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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882032 | System and method for tokenless biometric authorization of electronic communications This invention is a method and system for tokenless biometric authorization of an electronic communication, using a biometric sample, a master electronic identicator, and a public communications network, wherein the method includes: an electronic communication forma... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7853874 | Spelling and grammar checking system System of correcting misspelled words in input text detects a misspelled word in the input text, determines a list of alternative words for the misspelled word, and ranks the list of alternative words based on a context of the input text. In certain embodiments, fin... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840058 | Method and system for three-dimensional feature attribution through synergy of rational polynomial coefficients and projective geometry A method is provided for generating height information for an image point on a rectified image from first and second aerial images having respective first and second sets of rational polynomial coefficients (RPCs), the first and second aerial images and the rectifie... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7624161 | Method and apparatus for email programming across a computer network A method of building and assembling programs across computer networks that is dictated by the user to perform logical work without the user using a compiler. Users are able to assemble programs over a network by defining or re-defining which logical components are b... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7302866 | Device, system, and method for structural health monitoring A phased array sensor assembly is presented that can be permanently adhered to and impart ultrasonic waves to a structural surface and receive ultrasonic waves from a structural surface. The sensor assembly includes piezo-electric disks, a plurality of electrically ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7245180 | Intelligent RF power control for wireless modem devices A bypass circuit is disclosed for use with lower power supply voltage PC cards. The bypass circuit controls the power supply voltage fed to a power amplifier when switching between a lower power 8-PSK modulation mode and a higher power GMSK modulation mode. A step-u... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228121 | Mobile phone Amber Alert notification system and method A text messaging based alert notification and feedback method based on the Amber Alert system used in child abduction situations is disclosed herein. A mobile subscriber receives a public service text message that was broadcast to a large number of mobile subscriber... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224963 | System method and computer program product for managing themes in a mobile phone Themes provide the mobile phone with changeable characteristics pertaining to the appearance and sound presented by the mobile phone. A theme profile associated with the mobile phone contains data pertaining to which theme to apply to the mobile phone and when to tr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224215 | Intelligent RF power control for wireless modem devices A system and method of optimizing the output power of a power amplifier to maintain satisfactory RF response under varying power amplifier operating conditions. The operating conditions include operating temperature, supply voltage, and operating frequency. Existing... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7200171 | System and method for estimating initial channel quality in a multirate system A method of estimating initial channel quality in a receiver when allocated a new channel in order to select an optimal codec mode in a multi-rate service is disclosed. One implementation initially fills the filter state with the first received channel quality measu... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194259 | Remote control device having wireless phone interface A remote control device (RCD) typical of a television or home entertainment system is adapted to be communicable with a mobile phone. When a mobile phone receives a signal in a first wireless protocol from a digital cellular network (DCN), the signal is wirelessly f... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181215 | Automatic GPRS/EDGE re-attach The present invention describes a method of automatically re-establishing a GPRS/EDGE connection between a mobile station and a network following successful execution of a network detach request. The mobile station receives a detach_request from the network to termi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7079515 | Signal decoding with and without second synchronization word in a mobile communication system A time division multiple access (TDMA) radio communication system (100) accommodates signal decoding by a mobile station (130) with and without a second synchronization word (214). The radio communication system includes at least one base statio... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7047007 | Automatic GPRS re-attach after cell reselection The present invention describes a method of automatically re-establishing a GPRS connection between a mobile station and a network in which the network service provider for the mobile station has changed following a network cell reselection procedure. The mobile sta... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7035347 | Combining direct interference estimation and decoder metrics for improved measurement for AMR mode adaptation in GSM systems A method of combining a channel quality estimate for the radio channel based on direct measurement of carrier and interferer energies, and a channel quality estimate for the radio channel based on channel decoder metrics, to obtain a final channel quality estimate i... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027813 | System and method for home network determination in a mobile phone A system and method for determining if a mobile phone is in a home area that does not rely exclusively on the HPLMN data programmed into the mobile phone. To determine whether the mobile phone is in a home area or in a roaming area a processor in the mobile phone ch... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010290 | System and method of determining short range distance between RF equipped devices A first, transmitting, device transmits a digitized data message using a short range radio link followed by digital data representing a digitized acoustic signal, such as a tone. Simultaneously, or with a predetermined time delay, the transmitting device emits an ac... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010333 | Radiotelephone terminal with dual-sided keypad apparatus Radiotelephone terminal with dual-sided keypad apparatus. A radiotelephone terminal includes a hinged flip cover with keypad apparatus that enables the receipt of tactile input on both sides of the flip. The keypad apparatus may be a single keypad that is dual-sided... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6947770 | Convenient dialing of names and numbers from a phone without alpha keypad Retrieving a desired telephone number from a database in a mobile communication unit is facilitated by utilizing the frequency with which the user calls each telephone number stored in the database in a manner that allows the mobile communication unit to make a “b... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6912280 | Keypad device A keypad device for a mobile telephone or other device utilizing a keypad or keyboard is comprised of a flexible substrate and a keypad cover. The flexible substrate includes a plurality of keys affixed to the surface as well as a plurality first conductive strips a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6895247 | System and method for obtaining optimum RF performance when co-siting cellular base stations A method of obtaining optimum RF performance for a slave base station when co-siting a master base station with said slave base station involves calculating operating characteristics of the slave base station that is sharing an antenna assembly with the master base ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6882836 | GAIT antenna interface with special isolation mode A system and method for suppressing spurious signal leakage in a mobile terminal antenna interface without degrading switch linearity or system insertion loss is disclosed. The antenna interface includes an antenna port, a receive port, a transmit port, and a plural... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6832195 | System and method for robustly detecting voice and DTX modes A system and method of determining whether a receiver in active (non-DTX) mode should remain in active (non-DTX) mode or switch to inactive (DTX) mode and vice versa. For switching from non-DTX to DTX mode in a receiver, a received AMR frame is subjected to a SID_FI... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6832080 | Apparatus for and method of adapting a radio receiver using control functions An adaptive radio receiver utilizes control functions derived from received signals in an interference-limited environment to decide whether to implement conventional single-user demodulation or joint demodulation. The decision to implement joint or conventional dem... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823176 | Audio artifact noise masking A system and method of masking an objectionable artifact in a mobile telephone. The process starts by referring to the design characteristics of the mobile phone to determine the expected level and source of objectionable artifacts that will be apparent during opera... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6785537 | Mobile equipment theft deterrent system and method A system and method for preventing the unauthorized use of improperly obtained mobile equipment is disclosed. The mobile equipment includes a plurality of personalization categories that are programmable into the mobile equipment by the manufacturer. Prior to purcha... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6754891 | Debugger system using tracepoints for computer software The present invention is a tracepoint debugging system in which instructions and displays to and from the user are represented using programming abstractions. This aids in the users' understanding of the collected tracepoint data. Additionally, the system can evalua... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6748214 | Robust manual search for autonomous private systems A mobile station can be used in both public cellular systems and private cellular systems, the private cellular system using select allocated frequency bands from the public cellular systems. There is disclosed herein a system for manually searching for one of the p... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6674815 | Method for symbol-spaced estimation and/or tracking of a fractionally-spaced fading radio channel A method of estimating and/or tracking time varying radio channels comprises the step of receiving signals transmitted over the channels and converting the signals to digital samples for processing. Positions of fading rays of the channel medium are deter... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6628955 | System and method for increasing the data rate for cellular digital packet data (CDPD) services A method and device(s) for increasing the Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) user data rate between a mobile terminal and a basestation in a digital cellular mobile communications system. The method and device(s) use the same modulation scheme that is us... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6366938 | Reduced power matched filter using precomputation A technique for correlating a sequence of signal sample values with a predetermined digital code to produce correlation values for shifts in the sequence of signal sample values relative to the predetermined digital code is disclosed. The technique is rea... | 04/02/2002 |
