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20110075368 | WATER-COOLED REACTOR - A liquid-cooled electromagnetic component (reactor, transformer) including a plurality of disc-shaped coils with one or more turns and flat radiators located between them, wherein at least two disc coils are assigned to a flat radiator, and in which all the winding elements (turns of the coil) are in direct thermal contact with the surfaces of the flat radiators. This component is used in power converter installations and in midfrequency installations. | 03-31-2011 |
20110114155 | SOLAR ENERGY USE - The solar combination panel, including a solar panel and a heat exchanger, has a tubular heat exchanger at the back of a solar panel, by which the solar panel can always be operated in the optimal temperature range so as to improve the electricity yield. A host of heat collector sheets, which are provided as heat collectors and are attached by cementing, are located on the back cover film of the solar panel. Fluted metal adhesive plates are located on the heat collector sheets. The fluted metal adhesive plates are likewise cemented and in the fluting of which a metal pipe is geometrically cemented such that in this way the transmission of power from the heat exchanger to the solar panel is minimized. A method for producing the solar combination panel is described. | 05-19-2011 |
20130207470 | Bidirectional DC-to-DC Converter - A bidirectional DC-to-DC converter is configured to convert electrical energy from a first and second DC source. The bidirectional converter includes an output capacitor providing an output voltage and a first and second inductor. The first inductor is arranged between a positive connection of the second DC source and a first contact of a first switch. The second inductor is arranged between a negative connection of the first DC source and a second contact of the first switch. A buffer capacitor is arranged between a negative output of the first DC source and a positive output of the second DC source. A second and third switch are arranged in series with the first switch. The second switch is arranged between the first contact of the first switch and the positive DC output. The third switch is arranged between the second contact of the first switch and the negative DC output. | 08-15-2013 |
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20110321153 | SECURITY MECHANISM FOR INCREASED PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION - Apparatus, systems, and methods provide a mechanism to enhance the management of data security in a system for users of the systems. Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to manage security of data in an electronic system on an application-by-application basis. Such application-by-application basis can be applied in addition to managing data security globally in the electronic system. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
20120088552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PROCESSING RESOURCES IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus managing processing resources in a portable electronic device are provided. An area of the display device is controlled to provide a banner region comprising device state data, the area of the display device enabled to receive focus using an input device. While focus is in the banner region, first input data is receiving, and the display device is responsively controlled to provide in the banner region an indication of the first application, replacing the device state data. Further input data is received while the indication of the first application is provided in the banner region. In response and, in response, at least one of the following occurs: the first application is brought to the foreground by controlling the display device to provide a representation of the first application; and the first application is closed such that resources used by the processing unit are reduced. | 04-12-2012 |
20120154341 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus for controlling the display of a mobile electronic device are provided. The mobile electronic device comprises a display; a memory for storing a first application, a first identifier identifying the first application and a second identifier for identifying a second application; and, a processor interconnected with the display and the memory, the processor configured to control the display to generate a launch interface comprising a representation of the second identifier for launching the first application. | 06-21-2012 |
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20130196595 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PROVIDING ENHANCED NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) MODE SWITCHING FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile communications device may include a near field communication (NFC) transceiver switchable between a plurality of modes including a first NFC mode and a second NFC mode, wherein the second NFC mode has a lower power consumption level associated therewith than the first NFC mode. The mobile communications may further include a processor coupled with the NFC transceiver and capable of activating an application, switching the NFC transceiver to operate in the first NFC mode in response to activating the application, and switching the NFC transceiver to the second NFC mode based upon a failure to establish NFC communications within a threshold time of switching the NFC transceiver to the first NFC mode. | 08-01-2013 |
20140206332 | SERVER FOR SENDING NEW APPLICATION PORTIONS TO MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system is to communicate with an application server storing a plurality of applications. The communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device configured to store at least one application from among the plurality of applications, the at least one application having stored version information associated therewith. An intermediate server is configured to update the mobile wireless communications device by at least obtaining respective current version information for associated current versions of the plurality of applications and obtaining the stored application version information from the mobile wireless communications device for the at least one stored application. The stored application version information is compared with the current version information for the at least one stored application. New application portions are downloaded from a current application associated with the current version information, and the new application portions are sent to the mobile wireless communications device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140372902 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to History-Based Content-Sharing Recommendations - In one embodiment, an apparatus accesses a memory to obtain information regarding sharing history (as pertains, for example, to a particular user and/or device) and uses that sharing history to display at least one recommended sharing action (from amongst a plurality of available candidate sharing actions) as regards to a particular content item (such as, for example, a particular digital photograph, a video, a presentation, and so forth). This sharing history can comprise previously-selected sharing actions as correlated to content item types including shared-content recipients, corresponding temporal data, shared-content size, corresponding location data, and so forth. By one approach the apparatus itself serves to automatically track user-based content-sharing selections over time, which information is stored as the aforementioned sharing history. By one approach the user is presented with an opportunity to assert a non-specific share command that triggers the aforementioned display of one or more recommended sharing actions. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372905 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Sharing Content with Scheduled-Event Participants - In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to facilitate sharing a particular content item (such as, for example, a particular digital photograph, a video, a presentation, and so forth) with the participants of a scheduled calendar event (such as a face-to-face meeting, a distance meeting, an appointment, and so forth). By one approach the user is presented with an opportunity to assert a non-specific share command that triggers the aforementioned display of one or more recommended sharing actions. | 12-18-2014 |
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20100087184 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AN UPDATING FREQUENCY FOR MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE APPLICATION UPDATES AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications system may include an application server for providing a plurality of mobile device applications and updates thereto, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices communicating with the application server via a wireless communications network for selectively downloading and installing available mobile device applications and updates. The application server may have a selectable update frequency for different mobile wireless communications devices based upon respective account parameters associated therewith. | 04-08-2010 |
20100088367 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND SYSTEM PROVIDING DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF CARRIER APPLICATIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications system may include a mobile wireless communications device(s) configured to wirelessly communicate via a carrier network, and a application storage server(s) configured to store a plurality of mobile device applications for use by the mobile wireless communications device(s). The system may further include an application catalog server configured to provide an interface for uploading at least one mobile device application identification file from the carrier network identifying approved mobile device applications. The application catalog server may be further configured to generate a list of the approved mobile device applications to be presented on the mobile wireless communications device(s) based upon the at least one mobile device application identification file, and to direct the mobile wireless communications device(s) to the at least one application storage server to download and install a mobile device application selected from the list of approved mobile device applications. | 04-08-2010 |
20100088696 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLATION OF MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATIONS UPON REGISTRATION AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communication system is disclosed herein which may include an application server configured to provide at least one mandatory mobile device application. The system may further include a mobile wireless communications device configured to initiate a registration request to register with a wireless communications network, and download and install the at least one mandatory mobile device application from the application server via the wireless communications network upon registration during background operation and without user prompting or user acceptance. | 04-08-2010 |
20100146449 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION SWITCHING IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for managing an application switcher is provided. An embodiment includes loading a plurality of web pages and associating each web page with an application switcher application, and additionally associating the application switcher application with another application. When the application switcher application is invoked, both the open web pages and the another application are available for direct selection and invocation. | 06-10-2010 |
20130344804 | NFC TRANSPORT AUTO DISCOVERY - A Near Field Communication (NFC) Share Framework Adaptor in an NFC device, comprising a module to receive a message from an application running on the NFC device; a parser module to parse the message, identify its payload data, and determine the payload data's type; a converter module to convert the parsed message into an encapsulated message; and a sending module to transmit the encapsulated message for external transport. | 12-26-2013 |