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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7142127 | Universal remote control system A remote control adapted for use with a releasable readable media storage device. A readable media storage device having data and target indicators. Electrical contacts provide releasable connection with the remote control. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142878 | Method of timing calibration Disclosed is a method for deriving accurate global positioning satellite (GPS) timing by calibrating frame boundaries to GPS timing. Time calibration is achieved by determining a time difference Δt between a reference GPS time (or pulse) and an nth frame boundary. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143214 | Hand held device having a browser application A hand-held device having a display and a browser application which supports functionality particularly suited for the hand-held device. For example, the browser application supports a full screen tag which allows information to be displayed as a full screen within ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138927 | Universal remote controller with voice and digital memory An improved universal remote control unit (URC) for controlling electronic appliance units. The URC unit has the typical remote controller module for controlling appliances such as TV, stereo, VCR or DVD. Additionally, the URC has a scratch pad memory for storing te... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138904 | Biometric system and method for vehicle security and operation Disclosed is a keyless system for operating and accessing a vehicle such as an automobile, truck, minivan, bus, airplane, train, boat, etc. Preferably, the user's fingerprint is his or her “right of passage” into the vehicle. The system includes fingerprint trig... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136721 | Article management system and article management apparatus There is provided an article management system having a plurality of article management apparatus that are arranged at the respective process stage position in a production line and read information by RF tag readers from an article RF tag affixed to each of article... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135962 | Security and remote access for vehicular entertainment, safety, and convenience systems A security system in a vehicle extends its protection to installed equipment of the vehicle, such as audio components, navigation systems, and entertainment systems. The installed equipment is armed and disarmed by the security system, preventing the equipment from ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135982 | Home network system and control method for the same A home network system and a control method thereof in which an electric home appliance periodically transmits an alive message through a network to inform that it is in operation, and a home server transmits/receives messages to/from the electric home appliance via ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136007 | Hearing-aid remote control A remote control unit of wireless operation and/or control of electrical and electronic microdevices, such as communication transceivers and hearing aids. The remote control is contained in a clip-on, slip-on, and/or attachable housing or enclosure. The housing or e... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133730 | Audio apparatus, controller, audio system, and method of controlling audio apparatus Control data is stored in a first memory. Control data inputted from an external device is stored a second rewritable memory. A control section selects either one of the first and second memories and controls operation according to a control program using the contro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133757 | Assembly and an autonomous agricultural machine for performing an agricultural operation, in particular crop processing An assembly for performing an agricultural operation, in particular crop processing. The assembly is provided with an autonomous agricultural machine that is movable over a parcel for performing the agricultural operation and with a control unit for controlling the ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133607 | Wireless communication activation system and method A system and method of alerting a wireless communication capability of a camera body to the presence of an external antenna element present in electrical communication with a pre-existing port of the camera body that was originally not designed for an external anten... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132955 | Domestic appliance A domestic appliance is provided having a control panel in which a remote control signal passing part is formed on a manipulating member, and the manipulating member is integrated with a display window. The control panel includes a switch to be selectively turned on... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132973 | Universal soft remote control A universal remote control (10) is provided for wireless remote control of one or more devices (D1 . . . Dn) equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual appearances different from one another. The universal remote c... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132925 | Container with a selective opening and closing mechanism A system and apparatus which includes one or more locking container devices comprising a closeable container for holding at least one object; lock coupled to the container and moveable between a lock position and an unlock position; and programmable timer circuit fo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132929 | Antitheft device and antitheft method The present invention teaches an antitheft device whereby an arming mode can be appropriately set when a remote operation for instructing to start an engine is conducted, comprising a section for setting the arming mode when a time T1 (e.g. 20–30 seconds) e... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132924 | Construction machine A construction machine which is less vulnerable to theft compared with conventional machines is provided. The system includes an antenna (6) for detecting removal of an engine key (8) after the engine has stopped, an angle detector (35) for dete... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129855 | Device control system, method, and apparatus A system, method and apparatus for controlling consumer electronic (CE) devices. A control unit obtains CE device command codes and “metadata” from an interactive, wirelessly accessible database. The control unit uses the metadata, which is data relating to the ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129853 | System and method for remote control of a wireless handset Systems and methods for remote control of a wireless communication device are provided. Remote access to a wireless communication device is obtained through a packet switched mobile terminated data call. The data call can also be originated from the wireless communi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129854 | Electronic device with force sensing key An electronic device with a force sensing key (200) has a switch (280), a first force sensing region (290) for acquiring a first force value, a second force sensing region (290) for acquiring a second force value, and a processor for dete... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129848 | Remote monitoring method and system The present invention relates to a remote monitoring method comprises the steps of monitoring an occurrence of an event, providing a signal to a wireless module in response to the occurrence of the event, sending a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130383 | Lifestyle multimedia security system A method is disclosed for remote monitoring of a premises, comprising the steps of operatively coupling a geographically remote client to a security system server which is capable of authenticating a user of the remote client, operatively coupling the remote client ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129852 | Remote vehicle immobilization A vehicle immobilization system (10) is coupled to a network system (20) and includes a vehicle that has a speed sensor (34) generating a vehicle speed signal, a telematics control unit (48) receiving and transmitting signals to and from ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129816 | Remote control system Provided is a remote control system capable of preventing a key code from being deciphered when the key code is transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver to be registered. In the transmitter, in response to a specified switch operation, a k-th common key code in ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129823 | Communications setting method and communications setting system for power line communications system A communications setting method for a communications network system for performing data communications among a plurality of devices through power line has a house code notification including a house code to be uniquely set for the communications network syste... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129844 | Remote communications devices, wireless communications systems, remote communications device operable methods, and retail monitoring methods Remote communications devices, wireless communications systems, remote communications device operable methods, and retail article monitoring methods are described. According to one embodiment, a remote communications device includes communications circuitry configur... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130752 | Measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method In a measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method, a measuring standard quantity is converted into a parameter adapted for communication, or based on measuring standard quantity, a parameter adapted for communicat... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126494 | Remote access to electronic meters using a TCP/IP protocol suite An electronic meter incorporates a TCP/IP protocol suite and an HTTP server to provide two-way access to the meter data. Alternatively, the TCP/IP protocol suite may be incorporated into a gateway serving multiple meters connected through a power line or wireless tw... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127264 | Mobile originated interactive menus via short messaging services Two-way interactive short message system with personalized messaging menus that provide WAP like services at less cost than CSD. Mobile Originated Interactive Menus are implemented as a feature of a Short Message Service Center (SMSC). Each option guides either to t... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127074 | Method and apparatus for sleep conditioning Disclosed is a baby monitor which includes a base unit having a microphone for receiving sound and a transmitter for conveying the sound to a remote unit, and a remote unit including a receiver for receiving the sound from the transmitter and a speaker for reproduci... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124087 | System and method for updating user home automation systems A system and method for automatically contacting one or more contacts when a user makes travel plans. A profile is used to determine to which contacts messages are sent. One of the contacts can be a home automation system that is registered with an email system to e... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119710 | Digital interconnect of entertainment equipment A remote control for communicating commands to a target device having first data that specifies a function supported by the target device. The remote control includes a set of command key indicias, stored within the universal remote control prior to any communicatio... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120232 | Lifestyle multimedia security system A method for remote monitoring of a premises. A geographically remote client is operatively coupled to a security system server capable of authenticating a user of the remote client. The remote client is then operably coupled to a security gateway capable of managin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120233 | Lifestyle multimedia security system A method for remote monitoring of a premises. A geographically remote client is operatively coupled to a security system server capable of authenticating a user of the remote client. The remote client is then operably coupled to a security gateway capable of managin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119609 | Lifestyle multimedia security system A method for remote monitoring of a premises. A geographically remote client is operatively coupled to a security system server capable of authenticating a user of the remote client. The remote client is then operably coupled to a security gateway capable of managin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119661 | Combined tire pressure monitoring and keyless entry receiver A system for monitoring conditions within a tire (12) including a sensor assembly (14) including a pressure sensor (36), an accelerometer (34), a temperature sensor (32), and a transmitter (40) to transmit signals indicative... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119663 | Remote control key for preventing theft of transponder and method for manufacturing the same A remote control key that may easily be disassembled while preventing theft of its transponder. The remote control key includes a transmitter for transmitting a signal to remotely control locking and unlocking of a door. The transponder transmits a predetermined ID ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119670 | Tire pressure monitoring system In the system for monitoring tire pressure in a tire of a vehicle, temporally successive tire pressure measured values are sensed by a transmitting unit, and at least part of the tire pressure measured values is transmitted to a receiving unit with a variable freque... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119706 | Method and apparatus for visual silent alarm indicator An apparatus and method thereof wherein a portable computer system or personal digital assistant generates a visual signal in response to an occurrence of a programmed event. For example, the portable computer system can use a light emitting diode to visually signal... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119572 | Programmable logic device configuration via device communication lines A system is disclosed for performing measurements in a hazardous environment. In one embodiment the system comprises: a main device and a remote device having a programmable logic device (PLD). The main device is isolated from the hazardous environment, while the re... | 10/10/2006 |
