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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7610061 | Communication device and method having a common platform A communication device and method is provided, comprising: a signal modulator/demodulator having a digital signal processor for effecting radio communications; and an application processor (AP) having a central processing unit and a master controller for controlling... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603139 | Methods and apparatus for a flexible wireless communication and cellular telephone system A wireless communication system including flexible wireless handsets with modular electronic components selected for operation within multiple systems. The units may be configured for removable connection to a variety of cartridges to provide a versatile communicati... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7577462 | Portable data entry device with a detachable host PDA An apparatus and method are disclosed that can adapt off-the shelf PDA devices (90) to user input/output applications such as data entry applications and cellular phone applications. The resulting apparatus (10) may be sized and shaped to be durable an... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574234 | Dynamic readjustment of power System and methods for the dynamic readjustment of power are provided. In one embodiment a communications system comprises a base station including one or more radio head interface modules and a signal processing module, the radio head interface modules adapted to c... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570973 | Programmable mobile radiotelephone terminal A programmable mobile phone terminal includes a transmitter stage, a receiver stage, a switch-over and adapter stage having an arrangement of passive structural elements connected to a plurality of microswitches or microrelays programmed by a predetermined configura... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565166 | Non-interacting transmission of identification information on communication lines The invention relates to a connectivity box (1) and a method for connecting a mobile device (2), in particular an operator panel for an automation system, to a permanently installed infrastructure (3), the connectivity box (1) possessing ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7555314 | Digital media receiver having a reader A digital media receiver, method, and computer readable medium bearing instructions for transferring information from media to a connected computer system are described. The receiver includes a memory for storing instructions for execution, a first interface coupled... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7555313 | Method for providing connections on a portable device, a portable device The invention relates to a method for providing connections on a portable device for different media types, the portable device comprising communication means for transferring data between the portable device and another device of a media type, wherein for each medi... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546144 | Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems, methods, and computer program products for managing playback of song files A mobile wireless communication terminal includes a wireless communication module that is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a wireless interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to establish a connection with at least o... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7542783 | Portable communication terminal A cellular phone has a black-and-white LCD that displays characters and communication information and a color LCD that displays an image. The image and the characters are displayed on the separate LCDs. Thus, the characters are not superimposed on the image, and the... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542784 | High quality, low power, wireless audio system The invention relates to the field of wireless communications and more specifically to an high quality, low power wireless audio system. More specifically, the invention comprises an audio source for receiving audio signals (e.g. music) and audio status information ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7536202 | Wireless network device with a signal detection function and switching method for the same A wireless network device has a signal detection function and a switching method for the same. A wireless network signal detection module is installed in the wireless network device, and is switched to a wireless network interface card mode or a wireless network sig... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7529562 | Device and method for communicating teletype information in a vehicle communication system A communication system and method for transmitting and receiving teletype information in a vehicle (20). The communication system (22) includes an external interface (24) and a communication control unit (26). The external interface (2... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526316 | Mobile phone and mobile phone control method In a mobile phone remotely operating an information device, a communication unit receives information displayed on the information device. A display device displays a part of the information. A plurality of operation buttons respectively inputs an operation signal. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526317 | Interface system for an accessory and communication device A configurable interface system (100) couples an accessory (102) to a communication device (104). The interface system utilizes a memory device (120) embedded in the accessory (102) that stores physical configuration and event mapp... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519393 | Method for wireless capability discovery and protocol negotiation, and wireless device including same A protocol and method for establishing wireless data sessions between wireless clients, each of which support multiple wireless protocols is presented. A commonly supported wireless protocol is utilized to share the wireless protocols supported by the clients' circu... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515938 | Receiver and data transfer method The invention relates to a memory card for a mobile telephone, and a data-transfer method. The memory card according to the invention includes a receiver, which is able to receive information from at least one peripheral device of a wristop computer, or from a wrist... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515937 | Wafer mobile phone platform system The wafer mobile phone platform system provides a minimalist mobile telephone that can be used alone as a wireless communication device or utilized to transfer its mobile telephone functions from one peripheral device to another. A transceiver unit having telephone ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515936 | Mobile terminal device alone and in communication system A radio interface connects a mobile terminal device to a radio network. The mobile terminal device also has a communication interface for coupling to an external computer device, such as a notebook. The communication interface serves to provide real-time transmissio... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512416 | Accessory part for a mobile station The invention relates to an accessory part for a mobile station. In order to facilitate the use of the mobile station, it is proposed that the accessory part comprises a headset 8, 9 as well as a digital camera 3. Both can be connected simultaneously v... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512417 | Wireless electronic device with retractable earphones The present invention is to provide a wireless electronic device comprising a main body and an earphone assembly being retractably disposed in the main body with two ends provided at one side of the main body capable of being pulled outward and a cable portion betwe... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509142 | Notebook computer with replaceable battery unit A small light weight modular microcomputer based computer and communications systems, designed for both portability and desktop uses. The systems make use of a relative large flat panel display device assembly (2), an expandable hinge device (10), batt... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505785 | Data entry systems A data entry system includes a hand held data entry unit having a reading sensor for sensing commands and/or data, rewritable storage for storing information relating to selectable items, a controller (a microprocessor or other processing circuitry) and a display sc... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505784 | Safety features for portable electronic device A portable electronic device includes a safety feature configured to prevent at least some forms of use of the device when the user is traveling beyond a speed threshold. The device may detect its linear speed, compare that speed to a threshold, and provide a respon... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499726 | Computer phone A computer integrated cordless phone. The phone can include a cordless handset transceiver configured for coupling to an antenna shared with a wireless network adapter through a multiplexer/demultiplexer so that both of the cordless handset transceiver and the wirel... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496379 | System and method for providing SMS contact information to a wireless mobile device A system and process for updating files on a wireless mobile device is provided. The wireless mobile device has an RF(radio frequency) card which cooperates with a wireless network to provide wireless communication. In one example, the wireless network maintains a m... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7496380 | Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter circuit for mobile telecommunication terminal A universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) circuit for a mobile telecommunication terminal is disclosed. In one embodiment, the UART circuit includes a first universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART1) and a second universal asynchronous rec... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7483717 | Method and system for processing wireless digital multimedia A transmit digital processing system for wireless transmission of HDMI and/or DVI data using an FPGA. The FPGA converts the data into two data streams and includes a front end component multiplexing video data with control data. A complementary receive FPGA is also ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7477919 | Handheld input/output device providing enhanced user interface for a mobile telephone A keyboard and a microphone for inputting information, a display screen and a speaker for viewing or hearing information, and a processor, all mounted to or within a housing in the form of a laptop computer or hand-held computer. A phone interface has a slot, channe... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7466993 | Mobile telecommunications device dual media coding detectors A mobile telecommunications device comprising: a printhead for printing a sheet of media substrate, the sheet of media substrate having coded data on at least part of its surface; a media feed assembly for feeding the sheet of media substrate along a feed path past ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7457636 | Self defense cellular telephone The present invention teaches an economical disposable emergency cellular telephone. A major object of this invention is a cellular telephone providing a self-defense capability to a user by generating high voltage shocks. A further object of the invention is a new ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454230 | Interface for subscriber-based wireless phones to wireline infrastructure A wireless communications interface couples wireless service to conventional wireline phone appliances. In one embodiment, the wireless communications interface is connected to the phone appliances through existing phone jacks. This allows a user to place and receiv... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450964 | Semiconductor integrated circuit, checking device and method of checking semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit including: a circuit function section; a bus connected to the circuit function section; an information fetch register for fetching data flowing over the bus; and a radio communicating circuit for wirelessly transmitting the data fe... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450963 | Low power dual processor architecture for multi mode devices A mobile computing device with multiple modes, for example, wireless communication and personal computing, has an application processor and a communication processor. In the computing mode, the application processor is the master processor. In the communication mode... | 11/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7444168 | Radio communication semiconductor integrated circuit, data processing semiconductor integrated circuit and portable device A portable device having a communication function composed of a plurality of LSIs operated in synchronization with a clock, such as a baseband LSI and a logic LSI such as an application processor, can synchronize the baseband LSI with the logic LSI without lowering ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444440 | Method and device for providing high data rate for a serial peripheral interface An improved high performance scheme is provided with a serial peripheral interface (SPI) to enable microcontroller-based products and other components and devices to achieve a higher serial transmit and receive data rate. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440433 | Mobile IP notification A home agent and a mobile terminal communicate to facilitate the home agent becoming aware of whether the mobile terminal is notification capable meaning the mobile terminal is able to receive notifications of specified events without an open browser window. If the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7440775 | Method for controlling printer using portable terminal for mobile communication in home network system A method for controlling a local printer connected to a PC (Personal Computer) using a portable terminal for mobile communication in a home network system. The method controls the printer serving as a local device not included in the home network system by means of ... | 10/21/2008 |