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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185042 | 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 aud... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180277 | Smartphone for interactive radio A mobile device (31) capable of processing radio broadcast signals (36) is described. Broadcast radio signals (36) are received by said mobile device (31) and converted to desired digital audio content format (52) and then combined... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175519 | Third-party provider method and system Methods and systems for processing negotiable economic credits through, or at the request of, a hand held device in association with a third-party provider communicative with the hand held device and/or a point of sale. At least one negotiable economic credit can be... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175518 | System for and method of receiving internet radio broadcast via satellite radio A system for and method of receiving internet radio broadcast via satellite radio is presented. The system and method allow internet radio to be delivered to consumers on a mobile electronic device. Internet radio can be individually customized to deliver certain ty... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166081 | System and method for advertisement transmission and display The disclosure herein provides systems and methods for a media enhancement system configured to associate a secondary media signal (for example, the secondary media signal can comprise an advertisement) to a primary media signal (for example, a radio broadcast). The... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155582 | Methods and systems employing digital content The presently claimed invention relates to methods and system employing digital content. One claim recites a method including: receiving indentifying data from a remotely located handheld device, the remotely located handheld device utilizing a multi-purpose electro... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8135334 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for transmitting streaming media to a mobile terminal using the bandwidth associated with a wireless network A communication network is operated by obtaining a subscription at a wireless network from at least one device for a rebroadcast of streaming media and rebroadcasting the streaming media to the at least one device using the wireless network responsive to obtaining t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8112031 | Information processing apparatus A view recording processing unit performs a view recording processing of a broadcast wave from a broadcast station. By using a clock circuit, at the timer view time or timer recording time, a timer view recording activation request generation unit generates an activ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112032 | Portable media player as a remote control A portable multimedia player is used to wirelessly access and control a media server that is streaming digital media by way of a wireless interface to a media unit such as a stereo/speakers in the case of streaming digital audio. In one embodiment, the portable mult... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103211 | Carrier The vehicle, such as airplane, which comprises the internal wireless communicating device and the external antenna device, wherein the passenger(s) in the vehicle may access network (e.g., the Internet) via the internal wireless communicating device and the external... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099040 | Personal audio player with wireless file sharing and radio recording and timeshifting A portable MP3 player, which includes radio capability therein. The device includes a radio part which enables receiving radio, either over the airwaves, or via a network. The radio information can be time shared for later use, and sequences within the radio informa... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099039 | Themed ornaments with Wi-Fi and Wi-Max streaming stations that match the themed ornament Apparatuses for playing signals received from the internet or other information highway on one or more speakers are described. The apparatus has a receiver for receiving information from a preselected address; a processor for interpreting the signals; and at least o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095065 | Remote customizable vehicle entertainment system with multi-source presets A vehicle entertainment system capable of being remotely customized from a remote secondary device. The system includes a controller disposed within the system that is capable of receiving user input through an internet connection. A display is in communication with... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078097 | Apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase using information provided on a media playing device Disclosed are apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase in conjunction with media content information. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a transmission of media content, information regarding the content, and information for facilitating... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073382 | Communication device, communicate method for communication device, and communication program for communication device A processing unit detects whether externally input user personal information has been stored in a storage medium. A network interface transmits a transmission of available/unavailable request information identifying a broadcast station that broadcast received broadc... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073383 | Method and apparatus for long-time music play on a mobile communication terminal A method and apparatus are provided for playing music for long time by a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal includes an MP3 chip for decoding and playing music data transferred from a music data memory by a baseband chip. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060008 | Mobile station and interface adapted for feature extraction from an input media sample A mobile station has a processor and a user input mechanism such as a button that is operable to cause the processor to extract at least one feature from a digital media sample. The feature, such as a spectral centroid, is descriptive of an identity of a content of ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8032077 | Wireless communication device According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device including: a cable port to which an external device is connected; a reading unit that reads identification information from the external device; a determination unit t... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032076 | Cellular telephone and multimedia accessory audio system adaptor and methods therefor An audiocassette adapter (10) for coupling a mobile wireless communication station (20) to an audiocassette player, including a cassette head coupling device (12), a cassette adapter insertion detect switch (14), a mobile wireless communi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019277 | System and method for playing audio file according to received location information A system and method for playing an audio file, and for providing a user with information on the other party's location by playing an audio file are disclosed. The system is provided with a first audio player and a second audio player, and each audio player is provid... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014717 | Media content distribution system and method A method of distributing content from multiple media content providers comprises combining the content into one or more composite data streams, and conveying the composite data streams to a plurality of receiver systems, each of which has a user interface that displ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005420 | Method and apparatus for seamlessly switching reception between mutlimedia streams in a wireless communication system Techniques to seamlessly switch reception between multimedia programs are described. For “continued decoding”, a wireless device continues to receive, decode, decompress, and (optionally) display a current program, even after a new program has been selected, unt... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000647 | Method using a set-top box and communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991350 | Apparatus and method for audio output in portable terminal An apparatus and method for outputting audio in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a communication module for transmitting/receiving a call connection request and speech signals during a call connection service; an audio processor connected to ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986914 | Vehicle-based message control using cellular IP Architecture for playing back personal text-based messages such as email and voicemail over a vehicle-based media system. The user can use a cell phone that registers over a cellular network to an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) to obtain an associated IP address. The... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983612 | Controlling of wireless connection of a portable device including an illumination component or switch A portable media player that provides for wireless connectivity is disclosed. In some examples, the portable media player contains a button that causes the player to search for, connect with, and disconnect from wireless networks. In some examples, the button provid... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974572 | Broadcast receiver and processing program thereof When reservation information is inputted, a mobile terminal apparatus (broadcast receiver) 1 stores a mode ID for which the set flag is set at “1” and stored in a mode information memory section 1-3-1 and the inputted reservation info... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970342 | Digital music player accessory with digital communication capability An accessory for a digital music player establishes bidirectional communications between the digital music player and a remote receiver. The bidirectional communication channel allows song information such as the title, artist and album to be transferred from the di... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962090 | Method and apparatus for satellite digital audio A method and apparatus are provided for a first controlled device, such as a wireless local transmitter that accepts a plurality of digital audio signals and corresponding program information signals converted from a controlled source, such as the encoded digital da... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953364 | Device for displaying digital broadcasting channel and method thereof A device for displaying a broadcasting channel set individually by users and a method thereof are disclosed. The method includes entering a broadcasting reception mode, extracting a facial image from an image input through a camera, searching for an image correspond... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949299 | Method and system for organizing the cells of a wireless communication system and allocating resources to provide multimedia broadcast services A system and method for configuring the system for configuring a wireless multi-cell communication to provide multimedia broadcast services (MBMS) to a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The cells of the communication system are organized into a p... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933548 | Cellular phone, and codec circuit and receiving call sound volume automatic adjustment method for use in cellular phone Provided is a cellular phone enabling improvement of the level of a sense of hearing of a pseudo noise which is generated when there exists no voice signal. In the cellular phone, frame type information included in a baseband signal “in” is identified by the fra... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929904 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for transmitting streaming media to a mobile terminal using the bandwidth associated with a wireless network A communication network is operated by obtaining a subscription at a wireless network from at least one device for a rebroadcast of streaming media and rebroadcasting the streaming media to the at least one device using the wireless network responsive to obtaining t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929902 | Virtual wireless multitrack recording system Disclosed are systems and methods for wirelessly recording multi-track audio files without the data corruption or loss of data that typically occurs with wireless data transmission. In some aspects of the present invention, each performer is equipped with a local au... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929903 | System and method for providing event spectators with audio/video signals pertaining to remote events A system and method for providing content for access by a portable device at an event are provided. The system includes an interface to receive signals from a plurality of sources. The plurality of sources are located at an event and remote from the event. The signa... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925203 | System and method for controlling broadcast multimedia using plural wireless network connections Digital multimedia is broadcast to wireless receivers on a unidirectional wireless broadcast channel, while control data necessary for presentation of the multimedia is provided on a bidirectional, point-to-point wireless link. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925204 | Cellular handset with video game controller A cellular handset and video game manipulator has first and second beam generators projecting first and second beams from a selected surface of the handset. First and second detectors proximate the selected surface detect first and second manual interactions of a us... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917083 | Method and apparatus for identifying a piece of content A system and method for identifying a piece of content is disclosed. In one embodiment, an identifier for a piece of digital content can be generated using the title of the piece of digital content, the size of the piece of digital content, and a hash of other attri... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917082 | Method and apparatus for creating and managing clusters of mobile audio devices The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling access of a mobile audio device to a cluster of compatible devices. More particularly, the invention pertains to a method to establish communications between a portable audio player and one or more audi... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912421 | Radio device A mobile device for receiving supplementary information transmitted with a radio station signal, said mobile device comprising: means for scanning a spectrum of frequencies; means for detecting a plurality of radio stations broadcast within said spectrum of frequenc... | 03/22/2011 |
