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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190184 | Content reproduction system, content reproduction apparatus and content reproduction method In a content reproduction system including a plurality of content reproduction apparatuses, at least one of the plurality of content reproduction apparatuses may include a reproducing unit configured to reproduce content by reading out content data recorded in a rec... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8165613 | Method and apparatus for transmitting data using information on communication environment Provided is data transmission method and apparatus. A method for transmitting data from a first device to a second device includes detecting information on a communication environment of the first device; receiving information on a communication environment of the s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165614 | Transmitter controlled communication links A wireless communication system is disclosed herein. The wireless communication system may include transmitter units and a receiver. In one embodiment, each transmitter has an address and logic programmed to perform the steps of receiving a user selection and, respo... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8135423 | Communication apparatus and communication method A communication apparatus is provided in which only a terminal having a specific positional relationship can perform communication through a relatively simple arrangement. When initial setting is performed or communication is started, a timing calculator calculates ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126486 | Adaptive antenna weighting system for wireless local area and personal area networks A method of providing signal coverage in a wireless network includes establishing communications between a first wireless access unit and a second wireless access unit. In response to a communications device, the first wireless access unit weighting factor is modifi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8095159 | Radio power-fed terminal, system, and method A power-fed terminal includes a first reception unit receiving, from another terminal, first information containing at least one frequency candidate that fails to be used by any other communication system, the frequency candidate being used for transmitting a first ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8081995 | Communication method through network and terminal thereof A communication method through a network and a terminal thereof, where the terminal includes a transmitting/receiving unit configured to transmit a message containing information on a specific subject of interest and receive a response message from other terminal sh... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8064936 | Method and system for a multistandard proxy Aspects of a method and system for a multistandard proxy may include establishing a microwave communication link between a wireless portable storage device and a wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver via a secondary wireless link. Beamforming parameters of a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7991412 | Wireless communication device, program, and wireless communication method A wireless communication device has a plurality of antennas and has MIMO functions that receive a plurality of spatially multiplexed signal sets, perform an inverse matrix computation using SN ratios of the plurality of the signal sets, based on a transfer function ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7933616 | Method of estimating the distance between two radio equipments The method comprises a phase, applied by the first equipment (A), for estimating a first time of flight between the two equipments (A, Z) corresponding to the signal transmission time to go from one equipment to the other along a propagation path, called the “stro... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933617 | Content reproducing device, content reproducing system, automatic content receiving method, and automatic content transferring method Disclosed herein is a portable type content reproducing device for reproducing content data, said portable type content reproducing device including, a radio communication unit, a nonvolatile storage unit, a reproduction processing unit, a connection controlling uni... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7738888 | Apparatus and method for controlling transmission power for mobile terminal An apparatus and method for accurately controlling a transmission power using a variable attenuator and a power detector in a mobile terminal is disclosed. To this end, the apparatus includes at least one amplifier for amplifying a transmission signal to be transmit... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7706820 | Conversion adapter, medical system and communication method A conversion adapter according to an embodiment of the invention is connected between a control apparatus that controls a medical appliance and the medical appliance and operates as the virtual control apparatus and medical apparatus. Thus, the communication between... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697946 | Reflective communication using radio-frequency devices The present invention relates to a reflective communication system that allows information from wireless communication devices, such as radio-frequency identification devices (RFID), to be reflectively communicated to a receiver in lieu of using a separate communica... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693529 | Method of scheduling for mobile stations in wireless communication networks In the method of scheduling, an order in which mobile stations are scheduled is changed based on at least one transmit beam criteria. ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7653403 | Cordless and wireless facsimile and method An apparatus for communicating data, including facsimile data, via first wireless signals and second wireless signals. The apparatus includes a facsimile machine coupled to a switch, a first transceiver that converts the first wireless signals with the switch, and a... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7636579 | Multi-frequency wireless transmitter A multi-frequency wireless transmitter is provided for use in automated security systems. The multi-frequency wireless transmitter transmits a message over a plurality of frequencies, thus diminishing the effects of noise interference. The transmitter includes a fre... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634283 | Wireless communication network, sub-system therefor and method of configuring a non-native network device employing an adapter A sub-system for a wireless communication network includes a fob and an adapter. The fob includes a portable housing, a first wireless port structured to wirelessly communicate with a server, a second port structured to communicate with a native network device when ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7542774 | System and method for selecting input Systems and methods for selecting an input source for data input to a wireless communication device are provided that allow a wireless communication device to be in active communication with one or more remote devices via wired or wireless links and receive input fr... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7444162 | Apparatus and a method for distributing a transmission power in a cellular communications network A mobile terminal for use in a cellular communications network the terminal being adapted to: i) if the terminal transmits signals at a power below the maximum uplink transmission power, distributing the available uplink transmission power between different channels... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440766 | Method for employing multipath propagation in wireless radio communications A method of employing multipath propagation in wireless radio communications uses an omnidirectional transmitting/receiving antenna at one end of a transmission link to send an interrogating signal across an environment subject to multipath disturbances to a phase-c... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433348 | Time division multiplexing protocol for wireless networks A multi-node time division multiplexing (TDM) system is disclosed. The improved method and apparatus utilizes an asynchronous synchronization packet (ASP) to synchronize the timing in all the nodes of the system. In some embodiments, the ASP also maps the time slots... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430426 | Apparatus, and associated method, for selectably delaying synchronization of database copies in a radio communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, for selectably delaying performance of synchronization operations in which database copies are placed in match with one another. A user of a mobile node at which a database copy is maintained selectably actuates an actuator to se... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421280 | Wireless network and wireless access terminals using enhanced SYNCID parameter A mobile station capable of determining a SYNC_ID parameter for a base station serving said mobile station comprises: (i) a memory capable of storing prefix information and an associated SYNC_ID parameter; (ii) a transceiver capable of receiving identity information... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406327 | System that adapts power for minimizing the total amount of transmitted power within a wireless communications network and related method A system adapts power for minimizing the total amount of transmitted power in a wireless communications network. A transmit station transmits a communications signal requesting a response from receiving mobile stations. A plurality of the mobile stations receives th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398101 | Transmitter power level optimization and error correction technique A master transceiver automatically lowers its transmit power level at intervals until a slave transceiver no longer accurately receives the transmitted data. When the master detects an inaccurate transfer of data, the master incrementally increases the transmit powe... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389104 | Methods, systems and apparatus for providing urgent public information Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distributing urgent public information. For example, one exemplary of the invention provides a method for providing an alert to a subscriber. The exemplary method comprises receiving an alert message from ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382804 | Bandwidth efficient system and method for ranging nodes in a wireless communication network The present invention provides a bandwidth efficient system and method of measuring the range between nodes (102, 106, 107) in a wireless communications network (100) with one-way data transfer, where each node (102, 106, 107) periodically trans... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382324 | Recording/playback apparatus with electric wave transmission A recording/playback apparatus accommodates a recording medium in a cassette shell and performs recording and/or playback with respect to the recording medium cassette provided with a cassette-side antenna connected to an in-cassette memory. The playback apparatus i... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379758 | Satellite communication system constituted with primary and back-up multi-beam satellites A satellite communication system for providing communications between user terminals and gateways constituted with m primary satellites. In one embodiment, n back up satellites are also provided. Further, each satellite, primary or back-up, is equipped to project N/... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372830 | Dynamic subchannel and bit allocation in a multiuser-MIMO/OFDMA system A resource allocation method in a multiuser-multiple-input multiple-output/orthogonal frequency division multiple access (MIMO/OFDMA) system. In the multiuser-MIMO/OFDMA system feedback information is received from terminals. A channel gain and a transmission rate f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366477 | Redundancy version implementation for an uplink enhanced dedicated channel This invention describes a method for a redundancy version implementation of an uplink (UL) enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) in mobile communication systems by calculating a redundancy version number (RVN) as a function of a connection frame number (CFN), a maximu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366468 | Wireless communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with public wireless network and wireless communication apparatus, and image communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with wireless communication apparatus The invention provides an image communication apparatus in which an image input unit for entering image and a portable communication unit capable of wireless connection with a public wireless network are constructed in separate manner and are rendered capable of mut... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366532 | Group call management through receive/transmit synchronization A method of communicating with a transceiver (120). In one arrangement, the method of communicating with the transceiver can be performed in a systemless group environment. Synchronization information (150) can be received from a mobile transceiver ( | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366223 | Modifying hopping sequences in wireless networks The present invention can be used to modify hopping sequences and families of hopping sequences. In one embodiment the present invention includes modifying a family of hopping sequences by eliminating a resource from a plurality of resources used by the family of ho... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366467 | Base station and mobile station in dedicated short range communications system A dedicated short range communications system can warn mutual approach between vehicles having mobile stations installed thereon through dedicated short range communications. Each mobile station includes: a data processing unit that performs data processing of radio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366511 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating network scanning by a WLAN terminal operable in a multiple-network WLAN system Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating identification of primary, secondary, and hidden SSID values in a multi-network WLAN system. A determiner embodied at a mobile terminal determines primary SSID values of networks whose beacon signals are delivere... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359363 | Reduced power auto-configuration An auto-configuration algorithm for establishing a wireless connection between an access point (AP) and a wireless station includes reducing the power that the AP transmits or broadcasts configuration setting information, resulting in possible reception of the confi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356089 | Phase offset spatial multiplexing A rotation by a phase offset is applied to symbols to be transmitted by one antenna relative to symbols to be transmitted from another antenna in a wireless communication system employing multi-element antennas at the transmitter. Such a phase offset allows the func... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356017 | Data loading method, transmitter, and base station The invention is related to a data loading method in a communication system where sub-carriers include eigenmodes, comprising, for instance: arranging eigenmodes into a predetermined number of clusters, each cluster comprising eigenmodes of different quality levels;... | 04/08/2008 |
