47th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090286500 | SPECTRALLY CONSTRAINED LOCAL OSCILLATOR SWITCHING - A method and frequency converter for a radio rapid frequency signal scanning and including a local oscillator signal synthesis source ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090286501 | Apparatus method and computer program for configurable radio-frequency front end filtering - A radio use case is determined for concurrently operating radios of a multi-radio device and/or transmitter and receiver of a FDD radio. A local memory is accessed with the determined use case to find a high and/or a low frequency cutoff for the concurrent operation radio or transmitter/receiver. Control signals are applied to impose the high and/or the low frequency cutoff to a pair of frequency adjustable diplexers that are in series with one another in one of a transmit branch or a receive branch of a duplexer circuit that is disposed between the radio and an antenna. Then, a receive signal is passed through the antenna and the receive branch of the duplexer circuit to the radio or receiver of the FDD radio, or a transmit signal is passed from the respective radio or transmitter of the FDD radio through the transmit branch of the duplexer circuit to the antenna. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286502 | PROVISION OF AN EMERGENCY ALERT MESSAGE VIA AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST - An emergency alert message in the form of multimedia is distributed via an Internet Protocol multimedia broadcast system utilizing wireless communications networks. In an example embodiment, the IP multimedia broadcast based system includes the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) and is utilized with Global System for Mobile communications/Universal Mobile Telecommunications System/Long Term Evolution (GSM/UMTS/LTE) networks, the Broadcast and Multicast Services (BCMCS) and is utilized with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks, or a combination thereof. Multimedia information can include text, maps, graphics, video clips, audio clips, still pictures, and/or images, for example. In an example embodiment, the multimedia emergency alert message is provided along with a link to additional multimedia information related to the emergency alert. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286503 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A cellular phone, which can be applied to a mobile terminal of the present invention in emergency, has a main display and a control device. The cellular phone receives an emergency mail from the mobile terminal, and the main display displays the received emergency mail. The control device notifies that the emergency mail is received using a vibrator, a speaker, an light emitting device, and the like and executes a control such that it is notified that the emergency mail is received each preset and predetermined period of time during a period of time until a confirming operation to the emergency mail is executed. With this operation, convenience of the cellular phone is improved in emergency. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286504 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING EMERGENCY INFORMATION USING WIRELESS DEVICES - A method and apparatus for providing emergency notification by a wireless mobile device in response to triggering a sensor. A detection system, which may be located within a vehicle, comprises one or more sensors configured to sense an emergency event and transmit a message via a wireless link regarding the emergency event. For example, the wireless mobile device may be programmed to call a predetermined emergency number such as E911, and transmit data including position and other information from the mobile device to the emergency number in response to the received message. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286505 | COMPREHENSIVE TSUNAMI ALERT SYSTEM VIA MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to navigation in GPS-enabled mobile computing devices and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for location-based tsunami alerting navigational instructions in mobile computing devices. In an embodiment of the invention, a location-based tsunami alerting data processing system can be provided. The system can include a central processing unit coupled with a memory component, and a visual display along with location-based navigation logic that is enabled to compute a geographic zone of danger resulting from a tsunami, identify a geographic location for a mobile computing device corresponding to a subscriber, and render a set of personalized navigational instructions in the mobile computing device responsive to a determination that the subscriber is located in the geographic zone of danger. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286506 | Fixed Mobile Convergent Service in Enterprise Environments - A method for communicating in an enterprise network includes determining that a mobile device generating a communication request has an assigned enterprise voice number; and based in part on determining that the mobile device has an assigned enterprise voice number, establishing the requested communication over the enterprise network. A system for communicating over an enterprise network includes an enterprise voice number registry that maps enterprise voice numbers to mobile devices registered on the enterprise network, and an enterprise mobile switching center operable to query the enterprise voice number registry to determine if a mobile device is registered and further operable to determine that a communication requested by the mobile device should be established over the enterprise network based on the determination that the mobile device is registered. The enterprise network may be managed by the enterprise operator to satisfy enterprise network users. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286507 | Multiple Access Internet Portal Revenue Sharing - Multiple access internet portal billing systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes a communication facility, a wireless internet server, and a transaction billing system. The communication facility includes a billing platform, and is operable to connect to a plurality of wireless device platforms through a mobile network, and to connect to the wireless internet server. The wireless internet server provides internet access to the wireless devices and communicate at least one billing information record including a usage time to a transaction billing system. The transaction billing system receives the billing information record from the wireless internet server, formats the billing information record, and communicates the formatted record to the communication facility billing platform. Methods and other systems for multiple access internet portals are also provided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286508 | PROVIDING A REAL-TIME COST OF A SESSION TO A USER - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a real-time cost for a session over a communication network to a user of a communication device. To provide the real-time cost, rate information for a session is determined, and the elapsed duration for the session is monitored. Based on the rate information and the elapsed duration, an estimated cost for the session may be determined. The estimated cost may then be displayed or otherwise provided to the user of the communication device so that the user is informed of the cost of the session as the session progresses. The rate information and an estimated account balance may also be provided to the user. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286509 | RECIPROCAL ADDITION OF ATTRIBUTE FIELDS IN ACCESS CONTROL LISTS AND PROFILES FOR FEMTO CELL COVERAGE MANAGEMENT - System(s) and method(s) provide access management to femto cell service through access control list(s) (e.g., white list(s), or black list(s)). White list(s) includes a set of subscriber station(s) identifier numbers, codes, or tokens, and also can include additional fields for femto cell access management based on desired complexity. White list(s) can have associated white list profile(s) therewith to establish logic of femto coverage access based on the white list(s). A mechanism for reciprocal addition of access field attributes in access control lists and white list profiles also is provided. The mechanism allows at least in part for a first subscriber to be added to a configured white list of a second subscriber, when the first subscriber configures a new white list, the second subscriber is reciprocally incorporated in the new white list. Such mechanism can be driven and facilitates generation of associations among groups of subscribers that share specific commonalities. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286510 | LOCATION-BASED SERVICES IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK - System(s) and method(s) are provided to route traffic and signaling between a set of networked femto access points (APs) and enable location-based services. A femto AP in the set of femto APs is functionally linked to a routing platform that manages traffic and signaling, and is functionally connected to a controller component that relays at least part of data and control to a femto network platform. The femto network platform allows access to one or more external networks. Routing platform can exchange signaling with one or more femto APs to enable, at least in part, location-based services based at least in part on identifier(s) for a femto AP, access privileges, or time-of-flight measurements that assess propagation timing between a mobile device and a femto AP. Routing platform can supply timing configuration to enable predetermined spatial resolution of location estimates. Location estimates can be recorded and conveyed to a consumer layer. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286511 | Granting And Use Of Rights Over A Telecommunications Network - A mechanism for granting and exercising a right by means of a portable object (MOB), said portable object comprising means for communicating with a telecommunication network, said portable object (MOB) being adapted to receive a right that can be checked by a verification device (VRF). The method comprises the following steps: the portable object (MOB) sending said right to a portable module (MSC); storing said right in said portable module (MSC); and verification of said right by a verification device (VRF) adapted to read the rights stored in the module (MSC) in order to verify the validity of said right. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286512 | EXCHANGE OF ACCESS CONTROL LISTS TO MANAGE FEMTO CELL COVERAGE - System(s) and method(s) provide access management to femto cell service through access control list(s) (e.g., white list(s), or black list(s)). White list(s) includes a set of subscriber station(s) identifier numbers, codes, or tokens, and also can include additional fields for femto cell access management based on desired complexity. White list(s) can have associated white list profile(s) therewith to establish logic of femto coverage access based on the white list(s). Access lists exchange among subscribers that posses provisioned femto access points and elect to share access lists also is provided. Transference of access list(s) among subscribers is secured and based at least in part on subscriber privacy policy. Subscribers can be prompted to opt in access list sharing, or to update privacy policies to allow reciprocate sharing and update privacy settings. Based at least in part on association criteria, component identifies femto access points for a subscriber to access lists with. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286513 | Apparatus And Systems For Providing Location-Based Services Within A Wireless Network - A system for providing wireless telecommunications services to mobile devices includes structure and functionality for location-based services, and includes both server and client/mobile device apparatuses. One apparatus includes a data store storing at least a first record associated with a first wireless device or a second record associated with a second wireless device. A computer is coupled to the data store and is configured to receive a request from the first wireless device to obtain location information associated with the second wireless device. The computer is configured to receive a change location privileges request, and to update the first or second records in the data store based on the received change request. Other apparatuses provide additional structures and functions. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286514 | INTERACTIVE VOICE ACCESS AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION - A system is responsive to voice commands and requests from a user to access and search distributed data resources. The system may include a speech recognition engine configured to receive a spoken command from the user. A processor is configured to identify a service requested by the user from the spoken command. A search engine is configured to associate the user with other services providing offerings available to the user. A speech synthesizer provides an output to the user that conveys the requested information. The processor may be configured to respond to a spoken selection made by the user to selectively provide the requested information and the offerings to the user. The speech synthesizer is responsive to the processor for converting the information retrieved from the selected service in a format that is audible to the user. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286515 | MESSAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A unified messaging interface and associated methods may enable mobile communication device users to initiate the creation of a message for a recipient without being required to explicitly specify the type of message that is to be created. The mobile communication device supports multiple message types, such as audio, text/SMS, picture and video messages. The user begins providing message content to the communication device by, for example, speaking, entering text, clicking a shutter of a camera or initiating the recording of video. The unified messaging interface detects the nature of the content and automatically creates a corresponding message type. Alternately, the device may create a reply message type depending on the reply address of the original message, and may transcribe the audio to text if the original message uses a text format. The one-click action is an operation performed on the device that can be instantiated as a single button-press on the keypad; selection of a single soft key by depressing a button on the keypad or touching the screen of the device; or issuance of a single voice command. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286516 | Method, user equipment and software product for media stream transfer between devices - A method, user equipment, and computer program product are disclosed for accepting a plurality of media streams at a first user equipment, and then sending a session initiation protocol refer request to a recipient. The request specifies a second user equipment, and the request also indicates a subset of those media streams which the recipient is requested to offer to the second user equipment. There can be at least two media streams of the same media type, out of which some media stream(s) are to be offered to the second user equipment and the other media stream(s) are not to be offered to the second user equipment. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286517 | System for the wireless transmission of information to a mobile appliance of a user of a means of transport - A system for wirelessly transmitting information to a mobile appliance of a user of a means of transport. The system can include a first database containing journey-related information and a second database containing a profile for the user. The system can further include a first device configured to identify the mobile appliance of the user when the mobile appliance enters a range of a wireless local area network in the means of transport, a second device configured to select information from the first database based on the profile stored in the second database, and a third device configured to transmit the selected information to the mobile appliance of the user. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286518 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RINGTONE DEFINITION SHARING - A system comprises a ringtone originator, a ringtone sharing device, and a ringtone receiver. The ringtone originator (e.g., one or more of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a PDA, or other computing device) allows a user to generate ringtone content using audio content stored locally. A ringtone definition, describing characteristics of the audio content and manipulations used to transform the audio content to the ringtone content, is generated and is sent to the ringtone sharing device. The ringtone sharing device (e.g., a server operated by a commercial service provider or a mobile telephone service provider) stores a plurality of ringtone definitions that can be accessed by the ringtone receiver. The ringtone receiver (e.g., one or more of a personal computer, a mobile telephone, a PDA, or other computing device) can download the ringtone definition and recreate the ringtone content. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286519 | METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL RECEIVING MBMS SERVICE AND MBMS SERVICE TRANSMITTING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a method of a mobile terminal receiving MBMS service and a detection method of the mobile terminal receiving MBMS service data, and a MBMS service transmitting system. Wherein, the method of receiving MBMS service includes the steps as follows: S | 2009-11-19 |
20090286520 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING A LIKELIHOOD OF ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY - Aspects include methods, systems, and apparatuses for increasing a likelihood of advertisement display. The method may include receiving advertisement information comprising a presentation schedule and indicia indicating the first advertisement; determining, based upon the advertisement information, whether the first advertisement is located on a mobile device; retrieving the first advertisement from a remote device and storing it on a storage module on the mobile device if the first advertisement is determined to not be located on the mobile device; and rendering the first advertisement on the mobile device. The method may also include receiving advertisement information comprising a retrieval schedule and retrieving the first advertisement from a remote device by reference to the retrieval schedule. Other methods and apparatuses include determining and broadcasting advertisement information. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286521 | Methods And Apparatus For Producing And Submitting An HTTP Request With A Selected Top-Level Domain From A Mobile Communication Device - A mobile communication device is associated with a home wireless carrier that is identifiable by a home carrier identification stored in its memory. The mobile device also maintains a stored list of a plurality of carrier identifications, where each carrier identification is stored in association with one of a plurality of top-level domains. The mobile device reads the home carrier identification from the memory, and selects one of the plurality of top-level domains that is stored in association with the home carrier identification. During operation, the mobile device reads a specified domain name in response to a user-initiated request made via a Web browser or search application. Then, the mobile device produces a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) having the selected top-level domain and a second-level domain corresponding to the specified domain name. The HTTP request with the URL is submitted via the wireless communication network. Advantageously, consistency in accessing web sites, information, and/or search results may be achieved regardless of location of the mobile station. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286522 | MULTIPARTY CALL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A multiparty call processing method and mobile terminal implemented with the multiparty call processing method is provided. A multiparty call processing method for a mobile terminal detects a call request to a first network, determines whether the mobile terminal is in a full state of the first network, and sends a call request message to a second network when the mobile terminal is in the full state of the first network. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286523 | COMMUNICATIONS METHOD BETWEEN A COMBINATIONAL TERMINAL AND MULTIMEDIA TERMINAL - Communication method between a first terminal and a second terminal on a communications network includes establishing a first connection between the terminals, the first connection being of a first media type at the first terminal and of a multimedia type at the second terminal; establishing a second connection between a repository apparatus and the second terminal, the second connection being coupled to the first connection and being of a second media type at the repository apparatus different from the first media type; said multimedia type including the first and the second media types; disabling the second connection after a request for a third connection between the terminals, the third connection being of the second media type at the first terminal; and establishing the third connection, the first and third connections forming a combinational session at the first terminal and a multimedia type connection at the second terminal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286524 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATING AN APPLICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for running an application on a mobile device may include a mobile device having an application associated with a service provider, a computing device in communication with the mobile device and a computer readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer readable storage medium may have one or more programming instructions for determining an inactive time associated with the mobile device, determining whether the inactive time is equal to or greater than a threshold value and in response to the inactive time being equal to or greater than the threshold value, sending a message to the mobile device. The inactive time may represent a length of a period of inactivity associated with the mobile device, and the message may include one or more instructions to activate the application. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286525 | NETWORK SELECTION FOR MULTIPLE NETWORK PLATFORMS - Embodiments provide methods, systems, and apparatuses to generate and send a command message to a mobile device connected to a first wireless network to command the mobile device to connect to one of one or more candidate wireless networks. The message includes embedded service flow context information of the candidate networks including one or more attributes of the candidate wireless networks that are of potential interest to the mobile device in determining a performance or security impact if the mobile device switches to the one or more wireless networks. The mobile device can conditionally refuse the command if the candidate wireless networks are unable to meet one or more service level requirements of the apparatus. Other embodiments are disclosed and described. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286526 | RADIO QUALITY DEGRADATION PREDICTION SYSTEM, WIRELESS TERMINAL AND MONITORING SERVER THEREFOR, RADIO QUALITY DEGRADATION PREDICTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A radio quality degradation prediction system includes a wireless terminal and a monitoring server. The wireless terminal includes a positioning unit that determines a position of the wireless terminal and notifies the monitoring server of movement history of the wireless terminal via a wireless network, and a user notification unit that gives a warning to a user upon receiving a radio quality degradation alert at the wireless terminal. The monitoring server includes a future position prediction unit that predicts a future position of the wireless terminal based on the movement history of the wireless terminal, a radio propagation prediction unit that estimates radio quality in a service coverage area by using a radiowave propagation simulator, and a quality degradation prediction unit that predicts degradation of radio quality at the future position of the wireless terminal and transmits a radio quality degradation alert to the wireless terminal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286527 | Apparatus and a method for service continuity between umts network and wlan network - Service continuity is provided between a 3GPP network and a non-3GPP network. When a mobile station having accepted service in the 3GPP network moves to the non-3GPP network or returns from the non-3GPP network to the 3GPP network, an interworking gateway is interworked with a GGSN through a universal tunnel using a packet data network, and accordingly a mobile subscriber may accept seamless service. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286528 | PAGING WITH QOS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for sending page messages with quality of service (QoS) in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a network entity receives incoming packets for access terminals operating in an idle state, generates page messages in response to the incoming packets, and includes QoS information in the page messages. The QoS information for each page message may indicate whether the page message is delay sensitive. A base transceiver station (BTS) receives page messages with QoS information and sends the page messages to access terminals based on the QoS information. In one design, the BTS determines whether each page message is delay sensitive based on the QoS information, sends page messages that are delay sensitive, and either sends or delays sending page messages that are delay insensitive in order to reduce the number of packets to send for the page messages. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286529 | WIRELESS REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A wireless remote monitoring system and a method therefor are provided. The wireless remote monitoring system includes a monitoring device, a communication network, and a mobile image capturing device. The monitoring device issues a monitoring message to the communication network through a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) communication protocol. The communication network is connected to the mobile image capturing device satisfying the monitoring message. The mobile image capturing device resolves the monitoring message, captures an image of a disposition site, and transmits the image back to the monitoring device. In addition, a predetermined time is set, and then the mobile image capturing device automatically transmits the obtained image of the disposition site to the monitoring device. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286530 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING DIGITAL INTERFACE AND BASEBAND CIRCUITRY TESTS USING DIGITAL LOOPBACK - In a mobile device having a primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit and an interface between the primary baseband circuit and a secondary baseband circuit, a method for testing the interface and primary and secondary baseband circuits comprising the steps of: setting the secondary baseband circuit into a loopback mode; sending a first signal from the primary baseband circuit to the secondary baseband circuit; receiving at the primary baseband circuit a second signal, the second symbol being the first signal looped back from the secondary baseband circuit; and comparing the second signal with an expected result. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286531 | Mobile device and method for intelligently communicating data generated thereby over short-range, unlicensed wireless networks and wide area wireless networks - A mobile device is provisionable for service on a wireless wide area network (WWAN) operated by a licensed network operator and is further operable on at least one shorter-range, unlicensed wireless network (UWN). The mobile device stores applications that generate data when executed, including at least one application that generates data for communication over the WWAN. The mobile device executes a stored application and classifies data generated by the executed application into one of at least two categories based upon a domain of a target network to which the data is to be sent. A first category relates to data requiring communication at least partially over the WWAN and a second category relates to data not requiring communication over the WWAN. The mobile device establishes communication with a target device in the target network over at least the UWN based upon classification of the data generated by the executed application. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286532 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PAGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and system for managing paging in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes receiving a paging frame indicator during a paging listening interval. The paging frame indicator includes information associated with one or more paging messages. The method then determines one or more frames associated with the one or more paging messages from the paging frame indicator. Further, the method manages time period associated with at least one of active mode and sleep mode in the paging listening interval. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286533 | Portable Communications Device Coupled to First Network by Way of Second Network - A portable communications device (PCD) is coupled to a first network by way of a second network. The PCD is normally in radio communication with the first network, and is coupled to the first network by way of the second network when the PCD is out of radio communication with the first network. In particular, the PCD is coupled to the second network, and is caused to leave a first network mode and enter a second network mode. A network connection is established with the first network by way of the second network, and communication with the first network is entered into by way of the second network. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286534 | INTER-CONTROLLER ROAM MANAGEMENT AND PREDICTION FOR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile device roaming architecture for use with a mobile device, such as a cellular phone, roaming a WiFi network. In instances where the mobile device attempts to roam to a different wireless access point managed by a controller using a different authentication key, the roam process can be excessively long such that the voice signal is disrupted or fails entirely. A detection component detects the roaming attempt, and a connection component switches the call back to the original access point controller before the call has a chance to drop. In this way, a connection is maintained to the network. A mitigation component performs an operation to maintain a connection to the call as the mobile device moves out of range of the original access point. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286535 | Methods And Apparatus For Producing And Submitting An HTTP Request With A Selected Country Code Parameter From A Mobile Device - A mobile communication device maintains a stored list of a plurality of carrier identifications, where each carrier identification is stored in association with one of a plurality of country codes. The mobile device is also associated with a home wireless carrier that is identifiable by a home carrier identification stored in its memory. The mobile device reads the home carrier identification from the memory, and selects one of the plurality of country codes that is stored in association with the home carrier identification. During operation, the mobile device reads a specified domain name in response to a user-initiated request made via a Web browser or search application. Then, the mobile device produces a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) corresponding to a specified domain name and a country code parameter which includes the selected country code. The HTTP request with the URL is submitted via the wireless communication network. Advantageously, consistency in accessing web sites, information, and/or search results may be achieved regardless of location of the mobile station. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286536 | LOCATION INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING NOTIFICATION BASED UPON LOCATION - According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform) includes receiving, by the H-SLP, a request for positioning of a roaming terminal; transmitting, a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter to the roaming terminal if one or more of location-based notification and verification are required as a result of checking a privacy of the roaming terminal; transferring a positioning start message to a V-SLP (Visited-SUPL Location Platform) if the H-SLP receives the positioning initialization message from the roaming terminal; receiving a calculated location of the roaming terminal from the V-SLP; and transmitting a session notification message including a notification element to the roaming terminal if the H-SLP receives the calculated location of the roaming terminal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286537 | MOBILE SWITCHBOARD, MOBILE UNIT, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND POSITION- REGISTRATION EXTENDING METHOD - A mobile unit transmits a request for position registration to a network when moving from a first area to a second area. When the number of incoming calls does not exceed a threshold and the number of movements between the first area and the second area exceeds a threshold, a mobile switchboard combines the first area and the second area into an extended area, and informs the mobile unit of the extended area. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286538 | Method for digitally drawing numbers - A method is disclosed for essentially making the drawing of numbers, for the organization of individuals who are waiting, significantly more flexible without loss of functionality. In at least one embodiment of the method, each of those waiting individuals registers themselves with a number-drawing server using a mobile telephone, specifying a unique identification number and a queuing destination. The mobile telephone of each of those waiting then communicates to the number-drawing server, at certain intervals, its current position and requests from the number-drawing server a current-status update. The number-drawing computer then determines from the waiting individuals current position whether this is geographically at such a distance that this individual has any possibility of meeting the next appointment time, and that if he is geographically too far away, others who are waiting are brought forward in the waiting queue. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286539 | Apparatus and Method for Cell Reselection in a Radio Access Network - A method for cell reselection from a serving cell to another cell in a radio access network covering a geographical area divided into a plurality of cells, the method comprising: attempting to reselect to a first other cell with a higher rank value than the serving cell; setting up a channel on the first other cell and initiating a completion period; conditional on the completion period expiring before the first other cell is identified as being a suitable cell, receiving cell measurements for cells and creating a cell ranking list of the cells based on rank values of the cells; conditional on a second other cell having a higher rank value than the serving cell or first other cell, attempting to reselect to the second other cell. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286540 | FEMTOCELL ARCHITECTURE FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A system and methodology that significantly reduces traffic in a backhaul pipe of a femto access point (AP) and organizes content delivery is provided. Specifically, an aggregator/routing platform is employed to connect multiple femto APs in a femto enterprise to a single backhaul network. The aggregator/routing platform collects and analyzes information from the multiple femtos and directly route communication packets to between femto APs within the enterprise when possible, without employing the backhaul network. Content and/or tasks can be internally organized between devices connected to the multiple femtos, without accessing the core network. During internal communication, a control link can preserved and sent to the core network to facilitate billing. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT HANDOVER IN LTE - An efficient use of downlink (DL) air-interface bandwidth during handoff of user equipment from a source cell to a target is provided. In conjunction with a handoff message to ensure receipt, expedited status exchanges are provided so that initial communications do not require a subsequent retransmission of duplicate data. A method for transmitting a dedicated Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble and cell information, receiving a RACH from the user equipment to start communication, and transmitting a handover message and a radio link control (RLC) status message or an UL grant in response to receiving the RACH is provided. Also, a method for receiving a handover message and target cell information from a source cell to start handover negotiations, initiating communication with target cell using the target cell information, receiving a handover message and (RLC) status message, and using the received information to approximate status reporting is provided. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286542 | Method and Apparatus for Transitioning From a First RAT to a Second RAT - A method, in a wireless communications device having a first protocol stack for use with a first radio access technology and a second protocol stack for use with a second radio access technology, the method for transitioning from a first radio access technology to a second radio access technology, the method comprising: maintaining a list of available communication cells associated with the second radio access technology, and transferring information associated with more than one available communication cell associated with the second radio access technology from the first protocol stack to the second protocol stack. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE DYNAMIC BEARER SELECTION FOR DATA TRANSFERS IN MULTI-BEARER WIRELESS DATA TERMINALS - A technique to automatically select a bearer from among a plurality of bearers available on a wireless device bases the selection of the bearer on which a data transfer takes place on a cost function that is used both by the server and the wireless device. A method for communicating data with a mobile device capable of communicating using a plurality of communication bearers comprises selecting a communication bearer to opportunistically initiate a data transfer between a server and the mobile device using a cost function and a policy table to select the communication bearer, from among the plurality of communication bearers, and when the selected communication bearer is or becomes available, initiating the transfer between the server and the mobile device using the selected communication bearer. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286544 | ADMINISTRATION OF AN ACCESS CONTROL LIST TO FEMTO CELL COVERAGE - A system, method, and apparatus for facilitating management of access to femto cell coverage is provided. A femto access point provides access to the femto cell coverage and a subset of services to at least one communication device included in an access control list associated with the femto access point. An access management component utilizes an access criteria to edit the access control list. The access criteria includes criteria for adding a communication device to the access control list and criteria for automatically removing the added communication device from the access control list. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286545 | TRANSMIT POWER SELECTION FOR USER EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATING WITH FEMTO CELLS - Transmit power for a user equipment (UE) is set by a Home NodeB (HNB) in response to interference at a nearby macrocell. The HNB monitors an interference level to the macrocell from a UE communicating with the HNB. An acceptable transmit power for the UE is determined by the HNB in response to the interference level. A power change indicator is transmitted from the HNB to the UE to adjust the transmit power of the UE. In some cases, the interference may be estimated from a busy indicator from the macrocell and the HNB sends a modified version of the busy indicator to the UE to adjust the transmit power of the UE. In other cases, the HNB estimates a path loss for the UE based on received signal power from the macrocell and signals a transmit power change to the UE, if needed, based on the estimated path loss. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286546 | Apparatus and method for avoiding interference between base station and relay station when using full duplex relay in a multi hop relay system - An apparatus and method for avoiding interference between a base station and a relay station when using full duplex relay in a multi-hop relay wireless communication system are provided. An operation of a mobile station includes measuring an strength of a receive signal from a base station and an strength of a receive signal from an relay station, calculating a receive signal strength ratio of base station to relay station by dividing the strength of the receive signal from the base station by the strength of the receive signal from the relay station, determining if interference occurs using the receive signal strength ratio, and transmitting a control message representing if interference occurs. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286547 | SEMI-STATIC BEAMFORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A beamforming method in a base station for a mobile communication system, the communication system comprising at least a cell, the method comprising the steps of: covering at least a portion of the cell with a broadcast beam; assigning a streaming beam for each active mobile station on the portion of the cell, if a number of active mobile station on the portion is smaller than a first threshold, wherein a direction of the beams is adjusted according to a position of the active mobile stations. The method further comprises selecting a group of active mobile stations by obtaining at least two active mobile stations with a closest angular distance of all possible pairs of active mobile stations and assigning a single streaming beam to the group of active mobile station, if the number of active mobile stations is bigger than the first threshold. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286548 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION USING MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO RECEIVER - Packets are periodically transmitted by a plurality of radio beacons deployed at known positions over a location estimation area. Monitoring is conducted for incoming packets. Upon receipt of a packet from a k | 2009-11-19 |
20090286549 | Location Determination - Systems, methods, and computer program products obtain power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received in a mobile device from multiple transmitters. Using at least the obtained power information, respective probability values for a plurality of positions are determined, each probability value indicating a probability that the mobile device is in a corresponding position. An estimated position of the mobile device is identified based at least in part on the determined probability values. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286550 | Tempo Spatial Data Extraction From Network Connected Devices - A computer implemented data processing system for extracting user related tempo-spatial data from a cellular network comprising a plurality of cells, each cell comprising at least one cell sector, wherein each cell sector is in communication with a plurality of network-connected devices, and wherein each device is associated with a user profile. The system comprising: a computer component aggregation module, wherein the cellular network comprises: a network-connected raw database, a network-connected device profiles database, a unique identifier and a location module. The aggregation module receives from the cellular network combined data exhibiting identified network-connected devices with their corresponding profiles, and aggregates in response, profile each identified network-connected device with the corresponding location code thereby creating an anonymous aggregated user related data. The system may create, using geo-statistical methods a geographic information system (GIS) layer presenting the anonymous aggregated profiles classes associated with geographical locations. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286551 | E-OTD AUGMENTATION TO U-TDOA LOCATION SYSTEM - A method for use in a wireless communication system with a network overlay geolocation system having a sparse deployment network in which base stations of the wireless communication system may or may not have a co-located wireless location sensor (WLS). The method uses U-TDOA measurements on the uplink (reverse) signal and E-OTD measurements on the downlink (forward) signals to estimate a location for a mobile appliance. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286552 | Positioning method and system in two or more cellular networks - A positioning method in two or more cellular networks calculates a gradient (grad (J)) of an optimization function for estimating position of UE: | 2009-11-19 |
20090286553 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING LOCATION BASED SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES - A location based system is provided for providing messages to a user and, in particular, to a location based advertising system using multiple geo-boundaries and which is configured to provide advertisements to a user and to track the effectiveness of such advertisements. The method includes defining a zone with a plurality of geo-boundaries and detecting when a mobile user has crossed a first boundary of the plurality of geo-boundaries and a second boundary of the plurality of geo-boundaries. The method further includes sending a message to the mobile user upon the determining that the mobile user has crossed the first boundary. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286554 | USING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT DATA EXHIBITING UNIQUE USER IDENTIFIERS IN A CELLULAR NETWORK FOR CREATING GEO STATISTICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE USERS - A computer implemented data processing system for using customer relationship management (CRM) data exhibiting unique user identifiers in a cellular network for creating geo-statistical representations of the users. The system is arranged to: repeatedly identify all network-connected devices which are both active and idle in each location area using the unique identifier; repeatedly create a table for all location areas, each table exhibiting: location area identifier, unique user identifier, time of inflow to the location area, time of outflow from the location area; and differentiate table of time N−1 over table of time N thereby detecting inflow outflow quantities of unique identifiers for each location area; decipher the difference table by the authentication center of the network; analyze the deciphered tables using CRM profiles; and join over time, the deciphered tables with corresponding location area thereby creating at least one GIS data layer. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286555 | USING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT DATA NON EXHIBITING UNIQUE USER IDENTIFIERS FOR CREATING GEO STATISTICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE USERS - A computer implemented data processing system for using customer relationship management (CRM) non-exhibiting unique user identifiers in a cellular network for creating geo-statistical representations of the users. The system is arranged to: repeatedly identify all active network-connected devices in each location area using the unique identifier; repeatedly create a table, for all location areas, each table exhibiting: location area identifier, unique user identifier, time of inflow to the location area, time of outflow from the location area; and differentiate table of time N−1 over table of time N thereby detecting inflow and outflow quantities of unique identifiers for each location area; factorizing said difference by the ratio of stationary non-active network-connected device and the total number of network-connected devices; decipher the difference table; analyze the deciphered tables using CRM profiles; and join over time, the deciphered tables with corresponding location area thereby creating at least one GIS data layer. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286556 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR OUTPUTTING PRESENT POSITION - An apparatus, method and program for outputting a present position that enables a user to be located with further accuracy even in a multi-level area. A control unit periodically sends a reference atmospheric pressure information obtaining request to a base station and obtains reference atmospheric pressure information including the atmospheric pressure and altitude of the base station from the base station and stores the obtained information in a data storage. The control unit uses the measurement value of atmospheric pressure obtained from a pressure sensor and an altitude calculation equation including the reference atmospheric pressure information to periodically calculate and record in the data storage the altitude of the present position. When an emergency button is pushed, the control unit issues to an emergency contact an emergency notification including the present altitude or the altitude recorded in the data storage. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286557 | LOCATION BASED REMINDERS - Location based reminders are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item. The location based reminder application may provide a location based reminder for the reminder item when a current location matches the target location. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286558 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method of enabling content for transmission in a mobile communication network, including the step of transferring at least one element of a content resource to a mobile message editor. The content resource is adapted for selecting and transferring elements. A mobile message is composed in the mobile message editor, the mobile message comprising the at least one transferred element. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286559 | Method and system for communicating status in a service queue - A queuing system to notify customers of the status of requested service includes an input terminal operated by a service advisor. The service advisor communicates with each customer, and enters service parameters for customer service. The service advisor's input terminal is coupled by a computer network to a remote server which computes service completion data. The queuing system includes a display monitor coupled to the remote server by the computer network to display queue status in a customer waiting area. Notifications can also be sent via email or text message to a customer's mobile wireless device. Also disclosed is a method for informing customers of queue status that displays a service status on a display monitor in a waiting room, and which optionally transmits service status to a customer's mobile wireless device or networked computer. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE CONTENT GENERATION - The present invention relates to mobile communications and, in particular provides a system that allows for the creation of content for such uses as full-track audio, ringtones, images, video, and combined video and audio for mobile phones, and systems for deploying such content. Content generation includes one or more of segmenting and transferring media files, other than those that may be available from a mobile service provider, to a mobile communication device. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA SERVICE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A multimedia service providing method in a telecommunication network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes (a) communicating, at a message providing server, data with first and second mobile terminals in an Internet protocol (IP) based mobile communication network, (b) receiving, at a message providing server, a short message from the first mobile terminal, wherein the short message indicates that the first mobile terminal requests a multimedia service from the second mobile terminal, and wherein the short message comprises a predetermined header field to determine whether the message requests the multimedia service and (c) transmitting the short message to the second mobile terminal, wherein the transmitted short message is configured to control the second mobile terminal to set a packet data protocol (PDP) session, for performing the multimedia service, with the first mobile terminal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286562 | SPATIAL INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for transmitting and receiving data with spatial interference mitigation in a wireless network are described. In one design of transmitting data with spatial interference mitigation, a first station (e.g., a cell) may receive spatial feedback information (SFI) from a second station (e.g., an interfered UE) that is not communicating with the first station. The second station may also receive preceding information from a third station (e.g., a served UE). The first station may send a data transmission to the third station based on the preceding information and the SFI in order to reduce interference to the second station. In one design, the SFI may include spatial nulling information. The first station may send the data transmission based on the spatial nulling information to steer the data transmission in a direction away from the second station. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING VIRTUAL NOISE FIGURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Techniques for using virtual noise figure for various functions in a wireless communication network are described. A virtual noise figure is an indication of a virtual noise level at a receiver, which may be higher than an actual noise level at the receiver. In an aspect, virtual noise figure may be used for serving base station selection. A terminal may receive information indicative of a virtual noise figure for each of at least one base station. The terminal may select a serving base station based on the virtual noise figure for each base station. The terminal may send data to the serving base station at a rate selected based on an actual noise figure for the serving base station. In other aspects, virtual noise figure may be used for interference management and/or power control. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286564 | MOBILE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION - A mobile apparatus and method of timing synchronization. The mobile apparatus comprises a timing synchronization controller, a frame detector, a decoder, and a clock generator. The timing synchronization controller determines a number of times of the mobile station clock switching from a first clock speed to a second clock speed, and compares the number of times of the mobile station clock switching the clock speed with a predetermined number of clock speed switch. The frame detector, coupled to the timing synchronization controller, receives a control channel block when the number of times of clock speed switch reaches the predetermined number of clock speed switch. The decoder, coupled to the frame detector, decodes the control channel block to compute a timing error between the base station clock and the mobile station clock. The clock generator, coupled to the decoder, receives the timing error to compensate for the mobile station clock. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286565 | Apparatus and Method for Transmit Power Control Frequency Selection in Wireless Networks - A wireless endpoint is a Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) endpoint, such as a base station (BS) or customer premise equipment (CPE). The WRAN endpoint performs channel sensing to determine which channels are available for use and begins transmission on an available channel. Upon detection of a TV broadcast on an adjacent channel, the WRAN endpoint adjusts a power level of its transmitted signal. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286566 | Method, apparatus and computer program for power control related to random access procedures - A first power control adjustment state g(i) and a second power control adjustment state f(i) are initialized for i=0 to each reflect an open loop power control error. An initial transmit power for a shared uplink channel is computed using full pathloss compensation. The computed initial transmit power depends on a preamble power of a first message sent on an access channel, and the initial transmit power is initialized with the second power control adjustment state f(0). A third message is sent from a transmitter on an uplink shared channel at the initial transmit power. In various implementations, the power for i=0 on the uplink control channel is also initialized similar to the initial transmit power for the third message and using full pathloss compensation, and after the third message (and retransmissions of it), subsequent messages sent on the uplink shared channel are sent at a power that is computed using fractional pathloss compensation. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286567 | CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM - A cellular telephone in accordance with an embodiment of the present application is operable to transmit voice data and additional digital data together to another similarly functional cellular telephone without the need for an external server. The cellular telephone operates like a server to coordinate transmission of all data between the cellular telephones. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286568 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING CONFIGURATION SETTINGS OF A NETWORK DEVICE FROM A MOBILE PHONE - A system for modifying configuration settings of a network device from a mobile phone is provided. The system includes a mobile phone configured to communicate over a local area network, and a network device coupled to the local area network. The mobile phone is configured to access a configuration menu of the network device. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286569 | Apparatus method and computer program for interference reduction - A circuit includes a radiofrequency circuit component, a diplexer, a termination, and a further component. The diplexer includes a common port configured to receive an input from the radiofrequency circuit component, a first output port, and a second output port. The termination is configured to receive an input from the first output port of the diplexer. The further component is configured to receive a radiofrequency signal input from the second output port of the diplexer. The circuit may be adapted for a multi-radio device and have a control input for varying a frequency split between the first and second output port according to a radio use case of radios in simultaneous operation. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286570 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING EMBEDDED VISUAL CUES - A portable communication device is equipped with a camera and visual cue detection circuitry. The visual cue detection circuitry is configured to detect visual cues embedded into images and/or products. Upon detection of an embedded visual cue, the portable communication device is configured to initiate a secondary action, such as launching a game for playing or a media file for viewing, or reporting non-genuine or counterfeit products. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286571 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MASSAGE FUNCTION FOR A MOBILE PHONE - An apparatus for providing a massage function for a user of a mobile phone includes an in-call status module, a vibrating motor, and a processor. The status module is configured to sending a call making signal when the user is making a phone call via the mobile phone. The processor is coupled to the status module and the vibrating motor to receive the call making signal and to control vibration of the vibrating motor. The vibrating motor vibrates regularly to provide the massage function during a duration of the call. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286572 | Interactive Systems and Methods Employing Wireless Mobile Devices - A user gestures with a wireless mobile phone device to control some aspect of its operation, or the operation of a remote system with which the device communicates. (The gestures may be sensed by tracking movement of a feature across a field of view of a mobile phone device camera.) The resultant operation may additionally depend on other data obtained by the wireless device, e.g., obtained from an electronic or physical object, or sensed from the environment. A variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286573 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal is provided where the portable terminal has an upper body including an upper surface and a lower surface, a lower body having an upper surface, the upper body being slidably connected to the lower body for movement between a closed position and an open position to expose a portion of the upper surface of the second body, and a first moving unit connected between the upper body and the lower body, the first moving unit being configured to permit tilting of the upper body with respect to the lower body such that a portion of the lower surface of the upper body is lower than the exposed portion of the upper surface of the second body. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286574 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal is provided where the portable terminal includes a lower body, an upper body connected to the lower body, the upper body being slidably moveable in a first direction with respect to the lower body between a closed position and an open position, and a first moving unit connected between the upper body and the lower body to move the upper body in a second direction different from the first direction. The first moving unit is configured to move the upper body toward the lower body along the second direction when the upper body is moved from the closed position to the open position and to move the upper body away from the lower body along the second direction when the upper body is moved from the open position to the closed position. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286575 | PORTABLE APPARATUS - A portable apparatus includes a first case portion including a full keyboard, a second case portion superposed on the first case portion, a slide connection member connecting the first case portion to the second case portion in such a manner that the first case portion is slidable in a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the full keyboard, and a display screen unit directly or indirectly disposed on a front surface of the second case portion, wherein the first and second case portions have a hiding mechanism with which a part of the slide connection member is prevented from being exposed to the outside when the first case portion is maximally slid out with respect to the second case portion. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286576 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER IN DUAL-STANDBY MODE MOBILE TERMINAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for controlling a transmission power of a dual standby mode mobile terminal. A method of controlling a transmission power of the invention includes performing a conversation standby service with a first communications network while performing a conversation service with a second communications network, and receiving a first power control level from a base station of the first communications network; comparing a second power control level that corresponds to a power code, which is set for a current output signal power, with the first power control level; and decreasing a current power code when the first power control level is greater than or equal to the second power control level. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286577 | Communication System Capable of Adjusting Power Consumed Thereby - A communication system capable of adjusting power consumed thereby is adapted for receiving connection information. The communication system includes first and second transceiving devices. The first transceiving device includes a transmitting end and a service end for receiving the connection information. The second transceiving device includes a receiving end capable of forming a communications link with the transmitting end. A power state of each of the first and second transceiving devices is switchable between a power-supplied mode and a power-saving mode. The power state alters status of the communications link. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286578 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR THE APPARATUS - To provide a mobile terminal apparatus capable of suppressing exhaustion of the battery while securing convenience of switching to a communication system corresponding to an existing area, and a control method and communication system for the apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus | 2009-11-19 |
20090286579 | Intelligent Wireless Device Indicator - To generate information on possible causes of failure for a wireless device, indicator(s) to a wireless device and a method of manufacture may be used. One method of manufacturing a wireless device includes providing a housing. Electronics may be positioned within the housing. At least one article may also be positioned within the housing. The article(s) may be configured to indicate that a chemical agent has entered the housing or being configured to indicate that the electronics have been exposed to a temperature outside of a temperature range for operation of the electronics. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286580 | Information terminal device - An information terminal device includes: a first housing that has a first operating unit on a face on one side thereof; a hinge member that is designed to rotate about a first axis, with respect to the first housing; a second housing that has a second operating unit on a face on one side thereof, is provided on one side of the first housing, slides in the direction of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and transits between a state where the second housing covers the first operating unit and a state where the first operating unit is exposed, the second housing restricting rotation of the hinge member through contact with the first housing when the second housing is in the covering state; and a third housing that has a display unit on a face on one side thereof, is provided on one side of the second housing, slides in the direction of the first axis, and transits between a state where the third housing covers the second operating unit and a state where the second operating unit is exposed. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286581 | PROTECTIVE ENVELOPE AND RELATED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMBINATION - An exemplary protective envelope for a portable electronic device includes a hollow main body and a cleaning roller arranged in the hollow main body. The hollow main body defines therein an opening for insertion of the portable electronic device therethrough. The cleaning roller is rotatably fixed in the hollow main body. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286582 | MEASURING ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE CONSTITUENTS OF A SAMPLE TAKEN FROM A CROP STREAM - A measuring arrangement is associated with a branch channel of a channel through which crops flow. The measuring arrangement comprises a measuring device for detecting the constituents of a sample of a crop stream in the branch channel, where in the branch channel between an opening and the measuring device, a processing device is arranged for reducing in size or for squeezing the sample. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286585 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING FLAT RATE PLAY SESSIONS - In accordance with one embodiment, a video roulette flat rate play session is facilitated. The flat rate play session may be associated with at least one of a wagering restriction applied to one or more bets during the flat rate play session and a net maximum payout per spin applicable to one or more bets during the flat rate play session. In one embodiment, a player is provided with a plurality of wagering units at the beginning of the session. A monetary value of the plurality of wagering units may be greater than a monetary value of a flat rate price paid for the flat rate play session. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286586 | Icon Selection Bonus Game with Replaceable Icons - A slot machine game that allows the player to continuously select icons which reveal respective content which comprise awards. If revealed content is a refill symbol, then some or all previously selected icons are replaced with replacement icons. The replacement icons can be placed in same or different locations as previously selected icons. The replacement icons can also be associated with the same awards as the previously selected icons. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286587 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - A method of gaming comprising: conducting a plurality of game rounds by generating a game outcome for each game round; determining whether the game round satisfies at least one criterion for at least each game round prior to a final of the game rounds; requiring the player to make a choice prior to the next game round in relation to the game outcome if the game outcome of a respective game round satisfies the at least one criterion; and carrying out any subsequent game rounds based on a received player choice, whereby any choices determine an overall outcome of the plurality of game rounds. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286588 | Magnified symbol feature for gaming devices - A method and apparatus for a gaming machine is disclosed. A slot machine processor and a video monitor screen are provided on which symbols may be provided for use in a video slot game. The player makes a wager to play the underlying game. A first array of symbols is displayed in rows and columns and thereafter a feature opportunity may also be randomly, non-randomly or pseudo-randomly displayed. The feature comprises a special indicium that is displayed over one of the symbols in the initial array. Preferably the special indicium is a graphic representation of a magnifying glass. The magnifying glass enlarges the selected symbol uniformly along an x and y axis by at least 2×, in effect resulting in at least 4 same symbols being arranged in a 2-row by 2-column format. The same symbols replace the underlying symbols in the initial array and the resultant final symbol display is then analyzed by the machine processor, with any prizes for winning symbol combinations being awarded according to a predetermined paytable. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286589 | WAGERING GAME MACHINE WITH OLED TRANSMISSIVE LCD - A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising a processor and gaming code which is operable when executed on the processor to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered via at least one mechanical reel and a liquid crystal display (LCD). The liquid crystal display has at leas tone transparent portion through which the mechanical reel or reels can be observed. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) element is disposed near the transparent portion of the liquid crystal display, and is operable to selectively emit light or pass light, such that emitted light is passed through the transparent portion of the liquid crystal display when the OLED emits light or the at least one mechanical game object can be observed through the transparent portion of the liquid crystal display and the OLED when the OLED passes light. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286590 | Method of Gaming, a Gaming System and a Game Controller - A method of gaming with multiple players comprising: determining a set of eligible multi-player game players; assigning each eligible multi-player game player a number of multi-player game turns depending on a wager amount; and conducting the multi-player game turns with the eligible multi-player game players and determining multi-player game turn outcomes until a multi-player game end condition occurs. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286591 | Method of simultaneous indication of multiple winning combinations in a symbol matrix - The present invention teaches novel methods for simultaneous indication of winning combinations in the symbol matrix. More specifically, the present invention simultaneously indicates all winning combinations formed by symbols appearing in symbol positions common to multiple pay lines. In a preferred embodiment, symbol positions common to multiple pay lines that display winning symbol combinations are simultaneously indicated to the player in a first manner. In addition, the remaining symbol positions for each of said multiple pay lines are simultaneously indicated in a second manner. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286592 | GAMING SYSTEM HAVING SYMBOL PROMOTION FEATURES - A method for conducting a wagering game on a gaming system comprises receiving a wager to play the wagering game, displaying a first outcome of the wagering game on at least one display, evaluating the first outcome for winning combinations of symbols and awarding awards associated with any such winning combinations. The method further comprises, upon the occurrence of a triggering event and if the first outcome is a winning outcome, promoting each occurrence of at least one symbol in the first outcome to a next higher symbol in accordance with a pay table of the wagering game to display a revised first outcome, and evaluating the revised first outcome for winning combinations of symbols and awarding awards associated with any such winning combinations. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286593 | METHOD OF GAMING AND GAMING SYSTEM - A method of gaming comprising: determining a number of arrangements of symbol display positions to be played in a base game; and controlling the probability of awarding a feature game from the base game so that the probability is proportional to the number of arrangements played. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286594 | GAMBLE GAME FOR GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine adapted to provide a main wagering game in response to a wager placed by a user is provided. The main wagering game involves the selection and presentation of a plurality of symbols on a display and if a winning combination occurs, the gaming machine determines an award associated with the winning combination. The gaming machine is further adapted to provide the user with the choice of gambling the determined award on a gamble game, wherein the expected return of the gamble game to the user is greater than 100%. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286595 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GAMING - A method of gaming includes providing a player with allocation units to be utilised in a game to set at least one attribute value affecting an outcome of the game. The at least one attribute value of the game is set based on an allocation of the allocation units and a game outcome determined based on each set attribute value. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286596 | APPARATUS FOR PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT - An apparatus for combining in a common jackpot one or more landbased gaming terminal with one or more online gaming stations. This arrangement increases the attraction of both types of gaming devices, while keeping the operator's risk limited to a seed amount. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286597 | TABLE GAME SYSTEM - A table game system comprises a plurality of playing cards and a card shooter apparatus. The cards include an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising at least two sets of code elements that are arranged along one side of a face of the card. The code represents at least the number of a card. The card shooter apparatus includes a card housing for containing the cards, a card guide unit that guides cards pulled out one by one from the card housing, one or more card detecting sensors that detect the existence or non-existence of a card pulled out along a card guiding direction of the card guide unit, and one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from the card guided by the card guide unit. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286598 | System And Method Of Deterministic Teleportation Within A Virtual World - A method for deterministic teleportation within a virtual world, comprising creating and storing an association between a set of user conditions and a set of teleporter exit destinations. When a user engages the teleporter entrance, a user condition set is retrieved from the incoming user. The set of retrieved incoming user conditions is stored and compared to the association. A correct teleporter exit destination is selected from the set of teleporter exit destinations corresponding to a data match between the set of retrieved incoming user conditions and the set of user conditions associated with the exit destination. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286599 | IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM FOR VIDEO GAME IN WHICH OPERATION OF THE CONTROLLER BEYOND A PREDETERMINED ANGLE CAUSES A CHARACTER TO ATTACK - An image generation method and computer-readable information storage medium which stores a program in which a processing causes a first object to perform a motion based on control data from a first control lever which is tilted in an arbitrary direction and of which tilt angle is detectable. The processing also causes the first object to move based on control data from a second control lever which is tilted in an arbitrary direction and of which tilt angle is detectable. The processing further generates an image including an image of the first object and in which the first object is caused to perform an attack motion toward an attack direction which corresponds to a tilting direction of the first control lever, when the first control lever is tilted by a given angle. The attack motion of the first object changes according to at least one of a distance between the first and second object and an angle between a direction to which the first object faces and a direction in which the second object exists. | 2009-11-19 |
20090286600 | Game Sound Output Device, Game Sound Control Method, Information Recording Medium, and Program - An overlap identifying unit ( | 2009-11-19 |
20090286601 | GESTURE-RELATED FEEDBACK IN ELETRONIC ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - Various embodiments related to providing user feedback in an electronic entertainment system are disclosed herein. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of providing user feedback in a karaoke system, comprising inviting a microphone gesture input from a user, receiving the microphone gesture input from the user via one or more motion sensors located on a microphone, comparing the microphone gesture input to an expected gesture input, rating the microphone gesture input based upon comparing the microphone gesture input to the expected gesture input, and providing feedback to the user based upon the rating. | 2009-11-19 |