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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7461163 | Real time mesh measurement system stream latency and jitter measurements A method is described for measuring system latency and latency jitter on a near real-time basis regarding packets of information moving from sources to destination. The method for measuring system latency and latency jitter includes time-stamping packets of informat... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454781 | Method enabling multiple sessions and applications in instant messaging and presence service The invention relates to a method for a user to obtain services from an Instant Message and Presence Service (IMPS) server. The user is identified by a user identification (UserID). An application session is established, through an application client of the user, on... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453934 | Automatic receiver calibration with noise and fast fourier transform The present invention provides a method for automatic calibration of a signal path in receivers (e.g., radio frequency receivers) using a noise (and not a specific test signal) as a source and a fast Fourier transform (FFT) of the noise for correcting various parame... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7447978 | Buffering packets of a media stream Buffering packets of a media stream for transmission from a transmitting device to a receiving device. Media packets are formed from at least one kind of media information in a stream generator; forward error correction data is formed on the basis of the media packe... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447528 | Multifunction electronic device The invention relates to a sliding and clamshell mechanism for an electronic device which comprises a first part comprising a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side, and further comprises a movable second part attached to the first part by a hinge,... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447258 | Method for performing reacquisition in a positioning receiver, and an electronic device A method for performing reacquisition in a positioning receiver (PR) is described, in which at least one spread spectrum modulated signal is received. In the positioning receiver (PR), a reference signal is formed by using a reference code corresponding to the code ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440493 | Multi-path detection method for CDMA receivers The present invention provides a method for a multi-path detection analysis and selectivity of CDMA signals using spread spectrum receivers using a correlation technique. The invention is based on determining by the spread spectrum receiver whether a distortion of a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426650 | Asynchronous wrapper for a globally asynchronous, locally synchronous (GALS) circuit The invention concerns an asynchronous wrapper for a globally asynchronous, locally synchronous circuit. The asynchronous wrapper operates with a request signal-driven clock control, supplemented by a local clock unit in the absence of request signals. It has at lea... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423861 | Capacitor with multiple elements for multiple replacement applications A capacitor provides a plurality of selectable capacitance values, by selective connection of six capacitor sections of a capacitive element each having a capacitance value. The capacitor sections are provided in a plurality of wound cylindrical capacitive elements.... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421270 | Method of remotely changing operating characteristics of a communications device The present invention relates to a method of remotely changing operating characteristics of a communications device selected for signaling an incoming message or cal to a user. To allow signaling an urgent incoming message or call to a user even if the device to be ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417673 | Optical and digital zooming for an imaging device The invention relates to photographing process, where zooming is carried out. In a method an image is formed through imaging optics onto a light sensitive image sensor in an imaging device and wherein the device is capable of both optical and digital zooming. The me... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418595 | Replay prevention mechanism for EAP/SIM authentication A method for use by a telecommunication terminal (10) in checking whether a candidate RAND in an EAP/SIM RAND challenge is likely a replay, based on using a Bloom filter including a vector data structure (21) for determining (admittedly sometimes erron... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409188 | Method and apparatus for lowering power use by a ranging receiver Equipment and a method by which power consumed by a ranging receiver (12) is reduced without appreciably impairing performance of the GPS receiver (12), the method including: a step (21) in which a controller (15) reads sensor signals pro... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403750 | Reuse of digital-to-analog converters in a multi-mode transmitter A transmitter for generating modulated signals is shown, wherein in a first-type operating mode, a first digital signal is input into a digital-to-analog converter to obtain a first analog signal that is input into a first-type unit, in which a first-type modulated ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403977 | Mobile phone having hinting capabilities for operation function selection A mobile phone and related method for providing hinting capabilities in the mobile telephone is presented which makes a user aware of one or more next possible sub-operational functionalities available for user selection in a selected operational functionality. Cont... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398585 | Method for manufacturing an internal core for injection mold tool An internal core is separated along a horizontal plane delineated at the transition point between the tapered wall portion and the parallel wall portion of the core to divide the core into a tapered wall component part manufactured by a WEDM process to obtain the de... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400365 | Method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display device A method for manufacturing thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display device-includes:—(a) forming a first metal thin film layer on a insulating substrate and forming a gate wiring and a gate electrode by a first photolithography. (b) formin... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397861 | Mapping strategy for OFDM-based systems using H-ARQ A wireless communication device, method and system adapted so that, in response to a repeat request indicating a communication signal (because of an error in transmission of the communication signal), the communication signal is wirelessly retransmitted using a rema... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395074 | Position detection with frequency smoothing The invention relates to a method for calculating a position of a mobile communications equipment. In order to obtain a more accurate position information of the mobile communications equipment, receiving physical communication channels within the mobile communicati... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395166 | Connector including an integrated circuit powered by a connection to a conductor terminating in the connector A connector including an integrated circuit, for connecting two conductors directly or indirectly. The integrated circuit derives power either from one of the connectors being connected by the connector or from one or more other conductors terminating in the connect... | 07/01/2008 |
| D572168 | Plant pot | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391300 | System for providing alert notifications for a communication device Applications (11b 11d) and data files (11a 11c 11e) for a communication device (10) enabling the device to use a segment of a media or multimedia file (11a) (an audio file or ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390007 | Towbar system A towbar for flat-towing a vehicle, including two telescoping arms each pivotally attached at a pivot end having a heavy-gauge eyelet for attaching to a pintle hitch on the rear of a towing vehicle, with each arm having a gear element at the pivot end, in gear engag... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387414 | Light bar for mounting to a vehicle A kit for a front and/or rear light bar, for providing auxiliary illumination for a vehicle in the forward and/or rearward direction. The light bar typically includes several high intensity flood lights and two infrared illuminator modules, i.e. infrared lights. A s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386445 | Compensation of transient effects in transform coding The present invention provides a method for compensating transient effects in transform coding and decoding of a combined speech and audio in electronic devices by using a transform based time-frequency domain codec. The method can combine, e.g., a CELP (code excite... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383189 | Method and device for providing speech-enabled input in an electronic device having a user interface The present invention provides a method, a device and a system for multimodal interactions. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of activating a multimodal user interaction, providing at least one key input option and at least one voice input op... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383048 | Transmission of data packets by a node The invention relates to a method for supporting a transmission of data packets from a node attached to a mobile communication network to a first unit. In order to enable a second unit providing or forwarding the data packets to the node to influence the QoS for the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376554 | Excitation for higher band coding in a codec utilising band split coding methods Methods and arrangements are disclosed for digitally encoding and decoding sound—An input signal is split (811) into a primary frequency band and at least one secondary frequency band. The parts of the input signal in the frequency bands are separately enco... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370889 | Tube connector A connector for a tube comprises a hollow spigot and an outer securing member for capturing a tube therebetween. The hollow spigot includes an internal bore matched to that of the tube, a tapered end with a frusto-conical length and its small diameter at its distal ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366672 | Method and device for recovering interrupted voice input A method for recovering interrupted voice input, particularly voice input into communication, audio and/or navigation systems installed in a vehicle detects, during an ongoing voice input process, an event that requires interruption of the voice input process, store... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363222 | Method for searching data in at least two databases A method and database system is disclosed for searching data in at least two databases (Dn), particularly for searching telephone directories or the like. To allow simultaneous access to two or more databases by means of speech recognition in order to per... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363011 | Method and apparatus for estimating the impulse response of a radio channel based on a calculated correlation sequence A method and a correspondingly operative radio receiver (10) (in either user equipment or a base transceiver station of a cellular telecommunication system) by which the radio receiver (10), in receiving signals transmitted over a radio channel, estima... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358684 | Balanced circuit for multi-LED driver A driving circuit uses a plurality of transformers to provide currents for driving a plurality of LEDs associated with a plurality of current paths. Each transformer has two induction coils with a coil turn ratio between to the number of turns in each induction coil... | 04/15/2008 |
| D566193 | Illuminated exit sign | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356373 | Method and device for enhancing ring tones in mobile terminals A method and device for producing ring tones in high polyphony in real-time in a network component such as a mobile terminal or a server of a service provider. The network component has one or more ring tones in MIDI files of high polyphony, and a MIDI player of low... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353412 | Electrical circuit for controlling power supply and motor vehicle built-in device being operably connected to an external power supply The number of electrical devices implemented in motor vehicles and supplied with electricity by the motor vehicle battery rises with each generation. The manufacturers of motor vehicles make great demands on electrical device to be built-in their motor vehicles, esp... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352896 | Method for interpolation and sharpening of images A method, a system, a device, a storage means, and a computer software product for sharpening colours in an image, in which a first colour component is interpolated and sharpened in such a way that the effect of the colour component is computed in different directio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343798 | Method, apparatus, hardware, and computer program product for a liquid level sensor A method, apparatus, hardware, and computer program product for measuring a parameter related to the height of a liquid in a measurement vessel. An alternating voltage is applied to an input rod positioned in a reference vessel containing the liquid at a known heigh... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345250 | Keyboard with key supporting structure for portable electronics devices A keyboard assembly (20) has a light guide (23, 31, 33) and a supporting structure (23, 33) arranged to provide an illuminated and integrated keyboard assembly (20). A light guide (23, 31, 33) provides an integrated supporting, pro... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343358 | Mailer-postal service interfaces A system for preparing mail for submission to a postal service is described, the system comprising: a mail finishing system of the mailer for generating items of mail for inclusion in a submission of mail by the mailer to the postal service; an announcement system o... | 03/11/2008 |
