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Patent No. 5500234

Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product

A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.

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Ferguson, Keith T


Primary examiner statistics: 171 patents; average approval time: 173 days
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NumberTitleIssue Date
8116708Wireless receiver
A wireless receiver that includes a reception unit which, in the case in which the frequency bandwidth of the chunk is Fc, receives a) data to which phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the plurality of transmission antennas is added so that...
02/14/2012
8095171Radio 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...
01/10/2012
8073480Radio channel control method and receiving apparatus
A base station used in a radio communication system includes a transmitting unit operable to transmit a signal to a receiver and a controller operable to control a modulation or coding of a radio channel according to a decision made by using information which indica...
12/06/2011
8064937Mobile user terminal, mobile communication system, base station, and communication method
A mobile user terminal (UE), which measures downlink channel quality, and which transmits downlink quality information indicating the measured downlink channel quality and an uplink pilot signal to be used for measuring uplink channel quality to a base station (BS),...
11/22/2011
8060157Recessed hinge
An apparatus including a first housing section having a first one-piece housing member; a second housing section having a second one-piece housing member; and a hinge rotatably connecting the first and second housing sections to each other. The hinge includes the fi...
11/15/2011
8055224Wireless receiver
A wireless receiver that includes a reception unit which, in the case in which the frequency bandwidth of the chunk is Fc, receives a) data to which phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the plurality of transmission antennas is added so that...
11/08/2011
8046020Control method and device of uplink access transmission power in radio communications system
A control method and device for uplink access transmission power are provided that can control inter-cell interference in a radio communications system. In a radio communications system including a plurality of radio communication devices which control a plurality o...
10/25/2011
8032169System and method for providing low overhead floor control in a distributed peer-to-peer communications network
A system and method for providing low overhead floor control in a distributed control two-way radio communications network (200) including one or more subscriber stations (201,205, 213, 215, 217) and one or more peer stations (203, 207, 211) int...
10/04/2011
RE42712Ad-hoc network for routing extension to support internet protocol version 6(IPV6) and method thereof
An ad-hoc network for routing extension by supporting the IPv6 protocol and a method for routing extension. The ad-hoc network comprises a gateway for appending an address configuration message to an ad-hoc Routing REPly (RREP) message and transmitting an extended a...
09/20/2011
8019317Simultaneous nationwide update of database information on mobile communications devices
A system and method for supporting updates of database contact information to mobile communications devices includes a system having a data entry computer for compiling database contact information for a group of mobile communications devices, a service provider com...
09/13/2011
8005421Connecting apparatus, electronic apparatus and control method thereof
Disclosed are a connecting apparatus, an electronic apparatus and a control method thereof, the connecting apparatus, including: at least one connecting unit connectable to an outside device; a wireless-communicating unit which transmits or receives a wireless signa...
08/23/2011
8000647Method using a set-top box and communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network
Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wi...
08/16/2011
7995996System and method for providing short message targeted advertisements over a wireless communications network
A method and system for providing targeted advertisement information to consumers over a wireless communications network. In one embodiment, local advertisers register to advertise on certain wireless communications devices that are in close proximity to the adverti...
08/09/2011
7991413Method and device for controlling radio access
A method for controlling a number of simultaneous radio connections in a communication device is presented. The control of a number of simultaneous radio connections is carried out in the communication device. Parameters of the radio connections are controlled such ...
08/02/2011
7991417Methods and apparatus for push to talk type service
A method for use in a push to talk type service in which a floor is required before a client terminal may distribute a media item to at least one other terminal participating with the client terminal in a push to talk type session. According to the invention, the fl...
08/02/2011
7991351Extension of wired controller area networks to wireless personal area networks
An architecture to extend a wired controller area network (CAN) to the wireless domain of a low rate wireless personal area network (PAN) network is described herein. Such architecture provides a low cost, low power, efficient, and secure wireless network interface ...
08/02/2011
7986922Jammer detection and suppression for wireless communication
Techniques for detecting and suppressing jammers are described. A receiver may perform post-FFT jammer detection and pre-FFT jammer suppression. The receiver may transform an input signal to obtain a frequency-domain signal and may detect for jammers in the input si...
07/26/2011
7983703Prioritized common subframe to provide better service to the overlapping areas in a community
A subframe structure for a wireless community uses a master common subframe and second master common subframe method to give BSs different priorities to serve overlapping areas in common subframes. The subframe structure and corresponding method can increase overlap...
07/19/2011
7974649Mobile user terminal, mobile communication system, base station, and communication method
A mobile user terminal, which transmits downlink quality information indicating downlink channel quality and an uplink pilot signal to a base station, in which a carrier frequency used for transmitting the downlink quality information and a carrier frequency used fo...
07/05/2011
7970424Method and apparatus for floor control in multi-media push-to-talk network
A method and apparatus for floor control in a multi-media dispatch network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a floor request message related to a first media type at a dispatch network controller from a first user and receiving a floor grant request messag...
06/28/2011
7965978Transmitting/receiving method, transmitter/receiver, and recording medium therefor
A transmitting/receiving method that can easily detect an influence exerted in transmission channels at a transmitter/receiver is provided. An acquiring unit 12 acquires left audio data and right audio data of audio data received by a metadata calculator 1...
06/21/2011
7966029Method for push-to-talk pre-emption
Push-to-talk private call pre-emption may be applied in an application-to-person context or on a person-to-person context. A PTT subscriber may send a PTT server a pre-emption request indicating a desire to interrupt the application voice stream or another PTT subsc...
06/21/2011
7957756Method and apparatus for floor control in multi-media push-to-talk network
An apparatus and method for floor control in a multi-media push-to-talk network is disclosed. A device for communication in the multi-media network includes a floor request sensor. The floor request sensor includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The method incl...
06/07/2011
7957757Open loop power offset update
Provided is an feedback mechanism to correct power control information in a broadcast signal that is determined to be incorrect by one or more devices that receive and rely on the broadcast information. A device that receives the incorrect broadcast information can ...
06/07/2011
7957724Method and apparatus for indicating to a wireless network the operational mode of a wireless communicator
A method for communicating on a wireless network includes receiving a mode signal from a network node. The mode signal represents an operational mode of the network node. The operational mode is defined by selecting from among a plurality of services at least one se...
06/07/2011
7957691Distributing content to mobile devices
Computer implemented methods and systems are provided for distributing content. Information is collected on usage of a mobile device. The information is analyzed to identify a content type preference of the mobile device. A portion of a unit of content is pushed to ...
06/07/2011
7957755Mobile station, radio access network apparatus, mobile communication system and broadcast information transmitting and receiving method
A mobile station for establishing a signaling control channel and a shared data channel between a radio access network apparatus and the mobile station to perform communication includes discontinuous reception means configured to perform discontinuous reception of b...
06/07/2011
7957693Wireless relay amplification apparatus
A wireless relay amplification apparatus includes an interference canceller which generates cancellation waves to cancel interference waves from a mobile station antenna, which are included in downlink signals received by the base station antenna, a downlink amplifi...
06/07/2011
7953429Electronic communication device and method of operating telephone directory list in the same
The present invention avoids taking much time for finding a person who speaks in a lot of numbers out of a telephone directory list of a mobile phone in a step of starting PTT communication. The device for receiving data receives voice signals from other mobile phon...
05/31/2011
7945280Radio channel control method and receiving apparatus
According to the present invention, in response to a propagation environment of a radio channel, based on transmission power control information for controlling transmission power of the radio channel, a receiving apparatus generates information concerning a transmi...
05/17/2011
7941152Method and apparatus for a reverse link supplemental channel scheduling
An apparatus and method for communications of scheduling information of reverse link transmissions are disclosed. A base station controller determines scheduling of a reverse link supplemental channel transmission for a mobile station in a communication system (1...
05/10/2011
7933624Radio channel control method and receiving apparatus
A base station used in a radio communication system includes a transmitting unit operable to transmit a signal to a receiver and a receiving unit operable to receive control signals indicating a changing in transmission power and another transmission parameter of th...
04/26/2011
7933618Apparatus, and associated method, for selectably delaying synchronization of database copies in a radio communication system
Apparatus, and an associated method, for selectably delaying performance of synchronization operations in which database copies are placed in match with one another. A user of a mobile node at which a database copy is maintained selectably actuates an actuator to se...
04/26/2011
7925256Multimode roaming mobile devices
A mobile device for roaming between wireless communications networks in different geographical regions is provided. The mobile device includes an interface configured to transmit and receive signals over a wireless channel according to a communication mode using one...
04/12/2011
7917166System and method for controlling power in a communication system
A method for controlling power in a communication system. A base station allocates Channel Quality Information Channels to at least one mobile station, transmits the allocated Channel Quality Information Channel information, and transmits power control information t...
03/29/2011
7917168Mobile phone incorporating integrated printer
A mobile phone including a phone body defining front and rear faces, the front face having a keypad and display and the rear face having a removable cover, the phone body further defining a recess between the front and rear faces within which recess a supply of prin...
03/29/2011
7912450System and method for communication service portability
A system and method for communication service portability include the ability to receive, at an access point, a registration request for a user of an endpoint and to generate, based on the received registration request, a registration request for a wireless network ...
03/22/2011
7894784Wireless receiver
A wireless receiver that includes a reception unit which, in the case in which the frequency bandwidth of the chunk is Fc, receives a) data to which phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the plurality of transmission antennas is added so that...
02/22/2011
7894768Apparatus and method for channel estimation and echo cancellation in a wireless repeater
A system and method for channel estimation and echo cancellation in wireless system repeaters. A repeater with improved echo cancellation comprises an input radio control element having a receiving antenna and an output radio control element having a transmitting an...
02/22/2011
7894839Data 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...
02/22/2011
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