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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7006845 | Method and system for interfacing a portable transceiver in a telematics system A method of interfacing a portable transceiver in a telematics system comprising the steps of: a) bringing a portable wireless transceiver into proximity of a vehicle, wherein the portable wireless transceiver has short range and long range wireless transceiving fun... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006793 | Safe use of electronic devices in an automobile The present invention presents a method and computer program product for operating a mobile electronic device having a wireless transceiver within an automobile having an on-board computer. The method includes: receiving a wireless information message from the mobil... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6985696 | Method and apparatus for facilitating wireless communications with a nonautomotive roaming object A radio (10) communicates compatibly with a dedicated short range roadside information service and is adapted and configured to be worn by a pedestrian or otherwise mounted on or installed in a variety of nonautomotive roaming objects. Various modes of operat... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6978119 | Fast connection establishment method for bluetooth device A fast connection establishment method for a bluetooth device is used to establish a connection between two bluetooth devices in order to provide a wireless transmission function. A bluetooth module, bluetooth address memory, CPU and connection interface for outside... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978118 | Apparatus, system, method and computer program product for implementing an automatic identification system with a personal communication device to improve functionality An apparatus, system, method and computer program product for implementing an automatic identification system to improve the functionality of a personal communication device. A data carrier that contains one or more data items transmits a data signal wirelessly to a... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968208 | Data storage for a portable computer device A system for loading data into a module to be used with a portable computer device and the data in the module activated by a wireless connection or from instructions from the teacher. The module may be part of a rechargeable battery pack that includes data storage, ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6968219 | Method for reducing power consumption in bluetooth and CDMA modes of operation Method for reducing power consumption in Bluetooth and CDMA modes of operation is disclosed. According to a disclosed embodiment, the time for a next scheduled CDMA wakeup process to be performed by a CDMA module is established. Thereafter, if the next CDMA wakeup p... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963728 | Low power, high speed data communications in vehicles Cavities within structural members of a motor vehicle or other structure are used for propagation of wireless RF communication signals. The system is particularly adapted for use in structures wherein permanent, fixed transmission guides can be easily provided, and ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6963729 | Antenna device of interrogator An antenna device of an interrogator which constitutes an automatic identification system by exchanging information with an IC tag attached to an object to be identified by electromagnetic coupling is disclosed. The antenna device comprises an antenna element, and a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6950677 | Wireless transmission system This invention relates to a wireless transmission system, more particularly, to a wireless transmission system, which is used in the foundation. The present invention uses the first wireless network interface, which is assembled in the mobile computer and the second... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941152 | Wireless subscriber network registration system for configurable services In a wireless telecommunications network, wireless transmissions are carried via an RF medium between users and a central wireless transceiver, or base station processor. A subscriber access unit connected to a user device such as a user PC is employed to transmit w... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930641 | Antenna and radio device using the same An inverted-F type antenna and a wireless device using the same. The antenna element comprises a grounding conductor plate and a conductor at least a part of which is generally spiral in shape and is disposed above the grounding conductor plate apart from the ground... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928295 | Wireless device authentication at mutual reduced transmit power A system and method for facilitating the authentication of wireless devices in an environment with multiple wireless networks. A user wishing to join an operating wireless network can bring his wireless device within close physical proximity, for example, less than ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6928264 | Method and device for the distributed execution of tasks by means of a personal digital mobile device in a low power radio network A method and device for the distributed execution of tasks by means of a personal digital mobile device in a low power radio network. The invention utilizes a personal digital mobile device (PDMD), to store tasks until conditions are detected in which the task can b... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920310 | Method for warning abnormal connection between two bluetooth devices A method for warning abnormal connection between two bluetooth devices allows a user to adjust a distance between two connected bluetooth devices and to take an average obtained from several quality values read at that distance as a comparison value. Thereafter, a C... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915142 | Systems and methods for multi-mode wireless communication A device includes a wireless modem configured to communicate with a wireless network and an interface unit communicatively coupled to the wireless modem. The interface unit is configured to interface a host device to a portable computing device, interface the host d... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6915122 | Method for calibration of a keyless entry system for a motor vehicle Method for calibrating a motor vehicle hands-free access system comprising a control unit (UC) with an emitting antenna (AE) and an antenna controller (PA), consists in: 1. sending to the control unit (UC), from a measurement appar... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6912374 | Secure reference printing using personal electronic devices Improved methods and apparatuses are provided that allow personal electronic devices to direct/control the selection/printing of data files from a remote server device using a local printing device in a secure manner. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909878 | Method, system and computer readable medium for providing an output signal having a theme to a device in a short distance wireless network A method, system, and computer readable medium allows a user to select an output signal for device/terminal in short distance wireless network. In embodiments of the present invention, the output signal is a ring tone, alarm, background image, vibration signal, font... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906818 | Data communication system A data communication system is so adapted that even if E-mail received by a mobile telephone has an image file attached thereto, the image represented by the image file can be displayed. An E-mail file is received by a mobile telephone and text represented by text d... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907227 | Method and system for managing wireless connection between slave terminals and master terminal Slave terminals and a master terminal are wirelessly connected according to the Bluetooth protocol. When a number of the slave terminals exceeds a predetermined number of the slave terminals for the wireless connection, the wireless connections are controlled by a p... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907021 | Vibration-driven wireless network A system and method for delivering messages among multiple localized devices. A communication interface includes a base media interface within each of the networked devices for processing incoming and outgoing vibration wave messages in accordance with a network pro... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6885848 | Apparatus for preventing loss of portable telephone using a bluetooth communication protocol and control method thereof Disclosed is an apparatus for preventing the loss of a portable telephone using a bluetooth communication and the control method thereof capable of preventing the loss of the portable telephone. According to the control method, the portable telephone periodically me... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6882871 | Transfer connection device for wirelessly connecting mobile phone and hand-free handset A transfer connection device for wirelessly connecting mobile phone and hand-free handset has a first connector and a second connector to respectively couple with a hand-free handset and a mobile phone to allow signal transmission between the hand-free handset and m... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879810 | Control of short range RF communication A method of and a system for controlling low power radio frequency activity of terminals, including a method of selecting and activating a wireless terminal. A signal, including a transmission indication, is transmitted by a first terminal. A second terminal receive... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6879806 | System and a method for building routing tables and for routing signals in an automation system The present invention relates to a wireless home automation system having a controller for controlling a broad variety of functions via two ways communication with a plurality of devices. More specifically, the invention relates to an improved and flexible way of ro... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6871047 | Radio communication connection destination specifying method In a radio communication connection destination specifying method of establishing a link between electronic information communication devices in a radio communication system which executes radio communication using a radio wave, device identification information of ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6845242 | Cordless telephone system A low cost cordless telephone system including a base unit, connected to a telephone network, which can transmit and receive RF signals to and from sub-communicating devices. The sub-communicating devices include a cordless microphone for converting acoustical signa... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6799056 | Computer system including multi-channel wireless communication link to a remote station A computer system which is capable of transmitting information content through walls and other barriers to a remote station such as a home entertainment system. The system tests a plurality of radio frequency channels to locate a channel that is not in use. Channels... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6788938 | Construction method of radio network system and radio transmission device In order to define and validate a station in a same network easily by specifying a unique network ID in a wireless network system, by using the validation information including the unique network ID in the wireless network system, it is designed to execute, as requi... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6766160 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating authentication of communication stations in a mobile communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates authentication of at least a portion of a Bluetooth-based, or other, communication system by a mobile terminal. A manner is provided by which to provide to the network portion of the communication system unique identi... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6754451 | Infrared transmission/reception apparatus and infrared transmission/reception method An infrared transmission/reception apparatus and a method thereof in which an infrared transmission output is changed to transmit a plurality of station finding commands, and an infrared transmission output for such a station finding command out of the plurality of ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745038 | Intra-piconet location determination and tomography A technique for intra-piconet location determination and tomography is described. This technique uses received signal strength indicator (RSSI) values in conjunction with transmitted power levels to determine the relative location of each device within a small netwo... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6697638 | Intelligent portable phone with dual mode operation for automobile use A system for operating a cellular phone using Bluetooth with a car kit is described. The Bluetooth protocol is used to communicate between the cellular phone and the car kit. A communication can be established between the cellular phone and the said car k... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6405027 | Group call for a wireless mobile communication device using bluetooth A mobile communication handset which is configured for communicating by a cellular or PCS or cordless call over a first wireless link to a base station, and is also configured for communicating with one or more other communication devices over other respe... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6295462 | Portable radio information terminal A portable radio information terminal is provided that can prevent the radio section built in the cover for covering the main body from being adversely affected by noises generated in the information processing section built in the main body. The main bod... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5845195 | Digital radio frequency communications device for insertion into floppy diskette drive The present invention relates to a wireless apparatus for transferring information between computers. The communication device uses a diskette that transmits and receives information by using radio frequency. The diskette includes receiving and transmitti... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5490287 | Wireless communication device and printing system using the same In a network of wireless communication devices, each device has a unit for transmitting information, a unit for variably controlling the transmission power for transmission of information, a unit for receiving information transmitted, and a unit for contr... | 02/06/1996 |
