| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7334085 |
Method and apparatus for full and partial storage of data records in an electronic device |
February 19, 2008 |
| A method for memory management in an electronic device includes receiving partial content data records at the electronic device, storing the partial content data records in a memory of the electronic device, receiving a full content data record corresponding to one of the partial con |
| 7333821 |
Methods and apparatus for terminating use of quick paging channel based on high capacity power s |
February 19, 2008 |
| In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device has a wireless transceiver; an antenna coupled to the wireless transceiver; one or more processors coupled to the wireless transceiver; and a power source interface which is adapted to connect with a power source for supplying |
| 7333811 |
Method and apparatus for utilizing historical network information for mitigating excessive netwo |
February 19, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus utilizing historical network information for mitigating excessive network updates when performing channel selection between a serving base transceiver station and an adjacent base transceiver station when determined channel selection would result in either a Lo |
| 7333784 |
Method and apparatus for compensating code channel power in a transmitter |
February 19, 2008 |
| It has now been found that in some transmitter implementations which transmit multiple code channels, for example CDMA transmitters, the observed power for each code channel at the output relative to the other code channels is dependent upon the total transmit power due to non-linear |
| 7333563 |
Method and apparatus for improving power amplifier efficiency in wireless communication systems |
February 19, 2008 |
| A power management system and method for a wireless communication device generates an average desired transmit power signal based on at least one of a received signal strength indicator signal and a power control instruction signal from a base station. A power supply level adjustment |
| 7333085 |
Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation |
February 19, 2008 |
| A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a |
| 7333084 |
Thumbwheel and switch for a mobile electronic device and methods thereof |
February 19, 2008 |
| A mobile electronic device has a thumbwheel subassembly having measurable rotatable and depressible input movements, for example, rolling the thumbwheel up, rolling the thumbwheel down and pushing the thumbwheel inwards. Pushing the thumbwheel with a measurable component of downward |
| 7330712 |
System and method of connection control for wireless mobile communication devices |
February 12, 2008 |
| Systems and methods of connection control for wireless mobile communication devices enabled for communication via a plurality of communication connections are provided. Connection control information associates software applications with communication connections. When a connection r |
| 7330216 |
Handheld electronic device having a battery compartment door that includes a camera |
February 12, 2008 |
| An improved handheld electronic device includes an improved battery compartment door having a miniature camera disposed thereon. The battery compartment door with its camera advantageously does not alter the form factor of the handheld electronic device and can easily be replaced with |
| 7328047 |
Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering energy from the display and relat |
February 5, 2008 |
| A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and includes radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. A display connector for an LCD connector is mounted on the circuit |
| 7328016 |
Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating network selection at a mobile node utilizing |
February 5, 2008 |
| Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating with which network of a group of wireless local area networks that a mobile node attempts to communicate. Network selection utilizes a network selection list. The network selection list is contained at a SIM card, or the like, if the |
| 7327255 |
Carrying case for a handheld device and methods thereof |
February 5, 2008 |
| A user of a handheld device may be alerted to a possible risk of losing the handheld device. The handheld device is able to be secured to a carrying case. The carrying case may alert the user by activating one or more of its user interface elements. The handheld device may determine |
| 7324830 |
System and method of exchanging identification information for mobile stations |
January 29, 2008 |
| A system is provided for allowing mobile stations to exchange identification information using a predetermined communication path for the purpose of obtaining identification information to use in establishing a different communication path for communicating. |
| 7324642 |
Mobile device having a protective user interface cover |
January 29, 2008 |
| A mobile device having a protective user interface cover is provided. The mobile device includes a mobile device housing having a top surface. The user interface is preferably mounted within the top surface of the mobile device, and may include a display, a keyboard, a touch screen, a to |
| 7324091 |
Handheld electronic device and keyboard having multiple-function keys |
January 29, 2008 |
| An improved handheld electronic device having an improved keyboard provides enhanced usability with fewer keys by enabling the keys to pivot slightly to provide multiple functions to the keys. The improved keyboard may, for example, include internal strips of conductive carbon that are |
| 7324083 |
Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation |
January 29, 2008 |
| A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a |
| 7322759 |
Keyboard apparatus |
January 29, 2008 |
| A keyboard apparatus has two rows of multi-function keys that together bear actuation indicia for the numerals 0-9 and the letters A-Z. The actuation indicia preferably defines four rows of characters, including a first row of characters that include the numerals 0-9, and further inc |
| 7321930 |
Apparatus and methods for managing data used by a mobile device |
January 22, 2008 |
| Apparatus and methods for managing data used by mobile devices. Data can be retrieved from a second computing device (e.g. a server) where it is stored on a storage medium (e.g. a disk). A subset of the data of a data record stored in the storage medium, or one or more pointers to the da |
| 7321336 |
Mobile wireless communications device including a wrap-around antenna assembly and related metho |
January 22, 2008 |
| A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the housing, at least one wireless RF circuit carried by the PCB, and a first contact(s) carried by the PCB and electrically connected to the at least one wireless RF circuit. The |
| 7320600 |
Device opener and vibration mechanism |
January 22, 2008 |
| An electronic mobile device having a first body, a second body mounted to the first body for movement relative to the first body between first and second positions, at least one of the first body and second body housing electronic circuitry. An electronic drive motor is linked to first b |
| 7320057 |
Memory management system and method for a mobile device |
January 15, 2008 |
| In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for managing memory on a mobile device. A maximum amount of available data storage memory may be allocated for storing data for each of a plurality of software applications loaded on the mobile device. If |
| 7320045 |
Automatic detection of the bit width of a data bus |
January 15, 2008 |
| A device employs a method for determining the data bus width of a non-volatile memory, such as NAND flash memory. The method performs at least two read operations on the non-volatile memory so as to test the changing of selected data bits. The method may be performed such that weak p |
| 7319860 |
Pseudo-interactive input processing in wireless environments |
January 15, 2008 |
| An electronic communications device including a user input device for inputting characters; and buffering and communications systems for storing in a buffer characters input by the user input device, and transmitting the content of the buffer over a communications link when there is |
| 7319461 |
Hand-held electronic device with multiple input mode thumbwheel |
January 15, 2008 |
| A thumbwheel input device oriented on an incline and comprising a wheel such that a first input is generated by rotation of the wheel about its axis, and a holder also having an axis of rotation and a portion thereon to receive the wheel whereby a second input is generated by rotation of |
| 7318111 |
Methods and apparatus for selecting a wireless network based on quality of service (QoS) criteri |
January 8, 2008 |
| Methods and apparatus for selecting a wireless communication network based on quality of service criteria associated with an application are disclosed. In one illustrative example, one of several different software applications of a mobile communication device is executed. The software |
| 7317996 |
Method for determining battery capacity |
January 8, 2008 |
| A method includes determining that a battery has entered a transition phase based on the occurrence of a change in direction of current flow through the battery. In response to determining that the battery is in the transition phase, a capacity of the battery is determined based on a |
| 7317913 |
Cell-phone operation giving increased full service in manual/select mode |
January 8, 2008 |
| In the manual/select mode of scanning, if the manually-selected network is not available, the phone performs a general search, and settles on a suitable alternative network. The phone is programmed to provide full call service on that found network. Upon returning home, the phone aut |
| 7317699 |
System and method for controlling configuration settings for mobile communication devices and se |
January 8, 2008 |
| A system for controlling configuration settings for mobile data communication devices and services includes a redirection server and a policy generation system. The redirection server detects a triggering event in a host system and in response to the triggering event continuously red |
| 7315747 |
Handheld electronic device and associated method providing availability data in a messaging envi |
January 1, 2008 |
| An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which enhanced information regarding an "availability" of a user of a handheld electronic device is provided to another electronic device in a messaging environment. Such availability data provides step-w |
| 7315520 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic packet transport in CDMA2000 networks |
January 1, 2008 |
| A method and apparatus for reverse and forward link dynamic packet transport to and from a wireless data device in a CDMA2000 network, the method comprising the steps of: determining a frame transport capability of a reverse access channel or a forward common channel; checking whether |
| 7313423 |
Communication device with multiple detachable communication modules |
December 25, 2007 |
| A communication device having multiple detachable communication modules includes a first communication module and a second communication module. The first communication module is configured to receive RF signals from a wireless network. The second communication module may be physically |
| 7313419 |
Wireless device battery conservation method and system |
December 25, 2007 |
| Generally, the present invention provides a method for detecting poor RF conditions, and entering different sleep mode levels or phases in accordance with the RF conditions to save battery power. Mobile device battery life can be conserved when the mobile device detects poor RF condi |
| 7313371 |
Methods and apparatus for reestablishing a data connection with a wireless communication network |
December 25, 2007 |
| Methods and apparatus for use in reestablishing a data connection with a wireless communication network are described. Initially, a wireless communication device maintains a data connection with a wireless communication network. During an out-of-coverage condition with the network, t |
| 7312798 |
Device and method for controlling the display of electronic information |
December 25, 2007 |
| The present invention provides a novel device and method for controlling the display of electronic information. The device can be based on the computing environment of an enhanced personal digital assistant with cellular telephone and electronic message capabilities. The device is op |
| 7312726 |
Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation |
December 25, 2007 |
| A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a |
| 7312410 |
Reduced qwerty keyboard system that provides better accuracy and associated method |
December 25, 2007 |
| A handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided. The handheld electronic device includes a keyboard assembly, a display positioned adjacent the keyboard assembly, a processor structured to receive inputs from the keyboard assembly and to output to the display as a |
| 7311454 |
Mobile device |
December 25, 2007 |
| An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. |
| 7310067 |
Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering RF energy into RF metal shield se |
December 18, 2007 |
| A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circuit board and surround |
| 7308252 |
Mobile communications device employing multiple data storage locations for electronic messages |
December 11, 2007 |
| A mobile communications device (116) comprises a message receipt and routing logic structure (216), which may include a rule comparison logic structure, a message routing logic structure and a default message handling logic structure. The message receipt and routing logic structure ( |
| 7308042 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing transmitter power efficiency |
December 11, 2007 |
| The power efficiency of a transmitter is optimized through control of a selected aspect of the transmitter, for instance, a parameter of a power amplifier within the transmitter. The control of the aspect is based on a generated indication of desired average transmitted power. Based on t |
| 7305257 |
Portable alerter for wireless device |
December 4, 2007 |
| The present invention is a remove-able portable alerter for a portable wireless communication host device. The alerter provides a method to receive un-obtrusive alerts from the host device informing the user of incoming notifications. Users are informed of alerts without having to we |
| 7304254 |
Shock absorbent roller thumb wheel |
December 4, 2007 |
| A shock absorbing roller thumb wheel is disclosed. The shock absorbing thumb wheel includes a central hub that can be secured to an electro-mechanical switch, a rim encircling the central hub, and force dispersion spokes extending from the central hub and connected to the rim. The co |
| 7302637 |
System and method for abbreviating information sent to a viewing device |
November 27, 2007 |
| A system and method for transporting user-requested framed data from a gateway device to a handheld viewing device includes an information source, a gateway device, a relay network and a handheld viewing device. The gateway device includes a fetch and cache component, storage, and a |
| 7301305 |
System and method for determining available capacity of a rechargeable battery |
November 27, 2007 |
| A method and system for accurately reporting battery capacity is disclosed herein. The disclosed method and system prevent the reporting of discontinuous capacity values resulting from starting or stopping recharge cycles. The disclosed method and system prevent over or under reporti |
| 7299406 |
Representing spreadsheet document content |
November 20, 2007 |
| A representation of a spreadsheet is displayed on a mobile communication device after receiving a description of a spreadsheet. The description relates to a plurality of map cells, where each map cell corresponds to a cell block, and the description includes location information and prim |
| 7296067 |
Wireless/LAN router queuing method and system |
November 13, 2007 |
| A queuing method and system for wireless/LAN routers processes and routes an incoming data packet from a wireless mobile network to a destination server. The system uses a wireless transport module to initiate storage of the data packet in a permanent storage device while simultaneously |
| 7295945 |
Method and system for testing assembled mobile devices |
November 13, 2007 |
| A method and system for testing assembled mobile devices is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for arranging test stages in a production line for the assembling and testing of wireless communications devices. The method comprises the steps of: det |
| 7295853 |
Methods and apparatus for the immediate acceptance and queuing of voice data for PTT communicati |
November 13, 2007 |
| In one illustrative example, a mobile station includes a wireless transceiver; a user interface including a Push-To-Talk (PTT) switch for initiating a PTT voice communication and a microphone for receiving voice input signals; one or more processors; and a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) b |
| 7295836 |
Advanced voice and data operations in a mobile data communication device |
November 13, 2007 |
| A system and method for integrating voice and data operations into a single mobile device capable of simultaneously performing data and voice actions. The mobile device working in a network capable of exchanging both cell phone calls and data items to the mobile device. By wearing an |
| 7295823 |
Combined discrete automatic gain control (AGC) and DC estimation |
November 13, 2007 |
| An automatic gain control (AGC) and DC estimation and correction technique for wireless communication devices is provided. An AGC signal, which controls a gain applied to a received signal by a gain stage to generate a scaled signal, is assigned one of a relatively small number of values |
