Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415281 | Cell broadcasting service system and method A cell broadcasting service system includes: a terminal for generating a short message service (SMS) type message and a cell broadcasting service (CBS) type message; an SMS center for transmitting a CBS type message to a CB center when receiving the CBS type message... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7363495 | System and method for message encryption and signing in a transaction processing system The invention provides a system and a method which utilizes a combination of message-based encryption and message-based digital signing to ensure the security and authenticity of a message or message buffer sent from one party or process to another in a transaction ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359882 | Distributed run-time licensing Methods and systems are disclosed for managing software licenses in a distributed computer network. The number of software licenses allocated to software users can be determined on a node-by-node basis in realtime with little or no additional processing overhead inc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349691 | System and apparatus for performing broadcast and localcast communications Described is a communication system including mobile communication devices. In the described system, the mobile devices many be wrist-worn watches such as are in common use today, except that the watches are specially configured to receive data in a “broadcast” ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343317 | Real-time wireless e-coupon (promotion) definition based on available segment Advertising messages are provided to mobile terminals of those users identified by user information as meeting certain criteria, such as users fitting particular user profiles and/or users located in a particular desired location. The content of the advertising mess... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7310380 | Generic transmission parameter configuration A method of determining transmission parameters for a wireless transceiver is disclosed. According to the method, a state table is loaded into a transceiver. The state table includes a plurality of states, each of which has a set of transmission parameters associate... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7263345 | System and method for remote service information Service links corresponding to services provided by remote service providers are received. These links may be from a short-range wireless communications network. A previously stored remote service link may be replaced with the received remote service link when a max... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257386 | Data transfer system and method of data transfer The invention relates to a data transfer system and a method of data transfer. The invention aims to provide a high bandwidth channel between a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone and a network storing data, such as the Internet. A standard public land mobile ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240097 | Method and system for preserving message order when parallel processing messages A method and system for preserving message order when parallel processing messages by: providing a marker (H) in each message (M) for identifying a source of messages for which it is required to preserve the message order; and dispatching (D) each message in accorda... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7219291 | High-speed module, device and method for decoding a concatenated code The invention concerns a module for decoding a concatenated code, corresponding at least to two elementary codes C1 and C2, using storage means (81, 83, 90, 111, 113) wherein are stored samples of data to be decoded, comprising at least ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7185241 | Deinterleaving apparatus and method for a digital communication system Disclosed is a deinterleaving apparatus and a method for a digital communication system which can be simply implemented. The deinterleaving apparatus has a row counter for increasing a row counting value based on input data, a column counter for increasing a column ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180427 | Information system An information system for supplying a predetermined region with information includes a transmitter for transmitting information in digitally coded form and a hand-held device. The hand-held device includes a receiver for receiving the information transmitted by the ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174177 | System and method for providing indication of maximum teleservice payload size in a wireless communication network A system and method for providing improved teleservice messaging to a mobile station in a wireless communication network are disclosed. In preferred embodiments, an indication is provided to a network sending entity of the maximum teleservice payload size that can b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171245 | Method for eliminating musical tone from becoming wind shear sound The present invention provides a method for eliminating a musical tone from becoming a wind shear sound, which is used for the music recording file played in the GSM mobile communication system, such as the personal ring back tone. The method is to judge a portion o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161941 | Wireless packet communications with extended addressing capability In packet communications, one existing address code in a predetermined address field (AM_ADDR) of a packet can be used to indicate that bits in another field (TYPE) of the packet represent additional address information. Additional address information can also be pr... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158802 | Method and apparatus for providing a highly reliable ACK/NACK for time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) An ACK/NACK method and system for use in time division duplex (TDD) and frequency division duplex (FDD) systems. In high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), based on the assignment of timeslots for the high speed shared information channel (HS-SICH), each user equ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145837 | Global recovery for time of day synchronization A system and method is provided for synchronizing time of day information between and among communication adapters. Time of day information, which is desired for proper message packet ordering and delivery, is recovered in a process in which a master adapter, connec... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7143164 | Dynamic object library software architecture A system for utilizing an object library to dynamically match the type structures of a client and a server to determine compatibility. Once compatibility has been established, the client and server can communicate through a secure connection. Information can be sent... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7110512 | Method and apparatus for providing prepaid local telephone services A system and method for providing prepaid dialtone services. The system includes a prepaid dialtone service center having an applications server that maintains a prepaid dialtone subscriber database including subscriber identification and service period information.... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7069464 | Hybrid parallel/serial bus interface A hybrid serial/parallel bus interface has a data block demultiplexing device. The data block demultiplexing device has an input configured to receive a data block and demultiplexes the data block into a plurality of nibbles. For each nibble, a parallel to serial co... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055755 | Illuminated badge An illuminated badge has a plastic transparent section having an LED illuminating the transparent section. A compartment section houses a controller circuit controlling LED illumination. A battery tray holds batteries and inserts into the compartment section from th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7024211 | System and method for managing text advertisements to mobile subscribers A device for managing text messages sent by an advertiser to mobile subscribers. According to one embodiment, the device may include an advertiser interface module for receiving from the advertiser content of a text message and at least one criterion. In addition, t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023832 | Paging system with spacial, frequency and time diversity A highly reliable radio paging system with a combination of time, frequency and spacial diversity in order to increase the reliability of the system. Time diversity is provided by broadcasting the same message at a number of different times. Spacial diversity is ach... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013422 | Noise removal in multibyte text encodings using statistical models Disclosed is a method of validating a byte sequence having a plurality of states, the method comprising designating one or more noise states from among the plurality of states; generating a most probable state sequence for the byte sequence; utilizing said state seq... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010298 | Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a wireless network A system and method for detecting the presence of a wireless LAN. The system includes a radio frequency receiver for receiving radio frequency signals and a controller having associated programming for controlling the receiver. The programming also functions to meas... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993705 | Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) parity check system and method A method for determining Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) parity of data, such data comprising a plurality of bytes, each one of the bytes having a parity bit, the plurality of bytes of data having a CRC. The method includes generating the parity of the parity bits of ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975601 | Method and apparatus for medium access control for integrated services packet-switched satellite networks A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for communicating data from a first node to a second node has been described. The method comprises the steps of receiving input data at the first node, transmitting a resource request having a resou... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6956540 | Vehicle-mounted apparatus and method of controlling the same By opening and closing the sub display with respect to the main display D1 via a hinge H mounted on the side portion, a variety of uses, such as to display different information on the two different displays, are easily realized, whereby easily supporting div... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952751 | Method and apparatus for extending legacy computer systems A method and system for operating a bus according to a plurality of bus protocols, including a legacy bus protocol. A first signal is transmitted indicating a transaction request of a first kind. A second signal is transmitted indicating a transaction request of a s... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950652 | Remote management of an external phonebook The present invention permits access to information stored on a remote device from a local device without requiring that a complete physical copy of the remote information be made. An enhanced and refined hash table permits access to the remote information in order ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937080 | Current-controlled CMOS logic family Various circuit techniques for implementing ultra high speed circuits use current-controlled CMOS (C3MOS) logic fabricated in conventional CMOS process technology. An entire family of logic elements including inverter/buffers, level shifters, NAND, NOR, X... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6904012 | Apparatus and method for allocating forward common channels in CDMA communication system A device for allocating a forward common channel in a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) communication system, including: a plurality of channel transmitters; a storage medium for storing, as orthogonal code numbers for the forward common channel used in a second ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6832094 | Dual event slotted paging A novel and improved method and system for paging a cellular telephone or other wireless terminal using two paging channels that reduces standby mode power consumption described. In one embodiment of the invention, a minimally encoded quick paging channel is establi... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6765474 | Method and apparatus for providing additional information to a selective call device about a broadcast A technique is used for providing additional information about a broadcast presentation that allows a user interested in the additional information to acquire it easily, using a selective call device or a television remote control device to easily acquire an informa... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6720864 | Wireless on-call communication system for management of on-call messaging and method therefor A wireless communication device (32) within a wireless on-call communication system (10) includes a device receiver (92) for receiving an on-call message (36), a device processor (98) coupled to the device receiver (92) for ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6711246 | System and method for creating a page usage record A method of creating a page usage record is provided. An input signal is received. A page usage record is created in response to the input signal. An event jacket is created. The event jacket is associated with the page usage record. A request to send a page is rece... | 03/23/2004 |
