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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6694150 | Multiple band wireless telephone with multiple antennas A wireless telephone (102) includes a telephone transceiver (104), GPS receiver (106), and Bluetooth transceiver (108). The telephone antenna (110) is external, and the Bluetooth antenna (120) is internal. The GPS receiver (106) may be driven by its own i... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6690918 | Networking by matching profile information over a data packet-network and a local area network A system for anonymously initiating communication between system-connected communications devices is provided wherein the initiation of communication results from comparison and priority matching of profile information shared between the devices. The syst... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687517 | Hands-free operation of mobile terminal using wireless communication link A hands-free unit of a system automatically transmits a first paging signal to page a mobile terminal of at least one user of a first category of users and upon receiving a response signal therefrom, connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. I... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6681116 | Communication system A communication system comprising a first communication node connected to a second communication node by a wireline for integrating parallel layers of wireless communications for exchange with users. The first communication node comprising a free-space la... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6678535 | Pervasive dock and router with communication protocol converter A communications protocol conversion system and methodology includes one or more first interface devices for receiving data signals communicated by a first communications device in accordance with a first communications protocol; a format converter device... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675015 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating communication handovers in a bluetooth-public-access radio communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating handover of communication in a BLUEPAC (Bluetooth public access) or other radio communication system. Address and timing information associated with potential target base stations is collected and broa... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6674995 | Electronically augmented multiplayer sporting game with virtual ball passed by infrared apparatus A method and apparatus for conducting multi-player games in a wireless telecommunications system including a wireless telecommunications network which communicates using radio signals with a plurality of mobile terminals. The objects of the multi-player g... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671493 | Data carrier designed for contactless communication and having detection means for detecting a temperature prevailing in the data carrier A data carrier (1) for contactless communication with a communication station (2) has an integrated circuit (7) and has a direct voltage generation circuit (20), and has detection means (28) for detecting a temperature prevailing in the data carrier (1) a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6650230 | Modulated backscatter wireless communication system having an extended range A modulated backscatter communication system (e.g., an Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) system) includes a central node (e.g., a ceiling node) and one or more remote nodes (e.g., ESL tags). The central node transmits a downlink radio signal which is reflectiv... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6650871 | Cordless RF range extension for wireless piconets Cordless telephone technology provides a long range and highly sophisticated wireless extension between a plurality of wireless piconet networks. In one embodiment, base units of separate cordless telephones include respective piconet front ends (e.g., Bl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6650880 | Wireless data communications using FIFO for synchronization memory A wireless (radio) receiver receives RF signals carrying data synchronized with a first clock. The wireless receiver demodulates the RF signals to extract the data signals and the first clock signals. The wireless receiver uses the first clock signals as ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6643522 | Method and apparatus providing simultaneous dual mode operations for radios in the shared spectrum A dual mode RF radio includes a first transceiver operating under a first transmitter/receiver protocol, and having a first receiver portion and a first transmitter portion therein; and a second transceiver operating under a second transmitter/receiver pr... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640098 | System for obtaining service-related information for local interactive wireless devices Detecting local interactive wireless devices and an indication of services provided by or associated with them. A user's wireless device sends a ping signal based upon user input, a command from a server, or a command from another wireless device. The pin... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6636738 | Radio-network control apparatus and radio-network control method A radio-network control method selects a channel having a short transmission-waiting time in a radio network which can use a plurality of radio communication channels. Before selecting the channel, the method detects a channel which another radio network ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633747 | Orthodontic appliance audio receiver An orthodontic appliance audio receiver injects sound into the head and ear cavities of the wearer using vibration, e.g., mandibular (or skull) vibration. Using mandibular vibration, the wearer hears the audio source noiselessly, effortlessly, and without... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631271 | Rules based methods and apparatus A rules-based system for monitoring the movement and relative location of a plurality of electronic devices and performing specified actions, such as issuing notification messages and actuating alarms, when the conditions specified in tone or more rules a... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6614393 | Location data dissemination and reception for entities having short-range receivers In order to reduce power consumption of battery-powered devices to which location data is to be dissemination by short range communication, the devices are arranged to wake-up to listen for location data at known times as judged against a reference time s... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6608567 | Short range wireless communication using on-board apparatus A fixed station and an on-board apparatus are constructed to carry out a short range communication. The on-board apparatus specifies an application from a command included in reception data received from the fixed station and starts a corresponding proces... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6600902 | Multiple link data object conveying method for conveying data objects to wireless stations A wireless system comprises a number of wireless stations for communication with each other through short-range wireless links. In a multiple link data object conveying method, in a data conveying session, a first short-range wireless link is set up betwe... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6600905 | Communication system, interrogators and communication methods The present invention includes backscatter communication systems, interrogators, methods of communicating in a backscatter system, and backscatter communication methods. According to one aspect of the present invention, a backscatter communication system ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6574455 | Method and apparatus for ensuring security of users of bluetooth TM-enabled devices Rather than including a static network descriptor in messages transmitted between master and slave Bluetooth-enabled devices communicating on a piconet, which network descriptor is computed as a known function of the master's Bluetooth address (BD_ADDR), ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571103 | Establishing a communication link A method for establishing a communication link between a telecommunications network and a mobile station via a local station connected to said telecommunications network and a short range radio channel between said local station and said mobile station co... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6560468 | Cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, and pager unit with capability of short range radio frequency transmissions A cellular telephone system, including a cellular telephone transceiver unit, an ear piece which receives the voice vibrations of a user, and a wireless linkage operatively connecting the ear piece to the cellular telephone transceiver unit, allows a user... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6526294 | Automatic control circuit for enabling and disabling the supply voltage in a short range wireless device A power control circuit for a short-range wireless device includes a diode positioned between the negative terminal of a battery and an external connector to force a logical LOW when the battery is recharging and a logical HIGH when the battery is in use ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6526034 | Dual mode subscriber unit for short range, high rate and long range, lower rate data communications A technique for communicating with a local area network (LAN) via a wireless connection determines whether a first short-range, high-speed, wireless communication path is available and connects to the LAN using a longer range, lower speed wireless communi... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6519448 | Personal, self-programming, short-range transceiver system A method for establishing a communication link between a transmitter and a receiver for the purpose of relaying audio material derived from an existing source to a user desiring to remain unencumbered by the source apparatus comprises the steps of: placin... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6507734 | Method and system which uses sound wave based communication to generate a secure wireless link between a handset and base station Methods and apparatus for establishing secure wireless links between a handset and a base station in cordless telephone systems are described. A method of generating a secure wireless link between a handset and a base station includes initiating a linking... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6505032 | Carrierless ultra wideband wireless signals for conveying application data A method for conveying application data via carrierless ultra wideband wireless signals, and signals embodied in a carrierless ultra wideband waveform. Application data is encoded into wavelets that are transmitted as a carrierless ultra wideband waveform... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6501807 | Data recovery system for radio frequency identification interrogator An RF/ID interrogator is provided for recovering a data signal from an RF/ID tag. The interrogator includes a radio having a receiver portion to receive in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) signals from the RF/ID transponder transmitted at a predetermine... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6493550 | System proximity detection by mobile stations Proximity systems in conjunction with radiocommunication systems are described. Mobile stations include proximity detectors which recognize proximity signals transmitted by a proximity system. This recognition triggers a search, for example, for a private... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6480699 | Stand-alone device for transmitting a wireless signal containing data from a memory or a sensor A stand-alone device includes an integrated circuit (IC) die (optionally free of conventional IC packaging and bond pads) that responds to a signal by (1) storing energy retrieved from the signal, and (2) using the stored energy to generate another signal... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6438585 | System and method for redirecting message attachments between a host system and a mobile data communication device A system and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device upon sensing a triggering event is disclosed. A redirector program operating at the host system enables a user to continuously redirect certain user-selec... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6430395 | Wireless private branch exchange (WPBX) and communicating between mobile units and base stations Methods to create a cellular-like communication system, such as a Wireless Private Branch Exchange (WPBX), which includes mobile devices such as standard cordless phones (handsets), particularly, mobile devices utilizing the Bluetooth short-range wireless... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6407677 | Device for low-frequency communication by magnetic coupling The invention relates to a device for low-frequency communication by magnetic coupling of the type comprising a magnetic field emitter and a receiver placed in an identification member, one of either the emitter or the receiver being furnished with a loop... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6381467 | Method and apparatus for managing an ad hoc wireless network In an ad hoc wireless network having a plurality of members (100) a master, while communicating on a first communication channel, recognizes (202) a need for assistance in managing the network. In response to the need, the master negotiates (204) with a m... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6377185 | Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in physiological condition monitors There is disclosed an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in physiological condition monitors that use a memory data storage device that operates in a high power mode when data is being written to the memory data storage device and operate... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374081 | Transmission unit and method for transmitting an information item, in particular for an anti-theft protection system of a motor vehicle A transmission unit includes a sine-wave generator that generates a carrier oscillation. A binary information item is modulated onto the carrier oscillation in a modulator. The modulated oscillation is fed to a transformer that forwards the modulated osci... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6356738 | Method and apparatus for communicating data with a transponder A method and system for communicating data between controller and a transponder where the processor is powered by current received from an antenna. The controller is magnetically coupled to the transponder to sense impedance variations in the transponder.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6336031 | Wireless data transmission over quasi-static electric potential fields A transmitter includes a pair of electrodes separated in space, and transmit circuitry for varying the voltage difference applied across the electrodes in order to vary the spatial gradient of the electric potential field generated by the transmitter in a... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6321257 | Method and apparatus for accessing internet service in a mobile communication network Internet service in a digital mobile communication network by means of short message service. The short message service center is connected to the Internet network and uses the HTML, HTTP, and TCP/IP Internet network protocols. Short messages are transfer... | 11/20/2001 |
