Abstract: A method for detecting one or more objects on a touch screen, wherein the touch screen has a plurality of transmitters and receivers, comprises the following steps: serializing data signals into a group data signal corresponding to the transmitters and the receivers of the touch screen; transmitting and deserializing the group data signal to the transmitters and the receivers; receiving receiver data indicative of the detection of one or more objects on the touch screen; serializing the receiver data into serialized common data signal; and outputting the common data signal, wherein the common data signal is indicative of the detected objects on the touch screen.

Abstract: A remote control device comprises: a unit having a top surface; and a touch panel disposed on the top surface, wherein the touch panel covers all of the top surface. The touch panel comprises touch sensing channels positioned on the touch panel for detecting an object touching or in proximity to the touch panel.

Abstract: A touch screen system comprises the following: a detection area having at least two sides; light transmitters (“LTs”) disposed on the sides; and light receivers (“LRs”) disposed on the sides, wherein the LTs and the LRs are paired where one of the LTs is paired with one of the LRs, forming transmitter-receiver pairs, wherein the transmitter-receiver pairs are positioned on the sides, where the light transmitter and the light receiver of anyone of the transmitter-receiver pairs are disposed on different ones of the sides, wherein selected ones of the transmitter-receiver pairs are partitioned into two or more groups as a function of the respective positions of the transmitter-receiver pairs along the sides, and wherein one of the groups is activated at a given time.

Abstract: Methods for channel estimation for OFDM schemes are provided to combat multipath fading. Scattered pilot symbols are adaptively tracked by applying a weighted summation function over the received symbols to get a “snapshot” of the pilot symbols. Channel impulse response and frequency response can then be applied to the snapshot for channel estimation. The channel estimation is then used for interpolating one or more data symbols. Furthermore, the path information of the channel impulse response can help to optimize the OFDM window position.

Abstract: A capacitive sensor for a digital display device comprises: one or more proximity wires; a grounding wire; wherein the DDD having a system area and a frame area; wherein the frame area is positioned around the system area; wherein the grounding wire is disposed on the DDD and forms a first area; wherein a first proximity wire is disposed outside of the first area; and wherein the first proximity wire and the grounding wire defines a first detection area of the capacity sensor.

Abstract: A method for utilizing the resources of a digital display device (“DDD”) for use by a computer comprises the steps of: connecting the DDD to the computer; displaying one or more images on the DDD, wherein the images are transmitted from the computer to the DDD; updating and storing PIM information on the DDD, wherein the PIM information is retrieved from the computer; and generating by the DDD one or more alerts based on the updated PIM information to be displayed on the DDD.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for managing content for a consumer electronic device (“CED”) via one or more networks, wherein the CED being uniquely identifiable, comprising the steps of: providing a server, wherein the server being connectable to the CED; connecting remotely by a user device to the server via the networks; providing by the user device to the server a content request for the CED, wherein the content request requesting a content and the content being located at one or more locations; requesting by the server for the locations of the content; providing by the server to the CED the locations of the content; and fetching the content by the CED from the locations of the content.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for downloading a user requested file via a peer-to-peer network, comprising the steps of: generating a second queue for containing one or more trying-to-connect peers, a third queue for containing currently-connected peers, and a forth queue for containing previously-connected peers; requesting from said servers one or more available peers, wherein said available peers having one or more blocks of said user requested file; placing said available peers in said second queue; connecting to the peers in the second queue, wherein upon successfully connecting to a peer in the second queue, placing such peer in said third queue; and downloading one or more blocks from the peers in said third queue.

Abstract: An electronic alarm clock connected to one or more networks comprises: a network communications device, wherein the network device receives content from the networks; a touch screen; one or more speakers; and a local storage device, wherein a clock function is provided, wherein an alarm function is provided that plays user specified content at a user specified time on said screen and the speakers, and wherein a physical button is disposed on the clock to manage the alarm function during an alarm.