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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185045 | Use of satellites by terminals with small antennas Methods to improve the efficiency of satellite transmission by coordinating the use of corresponding channels on adjacent satellites. Improvements over the current state of the art range from 130% to 1000%, yielding in the best case full utilization of potential ban... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180391 | Combined communications system, prohibiting-signal transmitting apparatus, wireless base station, and method A prohibiting-signal transmitting apparatus for use in a combined system such that there is at least a partial overlap between bands allocated to an old communications system and bands allocated to a new communications system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a u... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175525 | Conversion from note-based audio format to PCM-based audio format A system and method for converting a note-based audio object to a Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) audio format is disclosed. An electronic computer device includes a memory containing a note-based audio object and a lookup table, the note-based audio object containing no... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170615 | Method and device for storing and accessing personal information Basic personal data of an individual is stored as different data files based on content or intended use. The selection of personal data for inclusion in a data file may be performed in accordance with service provider requests or by the end user, preferably with the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170619 | Method and apparatus for displaying event of mobile terminal An event display apparatus and method of a mobile terminal are disclosed. The event display method of a mobile terminal includes: detecting events in the mobile terminal; displaying time graphics on a screen; and positioning the detected events on the time graph acc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170512 | Wireless transmitter A wireless transmitter that includes a phase rotating unit which adds phase rotation to signals which are respectively input to antennas and adds first phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the antennas and a second phase rotation for control... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160653 | Portable phone having electro optic image projection system and orientation sensing device A portable phone includes a handset and a data projection system configured to form a visual image of data, such as caller waiting ID data, on a viewing surface viewable by a user during a two way conversation. The handset also includes a speaker, a microphone, conv... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155688 | Method and apparatus for adjusting power control mode in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for adjusting power control mode in a wireless communication system is provided. A mode change message is transmitted from a base station (BS) to a user equipment (UE) to request changing a power control mode from a base station (BS). The m... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155705 | Display screen and operation of same A display screen comprises a receiving module, a control module electronically connected to the receiving module, a backlight drive module, and a backlight module. The receiving module is configured for receiving incoming calls and transmitting the incoming calls to... | 04/10/2012 |
| RE43307 | Hand-off technique for a wireless network A technique that relates to use of a known messaging sequence, e.g., ISANSWER messaging in the IS-41 protocol, in a heretofore unknown manner to improve hand-off procedures that may be established between a serving (anchor or intermediate) mobile switching center an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150313 | Device for transmitting and/or receiving signals with frequency re-use by assignment of a cell for each terminal, for a communication satellite A device (D) is dedicated to transmitting and/or receiving signals representative of data in a communication satellite (SAT) having a fixed frequency bandwidth. This device (D) comprises transmission and/or reception means (MER) responsible for sending and/or receiv... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140008 | Service relay device, service receiver for receiving the relayed service signal, and methods thereof A service relay device is provided. The service relay device includes a receiving unit which receives a service signal, and a service processing unit which changes information regarding an order of changing frequency channels included in the received service signal,... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140123 | Method for displaying speed dial settings and mobile communication device using the method A method for displaying speed dial settings is disclosed. The method is used for a mobile communication device, comprising the steps: detecting whether a speed dial setting operation is implemented to a button of a keypad of a mobile communication device, and displa... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135429 | Transmission power control method, base station, base station control station, and control program thereof In a transmission power control method for a base station in a communication system including at least a mobile station and at least one base station, the ratio of transmission power approaching a predetermined reference power is changed between a communication havi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135341 | Radio channel control method and receiving apparatus A radio channel control method for controlling, in a radio communication system having a transmitter and a receiver, a radio channel from the transmitter toward the receiver. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter by the receiver, me... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126493 | Method and PoC gateway for implementing PoC service The present disclosure discloses a method for implementing a Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) service and a PoC gateway so as to shorten the process for a terminal to implement a PoC service. The method includes: receiving a request from a first terminal for setup o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126492 | Vehicle communications system The improved vehicle crew communication system provides an increase in the number of wireless headsets that can be used with one base station, an increase range from the vehicle for operation of said headsets, full duplex operation communication over digitally encry... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121533 | Wireless local loop antenna A wireless local loop system is provided that includes a wireless base station that communicates with a subscriber station via a wireless link. The wireless link can carry a voice service, such as telephone calls, or a data service, such as internet browsing. The su... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121570 | Method and system for flexible FM tuning A system for processing signals is disclosed and may include a single chip having an integrated Bluetooth radio and an integrated FM radio. The single chip may include at least one processor that enables selecting from a range of FM channels, a particular frequency ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116739 | 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... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116797 | System and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from an aircraft A system and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from a vehicle, in particular, an aircraft. The content includes, for example, data, voice, video and multimedia, that can be wirelessly exchanged over a wireless communication link between an aircraft a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112105 | Method, apparatus and system for estimating channels A method, an apparatus and a system for estimating channels are disclosed. A method for estimating channels includes: receiving downlink signals inclusive of reference signals from two or more Access Points (APs), where the relative frequency shift between reference... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103299 | Uni-directional traffic channel assignment for a receive-only group call in a mobile communication system Aspects of mobile communication for establishing a receive-only group communication, such as a Push-to-Talk (PTT) call or multicast call with a plurality of wireless communication devices that are in a receive-only mode are disclosed. When a group call between wirel... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095068 | Broadcast receiving apparatus When an RF signal is output, noise is prevented from appearing in the RF signal without degrading convenience. The MPU of the set top box has a functionally of an RF determination portion, which determines whether or not the RF signal is being output, the antenna se... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086260 | Transparent handover for mobile components of an automation system The invention relates to a method for transferring data between a mobile component and a controller of an automation system with a link for linking the component to the controller. The component is assigned a memory area in the memory of the controller, in which dat... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078209 | Method and device for controlling access to a channel in a conventional multi-site communication system A repeater receives and repeats, on a multi-site channel, a sequence of control and media transmissions included in a session, wherein the session has a plurality of participants. While repeating these transmissions, the repeater further detects, from at least one o... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078098 | Multi-path data dissemination method for magnetic diffusion wireless network and system thereof A multi-path data dissemination method for a magnetic diffusion wireless network and a system thereof overcome environmental interferences in wireless data transmissions. Each node of the network is provided for figuring out its good neighbors by broadcasting a good... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073479 | System, method, and computer program product for service and application configuration in a network device A method is provided that includes accessing information associated with at least one service or application in a social network. The method also includes detecting at least one event relating to the information associated with the at least one service or applicatio... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073381 | Radio communication system and base station A radio communication system includes a grouping unit for grouping a plurality of base stations into a plurality of groups (Soft Handoff Groups) and a determining unit for selecting base stations belonging to one and the same group selected from the groups produced ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073396 | Radio channel control method and receiving apparatus A radio channel control method for controlling, in a radio communication system having a transmitter and a receiver, a radio channel from the transmitter toward the receiver. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter by the receiver, me... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073491 | Communication system and method A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064939 | Wireless load balancing A technique for wireless load balancing involves providing a wireless infrastructure that creates a target band option and helps push clients toward that band. An example of a method according to the technique involves, by way of example but not limitation, respondi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064943 | Method and apparatus for controlling user's participation into a session in the PoC service The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for controlling user's participation into a session so that the system can control accession to a PoC session requested by anonymous users and restrict an expelled user from joining the session again. Under t... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055188 | Relay system and data frame structure for the relay system A structure of a data frame for transmitting data via a relay, and a transmission apparatus and a relay using the data frame are provided. The relay includes: a receiver to receive, from a transmission apparatus, first radio resource allocation information with resp... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050696 | System and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from an aircraft A system and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from a vehicle, in particular, an aircraft. The content includes, for example, data, voice, video and multimedia, that can be wirelessly exchanged over a wireless communication link between an aircraft a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041400 | Event display method and apparatus for mobile terminal Disclosed is an event display method and apparatus for a mobile terminal, which displays events occurring in a mobile terminal on a multi time graphic (divided into a plurality of time graphics), thereby enabling easy checking and management of various types of even... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036696 | Time-multiplexed, two tier wireless device and method therefor Network devices are disclosed where transmission of information over a wireless channel by a device is prevented or allowed during a particular time period based upon a classification of the wireless electronic device, and whether the particular time period is assoc... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032079 | Hearing system, hearing device and method of operating and method of maintaining a hearing device The hearing device is adapted to automatically requesting an establishment of a communication connection to at least one hearing device support provider. The hearing device support provider may comprise a person knowledgeable in hearing devices, at the hearing devic... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027636 | Multi-band wireless repeater Wireless repeaters comprising antennae having high electrical isolation are presented. Multi-band antennae are placed on opposing sides of a conductive ground plane to achieve high electrical isolation, preferably higher than 30 dB. The antennae are preferably place... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023888 | Blind identification of advanced modulation and coding modes Methods and apparatuses for acquiring and demodulating a data stream transmitted in a communication system. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises finding a boundary of a physical layer frame (PLFrame) in the data stream, finding a first 26 bits... | 09/20/2011 |
