26th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120164988 | Local Point of Presence - Systems and techniques for providing a telecommunications service by receiving a request for a telecommunications service from a wireless client, providing a local exchange point of presence to the wireless client in response to the request, and providing the telecommunications service to the wireless client through the local exchange point of presence. The local exchange point of presence may be based on the geographic location of the wireless client. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164989 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS AUTOMOBILE KEY SERVICE - Systems and methods for providing a wireless automobile key service are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting whether the mobile device is connected to the automobile over a first network, launching a wireless automobile key service application on the mobile device when it is detected that the mobile device is connected to the automobile over the first network, and receiving, via the application from an operator of the automobile using the mobile device, a request to issue a command to the automobile. The method further includes determining whether the requested command is a first command or a second command. The method further includes when the requested command is a first command, sending, from the mobile device to a server over a second network, a request to issue the first command to the automobile. The method also includes when the requested command is a second command, sending, from the mobile device to the sever over the second network, a request to issue the second command to the automobile, and receiving, at the mobile device from the server over the second network, status information associated with the automobile. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164990 | METHODS TO IMPROVE AUTOMATED CHECK-IN - Techniques are provided to automate at least some of the information gathering required for check-in using a mobile device. A user may enter at least some required information using a mobile application on a mobile device. The mobile application may convert the entered data into a Quick Response (“QR”) code or other type of readable form that may be read or received by a device at the location of check-in. The information entered may be stored in the mobile device's memory and may be modified for future check-ins. A user would enter the location of check-in and present the mobile phone containing the information previously entered by the user to a reader at the location. The reader reads the information which may be transmitted to the location's database. Using the information submitted, the user may be checked in automatically. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164991 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-LEARNING AND BUILDING WEB CONTENTS VIA A RICH CALL CENTER SERVICE - Systems and methods provide for providing a plurality of information to a caller associated with a call to a service provider. The method includes: receiving, from the caller, the voice call to the service provider; determining that the voice call cannot be answered; responsive to the determination that the voice call cannot be answered, retrieving a first information from a web service associated with the service provider; and transmitting the first information to the caller. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164992 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for initiating a service including initiating a communication to a destination according to an address of the destination; detecting the address during initiating of the communication; determining whether the detected address is associated with a trigger function; and triggering a request for the service when the detected address is associated with a trigger function. The request for the service is separate from the communication. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164993 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MUFFLE COMPENSATED RING SIGNAL - The present invention relates a method and a mobile communication device for generating a muffle-compensated ring signal in response to detecting that the mobile communicating device is in a muffling environment. The method comprises the steps of emitting a reference sound by a loudspeaker of the communication device and then measuring the acoustic response of thereof at a microphone of the same device. The acoustic response is analyzed by searching for characteristics that indicate that the mobile communication is stowed away in a muffling environment, and if such characteristics are found compensating for the muffling environment by automatically adjusting the ring signal in response to the specific characteristics of the acoustic response. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164994 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVICE SYSTEM USING MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - An information distribution service system includes a mobile terminal device with a communication part and another terminal device connected to the mobile terminal device via the communication part. The mobile terminal device includes a server function part that provides information to another terminal device; an email control part that sends information, regarding an access method for accessing the information with another terminal device, to another terminal device via an email; and a server access control part that operates the server function part so as to start processing for providing the information when another terminal device makes an access according to the access method. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164995 | METHODS AND ADDRESS BOOK SYNCHRONIZATION AND SUBSCRIPTION STATUS NOTIFICATION - The various disclosed techniques and equipment relate to synchronizing a subscriber's address books located in a portal and in the subscriber's mobile station, determining the subscription status of a directory number of another party with whom the subscriber intends to communicate, and/or for enabling the subscriber to make a referral to another party who might not be a qualified subscriber. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164996 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING AUTOMATIC MOBILE PHONE NUMBER MANAGEMENT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method of updating information included in a handheld device user's contact entry included in a global address list wherein the device stores information of a first type, such as a mobile phone, SMS or MMS number or a PIN. The method includes determining whether the information of a first type has been modified from a first stored piece of information to a second stored piece of information, and generating a message including the second stored piece of information and sending the message to a computer system of the organization if it is determined that the information of a first type has been modified. The computer system stores the second stored piece of information in response to receipt of the message by the computer system for subsequent access by a requesting party. Also provided is an improved handheld electronic device having one or more routines adapted to implement the method. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING EVENTS AND MEETINGS - A method and apparatus for organizing events. The method can include processing event information associated with an event, storing the event information, and transmitting participant information related to the event to computing devices associated with participating users. The apparatus can be used to communicate information regarding an event. If the apparatus is being used to organize an event, the apparatus can transmit event information associated with an event, and if the apparatus is being used to participate in an event, the apparatus can receive participant information related to the event. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164998 | HANDLING AN AUDIO CONFERENCE RELATED TO A TEXT-BASED MESSAGE - A client for a text-based messaging application for a dual-mode mobile communication device may initiate an audio conference based on a text-based message. Contents of fields of the text-based message may be extracted and utilized to construct an audio conference request message that is subsequently transmitted to an audio conference gateway. Where the text-based messaging application is an instant messaging (IM) client application, it may be configured to recognize a voice connection as being related to an ongoing Data Mode IM conversation. As a consequence of the recognition, the IM client application may maintain the user interface for facilitating participation in the Voice Mode IM conversation. Updates related to the status of the Voice Mode IM conversation may be received at the dual-mode mobile communication device over the voice connection and reflected in changes to the user interface. | 2012-06-28 |
20120164999 | MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF USER IDENTIFICATION MODULE AND SERVER CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided is a mobile terminal including a plurality of user identification modules. The mobile terminal includes a first user identification module configured to be assigned with a first identification number and receive a service from a first service network, a second user identification module configured to be assigned with a second identification number and receive a service from a second service network, and a controller configured to request the second service network to perform a predetermined service using the second identification number when a user requests the predetermined service using the first identification number and when the first user identification module is in an inactive state and the second user identification module is in an active state. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165000 | Method and System for Bypassing Called Intelligence - The invention provides a method for bypassing intelligent services of a called user, applied in the case that a GMSC and VMSC are not the same MSC. The method comprises: the GMSC sending information to the VMSC as to whether the intelligent services of the called user are bypassed in the GMSC; the VMSC determining whether the intelligent services are bypassed in the GMSC, and determining whether the intelligent services are bypassed in the VMSC; and when the VMSC determines that the intelligent services are bypassed in the GMSC and are not bypassed in the VMSC, the VMSC not triggering the intelligent services; when the VMSC determines that the intelligent services are not bypassed in the GMSC and are bypassed in the VMSC, the VMSC sending a call release message to the GMSC. The invention further provides a system and VMSC for bypassing intelligent services of a called user. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165001 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND BASE STATION FOR CONFIGURING MULTI-MODE BASE STATION - A method and system for configuring a multi-mode base station is disclosed so that a network system may specify a radio access mode for the base station. In the present invention, a configuration control unit inside the base station reports resource capabilities of the base station to a configuration decision unit. The configuration decision unit determines a mode for the base station according to network planning and the reported resource capabilities, generates a configuration file for the base station according to the determined mode, and delivers the configuration file to the base station. The configuration control unit configures relevant resources of the base station according to the received configuration file. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TIMING OF NETWORK PERFORMANCE LOGGING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and system controls timing of network performance information logging of a cellular network by configuring a mobile device to automatically collect data about physical characteristics of the cellular network and log that data. The mobile device initially receives network performance information logging configuration from its registered cellular network. Based on the configuration, the mobile device configures itself to collect and log the network performance information relating to physical characteristics of the cellular network. While in idle mode, the mobile device collects and logs the information. A logging duration timer corresponds to a specified time duration over which the mobile device logs network performance information. If the mobile device starts the logging duration timer at the time of configuration, it maintains the timer even after the transition to idle mode. The mobile device may also start the logging duration timer after it transitions to idle mode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165003 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A wireless access device is operable in a mode in which its maximum transmit power is set to a value that means that the device has a range of less than 1 metre. This allows the device to operate as a basestation in a cellular communications network, even in locations in which it is not specifically licensed, because the power level is so low that it will not cause interference on the licensed frequencies. The wireless access device is designed such that a handheld portable device can be maintained in a close spatial relationship to it. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165004 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTION IN CELL RANDOM ACCESS - A method and a device for detection in cell random access are provided. The method includes: extending an original format used for a random access procedure to change a CP range defined by the original format; in the process of extracting a time-domain signal of a random access channel, extracting and splitting input data into time-domain antenna data in the original format and time-domain antenna data in an enhanced format, and performing signal extraction processing on the time-domain antenna data in the original format and the time-domain antenna data in the enhanced format respectively; and in the process of detection, detecting the time-domain antenna data in the original format and the time-domain antenna data in the enhanced format after the signal extraction processing to obtain detection information. The method can improve the performance of a BS and reduce the network construction costs without affecting an MS. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165005 | FEMTOCELL ARRANGEMENTS - A femtocell arrangement comprises a plurality of femtocells Femto 1 to Femto 13 having coverage distributed over a region, such as, for example, an office. A border femtocell, Femto 3 or Femto 10, of said plurality has coverage at an entrance to the region and is arranged to operate at a higher transmit power level to provide a larger coverage area than that provided by neighboring femtocells. In addition, the border femtocell may be allocated a specific Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) to show its designation as a border femtocell. An approaching user equipment UE 1 or UE 2 tends to attach to the higher transmit power border femtocells. The Femto Gateway managing the connection is aware of the likelihood that an approaching UE will tend to attach to a border femtocell, and this is further confirmed by the use of a specific PSC. Hence, handover is expedited as the most suitable femtocells may be chosen as targets for handover. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165006 | SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS MOBILE TERMINAL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A mobile wireless terminal includes a first wireless unit, a second wireless unit, an audio codec, and a processor unit. The first wireless unit is configured to connect to a wireless relay coupled between the mobile wireless terminal and a phone network over a short-range wireless link. The second wireless unit is configured to connect to a cellular network over a long-range wireless link. The audio codec is configured to process the voice communication. Further, the processor unit is coupled to the first wireless unit and the second wireless unit, and is configured to make a voice communication using the second wireless unit with an external party via the cellular network over the long-range wireless link. The processor unit is also configured to register with the wireless relay to establish the short-range wireless link and, when the registration is successful, to switch from the second wireless unit to the first wireless unit to carry the voice communication with a phone network via the wireless relay. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165007 | TRUNKING PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-CHANNEL TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A trunking protocol for a two-way radio communication system designates an available channel as a parking channel for radios on standby. The parking channel is converted to an active voice channel upon request for a voice call, and non-called radios are then moved from the newly-designated voice channel to a newly-designated parking channel. Upon completion of the voice call, the participating radios are moved to the then-existing parking channel, and the channel of the just-completed voice call becomes available. If all channels are busy such that no parking channel is available, the radios in standby mode convert to operate in scan mode until a channel becomes available to serve as the parking channel. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165008 | SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS RELAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A wireless relay apparatus is provided. The wireless relay apparatus includes a first wireless module configured to couple with a wireless access network to receive a phone call, and a second wireless module coupled to the first wireless module to process the phone call and configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile terminal such that the telephone call is forwarded to the mobile terminal over a short-range wireless link. Further, the second wireless module is configured to operate in one of a transparent mode and a translation mode so as to exchange voice data with the mobile terminal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165009 | PRIORITIZED QUERY - A solution framework is employed that includes defining of a mechanism to run multiple queries in a single message exchange, along with a priority on a per-query basis. In some embodiments, a system for facilitating handover of a mobile device across heterogeneous access networks by ensuring response to queries transmitted by the mobile device includes: a) a mobile device having a plurality of wireless network interfaces for communicating over a plurality of heterogeneous access networks, having a media independent handover (MIH) entity to facilitate handovers between the heterogeneous networks, and configured to transmit queries related to handover operation between the heterogeneous access networks to MIH entities within said heterogeneous access networks; and b) said media independent handover entity of said mobile device being configured to transmit multiple queries in a single message exchange to an MIH entity in an access network with prioritization among said multiple queries. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165010 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AIRBORNE SELF-POWERED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and method for airborne self-powered wireless communication is provided. The airborne wireless communication apparatus is fixed to an airborne platform including an aerostat, which maintains a constant altitude in air, uses an airborne wind power turbine as a power generating source, and supports an air-to-air wireless communication and an air-to-ground wireless communication by use of a mesh network. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165011 | SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS MOBILE TERMINAL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A mobile wireless terminal is provided. The mobile wireless terminal includes a wireless unit, an audio codec, and a processor unit. The wireless unit is configured to connect to a wireless relay to make a voice communication with a phone network via the wireless relay, which is coupled between the mobile wireless terminal and the phone network. The audio codec is configured to process the voice communication. Further, the processor unit is coupled to the wireless unit and is configured to obtain a phone number from a user for an outgoing call to an external party in the phone network, and to connect to the wireless relay over a short-range wireless link. When the connection to the wireless relay is successful, the processor unit is configured to establish a signaling connection on an asynchronous connection-oriented logical (ACL) transport channel, and a voice connection on a synchronous connection oriented (SCO) channel between the mobile wireless terminal and the wireless relay. Further, the processor unit is configured to send the dialed outgoing call to the wireless relay via the signaling connection, and to communicate with the external party via the wireless relay over the voice connection. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165012 | DETERMINATION OF POSITIONS OF WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS TO BE ADDED TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Positions of non-reference wireless transceivers to be added to a wireless communication network are determined as follows. Each non-reference wireless transceiver performs measurements of times of arrival (TOA) of signals transmitted by other non-reference wireless transceivers, as well as reference wireless transceivers. Thereafter, time difference of arrival (TDOA) values are computed from at least two types of pairs of measurements as follows: (a) unknown-unknown TDOA values are obtained as differences between TOA measurements of signals transmitted by non-reference wireless transceivers and (b) unknown-known TDOA values are obtained as differences between a TOA measurement of a signal transmitted by a non-reference wireless transceiver and another TOA measurement of another signal transmitted by a reference wireless transceiver. Both types of TDOA values are used to solve simultaneous equations to identify the positions of the non-reference wireless transceivers and optionally times of transmission of the signals by the non-reference wireless transceivers. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165013 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, MOBILE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention comprising a step in which the mobile station activates a the reconnection waiting timer for GBR disconnection when RLF has been detected in the AS-GBR bearer, and the mobile station deletes AS bearer related to the AS-GBR bearer when expiration of the reconnection waiting timer for GBR disconnection has been detected before restoration of the AS-GBR bearer is detected, a step in which the mobile station activates a NAS-GBR bearer release timer when deleting the AS bearer information, and the mobile station deletes NAS bearer information related to the NAS-GBR bearer when expiration of the NAS-GBR bearer release timer has been detected. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165014 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - The cellular telephone device includes a reporting unit and a synchronization unit. In a case in which a communication request occurs in a 3G system in a state where the location registration is performed in an LTE system, the reporting unit reports the communication request, together with data for identifying the 3G system, to the LTE system. The synchronization unit receives synchronization information of a communication channel in the 3G system identified by the LTE system based on such data reported from the reporting unit, and establishes synchronization with the communication channel. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165015 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE MEDIA OPTIMIZATION - A method and apparatus for optimizing the mobile media received by a mobile device is disclosed. The apparatus operates with a radio access network, a mobile device operating in the radio access network, and a media server providing mobile media data to the mobile device wherein the mobile device connects to the media server using the radio access network. The apparatus includes a optimization application server coupled to the radio access network. The optimization application server includes positioning indexed performance information based on the positioning information and performance of a plurality of mobile devices operating in the radio access network. The optimization application server triggers adjustments to a parameter at least one of the radio access network, the mobile device and the media server by comparing the location of the mobile device in the radio access network to the optimization application server and sending a message to the radio access network to adjust the parameter. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165016 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND HANDOVER METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method to transmit a handover complete message in a handover process are provided. The handover method of the present invention includes determining, when a handover command message is received, a handover complete message transmission period, transmitting, when channel establishment information is received, a handover complete message during the handover complete message transmission period, and completing, when a handover complete message transmission period expires, handover to communicate with a base station to which the mobile terminal is handed over. The mobile terminal and handover method thereof are capable of transmitting the handover complete message repeatedly during a predetermined period, resulting in reduction of a probability of a handover failure. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165017 | METHOD OF OPERATING CLOSED-MODE BASE STATION AND NON-SUBSCRIBER TERMINAL - A method of operating a closed-mode base station, includes broadcasting an interference preamble for providing a notification of an interference situation via a broadcast of system information; checking current service status of the closed-mode base station when the interference situation is reported from a non-subscriber terminal entered a service area of the closed-mode base station; and avoiding the interference situation based on the checked current service status. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165018 | Mechanism for 3rd Generation Partnership Project Multiple Inter-Network Quality of Service Continuity - A system to promote connectivity for inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second radio access network (RAN) is provided. The system comprises a component configured such that for each access point name (APN) in communication with the first radio access network (RAN), the maximum bit rate (MBR) for each active non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearer in the second radio access network (RAN) is determined based on each respective access point name's (APN's) used aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) and the number of active non-guaranteed bit rate(s) (non-GBR) bearers for the respective access point name (APN). | 2012-06-28 |
20120165019 | METHOD FOR MANAGING CS IRAT HANDOVER FROM 2G/3G NETWORK TO LTE NETWORK - The invention relates to a method to manage a CS IRAT (Circuit Switch Inter RAT) handover of a user equipment (UE) from a 2G/3G network to a LTE (Long Term Evolution) network in which: the UE transmits its CS IRAT handover from 2G/3G to LTE capabilities to the BSC/RNC node; the BSC/RNC node selects a routing paths among said different routing paths based on the UE capabilities for CS IRAT handover from 2G/3G to LTE and transmits to a MSC/VLR node (Mobile services Switching Center) of said 2G/3G network a Handover message comprising an information indicative of the selected path corresponding to the selected CS handover technology; and the MSC/VLR node transfers said Handover message to said target eNodeB through a MME (Mobility Management Entity) node or through an IWF node (Interworking Function) depending on the selected CS handover technology. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165020 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile station UE according to the present invention comprising a gist thereof is to include, a measurement configuration acquisition unit | 2012-06-28 |
20120165021 | EFFICIENT HANDOVER EXECUTION METHOD OF TERMINAL IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE FEMTO BASE STATIONS - The present invention relates to methods for performing fast handover by a terminal in an environment in which multiple femto base stations exist. A method for performing handover by a terminal includes transmitting, to a serving femto base station, a message for requesting seamless handover within a group including multiple femto base stations, the serving femto base station belonging to the group; receiving, from the serving femto base station, first command message including power information and allocation information; broadcasting an uplink signal that is applied with transmission power indicated by the power information, through an uplink resource indicated by the allocation information; receiving second command messages including measurements of the uplink signal measured by the multiple femto base stations from the serving femto base stations; and performing network re-entry to a target base station among the femto base stations. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165022 | Method and Apparatus for Generation Problem Indications in a Cellular Radio System - In a method and an apparatus for indicating problems data from, typically automatically, entered cell relations is compared to site location information and mobile measurements, if available. An indication of a possible problem is triggered if the comparison indicates that the cell added as neighbours are not suitable as defined by one or many threshold functions. In accordance with one embodiment method of problem indication generation in a cellular radio system is provided. An apparatus receives a neighbor cell relation entries and site location information. The received information is compared and a problem indication is generated if the comparison indicates that cells entered neighbour cells are not close to each other as defined by at least one threshold values. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165023 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR USE IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a mobility management method for use in a cellular mobile communication system. The mobility management method is configured to save radio resources and provide a stable service by detecting a cell in which a dwell time of user equipment (UE) is short as an island cell and performing a direct handover (HO) to an appropriate cell without handing over the UE to the island cell. There are provided three methods including a base station-based method, a UE measurement-based method, and a UE history-based method according to how to measure a dwell time in which the UE stays in a cell, a component in which obtained information is received within a network, and how to process an HO using the information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165024 | HANDOVER PROPERTIES ESTIMATION SYSTEM, METHODS THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A handover properties estimation system includes a moving-route extraction unit which extracts moving routes which pass through a handover area or a neighboring area by using map information of the handover area and the neighboring area. The handover area is an area in which a handover process occurs between cells in a mobile communication system. The system further includes a moving-route handover properties calculation unit for calculating handover properties of the moving routes extracted by the moving-route extraction unit, by using radio-wave environment information of the moving routes. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165025 | METHOD OF MANAGING HANDOVER IN A CELLULAR WIRELESS SYSTEM - In a method of managing handover in a cellular wireless system, channel condition information is received from a mobile terminal attached to a serving base station. Information is also received regarding the location of the mobile terminal. The received channel condition and location information are stored in a data store. The serving base station accesses data in the data store to determine if the mobile terminal would have improved connectivity if it handed over to a neighbor base station, and, when such a determination is affirmative, it sends a recommendation to the mobile terminal to handover to the other base station. The channel condition and location data store may be located in the base station. The data store content may be generated by a request response mechanism in reply to the base station. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165026 | SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS RELAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A wireless relay apparatus is provided. The wireless relay apparatus includes a telephone module configured to couple with a public switched telephone network (PSTN) to receive a telephone call, and a wireless module coupled to the telephone module to process the telephone call and configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile terminal such that the telephone call is forwarded to the mobile terminal over a short-range wireless link. Further, the wireless module is configured to operate in one of a transparent mode and a translation mode so as to exchange voice data with the mobile terminal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165027 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING FEMTO BASE STATION - Provided is a terminal to transmit wireless environment measurement information to a femto base station, and the femto base station to receive the wireless environment measurement information from the terminal. The femto base station may perform initialization based on the wireless environment measurement information, or may transmit the wireless environment measurement information to a base station control unit. The base station control unit may determine whether to additionally install a second femto base station based on the wireless environment measurement information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165028 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER OF FEMTOCELLS FOR INTERFERENCE CONTROL - Disclosed is a method of controlling transmission power of femtocells for interference control. The method includes (a) setting transmission power of femtocells to initial transmission power, (b) establishing inequalities between received signal to interference ratios (SIRs) of I user terminals and SIRs satisfying service requirements of the terminals as I simultaneous inequalities, (c) identifying whether the inequalities constituting the simultaneous inequalities are satisfied, and (d) maintaining currently adjusted transmission power and stopping transmission power adjustment of the femtocells if all the inequalities are satisfied in operation (c), wherein operations (c) and (d) are iterated while inequalities are sequentially selected one by one from at least some inequalities if at least some inequalities are not satisfied in operation (c) and transmission power is adjusted one by one in terms representing the transmission power of femtocells in the inequalities. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165029 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - A method and an arrangement ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120165030 | ASSIGNING AN ACCESS CHANNEL BASED ON A TIMER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a communication system, a wireless access node receives an access request from a wireless communication device. In response, the access node starts an access timer and transfers signaling to the communication system indicating the access request. If the access timer expires before a response to the signaling is received, then the access node provides the wireless communication device with wireless access to the communication system. The access node receives the response to the signaling. If the response is negative and is received before the access timer expires, then the access node denies the access request. If the response is negative and is received after the access timer expires, then the access node terminates the wireless access to the communication system for the wireless communication device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165031 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A FREQUENCY FOR WIRELESS AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS - A method is provided for allocating a frequency for wireless audio communications. A request is received for a frequency for wireless audio communications. The request contains the location, the time period, the quantity of required wireless communications paths and/or the available equipment for the wireless audio communications. This request is compared with information about frequency use which is stored in databases. Possible frequency ranges are outputted, and the possible frequency ranges are allocated to transmitting and/or receiving units of the requested audio communications. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165032 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTEFERENCE FROM FEMTO CELLS IN CONSIDERATION OF MACROCELL - A method of controlling femtocell interference considering a macrocell is provided. The method of controlling the interference includes a method of setting transmission power of the femtocell and methods of avoiding the interference of the femtocell. The methods of avoiding the interference include a PRB rotation method, a PRB transmission power restriction method, a hybrid method and a UB rotation method. The method of setting the transmission power and the methods of avoiding the interference may be implemented independently or implemented in combination with each other. Hence, according to the present invention, the femtocell itself can control the interference without affecting an interface of an existing macrocell base station and without signaling through the interface with the macrocell. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165033 | DYNAMICALLY SPLITTING JOBS ACROSS MULTIPLE AGNOSTIC PROCESSORS IN WIRELESS SYSTEM - Dynamically splitting jobs in wireless system between agnostic processor may comprise evaluating a job that a wireless mobile communication device may be requested to perform. The wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may evaluate a requested job to determine if one or more tasks may be sent to a remote device. The WMC device may consider such factors as information pertaining to the WMC device itself, information relating to the connection between the devices, and/or information pertaining to the remote device. This information may comprise such data as power availability in the wireless mobile communication device, processing load in the WMC device, processing and/or storage capabilities of the remote device, and characteristics of the connectivity between the two devices. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165034 | DOWNLINK CONTROL FOR WIRELESS HETEROGENEOUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS - A heterogeneous radio access network ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120165035 | FACILITATING AD HOC CONGREGATION OVER AN INSTANT MESSAGING NETWORK - Facilitating ad-hoc congregation using an application on a wireless mobile device is provided. Geographic locations defined as meet-ups are shared with members of group. When a wireless mobile device of one of the members of the group enters the geographic location of the meet-up, the wireless mobile device sends a meet-up notification message via a wireless network to other members of the group to identify it's presence at the pre-defined location. Group members can then decide to proceed to the meet-up location based upon the received notification messages. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165036 | LOCATION BASED WIRELESS TOWER CACHING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for wireless tower caching. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for wireless tower caching in a radio access network (RAN) can include receiving a response to a request from an end user device wirelessly coupled to a base station of the RAN, determining geographic positioning data for the response and identifying a most geographically wireless tower coupled to the RAN relative to the determined geographic positioning data (such as the closest wireless tower to the determined geographic positioning data). Thereafter, the response can be cached at a cache in a base station of the identified wireless tower. In this way, the cached content can remain relevant for a significant period of time in as much as the correlation between a likely position of the end user device and the content cached at the base station of the wireless tower at the time of use of the cached content is strong. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165037 | Robust Downlink Frame Synchronization Schemes in CDMA Wireless Networks for Geo-Location - A wireless location system is configured to operate in a CDMA-based wireless communication network. In exemplary embodiments, location measuring units (LMUs) can synchronize to sectors of base stations and store sector timing information. In response to a request to geo-locate a mobile device communicating with a sector, sector timing information for the servicing sector is sent to other LMUs and the LMUs can use the sector timing information to detect uplink signals transmitted by the mobile device. The location of the mobile device can then be estimated based on time of arrival measurements made by the LMUs. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165038 | Time and Power Based Wireless Location System - Disclosed is a method for processing readily available radio network, timing and power information about cellular networks and typical measurements made by the mobile device and network. A probabilistic method is disclosed that uses both time (i.e., range) and power differences with known downlink transmitter antenna characteristics to locate mobiles with accuracy better than cell-ID with ranging, with high capacity, and without the need for field calibration. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165039 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication module, a select information generation module, a position detection module, and a select module. The wireless communication module executes wireless communication by wireless communication systems. The select information generation module generates a plurality of pieces of communication system select information indicating a pair of a position and a wireless communication system. The position detection module detects a present position. The select module selects a first system indicated by first information corresponding to the present position if the plurality of pieces of communication system select information comprises the first information, and selects a second system of the wireless communication systems selected by a user if the plurality of pieces of communication system select information do not comprise the first information. The select information generation module adds new communication system select information indicating the present position and the second system. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165040 | METHOD FOR LOCATING WIRELESS NODES USING DIFFERENCE TRIANGULATION - Disclosed is a method for locating wireless nodes using difference triangulation, including: storing information transmitted from three or more fixed wireless nodes while moving on a movement path; calculating displacement vectors among three or more measurement points sharing the information of three or more fixed wireless nodes on the movement path; calculating positional information of the mobile wireless node at another measurement point by reflecting the calculated displacement vectors to the positional information of the mobile wireless node calculated at a measurement point of a region where a location of at least one fixed wireless node is known; and calculating positional information of a location-unknown fixed wireless node by the positional information of the mobile wireless node calculated at the three or more measurement points and information received from the location-unknown fixed wireless node. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165041 | LOCALIZATION DEVICE AND LOCALIZATION METHOD - Disclosed are a device and a method for localizing a user indoors using a wireless local area network, and more particularly, a localization device and a localization method that improve localization accuracy by fusing various context information when localizing a user-portable/wearable device connected with a wireless network based on an RF-based wireless network such as ZigBee. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165042 | Method For Location Determination of Wireless Device - A method for location determination of a wireless device is disclosed, the method is performed by the wireless device mounted with a gyroscope sensor and receiving position information from artificial satellites, and a positioning period is adaptively adjusted based on degree of mobility of the wireless device using the position information received from GPS and a gyroscope sensor embedded in the wireless device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165043 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASED TAGGING - A plurality of tags can be generated by a user using the mobile electronic device and is associated with the current location of the mobile electronic device. A message can include metadata associated with the current location and at least a subset of tags from the plurality of tags. The message can be transmitted to a first system over a mobile communication network. The message received from the mobile electronic device can be stored in a repository of the first system. The first system can identify the current location of the mobile electronic device using the message. The system can parse the subset of tags and can maps the parsed subset of tags with the current location. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165044 | ANONYMOUS POSITIONING OF A WIRELESS UNIT FOR DATA NETWORK LOCATION-BASED SERVICES - This invention concerns a process and a system for providing location information for a wireless unit in a wireless network to a location-based service provider, using a data network. In particular, the location information is provided to the location-based service provider without necessarily providing the identity of wireless unit, e.g., a subscriber's wireless identification number, to the service provider. In this regard, a subscriber's identification number may be hidden from the positioning service provider via a process in which an alias is used instead of the subscriber's normal identity. The subscriber's number may further be concealed from the service provider via a process wherein encrypted information is used instead of the subscriber's normal identity. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165045 | LOCATION POSITIONING APPARATUS, LOCATION POSITIONING METHOD, AND LOCATION POSITIONING PROGRAM - A location positioning apparatus, a location positioning method, and a location positioning program are provided for shortening the wait time necessary for positioning, by changing the timeout period in the positioning measurement according to the accuracy of the general location, when the current location cannot be positioned. A general location error determining unit ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120165046 | Intuitive Computing Methods and Systems - A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, data may be referred to the cloud for analysis, or for gleaning. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165047 | Method and Apparatus for Responding to Communication Notifications - An example approach is provided for determining one or more communication types and/or sources and providing one or more responses. At least one received communication is associated with at least one party. Further, at least one response is determined to the at least one communication. Furthermore, the at least one response is associated with one or more subsequent communications originating from the at least one party. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165048 | Messaging Center, User Equipment, and Methods for Message Translation - A messaging center (e.g. SMS, MMS, IM, email center), User Equipment (UE) and methods are provided to facilitate delivery of messages to recipients in the language used by those recipients. A message written in a first language is first delivered to a recipient, optionally including a delivery report request. The recipient's UE determines if proper message delivery took place based, for example, on a match between the first language (and/or it character set) and a second language (and/or its character set) used by the recipient's UE. In case of a mismatch, the recipient's UE sends back to the messaging center an improper delivery report optionally including an indication of the second language (and/or character set). The messaging center determines the second language based on the indication or via other means, translates the message into the second language, and re-sends it to the recipient's UE. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165049 | System and Method for Incorporating Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Contacts into an Instant Messaging Interface - A system and method are provided wherein SMS-only contacts are integrated into an IM environment. An IM contact list interface distinguishes between SMS and IM chats (and contacts), such that limitations and potential differential costs associated with the respective mediums can be identified. The system is also configured to route SMS messages into the IM contact list interface for later filtering and/or selection by the user. By providing SMS-specific categories with the IM contact list interface SMS integration operations such as routing of SMS messages can be controlled to avoid degrading the user's experience. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165050 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANY-TO-MANY MOBILE MESSAGING - A many-to-many mobile messaging system and method comprising a mobile communication device operative to send a sequence of messages, wherein at least some of the messages are sent to a plurality of recipients and comprise message content and a set of destination indications for at least some of the plurality of recipients. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165051 | SELECTING A DATA TRANSFER METHOD - The invention relates to a method for selecting a data transfer method in a telecommunication system wherein several data transfer methods exist for selection. The method comprises determining a message to be transmitted on the basis of inputs received from a user. At least one piece of property information concerning the message being entered or already entered is checked. In order to transmit the message, the data transfer method associated in predetermined selection conditions with the property information is selected. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165052 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE MEDIA DELIVERY - A communications device determines the appropriate method for providing a message depending upon the content of the message without prompting or querying a user of the device. When the user selects a name as the recipient of the created message, the mobile device determines delivery options. If the message contains text only and if the user enters/selects a mobile device phone number, the message is sent via SMS. If the message contains multimedia and if the user enters or selects a mobile device phone number, the message is sent via MMS. If the message is text only or multimedia, and if the user enters or selects an email address, the message is sent via email. In various implementations, the message is delivery via determined delivery options including a lowest cost delivery option, a subscriber preferred delivery option, or a delivery options as indicated by an intended recipient's presence information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING A SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for measuring the position of user equipment through a reference signal, or pilot, in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-based wireless mobile communication system. The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a cell-specific positioning reference signal (PRS) pattern which is a signal pattern used in transceiving between the user equipment and a base station. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165054 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING SEQUENCE ASSIGNING METHOD AND REFERENCE SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - Provided is a sequence allocation method capable of reducing inter-cell interference of a reference signal when a ZC sequence is used as the reference signal in a mobile communication system. In the sequence allocation method divides R×M sequences specified by a ZC sequence number r (r=1 to R) and a cyclic shift sequence number m (m=1 to M) into a plurality of sequence groups X (X=1 to R) in accordance with the transmission band width of the reference signal, so that the ZC sequence is allocated to each cell in each sequence group unit. When it is assumed that R=9 and M=6, the number of sequence is 54. Each of the sequence groups is formed by two sequences. Accordingly, the number of sequence groups is 27. The 27 types of sequence groups are allocated to each cell. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165055 | CLOUD COMMUNICATION CENTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A CLOUD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Cloud communication center system and method for processing data in a cloud communication system. An apparatus for supporting a cloud communication system may include at least one remote unit and a centralized unit. The at least one remote unit may be configured to process one of radio signals received from a user equipment or radio signals to be transmitted to a user equipment according to at least one sub-layer of an open system interconnection reference model. The centralized unit may be configured to receive the processed signal from the remote unit and to process the received signal based on the remaining sub-layers of the open system interconnection reference model. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING AVAILABLE CHANNEL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses for acquiring/providing available channel information using Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) protocol in a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. AP (Access Point) station has a capability to acquire information for available channels from a database using a specific protocol related to an operation within the White Space (e.g. Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP)). And, non-AP station can retrieve the information for available channels by transmitting a Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) initial request frame to the AP station, wherein the GAS initial request frame comprises an Advertisement Protocol Element whose element ID indicates the specific protocol, and receiving a GAS initial response frame comprising a White Space Map (WSM) the specific protocol. The WSM comprises one or more white space channel units, and each of the white space channel units comprises a channel number field indicating one of the available channels and a power constraint field indicating a maximum allowable power on the indicated channel. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165057 | RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, USING ALLOCATION OF SHARED FREQUENCY - In a radio communication system that conducts a communication between a radio base station and a radio communication terminal, the radio base station and the radio communication terminal conduct communication though traffic in a shared frequency utilizing white space in addition to a dedicated frequency allocated to the radio communication system. The traffic through which the communication is established between the radio base station and the radio communication terminal includes first traffic whose bandwidth is guaranteed and second traffic whose bandwidth is not guaranteed. Radio resources of the dedicated frequency are allocated to the first traffic and radio resources of the shared frequency are allocated to the second traffic. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165058 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RANDOM ACCESS OF MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION SERVICE - Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling random access of a machine type communication (MTC) device in a wireless communication network providing an MTC service, and a wireless communication system providing an MTC service. The method includes inserting, at a base station, information about a random access preamble group for an MTC device and information about a random access time for an MTC device in system information (SI), and transmitting, at the base station, the SI to at least one MTC device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165059 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SPECTRUM RESOURCES - A central registration system provides channel maps of available spectrum to radio devices based on feedback and spectrum allocation policies. Each available channel in the channel map is given a score that is indicative of the quality of the channel for use by the particular radio device for which the channel map was generated. The quality score for each available channel may be based on the radio device's susceptibility to different types of interference and/or radio device's tolerance of the different types of potential interference. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165060 | DELIVERY OF IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION - When a communication session is implemented, the communications of a direct mode terminal may be mediated via a direct mode gateway such that messages of a direct mode first terminal are addressed with identification information of the direct mode gateway. In the invention identity information of a user of the direct mode terminal is delivered to a trunked mode terminal in a user plane signalling message of the communication session. In terminal procedures identity of the direct mode gateway may be replaced by identity information received in the user plane signalling message. Identity of the direct mode terminal is then in a simple manner made available to terminal procedures of the trunked mode terminal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165061 | METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF SESSION CAPABILITIES - An apparatus for providing dynamic assignment of session capabilities such as buddy list capabilities includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive a message associated with a communication session with a network node, acquire service plan based capabilities associated with the network node, receive device based capabilities associated with the network node, and determine session based capabilities associated with the service based on the device based capabilities and the service plan based capabilities on a per subscriber basis. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING PUSH-TO-TALK STATE TO A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Apparatus, which has a multilayer protocol stack for processing incoming messages, determines PTT state from messages received from a peripheral over a wireless serial communication channel. The apparatus: receives (902), from the peripheral, a sequence of messages comprising a plurality of data messages (e.g., RFCOMM messages), wherein each of the data messages provides an indication of a PTT state for the apparatus, and wherein the sequence of data messages is received over a short range wireless data path for exchanging priority data that comprises a wireless serial communication channel and that is different from a short range wireless data path for exchanging non-priority data. A pattern detector in the apparatus performs (904) a pattern matching process, within the first two layers of the multilayer protocol stack, to determine the PTT state indicated by each of the data messages and sets (906) the apparatus to have the determined PTT states. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NODE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for controlling a node of a wireless communication system has a traffic load determiner, a cooperation capacity determiner and a power control unit. The traffic load determiner determines a traffic load in the wireless communication system and the cooperation capacity determiner determines an available cooperation capacity of the node with another node of the wireless communication system. Further, the power control unit activates or deactivates an antenna of a node based on the determined traffic load and the determined available capacity. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165064 | Method and Arrangement for Improving Radio Network Characteristics - The present invention discloses a method in a network node ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120165065 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND HANDOVER METHOD - A wireless communication system includes: a macrocell base station device; a micro base station device serving a cell having a region including at least a part of a region of a cell served by the macrocell base station device; and a mobile station device. One of the macrocell base station device and the micro base station device includes a reporter configured to report, to the mobile station device, micro base station information indicating the micro base station device to which the mobile station device can perform a handover. The mobile station device includes a handover destination selector configured to select a handover destination based on the micro base station information reported. Thereby, a handover is prevented while preventing the processing load on the mobile station device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165066 | Cell Selection For MIMO Transmission - A method of selecting a cell or cells for use in multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) transmission to user equipment or a relay station in a serving cell of a cellular wireless network, there being a set of N cells of the cellular network from which a selection of cells is to be made, N being an integral number greater than one and the set including the serving cell, the received signal power of the serving cell and the received interference power of the other cells in the set relative to the serving cell are sorted in descending order of power P, such that P | 2012-06-28 |
20120165067 | Mobile Telephone with Television Reception and Advertisement Delivery Control - A mobile telephone includes a television receiver and a pre-loaded advertisement module including stored advertisements and advertisement display instructions. The advertisement display instructions control the display of the stored advertisements as television content is processed by the television receiver. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165068 | ADAPTIVE RING SIGNAL LEVEL DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention relates a method and a mobile communication device for generating an adaptive ring signal level in the mobile communication device in response to the surrounding environmental condition of said mobile communication device and also in response to the way the mobile communication device is stored away. By comparing a transfer that is determined based on the relation between an emitted signal from the loudspeaker and a response recorded by the microphone and an ideal transfer function a calculated response function is obtained. The calculated response function is compared with predefined response functions stored in a look up table to find a match that is then selected. The ring signal is thereafter adjusted to a level that corresponds to the values associated with and stored together with the selected predefined response function. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165069 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an electronic device and method for controlling the electronic apparatus. According to the present invention, the electronic device combines a map image obtained from an external image that is received through a camera with a map contents to display. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165070 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A digital photo transmission system is used to transmit a digital photo captured by a digital camera to a storage system by a mobile device. The digital photo transmission system determines the digital photo by a determination control module, obtains the digital photo by an obtaining module. The digital photo transmission system transmits the digital photo to a register module of the mobile device by a first wireless communication module of the digital camera and a second wireless communication module of the mobile device. At least, the digital photo is transmitted to the storage system by a wireless transmission mode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165071 | MOBILE DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING ITS OPERATION MODES - A mobile device capable of automatically switching its operation modes includes a storage module, a control module, a display module and an electrical connector. The storage module is configured to store data of icons controllable to execute an application or function. The control module is configured to direct the data of at least one icon from the storage module to be transmitted to the display module for displaying the icon on a screen. When the control module detects that the electrical connector is electrically coupled to an electronic device, the control module is configured to adjust configuration of the at least one icon, with the adjusted configuration to be automatically displayed on the screen to mark a new operation mode of the mobile device. The configuration of the icon may be adjusted in size, one or more pixels, position, or quantity of the icon. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165072 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SLIDING DISPLAY PROVIDING EVENT NOTIFICATION - A handheld electronic device comprises a housing having a keyboard support member on a front thereof and a base defining a cavity therebetween, wherein light generated within the cavity can be viewed from a front of the housing; a display assembly slidably mounted to the housing and comprising a display screen on a front face thereof, the display assembly being slidable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein in the retracted position a lower portion of the display screen is received within the cavity underlying the keyboard support member and an upper portion of the display screen is viewable outside of the cavity, and in the extended position the lower portion and the upper portion of the display screen are viewable outside of the cavity, wherein the display screen is a light emitting diode display screen comprising a plurality of pixels that are selectively illuminatable to display an image; a processor configured to control operation of the display screen; and a position sensor for indicating to the processor when the display assembly is in the retracted position. When the position sensor indicates the display assembly is in the retracted position, and upon an occurrence of one or more predetermined events, the processor is configured to generate an event notification by illuminating pixels in the lower portion of the display screen. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165073 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING AN AGE COMPENSATING DISPLAY - A method and handheld electronic device for compensating for differential aging of display screen on a handheld electronic device wherein in a first position a first portion of the display screen is hidden from view while a second portion of the display screen is viewable, and in a second position the first portion and the second portion of the display screen are viewable. Over time, relative illumination durations of the first and second portions are tracked and based on the relative illumination durations, a relative degree of illumination of one or both of the first portion and the second portion are adjusted when the display screen is in the second position to compensate for differential aging between the first and second portion. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165074 | EFFECTS OF GRAVITY ON GESTURES - Techniques involving an effect of gravity on gestures are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe gestures that are usable to provide inputs and therefore initiate operations of a computing device, such as a mobile communications device having telephone functionality. The techniques described herein may be employed to reduce an effect of gravity on an input that describes the gesture. A variety of different gestures are contemplated, such as gestures that are recognized as involving acceleration, e.g., acceleration. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165075 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one other terminal; a memory configured to store at least first and second operating systems including at least first and second modes, respectively; a controller configured to execute the first operating system, and to activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system; and a display unit configured to display a first information screen corresponding to the activated first mode. Further, the first information screen includes first application information corresponding to the first mode and second application information corresponding to the second mode and an identifier identifying the first and second application information. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165076 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CHANGING PAGE THEREOF - A mobile terminal for smoothly changing a page between page groups by using an indicator indicating a page group, and a method for changing a page in the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal including: a display unit configured to display an indicator indicating a page group including a plurality of pages; an input unit configured to detect a gesture associated with the indicator; and a controller configured to control the display unit to display a page representing the page group, wherein the indicator discriminately displays the page representing the page group among the plurality of pages. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165077 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a projector, a display unit, a detector, and a processing unit. The projector projects a first image. The display unit displays a second image related to the first image. The detector detects a variation of an attitude. When the variation of the attitude is detected by the detector, the processing unit applies a variation to the first image in association with the variation of the attitude. Then, the processing unit varies the second image in association with the variation of the first image. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165078 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display surface for displaying a screen including information, an accepting section which accepts a moving operation for moving the screen, and a display control section which controls the display section based on the moving operation. When the moving operation for moving an end of the screen inside the end of the display surface is performed, the display control section controls the display section so that the screen is deformed to a moving direction of the screen in a direction of movement of the screen by the moving operation. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165079 | KEY BOARD OF MOBILE PHONE - This invention provides a key board of mobile phone applied in key circuit of mobile phone, comprises a PCB circuit board, wherein a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode are disposed on the PCB circuit board, the second electrode is disposed around the first electrode in circular form, tooth profile structures disposed matched with the third electrode are extended from an outer side of the second electrode, the third electrode is connected with the first electrode, the setting can be applied to various types of keys. The key board of the mobile phone provided in this invention can not only be applied to the dome keys, but also the carbon granule keys. If customers need different designs of keys, the new keys are needed to be redesign, and a new main board is not necessary to design, which greatly saves development time and lowers the cost. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165080 | WIRELESS DEVICE BATTERY CONSERVATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Generally, the present invention provides a method for detecting poor RF conditions, and entering different sleep mode levels or phases in accordance with the RF conditions to save battery power. Mobile device battery life can be conserved when the mobile device detects poor RF conditions and enters a deep sleep mode of operation. In this deep sleep mode of operation the mobile device periodically samples the RF conditions and gradually increases the period between samples when the RF conditions do not improve. Because mobility can change the RF condition for wireless devices even in areas of good RF coverage, the mobile device operating in the deep sleep mode can detect this mobility and thus enhance the probability of entering an idle state, or alternatively, entering a longer power save mode. When the RF condition improves, the mobile device exits from the deep sleep mode and returns to the idle state. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165081 | MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device of the present invention having an upper case, a lower case arranged under the upper case, and a middle case arranged inside the upper case and the lower case, includes a first engaging section which is provided in the peripheral edge portion of the undersurface of the upper case, a second engaging section which is provided in the peripheral edge portion of the top surface of the middle case and engages with the first engaging section, a third engaging section which is provided in the peripheral edge portion of the undersurface of the middle case, and a fourth engaging section which is provided in the peripheral edge portion of the top surface of the lower case and engages with the third engaging section. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165082 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SLIDING AND ROTATING HINGE APPARATUS THEREOF - A portable communication device and a sliding and rotating hinge apparatus are provided. The device includes a first housing; a second housing, facing the first housing when the device is in a folded state; and a hinge unit. The hinge unit has a first portion attached to the second housing and is configured to slide, together with the second housing, with respect to the first housing to reach a disengaged position. A second portion of the hinge unit automatically rotates once the disengaged position is reached, thereby automatically rotating the second housing around a hinge axis of the hinge unit to open the device to an unfolded state. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165083 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes an upper housing and a bottom housing connected to each other, a master Printed Circuit Board (PCB) for realizing a communication function, a speaker and a keypad assembly. The master PCB board is arranged on the bottom housing, wherein the upper housing includes a front housing and a front cover, the keypad assembly is arranged between the front housing and the front cover; the speaker is arranged under the front housing, the keypad assembly is connected to the master PCB board by a flexible circuit board which passes through the front housing; voice spreading holes connecting to the front cavity of the speaker are correspondingly arranged on the front cover, the keypad assembly and the front housing; the joints among the front housing, the keypad assembly, the front cover and the speaker are waterproof. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING LOCATIONS USING WEBCAMS - Disclosed herein are a location tracking apparatus and method. The location tracking apparatus includes a head tracking unit, and a pointer tracking unit. The head tracking unit extracts a location, 3DOF and orientation of a head of a user by capturing the user from a screen on which a game is displayed using a first webcam and tracks the user's gaze based on the results of the extraction. The pointer tracking unit tracks a point indicated by a laser pointer projected onto the screen by capturing the screen using a second webcam, and designates the tracked point as cross hairs corresponding to a target to be shot at. The head tracking unit and the pointer tracking unit tracks the user's gaze and the point simultaneously. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165085 | ACTIVE LEARNING DEVICE AND METHOD - An activity device including an activity sensor for generating an activity interaction signal responsive to a sustained large-muscle physical activity of a user operating the activity device; a controller, coupled to the activity monitor, generating a virtual environment supporting a virtual user frame-of-reference in the virtual environment, the controller generating a set of virtual education elements in the environment and a goal for the set virtual representation with respect to the virtual education elements wherein the controller is responsive to the activity interaction signal to produce an affected interaction of the virtual representation with the virtual education elements with the controller measuring a conformation of the goal by the affected interaction; and a feedback system, coupled to the controller, for presenting the virtual environment with the frame-of-reference in relation to the virtual education elements for providing the user with feedback. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165086 | SCORING OF FREE-FORM VOCALS FOR VIDEO GAME - A music based video game in which a game player's singing performance is digitally sampled while the player performs a free-form vocal over a prerecorded musical composition. Aspects of the game player's free-form vocal performance are compared with predetermined criteria. For example, the vocal performance may be compared with tempo and key information to generate performance evaluation data. The performance evaluation data may be used to present performance feedback to the game player while the game player is singing. | 2012-06-28 |
20120165087 | INTERACTIVE GUITAR GAME DESIGNED FOR LEARNING TO PLAY THE GUITAR - An interactive game designed for learning to play a guitar. A guitar may be connected to a computer or other platform, capable of loading music and displaying notes and chords and other feedback and visual learning aids on a display screen, allowing a user to read music and play along. The goal of the software or interactive game engine is for players to learn how to play a guitar. Users may operate the game in a number of modes with different goals, playing mini-games throughout the levels of the game. The game provides feedback and statistics to help users learn how to play the guitar. | 2012-06-28 |