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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7937115 | Method for developing a personalized musical ring-tone for a mobile telephone based upon characters and length of a full name of a user A method for developing a personalized music based (preferably blues-music based) ring-tone for a mobile telephone based upon characters and length of a full name of a user of the mobile telephone. The method includes the steps of logging onto an appropriate website... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937116 | Electronic device, incoming call notification control method, and incoming call notification control program Disclosed is an electronic device having a communication function, the device comprising: a condition detection section 11 that detects user's operating conditions in the electronic device; a controller 1 that switches an incoming call notification mod... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933631 | Apparatus for informing of reception of incoming call A call informing apparatus is provided. The call informing apparatus includes a call detecting unit and a call informing unit. The call detecting unit includes an external light shielding cap that shields external light, a sensing module with an optical sensor sensi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7917182 | Method for automatically switching scene mode and portable terminal using the same A method for automatically switching scene mode and a portable terminal are disclosed, the method comprises steps of setting life cycle and subsequent scene mode for each scene mode; judging whether the life cycle of current scene mode has ended; and switching the c... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912509 | Method for automatically switching incoming call signal output mode from vibration to ringtone using vibration detection unit in mobile communication terminal A method for automatically switching an incoming call signal output mode in a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining whether or not a present incoming call signal output mode is a vibration mode when receiving incom... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912510 | Terminal for multimedia ring back tone service and method for controlling terminal Disclosed is a method for controlling a terminal for a multimedia Ring Back Tone (RBT) service, which allows RBT sound sources previously set in a sound source-providing server by a called subscriber to be reproduced to an originating terminal by means of a Home Loc... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904119 | Automatic rotation through play out of audio-clips in repsonse to detected alert events A method and device for detecting alert events and responsively playing out audio-clips. The audio-clips may comprise data representing a sound recording. Playing out the audio-clips occurs in an order defined by a sequence. The audio-clips and the sequence are main... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7840238 | Methods, systems, and products for timed ring suppression Systems and methods for timed ring suppression are disclosed. After a communications device receives an incoming call and the ringer is activated to produce an initial audible alert, the ringer of the communications device may be silenced for subsequent audible aler... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835771 | Method and apparatus for combining properties in mobile station The invention relates to the combining of mobile station properties. In addition the invention relates to the controlling in a desired manner of mobile station properties. The object of the invention is to give a mobile station a more stylish and youthful general ap... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826872 | Audio nickname tag associated with PTT user A system receives an audio nickname tag related to a push-to-talk (PTT) user, and associates the audio nickname tag with the PTT user. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818033 | System and method for bundling information A message status synchronization scheme. In one embodiment, a method may comprise: automatically detecting arrival of a message at a messaging server for a user having a mail address thereat, the message being displayable on a computer for the user with a status ind... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813769 | Onboard wireless communication system An onboard wireless communication system includes a power supply circuit, a wireless communication circuit, a control circuit, and a current integration circuit. The current integration circuit calculates an integration value of current fed from a battery after the ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7801569 | Mobile communications device with distinctive vibration modes Systems and methods for providing distinctive vibration alerts are described herein. In different aspects, the methods may include sensing an event and determining a corresponding vibration definition for the event based on one or more properties of the event. The m... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792551 | Method for displaying an incoming call alert of a mobile phone and the mobile phone thereof A method for displaying an incoming call alert of a mobile phone is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: obtaining an image from a storage of the mobile phone; converting the image to a vector graph according to an algorithm for generating a vector graph, th... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7783327 | Mobile station A mobile station receives a first datum and transmits a first reception result with a first timing when a first notification was received via a channel which notifies that data is to be transmitted, and receives a second datum and transmits a second reception result... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7751855 | Private routing control numbers A method and apparatus for permitting different treatment of calls from different callers. Favored callers who receive preferred treatment, the preferred treatment including the ability to complete calls, are provided with a private number. If the callers use the pr... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747290 | Method and system for demarcating a portion of a media file as a ringtone A method and apparatus for storing a media file in a device (e.g., a cellular phone, PDA, or alarm clock) and demarcating a portion of the stored media file as a ringtone, without storing the demarcated portion as a separate media file in the device. Thereafter, in ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7725135 | Mobile terminal and a sound pressure control method A mobile terminal and sound pressure control method using sound saturation sensing are disclosed. The mobile terminal has a target digital value of an adequate output sound pressure level at a maximum volume level. The sound pressure control method includes: determi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715883 | Alert signal generation An alert signal of a communication device (1), such as the ring signal of a mobile phone, comprises a set of musical samples that are played by the communication device in sequence. The sequence may be randomly generated, either in response to the event causi... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706843 | Mobile handset including alert mechanism A mobile handset including a light-alert feature that overcomes some of the problems of cell phone ringers and vibration mechanisms. A mobile handset includes a phone housing, a display carried by the phone housing, one or more illumination devices other than the di... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7693553 | Intelligent ringtone service An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling a telecommunications terminal to notify its user of the arrival of a message via an acoustic or visual signal whose properties are based on attributes of the message. A network infrastructure element (e.g., a switc... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7684830 | Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus Upon detecting (11) at a two-way communication device that a communication link has been terminated, the two-way communication device can provide (14) a unique corresponding signal (such as a unique audible signal) to indicate such termination. Pursuan... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676249 | Alert methods and apparatus for call appointments in a calendar application based on communication conditions of a mobile station Alert methods and apparatus for call appointments in a calendar application based on communication conditions of a mobile station are disclosed. Calendar information for an appointment in the calendar application is received and stored in memory. The calendar inform... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7660609 | Persistent tactile event notification A method and apparatus for providing tactile event notification for an electronic apparatus is disclosed. When an event is detected in the electronic apparatus, a portion of the electronic apparatus is displaced in response to the event. An event can be any type of ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660610 | Methods, systems, and products for timed ring suppression Systems and methods for timed ring suppression are disclosed. After a communications device receives an incoming call and the ringer is activated to produce an initial audible alert, the ringer of the communications device may be silenced for subsequent audible aler... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7653418 | Automatic rotation through play out of audio-clips in response to detected alert events A method and device for detecting alert events and responsively playing out audio-clips. The audio-clips may comprise data representing a sound recording. Playing out the audio-clips occurs in an order defined by a sequence. The audio-clips and the sequence are main... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7634299 | Communication terminal apparatus, method of changing function and/or setting of communication terminal apparatus, and program A communication terminal apparatus includes a situation change detecting unit that detects a change in external situation and transmits an external situation change detection signal, and a control unit that receives the external situation change detection signal, th... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7627351 | Cellular alert device A cellular alert device according to the present invention notifies a user that a cellular call is being received by an associated cellular telephone even when the alert device is not in close proximity or in data communication with the associated telephone. The cel... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620428 | Portable terminal device A portable terminal device capable of emitting a random ringtone, includes a call arrival processing device, in which a radio broadcast is set as one of the items of information indicating the type of ringtone in set data, and the frequency of radio broadcast signal... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620427 | Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7565177 | Call device, call control system, call management system, and call control method When a controller receives an incoming call signal, the controller supplies melody information stored in a melody information storage to a sound source. The sound source starts to output a melody, represented by the melody information, from a speech speaker. When an... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555317 | Methods and apparatus for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551947 | Communication terminal having entry data secret function and incoming call notification control method of the same A communication partner to be kept secret is registered as a security member. When an incoming call has arrived, an incoming call notification operation is normally performed if the transmission source is not a security member. If the transmission source is a securi... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548765 | Telecommunications wake-up system and method A system and method for providing a telecommunication device wake-up (TWU) so vital communication, including but not limited to, priority and emergency calls, can be delivered to a telecommunications device that is turned from its normal “On-mode”, to a “Liste... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546148 | Method and system of creating customized ringtones Method and system of customizing ringtones. The method and system including features to facilitate synthesizing a sample recording and converting the synthesized sample recording to a customized ringtone suitable for use with a phone. ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7542786 | System and method for changing a ring tone A wireless communication system, a wireless handset, and a method for remotely changing a ring tone on the wireless handset are described. The wireless communication system comprises antennas, a network system and a set of programming instructions. The network syste... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7529564 | Timed ring suppressor Systems and methods for timed ring suppression are disclosed. After a communications device receives an incoming call and the ringer is activated to produce an initial audible alert, the ringer of the communications device may be silenced for subsequent audible aler... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7519398 | Communication terminal apparatus and a communication processing program A communication terminal apparatus is provided, with which a user can check contents of an incoming mail in the same manner as in an incoming call. A reading-out registration data YTD including a mail address MAD and a key word KWD is previously stored. When an addr... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512421 | Method for setting substitute ringback tone of calling party in mobile communications system A caller may set his telephone's substitute ringback tone to be identical to that of the receiver or to that of a third party. Further, a caller may provide a substitute ringback tone to another recipient as a present. A substitute ringback tone playing server in th... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509148 | Message alert system and method of providing message notification A message alert system is useful for a communication device (10) having a display (12) and a processor (30). The message alert system includes a computer-readable medium (32) and a routine stored in the computer-readable medium (32... | 03/24/2009 |
