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7634243 System and method for providing a dual conversion tuner having a first IF filter without fixed center frequency  
Disclosed are systems and methods which utilize a relatively low cost first IF filter in a dual conversion tuner circuit. A preferred embodiment first IF filter is provided using a filter...
7613437 Receiver and broadcast receiving method  
If a sub broadcast is unavailable so a reception means receives the main broadcast instead of the sub broadcast, reception of the sub broadcast is booked. When the sub broadcast is booked and the...
7610010 Broadcast receiver with selectively storing channel and antenna information  
A broadcast receiver for receiving a broadcasting of a prescribed channel transmitted from a broadcasting station by a directivity switching antenna capable of switching directivity to a plurality...
7596360 Broadcast receiver and program  
A CPU confirms a receivable channel while sequentially changing channel numbers set to an analog front-end unit and specifies an area in which the receivable channel can be received and an area...
7596371 Device, system, and method of selectively scanning a wireless communication band  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system of selectively scanning a wireless communication band. In some demonstrative embodiments the method may include, for...
7580682 Method and apparatus for comprehensive link assessment and frequency monitoring in wireless sensor networks  
Embodiments of a link assessment and frequency monitoring system for use in wireless sensor networks are described. In one embodiment, each frequency utilized by links coupling two or more nodes in...
7577410 Audio apparatus  
An audio apparatus is provided that permits selection of either analog or digital audio signals in execution of a scan operation. A radio receiver 300 comprises a tuner 320 capable of receiving...
7542745 Wireless device and wireless channel measurement controller  
In measurement of wireless channels in an IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN), in the case of multi-channel measurement as in North America in which eight wireless channels Ch1 through...
7529530 Wireless reception apparatus and method  
A wireless reception apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a scan unit for periodically scanning favorite channels which are selectable as a playing channel, and recording broadcasting...
7460867 Scanning neighboring base stations in wireless access system  
Scanning neighboring base stations in a wireless access system is provided. In one embodiment, a method of scanning neighboring base stations for assessing channel quality includes receiving from a...
7418245 Wireless device and method for radio control  
A method of radio control, adapted in a wireless device that includes a cognitive radio and a free radio. First, the cognitive radio scans within vicinity or range to receive frames sent from or to...
7415255 Scanning receiver  
With the objective of providing a scanning receiver capable of capturing a target radio wave in an extremely short period of time by use of a simple constituting means, a plurality of wide...
7403747 Tuning a station  
A method of tuning a station is disclosed, wherein a first pilot signal is applied on a circuit of the station and the resulting output power of the signal circuit is subsequently detected. A...
7386272 System and method for transmitting signals having audio data in a vehicle  
A system and a method for transmitting signals having audio data in a vehicle are provided. The system includes a first transceiver configured to receive an analog communication signal having the...
7369824 Receiver storage system for audio program  
A receiver contains a demodulator system that can deliver a stream of digital data comprising at least a first and a second set of audio data. In a first time interval, a memory is used to store...
7366169 Apparatus for scanning radio frequency channels  
The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network...
7359676 Systems and methods for adaptively scanning for wireless communications  
This application is directed to systems and methods for adaptively scanning for wireless communications. Scan data associated with scanning one or more wireless network channels based upon a scan...
7330707 Hetrodyne receiver and IC  
In a heterodyne receiver, the effect of an image interference signal that occurs in a case where a low intermediate frequency is used is alleviated. Circuits ( 12 I), ( 12 Q), ( 13 I), ( 13 Q), and...
7274917 Method and system for management of roaming mobile subscriber  
The roaming of mobile equipment between a home network and foreign network is managed. The roaming behavior is based on the contents of control files saved in the mobile equipment of the...
7260393 Systems and methods for reducing communication unit scan time in wireless networks  
A communication unit operates in a wireless-networking environment and maintains a mapping for active channels and associated network identifiers. The communication unit may associate with a...
7257112 Receiver directed power management for WLAN receiver  
A method of conserving power in a WLAN receiver is provided wherein processing tasks that need only to be operated for a brief period of time during the reception of a received packet are enabled...
7221900 Jamming device against RFID smart tag systems  
A RFID jamming device and methodology are provided for inhibiting unwanted intrusions of RFID smart tag technology. The device includes a mechanism for actively or passively preventing a RFID...
7215935 Segmented CDMA searching  
Techniques for segmented CDMA searching are disclosed. In one aspect, a searcher comprises a plurality of storage elements selectable for performing a plurality of segmentable search tasks, each...
7215956 Method and apparatus for scanning frequency channels for handoff candidates while minimizing battery consumption  
Techniques for scanning other frequency channels for candidate base stations are described. In one scheme, the scanning of other frequency channels is performed based on the received signal quality...
7177608 Personal spectrum recorder  
A system and method is disclosed for a personal radio recorder. The personal radio recorder allows for random access of communication signals by identifying a channel and time. The personal radio...
7174141 Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating communications in a radio communication system through use of ultrawide band signals  
Apparatus, and an associated method, for a radio communication system having a sending station and a receiving station. The sending station sends data pursuant to a communication service and...
7171174 Multiple radio signal processing and storing method and apparatus  
We have disclosed an enhanced radio system that provides for the capture and playback of one or more radio stations. The user may tune to a station, or scan through stations, rewind to hear what...
7167696 Method for scanning radio frequency channels  
The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network...
7167697 Reverse electronic tuning circuit for FM radio frequency-lock-loop circuits  
An electronic circuit having reverse scan tuning comprises an IC radio having the forward scan function, in which a VCO capacitor is connected in parallel to a series connected resistor and switch,...
7149518 Method of reconnecting radiocommunication terminal to a network, and a corresponding terminal  
A method of connecting to a radiocommunication network a terminal which is in a standby mode because of temporary unavailability of the signal from the network includes a step of periodically...
7127010 Oscillator controlling  
A receiver local oscillator is always tuned to a frequency that lies within a range of reception frequencies of the receiver. The oscillator is tuned to a frequency less than and above the received...
7120437 Method and apparatus for selecting carriers  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for selecting carriers to be measured by a subscriber unit ( 301,303, 501 ). The subscriber unit ( 301, 303, 501 ) is served by a communication...
7120404 Radio reception system with automatic tuning  
A method and apparatus for operating a radio reception system, which comprises a plurality of receivers assigned to a common output device, in which one of the receivers is designated as audio...
7099638 Method and apparatus for receiving an amplitude modulated radio signal  
Receiving apparatus ( 1 ) for receiving an amplitude modulated signal which may be transmitted on a plurality of frequency channels within a predetermined frequency bandwidth comprises a tuner ( 3...
7096017 Method and system for synchronization of communication between a mobile subscriber and a base station  
A method and system for synchronizing scan opportunities in a mobile communications system. Time slots are sent between a mobile subscriber and an associated base station wherein the mobile...
7076220 Program for scanning radio frequency channels  
The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network...
7062238 Radio frequency selection method and system for audio channel output  
The present invention is a method and system for connecting an in-vehicle radio to a wireless device. A user selection input is provided to the in-vehicle radio. A local broadcast frequency is...
7050771 Method and apparatus for increasing a probability that a dual-band mobile station will acquire a desired autonomous system  
A method for operating a dual-band mobile station ( 10 ) includes a first step of (a) storing information in the mobile station. The stored information includes an ordered list of frequency bands...
7050802 Cellular communication device with scanning receiver and continuous mobile communication system employing same  
A receiver receives communication signals on an assigned frequency channel while monitoring the signals received on other frequency channels. A communication processor processes the received...
7043215 Method of performing a fast tune for a digital broadcast station in a radio receiver  
A radio receiver performs a fast tune to a target frequency channel potentially containing a hybrid broadcast signal for determining whether analog signal contained in the hybrid broadcast signal...
7010298 Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a wireless network  
A system and method for detecting the presence of a wireless LAN. The system includes a radio frequency receiver for receiving radio frequency signals and a controller having associated programming...
7006802 Universal transmitter  
A method and apparatus for a universal transmitter that can learn and emulate the transmission frequency and modulation pattern of a template transmitter, without prior knowledge of such...
6968165 Frequency scanning receiver permitting quick PPL setting  
A frequency scanning receiver minimizes the time needed for setting the frequency of a phased lock loop of a first local oscillator. The frequency scanning receiver is configured so that when the...
6961548 Method for masking interruptions on playback of received radio signals  
A method of masking interruptions in the playback of received radio signals is provided, in which lengthy interruptions are allowed only when modulation of the radio broadcast program currently...
6950638 Method and system for scheduling user preference satellite radio station selections in a mobile vehicle  
A system and method is directed to scheduling user preference satellite radio station selections in a mobile vehicle. The method provides creating at least one vehicle preference selection schedule...
6941120 Apparatus and method for automatically programming frequency scanning radio receivers  
A frequency scanning radio receiver scans and receives transmissions on discrete radio frequencies. The frequency scanning radio receiver is programmable to monitor frequencies in a geographical...
6917793 Antenna assembly with a capability to remember the frequency of remote signals and to search for and memorize wireless frequency bands  
An antenna assembly has an antenna set, a rotation assembly and a control circuit for driving the rotation assembly to rotate to adjust receiving angel of the antenna set. The control circuit can...
6912378 Multiple band scanning receiver system having data and speech searching capability  
A receiver system and audio processing method for use therewith are provided. The system includes pairs of receivers with each pair receiving broadcasts on a unique broadcast band. A decoder...
6868129 Demodulator for a radio receiver and method of operation  
A demodulator ( 20 ) extracts a digital sub-carrier signal from a modulated signal and provides the sub-carrier signal in clock and data format. Demodulation occurs with two mixing stages ( 32, 40,...
6865379 Automatic radio button mute  
A system and method of eliminating static while utilizing pre-programmed tuner buttons on a radio is disclosed. The system of the present invention mutes a pre-programmed tuner button frequency...
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