01st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090004908 | CORD PROTECTOR FOR POWER TOOLS - A power tool having a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, a power cord connected to the motor, and a cord protector operably engaging the power cord. The cord protector comprising at least one elastically-deformable biasing member engaging the power cord and exerting a biasing force upon the power cord in response to a load being applied to the power cord and recovering to an initial position in response to removal of the load. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004909 | CORD PROTECTOR FOR POWER TOOLS - A power tool having a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, a power cord connected to the motor, and a cord protector operably engaging the power cord for movement therewith. The cord protector comprises a cam follower bracket having a camming slot sized to receive a cam follower. The cam follower bracket being biased into an initial position and exerting a biasing force upon the power cord in response to a load being applied to the power cord. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004910 | ADAPTOR FOR CABLE CONNECTOR - An adapter for a cable connector secured with a cable end portion to make the electrical connection by being removably mounted on a receptacle of the cable connector includes a pair of operation portions, a pair of guide pins integrally formed in front of the operation portions and each having a pointed end portion at the front, a protection portion for connecting the operation portions at the rear lower part, a connection portion for connecting the operation portions at the front upper part, and a reinforcing portion for connecting the pair of guide pins, wherein the protection portion and the connection portion have an interval in the longitudinal and vertical directions and are disposed in parallel to each other, and the lower surfaces of the connection portion and the reinforcing portion are continuous flush to form a stationary surface for securing the cable end portion. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004911 | Power supply system - For improving durability of a wiring harness of a power supply system used in a sliding structure, a power supply system | 2009-01-01 |
20090004912 | Sub-Assembly Frame Comprising a Standard Rear Panel and Sub-Assemblies that Have at Least a Double Width - In one aspect, a device for use in sub-assembly frames with a standard rear panel and cross-links that connect directly adjacent slots of the sub-assembly frame in pairs is provided. The device connects the cross-links in such a way that a communication path is also available for sub-assemblies that are wider than one slot. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004913 | High Density Patch Panel - A patch panel is disclosed. The patch panel includes a frame, a faceplate mountable into a rear side of the frame, and at least one modular jack mountable into a rear side of the faceplate. The frame has a plurality of faceplate openings, and the faceplate has a plurality of mounting opening. Each mounting opening has at least one modular jack retention latch. A method for assembling a patch panel is also disclosed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004914 | Method of seating a connector on a coaxial cable - A method for installing compression connectors of various sizes and types on the end of a coaxial cable utilizes a tool having a base mounting a pair of movable anvils for engaging two different lengths of connectors. The movable anvils define an aperture which is shaped to permit easy entry and exit of a cable while still applying a suitable retention force to an inserted cable. A slidably mounted plunger cooperates with the anvils to compress a connector. One of the anvils has an aperture size that permits the anvil to squeeze or pinch an inserted cable and thereby restrain a cable longitudinally during initial seating of the connector onto a cable by means of the plunger. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004915 | CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE WITH RECEPTACLE EMI SHIELD - An electrical connector receptacle that includes receptacle-side electrical contacts, a socket, and a receptacle shield. The socket is configured such that a connector may be inserted therein allowing the electrical contacts of the connector to interface with the receptacle-side electrical contacts. The receptacle shield is placed in the back of the receptacle, and is composed of an Electro-Magnetic Interference barrier material. In one embodiment, the receptacle shield is configured to interface with an EMI barrier of the connector, and includes separate slots through which electrical connections may pass. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004916 | Connector - The invention provides a connector in which, in an over-mold process, it is possible to prevent a molten resin from flowing through inevitable gaps ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004917 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH EMI SHIELD - An electrical connector having an electrical interface assembly electrical processing circuitry, and an EMI barrier. The electrical interface assembly has a plurality of electrical contacts for interfacing with a receptacle when the electrical connector is connected to a corresponding receptacle. The electrical processing circuitry is for processing electrical signals received from at least some of the plurality of electrical contacts and/or to be sent to the plurality of electrical contacts. The EMI barrier substantially contains the electrical processing circuitry except at a number of EMI barrier openings. The largest of these EMI barrier openings is where the electrical contacts pass through the connector. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004918 | RF SHIELDED, SERIES INDUCTOR, HIGH RF POWER IMPEDANCE MATCHING INTERCONNECTOR FOR CO2 SLAB LASER - A RF shielded, series inductor, high power impedance matching network interconnector is provided for connecting an RF power supply to electrodes contained in the shielded, hermetically sealed laser tube housing of a slab laser system. The impedance matching interconnector comprises a short length of co-axial conductor and an impedance matching network that includes two L shaped networks. The inner conductor of the co-axial conductor is connected between the power supply output and the impedance matching network. The outer conductor of the co-axial conductor is grounded. The co-axial conductor has an impedance characteristic to match the power supply output impedance. The first L-shaped network includes a first inductor having a first end connected to the inner conductor of the co-axial conductor and a first capacitor connected to the second end of the first inductor and a second plate connected to ground. The second L shaped network includes a second inductor having a first end connected to the common connection between the second end of the first inductor and the first plate of the first capacitor and a second capacitor having a first plate connected to the second end of the second inductor and a second plate connected to ground. The common connection between the second end of the second inductor and the first plate of the second capacitor is connected through the shielded, hermetically sealed laser tube housing to the electrodes of the slab laser system. The two L-shaped networks may be implemented in a “single capacitor” configuration for lower power applications or in a “multi-capacitor” configuration for higher power applications. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004919 | Stacked card connector - A stacked card connector ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004920 | METHOD OF ADAPTING AN EXPRESSCARD SLOT FOR USE WITH PORTABLE MEMORY CARDS - An adapter system is disclosed including a pair of adapters operating in conjunction with each other to allow a variety of different, off-the-shelf memory cards to be used within the ExpressCard slot. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004921 | ADAPTER SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN EXPRESSCARD SLOT - An adapter system is disclosed including a pair of adapters operating in conjunction with each other to allow a variety of different, off-the-shelf memory cards to be used within the ExpressCard slot. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004922 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM HAVING WAFER CONNECTORS - An electrical connection system comprises a connector shell and a plurality of wafer connectors that plug into the connector shell. Each wafer connector holds a plurality of electric terminals that are attached to ends of electric cables, and a lock bar that is attached to the connector shell to retain the wafer connectors in the connector shell. The connector shell has an upper wall, a lower wall and side walls that are spaced apart to define a stack of wafer connector compartments that extends from the upper wall to the lower wall, an uppermost compartment being defined in part by the upper wall and an lowermost compartment being defined in part by the lower wall. The side walls each have slots in their confronting surfaces for each compartment in the stack of wafer connector compartments for locating a wafer connector in each compartment, the slots being longitudinal and open ended so that a wafer connector can be inserted longitudinally into each compartment from an insertion end of the shell. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004923 | Apparatus and methods for connecting two electrical devices together - Methods and apparatus are provided for connecting together two audio components that have different size connectors and/or a different configuration of electrical contacts between them. In one embodiment of the present invention, an audio adaptor is designed having an audio plug of one size to mate with a first electrical device, such as an integrated mediaphone such as the iPhone™, and an audio jack having a different size to mate with a second electrical device, such as a conventional cell phone headset having a single earpiece. In that instance, the plug would be a four-prong, 3.5 millimeter stereo device, while the jack would be a three-prong, 2.5 millimeter monaural device. The adaptor includes circuitry that takes one audio channel (i.e., the left or right channel), and couples it to the audio input on the monaural jack. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004924 | Cable connector and connector assembly - A cable connector is to be fitted to a mating connector attached to a circuit board. The cable connector includes a housing including a terminal hole for inserting a cable with a terminal; and a movable member attached to the housing for positioning the terminal at a regular position. The movable member includes an attached portion attached to the housing and a pressing portion retained in the terminal hole to be movable to an advance position for positioning the terminal at the regular position. The attached portion includes an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion both extending forward from a rear wall portion of the movable member to be guided along a top wall of the housing. The pressing portion includes a thrust arm portion extending forward from the rear wall portion and having a pressing surface on a front edge surface thereof. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004925 | Electrical connector with improved contact facilitating low insertion force - An electrical connector ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004926 | Connector - The invention provides a connector in which, while miniaturization and thinning are attained at a level equivalent to the conventional art, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon that molten solder drips from a wire connecting portion to form a solder bridge between adjacent contacts, from occurring, and a cable can be soldered to the wire connecting portion with excellent workability and high strength. In the connector of the invention, each of terminal portions ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004927 | Wiring Harness with Integrated Two-Way In-Line Connection Capability - A wire harness for a motor vehicle is provided. The wire harness includes a primary node that includes a first pair of communication wires, and a optional slave node that includes a slave connector. The wire harness also includes a second pair of communication wires and a first connector that is operable to enable the optional slave node to communicate with the primary node when the slave connector is coupled to the first connector. The first connector enables communication with the primary node via the first pair of communication wires and the second pair of communication wires. One wire from the first pair and the second pair of communication wires are crimped together to form a first terminal and the remaining wires of the first pair and the second pair of communication wires are crimped together to form a second terminal for the first connector. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004928 | METHOD AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A TERMINAL BLOCK - A method of manufacturing a terminal block for a telecommunication cable comprising the steps of providing a mold having a first half and a second half, each forming a respective body cavity configured to form a terminal block and configured to receive a substrate comprising a plurality of openings adapted to receive an insulated electrical contact. A plurality of projections extend from the first half into the cavity, wherein the plurality of projections are adapted to remove a portion of insulation from the electrical contact positioned within each of the openings. The substrate is positioned in the mold and the insulated electrical contact is inserted into each of the openings. The mold is closed such that the plurality of projections remove a portion of the insulation from the insulated electrical contact upon closing of the mold. A dielectric material is then injected into the mold containing the substrate and insulated electrical contact to form a terminal block. The terminal block is removed from the mold, wherein the plurality of projections form a socket adapted to receive an electrical connector. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004929 | Electrical Pressure Contact - The invention relates to an electrical pressure contact comprising a housing sleeve ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004930 | Method and Arrangement For Controlling a Drive Arrangement in a Watercraft - A method is provided for controlling a drive arrangement in a watercraft. The method includes detecting thrust and steering commands from an operating device which is connected to a control unit, and controlling the drive arrangement based on detected commands from the operating device for obtaining a desired course of travel of the watercraft, wherein a force is generated which acts towards a defined position on the watercraft. The method furthermore includes determining the speed of the watercraft and adapting the position on which the force from the drive arrangement acts as a function of at least the speed and as a function of the influence of the position of the center of pressure of the watercraft, thereby maintaining the desired course of travel. An arrangement for controlling a drive arrangement in a watercraft is also provided. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004931 | Power train for an amphibious vehicle - A power train for an amphibious vehicle includes an engine and transaxle arranged North-South, driving front, rear, or all four road wheels. A power take off with optional decoupler and constant velocity joint drives marine drive means. The power take off may be taken from the input shaft of the transmission, and may use a synchronizer. The transaxle includes a differential. The rear wheels may be set back from the differential outputs, with intermediate drive by chains or belts. A sandwich type power take off may also be used. In the four wheel drive embodiment, a power take off is required from the rear differential. Decouplers may be provided in at least one wheel drive shaft on each driven axles. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004932 | Amphibious Vehicle Power Trains - An amphibious vehicle power train having an engine ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004933 | Water Craft With a Buoyancy Body - The invention relates to a water craft with a preferably closed buoyancy body ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004934 | PROPELLER - An improved propeller design is provided herein. One embodiment includes a propeller with a housing having a diameter sufficient to encloses at least a portion of the propeller blades. The housing may be secured to the ends of the propeller blades. The housing may include a forward facing edge that is flared outwardly. In addition, the housing generally tapers inward aft of the propeller blades reducing the diameter of the housing to form a general funnel shape. In one embodiment, the housing has a rear portion with a substantially constant diameter located aft of the end of the tapered section. Outer blades may be secured to the outer portion of the housing. These outer blades may be useful to, for example, provide additional rear thrust when the boat is shifted into reverse. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004935 | Winged oar or paddle - My invention is a handy oar or paddle, which is used by hand. The invention is used to help the boat move forward on the water while we are sitting in the boat. The invention's goal is to move forward faster with the boat using the oars or paddles, while not using extra force rowing the boat, and not changing anything on the boat. I can achieve this with the oar or paddle by not only rowing with the oar or paddle, but by pushing myself forwards. On the bottom of the blade, there is a slanted wing put up. On the bottom of the blade, above the wing, there is an opening. This is my invention. When we are moving forward with the boat, the wing on the bottom of the blade is higher on the side of the blade, which is facing the back of the boat. The wing is put up on the bottom of the blade slanted. This makes it possible when rowing the oar or paddle that the water control wing controls, pushes the oar or paddle in the water. This gives an upward force to the blade. For this we push the oar or paddle downwards, and use it to move forwards, while we lean on the oar. We row with the invention and we push ourselves forwards, this way we use the same amount of force, but moving forwards faster with the boat. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004936 | Shaped inflatable water sports board - A shaped inflatable water sports board is presented. The inflatable water sports board includes an airtight elongated housing having a predetermined shape. An internal structure is contained within the housing for substantially maintaining the predetermined shape when the board is inflated. An inflation valve is provided for inflating the board where when the board is inflated the board is sufficiently rigid to maintain the predetermined shape under the weight of an adult | 2009-01-01 |
20090004937 | Automatic Disconnect for Riverboard Propulsion System - This apparatus provides an automatic release of a resilient buoyant tether from a water-skimming board device. In use, a tether ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004938 | Buoyant Swim Garment - A swimsuit includes a vest provided with buoyant floatation members, a bottom portion in the form of swim trunks, and a coupling mechanism for selectively coupling the vest to the trunks. The vest may be uncoupled from the swim trunks to permit a user to remove the swim trunks while still wearing the vest, or to remove the vest while still wearing the swim trunks. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004939 | Insect Screen - An insect screen comprised of knitted synthetic yarns and having a knitted pattern incorporated therein. First and second groups of yarns, such as polypropylene, are knitted with the first group of yarns forming a grid or mesh while the second group of yarns form a pattern. Once the insect screen is knitted, the insect screen is subjected to a finishing operation. In finishing the insect screen is stretched and placed in tension using selvages formed of a third group of yarns. The tensioned insect screen is heated causing the yarns to at least slightly plasticize and causing heat fusion of at least some stitches. Thereafter the insect screen and yarns are cooled, resulting in the insect screen becoming more rigid and generally assuming the stretched configuration in the absence of stretching. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004940 | Textile Complex Comprising a Combining Substrate Coated on Its Two Sides - A textile complex includes a first textile layer, a second textile layer and a substrate for bonding the textile layers together, wherein the substrate includes a third textile layer, each of the faces of which are coated with a thermo-adhesive product network, and the substrate is inserted between the first and second textile layers so as to bond, by respectively laminating a face of the textile layers to a thermo-adhesive product network, the first and second textile layers together. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004941 | Bio-disintegratable board comprising polyactic acid conjugate fiber and natural fiber and its preparation method - The present invention relates to a biodegradable board comprising laminates of nonwoven fabric, which comprises natural fiber and a sheath-core type composite fiber having double layers of inner part and surface layer and its preparation method, and particularly to a biodegradable board comprising at least two layers of nonwoven fabric, which comprises natural fiber and sheath-core type composite fiber comprising biodegradable polylactic acid as a sheath component and resins such as polyethyleneterephthalate, polypropylene and polyethylene as a core component, and its preparation method. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004942 | Method for Manufacturing a Particularly Soft and Three-Dimensional Nonwoven and Nonwoven Thus Obtained - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing nonwoven and nonwoven obtainable by said method. Particularly, the invention relates to a nonwoven provided with improved tactile and absorbent characteristics, which make it suitable for use in the field of surface cleaning, personal hygiene, or formation of garments. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004943 | Method and device for manufacturing splittable fibers and use thereof - The invention relates to a method and a device ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004944 | Apparatus and Methods for Resizing Electronic Displays - Apparatus and methods for resizing COTS AMLCDs or other electronic displays, as well as resized displays made using these apparatus and methods, are provided. The electronic display includes a front plate, a back plate, a perimeter seal spacing the front and back plates apart, and image-generating medium contained in an area between the front and back plates. A target portion of the display may be identified and separated from an excess portion of the display, e.g., by cutting and breaking the plates of the display, thereby creating an exposed edge along the target portion. The plates of the target portion are pressed towards one another, e.g., to stabilize or compress the target portion. An adhesive is applied to the exposed edge, and the pressure is released to draw the adhesive between the plates along the exposed edge. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004945 | Flying disc training device - This invention relates to the field of sports training devices and more specifically electronic training devices that show the user in a quantitative manner the quality of a particular performance criteria to be measured. The device is either part of or is attached to a flying disc, and is used for measuring and improving rotational velocity and time aloft, both of which help athletes-beginners to advanced-improve their overall throwing skill. There are many disc sports that are growing and can use such a device to provide instant feedback, which is a fundamental training technique that enables quick improvement of skills. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004946 | Interlocking toy - An interlocking toy formed from construction units, where certain of the construction units include assembly members, preferably in a matrix, that are capable of interlocking with assembly members, preferably in a matching matrix, from certain other construction units. The assembly members may be in the form of notches, slots, tabs, apertures (preferably square apertures or circular apertures), oblong recesses, and tapered oblong recesses, among other similar and other geometric and non-geometric constructs. Similarly, the construction units may be formed to any geometric or non-geometric configuration. An exemplary construction unit may include assembly members in the form of notches, square apertures, and circular apertures. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004947 | MOLDED FABRIC DOLL ACCESSORY - In one embodiment, a doll accessory for play or use with a doll or other toy figure is provided. The doll accessory may include a first portion of a doll accessory including a layer of fabric coated with a molding chemical solution and plastically deformed into a substantially resilient three-dimensional shape. A second portion of a doll accessory may be secured to the first portion of a doll accessory. In some embodiments, the second portion of a doll accessory may include a layer of fabric coated with a molding chemical solution and plastically deformed into a substantially resilient three-dimensional shape. In some embodiments, the second portion of a doll accessory may be adhesively bonded to the first portion of a doll accessory. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004948 | TRAVELLING TOY SYSTEM - A traveling toy system is provided, in which it becomes possible to reduce the amount of information transmitted to a video display device. In the traveling toy system, a video camera, a video camera controller which is adjustably controls at least a frame rate of the video camera, a signal transmission device which transmits a video signal outputted from the video camera to a video display device, and electric storage means for power supply are mounted on the traveling toy which travels on a traveling lane using a potential energy. The traveling toy system further includes a traveling toy carrier device which carries the traveling toy from a position where the potential energy is low to a position where the potential energy is high. The video camera controller changes the frame rate so that when a traveling speed of the traveling toy is higher than a given speed, the frame rate may be increased from the frame rate at the time that the traveling speed is lower than the given speed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004949 | Pop-up Play Set - A play set having a main panel section and a pair of side panel sections, each of which is pivotably connected to tile side lateral edges of the main panel section. When the play set is in a first orientation, the main panel section and the pair of side panel sections are oriented generally co-planar to each other such that the upper main surface and upper side surfaces define a play surface having a perimeter, and when the play set is in a second orientation, the side panel sections are adjacent each other and in a plane parallel to the main panel section to define a play set case. When in the first orientation, one of the panel sections includes an elongated member extendable therefrom in a telescoping manner to define an additional play surface outside the perimeter of the main panel sections and side panel sections. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004950 | FABRIC BREAST SUPPORT WORN IN SHOWER TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT BREASTS AND PROTECT BREASTS AND RELIEVE BREAST AND NIPPLE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND NURSING - A soft, protective breast support worn by pregnant, postpartum and nursing mothers when showering to support engorged breasts, function as a warm compress to soothe breasts and ease engorgement, and to shield the breasts, nipples and areolas from direct contact with harsh shower sprays, drying soap and other chemical residues found in toiletries that can damage sensitive nipple and areola skin, while leaving the wearer's hands free. The breast support is a two-sided, rectangular fabric panel made of soft, lightweight, elastic and absorbent material. The wearer snuggly wraps the fabric panel lengthwise around her bustline and back, so that the width of the panel covers the breasts, and attaches the opposing ends of the panel along the front mid-line of her chest using a hook and loop closure mechanism. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM MICROFEATURE WORKPIECES - Machines and systems for removing materials from microfeature workpieces using fixed-abrasive mediums. One embodiment of a method for removing material from a microfeature workpiece comprises rubbing the workpiece against a surface of a fixed-abrasive medium having a matrix and abrasive particles attached to the matrix, and sensing a parameter indicative of frictional force at an interface between the workpiece and the surface of the fixed-abrasive medium. This method continues by moving at least one of the workpiece and the fixed-abrasive medium relative to each other in a direction transverse to the interface based on the parameter. For example, the workpiece and/or the fixed-abrasive medium can be vibrated or oscillated to reduce the frictional force and/or maintain a desired relative velocity between the workpiece and the fixed-abrasive medium. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004952 | Polishing apparatus and polishing method - A polishing apparatus according to the present invention is suitable for use in polishing a periphery of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The polishing apparatus includes a holding section configured to hold the workpiece, a polishing head configured to bring the polishing tape into contact with the workpiece, a supply reel configured to supply the polishing tape to the polishing head, a rewind reel configured to rewind the polishing tape that has contacted the workpiece, and a swinging mechanism configured to cause the polishing head to perform a swinging motion with its pivot lying on a predetermined point. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004953 | SKIN SANDER - A skin sander for removing dead skin such as calluses and rough dry skin, including a housing, electric motor, and an oscillating sanding surface. The skin sander is ergonomically designed for use by various sized hands with minimal effort. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004954 | Drive For a Grinding Spindle - The invention relates to a grinding-spindle assembly comprising a fixed shaft and a ring motor that has a stator and a rotor, wherein the stator is connected in a fixed fashion to the shaft, the rotor is a hollow shaft and is pivotal on the fixed shaft, and the grinding tool is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to the rotor, and the ring motor extends through the grinding tool. The fact that the grinding tool is mounted directly on the rotor produces an especially space-saving construction. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004955 | SANDING APPARATUS WITH MOLDED ELASTOMERIC PAD - A sander comprises a body member molded of polypropylene to which a soft pad member is integrally molded or directly bonded thereto. Preferably, the material comprising the pad member is of a thermoplastic elastomer material, such as Santoprene®. Significantly, when the pad member is molded directly to the body member, the pad has internal dimensions only slightly larger than the external dimensions of the body member so that, when the body member is located within the confines of the pad member, a secure fit is formed between these two members, without any space between them. Further, the respective dimensions of the body member and pad member give the sander a thick, one-piece appearance in side and end views. The pad member may also include a plurality of openings which help provide a “spongy” effect to the user, smoothing the peaks and reaching the valleys of an uneven surface upon which the sander is utilized. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004956 | HONING JIG - The honing jig has a base on which a whetstone or other abrasive substance is mounted. A pair of spaced guide rods extends the length of the base. A carriage is mounted to tubes which slide along the rods and through which the guide rods extend. The blade to be sharpened is held to the carriage by a clamp and the clamp swivels on the carriage to allow the inclination of the blade relative to the whetstone to be adjusted. The angle of the guide rods can be adjusted to permit fine adjustment of the inclination of the blade. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004957 | PORTABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TENDERIZING MEAT - A method and apparatus for tenderizing meat by electrical stimulation is characterized by a portable device supplying an electrical current through an electrode or electrodes. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004958 | Method and System for Cooling of Dressed Carcasses - A method of cooling a dressed carcass of a slaughtered animal halved along the backbone thereof while transferring the dressed carcass in a cooling chamber is provided, with which reduction in process yield in the cooling process due to evaporation of water from the dressed carcass is suppressed to a minimum, meat juice dripping together with water does not occur when cutting the dressed carcass, the cooling period of time is reduced, energy is saved in cooling process, initial cost is reduced, and productivity is improved. The dressed carcass is cooled while transferring in the cooling chamber in a hanged attitude along the transport route T, whereby a plurality of partitioned spaces are provided in the cooling chamber | 2009-01-01 |
20090004959 | COIN DEPOSITING AND DISPENSING MACHINE - A coin depositing and dispensing machine includes a partition frame arranged in front of a denomination-specific coin accumulating and ejecting portion. A pooling hopper portion and a coin identifying and sorting passage are provided on the front face of the partition frame. The partition frame can be moved between a position at which the denomination-specific coin accumulating and ejecting portion is partitioned from the outside of the machine body | 2009-01-01 |
20090004960 | AUTOMOTIVE FRONT POST GARNISH WITH INTEGRAL DEFROSTER DUCT - A molded plastic garnish assembly ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004961 | COOLING THE AIR EXITING A COMPUTER - Methods and arrangements for cooling the air exiting a computer are discussed. Embodiments include a method and apparatus to cool the air exiting a computer. The embodiments may also include blowing air out of an exhaust fan past one or more dilution air vents in the chassis of a computer. The embodiments may include pulling in air outside the chassis through the one or more dilution air vents, mixing the air pulled in from outside the chassis and the air blown through the exhaust fan, and blowing the mixed air through an exit vent. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004962 | AIR DISPLACING DEVICE - An air displacing device for transferring air from a first location to a second location comprising a housing including a fan, a prime mover for the fan, means defining an air inlet to receive air from the first location, and an air outlet to deliver air to the second location and a duct for air through the housing from the inlet to the outlet, the fan being operable by way of the prime mover to cause air to be displaced along the duct from the inlet to the outlet, the housing serving to define a datum plane characterised in that the housing has external members adapted for displacement between a first, standby, configuration where the projection of the housing from the datum plane is a minimum and so the volume of the housing is a minimum and a second, working, configuration where the projection of the housing from the datum plane is a maximum and so the volume of the housing is a maximum. The invention is particularly applicable for hand driers but is also applicable to other air moving devices such as vacuum cleaners, air conditioning units and drying apparatus for objects other than hands. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004963 | HEAT DISSIPATION MODULE - A heat dissipation module including a supporting frame, a driver, a linkage, a first magnet and a plurality of magnetic blades is provided. The supporting frame has a chute. Moreover, one end of the linkage has a protrusion passing through the chute. The other end of the linkage is connected to the driver. The first magnet is disposed on the protrusion. In addition, the repelling magnetic blades are pivoted on the supporting frame. The outermost magnetic blade faces the first magnet and they repel each other. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004964 | Vent With Attached Screen - An open ended box having a louvered panel, side panels and top and bottom panels extending from edges of the louvered panel defines a vent for use in a concrete block wall, brick wall or concrete wall. A screen of sheet metal with punched apertures is secured within the vent adjacent the interior surface of the louvered panel. The open end of the vent may be covered with a louvered panel or panel for supporting duct work extending from the vent. Right angle flanges may extend from the sides and bottom of the vent to position the vent in spaced relationship with adjacent elements of the wall and accommodate placement of grout therebetween. A nail or screw extending through each of the side panels adjacent elements of the wall may be used to positionally secure the vent. Flanges extending from the edges of the vent opening serve to be placed adjacent corresponding surfaces of the wall in which the vent is located. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004965 | Method and apparatus for balancing an HVAC system - A method and apparatus for balancing an HVAC system. The method involves using a plate which is circular in shape and has four inner cut-out portions which are capable of being manually removed by an operating engineer. To reduce flow to a minimum, all four rings are left on the plate. To allow a progressively greater amount of air flow, more rings are removed from the circular plate. Such enables the equalization of the various rooms in an HVAC system without the addition of costly upstream dampers. The circular plate is attached to a duct via four small protruding ear elements. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004966 | Ventilating Exhaust fan and Outlet Fitting Assembly - A ventilating exhaust fan and outlet fitting assembly includes a ventilating exhaust fan and an outlet fitting. A packing protrusion is interposed between a ventilating exhaust fan and an outlet fitting of the assembly, and thereby the conventional issues of vibration and noise due to an unwanted gap existed between ventilating exhaust fan and the outlet fitting are effectively overcome. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004967 | Method and apparatus for mitigating interference from terrestrial broadcasts sharing the same channel with satellite broadcasts using an antenna with posterior sidelobes - An apparatus for simultaneously receiving a first signal from a non-terrestrial source and a second signal from a terrestrial source on the same or overlapping channels using a receive antenna with posteriorly-directed sidelobes is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one terrestrial transmitter transmitting information on at least one frequency simultaneously usable by at least one satellite transmitting to a satellite receive antenna having a sensitivity characterizable by a primary sensitive axis directed substantially at satellite. The terrestrial transmitter includes a azimuthal gain characteristic directed substantially away from the Earth's Equator. In an alternative embodiment, the terrestrial transmitter is disposed at a location defining a vector angularly displaced from the primary sensitive axis by an angle of less than 90 degrees. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004968 | In-vehicle apparatus with radio transmission restricting function and radio transmission restricting system - An in-vehicle apparatus determines in the vicinity the presence of a portable terminal designated with a device requiring restriction on radio transmission as a device name thereof. Radio transmission from a cellular phone is thereby restricted. In contrast, when determining in the vicinity the absence of the portable terminal designated with a device requiring restriction on radio transmission, the restriction on radio transmission from the cellular phone is removed. In the event of a person with a cardiac pacemaker getting on the vehicle, if the person carries a portable terminal designated with a device requiring restriction on radio transmission as a device name, the concern of the person about a possibility that the cellular phone has a bad influence on the cardiac pacemaker can be prevented. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004969 | Method and Device for Fast Near-Field Communication - The present invention relates to a communication device ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004970 | System and method of communicating multiple carrier waves - A system and method for communicating a plurality of carrier waves that are received by a single receiver system is provided. The receiver system includes at least one antenna, at least one splitter, a plurality of tuners, and at least one combiner. The antenna receives a plurality of carrier waves. The splitter is in communication with the antenna, and splits the plurality of carrier waves. The plurality of tuners are in communication with the at least one splitter, and the split carrier waves are communicated to a separate tuner. The at least one combiner is in communication with the plurality of tuners, and combines an output of the plurality of tuners to generate an output based upon at least a portion of the received plurality of carrier waves. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004971 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, TRANSMITTER, AND RECEIVER - The transmitter transmits at least any one of the multiple kinds of generated pilot signals corresponding to the multiple types of communications services by use of a predetermined band set in a part of a transmission band beforehand, and transmits the other kinds of pilot signals using parts of the transmission band other than the predetermined band. The receiver detects a signal in a band containing at least the predetermined band, out of reception signals from the transmitter, and detects the pilot signal from the detected signal. With this construction, even if other pilot signals are frequency-division multiplexed to the same time domain, the receiver is capable of detecting a pilot signal accurately while avoiding the effect of interference due to the other pilot signals. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004972 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIDE AREA NETWORK MODEM AND A PERSONAL AREA NETWORK MODEM IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004973 | Activity Illumination - A method to indicate that a first device is in communication with a second device is disclosed. The first device may receive an indication activity from the second device. The indication activity may change the display and the illumination object on the first device and the displays on the illumination object and the display are similar. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004974 | System, apparatus and method for associating an anticipated success indication with data delivery - Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a server. The server determines an anticipated success rate for successfully transferring the requested content to the device and/or utilizing the content at the target device, and transfers an indication of the anticipated success rate to the intermediary device. The anticipated success rate indication is received at the intermediary device, which then determines whether the received anticipated success rate indication meets threshold criteria. If so, the intermediary device notifies the server to initiate the transfer of the content from the server to the target device if the threshold criteria is met. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004975 | Electrical device comprising analog frequency conversion circuitry and method for delivering characteristics thereof - An electrical device comprises analog conversion circuitry having an input and an output. The electrical device is essentially provided for converting a first input signal within a first frequency range applied to the input to a first output signal within a second frequency range different from the first frequency range at the output. The electrical device further comprises a signal adding means for adding at least a portion of the first output signal as second input signal to the first input signal. The analog conversion circuitry is also capable of converting the second input signal, which is within the second frequency range, back to the first frequency range. Additionally, a characteristic deriving means is provided for deriving at least one characteristic of the electrical device from the frequency converted second input signal, which appears at the output of the analog conversion circuitry. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004976 | ACTIVE POWER METER - An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor include circuitry for generating and power amplifying an outgoing RF signal to produce a power amplified outgoing signal, conducting the power amplified outgoing signal down a transmission path that is disposed substantially parallel to a directional coupler formed on a metallization layer of the integrated circuit, producing a sensed signal level sensed in the directional coupler to a power detector and determining the forward output power based upon the sensed signal level. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004977 | Antenna for use in portable applications - In one embodiment, the present invention includes an accessory device for coupling to a portable system having an AM radio receiver. The accessory device includes a housing to house at least one accessory component and an AM antenna. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004978 | TRANSMITTER BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION CIRCUIT - A method is provided for operating a transmitter integrated in a microelectronic element. In a calibration phase, a plurality of operational parameters are stored for controlling a frequency response of the transmitter under each of a plurality of corresponding operating conditions. Upon detecting an operating condition such as a temperature or power supply voltage level, the corresponding stored operational parameter is applied to the transmitter to control the frequency response. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004979 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION MECHANISM UTILIZED TO ARBITRATE TRANSMISSIONS OF WIRELESS SIGNALS AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A method of controlling a communication mechanism utilized to arbitrate transmissions of a first and a second wireless signals and a communication apparatus utilized the method are disclosed. The method includes determining a transmission quality indicator corresponding to one of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal, and dynamically turning the communication mechanism on or off according to the transmission quality indicator. Therefore, the present invention is able to arbitrate transmissions of different wireless signals while decreasing the occurrence of transmission disconnection resulted from the arbitration. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004980 | Data Communication Using Constant Total Current - A data communication system, comprising at least three signal conductors and a first and a second power supply terminal, for supplying currents of mutually opposite direction to the signal conductors respectively. A driver circuit establishes respective combinations of currents through the signal conductors from a selectable set of combinations, which includes combinations with currents from the first supply terminal and to the second supply terminal, so that a sum of the currents through the signal conductors substantially has a same value for each combination and at least one of the conductors in operation does not merely function in a differential-pair relation with another one of the conductors, the driver circuit determining which of the combinations from the set are established depending on information to be transmitted. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004981 | HIGH EFFICIENCY DIGITAL TRANSMITTER INCORPORATING SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIER - A novel apparatus and method of improving the power efficiency of a digital transmitter for non-constant-amplitude modulation schemes. The power efficiency improvement mechanism of the invention leverages the high efficiency of a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) that supplies the high DC current to the transmitter's power amplifier, while compensating for its limitations using predistortion. The predistortion may be achieved using any suitable technique such as digital signal processing, hardware techniques, etc. A switched mode power supply (i.e. switching regulator) is used to provide a slow form (i.e. reduced bandwidth) of envelope tracking (based on a narrower bandwidth distorted version of the envelope waveform) such that the switching regulator can use a lower switching rate corresponding to the lower bandwidth, thereby obtaining high efficiency in the switching regulator. The resulting AM-AM and AM-PM distortions in the power amplifier are compensated through predistortion of the digital amplitude modulating signal which dictates the envelope at the PA input. Similarly, the phase modulation is also compensated prior to the PA, such that once it undergoes the distortion in the PA, the end result is sufficiently close to the desired phase. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA COMMUNICATION USING A BODY - A portable device for data communication using a body as a conductor to transmit data to a receiver, the portable device includes a data receiving unit to receive data, a controller unit to control processing of data to be transmitted, a current limiting circuit to limit a current of a signal corresponding to the data to be transmitted to a predetermined value, and transmitting electrodes connected to the current limiting circuit and to contact the body to transmit the signal having the current of predetermined value to the receiver. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004983 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SECOND ORDER INPUT INTERCEPT POINT (IIP2) CORRECTION - In RF transceivers, a method and system for a second order input intercept point (IIP2) correction are provided. A DC offset sensor may detect DC offset voltages produced by blocker signals in “I” and “Q” signal component paths in an RF receiver. The DC offset sensor may generate control signals which may be utilized by a first and second injection circuits to generate DC offset currents that compensate for the DC offset voltages in the signal component paths. An injection circuit may utilize current drivers to generate binary weighted currents which may be added together to produce a DC offset current. The polarity of the DC offset current and the selection of which current drivers to use may be determined by the control signals. A calibration voltage may also be utilized to correct or adjust the gain in the injection circuit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004984 | ENHANCED FREQUENCY DOMAIN SPREADING - A system and method are provided for using frequency domain spreading to generate real signals in the time domain. The method supplies a first complex frequency domain symbol (α) and a second complex frequency domain symbol (α | 2009-01-01 |
20090004985 | Signal Processing Apparatus - In a PLL circuit, an oscillation frequency is quickly and accurately locked to a target frequency. There is provided a PLL circuit including a VCO ( | 2009-01-01 |
20090004986 | METHOD OF FEEDING BACK CHANNEL INFORMATION AND RECEIVER FOR FEEDING BACK CHANNEL INFORMATION - Provided is a receiver for feeding back channel information, which includes a channel vector measuring unit to measure channel vectors corresponding to a plurality of receiving antennas, respectively, that receive a plurality of data streams, a candidate codebook vector selecting unit to select at least two candidate codebook vectors from codebook vectors included in a codebook, by considering a quantization error based on the channel vectors with respect to each of the data streams, and a selection codebook vector determining unit to determine selection codebook vectors corresponding to the plurality of data streams respectively from the at least two candidate codebook vectors, based on a signal-to-interference and noise ratio (SINR) of each of the data streams that is calculated according to each of the candidate codebook vectors. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004987 | RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVING APPARATUS, RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVING METHOD, LSI FOR RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL AND LSI FOR BASE BAND SIGNAL - A receiving apparatus may achieve optimal RF and IF gain control while suppressing saturated amplification due to interference. The receiving apparatus includes an RF variable gain Amp that amplifies a received RF signal, a mixer that converts an output signal of the RF variable gain Amp into an IF signal, an IF variable gain Amp that amplifies the IF signal, a demodulator that demodulates an output signal of the IF variable gain Amp, and an AGC circuit. The AGC circuit sets a period of gain control for the RF variable gain Amp to be shorter than a period of gain control for the IF variable gain Amp when gains of the RF variable gain Amp and the IF variable gain Amp are controlled based on the output signal of the IF variable gain Amp. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ROBUSTNESS OF SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS VIA NULLING - The present invention discloses a base transceiver station (BTS) equipped with a plurality of antennas for improving the robustness of spatial division multiple access via nulling. The BTS comprises of a first matrix module receiving a plurality of signals from one or more customer premises equipments (CPEs) through the plurality of antennas and producing correspondingly a first plurality of covariance matrices representing the plurality of signals, a second matrix module receiving the first plurality of covariance matrices and generating correspondingly a set of derivative spatial signature matrices representing the CPEs respectively, a third matrix module receiving the derivative spatial signature matrices and producing correspondingly a second plurality of covariance matrices representing interferences of the CPEs, and an eigenvector module generating a plurality of beamforming vectors for the CPEs from the plurality of derivative spatial signature matrices and the second plurality of covariance matrices. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004989 | Systems and methods for cross-platform radio frequency interference mitigation - Embodiments include systems and methods for RFI mitigation in a wireless computing environment. In one embodiment, a platform determines RFI information of the platform by listening with a receiver of a transceiver of the platform when the transmitter of the transceiver is quiescent. The platform derives Frequency Domain Weights from the RFI information and transmits the Frequency Domain Weights to a Wireless Access Point (WAP). In the transmitter and receiver of the WAP, the Frequency Domain Weights are applied to signals received and to be transmitted. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004990 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL LOCKED ON TO THE RECEIVED POWER PROBABILITY DENSITY - The invention relates to a radio receiver, notably for applications of satellite positioning, that must operate in an environment in which the interference is dense, notably when it involves pulses transmitted by DME beacons. The effective processing of the interference assumes having an unbiased noise reference. According to the invention, the latter is generated by a signal power probability function analysis in its portion essentially comprising low-power signals. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004991 | RECEIVING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED ISOLATION - A receiving apparatus with enhanced isolation is provided. The receiving apparatus includes a wireless detection unit, a switch connector and a receiver. The wireless detection unit includes an internal antenna and an amplifier. When the receiving apparatus is coupled to an external antenna through the switch connector, the isolation is increased through disabling the amplifier between the external antenna and the internal antenna. Therefore, the effect of co-channel interference and multi-path interference on the receiver is effectively reduced. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004992 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A radio communication apparatus using a direct conversion method capable of receiving a radio signal having a predetermined frequency band. The radio communication apparatus includes: a low-noise amplifier section including one or a plurality of low-noise amplifiers receiving input of a receiving signal having a predetermined frequency band; and a mixer section including in-phase and quadrature mixers demodulating an output of the low-noise amplifier into in-phase-component and quadrature-component signals, respectively, wherein the mixer section includes a capacitor in an input section, separates the in-phase component and the quadrature component by the capacitor, and supplies the components to the corresponding in-phase and quadrature mixers, respectively. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004993 | Rotating harmonic rejection mixer - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a mixer circuit to receive and generate a mixed signal from a radio frequency (RF) signal and a master clock signal, a switch stage coupled to an output of the mixer circuit to rotatingly switch the mixed signal to multiple gain stages coupled to the switch stage, and a combiner to combine an output of the gain stages. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004994 | Method and apparatus for controlling a harmonic rejection mixer - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and mixing the RF signal with a master clock to obtain a mixed signal, cyclically rotating the mixed signal to each of N gain stages for at least one cycle of the master clock, and summing the outputs of the N gain stages to provide an output signal. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004995 | CASE SUBSTRATE - A case substrate including a base material and a coating layer coated on the base material. The coating layer has a hollow-out opening corresponding to the position of an infrared receiver, such that infrared rays can pass through the base material from the hollow-out opening and thus being received by the receiver. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004996 | PTT architecture - A communication system comprising: at least one first communication device configured to communicate in half duplex mode using a first encoding-decoding format; at least one second communication device configured to communicate in half duplex mode using a second encoding-decoding format; a third communication device configured to communicate in half duplex mode using the first format; a fourth communication device configured to communicate in half duplex mode using the second format; wherein the third and fourth communication devices are configured to communicate with each other in half duplex mode using a third encoding decoding format. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004997 | Portable emergency call center - A generic portable PSAP comprises a field satellite link, a network element, an Internet Protocol (IP) based PSAP switch, and customer premises equipment. The generic portable PSAP is an end-to-end portable emergency call center that local and VoIP carriers can use to connect to a new “temporary” PSAP in emergency situations where a given PSAP is unable to function in its normal facility. The portable emergency call center routes and receives emergency services events from landline, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and/or wireless carriers without need for customization from a given network architecture. The generic portable PSAP enables local management of emergency event acquisition and dispatch in the case of a major disaster, or some other reason for use of a mobile PSAP. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004998 | METHODS, USER TERMINALS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS - A method for providing communications services in a network can include adjusting a mode of communication for devices operating in the network based on emergency state information. Related user terminals, computer program products, and components are also disclosed. | 2009-01-01 |
20090004999 | Solutions for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) 911 location services - An E-9-1-1 voice-over-IP (VoIP) solution is provided wherein a 911 call from a mobile VoIP device is routed directly to the correct Public Safety Answer Point (PSAP) via dedicated trunks, together with correct location information and call-back number. VoIP gateways are implemented locally, at least one per LATA, and accept VoIP packetized data inbound, and convert it to standard wireline voice calls. Calls are routed to an IP address at the VoIP gateway, which then egresses the call to a voice port at a selective router. Mid-call updating of location of a moving VoIP terminal is provided to a PSAP. The location of the VoIP is validated using HTTP based protocol by pushing location information to a VoIP location server, and comparing it against a geographic location database to confirm that a contained street address is valid. | 2009-01-01 |
20090005000 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANAGING THE UTILIZATION OF A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A system and method for the real-time management of a device, and more particularly to the allocation of electronic wallets that are associated with one or more devices and various controls that enable at least two entities to manage how the device is utilized for various activities and to pay for goods and services. Each device is associated with at least two electronic wallets, a user wallet and an administrator wallet. The administrator can establish rules that designate how and when the device can be used and which wallet will be used to pay for goods and services desired by the user, but in the event the user wallet is depleted or low on funds, the administrator wallet can serve as a backup funding source for specified types of goods and/or services. Additional wallets can also be associated with the device to authorize and pay for goods and services, under the control of the administrator wallet, such as a promotional wallet that could be designated for use with the device before a primary or administrative wallet was used, or a dynamic wallet that could be associated for use with multiple different devices as well as other wallets, but acts in conjunction with the user and administrator wallets. Additional rules can be established to perform many other functions, such as manage the movement of value between wallets and from other sources to the wallets. | 2009-01-01 |
20090005001 | System and method for a wireless handset upgrade credit - A system and method for a feature credit. A feature credit is determined for a user in response to services being utilized by the user. A feature credit balance is adjusted in response to determining the feature credit. | 2009-01-01 |
20090005002 | Method and system for collecting information about portable device usage - Methods and portable devices for collecting information about portable device usage are disclosed. Embodiments provide convenient, efficient, and cost-effective methods of monitoring and collecting information about on-portal/off-portal usage, on-network/off-network data usage, interactive (e.g., streaming media, interactive gaming, mobile conferencing, etc.) usage, and wireless IP usage, where the portable device usage is monitored by the portable device itself. | 2009-01-01 |
20090005003 | Methods and Systems for Providing In-Game Hot Spots - Systems and methods for providing hot spots for mobile video games on mobile communication devices that receive hot spot information for mobile video games that operate on the devices. The hot spots may be hidden aspects of the game and promotional in nature, allowing game companies to generate extra revenue through selling non-permanent advertisement space to third parties. The game may contain instructions that cause the mobile communication device to contact an interface and/or server to receive hot spot information. After the hot spot information is received by the mobile communication device, the content may be displayed in-game. In addition, the server may track what hot spot information has already been received by the mobile communication device. | 2009-01-01 |
20090005004 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION - In a portable communications device, information provided by an identification means is used to establish communication between communication means and a second device, such as a point of sale machine, to ensure that the correct portable communications device is connected to the second device where there may be a large number of second devices and a large number of portable communications devices in close proximity. | 2009-01-01 |
20090005005 | Mobile Device Base Station - A mobile device can be configured as a base station to be used by other mobile devices and non-mobile devices to gain access to network services. The mobile device can be configured to provide and manage secure access to variety of networks (e.g., Wi-Fi, WiMax, Internet, cellular) and network services (e.g., map services, web services, syncing services). | 2009-01-01 |
20090005006 | Method For Selecting And Switching Accounting Mode, And Device Thereof - A method for selecting an accounting mode, a method for switching an accounting mode, and a device therefor. The method for switching an accounting mode includes: notifying a prepaid accounting server to establish a session; assigning an accounting quota of the session to the prepaid client; notifying the prepaid accounting server that the accounting quota of the session is depleted, and notifying the prepaid client to stop the prepaid accounting; keeping the session established and notifying an AAA server to start a postpaid accounting. | 2009-01-01 |
20090005007 | One Click Message - The present invention relates to transmitting a communication message from a first user operating a first communication device to user operating at least a second communication device wherein the first communication device comprises a switch, a presentation device, a selection device and a recording device. The invention comprises detecting activation/deactivation of the switch in the first communication device occurring by operation of the switch by the first user; operating the recording device while the switch is activated; digitally encoding the information recorded by the recording device, and; packaging the digitally encoded information into a digital message and sending the digital message to the network address identified by the record selected by the user when the switch is deactivated without any further actions from the user. | 2009-01-01 |