Patents by Inventor William Basil Harrold

William Basil Harrold has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wireless communication terminals
    Patent number: 7231235
    Abstract: The audio input system (6) of a terminal, such as a mobile telephone, is powered up during the standby mode, either with the paging channel or any other short duration channel such as a monitoring channel, and is then used to recognize narrow bandwidth sounds such as a whistle, to activate the telephone. Once activated, the telephone may then be responsive to voice commands and may then support a speaker phone mode of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: TTPCom Limited
    Inventor: William Basil Harrold