46th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090280834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAN ASSISTED LOCATION UPDATE - An apparatus and method for efficiently updating location information of a mobile device in a wireless communication network, such as a cellular network, is disclosed. The mobile device sends a location message over an access channel. The wireless communication device continually transmits a location message at periodic intervals regards of the status of the base station in communication with the wireless communication device. The base station determines a timeslot in which to receive a location message transmitted by the wireless communication device. If more than one wireless communication device is transmitting a location message, the base station prioritizes the order in which to receive the location message, opening the first available timeslot to the higher priority wireless communication device. A high priority device may be a wireless communication device used by emergency services personnel, such as firefighters or the police. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280835 | Wireless Based Positioning Method and Apparatus - A system and method is described herein to determine the physical location of a user within an edifice. At least three wireless access points, for example, 802.11 nodes, receives and transmits information to a handheld device in order to determine the location information. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280836 | WIMAX BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION INFORMATION FOR A MOBILE STATION IN A WIMAX NETWORK - Embodiments of a WiMAX base station and a method for determining current location information of a mobile station in a WiMAX network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a first timing adjustment is determined from receipt of the ranging frame from the mobile station within the granted uplink time-slot, and a second timing adjustment is received from the non-serving base station. The second timing adjustment may be determined by the non-serving base station based on receipt of a ranging frame from the mobile station. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280837 | Arrangement and method for a location database - The present invention relates to the field of location databases containing position related information, and specifically to a method of providing quick and accurate response to users requesting location dependant data from such database. This speed-up in response is done by storing information that is related to most probable path for travelling users on top of database stack and therefore is easy to find and sent to requesting users. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280838 | Device and Method for Adding Location Data to Images - Described are a device and a method for adding location data to images. The method may include the following steps: capturing image data with a mobile device; creating an image file based on the image data; determining location data of the mobile device based on a location of the mobile device; and adding the location data to the image file. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280839 | Method and Apparatus having Improved Handling of State Transitions - A method, in a wireless communications device, for transitioning between communication states, the wireless communications device compliant for use in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the method comprising: checking for radio bearer mapping information for the communication state being transitioned to prior to sending an update message, where the transition between communication states is not a transition from a paging state to a bidirectional communication state using shared channels; and transitioning to the state to be transitioned to using the checked radio bearer mapping information for that state and sending the update message. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280840 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF MOBILE BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method for improving performance of mobile broadband wireless access system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps: first, a paging controller controls base stations to transmit paging broadcasting messages to mobile stations; the mobile stations respond to the paging controller through the base station which responds with the mobile stations; then, the paging controller transmits paging notice message to note that the base stations which do not respond with the mobile stations stop transmitting the paging broadcasting messages in the paging group; last, the base stations in the paging group immediately stop transmitting the paging broadcasting messages as to the mobile station, and delete the corresponding data, after they receive the paging notice message which the paging controller transmits. By use of the present method, the base station processing and the storing cost are not remarkably increased, legal-user's paging errors caused by non-legal accessing message are avoided, and the occupying of network wireless resources and system resources can be effectively reduced. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280841 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND PAGING METHOD - A disclosed paging method includes a random access channel generating step of, when a group including an own station is being paged based on a paging indicator channel (PICH) transmitted from a base station apparatus, generating a random access channel (RACH) including information indicating a response to the paging indicator channel (PICH) by a mobile station apparatus; a transmitting step of transmitting the random access channel (RACH) by the mobile station apparatus; a random access channel detecting step of detecting the random access channel (RACH) as the response to the paging indicator channel (PICH) by the base station apparatus; a paging information generation determining step of determining whether paging information is to be generated based on a detection result of the random access channel (RACH); and a paging information generating step of generating paging information based on the determination result. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280842 | COMPUTER-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A FILE REQUEST IN RESPONSE TO A MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM A USER MOBILE DEVICE - The invention provides a computer-based method of transmitting a file, including receiving a message from a user mobile device at a service computer system, determining at the server computer system whether the message includes a search identifier, extracting at least one search result from a data store at the server computer system based on a search term in the message if the server computer system determined that the message included a search identifier, and transmitting a file corresponding to the search result from the server computer system to the user mobile device. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING PRESENCE INFORMATION IN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for controlling the presence status in an instant messaging application on a mobile device is provided. An active notification profile for the mobile device which has been selected from a plurality of existing notification profiles defined for the mobile device is determined, e.g. on a periodic or dynamic basis. A set of one or more rules is then used to compare the active notification profile to the rules and determine which one of a selected presence status for the corresponding profile is appropriate. A notification is then prepared which pertains to the corresponding presence status for the active notification profile. Using the notification, the corresponding presence status can be compared to the current presence status in the instant messaging application so that the presence can be updated automatically according to changes in notification profiles to avoid the need to change both the profiles and the presence status when the environment changes. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280844 | MODULAR TRANSCODING PIPELINE - A modular transcoder software system for transcoding a multimedia message includes a collection of software modules and objects for the dynamic construction of a series of complex, related or unrelated operations in the form of a transcoding pipeline. The transcoding pipeline provides a hierarchy of operations, such that they can be organized and optimized with the aim of being able to execute the entire hierarchy in a single pass. Additionally, external plugins can customize the mechanism of building the pipeline by altering, adding to, or removing construction knowledge. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280845 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TRANSMISSION STATUS OF MMS (MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE) MESSAGE AND TELECOMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING THE METHOD - A method for displaying transmission status of a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message and a telecommunication terminal using the method, including displaying the currently transmitting content and transmission progress of the MMS message while the telecommunication terminal transmits the MMS message. A user can check the content of the MMS message being currently transmitted together with the transmission progress of the MMS message. The user also can cancel the transmission of the erroneous MMS message before completing the transmission of the MMS message. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280846 | Wireless chat automatic status tracking - A technique and apparatus to provide status tracking of presence and/or location of a mobile, wireless device to a requesting entity even outside of a particular wireless system. This allows wireless service providers the ability to monitor and log changes in the status of mobile stations within and/or outside their networks. Embodiments are disclosed wherein presence and/or location information is provided to entities outside of a particular servicing wireless network using the mechanisms of call processing components of a mobile network (e.g., call setup procedures), and using standard mechanisms currently available to any appropriately conforming Mobile Switching Center (MSC) element. In one disclosed embodiment, a wireless chat tracking system is implemented which utilizes a change in mobile registration status to automatically notify a chat group system outside the wireless network of current status information activity regarding a relevant device, e.g., registration activity or inactivity timeout. In the wireless chat automatic status tracking system, a registration notification (REGNOT) message is either explicitly forwarded or copied to an external IP based application (e.g., to a mobile chat group system). The change in mobile registration is communicated via a suitable signaling link (e.g., SS7, TCP/IP, etc.) between a Home Location Register (HLR) and the chat group system. Therefore, instead of a conventionally closed system using SS7 messages, REGNOT messages are pushed out over TCP/IP connections to external applications (e.g., chat servers) to automatically notify the external system of the location of a particular user. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280847 | CODE WORD ASSIGNMENT METHODS FOR QUICK PAGING IN TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Code words are assigned to subscriber stations or groups of subscriber stations in a communication network for a quick paging mechanism in which the assigned code words are transmitted as quick paging signals over unused frequency resources to signal the subscriber stations. Subsets of multiple code words from a set of code words can be assigned to respective paging groups, and overlapping subsets can be assigned to multiple paging groups. This enables a single code word to be used to address either a single paging group or multiple paging groups. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280848 | METHOD FOR PAGING IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method for paging in a wireless access system is disclosed. A method for paging a mobile station of an idle mode comprises allocating large paging group identifier and small paging group identifier of a paging group to which the mobile station belongs to a header; allocating a large paging group flag and a small paging group flag to the header, the large paging group flag and the small paging group flag indicating the presence of a paging message for the mobile station; and transmitting the header to the mobile station of the idle mode. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280849 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC CALL SETUP BASED ON REAL-TIME NETWORK RESOURCE AVAILABILITY - An apparatus and method for adaptively enabling a PTT communication with efficient resource allocation in a radio access network. After a user uses a mobile device to activate a PTT call, the mobile device checks the network condition before transmitting a PTT call origination request to a PTT server. The mobile device monitors the network condition by tracking the failure rate of prior network resource requests. If the failure rate is below a threshold, the PTT call origination request is sent to a network server before or at the same time with a quality-of-service (QoS) network resource request. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280850 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING DYNAMICALLY ESCALATED MEDIA TRANSMISSION HANDLING - A wireless communication device that dynamically escalates media transmission handling on the resident computer platform operating system through passing priority data bundles that include media directly from an application programming interface to the wireless communication interface. The application programming interface generates an outgoing priority data bundle including media, and a media handler directs the outgoing priority data bundle directly to the wireless communication interface for transmission without handling of the outgoing priority data bundle by other software layers of the operating system. The same priority handling can be done with incoming data bundles received at the wireless communication interface and being sent to an application programming interface. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280851 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A PUSH-TO-TALK COMMUNICATION LINK - The invention relates to a method for establishing a push-to-talk-(Ptt) communication link between two Ptt devices ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280852 | Transmission power target value variable control apparatus and method and mobile communication terminal - A T-SIR generation unit ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280853 | SIGNALING-TRIGGERED POWER ADJUSTMENT IN A FEMTO CELL - System(s) and method(s) are provided for signaling-triggered power adjustment in a femto cell. Attachment signal activity is measured and a set of derived signaling activity metrics are assessed and compared with a set of thresholds. An activity metric that overcomes an associated threshold results in a power adjustment of the transmission power of a femto access point (AP). By monitoring LAU (location area update), RAU (routing area update), and call activity, signaling activity metrics (e.g., signaling failure rate, access control rejection rate, or dwell time) are determined and a femto AP can optimize transmission power to ensure coverage maintenance and confinement, as well as mitigate unnecessary signaling. Alarm(s) can be conveyed to a femto network platform when power increases after an adjustment cycle; alarm(s) can prompt a network-based response to actively address femto cell operation. Signaling-triggered power management affects operation of AP serving the femto cell and served mobile terminals. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280854 | BASE STATION CONTROL - A method of controlling a base station, a network controller, a base station, a telecommunications network and a computer program product are disclosed. A method of controlling a base station ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280855 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A disclosed radio communication apparatus includes a preceding unit configured to precode multiple streams, a splitting unit configured to split the precoded streams into two or more stream sets each including one or more streams, a sub power optimization unit configured to execute an iterative transmit power optimization algorithm on each of the split stream sets to determine respective transmit power levels for the individual stream sets, a power optimization unit configured to execute the iterative transmit power optimization algorithm by using the determined transmit power levels as initial values for the iterative transmit power optimization algorithm to determine respective transmit power levels for the individual streams, and a transmission unit configured to transmit radio signals from individual transmit antennas at the determined transmit power levels. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280856 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A disclosed radio communication apparatus includes a preceding unit, a optimum transmit power calculation unit and a transmission unit. The optimum transmit power calculation unit receives the transmit weight related information from the preceding unit and calculates a transmit power level to optimize an objective function in accordance with an interior point method. The objective function results from addition of a barrier function adjusted with a barrier parameter to an original objective function associated with a constrained optimization problem. The original objective function includes a function of respective channel capacities for individual users derived from the transmit weight related information. The optimum transmit power calculation unit adaptively updates a logarithm of the barrier parameter and uses a gradient obtained through a high-order derivative with the logarithm of the barrier parameter to calculate the transmit power level to optimize the resulting objective function. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280857 | Method and Apparatus for Transmit Power Control in Wireless Data Communication Systems - The distance between a first Multi Band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (MB-OFDM) data transceiver and a second or more such transceiver is determined using known techniques. The radio frequency path loss between transceivers is estimated given said distance, using a known relationship between distance and path loss, and further accounting for line-of-sight or non-line-of-sight conditions if desired. This path loss value is added to the typically minimum transmit power level, absent path loss, needed for reliable data communication. This modified initial transmit power level is then used by the first transceiver to begin the known iterative feedback process of transmit power control (TPC). Because this modified initial transmit power level, based on distance, is closer to the final optimum level, convergence in the TPC process occurs in fewer steps and less time than had the initial transmit power been maximum power as is typical in known TPC systems. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280858 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING COMMUNICATION SERVICE BLOCKING MODE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for setting and releasing a flight mode in a mobile terminal are provided in which a user of the mobile terminal is informed that the flight mode should be set or released before the flight mode is set or released in order to allow the user to determine whether to set or release the flight mode. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280859 | AUTOMATIC TAGGING OF PHOTOS IN MOBILE DEVICES - The invention relates to a method for processing a picture file in a mobile communication device. The method includes the steps of obtaining a picture file, detecting a object in the obtained picture file, recognizing the detected object, comparing the detected object with objects in a database, tagging the picture file depending on the comparison, and organizing the tagged picture file depending on the tagging. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280860 | MOBILE PHONE WITH DIRECTIONAL FORCE FEEDBACK AND METHOD - A portable electronic device includes a motion sensor sensing motion inputs to the device, a haptic output device, including one or more haptic devices, providing force feedback representing interpretation of motion of the device, and a processor responsive to a motion input as sensed by the motion sensor as a representation of motion of the portable electronic device, and wherein the haptic output device provides a haptic output as feedback indicating how the motion is interpreted by the portable electronic device without the need for a user of the device to look at the display of the device. The haptic output may represent whether a telephone call has been completed or the called telephone is busy. A method of indicating the result of motion or of selecting of a function of a portable electronic device and providing haptic output representative thereof as feedback without the need to view the device display. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280861 | Multifunctional all-in-one detachable wrist wireless mobile communication device - The invention claimed herein is a Multifunctional, All-in-one, Detachable Wrist Wireless Mobile Communication Device, which can be worn on the wrist, and used with a wireless earpiece for wireless communication needs. This device has a screen and/or buttons to operate the device, is detachable from its base if needed to be used like a regular mobile phone. This multifunctional device has all the mobile communication functions/features/capabilities such as audio, video, camera, media playback, secured wireless (or with an option to plug in) media/data storage capability, secured video/audio house/business/child monitoring features, dual solar charging and AC/DC/car charging capabilities, speaker phone capabilities, and GPS and satellite reception capabilities. All the features mentioned above and described in the specifications eliminates the need to carry a separate MP3 player, or headphones, or flash drive, as all this features are built in this device. By wearing this device, the user does not need to carry a separate mobile device that falls and gets damaged, or is lost or stolen or forgotten in cars and at home, and neither does the user need to locate the device in purses, pockets, or retrieve from holders to answer calls like most mobile phones in the market today. The device also comes with an option to be detached and hanged around the neck with the hanging device claimed herein, if preferred over wearing it on the wrist. It is a convenient, practical, all-in-one, next generation communication device that is readily available on the wrist to use, and thus is the all in one solution for all the communication/media/technology needs of today, and tomorrow. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280862 | Tool Operated Combination Lock - Disclosed is a system for opening a combination lock with a tool, the tool having a communication apparatus for communicating information related to the opening of the lock with a mobile telephone. Instructions to open a lock are provided by a mobile telephone to the tool. The tool is enabled to receive the instructions in a wireless manner. The tool is mated with the mobile telephone through a cradle. Also disclosed are lock wheels having novel cam configurations and a novel sidebar. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280863 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MENU ON THE SAME - A mobile terminal configured to couple with a user-removable interface module includes a connector configured to couple or otherwise contact the removable interface module, a controller configured to determine whether a coupling exists between the mobile terminal and the removable interface module, and a touchscreen display configured to display the first group of icons responsive to the determining that the coupling does not exist and display the second group of icons responsive to the determining that the coupling exists, wherein each of the first group of icons relates to a function that is associated with the mobile terminal and which are each controllable responsive to user input to the touchscreen display, and wherein each of the second group of icons relates to a function of the mobile terminal that is associated with the removable interface module and which are each controllable responsive to user input to the touchscreen display. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280864 | CONTROL OF A DEVICE - A method is provided of enabling a function(s) of a telephone to be controlled. The telephone is operative to perform the function(s) in response to command(s) from a printer. The method includes providing a control interface which contains information relating to the function(s) and has coded data on an identity and a reference point(s) of the control interface, receiving, in the printer, indicating data from a sensing device regarding the control interface identity and a position and/or movement of the sensing device relative thereto, and effecting, in the printer and from the indicating data, an operation(s) relating to the command(s). The coded data incorporates substantially undifferentiated marks positioned relative to a set of predetermined nominal mark positions. The sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the control interface, generates the indicating data using at least some of the coded data. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280865 | UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD DETECTION - A system and method for automatically determining a type of electrical interface used by a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (“UICC”) card. In one embodiment, a wireless device includes a UICC card port, and UICC detector. The UICC detector determines which of a plurality of electrical interfaces are provided by a UICC card coupled to the UICC card port. The UICC detector configures the UICC card port in accordance with a provided electrical interface of the UICC card. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280866 | MULTIPLE-ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATION AND BROADCASTING - A multiple-antenna system for use in cellular communication and broadcasting. The multiple-antenna transmission system can be controlled, adjusted, configured, or reconfigured to produce desirable radiation beam patterns suitable for different types of applications. A signal distribution network may be provided in the multiple-antenna system. The signal distribution network is embedded in a transmitter and controls the distribution of signals to one or more antennas in accordance with application requirements. Various antenna radiation patterns suitable for different applications can be generated by reconfiguring the connections and gain settings in the signal distribution network. For example, narrow beams may be generated for use in unicast applications, whereas sector beams may be generated for use in broadcast applications. Certain techniques may be employed to manage the transition from one type of transmission mode to another type of transmission mode. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280867 | Method and apparatus for processing random access bursts in a smart antenna system - A method of obtaining information for use in a smart antenna system is provided. The method includes monitoring an interface between a base station controller and a base station transceiver to receive signaling information being communicated via the interface. The method further includes extracting from the signaling information a subset of the signaling information operable to be used as input for selecting one or more of a plurality of beams for wireless communications. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280868 | Navigating Through Menus of a Handheld Computer - A technique to navigate through one or more menus of a handheld computer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique uses a handheld device having a first button to cause a cursor to navigate through a plurality of menu items and to highlight a desired menu item. The device also has a second button to cause the cursor to navigate through a plurality of menus when the cursor is highlighting one of the menus or a first menu item, and to cause the cursor to highlight a previous menu item when the cursor is highlighting a menu item other than the first menu item. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280869 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - In a portable information terminal enabling faster entry of frequently used symbols and pictograms, the control unit determines whether the pressing of the “*” key is recognized by the entry unit. If recognized, it is determined whether the mark list display setting is ON. If ON, it is determined whether the symbol and pictogram information stored in the mark list information storage unit is unregistered. If not unregistered, the symbols and characters stored in the mark list information storage unit | 2009-11-12 |
20090280870 | Hands-free unit for a vehicle with an adjustable microphone - The invention relates to a hands-free unit for use of communication devices in vehicles which comprises a housing and an interface for connecting a cellular phone which has a directional microphone connected to said interface, wherein said directional microphone is accommodated in said housing. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280871 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a housing, a processor enclosed within the housing, a device display provided on the housing and in communication with the processor, at least one navigational input means in communication with the processor, at least one data entry input means in communication with the processor, and a pair of charging contacts provided on the housing and configured for engaging a corresponding charging accessory and enabling charging of the device. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280872 | MOBILE APPARATUS - According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile apparatus including: a display; an input module; a timer configured to output a first signal representing that a first time elapses since the input module is last operated, and to output a second signal representing that a second time elapses since the input module is last operated, the first time being different from the second time; a display control module configured to disable a display on the display when the first signal is received; and an input control module configured to disable an input at the input module when the second signal is received. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280873 | LOOK AND TUNE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for a mobile communication device are disclosed. The system generally includes a housing such as a headset, a speaker, a microphone, and a wireless communication module. The wireless communications module provides for directional communication links. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280874 | OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE USING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to provide an opening/closing hinge device which can be produced simple in construction and inexpensive in production by reducing the number of the parts forming part of the mobile device and to provide a mobile device small in size, reduced in cost and sufficiently reliable in the hinged members. The second member is rotated with respect to the first member toward the opening operation direction through the movable cam ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280875 | MOBILE PHONE COVER AND MOBILE PHONE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A mobile phone cover includes a frame, which defines a screen area therein and a holder. The holder is partially fixed on the frame and extends towards the screen area. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280876 | Cleaning fan housing with a clean-out access door - A clean-out construction for a fan housing for a cleaning fan construction of an agricultural combine, which clean-out construction includes an access opening formed in the fan housing generally beneath the fan body and an access door installed to be readily openable and reclosable by an operator so that any grain collected within the fan housing beneath the fan body can be quickly and easily evacuated from the housing, such access door being hingedly rotatable about a door pivot axis adjacent one side of the access door and having a linkage assembly therewith operatively coupling the access door to the fan housing to limit and control the extent of rotation of the access door about the door pivot axis. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280877 | Combine harvester - A combine harvester has at least one cleaning device which includes at least one sieve and one cleaning fan, at least one conveyor device for conveying at least a portion of the crop material that exits the cleaning device into a higher region of the combine harvester and including at least one elevator having a lower intake region and an upper transfer region, the crop material being conveyed in the elevator via conveyor plates which are situated on a circulating chain, and the elevator includes, in its lower region, at least two interspaced deflection axles for the circulating chain, which are oriented transversely to the longitudinal extension of the combine harvester. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280878 | GAME DEVICE, GAME DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a game device capable of preventing a player wishing to progress through a game from feeling frustrated, while ensuring that excitement of a game that progresses based on an actual date, an actual day of the week, and/or an actual time is not deteriorated. When a game starts, a setting unit ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280879 | Game apparatus, game control method and game control program - In a game apparatus, a game control method and a game control program, if a baseball game proceeds without all the pitches in one at-bat being made, a virtual pitch sequence history is presented, and the sizes of a pitching mark and a batting mark of pitcher and batter sides are changed in relation to this pitch sequence history upon designating a pitching position and a batting position. Since the sizes of the pitching mark and the batting mark are changed based on the pitch sequence history in this way, a more interesting game with more importance attached to the strategic characteristic thereof can be provided. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280880 | TARGETING SYSTEM FOR A ROBOT GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Provided is a targeting system | 2009-11-12 |
20090280881 | GAME MACHINE AND PROGRAM - A first game executer is operable to execute a racing game in which a plurality of racing members compete to each other. A second game executer is operable to execute a training game for training a plurality of trained objects including a first trained object adapted to participate the racing game as one of the racing members and a second trained object which is different from the first trained object. An instruction receiver is adapted to receive a first instruction for causing the second game executer to execute the training game, from a first player associated with the first trained object. A first storage is adapted to store a gaming value owned by the first player. A second storage stores parameter data indicative of a training parameter of each of the trained objects, and adapted to be referred by the first game executer when the racing game is executed. The instruction receiver is adapted to receive, from the first player, a second instruction for causing the second game executer to modify the parameter data for the first trained object stored in the second storage. The second game executer is operable to modify the parameter data for the first trained object while reducing the gaming value stored in the first storage, and while referring parameter data for the second trained object stored in the second storage. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280882 | System, method and computer program product for educational triva game - A method and computer program product for an educational trivia game. The trivia game includes elements of gambling (i.e., placing bets) with an intense educational process and can be characterized as a method of unique edutainment. The trivia game of the present invention can be implemented in various forms such as, for example, a simple board game, a computer game, a DVD-based interactive game and a TV game show. The trivia game includes a playing board comprising three circles, three playing pieces of different colors, a timing piece (i.e., an hour glass or electronic timer), at least three sets of different color tokens (called Niqs) and at least three decks of trivia cards. A player who starts at point Zero (i.e., the initial point on the game board) and returns back to this point first, after going through all the steps of the three circles of the game board, becomes a winner. Alternatively, the last survivor of the game (when all other players run out of Niqs) also becomes a winner. In order to advance through the circles and reach the point Zero, a player must pay one Niq per each step. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280883 | INTERACTIVE GAMING DEVICE - A gaming machine activated, in one embodiment, by a wager has a database of words and a processor for operating a primary programmatic element wherein a plurality of letters each having a discrete point value are displayed in a scrambled manner on a first display and then rearranged to form a word found in the database. The player is invited to discard one or more letters, the processor replacing discarded letters and generating a word of the highest point value, which may be the original word or a word containing at least one of the replacement letters. A payout is calculated based on a payout schedule visible to the player and the total value of the letters in the word. Upon occurrence of a predetermined event or an invitation, a second programmatic element initiates a bonus round, issues a new group of randomly generated letters and places these letters onto a game board layout presented on a second display. A payout for the bonus event is calculated based on the point values of the letters and points provided at squares on the layout that the letters are placed on, in accordance with predetermined rules. The processor, in another embodiment, enables the play of a large number of games. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280884 | Jukebox entertainment system having multiple choice games relating to music - Entertainment system based on multiple choice competition games, characterized in that it comprises at least one terminal including connection means to a dedicated remote server ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280885 | GAMING MACHINE ACCEPTING SIDE BET AND GAMING METHOD - A gaming machine of the present invention executes a normal game by displaying to a display a player's card and a dealer's card, and displays as a side game a symbol display region in which a plurality of symbols are arranged in a matrix; and the gaming machine provides a special payout, when symbols corresponding to the player's card and the dealer's card are arranged in a specific arrangement within the symbol display region. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280886 | Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Player Accounts for On-Line Lotteries and On-Line Games - Systems and methods for player accounts for on-line lotteries and on-line games are described. A player establishes a player account and may associate tickets with the player account by identifying the player's account when purchasing a ticket. The player identifies the account by marking an account identification code unique to the player account on an account identification region of a selection slip, The player may then use an account checking service to obtain information about tickets associated with the player's account. The information provided may include results information, allowing a player to learn whether a ticket is winning ticket without manually checking the ticket. The system is operated using a lottery computer system that includes a lottery database. The lottery database is used to store ticket information relating to tickets, player account information relating to player accounts and ticket association information relating to associations between player account and tickets. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280887 | Gaming Machine - A slot machine begins to variably display symbols on each reel display portion. Then, the slot machine stops a symbol on each of symbol display areas. If winning combination is achieved, a main CPU displays a layout change screen, where the same kinds of the stopped symbols are collected and disposed in descending order of the number of the same kinds of the symbols, on a variable display portion. Further, the main CPU adds target symbol kind emphasis images and target symbol number notification images to the plurality of symbol display areas on which the target symbol kinds corresponding to the winning combination are displayed; and displays the layout change screen. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280888 | Wagering Game With Simulated Mechanical Reels - A gaming machine for playing a wagering game includes a housing having a display region, a curved transparent layer located in the display region, and a video display. The video display is located behind the transparent layer for projecting moving images onto the transparent layer. The images including a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome of the wagering game. The curved transparent layer can be moving as well. Environmental mapping may be used to sense the location of the player and/or the ambient lighting surrounding the gaming machine and alter the images based on the sensing. The altering may include spectral highlights, shading, and the parallax effect. The video images may further include imperfections normally found in mechanical reel strips. The gaming machine provides video images that more closely simulate the look of traditional mechanical reels. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280889 | GAMING MACHINE WITH FRACTIONALLY ENHANCED PAYOUTS - A gaming machine generates a first payout when a first pattern of symbols is displayed and a second payout when a second pattern of symbols is displayed that differs from the first pattern of symbols by one symbol. The one symbol indicates a fractional amount and the second payout is higher than the first payout by a fraction equivalent to the indicated fractional amount. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280890 | Wagering Game With Active Paytable Highlighting Winning Combinations - A gaming machine for playing a wagering game includes a game display, a display arrangement, and a controller. The game display is operable to display a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game in response to receiving a wager from a player. The display arrangement displays a video image and overlays the game display. The video image includes a paytable having paytable regions indicating respective winning combinations. The controller is in communication with the display arrangement, wherein in response to the randomly selected outcome including symbols of a winning symbol combination, the controller causes one or more aspects of the paytable region associated with the winning combinations to be distinguished from the other paytable regions. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280892 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR POINT GAMING DERIVATIVES - Methods of tracking points among participants in various wagers. An indication of a wager may be received, including point distributions, participants, an event, etc. An indication of an outcome of the wager may be received. Points may be allocated among participants in accordance with a desired point distribution based on the outcome of the wager. An indication of a point adjustment may be received, and points may be adjusted accordingly. The point adjustment may be associated with an external exchange between participants in a wager. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280893 | VARIABLY BOUND SECONDARY GAME METHOD - The present invention provides new player excitement during the play of a game of chance by providing a controlled random event during the execution of a secondary or bonus round. When bonus game play is invoked during play of the primary game, an amount to be issued during secondary game play is generated. This amount is not awarded directly; instead a plurality of possible winnings is available, each equal to or less than the amount to be issued. A random event separate from the primary game is used to pick one of the plurality of possible winnings which is awarded to a player. The separate random event may be a mechanical event or an electronic event. The difference between the amount given to a player and the original amount to be issued may be used to generate further bonus game play, or may be used to fund a progressive. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280894 | Game System, Server Apparatus, Terminal, And Computer Program Product - In a game system, a server apparatus ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280895 | GAME MACHINE, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A game machine is provided which enables playing content of a player in a game play part, in which the player operates an operation target, to be reflected in an action of the operation target appearing in a video image displayed in a video image watching part. A replay data recording unit ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280896 | GAME ENHANCER - A method, apparatus, computer program, and computer readable storage medium storing the computer program, is disclosed for generating a real-world description to operate a set of devices ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280897 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Interactive Video Content - A method and apparatus for generating interactive video content. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a first video content; providing a set of directions on a monitor in response to the first video content; video capturing a user-actor following the directions; embedding the captured video in the first video content to form a combined video content; and displaying the combined content. In one embodiment, the system includes a first video scene content; a video monitor providing acting instructions and dialog in response to the first video scene content; video capture means for video capturing a game player following the acting instructions and performing the dialog; video editing means for embedding the captured video in the first video content to form a combined video content; and a display for displaying the combined video content. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280898 | GAME DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a game device capable of allowing a user to designate a position within a region of a game space which is not being displayed on a game screen. If it is judged that a screen coordinate value according to a user's operation is within the game screen showing a state of a first region within the game space, a position-in-first-region acquisition unit ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280899 | GAME CONSOLE CONTROL TO INITIATE SYSTEM DIRECTIVES - A method and system for utilizing a game console and an input device is disclosed. The method and system comprise mapping commands to system directives of the game console and generating an input signal having predefined characteristics corresponding to the input device being utilized to engage the system directives. The method and system include performing system functions using an input controller associated with the input device after the system directives are engaged. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280900 | GAME CONTROLLER WITH AUDIO SIGNAL OUTPUT DEVICE - A game controller with an audio signal output device is disclosed. The game controller is applied in a personal computer and includes a control command receiving unit, a control unit, a connector terminal, and an audio signal output terminal. The connector terminal is coupled to the personal computer for receiving a control command signal and an audio signal. The control unit is coupled to the connector terminal used for receiving the control command signal and the audio signal. The control command receiving unit is used for receiving a game control command and outputting the control command signal. The audio signal output terminal is used for receiving and outputting the audio signal, wherein the control unit is used for receiving the audio signal and outputting the audio signal to the personal computer, and receiving the control command signal and outputting the command signal to the connector terminal at the same time. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280901 | GAME CONTROLLER DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - A game controller includes a housing having a gun shape. The game controller includes a position sensor to determine a position of the controller. A game environment displayed at an eyewear display device is responsive to the controller position, so that a user can manipulate an in-game character via manipulations of the controller. The position sensor can determine a stance of the controller's user, and provide information to a game program to change an in-game character stance based on a change in the user's stance. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280902 | Gaming peripheral including releasably engageable release element - A gaming peripheral for use during play of an electronic video game includes a releasably engageable release element which disengages in accordance with game play. Disengagement of the release element is selectably controllable and based on receipt of an electronic trigger signal transmitted from a gaming console on which the game is being played. The release element is engaged by a player applying a manual force to the peripheral. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280903 | GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND GAME DEVICE - A game apparatus controls a game in which a user-controlled character and an opponent character hit a ball. When the user gives an instruction for hitting the ball with a button of a controller, a hit control unit determines on the basis of the type of the button which is pressed by the user a shot when the character hits the ball, calculates the trajectory of the ball hit based on the shot, and displays the flying ball on a screen. A shot display control unit displays the figure marked on the button close to the ball on the screen, as information for specifying the shot. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280905 | Multiplayer handheld computer game system having tiled display and method of use - A multiplayer handheld game employs individual game units having individual displays. Players can prepare their moves in secret on their game unit using controls and the individual displays, but when the game units are joined together, the game plays out on the aggregated screen. The game units employ digital signatures to ensure that all play is fair and that the virtual game pieces and characters in play have not been doctored or are otherwise fraudulent. Game results can be uploaded to a remote, secure server, which also serves as a backup for user data. Customization, improvements, and additions to the virtual game pieces and characters can be performed in conjunction with the secure server. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280906 | SERVER CLIENT NETWORK THROTTLING METHOD FOR DOWNLOAD CONTENT - A server-client download throttling method is disclosed in which the download speed is varied when transferring a download package from a gaming server to a gaming machine in a background process, while the gaming machine is still playable by a player. The server-client download throttling method enables the downloading of software (or other data) to gaming machine on the network without affecting game play and casino revenue. In this manner, the server-client download throttling method prevents game play interruption while maximizing throughput for download transfers. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280907 | SERVER CLIENT NETWORK THROTTLING SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOAD CONTENT - A server-client download throttling system is disclosed in which the download speed is varied when transferring a download package from a gaming server to a gaming machine in a background process, while the gaming machine is still playable by a player. The server-client download throttling system enables the downloading of software (or other data) to gaming machine on the network without affecting game play and casino revenue. In this manner, the server-client download throttling system prevents game play interruption while maximizing throughput for download transfers. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280908 | REWARD FOR RESURRECTING TEAMMATE IN A MULTIPLAYER GAME - Teamwork in a multiplayer video game is encouraged by rewarding game characters who resurrect killed teammates with spendable cash that may be used to purchase additional capabilities or tools to enhance the players' ability to progress through the game. Resurrected teammates are tied to the game character who performed the resurrections by splitting their future earnings accumulated during gameplay with that game character. If a resurrected game character goes on to resurrect other teammates then he will be entitled to a portion of the future earnings of those other resurrected teammates. But the resurrected teammate will also give a portion of those earnings to the original game character who resurrected him in the first place. A resurrection chain is thus created in which game characters can be resurrected and go on to resurrect other teammates while sharing earnings with other game characters that are above them in the chain using a pyramid payment system. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280909 | Method and system for determining a frustration profile of a player on an online game and using the frustration profile to enhance the online experience of the player - An online gaming website monitors indicators that a player waiting to play an online game is becoming frustrated, and generates a frustration profile for the player based on the indicators. The frustration profile is utilized to decrease the time that the player waits to play an online game, such as by changing the player's position on a queue for play of the game, or by offering an alternative game compatible with the player's gaming interests, which if selected by the player would decrease the player's waiting time. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280910 | Method and Apparatus For Use of Movement and Position Sensors With Portable Handheld Wagering Devices - A gaming system includes a handheld gaming machine configured to play at least one wagering game, a wager input device for receiving a wager to play a wagering game, and a controller operative to process signals output from a movement sensor. A movement sensor is disposed in the handheld gaming machine to sense movements of the handheld gaming machine and/or a sub-portion thereof and to output signals relating to the movements to the controller. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280911 | GAMING SYSTEM WITH SLIDE-OUT FRAME - A gaming system includes a housing having a front opening with a perimeter, a frame having a front, and a front panel attached to the front of the frame. The frame supports the functional components of the gaming device, and is slidably moveable from a closed position in which the frame is substantially completely enclosed within the housing, to a service position in which the frame is extended at least partially forwardly through the front opening. The front panel is configured to mate with the perimeter of the front opening of the housing when the frame is in the closed position. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280912 | COUPLING DEVICE - Coupling device ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280913 | POWER TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE - An open end of a sleeve (spline-fitted to a male yoke) remote from a connecting portion of the male yoke is closed by a first lid member. A through hole is formed axially through the male yoke, and includes a cylindrical first passage portion, and a cylindrical second passage portion which is disposed at that side of the first passage portion close to the first lid member and is smaller in inner diameter than the first passage portion. A second lid member is disposed to close that open end of the through hole remote from the first lid member. Air vent holes are formed through the second lid member to extend in an axial direction, and are disposed so as to partially overlap with a portion of an inner peripheral surface of the first passage portion in the axial direction. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280914 | Telescopic shaft and vehicle steering apparatus - A telescopic shaft ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280915 | WHITEWATER TERRAIN PARK SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a whitewater park and whitewater park systems. A recreational waterfall system for traversal by watercraft that includes at least one headgate to produce a surge of water over a waterfall and to limit access to the waterfall by watercraft. A recreational watercraft launch that accelerates a watercraft while traversing said waterfall and a downstream crest a variable exit geometry causes the watercraft to be directed in an upward direction. A recreational waterfall has water flowing over a crest with variable cantilever determining a distance from the edge that the water flowing over the crest impacts water in the pool. A whitewater park has multiple routes of varying difficulties between pools. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280916 | Mobile holographic simulator of bowling pins and virtual objects - A system with automatic positioning controls for the holographic display of three-dimensional objects interacting in real time with objects of the real world. The person observing the screen ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090280917 | BOWLING GAME SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a bowling game system in which a play is possible without changing into bowling shoes. A bowling game system | 2009-11-12 |
20090280918 | Device for practicing putting with magnetic and electromagnetic ball return - A device for practice putting of golf balls is provided comprising a platform covered by a synthetic matting simulating a putting surface | 2009-11-12 |
20090280919 | GOLF PUTTING PRACTICE DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRACTICING PUTTING USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING USING SAME - According to one aspect of the subject matter described herein, a golf putting practice device is provided. The golf putting practice device includes an upper portion for extending from a bottom of a golf cup and being viewable by a golfer during putting practice. A bottom portion is insertable into a socket of the golf cup. A flange is located above the bottom portion and configured to rest on the bottom of the golf cup that surrounds the socket for preventing the bottom portion from extending into the socket beyond a predetermined depth. An elongate portion joins the upper portion and the flange and has a diameter less than the diameter of the golf cup. At least one visual target is located in or on the upper portion of the golf putting practice device for providing an area of visual focus for a golfer during putting practice. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GOLF GREEN SPEEDS - A method, system and golf ball are provided to determine the deceleration of a golf ball and, in turn, the speed of a green. The system may include a golf ball and an offboard display device. The golf ball may include a golf ball body, a motion sensor disposed within the golf ball body to measure acceleration of the golf ball along each of three mutually perpendicular axes, and a transmitter disposed within the golf ball body to transmit data representative of deceleration. The display device may include a receiver to receive data representative of the deceleration of the golf ball from transmitter and a display to provide a representation of the deceleration of the golf ball. At least one of the golf ball and the display device may include a processor to determine deceleration of the golf ball based upon the acceleration measured by the motion sensor. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280921 | Method And Apparatus For Evaluating A Putt - A method, system and golf ball are therefore provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention in order to determine the spin of a golf ball, such as the side spin and/or back spin, in order to facilitate the evaluation of a putt. In one embodiment, a system includes a golf ball and an offboard display device. The golf ball may include a golf ball body, a motion sensor disposed within the golf ball body and configured to measure acceleration of the golf ball along each of three mutually perpendicular axis, and a transmitter disposed within the golf ball body configured to transmit data representative of spin of the golf ball. In turn, the display device may include a receiver configured to receive data representative of the spin of the golf ball from transmitter and a display configured to provide a representation of a measure of the spin of the golf ball. In this embodiment, at least one of the golf ball and the display device may include a processor configured to determine spin of the golf ball based upon the acceleration measured by the motion sensor. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280922 | GOLF SWING PRACTICE TARGET PANEL AND METHOD OF USING - A golf swing practice target panel or impact device is provided. The impact device may be or may include a panel made of a type of material such that there will be a temporary mark where a standard or non-standard golf ball impacted the panel. An aiming reference point may be provided on a lower portion of the panel. In addition, lines may be printed on the panel to depict launch or elevation angles and off-center deviation angles. A golfer can examine how accurate the strike was after the swing. Also, the panel material may possess proper friction that enables the spinning direction of a golf ball to be determined when a golf ball bounces off from the panel. Judging from where the ball landed relative to the temporary ball mark on the panel, the golfer is able to know how the ball was spinning after striking. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280923 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - At least two golf clubs of a set, according to one or more aspects of the present invention, may include a strike face and a perimeter weighting element disposed behind the strike face. The perimeter weighting element may include an inner peripheral wall having a sole surface, a top surface, a heel surface, and a toe surface. A cavity, having a base surface, may be delimited by the inner peripheral wall and may include an insert disposed therein. The insert may comprise a primary element passively flexurally associated with one or more secondary elements and may be substantially identical for each head within the set. The primary element may be associated with the base surface and the at least one secondary element may be associated with at least one of the sole surface, the top surface, the toe surface, and the heel surface. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280924 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH INTEGRALLY ATTACHED WEIGHT MEMBERS - A golf club head having integrally attached weight members is disclosed and claimed. The club head body defines at least a toe chamber and a heel chamber. Weights of variable mass are positioned within the chambers, moving the club head center of gravity back and down. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280925 | Putter head - Embodiments of a putter-type golf club head with an increased moment of inertia about the X axis (MOI | 2009-11-12 |
20090280926 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head has a hollow structure comprising a face member and a main member. The face member is made of a first titanium alloy having a specific gravity G | 2009-11-12 |
20090280927 | GOLF BALL WITH HEAD RESISTANT SHIELD LAYER - The present invention is directed to a golf ball comprising a shield layer having heat resistant properties to facilitate compression molding of a thermosetting polybutadiene-comprising layer over at least one thermoplastic layer. The invention utilizes a thermoplastic inner core comprising of a low vicat highly neutralized ionomer material having a low melting point of less than 100° C., and a Shore C surface hardness of less than 80 and a compression of less than 70, wherein a shield layer is placed around the low vicat softening point temperature thermoplastic to shield it from the high heat necessary to mold a thermoset material about it. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280928 | GOLF BALL WITH HEAT RESISTANT LAYER - A golf ball comprising of an outer core layer, or an inner cover layer having heat resistant properties to facilitate compression molding of a thermosetting polybutadiene-comprising layer over at least one thermoplastic layer. The ball comprises a thermoplastic inner core or core layer comprising of a low vicat highly neutralized ionomer material having a low melting point of less than 100° C., and a Shore C surface hardness of less than 80 and a compression of less than 70, wherein an outer adjacent thermoset layer is placed around the inner core or core layer, the thermoset layer comprising comprising a peroxide that decomposes at low temperatures forming free radical initiators with short half lives, therein reducing the molding temperature of the high vicat layer and subsequently reducing the temperature and/or time the softer thermoplastic layer is exposed to the high heat. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280929 | Golf ball having reduced side spin - A golf ball has one or more grooves in the ball surface. When the ball is initially struck by a golf club at an oblique angle the ball can have an undesired side spin. Each groove in the ball surface interacts with the air stream to absorb some of the side spin energy. The grooves act like miniature turbine blades, or vanes on an in-flight arrow, to decelerate side spin velocity so as to reduce the tendency of the ball to hook or slice. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280930 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION BETWEEN PLAYERS ON A GOLF COURSE - A method and system are provided to facilitate interaction between players on a golf course. More specifically, one embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile computing device, also called Personal Golf Game Assistant (PGGA). The PGGA is adapted to assist a player to track game-related data during a round of golf and establish communication with one or more compatible PGGAs carried by other players on the golf course. As various types of information data can be exchanged among the PGGAs of the players on the golf course, interaction between the players is thus facilitated. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280931 | Mobile Practice Targets - A mobile practice target is described, which includes a framework comprising a base support and at least one substantially vertical support extending above the base support and an angled support above the vertical support, together with a pocket comprising a resilient material having at least one front opening parallel to the vertical support capable of receiving a football propelled from the horizontal direction, and a top opening parallel to the angled support for receiving a propelled football from above. A baffle is secured to the top of the front opening which can absorb the momentum of the propelled football and/or deflect the propelled football downward into the pocket. A mobility means associated with the base support is provided to facilitate transport of the mobile practice target. The mobile practice target captures and contains propelled footballs and prevents them from bouncing out of the pocket when traversing the front opening at speeds greater than about 30 mph. The mobile practice target can be used to practice a wide range of throws and kicks related to the game of football including both precision line passes and lofted passes. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280932 | Hand implement vibration isolation system - A vibration isolation system for hand implements including sporting equipment and tools to substantially reduce impact forces from being delivered to the user's hands. Isolation elements provide low spring rates enabling the system to isolate bending vibration, recoil, and twist. An outer shell member substantially encircles the grip end of the hand implement and is spaced outwardly thereto allowing the grip end to freely deflect within the outer shell member. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280933 | Hockey Blade with Wrapped, Stitched Core - A construct for a hockey blade that includes a foam core. The foam core includes a first core face, a second core face, and a core edge. A first layer of resin preimpregnated tape is wrapped continuously around the first core face, the core edge and the second core face. A thread is stitched along the first layer of preimpregnated tape. A second layer of resin preimpregnated tape wrapped continuously around the first layer of resin preimpregnated tape. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280934 | BAT FOR BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL - A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and large than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is held of an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube. | 2009-11-12 |
20090280935 | BAT FOR BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL - A bat for baseball or softball of the present invention includes a first tube having an impact part, a step part and a stopper part, a cylindrical second tube, a fixing component being inserted between the first tube and second tube, the step part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the impact part and smaller than an interior diameter of the second tube, the stopper part having an exterior diameter larger than that of the step part and larger than the interior diameter of the second tube, the second tube is arranged on an exterior periphery of the impact part, one end of the second tube is fixed between the stopper part and the step part by an adhesive and the other end is fixed by an adhesive on the fixing component, and a crevice is formed between the first tube and the second tube. | 2009-11-12 |