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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680479 | Urgent message apparatus and system An urgent message apparatus mounted in a vehicle, for transmitting, in an emergency, an urgent message with a backup battery with the use of a low-earth orbit orbiting satellite, detects a current position of the vehicle; a obtaining part obtaining a communication n... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7392068 | Alternative wirefree mobile device power supply method and system with free positioning The invention provides a power delivery system for a mobile device. The power delivery system includes a contactor device and a plurality of first electrical contacts on the contactor device disposed in an interspersed arrangement wherein first electrical contacts o... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7363062 | Enhanced mobility wireless local loop phone Methods and apparatus for implementing a wireless local loop phone that operates connected to or disconnected from a terminal unit. In one implementation, a phone system includes: a terminal unit comprising: a power source, a handset connection; a handset comprising... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349705 | Wireless remote location system and method A wireless subscriber unit for a tracking and locating system and method is disclosed. The locating system provides positional information of remote locator devices in the form of images viewable by subscribers over a network. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346329 | Communication system, communication apparatus, and control method There is provided a communication system, communication apparatus, and control method. A first communication terminal includes message transmission means for transmitting a first or second message to a second communication terminal in response to an on/off operation... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336978 | Mobile device having an overcurrent cutoff function A mobile device having an overcurrent cutoff function. In a mobile device having at least one function module, the mobile device includes a main power supply which supplies power to the mobile device, a power detection unit which detects whether power from the main ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336224 | Satellite positioning system receivers and methods A satellite positioning system receiver having a battery, wherein the receiver is programmed to determine (310) whether the receiver is connected to a power supply other than its battery, to begin continuous reception (320) of satellite positioning sys... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332889 | Battery charger A battery charger. The battery charger includes a housing having an outer surface, a battery being supportable on the outer surface, a charging circuit supported by the housing and electrically connectable to a power source and the battery, and a protective structur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7181183 | Telecommunication system incorporating a vanadium redox battery energy storage system A telecommunication system incorporates a vanadium redox battery energy storage system. The vanadium redox battery energy storage system receives and is charged by DC power. Upon power interruption, telecommunication equipment relies on the vanadium redox battery en... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7158815 | Apparatus and method for charging a mobile device from another mobile device An apparatus and method for allowing a mobile device with a dead battery to be charged by another mobile device with a charged battery. The apparatus and method further provide for the prevention of damage to the batteries due to overcurrents that may occur due to b... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7127228 | Portable electric device with power failure recovery and operation method thereof A portable electronic device with power failure recovery, powered by a main power source, the device comprising a power detection module, a processor, a timing unit and a power management unit. The power detection module detects an output characteristic from the mai... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7099679 | Method of saving power by reducing active reception time in standby mode In some embodiments of the present invention, a signal received by a mobile communication station in standby mode is sampled. The samples are converted to digital samples and stored in a memory. The digital samples include data from a base communication station to t... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072637 | Method and system for arranging frequently accessed data to optimize power consumption A method and system for optimizing energy consumption during data file read/write operations in a battery powered disk-based memory system is provided. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065320 | Satellite signal receiver A satellite signal receiver includes a satellite signal reception unit, timer, and power-on/off controlling element. The satellite signal reception unit calculates a current position of the satellite signal receiver using an electric wave from a satellite, in respon... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065390 | Low cost power back-up system for cordless telephone system A method and system for powering of an electronic apparatus having a base unit and one or more portable units is disclosed. The electronic apparatus can be, for example, a cordless telephone system that includes a base unit and a portable unit. The base unit is norm... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043283 | Ruggedized tradesworkers radio A tradesworker's radio has a weather and impact resistant features to enable a tradesworker to use the radio under adverse working conditions, such as construction or other work sites. Louvered grills covering moisture resistant loudspeakers are angled downward to p... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024231 | Booster system in a cellular phone base station A booster system in a cellular phone base station comprises a plurality of power amplifiers, each of which configured to receive a signal provided by a corresponding transceiver unit that is coupled to said booster system. A hybrid combiner is coupled to the power a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020502 | Transmitter for remote control system A transmitter has a dummy load circuit. The dummy load circuit is driven prior to writing of a rolling code into a memory. It consumes the amount of power corresponding to the amount of power consumed during the writing of the rolling code. The dummy load circuit mo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7006815 | Power supply subsystem for powering a node over communication cabling A power supply subsystem for providing electrical power to at least node over communication cabling, the power supply subsystem comprising: a management and control unit; a power supply interface for distributing power into the communication cabling substantially wi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999797 | Handle grip for a mobile terminal The present invention relates generally to an improved handle grip for a mobile terminal such as a personal digital assistant. More specifically, this invention relates to an improved handle grip for a mobile terminal that can be easily secured to and removed from a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993316 | Method and apparatus for backup power in a communication system A digital receiver unit (28) having a backup energy source (214) for use in a vehicle (250) that operates on a primary energy source (216) includes a receiver (203) powered by the primary energy source when the vehicle is operating... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977481 | Heavy-duty audio equipment In accordance with the present invention, an improved audio equipment is employed. The audio equipment includes a housing, audio circuitry installed within the housing, and a first protective bar flexibly connected to the housing. The audio equipment may also includ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6968218 | Method and apparatus for electrically coupling digital devices Apparatus for electrically coupling a first digital device (408) and a second digital device (406) includes an interface circuit at the first digital device coupled at an interface node (230) to the second digital device. The interface circuit i... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963736 | Method for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and RF receiver The invention relates generally to a method and an arrangement for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and an RF receiver. Particularly the invention relates to controlling and reducing power consumption in a radio receiver. The invention can advantageously be a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959181 | Transmitter device having means for automatically transmitting data remaining therein upon its re-activation Data formulated according to a user's request signal is transmitted from a transmitter device to a receiver device under a wireless or a wired system. The transmitter device includes a transmission controller that formulates the data to be transmitted and memorizes ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6952571 | Digital signal processor update of single channel strength signal A method and system of periodically measuring the signal strength fluctuations in a wireless connection between a portable computer system and a wireless network. The portable computer system has a main processor and a DSP (digital signal processor). The DSP receive... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6928310 | Apparatus for supplying power to mobile phone using earphone-microphone connector An apparatus for supplying power to a mobile phone by utilizing an external power source when a battery of the mobile phone has been exhausted. In a mobile phone having an earphone-microphone connector which can be connected with an earphone-microphone set, the earp... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920312 | RF generating system with fast loop control An RF generating system operates with high efficiency to supply RF output power to a plasma load. The RF generating system is capable of modulating the RF output power at frequencies up to the frequency of the RF output power while maintaining high efficiency operat... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907278 | Apparatus and method for measuring power usage in a wireless mobile station A power monitoring device for use in an electronic device that operates in a low power mode from a removable battery module. The power monitoring device comprises a module that attaches to the electronic device in place of the battery module. The module has first ba... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6847834 | Mobile terminal with a solar cell A mobile terminal with a solar cell is disclosed. The mobile terminal has a main body, a battery and a flip cover. A receiver portion, a data display and a keypad are formed on the upper surface of the main body. The improvement comprises a solar cell attached to th... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6832107 | Portable information equipment system A portable information system having an information registration function achieves reduction in manufacturing cost and power consumption. By connecting portable information equipment (1) and a battery charger (10) to be chargeable, signal transmission ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823191 | Apparatus and method for use in paging mode in wireless communications systems Latency in receiving and detecting paging messages at a wireless terminal is reduced by employing a unique “super” paging time slot format. A paging super time slot includes a plurality of prescribed time slots. Each wireless terminal is associated with cyclical... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6668178 | Battery-backup mechanism for base unit of wireless telephone system A wireless telephone system comprises one or more wireless handsets and a base unit. Each handset has a handset transceiver and a rechargeable handset battery for powering the handset. The base unit has a base transceiver for communicating over an RF chan... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6636751 | Emergency power supply for cellular telephone An electrochemical emergency power supply for a cellular telephone otherwise having a main battery. The emergency power supply, once activated, provides the cellular telephone with power for operation of the cellular telephone for at least a predetermined... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6496688 | Heavy-duty audio equipment In accordance with the present invention, an improved audio equipment is employed. The audio equipment includes a housing, audio circuitry installed within the housing, and a first protective bar flexibly connected to the housing. The audio equipment may ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6480727 | Using inactivity levels to extend subscriber equipment battery life A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method for extending battery life in a subscriber unit in contact with a system node of a wireless communication network. The method establishes a current inactivity level. The method then periodi... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6427070 | Heavy-duty audio equipment In accordance with the present invention, an improved audio equipment is employed. The audio equipment includes a housing, audio circuitry installed within the housing, and a first protective bar flexibly connected to the housing. The audio equipment may ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6353747 | Portable cellular phone base station When failure occurred to a part of the portable cellular phone base station, the part sends a failure information signal to a control section in order to inform the control section of the occurrence of the failure. The control section judges whether or no... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6347236 | Remote wireless unit having reduced power operating mode for a discrete multitone spread spectrum communications system A remote unit for a personal wireless area network includes a receiver, an AC power supply, a battery-backup power supply and a controller. The battery-backup becomes operative when the AC power supply fails and supplied power to the receiver. The control... | 02/12/2002 |
