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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7372474 | Image display controlling apparatus and method, imaging apparatus and viewfinder device An apparatus and a method for flexibly adjusting the contrast of an input image signal. Specifically, a control signal for controlling the contrast of a displayed image is generated responsive to an input image signal, and the luminance signal level of the input ima... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366462 | Method and apparatus for seamlessly switching reception between multimedia streams in a wireless communication system Techniques to seamlessly switch reception between multimedia programs are described. For “continued decoding”, a wireless device continues to receive, decode, decompress, and (optionally) display a current program, even after a new program has been selected, unt... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359721 | Communication device for displaying a shared message A message, including for example an image, video, audio, text, and/or haptics, e.g., a digital photograph, is received by a communication device (101) via a receiver (109) operably connected to a communication network (117), and determined by a ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7299575 | System and method for non-mechanical information handling system product badge orientation A product badge coupled to a product, such as an information handling system, displays product information to align with a selected of plural product orientations by illuminating a first display material to present the product information in a first orientation asso... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7266397 | Portable terminal apparatus Disclosed herein is a portable terminal apparatus having a novel surface lighting portion which can appeal to user's vision intensively and variously and can effectively make the notification of incoming calls or the like by means of light. The portable terminal app... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256681 | Asset tracking using wireless LAN infrastructure Transponders capable of providing identification information and possibly additional information are detected from wireless access points of a computer network as a substitute for closed radio frequency identification (RFID) systems while providing numerous addition... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250846 | Method and apparatus for providing dynamic user alert Techniques for providing a dynamic alert indication to a user of a signal receiving device. One technique includes the steps of processing a signal transmitted from a signal transmitting device to determine at least one mode to be associated with an alert indication... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250943 | Display control device A display control device is provided to realize a bypass function of a display controller by using fewer chip select signal lines without causing a malfunction. In the display control device, bypassing a display controller is realized by using one chip select signal... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248840 | Re-positioning reminder for personal portable electronic equipment The present invention relates to a re-positioning reminder for personal portable electronic equipment. Such a reminder is housed in the electronic equipment and is at least equipped with an environment detecting unit, a control unit, a time counting module and at le... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248239 | Systems and methods for color changing device and enclosure A color-changing device which includes an enclosure at least a portion of which is material which is desired to change color. There is also included an illumination device, such as an LED or collection of LEDs which can illuminate the material. There can also be inc... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7216145 | Event notification system In a method of transmitting an event notification, a first data packet that includes a first event code is transmitted to a first individual via a not-automatically receipt confirmed communication. Upon receiving a response communication from the first individual, t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209150 | System and method for achieving optimal display contrast in a mobile communication device A system and method for achieving optimal display contrast in a mobile communication device is provided. The system includes a memory device, a processor, a display driver, and a display. A user contrast setting is stored in the memory device, wherein the user contr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203751 | Mobile communication device and method A mobile communication device which selects one of a plurality of radio transmitting/receiving devices different at least in data communication speed from one another in accordance with the type of data to be transmitted or received, and controls a data communicatio... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203908 | Character communication device A character communication device which is connected to a network and enables at least communication by using characters. The device comprises a candidate term display means (S104) for displaying a group of candidate terms prepared for message communication in... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7183948 | Tangential force control in a touch location device Various techniques are provided for reducing the impact of tangential forces on touch location in a touch location device. For example, in one aspect, shunt connections are provided that impede lateral motion of the touch surface structure at the level of the touch ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184751 | System for detecting, tracking, and translating changing identification codes Disclosed herein are systems, apparatus and methods for (1) detecting codes assigned to utility meters that have frequently changing codes and (2) translating codes between the central data acquisition system that contains a fixed identification code for each utilit... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184019 | Back light control method and programmable controller having a display device with a back light A display device such as an LCD having a back light is provided with at least one display setting data group including a message to be displayed and a control command for controlling the switching on and off of the back light. A parameter for selectively specifying ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174162 | Portable radio communication apparatus The present invention aims at providing a portable radio communication apparatus in which forming of a message is easy. The portable radio communication apparatus is provided with a novel pre-message memory formed of a ROM or the like stored in which are fixed messa... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170392 | Radio pager A radio pager of the present invention displays a number of stored information in an as ascending order or a descending order selected by the user on a rotary switch included in the pager. In addition, the pager allows the user to see and desired information first b... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7142846 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A processor extracts a numeral string from a pager message which has been received via a pager antenna and a pager-signal receiving unit, and retrieves a telephone number including that numeral from a built-in telephone directory memory. The retrieved telephone numb... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127325 | Controllable object remote control and diagnosis apparatus A robot apparatus having a robot and a controller for controlling the robot. The apparatus has a diagnosing computer connected to the controller and acquiring a state quantity of the robot. An analyzing computer is provided remotely from the robot and has a control ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113196 | Computing device with dynamic ornamental appearance The invention pertains to electronic devices capable of dynamically changing their ornamental or decorative appearance, i.e., the outer appearance as seen by a user. The electronic devices generally include an illuminable housing. The illuminable housing, which incl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109465 | System and method for converting ambient light energy into a digitized electrical output signal for controlling display and keypad illumination on a battery powered system A system and method of ambient light detection with digitized output. A light sensitive device is coupled to electronic circuitry for receiving an output of the light sensitive device corresponding to a level of ambient light. The electronic circuitry compares the o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107077 | Method for displaying a message in a dual LCD folder-type mobile terminal Disclosed is a method for displaying a message in a folder-type mobile terminal including a main body, a sub-body foldably mounted to the main body, said sub-body having a first display mounted on an outer side and a second display mounted on an inner side thereof. ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106293 | Lighting control method and electronic device A lighting control method and an electronic device. The lighting of the display of the device can be adjusted according to ambient lighting. Information on the ambient lighting is transmitted to a light-sensitive component of the device through a light guide that is... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7075540 | Information display device and system displaying a plurality of information independently In order to simultaneously and effectively display main information and advertisement information, there is provided an information display device including an information receiver receiving information having at least first and second information, an information co... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072975 | Apparatus and method for communicating information to portable computing devices An information distributor comprises a processor, a network receiver connected to the processor, a transceiver system connected to the processor, and a memory connected to the processor. The memory includes network receiver communication stacks configured to direct ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068333 | Liquid crystal display with photodetectors having polarizing plates mounted thereon and its correcting method The quantity of light from a backlight is monitored by a first photodetector, and the environment on the part of a user is monitored by a second photodetector disposed in the rear of a liquid crystal panel, not on the front thereof. It is possible to exclude the inf... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7054423 | Multi-media communication downloading A telecommunications system, for use with a packet-switched network and with a portable-communication-device docking station for receiving a portable communication device, includes a network interface configured to couple to the packet-switched network, a docking-st... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7042364 | User programmable portable proximity detector A portable proximity alert detector is provided for a user to determine when at least one companion comes within a predetermined range of the user. The device includes a receiving portion for wirelessly receiving a first signal encoded with a code identifying a comp... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035169 | Event planner timepiece The present invention relates to an electronic timepiece, of the wristwatch type, for providing information relating to an event comprising a plurality of scheduled events, like for example the Olympic Games, the football World Cup, or the public holidays across the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030765 | Message communication system and method The disclosed embodiments of the invention relate to a system and method of message communication for a confined area of a facility. A personal identification information of one member of a group is entered into at least one of a set of stations distributed througho... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024634 | Display control system causing image on display screen to disappear and reappear in a friendly manner to user The present invention provides a display control system for controlling data which is displayed on a screen of a display unit. The system includes a pointing device for pointing to a position on the screen of the display unit, a deleting unit for gradually deleting ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010293 | Digital advertising method utilizing a cellular telephone display A digital advertising method in a cellular telephone having three types of advertisements. One is an N type for broadcasting advertisements from a central exchange to relay stations at specific times. Another is emergency notification as a warning message or image d... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010314 | Method for remote connection of machines and corresponding electronic analog apparatus The method for remote connection consists in identifying poles of interest common to several persons according to a technique which detects the areas of activity and the poles of interest and broadcasts them. The itinerant apparatus (1) comprises a data proce... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6998978 | Method and apparatus for responding to medical alerts A method, system, and article of manufacture for responding to medical alerts, one embodiment of which comprises receiving a medical alert having an associated alert location, detecting a current location for each of a plurality of medical staff members, and selecti... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993049 | Communication system A communications system comprises a primary station (100) and at least one secondary station (101). The primary station (100) is arranged to broadcast a series of inquiry messages, each in the form of a plurality of predetermined data fields arr... | 01/31/2006 |
