44th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110269437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING MULTI-MEDIA CONTENT VIA A MOBILE TERMINAL - A system for accessing multi-media content is provided, which is adapted to be accessed by a mobile terminal through a radio net work. The system comprises storage means adapted to store a plurality of multi-media content files having different digital formats. The system further comprises a mobile terminal characterizing unit, which is adapted to provide mobile terminal capabilities information indicating at least one capability of the mobile terminal, and a matching unit, which is adapted to identify a subset of the plurality of multi-media content files having at least one specific digital format wherein the at least one specific digital format is supported by the at least one capability of the mobile terminal, wherein the system is adapted to provide the subject of the plurality of multi-media content files having the at least one supported digital format to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal characterizing unit is further adapted to receive terminal identification information from the mobile terminal and to provide the terminal capabilities information based on the terminal identification information, and wherein the matching unit is further adapted to identify the subset of the plurality of multi-media content files based on the terminal capabilities information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269438 | PERFORMING TRANSACTIONS WITH AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARD - An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269439 | METHOD, DEVICES AND SYSTEM HAVING OUT OF OFFICE BASED PRESENCE - A communication device receives an out-of-office message regarding a first contact. An application executing on the communication device displays a name of the first contact and an out-of-office indication regarding the first contact without displaying said out-of-office message. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269440 | ADVANCED CALL FORWARDING USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A call forwarding user interface for a mobile communication device provides selective access to pre-stored identifying data (e.g., an address book) for a user to define one or more call forwarding destinations for predetermined call forwarding conditions. Call forwarding profiles of such identifying data may also be defined and stored for subsequent selective actuation. Such interface features facilitate user-defined call forwarding functions with reduced requirements for memorization and/or reference to written or printed records. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269441 | CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES AND DATA USAGE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - Disclosed are an system and method of regulating mobile device communications while operating a motor vehicle. One example method may include determining a speed event indicating that a speed of the motor vehicle has performed at least one of exceeded a first threshold above which mobile device usage restriction policies are invoked and fallen below a second threshold allowing the mobile device restriction policies to be removed. The first threshold may be equal to or greater than the second threshold. As a result of obtaining the speed event, the method may also provide transmitting the speed event to a remote edge gateway server located remotely from the motor vehicle, which stores the speed event for reference purposes when determining a policy for routing a particular mobile device call, text message and/or mobile data session. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269442 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for receiving control information by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes monitoring channel quality of a control channel, determining whether reconfiguration of the control channel is needed, based on the channel quality of the control channel, if the reconfiguration of the control channel is needed, requesting an evolved Node B (eNB) to reconfigure the control channel, and receiving the control information through the reconfigured control channel. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269443 | APPARATUS, AND METHOD, FOR IMPLEMENTING DETECTION OF SYSTEM INFORMATION CHANGES IN UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - In a mobile telecommunications system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device, the user equipment is arranged, when the user equipment re-configures itself to enter a new state or performs cell reselection, to read broadcast system information and, when the broadcast system information indicates a change in system information, to update the system information of the user equipment device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269444 | MOBILE DEVICE MANNERS PROPAGATION AND COMPLIANCE - The present invention includes methods and technologies for defining and administering device manners policy (“DMP”), propagating DMP, reception and recognition of, and compliance with DMP. Such policy may be used to communicate to various mobile and other devices the “manners” with which compliance is expected or required. Similar to some of the social manners honored among people, such as with “no smoking” or “employees only” zones, “no swimming” or “no flash photography” areas, and scenarios for “please wash your hands” or “no talking out loud”, devices may recognize and comply with analogous “device manners” policy. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269445 | MOBILE DEVICE MANNERS PROPAGATION AND COMPLIANCE - The present invention includes methods and technologies for defining and administering device manners policy (“DMP”), propagating DMP, reception and recognition of, and compliance with DMP. Such policy may be used to communicate to various mobile and other devices the “manners” with which compliance is expected or required. Similar to some of the social manners honored among people, such as with “no smoking” or “employees only” zones, “no swimming” or “no flash photography” areas, and scenarios for “please wash your hands” or “no talking out loud”, devices may recognize and comply with analogous “device manners” policy. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269446 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING STATUS OF SMART PHONE, SMART PHONE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In an exemplary method for remotely controlling status of a smart phone, a message is remotely sent to the smart phone, the smart phone monitors the content of the message and then is controlled to be set in a target status when the content of the message contains a sequence matched with the target status. For example, the smart phone can be controlled to switch from silent mode to ring mode, which facilities the user to quickly find his/her smart phone previously being set in the silent mode. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269447 | MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION OF CONTROL INFORMATION - A mobile radio communication network device is descried including a receiver configured to receive control information from a mobile terminal, wherein the receiver is configured to receive the control information in a first mode or in a second mode, wherein in the second mode, less of the control information is received in time from the mobile terminal than in the first mode, and a controller configured to control the receiver to receive the control information in the first mode if the mobile terminal is associated with a first mobile terminal mobility class and to control the receiver to receive the information in the second mode if the mobile terminal is associated with a second mobile terminal mobility class. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269448 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR UPDATING CONFIGURATIONS OF RADIO RESOURCES WITH SYSTEM INFORMATION - A mobile communication device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transceiving to and from a service network. The controller module, configured in a connected mode according to configurations of at least one dedicated radio resource, receives a broadcast system information indicating configurations of common radio resources from the service network via the wireless module, and determines whether the common radio resources comprise at least one of the dedicated radio resource. Also, the controller module applies the configurations of the common radio resources, except for the dedicated radio resource comprised in the common radio resources, in response to the common radio resources comprising at least one of the dedicated radio resource. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269449 | Subcell Measurement Procedures in a Distributed Antenna System - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for reporting downlink signal measurement information in a wireless communication system utilizing coordinated multipoint transmission from two or more subcells in each of a plurality of cells. The method comprises monitoring signal quality metrics for a first set of downlink signals comprising at least a first common channel signal transmitted from two or more subcells of a neighbor cell, evaluation of the monitored signal quality metrics, with respect to one or more predetermined criterion, and the selective increasing of a measurement rate, an event evaluation rate, or both, for at least a first subcell-specific signal from the neighbor cell, based on the evaluation. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269450 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING CHANNEL INFORMATION IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for acquiring downlink channel information in a radio communication system having a multi-cell/sector structure, comprising receiving channel quality information of a mobile station and loading information of cells/sectors adjacent to the mobile station, checking the carrier to interference and noise ratio (CINR) contained in the channel quality information, checking the average loading factor of the adjacent cells/sectors contained in the loading information, summing the average loading factors for each of the adjacent cells/sectors to calculate an effective loading factor, and compensating for the CINR with the effective loading factor to acquire channel information of the base station. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269451 | Method for sending auxiliary detection signaling - The present invention discloses a method for sending auxiliary detection signaling, comprising: for each base station in a base station group, that is, a first base station, the other base stations in the base station group except the first base station respectively send auxiliary detection signaling at the carrier frequency of the first base station. The technical solution saves both signaling overhead and power and reduces the complexity of a search carried out by an MS. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND DISSEMINATING MOBILE DEVICE TAG DATA - A computer-implemented method for aggregating and disseminating tag data is provided. The method includes receiving a tag generated at a particular time from a particular mobile device. Data indicative of a particular location of the particular mobile device is received corresponding to the particular time. The tag is associated with the location indicative data of the particular mobile device. Data indicative of a location of one or more other mobile devices is received, and data indicative of the tag is transmitted to the one or more other mobile devices in response to the location indicative data of the one or more other mobile devices corresponding to the location indicative data of the particular mobile device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269453 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CARRIER AGGREGATION MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for inter-radio access technology carrier aggregation mobility enhancement. The apparatus receives a mobility reporting parameter from a first network node. The apparatus measures parameters of signals received from the first network node and one or more second network nodes based on the measurement reporting parameters. The apparatus generates a measurement report based on the measurement reporting parameters and the measured parameters of the signals, transmits the measurement report to the first network node, and receives a mobility parameter from the first network node based on the measurement report. The measurement reporting parameters include report configuration information for configuring the measurement report based on measured parameters obtained for designated signals received from the first network node and for signals received from the one or more second network nodes. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CELL SELF-HEALING OF BASE STATION IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM - A method and system for implementing self-healing of base station cells in long term evolution system, and the method comprises: when a base station detects that there is one baseband board abnormal, it judges whether there are redundant baseband resources in the base station that satisfy the minimum bandwidth demand of cells in the abnormal baseband board or not, and if yes, a cell establishment process is initiated to reestablish the cells in the abnormal baseband board; otherwise, redundant bandwidth of the cells from a normal baseband board is acquired as available baseband resources to reestablish the cells in the abnormal baseband board. Said system comprises: a detection unit, a judgment unit, a cell establishment unit and an available baseband resources acquisition unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269455 | Method and system of handling requests for location information of mobile devices - Example embodiments provide methods of handling a request for location information for a mobile device attached to a wireless system that supports multiple types of radio access technology. In one embodiment, the mobile device is triggered, by a network element, to send location information without causing the mobile to fall back from a first network of the wireless system to a second network of the wireless system, the first network conforming to a later generation of radio access technology than the second network. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269456 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems and methods of managing concurrent access using different network identities using a shared baseband hardware implementation are described. A wireless apparatus comprises a computing device, a baseband device, the baseband device including at least a modem processor, and computer readable storage medium that stores one or more instructions. The instructions, when executed by the computing device, are configured to associate a first identity of the wireless apparatus with a first wireless network, associate a second identity of the wireless apparatus with a second wireless network, enable the first identity to communicate over the first wireless network using the baseband device, and enable the second identity to communicate over the second wireless network using the baseband device. Data obtained by concurrently utilizing the baseband device utilizing different network identities and different networks can be aggregated on the wireless apparatus. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269457 | METHOD OF PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF ABNORMAL CONDITIONS DURING NON-ACCESS STRATUM (NAS) MESSAGE TUNNELING - The present invention provides a method that includes generating, in response to a non-access stratum (NAS) message transmitted between a mobility management entity and a visiting location register, a response message including information indicating a message type, an identifier of a mobile unit associated with the NAS message, and a cause associated with generating the response message. The method also includes transmitting the response message. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269458 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING ACCESSIBLE WIRELESS NETWORK IN SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus for searching accessible wireless networks in a software-defined radio (SDR) terminal, a method thereof, and a computer-readable recording medium for storing a program executing the method. The apparatus includes: a hardware platform; a network search executable code storing means for storing a network search executable code having at least one of mode search executable codes; a search shape information storing unit for storing search shape information necessary for network search; a network search control means for arranging each of the mode search executable codes from the network search executable code storing means at the hardware platform by using the search shape information from the search shape information storing means and searching a network according to a search mode by executing the arranged mode search executable codes; and a network search result storing means for storing network search results from the network search control means. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269459 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CELL FOR EXECUTING COMP IN MULTI-CELL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides a method which determines an adjacent cell to carry out a coordinate multipoint transmission (CoMP) operation instead of performing the CoMP operation for all adjacent cells, in cases where precoding matrix indexes (PMI) of adjacent cells are limited to prevent interferences by adjacent cells in a multi-cell environment, thereby effectively reducing inter-cell interferences without causing an overhead. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269460 | Closed Subscriber Group Cell Identification for Active Mode Mobility - While camped on a first cell with a first access node, it is determined that a second cell of a second access node is a private cell. From information received from a network it is determined that a criteria is satisfied, and conditional on the criteria being satisfied, a unique identifier for a private network of the private cell is decoded. Exemplary embodiments include a method, apparatus and computer readable medium storing a program. In various specific and non-limiting embodiments: being camped on the first cell comprises being in an active RRC CONNECTED state; the information received is broadcast information, the determining is by comparing received L1 ID to a list of locally stored CSG L1 IDs; the received broadcast information comprises a first portion of a TA ID and the criteria being satisfied comprises the first portion matching an entry of a locally stored whitelist. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269461 | System and Method for Dynamically Providing Communication Profiles for Mobile Devices - The mobile device stores a plurality of communication profiles comprising one or more local communication profiles and a global communication profile. The mobile device determines local access requirements for connecting to a local cellular network operator and determines whether the plurality of communication profiles comprises a local communication profile that satisfies the local access requirements. When the plurality of communication profiles does not comprise a local communication profile that satisfies the local access requirements: the mobile device connects to a global cellular network operator using the global communication profile; receives, from the global cellular network operator, a new local communication profile that satisfies the local access requirements and connects to the local cellular network operator using the new local communication profile. Subsequently, the mobile device communicates with another device via the local cellular network operator as if the mobile device was a local mobile device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269462 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT IN DRX - When a user equipment (UE) is in a CONNECTED state with a base station of a wireless network and is also in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, a DRX parameter such as DRX period for the UE is compared with a threshold. If the DRX parameter is at or below the threshold, the UE applies a network controlled mobility mode with UE assist where the network controls handover of the UE to another cell. If the DRX parameter is above the threshold, the UE applies a UE controlled mobility mode in which the UE is free to select a best cell. In this way, DRX benefit of reduced power consumption is maintained while the time period in which the UE is unreachable is minimized. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269463 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING BATTERY RESOURCES IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Preserving battery resources in a wireless device in communication with a wireless network by dynamically aligning a RRC connection status of a mobile wireless communication device in communication with a wireless network with a data traffic profile. The data traffic profile indicating a pattern of data transfer between the mobile wireless communication device and the wireless network. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR X2 INTERFACE SETUP AND CELL SWITCHING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for setting up an X2 interface setup are provided. The method includes transmitting, by a first Base Station (BS), an X2 interface setup request to a second BS, wherein the X2 interface setup request comprises an access mode of a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) supported by a cell in the first BS, and transmitting, by the second BS, an X2 interface response message to the first BS, wherein the X2 interface response message comprises the access mode of the CSG supported by the cell in the second BS. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269465 | HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for handover of User Entity (UE) by a source Base Station (BS) is provided. The method includes determining whether to handover the UE using an X2 interface, transmitting a handover request message to a target BS, the handover request message including Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) information of the target BS, and receiving a handover request acknowledgement message from the target BS, wherein the determining of whether to handover the UE using the X2 interface includes, if there is the X2 interface between the source BS and the target BS, and if the target BS does not support a CSG or the target BS supports a same CSG supported by the source BS, determining to perform the handover of the UE using the X2 interface, and obtaining the CSG information of the target BS through an X2 interface set up procedure. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269466 | UE Handling of Common Configuration After Handover - A method for a user equipment (UE) operating in a Long Term Evolution network. The method includes the UE receiving a command for a handover from a source cell to a target cell. The method further includes, when the UE has valid stored system information for the target cell, the UE discarding a dedicated radioResourceConfigCommon information element received from the source cell in the handover command and the UE applying radio resource configuration information retrieved from the stored system information. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269467 | METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO LINKS WITHIN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH MOBILE UNITS, AND EQUIPMENT ADAPTED TO IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - In an access network infrastructure of a cellular radio communication network, comprising a first radio access point serving at least one radio cell and capable of communicating, over a radio interface, with at least one user equipment item located within the radio coverage of at least one of the radio cells, first and second criteria for establishing a radio communication link with a radio access point are defined, with these two criteria being distinct from one another, as well as a set of user equipment associated with the first radio access point. Whenever user equipment is located within the radio coverage of at least one of the cells of the first radio access point, and the first criterion for establishing a radio communication link or the second criterion for establishing a radio communication link is applied, depending on whether or not the user equipment belongs to the set of user equipment associated with the first radio access point, for the purposes of establishing a radio communication link between the user equipment and the first radio access point whenever the applied radio communication link establishment criterion is fulfilled. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269468 | MOVE SUBSCRIBERS TO SURROUNDING RADIO NETWORK - The present invention relates to a solution for handling closed subscriber groups in a cell and in particular for supporting service continuity for a user when terminating membership of a user in the closed subscriber group in a controlled manner. The present invention is exemplified as a device and method for handling members of a closed subscriber group, i.e. CSG, comprising the steps of obtaining in a mobility management node ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110269469 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR HANDOVER BETWEEN MULTI-CARRIER CELLS - The present invention relates to the wireless network communication field, and discloses a method for handover between multi-carrier cells to avoid repeated handover decisions caused by delay of the triggering event. The method includes: the source cell receives a measurement report triggered by an event reported by a served User Equipment (UE); and the source cell executs a handover decision according to measurement reports triggered by multiple events after receiving the measurement reports triggered by the multiple events within an estimated interval, and hands over the UE to the corresponding carrier of the corresponding target cell. With the present invention, the resources of the source cell and the target cell may be saved, and the handover efficiency may be improved. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269470 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING AND ACQUIRING ANTENNA CONFIGURATION INFORMATION - A method, device and system for sending and acquiring information is provided, which relates to the field of communication, for solving the problem that user equipment (UE) cannot judge whether information transmitted in a time-frequency resource block is pilot measurement information or not that result in inaccurate detection on signal quality of a neighboring cell by the UE. A technical solution according to the present invention includes: acquiring antenna configuration information of the neighboring cell; and sending a message carrying the antenna configuration information of the neighboring cell to the UE. The embodiments of the present invention can be applied in a wireless communication network. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269471 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING THE TRANSMISSION ADDRESS OF THE TARGET BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING THE X2 INTERFACE CONNECTION - A method for obtaining transmission address information of a target base station (BS), comprising: configuring a target BS with corresponding relations between information of each transmission address of the target BS and related information of other BSs; a source BS transmitting its related information to the target BS through a MME; after receiving the related information of the source BS, the target BS filtering out transmission address information required for establishing an X2 interface connection with the source BS from all transmission addresses of the target BS, and transmitting the out-filtered transmission address information to the target BS through the MME. A method for establishing an X2 interface connection between BSs further comprises, besides the above steps, the source BS initiating a flow of establishing the X2 interface connection to the target BS using the transmission address information of the target BS after receiving it. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269472 | System and Method for Routing a Call to a Mobile Device Associated with Multiple Communication Profiles - A communication management system receives, from a first cellular network operator, a request for routing information associated with a first communication profile of a mobile device. The communication management system identifies, based on the first communication profile, a second communication profile that is an active communication profile for the mobile device, wherein the second communication profile is associated with a second cellular network operator. The communication management system determines routing information associated with the second communication profile. The communication management system sends, to the first cellular network operator, a reply comprising the routing information associated with the second communication profile. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269473 | DEVICES FOR CONGESTION CONTROL - The embodiments herein relate to a method in a transceiver ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110269474 | Methods and nodes in a radio communication system - The present invention generally relates to radio communication systems, relay nodes, controller nodes, user equipment (user terminals), software and methods for said systems and nodes. In one embodiment, a method for operating a control node for a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises the steps: creating a data frame comprising an early part and a later part, wherein the early part comprises first control data for controlling a receiving node; checking whether second control data are to be put into the later part; scheduling payload data for the receiving node into the later part if second control data are not to be put into the later part; and transmitting the date frame to the receiving node. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269475 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNALING RESOURCE PARTITION - Signaling resource partition of a component carrier in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The number of primary resource blocks and the number of extension resource blocks of the component carrier is encoded and signaled to a UE, so the UE can obtain the resource partition of the component carrier. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MANAGING CONNECTIONS USING A COVERAGE DATABASE - Techniques to dynamically manage wireless connections using a coverage database are described. For example, a mobile computing device may comprise a connection management module operative to dynamically select a wireless connection technology based on a location of the mobile computing device and information from a coverage database, and to initiate a wireless connection using the selected wireless connection technology. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269477 | LOCATION CONTINUITY SERVICE FOR LOCATING MOBILE DEVICES USING MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORKS INCLUDING WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A location continuity service having a location continuity application server (“LCAS”) that utilizes location data generated by multiple networks to determine the location of a mobile device is disclosed. The LCAS specifies a suitable reconciliation process that identifies two or more location estimation techniques that are implemented by different access networks and indicates how to utilize the location data produced by the identified estimation techniques. The LCAS interacts with various access networks identified by the reconciliation process in order to receive location data (e.g., positioning measurements and/or estimated locations) generated by the access networks and analyzes the received data to determine the location of a mobile device and provide the determined location to a location-based service. In some examples, an LCAS also provides location continuity when a mobile device moves between a home communications system and a visited communications system. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269478 | DEVICE FOR ROUND TRIP TIME MEASUREMENTS - An appliance facilitates localization of a station (STA) in a network, for example, a short-range wireless network. An automatic response to a request for a measurement related communication is provided. The appliance can include a radio frequency (RF) interface and a media access control (MAC) section. The MAC section can receive the request and generate the automatic response immediately after a uniform period that is uniform among any such appliance within the network. The appliance performs only the generation of the automatic response, though the response can include additional information such as (x, y) coordinates of the appliance. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269479 | Method and Apparatus for On-Device Positioning Using Compressed Fingerprint Archives - A method and apparatus are provided for on-device positioning using compressed fingerprint archives. The method and apparatus may be configured to provide compression of localization fingerprints, to facilitate efficient on-device positioning based on the RF fingerprint model, and to estimate the physical distance between two or more devices. Embodiments of the method may receive a space-to-access point histogram that corresponds to an access point as observed in a space. The histogram may be normalized and a mean and standard deviation may be calculated from the histogram. A weight may be assigned to the access point corresponding to the frequency with which the access point is observed within the space. A mean, standard deviation, and weight may be calculated and assigned for each of a plurality of access points as observed within a space. The mean, standard deviation, and weight of each access point may be combined to form a data triple. The data triples may be combined to form a fingerprint of access points observed from that space. The data triple or plurality of data triples with the lowest assigned weight(s) may be removed from the fingerprint. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH A USER OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Users are located to determine if the user is within, or has departed from, at least one bounded area established about a geographic location. The bounded area may be defined by setting one or more distance boundaries from the geographic location. A base station may monitor the location of a wireless device in proximity of the user. If the wireless device departs from a bounded area, a message containing information configured to be understandable and convey meaning to the user and/or a third-party is sent to the wireless device and/or the third-party. For example, the message may be configured to communicate to the user and/or third-party information pertaining to the departure from the bounded area, location information, navigation directions, instructions, etc. The message sent may include text and/or other symbols. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269481 | Model Based Channel State Information Feedback - The proposed methods and devices provide a new technique for feeding back CSI information of a channel between a network element and a user equipment to the network element by feeding back a location of the user equipment. The new technique opens completely new options for multi user scheduling and channel prediction. According to embodiments, a proposed user equipment configuration is indicated to the user by the user equipment. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269482 | MME Name in MAP Insert Subscriber Data Operation - Embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium related to mobility management. The method, apparatus, and computer readable medium may include, at least, receiving, at a network node, a terminating request from a user equipment. The method, apparatus and computer readable medium may further include, in response to receiving the terminating request, performing a restore data procedure, receiving a mobility management entity (MME) name from another network element in response to the restore data procedure, and registering the MME name to the subscriber data associated with the user equipment. The method, apparatus and computer readable medium may then include sending a paging request to the MME indicated by the MME name received from the other network element. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269483 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FEMTO ACCESS POINT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A Femto Access Point includes determination means for determining whether or not called side user equipment is accommodated in the Femto Access Point; and communication control means for, if the determination means has determined that the called side user equipment is accommodated in the Femto Access Point, sending out a Ring Back Tone to calling side user equipment. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269484 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING AN APPLICATION FROM A MOBILE STATION - Systems and methods for recommending an application from a mobile station are shown and described. Components of the network and components in communication with the network cooperate to confirm whether a mobile station recommended to receive the application is capable of executing the application and provisioning the application for transmission to the recommended mobile station. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269485 | METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR SENDING A MESSAGE TO A PLURALITY OF DEVICES OF A USER - The invention relates to a method and network node for sending a message to a plurality of devices of a user, comprising the steps of receiving a message addressed to the user from a messaging server, sending the message to the plurality of devices of the user, upon receiving a first acknowledgement from a first device of the plurality of devices of the user, sending a delivery acknowledgement to the messaging server, and if an acknowledgement was not received from at least one device of the plurality of devices of the user, re-sending the message to the at least one device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269486 | NOTICE METHOD AND ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR SENDING E-MAIL - A notice method for e-mail is provided by the present invention. The notice method of the present invention first checks whether or not a user sends an e-mail to a recipient. When the notice method checks that the user sends the e-mail, a notice message is sent to the recipient's phone from the user's phone for noticing the recipient that the user already sends the e-mail. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269487 | ELECTRONIC SHORT MESSAGING AND ADVERTISING METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention relates to an electronic short messaging and advertising method where minimal initiative is required from the consumer. Some embodiments of the invention may also be applied to an electronic sales method. The invention may also be applied for normal short messaging. The electronic short messaging method for collect calling may send transmissions to at least one subscriber terminal via the Internet and/or the telephony network. The method may include sending a first transmission to a recipient subscriber terminal for display, wherein the first transmission defines one or more active alternatives including at least one of initiating a collect call and deleting the first transmission. The method may also include calculating costs associated with at least one of the first transmission and the one or more active alternatives. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269488 | COMMUNICATION SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BASE STATION - A communication signal transmission management method of a base station using a computing device configures a distance table for recording remote base stations proximate the base station and a distance between the base station and each of the remote base stations, and stores the distance table in a storage system of the computing device. When the base receives a communication signal from communication device, the method determines a remote base station to receive the communication signal according to the distance between the base station and each of the scanned remote base stations and a current load of each remote base station, and transmits the communication signal to the determined remote base station. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269489 | ASSIGNING AND COORDINATING UPLINK REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - A method for assigning and coordinating uplink reference signals for cooperative communication is disclosed. Data about an assigned uplink reference signal sequence used by a wireless communication device is received at a non-serving base station. An uplink reference signal estimate is determined based on the data. The uplink reference signal estimate is used to coherently demodulate a signal received from the wireless communication device or is used to estimate an uplink channel between the non-serving base station and the wireless communication device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269490 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE FEEDBACK IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method for communicating channel state information (CSI) to a base station is presented. The method includes identifying a number of allocated resources for CSI within at least one of a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) payload and a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) payload. The method includes encoding channel state information (CSI) for activated carriers on a user equipment into the allocated resources for CSI. When a number of activated carriers on the user equipment is less than the number of allocated resources for CSI, the method includes using repetition encoding to duplicate the CSI for at least one of the activated carriers on the user equipment into the allocated resources for CSI. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269491 | REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION OF ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES - Embodiments of a system and a method for assigning a plurality of resources to a plurality of targets in near real-time are described herein. An evolutionary algorithm such as a particle swarm algorithm iteratively evaluates a predetermined fitness function characteristic of a system including the plurality of resources to find solutions containing optimal resource assignments. Resource parameters are changed based on the assignments to operate on the targets. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269492 | ALLOCATING A CONTROL CHANNEL FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - Methods for allocating a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to reduce a number of PDCCH candidates in a search space for carrier aggregation on a user equipment (UE) are disclosed. The method comprises the step of selecting a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level for a PDCCH allocation for each of a plurality of user equipments (UEs) at an evolved NodeB (eNB). The operation of identifying a transmission mode for each of a plurality of component carriers (CCs) associated with the PDCCH at the eNB follows. The next operation of the method is assigning each CC's downlink control information (DCI) into CCEs in a PDCCH search space in the PDCCH starting at a CCE location based on the CC's transmission mode and the CCE aggregation level for the UE receiving the CC. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269493 | Control channel interference mitigation - In some embodiments, control channel data is passed between neighboring base stations to allocate control channel resources to mitigate inter-cell interference. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269494 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, HANDOVER METHOD, AND DOWNLOAD METHOD - A base station includes a first receiver that receives a signal from the base station, the signal indicating a first wireless quality that is a wireless quality of signals received by a mobile station which uses software-defined radio and communicates with the base station using a first communication protocol, and a processor that executes processing to download communication software that causes the mobile station to execute communication processing according to a second communication protocol based on a first condition of the first wireless quality, and executes processing to transmit a handover instruction signal to cause a handover of the mobile station to a second base station that communicates with the mobile station using the second communication protocol based on a second condition of the first wireless quality, wherein the first condition is a condition set to be satisfied before the second condition when the first wireless quality decreases. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269495 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO ACCESS APPARATUS, AND GATEWAY APPARATUS - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: when a gateway apparatus (S-GW) is switched from a first state where downlink data is transmitted to a first radio access apparatus to a second state where the downlink data is transmitted to a second radio access apparatus, transferring, from the first radio access apparatus to the second radio access apparatus, the downlink data which is received from the gateway apparatus and to which specific information is added; and transmitting, from the second radio access apparatus to a mobile station (UE), transfer downlink data which is transferred from the first radio access apparatus and to which the specific information is added, before new downlink data transmitted from the gateway apparatus (S-GW). | 2011-11-03 |
20110269496 | Communication apparatus and communication method - A communication apparatus that performs communication with a communication medium while supplying power to the communication medium includes a communication distance detection unit configured to detect a distance to the communication medium and a transmission power control unit configured to control transmission power of a transmission amplifier in accordance with the detected distance. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269497 | TRANSPORT FORMAT COMBINATION SELECTING METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MOBILE STATION - In a method of selecting a transport format combination according to the present invention, a mobile station calculates the transmission power of a first physical channel using a first TFC with respect to each of first TFCs, and determines whether the mobile station is in a transmission capable state or not. Then, the mobile station calculates the sum of the transmission power of first and second physical channels using first and TFCs, with respect to each of combinations of the first and second TFCs, and determines whether the mobile station is in the transmission capable state or not. Then, the mobile station selects a first TFC from the first TFCs wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state. Then, the mobile station selects a second TFC from the second TFCs which are included in combinations wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state among the combinations including the selected first TFC. Thereafter, the mobile station transmits data in the first and second physical channels using the selected first and second TFCs, respectively. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269498 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a data transmission method in a radio communication system, comprising the steps of selecting a first reference transmission antenna of a first base station and a second reference transmission antenna of a second base station from among a plurality of base stations, transmitting a first transmission data stream via the first reference transmission antenna, transmitting a second transmission data stream via the second reference transmission antenna to a terminal, time-delaying the first transmission data stream and retransmitting the delayed first transmission data stream to the terminal via a transmission antenna of a first transmission group, and time-delaying the second transmission data stream and retransmitting the delayed second transmission data stream to the terminal via a transmission antenna of a second transmission group. Thus, co-channel interferences can be minimized, and the efficiency in using an antenna and the receiving performance thereof in a radio communication system adopting a multi-antenna technique and a multi-base station system can be improved at the same time. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269499 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR LOAD BALANCING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a wireless communication system that enable a load balancing procedure in a network with HeNB GWs. The problem of the ineffective conventional load balancing procedure when used in a network with HeNB GWs, is addressed by a solution where the HeNB includes ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110269500 | Neighbour Information Update in a Cellular System - A method for a cellular system with a plurality of cells with mobile terminals, MSs, and a plurality of Base Stations, BSs. An MS can be handed over from a first BS to a second BS. The method comprises letting the second BS inform the first BS that an update has taken place in the system information of the second BS, and also comprises letting the first BS acquire the updated system information of the second BS, and letting the first BS transmit at least part of the updated system information of the second BS to MSs in the cell of the first BS. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269501 | METHOD OF SYSTEM ACCESS TO A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method is performed by a wireless device. The method includes (a) preselecting a set of the base stations; (b) selecting a reverse link cost according to a preselected reverse link cost metric; (c) selecting a base station from the set of base stations; and (d) sending a probe signal at the selected reverse link cost to the selected base station. If a response is not received from the selected base station within a preselected time period and not all the base stations have been sent a probe signal at substantially the selected reverse link cost, then steps (c) through (d) are repeated with a different one of the base stations at substantially the selected reverse link cost. If a response is received from the selected base station within the timeout period, then the responding base station is selected to provide access to the wireless network. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269502 | Multiple RF Band Operation in Mobile Devices - Methods and apparatuses for multiple RF band operation in mobile devices are disclosed. In one example, a method for dual radio frequency band operation includes operating a mobile communication device in a first radio frequency band, monitoring a RSSI associated with the mobile communication device, and switching operation of the mobile communication device to operation in a second radio frequency band responsive to the RSSI crossing a threshold RSSI value. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269503 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SIM CARD SELECTION ACCORDING TO NETWORK ENVIRONMENT IN DUAL MODE - A dual mode terminal including two Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards and a method for automatically selecting a SIM card according to network environment in the dual mode terminal is provided. The method includes switching a master/slave setting when a SIM card setting change condition is met in a standby state, and setting a network of a switched SIM card as a master network. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269504 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - Provided is a communication apparatus including a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication by using a predetermined communication band, a data transmission unit for transmitting serial data through a predetermined transmission path, a jamming determination unit for determining whether or not a transmission band used for transmission of the serial data by the data transmission unit jams the communication band used for the wireless communication by the wireless communication unit, and a rate control unit for switching a transmission rate of the serial data to low by controlling the data transmission unit, in a case the jamming determination unit determines that the transmission band used for transmission of the serial data jams the communication band used for the wireless communication. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269505 | SLIDE TYPE MOBILE PHONE - A mobile phone includes a main display; a subsidiary display; and a main body mounted between the main display and the subsidiary display. The subsidiary display is retractable along a first direction relative to the main display, and the main body is retractable along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269506 | PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS THEREOF - A portable multimedia playback apparatus, a portable multimedia playback system, and a method for controlling operations thereof are disclosed. The method for controlling an operation of the portable multimedia playback apparatus having a display unit for displaying an image corresponding to a played-back multimedia content and a controller for outputting a display signal to the display unit to display the image corresponding to the played-back multimedia content on the display unit, includes receiving a signal from a mobile terminal capable of executing a phone application, determining status information about the mobile terminal from information included in the received signal, and outputting a display signal from the controller to the display unit such that an image corresponding to the determined status information is displayed on the display unit. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269507 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269508 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A SERVER AND A TERMINAL - In process for modeling a display coming from an application on a server, the display being destined for a remote terminal, the display is modeled to compose an image according to display information coming from the application by stacked layers, each layer consisting of pixels and being associated with a corresponding first alteration data set, each pixel being characterized by a transparency factor of the pixel; the first alteration data set indicating characteristics of the layer connected with the alterations performed by the application, the resulting image consisting of image pixels and being associated with a second alteration data set, the second alteration data set indicating whether the image was altered due to the modification of the layers by the application, the image pixels being composed of the superimposed corresponding pixels of the layers. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269509 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING CONTACT NAMES WITH CONTACT METHODS - A method for selecting a communication option for communications from a mobile device which operates in a wireless communication network, the mobile device having access to stored address book information that includes contact names, the method including: storing for at least some of the contact names an indication of a last communication option used for communicating therewith; displaying a list of user selectable contact names on a display of the mobile device; after receiving user input selecting of one of the contact names from the list, causing a list of user selectable communication options for communicating with the selected contact name to be generated on the display; and automatically positioning a selection symbol on the display to highlight the selectable communication option that corresponds to a last communication option that was used for communicating with the selected contact name. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269510 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING TRANSMISSION DEGRADATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for preventing transmission degradation in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes an antenna, a Power Amplifier Module (PAM), and a matching module. The PAM amplifies power of a transmission signal. A matching module is located between the antenna and the PAM, to match impedance of a signal whose power is amplified by the PAM using a matching value determined depending on a supplied power magnitude of the PAM. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269511 | Method and Arrangement in a Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to a method and arrangements in a radio base station for turning off the output power for a frequency carrier of a cell. The radio base station is configured to use at least two different modulation schemes. Each of the modulation schemes requires a different output power spectrum density for the frequency carrier. The method in the radio base station comprises reducing ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110269512 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A battery pack has a case for storing a battery can, and a metal plane made of a conductive material and connected to the battery can in high frequency is provided on the outer circumference plane of the case. A mounting recessed part for removably mounting the battery pack is provided, and a printed circuit board is provided inside. In the mounting recessed part, a plurality of grounding terminals are electrically connected to a grounding layer of the printed circuit board, on an inner plane to which the metal plane of the battery pack abuts. When the battery pack is mounted in the mounting recessed part, electricity is carried between the metal plane and the grounding terminals, and the metal plane and the battery can are grounded to the grounding layer of the printed circuit board in high frequency. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269513 | RAPID CHARGING APPARATUS - A rapid charging apparatus including a first connection unit, a second connection unit, and a rapid charging power transformation unit is provided. The first connection unit is coupled to a connector with a power. The rapid charging power transformation unit is coupled to the first connection unit to receive a voltage of the connector and to provide a first voltage and a second voltage. The first voltage ranges from 3.2 V to 1.1 V, the second voltage ranges from 2.7 V to 0.6 V, and a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage ranges from 0.5 V to 0.8 V. The second connection unit is coupled to an electronic device and the rapid charging power transformation unit so as to transmit the first voltage and the second voltage to the electronic device. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269514 | MOBILE PHONE AND STATUS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile phone and a status control method adapted for the mobile phone are provided. The mobile phone communicates with a wireless network, such as GPRS. The mobile phone includes a data transmission unit, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The processing unit records a start time and a stop time of each event which defines the running of an application program when data transmission unit transfers data packet of the application program, and calculates an average interval time of the application program, and stores the average interval time. When a waiting time reaches the average interval time of the application program in the ready state, the mobile phone enters into the standby state in advance, and thus the mobile phone does not need send updated location information to the SGSN and saves a lot of power. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269515 | Threshing unit for combine harvesters - A threshing unit for combine harvesters has a cylinder, an assigned concave, at least one drum situated downstream of the cylinder, redirecting a threshed crop material out of a threshing region, and conveying it further in a direction of a remaining-grain separating device, wherein threshing slats of the cylinder and slats of at least one downstream drum are situated at a distance from one another in a circumferential region of the cylinder, and wherein peripheral speeds of the cylinder and the drum are synchronized with one another such that in a turning and scraping region the slats of the cylinder and the drum are always positioned opposite each other, or in a leading position that slightly deviates from the position opposite each other, or in a trailing position which slightly deviates from the position opposite each other. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269516 | Game of Chance - An embodiment of the invention is a game of chance involving a plurality of traveling animals | 2011-11-03 |
20110269517 | DETECTING AND PROVIDING PLAYER INFORMATION WITH SENSOR AT THE PLAYER SIDE - A system for detecting and providing information assigned to soccer players, wherein the system contains a soccer ball ( | 2011-11-03 |
20110269518 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for gaming. The method comprising displaying a plurality of puzzle pieces on a display screen of a gaming machine, the plurality of puzzle pieces being associated with a jigsaw puzzle, receiving a player's selection of one of the plurality of puzzle pieces via the display screen, determining a prize associated with the selected puzzle piece; and displaying an animation of the selected puzzle piece and the determined prize on the display screen. This disclosure also includes an update gaming machine and a game controller to implement the method. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269519 | GAMING METHOD - A gaming method operates to provide expert card-counting information to some or all participants, in exchange for a premium. The premium may be a cash payment, a reduction in the prize amount or betting odds, some combinations of the foregoing, or any other useful remuneration. The house retains its edge via the premium. The method may be implemented for play at a physical or virtual card table. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269520 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAMING - A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269521 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING A SWEEPSTAKES IN A GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Certain embodiments provide systems and methods for sweepstakes awards in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments provide a method including accumulating sweepstakes entries for a player based on at least one sweepstakes entry criterion and randomly selecting a winner from the pool of sweepstakes entries. The sweepstakes entries are associated with the player and incorporated in a pool of sweepstakes entries. In certain embodiments, the at least one sweepstakes entry criterion comprises at least one of one entry per player, accumulating points based on play, accumulating points based on machine outcome, and coin in. In certain embodiments, the method further includes determining eligibility of a player for the sweepstakes. In certain embodiments, eligibility is determined based on at least one of a player group, a machine group, a machine denomination, a machine type, a machine manufacturer, a game manufacturer, a game theme and a game title, for example. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269522 | GAMING DEVICE PROVIDING AN AWARD BASED ON A COUNT OF OUTCOMES WHICH MEETS A CONDITION - Methods and apparatus for providing an award based on a multiplicity of game outcomes. In one implementation the invention provides a method for providing a game. The method includes placing a bet by a player, playing of a game to produce a game outcome, evaluating a primary game outcome, paying a direct award if the primary outcome merits it, advancing a bonus accumulator if the primary outcome merits it, and if the bonus accumulator has advanced sufficiently, paying a bonus award to the player and clearing the bonus accumulator. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269523 | GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AWARD BASED ON AN OUTCOME COUNTER - Methods and apparatus for providing an award based on a multiplicity of game outcomes. In one implementation the invention provides a method for providing a game. The method includes placing a bet by a player, playing of a game to produce a game outcome, evaluating a primary game outcome, paying a direct award if the primary outcome merits it, advancing a bonus accumulator if the primary outcome merits it, and if the bonus accumulator has advanced sufficiently, paying a bonus award to the player and clearing the bonus accumulator. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269524 | PLAYER ACTION INCENTIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR GAMING SYSTEMS - A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269525 | Wagering Game System For Providing Gaming Establishment With Guaranteed Theoretical Winning Percentage - A gaming system maintains a theoretical payback for a gaming establishment and comprises a plurality of gaming machines, a network, and a controller. The plurality of gaming machines are for playing wagering games having a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome of the wagering games. Each of the gaming machines has a theoretical payback that is associated with a math algorithm for generating the randomly selected outcomes. Each of the gaming machines has an actual payback of awards that are provided to players. The network is connected to the plurality of gaming machines. The controller is within the network and is operative to send instructions for transferring funds from a first account to a second account. The funds are based on a summation of differentials between the actual payback and the theoretical payback that occurred over a certain period of time at the gaming machines. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269526 | MOVING REEL SYMBOLS ON REEL-BASED GAMING MACHINES - Gaming machines, systems and methods that present reel-based games are disclosed. Reel symbols can move or appear to move from one gaming reel to another gaming reel. Such reel symbols may include lenticular images, such as those that are implemented onto a medium via a lenticular process, whereby the medium is then applied to various gaming machine reels so that a viewer can perceive effects such as motion and depth. The medium can be a multi-image sheet containing regions of overlapping images where different images are visually predominant at different viewing angles, and the movable base can comprise a gaming reel. Multiple gaming reels can be used, and can be adapted to rotate in any direction. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269527 | SLOT MACHINE AND PLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A part of credits paid by the player is accumulated when a plurality of symbols are displayed by a scrolling display and then rearranged in a prescribed combination, and a stop switch is set active only in a case where a predetermined combination is determined. When a plurality of symbols are rearranged in a combination of jackpot symbols in relation to a timing of an input by a player, a payout of the accumulated credits is made. Consequently, the reels can be stopped by an operation of the player himself, and in a case where a combination of the stopped symbols is a combination associated with a payout, a payout can be received as a reward, so that the player's interest to the game can be increased. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269528 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTMENT OF GAME PARAMETERS BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF USER PERFORMANCE - Methods, apparatuses, and techniques for adjustment of game parameters based on users' performance are described. During play of a game a user's performance is monitored. It is then determined if the player's performance is within a desired range of performance, and game parameters are adjusted if the user's performance is outside the desired range. In a multi-player game, parameters can be adjusted differently for each of the players to make the overall game play more competitive. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269529 | Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Providing Gaming Applications - A player may directly license wager gaming software from a game provider, such as a gaming manufacturer. The player may, for example, be able to directly license a software application and/or a game theme at a specified gaming manufacturer's website. The player may be required to be a member of the gaming manufacturer's player loyalty account in order to directly license such software. The gaming manufacturer may enable access to the game of chance at one or more regulated locations, such as participating casinos that use a server-based gaming system provided by the gaming manufacturer. The casino and/or the player may receive financial credits, rebates, etc., if the player uses the licensed gaming software at the casino. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269530 | Double time-based bonus method and apparatus for gaming machines - A method and apparatus of wagered mechanical, electromechanical or video symbol play for individual or networked gaming machines is disclosed. The method comprises a base game, a time-based bonus element scheme that may provide a bonus event, and a time-based window of opportunity in which the bonus element scheme may be accepted by a qualified player. Upon a triggering event in the base game, or alternately a random event, the player is afforded a specific period of time in which to choose a bonus element scheme comprised of at least one but preferably two bonus elements (i.e., cash, credits, casino player points, free spins, multipliers, and the like) that are each available for a predetermined and/or random time interval. The chosen bonus element scheme provides the parameters of a bonus round game. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269532 | GAMING INCORPORATING SOCIAL GROUP FEATURES - A gaming apparatus, method and system enables communication between members of a social group using machines belonging to the system. Members of a social group are thereby enable to share benefits from members' participation or winnings, by altering operation of gaming machines in use by member of the social group. A license to a progressively increasing portion of an audio-video work may be awarded in response to continuing game play by one or more members of the social group. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269533 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING GAMING AND PRIZE REDEMPTION CAPABILITIES - A graphical user interface for allowing play of a game that is “prize-enabled” is disclosed. A frame is shown to include a first display for depicting a current amount of available credits of a particular user based on the user identification code. A second display is provided for depicting a number of prize credits that are currently awarded to the user. Also positioned on the frame is a third display for indicating either a point-to prize credit conversion table, a list of possible prizes, or a list of high scores. The frame is also equipped with links including a select game link for allowing selection of a game to play and buy credits links for purchasing additional game credits. Links are provided for linking to the prize redemption user interface of the prize database server. Positioned in the frame is a game interface that is to be executed. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269534 | SYSTEM GAMING - A method provides a player tracking system and system gaming apparatus for playing non-base games by funding the credit side of a gaming cycle. The system further includes at least one gaming device having a base game. The player tracking system and system gaming apparatus includes a player tracking user interface. The player tracking user interface provides a player with an opportunity to select and play a non-base game that may be promotional-funded or player-funded. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269535 | SYSTEM GAMING - A method provides a player tracking system and system gaming apparatus for playing non-base games by funding the credit side of a gaming cycle. The system further includes at least one gaming device having a base game. The player tracking system and system gaming apparatus includes a player tracking user interface. The player tracking user interface provides a player with an opportunity to select and play a non-base game that may be promotional-funded or player-funded. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269536 | GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING PURCHASABLE RANDOMLY SELECTED PAYTABLES - An apparatus and method for a game including a plurality of paytables, wherein each of the paytables has an average expected payout. The gaming device initially employs a default paytable and enables a player to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable. If the player chooses to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable, the gaming device randomly selects another paytable from the plurality of paytables and determines a game outcome based on the randomly selected paytable. If the player does not choose to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable, the gaming device determines a game outcome based on the default paytable. In one embodiment, when a player chooses to cause the gaming device to select another paytable, the player has a chance to obtain a paytable that includes higher or better awards. | 2011-11-03 |
20110269537 | GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING PURCHASABLE RANDOMLY SELECTED PAYTABLES - An apparatus and method for a game including a plurality of paytables, wherein each of the paytables has an average expected payout. The gaming device initially employs a default paytable and enables a player to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable. If the player chooses to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable, the gaming device randomly selects another paytable from the plurality of paytables and determines a game outcome based on the randomly selected paytable. If the player does not choose to cause the gaming device to change the employed paytable, the gaming device determines a game outcome based on the default paytable. In one embodiment, when a player chooses to cause the gaming device to select another paytable, the player has a chance to obtain a paytable that includes higher or better awards. | 2011-11-03 |