21st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100128529 | NAND STEP VOLTAGE SWITCHING METHOD - Methods and memories having switching points for changing Vstep increments according to a level of a multilevel cell being programmed include programming at a smaller Vstep increment in narrow threshold voltage situations and programming at a larger Vstep increment where faster programming is desired. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128530 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND LAYOUT METHOD OF THE FLASH MEMORY DEVICE - Provided is a flash memory device including a plurality of page buffer high voltage transistors. The plurality of high voltage transistors are operatively associated with a page buffer circuit, wherein each high voltage transistor includes; a gate pattern separating a first pattern from a second pattern. The first and second patterns extend in parallel and serve as respective source/drain regions, and the first pattern is floated and the second pattern receives an erase voltage during an erase operation. A first set of high voltage transistors is series connected in a columnar arrangement, such that column adjacent high voltage transistors are laid out with alternating source/drain symmetry in the columnar direction. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128531 | NONVOLATILE NAND-TYPE MEMORY DEVICES INCLUDING CHARGE STORAGE LAYERS CONNECTED TO INSULATING LAYERS - A nonvolatile memory device includes a word line group including a plurality of middle word lines and an edge word line having charge storage patterns on a substrate. A peripheral line is disposed on one side of the word line group so that the edge word line is between the peripheral word line and the middle word lines. The peripheral line includes an insulating layer and a gate electrode. Charge storage patterns of the middle and edge word lines are separated from each other, and a charge storage pattern of the edge word line extends on one side to be connected to the insulating layer of the peripheral line. Methods of forming nonvolatile memory devices are also disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128532 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAMMING METHOD - A nonvolatile memory device includes; a memory cell array configured into a plurality of memory blocks, a decoder connected to the plurality of memory blocks via a word line, a page buffer connected to the plurality of memory blocks via a bit line, and control logic configured to define a control voltage applied to at least one of the word line and the bit line during a program/verify operation in accordance with a location of each one of the plurality of memory blocks within the memory cell array. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128533 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of strings each of which is configured with a first select transistor, a second select transistor, and a plurality of memory cells connected in series between the first and second select transistors. A common source line is connected to a source of the second select transistor. A metal interconnection is electrically insulated from the common source line, and connected to the source of the second select transistor. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128534 | Word Line Voltage Boost System and Method for Non-Volatile Memory Devices and Memory Devices and Processor-Based System Using Same - The voltage of a selected word line is increased beyond the voltage to which a respective string driver transistor is capable of driving the word line by capacitively coupling a voltage to the selected word line from adjacent word lines. The voltage is capacitively coupled to the selected word line by increasing the voltages of the adjacent word lines after a programming voltage has been applied to a string driver transistor for the selected word line and after a string driver voltage has been applied to the gates of all of the string driver transistors in an array. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128535 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTUATING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A semiconductor memory includes a memory cell having a cell transistor and a selection transistor, a control gate line coupled to a gate electrode of the cell transistor, a selection gate line coupled to a gate electrode of the selection transistor, a selection gate driver configured to apply a voltage to the selection gate line, a switch circuit configured to couple the control gate line to the selection gate line, and a level converting unit coupled to the control gate line and a voltage line and configured to convert a voltage of the control gate line into a voltage of the voltage line. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128536 | MEMORY CELL, A MEMORY ARRAY AND A METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A MEMORY CELL - A method of programming a memory cell ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128537 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A memory system including non-volatile memory cells. The memory system includes program circuitry that programs cells to a first threshold voltage or a second threshold voltage based on the number of times that cells of the memory system have been erased. In one embodiment, the threshold voltage is reduced when any set of cells of the memory system have been erased a specific number of times. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128538 | DATA RECEIVING CIRCUIT - A variable delay circuit provides an adjustable delay to a strobe signal. An input latch circuit latches each bit data included in internal serial data by a strobe signal delayed by the variable delay circuit. A delay set unit adjusts a delay amount provided to the strobe signal by the variable delay circuit. While a calibration operation is being executed in which a known calibration pattern is inputted as serial data, the delay set unit statistically acquires output latch data of the input latch circuit, and adjusts the delay amount such that probabilities of occurrence of 1 and 0 becomes a predetermined ratio. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128539 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A semiconductor memory is provided which includes: a first pad; a second pad disposed adjacent to the first pad; a first output buffer coupled to the first pad; and a second output buffer coupled to the second pad. The first pad is coupled to the second pad by metal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128540 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS AND TEST CIRCUIT THEREFOR - A test circuit for a semiconductor memory apparatus of an open bit-line structure includes a compression part configured to, in response to test data read from a plurality of memory cells included in a test target cell mat and a compression control signal generated from a compression control signal generating part, compress the test data that are read from the memory cells that share a sense amplifier block and sequentially output compression test signals. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128541 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING MEMORY WITH CONFIGURABLE READ/WRITE OPERATIONS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An integrated circuit having a memory and a method for operating the memory are provided. The method for operating the memory comprises: accessing a first portion of the memory, the first portion having a first access margin; detecting an error in the first portion of the memory; changing the first access margin to a second access margin, the second access margin being different than the first access margin; determining that the error is corrected with the first portion having the second access margin; and storing an access assist bit in a first storage element, the access assist bit corresponding to the first portion, wherein the assist bit, when set, indicates that subsequent accesses to the first portion are accomplished at the second access margin. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128542 | Reference Clock and Command Word Alignment - A memory system includes a memory controller that issues command signals and a reference-clock signal to a memory device. The edge rate of the reference-clock signal is lower than the bit rate of the command signals, so the memory device multiplies the reference clock signal to develop a command-recovery clock signal with which to sample the incoming command signals. The memory controller issues the command signals as a series of multi-bit command words aligned with edges of the reference-clock signal so that the memory device can use edges of the reference clock signal for command-word alignment. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128543 | LATENCY CIRCUIT USING DIVISION METHOD RELATED TO CAS LATENCY AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A latency circuit for use in a semiconductor memory device includes a latency control clock generator generating an m-divided division signal from an external clock and at least one latency control clock from the m-divided division signal, wherein m is a natural number greater than or equal to 2. The latency circuit also includes a latency signal generator generating a latency signal in response to the at least one latency control clock, a latency control signal and an internal read command signal, wherein the latency control signal is generated from a column address strobe (CAS) latency and the internal read command signal is generated in response to a received read command. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128544 | Bit line bridge detecting method in semiconductor memory device - The method of detecting the bit line bridge in a semiconductor memory device includes enabling a sensing state for an even bit line connected to an even sense amplifier and an odd bit line connected to an odd sense amplifier, where the odd bit line is adjacent to the even bit line, first changing the odd bit line to a pre-charge state to pre-charge the odd bit line while maintaining the sensing state of the even bit line, second changing the odd bit line to a floating state, and applying a pause time period. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128545 | Sense amplifier and semiconductor memory device using it - A sense amplifier having a pre-amplifier and a main-amplifier is disclosed. The pre-amplifier is connected to paired data line, senses and amplifies data on the paired data line using voltage mode and outputting a pair of differential signal. The main-amplifier is connected to the paired data line, senses and amplifies data on the paired data line using current mode and generating a first amplified signal, senses and amplifies the first amplified signal using voltage mode in response to the pair of differential signal, and outputting an amplified data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128546 | Embedded Memory Databus Architecture - A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) having pairs of bitlines, each pair being connected to a first bit line sense amplifier, wordlines crossing the bitlines pairs forming an array, charge storage cells connected to the bitlines, each having an enable input connected to a wordline, the bit line sense amplifiers being connected in a two dimensional array, pairs of primary databuses being connected through first access transistors to plural corresponding bit line sense amplifiers in each row of the array, apparatus for enabling columns of the first access transistors, databus sense amplifiers each connected to a corresponding data bus pair, a secondary databus, the secondary databus being connected through second access transistors to the databus sense amplifiers, and apparatus for enabling the second access transistors, whereby each the primary databus pair may be shared by plural sense amplifiers in a corresponding row of the array and the secondary databus may be shared by plural primary databus pairs. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128547 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND REFRESH CONTROL METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM - There are provided a semiconductor memory device and others having a preferable operation efficiency and eliminating complicated control when refreshing a memory array divided into a plurality of banks. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory array ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128548 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF REFRESHING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present invention has an address scrambling circuit for performing address scrambling operation of an address and a redundancy judging circuit for judging that redundancy judgment is performed about the address scrambled by the address scrambling circuit. This structure makes it possible to completely refresh operation concerned with normal word lines and redundancy word lines. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128549 | Memory Circuit Having Reduced Power Consumption - A memory circuit having reduced power consumption includes a plurality of memory sub-arrays and a shared circuit coupled to each of the memory sub-arrays. Each memory sub-array includes at least one row circuit, at least one column circuit, and a plurality of memory cells operatively coupled to the row and column circuits. The row and column circuits are operative to provide selective access to one or more of the memory cells. The shared circuit includes circuitry, external to the memory sub-arrays, which is operative to control one or more functions of the memory sub-arrays as a function of at least one control signal supplied to the memory circuit. The memory circuit is operative, with at least one of the memory sub-arrays operative, with one or more of the memory sub-arrays powered and concurrently with one or more of the memory sub-arrays unpowered. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128550 | LOCAL POWER DOMAINS FOR MEMORY SECTIONS OF AN ARRAY OF MEMORY - Memories, memory arrays, and methods for selectively providing electrical power to memory sections of a memory array are disclosed. A memory array can be operated by decoupling row decoder circuitry from receiving electrical power while the memory array is not being accessed. Portions of the memory array to be accessed are determined from external memory addresses and the row decoder for the portions of the memory array to be accessed are selectively provided with electrical power. The section of memory is then accessed. One such array includes memory section voltage supply rails having decoder circuits coupled to receive electrical power, and further includes memory section power control logic. The control logic selectively couples the memory section voltage supply rail to a primary voltage supply to provide electrical power to the memory section voltage supply rail in response to being selected based on memory addresses. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128551 | ADJUSTABLE VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR PROVIDING A REGULATED OUTPUT VOLTAGE - Voltage regulators, memories, and methods for providing a regulated output voltage are disclosed. For example, one such voltage regulator includes a comparator circuit, a driver circuit, an impedance circuit, and a modulation circuit. The comparator circuit generates an output voltage according to a difference between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage. The driver circuit is coupled to an output of the comparator circuit and drives the regulated output voltage at an output node according to the output voltage from the comparator circuit. The impedance circuit is coupled to the comparator circuit and provides the feedback voltage to the comparator circuit in response to a detection current from the output node. The modulation circuit is coupled to the impedance circuit and adjusts a modulation current component of the detection current to adjust the regulated output voltage. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128552 | HIGH-VOLTAGE SAWTOOTH CURRENT DRIVING CIRCUIT AND MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A high-voltage sawtooth current driving circuit and a memory device including the same are described. In the high-voltage sawtooth current driving circuit includes a charge pump circuit configured to output a first voltage, a regulating circuit configured to regulate a second voltage using the first voltage output from the charge pump circuit, and a sawtooth current driver configured to generate a sawtooth current in response to the second voltage regulated by the regulating circuit. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128553 | MIXTURE FOR CONCRETE AND SIMILAR MIXTURES ALLOWING AN EASY AND FAST MAINTENANCE - The present invention relates to a mixer for concrete and similar mixtures, of the type composed of a parallelepiped tank ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128554 | METHOD FOR MIXING AND/OR CONVEYING, MIXING AND/OR CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND SAMPLE PROCESSING CHIP COMPRISING SUCH AS DEVICE - A mixing and/or conveyance method and a mixing and/or conveyance device for a fluid substance, comprising a sample chamber, a cavity communicating with the sample chamber, said cavity being configured for accommodating a compressible medium, and a sound source that may be coupled to the compressible medium for the production of a fluctuation in pressure in the compressible medium. In the region of its mouth, the cavity is designed such that, in the case of an expansion in the volume of the compressible medium in the cavity, a directed fluid stream of the fluid substance escapes from the cavity through its mouth. A sample processing chip (‘lab on a chip’) comprising such a mixing and/or conveyance device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128555 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATERIAL BLENDING AND DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods for mixing pure feed materials utilizes a first and a second compressible volume, such as defined in first and second liner-based containers adapted for pressure dispensation, wherein such materials are supplied to a mixing apparatus (e.g., reversible-flow or circulatable flow apparatus) adapted to form and maintain a mixture or suspension. Multiple redundant groups of containers may be used to enable mixing of contents of one group while contents of another group are being dispensed, to provide uninterrupted delivery of feed material to a process. Sensors adapted to generate signals indicative of flow, weight/mass, particle size distribution, concentration, and other material properties may be provided. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128556 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BEVERAGE FROM LIQUID CONCENTRATE - An apparatus includes a tank for holding the diluent and a dispensing assembly. A pump is disposed in fluid communication with the tank and the dispensing assembly for supplying pressurized diluent to the dispensing assembly. An enclosure is provided having a sealable chamber for containing a concentrate container in fluid communication with the dispending assembly. An air pump pressurizes the sealable chamber and concentrate container to pressurize the liquid concentrate and supply the pressurized liquid concentrate to the dispensing assembly. The dispenser assembly is operable to permit and inhibit the flow of pressurized liquid concentrate and pressurized diluent to produce the beverage. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128557 | SELF-CLEANING MIXING HEAD FOR PRODUCING A MILK-BASED MIXTURE - A method for cleaning milk residues from a mixing head for producing heated milk in the form of a froth or water-milk mixture. The mixing head includes a steam feed, a milk inlet, a mixing area where the steam feed and milk inlet join and the steam and milk combine, an outlet nozzle for draining the resulting mixture from the mixing head, a rinsing medium supply, a milk supply and a transfer mechanism that provides relative movement between the milk inlet and the rinsing medium supply or the milk supply for selectively bringing the milk inlet into fluid connection with the rinsing medium supply or the milk supply, such that milk or a rinsing medium, as desired, can enter the mixing head at the milk inlet. The introduction of the rinsing medium cleans any residual milk from the milk inlet. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128558 | MIXING CARTRIDGES, MIXING STATIONS, AND RELATED KITS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Cartridges useful for mixing materials, such as fluidic materials are provided. A cartridge typically includes a body structure having surfaces that define a cavity with upper and lower portions. A rotatable member generally extends along a horizontal axis in the upper portion of the cavity. One or more protrusions typically extend outward from the rotatable member and into the lower portion of the cavity, and are configured to mix the material when the material is disposed in the cavity. Related mixing stations, systems, kits, and methods are also provided. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128559 | Tabletop device for mixing and discharging multi-component compounds - The invention relates to a tabletop device for mixing and discharging multi-component compounds, particularly a dental impression compound, having discharging plungers ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128560 | MIXER AND METHOD FOR MIXING A LIQUID IN A BASIN - The invention relates to a mixer for mixing a liquid in a basin, comprising a first mixer element turnable around a first axis of rotation. Furthermore, said mixer ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128561 | SEAFLOOR-FOLLOWING STREAMER - Seismic exploration techniques and the seismic imaging of subsurface layers, particularly apparatus for seismic exploration near the seafloor, are disclosed. The apparatus enables controlled depth towing of detectors to be carried out a short distance above the seafloor. The apparatus includes a streamer depth controller and at least one altitude keeper device, attached at intervals along the length of a towed streamer. The streamer carries detectors for measuring, for example, P- and S-waves in the seafloor. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128562 | Anisotropic Parameter Determination - A walkaway VSP survey is carried out using a receiver array. First arrivals to a plurality of receivers are picked and used to estimate a normal-moveout (NMO) velocity. Using the NMO velocity and vertical velocities estimated from the VSP data, two anisotropy parameters are estimated for each of the layers. The anisotropy parameters may then be used to process surface seismic data to give a stacked image in true depth and for the interpretation purposes. For multi-azimuthal walkaway or 3D VSP data, we determine two VTI parameters ε and δ for multi-azimuth vertical planes. Then we determine five anisotropic interval parameters that describe P-wave kinematics for orthorhombic layers. These orthorhombic parameters may then be used to process surface seismic data to give a stacked image in true depth and for the interpretation purposes. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128563 | Continuous Adaptive Surface Wave Analysis for Three-Dimensional Seismic Data - A technique includes receiving seismic data acquired in a survey of a region, the region being associated with locations; processing the seismic data to estimate at least one frequency dependent surface wave property over the region; based at least in part on the estimated frequency dependent surface wave property(ies), determining a frequency dependent data processing geometry for each location; and processing the seismic data based at least in part on the determined data processing geometries to derive a spatially continuous representation of a surface wave property across the region. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128564 | SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM COMPRISING MODULES ASSOCIATED WITH UNITS CONNECTED TO SENSORS, THE MODULES BEING AUTONOMOUS WITH RESPECT TO POWER SUPPLY, SYNCHRONISATION AND STORAGE - Described herein is a land seismic data acquisition system comprising a central processing unit; a cabled network connected to the central processing unit comprising a plurality of acquisition lines each comprising: electronic units assembled in series along a telemetry cable and each associated with at least one seismic sensor, the units processing signals transmitted by the sensor(s); intermediate modules assembled in series along the telemetry cable and each associated with at least one of the electronic units, each intermediate module providing power supply and synchronisation of the electronic unit(s) wherewith it is associated; wherein each electronic unit is associated with at least two intermediate modules including at least one upstream and at least one downstream from the electronic unit along the telemetry cable, and comprises synchronisation means independent from the cabled network, bidirectional and autonomous power supply means, bidirectional storage means of the signals processed by the electronic units. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128565 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING CUSTOMIZED WIFI IN A SURVEY DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A survey data acquisition system acquires survey data regarding a subterranean structure. Information is wirelessly communicated between a wireless survey receiver and a wireless concentrator. The wireless communication uses a wireless protocol based on a WiFi communications technology, where the wireless protocol employs time division multiplexing in which a larger number of time slots are assigned for uplink communication from the wireless survey receiver to the wireless concentrator than for downlink communication from the wireless concentrator to the wireless survey receiver. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128566 | System and method for enhancing weak target signals for a sensor array - A method for enhancing weak target signals for a sensor array, the method including: a) determining the locations of weak candidate target signals using one or more adaptive thresholding processes, b) extracting a wave profile of a center beam signal of a weak candidate target signal and adjacent beam signals of the weak candidate target signal using a local signal profile window, c) determining cross-beam correlations between an extracted wave profile of the center beam signal and extracted wave profiles of the adjacent beam signals and between extracted wave profiles of adjacent beam signal profiles based on the similarity of the wave profiles to determine the occurrence of a weak candidate target signal and compute a set of weighting factors, d) enhancing the center beam signal of the weak candidate target signal based on the said correlations and said set of weighting factors, and e) repeating steps b) through d) for each of the weak candidate target signals to provide enhanced weak candidate target signals. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128567 | NETWORKED SONAR OBSERVATION OF SELECTED SEABED ENVIRONMENTS - A sonar transducer network for observing a seabed includes a controller. A first transducer assembly includes a first acoustic transducer to convert a first ping to a first electrical signal; and a first transducer processor to receive a first electrical signal from the first acoustic transducer to generate the first transducer data. At least one second transducer assembly is spaced apart from the first transducer assembly. The second transducer assembly includes a second acoustic transducer to convert a second ping to a second electrical signal. The second transducer processor receives the second electrical signal from the second acoustical transducer to generate second transducer data. A network bus communicates first transducer data and second transducer data with the controller. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128568 | Method and apparatus of location tracking - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of location tracking. The location tracking apparatus may calculate a location of an object using an ultrasound. In this instance, an intensity of the used ultrasound may be determined based on a distance to the object, thereby reducing unnecessary power consumption. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128569 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - A distance measurement apparatus arranged to measure the distance to an object ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128570 | WRISTWATCH INTERFACE SYSTEM - The present invention is a more user-friendly wristwatch remote that is programmable to different security systems. The present invention has a wristwatch remote that incorporates a user-friendly means for operating a vehicle security system, manipulating the wristwatch functions, checking the status of the vehicle and/or the security system and lastly, syncing and communicating with other corresponding devices. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128571 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MORNING CALL OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for controlling a morning call function using a motion recognition sensor, and a mobile terminal using the same are provided. In the method, when a morning call alarm operates and a snooze function starts, a motion is detected using the motion recognition sensor. The detected motion is divided based on a preset time interval and each of the divided amounts of the detected motion is stored. Each of the divided amounts of the motion stored is determined so that whether to re-operate the morning call alarm is determined. Therefore, a user can wake up at a desired time. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128572 | Analog Radio Controlled Clock with Audio Alarm Arrangement - An analog radio controlled clock includes a housing, a plurality of indicating, a radio controlled unit, and an audio alarm arrangement, which includes an alarm control unit and an audio device. The alarm control unit is disposed in the receiving cavity of the housing to communicate with the driving control unit for allowing setup of an alarm time. The audio device is electrically connected with the alarm control unit, and is arranged to generate interactive audible signal to a user regarding setting of an alarm time, wherein the audio device is arranged to commands and transmits them to the alarm control unit for setting up the alarm time, so that the user is able to set up the alarm time through commands such as voice instructions and simple physical actuation to the analog radio controlled lock. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128573 | CLOCKWORK - Mechanical clockwork assembly, comprising a drive mechanism, a mechanical control device comprising a mechanical oscillator and a first transmission device for providing a transmission between the drive mechanism and the mechanical oscillator, an electric generator and a second transmission device for providing a transmission between the drive mechanism and the generator, wherein the generator is spaced apart from the mechanical oscillator. In one embodiment the clockwork assembly comprises a sensor for determining a timing of the mechanical oscillator, an actuator for adapting a timing of the mechanical oscillator, an electronic control device connected to the sensor and the actuator, wherein the control device comprises an entry for a reference signal for controlling the timing of the mechanical oscillator on the basis of the reference signal, and wherein at least the control device is connected to the generator for supplying the control device with electric energy from the generator. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128574 | ENHANCED COMPOUND PENDULUMS AND SYSTEMS - Enhanced compound pendulums provide thermal compensation and/or barometric compensation, such as for a mechanical clock system. The enhanced compound pendulums are simple to construct, and can be more easily compensated than conventional, single-bob pendulums. The enhanced compound pendulums typically comprise material that is added above the point of rotation. Thermal expansion factors for components of the enhanced compound pendulums may preferably be chosen to provide thermal compensation to the first order. In some embodiments of enhanced compound pendulums, volume is added above the pivot to provide barometric compensation, such as by equalizing the moments above and below the pivot, or by providing geometric symmetry above and below the pivot, with a lower density above the pivot. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128575 | Portable device and portable watch - In a wristwatch (portable device), a push button (push-pull operating member) includes an engaging portion, and the push button is mounted on a watch sheath (device sheath). A stopper is arranged on the watch sheath. The stopper is movable between a locked position in which the push button is held at a predetermined position by engagement with the engaging portion and an unlocked position in which the operation of the push button is allowed. A circular operating ring surrounding an hour plate (display portion) mounted on the watch sheath is rotatably mounted on the watch sheath from the front side thereof. The movement of the stopper between the locked position and the unlocked position is interlocked with the rotating operation of the operating ring. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128576 | INTEGRATED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND NEAR FIELD LASER - Apparatuses and methods for making and using laser-assisted magnetic recording devices. A slider for use in a magnetic recording apparatus in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a magnetic recording element having a first pole and a second pole, a magnetic reader, and a laser resonator integrally formed on said slider, having an optical emission point of said resonator positioned between the first pole and the second pole of the magnetic recording element; wherein the laser resonator comprises a semiconductor gain media positioned between a first reflector and a near field optical element having a nonzero optical reflection to the semiconductor gain media. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128577 | NEAR-FIELD LIGHT GENERATING DEVICE AND OPTICALLY-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE - A near-field light generating device includes a substrate, a semiconductor laser device, a light absorbing device, and a near-field light generator. The semiconductor laser device is formed on the substrate and emits the laser light polarized in a first direction. The light absorbing device is formed on the substrate to be close to a light emission part of the semiconductor laser device and absorbs light polarized in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The near-field light generator is formed on the substrate to be close to a light emission part of the light absorbing device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128578 | Near-field optical head having tapered hole for guiding light beam - A near-field optical head has a planar substrate having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, and an inverted conical or pyramidal hole extending through the first and second surfaces. The inverted conical or pyramidal hole has at least one fine aperture formed at an apex thereof and disposed in the first surface and having at least one curved slant surface. An optical waveguide extends into the inverted conical or pyramidal hole of the planar substrate for propagating light along an optical path. A mirror is disposed in the optical waveguide for bending in the direction of the fine aperture the optical path of the light propagated through the optical waveguide. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128579 | Sloped Pole For Recording Head With Waveguide - An apparatus having a first pole with a first side and a second side opposite from the first side, a second pole positioned on the first side of the first pole, and a waveguide positioned on the second side of the first pole wherein the waveguide has an end adjacent to an air bearing surface. The first pole includes a first portion spaced from the waveguide and a second portion extending from the first portion to the air bearing surface, with the second portion being structured such that an end of the second portion is closer to the waveguide than the first portion. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128580 | Optical Disc Apparatus and Focus Offset Control Method - An optical disc apparatus in which processing time is shortened and processing accuracy is ensured upon focus offset processing for plural recording layers. Regarding each of mutually adjacent recording layers, based on a signal based on reflected light from a guide groove formed in a recording surface of the recording layer, a focus offset for an optical system with respect to the guide groove is learned, and based on the learned focus offsets for the respective recording layers, a focus offset for recording or reproduction is calculated and set. In an optical disc having three or more recording layers, a focus offset when the difference between the focus offset and the learned focus offsets for the respective recording layers is a value corresponding to the characteristic of the optical system is set as a focus offset for the respective recording layers or a common focus offset to the respective recording layers. Otherwise, a mean value of the focus offsets when the differences between the focus offsets and the learned focus offsets for the respective recording layers are values corresponding to the characteristic of the optical system is set as a focus offset for one recording layer. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128581 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A FEEDING DEVICE OF AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - The invention provides an optical disk drive. In one embodiment, the optical disk drive comprises a feeding device, a power driver, and a controller. The feeding device comprises a spherical aberration (SA) lens and a stepping motor, wherein the SA lens corrects spherical aberration of a light beam emitted by a pickup head, and the stepping motor moves the SA lens according to a plurality of control signals. The power driver generates the control signals to drive the stepping motor to move the SA lens. The controller directs the power driver to drive the stepping motor to move the SA lens with only stable steps when the SA lens is required to move, so that the stepping motor is in a stable state without inducing step errors after the stepping motor rotates with the stable steps. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128582 | Retrieving Substitute Data To Replace Damaged Media Data For Playback In A Media Player - A media player is utilized to determine presence of defects in storage devices, and to retrieve replacement data from media management servers. The retrieval of the replacement data is performed during playback and/or use of the storage devices. The replacement data is only utilized during real time playback of the storage devices. The replacement data can also be stored within the data storage player, into the storage devices, and/or into external storage devices accessible during playback operations. Addressing information is created and/or modified to enable use of stored replacement data. A new copy of the data can be created in the same or in new storage device. The media management server performs access authentication operations during replacement data retrieval. The media management server is accessed via user-based webpage-like interfaces and/or dedicated APIs. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128583 | METHOD FOR SERVOWRITING A PATTERNED-MEDIA PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING DISK USING POSITION ERROR SIGNAL (PES) ALIGNMENT FIELDS - A servowriting method for a patterned-media magnetic recording disk uses a special position error signal (PES) alignment pattern located in each servo sector. A gross feedforward correction signal to compensate for gross eccentricity of the disk relative to the center of rotation of the servowriter spindle is applied to the actuator. With the gross feedforward correction applied to the actuator the read head generally follows a data track centerline and will detect signals from PES alignment fields as each servo sector passes the read head. This results in a readback signal at each servo sector that represents the fractional track-width radial offset of the read head in that servo sector from a data track centerline. The set of radial offsets for all of the servo sectors is used to modify or fine tune the gross feedforward correction signal that is applied during the servowrite process. This enables the servowriter write head to then precisely follow a track centerline so that the discrete islands in the PES fields can be magnetized according to the desired pattern. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128584 | Modified jitter criterion for optical recording media - The present invention relates to a method for checking the quality of a recording on a disk intended to be read with a first wavelength and intended to be recorded with a second wavelength, directly with the second wavelength used by the recording system. According to the invention, the method uses a modified jitter definition when a jitter value of recorded information is measured using light of the first wavelength. A special equalizer takes account of a required asymmetry. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128585 | INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information reproducing apparatus ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128586 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING DATA FROM DISC WITH LINKING AREA - An apparatus for accessing data from a disc with a linking area comprises a pick up head, a servo, a processing unit, a position predictor, and a control signal generator. The pick up head reads data from the disc and generates a read signal. The servo controls the pick up head. The processing unit processes the read signal and controls the servo according to a plurality of control signals. The position predictor tracks time position on the disc and generates position information. The control signal generator receives the position information and generates the control signals according to the position information. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128587 | METHOD AND RECORDER FOR REDUCING REJECTION OF RECORD CARRIERS DUE TO WRITE ERRORS - When writing on a recordable medium the recorder can encounter write errors. When a write error occurrs the record carrier is discarded. By ignoring write errors in sections of the record carrier comprising unused information, for instance sections of the lead-in or lead-out the record carrier no longer needs to be discarded. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128588 | Halloween greeting system - A Halloween greeting system for prompting young children to remember to say “trick or treat” and “thank you” is provided. The greeting system includes a Halloween treat container that has a voice recorder/audio player; and a remote control unit for triggering the voice recorder/audio player to play a recorded message. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128589 | COMPOSITION FOR HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A composition for holographic recording medium, which can be coated in a uniform thickness and enables to simply produce a high definition holographic recording medium is provided. And a holographic medium having a low error rate, high storage capacity, high-performance, high-density, which is produced using the composition for the holographic recording medium, is also provided. The composition comprises a (meth)acrylic acid ester group-containing polymerizable substance, an alicyclic epoxy group-containing cationical polymerizable substance of which is ring-opening polymerized by heat, and a hydroxyl group-containing substance which is reactive with the alicyclic epoxy group-containing cationical polymerizable substance. The holographic recording medium is produced by forming a holographic recording layer on a substrate by applying the composition on the base material and polymerizing the alicyclic epoxy group-containing cationical polymerizable substance and the hydroxyl group-containing substance. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128590 | Optical information medium measurement method, optical information medium, recording apparatus, and reproducing apparatus - An optical information medium measurement method of the present invention, for measuring a degree of modulation in an optical information medium of a multilayered structure having a plurality of information layers, includes a first step of measuring the modulation degree of each layer of the optical information medium, by use of a measurement optical system, a second step of obtaining a thickness between layers of the optical information medium, a third step of obtaining a reflectance of each layer of the optical information medium, and a fourth step of converting the modulation degree of each layer, the modulation degree being measured in the first step, into a modulation degree at a reference optical system differing from the measurement optical system, based on a value indicative of the thickness between layers, the thickness being obtained in the second step, and a value indicative of the reflectance of each layer, the reflectance being obtained in the third step. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128591 | OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In holographic recording by the angle multiplexing method, in order to allow a signal beam and a reference beam to sufficiently overlap with each other in a storage medium to decrease as much as possible a wastefully exposed region, which does not contribute to a signal recording, an optical pickup apparatus having a function which can control, for example, a size or a position of an aperture of the reference beam is used. An optical information reproducing apparatus or an optical information recording and reproducing apparatus using the optical pickup apparatus is used. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128592 | Objective Lens for Optical Pickup Device, and Optical Pickup Device - There are provided an objective lens for an optical pickup device which can record and/or reproduce information on/from an optical disk with high density with the use of a light flux with a short wavelength while keeping a temperature characteristic to be satisfactory in spite of having a plastic objective lens, and the optical pickup device. The objective lens suppresses generation of a spherical aberration even if a temperature change arises, by sacrificing wavelength characteristics and by enhancing temperature characteristics. Such satisfactory temperature characteristics can be acquired by the ring-shaped structure formed as a turning structure on an optical surface of the objective lens, in which the ring-shaped structure includes ring-shaped zones whose number is 3 or more and 30 or less and the ring-shaped structure is formed such that adjoining ring-shaped zones cause a predetermined optical path difference for an incident light flux. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128593 | PHASE DIFFERENCE ELEMENT AND OPTICAL HEAD APPARATUS - Three phase difference layers having refractive index anisotropy are stacked in parallel and an optic axis angle and retardation of each of the phase difference layers are adjusted and thereby, characteristics having peaks at which ellipticity is approximated to 1 at desired three design wavelengths can be obtained and it can efficiently be adapted to an optical head apparatus for converting linear polarization of a light source with, for example, three different wavelengths into circular polarization. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128594 | METHOD OF RESOLVING OVERLAPS IN DATA TRANSMISSION AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - A user equipment and method of transmitting symbols by the user equipment in a wireless communication system. The method includes: generating a first symbol by adding a cyclic prefix (CP) to a first inverse fourier transformed samples, the CP being copied from the first fourier transformed samples; generating a next consecutive second symbol by adding a CP to a second inverse fourier transformed samples, the CP being copied from the second fourier transformed samples; removing samples overlapped with the first symbol from the next consecutive second symbol when the next consecutive second symbol is to be advanced in transmission timing; and transmitting the first symbol and the next consecutive second symbol to a base station. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128595 | Utilizing A Replacement Pathway For Lost Packet Delivery During Media Reception In A Set-Top Box (STB) - A replacement pathway in an STB is utilized to determine loss of packets and delivery error during reception of media broadcasts, and to retrieve replacement data from one or more replacement media servers. The retrieval of the replacement data is performed during playback of the received media broadcasts. The communication of media broadcast incorporates delays to accommodate the retrieval of replacement data. Alternatively, received broadcast media streams are buffered to enable retrieval of replacement data and to provide seamless presentation of media content in the media broadcasts. The replacement media server performs access authentication operations during replacement data retrieval. The replacement media server is accessed via markup language, for example, HTML and/or XML, based interfaces and/or dedicated APIs. The replacement media server may deny replacement data based on plurality of service criteria such as acceptance and denial criteria, which may comprise allowable bandwidth and/or error rates. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128596 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - There is provided a transmission apparatus being operable to realize a link capacity adjustment scheme (LCAS) between a plurality of nodes forming a network over which signals are transmitted by using a virtual concatenation (VCAT) system, the transmission apparatus including a receiving part being operable to detect a failure of a member as a transmission path forming a virtual concatenation group (VCG) in each member, and a controller being operable to control setting of detection conditions of the failure received at the receiving part in each member. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128597 | DATA CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONNECTING DATA CONTROL DEVICE - A data control device includes: a switch portion that has a plurality of first terminals on an upstream side, a plurality of second terminals on a downstream side, and a circuit portion that optionally switches a connection between the first terminals and the second terminals based on an external switching signal; and at least one control portion that has a first input/output portion on the upstream side and a second input/output portion on the downstream side, wherein the second input/output portion is connected to the first terminal of the switch portion and the first input/output portion is connected to the second terminal of the switch portion, and wherein the at least one control portion controls an input/output of data between the first input/output portion and the second input/output portion. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128598 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING PERSISTENCE BY A BACKUP VIRTUAL SERVER - The present disclosure presents systems and methods for maintaining persistence of a backup virtual server on connections currently serviced by the backup virtual server. A virtual server operating on an intermediary network device and identified as a primary virtual server for a first connection may receive a request via the first connection. The intermediary device may forward the first request to a backup virtual server of the virtual server in response to identifying that the virtual server is unavailable. The intermediary device may later identify that the virtual server is available. The virtual server may establish a new connection responsive to receiving a connection request while the intermediary device may forward a second request received via the first connection to the backup virtual server instead of the virtual server responsive to identifying that the virtual server is configured not to preempt the backup virtual server from maintaining connections currently maintained by the backup virtual server. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128599 | TELEPHONE SYSTEM, GATEWAY FOR TELEPHONE SYSTEM, AND REDUNDANCY SWITCHING METHOD - According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a telephone system comprises gateways used to convert each other's protocols of IP network and PSTN. One of the gateways selectively serves as a main gateway, and the other gateways serve as slave gateways controlled by main gateway. Each of gateways includes a control channel manager, an operation controller and a determination module. Control channel manager of the main gateway controls speech data individually sent and received by gateways, based on a control signal of a control channel of PSTN. Operation controller controls redundancy switching between gateways upon occurrence of a fault. Determination module determines whether or not the fault is a fault associated with control channel. When the fault is a fault associated with control channel, determination module notifies slave gateway of message used to activate control channel manager of any of the slave gateways via IP network. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128600 | Automated Network Fault Analysis - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to form inquiries and commands, receive an alarm at an Operational Support System (OSS), automatically capture a state of a failure of the network element as close as possible to a time of the failure in response to the alarm, and automatically lookup and run a command or a set of commands in response to the alarm for real time analysis of network element fault management data and network element performance data within the OSS for a network. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128601 | CLIENT QoS BASED CONNECTION SESSION JOGGING - Aspects of a method and system for a client QoS based connection session jogging are provided. While receiving a service over a particular delivery route, a user of a user device is provided with the capability to request an alternate route to continue to deliver the service via a user interface operation. The user device generates a connection handover (HO) request and transmits the request to a network management (NM) server. The NM server determines the alternate route and continues the service over the determined alternate route. The NM server supports both unsolicited and solicited connection HO request. A connection session profile associated with the particular delivery route is updated based on the determined alternate route information. The service is continued over the alternate route with the updated connection session profile. A connection HO request indicates a desired QoS from the user of the user device for the received service. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS TO A DEVICE THROUGH THE USE OF MULTIPLE PHYSICAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS AND CONNECTION HAND-OFFS BETWEEN MULTIPLE BANDS, MODES AND NETWORKS - Embodiments communicate messages between mobile devices and destination devices. An exemplary embodiment includes a first border server operable to establish a first communication connection to the mobile device over a first network operating under a first protocol, a second border server operable to establish a second communication connection to the mobile device over a second network operating under a second protocol, and a transport management server communicatively coupled to the first border server and the second border server, and operable to establish a third communication connection to the destination device over a third network operating under a third protocol. The first protocol is configured to communicate a first encapsulated portion of the message. The second protocol is configured to communicate a second encapsulated portion of the message. The third protocol is configured to communicate the first encapsulated portion of the message and the second encapsulated portion of the message. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128603 | METHOD FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for reconfiguring a communication network is provided. A first network uses a first network protocol and a second network uses a second network protocol, the two networks being connected by two data links. A first data link is initialized as activated and a second data link is initialized as deactivated. A failure of the first data link is detected by a first bridge of the second network, the first bridge being connected to the first data link. A first data packet is generated by the first bridge and is transmitted to a second bridge of the second network, the second bridge being connected to the second data link. The first data packet is received and processed by the second bridge. The first data packet contains information which initiates a partial implementation of the first network protocol on a port of the second bridge and an activation of the second data link. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128604 | VIDEO STREAMING - The bitrate for any practical video streaming system will vary considerably as a function of the difficulty of encoding the sequence in question. This variation is even more apparent when comparing different video clips of different genres for example where sports clips might require a higher average bitrate and fluctuate more due to the high activity of typical scenes, whereas a news report clip might require a much lower bitrate and be relatively static. As such, to deliver video streams at a constant quality to users sharing a contended network, a constant bandwidth method is not efficient to use across all the streams. The bandwidth allocated to each stream must be allowed to dynamically vary in time in accordance with the precise demands of the video being streamed at that time and also be within any network bandwidth constraints. The present invention defines such a method. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128605 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK - A rate limiter incorporated in a server connected to a network. The rate limiter is adapted to reduce congestion in the network in response to a congestion notification message. The server is adapted to send packets over the network. The rate limiter includes at least one of: a server rate limiter engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to the server; a virtual machine rate limiter engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to a virtual machine associated with the packets, the virtual machine hosted by the server; a flow rate limiter engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to a flow associated with the packets; the flow being one of a plurality of flows transporting packets over the network; and a transmit engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to a virtual pipe of the network for transmitting the packets. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128606 | FIRST-HOP DOMAIN RELIABILITY MEASUREMENT AND LOAD BALANCING IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - In one embodiment, probe messages may be transmitted from a local domain to a set of one or more responding probe targets located beyond a plurality of probed first-hop domains of the local domain, the probe messages transmitted via each of a plurality of probed first-hop domains. A reliability of each probed first-hop domain may then be determined based on responsiveness of probe messages transmitted via each respective probed first-hop domain, such that traffic destined beyond the probed first-hop domains may be load balanced across the probed first-hop domains based on the respective reliability, regardless of a traffic-class and a destination of the traffic. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUFFER-TO-BUFFER CREDIT RECOVERY IN FIBRE CHANNEL SYSTEMS USING VIRTUAL AND/OR PSEUDO VIRTUAL LANES - A method and system for distributing credit using a fibre channel switch element is provided. The switch element includes, a wait threshold counter that is used to set up a status for a port that has to wait for certain duration to send a frame due to lack of buffer to buffer credit; a credit module that controls buffer to buffer credit for a transmit segment of the fibre channel switch element; and a virtual lane credit module with a counter that is incremented every time a frame assigned to a virtual lane is sent and decreased every time a VC_RDY is received. The method includes, determining if a VC_RDY primitive is received; and allocating credit to a virtual lane that is not at its maximum credit, after the VC_RDY primitive is received. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128608 | Method of carrier reselection for providing selective traffic redirection - In one embodiment, the AT receives a switching ratio, the AT randomly generates a serving priority value from a uniformly distributed random variable, and the AT determines whether to switch from the first carrier and attach to one of the neighboring carriers based on the serving priority value and the switching ratio. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128609 | Determining a Minimum Cost Solution for Resolving Covering-By-Pairs Problem - In one method for determining a minimum cost solution for resolving a covering-by-pairs problem, a plurality of covering nodes, a plurality of branch nodes, and a plurality of edges connecting the covering nodes and the branch nodes are given. A plurality of vectors are generated. For each vector in the plurality of vectors, it is determined whether the selected covering nodes cover the branch nodes. Responsive to determining that the selected covering nodes do not cover the branch nodes, each vector is completed so that the selected covering nodes cover the branch nodes. Responsive to determining that selected covering nodes cover the branch nodes or to completing the vector, redundant covering nodes are removed from each vector. The vectors are inserted into a current population. A new population is generated by evolving the current population for at least one generation. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128610 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SDH/SONET OAMP ON ETHERNET - An Ethernet MAC OAMP Control sublayer is provided for supporting SDH/SONET OAMP standard functionality in Ethernet Networks. In accordance with one embodiment, an Ethernet MAC OAMP Control sublayer is provided for processing Ethernet MAC OAMP Control frames. The MAC OAMP Control sublayer provides support for a MAC OAMP Client to implement all of the SDH/SONET OAMP standard functionality. The MAC OAMP Control frame provides support for SDH/SONET OAMP on Ethernet networks. The Network Equipment can use the MAC OAMP Control frames to communicate with the downstream and upstream Network Equipment about various OAMP events, requests, performance parameters, communications channels, maintenance, and test functionality. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128611 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, ALARM CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - Upon detecting the occurrence of a fault in a path that includes the transmitting apparatus, a transmitting apparatus transmits fault information including information about the fault to an initial node in the path corresponding to the fault. Upon receipt of the fault information, a transmitting apparatus determines whether an alarm is generated by a plurality of nodes due to the fault. Having determined that the alarm is generated due to the fault, the transmitting apparatus communicates a message including alarm masking information that suppresses the alarm with a terminal node via an intermediate node included in the path. Upon receipt of the message including the alarm masking information, a transmitting apparatus performs masking control so that an alarm is not to be issued to the management device connected thereto based on the alarm masking information. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128612 | DIAGNOSING NETWORK PROBLEMS IN AN IPV6 DUAL STACK NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to diagnosing problems in a dual stack network supporting Internet Protocol Version Six (IPV6). Inventoried information can be retrieved from an inventory system in response to a problem associated the dual stack network. It can be determined whether a mismatch exists between live customer address information associated with a customer edge router and the inventoried information. A notification can be generated in response to determining whether a mismatch exists. The notification includes information representing a cause of the problem and resolution of the problem. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128613 | Detection of bearer loss in an IP-based multimedia session - The present invention provides a method for detecting bearer loss in an IP-based multimedia session. A multimedia session is initiated by an access terminal. A Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) communicates the Session setup information and the bearer characteristics to a Signaling Gateway (SGW). The SGW uses this information to adjust the dormancy timers on the originating side so that the originating access link remains active during the call setup. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128614 | Resource allocation in communications system - The application discloses a method for resource allocation in a communications system. The system comprises an apparatus, such as a base station, arranged to monitor the allocation of resource blocks to scheduled data packets. On the basis of the monitoring, eventual non-allocated resource blocks are detected. The apparatus is thus arranged to perform a priority calculation on scheduled user terminals. On the basis of the calculation, one or more of the scheduled user terminals are selected as priority user terminals. Next, the method comprises performing a further allocation step, wherein the non-allocated resource blocks are allocated to one or more of the priority user terminals. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DISCRIMINATION AND STORAGE OF APPLICATION SPECIFIC NETWORK PROTOCOL DATA FROM GENERIC NETWORK PROTOCOL DATA - Discrimination of application specific network traffic from other from general or unclassified network traffic is provided. Users may specify particular applications or data strings to be monitored. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128616 | Communication Control Apparatus, Wireless Communication Apparatus, Communication Control Method, and Wireless Communication Method - In a transmission bandwidth notification /analysis unit ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-WAY RANGING - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for wirelessly receiving a first communication from a first mobile device. A processing delay may be measured. An acknowledgement communication indicating receipt of the first communication may be generated. A measurement of the processing delay may be broadcast in a broadcast packet, for example, or by transmitting a subsequent communication including the processing delay in response to receiving a second communication having a request for the measurement of the processing delay. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128618 | Inter-Cell Interference Co-Ordination - The invention relates to a cold-working steel having the following chemical composition in % by weight: 1.3-2.4 (C+N), whereof at least 0.5 C, 0.1-1.5 Si, 5 0.1-1.5 Mn, 4.0-5.5 Cr, 1.5-3.6 (Mo+W/2), but max 0.5 W, 4.8-6.3 (V+Nb/2), but max 2 Nb, and max 0.3 S, 10 in which the content of (C+N) on the one hand and of (V+Nb/2) on the other hand, are balanced in relation to each other such that the contents of these elements are within an area that is defined by the coordinates A, B, C, D, A in the system of coordinates in FIG. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128619 | RELAY DEVICE, RELAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A relay device, a relay method, and a program that can suppress occurrence of congestion of packets, for example applied to a Layer | 2010-05-27 |
20100128620 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND PROPAGATION STATE COLLECTING METHOD - A mobile communications system is disclosed. The mobile communications system includes a unit which causes a mobile station apparatus residing within a communication area of an arbitrary base station apparatus to measure a propagation state of a wireless signal from a surrounding base station apparatus and which collects the measurement results; and a unit which obtains location information of the mobile station apparatus. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128621 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A base station ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128622 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A radio communication method and a radio communication apparatus that allow enhancement of a throughput characteristic and a degree of multiplicity of an MCS without a necessity for a special additional function. A channel quality measurement section | 2010-05-27 |
20100128623 | END-TO-END ANALYSIS OF TRANSACTIONS IN NETWORKS WITH TRAFFIC-ALTERING DEVICES - In a network that includes intermediary nodes, such as WAN accelerators, that transform messages between nodes, an end-to-end path of the messages is determined. The determined end-to-end path is used in subsequent analyses of message traces, to identify timing and other factors related to the performance of the network relative to the propagation of these messages, including the propagation of the transformed messages. A variety of techniques are presented for determining the path of the messages, depending upon the characteristics of the collected trace data. Upon determining the message path, the traces are synchronized in time and correlations between the connections along the path are determined, including causal relationships. In a preferred embodiment, a user identifies an application process between or among particular nodes of a network, and the system provides a variety of formats for viewing statistics related to the performance of the application on the network. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128624 | METHOD OF MANAGING ALLOCATED ADDRESS IN LOW POWER WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK - Disclosed is a method of managing an allocated address through a coordinator in a Low Power Wireless Personal Area Network (LoWPAN) including receiving a first beacon data request message from a mobile node that has entered into a communication region of the coordinator; measuring a Link Quality Indication (LQI) of the first beacon data request message, setting the measured LQI as a minimum communication threshold value with the mobile node, and setting an alarm region that is an LQI range for sensing whether the mobile node leaves the communication region; if a second beacon data request message is received from the mobile node, measuring an LQI of the second beacon data request message, and checking whether the measured LQI of the second beacon data request message is included in the alarm region; and if the LQI is included in the alarm region, periodically transmitting a node alive check message to the mobile node. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128625 | Remote Control Method for Physical Layer Device and Related Physical Layer Device - A remote control method for a local physical layer device includes receiving a received packet, determining a coding of the received packet according to a packet format to generate a first determining result, determining an identification of the received packet according to the packet format to generate a second determining result, discarding the received packet according to the first determining result and the second determining result or decoding the received packet according to the packet format to generate a decoding result, and controlling or negotiating with a remote physical layer device according the decoding result. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128626 | HIGH DATA RATE INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A data interface for transferring digital data between a host and a client over a communication path using packet structures linked together to form a communication protocol for communicating a pre-selected set of digital control and presentation data. The signal protocol is used by link controllers configured to generate, transmit, and receive packets forming the communications protocol, and to form digital data into one or more types of data packets, with at least one residing in the host device and being coupled to the client through the communications path. The interface provides a cost-effective, low power, bi-directional, high-speed data transfer mechanism over a short-range “serial” type data link, which lends itself to implementation with miniature connectors and thin flexible cables which are especially useful in connecting display elements such as wearable micro-displays to portable computers and wireless communication devices. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128627 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, UPLINK SINR MEASURING METHOD, UPLINK SCHEDULING METHOD, AND RECEPTION-QUALITY MEASURING METHOD - A base station apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a control signal having predetermined patterns for performing communication control processing at the base station; and a measuring unit that measures SINR of reception data that is obtained from the control signal received by the receiving unit. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128628 | Context-Based Routing in Multi-hop Networks - Context-based routing in multi-hop networks involves using a context-based routing metric. In a described implementation, respective path values are calculated for respective ones of multiple paths using the context-based routing metric. A path is selected from the multiple paths responsive to the calculated path values. Data is transmitted over at least one link of the selected path. In an example embodiment, the context-based routing metric is ascertained responsive to an estimated service interval (ESI) of a bottleneck link of each path of the multiple paths. In another example embodiment, the context-based routing metric is ascertained responsive to an expected resource consumption (ERC) metric. In an example embodiment of path selection, the path is selected using a context-based path pruning (CPP) technique that involves maintaining multiple local contexts at each intermediate node, with each local context representing at least one partial path. | 2010-05-27 |