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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359714 | Context-aware and location-aware cellular phones and methods Context-aware and location-aware cellular phones and methods are described. In one embodiment, cellular phones are configured to wirelessly receive information that pertains to their current context or location. The phones then automatically use the information to m... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7278032 | Circuit and operating method for integrated interface of PDA and wireless communication system A circuit and operating method for an integrated interface of a PDA and a wireless communication system are disclosed. The circuit includes a PDA-turn-on-wireless-communication-system signal line, a PDA-reset-wireless-communication-system signal line, a PDA-state si... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274480 | Portable communicator This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any location. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7257430 | Self configuring multiple element portable electronic device A self configuring multiple element portable electronic device (100) and method is provided. The device comprises at least a first electronic element (104) and a second electronic element (106) and a joint (112) connecting the first elect... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7184591 | Systems and methods for adaptive handwriting recognition The present invention utilizes generic and user-specific features of handwriting samples to provide adaptive handwriting recognition with a minimum level of user-specific enrollment data. By allowing generic and user-specific classifiers to facilitate in a recogniti... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181505 | System and method for remote programming of an implantable medical device A method and corresponding system for updating or installing new software loaded into the memory of an implantable medical device(IMD) implanted within a body of a patient is described. The updated or new software may be installed in the memory of the IMD without th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181606 | Electronic device that uses a communications network for remote reprogramming of the device A portable electronic device is disclosed that is reprogrammable through a pager network. The device includes a communications port. The device also includes a data transceiver for transmitting send data and receiving receive data from a pager network. In addition, ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176894 | Double-sided keyboard for use in an electronic device A keyboard having a plurality of first keys on one side and second keys on the other, separated by a circuit board and a plurality of domes. The circuit board can be activated for entering information in an electronic device by pressing one or more keys on either si... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177473 | Handwriting data input device with multiple character sets A handwriting recognition input system including a handwriting input area and a plurality of activatable controls. Each activatable control is associated with a different reference library, and each is adapted to recognize characters input on the handwriting input a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7149691 | System and method for remotely experiencing a virtual environment A virtual environment system includes an acoustic localizer for detecting the location of sound sources in a local environment, a user data I/O device, a remote data I/O device in a remote world, and a system controller in data communication with the acoustic locali... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149544 | Detachable radio module A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory requirements by being an integral part of the radio module. The radio module inc... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140792 | Swipe digital palm computer with built-in printer A digital palm PC (10) includes a housing, a storage device to store digital text and/or image data, and a printer located within the housing and receiving digital information from the storage device. The printer built into the palm PC (10) casing is c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7120166 | Scalable communication system using overlaid signals and multi-carrier frequency communication A communication system such as an OFDM or DMT system has nodes which are allowed to transmit continuously on one or just a few of the system's frequency sub-channels, while the other nodes avoid putting any signal into those sub-channels. Simple low data rate nodes ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113172 | Alphanumeric keypad and display system and method Data entry and display apparatus and methods that provide greater efficiency in data processing devices. The apparatus comprises a keypad with a plurality of first keys and plurality of secondary keys, the first keys each having at least one primary alphanumeric sym... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110511 | Twisted pair communication system A communication system for passing information between information services and terminal devices over a twisted wire pair network. The information services include a telephone exchange and other services, such as a data network and a television distribution system. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107009 | Method, system and computer program product for personalizing the functionality of a personal communication device A method, system, apparatus and computer program product for personalizing the functionality of a personal communication device. A personal communication device receives a wireless communication signal from one or more electronic tags. The signal is decoded by the p... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085649 | Electronic organizer Electronic organiser (10) with a calendar (11) in which appointments at least according to date, time and an individual description, for example a person to be visited, are variable. If the organiser (10) is provided with an interface (22... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080025 | System and method for scheduling medical examinations utilizing queues and providing medical examination route guide information to the scheduled examinations In an on-site medical examination, an appointment is made from a work office in order to shorten the entire medical examination time of the patients and the order and the route can be shown at the medical examination site. The scheduler includes a waiting queue for ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072688 | Enhanced companion digital organizer for a cellular phone device An enhanced “Camel-back” or “Companion” Digital Organizer (CDO) is described that is designed to interface to a cellular telephone. The CDO is preferably implemented as an add-on component which can be easily attached and detached from a phone by a user and,... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065592 | Method and device for managing the resources of a computer communication means for processing a computer document This method of managing the resources of a computer communication means for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by the communication means to at least one processing device includes a step of selecting at least one processi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062221 | Wireless remote control system for extendable masts A wireless remote control system is provided for use with an extendable mast arrangement. The wireless remote control system includes a wireless remote control and a base. The wireless remote control has an operator interface for the input of mast control commands a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7062661 | Method for controlling a power supply in an external terminal connection of a personal data assistant A power management method for a PDA (personal digital assistant) which can be connected with an external communication terminal is described. Upon detecting power-on of the external communication terminal, the PDA detects a battery voltage of the PDA and compares th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061629 | Customized form output apparatus and method In a unitary business machine with a top, bottom, front, back and two sides, a customized form output apparatus includes an electronic data storage device for storing preselected customized forms. A display is connected to the data storage device for displaying stor... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043362 | PDA with integrated address book and electronic map waypoints Systems, devices and methods are provided for integrating GPS receiver technology into a PDA. The systems, devices and methods of the present invention integrate GPS capabilities with PDA functions, and in particular integrate a PDA address book function with an ele... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042337 | Communication and data entry device A personal communication and data entry device comprises a portable housing, an internal controller coupled to the housing, a paging device coupled to the controller, and at least one of a voice recording device, a cellular telephone transceiver, a radio transceiver... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039522 | System for guiding visually impaired pedestrian using auditory cues A system that provides a means for blind or visually impaired people to navigate through a complex environment using auditory cues. Two-way transceiver devices, held by the person, connect through a communications network to a computer system. The computer system ac... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7031692 | Portable cellular telephone and communication system thereof A portable cellular telephone, has two separable parts, one for performing subscriber interface functions and another for performing transmitting and receiving functions on a cellular telephone network, the parts being in bidirectional communication with each other ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031670 | Communications accessory and computing unit that operates therewith An accessory for transmitting signals, includes a receptacle that accepts signals of a first format from a computing unit. The accessory also includes a converter, coupled to the receptacle, which converts the signals of a first format to signals of a second format.... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027568 | Personal message service with enhanced text to speech synthesis A server in a network gathers textual information, such as news items, E-mail and the like. From that information, the server develops or identifies messages for use by individual subscribers. The same server that accumulates the text messages or another server in t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024224 | Detachable radio module A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory requirements by being an integral part of the radio module. The radio module inc... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024478 | Method and system for providing secure user access to public or private telephone and internet systems A public telephone and Internet access system that comprises Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) that are connected to an ethernet or other Local Area Network by a network cradle, and a number of ethernet telephones connected to the same Local Area Network. The PDAs s... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010027 | Multistandard discrete multi-tone (DMT) digital subscriber line (DSL) system A digital subscriber line transmission system using QAM modulation on several equally spaced discrete tones, uses, at a high transmission rate, N=2048/p or 4096/p tones spaced by 4.3125p KHz, where p is a power of 2. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010635 | Method and apparatus for using a person digital assistant to interface with a communication station A method and apparatus for interfacing a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a communications appliance is provided. The method comprising a communication station receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA,... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6981085 | Carrying case for portable electronic devices A case for an electronic device, which includes a first protective material that maintains the electronic device within the case, and at least one controlling interface that is in electrical communication with said electronic device, and disposed on the first protec... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980120 | Universal remote control with digital recorder An improved universal remote control unit (URC) for home entertainment units. The URC has the typical remote controller module for controlling appliances such as TV, stereo, VCR or DVD. Additionally, the URC has a built-in digital recorder module for recording the c... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977648 | System and method for providing back-lighting to a keypad A system for providing a first signal to a flip circuit and receiving a second signal from the flip circuit over an electrical path adapted for use with a keypad having a keypad lighting circuit. The system includes a first circuit for providing the first signal to ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6957082 | Electronic device having power saving function and extension unit When the connector of an electronic card device is mated with the connector of a host device with the main power supply of the host device being turned off, a power supply control unit in the host device starts the supply of power to the card device. When no operati... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956736 | Fixing device for antenna A fixing device (20) for securing an antenna (10) to a front panel (60) of a computer enclosure (80), includes a main body (22), two fixing arms (24) extending from opposite ends of the main body, and two locking arms (30... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6957217 | System and method for selectively providing information to a user device A system and method for selectively providing information to a user device includes an event server that provides restricted access to various types of event content information and services related to a particular event. A wireless portable user device may provide ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944539 | Information display system for use with a navigation system An information display system including an input device that inputs a scheduled event, a schedule storage in which the schedule is stored, a display device that displays a map, a memory that stores map information and the scheduled event, and a controller that displ... | 09/13/2005 |
