US Patent No: 7,956,272
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Management of files in a personal communication device
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Jun 7, 2011
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Dec 5, 2005
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11/295,694
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Abstract
Improved approaches for assisting a user interacting with a portable wireless communication device are disclosed. The improved approaches can provide a user interface for the portable wireless communication device that includes including a plurality of linked display screens and a plurality of physical keys.
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| 6,341,316 System, method, and computer program product for synchronizing content between a server and a client based on state information | 167 | 2000 | |
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| 2001/0041,021 System and method for synchronization of image data between a handheld device and a computer | 69 | 2001 | |
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| 6,636,197 Haptic feedback effects for control, knobs and other interface devices | 132 | 2001 | |
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| 2004/0001,395 Optical storage device | 72 | 2003 | |
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| 6,933,433 Method for producing playlists for personalized music stations and for transmitting songs on such playlists | 80 | 2000 | |
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| 7,075,000 System and method for prediction of musical preferences | 46 | 2001 | |
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| 5,925,843 Song identification and synchronization | 65 | 1997 | |
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| 6,593,914 Keypads for electrical devices | 139 | 2000 | |
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| 6,038,199 Portable digital audio recorder with adaptive control configurations | 83 | 1998 | |
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| 6,925,595 Method and system for content conversion of hypertext data using data mining | 86 | 1998 | |
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| 6,763,345 List building system | 60 | 2001 | |
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| 6,243,725 List building system | 210 | 1997 | |
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| 6,779,019 System and method for pushing information from a host system to a mobile data communication device | 116 | 2000 | |
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| 6,721,489 Play list manager | 74 | 2000 | |
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| 2006/0159,109 Methods and systems for use in network management of content | 98 | 2005 | |
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| 6,794,566 Information type identification method and apparatus, e.g. for music file name content identification | 72 | 2002 | |
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| 2002/0002,413 Contents distribution system, portable terminal player, and contents provider | 87 | 2001 | |
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| 2004/0242,224 System and method for activation of portable and mobile media player devices for wireless LAN services | 56 | 2004 | |
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| 6,248,496 Method of replenishing developer in a hybrid scavengeless development system | 7 | 2000 | |
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| 2007/0088,727 Media device and user interface for selecting media | 16 | 2005 | |
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| 7,039,656 Method and apparatus for synchronizing data records between a remote device and a data server over a data-packet-network | 48 | 2000 | |
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| 2002/0055,934 Dynamic management and organization of media assets in a media player device | 73 | 2001 | |
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| 6,041,023 Portable digital radio and compact disk player | 112 | 1999 | |
| 2002/0013,784 Audio data transmission system and method of operation thereof | 96 | 2000 | |
| 2001/0018,858 Multimedia content delivery system and method | 76 | 2001 | |
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| 2004/0225,762 Method and devices for data transfer | 36 | 2004 | |
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| 2009/0241,070 Graphical User Interface and Methods of Use Thereof in a Multimedia Player | 2 | 2009 | |
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