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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359183 | Two-in-one wireless control kit A two-in-one wireless control kit is adapted to plug in a PCMCIA slot on a portable apparatus for storing and moving along with the portable apparatus and use at any time, and includes a transmitter and a receiver removably associated with each other to form one uni... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359722 | Apparatus and method for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal Disclosed is an apparatus for deleting a text message received in a mobile communication terminal including an information detecting unit for detecting deletion time information from the received text message; a time checking unit for checking whether the deletion t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7315942 | Network element and method for controlling access to low level computer system services A solution for controlling activities to be carried out in a network element in a flexible and safe manner. A data transmission network includes a network element, which includes data transfer means for transmitting and receiving data from the data transmission netw... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304563 | Alarm clock A mobile communication terminal comprising: a clock for maintaining an indication of the current time; a memory for storing a definition of an alert time; and an alerting unit configurable to issue an alert when the current time matches the alert time, the alerting ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7254408 | Apparatus and method for generating a calling tone of wire/wireless telephone In an apparatus and a method for processing a calling tone of a wire/wireless telephone, if an RF signal corresponding to a ring receiving generation control signal is transmitted to a portable device from a fixed device after a ring signal is received in the fixed ... | 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 |
| 7245907 | Mobile communication terminal remote control system, mobile communication terminal, remote control method, and remote control program In the mobile communication terminal remote control system, when the control unit of a mobile communication terminal judges that remote control data sent from a remote control device such as a portable telephone or a personal computer is consistent with remote contr... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7178067 | Secure EEPROM memory comprising an error correction circuit An electrically erasable and programmable memory includes at least one non-erasable secured zone. Detection and/or correction of read errors in the secured zone is provided by recording redundant bits in the secured zone and delivering an error signal and/or a bit h... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164928 | Method for managing concatenated enhanced short message and telecommunication terminal using the method A method for managing a concatenated Enhanced Short Message comprises the steps of creating a status variable representing the READ/UNREAD status of a page; assigning the status variable to each page received by the telecommunication terminal; initiating the assigne... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7151943 | System for communicating messages via a forward overhead control channel for a programmable logic control device Communicating commands and/or data to a remote controller, such as a programmable logic controller, coupled to a cellular communications device. Each cellular communications device can monitor the cellular network control channel for a pair of target pages within a ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151942 | Advertisement broadcasting for paging A method for appending advertisements to paging messages may be utilized to reduce or substantially eliminate the fees for paging services paid by paging service customers while allowing companies to easily get their advertisements directly to a specific market or m... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7103367 | Network-based services for misplaced cellular mobile stations A feature for a mobile station, wireless network, and method of operating a wireless network for locating a misplaced mobile station and preventing its unauthorized use. The wireless network including a base station. The network and base station transmit a misplaced... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089494 | Data structure, methods, and computer program products for storing text data strings used to display text information on a display terminal The present invention provides data structure, methods, and computer programs for storing text data used by a computer program to display information on a display terminal. Importantly, the present invention provides a data structure in which the data strings tradit... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084997 | Schedule-based printer selection A method and a system for selecting a printing site for a print job based on a schedule. The schedule includes a printing period linked to an appointment location. A start time for printing is compared with the printing period. If the start time is within the printi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079006 | Radio paging receiver and message erasing method Message data are picked up by using a decoder 2 from received signals received by a receiver portion 1 of a radio paging receiver, and stored in a RAM 4a of a CPU 4. An informing portion 9 informs a user of the message. The ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6973302 | Information processing terminal The present invention relates to an information processing terminal that makes it possible to readily upgrade software of information processing terminals connected by a network. When a control program stored in a display apparatus 5B is upgraded by a control... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968199 | Schedule notifying system capable of correcting schedule date and time Operable in synchronism with a current set date and time set by a user, each mobile communication terminal (101–104) has a registering function of registering schedule data (601–604) including a received schedule date and time received from base st... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6961566 | Frequency search method for a mobile station and a mobile station therewith A smaller number of frequencies are dynamically defined, from which a frequency to be used is first searched, failing which, all the frequencies available to a particular mobile communication system are searched, thereby frequency search is efficiently performed wit... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959442 | Architecture for software for remote maintenance of a machine such as a copier Software in a computer which accesses one or more software-intensive devices, such as a digital copier or printer, is organized in a set of layers. A device-dependent layer converts data transferred over various means, such as a modem or network, to a uniform data f... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6947746 | Mobile communications system, mobile station, control method and recording medium A mobile station that can suppress repetitive location registration. If a cell reselection instruction is issued for a cell, the mobile Station determines whether the new cell is listed in a history of cells in which the mobile station has existed before. If the new... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6934876 | Registration system and method in a communication network A system and corresponding methods for registering network units or nodes into a data communication network is provided. The data communication network includes a base node that controls one or more other remote nodes on the network. The base node automatically sets... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912256 | Over-the-air re-programming method of radio transceivers An over-the-air (OTA) re-programming method of a radio transceiver to make the transceiver compliant with arbitrary one of a plurality of networks. According to the method, a pilot channel for dedicated use and a bootstrap channel having a bandwidth enough to downlo... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909357 | Codeable programmable receiver and point to multipoint messaging system A point to multipoint system includes utilizing the FM 57 kHz Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS) standard and a novel receiver. A single broadcast source sends messages from multiple senders, in a variety of manners including automatically and semi-automatically, to... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6879847 | Systems and methods for displaying a message on a mobile communication device A mobile communication device includes a memory and a display. The mobile communication device is configured to display a message on the display whenever the mobile communication device is powered on and while the mobile communication device is refreshing the memory... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6718177 | System for communicating messages via a forward overhead control channel for a programmable logic control device Communicating commands and/or data to a remote controller, such as a programmable logic controller, coupled to a cellular communications device. Each cellular communications device can monitor the cellular network control channel for a pair of target pages within a ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6611197 | Selective call transceiver and method of re-registering same A method for re-establishing communication between a base station (102) that transmits on a forward channel, and a subscriber unit (108) that has temporarily lost the forward channel, uses the concept of a re-registration interval. The base station (102) ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6480096 | Method and apparatus for theft deterrence and secure data retrieval in a communication device A communication device having a theft deterrence feature includes a selective call receiver (16), a transmitter (16), a memory (18) coupled to the selective call receiver and containing an encryption key (40) and an address (41), a secure memory (26) coup... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6335676 | Radio selective call receiver In a selective calling system where a selective calling signal is changeable in transmission rate, a radio selective call receiver includes first and second low-pass filters which are selectively used depending on a transmission rate of the selective call... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6246336 | Radio communication system for communicating scheduled messages and method therefor A communication system includes a radio communication system (102) for communicating scheduled messages to SCRs (Selective Call Radios) (122). The radio communication system is programmed to transmit to a SCR a first radio signal including an advertisemen... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6181915 | Portable one-way radio pager including an electronic directory The invention relates to a portable one-way radio pager comprising receiver means (4, 5, 6) for receiving radio messages, a memory (8) for storing the messages, a screen (2), a simplified keypad (3), and an electronic CPU (7). The memory includes an addre... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6173157 | Method of registering and controlling registration data for new and roaming pagers in a paging system A method for registering and controlling registration data for new and roaming pagers in a paging system. Messages for the pagers pass through an input messaging switch to the pager's home messaging switch, from which the messages are sent to an output me... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6166651 | Radio selective calling receiver having automatic time correction function A radio selective calling receiver for receiving a signal containing reference time information representing a reference time, including: a timepiece unit for indicating a time; a comparison circuit for comparing the reference time represented by the rece... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6032022 | Individual radio selective calling receiver An individual radio selective calling receiver for selectively receiving and displaying a message transmitted by radio and having an identification number assigned thereto to selectively call the receiver includes an identification number storage section,... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6028529 | Clock correction function for a radio selective call receiver with an intermittent receiver A radio selective call receiver includes a time-of-day clock, a radio system, a control processor including a decoder, and a CPU which controls the operations thereof including time correction of the time-of-day clock. The control processor controls the a... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6008737 | Apparatus for controlling utilization of software added to a portable communication device An apparatus at a fixed portion (102) of a communication system controls utilization of software (398) in a portable communication device (122) that includes a transceiver (302) for communicating with the fixed portion. The portable communication device r... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5966081 | Paging activated electronic security system An antitheft system for use in portable consumer electronic equipment. The antitheft system includes an antitheft receiver that receives a deactivation code that is transmitted by a paging system transmitted when the device is reported stolen. Upon receip... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5960325 | Method and apparatus for conserving energy in a radio communication system A radio communication system (5) includes transmitting unit (1) coupled to at least one controller (6). The controller (6) is adapted to combine message intervals (208) into a plurality of arrangements, each arrangement having a selected number of message... | 09/28/1999 |
