05th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110028116 | SERVICES BASED TWO WAY VOICE SERVICE RECORDING AND LOGGING - A method and apparatus are provided for recording an exchange between a central monitoring station and a protected premises. The method includes the steps of transmitting an alarm notification from a protected premises to an alarm routing service, the alarm routing service establishing a voice connection between the protected premises and a central monitoring station in response to the alarm notification and the alarm routing service recording audio on the voice connection between the protected premises and the central station. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028117 | Mobile Computing and Communication Device for Use as a Mobile Phone in Normal Operation and as a Survivability Detection Device in a Disaster Situation - A mobile computing and communication device for a normal and an emergency occasion is disclosed. The invention is based upon a conventional mobile device with an added emergency operation unit including a second communication unit, a sensory unit and an external RF energy controlled switch. The second communication unit is based upon a short-range and ad hoc communication network. If the battery power is below a preset value, the mobile device is switched off. The reserved power is switched on for the emergency operation unit if a sufficient strong RF energy is received and a reference voltage in exceeding of a threshold voltage of a switch is generated. The radio-frequency energy may be delivered through an un-modulated electromagnetic wave from an external source. The second communication unit establishes the ad hoc communication network with a mobile rescues station and transmits the collected data from the sensory unit to the station through the network. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028118 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTACTS IN EMERGENCY SITUATION - A system, a method, and a computer readable storage medium are disclosed for providing emergent contacts by a mobile computing device to a user when such contacts are likely to be desirable by the user. The emergent contacts are selected by the user and can be optionally assigned quick keys on a key pad of the mobile computing device. After an emergent phone call was made using the mobile computing device, the emergent contacts are retrieved and displayed for user selection. When an emergent contact is selected, a phone call to the selected contact is initiated by the mobile computing device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028119 | Unique ID Based, Data File Exchange and Synchronization for Portable Communications - The system and method for providing a data update and synchronization via a wireless system disclosed herein. The system includes a mobile transceiver assembly having an LCD and a menu navigation device, and an operations center operatively coupled to the mobile transceiver assembly via the radio frequency link. The method includes receiving a database update from the mobile transceiver assembly, detecting actuation of “edit profile” request of the mobile transceiver assembly, causing a notification signal to be transmitted to the facility controller, causing an identity and the location of the mobile transceiver assembly to be transmitted to the facility controller; and enabling a synchronized response action to be initiated by an operations center database Server located at the operations facility, thus causing the update of both databases simultaneously. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028120 | METHOD OF HANDLING CALL ORIGINATION AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of handling call origination for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of originating a service, establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection corresponding to the service, receiving a message from a network via the RRC connection, determining whether the network supports the service supported of a first service domain, according to the message and performing the service in a second service domain when the network does not support the service of the first service domain, whereby the RRC connection is not released by the mobile device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028121 | EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing alerts to end users of networked enabled portable devices are provided so that the end users are made aware when broadcast emergency alerts are issued. In various embodiments, a portable device is enabled to receive information about an emergency alert broadcast of which the user should be aware, e.g., from the EAS, and to notify the user of the emergency alert. The user can be automatically taken to the emergency alert information by having the portable device automatically tune to the emergency broadcast information, the user can optionally retrieve the emergency information by tuning to the emergency broadcast channel, and/or the user can otherwise be presented with a reference to the emergency data, such as a link to the information. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BENCHMARKING LOCATION DETERMINING SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and software are described for benchmarking the location determination capabilities of a wireless communications network. A mobile communications device is configured to receive data identifying a reference location for the device. A communications network, communicatively coupled with the mobile communications device, calculates a computed location for the device using an alternative location determination technique. The reference location and computed location may be determined for any number of additional devices, as well. The accuracy and reliability of a system may then be assessed by comparing one or more computed locations with associated reference locations. The latency attributable to the calculation of one or more computed locations may also be determined. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028123 | SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING USE OF A SINGLE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE BY MULTIPLE USERS - A system for facilitating the use of a single telecommunication device by multiple users is disclosed herein. The system includes, but is not limited to, a telecommunication component that is adapted for attachment to a vehicle and that is configured to utilize a telecommunication network that is configured to allot a predetermined amount of usage time units to the telecommunication component. The system also includes an electronic processing device that is associated with the telecommunication component. The electronic processing device is configured to allocate a portion of the usage time units to each user of a plurality of users of the telecommunication component. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028124 | Software Switch for Separating Work and Personal Information on Cell Phone Devices - This is a cell phone system that provides for use of a single phone for both business and personal calls. This system permits the user to extract personal calls from the system, thereby preserving the confidential nature of some of these personal calls without the business having to review them to determine allocation of costs to user and business. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028125 | METHOD FOR LOADING CREDENTIALS INTO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE SUCH AS A MOBILE PHONE - The invention relates to a personal token ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110028126 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING UNREGISTERED TERMINALS WITH SHARED AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a system and method for managing unregistered devices with authentication information sharing. The method includes receiving an authentication information duplication request from the unregistered device by the registered device, obtaining authentication information from a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) by the registered device when the registered device receives the authentication information duplication request, and transmitting the obtained authentication information to the unregistered device by the registered device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028127 | Voice Message Delivery System and Method - A hosted system receives a request for the delivery of a voice message from a collective such as a school district. The hosted system determines whether the message should be sent over a telephone line at the hosted system or the school district. Instructions are sent to a delivery mechanism at the determined location indicating how to prepare the message and the number to be called. In one embodiment, the instructions are in XML script form to reduce the bandwidth required. Having the hosted system determine the allocation of messages allows for both the efficient use and lower calling cost of any available capacity on telephone lines at a school district or other collective organization, as well as the larger capacity access to telephone lines of a hosted service for quick delivery of numerous or urgent messages. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028128 | BROADCAST MEDIA INFORMATION CAPTURE AND COMMUNICATION VIA A WIRELESS NETWORK - An accessory device, such as a mobile telematics unit, captures tags for user desired media content items from a content broadcast, such as a digital radio broadcast or television broadcast. Each tag provides one or more parameters for identification of a song or other audio selection. The accessory device sends each tag over a mobile communications network air interface, with an identifier of an account of a mobile communications network subscriber. A server receives such tag transmissions and compiles a list of one or more tags directly from the accessory device, for the subscriber on the identified mobile service account. In some situations, the server generates a playlist from the stored list of tags and communicates at least a portion of the playlist to a personal media device, upon access by the personal media device to the subscriber's account. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028129 | Proximity Triggered Profile-Based Wireless Matching - A match-making system allows users possessing mobile communications devices such as cell phones and/or PDAs to be alerted to the proximity of other users that may be a romantic, professional or other “match” to the user of interest based on a comparison of profile properties. The system may operate via a near-field radio-frequency system such as Bluetooth or a cellular or other relatively far-field wireless system, or a combination of the two in a complimentary manner. The disclosed system also allows a connection between the users to be made if desired by both users, and otherwise allows one or the other user to decline a connection. Matching by the system may be used for social or business purposes. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028130 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A CALL COMPLETION SERVICE TO A NOT REGISTERED OR NOT AVAILABLE USER IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method is disclosed of providing a call completion service to a not registered or not available user (CCNReg): —sending ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110028131 | FREE BUSY CALENDAR INTERFACE - A method and electronic device which provide a calendar having availability status options based on a type of remote server are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising: determining, by an electronic device, a type of a remote server in communication with the electronic device; and setting, by the electronic device, availability status options for an availability status field for calendar events based on the type of the remote server. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028132 | MOBILE PHONE ARRIVAL TIME ESTIMATOR - A method and mobile device for providing a meeting place for two mobile devices and arrival time of at least one of the mobile devices at the meeting place is provide. A first mobile device receives location information for a second mobile device and determines location information itself. Then, the first mobile device determines a meeting place based on the location information of the first mobile device and the location information of the second mobile device. Next, an approximate time for the first mobile device to travel to the meeting place is calculated and output, together with the location of the meeting, to a user interface on the first mobile device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028133 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing a Missed Call Alert to a Calling Party - Methods and apparatus are provided for capturing a missed call attempt and subsequently alerting the calling party when the called party is available to once again receive calls. The called party may be unavailable for any reason, including disconnection from the network and network congestion. Alerts may include advertising, offers for network service, offers for missed call related services, and options to opt out of missed call alerts. Alerts may also be customized by recipients so that when such recipients are not available, the customized alert is presented to the calling party. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028134 | Wireless Data Exhcnage - A system of exchanging and managing information includes a mobile device configured to automatically insert, exchange and update a caller's contact information into a user's phonebook. The phonebook can reside on either the UICC card, SIM, USIM, Mega SIM, any other smart card or an integrated chip, on the mobile device or on a remote server. The automatic insert and/or automatic exchange mechanism is triggered when a call is made between two people on mobile phones or other devices. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028135 | VIRTUAL SIM MONITORING MODE FOR MOBILE HANDSETS - A system and methods that inform users of calls placed to a mobile device via a currently disabled VSIM subscription include identifying the VSIM subscription that is currently enabled on the mobile device and sending an alert to the mobile device via the currently enabled VSIM subscription informing the user of the received call attempt. In an embodiment, the user may switch the enabled VSIM subscription in order to receive the incoming call. If the user switches enabled VSIM subscriptions to the subscription corresponding to the dialed number, the caller's service provider network may be informed so that a communication can then be established between the caller and the mobile device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028136 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING NETWORK HOLD - A method, a master short range accessory, and an ad-hoc personal area network device for pairing with multiple slave communication devices are disclosed. An audio user interface | 2011-02-03 |
20110028137 | END OF CALL SERVICES - A method may include receiving user preference information associated with display of content items. A triggering activity may be identified at a user device. Context information associated with the user device may be determined. A content item may be selected for display on the user device from a plurality of available content items based on the user preference information and the context information. The selected content item may be displayed on the user device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028138 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR CUSTOMIZING A USER INTERFACE MENU - Methods and apparatus enable a mobile device to suggest available applications or features in which a user may be interested to the user based upon the user's past and current mobile device usage patterns. The mobile device may monitor the specific application/features used and their frequency of use. The mobile device may determine other available applications/features that the user may be interested in using based upon the frequency of use of applications or features and information which indicates a likelihood of user interest in one application or feature based upon usage of another application or feature. Applications or features determined to be potentially of interest to the user may be presented to the user in the form of suggestions to be added to the user interface menu so that the user can elect to accept or rejection the suggestion to modify the menu. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028139 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A mobile communication device, including but not limited to cell phones and personal digital assistants, has one or more functions disabled when, from within the device, it is determined that the device is moving at a speed above a speed threshold. An internal application controls such devices from within the devices, especially for turning them off when their users are driving a vehicle. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028140 | METHOD FOR GROUP CALL COMMUNICATION - A method for communicating a group call within a communication network comprising at least one repeater and a plurality of communication devices includes: receiving at least one preamble slot and at least one synchronization slot from an originator communication device by the repeater and a communication device; operating the communication device to receive one or more calls directly from the originator device via eavesdropping on the repeater uplink channel when a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the direct preamble and synchronization slots is greater than a threshold; and operating the communication device to receive one or more calls from the originator device via the repeater on a repeater downlink channel of the repeater when the direct RSSI is not greater than the threshold. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028141 | REVERSE LINK MOBILE TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - An access network is wirelessly coupled to an access terminal. The access network comprises a plurality of communication modules, a transmitter and a channel estimator. The plurality of communication modules coupled to the access terminal and configured to transmit a plurality of signals. The transmitter coupled to the access terminal and configured to send an index which indicates number of the plurality of signals. The channel estimator, configured to adjust and modulate a channel state information into the plurality of signals. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028142 | BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a base station is disclosed. Wireless signals received by the wireless terminal are checked for connection information indicating an attempt to connect to a second base station. The method determines whether the wireless terminal is located in a coverage area periphery of the base station in based on receiving the wireless signals, if the wireless signals indicate the attempt to connect to the second base station. The registration status of the wireless terminal is checked by the first base station, if the wireless terminal is located in the coverage area periphery. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF LIST MANAGEMENT - List management including storage and management of a CSG/PSG list in a user equipment is disclosed. The method of list management in user equipment of a wireless communication system includes storing a CSG/PSG list in the user equipment, and revising data entries in the CSG/PSG list according to network/cell related information input manually by a user of the equipment. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028144 | Apparatus and Method for Feedback-Based Radio Resource Management (RRM) Parameter Optimization - An apparatus and method for optimizing feedback-based radio resource management (RRM) parameters comprising establishing a communication link in a serving cell within a network; performing at least one of the following: processing a plurality of measurements received to determine viability of the servicing cell and a neighboring cell, wherein the viability determination is associated with at least one RRM parameter configured by the network, analyzing an interaction between a user equipment and the network, wherein at least one RRM parameter associated with the interaction is configured by the network, or analyzing an internal procedure performed within the user equipment wherein at least one RRM parameter of the internal procedure is configured by the network; determining whether the at least one RRM parameter configured by the network should be changed; and using a transmit data processor for sending a feedback message to the network with a change recommendation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028145 | Remote Access for Mobile Devices - Remote testing of a Mobile Device or Mobile Application while that device is located in a target Carrier Network is disclosed. A person, or an automated program, running the test remotely (“Remote Tester”) or (“Remote Automation Script”), does not need to be present in the target Carrier Network, and can control all functions of the Mobile Device over a standard computer network, or the Internet. The functions of the Mobile Device are controlled by interacting with a local application (“Device Conductor”) which communicates with a server managing the remote device (“Device Server”) using standard Internet communication protocols. The Device Server will pass all commands to a hardware or software based controller (“Device Controller”) which will directly operate the Mobile Device in a manner similar to how the device would be operated by a person that is located near the device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROWAVE TRAFFIC ROUTING - A radio communication system has a primary communication pathway and a secondary communication pathway. When the primary communication pathway is implemented by a microwave radio link, it is susceptible to poor performance under adverse weather conditions. A system evaluates the available data bandwidth under adverse conditions and provides control instructions to a data switch to reduce the data flow to the primary communication pathway. In addition, the data switch may receive priority control data to prioritize data queues to the primary communication pathway and the secondary communication pathway in accordance with the received instructions. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028147 | AIRCRAFT DATA RADIO WITH ALTERNATIVE CHANNEL SELECTION - A data link radio system onboard an aircraft communicates with a plurality of ground stations that employ either an analog communication protocol or a digital communication protocol. A database contains information related to each ground station and its respective communication protocol. A transceiver communicates data bidirectionally with the ground stations. A receiver scans for an alternative ground station to use as an alternative to an active ground station with which the transceiver is communicating. When the active ground station becomes unavailable, the transceiver is automatically reconfigured for the analog or digital communication protocol used by the alternative ground station and then begins communicating with the alternative ground station. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028148 | CARRIER AGGREGATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICES - Method, system and devices for managing carrier aggregation in a radiocommunication system. According to the method, the user equipment ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110028149 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Influencing Handover Decisions - A cellular communications system end-user transceiver ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110028150 | Method of Updating Management Information and Related Communication Device - A method of updating management information for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises performing a procedure involved in a cell change from a first cell to a second cell; sending a first request to a network for first assistance data associated with the second cell when the procedure is finished; and receiving the first assistance data from the network. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028151 | ACTIVATION TIME FOR TARGET BASED HIGH SPEED SERVING CELL CHANGE - A method for setting up an activation time of a cell change of user equipment includes receiving a timing offset from a network controller through an active set update procedure and calculating a high speed downlink shared channel cell change activation time based on the timing offset. The activation time indicates when the user equipment can move to the target cell. The method also includes transmitting the calculated activation time to the network controller and receiving an approval of the downlink shared channel high speed cell change from the network controller. Additionally, the method includes moving from the serving cell to the target cell at the activation time if the approval has been received. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028152 | HANDOVER METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS USING THE HANDOVER METHOD - A receiving unit receives a first list showing base station apparatuses picked up by a terminal apparatus. The first list is attendant to a request for position registration sent from the terminal apparatus to a first base station apparatus. A selector compares the received first list with a second list showing base station apparatuses subscribed to by the terminal apparatus, and selects an already-subscribed second base station apparatus picked up by the terminal apparatus. An instruction unit has the first base station apparatus instruct the terminal apparatus to perform a handover to the second base station apparatus selected by the selector. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028153 | FREQUENCY RETENTION AND REUSE - A wireless device may receive a BA-list from a wireless service provider. Before removing any cell frequencies already stored in the wireless device, the wireless device may determine if the BA-list is complete. If the BA-list is not complete, the cell frequencies already stored in the wireless device may be retained, and the cell frequencies received in the BA-list may be added to the storage. However, if the BA-list is complete, the cell frequencies already stored in the wireless device may be removed if they are not in the BA-list. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028154 | METHOD FOR MULTIHIERARCHICAL ADDRESSING OF CELLS IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for operating a cellular mobile telephone network formed by a multiplicity of cells, with several cells at a time being grouped into a location area, by means of which mobile telephone terminals attached to the mobile telephone network can be located and addressed in this location area such that, for the purpose of establishing a call with a mobile telephone terminal, all cells in this location area page the mobile telephone terminal, wherein several groups (1, 2, 3 N) of location areas are created, with each cell being assigned to one or more of said groups (1, 2, 3, . . . N) and a cell being assignable to different of said groups (1, 2, 3, . . . N), and addressing of the cell being performed according to its affinity to a specific group (1, 2, 3, . . . N) of said groups. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028155 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER DATA CALL - A system, method, and computer readable medium for a data call setup comprises receiving an origination message by a radio call control (RCC) and by a main call control (MCC), receiving an assignment request message by the MCC and by the RCC, and receiving a traffic channel assignment message by a channel element control (CEC) and by the MCC. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028156 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE COORDINATED TRANSMISSION FOR DOWNLINK SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and device for controlling the serving BS and at least one coordinating BS for coordinating downlink data communication with the MS in a wireless telecommunication network based on CO-MIMO technology. The method comprises obtaining the MIMO downlink channel information between the serving BS and the MS and between the coordinating BS and the MS, determining the downlink signal precoding information between the serving BS and the MS and between the coordinating BS and the MS according to the channel information, and performing MIMO downlink data communication coordinately with the MS based on the downlink signal precoding information. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028157 | Real-Time Location Determination For In-Building Distributed Antenna Systems - A system for determining the location of a wireless mobile device with respect to an interconnected network of wireless transmission waveguides is disclosed. The interconnected network could be interconnected ducts of an HVAC system in a building. Multiple wireless probes are placed at multiple locations within the HVAC duct system (or similar interconnected network of waveguides). Each probe may detect a common signal from a wireless mobile device and independently preserve arrival time information of the detected signal, wherein the signal propagates to probes by way of a free-space path to an opening in one or another duct, and thereafter to the probes via one or another path through the interconnected ducts, which act as wireless transmission waveguides. By correlating timing information of a signal received at three or more probes, a location of the mobile wireless device may be determined by one or another form of triangulation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION TO A MOBILE CALLING UNIT - A system for providing location information to a mobile calling unit operating within or among a plurality of communication networks includes at least one communication access unit for each respective network of the plurality of communication networks. The calling unit effects communications with a respective communication network of the plurality of communicate networks via a respective communication access unit of the at least one communication access unit. The respective communication network and the respective communication access unit cooperate to automatically effect providing at least one almanac entry to the calling unit substantially on occurrence of a predetermined event. The at least one almanac entry relates to geographic location of the calling unit while the calling unit effects the communications. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING SPECIAL NUMBER CALLS USING TEXT MESSAGE FORMAT - A system for reducing location-related messages in a mobile a network includes: (a) a mobile communicator; (b) a location server coupled with the mobile communicator and the mobile a network; and (c) a location determiner coupled with the mobile communicator or the location server. The location determiner occasionally collects location information relating to an extant location of the mobile communicator. The mobile communicator or the location determiner effects location-related messages to convey location information to the location server. The mobile communicator or the location server employs the location-related messages to compile a locations schedule for the mobile communicator in a time-location almanac coupled with the mobile communicator. The mobile communicator occasionally compares the extant location with the locations schedule. Neither of the mobile communicator and the location determiner effects the location-related messages when the extant location is within a predetermined variance from the locations schedule. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION-TRIGGERED REWARDS - In some embodiments, techniques for rewarding presence include detecting a presence of a mobile phone within an enclosed space, transmitting information relating to the presence of the mobile phone within the enclosed space to a server computer, wherein the server computer processes an award for the presence of the mobile phone within the enclosed space, wherein the award is associated with a user account associated with the mobile phone; and receiving from the server computer information relating to the award. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028161 | Real-Time Location Determination For In-Building Distributed Antenna Systems - A system for determining the location of a wireless mobile device with respect to an interconnected network of wireless transmission waveguides is disclosed. The interconnected network could be interconnected ducts of an HVAC system in a building. Multiple wireless probes are placed at multiple locations within the HVAC duct system (or similar interconnected network of waveguides). Each probe may detect a common signal from a wireless mobile device and independently preserve arrival time information of the detected signal, wherein the signal propagates to probes by way of a free-space path to an opening in one or another duct, and thereafter to the probes via one or another path through the interconnected ducts, which act as wireless transmission waveguides. By correlating timing information of a signal received at three or more probes, a location of the mobile wireless device may be determined by one or another form of triangulation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING COMMUNICATION TERMINALS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - Methods and systems in a wireless communication network for determining respective distances between a given base transceiver station and one or more other base transceiver stations. An effective location of the given base transceiver station may be calculated that is different from its physical location. The effective location may be use to report an estimated location of a communication terminal communicating with the given base transceiver station. The estimated location may be provided in networks that support both a hard handover or soft handover of the communication terminal between the given base transceiver station and the one or more other base transceiver stations. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028163 | ONBOARD RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Individual radio sets | 2011-02-03 |
20110028164 | MOVEMENT HISTORY REFERENCE SYSTEM, MOVEMENT INFORMATION REGISTRATION SERVER, INFORMATION COLLECTION SERVER, MOVEMENT HISTORY REFERENCE METHOD AND PROGRAM - A movement history reference system includes: a base station communicating with a first terminal; and a movement information registration server and an information collection server connected mutually to the base station. The movement information registration server includes: a first storage unit that stores the movement history; and a movement history recording unit that acquires positional information of the first terminal from the base station, and requests the information collection server to retrieve an address corresponding to the positional information and additional information related to the address. The information collection server includes: a second storage unit that stores address data that is a list of addresses corresponding to the positional information; and a data retrieval unit that retrieves an address corresponding to the positional information from the address data, retrieves additional information related to the address, and returns the acquired address and additional information to the movement information registration server. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028165 | LOCATION SERVER, LOCATION CONTROLLER, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING LOCATION-BASED SERVICE - A location server, a location controller, a method and a system for implementing a location-based service are provided. The method includes: receiving a location data request sent by a client; sending a location request message including QoS requirement information to a location controller; sending location information to the client according to a location response returned by the location controller, where the location response includes location measurement information. The location server does not need to directly transmit QoS requirement values sent by the client, but satisfies the service having no specific requirements for QoS of a location result by determining the sent QoS requirement information flexibly. The network can determine the QoS of the location result according to its own location capability. In this way, the network location capability is fully utilized, and at the same time flexibility of a location service QoS requirement is improved. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FEMTO CELL SELF-TIMING AND SELF-LOCATING - Devices and methods are provided for providing self-timing and self-locating in an access point (AP) base station. In one embodiment, the method involves receiving Satellite Positioning System (SPS) signals from a first data source (e.g., plurality of satellites), wherein the SPS signals may include SPS time data, SPS frequency data, and SPS position data. The method may further involve obtaining from a second data source (e.g., cell site, terrestrial navigation station, server, user input interface, etc.) at least one of second time data, second frequency data and second position data, and determining relative reliability of the first and second data sources. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING MESSAGES TO BE SENT WHILE A MOBILE DEVICE IS OUT-OF-COVERAGE - A system and method are provided that enable a mobile device when out-of-coverage and thus unable to send or receive messages to rely on other mobile devices which are also out-of-coverage as “hosts” for their outgoing messages such that when one of the hosts comes back into coverage the host mobile device (HMD) can send the outgoing messages on behalf of the originating or “source” mobile device (SMD). The system and method may comprise a pairing procedure to determine the suitability of a mobile device being an HMD according to criteria such as battery power, memory availability and whether the device is also out of coverage. When coming back into coverage, information is obtained from the data communication system to determine whether others have already sent messages that have been provided to host mobile devices. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028168 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING MESSAGE RESPONSES TO INCOMING PHONE CALLS - A computing device is configured to receive an incoming communication from another computing device. The incoming communication may be for purpose of initiating a voice-exchange session. In response to receiving the incoming call, the computing device may identify or determine a message identifier of the other computing device. The message identifier is determined based at least in part on data provided with the incoming communication. The computing device may programmatically address a message to the other computing device using the message identifier determined from the incoming communication. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028169 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - The invention discloses a method for operating a communication terminal comprising a receiver chain (EK) with at least one receiver component (RXD) and with an amplifier device (LNA) connected upstream thereof for receiving broadcast radio signals transmitted in first time periods in a predetermined frequency band, and also a transmission device (SEM) for transmitting radio signals. The method has the following steps. First of all, the noise occurring upon transmission of the radio signals in the frequency band of the receiver chain is measured in the receiver chain and then the gain of the amplifier device is set on the basis of the measured noise such that a maximum signal level on the receiver component is not exceeded. Measurement of the noise occurring by the transmission device thus allows the receiver chain to be protected by setting the amplifier device such that the signal level caused by the noise, in particular, is not exceeded, but the maximum possible sensitivity of the receiver chain for receiving radio signals can be set. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028170 | TRANSMISSION POWER ALLOCATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided a method for allocating a transmission power to a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, in a node which is able to communicate with a secondary usage node, comprising the steps of: determining an interference power acceptable for two or more second communication services when the two or more second communication services are operated; distributing a transmission power depending on the interference power among the two or more second communication services according to a first rule; distributing the transmission power similarly according to a second rule; selecting one of the first rule and the second rule based on transmission powers distributed according to the first rule and transmission powers distributed according to the second rule; and allocating the transmission powers distributed according to the selected rule respectively to the two or more second communication services. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028171 | Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Radio Resource Control Procedures in Wireless Communication System - A method for optimizing a radio resource control procedure in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system supports Coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission/reception, which enables a plurality of cells cooperating and providing services for a user equipment (UE). The method includes defining cells directly or indirectly participating in transmission to the UE within the plurality of cells as members of a CoMP cooperating set, and setting the cells of the CoMP cooperating set to use a same system frame number. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028172 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND LOCATION MANAGEMENT SERVER - A communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention is a communication system including a location management server for managing the location of a mobile station, a base station for deciding an exchange which accommodates the mobile station via the base station in response to a location registration request from the mobile station and making the location registration request to the exchange decided, and an exchange for making the location registration request to the location management server in response to the location registration request from the base station, wherein the location management server designates an exchange for accommodating the mobile station in response to the location registration request. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028173 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - When a service providing device which provides a service to a mobile communication terminal enters a service stop mode, a signal indicating that the service stop mode is set in is transmitted to service providing devices other than that service providing device. Upon reception of the signal, the service providing device which has transmitted the signal releases the resource of the mobile communication terminal to which a service has been provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028174 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - When a service providing device which provides a service to a mobile communication terminal has entered a service stop state, a managing device connected to the service providing device instructs service providing devices other than the service providing device which has entered the service stop state, to release a resource of a mobile communication terminal to which a service has been provided by the service providing device which has entered the service stop state. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028175 | Device for managing of base station and method for managing thereof - A management device of a stopping or moving base station includes: an information acquisition unit that acquires first information about wireless environment from a neighboring base station and that acquires second information about the wireless environment by connecting to a backbone network; a position estimating unit that estimates a position of the neighboring base station based on the first information; and an operation condition selection unit that selects radio resources based on at least one of the first information and the second information. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028176 | CHANNEL ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICAITON LOCAL AREA NETWORK - The present invention discloses a method of allocating channels for a wireless communication local area network, with a system comprising a console and a plurality of nodes that can be controlled by the console through wireless communication, which method comprises the steps of connecting at least two nodes in series via a connecting means, each of the nodes being configured to transmit signals in turn through said connecting means; sending a trigger signal to a first node through said connecting means; receiving a first response signal sent by the first node in response to said trigger signal so as to determine that the first node is available; allocating a first wireless channel for wireless communication between the console and the first node, and sending information including the allocation of the first wireless channel to the first node; whereupon the first node transmits the trigger signal to a second node adjacent to the first node after confirming that the allocation of the first wireless channel has been completed. By means of this technical solution, different wireless channels can be conveniently allocated to respective nodes in accordance with the different physical locations thereof, so that the console can control each of the nodes separately according to its needs. The present invention has extensive application prospects in the wireless control of lighting networks or inductor networks. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028177 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A base station apparatus is either of at least two types of base station apparatuses defined in a certain communication system. A ranging processing unit cyclically assigns control signals. The frequency of assigning control signals per unit time in the ranging processing unit is different from the frequency of assigning control signals per unit time in another type of base station apparatus. A modulator, a transmitter, and a radio unit broadcast an assigned control signal. The radio unit, the transmitter, the modulator, a receiver, and a demodulator perform communication with a terminal apparatus that has received a broadcasted control signal. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSFERRING CONTENT TO AND FROM AN AIRCRAFT - A system and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from a vehicle, in particular, an aircraft. The content includes, for example, data, voice, video and multimedia, that can be wirelessly exchanged over a wireless communication link between an aircraft and a ground station while the aircraft is at or near a parking gate, or between aircraft. In an example, the system employs long distance metropolitan area technology, such as IEEE Standard 802.16 wireless technology, to increase transfer range. The parameter of the wireless communication link can be adjusted based on, for example, the location of the link. The content can further be provided between the vehicle and ground station based on priorities, such as the available link speed, importance of the information, and/or anticipated connection time between the vehicle and ground station. A media creation center can be networked to a plurality of base stations. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028179 | TRANSMISSION POWER DETERMINATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided a method for determining an acceptable transmission power for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, comprising the step of determining the acceptable transmission power based on quality of a radio signal required in the first communication service, an interference level or a noise level in the first communication service, and a path loss on a communication path about one or more secondary usage node that transmits a radio signal of the second communication service. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028180 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided a method for controlling a transmission power in a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, with use of any node of one or more secondary usage node that transmits a radio signal of the second communication service, comprising the steps of: acquiring an acceptable interference power allocated to the second communication service; calculating a total sum of interference power levels on the first communication service based on transmission powers respectively required for the one or more secondary usage node; and excluding any secondary usage node of the one or more secondary usage node from allocation of the transmission power when the calculated total sum of interference power levels is larger than the acceptable interference power. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028181 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for configuration and optimization of an Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of configuring the ANR by a Base Station (BS) in the wireless communication system includes receiving a measurement report message for reporting a neighbor cell's signal quality from one or more User Equipments (UEs), determining a neighbor cell, reported from a UE in an area where a serving cell's signal quality is greater than a first reference value, as an Overlay Neighbor (ON), among neighbor cells reported using the measurement report message, and determining a neighbor cell, reported from a UE in an area where the serving cell's signal quality is less than a second reference value, as a Horizontal Neighbor (HN), among the neighbor cells reported using the measurement report message, wherein the second reference value is set to a value smaller than the first reference value. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028182 | MULTIMODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A multimode wireless communication device includes a first radio section operably to convert outbound analog baseband signals into first outbound RF signals and to convert first inbound RF signals into inbound analog baseband signals when the wireless communication device is in a first mode of operation and a second radio section that performs similar functions in a second mode of operation. A diplexer section includes a first diplexer for coupling to a first antenna, and a second diplexer for coupling to a second antenna, and that selectively couples the first radio section to one of the first antenna and the second antenna, and that selectively couples the second radio section to one of the first antenna and the second antenna. First and second T/R switches are coupled to the first and second diplexers and to respectively, to the first and second radio sections. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028183 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION - Techniques for reconstructing an image of an object are provided. In some embodiments, an image reconstructing system includes one or more cameras, one or more light sources and an image processor. The cameras are configured to capture images of an object and the light sources are configured to irradiate the object. The image processor is configured to process the images to generate a first representation of the object and a second representation of the object, and to generate a reconstructed image of the object based on the first representation and the second representation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028184 | Universal Credit Card Apparatus and Method - The apparatus and method described herein provides for creating multiple spatial patterns, such as magnetic patterns on credit cards. The invention includes storage of information from which patterns may be created, a pattern creation device for creating the spatial patterns, and control whereby the information which is stored is selectively utilized to cause the pattern creation. This allows multiple desired patterns to be simulated, allowing convenient replacement of a number of separate pattern carrying devices. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028185 | BASE STATION FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides a base station for an electronic apparatus. The base station includes a main body, a groove, a verifier and at least one motor. The main body is an empty body and accommodates the at least one motor. The groove is defined in the middle of the main body. The verifier is on one side of the main body. The groove accommodates two plates and at least one arc spring. Each arc spring is connected to the two plates. At least one screw is fixed on one plate. Each screw is connected to one motor through a corresponding screw hole. The number of motors, screws and holes are the same. The base station clamps the electronic apparatus between the two plates. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028186 | BOUNCING ANIMATION OF A LOCK MODE SCREEN IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Displaying a lock mode screen of a mobile terminal is disclosed. One embodiment of the present disclosure pertains to a mobile terminal comprising a display module, an input device configured to detect an input for triggering a bouncing animation of a lock mode screen, and a controller configured to cause the display module to display the bouncing animation in response to the input for triggering the bouncing animation, where the bouncing animation comprises the lock mode screen bouncing for a set number of times with respect to an edge of the display module prior to stabilization. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028187 | INCOMING CALL INDICATION IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Incoming call indication method and system in a call initialization process in a mobile telecommunication system, whereby a user (caller, USER | 2011-02-03 |
20110028188 | Radioterminals Including Satellite Interlocks and Related Methods - A radioterminal may include a transceiver, a hands-free interface, and a satellite/hands-free interlock. The transceiver may be configured for space-based communications and for terrestrial wireless communications. The satellite/hands-free interlock may be configured to prevent the transceiver from transmitting space-based communications unless the hands-free interface is activated. Related methods are also discussed. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028189 | Charging Cradle - A charging cradle has a rectangular cradle body defined an upper surface, a front surface and two opposite lateral surfaces thereon. An end of the upper surface adjacent to the front surface is formed with a subjacent surface lower than the upper surface and connecting with the upper surface by a first inclined surface. The upper surface has a receiving chamber extending along a front and rear direction. A charging base having a rotation portion defined a rectangular base mounted in the receiving chamber and rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the two lateral surfaces. A rear end of the rectangular base is extended downwards to form a receiving portion. Two opposite sides of the rectangular base have portions adjacent to a front end thereof extended laterally to form resisting portions, free ends of which extend downwards to form holding plates located at two opposite sides of the cradle body. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028190 | Foldable portable information terminal - A portable device includes an upper unit, a lower unit having an operation section on an operation surface, and a movable connecting mechanism which connects the upper unit and the lower unit. The movable connecting mechanism includes a rotating hinge including a rotation axis which is securely and rotatably provided to the lower unit and which protrudes from the operation surface in a direction substantially normal to the operation surface, a projection protruding outward from the rotation axis, and a stopping member provided at a location where the projection comes in contact with the stopping member due to rotation of the rotation axis. The stopping member is movable within a predetermined range of movement due to the projection coming in contact with the stopping member. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028191 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION - A mobile communications device having an antenna partly formed from an electrostatic discharge shield covering a microphone. The antenna includes a radiator arm extending from the electrostatic discharge shield and includes a feed element connecting the electrostatic discharge shield to a signal trace. To the extent the microphone employs an acoustic tube to form an acoustic pathway between the device casing and the microphone, the radiator arm of the antenna may be arranged over the acoustic tube. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028192 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, ELECTRICALLY FLOATING ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing having a surface, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB. The device may further include an antenna connected to the transceiver, and at least one electrically floating, electrically conductive, antenna beam shaping element secured to the surface of the portable housing for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028193 | SPREADER DISK ASSEMBLY CONVERTIBLE FOR WINDROWING - A spreader disk assembly for spreading crop residue such as straw discharged from an agricultural harvesting machine, and more particularly, which has a bat support mechanism that enables the bats to be quickly and easily hingedly or pivotally convertible from a deployed spreading mode to a flattened stowed mode for windrowing, which does not require removal of the bats, or the disk from the spreader. A locking mechanism is provided that enables the quick and easy conversion and securely holds the bats in both modes. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028194 | System and method for unified-context mapping of physical input device controls to application program actions - Disclosed are single or unified execution context systems and processes for managing relationships between physical input device controls and application program actions in a manner that automatically accommodates firmware and/or device driver configuration operations. A process involves establishing an application program execution context; establishing a relationship (e.g., graphically) between a first physical input device control element and a first user-selectable action; and automatically maintaining the relationship between the first physical control element and the first user-selectable action such that the first user-selectable action is consistently initiated in response to user interaction with the first physical control element independent of an input device firmware or device driver reconfiguration that may change a control element signal generated by the first physical control element. Input device control element—application program action relationships can be established and/or maintained within an application program's execution context. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028195 | FANTASY SPORTS LEAGUES COMPRISING HISTORICAL PLAYERS AND/OR HISTORICAL RESULTS - Computer-based fantasy sports leagues portraying games between historical players with contest outcomes based in part on the performance of those players in historical games and game results, typically with related network and user interfaces. The fantasy sports game can be a fantasy football game. In one embodiment, the historical data includes statistical information related to previous, historical real-life athletes and specific, real-life actual games played by those players. The games can be structured such that specified time periods of the athletes are incorporated into the operational considerations, and can include a fantasy drafting process by the human players wherein selections of the available real-life historical athletes are made. The historical fantasy game comprises methods, systems, programming, etc., comprising associated instructions and operations for displaying the sports video game characters for the fantasy game. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028196 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING BALL INFORMATION IN SCREEN GOLF AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing ball information in screen golf to display not only the start/stop points of a ball but also the ball's route and the competition state in more detail. The invention comprises a wired/wireless terminal and a competition-results providing server. The wired/wireless terminal prepared in a place that provides a virtual golf course environment detects the coordinates and route of a ball depending on a golfer's shot and indicates the coordinates and the route on a stored map image according to preset conditions so that a golfer may confirm the ball's route and the competition state. In addition, the wired/wireless terminal transmits to the competition results server the competition information recognized during the golf competition with the correspondent golfer's information. The competition results server generates and provides the competition results requested by the golfer based on the competition information transmitted from the wired/wireless terminal. Since the invention indicates the start/stop points of a ball as well as the ball's route and the competition state in more detail, the golfer is able to enjoy a golf competition in a more realistic environment. Therefore, the invention enables the increase of pleasure in the golf competition. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028197 | ROULETTE PAYOUT CALCULATOR - A mechanical calculator that computes payouts for combinations of roulette bets. A number wheel ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110028198 | Modified Auction Style Game and Game of Chance Driven by Collective User Data, Random Choice, and Partial Payback - An auction is effected with two levels of participation. A winning ticket is established and the auction object is awarded to the winning ticket. In addition, certain tickets are selected as payback tickets which receive back either the amount paid for the ticket or at least the mean entry fee, which is the average paid for all tickets. The winning ticket is awarded randomly, but the individual tickets in the “drawing” are weighted according to the entry fee paid for the given ticket. The payback tickets are determined according to another criterion, for example the time of purchase or a match between the actual fee paid for the ticket and the mean entry fee. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028199 | Vending Machine for Manufacturing On-Demand Lottery Tickets - A distributed manufacturing and distribution process for lottery tickets is disclosed. The manufacturing/vending system comprises a ticket manufacturing server and one or more vending devices located at remote sites. Each vending device is operatively coupled for communication with the server, normally via a network connection. Each vending devices is further equipped with blank media and printing means, so that a customer is able to purchase on-demand tickets from a vending device in communication with the server. Additionally, the vending devices may be configured as electronic aid to display the results of the purchased lottery tickets in entertaining ways to the customer. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028200 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR APPLYING CONDITIONS TO A LOTTERY EVENT - Products and processes are disclosed for receiving a lottery record associated with a sale of a lottery ticket. The lottery record includes a plurality of lottery numbers, and a condition for creating at least one entry that includes the lottery numbers in a lottery drawing. It is determined that the condition is satisfied and the at least one entry in the lottery drawing is created. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028201 | BINGO GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE OUTCOMES FROM SINGLE BINGO PATTERN - The gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a bingo game wherein a single bingo pattern is associated with a plurality of outcomes. In one such embodiment, a first bingo pattern is associated with a static outcome, such as an award of a designated value, and a second bingo pattern is associated with an open-ended outcome, such as a progressive award. If a bingo pattern associated with a progressive award is covered, the disclosed gaming system and method causes the bingo game to display a symbol combination associated with the progressive award. In one embodiment, the disclosed gaming system and method selects the symbol combination from a plurality of symbol combinations associated with the progressive award. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028202 | Methods and Devices for Reel-Type Wagering with Bonus Games - One or more client machines may engage in the play of reel-type games with a gaming server, where each gaming session may include one or more spins of a reel in the reel-type game. Certain outcomes of these spins may include a bonus token, or some other type of indication that bonus credits have been awarded. Once a given client machine has accumulated a sufficient number of bonus tokens, the client machine may have the option to engage in a bonus game. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028203 | PRESENTING WAGERING GAME CONTENT IN MULTIPLE WINDOWS - Described herein are processes and devices that present wagering game content in multiple windows. One of the devices described is a wagering game system. The wagering game system can receive wagering game content and control information from more than one content provider. The wagering game system can present the content from the various content providers in one or more windows, such as by presenting content from one provider in a main window while presenting content from a second provider in one or more auxiliary windows. The wagering game system can also determine priority information for content displayed in the windows and control the appearance and actions of the windows, or content displayed within the windows, based on the priority information. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028204 | GAMING CHIP AND SYSTEM FOR USE THEREWITH - A computer-implemented interactive system and methods allowing for the tracking, management, and reporting of casino smart chips are provided. In an illustrative implementation a casino smart chip environment comprises a casino smart chip management engine, and instruction set comprising at least one instruction to instruct the casino smart chip engine to process data representative of the activation, tracking, monitoring, and/or reporting of one or more casino smart chips. In the illustrative implementation, the one or more casino smart chips can comprise one or more operative components comprising any of a communications component (e.g., radio frequency identification (RFID) component), a display component, a monetary value store, and a unique identifier store. Operatively, the exemplary casino smart chip engine can track, store, and report data representative of the authentication, commissioning, draw down, decommissioning, and use of the smart casino chip in casino and non-casino activities. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028205 | CONCURRENT PLAY ON MULTIPLE GAMING MACHINES - Some implementations allow a player to control multiple gaming machines involved in a concurrent gaming session by interacting with only one of the machines. For example, a patron may be able to provide credit and/or user input for all gaming machines that are involved in a concurrent gaming session by interacting with only one gaming machine. A patron may be able to provide a player tracking card to only one gaming machine, but may obtain player loyalty points for all participating machines. A coordinated game presentation may be provided for some or all of the gaming machines. Game outcomes of two or more gaming machines may be combined to produce an outcome that could not be produced by an individual gaming machine. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028206 | FANTASY LEAGUE PAYMENT AND ADMINISTRATION - A fantasy league administration system is described herein that simplifies responsibilities of league administrators and improves the experience of managing a league for both commissioners and league participants. During the pre-season phase, the system helps commissioners setup a league to start the new season by copying information from a previous league season. Also during the pre-season, the system allows the commissioner to set deadlines for one or more events, such as payment of league participation fees. As the season begins, the system allows administrators to receive fees late based on previously configured late payment options, and to make payments to vendors or others from a league account managed by the commissioner and/or the league participants. As payments arise, the commissioner may submit a payment request to the league and the league may vote to approve or deny the payment. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028207 | INTEGRATING VIDEO BROADCASTS INTO WAGERING GAMES - Described herein are processes and devices that integrate video broadcasts into wagering games. One of the devices described is a wagering game system. The wagering game system can receive a video feed and detect activity performed in the video feed. The system can generate a wagering game character that in some way emulates the activity performed in the video feed. The system can detecting activities performed by the wagering game character and utilize the activities to generating a wagering game outcome. The system can also generate overlay objects to be used as wagering game elements and integrate the overlay objects with the video feed as a wagering game, or in conjunction with wagering games. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028208 | GAME USING INDEPENDENT-SOURCE GAME DATA - A game is disclosed that uses independent ongoing game data to define the game objective. The ongoing game data is defined by a source that is independent of the game program or gram operator. The ongoing game data is displayed to a player who is given an option to select which direction the next value of the game data. When the ongoing game data reaches its next value, the game determines whether the actual direction of the next value is the same as the direction selected by the player. If the two directions are the same, the player wins. The game will then display the results of the game to the player. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028209 | CONTROLLING CONTENT ACCESS - Embodiments related to controlling access to content are disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, a computing system comprising an application program further includes a device identification code identifying the computing system. The computing system further includes a content manager configured to control access by the application program to a content package, and the content manager is further configured to update a device audit list of the content package upon allowing the application program to modify the content package. The content manager is further configured to digitally sign the content package with a private key of the computing system after the application program modifies the content package. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028210 | Latency Solutions - In processing a game scene for display, in one embodiment input controller position information from a host memory is provided directly to a graphics processor rather than first being processed by a 3D application in a host processor. This results in more direct and timely processing of position information and reduces the number of 3D processing pipeline steps the controller position information must pass through thus reducing the user's perceived latency between moving the input controller and seeing the displayed results. In another embodiment, the input controller position information is provided directly from an input controller to a graphics card or subsystem rather than first going through a host processor or memory. This results in even more direct and timely processing of position information by further reducing the number of 3D processing pipeline steps the controller position information must pass through thus further reducing the user's perceived latency. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028211 | INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD - An information terminal may include, but is not limited to: a communication unit that receives, from a first server, a first animation and control information correlated to the first animation; a display unit that displays the first animation; and a control unit that controls the display unit to stop displaying the first animation and to start to display a second animation at a predetermined time based on the control information. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028212 | Computerized Imaging of Sporting Trophies and Method of Providing a Replica - Methods are disclosed for providing replicas of a sporting trophy and for scoring the sporting trophy. The first method includes providing a sporting trophy to be scanned, scanning the sporting trophy to provide three-dimensional image data of the sporting trophy, and providing the three-dimensional image data of the sporting trophy to a replica generating system to provide a replica of the sporting trophy. The second method includes providing three-dimensional digital data of a sporting trophy having a volume and a surface area, providing at least one sporting-relevant measurement based on the three-dimensional data of the sporting trophy, and providing a score of the sporting trophy based on the at least one sporting-relevant measurement. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028213 | IN-THEATRE INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - In-theater interactive entertainment system. A game server generates video content in digital form and is displayed on a digital display in a theater. A telephony system is connected to the game server enabling a group of individual game participants in the theater to exchange data wirelessly with the game server so that the game participants can interact with video content on the display. It is preferred that at the display is a reflective screen illuminated by a digital projector. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028214 | MUSIC-BASED VIDEO GAME WITH USER PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE - A music-based video game additionally evaluates a game player's physical performance. The game player's physical performance is evaluated in some embodiments by determining if an indication of controller movement matches predefined patterns while the game player responds to instructive cues to operate a representation of a musical instrument. A representation of a musician may be provided, with the game player to mimic movements of the representation of the musician. The game player may be provided additional points for properly responding to instructive cues while moving in predefined manners. | 2011-02-03 |
20110028215 | Video Game System with Mixing of Independent Pre-Encoded Digital Audio Bitstreams - A computer-implemented method of encoding audio includes accessing a plurality of independent audio source streams, each of which includes a sequence of source frames. Respective source frames of each sequence include respective pluralities of pulse-code modulated audio samples. Each of the plurality of independent audio source streams is separately encoded to generate a plurality of independent encoded streams, each of which corresponds to a respective independent audio source stream. The encoding includes, for respective source frames, converting respective pluralities of pulse-code modulated audio samples to respective pluralities of floating-point frequency samples that are divided into a plurality of frequency bands. An instruction to mix the plurality of independent encoded streams is received; in response, respective floating-point frequency samples of the independent encoded streams are combined. An output bitstream is generated that includes the combined respective floating-point frequency samples. | 2011-02-03 |