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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8019012 | Method and controller for syncronizing a wireless communication device and network A communication controller and a method is provided for synchronizing a wireless communication device and a wireless communication network having two or more transmit antennas, which support transmit diversity. A reference signal is received from the wireless commun... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7899051 | Broadcast channel signal, apparatus and method for transmitting and decoding broadcast channel information The present invention provides a broadcast channel signal, a wireless communication device and method for transmitting broadcast channel information, where an invariant subportion of a variant portion of the broadcast channel information is separated from the varian... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7734549 | Methods and apparatus for managing secured software for a wireless device A system and method to securely create, distribute, install and execute selected features of software on wireless devices combines three different types of licenses, a validation license, a digital rights management (DRM) license, and a feature license with a softwa... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7706645 | Optical communication system adapted for receiving an optical signal at a plurality of different positions An optical communication system (200) for transmitting light between a first housing (102) and a second housing (104) of a device (100) is provided. The first housing and the second housing are adapted to move relative to one another betw... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7672594 | Optical communication system with light guide having variable slidable point of entry or exit An optical communication system is provided for conveying signals between multiple housing elements of a device, where respective optical detectors and optical light sources interact via a light guide associated with each communication path, where an optical signal ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672381 | Method of multiple-carrier communication within a noncontiguous wideband spectrum and apparatus therefor A method (20) of orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) communication via a plurality of subchannels (30) within a noncontiguous wideband channel (24) is provided. The method (20) determines an SNR for each of the subchannels (... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671628 | Bus interface and method for conveying multi-level communication signals between a communication bus and a device coupled to a communication bus A bus interface and corresponding method is provided for conveying communication signals supporting multiple modes, where at least two of the modes have distinct operational communication signal levels. The bus interface is adapted to convert the communication signa... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7619606 | Devices and methods for intradevice optical communication of data Disclosed are devices and methods for intradevice communication in a mobile communication device having a display. A method includes providing a supply signal and superimposing a data signal onto the supply signal. The method further includes driving a light source ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7600925 | Clip connector for use in an optical communication coupling system An optical communication coupling system (206) for use in a device is provided. The optical communication coupling system (206) includes an optical fiber (208) and a clip connector (302). The optical fiber (208) is capable of conve... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7580518 | Dual-axes hinge part for hinged components A dual-axes hinge part (106) defines a lower hinge (132) and an upper hinge (130) of an electronic device (100). The upper hinge (130) permits a component, such as a display member (102) to pivot with respect to the hinge pa... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7577467 | Sliding electronic device assembly A drive mechanism (101) for a portable electronic device (102), such as a mobile telephone or personal digital assistant, includes at least one wheel (113) engaging at least one track (103). In one embodiment, two tracks (103,104) ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7529440 | Circuit substrate supporting optically and electrically conveyed signals, and method for forming same A circuit substrate, which supports optically and electrically conveyed signals, and method for forming the same are provided. The circuit substrate includes a substrate upon which one or more electrically conductive traces are formed, where the electrically conduct... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529379 | System and method for determining an in-ear acoustic response for confirming the identity of a user A system and method is provided for confirming the identity of a user, where the confirmation is made using biometric data. The system includes an internal speaker having an audio port, which is positioned within the ear of the user, and is adapted for producing a s... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529211 | Method and apparatus for managing paging related delays A method and apparatus for managing paging related delays between a mobile station and a base station is provided, which includes the use of a fractional slot cycle index. A first value for the slot cycle index, which is equal to an integer value less than a desired... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7509148 | Message alert system and method of providing message notification A message alert system is useful for a communication device (10) having a display (12) and a processor (30). The message alert system includes a computer-readable medium (32) and a routine stored in the computer-readable medium (32... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7483543 | Stereo imaging manifold and method for use in a portable electronic device A sound system assembly for use in a hand held device is provided. The sound system assembly includes a pair of transducers, and a corresponding pair of manifolds, which redirect the sound produced by the transducers away from the front or back surface of the device... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479927 | Radio frequency antenna system An antenna system (110) for more efficient radiation and reception of radio frequency (RF) signals includes a primary conductor (302), a ground conductor (306) and one or more secondary conductors (310). The primary conductor (302)... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7471749 | Channel parameters estimation in a receiver Methods (FIGS. 7 and 8) and corresponding apparatus (200) for estimating a parameter (125) associated with a received signal (120), one method comprising: providing (704, 806) a signal sample (129, 301) corresponding ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466679 | Method and system for maintaining registration information for multiple communication areas A method and system for maintaining registration information for multiple communication areas within a network is provided. For a particular mobile subscriber, information associated with at least some prior registrations are retained, and in some instances are re-u... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7415410 | Identification apparatus and method for receiving and processing audible commands An audible command can be utilized to both permit identification of the speaker and to permit subsequent actions that comprise a corresponding response to the audible command when the identity of the speaker correlates with that of a previously authorized individual... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7330920 | Signal initiator and method for on-demand communication A method is provided for on-demand communications in a communication network with support for a plurality of communication units participating in a common communication, which includes multiple signal initiators, each supplying a signal, which are virtually simultan... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7302127 | Strip to point optical communication system A strip to point optical communication system (200) for transmitting light between a first housing (102) and a second housing (104) of a device is provided. The strip to point optical communication system (200) includes a point optical co... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292195 | Energy diversity antenna and system An energy density diversity antenna (EDA) has a least a pair of antenna elements, whose feeding points are connected to outputs of a hybrid coupler configured such that a sum and a difference signal may exist at the feed points of the antenna elements. First reactiv... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283697 | Point to strip optical communication system A point to strip optical communication system (200) for transmitting light between a first housing (102) and a second housing (104) of a device is provided. The point to strip optical communication system (200) includes a point optical co... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281066 | Memory access system including support for multiple bus widths A direct memory access system consists of a direct memory access controller establishing a direct memory access data channel and including a first interface for coupling to a memory. A second interface is for coupling to a plurality of nodes. And a processor is coup... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277392 | Method and apparatus for managing the usage of data link resources The present invention manages data link resources in a wireless communication device by managing the data link resource needs of multiple client applications including the creation and sharing of data link resources. If the requested data link resources can be accom... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274940 | Method and system for determining a location of a plurality of units using sub-divided unit groupings A method and system is provided for determining a location for each of a plurality of units, which are sub-divided into more than one sub-net groupings, that each include two or more units. Within each sub-net grouping, measured range information between units withi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274954 | Communication device including one or more electrical control buttons in an upper housing part Folding wireless communication devices (100, 700) comprise first parts (102, 1002) that are rotatably coupled to second parts (104, 1104). The first parts (102, 1002) can be moved from first positions in which the first parts (102, 100... | 09/25/2007 |
| D551638 | Wireless communication device | 09/25/2007 |
| 7242947 | Method and apparatus for determining the location of a unit using neighbor lists A method and location determination module is provided for determining a location of one of a plurality of units using neighbor lists. Each unit is communicatively coupled to at least some of the other plurality of units, where at least some of the plurality of unit... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243066 | Method and apparatus for mitigating the effect of transmission errors in a distributed speech recognition process and system A method and apparatus for distributed speech recognition serve to mitigate the effect of transmission errors. The method comprises the steps of identifying speech recognition parameters which have been subjected to a transmission error, and processing data to be se... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231188 | Self operating opening mechanism for use in a hand-held electronic device The present invention provides a mechanism (300, 400) and method (500) for rotating at least a first and second housing elements (120, 220) of a device (100) with respect to one another. The first and second housing elements (120, 240 | 06/12/2007 |
| 7212789 | Tunable duplexer The method and apparatus herein identifies tunable duplexer in a communication system. The tunable duplexer includes a tunable receiver filter, a tunable transmitter filter, a variable receiver phase shifter, and variable transmitter phase shifter. Each filter and p... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209755 | Method of targeting a message to a communication device selected from among a set of communication devices A method for sending messages from a particular device to one or more other devices communicants (300) uses the relative geographic location of the targeted devices as addressing criteria. The particular device forms or joins a network of potential communican... | 04/24/2007 |
| D539775 | Wireless communication device | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193622 | Method and apparatus for dynamically changing pixel depth An electronic device (108) includes a display panel (126) and a display controller (124) for controlling the display panel (126). A plurality of data lines supplies image data to the display panel (126). The data lines include data... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180756 | Latch mechanism A latch mechanism (1200) comprises a resilient wire (404) supported proximate its first end (412) and second end (414) by a support structure (406). The latch mechanism (1200) also includes one or more hook shaped catches ( | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181223 | Method for rapid uplink access by GSM GPRS/EDGE mobile stations engaged in voice over internet protocol packet transfer mode A communication system including a mobile station (202, 322) sending a plurality of uplink radio link control data blocks (328, 332, 336, 340) to a base station (208, 320) in an uplink temporary block flow (248), and receiving a plurality... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7158819 | Antenna apparatus with inner antenna and grounded outer helix antenna A dual-band cellular telephone antenna. A monopole antenna is tuned to a first resonant frequency of operation. A first helical antenna is coupled to the monopole antenna and has turns surrounding the monopole antenna, where the first helical antenna is tuned to a s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146189 | Apparatus for wireless device to alter performance of wireless communication link An apparatus for providing additional processing power to a portable, wireless, communication device. The apparatus includes a housing detachably connectable to the portable, wireless, communication device and digital circuitry carried by the housing. The digital ci... | 12/05/2006 |
