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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5631946 | System for transferring information from a RF receiver to a processor under control of a program stored by the processor and method of operation thereof A method and system of transferring information from a RF receiver to a processor under control of a program stored by the processor is disclosed. Information is transmitted with a RF transmitter to the RF receiver. The RF receiver signals the processor o... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5625669 | Mobile phone with internal call accounting controls A mobile telephone programming and accounting system that includes an integrated hardware system interlinking a telephone unit, a telephone interlink receiver, and a central processing unit connected to the interlink receiver. The hardware system also pre... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5610970 | Telephone system with scheduled handling of calls A telephone system which provides scheduled telephone call connecting services. The system includes a telephone switching system for concurrently servicing a plurality of telephone subscribers and a telephone switching system controller coupled to the swi... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5598458 | Telecommunication switching system having transparent wireless features A software application program terminating a directory number for all incoming calls directed to the directory number and determining the operations that should be performed with respect to a mobile unit and a telephone station set. The software applicati... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5594778 | Radio telephone operating technique A radiotelephone (101) has a memory, a display (127) and a keypad (117) with at least one key (121) to produce at least a first function key signal and a second function key signal, and a plurality of data keys (119). First, a first function key creates a... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594779 | Mobile audio program selection system using public switched telephone network A mobile audio program selection system includes a radio frequency based information distribution system having mobile users. The distribution system includes a mobile switching office selectively connecting the mobile users of the information distributio... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594737 | Arrangement for controlling a transmitting/receiving device of base stations and/or mobile units, in particular of a cordless telephone system To be able to operate base stations (FT) and mobile units (PT) of a cordless telephone system with the lowest possible use of energy, a processor (M-CT) of the base station (FT) and of the mobile unit (PT) contains a controlling program (CP) which is desi... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5579367 | Multi-medium closed-loop controlled satellite broadcast network for simple end-user operation A satellite network receiver connected to receive video and audio programs and commands from orbiting satellites through a steerable dish antenna. Commands are alternatively received by the satellite receiver via pager radio service or phone wire from a n... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577100 | Mobile phone with internal accounting A mobile phone system with a mobile phone having internal accounting capabilities for real time call debiting to account for the billing parameters of a mobile phone unit that is operated in a multi zone communication network with a complex rate structure... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5566173 | Communication system A communication system having a communication network, such network having a plurality of communication paths interconnected at various nodes of the network. A plurality of subscriber units is adapted to exchange information through the network. A compute... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5557652 | Method of establishing cooperation with a functionality A method by means of which a first node in a first telecommunications network is able to establish cooperation with a functionality present in a second node in a second telecommunication network as a result of the second node initiating the establishment ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5533098 | Wide-area-network trunked radio system which controls the signal level of a specific wireless voice channel of a local area network trunked radio system A wide-area-network (WAN) system and the operation thereof involves a plurality of local-area network (LAN) systems with mobiles, base stations and TRS switching systems, and a systematical WAN system for the TRS switching system having a LAN controller f... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5524276 | Universal radio with adaptive memory A universal radio (401) having an adaptive memory is used by field service centers to give a radio user immediate access to a radio system regardless of the model type of the user's defective radio (403) while the defective radio (403) is being repaired. ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5495518 | Car telephone apparatus having operational control program replacing function The present invention provides an excellent car telephone apparatus which can erase the contents of a memory without dismounting the memory from the car telephone apparatus, i.e., with the memory being mounted in the apparatus, and which also can rewrite ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5491740 | Automated key actuating cellular telephone programmer The present invention relates to an automated programmer for actuating a sequence of keys on a handset of a cellular telephone, as required by manufacturer instructions, to initialize the telephone for operation in a cellular system. The programmer compri... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5479476 | Mobile telephone having groups of user adjustable operating characteristics for facilitating adjustment of several operating characteristics A mobile telephone has a plurality of user adjustable operating characteristics, such as the volume of an output signal, the ringing volume, and the generation of tones. When moving from one environment to another, such as from an indoor environment to an... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5471518 | Method and apparatus for non-volatile data storage in radio telephones and the like A cellular telephone (10) stores both the programming for its processor (18) and certain changing parameters in the same flash-memory device (36). The device is sectored so that the changeable parameters can be erased without erasing the program contents,... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5465288 | Point-of-sale system for programming a cellular telephone with its assigned telephone number A point-of-sale programming system for a selected one of a plurality of types and models of cellular telephone. A point-of-sale computer has an I/O port generating command and data information corresponding to the specific set of command signals and data ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5430877 | Reprogramming methods and apparatus Two mobile communications handset terminals for a cellular telephone system each incorporate a microprocessor for controlling the operating components of the terminal. Each microprocessor operates under control of software stored in a FLASH Eprom. When th... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5418837 | Method and apparatus for upgrading cellular mobile telephones An apparatus for upgrading a mobile telephone, the mobile telephone having a main memory the apparatus comprising a module reader provided in the mobile telephone and a software upgrading module card adapted to be temporarily connected to the mobile telep... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5414751 | Portable telephone apparatus responsive to control signals obtained through a connector and through a wired telephone line for a mending the operational program A portable telephone apparatus for communication with a base station through a radio telephone channel. A microprocessor controller controls operation of the apparatus in accordance with an operational program. A connector is used for connecting the appar... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5414753 | Number assignment module setting system for portable telephone set In a number assignment module setting system for a portable telephone set, a portable telephone set inputs number assignment module in a number assignment module setting mode. A number assignment module setting adapter is connected to the telephone set to... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5404580 | Radio having memory means for storing radio user validation code A radio (e.g. a cellular radio telephone) is provided which is capable of operating with a set of incoming and outgoing call functions. Removable memory means 132 are provided (e.g. a smart card) for storing radio function selecting information 133 and a ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5404355 | Method for transmitting broadcast information in a digital control channel The present invention provides a method for transmitting information on a communications channel, e.g. , a digital control channel between a base station and a mobile station in a cellular system. The method includes the steps of grouping the information ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5400389 | System for rewriting information in rewritable memory provided in portable remote terminal and portable remote terminal applicable to the system A system includes a portable remote terminal for communicating with other terminal devices and an external unit for inputting information. The portable remote terminal has a connector for connecting the portable remote terminal to the external unit, a fla... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5381346 | Virtual data source for a radio transceiver In a radio transceiver having a microcomputer (11) that controls various hardware-dependent components (220) and functions (240) that form a plurality of radio control processes, a method and apparatus for executing the radio control processes includes pr... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5371493 | Radio paging receiver wherein programming information is readout from a discardable data card inserted therein A communications receiver such as a radiopager derives information which is necessary for operation thereof from a discardable read-only data card which is inserted therein. Such information may include a radio identity code (RIS) for relating the receive... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5367563 | Programmable universal modem system and method for using the same A system including a portable computer with a central processing unit and associated software, and a modem with an output jack carrying data transmit (TX), data receive (RX), tip, ring, and programmable digital input/output (DIO) lines sufficient to facil... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5315638 | Method for programming of installation data in a mobile telephone In the method according to the invention, the initialization data of a mobile telephone are installed directly in the rapid dialing memory or by using the rapid dialing memory, in which case the installation program transfers to the nonvolatile memory the... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5265150 | Automatically configuring wireless PBX system A wireless PBX system provides ease of installation without site engineering or trial-and-error placement of components within the system. In its basic form, the wireless PBX system consists of only two types of components: a control unit including an rad... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5259018 | Radio telephone system having a handset adapted to be removably connected and containing a NAM for storing a telephone number identifying the handset A cellular radio telephone system comprises a mobile cellular telephone (1) adapted to have a hand portable telephone (2) containing a number assignment module, i.e. a NAM (7), removably connected thereto. The mobile telephone (1) has a microprocessor (4)... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5257412 | Radio telecommunication apparatus having an operation disabling system The automobile telephone apparatus comprises the EEPROM, into which a telephone number MIN, and a system identification number SID of a geographical area corresponding thereto are written before shipment. A predetermined operation disabling code is stored... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5249218 | Programmable universal interface system A system including a portable computer with a central processing unit and associated software, and a modem with an output jack carrying data transmit (TX), data receive (RX), tip, ring, and programmable digital input/output (DIO) lines sufficient to facil... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5155860 | Cellular portable telephone battery pack and programmer interface An apparatus that includes various connectors, a battery compartment, and a circuit card is disclosed. The apparatus serves as a battery pack and programmer interface unit (BP/PIU) which mates with a cellular portable telephone (CPT) transceiver to form a... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5093840 | Adaptive power control for a spread spectrum transmitter An apparatus for adaptive-power control of a spread-spectrum transmitter of a mobile station operating in a cellular-communications network using spread-spectrum modulation. A base station transmits a generic spread-spectrum signal and an APC-data signal.... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5077783 | Method of simplifying the tuning of a radio telephone In accordance with the invention a radio telephone (1) is tuned so that the tuning equipment (2) selects the signal (S1, S2) to be tuned via the microprocessor (10) and the multiplexer (13), and that the logic controlled amplifiers (11, 11') are controlle... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5062132 | Telephone apparatus providing for automatic transfer of stored data between handsets In a telephone system, when a predetermined key of a handset unit is operated data stored in a memory incorporated within the handset unit is transferred to a memory incorporated within another handset unit, so that data that was manually input for storag... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058150 | Automatic answering method for a vehicle radio-telephone and device therefor An automatic answering device for a vehicle radio-telephone has a voice synthesizing circuit for synthesizing and delivering three different selectable digitally stored answering messages to callers, and a voice analyzing and synthesizing circuit for elec... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4972457 | Portable hybrid communication system and methods A laptop device includes a personal computer, a cellular transceiver, a speakerphone, and a hybrid communications control unit. The device has connectors for attaching a headset, cellular control unit, land telephone line, and additional speakers and micr... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4926497 | Radio alignment/programming device A programming station for aligning two-way radios. The station allows alignment of various radio control functions through use of a menu driven format. A relative value display is provided for many of the alterable values.... | 05/15/1990 |
