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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7450903 | 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... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444118 | Electronic communications system In order that an electronic communications system (100) equipped with: [a.1] at least one base station (10), to which [a.2] at least one LC resonant circuit (13, 16) [a.2.1] with at least one antenna unit (16) in the form of a coil, and [... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443820 | Method for operation of a communication path between at least two communication terminals A method is provided for operation of a communication path between at least two communication terminals in which, at least at a start time, the two communication terminals are connected via at least one intermediate station and interchange signals with one another v... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444119 | Method for sharing antennas of a wireless device The present invention proposes novel antenna means mounted on handheld devices and methods of use of such antenna means with multiple radios. The novel antenna means exhibit smaller sizes, good performance, have higher reliability, and exhibit novel hardware configu... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444147 | Telecommunications system A communication terminal, comprising: first transceiver means for transmitting to and receiving from at least one communication terminal directly; second transceiver means for transmitting to and receiving from at least one communication terminal via a communication... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444120 | Active transmitter ringdown for switching power amplifier A method for controlling signal decay of a transmitted signal within a transmitter is described. The method includes measuring an amount of current induced back into the transmitter by the decaying signal, and using the current measurement to control the decay of th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444401 | Method and apparatus for inexpensively monitoring and controlling remotely distributed appliances A method and associated apparatus are described that enables unattended, remotely distributed appliances, such as vending machines, utility meters, thermostats and kitchen appliances (ovens, washing machines, refrigerators, etc.) to be connected inexpensively to eac... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440768 | Monitoring availability of selective call radios in a half-duplex radio communication system A source SCR (106) coupled to a half-duplex radio communication system (100) includes a transceiver (202), and a processor (203) coupled to the transceiver. The source SCR and the half-duplex radio communication system are programmed to r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440774 | Wireless enabled memory module A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440767 | Home system including a portable fob having a rotary menu and a display A home wellness system includes a server having a wireless transceiver, a plurality of sensors each of which has a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate sensor information to the server wireless transceiver, and a portable display and configuration fob, the po... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440743 | IP telephone system for saving power of mobile telephone When the presence of an RF ID tag is detected by a contactless reader/writer, an information processing terminal causes a contactless reader/writer to set a state flag in the RF ID tag to a first state which indicates that a wireless LAN communication unit of the mo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440750 | Signal routing for reduced power consumption in a conferencing system A technique is provided for reducing power consumption of an internally powered console in an audio system through frequency based signal routing. A system employing the technique includes a base unit having an interface for receiving a signal representative of acou... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440753 | Communication network switching system and method thereof A communication network switch system, comprising: a first phone number database accessed by a cable telephony network service provider; a second phone number database accessed by an internet service provider; a plurality of communication network switch devices cond... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440424 | Apparatus and method for detecting duplicate IP addresses in mobile ad hoc network environment An apparatus and method operable to detect duplicate IP addresses in a mobile ad hoc network environment. A network apparatus operable to detect duplicate IP addresses in a mobile ad hoc network environment consistent with the present invention includes a database o... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440728 | Use of separate control channel to mitigate interference problems in wireless networking Described is a system and method for transporting interference-related control data and other information between nodes in a wireless network, using a control channel that is distinct from a content channel used to transport content. The control channel may be a dif... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437151 | Remote control instructions generating system and remote control instructions processing system using bluetooth, and processing method thereof Disclosed is a remote control instructions generating system which is installed at a portable phone having Bluetooth communication function to perform a remote controlling function of a computer, the system including: a detection value inputting unit for receiving a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436789 | Ad Hoc wireless node and network A node is suitable for a wireless network. A wireless network comprises one or more sensor nodes and/or one or more control nodes. In the wireless network, the sensor node transmits in response to a sensed event and/or a request from a control node. A transmission/r... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437126 | Radio terminal, communication control method and computer program A radio terminal corresponding to a first radio terminal associated with a second radio terminal comprises following units. A first receiving unit receives a first request issued from the second radio terminal. An establishing unit establishes, in response to the fi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433650 | Method of creating incentives for establishing hotspot locations A process of creating incentives for wireless hotspots by a service provider is disclosed. An access point is provided to a wireless hotspot for wireless devices to wirelessly connect to a larger network in a publicly accessible location. Use of the access point for... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433649 | Tag for facilitating interaction with a wireless communication device A tag is provided, which can be associated with one or more individuals and/or a connection to a predetermined network resource, and which can be used to facilitating interaction of the wireless communication device with the corresponding individual(s) and/or resour... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433670 | Delivery of buffered frames to power saving stations in wireless local area networks A method and apparatus for conveying priority of buffered frames to power saving stations in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) including an Access Point (AP) and at least one power saving station is presented. The method and apparatus indicate to a station the pr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433647 | Transmit antenna multiplexing for vehicular passive entry systems An antenna coupler for a wireless communication system in a vehicle couples a transmit signal source to a plurality of antennas arranged within the vehicle. A first saturable reactor has a first load winding and a first control winding wound on a first saturable cor... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433648 | System and a node used in the system for wireless communication and sensory monitoring A system is provided for communication and sensory monitoring. The system comprises a plurality of nodes installed as a network in a structure. Each of the plurality of nodes comprises an internode transceiver for wireless communication between nodes, a wireless net... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433678 | Method and system for rapidly setting up a communication between a disk drive and a plurality of communicating objects The invention concerns a method and a system for rapidly establishing a communication, particularly a Bluetooth type communication, between at least one reader and a plurality of communicating objects. Each communicating object and said reader have a communication p... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433691 | System and method for enabling an access point in an ad-hoc wireless network with fixed wireless routers and wide area network (WAN) access points to identify the location of subscriber device A system and method which enables access points in a wireless ad-hoc communications network to effectively and efficiently determine the approximate location of a mobile node without performing a broadcast flood. The system and method enables a message to be efficie... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432954 | Communications terminal having image shooting function and program for the communications terminal A communications terminal having an image shooting function allows a user to transmit a shot image as an e-mail attachment more easily and conveniently than in a conventional manner. Before being placed into an image shooting mode, the communications terminal first ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433700 | Strategies for peer-to-peer instant messaging Strategies are described for establishing a peer-to-peer (P2P) direct coupling channel between two user devices at the commencement of an Instant Messaging (IM) conversation. Provisions are described for gracefully switching to a switchboard coupling channel when th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433324 | User experience for collaborative ad-hoc networks A system and method for creating an ad-hoc network is described. A user may navigate a number of options to create an ad-hoc network and/or join an ad-hoc network using the described system. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430194 | Method and apparatus for communication between coordinator-based wireless networks connected through backbone network A method and apparatus are provided for communication among many coordinator-based wireless networks connected together through a wired backbone network using wired/wireless connecting devices. According to the method and apparatus, communication is allowed between ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430398 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) system for dynamically and automatically establishing communication between a mobile wireless communicating device and a data processing system RFID tags to provide a relatively low power and power conserving wireless communication system to dynamically and automatically transfer all preselected data developed in designated digital devices to a centralized data processing system. Inclusion, in the target mo... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430441 | Handsfree communication control method, portable radio communication apparatus and handsfree system A channel disconnection detecting unit detects whether a voice channel is disconnected by an AG or by an HF. When the voice channel is disconnected by the AG, an AG control unit controls a modulation/demodulation unit to maintain a connection of the AG with a BS and... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428404 | Communication apparatus with external activation of communications link Herein disclosed is a communication apparatus to be operative in combination with first and second external devices for respectively producing first and second information, comprising: first information receiving means for receiving the first information from the fi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426369 | Bluetooth appliance having non-memory programmable identification address storing device and telecommunication method thereof An appliance having programmable identification address storing non-memory includes a non-memory programmable address storing device. An ID address of the appliance is programmed using an electric fuse even when the appliance does not include non-volatile memory (NV... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426403 | Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for discovering the presence of at least one source and target mobile device, automatically displaying a graphical interface to show the dataset from the source mobile device, and initiating the transmission of ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423999 | Bluetooth serial adapters A Bluetooth serial adapter comprising a Bluetooth connection module (21) for conducting Bluetooth communication with another Bluetooth enabled device, a serial connector SP allowing connection of a serial cable between the adapter and a device having a serial... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424289 | Bring call here selectively A communication system includes logic to detect a second communication device in proximity to a first communication device engaged in a call, and to provide a substantially uninterrupted transfer of selected parties to the call to the second communication device. A ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424267 | Automatic resource availability using Bluetooth A method, apparatus, and system for automatically sharing data resources between Bluetooth devices. A Bluetooth device is paired with a “trusted” Bluetooth device. When paired devices are found, the Bluetooth device automatically allows the other device to prese... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424288 | Call transfer to proximate devices A second communication device is detected in proximity to a first communication device engaged in a call, and a substantially uninterrupted transfer of the call is made to the second device. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424266 | Rectifier circuit and RFID tag A rectifier circuit includes a first MOS transistor, a first capacitor configured to connect between a gate and a source of the first MOS transistor, and a switching circuit configured to supply a bias voltage to the first capacitor in response to a control signal. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424307 | Loss of page synchronization Systems and methods for maintaining data stream synchronization are provided. A system comprises one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module each adapted to communicate with each other. The call processing software module performs ... | 09/09/2008 |
