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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7526317 | Interface system for an accessory and communication device A configurable interface system (100) couples an accessory (102) to a communication device (104). The interface system utilizes a memory device (120) embedded in the accessory (102) that stores physical configuration and event mapp... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526316 | Mobile phone and mobile phone control method In a mobile phone remotely operating an information device, a communication unit receives information displayed on the information device. A display device displays a part of the information. A plurality of operation buttons respectively inputs an operation signal. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519393 | Method for wireless capability discovery and protocol negotiation, and wireless device including same A protocol and method for establishing wireless data sessions between wireless clients, each of which support multiple wireless protocols is presented. A commonly supported wireless protocol is utilized to share the wireless protocols supported by the clients' circu... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515938 | Receiver and data transfer method The invention relates to a memory card for a mobile telephone, and a data-transfer method. The memory card according to the invention includes a receiver, which is able to receive information from at least one peripheral device of a wristop computer, or from a wrist... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515936 | Mobile terminal device alone and in communication system A radio interface connects a mobile terminal device to a radio network. The mobile terminal device also has a communication interface for coupling to an external computer device, such as a notebook. The communication interface serves to provide real-time transmissio... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515937 | Wafer mobile phone platform system The wafer mobile phone platform system provides a minimalist mobile telephone that can be used alone as a wireless communication device or utilized to transfer its mobile telephone functions from one peripheral device to another. A transceiver unit having telephone ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512416 | Accessory part for a mobile station The invention relates to an accessory part for a mobile station. In order to facilitate the use of the mobile station, it is proposed that the accessory part comprises a headset 8, 9 as well as a digital camera 3. Both can be connected simultaneously v... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512417 | Wireless electronic device with retractable earphones The present invention is to provide a wireless electronic device comprising a main body and an earphone assembly being retractably disposed in the main body with two ends provided at one side of the main body capable of being pulled outward and a cable portion betwe... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509142 | Notebook computer with replaceable battery unit A small light weight modular microcomputer based computer and communications systems, designed for both portability and desktop uses. The systems make use of a relative large flat panel display device assembly (2), an expandable hinge device (10), batt... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505784 | Safety features for portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a safety feature configured to prevent at least some forms of use of the device when the user is traveling beyond a speed threshold. The device may detect its linear speed, compare that speed to a threshold, and provide a respon... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505785 | Data entry systems A data entry system includes a hand held data entry unit having a reading sensor for sensing commands and/or data, rewritable storage for storing information relating to selectable items, a controller (a microprocessor or other processing circuitry) and a display sc... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499726 | Computer phone A computer integrated cordless phone. The phone can include a cordless handset transceiver configured for coupling to an antenna shared with a wireless network adapter through a multiplexer/demultiplexer so that both of the cordless handset transceiver and the wirel... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496380 | Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter circuit for mobile telecommunication terminal A universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) circuit for a mobile telecommunication terminal is disclosed. In one embodiment, the UART circuit includes a first universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART1) and a second universal asynchronous rec... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7496379 | System and method for providing SMS contact information to a wireless mobile device A system and process for updating files on a wireless mobile device is provided. The wireless mobile device has an RF(radio frequency) card which cooperates with a wireless network to provide wireless communication. In one example, the wireless network maintains a m... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7483717 | Method and system for processing wireless digital multimedia A transmit digital processing system for wireless transmission of HDMI and/or DVI data using an FPGA. The FPGA converts the data into two data streams and includes a front end component multiplexing video data with control data. A complementary receive FPGA is also ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7477919 | Handheld input/output device providing enhanced user interface for a mobile telephone A keyboard and a microphone for inputting information, a display screen and a speaker for viewing or hearing information, and a processor, all mounted to or within a housing in the form of a laptop computer or hand-held computer. A phone interface has a slot, channe... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7466993 | Mobile telecommunications device dual media coding detectors A mobile telecommunications device comprising: a printhead for printing a sheet of media substrate, the sheet of media substrate having coded data on at least part of its surface; a media feed assembly for feeding the sheet of media substrate along a feed path past ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7457636 | Self defense cellular telephone The present invention teaches an economical disposable emergency cellular telephone. A major object of this invention is a cellular telephone providing a self-defense capability to a user by generating high voltage shocks. A further object of the invention is a new ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454230 | Interface for subscriber-based wireless phones to wireline infrastructure A wireless communications interface couples wireless service to conventional wireline phone appliances. In one embodiment, the wireless communications interface is connected to the phone appliances through existing phone jacks. This allows a user to place and receiv... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450963 | Low power dual processor architecture for multi mode devices A mobile computing device with multiple modes, for example, wireless communication and personal computing, has an application processor and a communication processor. In the computing mode, the application processor is the master processor. In the communication mode... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450964 | Semiconductor integrated circuit, checking device and method of checking semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit including: a circuit function section; a bus connected to the circuit function section; an information fetch register for fetching data flowing over the bus; and a radio communicating circuit for wirelessly transmitting the data fe... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444440 | Method and device for providing high data rate for a serial peripheral interface An improved high performance scheme is provided with a serial peripheral interface (SPI) to enable microcontroller-based products and other components and devices to achieve a higher serial transmit and receive data rate. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444168 | Radio communication semiconductor integrated circuit, data processing semiconductor integrated circuit and portable device A portable device having a communication function composed of a plurality of LSIs operated in synchronization with a clock, such as a baseband LSI and a logic LSI such as an application processor, can synchronize the baseband LSI with the logic LSI without lowering ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444159 | Data input device, systems using the device, and methods for operating such systems A data storage device 5 having a storage capacity of at least 8 Mbyte is surrounded by a housing including a stylus portion 23, having a tip 25 for indicating a position. The stylus permits the data storage device 5 to be used for data en... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440775 | Method for controlling printer using portable terminal for mobile communication in home network system A method for controlling a local printer connected to a PC (Personal Computer) using a portable terminal for mobile communication in a home network system. The method controls the printer serving as a local device not included in the home network system by means of ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440774 | Wireless enabled memory module A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440433 | Mobile IP notification A home agent and a mobile terminal communicate to facilitate the home agent becoming aware of whether the mobile terminal is notification capable meaning the mobile terminal is able to receive notifications of specified events without an open browser window. If the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437180 | Over-the-air signaling service method and apparatus A method and apparatus is disclosed for retrofitting to an existing radio, the radio not having built in over-the-air signaling capabilities. The device and method include using an interface configured to interface to the radio and providing electrical signals to th... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436814 | Selecting transport addresses to route streams between endpoints Selecting a transport address for a call session between a first endpoint of a first region and a second endpoint of a second region includes determining that the call session is being initiated. A relationship between the first region and the second region is deter... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433711 | Mobile communications terminal and method therefor A user of a camera equipped communication terminal is aided by the use of the invention when, e.g., dialing a phone number, sending a message to a recipient associated with the phone number, or simply store the phone number in a contact database in the terminal, The... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433712 | Multi-access solid state memory devices and a telephone utilizing such A mobile telephone device, comprising, an enclosure; a plurality of hardware components that provide the functionality of a cellular telephone or a satellite telephone, at least some of said components being inside or on said enclosure; a solid state non-volatile st... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433717 | Method and system for managing multiple communication functions in a mobile vehicle communication unit A method of managing multiple communication functions in a mobile vehicle is provided. A communication request signal is received from the mobile vehicle at a call status intelligence module. The communication status of a telematics unit is determined. A communicati... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433710 | System and methodology for automated provisioning of new user accounts System and methodology are described that allow a new user of a user-operated device (e.g., wireless digital camera, cellular phone, video camera, audio device, or the like) to immediately begin using the features and services of the device without having to first a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433346 | Card device for high-speed wireless data communication A card device for performing high-speed wireless data communication faster and more stable than a wireless data communication via an existing USB interface and UART serial bus interface is provided, including an antenna for transmitting and receiving a RF signal, a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430398 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) system for dynamically and automatically establishing communication between a mobile wireless communicating device and a data processing system RFID tags to provide a relatively low power and power conserving wireless communication system to dynamically and automatically transfer all preselected data developed in designated digital devices to a centralized data processing system. Inclusion, in the target mo... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430428 | Method for communicating teletype information in a vehicle communication system between a vehicle and a remote station A communication system and method for transmitting and receiving teletype information in a vehicle (20). The communication system (22) includes an external interface (24) and a communication control unit (26). The external interface (2... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427926 | Establishing communication between computing-based devices through motion detection Motion detection notification is described. In an embodiment, a motion detector in a portable device detects a motion of the device and issues an activation signal when the detected motion has a magnitude greater than a preset threshold. A detection notification com... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425986 | Conversion apparatus for image data delivery A conversion apparatus is connected to a camera server delivering image information obtained by image sensing to a display operation terminal. When image information is received from the camera server, the conversion apparatus converts the received image information... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426595 | Desktop holder and portable terminal system A desktop holder includes a connector to be connected to a connector of a portable terminal inserted into an insertion inlet, a connector to be connected to a memory card inserted into a memory card slot, a cable which connects connectors, and a connector which conn... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426401 | Method and apparatus for wireless communication between devices A communication method for performing communication with outside by connecting a communication apparatus (e.g., a LAN card) to an electronic apparatus such as a printer. The LAN card is connected to a setting apparatus such as a personal computer (step S301).... | 09/16/2008 |
