Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7860238 | Communication terminal and additional function module thereof A terminal main body of a communication terminal is supplied power from a battery pack through a DC signal path. The terminal main body communicates with at least one additional function module providing an additional function through a communication path connected ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7715189 | Laptop-type personal computer A laptop-type personal computer operable on power supplied from at least one of an AC adaptor and a battery pack includes a memory card loader configured to detachably load a memory card powered by at least one of the AC adaptor and the battery pack; a cover mechani... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7409225 | Dual connection device for memory mediums and mobile communication terminals with the same Dual connection device for memory mediums and a mobile communication terminal including the same. The dual connection device has a body portion electrically connected with a mobile communication terminal, a first receiving portion formed to the body portion for rece... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406334 | Systems and methods for securing personal or private content stored in the internal memory of a mobile terminal Mobile terminals, such as cell phones, having an internal memory and operating in a GSM wireless network environment with a SIM, store private content such as images, ring tones, buddy lists, email and the like, in the terminal memory. The private content is associa... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7389126 | Cellular phone which adds exchange header accessing information based upon country number stored in an IC and position information The present invention provides cellular phone in which a plurality of mounting parts for IC cards in which the country number of the contracting country and the own-station telephone number are stored are disposed, the cellular phone comprising position information ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7353051 | Torque cell A hand held mobile terminal includes at least one torque cell for facilitating a torsionally stiff housing structure. The torque cell includes a plurality of first locking members located around a perimeter of a first housing and a plurality of second locking member... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338324 | Card connector with ejector A card connector comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, an ejector and a pressing member. The insulating housing has a rear wall and a pair of arms extending from lateral ends of the rear wall; the ejector is received on one of the arm and compris... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7286852 | Subscriber identity module and method of preventing access thereto, and mobile communication terminal device A subscriber identity module (SIM) for subscriber identification configured so as to be detachably loaded on a mobile communication terminal device has a application section for storing an externally downloaded application program, a processing section (or a SAT fun... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280846 | Mobile phone with SIM card holder A mobile phone with a SIM card holder. The mobile phone includes a body, a holder, and a SIM card. The body includes a first concave portion and a second concave portion. The holder is disposed in the first concave portion of the body in a method such that it is mov... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280845 | Method for simplifying the exchange of a SIM card of subscribers of a digital mobile communications network With the present method for simplifying the exchange of a SIM card of subscribers of a digital mobile communications network, the subscriber disposes of an old active SIM card and makes us of a new inactive SIM card in a mobile terminal. The invention provides that ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278584 | Portable electronic music devices with convenient or foldable transaction cards Convenient transaction cards are provided that may be attached or interconnected with portable electronic music devices, such as MP3 players, the iPod™ digital music device, and other like portable electronic music devices. The transaction cards may be foldable to... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280847 | System and method for mobile transactions using the bearer independent protocol A system for performing mobile transactions includes a mobile communication device connecting to a server device via a first network. The mobile communication device includes a subscriber identification module (SIM) card slot and a virtual subscriber identification ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275695 | Portable terminal and function limiting method A portable terminal including a noncontact IC card function unit and capable of being used by inserting a subscriber information card is provided, in which a noncontact IC card use permission list on which numbers of subscribers permitted to use a noncontact IC card... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7239883 | Emergency calling with a GSM radiotelephone An apparatus and method for allowing emergency calling with a Global System for Mobile (GSM) radiotelephone during temperature extremes includes a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card, a temperature sensor; and a controller that detects when the radiotelephon... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238038 | Card holding structure for portable electronic device In a portable electronic device, a card holding structure includes a plurality of holding members formed on a case to hold a card on a card connector having no holding member. The holding members include a flexible arm with an engaging portion and a stationary porti... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229300 | Drawer-type all-in-one card connector A drawer-type all-in-one card connector includes a housing defining an insertion chamber and an opening formed at an end of the insertion chamber and a plurality of terminal slots formed at the other end of the insertion chamber; a plurality of card contact terminal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215980 | Pen-type mobile telephone A kind of pen-type mobile telephone. It comprises: housing (1), display (2), button (3, 4, 5), telephone receiver (6), earphone (7), etc. It is characterized in that said pen-type mobile telephone's housing possesses slender rod-fo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7189087 | Card connector A card connector comprises a main body having a first card accommodating space and a first spring attachment member. An ejection mechanism includes a push block, an ejection bar, and a positioning block. The push block has a second spring attachment member and an ab... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174174 | Service detail record application and system A SIM card for a phone has a first memory partition on which a phone user identity and phone network access data are stored. A service usage monitoring application is stored in a memory. The service usage monitoring application (a) logs information about a service u... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155009 | Modem with removable DSL cartridge A modem including a removable DSL filter cartridge is disclosed. The modem includes a location adapted to receive a filter cartridge. The filter cartridge is designed to fit inside the location provided on the modem. The filter cartridge includes a first end that el... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149307 | Locking arrangement for a subscriber terminal device The present invention relates to a locking arrangement for a terminal device of a telecommunication system. To improve the operating reliability of the terminal device, the attachment and locking of the structural elements changeable by the user to the rest of the d... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137552 | Portable electronic devices interconnected with convenient or foldable transaction cards Convenient transaction cards are provided that may be attached or interconnected with portable electronic devices, such as, portable communication devices, personal digital assistants, or other portable computing means. The transaction cards may be foldable to provi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104457 | Card reader and a method for reading of cards The present invention relates to a portable card reader for communication with card provided with a chip, such as so called smart cards. The reader comprises processing means, a card holder for holding the card in contact with connection means to form a connection b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093764 | Integrated SIM holder with backcase and rotating door An apparatus for holding a SIM (subscriber identification module) card for an electronic device. The electronic device is implemented using integrated circuits on a PCB (printed circuit board) contained within a device housing. A SIM connector is mounted on the PCB ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088075 | Battery pack A battery pack is provided. In the battery pack, batteries and a circuit are completely separated. A battery block includes a battery package that can house one or more of the batteries. The circuit block includes a measurement/protection circuit that has a measurem... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6975888 | Interchangeable cover for a mobile communications device An interchangeable cover for a mobile communications device is provided. The interchangeable cover includes a a resilient three-sided semi-rigid shell having a substantially U-shaped profile adapted to wrap around a substantial portion of a front, back and side of t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6962500 | Electrical card connector An electrical card connector, in which a shielding member introduced therein has a latch, and an against portion used for abutting against a guide rod of a ejector and a top of an fixing end of the guide rod, respectively, so as to limit an upward displacement of th... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954653 | Cellular phone simultaneously mounting two IC cards and including a lock button for selectively releasing the two IC cards Disclosed is a cellular phone having a card connector composed of a first slot for inserting a first IC card and a second slot for inserting a second IC card. The second slot is disposed above said first slot so that the inserting direction of said first IC card and... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6947767 | Card holding structure and portable terminal apparatus having the same A card is slid and fitted to a card connector fixed in a card-fitting recessed portion provided inside a reverse surface-side housing of a portable terminal apparatus. A front portion of the card is held by card holding portions provided in a front portion, as viewe... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932187 | Protective acoustic cover assembly A protective acoustic cover assembly including a metal foil with perforations, and a treatment on one or more surfaces of said metal foil. The treatment is a hydrophobic or oleophobic treatment, or both. The protective acoustic cover assembly has an average specific... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6892078 | Sim card mounting structure of mobile phone A SIM card mounting structure of a mobile phone includes a SIM card receiving recess 5 provided in a rear surface portion of a front side casing of the mobile phone for fittingly receiving a SIM card 1 therein, a pressing portion 3 formed of an ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6839431 | Card connector In a card connector having a push-push type eject mechanism, a cam lever is retained by a cam lever retaining member made from a cantilevered leaf spring, which in turn is retained by a leaf spring formed in a metal cover. The metal cover along with the housing form... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6831977 | Cover for a telephone handset A rear cover (1) for a telephone handset (2) is described. An inner area of the handset (2) is adapted to receive electronic circuitry (27) for the operation of the telephone. A portion of the rear cover is adapted to provide a housing ( | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823065 | Auto-dial business card system A business card communication system and auto-dial business cards. The auto-dial business cards include business information indicia and computer readable call connection information. The computer readable call connection information is configured to permit a card h... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6782275 | Broadcast data receiver and method of use thereof A broadcast data receiver (BDR) (10) and method of use of the same is provided. The BDR (10) receives data from a broadcaster at a remote location and processes and decodes the data to provide video, audio and/or auxiliary data. The BDR (10) is ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6694152 | Method and an arrangement for treating subscriber data in a mobile station A method for treating a subscriber data list of the subscriber identity module of a mobile station in a linear memory of the subscriber identity module, and a subscriber identity module and a mobile station. A directory structure is formed in the memory o... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6594506 | Antenna structure in an expansion card for an electronic device The present invention relates to an expansion card for an electronic device, preferably a card-like wireless communication device, which card (CP) comprises a cover surface (1) and a bottom surface (2) as well as an outer surface (3) edging said card (CP)... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6580923 | Portable telephone set A portable telephone set includes a case having first and second sides opposite to each other, a group of keys is located on the first side of the case, and a card loading mechanism. The case includes first and second portions located on the second side. ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6539207 | Component for a wireless communications equipment card A grounded, shielded holder for a radio frequency communications card installed in a terminal used in a wireless network includes a built-in antenna for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals to and from the card. The antenna is formed from th... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535750 | Radio apparatus, especially a mobile telephone The mobile or portable telephone includes a circuit board (15); a battery compartment (5) for a battery (20) located on a first side of the circuit board (15) and a pivotable card receptacle (10) for a telephone card arranged on the first side of the circ... | 03/18/2003 |
