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Class 455/899 - MISCELLANEOUS


Subclass of Class 455 - Telecommunications
Definition: Subject matter relating to systems, instruments, or elements
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 11/02/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7826877Transmitting 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...
11/02/2010
7376388Broadcasting 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
7197334Method and system for supporting wireless network services in a network through another network having a different network technology
The present invention provides a system and method for migrating a control of a wireless communication service provided to a mobile station (MS) in a first network depending on a first technology to a second network depending on a second technology. When receiving a...
03/27/2007
7133800Sensor web
a Sensor Web formed of a number of different sensor pods. Each of the sensor pods include a clock which is synchronized with a master clock so that all of the sensor pods in the Web have a synchronized clock. The synchronization is carried out by first using a coars...
11/07/2006
7120560Lamp monitoring and control system and method
A system and method for remotely monitoring and/or controlling an apparatus and specifically for remotely monitoring and/or controlling street lamps. The lamp monitoring and control system comprises lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lam...
10/10/2006
7113893Lamp monitoring and control unit and method
A unit and method for remotely monitoring and/or controlling an apparatus and specifically for remotely monitoring and/or controlling street lamps. The lamp monitoring and control unit comprises a processing and sensing unit for sensing at least one lamp parameter o...
09/26/2006
7061386Air freshener dispenser equipped with an indicator circuit for indicating an incoming call on a nearby cellular telephone
There is described an air freshener dispenser, in particular of the type fittable to vehicle air inlets, which has an indicator circuit for indicating an incoming call on a cellular telephone in the vicinity of the air freshener dispenser. ...
06/13/2006
7054661Method and system for supporting wireless network services in a network through another network having a different network technology
The present invention provides a system and method for migrating a control of a wireless communication service provided to a mobile station (MS) in a first network depending on a first technology to a second network depending on a second technology. When receiving a...
05/30/2006
6990355Flexible printed circuit board and foldable cell phone terminal
A flexible printed circuit board has first and second connection portions 18 and 19 where contacts are exposed and first and second path portions 16 and 17 where conductor patterns 11 are arranged that connect the contacts 11
01/24/2006
6934510Watching method of baseball using mobile communication means of motion picture
A baseball game spectating method is composed of input means (score maker system) such as a mobile terminal capable of electronically inputting states of a baseball game successively, the step of successively inputting motions of players and the other information us...
08/23/2005
6913578Method for customizing audio systems for hearing impaired
Improved approaches to assist those having hearing loss are disclosed. One approach pertains to providing customization of personal audio systems for a hearing impaired individual. Another approach pertains to designing and producing an audio product that includes c...
07/05/2005
6889174Remotely controllable distributed device monitoring unit and system
A unit and method for remotely monitoring and/or controlling an apparatus and specifically for remotely monitoring and/or controlling street lamps. The lamp monitoring and control unit comprises a processing and sensing unit for sensing at least one lamp parameter o...
05/03/2005
6873884Computer-equipped mobility device and method of connecting to a network
A computer-equipped mobility device for transporting an occupant of the device over a distance and for providing access to a network comprises a personal mobility device, a computer, and an activation member. The computer is coupled to the personal mobility device a...
03/29/2005
6859640Demodulation capacity of an electromagnetic transponder
An electromagnetic transponder including an oscillating circuit adapted to extracting from a radiating field a high-frequency amplitude-modulated signal, circuitry for extracting from said high-frequency signal an approximately D.C. supply voltage, a demodulator of ...
02/22/2005
6784591Gravitational wave generator utilizing submicroscopic energizable elements
A gravitational wave generating device comprising an energizing means which act upon energizable elements such as molecules, atoms, nuclei or nuclear particles in order to create nuclear reactions or collisions, the products of which can move in a single preferred d...
08/31/2004
6402691In-home patient monitoring system
A system for remotely monitoring the medical condition of a number of individual patients from a centralized location. The system includes a plurality of remote monitoring units that each include both a wireless transmission device and a conventional mode...
06/11/2002
6310440System for individual and remote control of spaced lighting fixtures
A plurality of spaced ceiling mounted fixtures or other controllable electrical appliances have radiation detectors mounted within each fixture and wired internally of the fixture to a dimming circuit or to a ballast. The radiation detectors have sensitiv...
10/30/2001
6166643Method and apparatus for controlling the whereabouts of an animal
An apparatus for controlling the whereabouts of an animal is affixed to the animal and selectively administers appropriate aversive stimuli effective to deter the animal from encroachment of boundaries in accordance with predetermined conditions based on ...
12/26/2000
6148253On-vehicle control system
An on-vehicle control system for controlling various apparatuses mounted on a vehicle contains a front control unit for a front seat passenger and a rear control unit for a rear seat passenger. The front control unit is provided with the functions necessa...
11/14/2000
6112102Multi-band non-uniform helical antennas
According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, non-uniform helical antennas are described for use in two or more frequency hyperbands. For example, non-uniform helical antennas can be designed according to the present invention for usage in ...
08/29/2000
6064308RF signaling system and system for controlling the whereabouts of animals using same
An RF signaling system and system for controlling the whereabouts of animals utilizing same functions, in a preferred embodiment, by efficiently establishing well-defined electronic boundaries using small, battery powered transmitters transmitting constan...
05/16/2000
5991602Method of and system for communication between points along a fluid flow
A method of communicating data between points along a fluid flow includes providing a plurality of remotely writable and readable data storage units capable of flowing in the fluid flow; remotely writing data to the data storage units as they pass a first...
11/23/1999
5963871Retractable multi-band antennas
According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, retractable antennas are described for use in two or more frequency hyperbands. The retractable antennas can include a whip antenna, operable when the retractable antenna is extended and a non-u...
10/05/1999
5845220Communication method and apparatus with signals comprising scalar and vector potentials without electromagnetic fields
Information that changes as a function of time is communicated from a transmitting site to a receiving site by transmitting a signal comprising scalar and vector potentials without including ay electromagnetic field. The potentials vary as a function of t...
12/01/1998
5716725Method apparatus for indicating improper coupling of a power source to an electronic device
An electronic device (100) coupled to a power source (130) having a positive terminal and a negative terminal includes a positive connector (150) for coupling to the positive terminal of the power source (130) and a negative connector (160) for coupling t...
02/10/1998
5686891System for locating an object
A system for locating an object. The system includes an electronic device, a wireless transmitter for outputting a transmitted signal, and a receiver wherein one of the receiver or the transmitter is mounted within the electronic device and the other is p...
11/11/1997
5638050System for locating an object
A system for locating an object, particularly a remote control, has a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the receiver has circuitry implementing power saving features. The receiver includes circuitry for turning off portions of the circuitry not essentia...
06/10/1997
5512880Wrist baby monitor
A baby monitor receiver in the form of a wristwatch. A holder including a stand and cradle is provided for the receiver so that it may be stood on a flat surface or clipped to the clothing of the person attending to the baby....
04/30/1996
5467076Realty sign lighting/anti-theft assembly
The realty sign lighting and display assembly is in the form of a real estate standard having a vertical post and a horizontal cross-arm from which depends a display panel. The cross-arm is specially constructed to incorporate within it anti-theft and dis...
11/14/1995
5404547System for storing different categories of routines in internal and external memories respectively and executing the routines based upon impact by generated noise
This invention relates to electronic equipment comprising microprocessors, and more specifically microprocessors employed within radio receiver circuits, incorporating on-chip memory (301, 302, 303) and which have the ability to operate in either a single...
04/04/1995
5276717Method of and apparatus for generating neutrinos and/or antineutrinos, a neutrino modulation method, and a neutrino beam generator
Neutrinos and antineutrinos are generated by electromagnetic excitation of elementary subatomic particle magnetic moments in a DC magnetic field and causing the orientation energy of magnetic moments resulting from such excitation to be converted into the...
01/04/1994
4282606Broadcast delay line
The disclosure relates to a digital delay line especially suitable for broadcasting live audio programs. The memory of the digital delay line is of sufficient extent to produce a delay of about 6 seconds or more. The device is provided with a Dump button ...
08/04/1981
4205268Neutrino communication arrangement
A communication system comprising an emitter and a receiver (detector) utilizing modulated beams of neutrino and antineutrino waves as information carriers between the emitter and the receiver. Generation of modulated neutrino and antineutrino beams in th...
05/27/1980
3970936Telecommunication using muon beams
Telecommunication is effected by generating a beam of mu mesons or muons, varying a property of the beam at a modulating rate to generate a modulated beam of muons, and detecting the information in the modulated beam at a remote location....
07/20/1976
 
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