Macronix International Co., Ltd.

Afa Micro Co.

Mxtran Inc.

Albert C Sun

Ying-Che Lo

Chee-Horng Lee

Pao-Chieh An

Chang-Lun Chen

Eric Sheu

Jew-Yong Kuo

Chang L Chen

Chee H Lee

Huan-Chin Luo

Shyh-Shyan Liao

Chungming Glendy Sun

Chi-Wang Pang

William Chen

Jeon-Yung Ray

Fa-Jung Wang

Chun-hao Li

Shyh-Hong Tseng

Hung-Tsai Yen

Hsin-Tang Chien

Shih-Liang Chen

A wireless wrist mouse, used with an apparatus including a display having a cursor, has a body mountable to a user's hand/wrist by wrist mounting structure. A motion sensor and motion circuitry are carried by the body and are operably connected to one another. The motion circuitry includes a library of command motions. The motion circuitry is constructed to generate first and second command signals corresponding to the first and second command motions when the body has been moved in predetermined manners for receipt by and operation of the apparatus. The first command signals correspond to cursor movement directions for controlling movement of the cursor over the display. The second command signals correspond to control functions for the apparatus. In some examples, the motion sensor comprises a MEMS sensor. In some examples, the motion sensor comprises a translational, rotational, and vibrational movement motion sensor.

Motion sensitive gesture device

A carrier and a frame, movable relative to one another in both an x-y direction and a z direction provide a test bed for MEMS like integrated circuits. The carrier includes receptacles mounted on a test substrate. The frame includes pins projecting from a surface of a plate. The plate has open areas. In a test sequence, the frame and carrier are oriented so that the cavities are exposed by open areas of the plate; a tool is used to place a device to be tested in each cavity; the frame and carrier are moved into alignment and toward one another to bring the pin ends into contact with the devices in the cavities. Then a test cycle is carried out. Following the test cycle the process is reversed to expose the devices for a pick-and-place tool to remove and bin the tested devices.

Integrated circuit device test apparatus

A remote control controls an audiovisual apparatus, such as a TV, using conventional physical inputs, such as buttons, or by controlled movement of the remote control. Circuitry connected to the physical inputs generates command signals for receipt by and operation of the apparatus. The command signals, such as On or Change Channel, correspond to control functions for the apparatus. The remote control also includes a motion sensor and motion circuitry connected to one another and constructed to generate at least some of the command signals when the body has been moved in predetermined manners for receipt by and operation of the apparatus. The remote control can therefore be operated using either the physical inputs or by moving the remote control in at least one of the predetermined manners. In some examples the motion sensor comprises a MEMS sensor.

Remote control and gesture-based input device

A transaction operations server receives multiple transactions of the mobile communication device. One transaction adds a first amount of money to the stored value represented by data on the mobile communication device, and another transaction subtracts a second amount of money. The amounts of money are in different data types each representing different business issued currencies each honored by a particular group of businesses. The transaction operations server exchanges the money represented by data on the mobile communication device between the different data types. Other embodiments include a method of exchanging money as described, an a data structure supporting the exchange of money as described.

Method and apparatus to manage mobile payment account settlement

A multiple interface smart card adaptor is described for mobile phones to take advantage of at least wireless and contactless communications.

Multiple interface card

A method handling payment transactions in a system using mobile communication devices as stored value devices is disclosed. A transaction operations server receives multiple records of the transaction from the stored value device&#x2014;one via a communication channel through the telecommunication provider network, and another via an independent communication channel. The records are reconciled at the transaction server for transaction verification.

System and method of managing contactless payment transactions using a mobile communication device as a stored value device

Multiple interface card in a mobile phone

A method and apparatus handling payment transactions in a system using mobile communication devices as stored value devices are disclosed. A transaction operations server receives multiple records of the transaction from the stored value device&#x2014;one via a communication channel through the telecommunication provider network, and another via an independent communication channel. The records are reconciled at the transaction server for transaction verification.

An architecture for an integrated circuit with in-circuit programming allows real-time modification of the in-circuit programming code and other code stored on the chip. The architecture utilizes a microprocessor and control logic on an integrated circuit having a single non-volatile memory that stores instructions and data, such as in-circuit programming and user code, and input/output ports and related structure for exchanging data with an external device. Using in-circuit programming code stored on the chip, the chip interactively establishes an in-circuit programming exchange with an external device to update data and instructions including the in-circuit programming code. Input/output conflicts during in-circuit programming can be avoided by employing a code generator that supplies control routines to the microprocessor during at least part of the in-circuit programming operations. The code generator allows the in-circuit programming code to be updated in real time.

In-circuit programming architecture with processor, delegable flash controller, and code generator

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing fault-tolerance for in-circuit programming systems. The invention operates by storing a minimal set of code to initialize the in-circuit programming process in a protected memory so that if the in-circuit programming process fails, the in-circuit programming process can be restarted from the protected memory. This type of fault-tolerance is especially important in systems which allow the code which accomplishes the in-circuit programming to be modified by the in-circuit programming process. One embodiment of the present invention provides a multiplexer to selectively switch between a normal boot code sequence and a protected boot code sequence, as well as a watchdog timer to monitor the in-circuit programming process to determine whether the in-circuit programming process is not progressing properly.

Fault-tolerant architecture for in-circuit programming

An architecture for an integrated circuit with in-circuit programming, allows for dynamically altering the in-circuit programming instruction set itself, as well as other software stored on the chip. The architecture is based on a microcontroller on an integrated circuit having two or more banks of embedded non-volatile memory arrays which store instructions, including an in-circuit programming instruction set. Using a control program stored on the device, the device interactively establishes an in-circuit programming exchange with a remote partner, and updates data and software, including the in-circuit programming instruction set, when needed. The processor and ICP code are responsive to an in-circuit programming update command to write a copy of the in-circuit programming set from a first memory array to a second memory array, and to cause the in-circuit programming to execute the in-circuit programming set from the second memory array to program the non-volatile memory cells of the first memory array with data from the external port.

Processor with embedded in-circuit programming structures

A one transistor, non-volatile programmable switch comprises a first node and a second node coupled with corresponding circuit elements in an integrated circuit. A single, non-volatile programmable transistor having a drain coupled to one of the first node and second node, a source coupled to the other of the first node and second node, gate coupled to an energizing conductor, the data storage structure constitute the programmable switch. The non-volatile programmable transistor consists of a mask programmable ROM cell, or a charge programmable device, in which the data storage structure comprises a floating gate or a nitride layer, or other charge trapping layer, between oxides or other insulators.

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Albert C Sun