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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129449 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM According to an embodiment, the first signal line is provided on the substrate and has one end connected to the communication unit. The coaxial line is provided by a surface side of the substrate and includes second and third signal lines. The third signal line is provi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129450 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH NFC FUNCTION Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal with a Near Field Communication (NFC) function, the mobile terminal wirelessly connecting to a reader using NFC. An NFC controller wirelessly connects to the reader through an NFC antenna, and receives an Applet Identification (AID)... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129452 | Method and apparatus for provisioning applications in mobile devices Techniques for personalizing secure elements in NFC devices to enable various secure transactions over a network (wired and/or wireless network) are disclosed. With a personalized secure element (hence secured element) in place, techniques for provisioning various appli... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129451 | SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING A LOCK COMPRISING CONTACTLESS NFC COMMUNICATION MEANS The invention relates to a system including a lock (10) provided with electronic NFC transceiver circuits and electric circuits for controlling mechanical locking/unlocking members, and a portable telephone (16) provided with circuits for NFC mode of opera... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108169 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN FOR EXAMPLE A NFC CONTROLLER AND A SET OF AT LEAST TWO SECURE ELEMENTS The device may include a contactless element and a set of least two auxiliary elements. Each auxiliary element may include a slave SWP interface connected to a same master SWP interface of the contactless element through a SWP link, and a management module configured fo... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108170 | MULTI-ELEMENT RFID COUPLER An RFID communication system comprising a near field coupler that is capable of selectively communicating with a targeted transponder positioned among a group of multiple adjacent transponders. The coupler is configured to receive communication signals from a transceive... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106655 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN BODIES UNDERGOING ROTATION An apparatus for transferring data between bodies undergoing rotation is provided. The bodies in question may be wind turbine components such as a turbine drive shaft and a stationary part of the turbine, such as nacelle gearbox. A data or control signal can therefore b... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108168 | EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A LOCK COMPRISING NFC-TYPE CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION MEANS The invention relates to a system comprising: a lock (10) provided with electronic circuits for transmission/reception via NFC and electric circuits for controlling mechanical locking/unlocking members, and a mobile phone (16) provided with circuits allowi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083205 | NFC DEVICE HAVING A DIFFERENTIAL INPUT ENVELOPE DETECTOR A differential input envelope detector receives an unamplified Near Field Communication (NFC) input signal from an NFC antenna and downconverts an NFC intelligence signal to baseband. In one example, the NFC input signal includes the NFC intelligence signal modulated on... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083206 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM In a communication system that performs recharging operation and short-range data communication between a portable terminal and a cradle, when a communication unit of the cradle is halted for power saving purpose, there is no unit available to activate the communication... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120071087 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING WIRELESS-BASED AVAILABILITY DETECTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS A wireless communications system includes a wireless communications network and a plurality of wireless communications devices. The wireless communications devices are each configured to communicate via the wireless communications network. At least one of the plurality ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071091 | EFFICIENCY MONITOR FOR INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION An efficiency monitor for monitoring the efficiency of power transmission by an inductive power outlet. The efficiency monitor includes an input power monitor, for measuring the input power delivered to the primary coil, and an output power monitor, for measuring the ou... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071088 | NFC Card for Handheld Device An NFC card includes an antenna circuit including an antenna coil having at least one magnetic axis, and at least one integrated circuit linked to the antenna circuit. The magnetic axis of the antenna coil is substantially parallel to at least one side of the card, and ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071090 | NFC Card Sensitive to Eddy Currents An NFC card includes an antenna circuit including an antenna coil having at least one magnetic axis, and at least one integrated circuit linked to the antenna circuit. The magnetic axis of the antenna coil is substantially parallel to the plane of the card, and is at an... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120071089 | Method and Device for Active Load Modulation by Inductive Coupling A data emission/reception device by inductive coupling includes an inductive antenna circuit in which an antenna signal appears, a mechanism configured to for extracting a first periodic signal from the antenna signal, a synchronous oscillator receiving the first period... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052800 | SECURE SMART CARD SYSTEM A smart card usable in magnetic stripe swipe transactions with a transaction terminal configured to read transaction information encoded on a magnetic stripe of a standard transaction card includes a card body, which includes a magnetic stripe emulator for use with the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052801 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE A near field communication device (100) for providing a communication path between a processing unit of the device and an external device, wherein the device (100) comprises the processing unit (102) and a control unit (101) coupled to the pr... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051570 | HEARING AID-COMPATIBLE APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES Apparatus and methods are disclosed for wireless communications using a hearing aid, or other suitable receiver. According to one embodiment, a mobile phone device comprises an LCD display having a substantially planar top viewing surface, a transmitter for outputting a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045989 | DEVICE DISCOVERY IN NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION Example method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to improve device discovery in near-field communication. Example embodiments of the invention include a wireless host device coupled to a near-field communication (NFC) controller via an N... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046862 | Tagging A Location By Pairing Devices A method of tagging a location using a mobile device entails obtaining position data for a current location of the mobile device, detecting a proximity of another device using a short-range wireless interface, and automatically storing the position data for the current ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040614 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION WITH AN EXTERNAL DEVICE An information processing apparatus including a plurality of elements each configured to perform an independent process, a controller configured to control the plurality of elements, and a front end shared by the plurality of elements and configured to perform near fiel... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040609 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SYSTEM PROVIDING PLUG-IN DEVICE CONNECTION ASSISTANCE FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS A near-field communication (NFC) system may include a plug-in device(s) including a first NFC sensor, and a mobile wireless communications device. The mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing defining a plug-in device port(s), a light source(... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040610 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SYSTEM PROVIDING LOW POWER MODE FREQUENCY CYCLING AND RELATED METHODS A near-field communication (NFC) system may include a plurality of NFC devices each including a housing, a power source carried by the housing, at least one input device carried by the housing and assigned to a designated device function, an NFC circuit configured to wi... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042344 | Advertisement Delivering System Based on Digital Television System and Mobile Communication Device A system for delivering advertisements based on a digital television system and a mobile communication device is disclosed. The television system and the mobile device are connected in ad hoc manner when a program is broadcasted by the television system. When a user is ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040608 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SYSTEM PROVIDING LOW POWER PEER-TO-PEER RECOGNITION MODE AND RELATED METHODS A near-field communication (NFC) system may include a plurality of NFC devices each including an NFC circuit configured to wirelessly communicate using an NFC communications protocol, and a processor coupled to the NFC circuit. The processor may be configured to synchro... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040611 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PROVIDED ENHANCED SWITCHING BETWEEN ACTIVE AND POWER SAVING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) MODES AND RELATED METHODS A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and a near-field communication (NFC) circuit carried by the portable housing and being switchable between first NFC mode and a second NFC mode. The mobile wireless communications device may further i... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040613 | POWER-SUPPLYING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM A power-supplying device supplies the power to a power-supplied device in a non-contact manner, without interfering with communication between the power-supplying device and power-supplied device. More specifically, the power-supplying device supplies the power to the p... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VEHICLE EXPENDABLES USING AUGMENTED REALITY A vehicle expendable management system is adapted to manage expendables within a vehicle using an augmented reality technique. The vehicle expendable management system includes: an expendable information storage for storing checking and changing period information for e... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120034869 | DUAL BAND ANTENNA AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A dual band antenna includes a far field antenna structure for facilitating the communication of first data with a remote device via far field signaling in a millimeter wave band. A near field antenna structure facilitates the communication of second data with a remote ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035989 | PERSONALIZATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNCATION DEVICE An accessory for personalizing a mobile communication device includes an accessory body that is configured to adorn the mobile communication device and at least partially cover its exterior. At least one graphic design is disposed on the exterior surface of the accessor... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034867 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDING CONTEXT-BASED MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT AND RELATED METHODS A communication system may include a plurality of near-field communication (NFC) sensors each associated with a respective location, and a mobile wireless communications device(s) switchable among a plurality of different power consumption modes. The mobile wireless com... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034868 | METHOD OF PRESELECTING AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMPRISING AN NFC SYSTEM The invention relates to a method for the preselection of at least one application hosted in a secure or non-embedded element in a mobile communication device comprising an NFC system, the said device being capable of accessing and reading data stored in a target NFC sy... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028575 | Power Supply control Apparatus and Method Thereof and Mobile Apparatus Using the same A power supply control apparatus is applied to a communication apparatus that is applied to a mobile apparatus. The power supply control apparatus includes a switch, coupled between the communication apparatus and a power supply; and a signal detecting unit, for detecti... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028578 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AN NFC COMPATIBLE MOBILE DEVICE FOR DELAYED TRANSFER OF AN ESTABLISHED FRIEND CONNECTION AND A RELATED METHOD An arrangement for an NFC compatible mobile device for delayed transfer of an established friend connection and a related method. The arrangement is suitable, for example, for delaying the transmission of information about a friend connection established over the NFC re... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028579 | METHOD OF DETECTING A NFC DEVICE EMULATING SEVERAL CONTACTLESS CARDS WHICH MAY USE A PLURALITY OF PROTOCOLS The invention is a method of managing a NFC transaction between two hosts and a reader device. The two hosts are embedded in NFC devices and are intended to be identified by the reader device during an anti-collision phase through a first identifier and a second identif... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029997 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR REGISTERING IN A MERCHANT SPONSORED PROGRAM USING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) DEVICE Methods, systems, and computer readable media for registering in a merchant sponsored program using a near field communication (NFC) device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes interfacing an NFC enabled mobile device with a smart poster associated with ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028576 | FILTERING NETWORK IN HR-SI SILICON TECHNOLOGY The invention relates to a filtering network in HR-Si silicon technology defined by at least one cut-off frequency and comprising an input terminal for receiving the signal to be filtered and an output terminal for delivering a filtered signal. The network comprises a f... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026129 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A communication device includes an electrode, a communication unit configured to process a communication signal that is transmitted from/received by the electrode, and a control unit configured to control a communication operation in the electrode and the communication ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028577 | MOBILE DEVICES AND METHODS EMPLOYING HAPTICS A variety of haptic improvements useful in mobile devices are detailed. In one, a smartphone captures image data from a physical object, and discerns an object identifier from the imagery (e.g., using watermark, barcode, or fingerprint techniques). This identifier is se... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028574 | NEAR FIELD RF COMMUNICATORS A near field RF communicator has an inductive coupler (102) to couple inductively to an H field of an RF signal from another near field RF communicator in near field range to provide a received signal, a demodulator (300) coupled to extract any modulation ... | 02/02/2012 |
