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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8036722 | Mobile communication device with dedicated speakerphone microphone A mobile communication device having a first housing and a second housing proximally coupled to the first housing. The first housing and the second housing can be, for example, rotationally or translationally coupled. A clamshell form factor and a rotator form facto... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030914 | Portable electronic device having self-calibrating proximity sensors A method of a portable electronic device for self-calibration of a proximity sensor. A background measurement is obtained by the proximity sensor and a detection threshold of the proximity sensor is adjusted based on the background measurement. The background measur... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019287 | On demand antenna feedback A feedback method in which a notification is received that a transmitting device has scheduled a transmission of data to the receiving device. Antenna feedback is generated in response to receipt of the notification. The antenna feedback is sent to the transmitting ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018895 | Apparatus and method for transmitting uplink control information on shared channels Mobile station applications (419) may include an SI unit (409) for piggy backing SI onto data stored in data buffer (421) and also for adding an indicator to the SI information. The scheduling information and/or incremental control information (... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7983451 | Recognition method using hand biometrics with anti-counterfeiting A method is provided for identifying and verifying a person using hand biometrics with an anti-spoofing measure. The method comprises acquiring (51) a first image (10) of a hand in a first configuration, acquiring (52) a second image (30, 40 | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983143 | Method and apparatus for initial acquisition and cell search for an OFDMA system A method and apparatus is provided for transmitting an orthogonal frequency domain multiple access (OFDMA) signal including a synchronization channel signal transmitted within a localized portion of a bandwidth of the OFDMA signal (818), the synchronization c... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972051 | Double-sided backlight and assembly incorporating a double-sided light source coupling light guide Described are a backlight, a backlight assembly for use in an electronic device and an electronic device configured to activate the backlight's first light source and to activate the backlight's second light source independently of one another. The described double-... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969702 | Intelligent power supply and cable system This invention includes a power supply having a plurality of cables, each corresponding to a unique electronic host device. The cable includes a memory device having predetermined power characteristics associated with an electronic host device. The cable further inc... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962181 | System and method for managing applications and media content of a wireless communication device A wireless communication device for providing channel information is described. The wireless communication device comprises a housing having a first display and a second display, a memory configured to store a plurality of media objects that may be shown by the seco... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958539 | System and method for providing secure access to password-protected resources A method of a wireless communication device for accessing secure resources of a resource provider. For one embodiment, a password associated with the wireless communication device is partitioned into a plurality of portions, such as individual alphanumeric character... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957745 | Adaptive bearer configuration for broadcast/multicast service A method and apparatus for providing adaptive bearer configuration for MBMS delivery is disclosed. A first aspect of the present disclosure is a method of operating a wireless infrastructure entity (103) wherein a common radio resource (303) is allocat... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953438 | Common circuits and user interfaces for shutters and electro-optical components Disclosed are circuits and user interfaces of a mobile communication device that include a light source and a shutter that are driven by at least one common voltage line. Also disclosed are circuits and user interfaces of a mobile communication device that include a... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949006 | System and method for media burst control of discrete content for push-to-cellular communication A wireless communication device, and a method thereof, for media burst control of discrete content for a push-to-cellular communication. One circuit of device communicates continuous data via a real time data, such as RTP. Another circuit communicates control inform... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7929010 | System and method for generating multimedia composites to track mobile events A wireless communication device (104) for providing guidance about surrounding conditions and a communication server (1000) for receiving data feeds from cooperative wireless devices are provided. The wireless communication device (104) comprise... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924175 | Optical keypad for electronic device Disclosed in a wearable electronic device including an optical keypad supported by a keypad housing. The optical keypad may include a plurality of keys disposed along the keypad housing, and a plurality of illumination sources and optical receivers with a correspond... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920494 | Method and apparatus for performing mobility measurements in a communication network A method and apparatus for performing mobility measurement in a communication network (100) is described. The method includes of receiving a subframe sequence pattern from a node in the communication network (100). The subframe sequence pattern indicat... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7900045 | Method to authenticate an accessory An apparatus (100) used by a plurality of devices to authenticate an accessory (120) is configured to operate with a device (110) of the plurality of devices. The accessory (120) applies an authentication algorithm to a key and a challeng... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633457 | Communication device | 03/01/2011 |
| 7853009 | Electronic device having a single-split hinge A hinge assembly (200) for a clamshell-type electronic device includes a spindle (201) and casing sleeve (202). The hinge assembly (200) facilitates a single-split hinge. In addition to providing the mechanical hinging action, the hinge a... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839814 | Method and system for adjusting inter-scan period of a mobile station A method and system for adjusting the inter-scan period of a mobile station (102) is provided. The method includes storing (404) the location information of a first wireless node, which is in a service area of a wireless access point of a first wireles... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7830565 | Image capture device with rolling band shutter A device and method for compensating for motion in image capture are provided. A processor (205) initiates partially concurrent scanning sweeps (208,209) across a digital image sensor (203) to obtain sets of digital values (210,211). At l... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825901 | Automatic language selection for writing text messages on a handheld device based on a preferred language of the recipient A mobile station (101) and a method of operating the mobile station (101) are provided. The mobile station (101) determines a preferred language of an electronic message recipient (605) when a user initiates an electronic messaging applic... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7809412 | Electronic device having a single seam hinge Disclosed are hinges with a single interface or single seam between two halves of the hinge, configured to route through the hinge a flexible circuit element to couple electronic circuitry in a first housing with electronic circuitry in a second housing. An axial sh... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807307 | System and method for distributing fuel to multiple fuel cells A Personal Area Network (PAN) (100) including multiple communication devices (104, 106, 108) is provided. The communication devices are capable of communicating with each other and a connection point. The communication devices derive energy from multip... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805171 | Earmounted electronic device and method Disclosed is a wireless communication device capable of being positioned in a wearable position adjacent a user's head. The wireless communication device may include a housing and an arcuate earmount coupled to the housing. The earmount may be configured so that it ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7796944 | Communication system for dynamic management of a plurality of objects and method therefor A communication system (100) dynamically manages a plurality of objects (105). Each object (120) has a communication device (145) placed within or in close proximity to the object (120) for communicating a plurality of object infor... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796639 | Apparatuses and methods for multi-antenna channel quality data acquisition in a broadcast/multicast service network Various methods and apparatuses provide unicast channel data acquisition, such as antenna information, from MBMS subframes. A method of operating a wireless communications network infrastructure entity is disclosed comprising transmitting a subframe (300) com... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7769045 | Method and apparatus for processing header bits and payload bits A method (200) and an apparatus (500) in a packet switched data transfer system for processing header bits and payload bits in a frame of bits are disclosed. The header bits are classified into a first predetermined class of bits and into a second pred... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768605 | Display stack-up for a mobile electronic device having internal and external displays A display stack-up (300) is provided for a mobile electronic device (100) having an internal and external display, for example, a clamshell style mobile phone. The display stack-up comprises a backlight unit (114) and an external display device ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764322 | Liquid crystal testing apparatus and method for image capture devices A testing apparatus (100) for an image capture device (401) includes a liquid crystal device (101). The liquid crystal device (101) includes an array of pixels (102), which may actively or passively be changed from a transparent st... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7729128 | Electrically adaptive mechanical connection for electronic devices An electronic device, like a mobile telephone, has a first section and a second section. The first section and second section are coupled together by a mechanical connection, for example a hinge, swivel or sliding connector. Electronic components in the first sectio... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7693110 | System and method for downlink signaling for high speed uplink packet access A wireless communication system (100) and method for providing high speed uplink packet access from user equipment (128, 130) to a base station (114, 116, 118, 120). Each of the user equipment (128, 130) and the base station (114, 116,... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7692681 | Image and audio controls for a communication device in push-to-video services A method (300) and an apparatus (110) for a communication device for controlling an image portion and an audio portion of a push-to-video communication are disclosed. The communication device (110) initiates the push-to-video communication (3... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7668915 | System and method for responding to a communication message with a canned reply The present invention is a data network system (110) and method for responding to a communication message with a canned reply by a target user of a target client device (one of 102-108). The data network system comprises a messaging server (1... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7642744 | Charger and battery combination with retention arms and mating members A charger and battery combination for recharging batteries has a pair of snap arms for retaining a battery within the pocket of the charger. When the battery is inserted into the charger pocket, the snap arms provide a downward force against the battery, thereby ens... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7627307 | Emergency call-back for a wireless communication device equipped with a user removable module An apparatus (100) and method (200) for enabling a wireless communication device operating in a locked mode to receive an incoming call is provided. The wireless communication device is equipped with a user removable module (118) containing user... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626972 | Downloading web pages The method of enhancing sessions or applications protocols which use successive transmission control protocol connections within a session on time division multiple access wireless packet data systems or wireline modem access protocols, wherein temporary block flows... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620385 | System and method for enhanced secret mode Disclosed is a system and method in a communication device configured with a secret mode capability and a plurality of applications. The system and method includes flagging particular data (107) as secret data (402) in a first one of the plurality of a... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616967 | Media-specific floor control for push-to-X communication In the various embodiments of the present invention, a method of floor control in a PTX communications system comprises transmitting a floor control message via a floor control channel (905) wherein the floor control message consists of media designation fiel... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7551372 | Image expanding lenses, display devices and electronic devices Disclosed are image expanding lenses, display devices, and electronic devices incorporating the disclosed image expanding lenses. In accordance with a disclosed image expanding lens, the image viewed by the user is larger than the active area of the LCD panel undern... | 06/23/2009 |
