12th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120071113 | 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. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071114 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a digital-to-analog converter includes a plurality of cells. Each cell includes a current source and a differential switch. The current source includes a first transistor arranged in a first region and connected to either a power source or a ground, a second transistor arranged in a second region which is different from the first region and connected directly or indirectly with the first transistor in a cascode configuration, and a metallic interconnect connecting the first region and the second region electrically. The differential switch includes a pair of transistors, each connected to the second transistor and arranged in the second region. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071115 | Method of Controlling RF Transmissions to Mitigate Interference with Critical Care Medical Equipment - Various methods of mitigating RF inference with one or more critical care medical devices is provided, wherein a predetermined threshold energy acceleration value is associated with the one or more critical care medical devices that, if exceeded, will cause RF inference with the one or more critical care medical devices. The methods includes generating and transmitting RF energy, wherein at least a portion of said RF energy follows an RF power profile of power versus time having a particular format designed to mitigate interference. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071116 | MU MIMO SUPPORT WITH HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS - In various embodiments, a network controller in a multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU MIMO) network may perform training for directional communications with multiple mobile devices. It may organize the mobile devices into different groups, with all the mobile devices in a single group able to communicate simultaneously with the network controller without excessive interference from each other. Various techniques may be used for such training and grouping. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071117 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNALS WITH DOUBLE FREQUENCY CONVERSION - Front bandpass filters that are essentially transmissive only between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency filter the magnetic resonance signals. Front frequency mixers mix output signals of each of the bandpass filters with a front LO frequency that is standard for all the magnetic resonance signals. Rear bandpass filters that are essentially transmissive only around a front intermediate frequency filter the output signals of the front frequency mixers. Rear frequency mixers mix output signals of each of the rear bandpass filters with a respective constant rear LO frequency. Frequency filters that are transmissive for frequencies in the range of the difference of the rear LO frequency that is supplied to the rear frequency mixer arranged upstream thereof and the front intermediate frequency filter the output signals of the rear frequency mixers. Output signals of the frequency filters are combined into a common signal, which is transmitted onward. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071118 | DATA CONVERSION USING A SERIAL INTERFACE CLOCK IN A POWER AMPLIFIER MODULE - In a mobile wireless telecommunication device, a bidirectional serial interface is used to transfer a digital representation of an analog value from a first chip associated with a power amplifier module to a second chip. In an exemplary embodiment, circuitry on the first chip receives this clock signal from the second chip during the address portion of a read operation and uses this clock signal to generate a conversion clock signal. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) on the first chip operates in response to the conversion clock signal to convert an analog value to a digital output. Circuitry on the first chip then transfers the digital output of the ADC from the first chip to the second chip via the serial interface. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071119 | GAIN-CONTROL METHODS OF TRANSMITTER MODULATORS - An apparatus comprising a plurality of switchable full step mixer unit cells, wherein each switchable full step unit cell is configured to, when the full step transceiver mixer unit cell is turned on, increase the gain experienced by an electronic signal by a full step increment, and wherein the step increment is substantially constant regardless of temperature; and at least one switchable partial step mixer unit cell configured to, when the partial step transceiver mixer unit is turned on, increase the gain experienced by the electronic signal by a predetermined step increment less than that of a full step, and wherein the partial step increment is substantially constant regardless of temperature. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071120 | Adaptive Adjustment of Active Area for Power Amplifier - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a transmission circuit configured to dynamically adjust a number of active transistor cells within a power amplifier based upon a signal quality measurement determined from a feedback. The transmission circuit comprises a transmission chain having a power amplifier configured to provide an output signal. A feedback loop extends from the output of the power, amplifier to a control circuit and is configured to provide measured information about output signal (e.g., phase, amplitude, etc.) to the control circuit. The control circuit utilizes the measured signal information to evaluate a measured signal quality of the output signal. The control circuit dynamically adjusts a number of active transistor cells within a power amplifier based upon a signal quality measurement until the power amplifier is optimized to operate at an operating point for low current and good transmission quality. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071121 | MULTI-CONDUCTOR TRANSMIT ANTENNA FOR MAGNETIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A magnetic communication system utilizing a multi-conductor transmit antenna is provided. Each of the conductors is supplied with an identical signal such that the magnetic fields generated by each conductor add together to create a like signal having an increased strength. Individual energy barriers are operatively connected to each conductor element in order to limit the current supplied to each conductor to intrinsically safe levels. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071122 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND RECEIVER - The A/D conversion circuit according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first sampling capacitor; a first sampling switch; a buffer circuit; a second sampling capacitor; a second sampling switch; a first converter; a first reset switch; and a second reset switch. The first and second sampling switches are turned on to track voltage to the first sampling capacitor and to sample buffer voltage to the second sampling capacitor through the buffer circuit. The first sampling switch is turned off to hold voltage. The second sampling switch is turned off so that the first converter reads the voltage from the second sampling capacitor to perform A/D conversion thereon. After that, the first and second reset switches reset the first and second sampling capacitors. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071123 | Antenna System Monitor - A system is disclosed for monitoring of individual frequency channels in an RF signal band by configuration of the electronic processor to operate the tunable filter to select desired channel sub bands. Measurement of forward and/or reverse-propagating fields within the selected sub-bands may be performed and corresponding power levels recorded. The records may be used to provide monitoring signals, such as measures of forward and reflected power, as well as VSWR, return loss. Indications or alarms may be activated if any of these quantities, associated with any one or more channels, falls outside a predetermined acceptable operating range. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071124 | WAKE-UP METHOD FOR A MULTI-CHANNEL RECEIVER AND MULTI-CHANNEL WAKE-UP RECEIVER - A wake-up method for a multi-channel receiver comprises the following steps: checking for activity on every available channel by switching from one channel to the next thereby activating and subsequently deactivating one channel after the other; when activity is detected at least on one of the available channels, switching on all channels, measuring a respective received signal strength in every channel and performing a comparison of received signal strengths between all channels; and selecting the channel with the highest received signal strength. Further a multi-channel wake-up receiver is presented. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071125 | RMS AND ENVELOPE DETECTOR - Disclosed herein are power detectors and methods for detecting the average power level of an RF input signal and the voltage envelope of the RF input signal. Also disclosed herein are linear envelope detectors and methods for detecting the voltage envelope of an RF input signal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071126 | Communication Transceiver Having a Three-Line Balun With Power Amplifier Bias - A balun that includes a first conductor, a second conductor, and a third conductor. The first conductor has a first length. The first conductor also has a first end connected to a first balanced power amplifier output port. The second conductor has substantially the same first length. The second conductor also includes a first end connected to a second balanced power amplifier output port and a second end connected to a second end of the first conductor. The third conductor has substantially the same first length. The third conductor has a first end connected to an antenna port and a second end connected to a ground potential. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071127 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL DEVICE, RECEIVER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL METHOD - An automatic gain control device includes an amplifier which amplifies an input signal based on a gain control signal, and outputs an amplified signal, a converter which converts the amplified signal into a converted signal having a value corresponding to an absolute value of the amplified signal, a peak detector which removes, during a peak detection period, from values of the converted signal, a predetermined number of values which include a maximum value, and determines a peak level of the converted signal after the removing, an error calculator which calculates an error between the peak level and a reference signal, and outputs the error as an error signal, and a gain controller which updates the gain control signal based on the error signal, and outputs an updated gain control signal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071128 | MULTIMEDIA EMERGENCY SERVICES - A system and method for remotely controlling one or more monitoring devices in a user's household in the event of emergency so as to more productively monitor the emergency situation on a real-time basis. The monitoring devices may include a number of multimedia instruments such as a telephone with an answering machine, a computer with a built-in digital camera, a video recording device, a cellular phone with an integrated digital camera, etc. An emergency service provider may remotely activate the monitoring devices in the user's vicinity upon receiving an emergency help request from the user, and receive the information sent by the monitoring devices to enable the service personnel to plan appropriate response to the emergency at hand. Such an arrangement allows for better monitoring of the user's vicinity in an emergency situation without the need for prolonged user participation in narrating or describing the emergency situation. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071129 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TRANSMISSION OF AN ALERT TO MULTIPLE DEVICES - A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071130 | Emergency call from a cell phone - The invention provides a portable communications apparatus which is useful for reporting positional status report to a user-selected recipient(s). Using a global-positioning-receiver (i.e. GPS) to generate a location indicia of the portable communications apparatus, and a pre-defined user-generated message with at least one user-defined recipient, the apparatus, when activated by the user, sends the user-defined message, together with the location information, to the user-defined recipient. This information is useful for alerting the recipient of the user's location or to notify the recipient that assistance is needed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071131 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROFILING DATA COMMUNICATION ACTIVITY OF USERS OF MOBILE DEVICES - A method for profiling data communication activity of users of mobile devices, comprises sniffing traffic flows between a mobile device and the Internet through a cellular network; extracting a plurality of traffic attributes included in the traffic flows and associated with the mobile device; logging the extracted plurality of traffic attributes; analyzing the plurality of traffic attributes for generating a user profile for a user of the mobile device based on the plurality of traffic attributes, wherein the user profile includes at least one of an advertising targeted user profile and a security targeted user profile; and sharing information and alerts related to the generated user profile with at least one external system. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071132 | CONTROLLING, FILTERING, AND MONITORING OF MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, DATA, VOICE, AND APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for controlling, filtering, and monitoring mobile device access to the internet are disclosed. According to an embodiment a server is responsible for controlling, filtering and monitoring internet activity. For every request, the server interacts with back-end databases that categorize requests, and based on user/carrier/corporate settings, allow or disallow access to particular content. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071133 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION INTO A FILE, ENCRYPTION, TRANSMISSION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - A cell phone is disclosed for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto. A capture device captures information from an external source. A processor is provided for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that the representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information. The processing also places the augmented captured information in association with user information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such user information. A transmitter transmits the transmission including the augmented captured information and the user information to the receiving facility. An encryptor encrypts the augmented captured information for transmission to the receiving facility. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071134 | Automatic Pairing Of A Telephone Peripheral Unit And An Interface Unit - System for audio communication comprising: a peripheral unit and an interface unit, wherein the peripheral unit comprises a microphone and a speaker, and the peripheral unit is connectable to a telephone via the interface unit, the interface unit having a unique interface unit device address, and the peripheral unit having a unique peripheral unit device address, wherein the peripheral unit and the interface unit are mutually connectable via a wireless communication link for audio communication and via a detachable wired communication link for auxiliary data, and wherein the system further comprises automatic pairing routine for pairing the peripheral unit and the interface unit to establish the wireless communication link. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071135 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR LOCKING MESSAGE - A mobile terminal includes a storing module, a control module, and a locking module. The storing module is used for storing a plurality of messages. The control module is used for obtaining a message number corresponding to a message of the plurality of messages after determining the message associated with a reference condition. The locking module is used for locking the message according to the message number. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071136 | System And Methods For Data Communications In A Wireless Communication System - In one illustrative example, a mobile device receives from a relay services node an enable message which indicates a pending data message to be retrieved from a host service. The pending data message may comprise a body of text. Subsequent to the receiving of the enable message, a messaging application is opened at the mobile device. In response to the opening of the messaging application, the mobile device communicates directly with the host service without use of the relay services node, for retrieving the pending data message from the host service via a wireless network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071137 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECORDING, MANAGING, AND PRESENTING VOICE GREETINGS - According to one exemplary embodiment, a method and system for recording, organizing, and presenting one or more voice greetings is disclosed. The method or system can be implemented using software running on any of a variety of computing devices. The method and system can facilitate the recording and organizing of one or more voice greetings and can determine when and to whom a greeting can be presented, based on at least one of date, time, and identity of a contact. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071138 | Systems and Methods for Providing Context-Based Voicemail - Voicemail systems and methods for managing voicemail systems are provided herein. The subject voicemail systems provide a plurality voicemail greeting, each of which are associated with a context tag. The context tag can be, for example, a location, a device parameter, an account parameter, a network parameter, or any other contextual information. Upon receipt of a change in a context tag, the voicemail system determines a new voicemail greeting associated with the new context tag and sets the new voicemail greeting to the active voicemail greeting. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071139 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATING SERVICES ON A WIRELESS TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for setting a wireless terminal for a service are disclosed. The wireless terminal automatically sends identification information to a server by dialing a predetermined number. Upon receiving the identification information, the server finds customer information corresponding to the identification information, and determines one or more services which are available on the wireless terminal. The server sends service information indicating the available services. The wireless terminal displays a list of the available services, and upon detecting a selection of an available service, sends a request to transfer an application program for setting up the selected service to the server. The wireless terminal executes the downloaded application program and displays guidance for setting up the available service. In response to user inputs based on the displayed guidance, the selected service is activated and set-up in the wireless terminal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071140 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A method for controlling mobile communications involves identifying an operator of the mobile vehicle, where the operator is associated with the mobile communications device. The method further includes recognizing, via a telematics unit in the mobile vehicle, a first in-vehicle trigger to initiate a vehicle data upload event with a telematics service center. The vehicle data for the vehicle data upload event includes information of the mobile vehicle and of the operator of the mobile vehicle. Upon receiving the vehicle data at the telematics service center, transmitting a request from the service center to a mobile communications service provider to disable at least one of an incoming communication for the mobile communications device or an outgoing communication from the mobile communications device. The method further involves disabling the incoming and/or outgoing communication. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071141 | HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ACCESS ON DEVICES WITH ONE OR MORE NETWORK INTERFACES - A method for managing TCP flows in a mobile device adapted to connect to two or more wireless network types includes enabling connection to a number of networks of different types at the mobile device and executing a plurality of Internet-enabled applications on the mobile device. Each such application forms an existing TCP connection over a first one of the wireless networks. The routing table is modified such that any additional TCP connection will be created on a second one of the wireless networks. The device determines that a termination condition has occurred and in response to determining that the termination condition has occurred, renders an interface on the mobile device to the first one of the wireless networks inoperative. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071142 | GENERATION OF MULTI-MEDIA RINGTONES FROM A FRIEND'S RECENT SOCIAL DATA - A communications device includes a receiver to receive social data of a friend of a user of the communications device and an animator to animate the social data for playing on the communications device upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between the user and the friend. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING MAP COORDINATES TO FIXED LOCATION - A method for obtaining directions to fixed location such as a restaurant includes using a telephone to call a 411 directory, and providing a prompt to the caller during the 411 call to push a button on the telephone to download the GPS location of the restaurant. The GPS information is transferred from the telephone to a navigation module in a vehicle which displays a map showing the route to the restaurant. Or, the GPS location may be obtained from an Internet server associated with the fixed location. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071144 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A system and method for managing mobile device communication in an enterprise includes a device management agent and a synchronization agent in the mobile device. Information about the status of the mobile device is collected by the device management agent and the synchronization agent communicates the status information to the enterprise with which the mobile device is associated. A synchronization server at the enterprise collects device information and updates records at the enterprise. Information such as device telephone number is propagated to the enterprise directory and potentially to a PBX to ensure connectivity with the mobile device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071145 | PERVASIVE CONTACT CENTER - Methods and systems that support the receipt of location data and/or touch data from a mobile communication device are provided. More particularly, a mobile customer service server is provided that can receive location data from or regarding a mobile communication device, and associate that location data with recognition data. The recognition data can in turn be delivered to other server side components, and used to select content to be returned to the mobile communication device. The mobile customer service server can also receive touch data input to the mobile communication device, and can provide recognition data related to the touch input to other server side component. Server side components provided with location or touch data by the mobile customer service server do not themselves need to natively support location recognition or touch recognition capabilities. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071146 | PATTERN BASED ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method is disclosed in which a server generates and transmits a reply to a mobile device via a wireless communication link in response to receiving a request from a mobile device. The reply includes first pattern information and data elements retrieved from a logical data model. The mobile device renders a first page on a screen thereof in response to receiving the reply. The first page includes visual representations of the data elements, and the first page presents the visual representations in a first pattern corresponding to the first pattern information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071147 | METHOD FOR CALL CONTROL WHEN SETTING UP A COMMUNICATION LINK - The inventions relates to a method for call control when setting up a communication link from a first calling terminal device, particularly from a mobile radio terminal device which logged into or associated with a first communication network, via one or more communication networks to at least one called terminal device, wherein a server associated with the first communication network is used to report back the current status to the calling terminal device from the network. According to the invention an application is used to evaluate the status reported back from the network and a plurality of different actions can be defined and performed within the call control upon the status reported back from the network. Depending on said status one or more action(s) is/are performed which emanate(s) from the first calling terminal device and/or which is/are allocated thereto. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071148 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING TELEPHONE CONNECTION TO MOBILE-COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WHERE CALLING PARTY CONTROLS HOW CALL IS ESTABLISHED - The invention relates to a method for establishing a telephone connection to a mobile communications terminal device ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120071149 | PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL DEVICE ACTIVATION - The present application allows wake-up and unlock operations to occur using a single event, such as a single keystroke. Additionally, a check is made to ensure that activation was caused by human touch, not an object. In one embodiment, an area of a mobile device is designated as a wake-up area, which is separate from the touch screen. A user can touch the wake-up area to both activate the mobile device from a sleep mode and unlock the mobile device. In another embodiment, the wake-up area can be integrated into the touch screen, so that there is not an appearance of a separate button. Fingerprint checking and/or proximity sensors can also be integrated into the mobile device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071150 | CALL MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MOBILE PHONE - The present disclosure provides a call management method for a mobile phone. The mobile phone may be set with a preset period and a preset phone number. The mobile phone determines whether a call time of an incoming call is in the preset period. If the call time is in the preset period, the mobile phone may further determines whether a phone number of the incoming call conforms to the preset phone number. The mobile phone denies the incoming call when the phone number does not conform to the preset phone number. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071151 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RESTRICTING IN-VEHICLE MOBILE DEVICE USAGE - Systems and methods are disclosed for computing various determinations at one or more mobile devices and/or central machines. In part, such determinations are computed based on analysis of one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of one or more devices. Such determinations include determining an in-vehicle role, an in-vehicle location, a handheld state, and a vehicle class. Various transformations, modifications, and outputs can result from such determinations. Also disclosed are systems and methods for restricting operation of a mobile device, including restrictions that impede operation by a driver moreso than operation by a passenger. Also disclosed are systems and methods for orienting a coordinate system of a mobile device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071152 | NO-COST MOBILE DEVICE MESSAGING, SUCH AS FOR PROVISIONING AN APPLICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - An application stored in a mobile device is provisioned using provisioning data received from remote data storage via a network. Provisioning data is obtained at no cost to a user of the mobile device. In some implementations, the provisioning data is received after the mobile device requests to establish a data channel with a data network. The data network is identified using a predetermined identifier that the network recognizes. If the network does not recognize the special identifier, no data channel is established. After a data channel is established, the mobile device requests provisioning data from the remote data storage. In some implementations, the mobile device receives a provisioning message through a predetermined port. The provisioning message either includes provisioning data or prompts the mobile device to obtain provisioning data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071153 | Receive Signal Processing In Wireless Networks - Among the various methods proposed to address interference problems in wireless networks, two promising ones are: Network Multi-Input-Multi-Output (often referred to as Network MIMO) decoding (which employs joint MIMO receiver processing of signals received at multiple antennas); and Multi-Cell Successive Interference Cancellation (MC-SIC). These methods have complementary strengths and limitations when implemented in a practical setting. The approach described herein attempts to combine the strengths of these two methods while working within the constraints imposed by practical implementations to provide a viable hybrid solution. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071154 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION - Apparatus and method for recognizing Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) signals are provided. The solution comprises obtaining as an input a sampled signal; determining the 8 | 2012-03-22 |
20120071155 | Method and Apparatus for Binding Mobile Device Functionality to an Application Definition - In one embodiment, a mobile device renders a page on a screen thereof in response to the mobile device receiving a serialized page definition via a wireless communication link from a server implementing a CRM. The serialized page definition comprises first data and a first command that is bound to the first data. The mobile device is configured to implement a first function when the first command is invoked by a user. The mobile device implements the first function in response to user invocation of the first command, wherein the first function is implemented using the first data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071156 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM AND APPARTUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus are disclosed for modifying measurement configuration in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. An Evolved NodeB (eNB) configures measurement configuration information of User Equipment (UE). If the measurement configuration information corresponding to a measurement identity of the UE is modified, indicating the UE to remove all of original measurement object information and report configuration information corresponding to the measurement identity at first, and then to add modified measurement object information and report configuration information corresponding to the measurement identity. The method and apparatus save the memory capacity of the eNB, and simplify the processing flow of the eNB, and also simplify the processing flow of the UE at the same time. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071157 | Method for Mobile Network Coverage Experience Analysis and Monitoring - In a telecommunications network including a plurality of mobile terminals, a system and method of providing an indication of network coverage in relation to at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals, the method and system being configured to: determine the occurrence of incoming call events in relation to the at least one terminal; record the occurrences together with an identity of at least one applicable terminal, a location and/or a time associated with the communication event; and analyse the recorded incoming call event data, particularly unreachable terminal events, to determine an indication of experienced network coverage for each of the at least one terminal. In this way, an indication of actual user experience can be determined, which is usable in indicatively treating customer complaints, making network improvements and analysing mobile terminal performance. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071158 | Browser on Test Equipment - A portable telecommunication test set with a web browser incorporated therein is provided. A standard Hyper Text Mark-up Language or Wireless Application Protocol browser may be incorporated within the portable test set, allowing a network technician to access the Internet as well as other remotely-located sources of information to retrieve data and other useful technical information while in the field for communication network or telephone line maintenance, troubleshooting or repair. The test set may contain memory to locally store certain technical information that may be retrieved and “read” by the built-in browser module when prompted by the network technician. The web browser may display the content of the requested information on a display provided on the test set. Line-specific (as well as manufacturer-specific) test information need not be in a manufacturer-dictated proprietary format. Testing-related data may thus be supplied by a vendor other than the manufacturer of the test set. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071159 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER WITH AMPLIFIER BIAS ADJUSTED BASED ON MODULATION SCHEME - An electronic device may contain wireless circuitry that transmits and receives radio-frequency signals through antenna structures. Power amplifier circuitry may amplify the radio-frequency signals that are being transmitted. An adjustable voltage supply may supply an adjustable power amplifier bias voltage to the power amplifier circuitry. The power amplifier circuitry may include multiple power amplifiers each of which may handle signals transmitted using a different cellular telephone standard. For each cellular telephone standard, multiple modulation schemes may be supported. Some modulation schemes may have greater power amplifier linearity requirements than others. Control circuitry can adjust the adjustable power amplifier bias voltage in real time to select an optimum power amplifier bias voltage based on the current cellular telephone standard, modulation scheme, power amplifier gain state, and operating frequency in use. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071160 | REFINING FEMTOCELL COVERAGE INFORMATION WITH BEACON TRANSMITTERS - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for refinement of femtocell coverage area information in a wireless communication system, particularly in context of a femto-proxy architecture. Zones may be defined within a femtocell coverage area using beacon sources, and a zone map of zone signatures may be defined for each zone of the femtocell coverage area, according to macro signatures detected in those zones. The zone map can be used, by access terminals, the femto-proxy system, and/or the macro network, to provide functionality, including reduced power level femtocell discovery and association, enhanced network planning, improved femtocell troubleshooting, etc. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071161 | BAND MASKING OF SELF ORGANIZING CELLULAR NETWORKS - This invention addresses a method of whereby a cellular base station can scan the radio band to identify radio channels that are not in use, then claim those un-used radio channels for use to transmit and receive radio signals. A plurality of such radio base station could then comprise a cellular radio network, which channel planning and frequency re-use has become autonomous and self organizing. The present disclosure aims to further expand the utility and function of such self organizing cellular networks by including a user interface to the base station by which the operator can define the radio spectrum boundaries that the base station is authorized to operate within and to further set operational rules for the use of sub-sections of that defined spectral boundary. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071162 | ENTERPRISE LOCATION DISCOVERY IN DUAL-MODE PHONES - As dual-mode phones move within a wireless network, they track which cell tower they are associated with, reporting this information to a mobility controller. The mobility controller builds a list of cell tower identifiers which are associated with the wireless coverage, and makes this list available to subscribing dual-mode phones. Subscribing dual-mode phones can use this list to scan for network availability when they are associated with a cell tower which is on the list. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071163 | Method and Apparatus to Enable a UE to Return to a Wireless Network After Failure to Obtain Service - Techniques for enabling a user equipment (UE) to return to a wireless network after failure to obtain a particular service (e.g., voice service) are described. The UE may determine that the wireless network does not support the particular service at a first location (e.g., the current UE location). In response, the UE may disable the wireless network and may refrain from attempting to obtain the particular service (or possibly any service) from the wireless network. The UE may thereafter re-enable the wireless network based on a trigger, which may result from a timer, an event, or broadcast information from another wireless network. After re-enabling the wireless network, the UE may perform cell search and system selection and may detect and select the wireless network. The UE may determine that the wireless network supports the particular service at a second location and may obtain the particular service from the wireless network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071164 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CORE NETWORK NODE SELECTION METHOD, AND BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION USED THEREFOR - A mobile communication system in which a plurality of base stations and a plurality of core network nodes are distributed in a plurality of areas, wherein a source base station or a mobile station in a handover procedure of the mobile station transmits information for selecting a core network node to a target base station. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071165 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION - The present invention provides a method for improving Network Discovery and Selection suitable for a UE which is moving into a new TA, which comprises: receiving, by a MMF, a TAU request including the new TA from the UE; allocating, by the MMF, a new TA List according to the new TA in the TAU request; sending, by the MMF, the new TA List to the UE; sending, by the MMF, a TA information to a Mobility Policy Function, MPF, for updating mobility policy of the UE if the new TA is a special TA covered by different networks. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071166 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Seamless Call Handoff Between Networks That Use Dissimilar Transmission Methods - Call handoff from an 802.1x network to a cellular network, and vice versa. A wireless device that has both cellular and 802.1x capability detects the strength of a cellular signal and of an 802.1x signal. If a call is taking place over the 802.1x network and the strength of the 802.1x signal drops below a particular level and the strength of the cellular signal is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the 802.1x network to the cellular network. If a call is taking place over the cellular network and the cellular signal strength drops below a certain level while the 802.1x signal strength is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the cellular network to the 802.1x network. In addition, the user of the wireless device can manually initiate the handoff by actuating a handoff selector of the wireless device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071167 | Method and System for Controlling Cell Reselections on a Computing Device - A method and a system for controlling cell reselection on a computing device are disclosed. The method comprises detecting the mobile device operating under a potential over-shuttling reselection condition, and making a determination as to whether the mobile computing device operation is operating under the over-shuttling reselection condition based on pre-determined criteria. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071168 | Bandwidth Management For A Converged Gateway In A Hybrid Network - Systems and methods for integrating bandwidth management (BWM) equipment into a network in order to manage the use of bandwidth over multiple radio access technologies (RATs) relating to communications between a wireless transmit receive unit and a mobile core network (MCN). When integrating itself into the network, a BWM server may be placed between a MCN and an femto access point. In order for WTRUs to communicate with the MCN through the femto access point and a BWM server, a BWM server may need deep packet inspection capabilities. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071169 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PHYSICAL CELL IDENTIFIER ALLOCATION - A method and apparatus of allocating a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) is disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention allowing different cells to operate on different frequencies while eliminating or reducing risk of PCI conflicts. Thereby PCI allocation is provided that is effective also in a multi-frequency environment. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071170 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF MOBILE NODE - A position estimation server estimates the position of a target mobile node by using position information of a minimum number of anchor nodes knowing their position, distance information estimated between mobile nodes or between the anchor nodes and the mobile nodes, and connectivity information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071171 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUERY PROCESSING OF MOVING OBJECT IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system process a query of a location-based service. More particularly, an apparatus and a method reduce communication processes for an unnecessary query by expanding a resident domain with a query type. The apparatus includes a server for expanding a resident domain comprising a query to be operated by the moving object when the location-based service is used and the moving object for reducing the number of communications with the server according to the expansion of the resident domain. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071172 | INTEGRITY MONITORING IN A POSITION LOCATION SYSTEM UTILIZING KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY - A system for and method of deriving a position estimate of a receiver from a plurality of parameter measurements is provided. Each measurement is derived from a correlation function, which in turn is derived by correlating a signal received at the receiver with an identification code uniquely identifying a transmitter visible to the receiver. A plurality of position estimates are derived, each from a different subset of the plurality of measurements. Based on local topography, one of the position estimates is selected as the best estimate of the position of the receiver. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071173 | DEVICE SPECIFIC TRACKING AREA IDENTITY LISTS - A method and system for providing a User Equipment (UE) ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120071174 | METHODS OF LOCATING DATA SPOTS AND NETWORKS AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR USING THE SAME - Methods determine data spots in a network by identifying a transmission resource and its characteristics so as to determine geography of a data spot. Users are then directed to, locate, and/or move to the data spot and retrieve desired content. Users may be directed to the determined data spot, with a map or compass. Transmission resources include ad hoc hotspots for need by sideloading network users in a communicative proximity. Methods may match characteristics of the requesting network user with determined transmission resources to position a data spot. Example methods may be configured based on amounts of network resources consumed, third-party costs to a user, maximizing user experience by providing nearer and faster data spots, and/or any other desired criteria. Different portions of the methods may be performed by the network, the user, and/or third-parties, to reduce network burden while supplying users with desired content through data spots. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071175 | System and Method of Performing Location Analytics - A system and method are provided for associating location data from one or more unique sources. The place and time of a unique location enabled device are associated with stored demographic information relating to the particular place and particular time. The place and time of the unique location enabled device are associated with a historical record of past locations and time of locations that the device has been. Based on the association of demographical information and historical information, the unique location enable device is assigned to one or more groups or tribes. The location of all members of the group or tribe can be aggregated and exported for further analysis or display, thereby showing all group or tribe members at a particular time and place. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071176 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, EDGE USER ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A base station apparatus that estimates whether or not each terminal device belonging to a communication cell of the present apparatus is present in an end area of the cell. The apparatus includes a reception device that receives from each terminal device, transmission power information which indicates transmission power of the terminal device; a registration device that successively registers the transmission power information with a storage device; a statistical processing device that computes a statistic used for estimating the terminal device present in the end area of the communication cell, with respect to a population which is the transmission power information stored in the storage device; a candidate extraction device that extracts candidates for the terminal device present in the end area of the communication cell, based on the statistic computed by the statistical processing device; and an estimation device that estimates the terminal device present in the end area of the communication cell from among the candidates extracted by the candidate extraction device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071177 | Method of Discontinuous Reception and Wireless Communication Device in Wireless Communication System - A method of discontinuous reception (DRX) for a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes triggering a DRX function, prolonging a DRX cycle indicated by a network terminal of the wireless communication system with a predetermined multiple, and monitoring at least one paging message outputted from the network terminal according to the prolonged DRX cycle. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071178 | Mobile Network Presence Service with Load-Based Notification Throttling - Methods and systems are described for providing a presence service that is useful for mobile telecommunications devices. A plurality of outgoing presence updates are sent to a presence client. The system monitors the level of network traffic and determines whether the client is in a region of high network load, and if so, the system throttles the outgoing presence updates during the condition of high network load. The level of throttling may depend at least in part on the amount of time that has elapsed since the presence client began a presence session, and/or the amount of time that has elapsed since an incoming presence update was received from the presence client. In determining the latter amount of elapsed time, the system may consider only the amount of time elapsed since an incoming non-automatic presence update was received from the presence client. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071179 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING MESSAGES OVER TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS - The object of the present invention is to provide an economic alternative to the current systems for sending messages, both text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS), between telecommunication network users. For this purpose, use is made of the advantages of call signaling protocols, specifically the duration of the ringing tone in an unanswered call (commonly called “missed call”) for sending messages which are precoded and known by the system users. The method and system for sending messages between telephony terminals are designed such that they are used by the user in a very similar manner to the sending/receiving SMS and MMS messages, providing a simple and economic method (without associated direct cost) for sending messages between telephony users. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071180 | Multi user text PBX with multi message system capabilities - Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the communication of business-related (SMS) messages from PBXs to wireless devices are disclosed. In an aspect of the present invention, a service provider offers a web, cloud-based service that enables an operator within an organization to have a high volume of two-way communications with an unlimited number of individuals—through SMS texting, instant messaging, pager, web browser, email and voice—all controlled from a single intuitive browser interface tool. Additionally, a complete history of all communications and real time statistics are available to either the operator or an administrator of the organization. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071181 | METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR RECEPTION - The invention relates to a method for transmission in a wireless network comprising a plurality of base stations and at least one mobile terminal, a mobile terminal (MT) transmitting a same signal ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120071182 | INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE MITIGATING METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method for a serving base station in a wireless communication system to mitigate inter-cell interference. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: allocating a first resource for a terminal existing in a first region in which the coverage of the serving base station and the coverage of a neighboring base station are overlapped with each other; and allocating a second resource with the first resource for a terminal existing in a second region of the coverage of the serving base station, which is outside of the coverage of the neighboring base station. Desirably, the first resource is for the serving base station only with reuse factor of ½, and the second resource is shared with the neighboring base station with reuse factor of 1. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071183 | RADIO BASE STATION, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD - A radio base station that forms a cell by transmitting a radio wave and that communicates with a mobile terminal existing in the cell, the radio base station includes a reception unit configured to receive information including cell information relating to a state of a peripheral cell of the radio base station, the information being transmitted from the mobile terminal, and a calculation processing device configured to detect an abnormality relating to another radio base station corresponding to the peripheral cell based on the cell information. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071184 | BASE STATION HAVING A PLURALITY OF LOGICAL BASE STATIONS - The present disclosure relates to a base station for communicating in a communication system using different communication technologies. The base station includes a first logical base station being configured to communicate according to a first communication technology, and a second logical base station being configured to communicate according to a second communication technology, the second communication technology being different from the first communication technology. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071185 | BUFFER STATUS REPORT CONTROL FOR CREATING TRANSMISSION GAPS - A method for wireless communication modifies an actual buffer status report value to create a modified buffer status report that is reported to a base station. The modified buffer status report value results in the base station sending fewer uplink grants to a user equipment. The fewer grants result in transmission gaps in a first radio access technology of the user equipment. The user equipment may use those transmission gaps in the first radio access technology to communicate using a second radio access technology. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS - A method and an apparatus for random access are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), an access indication message including a UE identifier (ID) and a corresponding resource number (101); sending a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) preamble by using an uplink resource corresponding to the resource number and preset initial transmit power (102); and if it is determined that an acquisition indication is received, determining, by the UE, that an access succeeds (103). Therefore, the reliability of information transmission is ensured, the delay in an access process is reduced, and fast implementation of uplink search is ensured. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071187 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO COMMUNICATION DEVICES THAT USE DIFFERING PROTOCOLS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A control device includes at least one communication interface for communicating first control data with at least one first communication device that utilizes the millimeter wave frequency band in accordance with a first protocol and further for communicating second control data with at least one second communication device that utilizes the millimeter wave frequency band in accordance with a second protocol. A resource controller allocates resources of the millimeter wave frequency band to the at least one first communication device and the at least one second communication device based on the first control data and the second control data. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071188 | DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ALLOCATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A dynamic spectrum allocation method and device are provided. The method includes: finding non-idle frequency bands in the coverage of a communication device according to information in a database; selecting a frequency band from the non-idle frequency bands as a negotiation frequency band, and sending a spectrum assignment request to an interfering device using the negotiation frequency band; and acquiring usage assignment of the interfering device, in which the usage assignment is a response to the spectrum assignment request. The technical solutions can effectively allocate dynamic spectrum resources to a communication device, and are simple to implement. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SPECTRUM MANAGER OPERATION IN COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEMS - A system and method for the operation of a Spectrum Manager (SM) within a cognitive radio system includes two primary states of operation: SM at network initialization and SM at network operation. While in the network Initialization state, the SM's primary responsibility is to find an operating channel. After an operating channel is found, the SM moves from the network initialization state to the network operation state while executing a procedure to establish a network. While in the network operation state, the SM can execute other procedures, a procedure to update list of available channel from the incumbent database of channel and frequency data, a procedure to determine a signal type, a procedure to enter co-existence mode, deciding when to move to a backup channel and issuing calls for the same as well as background procedures such as looking for better backup channels when the SM is otherwise idle. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071190 | BASE STATIONS AND RADIO DEVICES - According to an embodiment, a base station operates a first radio cell of a mobile communication network and signals, for a mobile terminal in the first radio cell having a communication connection via the base station, to a first radio device of a plurality of radio devices located in the first radio cell, wherein each radio device operates a second radio cell, that the first radio device is to provide a communication connection for the mobile terminal. Further, the base station signals, for the mobile terminal, to at least one second radio device of the plurality of radio devices, that the at least one second radio device is to take into account the allocation of radio resources by the first radio device for the communication connection to be provided for the mobile terminal when allocating radio resources for communication within the second radio cell operated by the at least one second radio device. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071191 | METHOD AND RADIO BEACON FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGES IN A ROAD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and a radio beacon for transmitting messages between a radio beacon and multiple onboard units passing this with unique identifiers in a road toll system, wherein the messages respectively provided with an identifier of an onboard unit are stored in a buffer memory of the radio beacon for sequential processing or despatch. The method including determining, of each onboard unit entering the transmitting-receiving area of the radio beacon, at least one characteristic of the onboard unit, sorting the messages present in the buffer memory under the identifiers depending on the characteristics determined for these identifiers, and sequentially processing or despatching the messages from the buffer memory in the sequence they were sorted. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071192 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING CHANNEL UTILIZATION FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSION - Device, system, and method of adjusting channel utilization for wireless transmission. For example, a wireless communication unit may control a wireless transmission by a wireless communication device during a contention period, wherein the wireless communication unit is to wait for a back-off period prior to beginning the wireless transmission during the contention period, and wherein a duration of the back-off period is based on a transmission power of the wireless transmission. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071193 | REVERSE LINK TRAFFIC POWER CONTROL - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate reverse link power control on a traffic channel. Indications of other sector interference or other such interference levels can be broadcasted in a wireless communication. Further, power control related information can be included in assignments to mobile devices. Mobile device can utilize the information in the assignment to set a range for delta-based power control. Further, devices employ broadcasted interference indications to maintain and adjust delta values that enable power settings to be established on traffic channels. Moreover, mobile devices may provide feedback to facilitate future assignments. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071194 | USING MULTIPLE AND A SINGLE FEEDBACK FOR UE UPLINK BEAMFORMING IN SOFT HANDOFF - Embodiments of the present invention describe methods for increasing the amount of information available to a mobile transmit diversity transmitter during soft handoff. According to embodiments of the invention, a transmit diversity transmitter may determine substantially when it is in uplink communication with one base station and downlink communication with another base station. The mobile device may transmitting a diversity signal by controlling a value of a transmit diversity parameter based on feedback signals from the downlink base station, and controlling a power level in accordance with a standard protocol, e.g. combination of transmit power control feedbacks provided by the active base stations. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071195 | Transmit Power Management for Specific Absorption Rates - Systems and methods for regulating transmit power in a mobile station to comply with SAR limits are disclosed. A mobile station may include a processor, transmitter, and proximity sensor. The transmitter is configured to operate at a transmit power controlled by a first transmit power limit. The proximity sensor identifies how close the mobile station is to a human head. A transmit power regulator, implemented on the processor, determines the cumulative energy radiated by the transmitter over a specified number of frames. If the cumulative energy exceeds an energy limit based on a SAR limit, and the proximity sensor indicates that the mobile station is close to a human head, the transmit power regulator may decrease the transmit power limit of the transmitter. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071196 | Method And Apparatuses For Transmitter To Multi-Carrier Power Amplifier Configuration - The invention relates to a method for configuring a set of multi-carrier power amplifiers, MCPAs, to provide power amplification for a set of base station transmitters. The method is characterized by switching at least a first MCPA in the set of multi-carrier power amplifiers such that the at least first MCPA stops providing power amplification to at least a first subset of the set of base station transmitters, and switching at least a second MCPA in the set of multi-carrier power amplifiers such that the at least second MCPA starts to provide power amplification to the at least first subset of the set of base station transmitters. The invention also relates to a distributing unit connectable to such a base station and a base station comprising a distributing unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER CONTROL IN MIMO SYSTEMS - The return channel in a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication system is used to provide signal information on an individual-channel basis. In one embodiment, in a controlled factory environment, this information may be used to incrementing up or down the variable gain amplifier and/or the power amplifier of a MIMO transmitter and/or receiver so as to generate a default signal power offset to be used during normal operation. Thereafter, such signal information may similarly be provided via the return channel and used to further adjust the transmit parameters to account for location-specific signal conditions. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071198 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING AND ACQUIRING ANTENNA CONFIGURATION INFORMATION - A method, device and system for sending and acquiring information is provided, which relates to the field of communication, for solving the problem that user equipment (UE) cannot determine whether information transmitted in a time-frequency resource block is pilot measurement information or other information, such as communication data, that result in inaccurate detection on signal quality of a neighboring cell by the UE. Antenna configuration information of the neighboring cell is acquired, and a message is sent carrying the antenna configuration information of the neighboring cell to the UE. The embodiments of the present invention can be applied in a wireless communication network. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071199 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system ( | 2012-03-22 |
20120071200 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING A SERVING BASE STATION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK, BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS - According to one embodiment, a device for selecting a serving base station of a plurality of base stations of a mobile communication system is described which comprises a receiving circuit configured to receive, for each base station of the plurality of base stations, a message including information related to a possible communication between the base station and a mobile terminal and a selecting circuit configured to select, based on the determined information, a base station of the plurality of base stations that is to provide a communication connection for the mobile terminal. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071201 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - A terminal | 2012-03-22 |
20120071202 | Method And System For Inputting DTMF Tones From A Smart Phone Keyboard - A smart phone is provided. The smart phone comprises a dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) key configured such that when the DTMF key is activated and when a key on a keypad on the smart phone is selected, the smart phone generates and transmits a DTMF tone corresponding to the selected key. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071203 | Mobile telephone capable of automatically switching antenna according to user's hand position - A mobile communication device includes a first antenna configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a first capacitive sensor adjacent to the first antenna, a second antenna configured to transmit and receive RF signals, a second capacitive sensor adjacent to the second antenna, a sensing circuit in communication with the first capacitive sensor and the second capacitive sensor, the sensing circuit being that can determine the position of a user's hand adjacent to the first antenna or the second antenna in response to sensing signals received from the first capacitive sensor and the second capacitive sensor, and an antenna switching circuit that can select the first antenna or the second antenna to transmit and receive RF signals to enable wireless communications in response to the position of the user' hand relative to the first antenna and the second antenna as determined by the sensing circuit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071204 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND SENSOR MODULE - A mobile terminal device includes a face panel provided on an exterior of a housing, a sensor module that detects that the face panel is touched, where the sensor module is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the face panel, a light-emitting unit provided with a light-emitting member that emits light when the sensor module detects that the face panel is touched, where the light-emitting unit is provided on a more inward side of the housing than the sensor module, and a connection unit that makes an electrical connection between the sensor module and the light-emitting unit. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071205 | PROVISIONING AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD FOR A CARD ISSUER - An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071206 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY WITH OPTICAL SENSOR AND METHOD - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a sensor configured to detect a force that results in depression of the touch-sensitive display. The sensor includes an optical device that receives a reflection of a pattern on a surface of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the force affects the reflection. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071207 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal as broadly described herein may include a first body, and a second body formed of a transparent material and attached to the first body. The second body may include a recess formed on a surface of the second body and recessed away from the first body, a transparent display provided in the recess and formed of a transparent material, and configured to display visual information thereon, and a filler material provided in the recess at a gap between the transparent display and the recess. The filler material may be formed of a transparent material. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071208 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal may be provided. The mobile terminal may display an application on a home screen and execute the application upon shifting to a page of the home screen on which the application is arranged. The mobile terminal may change display characteristics of an item arranged on the home screen in response to a drag input for the item. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071209 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH REDUCED INTERFERING ENERGY FROM THE DISPLAY AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and includes radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. A display connector for an LCD connector is mounted on the circuit board and adapted to be connected to a display. Display connection lines are carried by the circuit board and interconnect the display connector and processor for carrying signals from the processor to the display connector and a connected display. Filters are carried by the circuit board and connected to the display connection lines and reduce any interfering energy from the processor and display. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071210 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable terminal device includes: a display; a display holder configured to fix the display and including a first arm including a first engaging piece and a first pin hole, and a second arm including a second engaging piece, a second pin hole and a projection and arranged at a position opposing the first arm; a first case including a first engaging part configured to engage the first engaging piece thereby temporarily fixing the display holder, and a second engaging part configured to engage the second engaging piece thereby temporarily fixing the display holder; and a second case including positioning pins. The positioning pins formed in the second case are inserted into the first pin hole and the second pin hole of the display holder in a state where the display holder is temporarily fixed to the first case, whereby the display holder is fixed. | 2012-03-22 |
20120071211 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SLIDE CONTROLLING PROGRAM - A mobile terminal | 2012-03-22 |
20120071212 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A portable terminal apparatus includes a first operation unit and a second operation unit. The first operation unit has an image area for displaying an image and an operation area for displaying operation keys. The second operation unit is configured to synchronously operate with the operation area of the first operation unit | 2012-03-22 |