at least two of a plurality of millimeter wave antennas (122, 124, 126, 128, 822, 824, 826, 828, 922, 924, ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090149137 | INTEGRATED BIDIRECTIONAL JUNCTION ENGINEERED DUAL INSULATOR TRANSCEIVER A bi-directional transceiver (100) having reduced circuitry and that may be formed on a non-semiconductor substrate includes impedance matching and filtering circuitry (114, 116, 122, 124, 128, 132) coupled to a non-linear diode (118) for converting... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090141334 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING HAVING TUNABLE METALLIC APPEARANCE An electronic device (110, 210) includes a housing (120) encasing a component (112, 114). The housing (120) includes a region (300, 600, 800, 1000) contiguous to the component (112, 114), the region (300, 600, 800, 1000) ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090135142 | DATA ENTRY DEVICE AND METHOD A method of entering data into an electronic device (110, 210) includes touching (902, 912) with continual pressure a touch input region (114). Feedback is received (904, 914, 916, 920, 922) indicating a plurality of input possibilities for s... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090123699 | VIEWABLE SURFACE HAVING UNNOTICEABLE SMUDGES A device (110, 151, 200) with a viewable surface (201) including a plurality of transparent pedestals (210) having a reflective material (406) disposed on its sides (408) make smudges forming thereon unnoticeable by taking advantage of... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090112924 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING INFORMATION REGARDING ACTIONS PERFORMED USING TRACEABLE OBJECTS An embodiment of a communication system includes a client device adapted to receive a traceable object that includes tracer information, and to perform one or more object-related actions using the traceable object. The client device stores the tracer information and obj... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090112460 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND USING INFORMATION REGARDING LOCATION OBJECT-BASED ACTIONS An embodiment of a communication system includes a client device adapted to receive a location object that includes tracer information, and to perform one or more location object-based actions using the location object. The client device stores the tracer information an... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109513 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY HAVING ELECTROWETTING OPTICAL REFLECTING SURFACE A method and apparatus is provided for aligning the two images (528) of a binocular eyewear display (500, 600) with respect to their vertical and horizontal alignment, and magnification. The method for aligning images comprise generating a signal from a di... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090109109 | HIGH FREQUENCY COMUNICATION DEVICE ON MULTILAYERED SUBSTRATE A communication device (110, 210) has an antenna (150, 152, 250, 252) positioned on a multilayer substrate/printed circuit board (154, 254, 254′). A first high frequency material (116, 216) is disposed over a first side of the substrate ( 04/30/2009 | |
| 20090102350 | FIELD EMITTER SPACER CHARGE DETRAPPING THROUGH PHOTON EXCITATION A method and apparatus for neutralizing the charge on a spacer (22, 38) positioned between an anode (12) and a cathode plate (24) within a flat panel display includes emitting electrons from the cathode plate (24) toward the anode (12)... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090098423 | HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS AND HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS Hydrogen storage materials are provided that may be capable of a hydrogenated state and dehydrogenated state. The hydrogen storage material comprises a plurality of hydrogen storage molecular units. Each hydrogen storage molecular unit comprises a transition metal bonde... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090087549 | SELECTIVE COATING OF FUEL CELL ELECTROCATALYST A method is provided for selectively coating a catalyst layer (158) on an electrode of a fuel cell. A porous conductive material (154) comprising gold is formed overlying a portion of a dielectric material (114) to form the electrode. The porous con... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090085512 | APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A power source (212) is disclosed for charging a battery (330) within a portable electronic device (310). An apparatus (422), such as a photovoltaic or thermoelectric cell, for charging the battery (330) is disposed contiguous to and w... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090074255 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING SKIN TEXTURE BIOMETRIC IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES A method is provided for enabling a function on an electronic device (110, 210, 410) comprising a touch input device (112, 116, 212, 218, 312, 424, 432) including a plurality of pixels having a surface (316) for providing radiated energy having one ... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090067138 | SLIDER TYPE ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device is provided, which includes first housing, a first electronic element incorporated into the first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, and a second electronic element incorporated into the second housing. A connective mem... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090061966 | ANTENNA AND SPEAKER ASSEMBLY A portable communication device (100) for reception of communication signals and a method (500) for tuning an antenna assembly (132) of the portable communication device (100) are provided. The antenna assembly (132) includes an antenn... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090059554 | APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY BACKLIGHTING A MATERIAL A backlighting device (300, 400, 500, 600) emitting light having a first wavelength includes a first radiation emission device (302), e.g., an electroluminescent lamp, for emitting radiation having a second wavelength. A layer (306) of a plurality o... | 03/05/2009 |
