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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7574183 | System and method for rapid text entry in telephone Rapid text entry using a wireless telephone is facilitated by correlating at least some of the letters represented by a number key to a two-key combination, namely, the number key and an indicator key such as the star key (which, when depressed along with a number k... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7379720 | Keypad lighting using polymer light emitting devices At least one key of a keypad of an electronic device, such as a wireless terminal, includes a polymer light emitting device, also referred to as a polymer LED, thereon. A polymer LED may be on the inner and/or outer surface of the face of the key and may be unpatter... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7263329 | Method and apparatus for navigating, previewing and selecting broadband channels via a receiving user interface A radio receiver and method of controlling the same are provided for use in a digital digital audio radio services system. An improved user interface takes advantage of ancillary data transmitted with a digital broadcast signal to contemporaneously display song titl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251789 | Technique for accessing location-dependent information sources in a vehicle In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7233807 | Device and method for displaying data in mobile terminal equipped with camera A device and method for displaying image data and user interface (UI) data in a mobile terminal. A camera outputs captured image data to be displayed and a synchronous signal. The mobile terminal generates UI data. In response to the synchronous signal from the came... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7184796 | Personal communication device having a built in projection display A personal communication device comprising a dual mode display for a user's viewing in both a direct-view mode, wherein sufficiently-sized characters are displayed in a manner visible to the user without further magnification, and in “projection-view” mode, wher... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162208 | Fixed setting AM/FM radio system for broadcast promotion A radio apparatus including an outer encasement, a radio signal receiver secured relative to the outer encasement and configured to receive at least one of AM and FM radio signals, an audio output operatively connected to the radio signal receiver, and wherein the a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137073 | Method for managing menu function in mobile station The method for managing menu functions in a mobile station includes the steps of executing menu edition, selecting menu items the user uses frequently in the executed menu edition, to set up a menu, executing the menu, and displaying the menu of the selected menu it... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7054601 | Apparatus and method for storing and selecting radio stations A method of storing and selecting a radio station (104, 106) in a radio (102) having a plurality of tuner presets (130) and a plurality of memory locations (146) assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, includes storing a plura... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7035914 | System and method for transmission of data A system and method for data communication connecting on-line networks with on-line and off-line computers. The present system provides for broadcast of up to the minute notification centric information thereby providing an instant call to action for users who are p... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6992619 | Use of global positioning satellites (GPS) to discover and select local services A method and an apparatus for associating location information corresponding to a geographic location with information about services available at the geographic location. The information may be stored in a database for subsequent use. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6957445 | Method, system, software, and signal for performing events for related programs A method, system, software and signal wherein a subset of program information for related programs is maintained with program information for a given program. The program information for the given program, including the subset of program information for related prog... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6933833 | Remote control with LED capabilities A universal remote control comprising a keyboard having a plurality of pushbuttons including a macro pushbutton and a library of codes and data for use in transmitting operating commands to a plurality of different home appliances of different manufacturers. Instruc... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6782280 | System and method for rapid text entry in telephone Rapid text entry using a wireless telephone is facilitated by correlating at least some of the letters represented by a number key to a two-key combination, namely, the number key and an indicator key such as the star key (which, when depressed along with a number k... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6345174 | Display apparatus for a vehicle audio system A display panel includes a plurality of alphanumeric segment display elements. A display control circuit controls a plurality of the alphanumeric segment display elements in accordance with either of frequency data or equalizing characteristic data suppli... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6195538 | Receiver for receiving text-based multiplex broadcasts and storing text-based data A FM receiver for receiving text-based multiplex broadcasts includes: a receiving circuit for receiving the text-based multiplex broadcasts; a decoding circuit for taking out the plurality of character program data from a multiplexed signal received by th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6134445 | Wireless terminal adapted for measuring signal propagation characteristics A wireless terminal is disclosed that functions as both a telecommunications device and as a wireless test tool. Illustratively, the terminal comprises a first electro-acoustic transducer for converting a first acoustic signal into an outgoing signal; a w... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6040829 | Personal navigator system A hand-held device and system for monitoring and controlling electronic devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, a control device for monitoring and controlling an electronic device, includes: 1) a base unit including a microcontroller and an interface co... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6018648 | Process and device for displaying a transmitter name and a type of program transmitted in a digital data telegram on a radio receiver display A process and a device for displaying the transmitter name and type of program transmitted by a radio transmitter in a digital data telegram on the radio receiver display during a search run and where a timing element controls the display of information.... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5956628 | Receiving for receiving FM text-based multiplex broadcasts A receiver for receiving FM text-based multiplex broadcasts has a receiving circuit for receiving FM text-based multiplex broadcasts, a memory for storing character data received by the receiving circuit and a display element, in which character data stor... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5877733 | Liquid crystal display device and radio reception apparatus provided with same The invention is directed to simultaneously implement display by using the first and second liquid crystal display sections. While a voltage (1/2 VL) which is a half of a drive voltage VL supplied from the second drive power supply b... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5842119 | Radio scanner and display system A method is described for operating a radio receiver in such manner as to accurately and rapidly identify unlistenable, very listenable and marginally listenable channels, and display the listenable and very listenable channels along with an indication of... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5835854 | Traffic information system comprising a multilingual message generator An RDS/TMC receiver or a traffic guidance system includes a unit for indicating on a display (10) or by speech synthesis (20, 4, 5) proper names or place names, for example, alternately in the language of the user and in the language of the country the us... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5732338 | Broadcast receiver capable of autonomous format-scanning, program identification and searching A broadcasting system capable of automatically or semi-automatically updating its database and using the database to identify received broadcasting stations, and search for stations according to user-chosen attributes and current data. The receiver is cap... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5537674 | Receiver capable of selectively receiving signals at frequencies corresponding to stored broadcasting stations The present invention relates to a receiver capable of selectively receiving the frequency of a radio broadcasting station stored in advance, which comprises a first memory for storing the frequencies of radio broadcasting stations in each of a plurality ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5507021 | Method to input alphanumerical information into a device having a central computer, a memory, and a keypad A method is proposed for entering alphanumeric information in an electronic apparatus, in which the entry is effected via an ordinary numerical keyboard. Based on the numbers entered, in which connection not more than three letters are associated with eac... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5393713 | Broadcast receiver capable of automatic station identification and format-scanning based on an internal database updatable over the airwaves with automatic receiver location determination A broadcasting system capable of automatically or semi-automatically updating its database and using the database to identify received broadcasting stations, and search for stations according to user-chosen attributes and current data. The receiver is cap... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5379030 | User friendly channel selection in a selective call receiver and method therefor A selective call receiver (100) comprising an information display (118) and a processor (106) operationally coupled to the information display (118). The information display (118) presents at least information representing an area map (402) with a plurali... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5379454 | Station selection device in tuner for automatic selection according to input information A tuner having a programmable frequency divider which selects a broadcast station in accordance with a frequency division number, and a broadcast station selecting device. The selecting device includes an input device for inputting information representin... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5303399 | Radio receiver capable of indicating capital and small letters on a display A radio receiver which displays characters on a display on the basis of a character data signal extracted from a broadcast radio wave which is transmitted by RDS and which is capable of discriminating whether a character displayed on the display means rep... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5301028 | Method and apparatus for displaying channel identification information A subscriber terminal includes a receiver for receiving a television signal including video, audio, and data information. A channel of the television signal may be selected for display on the television. A memory stores channel identification information ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5237420 | Electronic apparatus having broadcasting system identifier displaying capability An electronic apparatus, such as a television receiver, having broadcasting system identifier displaying capability is capable of receiving both signals of a broadcasting system in which the transmitter scrambles original signals and transmits unintelligi... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5152011 | Broadcast receiver capable of automatic station identification and format-scanning based on an internal database updatable via data reception over the airwaves A broadcasting system capable of automatically or semi-automatically updating its database and using the database to identify received broadcasting stations, and search for stations according to user-chosen attributes and current data. The receiver is cap... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5152012 | Broadcast receiver capable of automatically updating location and performing spiral searching A broadcast receiver capable of automatically or semi-automatically updating its geographical location and using the geographical information to search for frequencies broadcast into its geographical region having a particular program format or broadcasti... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5101508 | Radio receiver A radio receiver receives a radio broadcast by performing a frequency conversion on the basis of an oscillation signal from a phase locked loop. Specifically, a memory has a data table including broadcasting station data, broadcasting time data, and frequ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5045947 | Television receiver having memory control for tune-by-label feature A television control system is for selecting a television channel corresponding to a preassigned channel tuning designation. A tuner receives multi-channel input signal, and in response to a processor signal, tunes out all but one selected channel. A memo... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5001775 | AM/FM receiver with insertable memory card and display of frequencies and respective geographic regions A radio receiver having a synthesizer-type receiving circuit, in which the received broadcast signal is determined by varying a frequency-dividing ratio in a phase-locked loop, is provided with a display which shows in respective areas of a tabular format... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4969209 | Broadcast receiver capable of selecting stations based upon geographical location and program format A broadcast receiver is capable of selecting a broadcast station based upon a user selected program format and the geographical location of the receiver. The receiver includes a memory storing a database of information relating to frequencies of broadcast... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4887308 | Broadcast data storage and retrieval system An information storage and retrieval system is disclosed herein having a primary information storage for broadcast information that is selected and encoded for constant broadcast transmission. Such information may take the form of musical compositions inc... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4783847 | Electronic tuning device An electronic tuning device displays broadcasting station name letters and frequency numbers which are memorized in advance by pressing a preset button and a memory entry button thereon.... | 11/08/1988 |
