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Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7099658 | Mobile communication terminal having remote-controlled camera and photographing method using the same A photographing method is disclosed that uses a mobile communication terminal having a camera, with the method including steps of entering a remote-control photographing mode, receiving a predetermined call, determining whether or not a telephone number of the prede... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099705 | Telephone and method for converting sound to image and displaying on screen thereof A telephone and a method for converting sound to image and displaying on a screen thereof are disclosed. Receiver receives a call signal. Storage section stores call sound information. Call sound output section outputs a call sound. Color display device displays a c... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099704 | Music player applicable to portable telephone terminal A music playback device applicable to a portable telephone terminal device uses a sequence data FIFO memory and a waveform data FIFO memory both having limited storage capacities. A system CPU performs successive transfer of sequence data and waveform data in respon... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099703 | Data communication system When data other than voice data has been transmitted to a mobile telephone, the user is notified of a device that is capable of responding to the transmitted data. If data to be transmitted to the mobile telephone is not image data, the mobile telephone issues an in... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099700 | Message display method in mobile terminal Disclosed is a message display method in a mobile communication terminal, which includes the steps of receiving a message, detecting message information from the received message, and displaying detected caller information on LCD by a scroll system. The present inve... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099693 | Mobile communication terminal and method for warning a user of a low-voltage state of the same A mobile communication terminal and a method for warning a user of a low-voltage state of the terminal. The method includes the steps of pre-storing a low-voltage alarm message in a memory, checking a voltage level of a battery in a call connection mode, and if the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096046 | Luminescent and illumination signaling displays utilizing a mobile communication device with laser A wireless mobile communication device is provided with a light source arrangement configured to be able to output at least one of a steady or sweeping light pulse. The former may be used as a light pointer. The later may be used to facilitate spatial painting of il... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096045 | Portable communication terminal apparatus A portable communication terminal apparatus is disclosed which can announce termination of a call in various methods with a simple configuration and allows selection of a suitable annunciation method in accordance with a utilization situation of the portable communi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096044 | Concatenated Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) broadcast messages displaying display messages in cellular phones The present invention is directed to the use of concatenatable Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) broadcast messages for displaying display messages, and in particular long display messages requiring two or more PTMP broadcast messages, on personal cellular telecommunicatio... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096033 | Mobile apparatus enabling inter-network communication A mobile apparatus is provided for exchanging data objects over several network. The mobile apparatus exchanges data objects of a first data format over a first network and exchanges data of a second data format over a second network. The mobile apparatus comprises ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092707 | Service impact analysis and alert handling in telecommunications systems A system for the prioritization of quality of service (QoS) alerts and the analysis of the impact of such alerts on service uses a service model in which services are broken into one or more service components and sub-components. Creation of a service dependency mod... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092743 | Method and apparatus to reply to call Briefly, a method and a wireless communication system that may include at least one mobile station and at least one base station to reply to an incoming call addressed to the mobile station with a predefined message. The mobile station may be configured to reply to ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092700 | Method and a device for signaling a call or a message to its addressee In a method of signaling an incoming call or electronic message from a given sender to the user of a receiver terminal to whom the call or message is addressed, the receiver terminal identifies the sender, allows for at least one changeable or predetermined paramete... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092698 | Method and apparatus for setting up simultaneous calls The invention relates to a method and logical units for providing services in a mobile communication system. In the mobile communication system a number of calls are handled for one user. The calls may have different bearer capabilities. In case a further call with ... | 08/15/2006 |
| RE39231 | Communication terminal equipment and call incoming control method In a communication terminal equipment and in a method of controlling call incoming, unnecessary noises in a period from the start of an alert sound to carrying out of the next operation can be reduced. When a predetermined operation is effected under the condition t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089044 | Collapsible radio terminal, conversion start method and conversion start program The invention aims at providing a folding type radio terminal, a call start method and a call start program which allows the user to start a call with a simple operation. On the folding type radio terminal, when a motor driving button is pressed while an incoming si... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089041 | Method for managing incoming calls on a mobile phone The present invention provides a method for managing incoming calls of a mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a control circuit and a volume detector. The method includes (a) receiving a call signal by the mobile phone, (b) detecting environmental volume surround... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089031 | Radio terminal with browser A terminal for providing an application using a browser. The terminal comprises a transceiver arranged to send radio packets to and receive radio packets from a server, and means for determining if the terminal and server are able to communicate. The terminal furthe... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088991 | Portable telephone system A portable telephone terminal 1 has a built-in memory 18, in which either the content of a new call arrived is recorded while continuing prevailing communication or recording of the content of the prevailing communication call is started while answerin... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085557 | Network-based wireless telephone communication device A network-based wireless telephone communication device is proposed, which can be either an independent device or integrated to a portable information platform, and which is capable of providing an interactive multi-person voice communication session for the user to... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085585 | System and method for vibrating a portable device A system and a method are provided for vibrating a portable device. The system includes a vibrator housing with stops, a vibrator circuit, and a controller. The controller has an output to supply alternating electric current. The vibrator circuit includes a vibrator... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085589 | Multifunction telephone and multifunction telephone switching system using the same A multifunction telephone switching system includes a portable radiophone, a plurality of multifunction telephones, a specific one of which is connected to the portable radiophone, and a control unit connected to the plurality of multifunction telephones to manage t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085553 | Data communication protocols for a mobile-based client-server system over a wireless network Intelligent paging services provided by a GSM-based mobile communication network are employed in a mobile-based client-server system to provide automatic notification of a mobile client station of the type and quantity of information awaiting delivery to a mobile cl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7085358 | Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incomi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082119 | Full PBX telephony feature preservation across a voice over packet network A method for providing supplementary services in a packet voice network. The method includes the steps of receiving a list of information elements from a sending station and then inserting the list into a call control message. The message is inserted in such a manne... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079837 | Caller identification queue for wireless telephones A method and system are provided for collecting and storing caller identification information associated with a calling party directed to an out of service wireless telephone. When calls are made to a wireless telephone, a determination is made as to whether the tel... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079026 | Method and apparatus of karaoke storage on a wireless communications device A wireless communications device that alerts a user to a predetermined event includes a transceiver, a speaker, memory, and a controller. First and second pre-recorded audio files are stored in the memory, and may be, for example, pre-recorded music and the user's p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078609 | Interactive digital music recorder and player A digital multi-media device provides features for a user unskilled in musical arts or sound handling techniques that provides automatic musical score composition in accordance with contained composition instructions. Stored sound samples and interfaces for obtainin... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076052 | Telephone terminal A telephone terminal device such as a portable telephone performs music playback processes with respect to use-specified music data in which tempos, tone colors, and pitches are specifically processed to suit different uses while tone color assignment and musical sc... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076267 | System and method for event-dependent state activation for a dual-mode mobile communication device A handheld mobile station system capable of automatically answering voice calls is disclosed. The system is comprised of a handheld mobile station, a magnet detection system within the mobile station, a magnet within a mobile station holster located in close proximi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076276 | Mobile terminal device comprising vibrating component having light effects Mobile phones use light signaling or vibrational effects to silently indicate to a user that e.g. a telephone call is incoming. The present invention provides a method, a component for generating vibrational effects combined with light effects and a mobile device im... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076275 | Method and system for single-step enablement of telephony functionality for a portable computer system A method and apparatus for automatic delivery of a phone call on a device (e.g. a portable computer system) regardless of whether other tasks are running on the operating system. A separate background task (“thread”), independent of the operating system, enables... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076255 | Context-aware and location-aware cellular phones and methods Context-aware and location-aware cellular phones and methods are described. In one embodiment, cellular phones are configured to wirelessly receive information that pertains to their current context or location. The phones then automatically use the information to m... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072621 | Luminescent signaling displays utilizing a wireless mobile communication device The present invention includes a wireless mobile communication device with a body casing having an exterior surface, and a number of light sources (LS) disposed on the exterior surface. A machine accessible medium is provided with instructions to selectively activat... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072694 | Multiple page sound tone dialog communication device This invention describes a novel methodology for using a multiple page dialog field for setting sound tasks in a communication device such a mobile device or a mobile phone. According to the present invention, the dialog/sounds are divided into multiple pages (“ta... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071403 | Method of enabling MIDI functions in a portable device A method of providing MIDI function on a portable device. The method includes setting a MIDI setting table on the device, according to which, the portable device can provide MIDI editing, recording, playing, and output functionality. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069058 | Musical composition reproducing apparatus portable terminal musical composition reproducing method and storage medium There is provided a musical composition-reproducing device and a musical composition-reproducing method that make it possible to make the most of many sounding channels and are capable of imparting an effect to musical tones without providing a special effect circui... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068301 | System and method for obtaining and utilizing maintenance information A system for obtaining, recording, displaying, storing, transmitting and receiving maintenance and other information is provided. The system, which may include an electronic maintenance apparatus that may be in the form of a hand-held digital computer, allows a user... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067731 | Sound source circuit and telephone terminal using same A sound source circuit is provided for a telephone terminal to reproduce chorus-effect imparted musical tones as incoming call sound or hold sound. Herein, original musical tone data ω c1 are slightly modified in pitches to produce musical tone data ω c2... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062023 | Telephone terminal with alarm An telephone terminal with an alarm which can output an alarm sound without harming the user's ear. In the case where the present time reaches the preset alarm time while a cordless handset of the telephone terminal is in call status, output of an alarm sound is wit... | 06/13/2006 |
