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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190095 | RF audio distribution system including IR presence detection A wireless communication access point is provided with an infrared beacon transmitter to signal a connection request to a portable wireless device, such as a microphone, using an IR room code. In response to this IR room code, the portable wireless device broadcasts... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8175533 | Wireless transceiver within an electrical receptacle system An electrical receptacle assembly having a housing that includes a wireless transceiver electrically coupled to one or more antennas that can be integrated into the receptacle housing itself or in the receptacle's faceplate. The one or more antennas can be one or mo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8116690 | Adaptive radio transceiver with floating mosfet capacitors An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8090321 | Transmitting sports and entertainment data to wireless hand held devices over a telecommunications network A method and system for wirelessly providing venue-based data to one or more hand held devices. Venue-based data can be acquired from one or more venues. The venue-based data can be authenticated and wirelessly transmitted to one or more hand held devices through on... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086184 | Transmitting sports and entertainment data to wireless hand held devices over a telecommunications network A method and system for wirelessly providing venue-based data to one or more hand held devices. Venue-based data can be acquired from one or more venues. The venue-based data can be authenticated and wirelessly transmitted to one or more hand held devices through on... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086183 | Apparatus and method for perceiving and reporting neighborhood object An apparatus and method for perceiving and reporting a neighborhood object, the apparatus including: a message analysis unit to analyze information of an alive message received from the neighborhood object and to determine if the analyzed information lies within a p... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068787 | Power supply device and wireless communication system A power supply device and a wireless communication system are provided. The power supply device includes a data input port, a power over Ethernet control module, a network port, a decoder circuit and a signal strength indicator unit. The power over Ethernet control ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055200 | System and method for transmitting signals to an appliance A transmitter apparatus effective for activating a remotely situated appliance includes a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. The RF transmitter is configured to be mounted to a structural element of a building and configured to receive an actuation by a user to wirel... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7979030 | Circuit for transmitting a RFID signal A circuit for transmitting a RFID signal while conserving the battery power for a circuit in continuous operation is disclosed herein. The circuit includes a RFID component, a microprocessor, an accelerometer and a battery. The battery preferably has no more than 22... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7933556 | Remote video access capability for a wireless video monitoring/cordless phone system A multimode cordless telephone system that can be used for remote video monitoring. The system includes a base station, at least one camera that is in wireless communication, at least periodically, with the base station, and a cordless handset, having a viewing scre... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925216 | Mobile receiver solutions for accessing broadband video-on-demand services A communication system (10) includes a controller (10, 160) for communicating a selection list to a wireless device (28, 36). The wireless device includes a user interface (280) for selecting a selection from a selection list (452)... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904025 | Method and system for terminating PPP session in dormant state of mobile communication terminal Disclosed is a PPP session termination system and method in a dormant state of a mobile communication terminal. The PPP session termination system in the dormant state of the mobile communication terminal includes a mobile communication terminal processing module. W... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7844225 | Radio for a motor vehicle A radio for a motor vehicle includes a housing in which a radio module and a digital radio decoder are arranged. The radio module includes a radio-module low-frequency input and a radio-module low-frequency output for the emission of a low-frequency signal which is ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7792491 | Wireless printing using a mobile computing device A method and system for using a mobile computing device to wirelessly print data includes establishing a first wireless link with a printer system and establishing a second wireless link with a central computer system. User account data is transmitted to the central... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792492 | Network communication system with an alignment signal to allow a controller to provide messages to nodes and transmission of the messages over four independent frequencies A communication system with at least one controller and a plurality of nodes provides a procedure to enable the controller to connect and send messages to individual nodes to establish and maintain a communication link. The controller further receives an indication ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769349 | Apparatus and method for storing and reading out data in a mobile terminal Disclosed is a mobile terminal and in particular a data storing and reading method of a mobile terminal which makes it possible to perform mutual data exchange between a mobile terminal and a personal computer (PC) by using a universal serial bus interface (USB). Fo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747222 | Detection and estimation of radio frequency variations A system includes a sampling module, a counter module, and a frequency characteristic module. The sampling module samples radio frequency (RF) signals on a first channel for a first predetermined period and a second predetermined period that is subsequent to the fir... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734256 | System for interfacing with an audio player, and method of manufacturing same A system for interfacing with an audio player comprises a housing (110, 410) containing a first connector (111, 411), a transmission device (120, 420) including a second connector (121, 421) capable of removable engagement with the first ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7668511 | Network communication system with nodes transmitting randomly generated information (RGI) and controllers transmitting a copy of the RGI for identification purposes A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a communication controller. In the network, signals are transmitted from the communication controller to identify a slot of a frame in which individual... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7590385 | System for sharing human perceptual signals between electronic devices A consumer electronics device makes content available and include a control unit and a transmitter. The control unit is able to create a representation of a human perceptual signal and instruct the transmitter to broadcast the representation. The device is able to a... | 09/15/2009 |
| RE40836 | Apparatus and methods for providing text information identifying audio program selections Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing text information which identifies audio program selections, such as musical selections, stored on a compact disk (CD). Digital identification numbers encoded on the disk are provided by a compact disk player to a dig... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555267 | Network communication system wherein a node obtains resources for transmitting data by transmitting two reservation requests A network node in a communication system makes two reservation requests to a controller node in order for the network node to obtain resources from the controller to transmit data. In the network, downstream signals are transmitted from the controller to identify a ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7512381 | Monitoring mobile terminals via local wireless access points The present invention allows an application to access a local wireless access point to monitor the status of a mobile terminal. The status of the mobile terminal bears on the relative presence or location of the mobile terminal with respect to a local wireless acces... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7444146 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444175 | Foldable mobile terminal with antennas and a selector selecting a diversity transceiving system based on folding-out or folding-in terminal A foldable mobile terminal comprises a pair of housings which are coupled through a hinge to make the terminal foldable, at least one antenna arranged on each of the housings, a switch connected to the antenna, at least one radio unit mounted on one of the housing a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440726 | Information providing method for transmitting broadcast signals being received by a user The name of a broadcasting station, transmitting broadcast signals being received by a user, is to be informed extremely readily to the user. A radio receiver (2) transmits frequency data corresponding to the frequency of FM broadcast signals being received, ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430400 | WiFi collaboration method to reduce RF interference with wireless adapter A system and method for preventing a wireless controller system and WiFi radio system within a console from interfering with each other. The WiFi system is prevented from activating its transmitter during the controller receive times by detecting a signal sent to th... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428412 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426369 | Bluetooth appliance having non-memory programmable identification address storing device and telecommunication method thereof An appliance having programmable identification address storing non-memory includes a non-memory programmable address storing device. An ID address of the appliance is programmed using an electric fuse even when the appliance does not include non-volatile memory (NV... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426387 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426388 | Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. Th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421286 | Telephone alert system A telephone alert system for remotely signaling a person when their mobile phone receives a call includes a vibration detection assembly adapted for detecting vibrations and sending a wireless signal when vibrations are detected. The vibration detection assembly is ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421247 | Wireless switch A wireless switch comprising: a sensor for sensing a change of a state of a barrier; a selector positionable between a first position and a second position; a transmitter operatively coupled to the sensor and selector; and wherein the transmitter transmits a first w... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421273 | Managing priority queues and escalation in wireless communication systems A method and system for servicing data traffic in wireless local area networks (such as IEEE 802.11 networks) in multiple queues having different levels of priority. These queues include at least a low priority queue for ‘best effort’ traffic, a medium priority ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418277 | Hands-free apparatus working with Bluetooth earphone A hands-free apparatus working with Bluetooth earphone includes a Bluetooth earphone, a transmission element, and a car audio. Wherein the bluetooth earphone includes a connector plug for a first connector of a transmission element to connect with, and a second conn... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409064 | Music reproduction apparatus, audio player, and headphone A music reproduction apparatus comprises an audio player and a headphone. The audio player comprises a circular main body, a display panel provided at a front face of the main body, an operating switch rotatably provided at a periphery of the display panel, and a wi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400859 | Combined modulator and MP3 player having socket power supply adapter and/or universal connector A combined digital audio file player and modulator. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus comprising: an elongate housing having a distal end and a proximal end; a socket power adapter located at a distal end of the elongate housing; an interface port in ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7376388 | Broadcasting venue data to a wireless hand held device Methods and systems for broadcasting venue-based data to a wireless hand held devices are disclosed herein. Data transmitted from one or more venue-based data sources may be received by at least one hand held device present within a venue, such as a sports stadium o... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373123 | Multiple tuners in a single radio receiver A radio receiver having multiple AM/FM tuners. A first tuner and a second tuner may be connected with an antenna for generating a first and second composite audio output signal. A dual input digital signal processor may be connected with the first tuner and the seco... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373110 | Personal communication system, device and method A personal communication system has first and second portable communication devices, each device including a display, a wireless transceiver, a memory having a plurality of stored audio files, a means to select one of the audio files, the audio file selection means ... | 05/13/2008 |
