Abstract: A light bulb loudspeaker and sound system where a wireless or wire receiver, amplifier and power supply can be mounted inside of the boundary defined by a light bulb and base where the glass bulb can be used as a sound radiating diaphragm, or alternatively, the bulb can be made to move as a plunger and this act as a sound diaphragm. A transducer can convert audio from the amplifier into sound and thereby excite the glass bulb or cause it to move. A baffle can optionally be provided in the form of a lamp shade or otherwise. Different channels can provide different audio signals to different light bulb loudspeakers in the same physical area, or an electrical signal could be multiplexed. A small base station unit can transmit radio or wire signals containing audio information from an audio source such as a stereo. The filament can optionally be used as a radio receiving antenna.

Abstract: A cellular telephone system that includes a wireless handset that connects to a stationary (or mobile) data center, data station or home station remote from the wireless handset. The wireless handset and stationary data center communicate bidirectionally over an exclusive communication link such that commands entered by a user to the wireless handset are relayed to the stationary data center via the exclusive data communication link, and results from executing the commands are relayed from the home station to the wireless handset also via the exclusive data communication link and displayed on said screen. The processor at the data center or home station accesses the Internet and sends screens back to the handset for display. The handset appears smart to the user, but according to the present invention, most of the actual processing and Internet access is performed at the home station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus with software supplied wirelessly as a downloaded application for preventing texting on cellular telephones while driving. A cellular telephone moving faster than a predetermined speed (for example 15 MPH) automatically locks out the texting function. Dialing of full telephone numbers under these conditions can also be locked out. If the phone becomes stationary for a predetermined period (say 3 minutes), the lockout can be removed. A passenger can enter an override code to prevent the lockout. In some embodiments the override code can only be entered when the phone is moving faster than the predetermined speed and/or when several buttons are depressed simultaneously requiring operation with two hands.

Abstract: A method and system for increasing the throughput of a wireless channel that sends different data on different multi-path components. The channel can be pre-mapped or dynamically mapped, and the different transmissions can be modulated by different complexity signals such as adaptive quadrature amplitude modulation (AQAM). Each multipath component is coded with a signature that will allow it to be separated at a receiver that has an omni-directional antenna. Common signature techniques can be offset PN codes, orthogonal spreading vectors, orthogonal alphabets and other signature techniques. The received channels can be combined for an overall increase in data-rate or used separate as multiplexed data.

Abstract: A cellular telephone system that includes a wireless handset that connects to a stationary (or mobile) data center, data station or home station remote from the wireless handset. The wireless handset and stationary data center communicate bidirectionally over an exclusive communication link such that commands entered by a user to the wireless handset are relayed to the stationary data center via the exclusive data communication link, and results from executing the commands are relayed from the home station to the wireless handset also via the exclusive data communication link and displayed on said screen. The processor at the data center or home station accesses the Internet and sends screens back to the handset for display. The handset appears smart to the user, but according to the present invention, most of the actual processing and Internet access is performed at the home station.

Abstract: A telephone caller identification system where potential callers can be assigned to call-in groups, each call-in group having a particular ring. When a member of a particular call-in group calls, the telephone presents the ring associated with that call-in group. A caller not assigned to any call-in group causes the telephone to present a default ring. The telephone can also present particular transfer rings when transferred indicating that the call being transferred is from a caller belonging to a particular call-in group, or provide unique voice mail rings when a member of a call-in group leaves voice mail.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing texting on cellular telephones while driving. A cellular telephone moving faster than a predetermined speed (for example 15 MPH) automatically locks out the texting function. Dialing of full telephone numbers under these conditions can also be locked out. If the phone becomes stationary for a predetermined period (say 3 minutes), the lockout can be removed. A passenger can enter an override code to prevent the lockout. In some embodiments the override code can only be entered when the phone is moving faster than the predetermined speed and/or when several buttons are depressed simultaneously requiring operation with two hands.

Abstract: A portable emergency medical device capable of communicating with a remote location preferably as a cellular telephone that can measure one or more human vital parameters such as pulse rate, body temperature, skin moisture, blood pressure, ECG or blood chemistry and can receive symptoms from a user either by voice recognition or by keypad and can provide an expert medical diagnosis. The device can store a complete medical history for one or more users and can use an expert system to make the diagnosis. The device can make an emergency medical call either on command or automatically requesting help and optionally supplying medical information and/or GPS location information.

Abstract: A light bulb loudspeaker and sound system where a wireless or wire receiver, amplifier and power supply can be mounted inside of the boundary defined by a light bulb and base where the glass bulb can be used as a sound radiating diaphragm, or alternatively, the bulb can be made to move as a plunger and this act as a sound diaphragm. A transducer can convert audio from the amplifier into sound and thereby excite the glass bulb or cause it to move. A baffle can optionally be provided in the form of a lamp shade or otherwise. Different channels can provide different audio signals to different light bulb loudspeakers in the same physical area, or an electrical signal could be multiplexed. A small base station unit can transmit radio or wire signals containing audio information from an audio source such as a stereo. The filament can optionally be used as a radio receiving antenna.

Abstract: A light bulb loudspeaker and sound system where a wireless or wire receiver, amplifier and power supply can be mounted inside of the boundary defined by a light bulb and base where the glass bulb can be used as a sound radiating diaphragm, or alternatively, the bulb can be made to move as a plunger and this act as a sound diaphragm. A transducer can convert audio from the amplifier into sound and thereby excite the glass bulb or cause it to move. A baffle can optionally be provided in the form of a lamp shade or otherwise. Different channels can provide different audio signals to different light bulb loudspeakers in the same physical area, or an electrical signal could be multiplexed. A small base station unit can transmit radio or wire signals containing audio information from an audio source such as a stereo. The filament can optionally be used as a radio receiving antenna.

Abstract: An implantable microchip that is attached to a source of bodily fluids such as a vein, capillary, small artery or other fluid source such as lymph fluid or urine where the fluid flows through the microchip. The microchip can contain a micro-laboratory with reagent sources and micro-canal test chambers. The microchip can contain a readout mechanism where test data is command and/or readout to an external unit. Test results can be detected with an on-chip fluorescence or light detector or an external detector.

Abstract: A handheld personal unit that can estimate a user's position in 3-dimensional space by determining a horizontal position and an altitude. GPS or assisted GPS can be used to determine the horizontal position, while barometric pressure assisted altimetry can be used to determine altitude accurately enough to localize the user to a particular floor of a particular building, and many times to a particular room. An artificial intelligence system can access one or more databases to provide data to the user that is related to the user's position in 3-dimensional space. This data can come from a database either stored in the handheld device or stored at a separate remote location. If a remote location is used to provide data and current barometric pressure (and possibly GPS assist), this station can access other remote stations, as needed, to supply the information. The handheld unit and/or the remote station can optionally access the internet to seek information related to the user's location in 3-dimensional space.

Abstract: A biosensor unit that can be wall mounted in a location to perform testing of ambient air for bio-contaminants. This unit could contain an air filter for collecting contaminants and a micro-laboratory on a chip or otherwise situated within the unit to perform DNA or RNA binding tests for specific biological targets. Information from such units distributed within an environment could be communicated to one or more central locations via the internet or other communication means to be logged or recorded or to produce reports or alarms.

Abstract: A particle-sized nanobody that can be inserted into at least one major physiological system of a mammal's body such as the blood stream or the gastro-intestinal track or other system. The nanobody of the present invention can remain in the system for a predetermined time to perform a predetermined task. nanobodies of the present invention can contain processors and memory and thus can be capable of performing tasks that require algorithmic or expert reasoning. The Nanobodies can also contain various sensors and can optionally have the ability to communicate with an external station or with each other. The Nanobodies can be designed to self-destruct either after a predetermined time or upon command from an external station. Once a nanobody has self-destructed, natural mechanisms of the body can remove the debris.

Abstract: A telephone caller identification system where potential callers can be assigned to call-in groups, each call-in group having a particular ring. When a member of a particular call-in group calls, the telephone presents the ring associated with that call-in group. A caller not assigned to any call-in group causes the telephone to present a default ring. The telephone can also present particular transfer rings when transferred indicating that the call being transferred is from a caller belonging to a particular call-in group, or provide unique voice mail rings when a member of a call-in group leaves voice mail.

Abstract: An all-trinary rolling code method and system which allow a barrier opener to generate and transmit trinary rolling codes without entering or storing any rolling code values as binary words includes obtaining a stored trinary counter value upon a transmitter being actuated to remotely control a barrier. A trinary function void of trinary to binary or binary to trinary conversions is used to transform the trinary counter value to a trinary rolling code output such that the trinary rolling code output represents a trinary value that would be produced if the trinary counter value were converted to binary, mirrored, had its highest ordered bit set to zero after being mirrored, and converted back to trinary. The trinary rolling code output is combined with a stored trinary transmitter identification value to generate a trinary word. The transmitter transmits the trinary word for receipt by a receiver associated with the barrier.

Abstract: A portable head-worn audio/video display system that allows a user to watch and hear an audio/video media presentation such as a movie in a private environment. The movie or other media presentation can be stored on a separate or integral storage unit. The device can take the form of a pair of goggles or other head-piece that contains LCD or other video screens as well as audio transducers so that sound can accompany the video. The storage device can store movies and/or songs as well as any other type of presentation and can play these movies and/or songs to the user through the device according to a program or menu. The device can optionally contain a heads-up display as well as a cellular telephone. The heads-up display can display incoming telephone information such as information as to who called or SMS messages. These images can be displayed superimposed on the video media being watched.

Abstract: A handheld personal unit that can estimate a user's position in 3-dimensional space by determining a horizontal position and an altitude. GPS or assisted GPS can be used to determine the horizontal position, while barometric pressure assisted altimetry can be used to determine altitude accurately enough to localize the user to a particular floor of a particular building, and many times to a particular room. An artificial intelligence system can access one or more databases to provide data to the user that is related to the user's position in 3-dimensional space. This data can come from a database either stored in the handheld device or stored at a separate remote location. If a remote location is used to provide data and current barometric pressure (and possibly GPS assist), this station can access other remote stations, as needed, to supply the information. The handheld unit and/or the remote station can optionally access the internet to seek information related to the user's location in 3-dimensional space.

Abstract: A portable emergency medical device capable of communicating with a remote location preferably as a cellular telephone that can measure one or more human vital parameters such as pulse rate, body temperature, skin moisture, blood pressure, ECG or blood chemistry and can receive symptoms from a user either by voice recognition or by keypad and can provide an expert medical diagnosis. The device can store a complete medical history for one or more users and can use an expert system to make the diagnosis. The device can make an emergency medical call either on command or automatically requesting help and optionally supplying medical information and/or GPS location information.

Abstract: A system and method for viewing video images from security systems on a remote handheld communications device like a cellular telephone. Video can be collected at a surveillance location, digitized and compressed, and streamed over a telephone line in a compressed form such as MPEG4 to a remote communications device. A menu on the remote device as well as a local joy-stick (or telephone navigation buttons) and other keys could allow selection of various cameras and/or pan, tilt and zoom functions on a particular camera. Split screen displays of more than one camera can be presented. In an alternative embodiment, the security video can be streamed from a web site.