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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2006
Applicants:

L. Scott Bloebaum, Cary, NC (US);

Charles Liu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Inventors:

L. Scott Bloebaum, Cary, NC (US);

Charles Liu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A portable communication device is equipped to search for content stored on a target electronic device. The portable communication device transfers user-defined content search query to an electronic device via a near-field communications (NFC) module. The portable communication device receives search results from the electronic device via the NFC module and indicates to the user that search results have been received from the electronic device. The portable communication device facilitates content searching and data transfer between two devices.


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