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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7956720 | Remote control system for a vehicle A remote control system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises a mobile device that transmits a signal ordering the vehicle to perform an opening operation, and an in-vehicle electronic device that performs the opening operation in response to the signal. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7310416 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless comm... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289761 | Systems, devices, and methods for selectively preventing data transfer from a medical device Systems and methods provide for the selective prevention of data transfer from a medical device to allow the patient to have privacy when desired. Theses systems and methods provide medical devices that can be instructed in various ways to stop recording data and/or... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286658 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network or other caller identifying data is received in a paging signal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268664 | Remote control system, on-vehicle equipment and remote control method In a remote control apparatus, for achieving remote control of an on-vehicle equipment, in accordance with a request received from a terminal other than the on-vehicle equipment, wherein a request receiver portion 101 receives control content from a stationar... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263367 | Systems and methods for setting a mode of operation of electronic devices Systems and methods are presented to regulate the usage of electronic devices when the device is located within a predetermined region of space. The sound or light emitted from, or range of motion of the electronic device, for example, may be regulated in the predet... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257210 | Picture phone with caller id Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the pictures are sent to a message center along with the caller ID of the mes... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236087 | On-premises pager and charging unit, and methods for using same On-premises pager loss is reduced by alerting patrons they are out of range. Pagers include an LCD with messages or promotions. An LED on the pager emits different colors indicating the level of battery charge. Circuitry in the pager causes a higher charge to be del... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231219 | Method, apparatus, and program for automated property adjustment in a cellular network A mechanism is provided for detecting when a wireless device is entering a quiet zone. An out-of-range condition is created in an entryway to a quiet zone. When a wireless device is in a transition zone, the device transmits a re-scan message with a unit identificat... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7177660 | Radio communication system A method of operating a radio communication system uses a random access channel to enable a secondary station to transmit a message to a primary station. The secondary station-transmits a preamble to the primary station. After successful receipt of the preamble the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174183 | Radio communication system A method of operating a radio communication system uses a random access channel to enable a secondary station to transmit a message to a primary station. The secondary station transmits a preamble to the primary station. After successful receipt of the preamble the ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7155167 | Wireless LAN monitoring device A handheld mobile wireless monitoring apparatus is disclosed in which a radio receiver monitors a wireless signal across one or more wireless channels. A user interface enables a user to observe and select a predetermined parameter of the wireless signal to be evalu... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142841 | Telephone personal information manager A personal information manager (PIM) has been provided for use in controlling telephone call message responses for a wireless communications network mobile station telephone. The PIM permits a telephone user to program a unique response for each calling party. Typic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135962 | Security and remote access for vehicular entertainment, safety, and convenience systems A security system in a vehicle extends its protection to installed equipment of the vehicle, such as audio components, navigation systems, and entertainment systems. The installed equipment is armed and disarmed by the security system, preventing the equipment from ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113798 | Portable telephone system and communication control method for portable telephone set A simple base station device is installed in the entrance or the like of a building and a power OFF signal is supplied. A portable telephone set that has received the signal informs the simple base station of its telephone number, also informs a position management ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100196 | Device in a system operating with CAN-protocol and in a control and/or supervision system A control supervision system incorporates a digital serial communication and modules that are mutually communicable to this and operate with CAN-protocol. A control desk can be wirelessly connected to one or more modules operating with a signal protocol which does n... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7065006 | Method for enabling displayability/inhibitability of mode functions in a multimode electronic device A method of enabling the displayability of at least one hidden mode in a multimode electronic device, wherein the method comprises the steps of determining that data in the at least one hidden mode satisfies a specified condition; and causing the mode indicator of t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062281 | Multi-mode paging system A multi-mode paging system and method of selectively paging an individual through one of a plurality of paging mechanisms. An indication of a paging mechanism for each individual to be paged is stored in a memory device. When an input is received from a user to page... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7027362 | Multifunctional rotating ring in a timepiece A timepiece having a display for displaying a digit provided on a ring which itself has a plurality of digits provided thereon, wherein the timepiece comprises an integrated circuit operable in at least (i) a date display mode and (ii) a counting mode; a gearing ass... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026914 | Selective calling receiver and method of switching alert operation thereof A selective calling receiver includes first and second tables and a control section. The first table stores in advance setting information for automatically stopping sound generation and switching to another alert operation. The second table stores in advance settin... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6928293 | Apparatus and method for receiving quick paging message in mobile station An apparatus and method for receiving a quick paging message in a mobile station wherein a controller for synchronizing with a second clock in a predetermined time slot and transmitting a command for obtaining a synchronization at a frequency of receiving the quick ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6917800 | Method for updating information stored in a communications terminal device intended for mobile use and communications terminal device A method and a communications terminal device intended for mobile use are described, with or in which it is possible in a simple manner to update information stored in the device, for example, components of the system software required for the operation of the devic... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6889063 | Cellular phone having an in-absence incoming call reporting function A cellular phone of the present invention is capable of displaying an in-absence incoming call message on a display if the user of the phone does not answer an incoming call. At the same time as the in-absence incoming call message is displayed, a timer starts count... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6829476 | Pager-based gas valve controller A pager-based controller including at least one pager configured to receive a signal from a remote location, the at least one pager being further configured to provide an output to control an on-off state of a valve actuator; a valve opening circuit to provide an ou... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6683529 | Terminal device and method of setting a terminal device In the setting of a communication terminal, a message for setting the terminal is sent by radio and a command and data for setting the terminal, a text for indicating a successful setting, and a text for indicating a failed setting are included in the mes... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6597928 | Portable telephone maraca which produces musical tones in synchronization of the swings and vibration of the user A portable telephone is designed to realize portable telephone functions and game device functions, particularly music games, which are embodied by a vibration device such as a vibration sensor and a vibration motor. When the user swings and vibrates the ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6567011 | Media system and remote control for same A media system capable of sending a plurality of input signals to a receiving device of the system is provided. A remote control for selecting among the input devices is also provided. An audio remote without numeric keys for an audio system is provided. ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6529117 | Radio selective call receiver in which message non-reception period is managed A radio selective call receiver includes a receiving section, a recognizing section, an alarm section and a control section. The receiving section receives a radio signal. The recognizing section detects a message and a selective call number from the rece... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6515577 | Channel monitoring by a multichannel selective call receiver A multichannel selective call receiver (10) includes-a receiver (11), a controller (16), a baud detector (17) and a memory (18). The controller is adapted to control the receiver in receiving information on a channel (14). The information on the channel i... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6426691 | Radio selective calling receiver and receipt frequency search control method therefor A radio selective calling receiver includes a storage 105 storing a plurality of frequencies each corresponding to a particular area in which a service is available. A synchronized frequency storage 112 stores, frequency by frequency, the numbers of times... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6420959 | Multi-level user interface for a multimode device A multimode electronic device having a plurality of manually actuated buttons for selecting between a plurality of modes and functions wherein at least one of the modes has at least two second level functions. The device can cycle among the modes upon the... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414588 | Selective call receiver with improved setting of test mode A selective caller receiver which can facilitate easy setting of a test mode without using an exclusive jig and also easy management and adjustment of a receiving unit. In the selective caller receiver, a memory for storing therein test mode setting data ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6175721 | Communication device having incoming indicators A receiver which reduces the inconvenience resulting from a user forgetting to switch notification modes includes notice means with a plurality of modes for notifying the user of to notify a call, a clock for counting time, information input means enterin... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6163273 | Selective call receiver with improved setting of test mode A selective call receiver which can facilitate easy setting of a test mode without using an exclusive jig and also easy management and adjustment of a receiving unit. In the selective call receiver, a memory for storing therein test mode setting data is p... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6157313 | Method and apparatus utilizing a multifunction remote appliance sensor A system (10) utilizing a multifunction remote appliance sensor that remotely senses a status of an appliance (20) and that locks and unlocks the appliance. The system includes a selective call receiver (50) for receiving status information from the appli... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6131045 | Radio communication device for restricting specific function and method for restricting the function A radio communication device 7 existing in a function control area 3 receives both a call signal 4 from a base station and a function control signal 5 transmitted from a function control signal transmitting device 2. The call signal 4 and the function con... | 10/10/2000 |
