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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050107120 | Mobile storage device with wireless bluetooth module attached thereto A mobile storage device with a wireless Bluetooth module attached thereto has a memory control module connected with at least a memory for storage of digital data, an MP3 processing module connected to the memory control module and used to encode/decode a voice signal a... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050101350 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE A secondary communication module of a wireless communication device with a first protocol is provided. The secondary communication module is detachably installed on the wireless communication device, which includes a housing, a battery installed inside the housing for p... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050101349 | Open modem - RFU interface A method of running a radio equipment, comprising providing a radio equipment having a structure of physically separate modules of a baseband modem and a radio frequency unit including radio frequency control means and radio frequency parts means; and providing a digita... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050096084 | System and method for registering attendance of entities associated with content creation A system and method for registering or otherwise associating items with generated content. Identification of who and/or what is present in connection with the generation of content is determined. In one embodiment, images, video, audio, or other media/multimedia content... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050096086 | Computer interface with both wired and wireless links Computer and peripheral interfaces that have both wired communication and wireless communication interfaces are provided. In one implementation, one of the two communication interfaces may be activated while the other interface is inactive and is used as a backup. When ... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050096070 | Efficient communication with passive devices A system and method that provides data messages to a passive device. A passive device, for example watch, is registered together with the telephone number of a cellular telephone of a subscriber to the data message service. Since the cellular telephone periodically tran... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050085264 | Card wireless communication apparatus and power control method thereof Electric power control method for card wireless communication apparatus has interface installable in host unit and processor receiving electric power from host unit and conforms to communication standards where high-order protocol stack including adaptable protocol to e... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050085262 | Cellular phone cordless home base unit A cellular telephone (241A, 241B) can be integrated in a base unit (120), and thereby used in addition to, or in place of a land line (PSTN). Viewed from another perspective, a cellular phone (241A, 241B) or other communication device (110... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050085188 | Method for transferring data objects between portable devices A method of optical bi-direction communication between mobile communication devices, wherein each mobile communication device has data storage locations, and wherein the mobile communication device includes an optical data capture mechanism, includes rendering, in one m... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050079889 | Cellular modem processing A cellular mobile station including a modem processor and memory. The memory includes instructions for the modem processor to perform layer 1 processor operations, layer 2 processor operations, and layer 3 processor operations. The modem processor executes the instructi... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050079890 | System and method for supporting multimode communication in a mobile network A mobile communication terminal for supporting a plurality of communication protocols comprises a first software module for managing at least a first operation associated with at least one of the plurality of communication protocols, wherein the first operation is indep... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050075079 | Mobile terminal circuit including an RFID tag and wireless identification method using the same A mobile terminal circuit for transmitting radio frequency identification (RFID) data to an RFID reader. The mobile terminal circuit comprises an antenna for communication with the RFID reader; a memory portion for storing RFID data together with mobile terminal protoco... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050075134 | Non-wireless communication using sound Method and apparatus are disclosed to allow non-wireless transmission or reception of data from one device to at least another device. More particularly, in one embodiment, a jack of a first device is configured to receive incoming analog signals encoded with digital da... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050075133 | Interface system for an acessory and a communication device A configurable interface system (100) couples an accessory (102) to a communication device (104). The interface system utilizes a memory device (120) embedded in the accessory (102) that stores physical configuration and event mapping ... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050074056 | Wireless data interface system for fixed point-to-point communications A system for transmitting process control information from remote sites is disclosed. In one embodiment, data is collected by a remote monitoring device or devices and transmitted to a first Cellular Digital Packet (“CDPD”) modem via one or more RS232 interfaces. Th... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050070245 | Method for automobile safe wireless communications A method and system for preventing an operator of a vehicle from using a handheld wireless communication device without a hands-free communication device associated therewith when the vehicle is in motion. ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050070329 | Plug-and-play mass storage reflector A plug and play mass storage reflector. The mass storage reflector can include a wireless data transceiver coupled to a plug-and-play adapter configured for connection to a personal computing device, a device selector disposed in the reflector, and, device interface log... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050070224 | Method of using external electronic device on fixed platform to operate short messages through mobile communication device This invention discloses a method of editing a short message through a fixed platform of a PC being connected to a mobile phone via a cable or wireless (such as infrared) transmission, so that when a user presses the “SEND” button, the short message will go through ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050064905 | Method and apparatus to self-configure an accessory device A method (200) for self-configuring a smart accessory allows for a common platform to be used for a variety of accessory options. The presence of an optional mechanical, electrical, and/or software configuration is detected (206) and compared to accessory ... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050064901 | Downloading data files to mobile communication device via an optical communication link A method of acquiring data filed in a mobile communication device, having data storage locations, wherein the mobile communication device includes an optical data capture mechanism, includes providing data in a computer readable form; determining if the data can be stor... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050054381 | Proactive user interface A proactive user interface, which could optionally be installed in (or otherwise control and/or be associated with) any type of computational device. The proactive user interface actively makes suggestions to the user, based upon prior experience with a particular user ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050054388 | Method of automatic mobile call forwarding A communication system includes a Mobile Switching Center (103), a wireless terminal (a cell phone) (102), a wire-line terminal (a corded telephone) (105) and a battery-charging unit (101) for the cell phone. A call forwarding feature from th... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050054380 | Arrangement for maintaining mode synchronization in automatic TTY-to-text translation systems Teletype (TTY, also known as Telecommunication Device for the Deaf, or TDD) transmissions are moded. The same sequence of tones may code for a letter or for a figure. When a TTY device is transmitting to a text-based Internet Protocol display device, via a TTY-to-text c... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050049003 | Automated user interface feature for a portable communication device An automatic keypad lockout system automatically disables the keypad or other buttons of a personal electronic device (102, 202, 302, 402) when it is stored in an accessory (104, 204, 304, 404) and then automatically re-enables the keypad upon removal of t... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050049016 | Port cover unit for electronic equipment A port cover unit located on a preferred region of an electronic component for protecting various ports exposed at the outside of the component. The port cover unit includes a cover housing, a sliding cover slidably attached to an upper end of the cover housing for part... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050049015 | Portable device for both media playing and wireless communication A portable device for both media playing and wireless communication is disclosed, including a housing case, and a circuit board housed inside the housing case. A wireless communication unit is electrically connected to a switch and the wireless communication unit includ... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050049009 | Audio system for automobile and plug transmitter used in same In the invention, it is possible to hear a voice and music of a portable audio device such as a portable telephone, an MD player, etc. in a hand free state without mounting an additional amplifier kind. Therefore, a plug transmitter is plugged into a cigar lighter socke... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050049004 | Interface for subscriber-based wireless phones to wireline infrastructure A wireless communications interface couples wireless service to conventional wireline phone appliances. In one embodiment, the wireless communications interface is connected to the phone appliances through existing phone jacks. This allows a user to place and receive ca... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050048971 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGISTRATION OF LICENSED MODULES IN MOBILE DEVICES Method and system for registration of licensed modules in mobile devices. The present invention provides for a registration system to determine active use of licensed modules installed in mobile devices such as wireless cellular terminals and PDA's. The registration sys... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050043060 | Method and apparatus for scheduling presentation of digital content on a personal communication device A method and apparatus wherein a software scheduling agent resides on a communication network and/or client device, such as location-aware wireless communication appliances, television set top boxes, or other end user client devices is disclosed. The software scheduling... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050043059 | Systems and methods for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption for an electric meter A system for providing remote monitoring of electricity consumption is provided. Briefly described, in one embodiment the system may comprise a plurality of electric meters, a plurality of communication devices having a unique address and defining a wireless communicati... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050037810 | Methods and apparatus for facsimile reception in mobile devices having simultaneous voice and data capabilities Systems and techniques for receiving facsimile transmissions through a mobile device and simultaneously or subsequently transferring facsimile data to a remote device for storage, printing or other uses are described. A mobile telephone establishes a voice connection to... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050037824 | Integrated antenna and input/output port for a wireless communication device A wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device comprises a body; and an input/output port installed on a side of said body and electrically connected to an antenna connecting portion of a communication module installed in said body. Thus... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050037817 | Terminal for mobile phone and method for controlling the synchronism of terminal for mobile phone In a mobile phone terminal, in which a sound, such as the audio, may be synchronized with a moving picture even in case a sound processor unit processing the sound, such as audio, is controlled by a controller differing from the controller controlling a moving picture p... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050032549 | Communication apparatus Herein disclosed is a communication apparatus to be operative in combination with first and second external devices for respectively producing first and second information, comprising: first information receiving means for receiving the first information from the first ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050026656 | Portable communication device including a camera module A portable communication device including a main housing, a pair of connecting side arms extended lengthwise from both side corners of the main housing, facing each other, and a cylindrical housing, having a speaker on a circular upper surface thereof and a camera lens ... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050026655 | Directional enhancement/range extending devices An accessory is provided for use with an existing antenna on a wireless device to improve directionality and/or signal strength. The accessory includes a conductive surface that is coupled to the existing antenna using a clip disposed on an arm that supports the reflect... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050020307 | Context aware computing devices having a common interface and related methods Context-aware computing systems and methods are described. In some embodiments, hierarchical tree structures are utilized to ascertain a device context. The tree structures can be stored on or accessible to mobile computing devices so that the devices can determine thei... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050020306 | Method and communication terminal apparatus for displaying function in communication A method and communication terminal apparatus for displaying a function in communication is disclosed that includes a display unit, a memory unit for storing and managing operation information including an additional function information and a function list in communica... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050014531 | System and Method of Software Transfer Between a Mobile Phone and a Mobile Phone Accessory A system and method of operating a mobile phone accessory communicable with a mobile phone. The present invention dynamically loads software into a mobile phone from a mobile phone accessory to enable better management of the accessory's resources and capabilities. Afte... | 01/20/2005 |
