Abstract: A user interface and method for viewing communications events on a mobile device includes a user interface, a communications event handler, and a communications event database is disclosed herein. The communications event handler interfaces with the database and the user interface to provide a user of the mobile device with a communications event history associated with the correspondent of an incoming communications event. Additionally the communications event handler interfaces with the database and the user interface to provide a user of the mobile device with a communications event history for a specified correspondent.

Abstract: A process for determining an operational status for a cellular service vendor includes, within a computerized device, sending a test signal comprising a test message to each of a plurality of testing nodes, each testing node being associated with a different cellular service vendor and each testing node including a computerized application configured to provide data back to the computerized device in reply to the test signal independently from data provided by the associated cellular service vendor. The process further includes, within the computerized device, determining a quality of service for each of the cellular service vendors based upon the data provided by the computerized application, generating a computerized display output describing the quality of service for each of the cellular service vendors, and allocating marketing resources based upon the quality of service for each of the cellular service vendors.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance secure communications between computing systems. In one implementation, a communication service identifies a communication request for a first application on a first computing system to transfer data to a second application on a second computing system. In response to the request, the communication service generates a packet, wherein the packet includes an encrypted portion for the data and private addressing associated with the first and second applications, and an unencrypted portion for group identifier information and public addressing information. Once the packet is generated, the packet is transferred to the second computing system.

Abstract: A method and system for voice recognition are disclosed. In one example embodiment, the method includes receiving voice input information by way of a receiver on a mobile device and performing, by way of at least one processing device on the mobile device, first and second processing operations respectively with respect to first and second voice input portions, respectively, which respectively correspond to and are based at least indirectly upon different respective portions of the voice input information. The first processing operation includes a speech-to-text operation and the second processing operation includes an alternate processing operation. Additionally, the method includes generating recognized voice information based at least indirectly upon results from the first and second processing operations, and performing at least one action based at least in part upon the recognized voice information, where the at least one action includes outputting at least one signal by an output device.

Abstract: A device comprises a processor configured to execute a sequence of program instructions, a first storage configured to store a first memory address, a second storage configured to store a second memory address, a program counter configured to determine a memory address of program instructions to be executed, and a program counter manipulator configured to set the program counter to a value corresponding to a content of the second storage in response to the program counter reaching a value corresponding to a content of the first storage.

Abstract: Altering communication interface parameters based upon mobility. A novel approach is presented in which at least one operational parameter is changed as a function of the mobility of a wireless terminal. The changing of the operational parameter (which can be performed by either the wireless terminal, a WAP, or cooperatively by both) can include changing an entire protocol or only one operational parameter within the protocol. The mobility measure can be any one or combination of velocity (rate of change of position), acceleration, position within the network, or other measure. The mobility can be an average mobility over a period of time, or it can be an instantaneous mobility. The operational parameter can be changed by either communication device at each end of a communication link or in part, by both (e.g., either by a WAP (Wireless Access Point) or a communication device connected thereto, or by cooperation there between).

Abstract: A portable communication terminal having a remote control apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU detects electronic appliances around there by a wireless tag reader, displays characters respectively corresponding to the detected appliances on a monitor, transmits test signals to these appliances, and changes a manner of the character of the appliance except for the appliance which responds, that is, in an off-state. Furthermore, the CPU detects identification information of a base station which is able to communicate with the terminal, registers the identification information detected under a desired location condition in the register, and determines whether or not a match condition is satisfied between detected identification information and the identification information which has been registered.

Abstract: A method and system of handling a call received at a call center is disclosed. The method includes determining that the call is a repeat call. The method also includes determining whether the repeat call is to receive a first treatment type. The method further includes servicing the repeat call with the first treatment type when the repeat call is determined to receive the first treatment type. The method includes servicing the repeat call with a second treatment type when the repeat call is determined to not receive the first treatment type. The second treatment type includes providing access to a self-service automated system.

Abstract: Methods and systems that provide content to subscribers via wireless transmission by initiating a page that does not automatically provide associated content. The content provider conserves air time by not automatically transmitting the content. The information content may be of different types, such as voice, text, audio, or even video, and may be dynamic. In addition to the aforementioned, the content provider may provide to subscribers via wireless transmission songs or video clips or updates on weather or stock rates.

Abstract: A remote control system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises a mobile device that transmits a signal ordering the vehicle to perform an opening operation, and an in-vehicle electronic device that performs the opening operation in response to the signal. In the system, the in-vehicle electronic device includes a determination part that determines whether a manipulation mode of the mobile device should be set; and a setting part that sets the manipulation mode of the mobile device in accordance with the determination result.

Abstract: A remote control system for moving an access door includes an indicator, at least one uniquely coded remote transmitter, and a controller that is switchable to a learning mode for learning a unique code of a remote transmitter to define a learned remote transmitter. The controller is switchable to a door moving mode based upon receiving a signal from the learned remote transmitter. The controller cooperates with the indicator for indicating whether a new uniquely coded remote transmitter has been learned based upon the controller being switched to the door moving mode to thereby alert a user of a potentially unauthorized learned remote transmitter. Alternately, a remote switch may be used to activate the indicator.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal and method for providing an RFID technique is provided. The terminal includes an RFID reader unit for receiving identification information from an RFID tag and a controller for detecting a pre-set theme corresponding to the identification information and outputting a control signal based on the detected theme.

Abstract: 2-way pagers, methods and software products implement two-way paging between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. A key sequence is accepted at the first wireless device to compose information of a page. The page is sent from the first wireless device to the second wireless device, the page comprising information of a network ID, a pager ID, a pagee ID and a page code. The page is received at the second wireless device and the second wireless device is validated as being configured for the network ID of the page. A confirmation is sent from the second wireless device to the first wireless device to confirm that the page was received.

Abstract: In a remote control apparatus, for achieving remote control of an on-vehicle equipment, in accordance with a request received from a terminal other than the on-vehicle equipment, wherein a request receiver portion 101 receives control content from a stationary-type terminal 301 or a portable-type terminal 302, thereby registering it into a control information DB 105, while corresponding it to ID information of a user thereof. Upon receipt of the ID information from the on-vehicle equipment 20, a control information transmitter portion 102 transmits the control information depending upon the control content, being registered in the control information DB 105 corresponding thereto, to the on-vehicle equipment 20. With this, the on-vehicle equipment 20 is controlled in accordance with the control content, which was received from the user in advance, remotely.

Abstract: A security system in a vehicle extends its protection to installed equipment of the vehicle, such as audio components, navigation systems, and entertainment systems. The installed equipment is armed and disarmed by the security system, preventing the equipment from normal functioning after unauthorized removal. The security system further enables programming, monitoring, and diagnosing of the installed equipment through the security system's remote control, through a configuration and maintenance tool that connects to the security system, or through other items of installed equipment within the vehicle, such as a rear-seat entertainment system.

Abstract: A selective calling receiver includes first and second tables and a control section. The first table stores in advance setting information for automatically stopping sound generation and switching to another alert operation. The second table stores in advance setting information for continuous sound generation. The control section generates an alert instruction determined on the basis of the setting information stored in the first table or that stored in the second table in response to a received radio signal containing an ID number. A method of switching the alert operation of the receiver is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cellular phone of the present invention is capable of displaying an in-absence incoming call message on a display if the user of the phone does not answer an incoming call. At the same time as the in-absence incoming call message is displayed, a timer starts counting a period of time set therein beforehand. A reporting device alerts the user to the incoming call when the timer counts up the preselected period of time. The phone therefore alerts the user to the incoming call not noticed or answered by the user despite that the user carries it.

Abstract: A pager-based controller including at least one pager configured to receive a signal from a remote location, the at least one pager being further configured to provide an output to control an on-off state of a valve actuator; a valve opening circuit to provide an output to locally control an on-off state of a valve actuator; a DC power source for supplying a required DC voltage to electrical components within the pager-based controller; a relay electrically connected to the at least one pager and the valve opening circuit; an isolation circuit electrically connected to the at least one pager and the relay, the isolation circuit configured to receive the output from the at least one pager and the valve opening circuit and supply a corresponding signal to the relay; the relay configured to receive the corresponding signal and control the valve actuator accordingly in response.

Abstract: Radio paging receiver comprising a central unit associated with a memory containing a tree-structured database comprising a plurality of menu pages and text pages, each menu page including at least an entry capable of being selected to display on the screen another menu page or a text page. Each entry of each menu page comprises a data field capable of being displayed and a call code corresponding to another menu page or text page. Moreover, the central unit is designed for updating the stored menu pages on the basis of radio messages comprising a menu page identification code and at least one entry designed to appear in the menu page presenting said identification code.

Abstract: In the setting of a communication terminal, a message for setting the terminal is sent by radio and a command and data for setting the terminal, a text for indicating a successful setting, and a text for indicating a failed setting are included in the message. When the message for setting the terminal is received, the setting of the terminal is performed based on the command and data for setting the terminal included in the message. When the setting is successful, the text indicating the successful setting is displayed. When the setting fails, the text identifying the failure is displayed and information showing causes of the failure are displayed. When the setting of the terminal has failed, since the information showing the causes of the errors is displayed, it is possible to promptly cope with the situation.

Abstract: A learning mode 40 permits a device 11 to register a plurality of transmitters (as part of authorizing such transmitters to act as remote control devices for use with a movable barrier operator 12) without necessitating intervening user tactile inputs (as through a user interface keypad 33) and without unnecessarily creating a security risk with respect to the duration of the learning mode. In one embodiment, duration of the learning mode is extended in response to detecting indicia that the learning mode continues to be used.

Abstract: A portable telephone is designed to realize portable telephone functions and game device functions, particularly music games, which are embodied by a vibration device such as a vibration sensor and a vibration motor. When the user swings and vibrates the portable telephone like a maraca in synchronization with the rhythm of a prescribed musical tune, the vibration device produces vibration pulses, which are compared with rhythm pulses. Then, a score is marked on user's operation to swing the portable telephone on the basis of time differences detected between the vibration pulses and rhythm pulses and is displayed on the screen of a display.

Abstract: A media system capable of sending a plurality of input signals to a receiving device of the system is provided. A remote control for selecting among the input devices is also provided. An audio remote without numeric keys for an audio system is provided. The present apparatus also provides the user with the ability to control the output of an input selection key. This allows the user to select input source, perhaps from a table, or execute a function assigned to the key. When in a “locked” state, the input key will rotate through a table that contains individual input functions from target devices, or the target sources/devices. The table may consist of as many input functions are as available for each device. In an “unlocked” state the remote will attempt to send a function assigned to the input key prior to selecting a device selection from an input select table. Other features of a remote control for a media system are provided.

Abstract: A locating system comprising a control unit, a first integrated circuit, a first actuator and a transceiver. The control unit is configured with a program mode and a locate mode. The first actuator and the transceiver are coupled to the first integrated circuit and configured such that when the control unit is in program mode and the first actuator is activated, the control unit transmits a first signal indicating that the control unit is in program mode and identifies the first actuator.

Abstract: A radio selective call receiver includes a receiving section, a recognizing section, an alarm section and a control section. The receiving section receives a radio signal. The recognizing section detects a message and a selective call number from the received radio signal, and recognizes selectively a reception time of the message as a latest reception time based on a kind of the selective call number. The alarm section generates an alarm in response to an alarm instruction. The control section compares at a comparison timing, a time difference between a current time and the latest reception time and a predetermined time period, and selectively outputs the alarm instruction to the alarm section based on the comparing result.

Abstract: A multichannel selective call receiver (10) includes-a receiver (11), a controller (16), a baud detector (17) and a memory (18). The controller is adapted to control the receiver in receiving information on a channel (14). The information on the channel includes mandatory frames having information fields. If the information fields in a mandatory frame on the channel do not indicate more information for the multichannel selective call receiver in the rest of the mandatory frame, the controller controls the receiver to receive information on other channels (15) during the rest of the mandatory frame. The information on the channel and the other channels is processed in accordance with channel priority as indicated in a channel list stored in the memory.

Abstract: A code learning device of tire monitor is used for motor vehicles having a tire monitor and a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is installed in individual tire of the motor vehicle, and each sensor module further comprises a radio signal transmitter for transmitting the conditions of the tires and the specific code of the sensor module via radio frequency signals. The code learning device comprises: an electric module having a processor, a memory, and a radio frequency signal receiver electrically coupled to the electric module for receiving the radio frequency signals, and dividing the radio frequency signals into a data signal and an amplitude signal. The data signal includes the conditions of the tires and the specific code of the sensor module such that the electric module can confirm the corresponding relation between the tires and the sensor module by means of the numeric value of the amplitude signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device that provides paging, a user interface and downloadable software.

Abstract: A radio selective calling receiver includes a storage 105 storing a plurality of frequencies each corresponding to a particular area in which a service is available. A synchronized frequency storage 112 stores, frequency by frequency, the numbers of times of synchronization set up at consecutive sampling times together with the sampling times. When frequency search begins, a receipt frequency control 110 sequentially searches the frequencies in accordance with the number of times of synchronization set up at a sampling time closest to the time at which the search has begun. The receiver is capable reducing a period of time necessary for a frequency search without forcing the user of the receiver to perform any special setting operation. This reduces the probability of missing a call meant for the receiver and saves power to be allocated to frequency search.

Abstract: A multimode electronic device having a plurality of manually actuated buttons for selecting between a plurality of modes and functions wherein at least one of the modes has at least two second level functions. The device can cycle among the modes upon the repeated activation of a first button and can cycle among the functions upon the repeated activation of a second button. The multi-level hierarchy including both modes and functions provides for a more improved user interface with improved functionality.

Abstract: A selective caller receiver which can facilitate easy setting of a test mode without using an exclusive jig and also easy management and adjustment of a receiving unit. In the selective caller receiver, a memory for storing therein test mode setting data is provided and turning ON of a control switch causes the data to be read out from the memory. When a test mode is judged to be present on the basis of the read-out data, a battery saving operation is released and the receiving unit is continuously operated to set the receiving unit in the test mode. When a test mode is judged not to be present, the receiving unit is operated in its battery saving mode.

Abstract: In a selective call receiver, a plurality of received messages are stored onto a message memory until the message memory is full. The received messages have designated degrees, respectively, which are each designated by instructions of a user. When a new received message is received, an earlier received message having the lowest designated degree is retrieved among the received messages stored in the memory and then the new received message is written over the earlier received message having the lowest designated degree.

Abstract: A video recorder, adapted for use in conjunction with a remotely controllable unit associated with television recording and/or viewing, contains a remote-control signal transmitter to transmit control codes to the associated unit, and means to analyze the operation of the associated unit in response to the control codes. An electronic controller causes the transmitter to transmit test codes to the associated unit, then analyzes the resulting operation of the associated unit to determine its control codes, which it stores in a memory for later use.