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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369566 | Method and system for DSL power saving Method and system for reducing power dissipation for data transmission from a transmitter to a receiver in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system when a rate of available data is below a first predetermined data rate for a predetermined length of time. The method in... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7288857 | Self-latching power supply apparatus A self-latching power supply apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an activation transistor in electrical communication with an input voltage source and a battery-switching transistor. Voltage detection circuitry may be intermediate the input voltage sourc... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7269447 | Portable telephone terminal and power supply method A portable telephone terminal where power is supplied from a series power supply when the portable telephone terminal is in a wait state or a state where processors and the like are not in full operation. When the processors and the like are in a busy operating cond... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7187374 | Portable terminal device A portable terminal device suppresses increase in power consumption of a plurality of CPU while keeping favorable usability for the user of the device. The device includes a communication CPU to execute communication processing, an application CPU to execute applica... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7155242 | Apparatus and method for manipulating transmission power in a wireless communication device An apparatus and method are disclosed for improving signal transmission on a wireless device such as a personal digital assistant, wireless messaging device, or cellular phone. An initial transmission power level is selected based on received signal strength. If sub... | 12/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7088256 | Portable electronic device and method of operation therefore A portable electronic device (100) comprises an attached device (190,195), a vibrator (175), and a processor (105) coupled between the attached device (190, 195) and the vibrator (175). The processor (105) is adapted ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6981085 | Carrying case for portable electronic devices A case for an electronic device, which includes a first protective material that maintains the electronic device within the case, and at least one controlling interface that is in electrical communication with said electronic device, and disposed on the first protec... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973301 | System for altering operational aspects of a mobile electronic device based upon location A system for altering an operational aspect of a mobile electronic device based on the location of the device and the proximity of the device to certain components is disclosed. The invention provides a system for altering an operational aspect of a mobile electroni... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6898446 | Portable telephone with a battery alarm function indicating lowest level for communication A portable telephone apparatus including a battery alarm function wherein consumption of a battery apparatus through use of an additional function other than a talking function can be prevented to assure a lowest operation voltage for the talking function. The porta... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6775545 | 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... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6717520 | Method and apparatus for selectively providing an audible low power alert to a user of an electronic device An electronic device (103, 200) employs a method and apparatus for selectively audibly alerting a user as to the status of the device's DC power source (119). The device receives input from the user indicating a time period during which the audible low... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6697617 | Notification of a low-battery and maintaining communication in a wireless network A system and method for notifying a remote device of a low battery capacity condition in a wireless communications system is disclosed. A detector monitors the capacity of the battery in a wireless device receiving operational power from the battery for a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6473058 | Information display device and display control method An information display device can be structured as an electronic book which has a first screen and a second screen made of liquid crystal with a memory effect. A dry battery can be used as its power source section. The remaining electric power of the batt... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6294992 | High power control signal transmission and low power data signal transmission in a wireless security system A method, apparatus and system for maximizing transmission power levels in wireless security systems wherein the transmitted power is adjusted depending on the type of signal being transmitted in order to comply with power level restrictions imposed by ag... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6223025 | Radio selective-calling receiver with stable operation of controller at low voltages A radio selective-calling receiver which is capable of supplying sufficient power to a controller to provide stable operation of the controller. The operation/non-operation of a DC/DC converter is controlled by a battery saving operation timing control si... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6173170 | Radio telephone apparatus capable of detecting a drop of power source voltage An automobile radio telephone apparatus capable of detecting a drop of power source voltage to prevent a telephone channel from being occupied wastefully and to thereby enhance efficient use of channels with regard to the operation of an automobile radio ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6160490 | Apparatus for improving the battery life of a selective call receiver A selective call receiver (100) operating from a battery (102), includes a battery monitor (114), a radio receiver (108), a regulator (104), a capacitor (105) coupled to the regulator and the radio receiver, and a processor (116) for controlling the foreg... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6104937 | Power-saving method and circuit In a communication network including a plurality of stations each having a transceiver, the transceiver includes transmission and reception detectors and a power controller. The power controller powers off the transceiver except for the transmission and r... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6029049 | Wireless selective call receiver with speech notice function in which power supply voltage is determined in loading state In a wireless selective call receiver with a speech notice function, a receiving section operates based on the power from a power supply section, and receives a radio signal to determine whether an own call number is contained in the received radio signal... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5966078 | Battery saving circuit for a dangerous condition warning device In a processor controlled, battery operated dangerous condition warning device employing a DC-to-DC converter, the converter selectively operates at two voltage outputs. A first output voltage is used when a sensor is polled and when audio visual devices,... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5960327 | Method for a transceiver to select a channel A transceiver (10) used in an RF messaging system transmits unscheduled messages on a channel selected by the transceiver (10). The transceiver(10) examines a number of factors prior to selecting a channel, including the power available from its battery (... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5955964 | Selective-calling radio receiver capable of vibration warning A radio selective calling receiver that enables to restrain the vibration strength change of a warning vibrator independent of the supply voltage change of a dc power supply. This receiver contains a warning controller for controlling a specified warning ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5929775 | Radio paging receiver with display A radio paging receiver capable of giving an intense impact to a user so as to stimulate the user to exchange a cell and to prevent a negligence of the cell exchange and preventing an inoperative receiving due to a source voltage drop and a cleared state ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5917433 | Asset monitoring system and associated method The asset monitoring system and associated method includes an asset monitor for providing a remotely located central station with information relating to a container, such as a trailer, both during tethered periods in which the energy storage reservoir of... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5905437 | Pager with low voltage alarm It is disclosed that a pager comprises: a receiving portion (1, 2) for receiving a radio wave paging signal and supplying a paging signal; an outputting portion (3, 6, 5) for outputting information when the paging signal is directed thereto; a power suppl... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5898930 | Portable telephone unit for preserving data that is renewed during conversation A buffer memory, an electrically erasable and writable ROM, a capacitor for holding a voltage, and a voltage detection circuit for detecting the voltage of a battery for a power source are provided in a portable telephone unit. During conversation, data t... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5870685 | Mobile station operations management based on battery capacity The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the operations of a battery-powered mobile station based on the capacity of its battery. In accordance with the present invention, the mobile station monitors the capacity of its batter... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5808542 | Alarm tone generating circuit for a radio paging receiver An alarm tone generating circuit for generating and controlling the intensity of an alarm tone during radio paging operations in a radio paging receiver, as the power supply voltage of a battery varies over time. The alarm tone generating circuit for a ra... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5778309 | Gain adjustment method in two-way communication systems A method for reducing the dynamic range required of a receiver circuit in a remote transceiver in 2-way communication between local and remote transceivers. By repeatedly transmitting a signal with successively increasing power from one transceiver until ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5778312 | Radio selective call receiver having function to detect power voltage A radio selective call receiver having a function to detect a power voltage according to the present invention compriss an input switch circuit 5 for selecting either a demodulated signal or power voltage and applying its selected signal or voltage to an ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5774798 | Low power data receiver combined with audio receiver A combined audio receiver and data receiver act in cooperation to serve audio presentation, digital collateral data presentation, and paging functions. The data receiver activates intermittently according to a time-division multiplexed broadcast protocol ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5627528 | Selective call receiver capable of suspending acknowledge-back signals and method therefor A selective call system (100) having at least two base sites (120, 122, 124) for communicating with a plurality of selective call receivers (108) wherein at least one of the plurality of selective call receivers having acknowledge-back capability. A base ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5623533 | Mobile communication end device with low power operation mode In a mobile wireless communication end device having an electric power source including a cell, and a signal processing part and a transmitting-receiving part, to which electric power is applied from the electric power source, operation is performed in op... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5590401 | Selective-calling receiver with battery switching upon CPU stop detection A radio selective calling receiver including an exchangeable first battery and a second battery which can be charged by the first battery. A CPU stops operating at a stop voltage. A RAM stores a user data. A stop detector detects operational stop of the C... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5585749 | High current driver providing battery overload protection A high current driver (100) for driving a high current load (110) in an electronic device powered by a battery (112) comprises a voltage reference (104) for generating a reference voltage, and a drive current controller (102, 302) responsive to a drive co... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5551077 | Portable telephone equipment with condition restoration After recovery from a power failure in a main power source, if it is a short break, recovery time is obtained from a built-in clock and the period of the short break is calculated from this recovery time and the time when the short break occurred. If the ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5532685 | Call alarming apparatus for paging system A call alarming apparatus for a paging system, includes a receiver, an alarming circuit, a drive circuit, a controller, a first power supply, a second power supply, and a rectifier. The receiver receives a call number as a radio signal. The alarming circu... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5442345 | Low voltage alerting device in a paging receiver and method therefor A paging receiver with a motor and buzzer for saving a battery voltage by alerting a low voltage state of the battery. A low voltage detector compares the battery voltage with a reference voltage to generate a low voltage detection signal when the battery... | 08/15/1995 |
