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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437132 | Receiving device, semiconductor integrated circuit, transmitting/receiving device, transport apparatus portable transmitting/receiving device, communication system and receiving method A receiving device includes a receiver circuit for outputting a received signal as a reception electric field intensity signal, an operation control circuit for controlling an operation of the receiver circuit, and an intermittent reception control circuit for outpu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7391746 | Power saving method in wireless LAN system for permitting terminal station to promptly transition to doze state by transmitting empty data frame A power saving method in a wireless LAN system is disclosed for permitting a terminal station to promptly transition to a doze state irrespective of the presence or absence of data destined to the terminal station in a base station. Upon receipt of a PS-Poll signal ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7378964 | Very low power active RFID receiver A receiver includes two receiving modules, where the first receiving module is extremely parsimonious on battery power and as long as it is successful in developing a proper output signal at a given port maintains the second receiving module off, or substantially of... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372818 | Mobile vehicle quiescent cycle control method The present invention provides a method of accessing a quiescent mobile vehicle using a wireless communication system. At least one transmit power parameter of a vehicle communication device is determined. At least one sleep duration value is calculated based on the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366549 | Integrated mobile terminal device and method for controlling external display unit An integrated mobile terminal device including an external display unit, a personal digital assistant (PDA) unit and a cellular phone unit combined with one another, and a timer controlled by either the PDA unit or the cellular phone unit for enabling the PDA unit a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356319 | Reduced power consumption A radio frequency receiver for receiving supplementary data transmitted with a radio station signal. The supplementary data includes one or more information word fields containing supplementary data transmitted with the radio station signal. The receiver includes a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347373 | Method and system for utilizing a digital camera for retrieving and utilizing barcode information A method and system for utilizing an image capture device for obtaining information relating to an item having a barcode corresponding to a barcode number is described. The method and system includes capturing an image of the barcode and converting the image of the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339480 | Power processing interface for passive radio frequency identification system A power processing interface for a radio frequency identification system is provided. The power processing interface includes a resonance circuit for inducing a first signal transmitted from a terminal as an AC voltage, a first rectifier circuit electrically connect... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7319889 | System and method for conserving battery power in a mobile station In one embodiment, a mobile station including a chassis having a display, a power reducer, a proximity sensor, and a microprocessor. The power reducer controls power consumption of the display. The proximity sensor is coupled to the chassis and causes the power cons... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310535 | Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in a wireless device A wireless apparatus is described comprising: an RF subsystem to support communication over a wireless network according to a specified network protocol; a Host subsystem to execute program code; and an interface to provide communication of control signals between t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295129 | Battery operated device with a battery life indicator A countdown timer for high performance flashlights and similar battery-operated devices that is initialized with a runtime figure equal to the life expectancy of installed linear depletion-curve cells, that is always on and visible, that counts down whenever the fla... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7269203 | Receiver for receiving a spectrum dispersion signal A receiver for the CDMA system, in order to reduce a power consumption during a suspension period of intermittent receiving operation, monitors a suspension period t1 by means of a low-power timer 51 so that a VC-TCXO 1, a reference signal group... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7212786 | Wireless communication system and microcomputer Providing a wireless communication device that, even if clock stop of a radio frequency part is controlled by a baseband part operating on the same clock signal, can resume clock oscillation, and makes it easy to time the clock reactivation to other operations based... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209187 | System for selectively extinguishing a light source that illuminates a television power button A system for selectively illuminates a light source that illuminates a power indicator of a video apparatus when the indicator distracts a viewer. The power button illumination is selectively set to be extinguished or illuminated when the video apparatus is powered ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203516 | Multi-functional mobile terminal for independently operating heterogeneous devices and method for executing independent operation using the same A multi-functional mobile terminal for independently operating heterogeneous devices, including a power-supply unit for selectively providing a power-supply signal for a corresponding module according to a power-supply entry signal; a personal information terminal m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197323 | Wireless communication method and system for coordinating paging occasions on a common paging channel A method of paging a plurality of users by synchronizing user equipment (UE) specific paging and Point-to-Multipoint (PtM) user group paging to reduce power consumption when the UE is in a discontinuous reception state. The UE identities are defined such that paging... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190979 | Battery economizing in a communications system In communications systems such as telemetry systems in which a receiver (34) is periodically energised to receive transmissions from a central station, the receiver includes a power control means (12) for controlling the energisation of the receiver, a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176785 | Device control system While a general-purpose interface circuit and another general-purpose interface circuit are provided so as to transmit/receive data between a host appliance and a device appliance, when the general-purpose interface of the device appliance happens to hang up, a cont... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167079 | Method of setting the output power of a pager to aid in the installation of a wireless system A method of setting up a remotely controlled wireless thermostat system for regulating heating and cooling a building. A radio equipped pager is connected to the programmable controller of the thermostat and a self test is conducted to determine if the system can su... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167732 | Method for enhanced power saving on DCF based wireless networks A method for enhanced power saving on DCF based wireless networks is disclosed. The method divides a beacon transmitting section in an Announcement Traffic Indication Message (hereinafter, referred to as “ATIM”) window period defined by IEEE standard 802.11 acco... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164348 | Inconspicuous tactile notification for speaking engagements With the increasing popularity of multimedia presentations at business meetings and conferences, presenters often wish to be free to move about during their presentation. Moderators at a presentation or conference can use this invention to communicate with the prese... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7158806 | Dispatch call setup method A call setup method (50) makes an early detection if a mobile call is to be placed (52). The mobile unit (10) then checks to insure that the battery life of the mobile unit is above a threshold level (56). If the battery level is sufficie... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151378 | Implantable energy management system and method An implantable energy supply system having at least two cells is disclosed. The system may have a switch with a first state in which the cells are electrically connected to a load, and a second state in which each cell is electrically connected with its own charger.... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149555 | Mobile phone capable of stopping main clock signal A mobile phone has at least one main clock system and operating based on a main clock signal of the main clock system. The main clock system includes a main counter for counting main clocks of the main clock signal; and a power saving section for stopping generation... | 12/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7110725 | Method and apparatus for multipath signal detection, identification, and monitoring for wideband code division multiple access systems Methods to generate a mobile time reference are provided. A representative method includes providing a high frequency clock, providing a low frequency clock, generating a mobile time reference using the high frequency clock, maintaining the mobile time reference usi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111179 | Method and apparatus for optimizing performance and battery life of electronic devices based on system and application parameters An electronic device (e.g., computer system, etc.) employing dynamic power management of the present invention adjusts power consumption in accordance with an analysis of parameters and events occurring over one or more time-periods. Preferably, the electronic devic... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107029 | Reduced power consumption A radio frequency receiver for receiving supplementary data transmitted with a radio station signal, said supplementary data comprising one or more information word fields containing supplementary data transmitted with the radio station signal, said receiver compris... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102535 | Mobile communication apparatus, monitoring apparatus, monitoring system, monitoring method, monitoring program, and computer-readable recording medium containing the monitoring program A mobile communication device (3) can be disconnected form a vehicle monitoring apparatus (1) arranged on vehicle for sensing the state of the vehicle as a monitoring object and transmitting sensing data representing the sensing result. The mobile comm... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095804 | Method and apparatus for spread spectrum radio signal recovery in wideband spread spectrum communication systems Systems and methods to recover spread spectrum radio signals are provided. A representative system includes an antenna, a radio frequency subsystem, a baseband subsystem, and at least one peripheral device. The radio frequency subsystem is coupled to the antenna and... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7068116 | Oscillation circuit and semiconductor device free from the influence of source voltage, temperature and fluctuations in the inverter threshold voltage An oscillation circuit capable of outputting an oscillation signal of constant frequency free from the influence of source voltage, temperature, and nonuniformity and fluctuation in inverter threshold voltage. An inverter inverts a voltage applied to one end of a ca... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057513 | RF transmission—reception device This invention relates to an RF transmission-reception device an antenna, a transmission part that includes a power amplifier that outputs an RF signal with modulated power to the antenna, a reception part, a digital processing and interface module, in which the inp... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058374 | Low noise switching voltage regulator A low-noise switching voltage regulator for supplying a voltage to a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention can be conceptualized as a power amplifier supply circuit, comprising a pair of oppositely polarized semiconducto... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053753 | Wireless community alerting system A pager-based alert system includes a monitor center that is in telephonic or data communication with a paging station allowing the command center to send multi-digit code words where selected digits comprise an address for selecting one or more of a plurality of ph... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054977 | Method of handling data in a network device A network device for handling data and a method for handling data in a network device are disclosed. The network device includes at least one media port and at least one high speed docking station, communicating with the at least one media port. At least one master ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054630 | Selective processing of the common control channel Methods and apparatus are presented to reduce the amount of processing required by a remote station to successfully decode the Common Control Channel (CCCH). During periods when a remote station does not implement any update requests, CCCH messages are discarded. Du... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050782 | System and method for performing power management without losing data, connectivity or reachability A system and method for performing power management in a communication system without losing data is disclosed. The G.Lite system is an exemplary system suitable for implementing the present invention because it includes at least one operational state and an idle st... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046239 | Electronic apparatus An electronic device includes a display having a memory function and a communications capability. Display functions are controlled based on a state of the operation of the device and/or based on a state of received data. Also disclosed is a method of selectively dis... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7030592 | Battery charger amusement device A battery charger amusement has a receptacle adapted to receive a rechargeable battery and an electronic circuit communicating information stored within the device that is independent of charge status. The battery charger can include a motion actuator so as to move ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7016687 | Portable locator system and method A tracking and locating system and method which provides for a lightweight and portable tracking locator device. The locating system is easily transferable from one user to another user or from a first object to second object. The locating system also provides power... | 03/21/2006 |
