40th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130260768 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Access Control Handover of User between Base Stations - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for access control handover of a user between base stations, which includes: acquiring, by one of a first base station and a second base station, a closed subscriber group identifier CSG ID supported by the other base station and CSG membership information of a user equipment UE in the first base station; and if the CSG ID acquired by the one base station is the same as a CSG ID supported by the local base station, performing, by the one base station, access control on the UE according to the acquired CSG membership information of the UE in the first base station and an access mode of the other base station. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260769 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE HANDOVER OF A MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - The invention concerns a method for enhancing the handover of a mobile station ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130260770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SUPPORTING WIRELESS FEMTOCELL COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus of routing a call in a femtocell network are disclosed. In one example call routing method, a call is originated from the mobile station via a femtocell access point and the call is transmitted to a femtocell gateway, a mobile switching center and a carrier gateway server and onto an enterprise gateway server to obtain policy information. A routing policy is determined based on the obtained policy information and the call is routed to its destination based on the routing policy. The call may be routed via local media from a femtocell access point directly to the enterprise gateway server. The call routing procedures may implement the Iuh protocol and/or the session initiation protocol (SIP) for call signaling in the femtocell network. Call routing may be performed in a wireless cellular communications network or an enterprise network environment. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260771 | GENERATION AND USE OF COVERAGE AREA MODELS - For enhancing the positioning of a mobile device, a server may generate parameters for each of a plurality of models of a coverage area of a transmission node on the assumption of a different spatial constraint for a location of a receiving device. The parameters of each of the models may be provided along with the associated indication of the spatial constraint for transmission. The position of a mobile device may be determined by evaluating the parameters of each of the models. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260772 | MULTI-TIER CLUSTERING APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and a method for configuring and managing/controlling a cluster, which is a set of Base Stations (BSs) for transmitting signals cooperatively, are provided. The method includes broadcasting cluster set information indicating information about a plurality of clusters including a serving BS to a User Equipment (UE), receiving a report of information about Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSIs) of control signals transmitted from BSs included in the plurality of clusters from the UE, and assigning any one of the plurality of clusters to a cluster for servicing the UE based on the information about the RSSIs of the control signals. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260773 | Cell Monitor System for 4G Cellular Networks - An apparatus that includes a base-band input port and a processor and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The base-band input port receives digital base-band communications includes a plurality of communication channels utilized in communications between an RF module and a plurality of user equipment (UE) in a cell serviced by that RF module. The processor demodulates specific channels in the digital base-band communications and extracts therefrom information specifying a unique identity for each of the UEs and a temporary identification used for communicating with that UE. The processor also extracts scheduling information identifying when one of the UEs is scheduled to upload information to the RF module and the communication channels over which the information is to be uploaded. The processor does not demodulate others of the communication channels. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260774 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRANSMITTING A BEARER RESOURCE REQUEST MESSAGE FROM A UE TO A MME FOR SETTING UP AN EPS BEARER IN A LTE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method and system of transmitting a bearer resource request message from a UE over a plurality of relay node to a mobility management entity for setting up an EPS bearer in an LTE Network. In one embodiment this is accomplished by receiving the bearer resource request message at the MME_UE from the UE, wherein the bearer resource request message is corresponding to the UE's original bearer resource request, inspecting the received message by the MME_UE and thereby creating bearer resource request for the plurality of MME of relay nodes, wherein the MMEs are identified by the Relay Node IDs, broadcasting the bearer resource request to all MME_RN corresponding to the relay nodes by the MME_UE and collating the responses received from all the MME_RN's, such that UE's EPS bearer can be admitted and thereby forwarding the response as an S1-AP message towards UE and RNs. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260775 | VOICE DATA RF GPS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit (IC) includes a baseband processing module, a GPS receiver, and an RF section. The baseband processing module is coupled to process voice signals and data signals. The global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver module is coupled to process GPS signals. The radio frequency (RF) section id coupled to: transceive the voice signals as RF voice signals; transceive the data signals as RF data signals; and convert GPS RF signals into the GPS signals. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260776 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method of operating a base station such that the method comprises determining whether there are any mobile devices that are not associated with the base station that require protection from interference caused by downlink transmissions of the base station and setting a maximum permitted transmission power for the base station based on the result of the step of determining. A base stations operating according to this method is also disclosed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260777 | WIRELESS MULTI-SITE CAPACITY COORDINATION - Wireless multi-site capacity coordination includes calculating a total interference impact metric for a reference cell, determining a distribution of power resources for the reference cell and a plurality of neighboring cell is, and allocating the power resources: to sub-bands for the reference cell and the plurality of neighboring cells. Calculating the total interference impact metric may include determining a number of resources assigned to a reference cell within time period T, and calculating user equipment (UE) interference metrics for each UE attached to each of a plurality of neighboring cells which have UE which experiences interference from the reference cell attached. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260778 | MULTI SIM MODEM MANAGEMENT - Multiple subscriber identity modem ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130260779 | METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present application relates to a method for enabling a terminal to transmit channel status information in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for enabling the terminal to transmit the channel status information in the wireless communication system includes the steps of: receiving a reference signal from a serving cell or an adjacent cell; determining the priority of the predetermined precoding matrix index (PMI) based on the reference signal; and transmitting the PMI together with a stacking flag to the serving cell according to the priority, wherein the number of PMI to be transmitted to the serving cell is determined based on a size of a buffer commonly set in the serving cell and the terminal, and the stacking flag indicates storing the PMI into the buffer or initializing the buffer. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260780 | Method and apparatus for transforming working mode in cognitive radio system - The disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for transforming a working mode in a Cognitive Radio (CR) system, which are used for solving the technical problem that a subsystem maliciously occupies the spectrum resources which are temporarily unused by other system in a system adopting a CR technology. In the disclosure, a network side measures the demand degree of each cell on borrowed spectrum and sets a conditions of enabling and disabling the CR working mode to determine whether to perform working mode transformation on the cell and specify a network allocation method for a mobile terminal in a corresponding working mode, so as to coordinate the allocation of the spectrum resources, and avoid the abuse of the borrowed spectrum resources; the CR working mode of the cell with low demand degree is disabled by the network side; the borrowed spectrum resources of the cell are released; and therefore, more borrowed spectrum resources are available to the other cells having a higher demand degree on the borrowed spectrum, and the overall performance of the system is improved. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260781 | LOCATING A MOBILE DEVICE - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for identifying a location of a mobile device (e.g., with user consent). A set of one or more indications of received signal strength (RSS) may be received, comprising a first RSS from a first access point (AP). The set of RSS indications may be used to identify a grid area, comprising a first grid space. An expected distance between the first grid space and the first AP may be identified using the first RSS. The expected distance can be combined with a first known distance between the first grid space and the first AP to determine a first grid score for the first grid space. A second grid score may be determined for a second grid space (e.g., and a third, fourth, etc.), and the grid space comprising a desired grid score (e.g., highest) may be selected as the mobile device location. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260782 | LOCATING A MOBILE DEVICE - Identifying a location of a mobile device is disclosed (e.g., presuming user consent to the same). One or more received signal strengths (RSSs), comprising a first RSS, may be received by a first access point (AP) from the mobile device. The RSSs may be used to identify a grid area, comprising a first grid space. A signal distance between the first grid space and the first AP may be identified using the first RSS, and combined with a first grid space distance, comprising a known distance between the first grid space and the first AP, to determine a first grid space likelihood score for the first grid space. A second grid space likelihood score may be determined for a second grid space (e.g., and a third, etc.), and the grid space comprising a desired grid space likelihood score (e.g., highest) may be selected as the mobile device location. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVISIONING SENSING RESOURCES FOR MOBILE SENSOR NETWORKS - An aspect of this invention is a method that includes a computing apparatus estimating geographic locations as a function of time for each of a plurality of sensor nodes. The method further includes estimating a quality of information as a function of time for sensed data to be sensed by the plurality of sensor nodes at the estimated geographic locations; and sending the estimated quality of information as a function of time to one or more applications or consumers of the sensed data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260784 | PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE LOCATOR - A cellphone locator for finding a misplaced or lost cellphone or other personal electronic device emits an audible signal or alert when the cellphone has been stationary longer than a period of time typical for normal use. Location is sensed from a GPS, accelerometer or similar locating capability to indicate if the cellphone has remained stationary and unmoved for a predetermined time interval, as when a cellphone cannot be found by the user. Upon an elapsed interval of stationary usage, a beep or buzzing sound independent of a silent mode setting of the cellphone is initiated. The independent audible signal identifies the location even when the user has disabled a ringer function on the cellphone that would prevent locating the cellphone via an incoming call for identifying the location. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260785 | Locating System for Autistic Child and Others - Mentally challenged persons such as autistic children and Alzheimer's patients can become lost and they are hard to find because they have difficulty communicating or they are confused and disoriented. The present invention provides an apparatus, system and methods for locating lost persons (or animals or packages) whether they are indoors or outdoors. The apparatus comprises a cellular telephone unit which can be activated by a RF signal and which a child or patient can wear. The wearable unit can be activated by a caregiver's smart phone having a locating application installed therein. The locating application enables the caregiver to locate the lost person using radio direction finder triangulation when the lost person is within a few hundred feet of the caregiver. When the lost person is further away, the locating application employs cell phone tower triangulation or the wearable unit GPS/Assisted GPS application to determine an approximate location of the lost person. As the caregiver moves close enough to the approximate location, the radio direction finder triangulation is used to calculate a more exact location to find the lost person. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FEMTOCELL BASE STATION - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for controlling a femtocell base station which can effectively solve an inter-cell interference problem. A method of controlling a femtocell base station according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving pilot signals from one or more macro cell base stations located in surroundings of a femtocell and measuring intensities of the pilot signals; receiving use frequency information and pilot signal transmission power information from the one or more macro cell base stations; determining a position of the femtocell within a reference macro cell according to an intensity of a reference pilot signal having a maximum signal intensity among the received pilot signals; determining a use frequency of the femtocell according to the position of the femtocell; and determining a transmission power of the femtocell according to the use frequency and the intensity of the reference pilot signal of the femtocell. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260787 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE STATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a mobile communication system, a mobile-station location information management device creates plural transmission-power output data-sets including individual pieces of transmission-power data of plural base-stations with changing the transmission-power of the plural base-stations; creates plural reception-power data-tables individually corresponding to the created plural transmission-power output data-sets and each including plural pieces of divided-area data individually corresponding to plural individual divided-areas within a location-detection target area where each piece of divided-area data includes reception-power data of signals transmitted from the plural base-stations; selects a reception-power data table corresponding to the changed transmission-power data-set from among the created plural reception-power data-tables when the transmission-power of the plural base-stations are changed after the mobile-station has moved into the location-detection target area; and detects, as a location of the mobile-station, an area indicated by divided-area data where a difference from a reception-power data-set received from the mobile-station is slight, within the selected reception-power data-table. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260788 | DETERMINING A TRAVEL TIME OF AN ENTITY - System and method for determining travel or dwell times of entities such as people, animals, vehicles, boats, and airplanes. A start and end time are determined based on measurements from one or more receivers measuring signals emitted by a transmitter transported by the entity. The invention also provides a computer system for determining a travel time based on measurements of signals from the transmitter. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260789 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICE - Provided herein are system, methods and computer readable storage media in facilitating the determination of a location of at least one mobile device. In providing such functionality, the system may be configured to, for example, receive contextual data corresponding to a contextual state of a mobile device, determine the location of a mobile device, and transmit the location of the mobile device to at least one other mobile device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260790 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION IDENTIFICATION - A method and system for providing location identification, including a server and a corresponding database storing data representing the deployment of network transmitters in a specific area. The system configured to measure, over different selected locations in the specific area, the signal strength as received from one or more network transmitters deployed in the area; map a network signals power scheme for each specific area based on the measured signal strengths; store the mapped power scheme(s) in the database; receive measurements and/or calculations from devices in a previously mapped specific area; compare the local calculated/measured power scheme with one or more power schemes stored in the database; and, upon finding a power scheme that essentially corresponds to the location of the local calculated power scheme, determine the current location of the corresponding device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260791 | TRAVEL PATTERN DISCOVERY USING MOBILE DEVICE SENSORS - A facility comprising methods and systems for discovering travel patterns based at least in part on data collected from a plurality of dynamic and/or mobile sensor devices is disclosed. The mobile sensor devices sense or detect the presence of nearby devices and record information about each detection, such as the location, the date and time, and an identifier of the detected device and provide this information to the facility. Thus, the facility can leverage the communication capabilities of existing mobile devices and networks to provide a broad, wide-ranging, scalable sensor network that detects the presence of individual devices. By recording and analyzing the encounter data received from various mobile sensor devices, the facility can ascertain or estimate the path of devices and their associated users. Given the availability of mobile devices and mobile networks, the disclosed techniques can be deployed without a substantial investment in infrastructure and maintenance. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260792 | SYSTEM FOR RELATIVE POSITIONING OF ACCESS POINTS IN A REAL TIME LOCATING SYSTEM - A system is described for relative positioning of tags in a real time locating system. The system may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The memory may store layout information for a work area which includes architectural and infrastructure attributes. The processor may determine a number of access points to position in the work area. The processor may determine a placement of a tag in the work area based on readings gathered by the access points. The processor may further determine a level of accuracy for a location of the tag within the work area. The processor may provide a graphical representation of the positioning of the access points in the work area, as well as an indication of the accuracy of the tag within the work area. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260793 | TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING A LOCATION OF UE - The present invention provides a method for measuring a location. The method comprises: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE) and from a serving cell, information on a bandwidth allocated for a positioning reference signal (PRS); receiving, by the User Equipment (UE) and from at least one or more neighbor cells, information on a bandwidth allocated for a PRS; determining whether there is a difference between the bandwidths; and measuring, by the UE and based on a result of the determination a timing difference between PRSs transmitted from the serving cell and the at least one or more neighbor cells. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260794 | Provisioning of Location-Based Content During a Customer Service Session - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system or method of providing location-based content during a customer service session between a mobile device of a customer service requestor and a communication device associated with a customer service provider via a communication channel. The disclosed method includes establishing the customer service session between the customer service provider and the mobile device of the customer service requestor. The method also includes determining, by a processor, a geographic location of the mobile device. The method further includes providing, by the processor, during or after the customer service session, to the customer service requestor via the mobile device, content based on the determined geographic location of the mobile device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260795 | Dynamic Geographic Beacons for Geographic-Positioning-Capable Devices - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a mobile device, information on one or more entities socially connected to a user, the information including a location for each of the entities and an affinity score; determining on a periodic basis, by one or more processors of a geographic-positioning component of the mobile device, a current location of the mobile device; determining, for each of one or more of the entities, a radius from the location of the entity based at least in part on the affinity score for the entity; determining whether the current location is within an area defined by one of the radii; and, if so, then transmitting by the processors of the geographic-positioning component a message to one or more other processors of the mobile device, causing one or more of the other processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260796 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING DELIVERY OF GEOGRAPHICALLY RELEVANT CONTENT - Apparatus and methods for ensuring delivery of geographically relevant content to IP-enabled user devices associated with a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network (or designated content source) determines a geographic context or location of the user device, and uses this information to manage the packaging and delivery of content thereto so as to obey blackout restrictions and/or provide content which is relevant to the geographic context/location. In one variant, the user device comprises a mobile device such as a tablet computer or smartphone, and the content is delivered thereto over either a managed or unmanaged network infrastructure. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260797 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND PROVIDING TYPOLOGICAL AND CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT A LOCATION BASED ON WIRELESS BEACONS - Systems and methods for providing contextual information about a place within a range of a wireless signal beacon are provided. A reference database of wireless beacons stores attributes associated with wireless beacons. Wireless-enabled devices and/or server systems receive information identifying wireless beacons in range of the wireless-enabled devices and determine a received signal strength indication of the wireless beacons. The wireless-enabled devices and/or server systems then retrieve from the reference database extended attributes that are associated with the wireless beacons and determine at least one associated contextual attribute about the place within range of the wireless beacons. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVICE POSITIONING UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED TRANSCEIVERS WITH ARRAY PROCESSING - A mobile device receives signals from base stations each with multiple distributed transceivers. Each distributed transceiver may operate at different carrier frequencies. Each distributed transceiver is equipped with an independently configurable antenna array handling transmissions of the radio frequency signals to the mobile device. The mobile device generates channel measurements for the received signals, and subsequently receives a position estimate from a remote location server. The location server determines corresponding transmit diversity configurations applied to the base stations for conducting the channel measurements for the mobile device, and channel measurements at scanned locations in a location scanning region. The location server selects and utilize a signature function to calculate the position estimate for the mobile device over the transmit diversity configurations. A multi-level positioning process may be performed by adopting various signature functions, subsets of transmit configurations and/or subspaces of the location scanning region for accurate device positioning. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260799 | Method and Apparatus for Positioning Using Quasi-Fingerprinting - According to certain aspects, the invention provides a method of achieving near-fingerprinting accuracy without fingerprinting database costs, via parametric representation of training data. In embodiments, this is achieved by using a parametric representation for the training data and limiting the region of applicability of the parametric model in order to mimic fingerprinting. According to certain additional aspects, an algorithm according to principles of the invention includes two separate parts, training and positioning. Training encompasses the derivation of the parametric model and region of applicability. This comprises access point position, propagation model and the window of applicability. Positioning covers the use of the derived model along with a set of fresh observations to generate a position estimate. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260800 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first information acquisition section which acquires position information related to a present position of a user and time information which shows a present time at the present position, a second information acquisition section which acquires body clock information related to a body clock based on biological information of the user, and a display control section which displays a map image on a display section. The display control section identifies and displays a location corresponding to a time difference between the present time and a time of the body clock, with respect to the present position, on the map image. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260801 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING MULTICAST TRAFFIC IN A WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM SUPPORTING MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is a method for receiving multicast traffic by a mobile station in an idle mode in a wireless access system supporting machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. The method comprises: receiving a paging message including control information indicating a multicast traffic reception during a paging listening interval from a base station (BS); and receiving multicast traffic from the BS without idle mode termination based on the received control information, wherein the paging message further includes identification information indicating an M2M group to which the multicast traffic is transmitted. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260802 | ENHANCED MULTI-MEDIA MESSAGING SERVICES THAT PERMIT OVERSIZED MESSAGES - A multimedia messaging service (MMS) subsystem may include a user interface configured to allow a user to formulate an MMS message for delivery to a designated phone number; an oversized MMS message detection subsystem configured to detect when the formulated MMS message exceeds an allowable size limit; and an oversized MMS message management subsystem configured to divide an oversized MMS message into smaller MMS messages that are each within the allowable size limit and to cause each smaller MMS message to be delivered to the designated phone number/address. The MMS subsystem may be part of a wireless mobile communication device. Portions of the MMS subsystem may in addition or instead be part of a multimedia messaging service center (MMSC) server. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260803 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system includes a plurality of communication devices, and a communication terminal that is a separate structure from the plurality of communication devices. Each of the communication devices includes a coupling portion to be coupled with the communication terminal, a power source, and a signal processing section arranged to process a signal received and a signal to be sent. The communication terminal includes neither a power source nor a signal processing section, and the communication terminal includes a coupling portion to be coupled with the coupling portion of each of the communication devices, an antenna arranged to send and receive radio waves, and a connector arranged to connect the coupling portion and the antenna to each other. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260804 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION - Disclosed is a wireless network connection technique which minimizes a standby time required for connection to a wireless sharer or the like to thereby improve the convenience of using a wireless network. To this end, the apparatus for wireless network connection according to the present invention comprises: a wireless sharer information management unit which searches for a unique connection identifier of a wireless sharer; virtualization unit which generates a virtual network adapter obtained by virtualizing a network adapter to a software; and a network connection control unit which, when the unique connection identifier is retrieved by the wireless sharer in information management unit, enables the virtualization unit to generate the virtual network adapter and enables the virtual network adapter to determine whether the unique connection identifier is available. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260805 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CELL TRANSMIT POWER TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE OF CELL AND MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION BASE STATION FOR THE SAME - Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling transmit power of a base station and a mobile communication base station using the same, which can control transmission power for minimizing interference from the base station to a cell adjacent thereto. When a power amplifier outputs the minimum value of a power range restricted by a dynamic range in consideration of an offset against a lowest value of an output power, a comparator compares an optimal transmit power of the base station and the minimum value of a power range restricted by the dynamic range, and an attenuator attenuates the output power value of the power amplifier according to the comparison result. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260806 | MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of mitigating interference between carrier frequency bands of a carrier aggregation scheme. The method comprises: at a wireless device, receiving a first signal on a first carrier frequency band of the carrier aggregation scheme; mixing a second signal onto a second carrier frequency band of the carrier aggregation scheme and transmitting the second signal from the wireless device; executing code on a processing apparatus of the device to generate a reconstructed interference signal, by mixing an instance of the signal with a frequency location of an interfering harmonic from the second carrier frequency band falling in the first carrier frequency band; and removing the reconstructed interference signal from the first signal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260807 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CANCELLING ADJACENT CELLS INTERFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for cancelling adjacent cells interference signal in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment this is accomplished by receiving desired user signal and cancel the channel effect using the desired users reference and or pilot signals, by a serving base station, identifying interference power by estimating the interferer power, determining if the interference is more than threshold, monitoring the interference and identify the interferer signal, re-generating the interference signal source and perform the channel estimate for the interferer, and canceling the interference by applying the interference pattern and the channel estimate to the desired user who's interference is more than threshold. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260808 | METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING SIGNAL IN MULTI-NODE SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - Disclosed is a signal transceiving method which can reduce interference between nodes in a multi-node system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving reference signal configuration information from a first node; receiving a reference signal from a second node; measuring interference caused by the second node using the reference signal, and generating interference node information; and transmitting the interference node information to the first node, wherein the reference signal configuration information includes mapping information between the second node and the reference signal, and the interference node information includes an index of the reference signal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJACENT CHANNEL EMISSION LIMIT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a transceiver configured to receive a transmission signal from a radio node; a processor configured to, based on the received transmission signal, determine membership of the apparatus and the radio node in a common synchronization group and based at least in part on the determination, adjusting at least one transmission parameter. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260810 | RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF SUSPENDED RRC CONNECTION AT A DIFFERENT eNB - In order to re-establish a suspended RRC connection, the mobile device ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130260811 | eNB Storing RRC Configuration Information at Another Network Component - On suspension of an RRC connection, RRC connection information may be stored and used to re-establish the suspended RRC connection. The RRC connection information can be stored at the UE and/or the RAN node or some other network element. In order to re-establish the RRC connection, the mobile device ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130260812 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES WITH NO OR LIMITED WWAN CAPABILITY IN PEER TO PEER COMMUNICATION - In a wireless wide area network (WWAN) scenario, communication between UEs is facilitated through uplink/downlink channels between the UEs and a base station (i.e., WWAN link or WWAN communication). In the case that two communicating UEs are in the vicinity of each other, direct peer-to-peer communication without passing through the base station may reduce a base station load. In some scenarios, it is beneficial for devices, with no or limited WWAN capability to also participate in peer-to-peer communication. Accordingly, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which control information from a user equipment (UE) is received, the control information including information indicating resources for peer-to-peer communication, a peer-to-peer link with the UE to receive authentication information for using the resources is established, and the resources are used to communicate with a peer device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260813 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO OFFLOAD SCANS OF A LARGE SCAN LIST - Embodiments describe arrangements related to offload scanning of large scan lists. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to facilitate offloading of the scans of large scan lists, e.g., lists on the order of thousands of networks or access points for networks, to network adapters such as wireless network interface cards. Many embodiments provide a network adapter with a compressed representation of a large scan list that may not fit uncompressed in memory of the network adapter. In some embodiments, the compressed representation of the scan list may be lossy, introducing balances related to the memory size on the network adapter, the extent of compression, and the list size, as well as a balance between the memory size and a probability of false positives. In many embodiments, the network adapter may wake the host device upon identifying a network on a scan list. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260814 | Methods and Apparatuses for Transmission Power Control - The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses that facilitate power and quality control of uplink MIMO transmissions. A method in a NodeB comprises controlling ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130260815 | Method And Apparatus For Improved Management Of Service-Impacting Events - Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved management of service-impacting events. In one method, network equipment determines ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130260816 | CONTROL OF A TRANSMITTER OUTPUT POWER - Disclosed are various embodiments for controlling an output power of a transmitter. Adjustment amounts for a transmitter to transmit at a desired power level are determined. For a predetermined time period, an actual power level of the transmitter is adjusted at a first adjustment rate. Upon an expiration of the predetermined time period, the actual power level is adjusted at a second adjustment rate, wherein the second adjustment rate is slower than the first adjustment rate. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS BACKHAUL NETWORKS THROUGH POWER CONTROL WITH A ONE-POWER-ZONE CONSTRAINT - Methods and apparatus are provided for managing interference in a wireless backhaul network comprising a plurality of hubs, each hub serving a plurality of remote backhaul modules (RBM), using power control with a one-power-zone (OPZ) constraint. Each hub uses a transmit frame structure comprising a plurality of zones, each RBM is scheduled on a different zone, and the same power level is maintained across all zones within a transmit frame. Under the OPZ constraint, and for scheduling policies under which the number of zones assigned to each RBM is fixed, the power and scheduling sub-problems are decoupled. This enables power control independent of scheduling, using methods having lower computational complexity. Methods are disclosed comprising iterative function evaluation or Newton's method approaches based on a weighted sum-rate maximization across the network, which can be implemented in a distributed fashion. Some of the methods can be implemented asynchronously at each hub. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260818 | Communication Device - A communication device may execute a specific wireless communication of object data via a first wireless network with a mobile device using a second type of interface after executing a specific process of sending a first wireless setting for causing the mobile device to belong to the first wireless network using a first type of interface in a first case where the communication device operates in a first state which is a parent station state or a child station state in the first wireless network and execute the specific wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface after executing another process different from the specific process in a second case where the communication device operates in a second state which is different from the first state. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260819 | Communication Device - In a case where a communication device belongs to a first wireless network for the communication device to execute a wireless communication, the communication device may execute using a wireless communication with a mobile device via the first wireless network after sending to the mobile device a first wireless setting. The first wireless setting may be for the mobile device to belong to the first wireless network and include a password. In a case where the communication device belongs to a second wireless network for the communication device to execute a wireless communication, the communication device may execute a wireless communication with the mobile device via the second wireless network after sending to the mobile device a second wireless setting. The second wireless setting may be for the mobile device to belong to the second wireless network and not including the password. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260820 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES - According to an aspect of this disclosure, a radio communication device is provided including: a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology; a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology; a processor configured to at least partially synchronize the receiving or transmitting of signals of the first transceiver with the receiving or transmitting of signals of the second transceiver such that at least one of at least a part of the receiving and a part of the transmitting of signals of the first transceiver and of the second transceiver is carried out at the same time. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260821 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A radio communication device is described having a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology; a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology; a first processor configured to control the first transceiver to transmit signals during a transmitting period, the transmitting period comprising a first time period, during which signals are transmitted, and a second time period, during which no signals are transmitted; and a second processor configured to control the second transceiver to transmit signals taking into account the transmitting period of the first transceiver such that the second transceiver transmits signals at least partially during the second time period. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260822 | Notebook with Mobile Telephone Receptacle - A notebook computer device has a body and a display panel pivotally attached to the body. A receptacle is provided in the body to receive a mobile touch screen telephone in an orientation to present the telephone's touch screen to the user for use as a notebook computer touchpad while viewing the display panel. A display interface is provided for relaying signals from the mobile telephone so that user-manipulation of the touch screen is conveyed to the display panel. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260823 | Compact Portable Electronic Device Having Augmented Back Volume for Speaker - Improved approaches to providing a sealed acoustic chamber (e.g., a back volume) for an acoustic component (e.g., speaker) resident in a compact portable electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a compact portable electronic device includes an internal module (or housing), such as an optical camera module that includes optical components, which contains a module volume. The module volume can be provided with a port (e.g., opening) but is otherwise a substantially enclosed (e.g., at least substantially sealed) volume. By acoustically coupling the acoustic component to the port, the module volume can be used as some or all of the back volume for the acoustic component. Advantageously, a compact portable electronic can provide quality acoustic audio output while requiring only a limited amount of dedicated space. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260824 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a main body, a display and a distance measuring device. The distance measuring device includes a first distance measuring member and a second distance measuring member. The first distance measuring member includes a first signal emitting/receiving module and an arithmetic module. The second distance measuring member includes a second signal emitting/receiving module and a control module. The first signal emitting/receiving module is for receiving an alignment signal, emitting a measuring signal, and receiving a feedback of a measuring signal. The arithmetic module is for calculating the distance between the first distance measuring member and the second distance measuring member. The distance is displayed. The second signal emitting/receiving module is for emitting the alignment signal, receiving the measuring signal, and emitting the feedback of the measuring signal. The present disclosure further provides a distance measuring method for a device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260825 | CELL PHONE PERSONAL SAFETY ALARM - The cell phone personal safety alarm is a cell phone having a panic alarm button on the back of the phone that activates the alarm when pressed. An alarm shield prevents accidental push of the button and is flipped open to expose the button. Activating the alarm causes a loud alarm tone or siren to sound and red and blue lights or other visual alarm displays to flash. Front and rear cameras transmit live video to an online secure database, where it is recorded to preserve evidence. Front and rear lights may be included for night or low-light level video. An e-911 call is made to notify law enforcement and provide the location of the emergency via the phone's integral global positing system (GPS). In another embodiment, the device is a retrofitting case for existing cell phones that would be able to achieve the same results. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260826 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Erroneous input operations are more surely inhibited than usual erroneous input operations, by an electronic device | 2013-10-03 |
20130260827 | GYROSCOPIC ALERTING MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A portable communications device, such as a mobile phone, includes a novel tactile alerting mechanism capable of alerting the user of an incoming communication or other event. A gyroscopic mechanism is coupled to a housing of the portable communications device and controlled by a processor. The processor is configured to control a spin velocity of the gyroscopic mechanism based on receiving an alert of an incoming call or message, or detecting a fall. The gyroscopic mechanism may spin up or change a spin state to provide a tactile signal via the housing of the communications device, by imparting stabilizing force to the housing that can be felt by a person wearing the communications device, or to change an orientation of the device while falling. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260828 | ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING TWO MOBILE DEVICES - An adaptor for connecting a first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal is provided. The adaptor includes a first connector detachable from the second mobile terminal and electrically connected to the second mobile terminal and that can be rotated, a main body having a terminal hole for housing the first mobile terminal, and a second connector positioned at the terminal hole and detachable from the first mobile terminal and for electrically connecting the first connector and the first mobile terminal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260829 | Portable Terminal and Wireless Module - A portable terminal and a wireless module are disclosed. The portable terminal comprises a terminal body and a wireless module. The terminal body comprises a front surface and a back surface opposite to each other, side surfaces connected to the front surface and the back surface, and a terminal circuit board disposed in a space defined by the front surface, the back surface and the side surfaces together; and a display region is disposed on the front surface. The terminal body is provided on one of the side surfaces thereof with a slot for the wireless module to be inserted therein. Disposed on a module circuit board of the wireless module is an SIM card that is electrically connected to the module circuit board. In this way, the present disclosure can selectively reduce the cost of the portable terminal and substantially not increase the size of the portable terminal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260830 | Wireless Communication System and Wireless Network Accessing Device - A wireless communication system and a wireless network accessing device are disclosed. The wireless communication system comprises an intelligent terminal and a wireless network accessing device. The intelligent terminal comprises a first card holder and a first interface. The first card holder is configured to receive a first SIM card, and the first interface is electrically connected to the first card holder. The wireless network accessing device comprises a second card holder, a second interface, a baseband chip and a switch module. The second card holder is configured to receive a second SIM card, the second interface is removably electrically connected to the first interface, and the switch module is electrically connected to the second card holder, the second interface and the baseband chip so that the baseband chip is selectively electrically connected to the first card holder or the second card holder. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260831 | APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SIMS - An apparatus is removably attachable to an electronic device associated with wireless communication. The apparatus includes an operational circuitry which includes contact means, memory means and data processing means. The contact means is for electrical coupling between the electronic device and the operational circuitry. The memory means is capable of storing subscriber-identity-module-specific data of at least two subscriber identity module associated with at least one operator of wireless communication for causing the apparatus to act as a plurality of the subscriber identity modules of the at least one operator when in use. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260832 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING UP AN INTERFACE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - There are provided an interface setup apparatus and method capable of easily setting up an interface in a mobile terminal. A controller transmits, to a server, identification information extracted from a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card inserted into the mobile terminal upon power-on of the mobile terminal, in response, downloads a binary received from the server and corresponding to the identification information, and sets up the interface of the mobile terminal based on the binary. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260833 | SERVICE PROVIDER ACTIVATION - Systems and methods for activating a mobile device for use with a service provider are described. In one exemplary method, a mobile device having a currently inserted SIM card may be prepared for activation using a signing process in which an activation server generates a signed activation ticket that uniquely corresponds to the combination of the device and SIM card, and that is securely stored on the mobile device. In another exemplary method the mobile device may be activated in an activation process in which the device verifies an activation ticket against information specific to the device and SIM card, and initiates activation when the verification of the activation ticket is successful. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260834 | PROXIMITY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN EITHER A HANDSET MODE OR SPEAKERPHONE MODE - A proximity sensor system for use with mobile communication devices that reduces the incidence of false positives. The proximity sensor system includes a first sensor and a second sensor, each of which are configured to separately generate outputs indicative if the mobile communication device should operate in a handset mode or a speakerphone mode. The system further includes a processor configured to switch the operation of the mobile communication device between the handset mode and the speakerphone mode when both outputs indicate that the mobile communication device should be in one mode or the other. By relying on both first and second sensors, the incidence of false positives is reduced. In various alternative embodiments, multiple first sensors and/or second sensors may be used. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260835 | Electronics Case with Electroluminescent Panel - An electronics case for a portable electronic device with an electroluminescent panel (“ELP”) for displaying light patterns in response to sound, vibration or other input signals. The case includes an integrated control circuit for receiving input signals from an input device and, in response, generating a set of ELP pattern signals that are transmitted to the ELP. The integrated control circuit also includes a power supply connected to the controller for supplying power to the integrated control circuit and the ELP. The ELP comprises a plurality of segments and it is affixed to the exterior surface of the case to attract attention to the light patterns as they are being displayed on the ELP. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260836 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and methods are disclosed. A display module is disposed on a first surface of a housing. A sound output module generates vibrations based on received sounds and transfers the vibrations to a second surface of the housing opposed to the first surface. A touch detection module detects a touch operation performed by a user on the display module. An operation determination module determines the kind of the touch operation during the telephone communications with another device. A function execution module executes a function assigned to the determined kind of the touch operation. The function relates to the telephone communications. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260837 | Methods And Apparatus For Providing Presentations For The Composition Of Messages Having Size Limitations - A communication device provides a message composition interface. In the message composition interface, the communication device presents a maximum allowable remaining number of characters allowable for further entry in the message only when a character count of the number of character inputs received in the message is greater than or equal to a warning count value. The warning count value is less than a maximum allowable number of characters of the message. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260838 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH USER NAVIGATION USING AN ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a display carried by the housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, a display navigation input device carried by the housing and including an antenna and an oscillation circuit coupled to the antenna, and a controller coupled to the display, wireless transceiver, and display navigation input device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260839 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR CONTROLLING VOLUMETRIC OUTPUT LEVEL OF A HANDSET RECEIVER - An apparatus, and an associated method, provides for operation of a handset receiver at a volumetric output level of either a hands free mode of operation or a handset mode of operation. A noncontact proximity sensor detects proximity of the handset to a user. If the sensed proximity indicates that the handset is positioned proximate to the user, the maximum volumetric output level is constrained to be no greater than a maximum handset mode of operation level. If the sensed proximity is greater than a minimum distance, high volumetric output levels are permitted of the handset receiver. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260840 | Headset System For Use In A Call Center Environment - A headset system for use with a telephone system, especially in a call center environment, and a method of operating a wireless headset system in a call center environment, in which method a wireless connection is established between headset and base unit, and the wireless connection is maintained while indicating from a headset user interface to the base unit that the headset is available for receiving an incoming call. The headset system is connected to a telephone system and has a processor configured to receive mode information and to operate according to the received mode information. The headset has a headset user interface and controls the headset signal processor to operate in accordance with user input. The received mode information comprises a call center mode information in which mode the base unit transceiver is controlled to maintain a wireless connection with the headset transceiver, and wherein the user input includes end-of-call information. The headset is further configured to provide the end-of-call information to the base unit while maintaining the wireless connection. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260841 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH REDUCED MICROPHONE NOISE FROM RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITRY - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board in the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a power amplifier and microphone mounted thereon. An antenna is carried within the housing and operative with the RF circuitry. An RF shield surrounds and isolates the microphone from the RF circuitry, power amplifier and antenna and shields the microphone from radiated energy generated from the RF circuitry, antenna or power amplifier. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260842 | INDUCTIVE CHARGER FOR PROVIDING RADIO FREQUENCY ("RF") SIGNAL TO A PORTABLE ELECTRIC DEVICE - An inductive charger for a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device has a radio frequency (“RF”) antenna configured for receiving an outgoing RF signal, as well as a secondary coil. The inductive charger includes a primary coil configured for creating a magnetic flux. The magnetic flux is configured for coupling to the secondary coil in the portable electronic device to induce current. The inductive charger includes RF coupling assembly that receives an incoming RF signal. The RF coupling assembly is configured to radiate the outgoing RF signal that is based on the incoming RF signal. The inductive charger includes a radiator configured to receive the outgoing RF signal from the RF coupling assembly. The radiator is configured to radiate the outgoing RF signal to the RF antenna of the portable electronic device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260843 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Power Consumption of Mobile Phone, and Mobile Phone - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for reducing power consumption of a mobile phone and also a mobile phone. The method includes: activating a proximity sensor of a mobile phone when a call is originated or received; obtaining a weighted acceleration of the mobile phone by using an acceleration sensor; determining a switch-on time point of the proximity sensor according to the weighted acceleration of the mobile phone; and switching on the proximity sensor at the switch-on time point so that a backlight of the mobile phone is in an on state or an off state according to a detection result of the proximity sensor. In this way, an appropriate switch-on time point may be obtained according to different weighted accelerations of the mobile phone, so as to reduce power consumption of the mobile phone in a conversation. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260844 | SERIES-CONNECTED COUPLERS FOR ACTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, an antenna system has a plurality of antenna paths and a calibration circuit. Each of the antenna paths has a transceiver and an antenna element. The calibration circuit has (i) a calibration transceiver and a different coupler coupled to each antenna path. The couplers are connected in series with one another and with the calibration transceiver. Connecting the couplers in series, rather than in parallel, reduces the amount of cabling needed and the need for a combiner/splitter or switch matrix between the couplers and the calibration transceiver, thereby reducing the cost, volume, and/or weight associated with the calibration circuit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260845 | THRESHING BARS AND COMBINE HARVESTER THRESHER FORMED THEREWITH - A combine harvester threshing drum threshing bar includes a rigid, integral, unitary threshing fixture having a leading edge and an opposed trailing end, an upstream face and an opposed downstream face formed with an oblique crop deflecting surface, a threshing side and an opposed threshing drum emplacement side. The threshing side includes a trailing threshing face formed toward the trailing end of the threshing fixture, and an inclined leading threshing face extending from the trailing threshing face to the leading edge, and which cooperates with the threshing drum emplacement side and the upstream and downstream faces of the threshing fixture at the leading edge to form a wedge in the threshing fixture. Crop threshing grooves are formed in the trailing threshing face of the top threshing side of the threshing fixture, which extend from the trailing end to the leading threshing face of the threshing fixture. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260846 | ENABLING LOCATION-BASED APPLICATIONS TO WORK WITH IMAGINARY LOCATIONS - Technologies for game providers to place their game worlds into existing map databases and communicate the relevant locations to location-based applications are generally described. In some examples, this may be achieved by generating maps that use non-physical locations that are still within standard location data formats at a game service provider and providing the maps and/or map data to map server providers showing game worlds mapped to those coordinates. Alternatively, the game service provider may provide the map data to the map service provider and the map may be generated at the map service provider. The imaginary location maps may be identified by extreme or non-physical altitudes, for example. Game clients may be enabled to publish the location of their game persona on an imaginary map and/or their real persona on a real map and receive location-based services for either or both personas. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260847 | MULTI-LEVEL WAGERING COMPETITIONS - Various embodiments that may generally relate to one or more competitions. Such competitions may include a plurality of rounds. A round may include a player attempting to choose a winner of an event on which a round is based. A surviving player after a number of rounds may be a winner of a competition. Various apparatus and methods are described. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260848 | Guessing Threshold for a Game Challenge - Techniques for implementing a guessing threshold for a game challenge are described. In at least some embodiments, a guessing threshold can specify a number of “guesses” that a player is permitted to make during a particular period of time. For example, a guess can be an incorrect solution to a game challenge, a correct solution to a game challenge that was previously provided during a game session, an incorrect solution to a game challenge that is not a legitimate solution attempt, and so on. In implementations, if a player exceeds the guessing threshold during a particular period of time, the player can be warned and/or penalized. For example, the player can be locked out of gameplay for a penalty period and/or the player can be docked a number of points. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260849 | DERIVING WORD-COMMONNESS FOR WORD-GAMES - Word-commonness is identified for each word of a set of words of a language within a corpus of electronic documents. The set of words are sorted according to the word-commonness of each word relative to the other words of the set to obtain a sorted list. The sorted list defines an order of the words of the set that is based, at least in part, on the word-commonness of each word relative to the other words of the set. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260850 | Mixed Reality Role Playing Games - A method of providing a game. A simulated environment is generated in which a user can play the role of a person building a personal relationship with one or more simulated individuals in the simulated environment, the simulated individual(s) representing one or more real world personalities and/or real world entities. The method includes receiving input from the user and receiving data representing real world facts related to the one or more real world personalities and/or entities. The user's progress in the game is determined based on the received user input and the received data representing the real world facts. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260852 | GAMING SYSTEM HAVING A DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE CONFIGURED TO INTERACTIVELY OPERATE WITH EXTERNAL DEVICE - A game table having a multiplayer interactive display/input device which enables multiple players to play primary or base wagering games and/or secondary or bonus games using the display/input device. The display/input device enables multiple players to simultaneously interact with the game table and the various games using the same display/input device. In various embodiments, the game table operates with one or more separate physical input devices, each having one or a plurality of the encoded patterns and each being sized and configured to be placed on top of the game table. The separate physical input devices enable the player to interact with the display/input device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260853 | THROW ONE BACK BLACKJACK - A Blackjack style card game played with at least one standard deck of 52 playing cards. A player places a main wager and a side wager, and is then dealt two initial cards. The player may elect to receive additional cards into their hand per the traditional rules of Blackjack. If the sum of the player hand exceeds 21, the player's main wager is forfeited to the house. The player may elect to activate their side wager, and then choose one card to discard from their hand so as to reformulate the sum of their hand. After the dealer plays their hand, the player's side wager is resolved by comparing the sum of the dealer's hand to the reformulated sum of the player's hand, and settling the player's side wager accordingly. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260856 | Logistics Methods for Processing Lottery and Contest Tickets with Generic Hardware - A lottery data transfer method for processing lottery ticket data piggybacks on a merchant's existing debit or credit card interchange system. A BIN is assigned to lottery tickets that is unique in the merchant's credit or debit card interchange, the BIN associated with a lottery data blob also provided on the lottery ticket. The lottery BIN and data blob are into the merchant's existing credit or debit card activation barcode protocol to initiate transfer of the lottery data to a central lottery site via the interchange. At a processor within the interchange, the unique lottery BIN is flagged to initiate special routing to and further processing of the lottery data blob at the lottery central site, wherein the lottery data blob is processed outside of the interchange's debit or credit card data transfer and processing procedures. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260857 | GAMES, LOTTERIES, AND SWEEPSTAKES AND TICKETS, SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Games, lotteries, and/or sweepstakes as well as tickets, systems, technologies, and/or methods related thereto. In some embodiments, unique games and/or unique administrations of games and/or unique tickets useful for participating in games. In certain preferred embodiments, games which can be administrated or participated in contemporaneously with an event, such as a sporting event, music performance, or trade show (e.g., at the same time or during a live event). In certain of such preferred embodiments, participants in games make no payment to participate in the games. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260858 | REEL FOR GAMING MACHINE AND GAMING MACHINE INCLUDING THE SAME - A cylindrical reel for a slot machine, which includes a plurality of symbols having different patterns is provided. A reel according to an embodiment includes: a reel frame configured to receive rotational force from a rotational axis of a motor; a reel stripe disposed on an entire circumference of the reel frame and having a front surface including a group of the symbols thereon; a symbol piece including: a first surface having a flange shape; and a second surface protruding from the first surface and including one of the plurality of symbols thereon, wherein the reel stripe has at a least one opening exposing the second surface of the symbol piece, and the first surface of the symbol piece is attached to a rear surface of the reel stripe. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260859 | Gaming System and a Method of Gaming - A gaming system is disclosed that comprises a selector arranged to select symbols for display in respective first display position areas, and a shutter device disposed in front of the selected symbols and arranged to controllably conceal or reveal at least one of the symbols. The system also comprises a display device disposed in front of the shutter device and arranged to display icons at respective second display position areas. Each second display position area is disposed in alignment with a first display position area, and the display device is controllable so as to modify the degree of transparency of an icon. When the shutter device is controlled so as to reveal a selected symbol and an icon associated with the revealed symbol is modified so as to increase the degree of transparency of the icon, the revealed symbol is viewable through the associated icon. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260860 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - A gaming system is disclosed that comprises at least one mechanical reel, and a video display device disposed over the at least one mechanical reel. The video display device is controllable to display for each mechanical reel a virtual reel representative of the mechanical reel, and so as to be disposed in an operative first state wherein the at least one virtual reel is viewable on the video display device, or a substantially transparent second state. The gaming system also comprises a shutter device positioned between the video display device and the at least one mechanical reel and disposable in a first state wherein the at least one mechanical reel is revealed or a second state wherein the at least one mechanical reel is concealed. During use, either the mechanical reel(s) or the virtual reel(s) representative of the mechanical reel(s) are viewable by a player. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260861 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PLAYING WAGERING GAMES WITH DISTRIBUTED AND SHARED PARTIAL OUTCOME FEATURES - Gaming devices, gaming systems, methods of conducting wagering games, and computer programs for executing wagering games are disclosed. A gaming system for playing a wagering game is disclosed which includes at least one memory device which stores instructions that cause at least one processor to operate with at least one display device and at least one input device to: display a randomly determined partial outcome of the wagering game to a first player; transmit the randomly determined partial outcome to at least one second player; randomly determine a first final outcome of the wagering game for the first player; randomly determine a second final outcome of the wagering game for the second player(s), both of the first and second final outcomes including the partial outcome; and, if at least one of the final outcomes is a winning outcome, award an award associated with the winning outcome. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260862 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD OF ALLOWING PLAYERS TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES - A gaming machine and method are provided which allow a player to play a gaming machine. The gaming machine and method allow a player to make a wager on a first primary game and randomly generate an outcome of the first primary game. The gaming machine determines if an anticipation event triggering condition has occurred based at least in part on an anticipation event probability associated with the first primary game, displays an anticipation event on the display device if the anticipation event triggering condition has occurred, and displays the first primary game outcome on the display device. A number of anticipation events that have occurred during the first gaming session is calculated, and the anticipation event probability is modifying based at least in part on the number of anticipation events that have occurred. The player is awarded an award if the first primary game outcome is a winning outcome. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260863 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD OF ALLOWING PLAYERS TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES - A slot game is provided. A display device displays a plurality of reels. During the slot game the reels are spun and an outcome of the game is randomly determined. The outcome of the game is displayed on the display device in a grid comprised of a plurality of symbol positions in a predetermined arrangement. One of the symbols from a corresponding reel are displayed at each symbol position. The spinning reels are visible in the grid during play of the game. The controller awards the player an award as a function of the wager, the outcome of the game and a predetermined paytable. A first one of the reels contains a stack of adjacent, similar symbols. The stack of adjacent similar symbols are displayed with a first single graphic overlay. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260864 | Wagering Game Having Free Spin Feature With Variable Quantities Of Reel Arrays - A gaming system for conducting a wagering game includes at least one input device, at least one display device, at least one processor, and at least one memory device storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the gaming system to receive a wager for playing the wagering game, and trigger a free-spin event in which a plurality of free spins is awarded. For a first spin, a first number of arrays is randomly determined, displayed, and evaluated to determine whether an award condition is present. For a second spin, a second number of arrays is randomly determined, displayed, and evaluated to determine whether an award condition is present. The second number of arrays is non-equal to the first number of arrays. Any awards associated with each determined award condition are provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260865 | GAMING DEVICE INCLUDING MOVABLE SYMBOL INDICATOR PLATES - A gaming device including a first and second indicator plate which are adjacent to each other and on the same axis where the second plate overlaps at least a portion of the first plate and the first and second plates are in different planes. In one embodiment, the first plate includes at least one symbol where one or more awards are associated with the symbol. The second plate is composed at least in part of a substantially transparent material, which enables a player to see through at least a portion of the second plate to view one or more symbols on the first plate. The second plate also includes a plurality of sections, which indicate one or more symbols on the first plate. In one embodiment, the second plate includes at least one transparent section and at least one non-transparent section. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260866 | GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A game system comprises a first game control portion which makes a user of a game machine play a first game and a second game control portion which makes a user of a user terminal machine different from the game machine play a second game. The game control portion, where game play contents of the second game and identification information of the user are stored in a state of being correlated with each other, updates game data based on game play contents in the second game by the user each time the user plays the second game. The first game control portion obtains as reference data at least one portion of the game data when the user plays the first game, and generate effect in the first game depending on the reference data obtained. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260867 | TRANSITIONING BETWEEN GAME AND NON-GAME FEATURES - A system, machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for transitioning between game and non-game features is provided. Game display data is provided to a client device to display a computer-implemented game of a player. A request to transition from the computer-implemented game to a non-game feature is received from the client device. The request is received while the computer-implemented game is being displayed. Game state information associated with the player is stored in response to the request. The game state information includes information associated with a state of the computer-implemented game during receipt of the request. Non-game display data is provided to the client device to display the non-game feature. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260868 | GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MULTIPLE PLAYER GAME - A gaming system including a multiple player game, such as a community game associated with a plurality of gaming devices. This community game includes a community game area or matrix, such as a redemption area or redemption environment which is displayed to at least the players of the gaming devices. The community game matrix includes a plurality of displayed positions, spots or spaces. At least each of the players playing the primary games of the gaming devices of the gaming system are associated with a displayed participant or avatar that occupies or is otherwise positioned at one of the displayed positions, spots or spaces of the community game matrix. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260869 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A BONUS OPPORTUNITY WHEN A DESIGNATED RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF RANDOMLY DETERMINED ELEMENTS - Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing a bonus opportunity when a designated relationship exists between a plurality of randomly determined elements. The gaming system randomly generates a plurality of elements in association with a play of a secondary game. The gaming system determines whether a designated relationship exists between the randomly determined elements. If the designated relationship exists between the randomly determined elements, the gaming system determines a bonus opportunity associated with the randomly determined elements and provides the bonus opportunity to a player. | 2013-10-03 |
20130260870 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING A MULTI-TRIGGER BONUS - A gaming device having one or more primary games. The primary games may be played simultaneously. Each primary game has a triggering event which corresponds to an award or bonus game. If multiple triggering events occur in the same play, the player receives a multi-trigger bonus or bonus game. | 2013-10-03 |