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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082004 | System and method for removal of a universal integrated circuit card A Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC), such as a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is pressed into place in a wireless communication device. The SIM card includes notched edge portions that allow a tool to be used to assist in the removal of the SIM card. T... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082005 | Method and system for using an integrated subscriber identity module in a network interface unit Subscriber-associated authentication, authorization and policy control information can be stored on a SIM (preprogrammed or user programmed), thereby facilitating grant or denial of access to services at an NIU while the programmed SIM or virtual SIM resides in the ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078226 | Multiple interface card in a mobile phone A multiple interface smart card adaptor is described for mobile phones to take advantage of at least wireless and contactless communications. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078225 | Communication device, mobile device and method of communication A communication device having a chip card configured to authorize a communication, the chip card having an interface connected to a communication controller via a modified standardized bus communication, a first and at least one second data source configured to conn... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8064957 | Communication apparatuses for handling apparatus terminated or originated communication requests with increased communication capability and methods thereof A communication apparatus is provided. A first subscriber identity card is with a first address and camps on a first cell. A second subscriber identity card is with a second address and camps on a second cell. After receiving a communication request requesting for e... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064956 | Event sharing An apparatus for use with a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being configured to provide events, the apparatus including a memory including computer readable instructions, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute, u... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060142 | Method for reducing power consumption for detachable card and mobile communication terminal thereof Disclosed are a method for reducing power consumption of a card for a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal thereof, in which power consumption of a battery is reduced by differently supplying voltage to first and second cards according t... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060141 | Method for permitting change of an electronic card without powering off and communications device employing the method In a method for permitting change of an electronic card without powering off and a communications device employing the method, the communications device includes a control module, a card connector for receiving the electronic card, and a trigger module. The method i... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060140 | Method and apparatus for increasing data read speed from subscriber identity module Provided is a method of efficiently reducing time taken for reading data from a SIM. For this purpose, the valid records of each EF are checked and only valid records with data are selectively read from a desired EF. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060139 | Authenticating multiple devices simultaneously over a wireless link using a single subscriber identity module A system and method for allowing mobile devices to simultaneously access a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) are disclosed. The SIM contains a wireless transceiver, and the SIM may be located within a mobile phone, or it may be a stand-alone device. The mobile device... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050716 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a terminal body having a display unit; a band connected with both ends of the terminal body; and a manipulation unit disposed on the terminal body and moving in multiple directions based on a central shaft. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041391 | Mobile communication terminal and terminal control method An object of the present invention is to surely and readily prevent unauthorized use of a noncontact IC function incorporated in a mobile communication terminal, even in a state in which no signal can be sent through mobile communication to the mobile communication ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036707 | Method and system for tracking mobile communication device using instant messaging Provided is a method for tracking any mobile electronic device which accesses wireless or wired network using Instant Messaging (IM). The mobile device, capable of instant messenger (IM) functionality, allows storage of one or more IM IDs in a separate non-volatile ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036706 | Method for accessing an additional service provided by an IC card toolkit applet A method is for selecting at least one additional service in a mobile telephone or mobile equipment having a keyboard for dialing a number to set up a telephone communication. The at least one additional service may be provided by an Integrated Circuit (IC) Card in ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036708 | Mobile communication terminal and mobile communication method There is provided a mobile communication terminal in which at occurrence of instantaneous disconnection in the contact of a card, the disconnection is restored without displaying the alarm by use of a simple configuration and unpleasantness is not imposed to the use... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036705 | Apparatus and method of a mobile communication terminal for accessing a portal site An apparatus and a method of a mobile communication terminal for accessing a portal site are provided, which include reading out an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) from a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card, coding the read IMSI, and generating an ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032182 | Subscriber identity module with an incorporated radio A communication system includes a phone and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). The phone includes a user input interface, a first wireless transceiver and a first application program interface. The SIM is plugged into the phone and includes storage, a second wirele... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032181 | Service provider activation with subscriber identity module policy Systems and methods for activating a mobile device for use with a service provider are described. In one exemplary method, a mobile device having a currently inserted SIM card may be prepared for activation using a signing process in which an activation server gener... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027701 | Mobile phone for checking the presence of an integrated circuit card According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile phone including: a first timer configured to output a first time out signal representing that a first processing is to be executed by starting a system when a first given time period has elapsed; a ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023998 | 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 ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014825 | Network participant status evaluation Methods and apparatus for obtaining and providing status information for network devices. In one implementation, a wireless device includes: an antenna; a wireless communication interface connected to said antenna and supporting wireless communication across a wirel... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010159 | Providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system Providing contact data in a wireless telecommunication system comprises receiving a contact data record from a first mobile device and storing the contact data record in a contact database remote from the mobile device. A selection can be received remotely for the c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010158 | Synchronization of mobile terminals Embodiments are directed to activation and performance of multiple-subscriber-identity-module (“multi-SIM”) automatic synchronization of mobile devices. A user may specify one or more data types for which multi-SIM automatic synchronization should be performed, ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005508 | Portable terminal device incorporating non-contact IC card In a portable terminal 10 incorporating a non-contact IC 20, the non-contact IC 20 includes a card appli storage region 24 in which a card appli is stored, and the portable terminal 10 includes an appli storage region 15 in ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005509 | SIM card securing mechanism for mobile phone A SIM card securing mechanism for a mobile phone is described. A phone body has several positioning holes. One side of the securing plate is pivoted in the body to allow the securing plate to swivel relatively to the phone body. The securing plate has a plurality of... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000743 | Electronic device with SIM card retention assembly An electronic device includes a first main body defining a SIM card seat, a SIM card disposed in the SIM card seat, and a SIM card retention assembly comprising a retaining member fixed to the first main body adjacent to the SIM card seat, a positioning member fixed... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996042 | Mobile communication terminal and method for providing call-forwarding information A mobile communication terminal and for providing call-forwarding information are disclosed. The method includes transmitting a registration message or an origination message including user identity information to a network and receiving call-forwarding information ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996041 | Apparatus and method for requesting initiation of a communication session using capability configuration parameters with card application toolkit A means by which a list of service options may be used as capability configuration parameters to specify a card application toolkit call setup command, such as from R-UIM applications, is provided. For example, when the R-UIM application sends a call setup command t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991434 | Combi-sim card framework of electronic purse combining wireless transceiver of mobile device A Combi-SIM card framework of electronic purse combining wireless transceiver of mobile device is a framework that combines the mobile phone subscriber identity module (SIM or USIM) chip and the electronic purse smart card chip having no wireless induction analog ci... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986969 | Radiotelephone terminal with chip card provided with browser This invention improves the intelligence of chip cards (SIM) in mobile radiotelephone terminals, so that a subscriber may, through the terminal, easily access databases (DB), attached to a server of services (SV). It facilitates the dialog between a subscriber who o... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986970 | Systems and methods for maintaining data integrity of removable media of an electronic device The described embodiments relate generally to methods, systems and devices for maintaining data integrity of a removable media card of a handheld electronic device, particularly when such media card is removed from such device. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979089 | Wireless data communication card with compact antenna A wireless data communication card configured in accordance with an example embodiment of the invention includes a low profile antenna arrangement that does not protrude from the housing of the computing device when the wireless data communication card is inserted i... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979088 | Water friend or foe system for global vessel identification and tracking Disclosed are a method, system, and computer program product for a Water Friend or Foe System (WFSS) including a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a SIM reader on a marine vessel. The WFFS system on the marine vessel transmits secure identity information and ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7953444 | Radio card having independent antenna interface supporting antenna diversity A radio card, such as a PCMCIA card, received by an electronic device has a first interface coupling radio circuitry within the radio card to the electronic device. The radio card also has a second interface, independent of the first interface, that couples with an ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953445 | Multiple subscription subscriber identity module (SIM) card Embodiments of the invention include a multiple subscription subscriber identity module (SIM) card. The SIM card includes a plurality of sets of subscription parameters from which to select and activate a single set of parameters. The sets of subscription parameters... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953443 | Apparatus and method of securing private content stored in a memory Apparatus and a method of securing private content stored in a memory are presented. A terminal includes a memory to store private content. The terminal also includes a security function to compare a private content identifier with a smart card identifier that inclu... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945291 | Computer system providing selective wireless network enablement A computer system is provided with an antenna which disables inappropriate wireless communications when a communication controller is inconsistently connected with the antenna. The computer having a diversity antenna connected to a detachable wireless LAN card conta... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941185 | Mobile terminal and data display method by individual SIM cards A mobile terminal of displaying data by individual SIM cards and a display method of sorting data according to individual SIM cards includes the steps of authenticating a SIM card that is inserted into the mobile terminal when the power is on by retrieving subscribe... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941184 | Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of subscriber identity module components Methods and systems for managing and/or tracking use of SIM smart cards with integrated or external SIM module systems that are utilized with information handling systems. A SIM module system may be locked with a generic locking code to lock a SIM module system of a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929993 | Multi-SIM-based mobile device A mobile device includes first identification circuitry and second identification circuitry. The first identification circuitry is associated with a first network and the second identification circuitry is associated with a second network. The mobile device simultan... | 04/19/2011 |
