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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7176667 | Buck-boost voltage converter An input switching unit selectively couples a first terminal of an inductor with an input voltage and a ground potential. An output switching unit selectively couples a second terminal of the inductor with an output voltage and the ground potential. A first pulse ge... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174193 | Power supply with image catching, sound reading and output arrangement An apparatus comprises one or more image catching and sound reading assemblies each adapted to catch images and read sound, convert the images and the sound into image and sound signals, and send the image and sound signals in electromagnetic waves; and a power supp... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170257 | Card type device serving as supplementary battery and host using the same A card type device serving as a supplementary power supply device, and a host using the same. The card type device may include a battery provided in a frame to serve as a supplementary power supply to the host, a connector to connect to the host for an interfacing o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168152 | Method for making an integrated active antenna element An array of electrically conductive waveguides is made by a method including defining slots in broad surfaces of planar dielectric slabs. The surfaces of the slabs, including slots, are metallized. The broad sides of the slabs are juxtaposed, with the slots register... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164649 | Adaptive rate control for OFDM communication system Techniques to adaptively control the rate of a data transmission in a wireless (e.g., OFDM) communication system. In an aspect, various types of metrics may be derived and used to select the proper rate for the data transmission. Some types of metrics relate to diff... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161491 | Method and apparatus for wet contact detection in a portable communication device A method of detecting wetness in an accessory jack of a portable communication device (100), such as a two-way radio, is provided. By monitoring an accessory jack detect pin of the radio (104) for a change in resistance (106) that falls within p... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162258 | Light fixture wireless access points An access point for a wireless local area data communications network is designed to derive power from a lighting fixture. In one arrangement, the access point includes a housing configured to be received in one or more sockets of a lighting fixture and to replace a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158815 | Apparatus and method for charging a mobile device from another mobile device An apparatus and method for allowing a mobile device with a dead battery to be charged by another mobile device with a charged battery. The apparatus and method further provide for the prevention of damage to the batteries due to overcurrents that may occur due to b... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159155 | Error rate control apparatus An error rate of a TFCI of a transmission data format, and when an error rate of the TFCI becomes worse, a request to increase only the power of the TFCI is issued to the transmitter. The error rate of the TFCI is computed from the error detection result of a TrCH. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158789 | Communication network in particular for telephony A communications network, in particular for telephony, comprises at least one operator a plurality of remote units for exchanging signals with mobile terminals and an interface unit for controlling the data traffic between the operator and the remote units. The inte... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151910 | Wireless microphone information displaying apparatus and method thereof The wireless microphone information displaying apparatus comprise a plurality of wireless microphones having information respectively assigned thereto, a wireless microphone supporting device having a plurality of supporting portion for supporting the microphones, r... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151433 | Combination LED flashlight and garage door transmitter A combination LED flashlight and garage door opener transmitter with at least one LED disclosed that uses a voltage multiple circuit that enables the use of a single AA or AAA battery. The voltage multiple circuit raises the battery voltage from 1.5 volts to approxi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151913 | Electromagnetic wave transmitter, receiver and transceiver systems, methods and articles of manufacture The invention relates to a system for electromagnetic processing of an input wave involving receiving a modified signal derived from two or more signals that represent the input wave when combined; and regulating the modified signal using at least one characteristic... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151950 | Integrated connection assembly for global positioning system (GPS) receiver and personal digital assistance (PDA) device and cellular phone A complete and versatile solution that offers a comprehensive suite of integral products for electrical coupling and electronic communication and data-transfer between GPS receivers and portable electronic devices such as PDA device, cellular phones, notebook or lap... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148807 | Information transmission system and information transmission apparatus When a remaining battery power amount of a child appliance is lowered, a battery recharging operation of the child appliance is not quickly carried out, lowering of the remaining battery power amount of the child appliance is displayed on a mother appliance which is... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149484 | Portable communication device having adjustable amplification and method therefor Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a portable communication device comprises an amplifier having an input signal and an output signal. The amplitude of the input signal may be compared to the amplitude of the output signal and an appropriat... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149512 | Apparatus and method to automatically adjust volume or control operation of an appliance An apparatus includes a device adapted to detect one of receiving an incoming call or initiating an outgoing call. A transmitter is adapted to send a request signal in response to receiving the incoming call or initiating the outgoing call. The request signal may be... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149543 | Handheld computer with detachable communication device A handheld computing device (10) having voice input and voice output includes a handheld unit (20) having a processor (11) and a display (18) communicating with the processor (11), a communication device (30) including means... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149553 | Method and system for providing power to a communications device Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatus and methods to provide power to a communications unit. In one embodiment of the present invention, a system includes a first communications network to engage in communications with the communications unit and ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149554 | Access control method utilizing a key battery An access control system (100) for enabling functionality to a portable communications device includes a battery (120) for providing access to user-agnostic, system-agnostic and radio transceiver-agnostic control data to the portable communications dev... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145233 | Decoupling capacitor closely coupled with integrated circuit An integrated circuit module, decoupling capacitor assembly and method are disclosed. The integrated circuit module includes a substrate and integrated circuit die mounted on the substrate and having die pads and an exposed surface opposite from the substrate. A plu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146189 | Apparatus for wireless device to alter performance of wireless communication link An apparatus for providing additional processing power to a portable, wireless, communication device. The apparatus includes a housing detachably connectable to the portable, wireless, communication device and digital circuitry carried by the housing. The digital ci... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146194 | Amplifying circuit, speaker system, and mobile information terminal employing amplifying circuit An amplifying circuit includes a battery power source, a regulator that regulates an output of the battery power source and generates a reference voltage, and a signal ground generating device that generates and outputs a signal ground by changing the reference volt... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145886 | Communication terminal, base station system, and method of controlling transmission power An antenna 20 receives signals orthogonal to each other transmitted from different antennas of a base station, and a despreader 202 and a spreader 203 despread the respective received signals using the same spreading code used in the base statio... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143141 | System for providing internet-related services in response to a handheld device that is not required to be internet-enabled A system for providing Internet-related services to a handheld device is described. The system includes a client module embedded in the handheld device to enable the handheld device to send a Universal Resource Locator (URL) via a communication link. The URL indicat... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142897 | Portable terminal Disclosed is a portable terminal that includes an external device interface unit, a memory unit, a main controller, and a power supply unit. The external device interface unit provides a connection between the portable terminal and an external device, includes ports... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142441 | Method for using a programmable operating frequency for a DC-to-DC converter for use with embedded wireless products A method for determining the switching frequency of a DC-to-DC power supply for a portable radio transceiver (300) includes determining a first group of switching frequencies (301) and then determining the switching harmonics based on that group of swi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142814 | Automatic Bluetooth inquiry mode headset The present invention provides a Bluetooth enabled headset/master unit set which allows easy pairing of Bluetooth devices. The miniature headset of the present invention may be of a reduced size and weight due to the ease of pairing/authentication. Pairing of... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142895 | Mobile telephone with pager mode A mobile telephone is arranged to detect when its battery voltage has fallen such that only the lowest segment of the four segment battery charge level bar of its LCD display is showing, and, in response, to transmit a “Restricted Delivery Mode” message to a pre... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139560 | Stimulus-dependent electronic device Herein is disclosed a method, system, and apparatus for dettering theft of portable electronice devices. A portable electronic device is rendered incapable of properly operating after being powered down, without at least some exposure for some time to a given stimul... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136682 | Portable electronic system equipped with a spare battery device A portable electronic system equipped with a spare battery device. The portable electronic system includes a spare battery device and a portable device. The spare battery device includes a first fixer unit, a power storage unit and a sensory control unit. The sensor... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136671 | Speaker module connectable to an earphone jack of mobile phone and method for using same The present invention provides a speaker module connectable to an earphone jack of a mobile phone and a method for using same. The speaker module comprises a microphone which converts voice signals into electrical signals, a speaker which converts electrical signals... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136681 | Electrically conductive carrier and patterning for controlling current distribution in a wireless communications device A communications device includes a cover member, a circuit board having a lowest point of potential, and an antenna to transmit and receive RF signals. The antenna is electrically connected to the circuit board. A carrier is interposed between the circuit board and ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133703 | Small electronic device having battery level detection unit A small electronic device has a battery level detection unit for real-time detection of the current battery level and a communication unit for transmitting report data on a detected battery level to another small electronic device, such as a pocket PC device. The re... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130581 | Wireless data communication device and communication system including such a device The wireless data communication device (1) is mounted in a portable object, such as a wristwatch. The device includes an oscillator circuit (6), which produces high frequency signals (SH), and a signal processing unit (7), connected t... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130608 | Method of using a communications device together with another communications device, a communications system, a communications device and an accessory device for use in connection with a communications device A method of using a first communications device, such as a mobile telephone, together with at least one other communications device, such as a telephone, comprises the steps of playing back audio signals in the first communications device, transmitting the same audi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130665 | Method and apparatus to ensure intrinsically safe operation of a communication device Intrinsically safe operation (100, 200) of a communication device (202) and a peripheral device (204) coupled thereto is provided. By storing communication device type certification parameters within the communication device (202) and sto... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127228 | Portable electric device with power failure recovery and operation method thereof A portable electronic device with power failure recovery, powered by a main power source, the device comprising a power detection module, a processor, a timing unit and a power management unit. The power detection module detects an output characteristic from the mai... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123936 | Cellular phone with expansion memory for audio and video storage A cellular telephone includes an internally integrated digital entertainment module. The telephone includes a transceiver unit and a headset which is connected to the transceiver unit by wired or wireless link. The entertainment module includes an interchangeable RO... | 10/17/2006 |
