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20080220760 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USAGE PROFILING ASSOCIATED WITH DEVICE SPECIFIC IDENTIFIERS - Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and content targeting and management techniques. | 09-11-2008 |
20080220761 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AND METHOD OF REMOTELY CONTROLlLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal for remotely controlling and a method of remotely controlling the same that enable remote control operation of the mobile terminal by connecting a remote control device and the mobile terminal are provided. The method of remotely controlling a mobile terminal includes transmitting a key code from a remote control device by user request; receiving and recognizing the key code in the mobile terminal; converting the key code to an operation code of the mobile terminal; and controlling data output operation according to the operation code. | 09-11-2008 |
20080242288 | CENTRALIZED VOICE RECOGNITION UNIT FOR WIRELESS CONTROL OF PERSONAL MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Described are a method and system for controlling the operation of personal mobile electronic devices disposed about a user. Each device is adapted to receive command according to a common wireless protocol. A voice signal is generated in response to a voice command spoken by the user. Command data are generated for one of the devices in response to the voice signal. The command data are transmitted through a wireless link to the respective device to control an operation of the device. There is no need for each device to have independent voice recognition capability. Instead, the burden of voice recognition is managed by the wearable command module that communicates with all the controlled devices through wireless links. | 10-02-2008 |
20080268829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER PERSONALIZED MOBILE VIDEO PROGRAM LIST POPULATION - Methods and apparatuses that simplify user access to various desired programming over a mobile device are disclosed. In ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080274725 | Wireless multifunction network device - The wireless multifunction network device includes a radio, first and second amplifier or filter devices, first and second antennae, a control system and a power module. The radio is adapted to support multiple protocols. The first amplifier or filter device is operably attached to the radio and is for processing a predetermined first frequency. The second amplifier or filter device is operably attached to the radio and is for processing a predetermined second frequency. The first antennae is operably attached to the first amplifier or filter device and is for use with the first frequency. The second antennae is operably attached to the second amplifier or filter device and is for used with the second frequency. The control system is operably attached to the radio. The power module is operably attached to the first amplifier or filter device, the second amplifier or filter device, and the control system. | 11-06-2008 |
20080280602 | Vehicle control apparatus with data reprogrammable via wireless communication network - In a vehicle control apparatus for reprogramming data stored therein based on a reprogramming instruction transmitted thereto via a wireless communication network, an asking unit is provided. The asking unit asks a data reprogramming unit about whether the reprogramming instruction is validated or not. The data reprogramming unit has been authorized to reprogram the data stored in the vehicle control apparatus. A determining unit is provided in the vehicle control apparatus. The determining unit receives a reply to the asking transmitted from the data reprogramming unit via the wireless communication network and determines whether to enable or disable the reprogramming of the data stored in the vehicle control apparatus based on the received reply. | 11-13-2008 |
20080293397 | Method for Disabling a Mobile Device - Methods for disabling a mobile device ( | 11-27-2008 |
20080318564 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING REMOTE CONTROL PROCESSES - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing remote control processes is provided. The method includes receiving a request to execute an operation on a target device via selection of a function key on a remote control device. The function key is associated with the operation and the target device that performs the operation for remotely controlling operation of the target device via a signal transmitted from the remote control device to the target device when the function key is selected. The method also includes approving the request to execute the operation when authorization has been secured, and transmitting the signal from the remote control device to the target device in response to the approval. | 12-25-2008 |
20090047941 | Method and Apparatus for Deactivating Mobile Radio Stations From the Network - Method for deactivating at least one mobile station in a radio communication system, particularly in a picocell on board an aircraft in a GSM mobile radio network, where the radio communication system has a first network element, which forms a transmission/reception device for each mobile station in the radio cell, a second network element which is set up to control the first network element, and a device which is connected between the first network element and the second network element, wherein the device carries out the following steps: detection of a piece of identification information, directed at the at least one mobile station, which is transmitted from the second network element to the first network element, use of this identification information to deactivate the at least one mobile station when a deactivation signal is supplied to the device. | 02-19-2009 |
20090054051 | Attachable Headset for Portable Device - System and method for attaching a wireless headset to a portable device. The wireless headset may include a data receiver for receiving data from a portable device and a physical mechanism to attach to the portable device. The wireless headset may be detachable from the portable device, and after being detached, the headset may be usable for listening to audio data received from the portable device via the data receiver. The wireless headset may further include a data transmitter for providing data to the portable device. Additionally, the wireless headset may be operable to charge its battery when attached to the portable device. Furthermore, detaching the wireless headset may be used to answer a call if the portable device is capable of telecommunication services. | 02-26-2009 |
20090054052 | Remotely controlled traffic beacon - The invention provides an improved remotely controlled, solar-powered traffic beacon. Remote control is provided by a communications system that utilizes a cellular telephone modem and public cellular telephone networks to receive a schedule of activation/deactivation times or alternatively to receive immediate on/off commands. Furthermore, the communications system allows for the transmission of operational feedback data from the solar-powered traffic beacon to the user. The invention allows for remote control of solar-powered traffic beacons. | 02-26-2009 |
20090061841 | MEDIA OUT INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for providing a media out interface. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes, at a host device, detecting a mobile device coupled to the host device, and displaying on a display device coupled to the host device an interface including interface elements, which can be manipulated by commands received from the mobile device or another device, wherein the interface enables control of the display of content received from the mobile device and displayed on the display device. | 03-05-2009 |
20090093245 | Method of protecting multimedia unit against abnormal conditions and protection system therefor - A protection system includes a multimedia unit, which is able to output a warning signal under an abnormal condition thereof and to restart on receipt of a restart signal, in which a phone number message for identifying a source of the restart signal is included; Ethernet for transmitting the warning signal output by the multimedia unit; a phoneline network for transmitting the restart signal to the multimedia unit; a supervising unit for receiving the warning signal sent via Ethernet and then outputting the restart signal via the phoneline network; and a filter unit located between the multimedia unit and the phoneline network for receiving the restart signal via the phoneline network, and being internally provided with a list of phones containing the phone number message included in the restart signal for determining whether to transmit the restart signal to the multimedia unit according to the source of the restart signal. | 04-09-2009 |
20090111454 | Wireless Controlled Devices For A Weapon And Wireless Control Thereof - A system and method related to weapon mounted auxiliary devices that can be operated by wireless remote control, and a remote controller by which an operator can operate the auxiliary devices remotely by wireless control. This includes all means of remote control of the auxiliary devices to include but not be limited to radio frequency (RF), infrared (IR) energy, all other wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, and acoustic, pressure, or sound waves. Control of the auxiliary devices can range from simple activation to wireless control of all auxiliary device controls and adjustments. This can also include a single remote control device that can operate one or more weapon mounted auxiliary devices. | 04-30-2009 |
20090143062 | EVENTS NOTIFICATION AND FUNCTIONS SELECTION MECHANISMS IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - A panel has been provided to a wireless device that turns off all RF capability of the wireless device (including, but not limited to notifications, wireless web clipping, instant messaging, email sending/receiving, phone calls, etc.). The panel is brought up on a screen of the wireless device by pressing a programmed hard button for more than 1 second. Once the RF capability has been turned off, if the user attempts to access a program or other device that requires the RF capabilities, a notification is displayed that identifies the RF capabilities as being disabled and prompts the user whether to continue. If the user continues, the RF device is automatically enabled, otherwise the RF device remains disabled. | 06-04-2009 |
20090156193 | Modem with acoustic coupling - The present invention relates to a terminal interface and an arrangement including the terminal interface to enable interfacing between an electronic device and a service provider. The terminal interface comprises at least a data interface arranged for coupling the terminal interface to the electronic device, a processing means adapted to operate the terminal device, and modem means enabling data communication between the interface terminal and a terminal device enabled for voice commutation in a public land mobile communications network. The data processing means coupled to the data interface and the modem means is further configured for processing data received from either of the data interface and the modem means and for generating data to be transmitted via the data interface and/or the modem means. Data is communicated between the interface terminal and the service provider via the terminal device on a voice communication connection through the public land mobile communications network. | 06-18-2009 |
20090209246 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION AND TERMINAL DEVICE TO RECEIVE DATA - A method for transmitting information between a data provider and data users is described in which the data users may be different with regard to their data processing capabilities. An interface is provided between the data provider and the data user, via which the data is adapted to the respective data processing capabilities of the data users. Corresponding terminal devices transmit information concerning the terminal device's data processing capabilities with the request for data. | 08-20-2009 |
20090233593 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for remotely controlling an entertainment device using a mobile communication device. A user utilizes a mobile communication device to input information that requests manipulation of playback of content outputted for presentation by an entertainment device. The mobile communication device transmits the user input to the entertainment device, and responsive to receiving the user input, the mobile communication device manipulates playback of the video content. | 09-17-2009 |
20090270085 | Telephone controlled entertainment - Telephone based remote control is disclosed. In some embodiments, telephone based remote control includes presenting an interface on a cellular telephone for controlling a media source; receiving a user command for controlling the media source; and sending a control signal from the cellular telephone to the media source, wherein the control signal includes control information corresponding to the command, and wherein the media source outputs information based on the command. | 10-29-2009 |
20090325567 | Telephone set, communication adaptor, home appliance control method, and program recording medium - The invention relates to a telephone set comprises a connection means to execute a connecting process for enabling transmission and reception of an information signal to and from a home appliance such as a general audio device remote-controllable by radio communication; a control means for generating, upon arrival of an incoming call, a remote control signal such as a pause command to the home appliance; and a radio communication means for sending the remote control signal to the home appliance by radio communication. Thus, upon arrival of an incoming call at the telephone set, the remote control signal is sent to the audio device or the like either directly from the telephone set or via a communication adaptor installed therein, hence pausing or muting the output of the audio device under remote control. Such control action enables a user to perceive the incoming call with facility. | 12-31-2009 |
20100022234 | Tethered Digital Butler Consumer Electronic Master Device and Method - The present invention relates to a tethered digital butler consumer electronics product and method. The tethered digital butler, of a price and form factor suitable for consumer electronics markets of developed and developing countries, includes a communications and multi-media console and a wireless remote. The remote may resemble a handheld personal computer (HPC), a palm-held personal computer (PPC or PDA) or a smart phone, but has a low cost and feature set supported by the console that is novel in the consumer electronics market. In particular, this disclosure relates to combining telephone service, device control and, optionally, a fingerprint reader for easy user identification/authorization and personalization. As another option, a camera can be incorporated into the remote, thereby enabling video conferencing and other visual features. Alternatively, the remote may be packaged separately from a console and sold to interact with capabilities of a communications and console, set-top box, multi-media PC or other consumer electronics device from a different source, such as one running on a Windows, OS X or Linux platform, with or without telephone capabilities. The remote may include a media reader and remote USB port. | 01-28-2010 |
20100056130 | Remote Control of Electronic Devices - A controlling device (e.g., a telephony device) can remotely control various tasks associated with a controlled device (e.g., a personal computer), including the navigation of user interfaces associated with applications or an operating system associated with the controlled device. A task can be controlled at the controlled device by mapping user input received at the controlling device to control commands suitable for execution at the controlled device. | 03-04-2010 |
20100075655 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE SYSTEMS FROM A CELL PHONE - A system and method for controlling systems of a vehicle with a cell phone. The cell phone is associated with the vehicle through a user interface. User preferences are received through the user interface for sending commands from the cell phone to the vehicle for controlling the systems of the vehicle. A wireless connection is established between the vehicle and the cell phone. A distance is determined between the cell phone and the vehicle. One or more commands are sent to the vehicle to control the systems based on the user preferences. | 03-25-2010 |
20100075656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KEY FREE ACCESS TO A VEHICLE - A system and method for unlocking a vehicle with a cell phone. Wireless signals are monitored from a cell phone. A signal is received from the cell phone. A distance between the cell phone and the vehicle is determined. Doors of the vehicle are unlocked in response to the cell phone nearing the vehicle. The doors of the vehicle are locked in response to the cell phone being further separated from the vehicle. | 03-25-2010 |
20100075657 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE BACKUP WIRELESS DEVICES - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed to enable backup wireless devices. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving an activation code from a first wireless device, transmitting a deactivation instruction to a second wireless device in response to receiving the activation code for the first wireless device, transmitting a location instruction to the second wireless device to invoke a location function of the second wireless device, receiving information indicative of the location of the second wireless device in response to the transmitted location instruction, and sending an e-mail message indicative of the location of the second wireless device to an account owner of the second wireless device in response to receiving the information indicative of the location. | 03-25-2010 |
20100081422 | MULTIBAND COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH COMMUNICATION CONTROL AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A communication device includes an RF transceiver for communicating first data with a remote communication device via a first protocol. A millimeter wave transceiver communicates second data with the remote communication device via a second protocol. A communication control module coordinates the communication of the first data and the second data with the remote communication device to establish at least one parameter of the second protocol. | 04-01-2010 |
20100087183 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING PERSONAL BELONGINGS - Device for controlling personal belongings and the like, of the type comprising at least one emitter unit ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100093334 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC ENTITY AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZATION OF SUCH AN ELECTRONIC ENTITY - The “first” portable electronic entity ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100093335 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A MOBILE TERMINAL - The invention relates to a method for controlling remotely a mobile terminal ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100099396 | REMOTE CONTROL OF DEVICES UTILIZING A MOBILE NETWORK - Providing for remote control of electronic devices at least in part utilizing a mobile radio access network (RAN) is disclosed herein. A control server is provided that can initiate an OTA message requesting control of a client device. The OTA message can be transmitted via the RAN to the client device, which can initiate a data network call upon receipt of the message. A data network address can be forwarded to the control server to facilitate data exchange between the server and client. The client can act upon and respond to commands issued by the server. As described herein, remote control of a client that does not maintain a persistent data network link can be conducted. Furthermore, key-mapping applications, DLL-based middle-ware, and other interface modules traditionally required to implement control of a remote device can be limited or avoided. | 04-22-2010 |
20100112997 | LOCAL TRIGGERING METHODS, SUCH AS APPLICATIONS FOR DEVICE-INITIATED DIAGNOSTIC OR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - A system and method of performing device-initiated diagnostic or configuration management on a mobile device. In some examples, the system identifies a problem related to of the mobile device, communicates with a remote server on a network a message pertaining to the problem, initiates a remedial action at the server, and changes the configuration of the mobile device based on the remedial action. In some cases, the system may transmit a message to the server that triggers the action to be performed. In some cases, the system may not require a user to understand how to solve the problem. | 05-06-2010 |
20100130188 | SYSTEM FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL OF CONTROL UNITS, EVEN BATTERY POWERED CONTROL UNITS, FOR IRRIGATION DEVICES - A system for the remote control of a plurality of control units (A | 05-27-2010 |
20100159913 | Remote Ring Tone Control Using USSD - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to a USSD assisted remote ring tone control service allowing a first mobile device to remotely add a ring tone and activate the ring tone of a second mobile device. A first mobile device contains a remote ring-tone control logic. The remote ring-tone control logic interacts with a USSD gateway server to send a ring tone to a second mobile device and remotely activates the ring tone. This requires authorization by a policy server which is in communication with the USSD gateway server. Once authorized, the first mobile device can upload a ring tone to a ring tone cache or find a ring tone on a network. The first mobile device then sends a URL to the second mobile device pointing to the ring tone either in the ring tone cache or elsewhere on the network. The second mobile device then downloads the ring tone. Once the download is confirmed the second mobile device activates the ring tone. The next time the first communications device makes a call to the second mobile device, the ring tone sounds through the second mobile device. | 06-24-2010 |
20100197293 | REMOTE COMPUTER ACCESS AUTHENTICATION USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for establishing access to a computer ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100240353 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND FACILITY SIDE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF FACILITY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF FACILITY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a wireless remote control system that provides a system for suppressing the communication fee. The server apparatus | 09-23-2010 |
20100248710 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Selecting an Application in Power-Off Mode - An embodiment relates generally to a method of selecting applications. The method includes positioning a powered-down mobile device into a close proximity of a near field communication device and selecting an application from a plurality of applications stored on the powered-down mobile device. The method also includes executing the application in the powered-down mobile device to interact with the near field communication device. | 09-30-2010 |
20100261465 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CELL PHONE INTERACTIONS - Integrating wireless capability into a device (e.g., a thermostat, a parking meter, a hotel alarm clock, etc.), effectively adds to the device a graphical user interface (GUI) capability. The user's cell phone can be employed for interaction with the device via such a GUI. In one particular arrangement, a cell phone camera captures an image of a thermostat, from which an identifier (e.g., a steganographic digital watermark) is decoded and used to access a corresponding record at a remote server. The server in this arrangement causes a JavaScript application to be returned to the cell phone—which may correspond both to the thermostat which is to be controlled, and to the cell phone that is to control it. An exemplary GUI takes the form of a graphical overlay—presented in registered alignment atop the camera-captured image of the device. Once the application establishes an initial session between the phone and the controlled device, the phone may later recall the GUI to allow further device interaction—such as changing the thermostat temperature from the user's desk (or adding time to a parking meter from across town). The interfaces may be customized, e.g., for user preferences, and for different specific task-oriented interactions. By such technology, a user's cell phone serves as multi-purpose interface for dealing with a variety of wireless-equipped devices. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261466 | Systems and Methods for Operating a Virtual Whiteboard Using a Mobile Phone Device - A method for operating a virtual whiteboard using a mobile phone device, comprises the steps of: generating the virtual whiteboard, wherein the mobile phone device is coupled to the virtual whiteboard to input data to the virtual whiteboard; connecting the mobile phone device to an external display device; displaying the virtual whiteboard on the external display device; and operating the virtual whiteboard using the mobile phone device; wherein markings on the virtual whiteboard correspond to spatial movements of the mobile phone device. | 10-14-2010 |
20100304731 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO DISPLAY AND CONTROL FOR PORTABLE DEVICE - An apparatus and method for display and control of video data on a mobile device provides simultaneous multiple video data display of groups of video sources and selection of video data for single, larger viewing. Control of the camera source of the video data is provided for the mobile device user, such as by manipulation of a multi-touch sensitive screen to pan, tilt and zoom. Image capture from the video screen and marking of the captured image is provided. Activation of video data streams and groups of video data streams for display on the mobile device is provided by transfer of activation information to the mobile device via email. Notification of events monitored by the video source or by other sensors is sent to users of the mobile devices. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304732 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONFIGURATION, OPERATION AND CONTROL OF AN INTERFACE DEVICE - A system for remote monitoring and control of remotely located equipment that minimizes wireless airtime includes an interface device coupled with the remote equipment. The interface device selectively communicates over a wireless network with a central server and/or a user device. Wireless communication with the interface device is field configurable by a user to be selectively triggered base on user specified operational conditions. Communication by the interface device may be with one of a first protocol and a second protocol based on user specified operating conditions to optimize wireless airtime. The first protocol includes a user configured data string to select information to be transmitted based on the user specified operating conditions. The second protocol includes a user configurable datafile selectively transmitted over a voice channel of the wireless network based on the user specified operating conditions. Messages communicated with the first and second protocol may be selectively utilized to generate an alert message to the user device based on a user configured message profile. | 12-02-2010 |
20100311406 | Phone Control Device for Remotely Controlling Electric Appliances - A phone control device for remotely controlling electric appliances is capable of wireless and remotely controlling electric appliances by receiving and transact phone signal via phone network, wherein the phone control device sends out feedback signal through the phone network and receives on/off driving signal corresponding to the feedback signal. | 12-09-2010 |
20100330979 | Portable Phone Remote - A video device and a remote control function for a video device that can be carried out over a remote device such as a phone. The phone connects to the video device over a network. | 12-30-2010 |
20110009112 | MULTIFUNCTION REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus are provided for a multifunction remote control device, allows a user to display the contents of a mobile terminal on a larger screen, while retaining use of the mobile terminal's other functions. The method includes checking whether the mobile terminal is connected to the multifunction remote control device, running a multi-screen mode for composing a service environment in which control and call connection functions of the mobile terminal are executable, by implementing a wireless interface of the mobile terminal, and controlling basic functions and additional functions of the mobile terminal. | 01-13-2011 |
20110039534 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method for controlling a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal thereof, the method: synchronizing with an external terminal by using a wireless communication module of the mobile terminal; receiving a control command signal in response to a status of the external terminal through the wireless communication module; and executing at least one of changing a receiving mode of the mobile terminal and setting up an alarm function based on the control command signal. | 02-17-2011 |
20110045816 | SHARED BOOK READING - Techniques for sharing book reading experiences between users of different telecommunications devices are described herein. | 02-24-2011 |
20110059734 | OVER-THE-AIR SERVICE TERMINATION FOR A TELEMATICS DEVICE - The disclosed technology automatically terminates wireless service that a mobile communication network provided to a telematics unit, e.g. when the customer is no longer active for telematics service. The disclosed deactivation allows the network service provider to reuse any resources, such as mobile numbers, that were previously assigned to the particular telematics unit. In a disclosed example, a SMS deactivation message causes the telematics unit to delete its mobile provisioning data, such as its MDN and/or its MIN, and replace that data with a dummy number. The deactivation procedure may also provide a replacement destination number for emergency calls, typically a cleared number, such as 911. For example, the deactivated telematics unit would be able to call a PSAP, and the PSAP would recognize that the unit is inactive for wireless service (and cannot be called-back) from the dummy number used to identify the unit. | 03-10-2011 |
20110070878 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MOBILE PHONE - A method for controlling a display apparatus and a mobile phone is provided. According to the method, the display apparatus transmits an application to the mobile phone, the mobile phone executes the application and transmits specific information received from a user, and the display apparatus controls an execution state of the application according to the specific information. Accordingly, a user controls the display apparatus using the mobile phone. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070879 | STB MESSAGING SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a video terminal device having a processor adapted to submit a query to a mobile device to determine whether to redirect one or more mobile messages destined for the mobile device to the video terminal device, receive from the mobile device an affirmative response to the query, transmit a request to a wireless carrier system to redirect transmission of the one or more mobile messages to the video terminal device, receive from the wireless carrier system the one or more mobile messages while the mobile device remains communicatively coupled to the video terminal device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110105103 | Interfacing a Mobile Device with a Computer - Systems and methods for interfacing a mobile device and a host computer are described in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, among several, an interfacing system comprises a mobile device, which has a sensor, and a host computer. The sensor of the mobile device detects gestures that are translated to cursor control commands for a display of the host computer. | 05-05-2011 |
20110124326 | Locator for finding lost or misplaced objects - A network based method and system (apparatus) for locating remote objects which have become lost, misplaced or stolen. An iPhone-like “application” interrogates a low duty cycle locator device with a transceiver and GPS chip. The user is alerted via phone message (call and/or text). The locator device is interrogated via a telephony capable computer server. The user checks on a website to view a map with the coordinates of the missing object displayed. An automatic computer-based method of interrogating the locator allows for extremely small duty cycles (milliseconds) while a missing location may become available every minute, five minutes, or ten minutes, for example. | 05-26-2011 |
20110189984 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT USER EQUIPMENT RADIO FREQUENCY ASSISTANT SYSTEM - A user equipment and a wireless radio frequency assistant in a communication system that supports multiple input multiple output. The wireless radio frequency assistant and the user equipment operate together as a single system. The user equipment controls and activates the wireless radio frequency assistant to transform a first frequency of a radio frequency signal transmitted to the system of user equipment and the wireless radio frequency assistant to a second frequency. The wireless radio frequency assistant transmits the second frequency to the user equipment. | 08-04-2011 |
20110212717 | Methods and Systems for Content Processing - Mobile phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some aspects relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs. Others relate to processing of image data. Still others concern metadata generation, processing, and representation. Yet others concern user interface improvements. Other aspects relate to imaging architectures, in which a mobile phone's image sensor is one in a chain of stages that successively act on packetized instructions/data, to capture and later process imagery. Still other aspects relate to distribution of processing tasks between the mobile device and remote resources (“the cloud”). Elemental image processing (e.g., simple filtering and edge detection) can be performed on the mobile phone, while other operations can be referred out to remote service providers. The remote service providers can be selected using techniques such as reverse auctions, through which they compete for processing tasks. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 09-01-2011 |
20110223899 | MOBILE PHONE TERMINAL WITH REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTION - A mobile phone terminal with remote control function including a touch panel display and configured to selectively display function display patterns having a plurality of operating icons representing multiple functions including a phone function on the touch panel display, in which the mobile phone terminal has a display unit that displays a remote-control function display pattern for operating one or more external devices by remote control and a switching unit that selectively switches the remote-control function display pattern. | 09-15-2011 |
20110244846 | Cell Phone with Remote Control System - A remote control system includes a mobile phone, a mobile communication network, a plurality of remote systems, and a server. The mobile phone has an antenna, a mobile communication modem, a processing unit, a system memory, a battery, a keypad, a speaker, and a display The mobile communication network comprises a wireless communication network. The remote systems communicate electronic signals with the mobile phone via the mobile communication network. And, the server is connected to the mobile communication network. The mobile phone controls the behavior of the remote system and communicates electronic signals for data, audio, and video with the processing unit having control software programs. The mobile phone decodes the electronic signals and plays on the display and the speaker. The remote mobile phone downloads and installs the control software programs from the server through the mobile communication network. | 10-06-2011 |
20110275358 | APPLICATION STATE AND ACTIVITY TRANSFER BETWEEN DEVICES - A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system includes running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. It is sensed that the personal electronic device has been, or soon will be, moved into or out of a proximity of the in-vehicle infotainment system. Information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is transferred to the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. An application is selected for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. The selected application is used to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. | 11-10-2011 |
20120009914 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device controlling apparatus for a mobile terminal capable of conveniently and effectively remote-control an electronic device by using a mobile terminal without a remote controller of the electronic device, and a method thereof. When an electronic device is displayed on a display unit through a camera, an electronic device identifier is received from the electronic device through a communication module. And, the electronic device is controlled based on electronic device information matching with the received electronic device identifier. | 01-12-2012 |
20120046024 | SECOND PARTY CONTROL OVER MOBILE DEVICE USAGE - A mechanism is provided whereby a parent, or other second party, can monitor and/or control a child's or other first party's wireless device usage. An interface can allow the parent to set rules for the child's usage, and can specify that the parent should receive messages when a call is made to or from the child's wireless device. In addition to call information, the message may prompt the parent for approval of the call connection. Thus, a parent can decide whether a call that is incoming from or outgoing to a third party should be permitted. | 02-23-2012 |
20120149359 | WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE USING MOBILE PHONE - A wireless remote control device is provided using a mobile phone. The mobile phone's keys, touch-sensitive screen, gravity sensor, or audio controller are signal triggering means to issue instructions. A processing software is installed in the mobile phone and the instructions are processed by the processing software, delivered to a communication module via the mobile phone's port, and radiated to the remote controlled toy by the communication module, so as to control the remote controlled toy's mechanical actions and audio/lighting effects. The wireless remote control device is intelligent, functionally versatile, easily extensible, and hot pluggable. In addition, infrared transmitter is adopted that not only is accurate and robust to interference, but also produces little interference itself to the environment and the neighboring devices. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER PROFILING FROM GATHERING USER DATA THROUGH INTERACTION WITH A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system, method, and wireless communication device that profiles a user thereof, or a user at a second wireless communication device in communication therewith. The wireless communication device gathers user data for a user thereof, or from a user at a second wireless communication device, and either directly generates, or has generated elsewhere, a user profile, such as a personality or psychological profile, or medical diagnosis of the user, and can display the user profile to the user and/or alter the wireless communication device functionality based upon the user profile. The gathered user data can be from physical user interaction with the wireless communication device, or from other equipment resident at the wireless communication device, such as a camera and medical diagnostic devices. | 06-14-2012 |
20120157079 | SECURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPENING LOCKING DEVICES BY ENCRYPTED ACOUSTIC ACCREDITATIONS - The invention relates to a system implements a mobile phone ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120157080 | SECURE SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED LOCKING DEVICES BY MEANS OF ENCRYPTED ACOUSTIC ACCREDITATIONS - The invention relates to a system implementing a mobile telephone ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120172027 | Use of geofences for location-based activation and control of services - Disclosed herein is a geofence service that enables various remote control and automatic operations based a user's current geographic position as determined by the user's mobile device's current geographic location. The geofence service enables the user to define one or more geofences based on specific geographic locations. Such geofences may be applied against several geofence applications for remote and automatic control of devices. In one embodiment, the mobile device's volume or power control settings are adjusted based on the user's location inside or outside a geofence. In one embodiment, temperature setting of a building or house is controlled based on user's proximity to a geofence. In one embodiment, electrical appliances within a home are activated and controlled automatically based on user's current geographic location. | 07-05-2012 |
20120178431 | Proximity-Enabled Remote Control - The invention relates to systems and methods that enable a mobile device to be approximated with an object in order to enable control of the object. In one possible embodiment of a method of the invention, a mobile device is brought in physical proximity with an object, the identity of the object is determined wirelessly, based on such determination, a remote control user interface is presented by the mobile device, the mobile device receives input relating to a desired control action for the object, and the mobile device wirelessly communicates with a remote computer to facilitate control of the object. Various embodiments of the invention are possible to address a wide range of practical applications. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178432 | Methods for Translating a Device Command - An item of information ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120178433 | METHOD FOR PROVISIONING AN APPARATUS CONNECTED CONTACTLESS TO A MOBILE DEVICE - An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178434 | PERSONAL AREA NETWORK HAVING MEDIA PLAYER AND MOBILE DEVICE CONTROLLING THE SAME - A system and method are provided for controlling content played by a number of media devices. In general, the system includes a mobile device and the number of media devices. The mobile device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating with the media devices, a media database, and a control system including a media client. When the mobile device enters a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) associated with a media device, the media client obtains information describing the content residing at the media device and stores the information in the media database at the mobile device. Thereafter, when the mobile device is within the WPAN associated with the media device, the media database is used to select content to be played at the media device. | 07-12-2012 |
20120202479 | OPERATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SERVER, OPERATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND OPERATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - A first terminal device includes an input unit which inputs operation information indicating operation content, and a first transmission unit which transmits packet information including operation information input from the input unit and destination information for designating a second terminal device, which is a transmission target of the operation information among a plurality of terminal devices to an operation information transmission server. The operation information transmission server includes a first reception unit which receives the packet information transmitted from the first transmission unit and a second transmission unit which refers to the destination information included in the received packet information and transmitting the packet information addressed to the second terminal device corresponding to the destination information. The second terminal device receives the packet information transmitted from the second transmission unit, acquires the operation information from the packet information, and controls an operation corresponding to the operation information to be performed. | 08-09-2012 |
20120208519 | Cellphone to Car Ignition - An architecture is presented that provides a system for controlling vehicle systems via a cellular phone. The system comprises a cellular phone and a vehicle. The cellular phone comprises a transceiver for transmitting a signal to a vehicle system of the vehicle. Further, the vehicle system comprises a transceiver for receiving the signal from the cellular phone. The user can configure the cellular phone and vehicle to communicate by linking the communications system of the cellular phone and the vehicle system. In response to detecting a communications signal from the cellular phone, the vehicle system then receives user input from the cellular phone. The user input is then linked to at least one command that controls the features and systems of the vehicle. Thus, the vehicle can be configured to perform certain actions or tasks based on a specific input or action taken by the user. | 08-16-2012 |
20120208520 | System and Method for Controlling Vehicle Systems From a Cell Phone - A system and method for controlling systems of a vehicle with a cell phone. The cell phone is associated with the vehicle through a user interface. User preferences are received through the user interface for sending commands from the cell phone to the vehicle for controlling the systems of the vehicle. A wireless connection is established between the vehicle and the cell phone. A distance is determined between the cell phone and the vehicle. One or more commands are sent to the vehicle to control the systems based on the user preferences. | 08-16-2012 |
20120214475 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE FOR PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, DEVICE OPERABLE BY REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL MEHTOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A portable information terminal is placed in proximity with an ID recognition unit of a notebook PC. By reading ID from the portable information terminal, the notebook PC is able to identify a network address of the portable information terminal so as to establish a network connection with the portable information terminal. The notebook PC then sends suitable operation information to the portable information terminal via a network. For example, if presentation is running on the notebook PC, screen information for operating the presentation is transferred to the portable information terminal. Accordingly, by using one device connected to the other device by a wired or wireless network, the operation of the other device can be controlled. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214476 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE FOR PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, DEVICE OPERABLE BY REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A portable information terminal is placed in proximity with an ID recognition unit of a notebook PC. By reading ID from the portable information terminal, the notebook PC is able to identify a network address of the portable information terminal so as to establish a network connection with the portable information terminal. The notebook PC then sends suitable operation information to the portable information terminal via a network. For example, if presentation is running on the notebook PC, screen information for operating the presentation is transferred to the portable information terminal. Accordingly, by using one device connected to the other device by a wired or wireless network, the operation of the other device can be controlled. | 08-23-2012 |
20120238259 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS AND WIRELESS TERMINAL - An electrical apparatus control system includes: a control apparatus that is connected to a control target electrical apparatus and functions as a small-sized base station; a wireless terminal that wirelessly connects to the control apparatus; and a server that holds target apparatus data including a list of control target electrical apparatuses set for each control apparatus. The wireless terminal acquires the target apparatus data set for the control apparatus from the server via the control apparatus, and transmits operation data for controlling a control target electrical apparatus, to the control apparatus on the basis of a performed operation. The control apparatus controls the control target electrical apparatus on the basis of the operation data received from the wireless terminal. | 09-20-2012 |
20120258702 | MOBILE TERMINAL, IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal for communicating with an in-vehicle apparatus includes: a mobile connection detection device for detecting connection between the mobile terminal and the in-vehicle apparatus; and a mobile control device for controlling a plurality of functions, each of which is executed by consuming electric power of the mobile terminal. When the mobile connection detection device detects the connection, the mobile control device suppresses or stops executing one of the functions in the mobile terminal. This enables to save power consumption of the mobile terminal without turning off the mobile terminal when it is brought into a vehicle compartment. | 10-11-2012 |
20120264414 | Method for Creating Low-cost Interactive Entertainment Robots - A method for creating low-cost interactive entertainment robots is disclosed. The cost of the robots is reduced by using a commodity computing device: smart phone, and by having robotic bodies use a decoder of a set of movement commands that facilitates the interoperability between a variety of smart phones and a variety of robotic bodies. Smart phones are equipped with powerful CPU, touch screen, USB, camera, microphone, Bluetooth, WI-FI, etc. They are fit for being the robot control units with the relevant robot applications installed. The cost of robotic bodies can be reduced by minimizing the amount of processing and sensing there and having them focus on mechanical movements. Furthermore, by defining and using a set of movement commands that promotes interoperability between a variety of robot control units and a variety of robotic bodies, the cost of robotic bodies can be reduced through mass production. | 10-18-2012 |
20120264415 | WIRELESS INTERNET RADIO SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE - An apparatus for wirelessly connecting a smartphone to a remote FM radio system, for controlling playback of audio content delivered wirelessly to the smartphone via a wide area network, on the remote FM radio system. An apparatus housing receives a DC power signal from a remote DC power source. A control panel has a display and controls for controlling playback of the audio content on the remote FM radio system, at least one of the controls performing a function in common with a playback control appearing on a display of the smartphone. An electronic subsystem communicates with the control panel and wirelessly receives audio content from the smartphone, and communicates the audio content as an FM signal via a user playback command input at the controls of the control panel, to the remote FM radio system. | 10-18-2012 |
20120270533 | MOBILE PHONE AND POINTER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a mobile phone with pointer and a pointer control method adapted for the mobile phone. When a user finger over a touch screen is within a predetermined distance, a position of the touch screen corresponding to the user finger displays a pointer. When the finger moves over the touch screen within the predetermined distance, the pointer on the touch screen moves with the finger moving. When the user generates an operation on the touch screen and presses/slides the position of the pointer, the mobile phone performs a function corresponding to the operation. | 10-25-2012 |
20120270534 | OUTPUT OF CONTENT FROM THE INTERNET ON A MEDIA RENDERING DEVICE - A system and method for controlling output of content on a media rendering device. A mobile phone may be effective to receive a request for content where the content is from a content processor. The mobile phone may be effective to generate a command based on the request, the command including a URL, the URL including an address of a gateway processor and an identification of the content processor. The mobile phone may be effective to send the command to the media rendering device. The media rendering device may be effective to send a request to the gateway processor using the URL. The gateway processor may be effective to receive the content from the content processor and send the content to the media rendering device. The media rendering device may be effective to output the content. | 10-25-2012 |
20120276891 | HOME APPLIANCE REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND WIRELESS NETWORK CARD - The present invention provides a method for remotely controlling household appliances comprising: storing corresponding relation between household appliance identification information, operation action instructing information and control signal encoding format in a wireless network card integrated with a remote control circuit; a terminal sending a remote control command to a specified wireless network card, the remote control command carrying at least identification information of a controlled household appliance and operation action instructing information; and after receiving the remote control command, the wireless network card analyzing the remote control command and sending a control signal in a corresponding encoding format to the controlled household appliance using the remote control circuit according to the carried identification information of the controlled household appliance, the operation action instructing information and the locally stored corresponding relation. The present invention further provides a wireless network card. | 11-01-2012 |
20120282913 | REMOTE ACTION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a remote action system for a vehicle, comprising a first functional unit of the vehicle and a mobile data terminal having a first application module, which is designed to be loaded onto the mobile data terminal and installed there by a user, to provide the user with a preferably graphical user interface adapted to the first functional unit, and to exchange data with the first functional unit by means of at least one mobile communication channel. Thus, a mobile telephone or smartphone having an app can be used a remote control of an air conditioner. | 11-08-2012 |
20120282914 | SMART PHONE COMPANION LOOP - A smart phone companion loop is presented as a phone companion solution that extends the use of a mobile device to the loop tablet or compatible computing device by pairing functionality of both devices. The loop tablet operates as a standalone or parallel device, allowing user to operate applications and functionality from either of the paired devices. The loop tablet allows users to view smart phone applications on a larger screen setting wirelessly. Loop connectivity is the seamless integration of one or more paired mobile devices that communicate wirelessly and share total functionality when tethered or synced with bi-directional control and interface between looped devices with functional commands from both devices. Tablet and Cell phone will be ‘paired’ for security reasons. It may be possible to pair a tablet, car or computing device with multiple or more registered phones that operates under a standard or custom operating system. | 11-08-2012 |
20120302226 | Workspace energy management using multifactor presence detection and mobile phone identity verification - A workspace energy management method and system control the power state of workspace appliances using multi-factor presence detection and mobile phone identity verification. Multifactor presence detection substantially reduces the risk that workspace appliances will be powered-up in response to erroneous detection of presence at the workspace (e.g., false positive). Mobile phone identity verification, which verifies that the office worker's mobile phone is at the workspace (and thus that the office worker is also likely at the workspace) before workspace appliances are powered-up, prevents workspace appliances from being inadvertently powered-up by personnel other than the office worker, but without compromising worker privacy. | 11-29-2012 |
20120309381 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method includes the steps of selecting an appliance to be controlled from a list of appliances stored in the cellular device, selecting an instruction to be communicated to the selected appliance from a list of instructions stored in the cellular device, and transmitting the instruction to a cellular interface associated with the selected appliance via a public cellular telephone infrastructure by dialing a telephone number stored in the cellular device. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315887 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A communication terminal includes: a touch panel, which receives a contact operation and outputs position information representing the contact position, and which includes a first operation area configured to receive a position designating operation and a second operation area configured to receive a response operation to respond to an event occurring according to an execution of another function; a control unit, which determines whether the position information represents the first operation area or the second operation area, wherein, in a case where the position information represents the first operation area, the control unit outputs the received position information to the transmitting unit, and wherein, in a case where the position information represents the second operation area and the notification signal is received, the control unit controls to perform a process corresponding to a notification signal. | 12-13-2012 |
20120315888 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A DEVICE BY MEANS OF A FIXED TRANSCEIVER STATION, DEVICE, USE OF A FIXED TRANSCEIVER STATION AND PROGRAM - A method for remotely controlling a device by a fixed transceiver station in a radio cell of a cellular mobile telecommunications network, the cellular mobile telecommunications network being at least one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), includes: transmitting to the device on a control channel, by the fixed transceiver station, control information specific to the radio cell; wherein the control channel is a channel or a portion of a channel used to broadcast location information; wherein the control information comprises an identification part for specifying the device; and wherein the device is not required to have a registration with the network. | 12-13-2012 |
20120329445 | Methods and Apparatus for Bluetooth Functionality Verification - A testing method includes pairing a BLUETOOTH device and a vehicle computing system (VCS) and setting the device to a preferred device. The method also includes streaming audio from the device to the VCS, such that the audio is played by the VCS. The method includes suspending the VCS and verifying that the VCS and the device are disconnected, then resuming the suspended VCS. The method further includes instructing the audio to play from the VCS, if the audio does not resume play. The method additionally includes instructing the audio to move to a next track, using the VCS in conjunction with an audio video remote control profile (AVRCP). Also, the method includes validating the operability between the device and the VCS contingent at least on the discontinuation of audio playback when the VCS is suspended and the establishment of an audio connection resulting in audio playback upon resumption of the suspended VCS. | 12-27-2012 |
20120329446 | Device Control System via a Mobile Radio Telephone - The disclosure relates to a mobile radio telephone, a receiver, a system and a method for the remote control of a device to be controlled by means of the mobile telephone designed to communicate according to a predetermined mobile radio standard, in a mobile radio network operating according to said predetermined mobile radio standard, to generate an out-put signal comprising at least one control command for the device to be controlled, and to transmit the output signal directly to the device to be controlled. | 12-27-2012 |
20120329447 | Automatic Setting of an Alert Mode on a Wireless Device - Embodiments are provided for automatically setting an alert mode on a wireless device. Scheduling data is received which defines a predetermined period utilized to set the alert mode. The scheduling data may be received either by direct input in the wireless device or alternatively from an external edge device, such as a network server, in a communications network. In response to receiving the scheduling data, an alert mode on the wireless device is automatically set for the predetermined period. The alert mode may include a silent alert mode on the wireless device. The wireless device may include a sensor for receiving data indicative of a current external state. The sensor data may include location data, temperature data, and ambient noise data. The received sensor data may be utilized to automatically trigger the setting of an alert mode in the wireless device. | 12-27-2012 |
20130005324 | REMOTE AUDIO - Various embodiments for remote presentation of an interface of a computing device, such as a PC, are described herein. In particular, in various illustrated embodiments, a local device such as a Digital Media Adapter (DMA), mobile device, cellular telephone, etc. may be used to receive input from a remote control, where the local device provides human perceptible feedback, such as a sound, visual response, etc., responsive to use of the remote control. In some embodiments, the local device may contain a memory or cache for locally storing particular feedback data for human perceptible feedback. In various embodiments, a communication protocol is provided for storing, triggering, deleting, etc. feedback data in the memory cache. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130035086 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT SUGGESTIONS - A portable device configured to control a set of home entertainment appliances includes a processor; and a transceiver coupled to the processor. The transceiver is configured to transmit information to a computer system and receive information from the computer system. The portable device further includes a display coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to: i) collect use information associated with controlling the set of home entertainment appliances, and ii) control the transceiver to transmit the use information to a computer system. The computer system is configured to: i) analyze the use information to determine a set of content related to the use information, ii) generate a set of recommendations that includes information that identifies the set of content, and iii) send the set of recommendations to the transceiver for display of the set of recommendations on the display. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035087 | REMOTE LOCK OF A MOBILE APPLICATION - A method for transmitting data between a mobile communication device and a server. The method includes running a mobile application on the mobile communication device. The mobile application is hosted on the mobile communication device through the server as a Software as a Service (SaaS). The method further includes transmitting data associated with the mobile application between the mobile communication device and the server, in which transmission of the data between the mobile communication device and the server is monitored through the server. | 02-07-2013 |
20130040631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FUNCTION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THROUGH A NETWORK - The disclosure provides a system, method and device for controlling function on an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving a communication from a communication network at the first device, the communication addressed to an account accessed by the first device and providing a first request for a meeting, a start time for the meeting and a second request to control a function of the first device for the meeting; identifying a component on the first device associated with the function; and deactivating the component when the start time arrives on the first device. | 02-14-2013 |
20130040632 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN A PROPRIETARY AREA - Method for avoiding unauthorized images of a proprietor's information from being transmitted outside the proprietor's control. A photographic image captured with a camera incorporated upon the wireless handheld communication device is wirelessly transmitted to a proprietor's server. The image is stored on the server after capture and transmission, preferably while the device is still in the photography-restricted geographical area that is under the control of the proprietor of the server. Once at the server, the photographic image is analyzed to determine whether or not the image is authorized for dissemination outside the proprietor's control. Local storage of the photographic image can be prevented on the device which assures that the transmission and storage of the photographic image on the proprietor's server is exclusive. | 02-14-2013 |
20130065579 | System and Method for Remote Household Appliance Control Based on Mobile Communication Network - A system and a method for remote household appliance control based on a mobile communication network are provided. The system includes: a remote control access device and a remote control executor. The method includes: saving a first corresponding relationship between an infrared code type and identification information of a corresponding controlled household appliance and an operation act; and after receiving an unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) session request from a mobile terminal, sending a locally stored USSD menu to the mobile terminal and starting a USSD session with the mobile terminal; after receiving a USSD session content related to performing an operation act on a household appliance from the mobile terminal, transmitting an infrared control signal according to the corresponding infrared code type searched out according to the first corresponding relationship. The remote control of household appliance is realized conveniently by combining USSD and infrared remote control technologies. | 03-14-2013 |
20130078988 | SYSTEM EFFECTIVE TO MODULATE A CODE AND PROVIDE CONTENT TO A USER - A system and method effective to provide content to a user. The system may include a sound device, a smart phone, and a processor. The sound device may modulate a code where a first set of frequencies represents a logic 0 and a second set of frequencies represents a logic 1. The smart phone may demodulate the modulated code to reproduce the code. The smart phone may send the code as a query to a processor. The processor may receive the query, determine content associated with the code, and send the content over the network to the smart phone. The smart phone may further receive the content and display the content on a display. | 03-28-2013 |
20130090110 | MANAGING BATTERY POWER USAGE OF A LOST MOBILE DEVICE TO EXTEND SEARCH TIME FOR THE LOST MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and apparatuses are provided to use energy reduction techniques in an effort to extend the battery life of a mobile device when the mobile device is lost to increase the time an owner of a lost mobile device has to search for the lost device using any lost mobile device locating technique before the mobile device's battery fully discharges. A lost mobile device receives a power preservation command and operates in a power preservation mode while executing a locating technique to aid in the locating the lost mobile device. | 04-11-2013 |
20130095813 | Remote Activation Of Video Share On Mobile Devices - A method for initiating a video share service of a mobile device based on commands from a remote source. The method includes receiving a request from the remote source to initiate the video share service, authenticating the sender of the request, receiving a command to start the video share service; and transmitting the output of the service. There is also a system configured for receiving a request from a first mobile device to initiate a service from a second mobile device, for authentication of the request, for commanding the second mobile device to start a service under control of the first mobile device, and for delivery of the output of the service. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095814 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MULTI-TASKING IN A CLIENTLESS MOBILE PHONE - A system for multi-tasking access to applications by a clientless mobile phone. The system includes at least a clientless mobile interaction (CMI) application server communicatively connected to a network; at least one application server communicatively connected to a network, the at least one application server having at least a first application executable on the clientless mobile phone and a second application executable on the clientless mobile phone; and a presentation layer gateway communicatively connected to the network, wherein the CMI application server enables the clientless mobile phone communicatively connected to the presentation layer gateway by at least a presentation layer protocol to access the first application and the second application executed on the CMI application server while presenting a menu on the clientless mobile phone for seamless switching between the first application and the second application executed on the CMI application server. | 04-18-2013 |
20130109371 | COMPUTING DEVICE OPERABLE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COMPANION ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130130674 | ILLUMINATION MODULE FOR VEHICLE - A door handle assembly for a door of a vehicle includes a handle portion and an illumination module. The handle portion is disposed at the vehicle door and movable to actuate a locking mechanism of the vehicle door to open the vehicle door. The illumination module includes at least one illumination source and an icon element and a cover element. The illumination source, when operated, backlights the icon element so that an icon of the icon element is viewable through the cover element at an exterior surface of the handle portion. The icon element includes a security icon and the illumination module is operable to backlight the security icon when a security system of the vehicle is operational. | 05-23-2013 |
20130137419 | Mobile App for Design Management Framework - Software allows images captured during product development on a mobile device (e.g., smartphone or other client device) to be uploaded to a design management system from the mobile device. Mark-up annotations and comments can be added to the images at the mobile device. Assignment of tasks related to the images can be made from the mobile device. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143546 | SHARING APPLICATIONS/MEDIA BETWEEN CAR AND PHONE (HYDROID) - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to generate a vehicle communication system. The vehicle communication system can determine which devices are within the vehicle. From this determination, the vehicle communication system may create a universal bus and hotspot where applications, data, multimedia information, and resources can be shared both with the vehicle and with the other devices in the vehicle. | 06-06-2013 |
20130157648 | System and Method for Remotely Controlling An Animal Feeder - A control system of a remotely-controlled device using a mobile telephone, the control system comprising a software application executing in the mobile telephone, the software application including a graphical user interface enabling a user to enter commands, the system includes a first wireless communication interface operable to communicate with a second wireless communication interface of the mobile telephone, a memory storing coded instructions, a processor operable to execute the coded instructions and receive timer setting commands from the mobile telephone, set at least one timer in response to the received timer setting commands, and control the remote controlled device according to the day, time, and duration settings of the at least one timer. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157649 | Firmware Upgrade Function For Deskphone Electronic Protocol Converter - The invention relates to a method of programming a processing unit by firmware in a protocol converter for providing first data received from a telephone device in accordance with a first protocol to a headset system in accordance with a second protocol and for providing second data received from the headset system in accordance with the second protocol to the telephone in accordance with the first protocol, the operation of the protocol converter being controlled by the processing unit. The invention further relates to a protocol converter, such as an Electronic Hook Switch adapter, for providing first data received from a telephone device in accordance with a first protocol to a headset system in accordance with a second protocol and for providing second data received from the headset system in accordance with the second protocol to the telephone device in accordance with the first protocol. The headset system provides firmware to the protocol converter in accordance with the second protocol. | 06-20-2013 |
20130171980 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A DISPLAY DEVICE, THE MOBILE DEVICE, AND THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and device for synchronization between a mobile device and a display device are disclosed. A synchronization device for synchronization between a mobile device and a display device includes: a storage part configured to store first position information of each of a plurality of display devices; a receiving part configured to receive second position information of the mobile device; and a synchronizing part configured to synchronize the mobile device with a display device having the first position information corresponding to the second position information, from among the plurality of display devices. According to certain embodiments of the invention, a mobile device may be synchronized with multiple display devices using the position information of the mobile device, thus allowing the user to conveniently access various services through multiple display devices. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171981 | DIGITAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM USING SMART PHONE - There is provided a digital device control system using a smart phone, including a smart phone having an application of a remote control function, a digital device of which on/off of a power supply, channel or volume is controlled according to a signal received from the smart phone, and an IR repeater functioning as a central control unit connected to the smart phone through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi communication and connected to the digital device through a plurality of infrared ray communications in order to remotely control the digital device, and therefore, the digital device can be controlled using the smart phone instead of a remote controller. In addition, since a plurality of LEDs capable of performing infrared ray communication is included in the IR repeater so as to transmit and receive an infrared signal of a wide range, a digital device desired to be controlled can be remotely controlled even when the digital device is placed at a far distance or at a blind spot in a room, and a plurality of digital devices can be controlled simultaneously. | 07-04-2013 |
20130183957 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE-MOUNTED APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A vehicle-mounted apparatus is mounted on a vehicle having a keyless entry unit which receives a signal instructing a keyless entry from a mobile terminal and performs a keyless entry process in response to the received signal. The vehicle-mounted apparatus includes: a communication unit which receives control information including manipulation information indicating manipulation content for controlling the vehicle-mounted apparatus and information specifying a mobile terminal, from the mobile terminal; a terminal determination unit which determines whether the mobile terminal which transmitted the control information is the mobile terminal used for the keyless entry; a manipulation acceptance determination unit which determines whether to accept manipulation specified by the manipulation information included in the control information received by the communication unit, according to the determination result of the terminal determination unit; and a processing unit which performs a process is according to the determination of the manipulation acceptance determination unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183958 | System and Method for Remote Asset Management - A system for autonomously monitoring and managing consumer device assets includes a plurality of consumer device assets registered with a remote computer server platform. The remote computer server platform is configured to execute software applications for monitoring and managing the consumer device assets. The consumer device assets communicate operational status information and consumer usage information to the remote computer server platform automatically as a result of pre-programmed conditions and/or instructions received from the remote computer server platform. The remote computer server platform monitors the consumer device assets by processing the operational status information and consumer usage information automatically according to preprogrammed conditions. Based upon the results of processing at least some of the received consumer usage information, the remote computer server platform manages the consumer device assets by communicating management instructions that cause the stored data content files of one or more assets to be automatically modified. | 07-18-2013 |
20130210418 | REMOTE ACTIVATION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS - According to one configuration, a user is able to activate an application on a mobile phone device without the user having to directly pressing an appropriate sequence of keys on the mobile phone device. For example, a user logs onto a web site to provide a phone number of the mobile phone device. Additionally, via input to the web site, the user also requests activation of a particular application on the mobile phone device. An application server receives notification of the request and generates a text-message to the application on the mobile phone device to initiate activation of the application. In response to receiving the text-message, the application on the mobile phone device initiates retrieval of appropriate configuration information associated with the user from the application server. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217380 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING MOBILE TERMINAL IN REMOTE DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method of remotely displaying a mobile terminal and an apparatus for performing the same. The remote display apparatus receives display information of the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal, obtains an external appearance image of the mobile terminal on the basis of the received display information of the mobile terminal, and displays an entire image of the mobile terminal that includes the obtained external appearance image of the mobile terminal and display screen information supplied from the mobile terminal. | 08-22-2013 |
20130225154 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal and device control method for the same are disclosed. The device control method for a mobile terminal having a touch screen, includes: downloading, during registration of a device capable of short-range wireless communication operating in a short-range communication mode, a user interface (UI) of the device; finding a list of registered devices, displaying the found list, selecting a device from the displayed list, calling the selected device, and connecting to the selected device; and displaying a device UI of the connected device on the touch screen, and controlling the connected device through the displayed device UI according to a touch operation. Electronic devices within a range can be easily and accurately controlled using a mobile terminal having a touch screen. In particular, the use of a user interface downloaded from an electronic device enables easy control of full functions of the device, enhancing user convenience. | 08-29-2013 |
20130237209 | TELEMATIC SYSTEM - A terminal system may be connected to a communication network and multiple network access devices (NADs). The terminal system may include a computer system and a database. The computer system may read information from the database regarding associations between the NADs and media and applications to be run on the computer system and/or the NADs. Based on the read information the computer system can control access of: a) at least one of the NADs to a media and/or b) at least one of the applications to a media and/or c) at least one of the applications to at least one of the NADs. The information can include provider rules for associations between providers and NADs for providers providing services via the communication network and/or constraints on associations between NADs and applications. | 09-12-2013 |
20130252600 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL USING VIRTUAL KEYPAD - A method and apparatus for remotely controlling a mobile terminal using a virtual keypad are disclosed. According to an aspect, there is provided a method in which a mobile terminal is remotely controlled by data received from a computer connected by wire or wirelessly to the mobile terminal, including: at the mobile terminal, operating a keypad application for remote control installed in the mobile terminal if a text input control on an active window of the mobile terminal is activated; and at the mobile terminal, transferring, if text data is received from the computer, the received text data to the keypad application for remote control. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252601 | REMOTE CONTROL METHOD FOR SNOW REMOVAL AND DISASTER PREVENTION SYSTEM USING SMART PHONE - Provided is a remote control method of a snow removal system using a smart phone, which remotely controls the system installed at a site while checking conditions of a road and the system in real time when improvement of a road surface is needed because a condition of the road surface deteriorates due to dusts, yellow sand, frozen snow on the road surface, etc. The remote control method includes: accessing a remote terminal device in real time; allowing the access of the authorized manager using the smart phone; transmitting data; driving a CPU of the remote terminal device with SMS data to output a data value; stopping operation of the pump; comparing data input or output values stored and set in the CPU and a memory; determining whether to continuously perform a current operation; obtaining collected information; and feeding back all of the processed results to the smart phone. | 09-26-2013 |
20130267219 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS OPERATION USING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal periodically confirms the state of a takeover permission terminal (another mobile terminal) registered in takeover permission terminal information (S801). At this time, the mobile terminal determines whether or not a specific event (incoming call, power-off, etc.) has occurred on the takeover permission terminal (S802). If the mobile terminal has determined that a specific event has occurred on the takeover permission terminal, the mobile terminal confirms whether or not the mobile terminal is registered in the takeover side terminal information of the takeover permission terminal (S803). Then, if the mobile terminal is registered, the mobile terminal takes over the operation that the takeover permission terminal has performed (S804). | 10-10-2013 |
20130267220 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND POSITION TRACKING - A mobile communication device that may be used by an investigator to secretly record a suspect and track the investigator's location includes a microphone for detecting sounds, a communication component for transmitting signals or data representative of the sounds to one of the portable computers via the wireless communication network, a display for displaying information related to operation of the device, a computing device, and a computer program implemented by the computing device. The computer program is operable to place the device in a stealth mode in which the display is turned off or otherwise deactivated to make the entire device appear to be turned off while the microphone continues to detect sounds and the communication component continues to transmit signals or data representative of the sounds to a surveillance or support team operating one of the portable computers. The mobile communication device may also include a location-determining component for determining geographic locations of the device and for transmitting location data to the portable computer. | 10-10-2013 |
20130295911 | Cellphone Controllable Car Intrusion Recording and Monitoring Reaction System - A cellphone controllable car intrusion system is provided. This system includes a vehicle OEM system, including an electronic control unit (ECU), a diagnostic port, a plurality of OEM cameras, a plurality of OEM sensors, an OEM satellite communication system, and an OEM local communication system. The diagnostic port, OEM cameras, OEM sensors, OEM satellite communication system, and the OEM local communication system being in electric communication with the ECU. A cellphone is provided having a local communication system disposed therein. The cellphone is in wireless communication with the ECU. The cellphone is adapted to configure the ECU to enable operation of the OEM cameras in response to receipt by the cellphone of an alert signal from the OEM sensors, indicating that an intrusion is in process. The alert signals are representative of detection of a monitor event by one or more of the OEM sensors. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295912 | CELLPHONE CONTROLLABLE CAR INTRUSION RECORDING AND MONITORING REACTION SYSTEM - A cellphone controllable car intrusion system is provided. This system includes a vehicle OEM system, including an electronic control unit (ECU), a diagnostic port, a plurality of OEM cameras, a plurality of OEM sensors, an OEM satellite communication system, and an OEM local communication system. The diagnostic port, OEM cameras, OEM sensors, OEM satellite communication system, and the OEM local communication system being in electric communication with the ECU. A cellphone is provided having a local communication system disposed therein. The cellphone is in wireless communication with the ECU. The cellphone is adapted to configure the ECU to enable operation of the OEM cameras in response to receipt by the cellphone of an alert signal from the OEM sensors, indicating that an intrusion is in process. The alert signals are representative of detection of a monitor event by one or more of the OEM sensors. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295913 | MOBILE DEVICES CONTROL - In embodiments of mobile devices control, a mobile device includes a communication interface for control communication with associated devices of the mobile device, and the associated devices correspond to members of a private interaction hub. A device control service is implemented to determine that the mobile device is moving in a vehicle based on motion data, and can generate a device quiet control to restrict at least audible outputs from one or more of the associated devices that are in the vehicle with the mobile device. The device control service can then initiate communication of the device quiet control to the associated devices in the vehicle to quiet the associated devices that are controllable from the mobile device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130310018 | Application State and Activity Transfer Between Devices - A method of operating a personal electronic device and an in-vehicle infotainment system includes running an application on one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. It is sensed that the personal electronic device has been, or soon will be, moved into or out of a proximity of the in-vehicle infotainment system. Information regarding a state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system is transferred to the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. An application is selected for the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. The selected application is used to replicate the state of the one of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system on the other of the personal electronic device and the in-vehicle infotainment system. | 11-21-2013 |
20130331086 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL OF OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A smartphone or other portable electronic device is used to control another electronic device using the existing audio output of the phone without modification. The audio link can be ultra-sonic, sub-sonic, or audible and, if the controlled device has an audio output, bi-directional communications may be achieved using the microphone of the smartphone. The smartphone acts as a control panel to program or operate the external device. In one disclosed example, the smartphone is used to control and tune a portable sports event radio using an acoustic link and tone pattern(s). | 12-12-2013 |
20130331087 | Location-Based Device Automation - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a presence of a plurality of mobile devices at a geographic location; determining an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location based on the identified plurality of mobile devices; and based on the determination, selecting an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location. | 12-12-2013 |
20140004843 | DUAL-MODE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140018060 | Remote control app for smart phones - Methods and apparatus for a Remote Control App for Smart Phones are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention is a software application or “App” which may be downloaded to a conventional smart phone. Once downloaded to the smart phone and to a remote computer, network or other information appliance, the smart phone may be used to operate and/or control the remote computer, network or other information appliance. | 01-16-2014 |
20140038585 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT USER EQUIPMENT RADIO FREQUENCY ASSISTANT SYSTEM - A user equipment and a wireless radio frequency assistant in a communication system that supports multiple input multiple output. The wireless radio frequency assistant and the user equipment operate together as a single system. The user equipment controls and activates the wireless radio frequency assistant to transform a first frequency of a radio frequency signal transmitted to the system of user equipment and the wireless radio frequency assistant to a second frequency. The wireless radio frequency assistant transmits the second frequency to the user equipment. | 02-06-2014 |
20140045482 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN HVAC SYSTEM USING A PROXIMITY AWARE MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile wireless device (e.g. smart phone) may be used to remotely control an HVAC system. A program code stored in the memory of the mobile wireless device may cause the mobile wireless device to store geographic information in the memory of the mobile wireless device, monitor a location of the mobile wireless device, and compare the stored geographic information to the location of the mobile wireless device. If the comparison meets predetermined criteria, the program code may cause the mobile wireless device to transmit a command either directly or indirectly to an HVAC controller, causing the HVAC controller to transition from a first operating state having a first temperature setpoint to a second operating state having a second temperature setpoint. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045483 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATING TESTING OF DEVICES - An apparatus for facilitating automated testing of one or more communication devices may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including capturing one or more recorded sequences of events in which at least one of the events corresponds to a detection of a touch input. The recorded sequences correspond to at least one designated test. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of the recorded sequences of events to one or more communication devices. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to facilitate sending of one or more generated commands to at least one of the communication devices instructing the communication device to perform the recorded sequences. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045484 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A portable terminal device and a method for operating the same are provided. The portable terminal device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with an external device, a display configured to display a same image as an image displayed on the external device, an inputter configured to receive an input of a selection command, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to an object included in the image at a time when the selection command is input. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POWER SAVINGS FOR MOBILE DEVICE USING CLOUD SERVICE - A method and system for power saving of a remote device determines whether to offload the application to a cloud server by comparing the cost of computing the application data in the remote device to that of computing the same application data in a cloud server. If the former cost is greater, then the remote device offloads the application to a cloud server. The method takes into the account the parameters such as distance between the remote device and the access network, the power required to transmit the application data from remote device to the cloud server for calculating the power required for computing the application data in the cloud server. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051425 | OPERATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method includes issuing via an electronic lock a first message advertising that the electronic lock is available for communication, issuing via a smartphone a second message establishing communication with the electronic lock in response to the first message, transmitting a third message including an encrypted lock identification from the electronic lock to the smartphone, transmitting a fourth message including the lock identification and a smartphone identification from the smartphone to a cloud which, in response to the fourth message, transmits to the smartphone a fifth message including data relating to an update, and transmitting a sixth message including the data from the smartphone to the electronic lock. | 02-20-2014 |
20140066048 | Apparatuses and methods for streaming audio and video - A wirelessly enabled content delivery apparatus includes a surface; a wireless data system and a data output interface. The surface has a front side and a back side. The wireless data system includes a wireless data module. The wireless data system is fixed to the back side of the surface. The wireless data module is configured to communicate with a user device and to receive a wireless stream of data from the user device. The data output interface is configured to receive data from the wireless data module, and the data is derived from the wireless stream of data. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066049 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention provides a vehicle control system comprising: a user database for storing at least one user profile which designates an initial action for an in-vehicle end device; a fixed and wireless communication unit for establishing a communication channel with a mobile terminal and receiving identity information through the communication channel: and a control unit for extracting the user profile corresponding to the identity information from the user database, and controlling the end device so that the end device executes an initial action as designated by the extracted user profile. | 03-06-2014 |
20140087714 | DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for controlling a device is provided. The method includes: a mobile device obtaining device information of a controlled device; the mobile device establishing a connection with the controlled device based on the device information, and inquiring service information of the controlled device via the established connection, the service information including service information regarding device control; the mobile device establishing a device control service connection with the controlled device based on the service information regarding device control; the mobile device generating control information based on user operation, and transmitting the control information to the controlled device via the device control service connection, to control the controlled device based on the control information. The disclosed method can facilitate, for example, device control over a LAN. | 03-27-2014 |
20140099937 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND INPUT METHOD - A device control middleware | 04-10-2014 |
20140148147 | HOME APPLIANCE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A home appliance, a mobile terminal, and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The home appliance includes a communication unit to receive a remote control signal from a mobile terminal, an input unit to receive a user input signal from a local key, and a controller to assign priority to the user input signal according to the input of the local key and to control an operation of the home appliance corresponding to the user input signal when a time difference between input of the local key and reception of the remote control signal is within a predetermined time. When a plurality of control rights is requested, the home appliance may assign priority to any one of the requested control rights. | 05-29-2014 |
20140155053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE AND UPNP CONTROL POINT INTEGRATION - A system and method for enabling the integration of mobile telephone functions and the UPnP-enabled digital home. In an UPnP control point device, such as a UPnP mobile telephone, implementing the present invention, events such as the receipt of an incoming telephone call or message in the UPnP control point device application program interface can trigger the requesting of different UPnP actions in UPnP devices that relate to the event. In the UPnP environment, the UPnP control point device serves as a control point and transmits instructions to other devices. For example, the receipt of a phone call could cause the volume on a stereo or television to be lowered or muted, it could cause both live and taped television programs to pause, or it could perform other functions. A UPnP control point device of the present invention can also transmit instructions based upon requests received from remote locations. | 06-05-2014 |
20140162624 | Proximity-Enabled Remote Control - The invention relates to systems and methods that enable a mobile device to be approximated with an object in order to enable control of the object. In one possible embodiment of a method of the invention, a mobile device is brought in physical proximity with an object, the identity of the object is determined wirelessly, based on such determination, a remote control user interface is presented by the mobile device, the mobile device receives input relating to a desired control action for the object, and the mobile device wirelessly communicates with a remote computer to facilitate control of the object. Various embodiments of the invention are possible to address a wide range of practical applications. | 06-12-2014 |
20140162625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA PROPERTY OF CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL IN A MEDIA SYSTEM - A method and system for controlling multimedia presentation characteristics among a plurality of devices are disclosed. An electronic device ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140187232 | LIGHTING CONTROLLER WITH INTEGRATED WIDE AREA NETWORK INTERFACE - The present disclosure is directed to a photo controller. In one embodiment, the photo controller includes a central processing unit (CPU), a local area connection (LAN) interface in communication with the CPU, a wide area network (WAN) interface in communication with the CPU and an electrical power control component in communication with the CPU to control a lighting device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140242971 | ACCESS AND CUSTOMIZATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY TELEPHONE - Method for accessing a motor vehicle ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140242972 | PORTABLE DEVICE THAT IS ADAPTED TO REMOTELY CONTROL CONTENT ON A NEARBY DISPLAY SCREEN - A method is provided of using a telephone device to view full content on a nearby display screen which is not physically connected to the telephone device. The telephone device includes a display screen, a button which facilitates communication of the full content between the telephone device and a local control device connected to the nearby display screen, and a wireless transmitter. The full content is stored in the telephone device. Only a portion of the full content is displayed on the display screen of the telephone device. The full content is communicated from the telephone device to the local control device via a signal sent by the wireless transmitter upon selection of the button. The local control device receives the signal and provides the full content to the nearby display screen for display thereon. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242973 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A smart phone carried by a user being aboard a vehicle transmits an automatic Virtual Network Computing (VNC) request that is a request of a remote manipulation based on a trigger event that arises when a short range wireless communication is established with an in-vehicle apparatus in the vehicle. Further, the smart phone transmits a manual VNC request at the time when a manipulation for a VNC request is performed by a user. In contrast, the in-vehicle apparatus uses, as a start condition of starting a VNC connection, a reception of the automatic VNC request from a smart phone that is registered as a target of remote manipulation. In particular, when a plurality of smart phones are registered, the in-vehicle apparatus adds a reception of the manual VNC request from a smart phone into the start condition. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248867 | SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING A LOCK COMPRISING CONTACTLESS NFC COMMUNICATION MEANS - The invention relates to a system including a lock ( | 09-04-2014 |
20140256307 | Combination Device with a Long Distance Remote Cell Phone, Having Functional Control Items and Being Mix-operated by Voice and Touch, and a Receiving Switching Controller - A combination device with a long distance remote cell phone, having functional control items and being mix-operated by voice and touch, and a receiving switching controller, comprising a parental control cell phone, having functional control items and being mix-operated by voice and touch and a receiving switching controller, is provided. The receiving switching controller receives messages and compares phone numbers or web addresses of a white list to allow follow-up tasks or communications, which comprise corresponding decoding, activating video communication, multi-functional code storage, and corresponding output by driving circuit and relay. | 09-11-2014 |
20140274027 | Method and Apparatus for Disclaimer Presentation and Confirmation - A system includes a processor configured to select a message. The processor is also configured to determine if a phone is wirelessly connected to a vehicle computing system. The processor is further configured to display the message if no wirelessly connected phone is found. The processor is additionally configured to determine if the message was displayed during a connected phone's earlier connection. Also, the processor is configured to display the message if the message was not previously displayed during the connected phone's earlier connection. Further, the processor is configured to skip display of the message if the message was previously displayed during the connected phone's earlier connection. | 09-18-2014 |
20140295822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOKING WITH A SMARTCOOK ARCHITECTURE - Techniques for improving user's cooking experience with a SmartCook architecture are described herein. The SmartCook architecture includes a mobile device that is configurable to communicate via the Internet. The mobile device is also configurable to communicate via a SmartCook interface with a SmartCook appliance that is located within a close proximity. The techniques described herein leverage a graphical user interface (GUI) of the mobile device to monitor and control cooking operations of the SmartCook appliance. | 10-02-2014 |
20140308948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE USE OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide for enabling a user to select telephone numbers to which a wireless device may place calls and from which the wireless device may receive calls. One preferred embodiment of the present invention includes software for use on a general purpose computer allowing the user to input into the memory of a wireless device desired telephone numbers that may not be changed by the operator of the wireless device. The computer software also programs the wireless device to only place calls to, or receives calls from, the telephone numbers entered into the memory of the wireless device by the owner. | 10-16-2014 |
20140323123 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to receive a call signal from at least one other terminal, in which the call signal corresponds to at least one of a first call ID and a second call ID of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to receive an event on the mobile terminal after the call signal is received, transmit an event signal to an external terminal wirelessly connected with the mobile terminal using the corresponding first or second call ID to respond to the received event, and control the external terminal to display information on a display unit of the external terminal based on the event signal. | 10-30-2014 |
20140335848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING PHYSICAL ITEMS THROUGH A NETWORK - A personal mobile device for communication and organization comprises a core engine and a plurality of modules coupled to the core engine. The core engine coordinates operations of the mobile device, including communication and organization functions. Each of the modules is dedicated to perform a different one of a plurality of classes of functionality of the mobile device, where each said module includes a processing element and memory dedicated for use by said module. | 11-13-2014 |
20140342726 | System And Method For Controlled Wireless Unlocking Of Applications Stored On A Vehicle Electronics System - A method is disclosed which involves using an identifier which may be stored in an electronic component of a vehicle. A short range, wireless protocol connectivity system of the vehicle may establish a wireless link with a personal electronic device (PED) of a user when the user enters the vehicle with the PED powered on. The link may be used to automatically transmit the identifier to the PED. The PED then transmits the identifier to a remote authorization source which checks if the identifier is valid and, if so, sends an unlock code back to the PED. The PED uses the unlock code to unlock an application on the PED which enables access to the remote content source. | 11-20-2014 |
20140357254 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A HOME-AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND AN ASSOCIATED HOME-AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A home-automation system includes a first electrical appliance and a control device incorporated in the first electrical appliance, which includes a communication device for connection to a mobile telephone network. During installation of the home-automation system, the control device performs the following steps on the electrical appliance being connected to an electrical power supply: receiving via the mobile telephone network a start control message coming from a first control terminal, the message containing a telephone number associated with the first terminal; storing the telephone number of the first control terminal; and allocating a role of administrator of the home-automation system to the first control terminal. | 12-04-2014 |
20140364111 | Remote Control System - A control hub and method of operating the control hub are presented. The hub/method receives instructions remotely, and for each instruction, identifies one of a plurality of appliances as an intended recipient of the instruction, translates the instruction into a format readable to the one of the plurality of appliances, and sends the translated instruction to the one of the plurality of appliances identified as the intended recipient of the instruction via one of one or more communication mechanisms of the control hub. | 12-11-2014 |
20140370881 | System and Method for Remote Control of Appliances Utilizing Mobile Location-Based Applications - A system and method are provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabilities. The location system can generate location information pinpointing the location of the wireless device. The feature server can use the location information to determine whether to execute an action in accordance with subscriber rules. A large number of applications may be implemented to execute the action via a number of communication channels, including without limitation, a wireless communications network, a computer network, and a public switched telephone system, for example. | 12-18-2014 |
20140378121 | TERMINATION OF SERVICE PERIOD IN WIRELESS NETWORK - This document discloses methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for operating a wireless apparatus during a service period between two wireless apparatuses. The service period comprises a first period during which only one of the apparatuses may terminate the service period and another period during which the other apparatus may terminate the service period. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378122 | RADIO MODULE, APPLICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN APPLICATION DEVICE THAT EXCHANGES APPLICATION DATA VIA A CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An application device exchanges application data via a cellular radio communication network with an application server. The application device has a memory providing write access for a control entity associated with the network. The application device receives an information element from a network management node operated by the control entity. The information element is indicative of regulation information that defines at least one time span or point in time that can be used for transmission of application exchange data between the application device and the application server. The application device receives an instruction from the network management node to store the regulation information in the device memory, and stores the regulation information. The application device subsequently initiates transmission of the application exchange data between the application device and the application server only at an allowed time that is in accordance with the stored regulation information. | 12-25-2014 |
20150017973 | Proximity-Enabled Remote Control - The invention relates to systems and methods that enable a mobile device to be approximated with an object in order to enable control of the object. In one possible embodiment of a method of the invention, a mobile device is brought in physical proximity with an object, the identity of the object is determined wirelessly, based on such determination, a remote control user interface is presented by the mobile device, the mobile device receives input relating to a desired control action for the object, and the mobile device wirelessly communicates with a remote computer to facilitate control of the object. Various embodiments of the invention are possible to address a wide range of practical applications. | 01-15-2015 |
20150031352 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a terminal including: an information extraction unit that extracts location information which is designated as a destination point; a display unit to which a graphic image for receiving a control command for displaying a source of the location information, and the extracted location information are output together; and a controller that controls the display unit in such a manner that a guide screen for guiding a path to the destination point that is selected by a user from among the pieces of location information. | 01-29-2015 |
20150045013 | MULTI-LEVEL VEHICLE REMOTE START AUTHENTICATION METHOD & SYSTEM - A method for providing secured vehicle remote function control signals to a vehicle using a smart phone. The method provides communicating secured pairing and command signal transmissions to a vehicle remote convenience system. The method allows for the use of a smart phone to replace the factory remote fob for remotely starting the vehicle and controlling the vehicle ignition and locking systems through generating local radio frequency transmission and signal encryption that are transmitted to and authenticated at an in-vehicle transceiver. | 02-12-2015 |
20150056978 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MOBILE PHONE, SERVER, AND CONTROL METHODS AND CONTROL PROGRAMS THEREOF - When an input device is connected via a communication interface, a mobile phone determines whether a local device can control the input device. When it is determined that the local device cannot control the input device, the mobile phone requests a server connected via a wireless communication network to control the input device. The mobile phone controls signal transfer between the input device and the server via the communication interface and the wireless communication network so that the server can control the input device by establishing communication between the input device and the server. In response to the request from the mobile phone, the server controls the input device via the established communication with the input device. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056979 | Wireless Power, Light and Automation Control With Ambient Light and Proximity Detection - A device and method for remotely controlling the supply of electricity to an electrical apparatus or system. The device ( | 02-26-2015 |
20150065119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATION - A controlling device such as a remote control has programming for transmitting a signal response to a plurality of control environments, each environment including a signaling device. Each signaling device in receipt of the signal request sends a signal response having a unique ID which is chosen to be characteristically attenuated by the surroundings of the environment. Because the controlling device can only be in one environment at a given time, and given the attenuation characteristics of the signal response from each signaling device, only one signal response will be received by the controlling device in each environment. Location definitions associated with the received unique ID may be used by programming in the controlling device to recall saved devices states, commands sets, macros, and even to dynamically generate commands based on the location information. | 03-05-2015 |
20150072674 | Location-Based Device Automation - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a presence of a plurality of mobile devices at a geographic location; determining an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location based on the identified plurality of mobile devices; and based on the determination, selecting an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location. | 03-12-2015 |
20150072675 | TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling an external terminal from a terminal including receiving screen information from the external terminal; displaying the screen information as is displayed in the external terminal; selecting content information from the screen information, wherein the content information exists at recognized location; transmitting the location information of the selected content information to the external terminal; and receiving the selected content information corresponding to the transmitted location information from the external terminal. The location information includes coordinates information, which is relative coordinates of the selected content information. | 03-12-2015 |
20150094052 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Each of a plurality of commands is intermittently transmitted to an electronic apparatus in accordance with an operating procedure. Thus, the plurality of commands are intermittently executed on the electronic apparatus in accordance with the operating procedure, and an operation screen is displayed in stages. Therefore, a user can grasp the operating procedure until an intended operation screen is displayed. | 04-02-2015 |
20150094053 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COLLABORATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - An apparatus, system, and method are provided to cause a controlled device and a controlling terminal to operate in collaboration with each other. A server apparatus stores in advance a plurality of sets of collaboration information which causes the controlled device and the controlling terminal to operate in collaboration with each other. The plurality of sets of collaboration information is respectively stored in association with a plurality of controlled apparatuses different from one another in type. When the controlling terminal requests the server apparatus to send the collaboration information designating the type of the controlled device, the server apparatus sends to the controlling terminal the collaboration information corresponding to the type of the controlled device. The controlled device and the controlling terminal operate in collaboration with each other using the collaboration information. | 04-02-2015 |
20150099508 | INITIATING A COMMUNICATION USING A WIRELESS SECURITY KEY DEVICE - A communication system is described. The communication system includes a communications device that is arranged to conduct communications via a communications network to a first communications address, and a security component arranged to receive input security keys. The communications device is arranged to initiate a communications event to a first communications address in response to the security component determining that an input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component. By initiating the communications event in response to determining that the input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component, the communication system provides a secure method of initiating the communications event. | 04-09-2015 |
20150119019 | Method and Device for Control of a Lock Mechanism Using a Mobile Terminal - The invention relates to a method and a device for the control of a locking mechanism ( | 04-30-2015 |
20150126176 | REMOTE START SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ENABLED VEHICLE - Systems and methods for remote controlling of vehicles are described. Systems and methods may include a plug and play device. Systems may include a receiver; a programmable microprocessor in communication with the receiver; and a switch in communication with the programmable microprocessor. The switch may operate one or more systems of the vehicle. The receiver may send a signal to the preprogrammed microprocessor upon receiving an incoming communication from a network. The signal may include a unique user identifier, and the preprogrammed microprocessor may read and process the unique user identifier to control one or more vehicle systems. | 05-07-2015 |
20150126177 | METHOD AND AIRCRAFT SERVER SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft server system includes a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly emit and receive radio frequency signals in the passenger cabin of an aircraft, and a plurality of virtual network server units, each configured to remotely control one or more virtual network clients on one of a plurality of personal electronic devices, PEDs, wirelessly connected to the aircraft server system. | 05-07-2015 |
20150126178 | TRAINABLE TRANSCEIVER MODULE - A trainable transceiver module for operating a home operating system includes a housing, a photovoltaic unit supported by the housing and accessible to sunlight, a rechargeable power source, a trainable transceiver, and a one or more activation switches. | 05-07-2015 |
20150133108 | REMOTELY CONTROLLING A VEHICLE TELEMATICS UNIT - A method and a system for providing control of a vehicle telematics unit using a mobile device. The method carried out by the system includes the steps of: determining a mobile device is configured to control a vehicle telematics unit; receiving at a call center a vehicle telematics unit (VTU) command from the mobile device instructing the telematics unit to provide vehicle data using short range wireless communication (SRWC); sending the VTU command from the call center to the telematics unit; and transmitting via SRWC the vehicle data. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133109 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MULTI-FUNCTION PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING VOICE-ACTIVATION - Methods and systems in which a portable electronic device can be voice activated are disclosed. The portable electronic device can be a multi-function electronic device. The voice activation can be robust and context sensitive. The voice activation can also be utilized without any preparatory user action with respect to the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device can also interact with a media system. | 05-14-2015 |
20150140994 | USE OF GEOFENCES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIVATION AND CONTROL OF SERVICES - Disclosed herein is a geofence service that enables various remote control and automatic operations based a user's current geographic position as determined by the user's mobile device's current geographic location. The geofence service enables the user to define one or more geofences based on specific geographic locations. Such geofences may be applied against several geofence applications for remote and automatic control of devices. In one embodiment, the mobile device's volume or power control settings are adjusted based on the user's location inside or outside a geofence. In one embodiment, temperature setting of a building or house is controlled based on user's proximity to a geofence. In one embodiment, electrical appliances within a home are activated and controlled automatically based on user's current geographic location. | 05-21-2015 |
20150140995 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONTROLLER - A communication system includes checking means for performing a check to detect whether a mobile device carried by a user of a vehicle is in the vehicle via wireless communication between an onboard device and the mobile device when a door of the vehicle has changed from being open to being closed; detecting means for detecting an operating state of an onboard electrical load when the check is performed by the checking means; and changing means for changing a maximum value of a number of rechecks, which is the number of times the check is allowed to be repeatedly performed by the checking means, according to the operating state of the onboard electrical load detected by the detecting means, when it has not been detected that the mobile device is in the vehicle by the check performed by the checking means. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148027 | CORDLESS TELEPHONE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A cordless telephone apparatus comprises a portable handset and a base station. The base station including a first wireless communication unit which, in operation, communicates data with a music player, a first control unit which, in operation, monitors a status of the music player and remotely controls the music player via the first wireless communication unit, a speaker which outputs audio data, an audio processing unit which, in operation, reproduces the audio data received by the first wireless communication unit from the music player and outputs the audio data to the speaker, a second wireless communication unit which wirelessly communicates data with the portable handset; and a second control unit which, in operation, controls the portable handset as an operation unit to remotely control the music player. | 05-28-2015 |
20150304477 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD IN CONNECTION WITH VEHICLE - A communications system for use in connection with a vehicle ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150304479 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING A COMPUTER RESOURCE OVER A NETWORK VIA MICROPHONE-CAPTURED AUDIO - The disclosure relates to accessing computer resources by sensing audio with a microphone. One claim recites a system comprising: means for decoding identifying data from microphone-captured encoded audio, the microphone-captured audio captured by a microphone of a wireless device; means for obtaining device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device; means for controlling communication of the identifying data and the device information; and means for controlling a user interface to provide access to a computer resource based on a service received in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to provide access in response to audio prompting, and in which access of the wireless device is directed according to the service, and means for directing access of the wireless device according to the service; and a network resource comprising means for storing, the means for storing providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and response information, the network resource further comprising means for providing the service including providing the response information, the response information being associated with the identifying data and the device information. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 10-22-2015 |
20150308396 | Method and Apparatus for Vehicle and Mobile Device Coordination - A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle GPS coordinates. The processor is also configured to compare the received GPS coordinates to known device coordinates. Further, the processor is configured to page a vehicle computing system, requesting connection, if the vehicle coordinates and the known device coordinates are within a predetermined proximity and connect to the vehicle upon receipt of a response message from the vehicle. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312394 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES VIA A MODULAR SMART ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An approach for implementing an illumination device for interfacing with other illumination devices or user devices and for receiving and providing various services. The approach includes providing an interface to an illumination device, wherein the illumination device is configured to include a plurality of modules and wherein the plurality of modules includes at least an illumination module, a networking module, and a short range wireless communication module. The approach also includes receiving an input via the interface for specifying a service associated with the illumination device, wherein the service employs at least one of the illumination module, the networking module, and the short range wireless communication module. Further, the approach includes configuring the illumination device to provide the service based on the input. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312398 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY AND SUGGESTING PERSONALIZED GESTURE CONTROL BASED ON USER'S HABIT AND CONTEXT - An apparatus and method for automatic discovery and suggesting personalized gestures from mobile terminal to control a plurality of devices in smart home system, based on user's habit and context. The method includes recording, via a mobile terminal, a context of the mobile terminal, recoding, via home system, actions taken by the plurality of devices in the home system, recognizing as a gesture command from a correlation of at least a portion of the recorded context of the user's mobile terminal with the recorded actions taken by the plurality of devices in the home system, and controlling at least one of the plurality of devices based a repetition of the gesture command, the controlling repeating the actions taken by the at least one of the plurality of devices in the home system. | 10-29-2015 |
20150326706 | TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling an external terminal from a terminal including receiving screen information from the external terminal; displaying the screen information as is displayed in the external terminal; selecting content information from the screen information, wherein the content information exists at recognized location; transmitting the location information of the selected content information to the external terminal; and receiving the selected content information corresponding to the transmitted location information from the external terminal. The location information includes coordinates information, which is relative coordinates of the selected content information. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326707 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, MOBILE DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A terminal device including: a communicator configured establish a phone call with another terminal device having a remote control right to an external device, and to receive state information of the external device from the another terminal device; a display configured to display a mirroring screen corresponding to a screen displayed on the external device based on the received state information; and a controller configured to, in response to a user manipulation command being input on the mirroring screen, transmit a control command for the external device corresponding to the input user manipulation command to the another terminal device | 11-12-2015 |
20150334218 | Mobile Wireless Display For Accessing Data From A Host And Method For Controlling - An apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, a user input device, a transmitter, and a controller. The monocular display is positioned relative to the user's eye to display images to the user while occluding less than half of the user's maximum viewing space. The apparatus can incorporate a wireless communication controller that not only provides a video link to a host device, but also provides for control and management of a host device and other more devices. In this context, a host device may be any appropriate device that sources audio, video, text, office functionality and other information, such as a cell phone, personal computer, laptop, media player, and/or the like. The apparatus and the host may support Microsoft Windows SideShow, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and Virtual Network Computing (VNC). | 11-19-2015 |
20150334221 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE - A communication device intended to be connected to a debugging port of a first microcontroller, the communication device including a second microcontroller connected to a first wireless communication unit and intended to be connected to said debugging port, the first wireless communication unit being capable of receiving a request over a wireless communication link transmitted by a user interface device, the second microcontroller being capable of authenticating the user interface device, of determining, in the case where the user interface device is authenticated, whether the request is authorized for said authenticated user interface device, and of transmitting the request to the debugging port only if the request is authorized. | 11-19-2015 |
20150350403 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various convenient functions including application management in association with such a wearable external device as a watch type mobile terminal and the like can be provided. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit, a touchscreen, and a controller, when the touchscreen is turned off, if a 1 | 12-03-2015 |
20150358451 | COMMUNICATIONS WITH WEARABLE DEVICES - Systems and methods for communications with wearable devices are provided. Information may be stored in memory regarding user preferences, which may indicate whether vibration notification is allowed at a wearable device and whether vibration notification is allowed at a mobile device. A communication may be received at a mobile device. It may then be determined whether the wearable device and the mobile device are connected. The wearable device may be caused to generate a vibration notification if the wearable device and the mobile device are determined to be connected. The mobile device may be caused to generate a vibration notification if the wearable device and the mobile device are determined not to be connected. | 12-10-2015 |
20150365512 | SECURE PAIRING OF END USER DEVICES WITH INSTRUMENTS - A role-based access control method and/or system permits end users to securely pair their mobile devices via a pairing apparatus with one or more instruments to, for example, remotely monitor operations of the instruments. In an embodiment, the process includes a pairing apparatus receiving a pairing request from an instrument including a unique access code, and receiving a pairing request from an end user mobile device that includes an end user mobile device identifier and an access code. If the unique access code matches the end user's access code, then the end user mobile device identifier is added to a security group and a successful pairing message is transmitted to at least one of the instrument and the end user mobile device. | 12-17-2015 |
20150367243 | Radio Controller System And Method For Remote Devices - A system and method for remote device control are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a radio controlled toy and a controller for controlling the toy. In some embodiments, the controller may have an input mechanism and a housing component that defines a cavity, within which may be located a wireless wide area transceiver and a wireless local area transceiver. Some controllers may also have an operating system for the controller and an application resident on the controller and operable to convert inputs received via the input mechanism into commands for the toy. The controller may have a microprocessor operable to execute the application and to cause the commands to be communicated to the toy using the wireless local area transceiver. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373479 | PASSENGER CASTED CONTENT TO INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM - A projected architecture system may include a first device, associated with a driver of a vehicle, which drives the display of content on the infotainment screen of the vehicle. A passenger in the motor vehicle may have a second device that the passenger can utilize to transmit an instruction to the first device. The instruction may cause the display of the infotainment system to be altered. The passenger may, for example, utilize the second device to cast a point of interest or navigation direction to the infotainment display via the first device. Thus, the driver does not need to search, browse, and/or view functions and/or content on the infotainment system's display and can concentrate on operating the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
20150381795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF A BATHING SYSTEM - A network-enabled controller for a bathing unit is provided. The controller includes a network interface and a memory storing operational setting information associated with the bathing unit. Through the network interface, the controller connects to a home network and registers and maintains an active communication link with a gateway accessed over a network external to the home network. In response to receipt of a status request originating from a remote client, the controller processes the status request and selectively transmits operational setting information stored in the memory to the remote client. A system for facilitating remote control and monitoring of network-enabled controllers for bathing units is also provided. The system comprises a remote control client executed on a personal computing device, an Internet-based server implementing a gateway and a plurality of controllers, wherein respective active communication links are maintained between the server and the plurality of registered controllers. | 12-31-2015 |
20160006851 | Cellular telephone docking interface - A cellular telephone interface and generalized dock that is particularly adapted for use with ANDROID™ telephones which can also connect a wide variety of other mobile telephones to different types of docks, alarm clocks, music platforms and other external devices. Data and audio can both be transmitted via the telephone's headphone jack through a single cable supplying an audio path for playing music and other audio applications as well as a data path for control. An API can be supplied to run on the telephone that allows user applications to interface a wide range of docking and control functions. The API provides a command set with commands that can control a generalized dock and monitor its status. | 01-07-2016 |
20160007314 | NODE UNREGISTERABLE WITHOUT USER ACCOUNT AT REMOTE SITE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 01-07-2016 |
20160012719 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LEVERAGING A MOBILE PHONE A MOBILE PHONE OR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR USE IN CONTROLLING MODEL VEHICLES | 01-14-2016 |
20160014207 | Chipset For Cellular M2M Communications | 01-14-2016 |
20160014252 | MODE SELECTION OF AN ELECTRICALLY MOTORIZED VEHICLE | 01-14-2016 |
20160014256 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, EXTERNAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | 01-14-2016 |
20160021229 | UTILIZING TELECOIL COMPATIBILITY ON A MOBILE DEVICE FOR IMPROVING FREQUENCY RANGE OF MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK - A system is providing for augmenting multimedia playback on a mobile device. The system includes the mobile device and an auxiliary loudspeaker device. The mobile device includes a telecoil transmitter and is configured to, in a multimedia mode, provide a multimedia audio signal to the telecoil transmitter for transmission to the auxiliary loudspeaker device. The auxiliary loudspeaker device includes a telecoil to receive the transmitted multimedia audio signal and plays a low frequency portion of multimedia audio content at a loudspeaker of the auxiliary loudspeaker device. | 01-21-2016 |
20160028870 | METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN AN IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM AND THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes connecting the mobile terminal to an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system of a vehicle through a prescribed protocol; and transmitting a device configuration information related to a service provided by the mobile terminal to the IVI system of the vehicle, wherein the device configuration information includes information on a key button and a UI key button provided by the mobile terminal. | 01-28-2016 |
20160028874 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE WIRELESS CONTROL OF A MEDICAL DEVICE - A device and a method for the wireless control of a medical device ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160036628 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING OUT-OF-BAND MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING DEVICES OVER A WIRELESS WIDE-AREA NETWORK - Provided herein are systems and methods for performing out-of-band management (e.g. IPMI, DCMI, remote KVM, Intel AMT or similar technology) of one or more computing devices, using its out-of-band (OOB) service processor and an on-board or attached communication module, which is capable of communicating over a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and optionally over IP-based network. | 02-04-2016 |
20160036954 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus in which a wireless communication unit receives an identifier through a first connection from a communication apparatus. A remote apparatus is located based on the identifier so that the information processing apparatus can receive images through a second connection from the remote apparatus. An interface unit connects to a display for sending images received through the second connection to the display. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HOME APPLIANCES OVER LTE - A computer includes a processor, a network communication interface controlled by the processor, and a memory accessible by the processor. Programming is stored in the memory which configures the computer as a network server to support configuration of a user interface on a mobile device for control of an appliance. The network server: 1) receives and stores registration information from the appliance, which includes an identification of the appliance and information for configuring the user interface to control the appliance, 2) receives, over a cellular network, a request from a mobile device which includes the identification of the appliance, and 3) transmits, over the cellular network, the configuration information to the mobile device which is used to configure the mobile device to display the user interface for wirelessly controlling the appliance on the mobile device. | 02-04-2016 |
20160043880 | GATEWAY COMMUNICATION FILTER AND GATEWAY COMMUNICATION FILTER CONFIGURATION METHOD THEREOF - A gateway communication filter and a gateway communication filter configuration method thereof are provided to allow users to perform remote home control by using a mobile communication device. The method includes after a learning signal and a reset signal are simultaneously received and during a period of continually receiving the learning signal, receiving a calling signal from the mobile communication device through a mobile phone network; identifying a phone number corresponding to the mobile communication device according to the calling signal; and storing the phone number corresponding to the mobile device into a memory circuit as a manager phone number. Accordingly, the gateway communication filter allows users to perform remote home control securely and conveniently. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044154 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING CONTENTS AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device, a method of operating an electronic device, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one piece of content, and a processor configured to recognize an attribute corresponding to the at least one piece of content and to control an operation of the electronic device based on a basis of attribute information while the at least one piece of content is reproduced. The method includes recognizing an attribute corresponding to content to be reproduced; acquiring effect information corresponding to the attribute corresponding to the content; and applying the acquired effect information to a reproducing screen of the content. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium includes recognizing an attribute corresponding to content to be reproduced; acquiring effect information corresponding to the attribute corresponding to the content; and applying the acquired effect information to a reproducing screen of the content. | 02-11-2016 |
20160050083 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an information processing method. The method comprises: establishing a connection channel among a plurality of electronic devices; acquiring a plurality of record items through the connection channel, each record item being generated in response to an operation on a respective electronic device; generating a record list which comprises the plurality of the record items; and processing the record list to associate at least two record items from the plurality of record items, in order to cause respective operations of the electronic devices, to which said at least two record items correspond, to be performed. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a corresponding electronic device. | 02-18-2016 |
20160052140 | ROBOT DRIVEN BY MOBILE PHONE - A robot system driven by mobile phone comprises a slave mobile phone for collecting robot information and processing the information; a central interface unit for signal processing conversion between the universal interface of the slave mobile phone and the mechanism component; an executing component for executing the command sent by the slave mobile phone; a master mobile or a remote control computer for remote control, by using a wireless network, sending command to the slave mobile phone and receiving information feedback from the slave mobile phone; input devices carried by the master mobile and the remote control computer as well as additional auxiliary input devices; and functional software of the slave mobile phone, the master mobile phone and the remote control computer. The robot system driven by mobile phone can be used to control a robot remotely, and can be popularized easily in homes in large scale. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057272 | Pointing Device for Designating Interactive Physical Objects - A system and method allowing a user to interact with objects in the user's environment using a hand-held pointing device. The pointing device is preferably incorporated in a hand-held device case or in the hand-held communication device itself. The pointing device projects a light beam that carries an identification code. The user directs the light beam toward an object of interest. The light beam falls upon a detector on the object of interest. The identification code serves to identify the pointing device that has projected the beam. The selected object of interest then sends a transmission providing: (1) its own identity, and (2) the identity of the pointing device. The identity of the selected object and the identity of the pointing device may be used to trigger any number of actions using software running on the selected object itself, a remote server, or a smart phone. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057273 | Adjusting System For Adjusting A Component Of A Motor Vehicle On An Adjustment Path - An adjusting system for adjusting a component of a motor vehicle on an adjustment path between a basic position and an end position with a mobile communications device through which control commands can be sent wirelessly to a control unit arranged in the motor vehicle and through which a drive for the adjustment of the adjustable component can be actuated. A target position selected from a plurality of target positions on the adjustment path of the adjustable component can be entered in the mobile communications device, and thereupon a corresponding actuating signal can be sent to the control unit wirelessly through the mobile communications device. The drive for adjusting the adjustable component to the selected target position can be actuated by the control unit. | 02-25-2016 |
20160065709 | MANUAL BLUETOOTH HANDS FREE TRANSFER MODE - A method for controlling audio signal transfer from a mobile device to a hands-free device in a vehicle multimedia system includes receiving by a processor of the vehicle multimedia system a request from a mobile device to connect to a hands-free device. The processor determines if the mobile device is engaged in an active call. In response to determining that the mobile device is engaged in an active call, a confirmation message is displayed to confirm that a user wishes to transfer an audio signal associated with the active call to the hands-free device. In response to receiving user's confirmation to transfer the active call, the audio signal is transferred from the mobile device to the hands-free device. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065718 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDIUM - An information processing system includes at least two terminals connected with a first network; and an information processing apparatus (IPA) connected with a second network, and with the first network via a relay device. The first terminal obtains device information about devices on the second network, receives a selection among the devices, and transmits a request for outputting data on the selected device to the IPA. The second terminal obtains the device information, receives the selection of the device, transmits a request for obtaining data on the selected device to the IPA, and obtains the data output by the selected device. The IPA obtains the requests for the outputting and the obtaining, respectively, requests the selected device to execute the outputting and the obtaining, receives the data provided by the selected device, to provide it to the second terminal. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065719 | MOBILE APPARATUS FOR GENERATING BEACON SIGNAL AND SERVICE METHOD USING THE SAME - A method of a beacon transmitting a beacon signal is provided. The method including, receiving, by the beacon including a processor, authentication-related information of the device from a server, broadcasting a beacon signal generated based on the authentication-related information, and when a receiver located at an arbitrary location receives the generated beacon signal, receiving beacon service information corresponding to information about the receiver from the server. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065720 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENDING MESSAGES USING THE SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one a first electronic device or at least one second external device by at least one communication method, and a control unit configured to, when a message is received from the first electronic device, identify at least one of the second electronic device to which a message is sent in response to the message received from the first electronic device, create the message that is to be sent to the identified second electronic device, and send the created message to the second electronic device. Other various embodiments may be provided. | 03-03-2016 |
20160073437 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A radio communication device is described comprising a circuit configured to determine a presence of a plurality of peripheral devices in a communication range with the radio communication device, a circuit configured to determine a respective orientation of a predefined portion of the radio communication device to each of the determined peripheral devices, a circuit configured to select at least one peripheral device of the plurality of determined peripheral devices based on the determined orientations, a circuit configured to establish a radio connection with the selected peripheral device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080539 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION FOR CONTROL OF UNMANNED SYSTEMS - Bi-directional personal communication systems and processes may be utilized to control unmanned systems. Such systems and processes may enable operator interface with unmanned systems as a replacement or a supplement to use of specialized hardware and rich, graphical interfaces. The bi-directional communication systems and methods also may be integrated as a subsystem within a ground control station. The system may include a personal communications device with a native interface for an operator to select command, control and/or communication (C3) messages to interact with the unmanned system, and a communication link operable to send the C3 messages selected by the operator to the unmanned system, wherein the unmanned system includes a receiver that receives the C3 messages over the communication link and an onboard computing device that processes and responds to the C3 messages received by the receiver. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080549 | MULTI-SCREEN CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE WINDOW APPLICATIONS - A method of controlling an application of a smart device, by the smart device, is provided. The method includes generating a composition window by compositing windows of applications of the smart device, and transmitting the composition window to a smart terminal on which the composition window is displayed. The method further includes receiving, from the smart terminal, information of a user input in the smart terminal with respect to the displayed composition window, and controlling and displaying at least one among the applications based on the received information of the user input. | 03-17-2016 |
20160094699 | REMOTE INTERFACE DEVICE FOR VEHICULAR REMOTE CONTROL - A remote operation system remotely controls a vehicle. The system may include a RF receiver and a remote interface device. The RF receiver resides in the vehicle and receives RF commands via a RF communication link. The remote interface device may be packaged in a housing and installed in the vehicle. The remote interface device includes a cellular transceiver, a RF transmitter, and a controller. The cellular transceiver may receive a given command via a cellular communication link. The controller may retrieve the given command from the cellular transceiver, and translate the given command to a RF command. The controller may transmit the RF command to the RF receiver by way of the RF transmitter. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094701 | CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A BUILDING-EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION SERVER AND A BUILDING-INTERNAL COMMUNICATION ENTITY - An access portal for controlling communication between a building-external communication server of a building-external communication network and a building-internal communication entity of a building-internal communication network includes: a memory for storing authentication data for initiating a communication connection to the communication server; a first communication interface for establishing communication with the building-external communication server using the stored authentication data, wherein the first communication interface is configured to monitor the communication connection to the building-external communication server and, in the event of a fault in the communication connection, to generate a fault message; and a second communication interface for communicating with the communication entity, wherein the second communication interface is configured to send the stored authentication data to the building-internal communication entity in response to receiving the fault message in order to initiate a communication connection between the building-internal communication entity and the building-external communication server. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094702 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL - Disclosed is a universal remote control device including a display to provide a graphical unit interface (GUI), a controller configured to process registration requests from state machines associated with remotely controllable appliances and to manage control data transfer to and from the state machines responsive to the registration requests, and a communication module to enable communications between the device and the state machines. Additionally disclosed is a graphics interface unit (GUI) implementable on a display of a computing device operable to remotely control a plurality of appliances. The GUI includes a screen area on the display to display output information, and a plurality of sections on the display to simultaneously display input selection functions associated with different levels of a hierarchical arrangement of control functions for the plurality of appliances. | 03-31-2016 |
20160100044 | System and Method for Remote Operation of Electric Fishing Reels - A method and system for remote operation of at least one electric fishing reel by radio communication with a communication terminal having a radio communication module. The at least one electric fishing reel includes a radio communication module compatible with the command terminal radio communication module. The communication terminal carries an application that transmits a command through a user interface to control the at least one electric fishing reel. The at least one electric fishing reel transmits to the communication terminal a connection request signal. together with a device ID, at startup of the program. The communication terminal transmits to the electric fishing reel having the device ID a connection permit signal upon receiving the connection request signal such that a communication protocol connection is established between the communication terminal and the electric fishing reel. | 04-07-2016 |
20160104370 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments disclosed herein generally include a system and a method of controlling a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with an electronic device, such as a mounting device. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system and a method of providing information to the portable electronic device that causes the portable electronic device to perform one or more desirable functions or processes based on the portable electronic device's interaction with the mounting device. In some embodiments, the portable electronic device may respond differently when it is caused to interact with differently configured mounting devices. Some aspects of the invention may include an apparatus, method and/or computing device software application that are configured to more easily setup and reliably control a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with the mounting device. | 04-14-2016 |
20160119465 | SMART REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC LIFT TABLE - The invention provides a smart remote control device for electric lift table, which belongs to lift table technical field. The invention comprises a control power module, an actuation power module, at least one intelligent terminal with Bluetooth function, a Bluetooth module, a MCU unit, a motor driving module, at least one linear motor and at least one speed encoder. The control power module connects to the Bluetooth module, the MCU unit and the speed encoder module respectively. The actuation power module output connect to an input of the motor driving module, an output of the motor driving module connects to the linear motor. The speed encoder is connected with the linear motor. Said intelligent terminal with Bluetooth function is wirelessly connected to the Bluetooth module. Said MCU unit is respectively connected with the Bluetooth module, the motor driving module and the speed encoder. In present invention, the control unit of the intelligent terminal controls a movement of the linear motor by MCU unit, and controls a stable lift of the electric lift table by operation of the speed encoder. | 04-28-2016 |
20160134742 | SUBSCRIPTION-BASED WIRELESS SERVICE FOR A CANAL HEARING DEVICE - Examples of subscription-based wireless hearing device systems and methods are described. An exemplary system includes a wireless hearing device and a personal computing device to enable or disable a wireless service of the wireless hearing device in accordance of a subscription. The subscription may be verified using subscription data or validation data received from a remote server. | 05-12-2016 |
20160150020 | Vehicle-based Multi-modal Interface - Various embodiments enable mobile devices, such as phones and the like, to integrate with an in-vehicle information/entertainment system to enable the user to control the in-vehicle information/entertainment system by way of their mobile phone. Users can leverage the functionality of their mobile phone to promote an in-vehicle experience which can be contextually tailored to the user's or the vehicle's context. Yet other embodiments can purvey an in-vehicle experience through a cloud based service. | 05-26-2016 |
20160150069 | WIRELESS INTERACTIVE SYSTEM APPLIED BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TRIGGER - A wireless interactive system applied between an electronic device and a trigger is revealed. The wireless interactive system includes an electronic device and a trigger. The electronic device such as a smart phone, a gateway, etc. is connected to the trigger wirelessly by a wireless network such as BLE, WiFi, or Zigbee. Users can define at least one prior event according to their requirements by software program built-in the electronic device. The trigger is a push-button carried by a user. Thus the user can activate the electronic device wirelessly to perform the defined prior event by easy operation of the push-button. Thereby the user can dynamically change interactions between the electronic device and the trigger according to his needs. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160156768 | ATTACHMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF | 06-02-2016 |
20160165039 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device provided with: a display unit; a hold state detection unit that detects a contact or proximity of a hand to the display unit; and a short-distance wireless communication function switching unit that switches a short-distance wireless communication function on or off in accordance with a result of detection by the hold state detection unit. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165645 | Remote System Configuration Using Audio Ports - Described herein are methods and devices for configuring a wireless device using audio data that is transmitted from a mobile device to the wireless device via a wired connection. For example, wireless configuration data may be sent from an audio port of the mobile device to an audio port of the wireless device while the mobile device and the wireless device are temporarily connected via an audio cable. According to an example method, a mobile device may determine wireless configuration data associated with a wireless local area network. The mobile device may then send the wireless configuration data to a wireless device via an audio port of the mobile device, such that the wireless device may be configured to access the wireless local area network. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160182705 | ELECTRIC PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC PRODUCT | 06-23-2016 |
20160183028 | REMOTE ACTIVATION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS | 06-23-2016 |
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