Method and apparatus for distributed signal processing among internetworked wireless integrated network sensors (WINS)
The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) Technology The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes of an embodiment combine sensing, signal processing,... Read More
Inventors: Gelvin, David C.; Girod, Lewis D.; Kaiser, William J.; Merrill, William M.; Newberg, Fredric; Pottie, Gregory J.; Sipos, Anton I.; Vardhan, Sandeep;, Assignee: Sensoria Corporation (San Diego, CA) |
Reverse channel reuse scheme in a time shared cellular communication system
The present invention is a time sharing method and apparatus for frequency reuse in cellular communication systems. Frequency reuse is enhanced by synchronizing cell transmit/receive base stations in ... Read More
Inventors: Gardner, Steven H.; Gilbert, Sheldon L.; Hardin, Carl Thomas; Petranovich, James E.;, Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Fremont, CA) |
Method for power reduced transmission of speech inactivity
While the present invention will be described in connection with several exemplary embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not intended to be limited to t... Read More
Inventors: Bruhn, Stefan;, Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, SE) |
System and method for optimistic caching
Systems and methods in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention can overcome deficiencies in prior art concurrency models by utilizing "optimistic caching" or "optimistic concurrency".... Read More
Inventors: White, Seth; Messinger, Adam; Jacobs, Dean Bernard; Woollen, Rob;, Assignee: BEA Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Method and apparatus for providing air quality analysis based on human reactions and clustering methods
To overcome the limitations in the prior art described above, and to overcome other limitations that will become apparent upon reading and understanding the present specification, the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Blants, Lioudmila; Heinonen, Pekka; Makipaa, Mikko; Wikberg, Harri;, Assignee: Nokia Corporation (Espoo, FI) |
Diabetes management system and method for controlling blood glucose
The present invention is a diabetes management system and method for predicting a future blood glucose value of a patient and for recommending to the patient a corrective action when the future blood... Read More
Inventors: Worthington, David R. L.; Brown, Stephen J.;, Assignee: Health Hero Network, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Patient compliance monitor
What is claimed is: 1. A medical appliance for soft tissue enlargement having a patient monitoring device comprising at least a first sensor to sense a patient biological parameter, said patient biolo... Read More
Inventors: Khouri, Roger K.;, Assignee: Brava, LLC (Coconut Grove, FL) |
Low-noise lossless feedback double-balanced active mixers
A lossless feedback double-balanced active mixer circuit with improved intermodulation (IM) and noise figure (NF) performance is described which includes a pair of lossless feedback balanced active mi... Read More
Inventors: Trask, Christopher;, Assignee: |
Voice mail system
Wherefore, an object of the invention is to provide a voice mail system in which self voice data can be easily attached and returned by eliminating redundant voice data as much as possible. Another ob... Read More
Inventors: Fujiwara, Ryuhei;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for automatically processing setting of portable telephone additional services and portable telephone fitted with automatic response function
It is an object of the invention to solve the above-mentioned problems by providing a method for automatically processing setting of portable telephone additional services and a portable telephone fit... Read More
Inventors: Ehara, Tatsuji;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for performing an enhanced random access using information of forward common channels in a mobile communication system
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an improved method for performing a random access in a mobile communication system that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limi... Read More
Inventors: Youn, Young Sik;, Assignee: LG Information and Communications, Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Pre-paid commodity system
The present invention combines all of the necessary ingredients for a complete pre-paid commodity or utility service system. Each transaction in the system is identified with a unique identification n... Read More
Inventors: Gilmore, Kevin J.; Marrinson, Andrew H.; Jahnke, William A.;, Assignee: CIC Systems, Inc. (Brentwood, TN) |
Public modular-telephone management system
We claim: 1. A public modular management system, comprising: a variable number of public modular telephones; validation and identification units of public modular telephones; adaptation units of publi... Read More
Inventors: Palomeque, Francisco I.; Cepria, Jose M.;, Assignee: Telefonica de Espana (Madrid, ES) |
Wireless telephone debit card system and method
According to the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a wireless debit card system comprising at least one radio unit, at least one base station, and at least one end station. ... Read More
Inventors: Schilling, Donald L.;, Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Tariff management apparatus and method for communications terminals using smart cards
In light of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide improved systems and methods for controlling expenses incurred by a communications terminal. It is another object of the ... Read More
Inventors: Dent, Paul Wilkinson; Humphreys, Elizabeth Louise;, Assignee: Ericsson Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) |
Process for forming electrical/mechanical connections
In a first aspect, the invention provides a method of making a connection to a surface, the method comprising: providing a mass of malleable material on the surface; connecting the mass to the surface... Read More
Inventors: Wakefield, Elwyn Paul Michael;, Assignee: |
Method of programming a telephone
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for automatically programming telephone numbers into a wireless telephone. The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for automati... Read More
Inventors: Fleming, III, Hoyt A.; Klein, Dean A.;, Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID) |
Portable communication terminal which judges the reception situation by lowest error rate
An object of the present invention is, in view of such the points, to make it possible to simply set a favorable reception state when communications such as the data communication and the like differe... Read More
Inventors: Natori, Makoto;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Apparatus and methods for providing wireless system fraud and visibility data
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for capturing information relating to communications traffic from one or more wireless telecommunications systems, and for processing the captured ... Read More
Inventors: Morton, John W.; Smith, Thomas C.;, Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Apparatus and method for completing inter-switch calls using large trunk groups
It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for completing inter-switch calls which substantially reduces the overhead costs associated with the provisioning and mainte... Read More
Inventors: Cheesman, Julian Francis; Kahnert, Michael C.; Constantinof, Cristian;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation (Montreal, CA) |
Cooler chest with radio
It is one aspect of the invention to utilize the lid or closure portion of commercially available cooler chests to house a complete radio receiver unit and power source. It is a second purpose of the ... Read More
Inventors: Peeples, Jason W.;, Assignee: |
Communicating between diverse communications environments
FIG. 1 shows an illustrative telecommunications system that embodies an example of the invention. The system of FIG. 1 is made up of two communications subsystems 11 and 12 that are interconnected by... Read More
Inventors: Chau, Toan; Parker, Charles H.; Sanger, Dennis R.;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Method for improved automatic message accounting in telephony
It has been realized, that the only time all the information for accounting and toll rating is most conveniently available is at the time of call set-up. The present method has, therefore, been devise... Read More
Inventors: Rainey, Gordon L.; Melnyk, Allan;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Montreal, CA) |
Device with passive receiver
What is claimed is: 1. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising: (a) a wake-up receiver adapted to receive a wake-up signal over a secondary network; (b) an initially powered-off, sleeping wire... Read More
Inventors: Menard, Raymond J.;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for optimizing a medium access control protocol
The present invention is directed to providing a wireless medium access control protocol wherein throughput can be optimized as the communication system dynamically changes when nodes either join or l... Read More
Inventors: Hong, Hilton K.; Grau, Jr., Juan; Coleman, Arthur B.;, Assignee: Proxim, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Multi-communication access point
In accordance with particular aspect of the invention, an access point is provided for use in a wireless network having a system backbone and a plurality of mobile terminals. The access point includes... Read More
Inventors: Lewis, Daniel E.;, Assignee: Telxon Corporation (Akron, OH) |
Apparatus and method for address assignments for satellite telephone
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for assigning addresses to terminals in fixed UT systems that include a common node, such as a radio antenna unit (RAU), and one or more ... Read More
Inventors: Edgar, III, Clement B.; Gibson, R. Nicholson;, Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Method and system for saving power in mobile units
In one aspect of the present invention, user input is not required for a mobile unit to stop neighboring cell measurement. This saves power because the mobile unit only performs selective neighboring ... Read More
Inventors: Lin, Rui;, Assignee: Flextronics Sales and Mktg (A-P) Ltd. (Port Louis, MU) |
Over the air service provisioning (OTASP) method in mobile communication system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to figures. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram to explain an OTASP method of a mobile communication system accordi... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Kwang Hoon; Yu, Young Dae;, Assignee: LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, KR) |
Cordless telephone system capable of transmitting abbreviated number information between base station and personal station and method therefor
In view of the above described problems, the present invention was made. An object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized inexpensive telecommunication terminal for a cordless telephone ... Read More
Inventors: Nakabayashi, Sumie; Murai, Toshiaki;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Cell Phones 
