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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180397 | Mobile communications device accessory identification system, an improved accessory for use with a mobile communications device, and a method of identifying same An identification system includes a mobile communications device and an accessory having a connection plug with a conical tip. An insulating ring extends about the conical tip portion to define a tip detection contact. The device includes a tip detection pin positio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172151 | Secure use of externally stored data A smart card reader is adapted to extract and store authentication data from a response APDU received from a smart card before generating a filtered response APDU, wherein the filtered response APDU does not include the authentication data. Beneficially, when the sm... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166530 | Method and system for supporting portable authenticators on electronic devices Systems and methods are provided for facilitating access to an electronic device. Password information is stored on the electronic device, and on a portable authenticator. When a user attempts to access the electronic device, the user is prompted to enter a password... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162211 | Alerting a smart card reader of probable wireless communication A wireless device may alert a wireless smart card reader that communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless smart card reader is probably imminent by sending an activation alert. Upon receipt of the activation alert, if the wireless smart card r... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159363 | Using gravity to direct a rotatable camera in a handheld electronic device In a handheld electronic device, a motor is controlled to adjust, according to input received at a user-input element of the device, an angle of rotation of a camera module about a rotation axis of the camera module. The camera module is partially embedded in a hous... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156336 | Device authentication Authentication of two devices in communication with a third device is achieved where the first and second devices each possess a shared secret value. The authentication includes communication of authentication values from the first device to the second device using ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146832 | Answer to reset (ATR) pushing A wireless-enabled smart card reader receives an Answer to Reset (ATR) from a smart card and transmits the ATR using a wireless communication link to a computing device without waiting for an ATR request from the computing device. The computing device may cache the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136731 | Controlling connectivity of a wireless smart card reader A system includes a wireless-enabled smart card reader able to be connected concurrently to at least two devices and a mobile device able to be connected wirelessly to the smart card reader and to control connections of the smart card reader. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128002 | Smart card communication routing A computerized device has an open communication session with a smart card via a smart card reader. The smart card reader and the computerized device cooperate to enable another computerized device to communicate with the smart card over the open communication sessio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8107974 | Probabilistic location prediction for a mobile station A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103322 | Handheld electronic device having two device members slidable relative to a bridge In a particular embodiment there is provided a handheld electronic device, comprising a bridge, a first device member having a first i/o element thereon and a second device member having a second i/o element thereon. The first and second device members are slidable ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099126 | Actuator notification system for use with a mobile communications device, a method of automatically driving an actuator on a mobile communications device, and a mobile communications device utilizing same An actuator notification system is for use with a mobile communications device. A device actuator is selectively movable, by hand, between first and second positions. An electric drive motor operatively engages the actuator. A control processor on-board the device i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090107 | Key agreement and re-keying over a bidirectional communication path A key agreement method is carried out by a first system in conjunction with a second system over a bidirectional communication path, including generating a first key pair having a first public key and a first private key, sending the first public key to the second s... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8069319 | Sharing memory resources of wireless portable electronic devices It is not uncommon for two or more wireless-enabled devices to spend most of their time in close proximity to one another. For example, a person may routinely carry a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a portable digital audio/video player, or a cellphone and a PD... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8024809 | System and method for deleting confidential information A system includes a first wireless-enabled device that transparently stores confidential information and a second wireless-enabled device that stores the same confidential information. The confidential information is to be used to secure a wireless communication lin... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014831 | Authorization status for smart battery used in mobile communication device A mobile communication device is capable of communicating with a battery authorization server. Determining an authorization status of a smart battery currently powering the mobile communication device involves an initial authorization process and a subsequent author... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009635 | Reducing handoff latency in a wireless local area network through an activation alert that affects a power state of a receiving mesh access point If a handoff by a mobile station currently associated with a particular access point is probable, then the particular access point sends an activation alert to one or more other access points. An access point receiving the activation alert that is in a low-power sta... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005032 | Maintaining delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) periods on a per-wireless client device basis An access point is to transmit delivery traffic indication messages at different periods of beacon frames for different wireless client devices associated with the access point. A client device may store an indication of a preferred period of beacon frames at which ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7962156 | Probabilistic location prediction for a mobile station A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945270 | Estimating a location of a mobile device The approximate location of a directed cell of a cellular network is calculated based on locations in the vicinity of which mobile devices were able to detect the directed cell. A mobile device is able to estimate its own location from the approximate locations of o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944869 | Resource allocation and outage control for renewable energy WLAN infrastructure mesh node A mesh node of an infrastructure wireless local area network ‘WLAN’ is coupled to a battery which is coupled to a device that is able to harness energy from a source of renewable energy. Energy management of the mesh node includes conducting simulations of a sys... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7912465 | Scanning for wireless local area networks In a wireless device, active scanning for a particular wireless network name is initiated during passive scanning for a wireless network that matches a profile stored in a wireless local area network controller, the profile including the particular wireless network ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912027 | Controlling visibility of a wireless device in discoverable mode A wireless device in a discoverable mode controls its visibility by determining whether to ignore or respond to an inquiry, received from an inquiring device, based at least in part on one or more properties of the inquiring device. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894848 | System and method for providing a standby mode in a handheld electronic device There is disclosed a system and method for providing a standby mode in a handheld electronic device. In an embodiment, the method comprises initiating a standby mode upon actuation of a standby key in the handheld electronic device; displaying a confirmation message... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885411 | Key agreement and re-keying over a bidirectional communication path A method carried out by a first system for establishing a secure bidirectional communication path between the first system and a second system for an exchange of one or more messages is described. A first key pair having a first public key and a first private key is... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878395 | Alerting a smart card reader of probable wireless communication A wireless device may alert a wireless smart card reader that communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless smart card reader is probably imminent by sending an activation alert. Upon receipt of the activation alert, if the wireless smart card r... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873017 | Limited-use data rates in a wireless local area network A wireless access point advertises data rates that it supports. A mobile station is permitted to communicate with the access point at one or more of the lower data rates only if the mobile station satisfies one or more conditions. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7844269 | Scanning cell-dependent groups of profiles of wireless local area networks A wireless device capable of wireless local area network (WLAN) communications and cellular network communications stores profiles of wireless local area networks. The device identifies in which cell of a cellular network the device is currently located, and then sc... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843820 | Wi-Fi quality of service signaling The transmission of signaling frames in a QoS system may be prioritized over the transmission of content frames carrying time-sensitive information. The signaling frames and the content frames may belong to a single communication session. Alternatively, the signalin... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843193 | System for testing magnetic sensitivity of Hall-effect switch A system and method for determining the magnetic sensitivity of a Hall-effect switch through the use of a variable powered DC electromagnet having a permanent magnet attached to it. In use the electromagnet is placed in contact with a Hall-effect switch component an... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831786 | Sharing memory resources of wireless portable electronic devices It is not uncommon for two or more wireless-enabled devices to spend most of their time in close proximity to one another. For example, a person may routinely carry a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a portable digital audio/video player, or a cellphone and a PD... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7830844 | Power saving in a device compatible with cellular and WLAN networks A mobile communication device is able to communicate with wireless local area network and with a cellular network. A communication system is able to route a communication session between the mobile communication device and another communication device either by way ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7796979 | Controlling visibility of a wireless device A first wireless device controls its visibility by disabling its discoverable mode or modes upon ascertaining that a second wireless device does not require the first device to be in a discoverable mode in order to establish connections therebetween. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796516 | Adaptive voice packetization A method is presented for adapting the packet size for VoIP communications, determined on-the-fly by the total network delay inherent at the time of packet transmission. If network delays are small relative to the maximum permissible latency for VoIP communications,... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792526 | Adjustment of background scanning interval based on network usage In a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), roaming from one access point to another by a mobile station without interruption to network service may be facilitated by frequently performing background scans to find neighboring access points while the mobile station is a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792290 | Gathering randomness in a wireless smart card reader A device coupled to a smart card reader may request random data from a smart card inserted into the smart card reader, and the smart card reader may incorporate the random data into its randomness pool. A device having a source of random data may have a driver insta... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7751380 | Controlling visibility of a wireless device in discoverable mode A wireless device in a discoverable mode controls its visibility by determining whether to ignore or respond to an inquiry, received from an inquiring device, based at least in part on one or more properties of the inquiring device. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7735742 | Smart card communication routing A computerized device has an open communication session with a smart card via a smart card reader. The smart card reader and the computerized device cooperate to enable another computerized device to communicate with the smart card over the open communication sessio... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7726566 | Controlling connectivity of a wireless smart card reader A system includes a wireless-enabled smart card reader able to be connected concurrently to at least two devices and a mobile device able to be connected wirelessly to the smart card reader and to control connections of the smart card reader. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7702303 | Power management in a WLAN infrastructure A wireless local area network includes multiple access points with overlapping coverage, and modes of different power consumption are available to the access points. It is assessed whether the traffic load of the network may be adequately supported using fewer acces... | 04/20/2010 |
