Electronics &
Handheld Devices
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3 Pad computer
Mobile phone with programmable
dialable and receivable numbers
Keyless at panel portable computer
notebook
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Mobile phone with programmable
dialable and receivable numbers
providers in the case of an emergency. However,
Seller:
Royal Thoughts, LLC
Featured IP Asset:
US 6,912,399
Related IP:
US 11/071,991
vulnerable adults and children may be bothered
by incoming calls from unknown parties, and
may also make outgoing calls to people they
should not contact. Further, parents may feel
that interruptions from a mobile phone can be
an unwelcome distraction in the academic lives
of their children. Resolving these concerns may
substantially expand the available market size for
mobile phone users.
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Expected Value:
$400,000+
Lot Summary:
This Lot is directed to the authorized use of
mobile phones. Specically disclosed is the
capability of restricting specied incoming and
outgoing calls on a mobile phone.
Increasingly, mobile phones and other
PDA devices incorporating mobile phone
technology arethe most ubiquitous tools for
mobile communications. As more people are
carrying mobile phones, maintaining privacy
and preventing unauthorized use has become
a concern; if a user’s phone is lost or stolen, a
nder with improper intent could use the phone
to make gratuitous personal calls, potentially
mounting an unwarranted bill for the owner, or
otherwise obtain personal information which the
owner would not want distributed.
An additional concern with the escalating use of
mobile phones comes with the rising rate of use
by increasingly younger children and vulnerable
adults. There are benets to allowing youth
and vulnerable adults to have mobile phones,
including providing the ability to communicate
with family and close friends, and enabling
contact with emergency services or telemedical
This Lot resolves the aforementioned issues by
allowing a mobile phone user or a supervisory
authority to specify authorized use of a phone.
The disclosed technology provides a mobile
phone having restricted incoming and outgoing
telephone call capabilities. The user can
authorize outgoing and incoming calls to be made
and received only to and from specic phone
numbers. These numbers can be programmed
into the phone and only calls to and from those
authorized numbers will be allowed, while
incoming calls from unauthorized numbers will
not ring. By restricting the incoming and outgoing
calls from a mobile phone, parents and caregivers
can ensure their children or dependents are
not making calls to improper contacts with
their phones. The same concept applies in a
commercial application, where companies that
are hesitant to issue mobile phones to employees
may do so knowing that the phone can be
programmed for internal communication only.
Because of the Lot’s potential benets to millions
of current and future mobile phone users, the
offered assets would be a valuable acquisition
for telecommunications companies, mobile
phone manufacturers, wireless network service
providers and consumer electronics brands.
Royal Thoughts is also a seller in other categories.
Please see related Lots numbered 61, 63, and 73
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3
2
Mobile phone with programmable
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that may be add-ons or accompaniments to this
Lot.
Sample Forward Citation Analysis:
■ AT&T Inc.
■ H2O Audio, Inc.
■ International Business Machines Corp.
■ NEC Corp.
■ Palm, Inc.
■ Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
■ SecureAlert, Inc.
■ Texas Instruments Inc.
■ Vaghi Family Intellectual Properties, LLC
dialable and receivable numbers
Patent Number:
US 6,912,399
Title:
Cellular telephone with programmable authorized
telephone number
Inventors:
Jocelyn Zirul; Raymond J. Menard
Issue Date:
June 28, 2005
Potential Licensees:
■ Telecommunications Companies
■ Communications Equipment Manufacturers
■ Electronics Companies
Earliest Filing Date:
January 22, 2001
Representative Independent Claim:
An apparatus comprising; a cellular telephone
transceiver; a processor coupled to the
transceiver; a rst memory coupled to the
processor and adapted for storage of a plurality
of predetermined telephone numbers; a keypad
having a plurality of user operable buttons
coupled to the processor; a program accessible
to the processor and having instructions adapted
for causing the transceiver to dial a particular
predetermined telephone number selected from
the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers
upon operation of a button selected from the
plurality of buttons; a second memory coupled
to the processor and adapted for storage of
information identifying one or more authorized
telephone callers; a talk button coupled to the
processor; and a program accessible to the
processor and having instructions adapted for
causing the processor to generate a signal upon
the transceiver detecting an incoming telephone
call from at least one of the one or more
authorized telephone callers... (claim continued)
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Electronics & Handheld Devices
3
1
Keyless at panel portable computer
notebook
stylus input. Signicantly, the digitizers can be
Seller:
Communication Intelligence Corp.
Featured IP Asset:
US 5,049,862
Related IP:
EP19900916650; JP19900515540;
PCT/US90/05726
Expected Value:
$200,000+
Lot Summary:
The patent offered in this Lot discloses a
portable computing device. The disclosed device
comprises two panels, one being an LCD screen
with overlaying transparent digitizer, and a second
being another digitizer. These panels have the
ability to physically detach from one another, and
to wirelessly interact.
Most portable computing devices include a
keyboard and pointing device to enable user
[data] input; some utilize a stylus in conjunction
with a keyboard and/or pointing device. Portable
computing devices are customarily designed with
a form factor, which limits the ways a user can
orient his/her device. For instance, the typical
notebook computer has a clamshell design,
whereby a screen occupies the top half of the
device, and the keyboard and pointing device
the lower half. Notably, this orientation – or
design – indicates the device is intended for use
in only one way. The technology disclosed in this
Lot describes a portable computing device that
utilizes dual digitizers (one with integrated screen)
to provide a customizable user interface with
rotated or separated as desired by the user.
The device described consists of a keyboardless
portable computer that simulates a foldable
notepad, and has a display which can be
reoriented to the convenience of the user - carried
in a self-protecting closed position and operated
in any convenient open position. The computer
has a rst at panel, a second at panel, and
hinge means for joining the rst and second
panels such that the rst at panel surface is
juxtaposed to the second at panel surface in a
closed position, and is further disposed side by
side on a common plane in one of a selection
of open positions. The rst at panel surface
comprises a rst digitizer, and the second at
panel surface comprises a second digitizer. A
stylus is provided as well, which is connectable to
at least one of the panels, to facilitate interaction
with at least one of the digitizers. Further, one
of the digitizers may include a at panel display,
through which visual output is provided.
This invention may be useful in a variety of
portable computing products. Its features could
be integrated into a typical notebook computer to
increase its utility in a wide range of applications,
as well as could also be used in portable gaming
devices or mobile phones.
Sample Forward Citation Analysis:
■ A.T.X. International, Inc.
■ Access Company, Ltd.
■ ADC Technology Inc.
■ Adobe Systems Inc.
■ Afnity Technology Group Inc.
■ Alcatel-Lucent
■ Apple Inc.
■ Booklink Corporation
■ Broadcom Corp.
■ CalComp Technology, Inc.
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Electronics & Handheld Devices
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3
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Keyless at panel portable computer
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■ CopyTele Inc.
■ DataVentures, Inc.
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■ DealerTrack Holdings, Inc.
■ Dell Inc.
■ Digital Privacy, Inc.
■ Digitizer Technology Company, LLC
■ Documation, Inc.
■ Ecrio, Inc.
■ Einstruction GTCO Holdings, LLC
■ Ergotron, Inc.
■ First American Corp.
■ FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
■ Fujitsu Ltd.
■ Hewlett-Packard Co.
■ iGo, Inc.
■ Integral Information Systems
■ Intel Corp.
■ Intermec, Inc.
■ International Business Machines Corp.
■ Inventec Corp.
■ iPaper, LLC
■ Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.
■ Kyocera Corp.
■ Lenovo Group Ltd.
■ Livescribe, Inc.
■ Mattel, Inc.
■ Metrologic Instruments Inc.
■ Microsoft Corporation
■ Motorola Inc.
■ NCR Corp.
■ NEC Corp.
■ Nokia Corp.
■ Nuance Communications, Inc.
■ Numonics Corporation
■ Optical Research Partners LLC
■ Palm, Inc.
■ Research Investment Network, Inc.
■ Revolutionary Learning Systems, Inc.
■ Rodgers Technology Center, Inc.
■ Seiko Epson Corp.
■ Sharp Corp.
■ Sony Corp.
■ Soundtouch Limited
notebook
■ Toshiba Corp.
■ United Parcel Serivce of America, Inc.
■ Wireless Note Systems, Inc.
■ WorkOnce Wireless Corporation
■ Xerox Corp.
Potential Licensees:
■ Telecommunications Companies
■ Mobile Phone Manufacturers
■ Portable Electronics Device Manufacturers
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Electronics & Handheld Devices
3
1
Keyless at panel portable computer
notebook
Patent Number:
US 5,049,862
Title:
Keyless at panel portable computer--computer
aided notebook
Inventors:
James Dao; David C. Foyt; Jeffrey J. Dao;
Kenneth R. Allen
Issue Date:
September 17, 1991
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Earliest Filing Date:
October 6, 1989
Representative Independent Claim:
A portable computer comprising: a rst panel
having a rst at surface; a second panel having a
second at surface; hinge means for joining said
rst panel to said second panel such that said
rst at surface is juxtaposed to said second at
surface in a closed position and is disposed side
by side in a common plane in one of a selection of
open positions; said rst at surface comprising a
rst digitizer; said second at surface comprising
a second digitizer and a display juxtaposed
together to form a digitizer-display unit; and a
stylus connectable to at least one of said rst
panel and said second panel for interacting with
at least one of said rst digitizer and said second
digitizer, wherein data entered on one of said
digitizers and displayed on said digitizer-display
unit is freely alterable on said digitizer-display
unit.
Electronics & Handheld Devices
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2
1
3
Pad computer
(with stylus) along with large memory and high
Seller:
Pepper Computer, Inc.
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Featured IP Assets:
US 7,224,345; US D512,058; US D529,491;
US D554,637; US D561,758
Related IP:
US 10/978,840; US 11/697,195;
US 29/285,312; US 29/303,576;
US 60/515,753; US 60/515,786;
PCT/US04/36091; PCT/US04/36196
Expected Value:
$500,000+
processing capabilities. The technology was
designed to allow users to browse the Web,
view email, instant message, and download
and stream music, videos, movies and photos,
instantaneously.
Unlike other portable devices, the wide-screen
provided in the disclosed device facilitates
user viewing of full-width web pages and fullscreen videos. The technology further allows
users to download and read electronic books,
play video games, and control an entire home
theater system with one simple remote control
application. This technology offers an exciting
opportunity to reshape the handheld computer
market.
Lot Summary:
The patents in this Lot are directed to the eld
of portable and handheld computer technology.
More specically, the technology disclosed is
related to an innovative handheld computer that
brings instant entertainment and functionality to
users, through a lightweight and compact design
providing both increased utility, and portability.
The handheld computer technology market
is rapidly growing. Consumer are continually
seeking devices with the functionality to address
their needs, including increased memory, speed
and capability, offered in ever-more user-friendly
and convenient (lightweight and portable)
interfaces.
The present invention addresses user
expectations by providing a handheld computer
having a split QWERTY keyboard, a built-in
microphone and video camera, a composite video
output, stereo speakers, an Infra-Red receiver
and transmitter, a widescreen LCD touch screen
Sample Forward Citation Analysis:
■ Hannspree, Inc.
■ Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Potential Licensees:
■ Computer Manufacturers
■ Portable Electronics Device Manufacturers
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Electronics & Handheld Devices
2
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Pad computer
Patent Number:
US 7,224,345
Title:
Pad computer
Inventors:
Leonard M. Kawell; Mary Ellen Heinen;
Patrick M. McGowan; Alan Ball
Issue Date:
May 29, 2007
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Earliest Filing Date:
October 30, 2003
Representative Independent Claim:
A computer comprising a housing for enclosing
a microprocessor, the housing having a top face,
a left side, and a right side, said top face having
an upper half and a lower half, and including
a screen in the top face, the screen positioned
between the left and right sides to dene a rst
region between the left side and the screen, and
a second region between the right edge and the
screen, the system including a built-in QWERTY
key board in the top face with at least some of the
QWERTY keys in the rst region and some of the
QWERTY keys in the second region, wherein the
QWERTY key board is completely located within
the upper half of the top face, and wherein the
top face is of unitary construction such that the
rst and second regions of the top face are xed
relative to each other.
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