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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112114 | Multiple access communications cell phone (MAC cell phone) The MAC Cell Phone is an automated transparent programmable telecommunication multiple access call and high-speed digital data stream facilitator as a router device for use by a consumer as a facilitator for receiving or sending VoIP telephone calls, fax transmissio... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108000 | Electronic device and method of controlling the electronic device An electronic device having a temperature sensor is provided. The temperature sensor detects information of a touch operation from an object on a surface of the temperature sensor, determines if the touch operation is valid by determining if the detected information... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103307 | Linking an object to a position on a surface A method of generating an association between a software object and a position on a surface is disclosed. The method starts by sensing, by a sensing device placed on the position on the surface coded data at the position on the surface. The coded data at the positio... | 01/24/2012 |
| RE43139 | Apparatus and method of interacting with a mobile phone using a TV system An apparatus and a method for interacting with a mobile telephone are provided. A remote control unit receives a user command and transmits it to a TV system which recognizes the user command as a telephone function command and transmits the function command to the ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103308 | Task switching between two computing devices A method is provided to enable the person to switch use of computing devices when working with records and/or documents. A method such as described may be implemented for an individual operating two (or more) computing devices that share and synchronize sets of reco... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099128 | Portable electronic device providing gaming functions A portable electronic device includes a keypad, a memory system, and an audio effect system. The memory system includes a video game application and an audio file associated with the video game application. The audio file includes a collection of trigger signals and... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095179 | Proxy smart card applications A system and method for the implementation of a proxy smart card application in a mobile telephone. The mobile telephone receives a smart card related message from a remote terminal. If the smart card related message is related to a function implemented by electroni... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095181 | Communication device The communication device comprising a voice communicating implementer, a sound caller ID implementer, an auto time adjusting implementer, a calculation implementer, a word processing implementer, a stereo audio data replaying implementer, a digital camera implemente... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095180 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a housing comprising a light emitting portion disposed on at least a portion of the housing, a light emitting unit disposed inside the housing, a light transmission member configured to transmit light emitted from the light emitting unit, ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095182 | Communication device A communication device which implements a voice communicating function, a OS updating function, a recording function, a multiple language operating function, a caller's information displaying function, a communication device telephone remote controlling function, a ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090402 | Communication device A method for a communication device comprising the phone communication device remote controlling step, wherein, in response to the user entering the user instruction by the phone, the communication device receives a communication device controlling command via a net... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090406 | Switching states between two computing devices A method is provided to enable the person to switch use of computing devices when working with records and/or documents. A method such as described may be implemented for an individual operating two (or more) computing devices that share and synchronize sets of reco... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090403 | Mobile telecommunications device Provided is a mobile telecommunications device having a printer and image capture means for printing and interacting with printed media. The device includes a mobile phone module for operatively executing a phone operating system, and a sensor module in signal commu... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090404 | Methods of recording voice signals in a mobile set The present invention relates to a mobile set integrating a memory efficient data storage system for the real time recording of voice conversations, data transmission and the like. The data recorder has the capacity to selectively choose the most relevant time frame... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090405 | Image/audio playback device of mobile communication terminal In an image/audio playback technology in a mobile communication terminal, a single image is divided into two halves, i.e., left-half and right-half images, which are displayed on two mobile communication terminals, respectively. In addition, two mobile communication... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086266 | Cell phone based MEMS fourier transform infrared (FTIR) gas sensors A cell-phone based chemical sensor and communication/data management system has cell phones that are each provided with an integrated sensor (sensor enabled cell phone). Each cell phone comprises an infrared spectrometer for spectrally analyzing the ambient environm... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086265 | Mobile device interface and methods thereof A mobile communication device is configured to sense a plurality of ambient characteristics using a plurality of sensors. In an embodiment, one or more of the plurality of sensors, such as microphone or camera, can be used for other functions of the mobile communica... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082003 | Mobile terminal and operation control method thereof A mobile terminal including a flexible display provided on a main body of the mobile terminal, in which the flexible display is configured to flex as the mobile terminal is attached to a part of the human body. The mobile terminal also includes a sensor configured t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073487 | Broadcast reception mobile terminal There is provided a broadcast reception mobile terminal capable of improving both electric power saving and user-friendliness. A broadcast reception mobile terminal (2) is constructed to be foldable as a result of a lid body arranged to be rotated with respec... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064954 | Communication device The method for a communication device, wherein the communication device functions under a 1st language mode and a 2nd language mode, when the 1st language mode is selected by the user, the commands by which the communication device is operated are displayed by utili... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064952 | A/V control for a computing device with handheld and extended computing units An IC includes a microphone interface, a speaker interface, a baseband processing module, and RF section, a processing module, an on-chip to off-chip connector structure, and a digital audio switching module coupled to: provide the inbound voice signal from the proc... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064955 | Communication devices with integrated gyrators and methods for use therewith A device includes an on-chip gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the device. An RF transceiver generates an outbound RF signal from an outbound symbol stream, transmits the outbound RF signal to a remote station of a wireless networ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064953 | Methods and apparatus for transmitting power and data using the human body Methods and apparatus for distributing power and data to devices coupled to the human body are described. The human body is used as a conductive medium, e.g., a bus, over which power and/or data is distributed. Power is distributed by coupling a power source to the ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060136 | Light illumination compensation for mobile computing devices A mobile computing device includes a housing, a light source, a power circuit, and a processing circuit. The housing is configured to be carried by a user while in use. The power circuit is coupled to the light source. The processing circuit is configured to provide... | 11/15/2011 |
| RE42928 | Method and system for controlling operation mode switching of portable television (TV) phone A method of controlling switching of an operation mode of a TV phone. The TV phone includes a TV unit that reproduces and outputs a video signal and an audio signal from a selected channel. A display unit interfaces with the TV unit and receives and displays the vid... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060137 | Communication apparatus and method A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, an operation unit, and a recording unit. The communication unit is for communicating with other communication apparatuses. The operation unit is for generating an operation signal corresponding to a user's ope... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055296 | Head-up display communication system and method A system is provided for communication between mobile devices. The system includes an audio device, a transparent display, and a mobile device in communication with the audio device and the transparent display. The mobile device receives a request for information as... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055297 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a housing and a main body. The housing has an image pickup window. The main body is accommodated in the housing. The main body includes a first lens module, a second lens module, a rotatable base and a driving element. The rotat... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055298 | Communication device The communication device which includes a voice communicating implementer, an automobile controlling implementer, a caller ID implementer, an auto time adjusting implementer, a calculating implementer, a word processing implementer, a startup software implementer, a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050711 | Methods, systems and apparatus for displaying the multimedia information from wireless communication networks Video signals for a mobile terminal are converted to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal. The video signal is processed to provide a converted video signal appropriate for an alternative display terminal that is separate from the mobile termi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050710 | Image transmission apparatus, image transmission method and image transmission program product A cellular phone includes, for the sake of privacy protection, a camera for outputting a pick up image in which an operator is photographed, a touch panel to accept designation of at least a partial region of the pick up image, and a control portion to determine a m... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050709 | Wireless printer configuration module A printer comprises a print mechanism and a wireless communication module including a wireless transceiver and a configuration module. The configuration module is adapted to electronically query at least one available wireless device to determine at least one wirele... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046026 | Portable communications terminal having camera assembly with two cameras A first camera equipped for a video telephony and a second camera configured for capturing still or video images are combined into one assembly. The assembly is interconnected with a flexible printed circuit board then assembled into and connected with a portable co... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041390 | Mobile terminal and data uploading method thereof A mobile communication terminal, a computer program product and a data uploading method by which data stored in a mobile terminal can be shared in a manner of uploading the data to websites. The mobile communication terminal includes a camera for capturing an image,... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041389 | Camera cell phone with integrated wireless mouse An improvement to a cellular camera phone comprising a source of illumination positioned adjacent to the camera unit and configured to illuminate a portion of an underlying surface within the field of view the camera unit; programming effective to (a) collect a curr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041388 | Method for using applications in a mobile station, a mobile station, and a system for effecting payments The invention relates to a method for using an application (18) in a mobile station (1). The application has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, whereby the first mode of operation is passive, and in the second mode of operation t... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036703 | Image capture reporting based on content-associated wireless identification An electronic device. The device comprises circuitry for capturing data representing an image and circuitry for detecting a wireless signal associated with an object. The device also comprises circuitry, responsive to the detecting circuitry, for storing image data ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036704 | Device for wirelessly and remotely actuating a trigger of a weapon A device for wirelessly and remotely actuating a trigger of a weapon. The device includes a transmitting portion and a receiving portion. The transmitting portion selectively generates a signal wirelessly and remotely that is received by the receiving portion, and w... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032177 | Mobile communication device with enhanced image communication capability The present invention discloses a mobile communication device that allows the user to easily perform simultaneous voice communication and image communication that allows the user to transmit high quality image information to another user and receive high quality ima... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032178 | Mobile terminal The present invention relates to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a first body, a first key button part disposed on a front surface of the first body, a second body rotatable connected to the first body such that the second body is rotatable about a ... | 10/04/2011 |
