Video display initiated by internet module of web TV
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a web television comprises a display; a tuner that is arranged to select television video for display on the display; an internet module that is... Read More
Inventors: Gaughan, Kevin J.; Zato, Thomas J.;, Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation (Lincolnshire, IL) |
Combination cordless telephone and remote control for entertainment equipment
The present invention relates to a cordless communication and control device having a handset that includes communications equipment and remote control equipment. The communications equipment provides... Read More
Inventors: Bates, Cary Lee; Day, Paul Reuben; Santosuosso, John Matthew;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Process for analysing the ambient electromagnetic field and associated portable device
The invention claimed is: 1. Process for analysing the ambient electromagnetic field in which, to determine the field level of one or more cellular telecommunication networks, the process comprising t... Read More
Inventors: Veysset, Re; Chauvin, Se; Picard, Dominique; Fleury, Gilles; Le Brusquet, Laurent;, Assignee: Bouygues Telecom (Boulogne Billancourt, FR) |
Method for adjusting the volume of communication voice and key tone in a cellular phone
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described hereinbelow with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known function... Read More
Inventors: Park, Seok-Hyo;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (KR) |
Mobile communication terminal
OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the invention will be descried with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile telephone according to the embodiment of ... Read More
Inventors: Oota, Hisashi; Machida, Yoshiaki;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Tokyo, JP) |
Motion detecting wireless receiver and signal monitoring method therefor
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a wireless receiver comprises a receiver for monitoring for a transmission from a station at a series of time points. The series of time p... Read More
Inventors: Leizerovich, Gustavo D.; Ballantyne, Wayne Wiggins; Borras, Jaime;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Musical envelope control device
It is an object of the present invention to provide a musical envelope control device in which an envelope characteristic is selected in correspondence with the tempo of the melody to be performed and... Read More
Inventors: Yamaguchi, Tetsuo;, Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki, JP) |
Portable audio apparatus having a power savings device
Generally speaking, in accordance with the invention, a portable audio apparatus permits a user to sing along as a recorded song is played with the user's voice and song outputted in unison through a ... Read More
Inventors: Takao, Hideo;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Data transmission device
A one-way data transmission system is conceivable in which the center serially and cyclically transmits a plurality of information data to the terminals. Each terminal monitors the incoming informatio... Read More
Inventors: Ikami, Kazunori; Funahashi, Yasuhiro; Hasegawa, Yukie;, Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha and Xing, Inc. (Aichi-Ken, JP) |
Method and apparatus for efficient multiband celp wideband speech and music coding and decoding
To minimize the limitations in the prior art described above, and to minimize other limitations that will become apparent upon reading and understanding the present specification, the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Ubale, Anil Wamanrao; Gersho, Allen;, Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) |
Melody sound generating apparatus
In order to overcome the problems described above, preferred embodiments of the present invention provide an improved melody sound generating apparatus that is constructed with a simple circuit config... Read More
Inventors: Imai, Yukihiro;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Music game machine with interactive second game device
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to increase the novelty of a musical game system by providing a connection between the game played on the main body of the game device and the game playe... Read More
Inventors: Kawasaki, Yasushi; Katori, Sadaharu;, Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for performing an automated collect call
In accordance with the present invention, a telecommunications station is provided which performs similar functions as the telephone company or an AOS, but does so locally and automatically. More spec... Read More
Inventors: Hird, John A.; Owen, Lindsey D.; Rice, Michael R.;, Assignee: Intellicall, Inc. (Carrollton, TX) |
Symmetric drive for an electroluminscent display panel
An object of the present invention is to provide an improved symmetric drive for an electroluminescent (EL) display panel which reduces latent images on the display panel. Another object of the presen... Read More
Inventors: Kapoor, Mohan L.; Rebeschi, Thomas J.;, Assignee: Northrop Grumman (Los Angeles, CA) |
Media editing system with adjustable source material compression
The media composer according to the invention for editing source material includes apparatus for receiving, digitizing, storing and editing video and audio source material. Computing apparatus manipul... Read More
Inventors: Peters, Eric C.;, Assignee: Avid Technology, Inc. (Tewksbury, MA) |
Arrangement for interfacing a telephone device with a personal computer
Referring now to FIG. 1 of the drawing, there is shown a telephone device 300 which incorporates an arrangement for interfacing such telephone device with a personal computer 110. The telephone devic... Read More
Inventors: Bentley, Jon Louis; Blonder, Greg E.; Hutchison, Paul W.; Ow-Wing, Kevin M.; Raven, Michael S.; Schlessinger, Joseph E.; Specht, Dennis W.; Sumner, Jr., Eric E.; Weaver, III, Ralph J.;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
System and method for user-programmable service programming of cellular telephones
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for user-programming of a wireless communications device for operation with a wireless service provider. The system comprises a data entry devi... Read More
Inventors: Kenagy, Jason B.; Coad, Michael T.;, Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA) |
Image icon associated with caller ID
The present invention allows a person receiving a telephone call to identify a caller in advance of answering the telephone call. A image associated with the caller's Caller ID is used to indicate to ... Read More
Inventors: Hsu, P. Robert;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Sony Electronics Inc. (Park Ridge, NJ) |
Recovery mode feature for remote units
In accordance with the invention, a remote unit includes a base unit including a radio frequency transmitter adapted to produce radio signals in response to a user command and a remote unit adapted to... Read More
Inventors: Ohayon, Shalom;, Assignee: |
System and method for programmable telephone subscriber line test
Generally, the present invention relates to a system and method for providing software-implemented, programmable testing of telephone subscriber line power conditions. In accordance with one embodimen... Read More
Inventors: Anderson, Jeffrey Jay; Zhou, Yan; Miller, Merle L.;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices (Austin, TX) |
Monitoring for key words with SIV to validate home incarceration
What is claimed is: 1. A method comprising: for a designated person, generating service profile data for controlling a sequence of operation in a multiple link communication network relating to provis... Read More
Inventors: McAllister, Alexander I.; Farris, Robert D.; Strauss, Michael J.;, Assignee: Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. (Arlington, VA) |
Personal data communication apparatus
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a personal data communication apparatus that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related ar... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Kyeong-Won; Moon, Hee Jong; Choi, Ho-Young;, Assignee: LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, KR) |
System and method for automatically detecting a set of fundamental frequencies simultaneously present in an audio signal
OF THE INVENTION With reference to the drawings, FIGS. 1-22 depict the preferred embodiment of the wave file to MIDI file converter of the instant invention, which is generally referenced by numeric ... Read More
Inventors: Kohler, Joseph Louis;, Assignee: Innovative Music Systems, Inc. (Coral Springs, FL) |
Conditional autodialer
What is claimed is: 1. A conditional autodialer adapted to selectively automatically dial a predetermined telephone number on a telephone line including at least one telephone set, after a predetermin... Read More
Inventors: Rosen, Howard B.;, Assignee: |
Radio apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a radio apparatus which can be miniaturized and made light in weight by using a battery of a small capacity and in which a communication charge can ... Read More
Inventors: Toshida, Masahiro;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Image communication device and method for communication terminal
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a device and method for selectively transmitting an image file, in a communication terminal supporting image communication. It is anothe... Read More
Inventors: Ryu, Jung-Hoon;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. (KR) |
System for broadcasting software applications and portable data communications device for use in such a system
The present invention encompasses, in one of its aspects, a communications system consisting of a server system that stores software applications, a broadcast system that broadcasts the software appli... Read More
Inventors: Leermakers, Rene;, Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Eindhoven, NL) |
Vending machine
Referring to FIG. 1, a network is shown, which includes vending machine 10 and accompanying hardware. Vending machine 10 dispenses products in response to a signal received from a cellular telephone ... Read More
Inventors: Offer, Gero;, Assignee: Siemens AG (Munich, DE) |
Systems and methods for inter-system sharing of satellite communications frequencies within a common footprint
Some embodiments of the present invention allow two satellite radioterminal communications systems to use the same frequency or frequencies in geographically overlapping footprints, without creating u... Read More
Inventors: Karabinis, Peter D.;, Assignee: ATC Technologies, LLC (Reston, VA) |
Color misregistration detector and color misregistration easing system
An object of the present invention is to provide a color misregistration detector capable of detecting color misregistration in a portion of a screen to which color misregistration correction must be ... Read More
Inventors: Nakamura, Kazunari; Matsunaka, Kenji;, Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Ring Tones 
