Bizarre Patents
Reward Candy Dispenser for Personal Computers
A personal computer peripheral, battery powered reward candy dispenser which immediately presents students with a single candy for each problem completed correctly.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7991410 | Communication system A communication system, having a base unit, which is communicably connected to an external communication device, and at least one extension unit, which is communicable with the base unit and with the other extension unit and the external communication device via the... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7769398 | Broadband wireless distribution system for mobile platform interior A broadband wireless distribution network for a passenger cabin area of a mobile platform. The broadband wireless distribution network includes a plurality of wireless access points (WAPs) connected to a server and switching system and a plurality of wireless networ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7734301 | Communication system A communication system has a main device capable of communicating with a destination station through a line and at least one subsidiary device connectable to the main device. The main device includes an operating state signal transmitting system that transmits an op... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7702339 | Base station, mobile station and radio network controller The object of the present invention is to provide a base station 10, a mobile station 11 and a radio network controller 50 which can reduce the load on the radio network controller 50 during multicast communication. The base station 10... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7610055 | Synchronizing information across telecommunications terminals for multiple users A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable the synchronization of user profile information for M users who are sharing K telecommunications terminals, wherein M and K are not necessarily equal to each other. The disclosed technique addresses the problem that o... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7546130 | Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing multiple operational modes in a mobile terminal A method of operating a mobile terminal includes receiving mobile communications and transmitting mobile communications in a first mode of operation, and enabling at least one function that is not available in the first mode of operation while preventing transmissio... | 06/09/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7395030 | Adaptive control apparatus An adaptive control apparatus that adaptively controls directivity of an array antenna is disclosed. The adaptive control apparatus that can be used by a radio apparatus and a receiver includes a setting unit configured to set up parameters such as the distance betw... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373148 | Method for cell reselection in an MBMS mobile communication system A cell reselection method by a user equipment (UE) receiving an MBMS service in a serving cell of a mobile communication system. The UE receives control data of the serving cell, including configuration information necessary for accessing MBMS control channels (MCCH... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369854 | Release of radio resources in an unlicensed wireless communication system An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363385 | Routing of data transmission connection A problem with known data transmission networks is that the connection of the terminal equipment to the data transmission network is not flexible. The user must himself actively perform the choice and connection of access as well as its registration with the network... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7340260 | System and method for tracking the location of multiple mobile radio transceiver units An object locating system (100), the system (100) comprising at least first and second mobile devices (120, 130) associated by a relationship defined at least in part by a threshold. The at least first and second mobile devices are operable to b... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340506 | Value-added network switching and object routing The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing real-time, two-way transactional capabilities on the network. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a configurable value-added network switch for enabling real-time transac... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336958 | Data transmission path establishing method, radio communication network system, and sensor network system A data transmission path establishing method for establishing a data transmission path from each device to a base station independently to thereby form a network with small devices which are required to consume lower amounts of power such as sensors, a radio communi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333773 | Coordination of cellular telephones in a residential area to obviate need for wired residential service A comprehensive method for coordinating cellular phones in a residential area to obviate the need for wired residential service. The present invention includes coordinating a set of wireless devices in a residential area to be able to receive a call directed to a us... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324818 | Mobile station implementation for switching between licensed and unlicensed wireless systems An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324809 | Portable telephone set and control method thereof A check is made as to whether a received mail contains a password as a combination of preliminarily registered symbols or letters. When the password is found, a telephone diary in a database is retrieved by using a letter train other than the password contained in t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319879 | Method and apparatus for providing dispatch-type services in a cellular communication system An interconnect communication system is provided that provides for dispatch-type services including Instant Access call set up, talkgroup creation and management, and in-band floor arbitration and mode switching that employ in-band signaling tones. By providing talk... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319693 | Integrate network switching system This invention discloses an integrated exchange system for the terminal edge network connections. The integrated exchange system, comprising an IP packet based switch system and a telephony executive engine, is capable to execute IP and non-IP communication protocol... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313399 | Protocol for configuring a wireless network A target device joins a wireless network by attempting to locate an existing routing device in a predefined neighborhood of the wireless network, designating the existing routing device as a master routing device if the existing routing device is located in the pred... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304963 | Method and system for dynamically allocating a set of broadcast TDMA channels to a network of transceiver nodes A method and system for assigning a set of TDMA channel-action pairs to a network of transceiver nodes spread over a predetermined geographic area. The method comprises the steps of: defining a periodic TDMA frame that consists of a specified number of timeslots, wh... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating 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... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299008 | Call management system and method for servicing multiple wireless communication devices A method for establishing a wireless communication interface between a call management device and a plurality of mobile communication devices is provided. The method comprises implementing an association between the call management device and each of the plurality o... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295841 | System and method for providing exhibition information service through wireless communication The present invention discloses a system and method for providing an exhibition information service through wireless communication. In the system for providing the exhibition information corresponding to a request signal, when wireless connection devices receive a s... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295827 | Mobile station dynamic power saving control A mobile station in an 802.11 wireless network dynamically adjusts a number of 802.11 beacon intervals to sleep based on a power savings level and a required wake-up time to receive packets from an access point. The power savings level is based on data traffic activ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289797 | Mobile telephone terminal, method and system for back-up of telephone directory information of mobile telephone terminal To provide a mobile telephone terminal which is capable of mitigating burden on the user when telephone directory information is backed-up and reducing likelihood of erasure of the telephone directory information. If a user newly registers a telephone number list or... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283805 | Methods and systems for providing application level presence information in wireless communication Methods and apparatus for determining and maintaining user presence information include capturing user presence data with an application presence server. The application presence server can be configured to update user presence data as a user initiates or exits an a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283822 | Service access control interface for an unlicensed wireless communication system Some embodiments provide a system for authorization and authentication of an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) subscriber. The system includes an UMA network controller (UNC) which is communicatively coupled to a licensed wireless communication system. The system also ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283821 | Radio resources messaging for a mobile station in an unlicensed wireless communication system An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274301 | Access control device with electronic identification and audio communication capability An access control device including electronic identification device, the access control device characterized in that the access control device also includes an audio communication device. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274934 | 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... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272377 | System and method of ubiquitous language translation for wireless devices A system and method of providing a location-based translation service is disclosed. A wireless device receives from a wireless network an updated priority target language list according to the location of the wireless device. The wireless device and/or wireless netw... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272390 | Method and system for sending facsimile transmissions from mobile devices A system and method for sending facsimile transmissions from mobile devices via web servers wherein a mobile device receives and displays a limited subset of available data on an installed display, a user decides to receive more information than is possible to displ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272397 | Service access control interface for an unlicensed wireless communication system Some embodiments provide a system for authorization and authentication of an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) subscriber. The system includes an UMA network controller (UNC) which is communicatively coupled to a licensed wireless communication system. The system also ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269434 | Wireless communication system with group registration function A communication system is provided with a group registration function, which is capable of setting a group mode with the reduced number of operation, and simply selecting one of full duplex communication and half duplex communication by a rider, as needed. When a po... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269249 | Systems and methods for providing user profile information in conjunction with an enhanced caller information system An enhanced caller-id service providing multi-media based caller information to subscribers via a server system. The server system can combine user-provided profile information with other data to provide more detailed reports for the subscriber. The server can also ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269409 | Wireless communication system, terminal, processing method for use in the terminal, and program for allowing the terminal to execute the method A terminal B, which is to enter a network, transmits a beacon including a network identifier and an operation mode of the terminal B. As the network identifier, the terminal identifier of a terminal that has issued an attribute certificate used for connecting the te... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266368 | Method and apparatus for presenting assistance data in a communication conference system The present invention provides a communication assistance process that is performed by a communication assistance device connected to a plurality of user terminals via a network. During a communication (or video) conference call, when assistance data associated with... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263367 | Systems and methods for setting a mode of operation of electronic devices Systems and methods are presented to regulate the usage of electronic devices when the device is located within a predetermined region of space. The sound or light emitted from, or range of motion of the electronic device, for example, may be regulated in the predet... | 08/28/2007 |
