Cellco Partnership

Other

Celico Partnership

Michael Peter Hardy

Ioannis Tsampalis

Saeed Saatchi

Frank LaRocca

Patrick Bucci

An improved apparatus for charging a cell phone battery in the dark. An LED and its control circuitry including a control switch are included in a USB connector to automatically illuminate a cell phone and its charging port or receptacle or jack, which happen to be located in an unlit or pitch black space, when a user attempts to insert a USB connector plug into the charging port for purposes of charging the battery. The LED is automatically energized by the user's mere touching of the overmold of the USB connector at its flat or bottom side, without otherwise manually operating the control switch, and thereby eliminating hunting in the dark for a control switch on the USB connector. This apparatus is useful with both standard charging equipment and with dongle charging equipment.

Connector plug having an LED activated by a user's touch

An accessory and method for displaying a data feed are described. A device interface of the accessory is configured to connect a processor with an external device and transfer a data feed from the external device to a display of the accessory. A memory stores computer executable instructions to instruct the processor to receive the transferred data feed via the device interface and to instruct the processor to provide the transferred data feed to the display. A user interface provides a user input in response to the transferred data feed to the processor and back to the external device.

Accessory with integrated display controlled by connected device

A wide area communication system includes a mobile communication device and an inductive charging base that charges the battery of the wireless mobile communication device through inductive coupling. The inductive charging base may receive data from the wireless mobile communication device via a short range wireless communication link while the wireless mobile communication device is charging using the inductive charging base. One or more applications stored on the wireless mobile communication device can be automatically activated and data can be sent from the wireless mobile communication device to the inductive charging base via the short range wireless communication link, only while the wireless mobile communication device is Bluetooth paired with the inductive charging base and there is inductive coupling between the inductive charging base and the wireless mobile communication device.

Wireless charging base with integrated short range communication

A security device for a utility shutoff valve and a tool for inserting and removing the security device. The security device and tool are utilized for water and gas shutoff valves located underground that are accessed through a vertical access pipe. The invention is a cylindrical plug which is placed inside the access pipe, resting on top of the valve. The plug includes a grip resistant dummy valve handle which, when turned, causes the plug to rotate without having any effect on the valve. The plug is also very difficult to remove without the insertion/removal tool, comprising an inverted cup with a long handle, wherein the inside of the cup is lined with horizontal steel bristles. When the cup is placed over the top of the plug, the bristles enter corresponding holes in the dummy valve handle, allowing the plug to be lifted.

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Warren, NJ, United States of America

Michael Peter Hardy