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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7020467 | Communication apparatus and control method therefor A data traffic is monitored, and the current traffic state is checked. If the traffic exceeds a threshold a, the time interval of Inquiry Scan is set to a maximum value X1 to prevent communication performance from deteriorating due to Inquiry Scan. Likewise, ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020493 | Portable communication terminal with multiple displays A cellular phone has a black-and-white LCD that displays characters and communication information and a color LCD that displays an image. The image and the characters are displayed on the separate LCDs. Thus, the characters are not superimposed on the image, and the... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020485 | Electronic circuit with improved current stabilization An electronic circuit with an improved current stabilization operating in an RF transceiver or receiver, e.g. in a wireless local area network system, and a corresponding method is provided for generating a supply current and supplying the generated supply current t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020443 | System for measuring a radio frequency signal in a wireless station and a wiring board switch The invention relates to a method for measuring a radio frequency signal in a wireless station (1). In this method, radio frequency power is measured by means of testing equipment (6, 7, 12), which includes at least a testing apparatus (7), a me... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020118 | System and method for activation of a wireless module A wireless module system and method for activation is provided which includes, in one embodiment a wireless module including a complete electronic serial number and a preliminary internet protocol address. A wireless module account is established with an activation ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019739 | Control and management method for the status of the battery of a portable multimedia device The invention is concerned with a method to control and manage the status of a battery of a portable multimedia device equipped with means to memorize digital data representing audio and video sequences, with means to process the sequences and with a display screen ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019714 | Mobile terminal provided with organic electroluminescent and liquid crystal devices The invention provides an electronic apparatus that provides an organic electroluminescent device and a liquid crystal device. In a mobile terminal electronic apparatus, such as an electronic apparatus having a device that displays, and in particular, a mobile telep... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016698 | Method and apparatus for mitigating power-control errors during a soft handoff in a wireless communication system A plurality of base stations (600) are programmed (702) with a uniform power-control bit pattern to be sent to a mobile unit during a plurality of power-control bit times, before the mobile unit is acquired on a reverse link. The plurality of base stat... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016656 | Wireless terminal for mobile unit Only an information output from a wireless terminal for mobile unit to a wireless base station is allowed in response to an operation of operating means of the wireless terminal for mobile unit. When only the information output from the wireless terminal for mobile ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013112 | Method, system and computer readable medium for making a business decision in response to information from a short distance wireless network A method, system, and computer readable medium allows a short distance wireless network or networks to provide information to a telecommunication server, or other third party processing device, in order to make a business decision according to embodiments of the pre... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011902 | Black start method and apparatus for a fuel cell power plant, and fuel cell power plant with black start capability A black start operation employs the accumulation of power resulting from a reaction of fuel and ambient oxidant passively seeped or diffused into a fuel cell stack to bootstrap the fuel cell system operation. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010329 | System and method for battery conservation with assistance from the network and radio resource management A method for battery conservation in a wireless communication system begins with requesting a battery level measurement from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) by a radio network controller (RNC). The battery level is measured at the WTRU and is reported to the... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009350 | Energy collection and storage system A power generation and/or storage device utilizes human motion inputs or other power sources (i.e. hydraulics, pneumatics or explosive gases) to create mechanical kinetic energy that is stored (preferably in springs) and later released on demand to rotate a generato... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006851 | Method and apparatus for providing power and wireless protocol capability to a wireless device, such as a wireless phone Disclosed embodiments include a apparatus for coupling with a vehicle having a wireless protocol-enabled device, such as a hands-free car kit, and a power supply and for coupling with a wireless device. The wireless protocol may be a protocol such as Bluetooth, and ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006792 | Wireless andon communication method and system A portable wireless andon communication system and method for use in manufacturing, assembly and other industrial settings. A transmitter station and receiver station are set up for immediate use by simply connecting each to a standard power source. A user needing a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006006 | System and method for controlling home entertainment units with radio frequency and infrared signals A system and method for controlling home entertainment units with radio frequency and infrared signals. The system includes a computer, a display, an RF transceiving device, an RF transceiver and IR transmitter combination device, and at least one home entertainment... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003330 | Wireless mobile station with visible RF power disable indicator A wireless mobile station comprising: 1) an RF transceiver that up-converts a baseband signal to produce an output RF signal; 2) an antenna coupled to the RF transceiver for transmitting the output RF signal; 3) a power supply that supplies power to the RF transceiv... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003329 | Device, system and method for augmenting cellular telephone audio signals A device, system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular telephone. In an exemplary embodiment, an audio signal device cellular is provided with a sound generating device that stores one or more audio signals that are activat... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003277 | Portable communication terminal, communication method of the portable communication terminal, program, and recording medium having the program recorded thereon A communication control processor controls communication of a portable communication terminal with external units, in which a data processing control processor performs communication with the communication control processor and controls a ROM, a RAM, an operating un... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003331 | Apparatus, method and program to optimize battery life in a wireless device The battery life of batteries of a mobile device operating in a wireless network is optimized by dynamically changing symbol rates and bits per symbol and selecting one for communicating based upon the source providing power to the mobile device. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000011 | Designing interconnect fabrics A method for designing an interconnect fabric for communication between a set of source nodes and a set of terminal nodes. The method partitions the flow requirements of the interconnect fabric into flow-sets and merges the flow-sets to reduce insensibilities with r... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999800 | Method for power management of a smart phone A method for power management of a smart phone. The method comprises steps of resetting the smart phone, searching for network service, operating the mobile phone system in standby mode and a PDA system in normal mode when connected to a network, switching the mobil... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999791 | Mobile communication terminal apparatus with data communication function During the CDPD mode period, RSSI data and battery remaining capacity determination data measured by a hand held phone HHP are periodically transferred to a personal computer PC, and are displayed on an LCD display of the personal computer PC. During the CDPD mode p... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999736 | Transmitting apparatus A DC voltage input through an input terminal is applied through an inductor, to a power supply circuit unit and an input voltage detecting circuit. The input voltage detecting circuit detects the input DC voltage and when it is detected that the input voltage value ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6998919 | Temperature compensated power amplifier power control The present invention provides temperature compensation for a power amplifier by varying a supply voltage applied to the power amplifier. The supply voltage is varied based on operating temperature in light of the temperature characteristics of the power amplifier. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996389 | Power supply for a satellite receiver A power supply for a satellite receiver system includes a dual input supply voltage arrangement. When a higher output voltage is selected, a source of a lower supply input voltage is coupled to an input main current conducting terminal of a series pass transistor. O... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993357 | Mobile radio communication terminal In a mobile radio communication terminal includes a feeding controller 7 with a feeding control table. In the feeding control table 7 is stored the on/off state of the power to each circuit in correspondence with all operation modes for the apparatus. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993316 | Method and apparatus for backup power in a communication system A digital receiver unit (28) having a backup energy source (214) for use in a vehicle (250) that operates on a primary energy source (216) includes a receiver (203) powered by the primary energy source when the vehicle is operating... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993289 | System including a wall switch device and a system including a power outlet device and methods for using the same A system including a wall switch device, a system including a power outlet device, and methods for using are described. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one wall switch device and a wireless transceiver base. The wall switch device is fastened to a wa... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990362 | Communication unit energy conservation apparatus and method A communication unit (10) can have at least a first receiver (11) and a second receiver (12). The latter typically consumes more power than the former during ordinary operation. Pursuant to one embodiment a communication unit can use the lower-p... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6985758 | Mobile device power saving A method is provided for power saving in a mobile device (10) for use in conjunction with a plurality of beacon devices (12, 14, 20), together with devices for use in such systems. The mobile device detects and receives data from such beacon devices in... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985757 | Smart host power supply detection for PC card wireless modem Methods of and apparatuses for characterizing the power supplying capabilities of host power supplies providing power to wireless modems. According to an exemplary method, an equivalent series resistance of the power supply is determined and compared to a plurality ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985751 | Combined open and closed loop power control with differential measurement A power control system and method for a wireless telephone employs an open loop technique for relatively low power levels and a closed loop technique at higher power levels. In the open loop technique, a wireless telephone (104, 106, 108) stores a phasing tab... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6985456 | Method to reduce interference and increase effective capacity of power line networking systems A method of power control for use in a communications network having plural transceiver communications nodes therein, including, in an initiator node, transmitting a first signal at a first power level to a responder node; in the responder node, measuring and storin... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6980839 | Apparatus, system and method for use in powering on a remote wireless device A method, apparatus, and system for use in providing wireless communication while reducing power consumption includes an in-band system and an out-of-band system, wherein the out-of-band system receives an out-of-band wireless communication and activates the in-band... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980204 | Charging and communication cable system for a mobile computer apparatus A charging and communication cable system for a handheld computer system is disclosed. The charging and communication cable system includes a first interface for connecting to the handheld computer system, a second interface for connecting to another computer system... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979955 | Deriving power for a wireless network component from the power source of a fluorescent light Systems and methods are provided for deriving power for a wireless network component from the power source of a fluorescent light. Power couplings are electrically connected to the pins of a fluorescent lamp and to a power converter of the wireless network component... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978161 | Self-rechargeable portable telephone device with electricity generated by movements made in any direction A self-rechargeable portable telephone device in which electricity is generated by movements made in any direction, includes an eccentric pendulum transmission device which causes rotation of an output shaft in response to movement of the telephone body. The output ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978163 | Multi-purpose dongle for wireless headset Various devices are provided for conveniently storing, transporting and recharging wireless headsets and associated devices. According to some embodiments, a dongle is formed to receive a portion of a wireless headset, thereby bringing together electrical contacts o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977551 | Dual band power amplifier module for wireless communication devices A power amplifier module for amplifying radio frequency signals includes first and second radio frequency power amplifiers with one or more semiconductor transistors, adapted to receive an input radio frequency signal and a processed power-sensing control signal and... | 12/20/2005 |
