| NOKIA CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20160118827 | BATTERY HOT SWAP CAPABLE APPARATUS - It is inter alia disclosed an apparatus ( | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160072332 | Flexible, Hybrid Energy Generating And Storage Power Cell - An apparatus includes a separator/electrolyte assembly; a first energy storage portion disposed on a first surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a second energy storage portion disposed on a second surface of the separator/electrolyte assembly; a first metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the first energy storage portion; and a second metallized piezoelectric film disposed on the second energy storage portion. When a force is applied to the first metallized piezoelectric film, a piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into electric potential and each energy storage portion stores the energy converted in the first energy storage portion and the second energy storage portion for subsequent discharge from the first energy portion and the second energy storage portion to an electronic device. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160065237 | Dynamic Range Reduction for Analog-to-Digital Converters - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least an apparatus to perform a method including receiving by an analog-to-digital converter a signal; determining whether an in-band blocker is present in the signal; and adjusting a transfer function of the analog-to-digital converter based on whether an in-band blocker is present by configuring a loop filter of the analog-to-digital converter. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063671 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A FIELD OF VIEW IN A USER INTERFACE - There is inter alia a method comprising: determining an image of at least one object in a perspective view of a user interface which corresponds to at least one object in a field of view, wherein the at least one object obscures at least part of an area of the field of view; rendering a graphical representation of the field of view in the user interface to represent the at least part of the area of the field of view which is at least in part obscured by the at least one object; and overlaying the rendered graphical representation of the field of view on a plan view of the user interface, wherein the plan view corresponds to a map of the perspective view of the user interface. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160048372 | User Interaction With an Apparatus Using a Location Sensor and Microphone Signal(s) - An apparatus includes one or more location sensors configured to output one or more signals and one or more microphones configured to form corresponding microphone signals. The apparatus also includes one or more processors configured to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: determination, using the one or more signals from the one or more location sensors, of a direction of at least one object relative to the apparatus; recognition, by the apparatus using a signal from a microphone in the apparatus, of one or more attributes of an acoustic signal made by the at least one object; and causation of an operation to be performed by the apparatus in response to the direction and the recognized one or more attributes being determined to correspond to the operation. Additional apparatus, methods, and program products are also disclosed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160044397 | Audio Transducer Electrical Connectivity - An apparatus including an audio transducer configured to generate sound and a structure configured to physically mount the transducer to another member. The transducer includes a housing, a diaphragm and a driver configured to move the diaphragm. The structure at least partially includes the housing. The structure includes at least one portion which is electrically conductive. The at least one portion is electrically connected to the driver. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160029136 | Arranging an Audio Signal Based on the Number of Loudspeakers - An apparatus including: a router configured to route a first audio signal to a local loudspeaker apparatus; and a switch configured to route at least one further audio signal, wherein in a first mode of operation the switch is configured to route the at least one further audio signal to at least one remote loudspeaker apparatus dependent on determining the presence of at least one remote loudspeaker apparatus, and in a second mode of operation the switch is configured to route the at least one further audio signal to the local loudspeaker apparatus. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027445 | STEREO AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER - An apparatus comprising a mapper configured to map an instance of a parameter according to a first mapping to generate a first mapped instance; a remapper configured to remap the first mapped instance dependent on the frequency distribution of mapped instances to generate a remapped instance with an associated order position; and an encoder configured to encode the remapped instance dependent on an order position of the remapped instance. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027420 | EVALUATION OF BEATS, CHORDS AND DOWNBEATS FROM A MUSICAL AUDIO SIGNAL - A server system 500 is provided for receiving video clips having an associated audio/musical track for processing at the server system. The system comprises a beat tracking module for identifying beat time instants (t | 01-28-2016 |
| 20150381760 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTENT PROVISION - There is disclosed a method in which a request for transmitting content relating to a collaborated content to a first device is receive. The collaborated content comprises one or more media clips of an event attached with information on a context regarding capturing of the media clips. Further,information on the context of the first device is obtained and a viewpoint of the first device is determined on the basis of the context of the first device and the context regarding capturing of the media clips. An event composition is generated from the one or more media clips of the collaborated content representing the determined viewpoint. There is also disclosed a method in which a request for content relating to the collaborated content to a device is transmitted by the device. Information on the context of the device is transmitted for determination of the viewpoint. The generated event composition is received by the device. There are also disclosed apparatuses and computer programs for implementing the methods. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150371643 | STEREO AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER - An apparatus comprising a channel analyser configured to analyse an audio signal comprising at least two audio channels to determine at least one parameter associated with a difference between the at least two audio channels; an encoding mode determiner configured to select a multichannel audio signal encoding dependent on the at least one parameter; and a channel encoder configured to encode the audio signal with the multichannel audio signal encoding. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370473 | USING A SYMBOL RECOGNITION ENGINE - A method comprises receiving signals indicative of receipt of a dynamic input by a touch-sensitive transducer, the dynamic input defining a path on the touch-sensitive transducer, at least a first portion of the path being within a first region of the touch-sensitive transducer. The method further comprises determining if a second portion of the path of the dynamic input is within a second region of the touch-sensitive transducer, in response to determining that the second portion path of the dynamic input is within the second region of the display, using a symbol recognition engine to identify a command based on the path of the dynamic input, and causing an action to be performed based on the identified command. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150365585 | IMAGING AND SENSING DURING AN AUTO-FOCUS PROCEDURE - A method comprising: selecting one of a plurality of read start positions for an image sensor; during a first auto-focus frame, moving a focused region of an optical system relative to an image sensor in accordance with an auto-focus control signal and then after moving the focused region of the optical system relative to the image sensor and during the first auto-focus frame, starting reading of the image sensor from the read start position. An apparatus that can perform the method. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150365167 | Method and Apparatus for Optical Communication - A method, apparatus and computer program for controlling a digital microlens array camera to obtain a sequence of images each including microimages captured by respective microlenses; for determining in each of the images a set of diffused microimages in which an optical communication light source is diffused over each of the microimages of the set; and for decoding optically communicated information from the set. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363664 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Image Processing - In an example embodiment, a method, apparatus and computer program product are provided. The method includes facilitating receipt of an image, and partitioning the image into a plurality of sub-images. The method further includes super-pixels in the plurality of sub-images, wherein determining the super-pixels includes determining a plurality of super-pixels in each sub-image of the plurality of sub-images. An image graph including a plurality of connections between the super-pixels is determined, wherein a connection of the plurality of connections is determined between a first super-pixel and a second super-pixel. The first super-pixel belongs to a sub-image and the second super-pixel belongs to the sub-image or a neighboring sub-image of the sub-image located in an immediate vicinity of the sub-image in the image. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150350775 | Apparatus And Method For Reducing Sound Coupling - An apparatus including a microphone; a speaker including at least one vibrating element and at least one movable section, where the at least one vibrating element is configured to at least partially move the at least one movable section to generate sound waves from the at least one movable section; and at least one vibration dampening member between the microphone and the at least one movable section, where the at least one vibration dampening member is suitably positioned in a path of vibration transmission between the at least one vibrating element and the microphone, where the at least one vibration dampening member is configured to absorb vibrations when the movable section is actuated by the at least one vibrating element. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350530 | Light Field Imaging - An apparatus including a first optical element, a second optical element and an image sensor. The first optical element is configured to focus light with first wavelengths on the second optical element, and the second optical element is invisible to light with second wavelengths and configured to relay an image containing lightfield information on the image sensor from light with the first wavelengths. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350279 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MEDIA SELECTION FOR MOVING USER - In an example embodiment, a method includes scanning, by an apparatus, for wireless messages associated with presence of a mobile wireless device, while the apparatus is connected to a server. The apparatus reproduces content received from the server. The apparatus maintains measured signal strength of wireless messages received from the mobile wireless device. Then the apparatus relinquished reproducing content received from the server based on information relating to measured signal strength of wireless messages received by another wireless device from the mobile wireless device is greater than the maintained signal strength associated with the mobile wireless device. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346790 | BASEBAND PD COMMUNICATION OVER USB STANDARD A CONNECTOR - In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a first interface including a first voltage terminal and at least one data interface terminal and a second interface including a second voltage terminal and at least one configuration channel terminal, wherein the first voltage terminal is coupled to the at least one configuration channel terminal by at least a pull-up circuitry configured to cause a predetermined voltage at the at least one configuration channel terminal, and wherein the at least one configuration channel terminal is coupled to the at least one data interface terminal to enable communication between the at least one data interface terminal and the at least one configuration channel terminal. Related methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150341450 | DEVICE SELECTION - A technique for wireless communication is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises transmitting, from an apparatus for wireless communication, one or more outbound messages that comprise information regarding the apparatus, receiving, in the apparatus, one or more inbound messages addressing the apparatus, the one or more inbound messages comprising information facilitating connection establishment between the apparatus and a source of said one or more inbound messages, and determining, in the apparatus, whether said one or more inbound messages indicate said source to be in close proximity and accepting a connection request from said source in response to determining the source to be in close proximity. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150341169 | DISCOVERY AND SECURE TRANSFER OF USER INTEREST DATA - A method for establishing an encrypted communication channel is described. Query IDs are generated at a first device. Each query ID identifies a keyword in a set of keywords. Query IDs are received, at a second device. A second set of keywords is determined by the second device based on the query IDs. Match IDs are determined based on the second set. Each match ID identifies a keyword in the second set. An encryption key is generated based on the second set. A response is sent which includes the match IDs and an encrypted message. At the first device, the second set is determined based on the match IDs. The second set includes keywords of the first set of keywords identified by the match IDs. The encryption key is generated at the first device and the encrypted message is decrypted. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150340902 | COMBINED CHARGER CONNECTOR, CHARGER CABLE DECORATION, AND SPURIOUS EMISSION COMMON-MODE FILTERING COIL - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a filtering coil. In some example embodiments, there may be provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a connector mated to enable coupling to a user equipment; and an air-core inductive coil coupled to the connector, wherein the air-core inductive coil includes at least one coil configured to attenuate a radio frequency signal emanating from the user equipment and pass at least direct current power signal to the connector. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150340756 | APPARATUS HAVING A CONDUCTIVE HOUSING AND AN ANTENNA WITH TUNABLE RESONANCE - An apparatus and a portable electronic device are provided to facilitate tuning of the resonance of an antenna at least partially disposed within a conductive housing. As such, an apparatus is provided that includes a conductive housing having a first conductive portion. The first conductive portion defines a non-conductive aperture. The apparatus also includes a second conductive portion disposed at least partially within the conductive housing. The second conductive portion defines an open-ended non-conductive slot. The slot is configured to couple to radio frequency circuitry. The apparatus further includes a conductive element extending between and conductively coupling the first and second conductive portions. A personal electronic device that embodiments the apparatus is also provided. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339371 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING SIGNIFICANT PLACES INTO PLACE CATEGORIES - An approach is provided for classifying significant places (stay points) into place categories. A classification platform determines user contextual information associated with at least one significant place. The classification platform further causes, at least in part, a comparison of the user contextual information against reference contextual information associated with one or more place categories. The classification platform also causes, at least in part, a classification of the at least one significant place into the one or more place categories based, at least in part, on the comparison. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339259 | ACCESS CONTROL FOR WIRELESS MEMORY - The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for access control for wireless memory. A memory controller communicating with a plurality of interfaces (at least one interface comprising a radio component for wirelessly communicating with a plurality of UE) can dynamically manage an access control to the memory by the UE and/or other users through any of the interfaces based on the preconfigured rules taking into consideration the identity of the least one interface and/or the determined directionality of the UE relative to the radio component. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150338651 | MULTIMODAL INTERATION WITH NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAY - The invention relates to a method, comprising tracking the gaze of an eye of a user by a first camera, wherein a position of the gaze determines a place for the cursor on the screen of a near-to-eye display (NED), wherein the movement of the gaze is configured to move the cursor on the screen and when the movement of the gaze is detected to be still or moving only slightly; observing a gesture of one hand of the user by a second camera, and executing a further operation if at least one gesture of the hand is detected. The invention further relates to an apparatus and a computer program product configured to perform the method. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150333772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE ERROR CORRECTION CODING - A system including a wireless device configured to apply selective error correction coding to data content to produce first data and second data, wherein the first and the second data being error correction coded differently; maintain the first data and the second data in a non-volatile memory of the wireless device; receive an electromagnetic signal for powering the wireless device; and transmit the first data and the second data over a short-range wireless link. The system further includes an apparatus configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal for powering the wireless device; receive first and second data over a short-range wireless link, wherein the first data and the second data being error correction coded differently; and apply selective error correction decoding to the first data and the second data to produce data content. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331081 | AN APPARATUS AND METHOD TO PROVIDE A USER WITH AN INDICATION OF A DIRECTION TO A PARTICULAR DESTINATION - An apparatus configured to receive, from a remote apparatus (master navigator), a bearing signal indicating the directional offset of a destination with respect to a directional reference, and use the bearing signal to indicate, on a portable apparatus (direction resolver), the heading of the destination with respect to a directional reference of the portable apparatus. Also discussed are a method, computer program code, and a bearing signal. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150327245 | CONTENTION BASED TRANSMISSION AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE - Communication systems may benefit from a control channel for contention based transmission and collision avoidance. For example, communication systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced may use such control channels for contention based transmission. In particular, such control channels may be valuable with respect to LTE-based local area network (LTE-LAN). A method, according to certain embodiments, may include preparing control information for a contention based physical uplink shared channel. The method may also include transmitting and/or receiving the control information on a physical uplink control channel and a control only physical uplink shared channel, or only on the control only physical uplink shared channel. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150327197 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR ADJUSTING TIME, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for adjusting time, a computer-readable storage media and a computer program product. In an embodiment of the present invention, the method can comprise determining a time adjustment amount based on at least a history frame number for a cell, a history timestamp corresponding to the history frame number, a current frame number for the cell, and a current timestamp corresponding to the current frame number; and adjusting time on the mobile device based on the time adjustment amount. With the embodiments provided in the present invention, the time on the mobile device can be adjusted in a simply manner and thus the accuracy of the time is improved at a low cost. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326372 | Reducing Interference for Shared Spectrum - Methods and systems are described herein to reduce interference of communication systems and other wireless technologies, such as a radar system, in a radio frequency band. Embodiments include a shared spectrum access database and shared access controllers. A shared spectrum access database may communicate with a radar system, may communicate with the shared access controllers, and may determine whether there have been changes in the radar's usage of the radio frequency band. The shared spectrum access database may communicate the changes to the shared access controllers. The shared access controllers may cause a communication system to cease operations or allow operations with secondary devices. In some embodiments, the shared spectrum access database may indicate how often the shared access controller sends channel usage requests to the shared spectrum access database. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTICIPATORY SENSING DATA COLLECTION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and apparatus for participating in sensing data collection. The method comprises: for each of multiple user equipments, calculating probabilities that the user equipment is located in respective subareas of a predetermined area at a predetermined time by using historical movement information of the user equipment; determining types of sensing data to be collected when the user equipment is located in the respective subareas, based on capability information of the user equipment for collecting sensing data; and obtaining a utility value of the user equipment associated with sensing data collection within the predetermined area, based on the probabilities calculated for the respective subareas and the determined types of sensing data. The method further comprises selecting one or more user equipments from the multiple user equipments for collection of participatory sensing data, based on multiple utility values obtained for the multiple user equipments. By means of the method and apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to efficiently select user equipments participating in sensing data collection, increase the efficiency for sensing data collection, and reduce the cost for data collection. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150319647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA FLOW MANAGEMENT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising a memory configured to store a flow management policy, at least one processing core configured to evaluate the flow management policy, while the apparatus is attached to a first radio access technology, to determine a priority order between at least a second and a third radio access technology with respect to at least one first flow active between the apparatus and the first radio access technology, the at least one processing core being further configured to cause at least one of the at least one first flow to be transferred to the third radio access technology responsive to a determination that for the at least one first flow, the third radio access technology is preferable to the second radio access technology, wherein at least one second flow active between the apparatus and the first radio access technology is not caused to be transferred. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150312876 | MONITORING A QUALITY OF A TERRESTRIAL RADIO BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM - An apparatus generates at least one request for determination of a location of a mobile device based on information on terrestrial radio signals determined by the mobile device and based on stored positioning data. The stored positioning data is based on information on terrestrial radio signals provided by at least one mobile device. The apparatus further determines a value of at least one quality parameter by evaluating a response to the request in view of an indication of a position of the mobile device that has been determined based on satellite signals. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312744 | CONTROLLED DISCOVERY - The invention relates to methods, apparatuses, systems and computer program products for discovery of nearby devices. To facilitate discovery of nearby, i.e. proximal, devices, a discovery control signal from a control device may be used to control the discovery, e.g. how or when the discovery is carried out. The devices may send proximity information based on the discovery they have carried out to be used by the control device or the control system. The control device, e.g. a server, may form the discovery control signal based on this proximity information. A proximity graph may be used in determining how the discovery is controlled. Controlling discovery by the devices may e.g. be done to avoid discovery collisions or to save energy. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312406 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SECURE RECOGNIZATION FOR PERVASIVE FACE-TO-FACE SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS - A method of secure recognization for pervasive face-to-face social communications may comprise: initiating a procedure for generating a recognization protocol; exchanging information for the recognization protocol with one or more apparatuses, wherein the information indicates wearable devices used in executing the recognization protocol and users carrying the wearable devices; and generating the recognization protocol by negotiating with the one or more apparatuses a kind of code word which is presented by the wearable devices during executing the recognization protocol. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312297 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION OF CONTENT INCLUDING A REPRESENTATION OF STREAMING DATA - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for improved navigation of content with streaming media. A method may include causing presentation of a document with at least one representation of streaming media on a display and causing presentation of a media download indicator on the display that provides an indication of download progress of the representation of streaming media. The method may further include causing presentation of content that does not include the representation of streaming media while causing the media download indicator to remain presented and then receiving an indication that a user desires to view the representation of streaming media. The method may further include causing, in response to the indication, presentation of a portion of the document that includes the representation of the streaming media on the display. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312245 | IDENTIFICATION FOR APPARATUSES - It is inter alia disclosed to provide first identity data stored in an apparatus, the first identity data comprising an identifier and a first certificate, and to provide second identity data stored in the apparatus, the second identity data comprising an identifier and a second certificate, wherein the identifier of the first identity data is the same as the identifier of the second identity data. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150312241 | IDENTITY BASED TICKETING - A system for identity based ticketing is provided, wherein a user device sends a challenge to a terminal; the terminal updates a filter based on the challenge and sends the contents of the filter to the user device. The user device sends the contents of the filter, relating to the user device and the terminal, to a backend server; and the backend server derives from the contents of the filter information concerning user behavior. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150311916 | ENCODING AND DECODING OF DATA - An apparatus run-length encodes data to obtain a sequence of records. The data are associate to grid points of a grid and the records are defined such that they allow embedding data associated to a same grid point and representing pieces of information of at least two different types in a same record. The encoded data may be stored or transmitted. When receiving or retrieving such run-length encoded data in a sequence of records, the data may be run-length decoded to obtain decoded data and an association of the decoded data to the grid points of the grid. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310874 | ADAPTIVE AUDIO SIGNAL FILTERING - An apparatus comprising: an audio signal analyser configured to analyse an audio signal; an audio signal processor configured to signal process the audio signal to enhance the speech component of the audio signal dependent on determining the audio signal comprises speech components; and signal processing the audio signal to enhance a loudness of the audio signal otherwise. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310871 | STEREO AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER - An apparatus comprising: a channel analyser configured to determine at least one set of parameters defining a difference between at least two audio signal channels; a value analyser configured to analyse the at least one set of parameters to determine an initial trend; a mapper configured to map instances of the at least one set of parameters according to a first mapping to generate mapped instances with associated order position instances based on the initial trend; and an encoder configured to encode the mapped instances based on the order position of the mapped instances. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310036 | MAPPING A LOCATION TO AN AREA - An apparatus receives coordinates of a location and selects an object of a first layer of a tree structure based on the coordinates. The apparatus determines whether data assigned to the selected object comprises an identifier of an area or a pointer to a set of objects of a respective next layer of the tree structure. If the data comprises a pointer to a set of objects, the apparatus selects one of the objects from the set of objects based on the received coordinates and continues with determining whether data assigned to the selected object comprises an identifier or a pointer. If the data comprises an identifier of an area, the apparatus reads the data comprising the identifier and provides the identifier as a result of a mapping of a location to an identifier of an area. A computer readable storage medium stores a database having a corresponding tree structure. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309155 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Position Using Radio Signals and Atmospheric Pressure - A method comprising: receiving signals associated with multiple antenna elements; determining constraint information based upon an atmospheric pressure measurement taken at an apparatus; and using the received signals and the constraint information to determine the position of the apparatus. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150304786 | DETECTION OF A MICROPHONE - An apparatus comprising: a detector configured to determine at least one microphone is impaired by analysing at least one audio signal from the at least one microphone; and an controller configured to determine an indicator based on the determination of the impairment of the at least one microphone; and configured to apply the indicator based on the determination of the impairment of the at least one microphone, such that the at least one audio signal is processed based on the indicator. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150304776 | Audio Transducer With Electrostatic Discharge Protection - An apparatus including a transducer configured to generate sound, where the transducer comprises a diaphragm. At least one portion of the transducer is electrically conductive and is configured to provide an electrical connectivity to a ground. The at least one portion, at least in part, circumferences the diaphragm. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302219 | METHOD IN A PROCESSOR, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - There is disclosed a method in which information relating to a sequence of instructions of a thread is examined to determine a security condition of the thread. It is further determined by using the security condition which processor core of a multicore processor has an appropriate security mode to fulfil the security condition. If the determining indicates that one or more processor cores of the multicore processor has the appropriate security mode are available, one of the one or more processor cores is selected as a potential processor core to execute the sequence of instructions of the thread. There is also disclosed an apparatus and a computer program product to implement the method. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150296484 | MANAGING RESOURCE LICENSES - There is provided a solution in which a license for specific radio resources assigned to a terminal device is obtained, wherein the license is valid at a predetermined location context for a predetermined time duration; and at least one surrounding terminal device in the location context is caused to be informed about the license in order to allow the at least one surrounding terminal device to release the specific radio resources according to the license. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150296027 | Continuous Browsing Across Devices - A method includes determining at a proxy server that web session(s) corresponding to a first client device are available for downloading by a second client device. The web session(s) originally originated by a particular user using the first client device and comprise browser information, and the first and second client devices are different physical devices. A message is sent from the proxy server to the second client device indicating the proxy server has available the web session(s). Information is downloaded from the proxy server to the second client device for the web session(s). The downloaded information allows the second client device to render corresponding views of the web session(s) at a point where the first client device left off in the web session(s). Apparatus and computer program products are also disclosed. Methods, apparatus, and program products are disclosed for the client device. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150295370 | Method and Apparatus for Connectivity Plug Switch - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed. A connector plug housing member is provided. A movable member is mounted inside the connector plug housing member. A contact member is provided inside the movable member. The movable member is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The movable member is configured to be connected to ground when the movable member is moved from the first position to the second position. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293590 | Method, Apparatus, And Computer Program Product For Haptically Providing Information Via A Wearable Device - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for haptically provided information via a wearable device, and controlling a user device, such as with a gesture input. The user device may be the wearable device, or another user device in close proximity to the wearable device. The wearable device may be beneficial to a user while exercising, such as to control music playback or workout programs. Haptically provided information may be provided via the wearable device to provide feedback in response to the gesture input, and/or to facilitate user provision of the gesture input. The haptically provided information may convey a beat or rhythm of the content or characteristics of a media file, and the gesture input may indicate selection of the media file. An operation to be performed on the user device may be determined based on the selected data item and/or type of gesture input. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150289197 | Channel Access Avoiding Windows Having Restricted Access - A method including determining if a period between two beacons is to have at least one Periodic Restricted Access Window (PRAW), where at least one of the beacons is a Short Beacon (SB); and based upon the determining if the period has at least one Periodic Restricted Access Window (PRAW), providing in a RAW Parameter Set (RPS) an indication regarding the at least one Periodic Restricted Access Window (PRAW). | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150289196 | Channel Access Avoiding Windows Having Restricted Access - A method including receiving by an apparatus at least part of a first beacon, where the first beacon comprises information regarding at least a first periodic restricted access window (PRAW); and receiving by the apparatus at least part of a second beacon, where the second beacon comprises information regarding at least one restricted access window (RAW) and information on an access window that does not comprise a periodic restricted access window (PRAW) nor a non-periodic restricted access window (NRAW). The part of the second beacon received by the apparatus does not comprise complete information regarding a second periodic restricted access window (PRAW) of the second beacon. | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150289124 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SEAMLESS SWITCHING OF COMMUNICATION CONNECTION - In an example embodiment, a method includes scanning, by an apparatus, for wireless messages associated with presence of other wireless devices including a first wireless device to which the apparatus is connected over a wireless connection; maintaining, by the apparatus, measured signal strength of wireless messages received from the connected first wireless device; detecting, by the apparatus, a second wireless message from a second wireless device, while connected to the first wireless device; comparing, by the apparatus, a measured signal strength of the second wireless message, with the maintained signal strength associated with the first wireless device; and switching, by the apparatus, the connection from the first wireless device to the second wireless device when the measured signal strength of the second wireless message is greater than the maintained signal strength associated with the first wireless device. | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150287209 | Image Segmentation Using Blur And Color - A method including segmenting an image into different segments, where the segmenting is based at least partially upon an estimate of blur of areas of the image; and changing the segmenting of two or more of the sections based, at least partially, upon color in the image. | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150280669 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOUND PLAYBACK CONTROL - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to coordinate the control of the volume levels of both the playback sound and the ambient sound delivered to a user via headphones. In the context of a method for controlling sound reproduction from an electronic device, a control signal is received in response to user actuation of a single input. The method also receives both playback sound and ambient sound around the electronic device. In response to the control signal, the method controls volume levels of both the playback sound and the ambient sound provided to an output channel configuration of a headphone device. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150278298 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE-BASED REPRESENTATIONS OF GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC TEXT - An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory, the memory comprising computer program code stored thereon, the at least one memory and computer program code being configured to, when run on the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: process a passage of electronic text to identify at least one word associated with a geographical location in the passage of electronic text; search for an image-based representation of the geographical location associated with the at least one identified word; and output the image-based representation of the geographical location to a display. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150271880 | LED CURRENT GENERATION - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for LED current generation. In one aspect there is provided a method, which may include receiving, at combiner circuitry, a first current from a light emitting diode driver circuitry; receiving, at the combiner circuitry, a second current from at least one of a capacitor or a battery; combining, by the combiner circuitry, the first current with the second current to form an augmented current, wherein the augmented current is based on at least a first value of a first resistor and a second value of a second resistor; and outputting, by the combiner circuitry, the augmented current to drive at least one light emitting diode. Related systems, articles of manufacture, and the like are also disclosed. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150270733 | DEVICE TO DEVICE CHARGING VIA USB TYPE-C INTERFACES - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for device charging. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method, which may include receiving, at a device, a request message to enter into a battery power supply mode; determining, by the device, whether to supply to a bus one of a battery source or a power charger source; and coupling, by the device based on the determining, one of the battery source or the power charger source to the bus to supply power to another device. Related systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture may also be provided. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150269102 | CONNECTING USB TYPE-C DEVICES - In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method, which may include sending, by a user equipment, a first predetermined test pattern to a first accessory including a first connector, when the first accessory is in a first mode of operation; determining, by the user equipment, a configuration of the first accessory in the first mode by at least measuring a first time for the first predetermined test pattern to return from the first connector and a data loop at the first accessory; sending, by the user equipment, a second predetermined test pattern via at least the first connector; and determining, by the user equipment, a presence of a data loop extension, by at least measuring a second time for the second predetermined test pattern to return from the first connector and at least one of the data loop at the first accessory or the data loop extension. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150268688 | PULL-DOWN CIRCUITRY FOR AN APPARATUS - Apparatus embodiments of the invention are disclosed for requesting power via a wired interface. In example embodiments, a pull-down circuit in the apparatus acting as a power consumer when there is no energy in the apparatus, is connected via a configuration line over a cable to a power provider device. The apparatus may be in a power down mode, it may have an empty battery, or it may have no battery. The pull-down circuit is configured to use energy from the configuration line to pull down a voltage on the configuration line, to signal the power provider device to provide power over another line of the cable to the apparatus. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150264710 | Coordination of RTS-CTS in Wireless Network - This document discloses a solution for mandating use of additional protection for data transmissions. In an embodiment, a method includes: determining, by a first wireless device of a wireless network, that at least a second wireless device must transmit a request-to-send frame before transmitting a data frame; and transmitting, in response to the determining, a frame including an information element commanding at least the second wireless device to transmit the request-to-send frame before transmitting a data frame. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150264617 | Methods and Apparatus for Wireless Networking - Systems and techniques for managing interference in wireless networking environments. Stations waiting to transmit are controlled so as to avoid undue interference with transmitting stations—for example, by restricting the use of a higher CCA threshold or otherwise requiring deference. Low power transmitting stations may be identified so that a monitoring station will defer its transmission even if the transmitting station is not in the monitoring station's BSS. Alternatively or in addition, stations may be configured to manage behavior that has a higher interference potential—such as by restricting the duration for which a station may use a higher CCA threshold. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150264578 | Method And Apparatus To Coordinate Simultaneous Transmission In Overlapping Wireless Networks - In one aspect the embodiments of the invention provide a method that includes transmitting a first frame comprising a first type of message from a first node for reception by a second node. The first node is associated with a first wireless communication system and the second node is associated with a second wireless communication system. The first type of message includes a first information element for identifying the second node and a second information element for specifying that the first frame is transmitted to initiate a request for simultaneous transmission by the first node and by the second node. The first frame is also received by a third node that is part of the first wireless communication system. The method further includes receiving from the third node a second frame that includes a second type of message. The second type of message identifies the second node and specifies, based on a measurement performed by the third node on the first frame and a measurement performed by the third node on a third frame transmitted by the second node, whether the request for simultaneous transmission is accepted or is not accepted by the third node. The method further includes transmitting a fourth frame that includes the second type of message from the first node for reception by the second node. The second type of message identifies the second node and specifies that the request for simultaneous transmission was accepted by the third node. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150264546 | DELIVERY OF WARNINGS OVER MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A warning system in which users' devices performs a method including: receiving a broadcast message comprising message information in a first human language from a mobile telecommunication network or an indication of an alternative radio bearer or network for retrieval of the message information; storing information templates in one or more different human languages; and presenting to a user, according to a language preference of the user: the message information of the broadcast message; or one or more information templates corresponding to the message information, in a second human language other than the first human language. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150262367 | Method and Apparatus for Image Segmentation Algorithm - Disclosed herein is a method. Cluster centers of an image are initialized. The image includes a plurality of pixels. Pixels of the plurality of pixels in a pattern are labeled. The cluster centers are recomputed based on the labeling of the plurality of pixels. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150261714 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENTERING ACCESSORY DOCKING MODE IN USB TYPE C - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed for entering an accessory docking mode. In example embodiments of the invention, a method comprises: determining by a host, an orientation of a device or cable connector of a device, to a host connector of the host, based on whether a first configuration channel terminal or a second configuration channel terminal of the host connector is connected to a terminal of the device or cable connector that is connected through a resistance to a reference potential; causing by the host, a source voltage to be output on a source voltage output terminal of the host connector to a voltage input terminal of the device or cable connector, after the determination that a terminal of the device or cable connector is connected through a resistance to a reference potential; and determining by the host, whether the device is an audio headset, based on whether the terminal of the device or cable connector transitions to the reference potential in response to the source voltage output on the source voltage output terminal. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150256569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING LATENT SOCIAL NETWORK MODELS - An approach is provided for constructing dynamic latent models that determine consumer/social network intrinsic properties and automatically recommend user interactions with different social networks. A modeling platform determines one or more social networks associated with one or more users, one or more devices associated with the one or more users, or a combination thereof. A modeling platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of data associated with the one or more social networks to generate one or more latent models describing the one or more social networks. A modeling platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of a recommendation to interact with the one or more social networks, one or more other social networks, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more latent models. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150253972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF A COMMUNICATION EVENT VIA A CHRONOLOGICALLY-ORDERED TASK HISTORY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate task management with a chronologically-ordered task history such that a user may more readily determine the status of various tasks and may efficiently interact therewith. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide for notification of a communication event to be integrated into the chronologically-ordered task history so as to provide a visible reminder to the user of recent communication events. In the context of a method, a chronologically-ordered task history may be caused to be presented. The chronologically-ordered task history may include task representations of a plurality of respective tasks with the task representations being ordered chronologically based upon user interaction therewith. The method may also include receiving a communication event from another party and causing notification of the communication event to be provided, such as by by modifying the chronologically-ordered task history. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150253850 | METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive data for at least one user interface element to be displayed on a displayed user interface at a location on a display and a tactile feedback signal indicator associated with the at least one user interface element; a touch sensor configured to determine at least one touch location corresponds to the at least one user interface element location of the displayed user interface; and a tactile effect generator configured to generate a tactile feedback signal to be output by the display dependent on the displayed user interface and based on the tactile feedback signal indicator such that the at least one user interface element provides a simulated experience. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150248745 | PROCESSING STEREO IMAGES - A method comprises estimating disparity values for pixels located in an occluded region of a first one of a defocused pair of stereo images using: a first set of blur map data corresponding to the first one of the defocused pair of stereo images; a first set of disparity map data corresponding to the first one of the defocused pair of stereo images; and a first set of occlusion map data corresponding to the first one of the defocused pair of stereo images. | 09-03-2015 |
| 20150248640 | 3D MODEL AND BEACON FOR AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF GOODS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for drone delivery of products. In one aspect there is provided a method, which may include selecting, at a user equipment, a product; and selecting, by the user equipment, a three-dimensional location where a drone deposits the selected product. Related systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 09-03-2015 |
| 20150237994 | Method and Apparatus for Portable Device Accessories - A method and apparatus in which two user separable clips are maintained joined. A user is allowed to separate and engage the clips against different sides of the portable device. Tension is maintained between the clips so as to maintain the clips engaged. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150237440 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH ENHANCED BASS RESPONSE - Apparatus comprising: at least one transducer configured to generate at least one lower frequency acoustic signal for output by a surface when in contact with the apparatus and at least one higher frequency acoustic signal for output by air conduction. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150230153 | LOCAL CELL DISCOVERY IN MACRO-ASSISTED ENHANCED LOCAL AREA - A macro eNB (MeNB) triggers a small cell (eLA eNB) to transmit a sequence on a second frequency band using a triggering command that indicates a time to transmit the sequence. On a first frequency band the MeNB triggers at least one user equipment UE to detect the sequence on the second band, and this trigger also has a first indication of when the sequence will be transmitted. From a second indication the MeNB receives on the first band from the at least one UE in response to the triggering of the UE the MeNB can determine whether the UE is located proximate to the small cell. The indication may be as little as a single bit indicating whether the UE detected or not the sequence. The first and second bands may be on first and second component carriers that may not be synchronized to one another, and the aperiodic nature of the triggered sequences and detection reports saves UE power. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150230075 | AUDIO COMMAND-BASED TRIGGERING - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for connectivity. In one aspect there is provided a method, which may include detecting, at a first device including an audio detector and a transceiver, an audio command; recording, at the first device, a first timestamp representative of when the audio command was detected; sending, by the first device via the transceiver, one or more packets to discover one or more other devices; detecting, by the first device, at least one response to the sent one or more packets, the at least one response including a second timestamp representative of when the audio command was detected by a second device and a second transceiver; and triggering, by the first device, an action based on a comparison of the first time stamp and the second time stamp. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150230010 | TRANSDUCER APPARATUS COMPRISING TWO MEMBRANES - An acoustic transducer comprising: at least two membranes; and at least one adjustable coupling configured to adjustably couple oscillations between a first membrane and a second membrane of the at least two membranes. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150229161 | CHARGING AND AUDIO USAGE - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for charging and audio usage. In one aspect there is provided a method, which may include detecting, by an accessory including a first connector and a second connector configured to enable coupling to a user equipment, a charger being coupled to the first connector; sending, based on at least the detected charger, an indication to the user equipment to change to a power receive mode; detecting, by the accessory, the change to the power receive mode; and allowing, based on at least the detected change, power to flow from the first connector to the second connector. Related systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 08-13-2015 |
| 20150223221 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SIGNALING RADIO BEARER TRANSMISSION IN A HETEROGENOUS NETWORK - Methods, corresponding apparatuses, and computer program products for signaling radio bearer transmission in a heterogeneous network are provided. The method comprises performing, by a user equipment, as least one of the following: a local area radio resource control connection procedure with a local area base station over a local area specific signaling radio bearer; and a wide area radio resource control connection procedure with a wide area base station over a wide area specific signaling radio bearer via the local area base station. With the claimed inventions, the transmission of the specific signaling radio bearer (e.g., SRBO) in the heterogeneous network can be efficiently managed and implemented. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150222845 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING VIDEO SEQUENCES - A method for recording a video sequence comprises:—receiving a first instruction, which defines the position of a first boundary with respect to a preview image,—receiving a second instruction, which defines the position of a second boundary,—determining the position of a first sensor portion according the position of the first boundary,—determining the position of a second sensor portion according the second instruction,—providing first sensor data by forming a first optical image on an image sensor,—providing second sensor data by forming a second optical image on the image sensor,—determining a first image frame from the first sensor data obtained from the first sensor portion,—determining a second image frame from the second sensor data obtained from the second sensor portion, and—storing the first image frame and the second image frame. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150222799 | Using Inertial Sensors To Provide Smoothed Exposure And White Balance Adjustments For Video And Photographic Applications - A first image frame is gathered. The first image frame, a first white balance value, and a first exposure value are stored. Information is sensed from an inertial sensor. A second image frame and intermediate image frames are gathered. A distance traversed by a camera is determined. In response to one or more of: the distance exceeding a predetermined threshold, or a new white balance value significantly differing from a previous white balance value, or a new exposure value significantly differing from a previous exposure value, a second white balance value and a second exposure value are determined for the second image frame. A smoothed white balance value and a smoothed exposure value are determined for the intermediate image frames. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150220555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN INCREMENTAL UPDATE OF A RECOMMENDATION MODEL - An approach is provided for determining one or more recommendations based on an incremental update of a recommendation model. An incremental platform causes, at least in part, a categorization of activity information into a plurality of subsets based, at least in part, on one or more user groups, one or more item groups, at least one update time for at least one recommendation model associated with the activity information, or a combination thereof. The incremental platform further processes and/or facilitates a processing of the activity information based, at least in part, on the categorization to determine whether to perform an incremental update of the at least one recommendation model. The incremental platform also determines one or more recommendations based, at least in part, on the at least one recommendation model, the incremental update, or a combination thereof. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150220116 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising a suspension unit comprising: a first part coupled to a display assembly; a second part coupled to an apparatus body; and a suspension part coupled at one end to the first part and at another end to the second part, configured to suspend the first part relative to the second part by the bending force of the suspension part, such that the display assembly is movable relative to the apparatus body. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150215838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILITY CONTROL IN HETEROGENOUS NETWORK - Methods, corresponding apparatuses, and computer program products for mobility control in a heterogeneous network are provided. The method comprises sending, by a source local area base station (e.g., a source access point), a handover request for handing over a user equipment to a target local area base station (e.g., a target access point), wherein the source and target local area base stations are connected with a same wide area base station and the user equipment is connected with the same wide area base station via the source local area base station. The method also comprises handing over, based on a handover request acknowledgement from the target local area base station, the user equipment to the target local area base station for continuing with at least one of an ongoing local area service and an ongoing wide area service without changing security keys of the same wide area base station. With the claimed inventions, the handover latency and service continuity during the inter-AP mobility would be efficiently improved in a secure manner. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150215573 | Automatic Image Deletion - An apparatus and method including determining if a copy of an image file of an image has been transmitted from an apparatus as a backup copy of the image file; determining if the image file has predetermined metadata based upon a user handling or manipulating the image file after the image was captured by the apparatus; and automatically deleting the image from the apparatus based upon both the image file having been determined to have been transmitted from the apparatus as the backup copy of the image file, and the image file having been determined to not have the predetermined metadata based upon the user handling or manipulating the image file after the image was captured by the apparatus. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150215409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-BASED PUBLICATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - A method, apparatus, computer program product and system are provided for providing mobile services via a scalable location-based publication/subscription comprising a subscription system. In this regard, a method is provided that includes receiving at least one subscription comprising a subscription area and at least one publication comprising a publication location. The method further includes determining a geohash representation of the subscription area and determining whether the at least one publication matches the at least one subscription based at least on the publication location and the geohash representation of the representation of the subscription area. The method further includes causing content associated with the at least one publication to be transmitted in an instance in which the at least one publication matches the at least one subscription. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150208329 | SUPPORTING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK BASED POSITIONING - An apparatus retrieves information on an availability of data on wireless local area networks for a particular area from a memory. The particular area is identified based on cellular measurements at a mobile terminal. The apparatus provides the retrieved information as a basis for a decision whether to perform a scan for wireless local area networks at the mobile terminal as a basis for a wireless local area network based positioning. Information on an availability of data on wireless local area networks for a plurality of areas may be provided to a mobile terminal by a server. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150208264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING MINIMISATION OF DRIVE TESTING REPORTS TO OPERATIONAL MODE OF USER EQUIPMENT USING ASSISTANCE INFORMATION - In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include sending, by a user equipment, a minimization of drive testing report to a network; and sending, by the user equipment, assistance information to the network for a minimization of drive testing function at the network, wherein the assistance information includes at least one of a mobility information and a user equipment indication representative of a preference for power saving at the user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150208226 | DISCOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUSES AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY - The invention relates to methods, apparatuses, systems and computer program products for discovery of nearby devices. To facilitate discovery of nearby, i.e. proximal, devices, after receiving a trigger signal ( | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150208203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION BASED RECOMMENDER SYSTEM - An approach for recommending location-based content items that account for locations with ease of access based on available transportation options is described. A content recommender platform determines one or more predicted locations of a user based, at least in part, on an ease of access from a location associated with the use. The content recommender platform determines one or more location-based content items associated with the one or more predicted locations, the location, or a combination thereof. The content recommender platform determines one or more recommended content items from among the one or more location-based content items. In this way, the recommended content items may be easily accessible and may accord with the user's preferences. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150208156 | AUDIO CAPTURE APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: an audio signal analyser configured to analyse at least one audio signal to determine at least one audio component with an associated orientation parameter; a reference definer configured to define at least one of: a reference orientation for an apparatus; and a reference position for the apparatus; a directional determiner configured to determine a direction value based on the reference orientation/position for the apparatus and at least one of: an orientation of the apparatus; a position of the apparatus; an orientation of a further apparatus co-operating with the apparatus; and a position of the further apparatus; and a directional processor configured to process at least one associated directional parameter for the at least one audio component dependent on the direction value. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150208004 | LOW LIGHT VISION ASSISTANCE - A portable unit for equipping vehicles for enhanced night vision system. The portable unit performs: presenting information to a user with a display of a portable unit; receiving by the portable unit an infrared image signal from an infrared camera; and presenting objects described by the infrared image signal to the user by the display of the portable unit. Corresponding method, apparatus, system and computer program are disclosed. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150208000 | PERSONALIZED MEDIA REMIX - An embodiment of the invention relates to a method comprising receiving media content from at least one recording device, wherein at least one media content received from said at least one recording device is complemented with personating data and creating remixed media content of the media content being received with said at least one personating data. In addition an embodiment of the invention relates to a method comprising capturing media content by a recording device; monitoring the capture of the media content by logging personating data to the recording device and transmitting at least part of the captured media content to a server, which at least part of the captured media is complemented with the personating data. Embodiments of the present invention also relates to a technical equipment for executing the methods. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150207824 | FRAMEWORK FOR CREATING AD-HOC LOCATION CONSTRAINED MUSIC CHANNELS - A method for creating and managing ad-hoc context constrained music channels is described. The method includes, in response to a request to initiate a music channel, determining whether music content available for the music channel is relevant and/or sufficient. At least one piece of the music content available is stored in a memory controlled by a user of the music channel. The method also includes, in response to determining that music content available is relevant and/or sufficient, creating the music channel. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150207354 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY CHARACTERISTIC CONVERSION - A battery characteristic converter comprises an interface to a battery and to an electronic device to be powered with energy supplied by the battery. The interface to the battery and the interface to the electronic device are connected using a bidirectional voltage ratio converter. The bidirectional voltage ratio converter is controlled so that the characteristics at the interface to the electronic device are adapted to the electronic device, independently of the battery characteristics. Energy may flow to the electronic device to power the electronic device or from the electronic device to the battery to charge the battery, depending on a comparison of the characteristics at the interfaces. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150207058 | Apparatus that Changes Physical State and a Method - An apparatus including polymer configured to have a first state or a second state, wherein the volume of the polymer in the first state is different to a volume of the polymer in the second state; an actuator configured to be controlled by an input signal to cause the polymer to change between the first state and the second state; and a constraint configured to constrain the polymer in at least a first direction when the polymer changes between the first state and the second state. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150206343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURES FOR IN-SITU CONTENT AUGMENTATION - An approach is provided for determining three-dimensional mesh data associated with one or more object surfaces depicted in at least one image. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the three-dimensional mesh data, the at least one image, or a combination thereof to determine one or more visual features of the one or more object surfaces. The approach further involves determining at least one score indicating a suitability for in-situ augmentation of the one or more object surfaces with at least one content presentation based, at least in part, on the one or more visual features. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150206337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZATION OF GEO-LOCATED MEDIA CONTENTS IN 3D RENDERING APPLICATIONS - An approach is provided for accurate processing and registering of media content for rendering in 3D maps and other applications. The approach includes determining at least one first pixel of at least one image that geometrically corresponds to at least one second pixel of at least one rendered three-dimensional map. Further, the approach includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of (a) the at least one first pixel; (b) the at least one second pixel; (c) metadata associated with at least one of the at least one first pixel and the second pixel; or (d) a combination thereof to determine at least one confidence value, wherein the at least one confidence value is indicative of an estimated level of geometric distortion resulting from projecting the at least one first pixel onto the at least one second pixel. Furthermore, the approach includes determining whether to cause, at least in part, a rendering of the at least one first pixel onto the at least one rendered three-dimensional map based, at least in part, on the confidence value. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150206307 | Visual Perception Matching Cost On Binocular Stereo Images - In a method, a first image of a subject is taken from a first viewpoint. The first image of the subject is composed of a first plurality of pixels. A second image of the subject is taken from a second viewpoint. The second image of the subject is composed of a second plurality of pixels. Pixels in the first plurality of pixels in the first image correspond to pixels in the second plurality of pixels in the second image. Corresponding pixels lie on first epipolar lines in the first image and on second epipolar lines in the second image. The first and second images are rectified to make the first and second epipolar lines parallel to one another and to place corresponding pixels in the first and second images on one of a plurality of pairs of common scanlines. For at least one pair of common scanlines, a corresponding pixel is found in the second image for each pixel in the first image such that a visual perception matching cost (VPMC) is minimized. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150203242 | PRODUCT PACKAGE - A product package including: an inner part and an outer part, the outer part being configured to move in relation to the inner part between an open configuration and a closed configuration; wherein the inner part comprises a compartment configured to store a product; and wherein the package further comprises an opening mechanism configured to automatically pull the product out of the compartment of the inner part upon opening the package. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150201444 | TETHERING OVER A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - A technique for tethering over a wireless communication channel is provided. According an example embodiment, the technique comprises exchanging, over a secondary communication channel between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, control information related to a tethering connection provided over a primary communication channel between the first and second mobile devices, and initiating, by the first mobile device, establishment, activation or reactivation of said primary communication channel in response to receiving, via said secondary communication channel, a request to access a resource in a remote network over said tethering connection using a mobile access point functionality provided by the first mobile device. The technique may further comprise the first mobile device initiating downloading of said resource to a local proxy in response to receiving the request to access the resource, thereby downloading at least part of said resource to the local proxy before completion of the establishment, activation or reactivation of the primary communication channel. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150201317 | DISCOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUSES AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERY - The invention relates to methods, apparatuses, systems and computer program products for discovery of nearby devices ( | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150200811 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WIRELESS NETWORK CLUSTER DISCOVERY AND CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT - Embodiments enable discovery of networks in a wireless communications medium. In example embodiments, a method comprises identifying, by an apparatus, a plurality of wireless network clusters by receiving wireless synchronization messages from one or more member devices of each of the plurality of wireless network clusters; calculating, by the apparatus, a cluster grade for each of the plurality of identified wireless network clusters based on information of the received wireless synchronization messages; selecting, by the apparatus, a wireless network cluster from the plurality of identified wireless network clusters, having a highest cluster grade for joining and operating in said wireless network cluster; and ranking, by the apparatus, non-selected wireless network clusters based on predefined criteria applied to information received by the apparatus characterizing the non-selected wireless network clusters. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150199941 | 3D TOUCH SENSOR READER - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a 3D touch sensor. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include detecting, at a first device including a capacitive touch screen, a capacitive pattern associated with a second device; determining, at the first device based on the detected capacitive pattern, at least one of a type of the second device and an identity of the second device; initiating, by the first device, one or more operations based on the at least one of the determined type and the determined identity. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150199383 | Systems and Methods for Indexing and Retrieving Images - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for indexing and retrieving an image. A plurality of candidate images is received. The plurality of candidate images is analyzed, using a processor, for specified criteria. At least a portion of the plurality of candidate images that meet the specified criteria are indexed into at least one node of an octree database, thereby forming indexed image data. The database may be stored for offline use on a mobile device, personal computer, or workstation. Images may be retrieved for a specified geographic location or at least one oct-key identifier from the mobile device, personal computer, or workstation. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150199037 | DYNAMIC THRESHOLD FOR LOCAL CONNECTIVITY SETUP - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for connectivity. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include detecting, at a first device including a touch screen sensor and a first short-range transceiver, an object proximate to the touch screen sensor; generating a touch profile representative of the detected object; comparing the generated touch profile to one or more reference touch profiles representative of one or more reference objects corresponding to one or more devices to determine whether the detected object corresponds to at least a second device including a second short-range transceiver; and initiating, by the first device via the first short-range transceiver, a connection establishment to the second device including the second short-range transceiver, when the comparing determines the detected object matches a reference object representative of the second device. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150195854 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION BASED TRANSMISSION - Systems and techniques for contention based transmission in a cellular network. A physical uplink shared channel is used for contention based transmission by a device such as a user equipment, based at least in part on information provided by a physical uplink control channel associated with the physical uplink shared channel. In addition, a base station such as an eNodeB may respond to a physical uplink shared channel by providing a common physical downlink shared channel providing acknowledge ment/negative acknowledgement information. In addition, the base station may provide a physical downlink control channel indicating the common physical downlink shared channel. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED DEVICE SUBSCRIPTION MONITORING - An approach is provided for optimizing the use of a device based on the subscriptions and contextual information associated with the device. The optimizing platform determines at least one request to perform one or more activities associated with at least one device. The optimizing platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the at least one request against one or more conditions of one or more subscriptions associated with the at least one device to cause, at least in part, a recommendation of at least one of the one or more subscriptions for performing the one or more activities. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE RINGTONE COORDINATION - An approach is provided for providing device ringtone coordination. The approach involves determining a request for a playback of at least one ringtone at at least one device, wherein the playback is for a notification of at least one event. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a coordination of the playback of the at least one ringtone among the at least one device, one or more other devices, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on a determination of whether the one or more other devices are to be notified of the at least one event. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195673 | PROVIDING SERVICE DESCRIPTION - A technique for providing service data over a short-range wireless connection is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises broadcasting, via a wireless communication channel, one or more advertising messages comprising a preliminary service description regarding a service accessible at a remote server apparatus, the preliminary service description configured to cause associated service indication on a user interface of a wireless communication apparatus receiving at least one of the one or more advertising messages, receiving a user-initiated request for complementary service description from a requesting wireless communication apparatus having received at least one of the one or more advertising messages, establishing, in response to said user-initiated request, a wireless short-range point-to-point connection with the requesting wireless communication apparatus for providing supplementary information for obtaining complementary service description regarding said advertised service to supplement the preliminary service description, and transmitting said supplementary information via said point-to-point wireless connection to the requesting wireless communication apparatus. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195630 | Speaker Suspension - An apparatus including a frame; and a speaker connected to the frame. The speaker includes at least one vibrating element and least one display element. The least one vibrating element is configured to at least partially move the at least one display element generate sound waves from the at least one display element. A connection of the speaker to the frame includes a first section at a first location of the at least one display element and a second section at a second location of the at least one display element. The first section includes a soft suspension of the at least one display element between the at least one display element and the frame. The second section includes a harder suspension of the at least one display element between the at least one display element and the frame than the first section. The at least one vibrating element is located away from the second location of the at least one display element and located proximate the at least one display element at the first location of the at least one display element so as to move the at least one display element substantially using the first section based on the soft suspension of the at least one display element. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195372 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING UTILIZATION OF CLOUD SERVICES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are to facilitate the utilization of cloud computing resources by a mobile terminal. From the standpoint of a mobile hub, a request for cloud services is received that has been issued by an application executed by a mobile terminal. An application agent is then created based upon the application that issued the request and a request is caused to be transmitted to a cloud service provider in response to the request for cloud services. A response is then received from the cloud service provider and a response is caused to be provided to the mobile terminal based upon the response from the cloud service provider. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195286 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE INFORMATION SHARING - Systems and techniques for sharing data collected by sensing devices are described. At initial setup of a sensing device, authorizations for access to data collected by the device are defined. Data collected by the device is delivered to a central repository, which allows access to data by users based on authorization information associated with the users. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A ROUTER IN AN INFINITE LINK NETWORK - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided in order to provide for efficient selection of a router ( | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150195042 | TRANSMITTING DATA TO A ROLLING SHUTTER SENSOR ARRAY VIA A LIGHT EMITTER ARRAY - An array of light emitters is arranged single-file along an emitting surface of a transmitting device and emits light in a z-direction normal to the emitting surface. The array of light emitters is aligned along a y-direction normal to the z-direction. A lens assembly is optically coupled to the array of light emitters. The lens assembly includes at least one cylindrical lens and at least one aspherical lens. The lens assembly emits the light in free-space along the z-direction and has a first focal length in the y-direction and a different, second focal length in an x-direction. An encoder is coupled to apply a data signal to the array of light emitters. The data signal causes the array of light emitters to illuminate in a pattern that switches at a rate corresponding to a rolling shutter of a receiving sensor array. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150193399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PARTIAL UPDATES FOR A DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL - An approach is provided for temporal registration of modifications in a document object model (DOM) and providing an efficient update to the DOM. A web content rendering engine processes and/or facilitates a processing of event data resulting from at least one interaction with a document object model to determine at least one modification to at least one node of the document object model. The web content rendering engine also causes a registration of the at least one modification with respect to a temporal parameter. Further, the web content rendering engine causes a generation of at least one content change result list for the document object model based, at least in part, on the registration. Furthermore, the web content rendering engine causes a transmission of the at least one content change result list to at least one proxy client for updating of the document object model. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150189619 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SECURE DISTANCE BOUNDING BASED ON DIRECTION MEASUREMENT - Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments provide secure distance estimation based on direction measurement. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method comprises receiving, by an apparatus ( | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150189412 | SOUND TRANSDUCER ACOUSTIC BACK CAVITY SYSTEM - An apparatus including a housing member and an airflow spreader. The housing member includes an acoustic back cavity for a sound transducer and at least two second cavities in the housing member spaced from the acoustic back cavity. The air-flow spreader is connected to the housing member. The airflow spreader includes a conduit system connecting the acoustic back cavity directly with each of the at least two second cavities through the airflow spreader. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150189007 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSOR DATA PROCESSING - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and computer program code, configured to cause the apparatus to at least transmit to a sensor node a request for processed sensor data, the request comprising an identity of a second node capable of processing sensor data, and receive a message enabling access to the processed sensor data, wherein the second node is comprised in the same peer network as the apparatus. The apparatus may also be configured to receive from the second node an indication that the second node has data processing capability it is willing to provide. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150188799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC POLLING NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - An approach is provided for managing polling interval and activity time for communicating notifications from a server to a device. A notification server may cause a configuration of at least one polling interval and at least one activity time for communicating one or more notifications from at least one notification server to at least one device. Further, the notification server may cause a transmission of the at least one polling interval and the at least one activity time to the at least one device, wherein the polling interval specifies at least one offline time for the at least one device with respect to the at least one notification server, and wherein the activity time specifies at least one online time for the at least one device with respect to the at least one notification server. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150186109 | SPATIAL AUDIO USER INTERFACE APPARATUS - An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least one detected acoustic signal from one or more sound sources; a sound direction determiner configured to determine one or more directions associated with the one or more sound sources based on the detected at least one acoustic signal; and a user interface input generator configured to generate at least one user interface input based on the one or more directions, wherein the user interface input is configured to control the apparatus operation. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150181628 | SUPPORTING AN ACCESS TO A DESTINATION NETWORK VIA A WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK - For supporting an access to a destination network by a mobile device via a wireless access network, the mobile device generates a predetermined request, which is addressed to a connectivity test server in the destination network. The predetermined request is transmitted to the wireless access network. In case the predetermined request reaches the connectivity test server, it generates a predetermined response and transmits it to the mobile device via the wireless access network. The mobile device determines whether a response to the predetermined request is received from the wireless access network and whether a received response corresponds to the predetermined response. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150181200 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method comprising: capturing, by a device equipped with a camera, at least one image about a physical object; recognizing the physical object on the basis of the at least one captured image; retrieving a 3-dimensional (3D) model of the physical object from a memory; and showing the 3D model of the physical object on a display of the device. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150180902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING A COLLABORATION OF PRIVACY POLICIES FOR A SHARED DEVICE - An approach is provided for determining one or more user inputs for specifying configurable privacy-related data for at least one shared device, wherein the one or more user inputs are associated with one or more users of the at least one shared device. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more user inputs to identify at least one potential privacy conflict resulting from the one or more user inputs. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, an initiation of at least one privacy preserving action based, at least in part, on the at least one potential privacy conflict. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150180848 | Push-Based Trust Model For Public Cloud Applications - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform operations including deploying, with a device of a private network, an application instance with an application web service in a cloud network; and based on the deploying, communicating with the application web service in the cloud network to establish a trust relationship with the application web service for the application instance. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150180502 | OUTPUT POWER CONTROL FOR RF DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for power control of RF DACs. In one aspect there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a multiphase clock generator to provide tunable multiphase clock signals including a first clock signal and a second clock signal; and a radio frequency digital-to-analog converter including a first input to receive digital input data, a second input to receive the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and an output to provide an analog output signal, wherein when at least one of a phase difference and a time difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal is varied, a gain of the analog output signal is varied. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150180439 | Programmable Phase Shifter With Tunable Capacitor Bank Network - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for a programmable phase shifter. In some example embodiments, there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a transmission line comprising a plurality of sections; and a plurality of switches coupled to the plurality of sections, wherein the plurality of switches activate one or more of the plurality of sections to vary a phase shift provided by the transmission line, and wherein the plurality of switches configure a type of coupling between one or more of the sections to vary an impedance provided by the transmission line. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150180221 | PROTECTION OF CABLES AND CONNECTORS - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program code are disclosed herein that provide damage protection to cables and connectors. In one aspect, there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include an electrical connector comprising a power supply pin and at least one control pin. The apparatus may further include a protective element configured to change a state of the at least one control pin to cause the power supply pin to become inactive. The protective element may be integrated with the electrical connector and/or integrated at one or more locations along the length of a cable. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150179179 | BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE AUDIO REPRESENTATION - It is inter alia disclosed to provide a left signal representation associated with a left audio channel and a right signal representation associated with a right audio channel, each of the left and right signal representations being associated with a plurality of subbands of a frequency range, and to provide directional information associated with at least one subband of the plurality of subbands associated with the left and the right signal representation, the directional information being at least partially indicative of a direction of a sound source with respect to the left and right audio channel. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150178378 | Adaptive System - The invention relates to forming a prediction using an experience matrix, a matrix based on sparse vectors such as random index vectors. At least a part of a first experience matrix and at least a part of at least a second experience matrix are caused to be combined ( | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150178337 | Predictive Service Access - The invention relates to predictive browsing. A set of words for use with an experience matrix are formed, wherein the words are descriptive of a context of a system such as a current web page, and wherein said experience matrix comprises sparse vectors associated with words. At least a part of at least one sparse vector of said experience matrix is accessed to form a prediction output, and suggestions of web pages are provided to a user in response to said prediction output. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150178038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING THE DISPLAY AND AUDIO COMPONENT BASED ON THE ORIENTATION OF THE DISPLAY FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE - An apparatus comprising: a visual component generator configured to determine at least one display component and an audio component with an associated location relative to an apparatus display; an orientation determiner configured to determine an orientation of the display; and a component locator configured to determine the location of the at least one display component and audio component on the display dependent on the orientation of the display. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150177891 | WEARABLE APPARATUS SKIN INPUT - A method comprising receiving information indicative of a first skin resistance measurement indicative of absence of skin contact between a wear surface electrode sensor and a non-wear surface electrode sensor, receiving information indicative of a second skin resistance measurement indicative of skin contact between the wear surface electrode sensor and the non-wear surface electrode sensor, and determining a user input based, at least in part, on the second skin resistance measurement is disclosed. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150177840 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR USER INPUT - An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on a detected sprinkle gesture user input, provide signalling to apply an output effect using a user interface of an electronic device. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150163667 | LOCATION PRIVACY IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method including changing an access address of a network interface of a wireless network node, changing a frame sequence number of a network interface of the wireless network node in an unpredictable manner, and performing the changing of the access address and changing of the frame sequence number in a coordinated manner. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150163338 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDHELD DEVICE CONTROL BY ACCESSORY DEVICE - A method and apparatus in which in an accessory device is adapted for attaching to a handheld device and the accessory device. A coupling is formed with a first input of the handheld device. User input is formed. A predetermined signal is formed to the first input of the handheld device responsive to the receiving of user input using the formed coupling independently of any conductive coupling with the handheld device. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150163279 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING CONTENT BETWEEN SERVICES - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described for allowing a user to transfer content between web services, so as to allow the communication of content directly from one service to another, without needing to rely on a backend connection or the manual downloading and uploading of the content to and from a local device performed by the user. Rather, the user may be able to initiate the transfer of content between services through interaction with a user agent, such as a web browser used by the user to access web content. Thus, at the request of the user, content that was previously accessible through one website may be shared with another website through a “side-loading” type of operation. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150161578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION-CENTRIC BILLING AND PAYMENT - An approach is provided for managing vehicle-related payment and/or billing transactions using a navigation-based user interface. A navigation extensions platform determines payment information, billing information, or a combination thereof associated with one or more vehicle related services. The navigation extensions platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of the payment information, the billing information, or a combination thereof on a navigation-based user interface associated with a vehicle, a device associated with the vehicle, or a combination thereof. The navigation extensions platform further causes, at least in part, an initiation of one or more payments to the one or more vehicle-related services based, at least in part, on one or more interactions with the navigation-based user interface. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150160329 | DETERMINING LOCATION AND ORIENTATION OF DIRECTIONAL TRANCEIVERS - A method comprises using a first directional transceiver ( | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150156813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus configured to receive a location update reject message and to determine whether a radio resource connection release message is issued in connection with the location update reject message. The apparatus is further configured to, responsive to a determination that a radio resource connection release message is issued in connection with the location update reject message, initiate an attach procedure using a new radio resource connection, and responsive to a determination that no radio resource connection release message is issued in connection with the location update reject message, to initiate an attach procedure using an existing radio resource connection. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150156650 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OUT-OF-BAND SENSING IN A COGNITIVE LTE SYSTEM - Provided are methods, corresponding apparatuses, and computer program products for performing out-of-band sensing on an unlicensed frequency band. A method comprises sending a configuration message for configuring measurement on at least one channel in a frequency band of a primary system; receiving a measurement report made based upon the configuration message; and determining the usability of the at least one channel based upon the measurement report, wherein the configuration message includes information regarding a respective predetermined threshold of energy detection or primary-system-feature detection, and the measurement report is for reception when a measured energy detection value or a measured primary-system-feature detection value of a received signal on the at least one channel is less than the respective predetermined threshold. With the claimed inventions, the spectrum efficiency would be improved and interference between a secondary system and an LTE system could be alleviated. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150156421 | Digital Zoom With Sensor Mode Change - An apparatus including at least one processor, and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to, during a digital zoom having increasing or decreasing zoom values for first frames taken by a camera, and based upon a sensor mode changing from a first sensor mode to a different second sensor mode, using at least one new different zoom value to one of the first frames captured by the camera before the sensor mode change to form at least one new second frame. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150156217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PRIVACY POLICY FOR DEVICES BASED ON BRAIN WAVE INFORMATION - An approach is provided for processing sensor data to determine an identification of at least one object. The approach involves determining brain wave data associated with at least one user during an exposure of the at least one object to at least one user. The approach also involves processing the brain wave information to determine a sensitivity information of the at least one user to the at least one object. The approach further involves causing a configuration of one or more privacy policies of at least one device based, at least in part, on the sensitivity information. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150156171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY ADAPTATION BASED ON RECEIVER CONTEXT - An approach is provided for determining a communication session established between at least one first device of at least one first user and at least one second device of at least one second user, wherein the at least one first device and the at least one second device are in a collaborative context detection relationship. The privacy platform causes, at least in part, a detection of a presence of at least one third user within a proximity threshold of the at least one first device, the at least one second device, the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof, wherein the detection is performed via the collaborative context detection relationship. The privacy platform also determines one or more modifications to one or more privacy profiles for information exchanged over the communication session based, at least in part, on the detection of the presence of the at least one third user. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150155846 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An apparatus comprising: a first resonant circuit configured to have an impedance at a first operational frequency band to impedance match a first radiator to radio circuitry, and to have an impedance at a second operational frequency band to impedance match a second radiator to the radio circuitry; a second resonant circuit configured to have an impedance at the first operational frequency band to impedance match the first radiator to the radio circuitry, and to have an impedance at the second operational frequency band to impedance match the second radiator to the radio circuitry; and a third resonant circuit configured to have an impedance at the first operational frequency band to impedance match the first radiator to the radio circuitry, and to have an impedance at the second operational frequency band to impedance match the second radiator to the radio circuitry. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150155009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA CAPTURE DEVICE POSITION ESTIMATE- ASSISTED SPLICING OF MEDIA - An approach is provided for splicing video segments based on media capture device pose information. The splicing platform may determine at least one first media frame and at least one second media frame. Then, the splicing platform may determine pose information of or at least one media capture device that captured the at least one first media frame, that lest one second media frame, or a combination thereof. Lastly, the splicing platform may process and/or facilitate a processing of the pose information to determine one or more intermediate media frames for insertion between the at least one first media frame and the at least one second media frame. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150154357 | METHOD AND APPRATUS FOR DETERMINING CONSENT TO ACCESS MEDICAL DATA BASED ON AN AGGREGATE REPONSE - An approach for determining consent to access medical data based on an aggregate response. The group consent platform processes a response from each user of a subset of one or more users, one or more user privacy settings, one or more group privacy settings, or a combination thereof to determine a privacy policy for the subset. The subset is from a group of one or more users sharing a common genealogical relationship in response to a notification from a user from the group requesting consent to access medical data related to at least one test genetic test characteristic. The group consent platform then determines an aggregate response for the subset from the response from each user of the subset based on the privacy policy. The group consent platform also processes the aggregate response to determine whether the subset consented to access the medical data. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150153866 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for a Sensing Panel - There are disclosed a method, apparatuses and a computer program product for sensing a movement of an object in proximity of a sensing panel. In some embodiments of the method proximity data indicative of existence of one or more pointing objects in proximity of a sensing panel is formed. It is also determined from the proximity data whether at least one of the pointing objects touches the sensing panel. If the determining indicates at least one touch of at least one pointing object, it is determined if a probability that movement of one or more of the pointing objects in proximity of the sensing panel illustrates a predetermined gesture. The probability is compared to a predetermined threshold; and a touch event is sent, if the probability is less than the predetermined threshold. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150153780 | FOLDABLE DEVICE - An apparatus including: housing parts foldably connected to each other, the housing parts being configured to be movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration; a display assembly pivotably connected to the housing parts, wherein the display assembly comprises a flexible display part; the flexible display part is configured to bend in response to a closing movement of the housing parts; and the display assembly is configured to be retracted inside a space defined by the housing parts in response to a closing movement of the housing parts. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150153458 | HANDLING EPHEMERIS EXTENSION DATA - Apparatus comprises: one or more memories configured to store data sets for each of plural positioning satellites, the data set for a satellite comprising ephemeris extension data and data relating to a lifetime or expiry of the ephemeris extension data, wherein the data relating to a lifetime or expiry of the ephemeris extension data is different for at least two satellites; and one or more processors. The processors are configured to execute computer code in the one or more memories such as to perform a method comprising: identifying one or more satellites for which ephemeris extension data is no longer valid; identifying one or more satellites for which ephemeris extension data is valid; determining whether to calculate a location based on the one or more satellites for which the stored ephemeris extension data is valid and, in response to a negative determination; sending a request for new ephemeris extension data; receiving new ephemeris extension data; storing the new ephemeris extension data; and using the new ephemeris extension data in calculating a location of the apparatus. | 06-04-2015 |
| 20150150140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SHAPES FOR DEVICES BASED ON PRIVACY POLICY - An approach is provided for determining at least one interaction mode of at least one application executing on at least one device, wherein the at least one device supports shifting from among a plurality of physical form factors. The approach also involves determining at least one selected physical form factor from among the plurality of physical form factors based, at least in part, on the at least one interaction mode, at least one user privacy policy, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a shape shifting of the at least one device to the at least one selected physical form factor. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150150074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY PROFILE ADAPTATION BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE CHANGE - An approach is provided for adapting privacy profiles to respond to changes in physiological state. The policy platform may process and/or facilitate a processing of sensor information to determine at least one change in one or more physiological states of at least one user, wherein the at least one user is associated with at least one context, at least one activity, or a combination thereof. Then, the policy platform may cause, at least in part, a modification of at least one privacy profile for at least one device associated with the at least one user based, at least in part, on the at least one change in the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, or a combination thereof, wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile includes, at least in part, an enabling or a disabling of one or more privacy services operating at least at least one device. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149679 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING CONCURRENT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WIRELESS DOCKEE DEVICES IN A WIRELESS DOCKING ENVIRONMENT - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments enable a wireless docking center device to manage one or more wireless and/or wired peripheral devices on behalf multiple wireless dockee devices. An example embodiment of the invention includes receiving, by a wireless docking center device, at least two request messages for peripheral functions from at least two wireless dockee devices, including a first request message for a peripheral function from a first wireless dockee device, and a second request message for a peripheral function from a second wireless dockee device; and allocating, by the wireless docking center device, the requested peripheral function to the first wireless dockee device, based on determining at least a characteristic of the first request message indicates that the first wireless dockee device is entitled to the peripheral function. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149469 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING INTEREST TAGS WITH MEDIA ITEMS BASED ON SOCIAL DIFFUSIONS AMONG USERS - An approach is provided for associating interest tags with media items based on social diffusions among users. The media tagging platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more user profiles to determine one or more interest tags relating to one or more users, captured at one or more user devices to determine one or more frequencies of the one or more signals. Next, the media tagging platform determines one or more social diffusions of the one or more media items among the one or more users. Then, the media tagging platform causes, at least in part, an association of the one or more media items with the one or more interest tags based, at least in part, on the one or more social diffusions. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146914 | Audio Transducer With Electrostatic Discharge Protection - An apparatus including a diaphragm, where the diaphragm includes a membrane having electrically conductive material; a drive configured to move the diaphragm; and a connector configured to connect the membrane to a ground. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146874 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR AUDIO SCENE RENDERING - Apparatus has at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored therein which when executed controls the at least one processor to perform a method. The method comprises processing first and second (5) sets of substantially live audio data originating from first and second devices respectively to determine whether the first and second devices are observing a common audio scene, processing orientation information originating from the first and second devices to determine whether the devices are similarly oriented, and triggering a first action in response to determining both that the first and second (10) devices are observing a common audio scene and that the first and second devices are similarly oriented. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150146043 | Electronic Device and Method In An Electronic Device For Processing Image Data - The invention relates to an electronic device for performing imaging, including a camera for creating image data (ID) from an imaging target (IT), the imaging target (IT) including at least one primary image object (I | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150142822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CROWD-SOURCED GEOCODING - An approach is provided for providing crowd-sourced location geocoding. A geocoding platform determines one or more location strings associated with at least one event, wherein the at least one event is associated with one or more users. The geocoding platform further causes, at least in part, a geocoding of the one or more location strings to determine location information associated with the at least one event based, at least in part, on one or more inputs, contextual information, a combination thereof associated with the one or more users. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142425 | NOISE ADAPTIVE POST FILTERING - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to with the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to at least perform: estimating a signal to noise ratio value for an audio signal; generating a post-filter comprising at least one of: a first formant frequency filter and a second formant frequency filter, wherein the post-filter is dependent on the signal to noise ratio value for the audio signal, | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150141039 | UPDATING OF COVERAGE AREA REPRESENTATIONS BASED ON NEGATIVE HITS - It is inter alia disclosed to obtain or generate detection data. The detection data comprises position data that is indicative of a position of a terminal and one or more identifiers respectively related to one or more coverage areas detected by the terminal. A negative hit for at least a region of a coverage area representation associated with a coverage area is detected, if at least all of the following conditions (i)-(iii) hold: (i) a class of the coverage area matches at least one class of one or more coverage areas for which respective identifiers are comprised or at least expected to be comprised in the detection data, (ii) the position of the terminal is within the region, and (iii) the detection data does not comprise an identifier related to the coverage area associated with the coverage area representation. At least information on the detected negative hit is used and/or provided for deciding if the region of the coverage area representation shall remain part of the coverage area representation or shall be removed from the coverage area representation, and/or for deciding whether a frequency of generating detection data shall be increased. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150141000 | DEVICE TO DEVICE INTERFERENCE TRIGGERED HANDOVER - Various communication systems may benefit from properly triggered handovers. For example, certain communication systems may benefit from device-to-device interference triggered handovers. A method may include identifying, at a device, at least one strong device to device communication. The method may also include reporting, or initiating the reporting, the at least one strong device to device communication to a controlling node, wherein the controlling node is configured to control the device. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150140974 | SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES - For offering of services to a user, an object model of a real world object is created based on captured data on the real world object. Information linking a service to the model and identifying a type of the service is associated with the model. The model and the associated information may be provided for use in a mobile device. At a mobile device, captured data on an environment of the mobile device is evaluated to find a match to a model that is stored in the mobile device along with the associated information. When a match is found, a type of a service is determined that is linked to the matching model based on information associated with the model, and an action supporting a provision of the service to a user is caused taking account of the determined type of service. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150139601 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATIC REMIX AND SUMMARY CREATION USING CROWD-SOURCED INTELLIGENCE - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed to create media mixes and summaries using crowd-sourced intelligence. In the context of a method, sensor and context data is received from at least one device. The method includes causing generation of a media remix based on the sensor and context data received from the at least one device. In addition, the method includes causing transmission of the media remix to a client device. In some embodiments, the sensor data from the at least one device comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of: orientation with respect to north; orientation with respect to horizontal; position in three dimensional space; GPS data; or location data, and the context data from the at least one device enables calculation of the depth of focus of the at least one device. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150139354 | Polar Noise Shaping - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for polar noise shaping. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving a first error signal representative of a first noise including a first quantization noise carried by a quadrature signal; receiving a second error signal representative of a second noise including a second quantization noise carried by an in-phase signal; and determining one or more bits in a polar domain, wherein the one or more bits cancel a portion of the first noise and the second noise represented by the first error signal and the second error signal. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150139210 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS PARAMETER SHARING - In a non-limiting and example embodiment, a method is provided for access parameter sharing. An access point receives a first message from a second apparatus, the first message comprising an information element indicating if access credentials may be requested for the access point. The apparatus determines, based on the first message, whether access credentials of the access point may be requested. In response to detecting that the access credentials may be requested, the apparatus transmits a request message for requesting the access credentials of the second apparatus. The access credentials are received from a third apparatus, different from the access point. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150139189 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention in a heterogeneous network, there is provided an apparatus, comprising a receiver configured to receive information from a local access point, the information comprising system information of a macro base station associated with the local access point. The information may be received responsive to a request and/or the information may comprise full system information. The at least one processing core may cause the apparatus to participate in a procedure with the macro base station based at least in part on the information. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150139083 | COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY - There is provided a method comprising: determining, by a transmitter node, maximum packet duration for a data packet to be transmitted, wherein the data packet comprises a plurality of data units; causing a transmission of the data packet; causing a reception of an acknowledgement frame indicating a failed reception of multiple consecutive data units of the transmitted data packet; determining a transmission duration during which the failed multiple consecutive data units were transmitted; and determining whether or not to adjust the maximum packet duration for upcoming data packet transmissions on the basis of the determined transmission duration. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN AUDIO PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate calibration of an audio playback system with a video presented upon a display. In the context of a method, an image including a display from a first location is received. The method also includes determining a dimension of the display within the image and determining an angle of the display based upon the dimension of a display determined within the image and the first location. The method further includes permitting an audio playback system associated with the display to be calibrated, such as with a video to be presented upon the display, based upon the determined angle. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150137618 | ADAPTIVE BATTERY PROTECTION - Methods and apparatuses, including computer program code are disclosed herein that provide adaptive battery protection. A method includes disabling a timer, when a current drawn by a battery-powered device from a battery is less than or equal to a lower current threshold. When the timer is disabled, the battery may remain connected to the battery-powered device. The method further includes enabling the timer when the current drawn from the battery is greater than the lower current threshold and less than an extended current threshold. When the timer is enabled, the timer may allow the battery to remain connected to the battery-powered device until the timer expires. The method further includes disconnecting the battery when the timer expires or when the current drawn from the battery exceeds the extended current threshold. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150133121 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTONOMOUS CELL CHANGE BY UE IN NETWORK - A method, an apparatus and a corresponding computer program product are proposed. Wherein one of the method according to one embodiment of the invention determines at least one cell in a network sharing context of at least one user equipment with at least one other cell within the network. Then creates at least one measurement configuration being used by the at least one user equipment, wherein the at least one measurement configuration indicates at least to the at least one user equipment that it can decide whether to perform cell change without transmitting back its measurement report to its serving cell. Then method further transmits the created at least one measurement configuration to the at least one user equipment. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150133068 | TUNABLE RF N-PATH FILTER - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for tunable filters. In one aspect there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus may include a bandpass filter comprising a resistive-capacitive configuration of N-path filters tunable to a first center frequency based on at least a first clock frequency; a notch filter comprising a capacitive-resistive configuration of N-path filters tunable to a second center frequency based on at least a second clock frequency; and a combiner coupled to the bandpass filter and the notch filter to combine a bandpass output signal provided by the bandpass filter and a notch output signal provided by the notch filter, wherein the combiner outputs a combined output. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150133054 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADAPTIVE DEVICE DISCOVERY IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments enable wireless communication devices to reduce connection latency in high device population environments. In example embodiments, a method is disclosed for creating, at an apparatus, operating parameters for a wireless data channel connection and descriptive information regarding a time interval available to the apparatus for transmission of advertising channel messages and a count of a number of previous transmissions of the advertising channel messages to reduce connection latency in high device population environments; transmitting, by the apparatus, one or more wireless advertising channel messages indicating presence of the data channel connection, the operating parameters associated with the data channel connection, and the descriptive information regarding the time interval available for transmission of advertising channel messages and the count of the number of previous transmissions of the advertising channel messages; and transmitting information on the data channel connection according to the operating parameters. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150133052 | DEVICE SELECTION - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for device selection. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a wireless device through a short-range transceiver, a connection request received from another wireless device; rejecting, by the wireless device, the received connection request, wherein the wireless device obtains, before the rejecting, information from the received connection request to enable, based on at least the obtained information, a subsequent connection to the other wireless device; and initiating the subsequent connection to the other wireless device based on at least the information obtained from the received connection request. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131641 | SCANNING IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A method, apparatus, and computer program is presented for scanning in a wireless network. A wireless device receives a downlink frame from two access points, the downlink frames indicating their respective transmission powers. The wireless device then determines the closest access point and a transmission power sufficient to reach that access point. Then, the wireless device carries out transmission of a probe request with the determined transmission power. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131511 | Enabling Coexistence between Wireless Networks and Radar Systems - A method includes determining information about a radiation pattern of a radar beam that uses a bandwidth. Based on the information, a determination is made whether a channel using at least a portion of the bandwidth is or is not available for access by mobile devices. A transmission is performed to the mobile devices of one or more specific broadcast frames configured to advertise whether the channel is or is not available for access by the mobile devices. Another method includes receiving one or more specific broadcast frames configured to advertise whether a channel is or is not available for access, wherein the channel uses at least a portion of bandwidth used by a radar beam. The channel is or is not accessed based on the one or more specific broadcast frames. The access can be contention-based or contention-free. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131435 | Efficiency in Wireless Network - There is provided a method comprising: causing a station capable of communication in a wireless network to acquire knowledge of a medium usage indicator with respect to at least one channel applicable for transmission of a scanning request; and determining a transmission time for a next scanning request at least partly based on the medium usage indicator. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150131291 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN DIFFERENT AMBIENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS - An apparatus comprises: an artificial visible light source ( | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150128728 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT - Monitoring deformation of a flexible electronic apparatus. Changes in space within the apparatus between at least two measurement points are detected; and degree of deformation of the apparatus is determined based on the detected changes in the space within the apparatus between the at least two measurement points. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150128282 | PRIVACY PROTECTION FOR PARTICIPATORY SENSING SYSTEM - Provided is a method that may be used for privacy protection. The method comprises: generating a pseudonym at a user equipment in association with sensed data; calculating a unique value based upon the pseudonym using a first algorithm; sending the unique value and the sensed data to a server; receiving from the server a certificate, wherein the certificate is calculated based at least in part on the unique value using a second algorithm; and sending at least the pseudonym and the certificate to a certification center via a secure channel, for obtaining a reward associated with the sensed data; wherein the certification center is internal or external to the server. By this method, a user's identify may be protected. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORMING APPLICATION ACCESS AND DATA STORAGE DETAILS TO PRIVACY POLICIES - An approach is provided for transforming application access and data storage details associated with a mobile device to application specific privacy policies. A policy platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of an application code to identify one or more application programming interfaces invoked by the application code. The policy platform causes, at least in part, a profiling of one or more invocation characteristics of the one or more application programming interfaces. The policy platform further causes, at least in part, a mapping of the one or more invocation characteristics against one or more policy templates to cause, at least in part, a generation of at least one policy for the application code. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPON REDEMPTION BASED ON CONNECTIVITY AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATION - An approach is provided for validating redemption of a coupon. The coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of a coupon via a device. Next, the coupon management module receives a first code in response to the presentation. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, validation of a redemption of the coupon based, at least in part, on the first code. The validation is performed at the device, at a server, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module retrieves a second code based, at least in part, on the coupon, the first code, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of the second code for verification. The validation of the redemption of the coupon is further based, at least in part, on the verification of the second code. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150126236 | CONTROLLING INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY SECONDARY SYSTEMS - There is provided a method comprising: obtaining, at a base station of a secondary user system utilizing shared radio communication resources with a coexisting primary user system, channel state information with respect to both a propagation channel between the secondary user and the base station and a propagation channel between the secondary user and a primary user; jointly determining power allocation and transmit coefficients for at least one data stream which is to be transmitted from the secondary user to the base station; and causing communication of information indicating the determined power allocation and transmit coefficients to the secondary user. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150126210 | INTERFERENCE-AVOIDANCE ORIENTED CARRIER REUSE OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - An apparatus and method for interference-avoidance in a hybrid communications network is provided. The method includes obtaining related information for interfering cellular user equipment in the hybrid network, reporting the related information for the interfering cellular user equipment to an evolved Node B (eNB), receiving a list of component carriers and competition related information for the component carriers, and selecting one or more proper component carriers from the list of component carriers according to certain rules. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150126207 | COEXISTENCE OF LTE OPERATED IN UNLICESNSED BAND - A cellular access node collects information about at least interference in a plurality of channels in unlicensed spectrum, and uses that collected information to update an allocation of the channels among at least two different access points APs. In one embodiment the information is collected from measurement reports received from each AP which indicates whether the various respective channels are available or reserved. Additional measurement reports may be collected from user equipments operating under the APs. In various embodiments the information can include channel recommendations, estimated capacity for the channels, and/or a traffic model for the channels. With this collected information the cellular access node can balance traffic among the APs by its channel allocation decisions. The non-limiting examples assume a radio environment where a LTE cellular access node operates a primary component carrier in licensed spectrum and the cooperating APs operate secondary component carriers in unlicensed spectrum. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150126184 | Updating Subscription Information - Various methods are described for providing updated network subscription information for a device to one or more other devices. One example method may comprise establishing a first subscription associated with a first network operator for a device. The method may further comprise transferring the device from the first subscription associated with the first network operator to a second subscription associated with a second network operator. Additionally, the method may comprise updating one or more other devices identified in a connection map associated with the device of the transfer to the second subscription. Similar and related methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124972 | AUDIO PROCESSING FOR MONO SIGNALS - It is inter alia disclosed to generate a signal representation at least based on a noise reduced component from a signal and on a noise component from the signal, said signal representation comprising at least two channel representations. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124712 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKING - Systems and techniques for management of wireless network transmission. A high efficiency wireless network that can operate using a contention free period defines an interframe space that is shorter than the interframe space used in legacy networks, so that a legacy network will be unable to contend for the medium if the high efficiency wireless network transmits during the contention free period. Before the contention free period begins, a high efficiency network element examines a transmission medium, and if an ongoing transmission extends into the contention free period, transmission by the high efficiency network is delayed until the end of the ongoing transmission. The high efficiency wireless network uses an interframe space sufficiently short that a legacy network cannot contend for the medium. After the contention free period, the high efficiency network uses an interframe space value on the order of that used by the legacy network. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124706 | Method and Apparatus for Signaling Sequence Root - A first access node of a first network utilizes code sequences, assigned to different user devices, to distinguish at least acknowledgements received in parallel or sequentially from those user devices. The first access node determines from received signaling that a root sequence of the code sequences is in use by a second access node of a second network, then changes that root sequence of the code sequences assigned to the different user devices. In certain examples the access nodes are WLAN access points APs and the acknowledgements are received in response to a group probe/poll. In various embodiments the first AP monitors its neighbors' group probes/polls to learn the root sequences/basic service sets in use in those neighbor networks, or the AP's own stations monitor and send the information in neighbor reports. This latter option can be initiated by the stations themselves, or by the AP. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124601 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC OFFLOADING - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for managing network traffic offloading. In the context of a method, a method is provided that includes determining, based at least in part on a QoS (Quality of Service) mapping scheme, whether a data flow should be offloaded from a first access point to a second access point. The method may further include, if it is determined that the offload should be performed, causing the data flow to be offloaded to the second access point according to the QoS mapping scheme and causing a perceived QoS of the data flow to be monitored. The method may further include, in an instance in which the perceived QoS does not satisfy a predetermined desired QoS threshold, causing a remedial action to be performed. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150120575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPON NEGOTIATION AND AUTHENTICATION - An approach is provided for negotiating and authenticating coupons. A coupon management platform receives a request for determining a first offer information associated with at least one first coupon. The coupon management platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the first offer information against one or more negotiation rules to determine at least one second coupon. The coupon management platform further causes, at least in part, a presentation of the at least one second coupon, second offer information associated with the at least one second coupon, or a combination thereof. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMITY-AWARE ADAPTATION OF APPLICATIONS, CONTENT, AND USER INCENTIVES - An approach is provided for determining proximity of a user to a POI to dynamically adapt applications, content, and user incentive. One or more service providers determine a proximity of at least one device to at least one point of interest and determine at least one difficulty level associated with at least one application, at least one content item, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the proximity. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150119044 | USER EQUIPMENT MOBILITY INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for providing mobility information to the network. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include determining mobility information representative of a mobility of a user equipment during an idle state and a connected state of the user equipment ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150119032 | HANDLING TRACKING AREA UPDATE REJECT WITHOUT EXTENDED DELAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are described for reducing delay when making a network connection between user equipment (UE) and a network node when a tracking area update (TAU) request has been deniedduring LTE reselection. Following a revised signaling protocol, a UE can avoid activation of a NAS Attach Retry timer and move directly to establishing a connection to the network, reducing the UE communications delay from about eleven seconds to less than one second. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150119016 | DEVICE ACCESS - A technique for operating a wireless communication apparatus is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises operating a wireless communication apparatus in one of a plurality of states, said plurality of states comprising at least a discoverable state wherein the wireless communication apparatus is discoverable but not connectable and a connectable state wherein the wireless communication apparatus is both discoverable and connectable, receiving, when operating the wireless communication apparatus in the discoverable state, one or more requests from a remote wireless communication apparatus, and changing from the discoverable state to the connectable state in response to said requests fulfilling predefined criteria. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150119002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHONEBOOK-BASED APPLICATION SHARING - An approach is provided for determining one or more items installed on one or more devices. The one or more devices process and/or facilitate processing of the one or more items to cause, at least in part, an association of the one or more content items with respective contact entries associated with the one or more devices, one or more users of the one or more devices, or a combination thereof. Consequently, the one or more devices may cause, at least in part, a rendering of one or more representations of the one or more items in a contact-based user interface based, at least in part, on the association. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150117418 | COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY - There is provided a method, comprising: detecting, by a node of a first wireless network, that at least one overlapping second wireless network is configured to apply contention periods and contention-free periods for communicating with different subsets of devices; detecting that a contention period timing applied by the at least one overlapping second wireless network is not aligned with a contention period timing applied by the node of the first wireless network; and causing a modification of the contention period timing in at least one of the wireless networks in order to have the contention periods to take place at least partly at the same time in each overlapping wireless network. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150117310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ROUTE PACKET FLOWS OVER TWO TRANSPORT RADIOS - In accordance with an example embodiment, a method is provided comprising receiving packets of at least one flow in a packet switching function, and based on at least one criterion, deciding in the packet switching function on switching the packets to one or both of a cellular transport radio and a wireless local area network transport radio. In some embodiments, the packet switching function is disposed in a protocol stack between a radio link control protocol layer and a medium access control protocol layer. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116583 | Apparatus Methods and Computer Readable Storage Mediums - An apparatus comprising: a processor configured to control a flash unit in an exposure time period of an image sensor array, to provide a first non-zero light intensity in a first portion of the exposure time period and to provide a second non-zero fight intensity, different to the first light intensity, in a second portion of the exposure time period. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150116519 | Noise Reduction - An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to generate a signal from at least one sound transducer of an apparatus, where the signal is generated based upon sound received at the at least one sound transducer, where the sound includes acoustic noise generated by a component of the apparatus; and remove a noise component from the signal, where the noise component at least partially corresponds to the acoustic noise generated by the component. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150115723 | Multi-Mode Wireless Charging - A device may include a multiple inductive coils arranged concentrically for operating according multiple modes of wireless power transfer. The device may include multiple layers of magnetic shields to protect device components from the effects of the magnetic field used for power transfer. Construction and material of multiple layers of shields may be based on addressing individually the different parameters of the multiple modes of operation and based on the combined effect of the layers in each mode of operation. In some examples, the device may include first and second ferrite shields each having different magnetic properties. | 04-30-2015 |
