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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6002944 | Vehicular telephone and method including an improved user interface A vehicular passenger telephone 37 according to the present invention includes an improved passenger call notification mechanism 154, 534 and user interface. A passenger telephone 37 is provided which includes a handset 506, a credit card reader 508 and a... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5995593 | Wire/wireless communication system for communicating between two locations using telephone network A wire/wireless communication system includes two units for wire/wireless communication of information using a telephone network between two locations which are far away from each other. One of the two units is a data transmitting unit, such as a computer... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5983100 | Circuit assembly for effectuating communication between a first and a second locally-positioned communication device An integrated local communication system comprising a plurality of locally-positioned communication devices, at least one of which locally-positioned communication devices is operably coupled to a local interface module. A local communication link is sele... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5978685 | Digital cellular telecommunications with short message service over the packet channel An apparatus in a wireless telecommunications network is provided with Short Message Service via a circuit switched channel unless the apparatus is operating in a packet mode. If the apparatus is operating in the packet mode, the apparatus is provided wit... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5960366 | Wrist-watch wireless telephone Known is a wrist-watch telephone with an LCD display, and further a portable wireless data collection terminal. Such devices do not take into account all human factors that are to be considered for getting a true multimedia miniature and portable wireless... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5953675 | Method for processing information in a wireless local loop terminal and a terminal The invention relates to a method for processing information in a wireless local loop (WLL) terminal and a WLL terminal. According to the present invention, a WLL terminal comprises a display device, and character-based information, first data, is convert... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5943624 | Contactless smartcard for use in cellular telephone A cellular telephone (10) incorporates the electronics for implementing both a cellular telephone function (46) and a smartcard function (45). This allows the electronics to be protected from damage by the housing associated with the cellular telephone an... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5940752 | Arrangement for remotely programming a cellular telephone terminal In a cellular telephone terminal having increased storage capability, ease of entry and access for data stored therein is provided through utilization of a computer equipped with a modem, a wired telephone network and the cellular telephone network. A use... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5937348 | Cordless communication system for a portable computer modem A cordless modem comprises a radio pair interfaced to a standard data/fax modem which allows a user of a personal computer to wirelessly connect to a telephone line. One end of the radio pair is a remote unit interfaced to the modem contained within the P... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5929774 | Combination pager, organizer and radio A combination electronic pager, organizer and radio (10) supplied with power by at least one of an external and an internal power supply (56) and connectable to a telephone line (50). The combination electronic pager, organizer and radio (10) includes a h... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5926756 | Method and system for programming a cellular phone A method and system simplifies and accomplishes the programming of a PED (12), such as a cellular telephone (22), via the use of a personal computer (PC). The present invention includes software (52, 54) within the PC (14) for providing a graphical user i... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5924044 | Modular communication device and method of providing communications therewith A modular communication device (102), which provides for radio frequency (RF) communication in a communication system (100), comprises a first modular unit (106) and a second modular unit (108). The first modular unit (106) includes a housing (110); a use... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5920826 | Radio telephone text transmission system A communication system for transmitting text messages to a mobile terminal in a radio telephone network is disclosed. A local mobile terminal is coupled to an external computer and is used to generate, manipulate and optionally store text messages which c... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5917887 | Emergency alert communication system wherein emergency messages are received by a radio frequency receiver and routed to a telephone device An emergency alert communication system comprising a radio frequency receiver. The radio frequency receiver decodes incoming emergency alert signals and demodulates data header signals and emergency alert voice message signals of the emergency alert signa... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5915002 | Communication device When a type of a connected channel is to be detected, a CPU of a communication device sets a channel in an off-hook state by closing a channel closing section, and an existence of the DC current supplied through the cable channel is detected based on an o... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5901206 | Portable telephone with flashlight A portable telephone with flashlight that includes a portable telephone that is powered by a battery and has a front face, a back face, a top face, a bottom face, and a pair of side faces, and a flashlight disposed on the portable telephone. The flashligh... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5893037 | Combined electronic/silver-halide image capture system with cellular transmission capability A combined electronic/silver-halide image capture system is capable of transmitting electronic image data using conventional cellular telephone transmission technology. The system includes a camera unit and a cellular telephone that can be electrically co... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5884190 | Method for making a data transmission connection from a computer to a mobile communication network for transmission of analog and/or digital signals In a method for making a data transmission connection from a computer to a mobile communication network for transmission of analog and/or digital signals, the computer is connected to the mobile communication network by means of a telecommunication termin... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5867793 | Built-in, cellular telephone message recorder A cellular telephone with a message recorder built into its handset for conveniently recording selected portions of a cellular telephone call. In the preferred embodiment, the message recorder is a digital type message recorder which includes control butt... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5864763 | Digital wireless telephone system interface for analog telecommunications equipment A novel and improved method and apparatus for providing an interface to a digital wireless telephone system compatible with standard analog wire line telephones, analog wire line fax machines, and computer modems is described. At the start of a telephone ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5835862 | Data adapter unit for infrared communications A data adapter unit, for converting data signals for IR wireless transmission between electronic devices, containing an IR-electrical converter, and IR and electrical input/output ports, and accommodating a removably connectable device, such as a cellular... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5825408 | Portable compact imaging and displaying apparatus An imaging apparatus has a portable monitor. Image data taken by the imaging apparatus is compressed and stored. The monitor serves as a view finder which displays image data which is being observed, and also serves to reproduce and display image data sto... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5799091 | Single chip solution for multimedia GSM mobile station systems According to the present invention, a single chip semiconductor devices is provided. In one version of the invention, a single chip CMOS technology architecture is used to implement all or various combinations of baseband radio transmission, baseband inte... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5797088 | Vehicular audio system incorporating detachable cellular telephone The present invention is a vehicular audio/cellular telephone system including a vehicular audio system and cellular telephone. In a first embodiment, the vehicular audio system including an AM/FM radio, cassette player, CD player, or combinations of thes... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5787365 | Apparatus for combining cellular telephone ring signals and PSTN ring signals A ring detection device which signals a modem in a personal communication device. A detector is connected to the cellular radio telephone for detecting an incoming telephone call. An oscillator circuit generates a ringing signal for enabling a modem in re... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5777551 | Portable alarm system A portable alarm system is disclosed in which the alarm functions are contained within a portable enclosure, communication is maintained between the alarm system and wireless security contacts placed at points of entry, and the alarm is capable of initiat... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5768362 | Multiple field entry telephone directory for a cellular telephone An internal telephone directory for storing telephone numbers and communication protocol parameters. The telephone directory includes a contact entry type and a data service entry type, with both entry types possessing an entry type flag to distinguish be... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5760824 | Multimedia telephone having wireless camera and television module and method of operation thereof For use with a video camera, a television set and a communications network capable of carrying voice and video data, a multimedia telephone that includes a network interface for coupling the multimedia telephone to the communications network. The multimed... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5737707 | Pager-controlled wireless radiotelephone An integrated pager and cellular phone (123) includes circuitry (502, 515) that responds to receipt by the pager (122) of an incoming-call-indicative paging signal by connecting the cellular phone (121) to a battery power source (513). This activates the ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734487 | Computer system incorporating an infrared link for reduced interference communication with a radio transceiver Two units are disclosed, one of which is installed in the computer and one of which is located remotely and includes the antenna and radio frequency transmitter and receiver elements. The two units communicate over an infrared (IR) link. The data is trans... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5561703 | System and method for integration of a paging server into a private branch exchange environment A communication system and method of use which integrates a paging system into the PBX communication environment providing enhance performance and capabilities. A PBX environment brings together many forms of communication: telephony conversations, voice ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5550907 | Personal communication using intelligent terminals An intelligent terminal (which can be a telephone, a facsimile machine, or similar device) is arranged so that (a) it can store information indicating when (e.g., date and time) a particular subscriber last was present at the terminal, and (b) the stored ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5537673 | Car stereo having a removable panel A removable panel has a plurality of operation buttons for operating a car stereo. A cellular telephone system operated by the operation buttons is provided in the panel. A controller is provided in the panel for rendering the car stereo inoperative in re... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5537458 | Facsimile transmission in a digital cellular radio network A facsimile service arrangement in a digital cellular radio network including radio terminal equipment; data terminal equipment which is connected to the radio terminal equipment and is the source or destination of fax messages to be transmitted; a fax de... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5519763 | Communication apparatus with wireless intercommunication A communication (comm) apparatus coupled to a telephone (tel) line comprises a base having a tel portion, a fax portion including a fax modem, a first switch for switching the mode between fax and tel, and a first wireless comm portion, and at least a cor... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5517552 | Facsimile apparatus with cordless phone, a ring signal detection, an interface portion, a facsimile communication start signal detection and a first and second modes of operation In a facsimile apparatus comprising: a facsimile portion, having a CPU, for effecting facsimile receiving and transmitting operations; and a cordless phone portion for communicating with a cordless phone unit for providing a communication with a cordless ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5508713 | Control system for picture display apparatus having improved displaying data transmission system A first picture-display apparatus comprising: a first display device having a screen for and displaying pictures on the screen so that the screen is refreshed at frequent predetermined screen refreshing intervals; a first display-device control device for... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5491507 | Video telephone equipment A handy type video telephone equipment which permits a user to transmit and receive pictures and speech with a casing held in one hand. A speaker is arranged at the upper end part of the front of the casing which is thin and vertically long, while a micro... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5487099 | Portable telephone having an additional device for making external connections The present invention relates to a portable telephone, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone and an additional device for the portable telephone capable of improving the portability of the portable telephone in the case... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5479482 | Cellular terminal for providing public emergency call location information A cellular terminal for transmitting information defining its location upon placing a 911 call. The cellular terminal includes a global satellite positioning (GPS) device; and upon the user of the cellular terminal placing an emergency telephone call, the... | 12/26/1995 |
