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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120108299 | VIBRATION MODULE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL Disclosed is a vibration module for a portable terminal that includes a housing, a magnetic moving part movable in a first direction within the housing; an elastic member supported between the opposite ends of the magnetic moving part and inner walls of the housing, and... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052907 | Hands-Free, Eyes-Free Mobile Device for In-Car Use In one embodiment, a method determines an event at a mobile device and a movement value for a speed of movement of the mobile device based on the event. The movement value is compared to a threshold. If the movement value has passed the threshold, the method enables a m... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052923 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND WIRELESS CHARGING METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is a mobile terminal and a wireless charging method thereof, in which when the mobile terminal performs a wireless charging of a battery using induced current generated from a charging pad, whether the terminal is in a vibration mode is checked, and if so, the... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052922 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Notification of Events on a Wireless Communication Device Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to a wearable alert device that emits a physical stimulation upon receiving a signal from a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device is in wireless communication with the wearable alert devi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052808 | AUDIBLE AND VISIBLE REMOTE CELL PHONE ALERT AND VISIBLE REMOTE MISSED CALL ALERT A remote cell phone alert and missed call alert system is configured to identify when a call is or has been received on a designated cell phone. The system includes a housing; a wireless interface configured to be coupled wirelessly to at least one cell phone and config... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120028689 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT Portable information terminal equipment having a function to perform the informing process at the time of reception in cooperation with a connecting section driving mechanism as well as a function to enable the open/close movement of the upper and lower units through on... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120015696 | Application Audio Announcements Using Wireless Protocols The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for using a wireless telephone communication protocol to make a non-telephonic audio announcement (NTAA). An apparatus to use a hands-free telephonic device to make a non-telephonic audio announcement (NTAA) include... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110319141 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS A mobile communication terminal apparatus having a communication function, the mobile communication terminal apparatus includes: a light emitting unit configured to indicate call incoming information or mail receiving information by light emission; a notification settin... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110312390 | Methods and Devices for Providing a Ring Signal to a Called Party Terminal Methods and devices for providing a ring signal to a called party terminal (450, 550, 650, 750, 124, 134) for a call from a calling party terminal (400, 500, 600, 700, 120, 130) to the called party terminal for alerting the called party regarding the call ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANONYMOUS RECEPTION OF TELEPHONE CALLS A disclosed wireless phone includes a user interface having at least one button, a processor coupled to the user interface to detect a user's activation of the button, and software stored in a memory including: an acquisition process to obtain a secondary phone number i... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110300804 | STRUCTURE OF INCOMING CALL NOTIFYING WATCH An incoming call notifying watch is worn on a wrist of a user and includes a case unit, a receiver unit, and an alarm unit. The case unit forms an interrior space receiving a timing device threin and has a face for displaying time. The case unit has opposite sides betwe... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110244925 | NOTIFYING STATIONS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS In some embodiments, an automobile has a station that can support a portable electronic device (PED). The station includes a body, which could be integrated with the automobile. The body defines a PED seat, for supporting the PED. A movable member can exert tension so a... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244918 | CHARGES COOPERATING WITH PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES Generally, the present invention provides accessories for one or more portable electronic devices (PEDs) and related methods. An accessory includes a station that can support a PED. The PED is also equipped to generate an action signal, above and beyond the regular sign... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244926 | MOBILE TELEPHONE A portable telephone is characterized in that it includes a ringing mechanism (1) including at least one sound element (10) and at least one actuator member (8) able to come into mechanical contact with the sound element (10) so as to make it... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110223978 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANSWERING INCOMING PHONE CALLS A method and a communication device that includes a proximity sensor acquires a current distance between a user and the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming phone call. The method and the communication device establishes a communicatio... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110223977 | Strap For Portable Device With Light Indicator An apparatus including a flexible strap section configured to emit visible light; and a connection section configured to connect the flexible strap section to a portable electronic device such that the portable electronic device can hang from the flexible strap section.... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110212753 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE An object of the present invention is to suppress, in a portable electronic device that can emit light, a situation in which light is emitted in an unexpected direction when a user suddenly moves the portable electronic device while a light emission operation is being p... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110195757 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ALERTING METHOD OF INCOMING CALL An electronic device includes a ring module, a vibration module, a noise sensing module, a storing module and a controlling module. The ring module plays a ring when receiving an incoming call. The vibration module generates vibration. The noise sensing module obtains a... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195753 | Smartphone Case with LEDS A smartphone case with LEDS is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the case includes a front portion adapted to cradle a lower portion of a smartphone, a rear portion adapted to engagingly mate with the front portion to secure the smartphone within the case, a first ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110183723 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE A system and method for operating a mobile electronic device is disclosed. An intermittent reception is performed to reduce or minimize power consumption during a sleep mode while the mobile electronic device is communicating with at least one base station. At least a f... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110183650 | REGULATING ALERTS GENERATED BY COMMUNICATION TERMINALS RESPONSIVE TO SENSED MOVEMENT Various computer-implemented methods and associated mobile communication terminals are provided that regulate the generation of user alerts responsive to received messages so that the alerts may be generated/regenerated when the terminal is moved by a user. A mobile com... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110183724 | GENERATION OF VIDEO CLIPS FROM A FRIEND'S RECENT SOCIAL STREAM A method for playing ringtones on a user's communications device includes requesting a media ringtone to be generated from at least a media stream of a friend, where the media stream is accessible to the user via a social network, receiving the media ringtone on the dev... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110151940 | ALTERNATIVE RINGTONES FOR MOBILE TELEPHONES A method, implementable on a mobile device, includes activating at least two of the output devices of the mobile device in response to a call-related activity, where the output devices include an audio/video device and at least one non-audio/video device, and stopping t... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110151939 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RINGTONE CONTROL An electronic device providing ringtone control and method include an infrared sensor. When the electronic device receives an incoming call, the electronic device turns on the infrared sensor if the incoming call has not been answered within a first time period. If one ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110143720 | LOCATION-TRIGGERED ALERTS FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES Requests to issue alerts may be stored in a central database. Each request may identify a mobile communication device and a location at which an alert is to be issued when the mobile communication device is at the location. Mobile communication devices may repeatedly re... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110130173 | MOBILE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF The mobile device for providing a haptic function includes a vibration unit which generates vibration for a tactile effect as the haptic function; and a control unit which includes a platform providing an application programming interface (API) corresponding to the hapt... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110111735 | PHONE HOLD MECHANISM A portable communication device holds an incoming call for a user when the user is temporarily unavailable to pick up the call. In response to an incoming call signal and an indication from the user to hold the call, the portable communication device answers the call an... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110105195 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING INCOMING CALL AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME A method for processing an incoming call implemented by a first communication device is provided. The method includes: determining whether the first communication device is receiving an incoming call from a second communication device; if the first communication device ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110086676 | MULTI-PURPOSE PLASMONIC AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR AND VISUAL RANGE PROXIMITY SENSOR A visible wavelength range proximity sensor includes a visible light emitter with a peak wavelength in a visible wavelength range, and a plasmonic ambient light sensor, where a proximity sensing mode and an ambient light sensing mode are time multiplexed.... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110077055 | SELF ADAPTING ALERT DEVICE Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that allow an electronic device to autonomously adapt one or more user alerts to the current operating environment of the electronic device. For example, some embodiments may include a method comprising providing a plurality of aler... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110070832 | HEADSET, OPERATING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME A headset, a method and a system for operating the headset, and a portable terminal using the same are provided. A method for operating a headset, includes: receiving one of a voice call connection request message or an image call connection request message requested fr... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110070925 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium generating ultrasonic waves and vibration Provided is a vibration apparatus, method and computer-readable medium generating vibrations and ultrasonic waves. The vibration apparatus, method and computer-readable medium may generate the vibrations or the ultrasonic waves in accordance with a first control signal ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110065483 | Network support for mobile special alerting An apparatus in one example has: a mobile terminal having at least first and second modes of operation; and a special alerting code; wherein, in response to the calling party entering the special alerting code, the mobile terminal changes from the first mode of operatio... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110053655 | CONVERSION FROM NOTE-BASED AUDIO FORMAT TO PCM-BASED AUDIO FORMAT A system and method for converting a note-based audio object to a Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) audio format is disclosed. An electronic computer device includes a memory containing a note-based audio object and a lookup table, the note-based audio object containing note f... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110034210 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE DEVICE PROTOCOL A cellular telephone is configured to perform procedures to protect against malfunction or damage to an HDD or other mass storage device in the cell phone, in response to receiving an indication of an incoming call. The protection procedures can include delaying one or ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028187 | INCOMING CALL INDICATION IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM Incoming call indication method and system in a call initialization process in a mobile telecommunication system, whereby a user (caller, USER1) having a calling mobile telecommunication terminal device (MOBILE1) makes a call to another user (recipient, US... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110003587 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CHANGING RING METHOD BASED ON TYPE OF CONNECTED DEVICE Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for changing alert setting of a communication device are provided. An operative connection of a communication device to a connected device is detected. Based on the operative connection to the connected device, it is det... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331054 | VISUAL RINGER Embodiments of the disclosed invention include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for providing a larger display area for viewing pictures and/or videos on a communication device. For example, in one embodiment, a communication device is disclosed compri... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100331055 | Mobile Fast Alerting Where a separate bearer channel is required to be set up in a mobile network to complete a hybrid VoIP call on the mobile network as specified in 3GPP ICS standard TR 23.892, an alerting process may be started after a provisionable delay rather than upon completion of t... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100285784 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A HAPTIC FUNCTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Disclosed is a method and system for transmitting a haptic function within a communication system. The method includes: inserting, by a first mobile terminal, haptic information corresponding to a selected vibration into a call setup request message and transmitting the... | 11/11/2010 |
