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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107893 | Method and apparatus for transmission and reception of signals A method and apparatus for transmission and reception of signals. An AlGaN amplifier is connected to an antenna. The AlGaN amplifier amplifies signals for transmission over the antenna and signals received from the antenna. Switches are controlled to provide the amp... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8068792 | In-band signaling for data communications over digital wireless telecommunications networks An inband signaling modem communicates digital data over a voice channel of a wireless telecommunications network. An input receives digital data. An encoder converts the digital data into audio tones that synthesize frequency characteristics of human speech. The di... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8010058 | System and method for using meteor burst communications in a container tracking system A system and method for communications between a plurality of shipping containers and a central monitoring station using a meteor burst communication method is provided. The system may also be used as a redundancy scheme as a backup communications device for a prima... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7937046 | Wireless communication device for receiving mobile broadcasting signal and transmitting/receiving bluetooth signal with single antenna Provided is a wireless communication device for receiving a mobile broadcasting signal and transmitting/receiving a Bluetooth® signal through a single antenna, which allows separation of the two signals using a difference in their frequency bands. A diplexer separa... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925224 | Wireless communication system An apparatus to facilitate wireless communication where one side of the link is designed for ultra-low power consumption. The apparatus comprises two types of transceivers: a full function transceiver (called the “Controller”) and a reduced function transceiver ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7831215 | Tranceiver circuit for compensating IQ mismatch and carrier leakage and method for controlling the same Embodiments of methods, transceiver circuits, and systems can compensate an IQ mismatch (e.g., Tx or Rx) or a carrier leakage using a plurality of local oscillators. One embodiment of a transceiver can include a first up-conversion IQ mixer, a second up-conversion I... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831216 | Mobile-station-assisted low-cost-internet-base-station-(LCIB) location determination Methods and systems are provided for implementing mobile-station-assisted low-cost-Internet-base-station—(LCIB) location determination. In an embodiment, an LCIB receives location information over an air interface from a mobile station, the location information re... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7792498 | Apparatus for and method of automatic radio link establishment A novel and useful mechanism for automatically establishing a radio link between a communications device and a commercially available FM radio receiver, thereby eliminating the need to manually configure both the target FM radio receiver and the FM transmitter to a ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7729666 | Communication system and method of dynamic space-frequency-division multiple-access for uplink from terminals to base-station Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method of dynamic space-frequency-division multiple-access for the uplink from terminals to a base-station. The system includes a base-station and multiple terminals. According to different spatial mapping mo... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7697902 | Radio frequency remote control A control signal is wirelessly transmitted from a first radio communication unit of a portable communication device to a second radio communication unit. The portable communication device is provided for radio communication over a first radio frequency band using a ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7657235 | Communication network with arrangement for replacing a malfunctioning active master with a new active master A communication network includes a plurality of devices and a control unit for generating control signals to control the operation of the devices. Each device includes: a device operating circuit, a communication interface for receiving command signals for controlli... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7583937 | Digital interface and related event manager for integrated circuits In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving at a transceiver from a baseband processor digital control information that includes both event and schedule information, storing the digital control information in a storage of the transceiver... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7561855 | Transceiver module and integrated circuit with clock and data recovery clock diplexing An integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is usable in a transceiver module. The integrated circuit includes an input port that is configured to receive a data stream. A clock port on the integrated circuit is configured to receive a reference clock diplexed wit... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7496332 | Diplexer A diplexer contains a common terminal connected to an antenna, a first input/output terminal for inputting/outputting signals of a plurality of high frequency bands higher than a predetermined frequency, and a second input/output terminal for inputting/outputting si... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7477879 | Transceiver system with common receiver and transmitter oscillator A transceiver system including a common receiver and transmitter oscillator. The transceiver system may include transmitter circuitry, receiver circuitry, and a first oscillator. The first oscillator may provide a transmit frequency to a mixer in the transmitter cir... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7471931 | System and method for controlling transceivers based on a location indicator A system for controlling transceivers based on a location of the transceivers, as indicated by a location indicator, helps to reduce crosstalk interference in signals transmitted from central offices. The system utilizes a location indicator and logic. The location ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7440730 | Device, system and method of multiple transceivers control Briefly, some embodiments of the invention provide devices, systems and methods of multiple transceivers control. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may include determining whether interference is expected between an intended act... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437159 | Method and system for overcoming pilot pollution in a wireless communications network An apparatus and method for overcoming pilot pollution in a wireless communications network. The apparatus boosts a preferred pilot signal within a geographical area that is suffering from pilot pollution. The boosted pilot signal is stronger than the pollution in t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432955 | Portable communication terminal with camera and a method of controlling the same A portable communication terminal with a camera carries out an intermittent reception operation during standby reception in order to reduce power consumption. The portable communication terminal stops an operation clock (16) for a camera (8) right befo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421014 | Channel bonding of a plurality of multi-gigabit transceivers A method for channel bonding begins when a master transceiver receives a channel bonding sequence. The process continues with the master transceiver generating a channel bonding request and transmitting it and channel bonding configuration information to the slave t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7389087 | Adaptive radio transceiver with filtering 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 ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370200 | Validation for secure device associations The present invention provides for validating an association between computing devices using a succession of human-perceptible stimuli such as sounds, lights colors or shapes. Commands are sent from the initiating device to the responding device in encrypted message... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358852 | Tire pressure monitoring sensor diagnosis via vehicle antitheft and entry system A vehicle tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system, the system including an immobilizer transmitter that transmits at least one low frequency (LF) sensor diagnostic signal, at least one TPM sensor, wherein the at least one TPM sensor includes a transceiver that receive... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356347 | Efficient discovery of devices in a bluetooth environment A method and system whereby an initiator device discovers the user-friendly name of another device in a wireless network of devices, such as a Bluetooth network. Initially, the initiator device broadcasts an inquiry message that is received by the other device (the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352835 | Clock data recovery circuitry with dynamic support for changing data rates and a dynamically adjustable PPM detector Clock data recovery (CDR) circuitry can be provided with dynamic support for changing data rates caused by the interfacing of different protocols. The CDR circuitry, which operates in reference clock mode and data mode, can be controlled by two control signals that ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349673 | Adaptive radio transceiver with an antenna matching circuit 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 ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349718 | Portable telephone set A first housing 14 is provided with a first and a second terminals 11a, 11b to be connected with a first and a second external antennas. A second housing 13 is connected via a coaxial cable 9 with the first housing | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349717 | Front-end circuit for wireless transmission systems A functional block of a front-end circuit for a communication device, which is employed for multi-band and/or multi-mode operation, is proposed. By positioning, according to this invention, a pin diode switch in one of the parallel signal paths instead of positionin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347781 | Method and system for reality gaming on wireless devices A system, method and computer readable medium are provided for facilitating a multiplayer game over a wireless network. According to the method, a request to transfer information between two of the wireless devices is received during the multiplayer game (e.g., 8... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349688 | Mobile communications terminal, application program execution state control method, and execution state control computer program product In the mobile telephone 1 relating to the present invention, a control section 2 performs control for switching between a non-active state which refuses inputs to an application program, and an active state which permits inputs to an application progra... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343148 | Modification of portable communications device operation in vehicles Restrictions on use of a cellular telephone in a vehicle, such as an automobile, are imposed using a global position system (GPS) device to determine the location of a vehicle in relation to geographic regions in which legal or customer restrictions on cellular tele... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341522 | Game system with gaming machine interconnected to a cellular phone A game system correlates games played on cellular phones with games played on arcade game machines. The game system includes a game machine installed in an amusement arcade, to run a game based on at least points, a floor management unit installed in the amusement a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343171 | Method and system for interrupting a dispatch call The invention concerns a method (300) and system (100) for interrupting a dispatch call. The method can be practiced in a dispatch communications system (100) having at least a first communications channel (162) for carrying voice traffic... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336935 | Dynamic power control circuit of wireless communication device The present invention is to provide a dynamic power control circuit for a wireless communication device, which comprises a power detector, a comparator, a low pass filter and an adder disposed between a radio frequency auto-gain control circuit and an antenna thereo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336959 | Information transmission method for a wireless local network A communication network includes a plurality of transceivers in spaced-apart locations A transmission from one of the transceivers to a selected receiver destination can be optimized by sending the transmission along optimum quality path segments from transceiver to... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336931 | Electrical device comprising analog frequency conversion circuitry and method for deriving characteristics thereof An electrical device comprises analog conversion circuitry having an input and an output. The electrical device is essentially provided for converting a first input signal within a first frequency range applied to the input to a first output signal within a second f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333831 | Interchangeable receive inputs for band and system swappability in communication systems and related methods Interchangeable high band low-noise-amplifiers (LNAs) and low band low-noise-amplifiers (LNAs) and related methods are disclosed that greatly enhance the efficiency of designing handsets for different combinations of frequency bands. The input signals to particular ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333830 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing WLAN in a multi-mode radio system Methods and apparatus for synchronizing Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication within a multi-mode radio. A multi-mode radio can support communication with a WLAN and at least one other wireless communication system. The multiple systems can be distinct an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327991 | Pulse modulation circuit Provided is a pulse modulation circuit that improves the on/off operation and improves the on/off ratio of an output power of the entire pulse modulation circuit in the switching operation. The pulse modulation circuit inputs a local oscillation wave and a DC pulse ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328001 | Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through modification of consumer behavior encouraged by cell-based pricing advantages Changes in wireless service user behavior are encouraged and produced to shape utilization patterns among cells within a rate plan region by using shaping rules which define potential discounts from a standard charge rate under certain cell-specific utilization cond... | 02/05/2008 |