45th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100285695 | COMBINATION OUTPUT RECEPTACLE AND PLUGS - The output receptacle includes a first blade reception member adapted to be supplied with a zero voltage and at least two second blade reception members adapted to be supplied with different voltages. The at least two second blade reception members are arranged to be shaped or located differently from each other. Two-pole blades of each of at least two plugs include a first blade configured to be connected to the first blade reception member, and a second blade. The second blades of at least two plugs are shaped or located differently from each other for connection respectively to the second blade reception members. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285696 | CONNECTOR HAVING A SECURING ANTI-PLUGGING FRONT GRID - The invention relates to an electrical connector including a housing for electrical contacts having a plugging face and a front grid to be mounted onto the plugging face of the housing according to a plugging axis, the housing including a series of locking members that lock the contacts in place, the front grid including mounting arrangements arranged for allowing the mounting of the front grid onto the housing from a closed position into a closed position only if the contacts are locked in place in the housing, and at least one retractable stop member arranged for stopping the plugging of the counterpart connector with the connector as long as the front grid is not in the closed position, wherein the or each retractable stop member is arranged such that its retraction in the closed position of the front grid can be caused by a sole force exerted thereon in a direction substantially parallel to the plugging axis. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285697 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR MAKING - A connector circuit assembly for use in an implantable medical device, and a method of making the assembly that includes a core portion formed of a thermoplastic material using either an injection molding process or a machining process. This core portion is adapted to be fitted with at least one electrically-conductive circuit component such as a connector member, a set-screw block, or a conductive jumper member. In one embodiment of the invention, the core portion includes multiple receptacles or other spaces that are adapted to be loaded with the various circuit components. The core assembly is positioned into a second-shot mold assembly, and a second thermoplastic material is injected into the mold so that the second thermoplastic material extends over and adheres to the core portion and the circuit component. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285698 | PROBE PIN COMPOSED IN ONE BODY AND THE METHOD OF MAKING IT - The present invention relates to an integrally formed probe pin, more particularly, to the probe pin which enables both sides or one side of connecting port to connect the coil spring by cutting and bending the body as a part of the pin using the progressive die, to generate elasticity for testing smoothly. And the fabricating method of the probe pin comprising, cutting a body so that an upper contact part, a lower contact part, and an elastic spring part may be formed in one body; burning a coil spring for an elastic spring part to have the elastic force; molding a lower port for a lower contact part to be formed roundly; bending the elastic spring part to the inner side of the body; finishing that the upper contact part may be rolled smaller than an external diameter of the body and projected after molding the body roundly. The present invention provides the effect of reducing the fabricating time remarkably and lowering of the production cost due to needlessness of the fabricating time, in addition, mass production may be possible and it improves the electric characteristic by fabricating the probe pin in one body. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285699 | Electrical connector having Snap in Frustro-conical retaining ring with improved conductivity - An electrical connector assembly having improved conductivity and continuity. A snap in or push in electrical connector having a zinc body and spring steel components plated with high conductivity metal, such as tin, providing a reduced voltage drop across the attached electrical connector. In an embodiment, a connector assembly has a connector body having opposed end openings provided with an outer surface that slopes downwardly toward the outlet opening. The inlet opening having placed therein cable retainer inserts. A sloping or frustro-conical, snap fit, snap in, or push in outer retaining ring with locking tangs is provided for snap locking the outlet end portion of the connector body to an electrical box or panel. Improved conductivity or continuity is obtained and a good electrical ground is formed between the electrical box and connector assembly. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285700 | Curved Spring Structure With Downturned Tip - A curved spring structure includes a base (anchor) section extending parallel to a planar substrate surface, a cantilever section extending away from the substrate surface, and an optional elongated section extending from the base section along the substrate surface under the cantilevered section. The cantilever section includes a body portion integrally attached at a lower end to the anchor section and extending at an acute angle relative to the planar surface, and a curved portion integrally attached to an upper end of the body portion and including a downturned tip. A middle section of the curved portion is disposed a first distance away from the planar surface of the substrate, and the downturned tip is disposed a second distance away from the planar surface of the substrate, the first distance being greater than the second distance. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285701 | CRIMPING APPARATUS AND METAL TERMINAL - A crimping apparatus includes an anvil for supporting a metal terminal including a base plate portion for mounting an electric wire thereon and a pair of crimping piece portions extending upwardly respectively from opposite side edges of the base plate portion and a crimper which includes a groove portion being opposed to a supporting portion of the anvil. An inner surface of the groove portion of the anvil and a terminal support face of the supporting portion of the crimper cooperate to press the crimping piece portions for crimping the crimping piece portions to the electric wire mounted on the metal terminal. A width of the groove portion of the crimper is not more than 1.0 mm. The terminal support surface of the anvil is formed into a concavely curved surface in which a depth of the concavely curved surface is not smaller than 0.06 mm and is not larger than 0.17 mm in a cross-section of the anvil perpendicular to an axis direction of the electric wire. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285702 | HYBRID ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED SEGMENTED GENERATOR/MOTOR - An apparatus is disclosed for a hybrid electric power system for use in a multi-wheeled hybrid electric vehicle, and particularly for use in hybrid electric vehicles designed for operation in hostile environments where reliability and survivability of the propulsion system of the vehicle are important. The hybrid electric power system advantageously comprises at least one segmented electrical machine having multiple pairs of parallel stator segments with a magnetic rotor segment between each pair, for generating power from a thermodynamic engine, or for providing power to a driven wheel of the hybrid electric vehicle. A hybrid electric power system is also provided which comprises at least one distributed segmented electrical machine which comprises a distributed electrical energy storage system. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285703 | TRANSLATING CHARIOT FOR FIN PROPULSION - Maritime propulsive mechanism employing oscillating fins ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100285704 | OUTBOARD ENGINE UNIT - An outboard engine unit having a cover halved into two. An undercover is made of a resin and halved into a left resin half and a right resin half. A lower mount cover is made of a resin and halved into a left resin half and a right resin half. The resin halves are formed so that when they are mated together, a gap is defined at a connection therebetween on a rear face side of the outboard engine unit. An elastic rubber member is filled in the gap. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285705 | OUTBOARD ENGINE UNIT - An air intake passage system includes an external air intake port provided in a rear portion of a top cover and a cylinder section projecting upwardly from the engine cover for directing taken-in external air to the engine. The top cover is provided over the engine cover with a gap therebetween such that the taken-in external air is allowed to flow into the cylinder section and a water discharge section is provided between the engine cover and the top cover. Water, having entered together with external air, flows along the upper surface of the engine cover, bypasses the cylinder section and is then discharged via the water discharge section. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285706 | HYDRAULIC CYLINDER DEVICE AND BOAT PROPELLING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A trim device includes a trim cylinder, a piston, a piston rod and a support member. The piston is slidable inside the trim cylinder, in the axial direction of the trim cylinder. The piston rod is connected with the piston and moves in the axial direction of the trim cylinder following the movement of the piston. The support member is slidable relative to the piston rod and arranged to support the piston rod so that the piston rod's axial center can become tilted with respect to the axial center of the cylinder. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285707 | OUTBOARD ENGINE UNIT - Exhaust passage system in an outboard engine unit includes: an engine-side exhaust pipe; a downstream exhaust pipe for directing exhaust gas downstream from the engine-side exhaust pipe, a lower end portion of the engine-side exhaust pipe and an upper end portion of the downstream exhaust pipe being positioned in horizontally parallel to each other and horizontally overlap each other so as to provide fluid communication therebetween via a through-hole formed in the overlapping portions of the end portions; and a vertical partition wall provided, in an upper end region of the overlapping portions for hampering back-flows of fluid. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285708 | OUTBOARD ENGINE UNIT - Outboard engine unit includes: an anti-splash plate and an anti-cavitation plate provided on a gear case at a vertical interval from each other and extending horizontally from the gear case; an exhaust port provided in a side surface of the gear case for discharging exhaust gas from an engine; and a protruding section provided on the side surface of the gear case at a position located rearwardly of the exhaust port, the protruding section protruding laterally outwardly from the side surface for changing a direction of water flows flowing along the side surface. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285709 | BUOY-TO-RISER CONNECTOR - A support for a subsea riser decouples the function of the riser into two separate functions: the load transfer function which supports the hung weight of a subsea riser configuration to a supporting floater (such as the buoy of a disconnectable fluid transfer system) and the fluid transfer function which provides a continuous flow path for the fluid coming to or from the riser. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285710 | SKIS AND THE LIKE WAXED WITH PTFE- CONTAINING, NEAR SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC WAX COMPOSITION AND COMPOSITION, PROCESS AND KIT FOR ITS PRODUCTION - An article of manufacture comprises a substrate which defines the shape of the article and which comprises a sliding surface adapted for sliding over the surface of snow or over ice or over water, which sliding surface is coated with an oxidation-resistant hydrocarbon wax coating which is long lasting and renders the sliding surface near super-hydrophobic and thus lowers the sliding drag of the sliding surface on snow, ice or water over which the substrate is adapted to be slid. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285711 | Fabrics having a topically applied silver-based finish exhibiting a reduced propensity for discoloration - Improvements in the wash durability and discoloration levels for fabrics having topically applied silver-ion treatments (such as ion-exchange compounds, like zirconium phosphates, glasses and/or zeolites) are provided. Such solid compounds are generally susceptible to discoloration and, due to the solid nature thereof, are typically easy to remove from topical surface applications. The inventive treatment requires the presence of a specific polyurethane binder, either as a silver-ion overcoat or as a component of a dye bath mixture admixed with the silver-ion antimicrobial compound. In addition, specific metal halide additives (preferably substantially free from sodium ions) are utilized to combat the discolorations typical of such silver-ion formulations. As a result, wash durability, discoloration levels, or both, can be improved to the extent that after a substantial number of standard launderings and dryings, the inventive treatment does not wear away in any appreciable amount and the color of the treatment remains substantially the same as when first applied. The particular treatment method as well as the treated fabrics are also encompassed within this invention. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285712 | METHOD FOR TREATING FABRICS - An emulsion for treating natural fabrics is provided which comprises lanolin, water, perfume and is essentially free of cationic surfactant. Also included is an article for treating natural fabrics wherein the article comprises a substrate and an emulsion, a kit for treating natural fabrics, and a method of treating natural fabrics in a dryer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285713 | METHOD FOR TREATING FABRICS - An emulsion for treating natural fabrics is provided wherein the emulsion comprises a natural conditioning agent, water, perfume and is essentially free of cationic surfactant. Also included is an article for treating natural fabrics, a kit for treating natural fabrics, and a method of treating natural fabrics in a dryer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285714 | VERTICALLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING AN OPTIMIZED VIEWING ANGLE - A method of improving the viewing angle of a vertically-aligned liquid crystal display device is presented. The method involves designing a uniaxial compensation film to provide a retardation value of 200 nm or less for light having a wavelength of about 550 nm. Using this uniaxial compensation film, a display device can be built by obtaining a liquid crystal panel with liquid crystal molecules contained between glass substrates, coupling the uniaxial compensation film to at least one of the glass substrates, and coupling a polarization film and electrodes to the compensation film. Preferably, the uniaxial compensation film has a thickness less than or equal to 50 microns. Where there are multiple compensation films, the total thickness and the total retardation values should be considered. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285715 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBE (CNT) FIELD EMISSION SOURCE - A method of manufacturing carbon nanotube (CNT) field emission source, comprising the following steps of: providing a substrate; disposing an electrode layer on substrate; applying a mixture on electrode layer by means of screen printing, and mixture is a mixture of CNT paste and carbon powder; performing sinter in proceeding with a heat cracking reaction, and the carbon cracked and obtained in a heat cracking reaction of carbon powder and polymer in CNT paste is used as a carbon source, and that is used to grow a CNT emission layer of a hedgehog-shaped CNT cluster structure, thus obtaining a cathode plate after completion of sinter process. The hedgehog-shaped CNT cluster structure is a carbon nanotube (CNT) emission layer capable of having multi-direction electron emission routes. As such, it can realize the characteristics of high current density, and low turn-on voltage, while raising the stability of electron field emission. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285716 | FABRICATION METHOD OF CARBON NANOTUBE FIELD EMISSION CATHODE - A fabrication method of carbon nanotube field emission cathode is described as follows. Firstly, a composite plating solution including an electroless metal plating solution and a carbon nanotube powder disposed therein is provided. Then, a substrate is provided. The substrate is disposed in the composite plating solution so that an electroless composite plating process for forming a composite material layer on a surface of the substrate is performed. The composite material layer includes a carbon nanotube powder and a metal layer wrapping the carbon nanotube powder. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285717 | Intelligence Enhancing Toy - An intelligence enhancing toy includes a largest unit, a set of middle units and a smallest unit. The largest unit and each middle unit have two prongs parallel to each other. An engagement hole is formed on each prong of the largest unit and each middle unit, and an engagement protrusion is formed on each prong of each middle unit and the smallest unit. Therefore, these engagement protrusions and engagement holes allow the largest unit, middle units and smallest unit to be joined together; in addition, these engagement protrusions and engagement holes form several pivotal points, which allow the toy of the present invention to be bent and arranged into several configurations and also allow it to be folded together into a flat, compact condition, which allows it to be stored away and carried around easily. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285718 | CONSTRUCTION TOY - A toy construction set is provided which includes a plurality of connection members comprising substantially spherical structures having a plurality of receptacles; and a plurality of stick members having ends sized to fit within the receptacles for constructing a frame. The construction set is useful for building toy blanket houses or forts for play purposes. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285719 | Track set with taut filament for use with a toy vehicle - Described is a track set with a taut filament for use with a toy vehicle. The track set includes a first tower and a second tower. A spool is connected with the first tower, with the filament wound around the spool. The spool includes a ratcheting mechanism to allow a user to selectively unwind the filament from the spool. Once unwound, the filament can be connected with the second tower. The spool can again be used to tighten the filament between the two towers, thereby creating a taut filament. Using a toy vehicle with a grooved-wheel, the toy vehicle can pass from the first tower to the second tower along the taut filament with the grooved-wheel riding on the filament. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285720 | MARCHING BAND RIFLE WITH ADJUSTABLE WEIGHTING - A marching band rifle with adjustable weighting comprising a plastic rifle body includes a stock section and a tip section, where the stock section includes a recess, and a plurality of weights, where each of the weights is removeably and replaceably secured within the recess, and a bolt is removeably and replaceably secured within the recess to secure the plurality of weights to the stock section. Advantageously, the plastic rifle may be more resilient to impact forces caused by the rifle being dropped (for example, not being caught after being thrown) and is less weight than a conventional wooden toy rifle. In addition, the adjustable weighting feature of the rifle allows the rifle weighting to be optimized for each individual to facilitate ease of use. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285721 | Illuminated toy projectile - A toy projectile for firing from a toy gun includes a body, a battery located within the body, a light emitter and a sensor adapted to trigger a provision of electrical energy from the battery to the light emitter upon firing from the toy gun. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285722 | MOLDED BREAST CUP AND A BRASSIERE INCORPORATING SUCH A BREAST CUP - The invention includes a molded breast cup comprising an outer panel which includes an outer fabric layer and an inner panel including an inner fabric layer to be worn against a wearers skin. A middle layer is disposed between the outer panel and the inner panel. The middle layer comprises fill being sufficiently thick such that the outer panel corresponds to a breast cup size which is more than one breast cup size and preferably two breast cup sizes above the breast cup size which corresponds to the inner panel. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285723 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) device for processing a wafer is provided which includes a plate for supporting the wafer to be processed in a face-up orientation, a polishing head opposing the plate, wherein the polishing head includes a rotatable polishing pad operable to contact the wafer while the polishing pad is rotating, and a slurry coating system providing a slurry to the polishing pad for polishing the wafer. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285724 | MODULAR INPUT/OUTPUT BRIDGE SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - Apparatus and methods for providing an interface for a semiconductor processing tool are provided. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an input/output bridge for receiving analog and state command system control signals from, and sending return data and status information to, a system controller, wherein the analog and state command system control signals are intended to control an analog device, and for converting the analog and state command system control signal into a digital system control signal intended to control a digital device; and an upper pneumatic assembly coupled to the input/output bridge for providing pressure control to one or more pressure zones located on a polishing apparatus coupled to the upper pneumatic assembly for the polishing of semiconductor wafers. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285725 | METHOD OF DEPTH ROUTING AN ELECTRONIC LAYUP AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING SUCH A METHOD - A method of depth routing an electronic layup comprised of a dielectric sandwiched between a metal layer and a metal substrate which is then laminated. The method involves first positioning a hardened mask so that the mask is interposed between the metal layer and at least one nozzle of a sandblasting machine, the mask having at least one aperture provided therein. Thereafter, the electronic layup is sandblasted through the at least one aperture by way of the sandblasting machine. The force, size and type of abrasive applied by the sandblasting machine are sufficient to erode the metal layer and the dielectric but not the substrate. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285726 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR A MAGNETIC DISC - The invention aims at providing a method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic disc capable of eliminating undulations of an outer peripheral end face of a glass substrate in a short processing time, and obtaining high roundness. In a method for manufacturing a disc-like glass substrate for a magnetic disc, the method includes a forming step of pressing a rotating grindstone against an outer peripheral end face while the glass substrate is rotated, thereby forming an outer peripheral end. In the forming step, processing is performed using a first condition (S | 2010-11-11 |
20100285727 | Sander - A sander has a base, a rotating assembly, multiple abrasive assemblies, multiple driving assemblies and multiple reciprocating assemblies. The rotating assembly is rotatably mounted on the base on an axis that is parallel to a Z-axis and has a bottom end. The abrasive assemblies move linearly and reciprocatorily in a plane parallel to an X-Y plane and are rotatably mounted on the bottom end of the rotating assembly. The driving assemblies are respectively connected to and drive the abrasive assemblies to rotate. The reciprocating assemblies are mounted securely on the rotating assembly to linearly and reciprocatorily drive the abrasive assemblies in a plane parallel to the X-Y plane. A linear reciprocating direction of each abrasive assembly is opposite to that of an adjacent abrasive assembly. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285728 | Dust Collection Device for Sanding Tool - A dust collection device for a sanding tool includes a bag having a sidewall with an inner surface and a coupler attacked to the bag. The sidewall comprises at least one filter layer and an outer support layer. A sleeve having an outer surface, a sleeve sidewall, a first end, a second end, and at least one gap at either the first end or the second end is positioned within the bag. The sleeve's first end is positioned adjacent the coupler to direct incoming air towards the sleeve and the sleeve is positioned within the bag such that a bypass volume is present between the outer surface and the inner surface. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285729 | ANGLE GRINDER DUST SHROUD WITH UNITARY ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING COLLAR - A universal dust shroud includes a unitary mounting bracket on top of the shroud body. The bracket includes a plurality of collar sections attached to the body via a āZā shaped joint which allows the collar sections to move radially inwardly and outwardly relative to each other to accommodate different angle grinders. The bracket may include slots formed at the base of the bracket. The slots allow air to flow in through the slots, out past the grinding disk, and to the vacuum port. As such, the slots can aid in cooling the grinder output and bearings, and helps keep dust and debris away from the bearings in order to extend the life of the grinder. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285730 | High velocity nozzle and windband assembly - A nozzle stack and windband for an exhaust fan that has a nozzle stack with two side apertures for exhaust. Arranged around the periphery of a central aperture in the conical nozzle stack are two side apertures. The nozzle stack fits over the fan outlet. A nozzle stack may extend upwardly from a central aperture. Exhaust exiting the two side apertures induces a flow, especially when the windband encircles the nozzle. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285731 | INTELLIGENT ENERGY SAVING VENTILATION CONTROL SYSTEM - An intelligent energy saving ventilation control system capable of drastically reducing power consumption of the system. The system includes suction and exhaust ducts having a predetermined shape, a pre-filter disposed at an entry region of the suction duct, and a composite filter disposed behind the pre-filter. The system includes a fan motor disposed between the suction and exhaust ducts to linearly control an internal suction pressure in the suction duct; a turning angle motor for controlling a turning angle of the composite filter; an outdoor air sensor for measuring freshness of outdoor air, converting the measured result into an electrical signal, and outputting the signal; and a control unit for controlling operations of the turning angle motor and the fan motor in order to control an aperture angle of the composite filter and an internal pressure in the suction duct. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285732 | Seamless Handover of Radio Broadcasts - The invention provides a method for broadcasting via radio transmission, comprising the steps broadcasting data on a first radio frequency, transmitting an indication of a second frequency via said broadcast on said first frequency, establishing a synchronous second broadcast of said data on said second frequency, and discontinuing transmission of said broadcast on said first frequency. Also provided is an electronic device for broadcasting via radio transmission, comprising a receiver adapted for scanning a plurality of radio frequencies, at least first and second radio transmitters, a controller adapted for detecting available radio frequencies on which no interfering broadcasts or signals are currently received using said receiver, selecting a first detected available frequency, establishing a broadcast of data on said first frequency using said first transmitter, selecting a second detected available frequency, transmitting an indication of said second frequency via said broadcast on said first transmitter, establishing a synchronous second broadcast of said data on said second frequency using said second transmitter, and discontinuing the transmission on said first transmitter. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285733 | WIDEBAND ECHO CANCELLATION IN A REPEATER - A wireless repeater having a receiving antenna for receiving an input signal and a transmitting antenna for transmitting an amplified signal includes first and second front-end circuits and a repeater baseband block coupled between the first and second front-end circuits. The repeater baseband block includes a channel estimation block, an echo canceller implementing time domain echo cancellation, a variable gain stage controlled by a gain control block implementing digital gain control, a first variable delay element introducing a first delay before or after the echo canceller, a second variable delay element introducing a second delay to the output signal. The delayed output signal is coupled to the channel estimation block as a reference signal for estimating the feedback channel, to the echo canceller as a reference signal for estimating the feedback signal, and to the gain control block for monitoring the stability of the repeater. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285734 | DUAL-STAGE ECHO CANCELLATION IN A WIRELESS REPEATER USING AN INSERTED PILOT - In one embodiment, a method for providing echo cancellation in a wireless repeater includes: adding the pilot signal to a transmit signal; receiving a receive signal being the sum of a remote signal, a feedback pilot signal and a feedback transmit signal; cancelling the feedback transmit signal from the receive signal using a currently available feedback channel estimate and generating a first echo cancelled signal; generating an updated feedback channel estimate using the first echo cancelled signal and the pilot signal as a reference signal; cancelling the feedback transmit signal and the feedback pilot signal from the receive signal using the updated feedback channel estimate and generating a second echo cancelled signal; and amplifying the second echo cancelled signal as the transmit signal. In another embodiment, the feedback pilot signal is cancelled from the first echo cancelled signal using the updated feedback channel estimate to generate the second echo cancelled signal. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285735 | DELAY CONTROL TO IMPROVE FREQUENCY DOMAIN CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN AN ECHO CANCELLATION REPEATER - A wireless repeater has a receiving antenna for receiving an input signal and a transmitting antenna for transmitting an amplified signal where the input signal is a sum of a remote signal and a feedback signal. The repeater includes an echo canceller receiving the input signal and generating an echo cancelled signal by estimating a feedback channel between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna and cancelling a feedback signal estimate from the input signal, an amplifier for amplifying the echo cancelled signal and providing the amplified signal to the transmitting antenna, and a variable delay element receiving the echo cancelled signal and introducing a first delay to the echo cancelled signal. The first delay is selected to optimize the estimation of the feedback channel, thereby optimizing the cancellation of the feedback signal. The delayed echo cancelled signal is coupled to the echo canceller as a reference signal for estimating the feedback channel. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285736 | FEEDBACK DELAY CONTROL IN AN ECHO CANCELLATION REPEATER - A wireless repeater includes an echo canceller to cancel an estimated feedback amount from an input signal and a delay to delay the input signal. The delay may be selected to decorrelate a remote signal from a signal to be transmitted by the repeater. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285737 | GAIN CONTROL OPTIMIZING SINR AND DATA RATE FOR WIRELESS REPEATER - A method for controlling gain in a wireless repeater implementing echo cancellation determines a signal-to-interference-noise-ratio (SINR) of the input and output signals of the repeater and adjusts the gain of the repeater to optimize an achievable data rate and a coverage area of the repeater. The repeater gain may be decreased to increase the data rate and increase the achievable SINR of the output signal while the coverage area is reduced. Alternately, the repeater gain may be increased to decrease the data rate and decrease the achievable SINR of the output signal while the coverage area is increased. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285738 | SIGNAL BLANKING FOR IMPROVED FREQUENCY DOMAIN CHANNEL ESTIMATION - A wireless repeater includes a channel estimation block to estimate a feedback channel between the antennas of the repeater using frequency domain channel estimation. The repeater includes a pilot signal blanking circuit to blank out a selected number of samples of the pilot signal to improve the accuracy of the channel estimation. In another embodiment, the repeater replaces T samples of the pilot signal with a cyclic prefix. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285739 | MULTI-METRIC GAIN CONTROL FOR WIRELESS REPEATER - A method for controlling gain in a wireless repeater includes using two or more gain control metrics indicative of stability of the repeater, at least two of the gain control metrics having different integration lengths, where the integration length is the sum of the coherent integration time and the non coherent integration time, and controlling a variable gain value of the repeater based on one or more of the selected gain control metric(s) where the gain control metric(s) to use is selected based on the stability of the repeater. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285740 | STABILITY INDICATOR FOR A WIRELESS REPEATER - A method for monitoring feedback loop stability in a wireless repeater includes measuring a gain control metric in the feedback loop of the repeater periodically for a given time period where the gain control metric is indicative of a loop gain of the feedback loop of the repeater; and monitoring the magnitude of the gain control metric to determine the stability of the feedback loop of the repeater. In operation, a large magnitude of the gain control metric indicates instability in the feedback loop of the repeater. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285741 | GAIN ADJUSTMENT STEPPING CONTROL IN A WIRELESS REPEATER - A method for controlling gain in a wireless repeater includes providing one or more gain control metrics where the gain control metrics is indicative of a loop gain of the repeater; measuring the one or more gain control metrics; and adjusting a variable gain of the repeater using a gain adjustment step size being a function of at least the loop gain of the repeater as measured by the one or more gain control metrics. In another embodiment, the gain control algorithm block is configured to divide the loop gain of the repeater into multiple gain adjustment control zones. The gain adjustment control zones may include a first zone having a loop gain in a stable operating region and a second zone having a loop gain outside the stable operating region. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285742 | GAIN CONTROL METRIC PRUNING IN A WIRELESS REPEATER - A method for controlling gain in a wireless repeater includes computing a gain control metric indicative of a loop gain of the repeater and detecting changes in a signal power of a gain control input signal where the gain control input signal is taken from any point in the feedback loop of the repeater. When a large power swing in the gain control input signal is detected, the method operates to discard at least a portion of each gain control metric measurement for a first duration before continuing with computing the gain control metric. In another embodiment, the method may include discarding samples of the gain control input signal used in computing the gain control metric for a first duration when a large power swing in the gain control input signal is detected. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285743 | METHOD, SYSTEM, RELAY STATION AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING DATA MOBILE COMMUNICATION - A mobile communication data transmission method for a cell having one base station and more than one relay station involves switching the relay stations between at least two operating modes of signaling transmission under the control of the base station. A system transmits mobile communication data in a cell having one base station and more than one relay station. When transmitting an uplink signaling or a downlink signaling, the relay stations switch between at least two operating modes under the control of the base station. By using the method, network, relay station, and base station, data transmission in multiple modes can be achieved, so as to achieve a flexible relay scheme. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285744 | GAIN CONTROL METRIC COMPUTATION IN A WIRELESS REPEATER - A method for computing a gain control metric used in controlling gain in a wireless repeater operates to store correlation and normalization values associated with the gain control metric for the previous N samples in registers. For each new sample of the gain control input signal, the correlation and normalization values are computed by discarding the multiplication terms of the obsolete sample and adding the multiplication terms of the new sample to the stored correlation and normalization values. In this manner, the complexity of the computation is greatly reduced and the complexity of the computation does not increase with the integration length. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285745 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHIP TO CHIP COMMUNICATION UTILIZING SELECTABLE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS - A wireless device comprising a plurality of chips may be operable to wirelessly communicate information between a plurality of chips via selectable directional antennas. Each of the chips may comprise one or more transmitters and receivers, and one or more integrated directional antennas communicatively coupled to the transmitters and/or receivers. The directional antennas may include patch antennas that may be configured to transmit signals in the direction of another chip intended to receive the transmitted signals. The patch antennas may be configured to transmit signals at a frequency matching a configured frequency of a directional antenna integrated on another of the plurality of chips intended to receive the transmitted signals. The directional antennas may include dipole antennas. The inter-chip communication may include baseband signals, radio frequency signals, and/or intermediate frequency signals. The plurality of chips may be integrated on a single package or on a plurality of packages. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285746 | NEAR FIELD COUPLING DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A near-field coupling device that may facilitate communications with a transponder is provided. The near-field coupling device may include a ground plane, a dielectric substrate, one or more conductive strips and a terminating load. The conductive strips together with the ground planes form coupling elements. The near-field coupling device further includes one or more switching elements for selectively connecting and disconnecting the coupling elements with a transceiver. The connected coupling elements define a total characteristic impedance. Using the switching element, the ratio between the total characteristic impedance of the connected coupling elements and the terminating load may be changed in order to adjust the distribution of an electromagnetic field along the coupling elements according to the type and position of the transponder to be processed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285747 | HYBRID TRANSMITTER FOR NON-CONTACT ENERGY AND DATA TRANSMISSION - A system is provided for non-contacting energy and data transmission from a first vehicle part to a second vehicle part. In this arrangement apart from a first inductive part in a hybrid transmitter for transmission of first data and energy an additional, second, data channel is installed in the first hybrid transmitter in such a manner that the second data channel is influenced as little as possible by the electromagnetic fields of the inductive part of the transmitter. To this effect a magnetic void can be created in the hybrid transmitters used. For the purpose of reception of not only the first data but also the energy and the second data a corresponding second hybrid transmitter is stated. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285748 | RFID INTERFACE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A radio frequency identification (RFID) interface includes first coil, a plurality of coils, and a control module. The first coil is associated with an RFID tag and the plurality of coils is associated with an RFID reader. Each of the plurality of coils has a different orientation with respect to at least one axis of a multi-dimensional axis system. The control module is coupled to enable at least one of the plurality of coils based on electro-magnetic coupling between the first coil and the least one of the plurality of coils. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285749 | Hiding A Device - The object of the invention is a method where a first communications device ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100285750 | Wireless Audio Stereo and Intercom System - This invention extends standard Bluetooth wireless audio features and capabilities to provide full wireless stereo headset capabilities, and maintain backward compatibility with standard Bluetooth devices. This invention is a full duplex, high fidelity, low latency, two-way digital wireless audio headset with microphone intercom communication system that deploys custom programmed Bluetooth radio transceiver devices. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285751 | WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATORS - A wireless network connection system remotely connects to a network without the use of crystal reference oscillators. This provides communication at long range using a low transmit Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP). Operation is obtained through a combination of injection locking the system clock to the fundamental frequency of a remote reference oscillator, injection locking the transmitter to the third harmonic of the remote reference oscillator, a micro-watt RF receiver, and a network connection. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285752 | BEAMFORMING METHODS AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING MEASURED POWER AT A RECEIVER TO PERFORM CHANNEL ESTIMATION - Beamforming methods and systems are described in which differential channel estimation can be computed based on measured power at receiver. Simultaneous activation of antennas in separate pairs can be used to determine relative phases of antennas with respect to a reference antenna based on the power measurements. In turn, the beam forming signals can be weighted in accordance with the relative phases to adapt the signals to a multipath environment. Existing power measurement capabilities of conventional receivers can be employed to achieve approximate channel estimates. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285753 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING A MULTIPATH RADIO FREQUENCY ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments include systems and methods for simulating a multipath environment for testing a device. In one embodiment, a plurality of antennas are placed around a device under test in an anechoic chamber. Each of a plurality of the antennas is connected to a path of a variable path simulator capable of generating multiple paths between the antennas and external wireless communication test equipment. The variable path simulator introduces a delay spread into each path. In this way, a multipath environment is simulated with signals appearing to arrive from different angles and different distances. Each of a plurality of antennas may be adapted to produce substantially plane waves at the device under test. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285754 | RADIO EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM OF DETERMINING SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SPEED - It is possible to determine a signal transmission speed in a signal transmission system operated by radio equipment upon receiving transmission of a base band signal from a radio equipment control (REC) and operates on the signal. The radio equipment that operates by receiving transmission of a base band signal from a radio equipment control includes: an interface section that generates a parallel signal and a clock signal based on the base band signal; a control section that outputs a signal of a specified value to be compared with the clock signal generated by the interface section; and a clock circuit that detects whether or not the clock signal generated by the interface section coincides with the signal of the specified value outputted from the control section, and outputs a coincidence signal when both of the signals coincide with each other. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285755 | SEQUENCE NUMBER ESTABLISHING METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication terminal apparatus wherein the occurrences of inter-sequence interferences between cells can be reduced. In this apparatus, a sequence number deciding part ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100285756 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A first communication device determines whether a remaining amount of a buffer that stores therein information included in reception data is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, and inserts, upon being determined that the remaining amount of the buffer is equal to or less than the predetermined amount, a transmission control signal for controlling data transmission performed by a second communication device into an idle section of data transmitted to the second communication device. The data includes a data section with information and the idle section without information. The data into which the transmission control signal is inserted is transmitted to the second communication device. The second communication device receiving the data, detects the transmission control signal in the idle section of the data and controls the data transmission based on the detected transmission control signal. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285757 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A CONFIGURABLE TUNED MOS CAPACITOR - Methods and systems for a configurable tuned MOS capacitor are disclosed and may include filtering undesired signals in a chip utilizing one or more configurable MOS capacitors comprising one or more MOS transistors. The source and drain terminals of the MOS transistors may be coupled together. The filtering frequencies may be tuned by configuring a resonance frequency of a matching circuit coupled to the source and drain terminals. The matching circuit may include a variable capacitor, which may include an array of binary-weighted addressable capacitors. The addressable capacitors may include MOS transistors. The matching circuit may include a variable inductor such as a multi-tap transmission line, and may be integrated on the chip and/or on a package to which the chip is bonded. A capacitance value of the configurable MOS capacitor may be configured utilizing a bias voltage on the matching circuit. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285758 | INTEGRATED ORTHOMODE TRANSDUCER - A method and system for an integrated transceiver is presented. The integrated transceiver includes a transceiver housing, where a waveguide is formed inside the transceiver housing using a housing base and a sub-floor component. Neither the housing base nor the sub-floor component alone is configured to operate as a waveguide. In an exemplary embodiment, a portion of the waveguide is cast into the housing base and is part of the transceiver housing. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, an antenna system includes a feed horn, a polarizer, the integrated transceiver, and a transceiver circuit that communicates with the waveguide to transmit and receive radio frequency signals. The integrated transceiver, in the exemplary embodiment, includes a transceiver housing base that forms a portion of an integrated waveguide assembly, and another portion of the integrated waveguide assembly aligns with the transceiver housing base to form the integrated waveguide assembly. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285759 | MOBILE DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST TWO ANTENNAS AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile device having at least two antennas can circumvent transmission problems caused by a user's grasp of the device. A sensor unit is disposed at a specific location of a device body and creates a sensor signal by detecting the contact or proximity of a particular object such a user's hand. When receiving the sensor signal, a control unit selects one of the antennas depending on the sensor signal and establishes a communication path based on the selected antenna. The selected antenna involved in the communication path is typically relatively free from degradation in transmission caused by a user's grasp of the mobile device. The radiation property of the mobile device, which may be degraded due to a user's grasp, can exhibit relatively little or no degradation as compared to the typical degradation in performance when the mobile device is being grasped. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285760 | Reducing Power Consumption on Multi-Transmitter Devices - In an example embodiment, there is disclosed an apparatus comprising a first transmitter, a second transmitter, and logic coupled to the first transmitter and the second transmitter. The logic is operable to limit a time period the second transmitter is able to transmit while the first transmitter is transmitting. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285761 | FILTERING COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS WITHIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES - A variable bandwidth filter for use in filtering signal channels in a telecommunication satellite between uplink and downlink beams, and having a reduced amount of phase noise, includes a first mixer for translating the frequency of an input signal by a first predetermined frequency value, a first filter for defining one edge of the variable bandwidth, a second mixer for translating the frequency of the input signal by a second predetermined frequency value, a second filter for defining another edge of the variable bandwidth, and further mixer for translating the frequency of the input signal by a further predetermined frequency value, and wherein first and second local oscillator frequencies are applied to the first mixer, the second mixer and the further mixer such that each frequency translation of the input signal in one direction has a counterpart translation of corresponding value in the opposite direction. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285762 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEM - A method of transmitting an uplink reference signal in a multiple antenna system is provided. A user equipment transmits a first sounding reference signal for uplink channel measurement on a first antenna by using at least one power amplifier among a plurality of power amplifiers, and transmits a second sounding reference signal for uplink channel measurement on a second antenna by using the at least one power amplifier, wherein the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal are transmitted using different time regions when using one power amplifier, and the first sounding reference signal and the second sounding reference signal are transmitted using different time regions or different frequency regions when using the plurality of power amplifiers. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285763 | COMMUNICATING RADIO PRESETS BETWEEN A PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER AND AN ACCESSORY - Radio station presets lists can be communicated between a portable media device and an accessory. A radio station presets list can include a listing of radio stations associated with a particular location. The portable media device can determine a current location, select a presets list for the current location (or create a new presets list for the location), and communicate the presets list to the accessory. The portable media device can, periodically or upon request from the accessory, update its location and send a new presets list, if available, to the accessory. After the portable media device and the accessory are disconnected, the accessory can resume using its own presets list. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285764 | FREQUENCY MODULATION RECEIVER AND RECEIVING METHOD THEREOF - A frequency modulation receiver is provided. The frequency modulation receiver includes an automatic frequency controller and a signal detector. The automatic frequency controller receives a demodulated frequency modulation signal demodulated from a radio frequency signal and outputs a control voltage to control an oscillation frequency of a local oscillator. The signal detector coupled to the automatic frequency controller receives the control voltage and determines whether the radio frequency signal is a frequency modulation signal according to the control voltage and a predetermined voltage range. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285765 | SIGNAL ANALYSIS FOR AN IMPROVED DETECTION OF NOISE FROM AN ADJACENT CHANNEL - A radio receiver may determine whether a received frequency modulated radio signal includes interference from an adjacent channel. The receiver may compare a frequency deviation above the center frequency of the received signal to a frequency deviation below the center frequency of the received signal. The receiver determines that the radio signal is affected by adjacent channel noise when the frequency deviation below the center frequency is substantially different from the frequency deviation above the center frequency. Alternatively, the presence of noise from an adjacent channel may be detected by comparing a positive amplitude and a negative amplitude of a demodulated version of the frequency modulated radio signal. In this alternative, the receiver determines that the radio signal is affected by adjacent channel noise when the extent of the positive amplitude is substantially different from the extent of the negative amplitude. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285766 | RECEPTION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, AND RECEPTION METHOD - A reception device | 2010-11-11 |
20100285767 | POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT BASED ON RECEIVER PARAMETER AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - An integrated circuit (IC) includes an RF receiver having an AGC module that generates an automatic gain control (AGC) signal based on a strength of a received signal, and a low noise amplifier that amplifies the received signal based on the AGC signal. A processing module generates a power mode signal based on the AGC signal, the power mode signal for adjusting a power consumption parameter of the IC based on the power mode signal. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285768 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus comprising: a frequency-fluctuation-detection unit to detect a frequency difference between a received and desired signals; a first-undesired-level-detection unit to output as a first-undesired level an amplitude-level-difference between the signals having passed through first-and-second-band-pass filters in the received signals; one or a plurality of second-undesired-level-detection units to output amplitude levels of signals having passed through third-and-fourth-band-pass filters in the received signals as second-and-third-undesired levels, respectively, and output a sum of the second-and-third-undesired levels as a fourth-undesired level; and a determination unit to determine whether an undesired state, where an adjacent-undesired signal is present, occurs according to the fourth-undesired level if an absolute value of the frequency difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined-reference value, and select any one of the first-to-third-undesired levels to be outputted according to at least one of the frequency difference and the fourth-undesired level if determining that the undesired state occurs. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285769 | Radio Device Having Dynamic Intermediate Frequency Scaling - Methods and apparatuses are provided for dynamic frequency scaling of an intermediate frequency (IF) signal within a radio device. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285770 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system includes: a filter; and a semiconductor chip including a signal processing integrated circuit having an amplifier, wherein a main surface of the semiconductor chip is provided with a plurality of electrode terminals along an edge portion thereof; wherein the amplifier has a transistor including a control electrode, a first electrode through which a signal is outputted, and a second electrode to which a voltage is applied; wherein the control electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode of the transistor are connected to the electrode terminals, respectively; and wherein none of wirings are arranged between the electrode terminals and placements of the control electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode, making space between the electrodes and the electrode terminals narrow. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285771 | System containing location-based personal emergency response device - A safety system comprising a plurality of wearable transceiver devices for operation in independent use with a plurality of a landline-based phone and a cell phone to establish contact between a user of a wearable transceiver device and a central monitoring station. The wearable transceiver devices sense a crash or a fall and notify a monitor by a landline-based phone or a cell phone of this incident and the assisted GPS determined location of the incident. The information is provided to the monitor a short predetermined time following activation unless the device is deactivated by pressing a communication button. When the device has not been activated by a crash or fall, the user may press the communication button to communicate with the monitor to obtain a wide variety of services. A cell phone having reserve batteries, accelerometers, and assisted GPS location capabilities is also disclosed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285772 | Method and System for Determining Road Traffic Jams Based on Information Derived from a PLMN - A method of estimating traffic jams on a roads network includes receiving information from at least one cellular PLMN covering a geographic region wherein at least one road of the roads network to be monitored is located. The information includes data related to call traffic handled by the cellular PLMN in an at least one area of the geographic region, and an indication related to a mobility of mobile terminals into/out of the area The method may further include providing an indication of traffic jam in the at least one road in case the call traffic handled by the cellular PLMN in the at least one area exceeds a first threshold and the indication related to the mobility of mobile terminals into/out of the area trespasses a second threshold. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285773 | Telephone apparatus having calling card support function and in-vehicle handsfree apparatus - A telephone apparatus is disclosed. The telephone apparatus acquires card information on multiple calling cards from a communication terminal and stores the acquired card information. The telephone apparatus performs, via the communication terminal, telephone communication with a communication counterpart by using a first one of the calling cards stored in the telephone apparatus. When the balance on the first one of the calling cards is changed into zero balance and when the telephone communication link is forcibly disconnected, the telephone apparatus causes the communication terminal to redial by using a second one of the calling cards in order to restart the telephone communication with the same communication counterpart. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING PSEUDONYMS - An approach is provided for using pseudonyms to protect privacy and anonymity of communication messages. A pseudonym is extracted from a received message for comparison against a precomputed set of pseudonyms associated respectively with a plurality of communities of wireless nodes. The pseudonyms are valid only for a particular time period. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285775 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR RAPID AWARENESS, RECOGNITION, AND RESPONSE TO DIGITAL MESSAGES - Apparatus for constructing a digital telephone message including a message defining unit, configured for allowing a sender to define a message for sending to a recipient, and a response defining unit, configured for allowing the sender to predefine a recipient response, and to include the predefined recipient response in the message for activation at the recipient. Apparatus for receiving a digital telephone message, the message including an activatable sender-defined response, the apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving the message, a notification unit for notifying a recipient of the arrival of the message, and a response activation unit for displaying the sender-defined response, and associating the sender-defined response with a user action for providing user input to send the response. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285776 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER ENFORCEMENT - The present invention concerns a method and a system for establishing a dynamic peer-to-peer communications channel between a first terminal and a second terminal. A first terminal and a second terminal are connectable over secured communications channels to a secured network. The first terminal sends a connection request for establishing a communications channel between the terminals. The connection request is analyzed by an analyzer module. Based on network parameters of the terminals, the analyzer module searches for a further network, and establishes a peer-to-peer communications channel over this further network. Security of the peer-to-peer communications channel may be maintained by means of a central unit of the secured network. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285777 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN USERS - A user status notification system is provided which comprises: a first communication device that comprises a status reporting means operative to forward current status of the first user towards a status provisioning apparatus; a second communication device operative to forward a request to receive status information associated with the first user; a status request processing apparatus adapted to retrieve capabilities associated with the second communication device, to process the status information request initiated by the second user, and to forward the processed status request towards a status information provisioning apparatus; a status provisioning apparatus adapted to receive the processed status request, to retrieve information about the first user current status and to forward the retrieved information towards the second user device; and means operative to establish a communication session between the first and second users in accordance with the users' devices capabilities as retrieved by the status request processing apparatus. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285778 | Method, circuit, system and application for providing messaging services - Disclosed is a method, circuit, system and application for providing messaging services. The method, circuit, system and application may provide for download, synchronization, voicemail-message to text-message translation, direct access and handling of selected voicemail messages through a user's user interface and other functionalities relating to voicemails, voicemail messages and/or voicemail/voicemail-messages related data received/generated/stored on a cellular operator's voicemail server. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285779 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPATCH SERVICE - A communication system and method for dispatch service is suitable for RF communication system of a group, wherein the mobile device receives dispatch services of paging message on the first channel, then executes quick reply function via 2-Way Radio or GSM network, so as to transmit text or voice message to the dispatch center; the mobile device also comprises a channel scanning function and a double frequency scanning function, of which the channel scanning function is used to monitor and select a second channel and write into the device, and then the double frequency scanning function is executed to transmit message on the second channel | 2010-11-11 |
20100285780 | CALL TIME MONITORING AND WARNING GENERATION - A system and method for call time warning generation that includes a telephony device that includes a processor and a memory. During initiation of a call from the device to a destination party, the device determines if a current time is within a do-not-call time and provides a warning if the call is during the do-not-call time before the call is sent. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285781 | DEPLOYING LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - Tools and techniques for deploying learning management systems to mobile communications devices are provided. These tools receive requests from client devices operating within a learning management system, with the request relating to executing commands within the learning management system. The tools execute the commands in response to the requests, and evaluate whether the client devices are mobile client devices. A response to the command is formatted, based on whether the client devices are mobile client devices. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285782 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO INFORM OF DATABASE UPDATE ON A TERMINAL SYSTEM OF AN END-USER - The invention relates to a method and a device to inform of database update on a terminal system of an end-user. This method for informing services available in a mobile system of a database update, relies on a software module signaling database update to the plurality of services following an ordered list of the services. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285783 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING INFORMATION FOR SUBSCRIBERS OF PREPAID SERVICES - A method enabling a mobile communication terminal ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100285784 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A HAPTIC FUNCTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method and system for transmitting a haptic function within a communication system. The method includes: inserting, by a first mobile terminal, haptic information corresponding to a selected vibration into a call setup request message and transmitting the call setup request message to a network server when a haptic service is executed; analyzing, by the network server, the haptic information, generating a vibration code corresponding to the haptic information, inserting the vibration code into the call setup request message, and transmitting the call setup request message to at least one second mobile terminal; and executing, by the second mobile terminal, a corresponding haptic function according to the vibration code included in the call setup request message when receiving the call setup request message. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285785 | METHOD AND USER INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FUNCTIONS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS - A method and a user interface apparatus for managing functions of wireless communication components are provided. The present method displays a plurality of status bars respectively representing the wireless communication components on a screen of a communication device and arranges the status bars to form a management interface, wherein each of the status bars corresponds to a status switching region and displays a plurality of function icons of usable functions of the corresponding wireless communication component. Then, the communication device detects a selection operation from a user. When the selection operation is selecting the status switching region, an activation status of the wireless communication component corresponding to the selected status switching region is switched. When the selection operation is selecting the function icon, a function corresponding to the selected function icon is executed. Accordingly, the present invention provides a convenient way for the user to manage the wireless communication components. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285786 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND PROGRAM - The environment around mobile phone handset | 2010-11-11 |
20100285787 | Telephone directory data memory device having near field communication function and method for managing telephone directory data - A telephone directory data memory device includes: a communication line connecting element for coupling with a cell phone having a telephone directory data; a memory for storing the telephone directory data; a controller for controlling a memory status of the telephone directory data in the memory; and a telephone number obtaining element for obtaining a new telephone number of a new cell phone. The memory stores a correspondence relationship between the ,telephone number and the telephone directory data. The controller controls the memory to maintain the correspondence relationship when a first predetermined condition is met in a case where the telephone directory data is stored in the memory. The first predetermined condition is met when a first operation input element receives a first operation of the user. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285788 | Method and System for Optimizing the Configuration of a Wireless Mobile Communications Network - A method of upgrading a wireless mobile communications network deployed in the field, including capturing network events from the wireless mobile communications network; obtaining network simulation data from an automated network simulation planning tool; combining the captured network events and the network simulation data to derive diagnostic indicators adapted to evidence criticalities in a current network configuration; and modifying the current network configuration to overcome the criticalities. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CARRIERS USED AT AN ACCESS TERMINAL - Carriers used at an access terminal may be selectively controlled by dynamically determining whether one or more carriers from which the access terminal receives data should be shut off based on one or more real-time conditions at the access terminal. Processing capabilities and memory usage at the access terminal are compared to predetermined thresholds to determine whether the one or more carriers should be shut off, whether entirely or partially. Shutting off a carrier may comprise reducing the number of slots (up to a total of all available slots) that a carrier may use to transmit data to the access terminal during a given time period. If it is determined that the one or more carriers should be entirely or partially shut off then the access terminal transmits a message notifying an access node to shut off the transmission of the one or more carriers to the access terminal. Since less data will be received, processing and/or memory capabilities may be directed to other applications. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285790 | Method of Discovering Overlapping Cells - A method of discovering overlapping cells in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of base stations, wherein steps carried out by an individual base station comprise determining sets of terminals in ranges of its associated cells and sending a message with information about said sets of terminals to other base stations. The method also includes receiving messages from said other base stations with information about sets of terminals in ranges of their associated cells. The individual base station calculates intersection of its own set of terminals with those received from said other base stations and classifies cells as overlapping if the corresponding intersection is equal or above a predefined level. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285791 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION STATION, COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication terminal adapted to be communicatively coupled to a communication station of a communication network, the mobile communication terminal including a station communication unit adapted for exchanging communication messages with the communication station, and a communication message generation unit adapted for generating a Common Control Channel information message for transmission to the communication station by the station communication unit, wherein the communication message generation unit is adapted for rearranging the Common Control Channel information message in accordance with a property of the Common Control Channel information message before transmission to the communication station. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285792 | Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission in a Cellular Network - Coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmissions in a cellular network is performed using multi-broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframes. During CoMP transmission, demodulation reference signals (DRS) are placed in the one portion the MDSFN subframe, while cell-specific reference signals (CRS) are placed in a separate portion of the MDSFN subframe. Therefore, no CRS-DRS collision will occur during CoMP transmission. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285793 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH FEMTO NODES - Systems and methods for storing information in a user zone list are described herein. According to the systems and methods herein, the user zone list includes multiple user zone files and the user zone files include information regarding a communication interface type. | 2010-11-11 |
20100285794 | Method for transmitting signals from a plurality of base stations to a mobile station - A method of transmitting signals from a plurality of first stations to the same second station, said method comprising the steps of transmitting first signals comprising a first communication and first associated information from one of said plurality of first stations to said second station; transmitting second signals comprising said first communication, a second communication and second associated information, said second associated information differing at least partially from said first associated information, from another of said plurality of first stations to said second station; and receiving at said second station said first and second signals, wherein said second station processes said first and second signals in accordance with the first and second associated information. | 2010-11-11 |