30th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120190291 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DIFFUSION OF AIR IN A PLURALITY OF ENCLOSURES AND INSTALLATION EMPLOYING SUCH SYSTEM - A system is disclosed for enabling the total operation of an installation for the diffusion of air in a plurality of enclosures to be reduced. The present system includes apparatus for measuring a signal related to the state of operation of a thermal treatment apparatus for the air associated with each enclosure and/or related to the temperature desired independently in each enclosure, a module for calculation, on the basis of the measured signals, a setpoint blowing temperature that makes it possible to reduce the total operation of the whole of the thermal treatment means. A setpoint blowing throughput is also determined in order to optimize the total operation of the air diffusion installation. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190292 | ENCLOSURE AND METHOD OF COOLING SAME USING AMBIENT AIR - An enclosure houses heat-producing equipment and includes an air conditioner, a fan, and at least one controller for controlling the air conditioner and the fan. The controller runs the air conditioner when a temperature of the interior is greater than or equal to an on temperature and turns the air conditioner off when the temperature of the interior is less than or equal to an off temperature. If the ambient temperature outside the enclosure is less than the off temperature and the air conditioner is off, the controller turns the fan on until the temperature of the interior is less than the off temperature by a first amount and then turns the fan off. Also a method for controlling the temperature of an enclosure using an air conditioner and a fan. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190293 | AIR DIFFUSER AND AN AIR CIRCULATION SYSTEM - An air diffuser comprising a body, at least one swirl pattern discharge element and at least one jet pattern discharge element, wherein the jet pattern discharge element is manipulable to vary the airflow direction angle of a discharged jet pattern of air relative to an axis perpendicular to a discharge face of the swirl pattern discharge element to thereby alter the angle of the air discharged from the swirl pattern discharge element. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190294 | INDOOR AIR QUALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An indoor air quality system and method for a building. In an embodiment, the system includes a plurality of exhaust fans and a plurality of controllers. The exhaust fans each have a predetermined exhaust rate. The controllers are configured to monitor an actual volume of air exhausted by the indoor air quality system, and to automatically operate the exhaust fans to exhaust a desired volume of air during a time period. In an embodiment, the method includes setting parameters in a plurality of controllers, communicating to the controllers an operating state of the fans, determining a time at which to energize the fans such that the volume of air to exchange during the time period is exchanged during the time period, and energizing the fans at the determined time. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190295 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING DISASTER INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for receiving and providing disaster information. The method of providing the disaster information includes: classifying a disaster service district into a plurality of emergency zones according to a danger level; transmitting information regarding the plurality of emergency zones to at least one mobile terminal located within the plurality of emergency zones, and receiving a location of the at least one mobile terminal from the at least one mobile terminal; and sequentially transmitting disaster information according to the danger level, to the at least one mobile terminal in the plurality of emergency zones, based on the location of a disaster which has been received from a disaster information server, when a disaster occurs. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190296 | MINIATURIZED RADIO REPEATER - A radio repeater system is provided that utilizes miniaturized antennas and a meta-material channel isolator. The radio repeater is comprised of: a receive antenna configured to receive a signal at a desired channel frequency; a transmit antenna configured to transmit the signal at the channel frequency; an amplifier electrically connected between the receive antenna and the transmit antenna; and an array of resonating circuits disposed spatially between the receive antenna and the transmit antenna. Each resonating circuit is designed to resonant at the channel frequency and thereby suppress propagation of surface waves between the antennas. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190297 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY OF A DATA COMMUNICATION LINK - An apparatus for communicating between a mobile device, and a plurality of transceivers. The apparatus includes a first transceiver which transmits to the mobile device on any one of a plurality of channels. The apparatus further includes a second transceiver which transmits to the mobile device on any one of the plurality of channels. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BROADBAND SIGNALS TO A PORTABLE USER DEVICE - A method and apparatus for providing broadband signals to a portable user device is disclosed. Broadband signals, such as satellite radio signals, are received at a base station having a plurality of antennas. The content of the broadband signals are then encoded using space time coding (STC), and the STC encoded broadband content is transmitted from the plurality of antennas via a first wireless network protocol. The STC encoded broadband content can be received at a portable user device having a plurality of antennas or at a wireless access point having a plurality of antennas, which then transmit the broadband signals via a second wireless network protocol. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190299 | CONNECTION METHOD FOR NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A host side wireless communication terminal and guest side wireless communication terminals are stacked together, for example. The wireless communication terminals each generate an access point list within a range wherein near field wireless communication can be performed. The host side wireless communication terminal stores the data of the vibratory waveform by the user tapping a finger or the like on the casing, as reference data. The guest side wireless communication terminals detect the vibratory waveforms propagated through the casing or the like of the host side device, set the vibratory waveform data as key data, and transmits this to the host side by near field wireless communication. Upon the key data and reference data matching, the host side wireless communication device performs near field wireless communication pairing between the wireless communication devices that have transmitted the key data thereof. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190300 | Systems and Methods for Transmitting Data Using Near Field Communications - A data exchange system comprising a device memory module, a device antenna, a device transceiver system comprising a device transceiver module and a device antenna, a power manager, a first switch operable in a first state and a second state, and a power supply for providing power to the device memory module, the device transceiver, and the power manager. When the first switch is in its first state, the device memory module and the device transceiver do not consume sufficient power from the power supply to allow the transfer of data between the device memory module and the host memory. When the first switch is in its second state, the device memory and the device transceiver consume sufficient power from the power supply to allow the transfer of data between the device memory module and the host memory using the host transceiver system. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190301 | MOTION-BASED INTERACTION BETWEEN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A STATIONARY COMPUTING DEVICE - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for interacting with a stationary computing device. During operation, the system detects a proximity of a user of the portable electronic device to a stationary computing device. Next, the system uses the proximity to obtain identity data associated with at least one of the user and the portable electronic device. The system then uses the identity data to establish a connection with the portable electronic device. Finally, the system performs one or more tasks for the user on the stationary computing device based on a set of motion-based commands from the portable electronic device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190302 | NON-NETWORKED MESSAGING - A system for facilitating short-range wireless data exchanges between apparatuses that are not linked by a wireless network connection. For example, an apparatus may initially determine if data suitable for transmission without first establishing a formal network connection is pending. For example, in terms of Bluetooth the data may suitable for transmission to another apparatus without having to first negotiate a Bluetooth piconet including both apparatuses. If it determined that data is pending for transmission, the apparatus may scan for apparatus detection packets transmitted from other apparatuses (e.g., enter an inquiry scanning mode). Upon reception of an apparatus detection packet, the apparatus may transmit one or more messages via wireless communication (e.g., execute an extended inquiry response procedure) comprising at least the data. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190303 | CELL-PHONE COMPATIBLE WIRELESS STETHOSCOPE - A cell phone-compatible wireless stethoscope has an auscultation piece secured to an audio transmitter. The audio transmitter is configured to transmit audible biosignals detected by the auscultation piece. The signals may be transmitted via Bluetooth® to any Bluetooth®-capable cell phone and then transferred over a cellular network. The device may be used for remote medical examination and diagnosis. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190304 | Bluetooth Function Providing Method and Terminal for Computer - A method for providing a Bluetooth function for a computer is disclosed, including: inputting a switch indication, and a terminal switching a working mode to a Bluetooth adapter mode; connecting the terminal to the computer via a universal serial bus (USB) interface; receiving an upload configuration parameter sent from the computer, and the terminal transmitting configuration parameters stored therein to the computer to enable the computer to regard the terminal as a Bluetooth adapter; the terminal sending an HCI command transmitted via the USB interface by the computer via its Bluetooth chip, converting a radio frequency signal received by its Bluetooth chip into an HCI event to transmit to the computer via the USB interface. Also disclosed in the present invention is a terminal for providing a Bluetooth function for a computer, including a user interface (UI), a switching module, a USB interface, an enumerating module and a Bluetooth module. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190305 | BATTERY LEVEL INDICATION BY PORTABLE TELEPHONE - Methods for indicating the state of charge of the battery of a portable object, comprising a step for contactless transmission from a portable object to a telephone of the state of charge of the battery of the portable object, and a step for indication, via a human-machine interface of the telephone, of the state of charge of the battery of the portable object. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for detecting a loss of communications between an aircraft and a ground station are provided. In one embodiment, a system for detecting a loss of communication for an aircraft comprises: a communication detection software module resident as an application on an aircraft communication management unit (CMU); a CMU message router in communication with the communication detection software module; at least one radio coupled to the communication management unit; a statistical model of communications traffic density for an RF zone associated with a ground station; wherein the communication detection software module performs a statistical analysis of a current communications traffic density of radio communications observed by the at least one radio to determine when the aircraft has a lost a communications link with the ground station. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190307 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IDLE-TIMEOUT PERIOD ACCORDING TO TIME-INTERVAL VARIATION RATE DERIVED FROM TIME INTERVALS OF DATA TRANSMISSION AND RELATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE THEREOF - A method for adjusting an idle-timeout period of a connection between a wireless communication device and a host includes following steps: detecting a plurality of time intervals of data transmission between the wireless communication device and the host; generating a time-interval variation rate according to the time intervals; and adjusting the idle-timeout period according to the time-interval variation rate. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190308 | TRANSCEIVER WITH PLURAL SPACE HOPPING PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A wireless transceiver includes an antenna array that transmits an outbound RF signal containing outbound data to remote transceivers and that receives an inbound RF signal containing inbound data from the remote RF transceivers, wherein the antenna array is configurable based on a control signal. An antenna configuration controller generates the control signal to configure the antenna array to hop among a plurality of radiation patterns based on a hopping sequence. An RF transceiver section generates the outbound RF signal based on the outbound data and that generates the inbound data based on the inbound RF signal. In one configuration, a switching section selectively couples a selected one of the antennas in the array to the RF transceiver section, based on the control signal. In another configuration, the RF transceiver section includes an RF section for each antenna in the array. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190309 | System and Method for Assisted Open Loop Multiple Input, Multiple Output Communications - A system and method for assisted open loop (OL) multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) communications are provided. A method for controller operations includes: adjusting a transmitter used to transmit information in OL MIMO transmissions, the adjusting based on partial channel information for a channel between a controller and a communications device; and transmitting to the communications device using the adjusted transmitter. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190310 | TRANSCEIVER AND RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG READER - In a transceiver, on a top surface of a rectangular plate-shaped substrate, transmission radiating elements and receiving radiating elements are provided. The transmission radiating elements extend in the horizontal or lateral direction from the center of the substrate. The receiving radiating elements extend in the vertical or longitudinal direction from the center of the substrate. Inductors included in a matching feeding element are individually electromagnetically coupled to transmission-side feeding points that are inner end portions of the transmission radiating elements and receiving-side feeding points that are inner end portions of the receiving radiating elements. A transmission signal is transmitted with a wave polarized in the horizontal or lateral direction, and a signal having a vertical or longitudinal polarization direction is received. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190311 | FREQUENCY GENERATOR AND GAIN CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE FOR TWO-POINT MODULATION IN A PHASE-LOCKED LOOP - A frequency generator includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), where the VCO is arranged to receive low-pass data via a first input and high-pass data at a second input. The first input is coupled to a first set of varactors in the VCO. The second input is coupled to a second set of varactors in the VCO. A controller sets the input voltage at the first input and directs a charge pump to operate in a tri-state mode that opens the feedback loop of the PLL. The controller applies different voltages via the second input and measures the change in output frequency. A present gain of the VCO is determined from the ratio of the change in frequency and the change in voltage at the second input and is used to calibrate a portable transceiver. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190312 | RADIO ANTENNA SWITCH - A radio antenna switch module for a high frequency radio transceiver enables the radio transceiver to have a small number of receivers and transmitters and a larger number of antennas, whereby each antenna has a different diversity characteristic. The diversity between antennas provide for greater communication reliability, while the small number of receivers and transmitters allows the transceiver to operate at relatively low power compared to conventional radio transceivers. The switch module also allows for two loopback modes between the transmitter and the receiver for at-speed, low-cost self-test in production. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190313 | COMPACT SWITCH WITH ENHANCED LINEARITY PERFORMANCE - A switch element includes a switch device having a drain, a source and a plurality of gates, and at least one additional interconnect located between the plurality of gates, the additional interconnect operative to establish a constant potential between the at least two gates. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190314 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR A HELMET - A communications system is configured to attach to a helmet that includes vent openings formed in an outer shell of the helmet. Components of the system are configured to extend through the openings of the helmet for detachably coupling the components to the helmet. The system can include a main communications module that includes electronic components and a control panel and the system can further include other audio components that include speakers and a microphone. The system also provides the ability to communicate with and/or operate as a digital media player, a radio tuner, a telephone, or a global positioning system (GPS) or another device using Bluetooth technology. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190315 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR A HELMET - A communications system is configured to attach to a helmet that includes vent openings formed in an outer shell of the helmet. Components of the system are configured to extend through the openings of the helmet for detachably coupling the components to the helmet. The system can include a main communications module that includes electronic components and a control panel and the system can further include other audio components that include speakers and a microphone. The system also provides the ability to communicate with and/or operate as a digital media player, a radio tuner, a telephone, or a global positioning system (GPS) or another device using Bluetooth technology or other technology. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190316 | Radio Frequency Splitter - A multichannel splitter formed from 1 to 2 splitters, wherein: an input terminal of a first 1 to 2 splitter defines an input of the multichannel splitter; the 1 to 2 splitters are electrically series-connected; and first respective outputs of the 1 to 2 splitters define output terminals of the multichannel splitter. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190317 | RADIO FREQUENCY COMBINER - A multichannel combiner formed from 2 to 1 combiners, wherein: a first input channel of each 2 to 1 combiner is connected to the output of a settable-gain amplifier of a signal to be combined; all 2 to 1 combiners are electrically connected in series; and an output of a first 2 to 1 combiner defines an output of the multichannel combiner. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190318 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL BELOW A CURRENT TRANSMIT POWER IN A NETWORK - A transmitter includes a detection element to determine when a current power requirement of a communication link is less than the standard transmit power. The current power requirement may be determined by a current operation condition of the communication link, for instance. The transmit power of the transmitter may be set to be less than the standard power in any of a variety of ways. For example, a center tap voltage of the transmitter may be reduced. In another example, a class of operation of the transmitter may be changed. In yet another example, the transmitter may include a current mirror having a plurality of diode-connected transistors coupled in parallel, thereby reducing the current at output terminals of the transmitter. Reducing the current at the output terminals decreases the output power of the transmitter, which may reduce the power consumed by the transmitter. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING INTER-MODULATION TO IMPROVE RADIO PERFORMANCE IN SINGLE AND DUAL TUNER - A method of performing alternate frequency switching in a radio includes tuning the radio to a primary frequency. A candidate alternate frequency is identified. It is determined whether the candidate alternate frequency is a third order inter-modulation artifact. Tuning is switched from the primary frequency to the candidate alternate frequency only if it is determined in the determining step that the candidate alternate frequency is not a third order inter-modulation artifact. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190320 | SMOOTHING FILTER FOR IRREGULAR UPDATE INTERVALS - A technique for determining a received signal strength from multiple messages filters noise from the received signal to provide an accurate signal strength value. Advantageously, the more accurate output signal strength value can be used to identify movement of a station as well as estimate locations and direction of movement. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190321 | NONMAGNETIC STAINLESS STEEL, MEMBER FOR RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE, PRODUCTION PROCESS OF NONMAGNETIC STAINLESS STEEL AND RADIO WAVE RECEIVER - A nonmagnetic stainless steel which has a higher electrical resistivity than existing nonmagnetic alloys, a production process for producing the stainless steel, and a radio wave receiver. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190322 | Customized Audio/Antenna Module And Method For Making The Same - The present invention relates to a method for assembling a self-contained audio/antenna module for a portable communication device, the method comprising the steps of incorporating, into the audio/antenna module, one or more transducers, said incorporation comprising, for at least one transducer, the steps of custom designing and implementing a membrane structure for the at least one transducer in accordance with design constrains provided by an audio/antenna module casing, and incorporating a standard, prefabricated magnetic circuit into the audio/antenna module, said magnetic circuit being adapted to displace the membrane structure of the at least one transducer in accordance with incoming audio drive signals. The invention further relates to an audio/antenna module manufactured according to the above-mentioned method. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190323 | SMOOTHING FILTER FOR IRREGULAR UPDATE INTERVALS - A technique for determining a received signal strength from multiple messages filters noise from the received signal to provide an accurate signal strength value. Advantageously, the more accurate output signal strength value can be used to identify movement of a station as well as estimate locations and direction of movement. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190324 | Automatic Emergency Call Language Provisioning - A computer-implemented method includes receiving coordinates, at a vehicle associated computing system (VACS), corresponding to a vehicle's location. The method also includes using the VACS to compare the coordinates to a predetermined set of geographic borders, wherein the geographic borders determine at least language boundaries. The method further includes using the VACS to determine a local language based at least in part on the coordinate comparison. The method additionally includes using the VACS to transmit an emergency message in at least the determined local language. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190325 | Alert broadcasting to unconfigured communications devices - Methods and systems for communicating alert messages to target communications devices in a target physical location are disclosed. The target devices may not be preconfigured to be discovered or to receive the alert message. Network sources are queried to identify accessible logical locations, which are associated with physical locations in a database. The logical locations include an intelligent network source which, having received the alert message, detects nearby devices in the target physical location. The system prepares and communicates the alert message to the target device. The intelligent network source may be configured to prepare and communicate the alert message without any intermediate system step of formulating a list of recipients. Auto-discovery and message delivery methods employ protocol packet injection, network and access point spoofing, and Bluetooth signaling. Auto-discovery and unconfigured delivery methods can be used to reveal the presence of devices in an area. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190326 | COMMUNICATION FEE PREDICTION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CHARGING METHOD - A communication fee prediction device including: a communication unit; a network load information management unit that collects and retains network load information of each base station through the communication unit; a user behavior history management unit that collects and retains positional information of a data communication terminal; and a fee prediction unit that estimates a later movement path of a data communication terminal, estimates a network load state when a data communication terminal passes through a base station on the estimated movement path, and predicts a communication fee according to a network load state of a base station that a data communication terminal is currently position registering and a communication fee according to a network load state of a base station on the estimated movement path, wherein a data communication terminal is notified of the current communication fee and the predicted value of a communication fee through the communication unit. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190327 | System and Methods for Locating Mobile Devices Using Location and Presence Information - A location based service and method configured to provide recovery assistance for a misplaced or stolen mobile device. The location based system and method is configured to locate (recover) high value mobile devices using location, presence and other IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) based telecommunications network assets. The method includes leveraging location dips performed for other services to drive a recovery process for a mobile device to thereby reduce resource overhead on a location platform; locating the mobile device using the location dips performed for other services; and sending a notification to a subscriber of the location of the mobile device for recovery of the mobile device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190328 | GPS Driven Architecture for Delivery of Location Based Multimedia and Method of Use - An architecture, system and method of use sends location based multimedia to participants of a geo-tour or other application using geo-boundaries and/or other location information. The method includes detecting when a user has crossed within a geo-boundary. The method further includes determining a content type to be sent to a mobile device based on preferences provided by the user. Additionally, the method includes sending user location specific content of the determined content type to the mobile device when the user has crossed within the geo-boundary. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEDIA CONTENT TO A USER - A Call Session Control Function (CSCF) unit may receive from a user a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, which may be transmitted via a communication terminal, identifying particular media content on a particular content server, and in response the CSCF unit may transmit a second message to a particular application server (SIP-AS) if the CSCF unit determines that the SIP message is associated with the application server. The application server may generate and transmit to the communication terminal accessing information that may be used by the user to retrieve, via the communication terminal, the media content from the content server. Submitting content requests in this manner may enable routing content requests through an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), thereby making use of filtering features of the IMS for user authentication and access control, and obviating need for separate proprietary access control mechanisms for the content server. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190330 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE AND MODIFYING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a system for downloading an application from a server and providing the same to a client by using a short message or a subscriber interface module (SIM) card. The system modifies a function key for each application according to a client's selection, and randomly modifies a user interface used for selecting an application. The system extends a usage range of the SIM card. The system periodically checks and analyzes the client' use log for a predetermined time, presents at least one application to the client according to the analysis result on the use log, provides a single application selected by the client to the client, and updates at least one application stored in the client mobile terminal according to the analysis result on the use log. Therefore, the system increases service satisfaction for the client. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190331 | AGGREGATING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS INTO A SINGLE PLATFORM - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for aggregating multiple functions into a single platform. A communications system includes at least one processor, at least one computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, implement components including a workflow module comprising sets of workflow instructions for processing different types of information packets, and selectable communication function modules, the workflow module coordinating processing of a received packet using selected ones of the selectable communication function modules. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190332 | PROTECTION OF A SECURITY ELEMENT COUPLED TO AN NFC CIRCUIT - A method and a device for protecting a security module connected to a near-field communication router in a telecommunication device, wherein a transmission between the router and the security module is only allowed in the presence of a radio frequency communication flow detected by the router. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A CUSTOMER SERVICE SESSION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of providing a service to a user of a mobile communication device. A selection a service may be received. An optimal option for providing a selected service may be determined and displayed on a mobile communication device. A session including a voice communication channel and a data communication channel may be established and used to provide a selected service. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190334 | Main board, and method of implementing network/card locking and mobile terminal in which network/card locking is implemented - The disclosure discloses a main board, wherein the main board includes: a first pad; a second pad connected to the first pad; and a third pad connected to both the first pad and the second pad. The disclosure also discloses a method of implementing network/card locking, wherein the method includes: transmitting, by an encryption chip, a blocking request to a central processing unit when the encryption chip detects authentication-related information that is provided by a user identification unit to the central processing unit, and determines that the authentication-related information does not meet a preset network/card locking requirement from a mobile operator; blocking, by the central processing unit, the mobile terminal from normal operation when receiving the blocking request. Meanwhile, the disclosure also discloses a mobile terminal in which network/card locking is implemented, wherein the mobile terminal includes a central processing unit, a user identification unit and an encryption chip. By using the main board, the method and the mobile terminal of the disclosure, the costs for producing a mobile terminal which is respectively adapted to different sales modes of mobile terminals can be reduced. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190335 | Forbidden Tracking Area Optimization For Private/Home Networks - Access verification is adaptively done using an identifier of a first or a second length, by comparing a field of a node address that has the determined first or second length against a locally stored access list. At least the compared field of the node address is either added to a locally stored list of cell selection candidate nodes where the access list is allowed identifiers, or excluded from it where the access list is restricted identifiers. The node identifier is in three sections. The first section is service type, which the UE can use to determine whether or not it is restricted/allowed. The first length is the length of the second section, which is a service area ID of a group of network nodes. The second length is the length of the second section plus the third section, which identifies one node of the group of network nodes. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190336 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND LOCKED STATE CANCELLING METHOD - A mobile phone apparatus is provided with an accelerometer for detecting an attitude and a display for displaying a moving object. Furthermore, a key locked state is set to the mobile phone apparatus for the purpose of preventing an operating error in the key. When an arbitrary key is operated in the key locked state, the moving object and a pocket object representing a predetermined area, etc. are displayed on the display. Then, when the moving object changes in position in correspondence with the change of the attitude of the mobile phone apparatus and is put into the pocket object, the key locked state is cancelled. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190337 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCOUNTING AT HOME AGENT (HA) / LOCAL MOBILITY AGENT (LMA) FOR CDMA2000 SYSTEMS - Techniques for facilitating wireless communications include receiving a registration request (such as a mobile internet protocol MIP registration request, and transmitting, based on the received registration request, an accounting message indicating support of an accounting mode. The accounting mode may, for example, include performing accounting for a mobile station at a packet data serving node (PDSN) that is serving the mobile station. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190338 | METHOD FOR CHANGING AN OPERATING MODE OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for changing an operating mode of a mobile device is provided. According to the method, a request from the user of the mobile device to change from a first operating mode to a second operating mode is received. In response to the received request a credential is requested from the user. Next, the credential (RCK) is received from the user and validated. If the received credential (RCK) is valid, the second operating mode is set and an indication of the mobile device indicating that the second operating mode has been set is set. If the second operating mode has been set, a reset of the indication is prohibited. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190339 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - To reduce power consumption for communication operation wherein a client terminal at the time of offline searches a base station or access point. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190340 | METHOD FOR BINDING SECURE DEVICE TO A WIRELESS PHONE - The present invention provides a method for binding a (smart) secure device ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120190341 | Enhanced Manageability in Wireless Data Communication Systems - A cellular network system comprises a device identifier comparator and a connection enable indicator. A device identifier comparator for comparing a received device identifier with one of a plurality of stored device identifiers, wherein the one of the stored plurality of stored device identifiers is associated with a stored subscriber identifier. A connection enable indicator for indicating whether a connection from a cellular device associated with the received device identifier to a data network associated with the cellular network system should be enabled. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190342 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING VALUE NOTES - The invention relates to a device ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120190343 | SECURITY FEATURE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN NETWORK AND USER TERMINAL - A Mobile Station (MS), a Base Station System (BSS) and a Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) of a cellular network, such as GSM, are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the MS is arranged to carry out one or more security features in its communication with the network. For example, the MS may be arranged to: by means of information received in a signalling message ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120190344 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING VOICE MESSAGE OF THE TEXT PAGER - An apparatus for receiving voice message of the text pager, the pager are used to receive text messages from sender, particularly to the pager was installed an audio processing modules and for listen to the voice message over the target channel. The pager will burn into a plurality of private channels that to forming a channels list inside thereof, provide for user can obtain an target channel from the channels list which use method of manually select or channel scan, which to listen to the analog/digital voice message associated with the dispatch events. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190345 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR SELECTING TERMINATING COMMUNICATION NOTIFICATION HANDLING AT A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating alert handling at a communication device provides for selection at the communication device of the manner by which terminating communications at the communication device are handled. A terminating communication is detected at a receive part of the communication device, and an indication of its reception is displayed. Together with the displayed indication of the terminating communication, an actuation key is provided to permit selection of alert handling of the terminating communication and subsequent terminating communications. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190346 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY INTEGRATED INFORMATION - An apparatus to provide Augmented Reality (AR) integrated information, includes an image acquiring unit to acquire an image of AR code, and a data processing unit to analyze the AR code to produce AR data, extract an element associated with a category from the AR data, generate a search term based on the extraction and display the AR data and/or search data. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190347 | Method and System for Representing Multimedia Ring Tone For IM - A method for representing an MRT for an IM is disclosed. The method includes setting, in an Instant Messaging Application Server (IM-AS), an MRT representing rule of the IM for a user; when the IM-AS receives an IM from the user, the IM-AS determines, according to the MRT representing rule of the IM, whether an MRT is to be represented for a receiver of the IM, selects an MRT to be represented from MRT resources of the user when the MRT needs to be represented, and sends address information of the MRT to be represented in a Resource Server (RS) along with the IM to the IM receiver; and the IM receiver downloads the MRT from the RS according to the address information and represents the MRT. The disclosure also provides a system for implementing the above method. The disclosure meets a personalized demand for representing an MRT when a user sends an IM. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190348 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LINE SELECTION IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Embodiments of an apparatus and methods for selecting a communication line from two or more lines on a communication device are described herein. The communication device comprises a display module, an input module, a line selection module, and a communication module for making a call over a network to a target recipient. In one broad aspect, a determination of which of the communication lines is the communication line associated with the selected one of at least two appointment categories for an appointment is made in the selection of a communication line accessible at the communication device on which an outgoing call may be placed. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190349 | Method and System for Timely Delivery of Multimedia Content Via a Femtocell - Aspects of a method and system for timely delivery of multimedia content via a femtocell are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive data via an upstream path and transmit data via a downstream path. One of the upstream path and downstream path may comprise a cellular path and the other may comprise a non-cellular path. One or both of the upstream path and the downstream path may be audio video bridging (AVB) paths. Data may be stored in the femtocell based on timing characteristics of one or both of the upstream path and the downstream path. Data may be delivered to the femtocell utilizing best effort delivery and the data may be forwarded by the femtocell with guaranteed quality of service. Resources in the femtocell may be reserved and/or synchronized, utilizing AVB protocols, for communication of one or more data streams. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190350 | INFORMATION MESSAGING SYSTEM - A method of transmitting contact information to an approved mobile communication device includes receiving an input representative of desired contact information located on a first web page and an input representative of the identity of a desired mobile communication device. The method also includes saving information representative of the desired contact information in a contact information database. The method also includes determining whether the desired mobile communication device is an approved device and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of a notification to send the information representative of the desired contact information. The method also includes receiving an input from the desired mobile communication device information representative of an acceptance to receive the information representative of the desired contact information, and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of the desired contact information. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190351 | MOBILE TERMINATION ROAMING FORWARDING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method for delivering a mobile terminated call to a mobile device communicating with a mobile switching center (MSC) in one example comprises steps of attempting to deliver the mobile terminated call to a mobile device, receiving a message that the mobile device is no longer in the location area served by the visiting MSC and forwarding the mobile terminated call to a different visiting MSC. The mobile terminated call is forwarded directly from one VMSC to another VMSC without requiring two potentially international calls to be placed serially from the GMSC to a VMSC. This method of Mobile Termination Roaming Forwarding can reduce substantial delay in call setup while saving network resources during establishment of the first call. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190352 | Method and Apparatus for self-adaptive adjustment of Pilot Power of Femto Cell - A method and apparatus for self-adaptive adjustment of pilot power of Femto Cell are provided in the present disclosure, which adopt a new power control mechanism. After the pilot power of a Femto Cell is initialized, the Femto Cell determines the adjustment value of the pilot power according to the signal-to-noise ratio reported by the HUE in real time, accordingly controls the pilot power of the Femto Cell accessed by each HUE, and enables the pilot power of the current Femto Cell to just satisfy the lowest transmission signal power required by the signal of the HUE in the coverage of the Femto Cell. The present disclosure can maximally reduce the interference from the pilot power of the Femto Cell in the macro cell users and the interference between the Femto Cells, while still guarantees the lowest transmission power needed by the HUE. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190353 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SELECTION OF DATA AND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS - Communication service providers systems are dynamically selected for use by a subscriber device such as cellular telephone, other mobile device, or landline telephone based on the current location of the subscriber device and automatically comparing communication service characteristics of the communication service provider systems to determine the least expensive or otherwise preferable service provider. The communication service characteristics may include items such as current usage rates, signal strength, available bandwidth and network speed. Once a communication service provider system is selected, service provider identification information is automatically communicated to the subscriber device to enable seamless or nearly seamless switching to the selected communication service provider system, even while a current communication session is in progress using another communication service provider system. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190354 | UICCs EMBEDDED IN TERMINALS OR REMOVABLE THERE FROM - The invention proposes several improvements related to the management of secure elements, like UICCs embedding Sim applications, these secure elements being installed, fixedly or not, in terminals, like for example mobile phones. In some cases, the terminals are constituted by machines that communicate with other machines for M2M (Machine to Machine) applications. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190355 | Method and System for Cellular Network Services and an Intelligent Integrated Broadcast Television Downlink Having Intelligent Service Control With Feedback - In an RF communication system, aspects for cellular network and intelligent integrated broadcast television downlink with intelligent service control with feedback may comprise generating a request in a mobile terminal for media to be delivered to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may transmit the request via a cellular service. The mobile terminal may receive the requested media having a specified quality of service via a single integrated cellular and VHF/UHF baseband processing integrated circuit. The received requested media may be received from a cellular broadcast service, the cellular service and/or a VHF/UHF broadcast service. The mobile terminal may negotiate for an acceptable quality of service with a service provider that controls delivery of the media. The media may be delivered via at least one of the cellular broadcast service, the cellular service and the VHF/UHF broadcast service. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190356 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Channel Measurement for Cell - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for performing channel measurement for a cell. The method includes: sending information about a location of a to-be-measured reference signal to a user equipment, where the location of the to-be-measured reference signal is a part of a location occupied by a reference signal of the cell; and receiving a channel measurement report of the cell. The channel measurement report is sent by the user equipment and is obtained after the user equipment performs channel measurement for the cell according to the information about the location of the to-be-measured reference signal. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190357 | DATA TRANSMISSION ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSMISSION ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An data transmission adjustment system that comprises a server and a plurality of data transmission devices within a sensing region. The server adapts to receive a sensed data from at least one data transmission device, define a timeline, divide the timeline into a plurality of monitoring periods, calculate a ratio of the number of the monitoring periods that have received the sensing data from the data transmission device within the sensing region or not to the number of all the monitoring periods, and broadcast at least one message to the data transmission devices within the sensing region according to said ratio. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190358 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A first transmission controller ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120190359 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Home base stations ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120190360 | COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WITH RELAYING OF RADIO SIGNALS BY RELAY TERMINALS - A radiocommunication network includes at least one communication station (GW) adapted to exchange data by radio with radiocommunication terminals (T | 2012-07-26 |
20120190361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING AND SELECTING A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK IN A MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT - A method and device for manual searching and selecting a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in one or more Radio Access Technologies (RATs) is provided, and includes receiving a request from a user of the UE to manually search for a desired PLMN, and performing a manual search for the desired PLMN in one or more RATs supported by the UE based on the request, detecting one or more PLMNs available associated with the one or more RATs during the ongoing manual search, and displaying a list of PLMNs including the one or more available PLMNs associated with the one or more RATs on a display of the UE when the manual search is being performed, where the displayed PLMNs includes the desired PLMN. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190362 | MOBILE DEVICE REQUESTS OF NON-COMMUNICATION TIME PERIODS TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A particular method includes sending a request from a mobile device associated with a plurality of subscriptions to a wireless communication network. The request indicates a time period requested by the mobile device as a non-communication time period of the wireless communication network with respect to the mobile device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190363 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system including a mobile terminal, a base station carrying out radio communications with the mobile terminal, and an access management device managing access from the mobile terminal to the base station, which, when an access group including one or more mobile terminals and one or more base stations is registered with the access management device, grants a mobile terminal included in the access group permission to access a base station included in the access group. When a predetermined condition is satisfied after a mobile terminal subscribes to the access group and is granted permission to temporarily access the access group during an access permit period, and the access permit period expires, the mobile communication system excludes the mobile terminal for which the access permit period has expired from destinations to which a calling message is transmitted through a base station included in the access group. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190364 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR REPORTING AVAILABILITY OF MEASUREMENT LOG - A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a first service network and a second service network. The first service network and the second service network are in compliance with a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, respectively. The controller module performs measurements on the first service network via the wireless module, and generates a measurement log according to the measurements results. Also, the controller module receives a handover request from the second service network via the wireless module for handing over from the second service network to the first service network, and transmits a handover response indicating availability of the measurement log to the first service network via the wireless module. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190365 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING HANDOVER IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - A method for operating a terminal for supporting a handover in a heterogeneous network is provided. The method includes measuring received signal strength from a target small base station, so that a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) is estimated, when the SNR of the target small base station that considers a biased value for range expansion is greater than an SNR of a serving macro base station, determining whether an SNR of the target small base station that does not consider the biased value for the range expansion is equal to or less than a threshold, and when the SNR of the target small base station that does not consider the biased value for the range expansion is equal to or less than the threshold, transmitting indication information, informing that a low SNR is expected when the terminal performs a handover to the target small base station, to the serving macro base station. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190366 | Methods and Devices for Improving Session Continuity - A method for improving session continuity for a terminal ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120190367 | MOBILE STATION, RADIO BASE STATION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station UE according to the present invention includes: a determination unit | 2012-07-26 |
20120190368 | MESSAGE HANDLING METHOD AND DEVICE - In the field of communications technologies, a message handling method and a message handling device are provided. The method includes: a notification indicating whether an X2 interface to a neighbor node is available is received; using an S1 interface to send information when the X2 interface is unavailable; and/or receiving a notification indicating whether an S1 interface to a neighbor node is available, and using an X2 interface to send information when the S1 interface is unavailable. The technical solutions can ensure normal communication, and reduce possibility of communication failure. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF MOVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and system for determining the position of a moving wireless communication device, the method comprising: recording moving path of the wireless communication device in cells of a cellular wireless communication network; recording moving path and GPS information of a GPS wireless communication device moving in the cellular wireless communication network in cells of the cellular wireless communication network; determining the GPS wireless communication device whose moving path matches with the moving path of the wireless communication device; and determining the position of the wireless communication device based on the GPS information of the matching GPS wireless communication device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190370 | RADIO BASE STATION DEVICE, HANDOVER CONTROL SYSTEM, AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A radio cell station includes a call connection control section that controls a call connection of a radio personal station PS; and a position registration request section that requests, of a management device ME, a position registration. When a request for handover from a radio cell station CS | 2012-07-26 |
20120190371 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONTEXT OF MOBILE STATION - A method for managing the context of the mobile station (MS) is applied in an MS handover process of a wireless access network. The function entity identification information of acting on the MS is carried in the context of the MS, and the MS addresses based on the function entity identification information and handovers to the target base station. By adding the identifications of various logic entities acting on the MS to the context information of the MS, the correct addressing of these logic entities is ensured during the handover. The different local policies of the source and destination ends are considered during conveying the context of the MS, in which the destination end may update certain context of the MS according to its own local policy during conveying; and the hierarchy of the context conveying of the MS during the handover is also considered. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190372 | RF CONSIDERATIONS FOR USER EQUIPMENT HANDOFF - A method for managing uplink signal quality at a radio node and at a macrocell and/or external cell, includes determining a first transmit power associated with a radio node of a small-cell radio access network and a second transmit power associated with a macrocell and/or an external cell. A desense value associated with an uplink of the radio node of the small-cell radio access network is provided, which enables balancing of a first signal to noise-plus-interference ratio associated with an uplink of the small-cell radio access network and a second signal to noise-plus-interference ratio associated with an uplink of the macrocell and/or external cell in relation to a downlink of the radio node, thereby managing uplink signal quality at the radio node of the small-cell radio access network and at the macrocell and/or external cell. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TIMING INFORMATION FOR CELLS - Techniques for determining timing information for cells are disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a serving cell and may need to make measurements of other cells, e.g., to support positioning of the UE. Each cell may transmit reference signals based on its timing. Different cells may operate asynchronously or with unknown timing. The UE may send a request for measurement gaps to the serving cell and may include timing information in the request. The timing information may (directly or indirectly) convey relative timing between the serving cell and a reference cell. The serving cell may determine measurement gaps at the proper time for other cells based on the timing information from the UE and may avoid scheduling the UE for data transmission during the measurement gaps. The UE may make measurements of other cells during the measurement gaps, without losing any data from the serving cell. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190374 | FEMTO BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RESOURCE THEREOF - A method for managing radio resource of a femto cell includes: providing, by the femto cell, a service to one or more UEs by using most of pre-set radio resource; receiving measurement results from the one or more UEs; determining whether or not one or more neighbor femto cells are closely located nearby based on the measurement results; and if it is determined that neighbor femto cells are closely located nearby, reducing the pre-set radio resource into a small radio resource and providing a service with the small radio resource. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190375 | Methods and Devices for Multipoint Transmission - Methods and devices are provided whereby a cellular radio network, in particular a node in the network is configured to dynamically transmit data to UE from different cells while considering information that is not known to a central node, such as an RNC. This can in accordance with some embodiments be accomplished by decoupling the procedure of handling a set of cells form which simultaneous transmission of data to a UE can take place. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190376 | Method and Apparatus to Control Scheduling - A method of scheduling resources in a communications link wherein a scheduling requests are transmitted from a first entity to a second entity including determining if any of the following conditions exist: the time elapsed since the last scheduling request exceeds a designated time; the up-link requirement exceeds a predetermined level; or semi-persistent scheduling exists; and if so, suppressing the transmission and/or triggering of scheduling requests. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190377 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method and arrangement in a user equipment ( | 2012-07-26 |
20120190378 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK USING BEAMFORMING - A method and apparatus provide interference mitigation in a heterogeneous network using beamforming. In the method, a macro Mobile Station (MS) receives a broadcast message including a Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) set restricted in a macro cell, measures a Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) and a channel power from an adjacent femto Base Station (BS) and calculates a PMI, determines whether to request a dedicated frequency resource for a macro MS on the basis of the measured SINR, the channel power from the adjacent femto BS, and the calculated PMI, and requests the dedicated frequency resource for the macro MS from a macro BS. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190379 | Intelligent Management of Location Sensor - A telecommunication device configured to manage utilization of a location sensor of the telecommunication device based at least on a location change status of the telecommunication device is described herein. The telecommunication device determines the location change status based at least on one or more of telecommunication device connections, a surrounding environment, user profiles, or information received from a telecommunication network. Also, the telecommunication device may be provided with the location change status by a cloud service or may receive remote management of utilization of the location sensor from the cloud service. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190380 | WIRELESS LOCATION USING NETWORK CENTRIC LOCATION ESTIMATORS - A wireless location system is disclosed having one or more location centers for locating mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., WIFI, CDMA, AMPS, NAMPS, TDMA, GPRS, and GSM. MS location requests can be processed via, e.g., Internet communication between a network of location centers. A plurality of MS locating technologies may be used, including those based on: two-way TOA and TDOA; pattern recognition; distributed antennas; and reduced coverage base stations. The system includes strategies for: automatically adapting and calibrating system performance according to environmental and geographical changes; automatically capturing location signal data for enhancing a historical data base retaining predictive location signal data; evaluating MS locations according to heuristics and constraints related to, e.g., terrain, MS velocity and path; and adjusting likely MS locations adaptively and statistically. The system is useful for emergency calls, tracking, routing, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190381 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICE, AND A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LOCATION RELATED INFORMATION BASED ON THE SIGNALS - A wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system transmits a location measure signal for determining a location of a user equipment to the user equipment by allocating the location measure signal to at least one of symbols to which a synchronization signal is transmitted conventionally. In this case, a location related parameter of the user equipment can be measured with higher accuracy. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190382 | System And Method For Tracking A Mobile Node - Techniques for tracking the position and movement of a mobile node within a field of fixed nodes are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, positional information generated from neighboring nodes in the field of nodes along with positional information obtained from the mobile node itself is compiled and used to track the location of the mobile node. The field of fixed nodes may relay positional information to interested nodes within the field in order to communicate the movement of the mobile node. Based on the positional information of the mobile node, the mobile node can be tracked, and an estimated time of arrival and a likelihood of reaching a defined point or a fixed node can be computed. Additionally, fixed nodes may use the estimated time of arrival and likelihood calculations to initiate anticipatory processing if the mobile node is likely to encounter the fixed node. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190383 | LOCATION MEASUREMENT METHOD - In a method for a terminal to measure a location by using a public safety monitoring system, when a public safety mode available for tracking a location while a terminal is turned off is set, the terminal acquires location measurement information and transmits it to the public safety monitoring system. In a method for measuring a location of a terminal to which plural stages of public safety modes are set, when a stage for performing a location measurement process is set, the terminal acquires location measurement information, transmits location measurement information to the public safety monitoring system, and enters the next stage when the public safety mode is not cancelled after a predetermined time. In a method for measuring a location of a terminal in a public safety monitoring system, a public safety mode setting request message including control information is transmitted to the terminal to which a public safety mode setting is requested, location measurement information is received from the terminal, and the location of the terminal is tracked. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190384 | MANAGEMENT OF ROADSIDE SERVICE REQUESTS - A method and apparatus to manage a service request involves the use of a smart phone's ability to communicate GPS information over the internet. A customer in need of roadside service can submit a roadside service request through a mobile web site or mobile application, and can provide location information through the smart phone's GPS receiver. Should the system not have a location for the customer, a unique URL can be created that identifies the service request and sent for the customer to access on the smart phone, which allows the web server to request the smart phone's GPS location and automatically associate it with the correct service request. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190385 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POPULATING LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for populating location-based information on a portable electronic device. According to one embodiment, a request to create a memory record on the portable electronic device is received from a user. Based on the geographic location of the portable electronic device, relevant location information associated with a plurality of reference fields of the memory record are determined and displayed on the portable electronic device. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190386 | WIRELESS LOCATION ESTABLISHING DEVICE - A system, method, service and wireless location-establishing device are disclosed, which locates its position by a plurality of means, including GPS satellite interrogation and triangulation. Alternative methods of location establishment include triangulating location data from nearby location-established objects such as WiFi or cell site towers, as well as from other present Invention location establishing devices (“Survey Eggs”). Once location has been established, the device can transmit and receive a variety of data based upon location, profile, and other factors, facilitating novel interactions and transactions. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190387 | Location Ranking Using Social Graph Information - In one embodiment, a user of a social networking system requests to check in a place near the user's current location. The social networking system generates a list of places near the user's current location, ranks the places in the list of places near the user's current location by a distance between each place and the user's current location, as well as activity of the user and the user's social contacts for each place, and returns the ranked list to the user. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190388 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A MULTIMEDIA OBJECT WITHIN AN INSTANT MESSAGING SESSION AT A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed cause a processor to receive a first signal at a mobile device, the first signal including a mobile instant message having inline image data, the inline image data defining an image. The processor-readable medium stores code further representing instructions that when executed cause the processor to receive an edit command associated with the image and send a second signal, the second signal including a mobile instant message having a directive based at least in part on the edit command. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190389 | BACKHAUL SIGNAL COMPRESSION THROUGH SPATIAL-TEMPORAL LINEAR PREDICTION - The technology in this application compresses multi-antenna complex-valued signals by exploiting both a spatial and a temporal correlation of the signals to remove redundancy within the complex-valued signals and substantially reduce the capacity requirement of backhaul links. At a receiver, the compressed signal is received, and a decompressor decompresses the received signal over space and over time to reconstruct the multiple antenna stream. | 2012-07-26 |
20120190390 | RADIO COMMUNICATION - According to an example embodiment, there is provided a method, an apparatus, and a computer program for identifying a first wake-up signal, received from a first apparatus using a first radio device, as a forwarding wake-up signal; and in response to identifying the first wake-up signal as a forwarding wake-up signal, enabling one or more other radio devices, different to the first radio device, to receive a first data signal and forward the first data signal to at least a second apparatus. The first radio device may operate at a lower power than the one or more other radio devices. The first data signal may be received from the first apparatus. | 2012-07-26 |