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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7912459 | Method and system for providing a multimedia presentation to a mobile device user There is provided a method for use by a mobile device for providing an entertainment presentation to a user. The method comprises downloading a multimedia presentation control software by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a controller and a smart... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912458 | Interaction analysis and prioritization of mobile content In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving interaction information relating to a mobile communication facility, weighting content based at least in part on the interaction information, and ordering the content for prese... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907941 | Determining presence of radio frequency communication device A radio frequency communication device includes a receiver; a transmitter; an interface for receiving one or more sensor signals based on sensor-acquired data that is indicative of a predetermined condition; and electronic components. The electronic components are a... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904069 | Icon mobile phone remote with favorite channel selection The present invention provides a mobile phone remote control system, a system for programming the remote control, and methods of programming or using the remote control. The mobile phone remote control system is configured to be selectively set up or programmed usin... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904071 | Determining presence of radio frequency communication device A RF data communication device operates in at least two states. In a first state, the device transmits a response to an RF transmission if specific data therein represents an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and if specific dat... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904070 | Method and device for searching and deallocating abnormal terminal in wireless portable internet system The present invention relates to a method for searching and releasing an abnormal subscriber station in a wireless portable Internet system, and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus searches for an abnormal group including abnormal subscriber stations based on... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899447 | Telephone and method of controlling telephone In a telephone having a presence function, it is possible to easily register a presence state. The telephone includes: presence detection means for detecting a presence state of a user; a presence state storage unit for storing the presence state detected by the pre... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899446 | Method of controlling a PDA phone and PDA phone using the same A method for controlling a PDA (personal digital assistant) phone is provided. A first interface configuration file and a second interface configuration file are provided. An interface selection command is received, designating the first or second interface configur... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7885648 | Method and system of reporting conformance violations in web-services messages Methods, systems, and computer readable media for reporting conformance violations in web-services messages are described. A web message is received, and a location tag is assigned to at least a portion of the elements contained therein. The web message is analyzed ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885647 | Secure booting method and mobile terminal for the same A secure booting method for a mobile terminal comprising: checking configuration information stored in a non-volatile memory embedded in the mobile terminal to determine whether the configuration information is effective when the mobile terminal is booted, connectin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881709 | Application providing system, portable terminal devices, server device, application providing method and computer programs An application providing system is provided. The application providing system includes a portable terminal device having an IC chip configured to perform radio communications; and a server device; the application providing system connecting the portable terminal dev... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881708 | Mobile terminal, and an associated method, with means for modifying a behavior pattern of a multi-medial user interface A mobile terminal having a multi-medial user interface, a controller and a memory is presented. The memory is adapted to store a plurality of profiles, each profile defining a respective behavior pattern of the multi-medial user interface and being definable by a us... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881710 | Managing features available on a portable communication device based on a travel speed detected by the portable communication device A portable communication device detects a current speed of travel of the portable communication device independent of any vehicle temporarily transporting the portable communication device. A speed based setting controller of the portable communication device compar... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877086 | Processing location information among multiple networks Gathering location information from a first wireless network to determine whether to anchor a communication session in a second wireless network, a mobile node capable of communicating with both the first wireless network and the second wireless network, includes re... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873356 | Search interface for mobile devices The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing a user interface for mobile devices. The user interface can include a search function that utilizes user input to search multiple software applications and data sources. Content can be retrieved an... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869800 | Portable cellular phone system having automatic initialization A portable cellular phone system is provided, wherein matched sets of algorithmically generated communication units are generated, each defining an increment of authorized communication. One set is stored on a system server, i.e. a service provider, and the pre-paid... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865181 | Searching for mobile content Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for searching for mobile content. A method includes receiving, via a user interface, at a computer system independent of the mobile device, information identifying the mobile device to receive c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860493 | Method of transmitting data through mobile communication equipment and mobile communication equipment utilizing the method The invention provides a method for transmitting data through mobile communication equipment. The mobile communication equipment has a first communication mode and a second communication mode. In the method, it is first determined whether the mobile communication eq... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860492 | Method and device for inhibiting interruption of a running application by an event The present invention proposes a methodology implementable in form of a hardware or software module for inhibiting interruption of a running application by an event according to a selected non-disturbance profile, said event occurring on a mobile device. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860494 | Systems, methods, and apparatus to enable backup wireless devices Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed to enable backup wireless devices. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving an activation code from a first wireless device, transmitting a deactivation instruction to a second wireless device in response to... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860490 | Methods and systems for exposing access network capabilities using an enabler proxy Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for exposing access network capabilities using an enabler proxy. In one embodiment, a device for providing access to one or more capabilities of a wireless network comprises a first interface to communicate with an applica... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860491 | System and methods for on-demand document provisioning using ad hoc networking A method of providing data content obtained from one or more network-connected nodes to a mobile computing device is provided. The method includes determining whether a previously-established network connection between the mobile computing device and a network-conne... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856229 | System for personal management information applications The present invention relates to a system comprising a processor, a memory unit and a display screen, wherein said memory contains instructions that when executed implement a method of importing selected information into a first application, comprising the step of c... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853248 | SMS spam control A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards managing abuse of text messages through controls on messages sent by an application to a mobile device (e.g., MT text messages). MT text messages sent from a defined application are intercepted by a Text Message S... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853247 | Method for configuring a mobile terminal, configurable mobile terminal and mobile radio network therefor A method for configuring a mobile terminal wherein a basic configuration for use of the mobile terminal in differently organized communication networks is set up in the mobile terminal. The basic configuration for use of the mobile terminal in a particular communica... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853246 | Method for executing menu in mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal using the same A method for executing a menu in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes identifying a particular key among a plurality of keys, identifying a location of the particular key, and assigning a first menu function and at least a second menu function to the... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848739 | Method for transfer of user identity between CDMA wireless communication devices A method is provided for transferring user identities between one CDMA wireless communication device (120) and another in a wireless CDMA communication system (100) having a network system controller (140). The network controller (140) re... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844262 | Method for announcing a calling party from a communication device A system and method are disclosed for announcing a calling party from a communication device. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a call processing system (102) can have a controller (108) for proces... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844263 | Provisioning a user device for multiple services Systems and methods for provisioning an electronic device for multiple services are disclosed herein. An exemplary embodiment, among others, of a provisioning method includes receiving a first request to procure a user device capable of operating under a plurality o... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835729 | Emoticon input method for mobile terminal There is provided a method of easily inputting icons representing user emotions (emoticons). In the emoticon input method in a mobile terminal, a plurality of emoticons, formed by utilizing a plurality of typical characters and special characters in combination, are... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826833 | Channel assay for thin client device wireless provisioning The task of configuring a thin client device for networking functionality and connectivity is simplified using a portable computer-readable media device to transfer and automatically load RF interference data into a provisioning device. A wireless radio frequency ch... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822409 | Remote control system, remote control apparatus, remote control method, program for implementing the method, and electronic apparatus A remote control system which can reliably provide desired control while saving power. A remote control apparatus is capable of carrying out two-way wireless communication with an apparatus to be controlled. A control signal corresponding to a key switch for remote ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822754 | Method and system to provide contextual, intelligent address book listings A system and method of providing address book listings. The system and method includes determining a weight of each identifier in an address book and sorting each identifier in a descending order or ascending order according to the determined weight. The list is pro... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7817992 | Method for updating a personal data file in mobile units of communication networks The invention concerns a method for updating in at least a first mobile communication apparatus (48) of a network, in particular of the GSM type, a personal data file concerning at least a correspondent of the user of the first communication apparatus, said c... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7817993 | System and method for copying ring back tone transfer sound Disclosed is a method for setting up a substituted ring back tone (RBT) provided from a predetermined communication provider, and more particularly, a method and system for recognizing a first substituted RBT of a first subscriber and setting up the first substitute... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809363 | Mobile phone terminal, program management method, and computer program for the same In order to provide a mobile phone terminal which is capable, when changing over between an application program which is implemented as standard and a downloaded program which is not implemented as standard which have been started together, of restarting programs in... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805134 | Configuration and management of wireless network devices An approach is provided wherein a lack of wireless connectivity between a wireless network device and a wireless network is detected, and the wireless network device connects to an administrator device over a separate wireless network. Network configuration data is ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7796979 | Controlling visibility of a wireless device A first wireless device controls its visibility by disabling its discoverable mode or modes upon ascertaining that a second wireless device does not require the first device to be in a discoverable mode in order to establish connections therebetween. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796980 | Remote mobile voice control of digital/personal video recorder Systems and methods are provided for controlling a media host device from a mobile voice device. In accordance with a method of the present invention, a call is received from the mobile voice device. A portion of an electronic programming guide is obtained and verba... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792521 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing content items It is presented a method for managing content items of a mobile communication terminal. The method comprises the steps of: reading a current time, selecting at least one content item, reading a time of last access of said at least one selected content item, calculat... | 09/07/2010 |
