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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190089 | Bluetooth unit of mounting type A mounting type Bluetooth unit is provided, which can lengthen the life span of a battery. The mounting type Bluetooth unit is fixedly installed in the interior of a vehicle and is provided with a casing body that packages a circuit board having a controller with co... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190090 | Method of authenticating an article using microradios A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase ran... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190087 | Scheduling and paying for a banking transaction using an NFC enabled mobile communication device A method for scheduling a banking transaction using a mobile communication device. The method includes creating a task on the mobile communication device to perform a banking transaction while the mobile communication device has no network connectivity, the mobile c... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190088 | Optimally controlling short-range wireless communication on mobile communication devices The short-range wireless communication on a mobile communication device is optimized to balance between preserving battery power and processing urgent data without delay. A wireless access schedule identifying time periods during which the mobile communication devic... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185049 | Multi-mode device registration A device configured to communicate with a second device may register a second device using one of multiple registration modes including a domain-registration mode, a device-registration mode, and a no-registration mode. The domain-registration mode allows the second... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185050 | Coexistance device communication between a Bluetooth device and a wireless local area network device The present invention provides a system and a method for transferring data between a Bluetooth device (BTD) and a wireless local area network (WLAN) device which uses packet traffic arbitration (PTA). The method of the present invention includes encoding data using ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185052 | Communication system with microradios A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase ran... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185051 | Ping feature for electronic devices A pinging electronic device, a pingable electronic device and a network for the devices are disclosed. The ping electronic devices comprising a ping function and a transmitter wherein the ping function is adapted to generate and the transmitter is adapted to transmi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180294 | Dynamic networking modes method and apparatus A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes a wireless transceiver, a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver, a memory coupled to the processor and a program stored in the memory and running on the processor. The program... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180291 | Power-scavenging receiver to generate a signal to be used to control operational state Methods and apparatuses for selectively powering an electronic device based on signals from a power-scavenging receiver circuit. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180292 | Mobile communication device A mobile communication device for communicating a radio communication device associated with a radio transmitter. The mobile communication device includes a short-range radio communication unit configured to transmit a requirement signal for short-range radio commun... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180290 | Wireless communication method for preventing communication interference and cut-off in one-to-multi wireless communication A wireless communication method capable of preventing communication interference and cut-off in one-to-multi wireless communication. The wireless communication method has the steps of: determining as to whether communication parameters satisfy a precondition for com... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180293 | Vehicle control and communication via device in proximity An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are to make a determination that a first device associated with a vehicle is in proximity to a wireless device, transmit a signal from the first device to the wireless device to cause the wireless d... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175529 | Information processing apparatus, and method and information processing system An information processing apparatus shares content data with a different apparatus which has the content data and management data including identification information of the content data and used for management of the content data. The information processing apparat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175528 | Wireless mass storage flash memory Systems and/or methods are presented that can facilitate access of a memory device by the use of wireless communication technologies. A memory module is presented which combines memory with a wireless adapter component and a memory controller component to facilitate... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170484 | Synchronized UWB piconets for SOP (simultaneously operating piconet) performance Synchronized UWB piconets for SOP (Simultaneously Operating Piconet) performance. A common backbone (either wired or wireless) is employed that provides a common CLK (clock signal) to all of the various PNCs (piconet coordinators) of various piconets that may operat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170485 | System and method for using a single antenna for active and passive radio functions A system and method for using a single antenna for active and passive radio functions. A wireless communication device includes a passive component that can be read using an antenna when the wireless communication device is in a low power sleep mode. When it is dete... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170483 | Headset A communication unit, e.g. a headset, constructed as a slave station which may be coupled to a plurality of master stations, e.g. a mobile telephone, via a short-ranged communications connection, such as of the Bluetooth type or the DECT type, and has a plurality of... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170481 | Techniques for discovering services provided in a wireless network An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for discovering services provided in a wireless network, comprising enabling devices equipped with radio interfaces to advertise the services it provides and discover services offered by other nearby devices w... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170482 | Method and apparatus for receiving a transmission at a receiver An embodiment of the invention may include a method of receiving a transmission at a receiver. The method may include setting a receive window duration for receiving the transmission based on an elapsed time since last receiving a good transmission. The receive wind... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170480 | Bypassing bluetooth discovery for devices in a special list A method and apparatus for bypassing Bluetooth discovery for devices in a special list. A first Bluetooth device identification (ID) may be stored on a second device. A friendly name may be associated with the stored device ID. The first Bluetooth device ID may be a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165525 | Automatic data encryption and access control based on bluetooth device proximity A method, apparatus, and system for using Bluetooth devices to secure sensitive data on other Bluetooth devices is described. A Bluetooth device is paired with a “trusted” Bluetooth device. When contact with the trusted device is lost, designated sensitive data ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165523 | Method for initiating a wireless transfer of data between at least two electronic devices, electronic device and software program therefor The invention relates to a method of initiating a wireless transfer of data between two electronic devices. In order to make the initiation particularly user friendly, it is proposed that a concept called “hugging” is employed. A hugging state between two electr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165524 | Devices, methods, and programs for identifying radio communication devices Devices, methods, and programs for identifying radio communication devices in a subject vehicle perform a first search and second search for radio communication devices in a vicinity of an in-vehicle device and store addresses of the radio communication devices iden... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160495 | Wireless portable device for sharing digital content items A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160496 | Wireless communication unit, mobile terminal, and wireless authentication control method An object of the invention is to provide a wireless communication unit capable of suppressing interference of signal resend of one controlled device with reception of a signal transmitted from another controlled device to conduct wireless authentication with two or ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160494 | Methods and apparatus for use in switching user account data and operations between two different mobile communication devices Methods and apparatus for use in switching communications associated with a user account from a first (“source”) mobile communication device to a second (“target”) mobile communication device are disclosed. The source and target devices may be possessed and/... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160497 | Method of determining conditions on the ground using microradios A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase ran... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155590 | Apparatus and method for bluetooth connection in a portable communication system A mobile communication system and method for supporting an automatic Bluetooth connection are provided. The system includes a portable terminal and a Bluetooth device. When a coupling with a connection terminal of the Bluetooth device is detected, the portable termi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155588 | Seamless hand-off of bluetooth pairings Apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed for pairing a first wireless device with a second wireless device and establishing an identifier. The first wireless device transmits to the second wireless device from the first wireless device with the identifier. The ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155589 | Bluetooth device and bandwidth managing method thereof A Bluetooth device and a bandwidth managing method thereof are disclosed. The Bluetooth device is connected to a remote device by establishing a synchronous connection oriented (SCO) channel. The intensity of the sound signal is monitored. If the intensity of the so... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155591 | Electronic communication method, electronic communication system, communication terminal, and server A user information management unit of a terminal generates a management number for respective users. A terminal to terminal communication unit communicates with another terminal through ad hoc communication, acquires a unique user ID set for the other user, and stor... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155587 | Communication method, communication system, and communication device for performing communication having altering communication ranges When wireless communications are performed with other communication devices, an inquiry message to discover other communication devices residing in the vicinity is wirelessly transmitted by having communication ranges altered at a plurality of stages; response messa... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150321 | Near field RF communicators and near field communications enabled devices A near field RF communicator has: an antenna operable to generate an RF signal to enable inductive coupling via the magnetic field of the RF signal between the antenna and another near field RF communicator or RF transponder in near field range; and a signal generat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150320 | Method for operating a short haul radio transmitting/radio receiving system conforming to a short haul radio communication standard and a master device for implementing said method A method and apparatus for operating a short-haul radio transmitting/radio receiving system conforming to a short-haul radio communication standard wherein a maximum number of devices able to communicate is exceeded. The devices exceeding the maximum number of devic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150317 | Method and system for managing mobility of an access terminal in a mobile communication system using mobile IP A method for managing mobility of an AT in a mobile communication system using Mobile IPv4. The AAA and the AT generate a first key for mutual authentication between the AT and a HA, and the AAA and the AG generate a second key for mutual authentication between the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150318 | Apparatus for collecting environmental data and method of monitoring environment in real time Provided are an apparatus for collecting environmental data and a method of monitoring an environment in real time. The apparatus for collecting environmental data includes a receiver for receiving an environmental data collection command from outside, a headset con... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150322 | Slave device complying with bluetooth communication protocol and related method for establishing bluetooth communication connection A slave device that complies with Bluetooth communication protocol includes a communication module, a memory and a RF output module. The communication module can be operated to generate a driving signal. The memory stores an access code that complies with Bluetooth ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150319 | Communication apparatus A communication apparatus includes an antenna configured to generate a magnetic field corresponding to a signal of a first communication method; and a communication unit configured to perform communication via a communication medium by transmitting/receiving a signa... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145130 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a short distance wireless communicating module and a warning unit. The short distance wireless communicating module is used to establish short distance wireless communicating network with another portable eletronic device and mo... | 03/27/2012 |
