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"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
David Sarnoff, American radio pioneer ; 1921
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D660499 | Chandelier | 05/22/2012 |
| D660046 | Bed | 05/22/2012 |
| D660045 | Bed | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175620 | System and method for generating non-uniform grid points from calibration data The location of a wireless mobile device may be estimated using, at least in part, one or more pre-existing Network Measurement Reports (“NMRs”) which include calibration data for a number of locations within a geographic region. The calibration data for these l... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659278 | Chandelier | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170585 | Ranging in UMTS networks A method and system for determining an approximate range from a location measurement unit to a mobile device. An uplink signal from the mobile device is received by the location measurement unit, and an uplink frame marker is determined from the uplink signal. A dow... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170579 | System and method for generating a location estimate using non-uniform grid points The location of a wireless mobile device may be estimated using, at least in part, one or more pre-existing Network Measurement Reports (“NMRs”) which include calibration data for a number of locations within a geographic region. The calibration data for these l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170473 | System and method for identifying the path or devices on the path of a communication signal A system and method of applying a known modification in the form of a distortion to a signal to enable a determination if a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary sign... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169119 | Electric machine having slot insulation with flange arrangement An electric machine having a rotor and a stator that encloses the rotor. The stator is closed at its end faces by flanges. A slot insulation is applied in an axial direction to the stator and has means of centering the rotor and/or the flanges with respect to the st... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168953 | Method, apparatus and computer program for measuring the dose, dose rate or composition of radiation A method and an apparatus for measuring the dose, the dose rate and/or the composition of radiation is disclosed. In the method, a detector means is exposed to a radiation environment, the detector means comprising an array of radiation sensing detector elements. Th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8135081 | System and method for reducing peak-to-average power ratio for multi-carrier communication systems The present disclosure presents a predictive signal producing method that effectively levels transmitter output power in a multi-carrier communication system and results in approaching amplifier performance normally associated with constant carrier waveforms. Embodi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133361 | Thin film coating system and method A method and system for depositing a thin film on a substrate. In the system a target material is deposited and reacted on a substrate surface to form a substantially non-absorbing thin film. The volume of non-absorbing thin film formed per unit of time may be incre... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130841 | Method and apparatus for compression of a video signal Single instances of individual codecs are instantiated on different processing elements, and blocks of video frames are interspersed or ‘striped’ across the multiple instances. An apparatus according to the invention comprises a demultiplexer for receiving the i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128355 | Fan for a gas burner system A fan for a gas burner system where at the outflow side of the fan a combustion gas is fed in, in order to form a flammable mixture of gas and air, the fan comprising a spiral-shaped fan housing having a rotational axis and an air outlet; the air outlet of the fan h... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125388 | Method for calibrating an AOA location system for all frequencies in a frequency hopping signal A method for calibrating an antenna and signal processing system enabling angle of arrival (AOA) determination for a frequency hopping signal, in which a calibration coefficient is determined in response to one or more calibration signals injected into the system at... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125377 | System and method for determining the location of a mobile device A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device. A first set of signals from a plurality of radio frequency (“RF”) sources may be received at a mobile device and then downconverted into a second set of signals. The mobile device may then time... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112096 | System and method for locating an unknown base station A system and method for estimating a location of an unknown Node B in a wireless communication system having a plurality of other nodes and a plurality of location measurement units. A first value may be determined based on a network timing characteristic for one of... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097998 | Linear drive having shock compensation A directly coupled linear drive having a drive unit and a sliding element that are disposed in a frame, the sliding element, actuated by the drive unit, being capable of effecting a movement in a direction of translation with respect to the frame and having a blocki... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090384 | System and method for generating a location estimate using a method of intersections The location of a wireless mobile device may be estimated using, at least in part, one or more pre-existing Network Measurement Reports (“NMRs”) which include calibration data for a number of locations within a geographic region. The calibration data for these l... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087905 | Cooling apparatus for an electronic device to be cooled The invention relates to a cooling apparatus for an electric component such as a CPU, a memory or power semiconductor, such as transistors or LEDs, or a processor. The cooling apparatus comprises a heatsink, an impeller that coaxially encloses the heatsink, and ... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651742 | Hair iron | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085193 | System and method for preventing A-GPS devices from searching for specific satellites A system and method for estimating the location of a wireless device. A set of satellites may be determined as a function of an approximate area in which the wireless device is located. Assistance data is transmitted to the device including information from the set ... | 12/27/2011 |
| D651012 | Chaise | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081109 | Method and apparatus for determining the geographic location of a device A method and apparatus for determining the location of a device from signals provided by a plurality of satellites. A device receives a first plurality of signals comprising one signal from each of a first plurality of satellites and determines a first location of t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078099 | System and method for identifying the path or devices on the path of a communication signal using (1+r(t)) amplitude modulation A system and method of applying a known modification to a signal to enable a determination of a signal received by a first node is received directly from a second node or indirectly through a repeater. The repeater receives a primary signal and creates a secondary s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073463 | System and method of UMTS UE location using uplink dedicated physical control channel and downlink synchronization channel A system and method for estimating a location of a wireless device in a wireless communication system having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of location measurement units (“LMUs”). A set of signal samples from a first wireless device and a second wireless d... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069853 | Breath responsive powered air-purifying respirator A system for regulating the airflow to a closed environment using feedback control for the position of a control valve and blower speed. The system provides a control apparatus that regulates airflow to a closed environment, such as the mask of a breathing apparatus... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069161 | System, program product, and methods to enhance content management Embodiments of systems, program products, and methods to enhance and more effectively manage media content are provided. An embodiment of a system, for example, can include a first preselected network framework defining a first network stage and a second preselected... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8046169 | System and method for determining the geographic location of a device A method and apparatus for estimating a location of a device. For each of a plurality of locations of a device, a set of positional data is determined from signals received from a plurality of satellites. The positional data is filtered and compared with data from a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045917 | System and method for detection of mobile operating through a repeater A system and method for a network analysis system operating in a wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the system and method enable the network analysis system to determine if signals being received by the network receivers arrive... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036992 | Methods of generating applications for enrollment at educational institutions A method of increasing the number of applications for enrollment at an institution of higher learning, including the initial profiling of the institution's candidate inquiry pool against the institution's enrollment objectives, the electronic solicitation of additio... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035557 | System and method for server side detection of falsified satellite measurements A system and method for determining whether a wireless device has transmitted one or more forged satellite measurements. An estimated location of the wireless device may be determined as a function of information from a cellular network. Acquisition assistance data ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035269 | Electric machine An electric machine having a rotor and a stator that encloses the rotor, and having a first flange arrangement on at least one end face of the stator, wherein the first flange arrangement has a first flange component that has a connecting surface which adjoins the f... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8000725 | Method and apparatus for transparent invocation and transport of encrypted position location data In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for locating a mobile terminal in a communication network. The method includes: receiving a request data frame for locating the mobile terminal; uniquely encoding at least a portion of the request data frame (at ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000702 | Optimizing location services performance by combining user plane and control plane architectures A system and method is disclosed that determines the position of a mobile device using information obtained by employing a first location determination protocol (or modality) to control the efficient or advantageous invocation of a second location determination prot... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000701 | Correlation mechanism to communicate in a dual-plane architecture A system and method is disclosed that correlates the MSISDN of a target mobile by performing an out of band request using a IMSI. The correlation between the MSISDN and the IMSI of IMEI is cashed at a database for retrieval. The correlation of the MSISDN allows the ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999730 | System and method for providing GNSS assistant data without dedicated receivers A system and method of providing satellite assistance data to a mobile device without using a reference network. A request may be transmitted to a plurality of mobile device requesting that ones of the devices transmit a portion of a navigation data message received... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986266 | Method and system for selecting optimal satellites in view A system and method for determining one or more satellites in view of a wireless device. A request for satellite assistance data may be received from a requesting entity and a reference location determined as a function of the request. A set of satellites may be det... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974633 | System and method for single sensor geolocation A system and method for determining a position of a wireless mobile device. The method comprising the steps of providing one base station in communication with the mobile device, providing a sensor spaced apart a known distance from the base station, and determining... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966525 | Diagnostic procedure and device for a field bus system The invention relates to a computer-implemented diagnostic procedure for a field bus system in which bus users exchange data via a field bus in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol, the data being exchanged in the form of data packets, comprising t... | 06/21/2011 |
