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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7372358 | Portable computer supporting paging instructions A portable computer is described that contains a circuit for receiving pages and performing security functions based on the received page. Once a page has been received by the portable computer, the computer's hard drive can be automatically reformatted, or the port... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336166 | Remote monitoring system and method using the same The invention provides a remote monitoring system which has a simplified configuration and is capable of remotely monitoring the current state of a person needing care and detecting an abnormality in the person's behavior and then addressing the abnormality, and fur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323970 | Method and system for remote interaction with a vehicle via wireless communication A telemetry system coupled to a vehicle can communicate with a remote site using the overhead control channels of a wireless network, such as a cellular mobile radiotelephone network. The telemetry system can monitor or control aspects of the vehicle's operations ba... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7292145 | Tamper switch arrangement A tamper switch arrangement detects tampering with a device, and includes a tamper switch assembly having a tamper switch with a first part and a second part. The first and second parts are movable relative to each other between an open switch position and a closed ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7230534 | Method and system for identifying lost or stolen devices A method and system for identifying a lost or stolen device is disclosed herein. The system includes: a transmitter, coupled to said device, for transmitting identification information; a receiver for receiving the identification information transmitted by the trans... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7181195 | Method and system for tracing missing network devices using hardware fingerprints When a piece of network equipment is determined to be stolen or missing, a hardware tracing tool mounted within the network detects the distinctive hardware fingerprints of the missing hardware within Internet traffic and extracts the device's IP address to trace th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170403 | Tamper switch structure and security sensor including the tamper switch structure A tamper switch body is disposed in a housing of a PIR sensor. A tamper opening is formed at a position opposite a switch actuating member of the tamper switch body in a base plate of the PIR sensor. An elastic switch member is mounted in the tamper opening. The ela... | 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 |
| 7138915 | Handling support method and handling support system Object management in a distributed system includes at least one attribute information management server for managing attribute information of the object in correspondence with identification information given to the object, at least one identification information ma... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120488 | Therapy-delivering portable medical device capable of triggering and communicating with an alarm system A therapy-delivering, portable medical device (200) capable of triggering and/or communicating with an alarm system (100), as well as a related system and method therefor. The portable medical device (200) is configured to establish a communicat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7054415 | Alarm method and device The invention relates to a method for selectively informing at least one person in the case of an alarm condition of an object, comprising of producing successive images of the object with at least one camera, comparing successive images, establishing at least one c... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7034681 | Home security video system using internet technique A security system including several camera devices and a communication device in sites at which monitoring is required by a user. The several camera devices may constantly monitor the sites. The camera devices have motion detecting functions and provide unusual stat... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7009510 | Environmental and security monitoring system with flexible alarm notification and status capability A monitoring system includes a host having a plurality of sensor inputs for connection to sensors. A converter is designed to receive input signals from the sensor input and to convert the input signals from the sensors into digital signals. A processing system is c... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6967562 | Electronic lock control and sensor module for a wireless system A lock system includes a cylindrical door lock having a latching spindle and an opening spindle which are concentrically oriented, and a wireless communication system to transmit signals indicating the relative positions of the latching spindle and the opening spind... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957090 | Hands-free car kit The hands-free car kit allows a mobile handset to enter and exit privacy mode without the user having to press a privacy button. The simple act of picking up the mobile handset out of its cradle switches the hands-free car kit from hands-free mode to privacy mode. W... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6950946 | Discovering stolen or lost network-attachable computer systems A network-attachable computer system (40) that comprises a network interface for connection to a network (41), a server module address, a secure identifier (ID), and a key k. The computer system (40) generates identity information which comprise... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6934955 | Event notification within a local system An event notification system is described. The system comprises a computer having a CPU and memory and which executes an operating system operative to manage computer programs and wherein the programs generate events, a notification controller connected to the compu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922567 | Systems, methods and computer program products for identifying items of interest that are geographically proximate to wireless communicator users Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying items of interest within a predetermined proximity of a geographic location of a user of a wireless communicator, or of geographic locations of interest to a user, are provided. A communications network... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6912399 | Cellular telephone with programmable authorized telephone number A cellular telephone having restricted dialing authority and a simplified keypad. The keypad includes a plurality of preprogrammed hot keys. Incoming telephone calls from authorized telephone numbers are answerable and incoming telephone calls from other numbers do ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904787 | Method for measuring suspended particulate matter in atmospheric air Particulate collector is carried onto airplane and collects suspended particulate matter in the atmospheric air in such a manner that suspended particulate matter is electrically charged by single-pole ions generated by a discharge electrode and the thus electricall... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6883091 | Reducing boot times via intrusion monitoring The time required to boot a computer is reduced by reducing or eliminating the need to discover many or all devices within the computer and the machine topology. Access panels are monitored so that it is detected when they are opened. For the access panels that have... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6833788 | Intrusion detection radio appliance A remote intrusion detection radio appliance includes a housing having a passive motion detector and related circuitry to monitor and warn of unwanted intrusions, by operating an external radio unit or cellular telephone plugged into the appliance. The appliance, wh... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6762686 | Interactive wireless home security detectors The wireless home security detector monitors fire, smoke, and home security to protect the home. The wireless home security detector dials the proper authorities in the event of an emergency. An alarm will come on in seconds after the smoke or fire is detected. When... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6639971 | Liquid crystal display panel and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed, which includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate at a constant distance in one direction, a data line, source/drain electrodes, and a storage electrode arranged to cross the gate line at a constant dist... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6100793 | Integrated vehicle and building alarm system 1. An integrated vehicle and building alarm system for protecting at least one vehicle located adjacent a building, comprising at least one vehicle alarm device, located within the vehicle, having means for detecting an intrusion into the vehicle, means f... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6072858 | Method and apparatus for detecting and reporting a defective telecommunications line A system for detecting and reporting a defect in a telephone line includes a network of utility processors that communicate over a power line. Each utility processor monitors a telephone line connected to the processor. The utility processor includes a pr... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6067014 | Cord tamper method and apparatus The present invention pertains to a security system. The system comprises a detector for producing an alarm signal. The system comprises a cord connected to the detector along which the alarm signal is transmitted. The system comprises a mechanism for sec... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6067346 | Method and system for providing redundancy in security systems served by a public switched telephone network A method and system for providing redundancy for security systems served by the public switched telephone network (PSTN) includes a cable modem interconnected to a security system controller. Upon detection of inoperability of a telecommunications line se... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6031894 | Method and apparatus for locating a stolen electronic device using automatic number identification A method for locating an electronic device such as a stolen portable computer. The method includes initiating a phone call; receiving automatic number identification (ANI) information; and terminating the phone call before the call is answered. The receiv... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5990785 | Pager vehicle communication apparatus An apparatus for remotely communicating with the vehicle to control functional circuits in the vehicle. The apparatus includes a pager based communication apparatus mounted in the vehicle for receiving a command signal from a pager service provider in res... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5937036 | Method and apparatus for sensing external alarms using a standard telephony interface A private branch exchange is provided having the capability of receiving external alarms via the standard telephony line or trunk interfaces. According to one embodiment, a PBX 200 includes a switching control circuit 202 having line monitor 212 and DTMF ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5923731 | Telephone monitoring and alarm device A telephone monitoring and alarm apparatus which has a telephone line sensing means which determines whether an incoming telephone line is cut or busy and alerts a user as to the status of the telephone line. Other sensing means detect the presence of fir... | 07/13/1999 |
