Wireless Link (sonic, Rf, Or Infrared) Patents (Class 455/151.2)
  • Patent number: 10476546
    Abstract: A transmit/receive module includes a control circuit including multiple pairs of I/O terminals, each pair including a TX output terminal and an RX input terminal, a plurality of transmit/receive circuits connected to the control circuit, each of the transmit/receive circuits including a TX input terminal connected to the TX output terminal of one of the pairs of I/O terminals, an RX output terminal connected to the RX input terminal from the one of the pairs of I/O terminals, and a power amplifier connected to the TX input terminal. DC biasing terminals of each power amplifier of the transmit/receive circuits are independently connected to and controllable by the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Alexandros Margomenos
  • Patent number: 10271190
    Abstract: Using Bluetooth low energy beaconing to send small amounts of data without establishing a connection works fine for simple beaconing settings, but becomes complex for more complicated beaconing settings. The apparatus may be configured to receive a notification from a wireless device indicating a presence of a wireless device. The apparatus may also be configured to determine at least one of a set of beacon parameters or a beacon content after receiving the notification indicating the presence of the wireless device. Additionally, the apparatus may be configured to transmit a beacon to the wireless device based on the determined at least one of the set of beacon parameters or the beacon content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Donato Angelini, Pascal Chapelot, Samson Pynadath, Jatinderjit Singh
  • Patent number: 10225860
    Abstract: Disclosed are a channel access method and device in a wireless LAN system. The channel access control method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a main-access point, a main-beacon frame including information on an limited access section in which a channel access of an end terminal connected to a relay device is limited; generating a relay-beacon frame including the information on the limited access section; and transmitting the relay-beacon frame. Thus, the efficiency of using a wireless channel can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KT Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Seok Jeong, Joo Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9992439
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a controlling method thereof, and a display system are provided. The display apparatus includes a power supply unit and a processor configured to, in response to AC power being applied through the power supply unit, search a connectable control device, determine a pairing history regarding the searched control device, in response to determining that there is no pairing history regarding the searched control device, boot the display apparatus, and perform pairing with the searched control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hee Lee, Bong-su Kim, Joon-young Ahn, Kun-hee Jo
  • Patent number: 9704486
    Abstract: Power consumption for a computing device may be managed by one or more keywords. For example, if an audio input obtained by the computing device includes a keyword, a network interface module and/or an application processing module of the computing device may be activated. The audio input may then be transmitted via the network interface module to a remote computing device, such as a speech recognition server. Alternately, the computing device may be provided with a speech recognition engine configured to process the audio input for on-device speech recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth John Basye, Hugh Evan Secker-Walker, Tony David, Reinhard Kneser, Jeffrey Penrod Adams, Stan Weidner Salvador, Mahesh Krishnamoorthy
  • Patent number: 9029717
    Abstract: The invention provides a wireless transmission method for a touch pen with wireless storage and forwarding capability. The wireless transmission method comprises the touch pen wireless receiving at least a record extracted from a displaying data area by a touch device when the touch pen touches to select the data display region shown on a touch screen of the touch device, and the touch pen storing the record. Accordingly, the touch pen can receive data from the touch device according to touch-control of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Dexin Corporation
    Inventor: Ho-Lung Lu
  • Patent number: 8948083
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing the power consumed by mobile communication terminal having a wireless LAN connection function. When a data communication operation is started, a control unit determines whether a connection to a wireless LAN is available, and if so, detects the battery remaining amount in a battery unit. If the battery remaining amount is equal to or greater than a first threshold, data communication is performed through the wireless LAN connection. When the battery remaining amount is smaller than the first threshold, a screen for recommending connection through cellular communication is displayed on a display unit. When the battery remaining amount becomes smaller than a second threshold, which is smaller than the first threshold, a power source control unit performs a predetermined power saving operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Limited (Hong Kong)
    Inventor: Hideaki Aihara
  • Patent number: 8923791
    Abstract: An RFID transponder having an analog front end receiver having an attenuator coupled to receive an RF-signal from an antenna and to attenuate the RF-signal, an amplifier having a fixed amplifier gain and being coupled to receive and to amplify the attenuated RF-signal and a control unit coupled to control a gain of the attenuator, wherein the control unit is configured to control the attenuator gain in response to a level of the amplified RF-signal, the control unit is configured to have a plurality of predetermined states causing the attenuator to increase (step-up) or to decrease (step-down), its gain by a predefined step size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Muellner, Carlo Peschke
  • Publication number: 20140323069
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a plurality of media feeds, such as internet radio stations, to be played through a standard media player, such as a radio receiving device, using the tuning or input selection controls of the media player to control the selection of which media feed to play. Identification signatures are added to channels and transmitted to the media player by transmitter. A controller captures the feedback of the media player and, if it detects one of the signature signals in the feedback, instructs the media feed selector to select a media feed which corresponds to the detected identification signature. The selected audio feed may then be transmitted to the media player on the corresponding channel for playback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Swisscom AG
    Inventor: Urs-Viktor Marti
  • Patent number: 8843091
    Abstract: A radio communication system includes: a receiver that is configured to receive a first radio wave sent according to a remote keyless entry system and a second radio wave sent according to a tire pressure monitoring system; and a reception mode switching unit that sets a reception mode of the receiver to a first reception mode, in which the first radio wave is received, when an ignition switch of a vehicle is off, and sets the reception mode to a second reception mode, in which the second radio wave is received, when the ignition switch of the vehicle is on. If the reception mode switching unit receives a first request to set the reception mode to the first reception mode while the reception mode is set to the second reception mode, the reception mode switching unit sets the reception mode to the first reception mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroko Murakami, Arinobu Kimura, Noriaki Okada
  • Patent number: 8837748
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving and playing a signal in a radio receiver to suppress microphonic feedback are provided by alternately pitch shifting a received audio signal. The pitch of the received audio signal is alternately shifted up and then down, repeatedly over successive intervals of the audio signal, to produce a pitch swing signal which is then played over a speaker. The alternating pitch shifting prevents the buildup of regenerative feedback normally caused by acoustic vibrations coupling into the radio receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: V. C. Prakash VK Chacko, Thean Hai Ooi, Kar Boon Oung, Cheah Heng Tan, Huoy Thyng Yow
  • Patent number: 8794766
    Abstract: A system for assisting individuals (e.g., those having physical or other disabilities) to read or otherwise experience electronic publications includes a projector having an optical projection assembly located at an end of an articulating arm assembly and configured to project images of an electronic publication and a controller that is sized and contoured to fit comfortably within or be held by a human hand. The controller may include a processor and a storage device communicatively coupled to the processor, which storage device stores processor-executable instructions for providing, via a wireless communication channel and responsive to one or more user inputs, one or more instructions in connection with projection of the images of the electronic publication via the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Robert E. Listou
  • Patent number: 8749355
    Abstract: An RFID reader control system and method is provided. A protocol for controlling an RFID reader and an RFID reader control unit of a mobile phone is defined. Messages, information, commands, responses, and notification are constructed and transmitted between the RFID reader and the RFID reader control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Hyup Ryoo, Jin Tae Kim, Sang Cheol Min, Hee Seung Kim, Jae Joon Park, Dong Hyun Lee, Yong Sam Kim
  • Patent number: 8740389
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset of image data may be a delta subset that represents those areas of the image that have changed since the previous transmission. The subset image data may also be a scalable vector graphics representation of the subset of the digital image. A projector discovery logic selects a suitable projector resource based on the order or signal strength of the discovery replies. A wireless image transmission session is established with the selected projector resource during which the projector is unavailable to other devices. The subset image data may be compressed and transmission coordinated with the projector resource so that the data is sent only when it is ready to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: David Elliott Slobodin, Rob Hoeye, Jorell A. Olson, Paul Long, Marques Ronald Girardelli, Joshua Duffy
  • Patent number: 8712365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system that makes use of a mobile telephone (22) to which a user authorized to open a lock (28) has access. According to the invention, a remote management site (10) includes a database (12) of authorized users identified by the mobile telephone number thereof, as well as a data credential generator (14). The credentials are crypto acoustic credentials (CAC) in the form of single-use audio signals and are generated from digital data credentials (DDC) that are normally employed by the lock when the latter is used with a badge or a card. The system includes means (16, 18, 20) for securely transmitting the acoustic credentials to the user's telephone. The lock (22) picks up the acoustic credentials reproduced by the telephone pre-positioned near the lock and extracts the digital data credentials from the picked-up crypto acoustic credentials and, subsequently, the lock applies the thus-extracted digital data credentials to the analysis, authentication and control means of the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Openways SAS
    Inventor: Pascal Métivier
  • Patent number: 8655263
    Abstract: A method for searching for a broadcast/multicast single frequency network cluster, when a terminal needs to receive the broadcast/multicast service in the broadcast/multicast single frequency network cluster, the terminal synchronizes to a non broadcast/multicast single frequency network cell which is associated with the broadcast/multicast single frequency network cluster; and the terminal searches for the broadcast/multicast single frequency network cluster on the basis of the information indicated by the system information in the non broadcast/multicast single frequency network cell. So that the UE can search for the corresponding MBSFN cluster, and can receive the MBMS service in the searched MBSFN cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Xuelong Wang, Yu Ding, Shiyan Ren, Lei Mao
  • Patent number: 8588715
    Abstract: A receiver (200) that receives a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter includes a receiving unit (2042) that receives a signal that is wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter at one of a plurality of transmission frequencies, a receiving frequency change determining unit (2048) that determines whether a receiving frequency is to be changed, based on the signal received by the receiving unit, and a communication error acceptance time setting unit (2046) that sets an acceptance time as a period of time for which communication errors after confirmation of a receiving operation are accepted, based on the signal received by the receiving unit. The communication error acceptance time setting unit sets the acceptance time to different periods of time, depending on whether the receiving frequency change determining unit determines that the receiving frequency is to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Arinobu Kimura, Hiroki Okada, Hiroko Murakami, Kazuhiro Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8494370
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include systems and method for determining the location of components in a data center. In one embodiment, a component locating system includes a lattice formed of interconnected hubs and rods. Each hub in the lattice computes its address relative to the address of a reference location, such as the location of an adjacent hub or of an origin hub defining the origin of a reference coordinate system. A plurality of optical transmitters is distributed along the lattice to transmit location information. Optical receivers mounted on top of the racks receive the location information and communicate the location information to rack-mounted components. The racks and rack-mounted components determine their locations from the location information and optionally transmit the location information to a central management server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William J. Piazza
  • Patent number: 8449117
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset of image data may be a delta subset that represents those areas of the image that have changed since the previous transmission. The subset image data may also be a scalable vector graphics representation of the subset of the digital image. A projector discovery logic selects a suitable projector resource based on the order or signal strength of the discovery replies. A wireless image transmission session is established with the selected projector resource during which the projector is unavailable to other devices. The subset image data may be compressed and transmission coordinated with the projector resource so that the data is sent only when it is ready to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: David Elliott Slobodin, Rob Hoeye, Jorell A. Olson, Paul Long, Marques Ronald Girardelli, Joshua Duffy
  • Patent number: 8416054
    Abstract: A system and method for training a learning transceiver to a movable barrier system includes a learning transceiver that is configured for being trained to the movable barrier system. To provide ease of use to consumers, a user is able to train the learning transceiver to the movable barrier system without needing to push a button on a movable barrier operator or use a pretrained transmitter. To this end, a movable barrier operator is configured to transmit a transmission signal to the learning transceiver including a rolling access code, which is used to train the learning transceiver. To maintain the security of the movable barrier system and to restrict unauthorized users from accessing the movable barrier system, the movable barrier operator waits to transmit the transmission signal, including the rolling access code, to the learning transceiver until it has received an indication that a predetermined event occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc.
    Inventor: James Joseph Fitzgibbon
  • Patent number: 8417274
    Abstract: A base station includes a scheduling unit 120a and a call admission control unit 120b. The scheduling unit 120a includes a first determination unit 126 to determine whether or not a transmission frequency of transmission rate control data for decreasing transmission rate for uplink data is equal to or higher than a transmission frequency threshold, a second determination unit 127 to determine whether or not a counted number value of rate lowering event occurrences exceeds a counted number threshold, the rate lowering event being an event that decreases transmission rate for uplink data, and a setting unit 128 to set admission permission information to information for limiting an admission of a new call in a case where the transmission frequency is equal to or higher than the predetermined frequency, and where the counted number value of rate lowering event occurrences exceeds the counted number threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Akihito Hanaki, Yoshikazu Goto
  • Patent number: 8396424
    Abstract: A first wireless device is operable to perform role management of short-range wireless connections with other wireless devices over short-range wireless links that utilize a short-range wireless protocol, such as the Bluetooth protocol. According to one embodiment, the first wireless device accepts a request from a second wireless device to establish a connection over a short-range wireless link such that the first wireless device temporarily performs a slave role with respect to the connection. Responsive to establishing the connection, the first wireless device initiates a disconnect of the connection and then communicates a new request to the second wireless device to establish a new connection. Upon receiving an acceptance of the new request from the second wireless device, the first wireless device establishes the new connection over the short-range wireless link such that the first device performs a master role with respect to the new connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Taneka L. Frazier, Juda Xiong
  • Patent number: 8393966
    Abstract: A game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses that can carry out short-range wireless communication with one another. One of the game apparatuses functions as a parent apparatus, and at least one other game apparatus functions as a child apparatus. The parent apparatus transmits transmission verification data a predetermined number of times. Accordingly, the child apparatus receives the transmission verification data from the parent apparatus, and transmits to the parent apparatus the same number of pieces of reception verification data as those of the received transmission verification data. The parent apparatus receives the reception verification data from the child apparatus, and detects the number of the received pieces of reception verification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Yamada, Minoru Narita
  • Patent number: 8391719
    Abstract: Methods and systems for conducting communication between mobile devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of achieving communications between first and second mobile devices that are in proximity with one another includes transmitting a first signal from the first mobile device and receiving a first reflected signal at that mobile device, the first reflected signal being the first signal reflected by an object in proximity to that mobile device. The method also includes transmitting a second signal from the first mobile device for receipt by the second mobile device upon being reflected by the object, and receiving a confirmation signal from the second mobile device in response to the second signal. The method further includes achieving a paired relationship of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device, whereby because of the paired relationship the first and second mobile devices are capable of additional communications therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rachid Alameh, William S. Hede, Louis J. Vannatta, Michael W. Schellinger, Kenneth A. Paitl
  • Patent number: 8373388
    Abstract: Provided is a portable device. The portable device includes a near distance antenna, a long distance antenna, a first power generation circuit, a second power generation circuit, and a battery. The near distance antenna receives a first power source signal in an electromagnetic inductive coupling scheme. The long distance antenna receives a second power source signal in a magnetic resonance scheme. The first power generation circuit generates a power source from the first power source signal. The second power generation circuit generates a power source from the second power source signal. The battery is charged with the generated power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Hae Kim, Seung Youl Kang, Myung Lae Lee, Jong Moo Lee, Sang Hoon Cheon, Tae Hyoung Zyung, Yeon Seok Jeong
  • Patent number: 8335577
    Abstract: A chipset for an audio player supporting Bluetooth advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP). The chipset comprises first and second processors. The first processor reads audio source data from a storage device and performs a first part of advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP) source encoding. The second processor is coupled to the first processor and performs a second part of the advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP) source encoding. The first and second processors collectively act as a Bluetooth host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Hsiang Lin, Yu-Cheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8317615
    Abstract: An example game system includes a home-console type game device, a controller device, and a portable display device. The portable display device includes an infrared emitter capable of emitting infrared light. The controller device wirelessly transmits to the game device operation image data from an image-capturing section, inertia sensor data, and operation button data. The game device receives the operation data from the controller device, and performs game processes based on the operation data. Moreover, the game device compresses first game images, which are generated based on the game processes, to generate compressed image data. The compressed image data is wirelessly transmitted to the portable display device. The portable display device receives the compressed image data from the game device, expands the compressed image data to obtain the game images, and displays the game images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genyo Takeda, Eizi Kawai
  • Patent number: 8306193
    Abstract: A method of pairing Bluetooth™ enabled devices including a portable phone with a Bluetooth™ communications module of a vehicular, hands-free telephone system includes using vocal communications to prompt an operator of the phone to enter a given PIN number into the phone. The presence of any Bluetooth™ enabled devices within the vicinity of the communications module is searched. Vocal communications are used to prompt the operator to vocally state a name for the phone and to vocally state a pairing priority to be assigned to the phone. If the assigned pairing priority is not assigned to another Bluetooth™ enabled device, then the name and the pairing priority are associated with the phone. Communications between the communications module and the phone are then enabled if the phone has the highest pairing priority amongst all of the Bluetooth™ enabled devices present within the vicinity of the communications module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Jody K. Harwood, Jason G. Bauman, Kenan Robert Rudnick
  • Publication number: 20120208481
    Abstract: A sound reproducing system having at least a radio and left and right loudspeakers in a base enclosure is free of at least manually selectable volume controlling and radio tuning A remote controller includes at least manually selectable volume and tuning controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Amar G. Bose
  • Patent number: 8244180
    Abstract: A recognition control method among devices, the recognition control method includes receiving a second device recognition signal via a wireless signal module of a first device from a wireless signal module of a second device, and recognizing that the second device is located in a direction from the first device through the second device recognition signal. With respect to the second device, the method includes receiving a first device recognition signal via the wireless signal module of the second device from the wireless signal module of the first device, and recognizing that the first device is located in a direction from the second device through the first device recognition signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hun Lim, Jin Wook Lee, Gene Moo Lee, Won Keun Kong
  • Patent number: 8229396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless service purchasing system used for getting a service provided by a service provider. In one embodiment, the system comprises a mobile device including a SIM card, wherein a RFID tag is integrated, the user being identified by the same identification number in both SIM card and RFID tag. The RFID tag is adapted to communicate with a service controller booth so that the user of the mobile device be authorized to get the service. The system comprises a service provider server adapted to receive a request when it has received the identification number from the RFID tag to verify whether an account associated with the user has enough credit to gain access to the requested service and to send back a reply to the service controller booth authorizing or denying the user access to the service according to whether there is enough credit in the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Collet, Gerard Marmigere, Joaquin Picon, Pierre Secondo
  • Patent number: 8226240
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset of image data may be a delta subset that represents those areas of the image that have changed since the previous transmission. The subset image data may also be a scalable vector graphics representation of the subset of the digital image. A projector discovery logic selects a suitable projector resource based on the order or signal strength of the discovery replies. A wireless image transmission session is established with the selected projector resource during which the projector is unavailable to other devices. The subset image data may be compressed and transmission coordinated with the projector resource so that the data is sent only when it is ready to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: David Elliott Slobodin, Rob Hoeye, Jorell A. Olson, Paul Long, Marques Ronald Girardelli, Joshua Duffy
  • Patent number: 8213392
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting serial digital data across wireless modems is disclosed. In one embodiment, data is collected by a remote monitoring device and transmitted to a first Cellular Digital Packet Data (“CDPD”) modem via one or more RS232 interfaces. The applications program in the first CDPD modem transmits a signal to a second CDPD modem initiating communications. The applications program in the second CDPD modem returns a signal, indicating the status of the interface. Data transmission is initiated when the status of both interfaces is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventor: George Kuriyan
  • Patent number: 8197338
    Abstract: Systems and methods for suspending wagering game play on wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a content signal associated with regulated operations. The method can also include determining whether an enable signal is detected. Additionally, if the enable signal is not detected, the method can call for prohibiting performance of the regulated operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Fitzsimons, Steven J. Lee
  • Patent number: 8175569
    Abstract: A device control is disclosed for controlling a device with a high-priority signal without interference by a low-priority signal. Panel keys, which serve as a high-priority signal receiver unit, receives a high-priority signal. A panel key signal processing unit, which is a high-priority signal processing unit, processes the signal received by the panel keys. A remote control signal receiver unit, which is a low-priority signal receiver unit, receives a low-priority signal. A remote control signal processing unit, which is a low-priority signal processing unit, processes the signal received by the remote control signal receiver unit. A remote control signal reception control unit, which is a low-priority signal processing control unit, disables the processing in the remote control signal processing unit when the panel key signal processing unit is performing the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: NEC Viewtechnology, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukinori Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8162757
    Abstract: A wireless terminal comprising a transmitter configured to support a wireless connection with a server and a processor configured to enable a user to play an interactive game through the server with a plurality of other users on wireless terminals across a plurality of platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Sohl, Cory Radcliff, Brooke Elizabeth Olson
  • Patent number: 8139942
    Abstract: A remote controlling system is disclosed. An infrared remote controller generates a first serial signal containing a command corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the first serial signal by infrared communication. A radio remote controller generates a code signal containing a key number corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the code signal by radio communication. An electronic device includes a light receiving section, a radio receiving section, a selecting section, and a controlling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Tsurumoto, Masahiro Nakano, Akira Katsuyama, Yasuhisa Ikeda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Kazunori Kikuchi, Takayoshi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 8132007
    Abstract: A Protocol for carrying Authentication for Network Access (PANA) authentication system is provided. The system includes: a PANA client (PaC) which establishes, with a PANA authentication agent (PAA), a first PANA session and a second PANA session independent of the first PANA session, and transmits, to the PAA, a PANA update request packet requesting a binding of the first PANA session and the second PANA session; and a PAA which determines whether the first PANA session and the second PANA session are associated with an identical PaC in response to the PANA update request packet received from the PaC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emin Yegin Alper, Boung-Joon Lee
  • Patent number: 8045929
    Abstract: A RF data communication device operates in at least two states. In a first state, the device transmits a response to an RF transmission if specific data therein represents an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and if specific data therein corresponds to a class maintained by the device. The device does not transmit a response if specific data in the RF transmission is not representative of an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices, or if specific data therein does not correspond to at least one maintained class. In a second state, the device does not transmit a response when specific data is included therein that is representative of an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and specific data therein corresponds to at least one maintained class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Terahop Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Twitchell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8014540
    Abstract: An interface circuit for interconnecting the fixed controls of a vehicle to a replacement stereo. The interface circuit is capable of receiving control signals from fixed controls, such as steering wheel controls, backseat controls, handlebar controls, and the like, and then transmitting corresponding control signals to a replacement stereo. In one embodiment, the output signals from the interface circuit are comprised of wireless signals, such as IR signals. In another embodiment, the interface device is programmable such that the interface device can be programmed to emit signals corresponding to the same signals that would be emitted from a handheld remote control sold in conjunction with an after-market stereo receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: AAMP of America
    Inventor: Brett D. Riggs
  • Patent number: 7962157
    Abstract: The present invention includes a wireless communication method and device comprising a one-to-one exchange of wireless electronic device identifications or unique profile IDs between a sending and a receiving party who are both registered users of the electronic business/personal card service and further comprising upload of the wireless electronic identifications to a data server computer system wherein said system matches said identifications with those of registered users and said computer system displays information about the user associated with each identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Dan Coffing
  • Patent number: 7934834
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of transmission bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset image data may be a delta subset that represents those areas of the image that have changed since the previous transmission. Header data is provided to further describe the subset image data. A projector discovery logic selects a suitable projector resource based on the order or signal strength of the discovery replies. A wireless image transmission session is established with the selected projector resource during which the projector is unavailable to other devices. The subset image data may be compressed and transmission coordinated with the projector resource so that the data is sent only when it is ready to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: David Elliott Slobodin, Rob Hoeye, Jorell A. Olson, Paul Long, Marques Ronald Girardelli, Joshua Duffy
  • Patent number: 7933572
    Abstract: A typical cable television (CATV) network can be used as a communication link between a remote antenna system and a cellular base station (BTS). To do so, capacity of the typical CATV network is expanded to add use of an additional frequency spectrum, the added frequency is then divided into frequency channels (bands) of which each channel is digitized (e.g., using QAM) to produce a certain amount data bandwidth per channel, and a certain number of those channels are concatenated together to provide an aggregate data channel for carrying traffic between the cellular BTS and the remote antenna system (e.g., a distributed antenna system (DAS)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventor: Harold Wayne Johnson
  • Patent number: 7905604
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of transmission bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset image data may be a delta subset that represents those areas of the image that have changed since the previous transmission. The subset image data may also be a scalable vector graphics representation of the subset of the digital image. Header data is provided to further describe the subset image data. A projector discovery logic selects a suitable projector resource based on the order or signal strength of the discovery replies. A wireless image transmission session is established with the selected projector resource during which the projector is unavailable to other devices. The subset image data may be compressed and transmission coordinated with the projector resource so that the data is sent only when it is ready to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: David Elliott Slobodin, Rob Hoeye, Jorell A. Olson, Paul Long, Marques Ronald Girardelli, Joshua Duffy
  • Patent number: 7904041
    Abstract: Remote control system for generating control signal for controlling a device from a distance. Processor for processing a digital signal into Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and into cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase filtered signal. Voice processor for processing a voice signal into Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) or Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) signal. Receiver, demodulator and processor for receiving, demodulating and processing Radio Frequency (RF) modulated signal into demodulated processed position finder signal. RF modulated signal received from one or more satellites and from one or more ground based transmitters. Polar modulators and other modulators. Signal transmitters for transmission of remote control, TDMA, OFDM or OFDMA or spread spectrum signals. Signals, transmission, reception for cellular Global Mobile System (GSM), spread spectrum, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provided networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Inventor: Kamilo Feher
  • Patent number: 7896708
    Abstract: An electrical connector system provides both electrically conductive connection and infrared coupling, and includes at least one electrically conductive member adapted to provide electrically conductive connection to another electrically conductive member, an infrared member adapted to provide infrared member coupling with another infrared member, and wherein the at least one electrically conductive member and the infrared member being held in positional relation to each other to be positioned with respect to a further electrical connector for electrically conductive connection and infrared coupling with respect thereto. A method of connecting electrical signals uses a pair of electrical connectors, each having an electrically conductive connection portion and an infrared coupling portion to provide for both electrically conductive connection and infrared coupling between the electrical connectors. The invention may be used in portable electronic equipment, including mobile phones, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
    Inventor: Markus Agevik
  • Patent number: 7899130
    Abstract: A transmitter that is programmable to transmit one or more identification or device codes, using one or more transmission formats, at one or more transmission frequencies to control one or more respective devices. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes a controller and memory for storing transmission values and corresponding transmission frequencies, where the transmission values may include multiple device codes and transmission formats. A subset of the transmission values and corresponding transmission frequencies stored in the memory are assigned to or associated with one or more actuation switches upon matching the transmission values in a sampled signal to a set of transmission values stored in memory. In one embodiment, the transmission values may correspond to either a fixed-code transmission format or a rolling-code transmission format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventor: Philip Y. W. Tsui
  • Patent number: 7860471
    Abstract: A body-insertable apparatus is inserted into a subject and obtains information of an inside of the subject. The body-insertable apparatus includes an illuminating unit that outputs an illumination light to illuminate the inside of the subject; an imaging unit that obtains image information of the inside of the subject which is illuminated by the illuminating unit; a radio transmitting unit that transmits information of the inside of the subject by radio; a clock generating unit that generates a clock for obtainment of the image information by the imaging unit; and a correcting unit that corrects a clock for radio transmission by the radio transmitting unit based on the clock generated by the clock generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Takemitsu Honda, Masatoshi Homan
  • Patent number: RE43001
    Abstract: A wireless communication medium includes an antenna, an analog signal processor, a digital signal processor, and a central processing unit & logic module. The antenna transmits and receives a signal to and from an external apparatus. The analog signal processor converts an analog signal to a digital signal, and converts a digital signal to an analog signal. The digital signal processor demodulates the digital signal, detects the start and end of data, and generates a first control signal for determining whether data is transmitted to the external apparatus and a second control signal for perceiving the end of data, blocking the reception of data, modulating data, and determining whether modulated data is transmitted to the external apparatus. The central processing unit & logic module processes data received from and transmitted to the external apparatus. Accordingly, an efficiency of processing a RF signal can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ji Man Park, Yong-sung Jeon, Hong-il Ju, Young-soo Park, Sung-ik Jun, Kyo-ill Chung
  • Patent number: RE44415
    Abstract: A wireless communication medium includes an antenna, an analog signal processor, a digital signal processor, and a central processing unit & logic module. The antenna transmits and receives a signal to and from an external apparatus. The analog signal processor converts an analog signal to a digital signal, and converts a digital signal to an analog signal. The digital signal processor demodulates the digital signal, detects the start and end of data, and generates a first control signal for determining whether data is transmitted to the external apparatus and a second control signal for perceiving the end of data, blocking the reception of data, modulating data, and determining whether modulated data is transmitted to the external apparatus. The central processing unit & logic module processes data received from and transmitted to the external apparatus. Accordingly, an efficiency of processing a RF signal can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ji Man Park, Yong-sung Jeon, Hong-il Ju, Young-soo Park, Sung-ik Jun, Kyo-il Chung