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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110129082 | TELEPHONE WITH AN INFORMATION PANEL A telephone includes a phone body and an information panel to hold business cards. The information panel is rotatably mounted to the phone body. The phone body defines a receiving hole. The information panel includes a main body, a trigger, and a resilient element. The ... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20090034713 | Projection Headset A headset apparatus including a virtual keypad and a method for inputting data into a headset are provided. In one embodiment, a headset includes a processor, at least one acoustic transducer, a projector operably coupled to the processor for displaying an image on a su... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080247538 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE PANEL AND STRUCTURE THEREOF A method for manufacturing a panel having a surface of three-dimensional patterns and the structure thereof, first of all, provides a piece body, on the surface of which plane panel patterns are arranged by means of ink printing process, and which is thermally pressed i... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080118057 | HINGE APPARATUS FOR A PORTABLE TERMINAL AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME A hinge apparatus for connecting a first housing and a second housing of a portable terminal is provided. The hinge apparatus includes a hinge housing and a damping member. The hinge housing is connected to the second housing and has an internal wall formed with one or ... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080084993 | Handset Self Diagnostics A system for handset self diagnostics is provided. The system includes a handset and a diagnostic engine on the handset to obtain diagnostic data for the handset. The system also includes an application on the handset, and the application includes at least one user inte... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080084992 | Remote Handset Diagnostics A system for remote handset diagnostics is provided. The system includes a plurality of handsets each having a diagnostic engine, and a carrier system having a plurality of encoder/decoder components. Each encoder/decoder component is operable to promote communication w... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080069336 | Telephone set having a handset with an integrated pointing device A telephone set suitable for sending and receiving calls and for affecting a display of call-related information on a user-viewable information display. The telephone set comprises a handset and a base. The handset includes a transmitter, a receiver, and an integrated p... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080044005 | Projection headset An apparatus and method are provided for displaying data or an image from a headset and acquiring data with a headset. In one example, a headset includes a processor, an acoustic transducer operably coupled to the processor, and a projector/scanner operably coupled to t... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080044006 | Remote control system for electric device a remote control system for at least one electric device, each electric device having device identification data, has a handset comprising a handset transceiver, and a base unit having a telephone function to make a call. The base unit has a base unit transceiver that c... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080037771 | HANDSET DEVICE WITH AUDIO PORTING A handset device (10) includes a substrate (56) defining a first audio port portion (78) and having a contact pad (266). An adhesive (60) is operatively coupled to the substrate (56). The adhesive (60) defines a second au... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080037770 | HANDSET DEVICE WITH LAMINATED ARCHITECTURE A handset device (10) includes a laminated front sub-assembly (15) and a rear housing (20) supporting the laminated front sub-assembly. In addition, in one example, an integrated circuit substrate (24), a battery (28), and a speaker (<... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080037769 | USER INTERFACE SUBSTRATE FOR HANDSET DEVICE A substrate (56) for a handset device (10) includes a keypad contact array (108) on the substrate (56) and a display electrode pattern (604) on the substrate (56). In addition, in one example, the substrate (56) for a han... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080013713 | Key unit, method for making key top, and method for manufacturing key unit using the same As a marking laser beam, a laser beam of wavelength 532 nm obtained by extracting by extracting second higher harmonic of the Nd:YAG laser or a laser beam of wavelength 355 nm obtained by extracting third higher harmonic of the Nd:YAG laser is used on a metal film forme... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080008313 | System and method for selectively activating a communication device The invention provides a system and method for detecting activation of a communication device via passive means. For the system and method, the device comprises a casing for housing a display and a keyboard; a microprocessor controlling aspects of the keyboard and displ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070206782 | Handset for mobile phone The present invention relates to a handset for mobile phone comprising an earpiece, a handle and a mouthpiece; the earpiece and the mouthpiece are disposed on the two sides of the handle and are connected to the handle; one side of the mouthpiece is connected to a conne... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070140475 | HOSPITAL METER SYSTEM A healthcare data management system for use with an instrument for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. The instrument includes a first port. The system includes a cradle for receiving the instrument. The cradle includes a ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070121932 | Telephone with a Receiver Operated Reed Hook Switch A telephone in which the mechanical tongue for placing the telephone in an on-hook or off-hook state is replaced by a reed switch located in or in close proximity to the cradle of the telephone. The magnet that is an integral part of the receiver on the telephone will a... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070116263 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME The invention is directed to a portable communication apparatus. The portable communication apparatus comprises a communication main body, a keypad, an arrow keypad and a display screen. The keypad has at least one key disposed on the communication main body and the arr... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070076861 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF DISPLAYS A mobile terminal includes a first body, a second body including a first display, and a second display which becomes exposed when it slidably moves with respect to one of the first body and the second body. ... | 04/05/2007 |
| 20060285679 | Telephone transmitter/receiver There is provided a telephone transmitter/receiver which can be easily applied to an existing telephone device for performing bone conduction communication at a low cost and which can be used with the same sense as a conventional telephone device. The telephone transmit... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060285678 | Telephone The present invention improves methods for character input and manipulation input into telephones for facilitating input operations in telephones requiring many inputs, such as mobile telephones. In one embodiment, motion detecting apparatus for detecting the motion mov... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060256958 | Hinge assembly for a foldable electronic device A hinge assembly includes a shaft (12), a follower (16), a cam (18), and an urging means. The shaft has a screw portion (122) defined thereon. The follower has a first cam surface (164) formed on one end surface thereof The cam has a s... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060251244 | TELESCOPIC STRUCTURE FOR A TELEPHONE APPARATUS A telephone apparatus includes a body part and a sleeve-like grip part mounted to the body part for longitudinal slidable movement between a retracted position and an extended position. Mechanically coupled to the body part and the grip part there is a spring for effect... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060233356 | Stack-up configuration for a wireless communication device A stack-up configuration for a wireless communication device includes a display and keypad on a front face of a housing for the device. A battery for providing power to the components of the wireless communication device is stacked behind the display. A circuit board th... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060204001 | Telephone hands-free system A telephone hands-free system for a mobile telephone, having a holder (1), which has electronics, for connection of the mobile telephone by means of a contact arrangement which is arranged in the holder (1) and can be connected to contacts of the mobile te... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060204000 | Mobile communications device carrier with vibrate ring Systems and methods for a carrier for a mobile communications device are disclosed. The system generally includes a vibrate motor assembly and one or more contact interfaces. ... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060203999 | Communication glove A communication glove comprises a glove member (5) with the attached battery (24), earpiece transducer (8), microphone transducer (9) and communication device (4) that comprises a flexible keypad (23) & display (25). The ... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060188091 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A KEYBOARD MECHANISM A portable electronic device includes a housing including at a hole, an elastic structure including at an actuator wedged in the hole of the housing, and a circuit board installed below the housing. A metal dome is located corresponding to the actuator for outputting a ... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060182271 | Communication apparatus and control program product A communication apparatus including: a main device that has: a selection unit that selects one registration number from among provided registration numbers; a main device registration unit that transmits the registration number selected by the selection unit to an addit... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060111146 | Portable communication terminal for multimedia Disclosed is a portable communication terminal. The portable communication terminal includes a camera module; a body including a plurality of keys, the body being connected to the camera module by a first hinge portion rotatable about a first hinge axis; and a display s... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060079305 | Mobile station cover and welding method Various embodiments are directed to an improved mobile station cover assembly adapted for at least partially enclosing a wireless telecommunications signal receiving and generating assembly. In one embodiment, the cover assembly includes a belt adapted to receive one or... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20060029217 | Reduction of near field E-M scattering using high impedance coating materials The present invention selectively uses a high-impedance layer to reduce the effects of E-M scattering at metallic discontinuities. The high-impedance layer can be fabricated using a combination of metallic and resistive materials that are typically used in electro-stati... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20050254634 | Telephone having slot for receiving a removable memory card A telephone having a slot for receiving a removable memory card is provided. The telephone comprises an internal main controller. The memory card is a readable/writable memory card and is adapted to connect to a computer via an interface such as USB port, a RS232 port, ... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050254642 | Telephone handset universal connector A telephone handset universal connector is used to connect between a phone base having a set of four signal outlets, and a handset having a set of four corresponding signal ports. The telephone handset universal connector includes a universal circuitry and a selection s... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050195971 | Dual keypad phone A telephone comprises a first body part with a first keypad and a second keypad located on opposite sides of the first body part, and a second body part having a display. As the first body part is swiveled to bring the second keypad to the front of the phone the process... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050141701 | Recharging terminal Provided is an interterminal connection structure capable of eliminating the precipitate adhering to the terminal with the installation operation, securing the electrically connected state of the terminal between a pair of members, and easily accommodating to design cha... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050141702 | Detection method and foldable electronic device thereof A foldable electronic device and a detection method. The detection method determines whether the foldable electronic device is in an open position or a closed position according to a detected sound wave received by a microphone of the foldable electronic device. ... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050069108 | Telephone terminal with alarm An telephone terminal with an alarm which can output an alarm sound without harming the user's ear. In the case where the present time reaches the preset alarm time while a cordless handset of the telephone terminal is in call status, output of an alarm sound is withhel... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050036605 | Device housing responsive to an environmental stimulus A housing (12) for use in a portable electronic device (10) includes an outer visible surface (14). The outer visible surface (14) is composed of an appearance changing substance responsive to an environmental stimulus. ... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050022924 | Adhesive article for and method of applying a decorative finish to a phone A surfacing kit for a cellular phone includes a decorative plastic sheet, with an adhesive layer on one side, and a carrier, which includes a release compound on at least one side. The plastic sheet is mounted on the carrier with the adhesive layer and is removable from... | 02/03/2005 |