Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190178 | Cellular phone and mobile switching controller In a case where a cellular phone exists outside a WOS system service area, the cellular phone receives a not-connectable signal and an audio message from a mobile switching controller. The cellular phone conducts disconnection processing with the not-connectable sig... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8150424 | Intelligent data network with power management capabilities In one embodiment, a method for implementing two-way communication between at least first and second devices comprises steps of: (a1) during finite time periods following transmission of respective first messages from the first device to the second device, using the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145244 | System and method for determining base unit position of a cordless handset A method and system are presented for sensing a physical position of a cordless handset with respect to a base unit. A dataset of measured line currents may be initialized. A line extension may receive a number for use in determining the position of an associated co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131308 | Active-call intercom-enabled cordless telephone A method of using an intercom on a cordless telephone during an active call. The active call is put on hold while the intercom is in use. Once the call is re-activated, the intercom is shut off. This system may be designed for a cordless telephone with one handset o... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8046007 | Auto sensing home base station for mobile telephone with remote answering capabilities The present invention discloses in one embodiment a mobile telephone capable of communicating with a home base station through radio signals. The mobile telephone registers with a home base station before beginning to communicate with the home base station. The home... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7769727 | Resolving update-delete conflicts Update-delete conflicts detected during synchronization can be resolved in favor of the update or the deletion. Resolving the conflict in favor of the deletion results in the entity deleted on one replica being deleted on all selected replicas. Resolving the conflic... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7689233 | Remote switching for handset handsfree speakerphone A remote switching for handset handsfree speakerphone operation in a telephone system including an “off of shelf” analog half duplex switching speakerphone IC on a base unit and routs handset handsfree signals via a RF link to and from a microphone and a speaker... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7630726 | Communication method operated by software and apparatus thereof A software-controlled communication method and an apparatus thereof is disclosed. The apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) front end unit for sending a data signal or a voice signal to a cordless phone base station via an antenna, an analog-to-digital for conve... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7593741 | System and method for automatically transferring a call from a first telephone to a designated telephone in close proximity A system and method of automatically transferring a call between telephones based on the distance between the two telephones is provided. First the proximity of a first telephone to a second telephone is determined. If the proximity is within a predetermined limit o... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7519377 | Calling system from accessory to portable device A radio communication method allowing a portable device to be easily found using its accessory is disclosed. In response to an operation of a predetermined key of the accessory, the accessory transmits a ringing signal to the portable device. When receiving the ring... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7499717 | 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 communicat... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7471958 | Cordless telephone system, telephone equipment and terminal device used in cordless telephone system A cordless telephone system including a telephone equipment, and a terminal device capable of wireless communication with the telephone equipment. Each of the terminal devices includes an identification-information memory unit for storing terminal-device identificat... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7441034 | Communication device implementing a retransmitting function, program and medium A communication device implementing a function of retransmitting to a destination includes an operation unit detecting an input operation, a communication module starting a transmission to a destination specified by the input operation, a storage unit storing one or... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440561 | Method and apparatus for selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437148 | Personal communications system and method A personal communications system includes an interface unit which transmits calls received on a mobile wireless phone to one or more hard-wired telephones. In one embodiment, the interface unit includes a connector which mates with a voice communications port of a w... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433698 | Cell reselection signalling method The invention relates to methods pertaining to cell reselection in a cellular telecommunication system. According to the invention, a connection setup rejection message is used to direct a mobile communication means to attempt a new connection with certain parameter... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424313 | Public land mobile network/private wireless network-integrated service network and system for the same A public land mobile network (PLMN)/private wireless network-integrated service network and a system for the service network. The service network according to the present invention can interwork with any PLMN with no dependence on an upper system. In the present inv... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7409218 | Cellular ad hoc phone extension system and method A method of establishing a cooperative ad hoc network of phone extensions is implemented by the cellular devices within the ad hoc network. First, a first cellular device receiving an incoming call or placing an outgoing call is designated as the master of the ad ho... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7388854 | System for interconnecting wired and wireless phone services and method for processing call A system for interconnecting wired and wireless phone services in accordance with the present invention includes at least one of first wired terminals; public/private mobile communication terminals which are registered in public and private mobile communication netw... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386319 | System and method for two-way messaging between a personal computer and a cordless device including stereo Text messages are communicated between a personal computer and a cordless device having a base unit and a handset. Text messages sent from the personal computer to the handset are displayed on a text screen on the handset. Text message sent from the handset to the p... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372955 | System and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset connected to a public wiring network A system and method for accessing a wireless network from a handset connected to a public wiring network are described. A request to establish a communication is received from a user interface. A connection path is determined for the communication based on an identi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369839 | Method and apparatus for determining individual or common mobile subscriber number in mobile network for handling multiple subscribers having the same calling line identity The present invention provides a mobile network for handling multiple subscribers having the same calling line identity. Each multiple subscriber has an individual mobile subscriber number and a common mobile subscriber number that can be used to replace the individ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369840 | Notification system, and method for remotely turning on cellular phone being in power-off state and cellular phone thereof In a notification system for communicating between a sender cellular phone possessed by a sending person and a receiver cellular phone possessed by a receiving person, the sender cellular phone, which is possessed by the sending person who wants to communicate with ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366148 | Intrusion detection system for wireless networks A method and system (FIG. 2) for facilitating detection of intruders into a wireless network, through the use of physical layer anomalies. One or more monitoring stations (22, 24, 26) can be distributed across the potential intruder's signal transmissi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363045 | Systems and methods for exchanging data and audio between cellular telephones and landline telephones Systems and methods for wireless communications between a cellular telephone and a landline telephone. A system includes a cellular telephone in communication with a cordless telephone base station. The cordless telephone base station includes a BLUETOOTH radio tran... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363006 | Cell phone extension using wireless piconet In accordance with the principles of the present invention utilizing the BLUETOOTH specification Cordless Telephony profile, incoming calls to a cell phone including a Gateway role can be routed to another piconet device (e.g., another cell phone including a Termina... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363034 | Cellular docking station A system for communicating with the user of a cellular telephone via the cellular mobile radio (CMR) system and the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A communications interface appends the telephone exchange number of an outgoing communication to include an ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359334 | Apparatus, program and method for efficient data transmission with a wireless communications module A computer device, according to the present invention, includes: a power source judging means for judging whether power is supplied from an AC power source to the computer device capable of connecting with a wireless communications module which transmits and receive... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359702 | Apparatus for providing a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products provide for creating a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network. The gateway device is connected to a wired home telephone network having one or more wired telephones, a wired telephone ne... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359697 | Cordless telephone unit including audible confirmation of called party A main phone of a cordless telephone unit has i) a cordless communicator for establishing cordless communications with a cordless handset; and ii) a voice generator for converting called-party information received from a cordless handset into voice data. On the othe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356001 | Method and system for diverting wireless network communications A private wireless network is able to provide wireless telecommunication services to subscriber mobile stations that also subscribe to a public wireless network. The private wireless network includes a private base transceiver station (BTS), a private mobile switchi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352862 | Encryption method, communication system, transmission device, and data input device An encryption method includes the steps of (a) generating random data including a first part and a second part, the first part specifying an operation to be performed on plain text data and the second part being used in the operation, (b) performing the specified op... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353024 | Apparatus, method and system for matching subscriber states in network in which public land mobile network and wired/wireless private network are interworked An apparatus, method and system for matching subscriber states in network in which public land mobile network and wired/wireless private network are interworked are disclosed. The system matches subscriber state information of the public network to subscriber state ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342426 | PLL with controlled VCO bias In some embodiments, a PLL with an output to provide a PLL output clock at a target frequency is provided. The PLL comprises a VCO to generate a clock to be used to generate the PLL output clock. Also provided is circuitry to maintain the VCO's bias level at a suffi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339493 | Multimedia controller A portable communication device (200) can serve as a multimedia controller and can include a transceiver having wireless access to a client computer (510) coupled to a multimedia device (515, 520, and 525). The multimedia controller can a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336923 | Method, apparatus and system for extending wireless network coverage A method, apparatus and system for extending wireless network coverage is generally presented. In this regard, an extender agent is introduced to determine whether a wireless communication(s) was intended for a client(s) on an extended coverage network serviced by a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333824 | Method and apparatus for supporting P2P communication in TDD CDMA communication systems A method performed by a network system is provided for canceling interference signals brought by introducing P2P communication in wireless communication systems, comprising: receiving a call request from a user equipment in a cell for communicating in UP-BASE STATIO... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330737 | Mobile phone multi-media cradle A multi-media cradle adapted to receive a mobile phone comprises a housing and a cradle mounted to the housing for seating the mobile phone. When seated, the multi-media cradle is electrically coupled with the mobile phone via a system bus line. A display is include... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328043 | Telephony apparatus for PBX system There is disclosed a telephony apparatus comprising a base station and a handset, one of the base station and the handset being connected to a telephony system via an IEEE 802.11 interface, the base station and the handset each further being provided with a Bluetoot... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327981 | Systems and methods for using landline telephone systems to exchange information with various electronic devices Systems and methods for wireless communications between at least one electronic device and a landline telephone. A system includes at least one electronic device in communication with a cordless telephone base station. In the preferred embodiment in which BLUETOOTH ... | 02/05/2008 |
