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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130178149 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USING WIRED HEADSET AS AN ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, and circuitry carried by the housing. The circuitry may include a wireless transceiver, a wireless broadcast receiver, audio circuitry coupled to the wireless transceiver and the wireless broadcast receiver, a wired headset jack, and a reference voltage device line, and at least one wired headset device line coupled between the audio circuitry and the wired headset jack. The reference voltage device line may be also coupled to the wireless broadcast receiver so that a corresponding reference voltage headset line of a wired headset serves as an antenna for the wireless broadcast receiver. The reference voltage line may be switchable to one or more connectors at the headset jack. | 07-11-2013 |
20130064327 | RECEIVER HAVING CONTROLLER TO SET LOCAL OSCILLATORS SO AS TO RENDER INTERFERING SIGNALS FILTERABLE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A receiver includes a first local oscillator (LO), with a pair of in-phase and quadrature (IQ) mixers coupled to the first LO and configured to generate complex IQ signals having an IQ imbalance. The receiver also includes a second LO, with a complex mixer coupled to the second LO and configured to mix the complex IQ signals and generate intermediate frequency (IF) signals based thereon. A controller is coupled between the pair of IQ mixers and the complex mixer and configured to set the first LO and the second LO so that the complex IQ signals and an interfering signal generated due to the IQ imbalance of the complex IQ signals have a same sign and non-overlapping bands at an input of the complex mixer. | 03-14-2013 |
20120299784 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING AN ANTENNA HAVING A SHORTING PLATE - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a substrate carried by the housing, and a ground plane adjacent the substrate. The mobile wireless communications device may also include wireless communications circuitry, and first and second antennas coupled to the wireless communications circuitry. The first antenna may include a base electrical conductor spaced above the substrate, and at least one feed leg extending downwardly from the base electrical conductor to the substrate. The first antenna may also include an electrically conductive shorting plate extending downwardly from the base electrical conductor from a portion thereof adjacent the second antenna and coupled to the ground plane. | 11-29-2012 |
20120254316 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING TRUSTED SERVER TO VERIFY A REDIRECTION REQUEST AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device, a trusted server, and a plurality of host servers. A given one of the host servers is in communication with the mobile wireless communications device. The given host server is configured to generate and send a redirection request to the mobile wireless communications device, the redirection request requesting the mobile wireless communications device to communicate with an other one of the host servers. The mobile wireless communications device is configured to send the redirection request to the trusted server, and the trusted server configured to send the redirection request to the mobile wireless communications device based upon verification of the redirection request. | 10-04-2012 |
20120243578 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH VCO PULLING COMPENSATION CIRCUIT FOR AN INPUT BASEBAND SIGNAL AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An electronic device includes a transmitter with a baseband input for a baseband signal, a mixer downstream from the baseband input, and a phase-locked loop (PLL) having a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a phase detector coupled thereto, the VCO coupled to the mixer. A power amplifier is downstream from the mixer, and generates at least one aggressing signal that would otherwise generate an output pull of the VCO, causing transmit distortion on a transmit signal. A receiver is coupled to the power amplifier and has a sense input configured to receive the transmit signal. A VCO pulling compensation circuit is coupled to the baseband input and is configured to compensate the at least one baseband signal for the transmit distortion based upon the sensed transmit signal. | 09-27-2012 |
20120236965 | QUADRATURE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH POWER COMBINER AND RELATED METHODS - A communications device may include In-phase (I) power amplifiers configured to generate I amplified signals, Quadrature (Q) power amplifiers configured to generate Q amplified signals, an I controller coupled to the I power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable some of the I power amplifiers, and a Q controller coupled to the Q power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable some of the Q power amplifiers. The communications device may also include a power combiner configured to combine the I amplified signals and the Q amplified signals in a combined amplified signal, and an antenna coupled to the power combiner. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236960 | QUADRATURE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH I ANTENNAS AND Q ANTENNAS AND RELATED METHODS - A communications device may include In-phase (I) power amplifiers configured to respectively generate I amplified signals, Quadrature (Q) power amplifiers configured to respectively generate Q amplified signals, I antennas respectively coupled to the I power amplifiers, and Q antennas respectively coupled to the Q power amplifiers. The communications device may also include an I controller coupled to the I power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable some of the I power amplifiers, and a Q controller coupled to the Q power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable some of the Q power amplifiers. | 09-20-2012 |
20120220225 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH NFC TRANSFER OF DIFFERENT DATA SETS BASED UPON KEYBOARD MODE AND RELATED METHODS - A communication system may include a near-field communication (NFC) device, and a mobile wireless communications device having different selectable keyboard configuration modes. The mobile wireless communications device may include an NFC circuit, and a controller coupled to the NFC circuit and determining a selected keyboard configuration mode, and selectively communicating a respective set of data from among different sets of data with the NFC device based upon the selected keyboard configuration mode. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220223 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MEDIA CONTENT TRANSFER FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a first electronic device comprising a first media content playback device, a first wireless transceiver, and a first controller coupled with the first media content playback device and the first wireless transceiver. The system may further include a second electronic device comprising a second media content playback device, a second wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the first wireless transceiver, and a second controller coupled with the second media content playback device and the second wireless transceiver. The first controller may be configured to generate a playback pointer associated with playback of given media content, and wirelessly communicate the playback pointer to the second controller. The second controller may be configured to play back the given media content based upon the playback pointer, and without receiving the given media content from the first electronic device. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220221 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDING DATA TRANSFER DIRECTION DETERMINATION BASED UPON ORIENTATION AND RELATED METHODS - A communication system may include at least one electronic device configured to wirelessly communicate via a Near-Field Communication (NFC) format, and at least one mobile communications device. The at least one mobile communications device may include an NFC device configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one electronic device via the NFC format, and a controller coupled with the NFC device. The controller may be configured to determine an orientation of the at least mobile communications device, and determine a direction of communication with respect to the at least one electronic device based upon the determined orientation. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220220 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING DEVICE STATUS INFORMATION BASED UPON NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include a first electronic device that may include a display having an array of pixels, each pixel retaining a given state between refreshes and without electrical power supplied thereto, a first near-field communications (NFC) device, and a first controller coupled to the first NFC device and the display. The communications system may also include a second electronic device to be removably coupled with the first electronic device and comprising a second NFC device and a second controller coupled thereto. The second controller may be configured to determine status information related to the first electronic device and communicate the status information to the first controller via the first and second NFC devices. The first controller may be configured to display on the display the status information. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220216 | PERSONNEL ACCESS SYSTEM WITH VERIFICATION FEATURES UTILIZING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) AND RELATED METHODS - A personnel access system may include a mobile device(s) comprising a first near field communication (NFC) device, a wireless device, and a first controller configured to generate an access request. An access control device may be associated with a personnel access position and include a second NFC device configured to receive the access request, and a second controller configured to generate a verification request for the mobile device(s) based upon the received access request. A verification device may be configured to receive the verification request from the access control device, and send a verification message to the mobile device(s). The first controller may be configured to receive the verification message via the wireless device, and generate verification data based thereon. The second controller may be configured to selectively grant personnel access based upon the verification data. | 08-30-2012 |
20120208456 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PROVIDING OBJECT REFERENCE DATA BASED UPON NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a near field communication (NFC) reference device configured to store object reference data for at least one object associated with a geographic location of the NFC device. The wireless communications system may also include a mobile wireless communications device that includes an NFC transceiver configured to communicate with the NFC device based upon proximity thereto, an image sensor, a display, and a controller. The controller may cooperate with the NFC transceiver, the image sensor, and the display. The controller may be configured to determine a sensed image from the image sensor. The controller may also be configured to select object reference data for the sensed image based upon communication with the NFC reference device, and display the object reference data and the sensed image on the display. | 08-16-2012 |
20120147789 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT PATHS AND RELATED METHODS - A communications device may include a first transmit path having a first band pass filter operating at a first frequency band having a first bandwidth, and a second transmit path having a second band pass filter operating at a second frequency band having a second bandwidth. The second frequency band may be adjacent the first frequency band and the second bandwidth may be less than the first bandwidth. The communications device may include a third receive path operating at a third frequency band having a third bandwidth, and a fourth receive path operating at a fourth frequency band having a fourth bandwidth. The fourth frequency band may be adjacent the third frequency band, and the fourth bandwidth may be less than the third bandwidth. | 06-14-2012 |
20120106525 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING A SINGLE BLUETOOTH / WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ANTENNA AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device includes a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio configured to generate a WLAN transmit signal, and a Bluetooth radio configured to generate a Bluetooth transmit signal. A circulator is coupled downstream of an antenna. A transmit path couples the WLAN radio and the Bluetooth radio to the circulator such that the WLAN radio and the Bluetooth radio are capable of transmitting simultaneously. In addition, a receive path also couples the WLAN radio and the Bluetooth radio to the circulator such that the WLAN radio and the Bluetooth radio are capable of receiving simultaneously. | 05-03-2012 |
20120019421 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE WITH MULTI-BAND LOOP ANTENNA WITH ARMS DEFINING A SLOTTED OPENING AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the housing. The device may also include an antenna coupled to wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB. The antenna may include first and second feed legs extending upwardly from the PCB, a loop conductor spaced above the PCB and having a gap therein defining first and second ends, and a first conductor arm spaced above the PCB and extending between the first feed leg and the first end. The antenna may further include a second conductor arm spaced above the PCB and having a proximal portion between the second feed leg and the second end, and having a distal portion extending outwardly from the second feed leg. The first conductor arm and the proximal portion may define a slotted opening into an interior of the loop conductor. | 01-26-2012 |
20110223947 | WIRELESS EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING RESOURCE UPDATING FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications networks and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices for sending and receiving wireless electronic mail (email) messages over the wireless communications networks. The system may further include a resource deployment server for storing a plurality of resource deployment packages (RDPs), where each RDP includes deployment content and deployment instructions therefor relating to sending and receiving email messages. The resource deployment server may also be for dynamically deploying RDPs to the wireless communications networks to update deployment content thereof based upon the respective deployment instructions. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222636 | METHOD AND RECEIVER FOR ESTIMATING THE CHANNEL IMPULSE RESPONSE USING A CONSTANT MODULUS INTERFERENCE REMOVAL ITERATION - A receiver and associated method estimates a channel impulse response of the communications signal. A communications signal is received as a burst of transmitted symbols, including a known training sequence. The joint estimation of timing offset and initial channel impulse response is determined based on the cross-correlations of the known transmitted symbols and received communications signal. A constant modulus interference removal iteration is applied to improve the initial channel impulse estimation. | 09-15-2011 |
20110195696 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING AGGREGATION SERVER FOR DETERMINING UPDATED METADATA OF E-MAIL MESSAGES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device and an e-mail server configured to store pushed e-mail data and metadata associated therewith already pushed to the mobile wireless communications device. An aggregation server is configured to download a first set of metadata of pushed e-mail data at a first time, and generate and store a first set of hash values corresponding to the first set of metadata. The aggregation server is also configured to download a second set of metadata of pushed e-mail data at a second time after the first time, and generate and store a second set of hash values corresponding to the second set of metadata. The aggregation server is further configured to determine an updated set of metadata based upon a comparison of the first and second sets of hash values, and push the updated metadata to the mobile wireless communications device. | 08-11-2011 |
20110089889 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR PORTABLE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connected to the charger connector and the charging circuit. The controller may be for causing a portable device connected to the charger connector to identify its corresponding portable device type and its corresponding rechargeable battery type from among a plurality of different portable device types and different battery types, and for causing the charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based thereon. | 04-21-2011 |
20110041316 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING MULTI-COMPARTMENT SHIELDING CONTAINER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A handheld electronic device may include a portable housing and a shielding container within the portable housing. The shielding container may include a shielding frame and a shielding lid carried thereby. A printed circuit board may be within the shielding container. The shielding frame may include a planar base with at least one opening therein, a pair of opposing side walls integrally formed with the base and extending upwardly therefrom, and a pair of opposing end walls integrally formed with the base and extending upwardly therefrom. Also, the shielding frame may include at least one intermediate partition wall integrally formed with the base and extending upwardly therefrom to define a plurality of container compartments. The partition wall may also extend only partway between the opposing side walls to define at least one partition end gap therewith. | 02-24-2011 |
20110025567 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH ANTENNA ELEMENT AND FLOATING DIRECTOR ELEMENT ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element. | 02-03-2011 |
20090219216 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SELECTIVE LOAD SWITCHING FOR ANTENNAS AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a plurality of antennas, a plurality of wireless transceivers, and signal processing circuitry. The device may further include a controller for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, and for selectively switching a desired one of the antennas to the desired one of the wireless transceivers. Moreover, the controller may also be for selectively connecting and disconnecting the at least one other one of the antennas to an unused one of the wireless transceivers. | 09-03-2009 |
20080316122 | Mobile Wireless Communications Device Including An Electrically Conductive Director Element And Related Methods - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB. | 12-25-2008 |