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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120021705 | Portable transmitter powered by button battery A portable transmitter includes a circuit board having a button battery and an antenna; and a case accommodating the battery and the circuit board. The case includes first and second case members being engaged with each other. A concave portion is formed on the first or... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021704 | METHOD OF POWER AMPLIFIER SWITCHING POWER CONTROL USING POST POWER AMPLIFIER POWER DETECTION Various embodiments described herein relate to a power management block and one or more amplification blocks used in the transmitter of a communication subsystem. The power management block provides improved control for the gain control signal provided to a pre-amplifie... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110223951 | RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Provided is a base station capable of performing cell search of all mobile stations having different communicable frequency band widths in a scalable band width communication system to which a multi-carrier communication method such as the OFDM method is applied. The ba... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110086597 | APPARATUS FOR BAND PASS FILTERING AND SIGNAL RADIATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL A transmitter for band-pass-filtering a transmission signal and radiating the signal is provided. The transmitter includes a communication unit and a filtena. The communication unit generates a transmission signal. The filtena includes a combined filter and antenna, whe... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20100298031 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS USING MULTI-BAND RADIO FREQUENCIES A method for transmitting an information unit of a specific layer above a physical layer through a plurality of frequency allocation bands managed by the specific layer and transmitting control information identifying each of the plurality of frequency allocation bands.... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100240327 | ANTENNA ARRAY WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT FOR A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE An antenna array can be mounted on a flexible substrate and connected by a flexible interconnect to an integrated circuit such as a radio frequency front end. The antenna array can be mounted in a device housing that includes radio frequency interference (RFI) shielding... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100197247 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF IMPROVING SOUND QUALITY OF FM RADIO IN PORTABLE TERMINAL Provided are an apparatus and a method of improving the sound quality of an FM radio signal in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes: an FM radio module receiving an FM radio signal; an application processor processing an application program for playing an audio s... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100159853 | ELECTRONIC AMPLIFICATION DEVICE WITH CURRENT MIRROR FOR INTEGRATED POWER AMPLIFIERS The disclosure relates to an electronic differential amplification device integrated on a semiconductor chip. The device may include first and second transistors having respective source terminals connected to a first potential, and drain terminals to receive a first di... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100106269 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING USING TRANSFORM-DOMAIN LOG-COMPANDING A method and apparatus for audio signal processing by applying log companding on spectral domain or time domain representations of the audio signals to provide an encoded audio signal, which is decoded upon receipt. A frequency domain representation or time domain repre... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100099367 | MINIATURIZED, LOW POWER, WIRELESS TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER WITH ON-CHIP ANTENNA, AND WIRELESS COUPLING OF ON-CHIP AND OFF-CHIP ANTENNA A miniaturized, low power RF transmitter with a dual mode active on-chip antenna/inductor is disclosed in which antenna also serves as the oscillator inductor. Also disclosed is a miniaturized low power RF receiver with an on-chip antenna; and a RF transmitter system wh... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100056079 | RETRANSMISSION BETWEEN DCI FORMAT 1A AND FORMAT 2/2A A transmitter is for use with a cellular communication network and includes a downlink control information (DCI) configuration unit that designates a DCI format for a downlink transmission selected from a first DCI format intended for a single transport block contiguous... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100022205 | Wireless Microphone Beacon Disclosed is a method and system for a radio beacon to protect wireless microphones from interference. One embodiment involves providing each wireless microphone system with a signal detector that detects interfering signals and a ‘beacon’ transmitter that sends a m... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090209294 | TRANSPORTABLE TYPE BASE STATION DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE This invention provides a mobile base station device which can simplify the setting of internal functions, as well as a portable terminal used in operation of such a mobile base station device. In a mobile base station device 1 and a portable terminal 2, w... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090017779 | SYSTEM FOR SHOPPING IN A STORE A system for shopping in a store is provided that includes a multi-network for communication between a shopper and the store, a shopping cart that weighs items placed therein and then transmits that weight information through the multi-network, and a wireless end device... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080306774 | Methods and apparatus for digital audio, video, and data player and recorder and business method of managing medical information on a branded data storage device A credit card sized digital storage device and data system and method of marketing same pertaining to health care information, a memory and processor for processing digital data, an output on the card for converting and transmitting the digital data for video output, a ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080275705 | Battery Tester with Wireless Voice Status Messages Methods and systems are disclosed for providing wireless data transfer and voice messages in a voltage measurement device. In some embodiments, the methods and systems dynamically construct voice messages that substantially correspond to text messages displayed on a dis... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080139133 | Transmission Rate Control Method and Mobile Station A radio base station notifies a maximum allowable transmission rate of uplink user data to a mobile station by using a common transmission rate control channel. The mobile station increases the transmission rate of uplink user data up to the maximum allowable transmissi... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080139134 | Transmission Rate Control Method, Radio Base Station and Radio Network Controller The present invention provides a transmission rate control method for controlling the transmission rate of uplink user data, including the step of; a radio network controller notifies to a radio base station and a mobile station an effective period of an absolute transm... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080119144 | Label with integrated controller This invention provides a label affixed to an article of clothing or a piece of luggage comprising an integrated controller device for remote control of an electronic device.... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080086391 | Impromptu asset tracking A system and method for impromptu asset tracking. According to one embodiment, information from a first reporting source about a first asset is received. Asset identification information about a second asset is received from the first reporting source. The first reporti... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080081569 | Mobile-phone A mobile-phone includes a receiving unit configured to receive a television broadcasting signal, a display unit configured to display a television picture based on the television broadcasting signal and to display incoming call information showing a content of an incomi... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080045164 | Transmission Rate Control Method, Mobile Station, and Wireless Line Control Station The present invention relates to a transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of user data to be transmitted via an uplink by a mobile station. A mobile station acquires a function of the transmission rate of the user data and a time from a rad... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20070237101 | Heading-dependent routing method and network subsystem Apparatuses, methods and systems are described that are configured to act on a heading-dependent suitability indicator of a channel through a mobile communication system that can have a defined heading, such as a passenger vehicle or other motor-propelled vehicle. The i... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070155323 | Transmitting/receiving apparatus and transmitting/receiving method A transmission/reception apparatus capable of preventing degradation in system capacity, improving system throughput, and minimizing power consumption of an apparatus is disclosed. In this apparatus, a propagation path determining section (131) determines a propa... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070135041 | Mobile radio system and mobile radio channel assigning method A mobile radio system for radio communications between a base station and a plurality of mobile stations, as well as among a plurality of mobile stations, including a mobile radio channel assignment method, where each mobile station is capable of acquiring position info... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070129022 | Method for adjusting mobile communication activity based on voicing quality A mobile communication device (100) includes a vocoder (104) for vocoding speech (500) received at the mobile communication device. The parameters output by the vocoder are used to generate a voicing quality metric (208). The voicing quality ... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070010212 | Apparatus for transmitting positioning signal, positioning system including the apparatus, and system for transmitting positioning signal An apparatus that can transmit a signal enabling higher accuracy of calculating positional information is provided. A transmitting apparatus transmitting a positioning signal includes an oven controller crystal oscillator (OCXO) having a thermostatic oven that keeps the... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20060246839 | Transmitting and receiving method, and radio apparatus utilizing the same A processing unit transmits, from at least one of a plurality of antennas, data corresponding respectively to the plurality of antennas. A control unit generates request signals with which to let a second radio apparatus supply information on rates at the second radio a... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060229034 | Ergonomic handheld remote controller A handheld controller is for remotely controlling a mobile gaming unit, such as a remote-controlled car. The controller includes a housing having a longitudinal axis, a first controlling mechanism, such as a trigger, for controlling speed and direction of the mobile gam... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060205367 | Methods, radioterminals, and ancillary terrestrial components for communicating using spectrum allocated to another satellite operator A method of providing communications can be provided by at least one space-based and/or terrestrial component of a first system/operator transmitting/receiving information using spectrum allocated to a second system/operator at an aggregate interference level at a space... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060183436 | Wireless communication system A wireless communication system is disclosed herein. The wireless communication system may include transmitter units and a receiver. In one embodiment, each transmitter has an address and logic programmed to perform the steps of receiving a user selection and, responsiv... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060148426 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF CHANGING ITS USER INTERFACE A mobile communication device includes a housing, a circuit board installed inside the housing, a control module installed on the circuit board for controlling the mobile communication device, a first memory module installed on the housing and coupled to the control mod... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060141948 | Adjustable steering mechanism for radio frequency toy controller A controller for a radio-controlled toy, comprising a housing, a first interface disposed on a first side of the housing, a second interface disposed on a second side of the housing, and a steering wheel having a steering shaft, the steering shaft being adapted to be in... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060141947 | Computer implemented methods and computer program products for evaluating radio communications systems A computer implemented method is disclosed, for modeling a frequency assignment for a radio communications system, comprising a plurality of radio transmitters. The method comprises assigning a frequency to one of said plurality of radio transmitters based on a probabil... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060135090 | Antenna for a foldable radio device An antenna intended for a foldable radio device, and a radio device with such an antenna. The first turning part (TP1) of the radio device includes the radio frequency transmitting and receiving amplifiers of the device, an antenna port (AP) and a first antenna e... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060135091 | Priority information management device for a radio communication terminal of a radio communication network A device is dedicated to managing priority information in a radio communication terminal of a radio communication network, comprising a communication module able to communicate with the network. The device includes processing means adapted, in the event of reception by ... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060094479 | Personal communications and cosmetics apparatus A portable personal communications and cosmetics apparatus (1) comprising a base unit (2) having side walls with cavities (17a-f) therein for receiving removable cosmetics products (18a-f) and a mobile phone unit (... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20050282498 | FM stereo modulator A FM stereo modulator is disclosed and claimed for modulating/converting the audio output signal of a portable music player into a FM signal receivable by the FM tuner of a stereo system. It comprises an electrically insulating hollow enclosure, a power connector connec... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050245205 | Signal enhancement device A reference signal enhancement device for phase lock loop oscillator. In the reference signal enhancement device, a band pass filtering unit is coupled to a reference signal to filter high frequency noise, low frequency noise, and harmonic components of the reference si... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050168350 | In-vehicle radio apparatus In an in-vehicle radio apparatus to radio-transmit information from a vehicle about to enter an intersection, the interference between a radio signal transmitted from the vehicle and a radio signal transmitted from another vehicle is suppressed. Further, an approach dir... | 08/04/2005 |
