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20080260169 | Headset Derived Real Time Presence And Communication Systems And Methods - A method for real time digital instant messaging includes monitoring a condition of a wireless headset, estimating a potential for the user to receive and immediately respond to a real time digital message, such as an instant communications or a VoIP message, and then selectively directing a real time digital message, when received, to the user via the headset when the estimated potential indicates that the user is reasonably likely to immediately respond to the real time digital message. A sensor in the headset may be used to determine if a recent action of the user was don the headset by putting it on, doff the headset by taking it off, dock the headset by placing it in a charging station, move while wearing the headset, leave the headset on a desktop or other surface or carry the headset. | 10-23-2008 |
20090028134 | Management and Control of Call Center and Office Telephony Assets - Call center and office telephony assets, including telephones, headsets, on-line indicators (OLI), and handset lifters, are managed and controlled over a network by a remote computer system. Each asset has associated therewith one or more network addresses, in some cases the network addresses mapped from an electronic identifier stored within the particular asset or determined by a proxy. In one embodiment, an asset's network address is mapped from the asset's unique media access control (MAC) address. The computer system communicates with the assets over the network to manage and control the assets. | 01-29-2009 |
20090249478 | User Authentication System and Method - A user authentication system and method are disclosed. The user authentication system includes an authentication device which can be donned and doffed by the user, a sensor to determine whether the authentication device is donned or doffed by the user, and an authentication server to receive information from the sensor and to authenticate the user based on whether the authentication device is donned by the user. | 10-01-2009 |
20090281809 | Headset Wearer Identity Authentication With Voice Print Or Speech Recognition - A headset includes a voice print match application or speech recognition application. The voice print match application receives a user speech corresponding to a submitted voice print phrase key upon determining a donned condition, where the user speech is compared to the predetermined voice print phrase key to validate an identity of the headset user. The speech recognition application receives a user speech corresponding to a password or PIN and recognizes the password or PIN. The recognized password or PIN is compared to a valid password or PIN to validate the identity of the headset user. | 11-12-2009 |
20100042781 | Headset with integral non-volatile flash memory drive - A headset flash memory drive that includes a flash memory chip for data storage and a digital data interface. The headset flash memory drive further includes a computer readable memory storing first instructions for a mass storage access protocol that when executed by a headset controller allow data transfer to and from the flash memory chip through the digital data interface, and storing second instructions that when executed by the controller allow the microphone to detect user speech or the speaker to output an audio signal. | 02-18-2010 |
20110281519 | Information Exchange Via Bluetooth Service Discovery Protocol Service Records - Methods and apparatuses for Bluetooth communications are disclosed. In one example, data is exchanged between Bluetooth devices utilizing Service Discovery Protocol service records. | 11-17-2011 |
20120076080 | AUTOMATED VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL WIRELESS HEADSET - A system, apparatus, and method are provided for automatically provisioning wireless local area network (LAN) access point and/or hotspot information, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider information, and VoIP account information on a service provider's Web page to configure a wireless VoIP headset for use. | 03-29-2012 |
20130095894 | DONNED AND DOFFED HEADSET STATE DETECTION - An apparatus and method are provided for determining the donned or doffed state of a headset. In one example, a headset includes a processor, an acoustic transducer, and a detector operably coupled to the processor, the detector providing an output charge pattern corresponding to a state selected from the group consisting of the headset being donned and doffed. Advantageously, the present disclosure provides for reliably determining a donned or doffed state of a headset for efficiently routing calls, text messages, and/or otherwise being used for notifications and requests in a system. | 04-18-2013 |
20130210497 | DONNED AND DOFFED HEADSET STATE DETECTION - An apparatus and method are provided for determining the donned or doffed state of a headset. In one example, a headset includes a processor, an acoustic transducer, and a detector operably coupled to the processor, the detector providing an output charge pattern corresponding to a state selected from the group consisting of the headset being donned and doffed. Advantageously, the present disclosure provides for reliably determining a donned or doffed state of a headset for efficiently routing calls, text messages, and/or otherwise being used for notifications and requests in a system. | 08-15-2013 |
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20150381084 | Method and Device for Operating an On-Board Power System - An on-board power system has a three-phase motor having a first and at least a second at least three-phase winding, a first and a second electric component energy on-board power system, as well as a first and a second actuator element, which are each electrically connected to one of the windings and one of the electric component energy on-board power systems. In order to transfer energy between the first and second electric component energy on-board power systems, the first actuator is actuated to generate a voltage in the first at least three-phase winding, such that a voltage is induced in the second at least three-phase winding, a result of which is to transfer energy between the first and the second partial-energy on-board power system, and wherein the generated voltage in the first at least three-phase winding is an AC voltage with voltage vectors oriented to contribute to the fact that substantially no torque is generated in the rotor by the voltage generated for the energy transfer in the first winding. | 12-31-2015 |
20160023572 | Activation Method for an Electric Machine - A vehicle is configured with an N-phase electric machine, a first on-board electrical sub-system and a second on-board electrical sub-system. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator system, wherein the first onboard electrical sub-system includes an inverter and the stator system is linked to the inverter. The electric machine can be operated using an inverter controller on the principle of a field-oriented control system, so that the electric machine is linked to a control unit, wherein the inverter can be controlled by the control unit, and the control unit uses a phased activation method to control the inverter. | 01-28-2016 |
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20150331236 | A SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - Embodiments are disclosed for systems for a vehicle. An example system for a vehicle
| 11-19-2015 |
20150331238 | SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - Embodiments are disclosed for systems for a vehicle. An example system for a vehicle includes a head-up display and a circuit, which is connected to the head-up display, wherein the head-up display is configured to project an image onto a front windshield of the vehicle or onto a separate combiner, wherein the circuit is configured to output image data to the head-up display, whereby the image data have a set of objects which include messages for the user, to determine a user's workload level, based on a set of driving conditions, to switch between at least one first workload mode and a second workload mode based on the level, whereby the second workload mode is assigned a higher level than the first workload mode, and in the second workload mode to reduce at least one object, which is output in the first workload mode. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331487 | INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments are disclosed for vehicle systems. An example system for a vehicle, includes
| 11-19-2015 |
20150358471 | SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Embodiments are disclosed for systems for a vehicle. An example system for a vehicle includes a central unit and an input device, | 12-10-2015 |
20150367859 | INPUT DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Embodiments are disclosed for an input device for a motor vehicle. An example input device for a motor vehicle having a dashboard and a steering wheel includes a sensor and a circuit connected to the sensor,
| 12-24-2015 |
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20090025698 | Internal combustion engine and method for operating an internal combustion engine - The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, in which the exhaust gas generated by the internal combustion engine is returned to the internal combustion engine by means of an exhaust gas recirculation device having at least two cooling devices which are each associated with a bypass, the exhaust gas being cooled in the exhaust gas recirculation device as a function of the load state of the internal combustion engine. The operation of the internal combustion engine is divided into at least four load states, and as a function of the instantaneous load state the exhaust gas is returned to the internal combustion engine via a flow path in the exhaust gas recirculation device specifically assigned to this load state. The invention further relates to an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation device. | 01-29-2009 |
20090099754 | Method and Device for Optimizing Combustion of Diesel Fuels with Different Cetane Numbers in a Diesel Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a method and a device for optimizing combustion of diesel fuels with different cetane numbers in a diesel internal combustion engine. It is provided that cylinder pressures are measured in at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine during the combustion period, that at least one part of the measured cylinder pressures is evaluated in order to derive a characteristic value for the diesel fuel that is fed into the cylinder of the internal combustion engine, and that the characteristic value is used to change parameters that determine the combustion in the cylinders of the internal combustion engine. | 04-16-2009 |
20120210952 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE - A motor vehicle includes a combustion engine and an intake tract for feeding air to the combustion engine. A compressor is arranged in the intake tract for compressing air, and a turbine is arranged in the intake tract downstream of the compressor and powered by air compressed in the compressor. | 08-23-2012 |
20120324884 | DRIVE WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND AN EXPANSION MACHINE WITH GAS RETURN - A drive for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber delimited by a cylinder and a piston, a compressed gas store connectable with the combustion chamber for storing a gas compressed in the combustion chamber, a separate expansion machine for expanding compressed gas from the combustion chamber or from the compressed gas store by performing mechanical work, and devices for supplying gas from the expansion machine into the combustion chamber or into an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The drive may, alternatively or in addition, also include devices for heating the compressed gas from the combustion chamber or from the compressed gas store before the compressed gas enters into the expansion machine. | 12-27-2012 |