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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099129 | Contact-centric user-interface features for computing devices Embodiments described herein provide a system, method and technique for operating a communication device. According to an embodiment, information contained in a contact record is displayed, where the information includes a plurality of entries. Each entry is associa... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8060138 | Handheld electronic device and associated method employing a multiple-axis input device and providing a learning function in a text disambiguation environment A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8000741 | Handheld wireless communication device with chamfer keys A handheld wireless communication device configured to send and receive text messages. The device is hand cradleable with a body configured to be held in one hand by an operator during text entry. A display is located on a front face of the body and upon which infor... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7962173 | Portable personal server device with biometric user authentication A portable personal server connectable through a network with a PC connected with an external network that permits communication with the PC only when user's fingerprint information read out by means of a fingerprint authentication unit matches registered informatio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945288 | Portable electronic apparatus having a cooling device A portable apparatus includes a main body having at least one electric part, a heat transmitter mounted to the main body for connection with the electric part, a connection member connected to the heat transmitter and having a first connection part accessible from o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941182 | Security cellular radio activation and registration via SMS A system and method for activating and registering a security system with a cellular provider using SMS messages is provided. The SMS messages used for activating and registering the security system are generated in a format that is predetermined by the processing s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941183 | Telephone and incoming call notification method for telephone A telephone and an incoming call notification method for the telephone in which telephone book data can be used to sound an incoming call sound of a specified date such as a birthday for a specific caller. When an incoming call to the mobile telephone of the present... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941181 | Method and apparatus for facilitating the rendering of human communication content A device (200) that is presently rendering human communications content (202) via a corresponding human communication interface (203) will also passively wirelessly transmit information (103) regarding an existing native capability regard... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7904114 | Method and system for automated planning using geographical data A portable device for collecting data at a geographic location and providing accurate, comprehensive, efficient and timely work prints. The portable device for collecting data at a geographic location, the device including a memory that stores preliminary site infor... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7869196 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus to which a portable apparatus is attachable, the electronic apparatus including: a main body portion; a front face portion; and a flexible board connecting the main body portion and the front face portion, and the front face portion is arrang... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7778665 | PDA arrangement having multi-keypad, multi-card and synchronously copying multi-card A PDA arrangement includes a PDA station and a PDA device detachably mounted thereto. The PDA station includes a first casing and a second casing pivotally connecting thereto edge-to-edge, wherein the first casing includes a first PDA-functional keypad and a compute... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7680513 | Contact-centric user-interface features for computing devices Embodiments described herein provide a system, method and technique for operating a communication device. According to an embodiment, information contained in a contact record is displayed, where the information includes a plurality of entries. Each entry is associa... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676246 | Secure audio-visual communication device A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing audio-visual communication between registered users. Similar to the traditional walkie-talkie, a user depresses a button to transmit audio information, such as voice, and releases the same button to receive audio in... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7664530 | Method and system for automated planning using geographical data A portable device for collecting data at a geographic location and providing accurate, comprehensive, efficient and timely work prints. The portable device for collecting data at a geographic location, the device including a memory that stores preliminary site infor... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664531 | Communication method An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is capable of communication and exchanging images with a different information processing apparatus, and comprises a storage unit for storing a display pattern dictionary includi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7650164 | Method and system for exchanging data between a mobile phone and a PC User information such as address books, calendars, images, ring tones, and the like may be exchanged between a mobile device such as, for example, a mobile phone and a personal computer, using an enhanced or extended version of an AT command set. Client code in the ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7636584 | Computing device and methods for mobile-printing A driver for a mobile-computing device. The driver comprises a communication interface for communicatively coupling the driver to an application executing on the mobile-computing device and a print service wirelessly coupled to the mobile-computing apparatus. The dr... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7623893 | Personal electronics device with common application platform A novel personal electronic device includes a first (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors including associated operating systems and functions. In one aspect, the first processor performs relatively limited functions, while the second processor performs re... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620406 | Mobile radio terminal apparatus When a holder of a cellular telephone operates a specific-key, the cellular telephone composes an e-mail containing a location-name, location-information, positioning-accuracy and positioning-time and sends the e-mail to a mail-address registered in a location-notif... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7570972 | Scheme and algorithm to form direct links In a wireless network having an access point (AP) station and a first client station communicating over a selectable channel, the first client station includes a memory operable to store parameters corresponding to a mode of operation of the first client station. In... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7546143 | Multi-channel quiet calls A system and method for simultaneously conducting multiple telephone conversations is provided. In an embodiment, a user converses with one individual on a first channel while simultaneously transmitting audible utterances to a second individual or a second channel.... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7526315 | Command input device combinable with portable communication apparatus A command input device for use with a digital data processing system and a portable communication apparatus includes a signal connector and a command generator. The signal connector is detachably plugged to a socket of the portable communication apparatus. The comma... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7460886 | Garment having protective inflatable devices A garment is provided with at least one inflatable protecting device, adapted to be worn by a person travelling on a motorcycle or the like, includes a radio receiver, a trigger circuit and non-volatile memories. A programmable logic unit interfacing with the radio ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444159 | Data input device, systems using the device, and methods for operating such systems A data storage device 5 having a storage capacity of at least 8 Mbyte is surrounded by a housing including a stylus portion 23, having a tip 25 for indicating a position. The stylus permits the data storage device 5 to be used for data en... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440774 | Wireless enabled memory module A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440266 | Portable electronic device The present invention discloses a portable electronic device including a main body, a recess at an end of the main body for containing at least one first display module, and at least one connecting member between the recess and the first display module. An end of th... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440773 | Method for protecting user data in a personal digital assistant (PDA) telephone Provided is a method for protecting user data in a PDA telephone having functions of a PDA and a telephone. The method includes checking a voltage of the PDA telephone through a first low voltage sensor when both the PDA and the telephone are in OFF states and prohi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440772 | Audio system and method An audio system and method are disclosed. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, making a user interface available to a user. In practice, the user may indicate a desire to download a content file by selecting a link on ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437124 | Satellite radio receiver that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to A satellite radio receiver includes a display that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to. For a music channel, this information may include the name of the artist, the song title, time left in the song, etc. For... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433967 | Method and system for routing SMS messages A method and system for routing messages received by a device is described. The router routes messages to applications associated with a provider that recognizes an incoming message type. Providers register with the router to receive messages of a particular type. T... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433712 | Multi-access solid state memory devices and a telephone utilizing such A mobile telephone device, comprising, an enclosure; a plurality of hardware components that provide the functionality of a cellular telephone or a satellite telephone, at least some of said components being inside or on said enclosure; a solid state non-volatile st... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430409 | Method and apparatus for dynamic session placeholder for message collection user interface A method and apparatus for representing a conversation of related messages is provided. In a message collection user interface for displaying messages sent and received by a communications device, a dynamic session placeholder is used for a respective conversation o... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426382 | Contact validation and trusted contact updating in mobile wireless communications devices A method in a wireless communication device including receiving contact information with a signature from a source (310) not on a trusted contact list, validating (362) the signature by comparing the signature to an reference signature stored on the me... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422523 | Handheld pinball game having a changeable display A hand-held pinball game has a changeable display. The pinball game has a housing having a front face. A display screen is formed in the front face of the housing. A first opening is formed in the housing. A display card is visible through the display screen. The di... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412261 | Portable telephone A portable telephone has a telephone body (1) with a first liquid crystal display (2) formed on the frontal face of the telephone body, a swingable plate (4) connected by a hinge (3) to one of lateral edges of said body (1), and a ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409466 | Apparatus and method for managing address book in portable wireless terminal having a radio frequency identification (RFID) recognition section An apparatus and a method for managing an address book in a portable wireless terminal, allowing users to easily input private information into the apparatus. The apparatus includes an RFID recognition section for receiving information transmitted from an RFID chip ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409224 | Method and apparatus for selection of one data set from among multiple related data sets and beaming the selected data set A method and system of selecting one set of data from among multiple related data sets and beaming the data set from one handheld electronic device to another handheld electronic device. One embodiment discloses a method and system, which uses multiple cards, one fo... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398106 | Dynamic readjustment of power A dynamically reconfigurable communications system is presented. The communications system comprises a server, including one or more radio head interface modules, a call processing software module, and a radio head unit coupled to the radio head interface module ove... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398094 | Systems and methods for transmitting global positioning system information from a wireless communication system base station A base station comprises a GPS receiver configured to periodically locate and receive information from GPS satellites, and a transmitter configured to periodically transmit the received GPS satellite information to at least one of a plurality of GPS enabled devices.... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398051 | Satellite radio receiver that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to A satellite radio receiver includes a display that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to. For a music channel, this information may include the name of the artist, the song title, time left in the song, etc. For... | 07/08/2008 |
