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01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 54
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20130005307APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CALL AND MESSAGE-RELATED EVENTS IN A WIRELESS TERMINAL - A character agent function is added to a wireless terminal and an avatar user interface (UI) for generating and processing an event is expressed when an event occurs in the wireless terminal, such that call and message-related events occurring in the wireless terminal can be expressed through the character agent function.2013-01-03
20130005308Notifying Roaming Subscriber of Missed Call - In a first node of a home network, such as a GMSC, on receiving a request message (2013-01-03
20130005309Method and System for Indicating Telephone Availability - A telephone system is provided which allows a user to indicate their availability to receive phone calls and allows users to determine which other users are available to receive phone calls. The system allows for connection of phone calls between available parties, thereby eliminating unnecessary missed telephone calls and leaving and/or listening to repeated voicemails for the user. The system removes the uncertainty of whether a telephone call recipient is available eliminating frustration and wasted time for the caller. In one implementation, the system comprises an application or button installed on a telephone which may be activated to indicate to other users that the first user is available to receive and answer telephone calls.2013-01-03
20130005310MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MEASURING BIOELECTRIC SIGNALS THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method of measuring a bioelectric signal thereof are provided. When the mobile terminal enters a call mode, a user's pulse wave data are acquired using a plurality of electrodes provided in a body of the mobile terminal or a body of an earphone.2013-01-03
20130005311TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method of communicating a telecommunication request initiated by a subscriber in a telecommunication network. The method according to an embodiment includes: receiving a request for a voice or data communication by a radio access network; and communicating the received request to a network switching subsystem for processing by a demand-driven, dynamically-configurable IP based computing infrastructure.2013-01-03
20130005312LOCAL INTERCEPT METHODS, SUCH AS APPLICATIONS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING, INFORMATION CALLS AND DIAGNOSTICS - A method of displaying a tutorial to a user of a mobile device is disclosed. In some examples, the mobile device receives an input associated with one or more user functions of the mobile device and launches a locally based application in response to the received input. The locally based application may output instructions to the user explaining to the user how to implement the one or more user functions.2013-01-03
20130005313SERVICE ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of selecting a service and inputting information to that service, in which an input device having keys is provided. When a key is pressed and released quickly, the user indicates a desire to enter a symbol on the key in order to enter symbols of an entry string. In addition, one or more of the keys may also be used to identify a service and also supply that service with the entry string. For example, by pressing and holding such a key, the entry string may be delimited and then sent to a service corresponding to the pressed key. In this manner, a single key press may be used to both delimit an entry string and also send the entry string to the service. The service may use the delimited entry string to retrieve information, which is then supplied to the input device.2013-01-03
20130005314SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DRAFTING A BLOG ENTRY - There is disclosed a system and method for automatically drafting blog entries. In an embodiment, the method comprises: defining a triggering event for generating a draft blog entry; detecting the triggering event; and upon detection of the triggering event, automatically generating a draft a blog entry in a predetermined format. The triggering event may comprise, for example, capturing an image, video clip, sound clip, or browsing a webpage having a URL on the wireless mobile device, and the method may further comprise automatically inserting the captured image, video clip, sound clip, or URL into the draft blog entry in the predetermined format together with automatically generated text. Some of the text may be generated in dependence upon the triggering event.2013-01-03
20130005315CALLER IDENTIFICATION FOR MISSED CALLS - Methods and devices are provided for identifying a caller after receiving a missed call from a calling device that is not associated with the caller. An exemplary method involves obtaining an audio message from the caller, recognizing the caller as being a first contact of the called individual by matching an audio sample associated with the first contact to at least a portion of the audio message, and graphically indicating an association between the first contact and the missed call after recognizing the first contact as the caller.2013-01-03
20130005316MULTIPLE-TERMINATION ROUTING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT WITH AN INTERNET PROTOCOL CORE - Methods for multiple-termination routing in a wireless network environment that includes an Internet Protocol (“IP”) core are described herein. One method includes receiving a call delivery request. The call delivery request includes a called number. The call features associated with the called number are determined. A determination is made whether the call features include multiple-termination routing information for a plurality of potential terminating devices. When the call features include the multiple-termination routing information including at least one termination to be routed utilizing Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”), a call setup is initiated to each of the plurality of potential terminating devices.2013-01-03
20130005317SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDIRECTING COMMUNICATIONS FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for automatically triggering call redirecting in response to a mobile device detecting its connection to a host such as a personal computer, is provided. In one embodiment, the mobile device detects connection by sensing application of a charging voltage via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and signaling the mobile device processor of the event. In response, the mobile device processor automatically decides to which alternative endpoint communications should be forwarded, and either instructs its transmitter to transmit a forwarding command to a network operations centre or instructs the host to transmit the command through the Internet. The network operations centre switch is operable to receive a call redirecting command respecting the mobile device from either the mobile device or the host to which the mobile device is connected, and adjusting its settings to effect call redirecting for subsequent communications for the mobile device.2013-01-03
20130005318RADIO EQUIPMENT DEVICE SHARING DEVICE2013-01-03
20130005319SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A short-range wireless communication apparatus is disclosed. The short-range wireless communication apparatus comprises: multiple connection devices and a control device. The connection devices are capable of simultaneously connecting multiple communication interfaces to a communication counterparty apparatus to enable sound data transfer. When the control device determines that, in cases where the communication interfaces are communicably connected, there arises a request to start outputting the sound data transferred by one of the communication interfaces, the control device disconnects another one of the communication interfaces while keeping the one of the communication interfaces connected and causes a sound data output device to output the sound data transferred from the communication counterparty apparatus by the one of the communication interfaces.2013-01-03
20130005320SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON ANDROID SYSTEM - A service processing method and apparatus based on Android system are provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention enable the Android platform to support more PDPs other than one PDP by creating corresponding PDP based on the service type of a specific service, therefore avoiding the complicated procedure during which when the current Android platform is processing services and one pending service type can not be processed by an active PDP, interrupting the service in the processing and deactivating the current PDP, reestablishing a new PDP to process service and recovering the former PDP after processing the service, and therefore the parallel processing capability for various services in the Android system is achieved and the user experience is greatly improved.2013-01-03
20130005321MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH HUMAN INTERFACE DIVERSITY ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable handheld housing, and a wireless transceiver carried by the housing. A pair of an antennas are positioned in side-by-side relation preferably in the upper portion of the portable handheld housing. A human interface diversity controller is connected to the wireless transceiver to preferentially operate with the plurality of antennas based upon a relative position of the portable handheld housing with respect to a hand of a human user. The device can select or weight the antennas based upon the position of the device when being held by a user.2013-01-03
20130005322Open Development System for Access Service Providers - Various embodiments are disclosed for a services policy communication system and method. In some embodiments, a software developers kit is provided for implementing a verifiable service processor to be stored on a communications device, in which the software developer kit facilitates development of a plurality of service processors for controlling network service usage of a plurality of communications devices and includes one or more tested service processor versions for more or more communications device types.2013-01-03
20130005323Methods And Apparatus For Providing Restrictions On Communications Of A Wireless Communication Device - Techniques in a wireless device for use in providing restrictions on communications via a cellular network are described. The device receives, from a private network which is external to the cellular network, an IT policy associated with an organization of the private network. The IT policy includes communication restriction information. The device also receives, over a wireless link of the cellular network, data messages via the private network. The device determines whether a communication from the device is restricted by comparing a user selected code of a communication attempt from the device with one or more codes of the communication restriction information. When the communication is determined to be restricted based on the comparing, the device disallows the communication via the cellular network. When the communication is determined to be unrestricted based on the comparing, the device allows the communication via the cellular network.2013-01-03
20130005324REMOTE AUDIO - Various embodiments for remote presentation of an interface of a computing device, such as a PC, are described herein. In particular, in various illustrated embodiments, a local device such as a Digital Media Adapter (DMA), mobile device, cellular telephone, etc. may be used to receive input from a remote control, where the local device provides human perceptible feedback, such as a sound, visual response, etc., responsive to use of the remote control. In some embodiments, the local device may contain a memory or cache for locally storing particular feedback data for human perceptible feedback. In various embodiments, a communication protocol is provided for storing, triggering, deleting, etc. feedback data in the memory cache. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.2013-01-03
20130005325METHODS, MOBILE NETWORK NODE AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNSUCCESSFUL SERVICE CHANGE REQUESTS PERFORMED BY THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for reducing the number of unsuccessful service change attempts of a first mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal (2013-01-03
20130005326METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE IDENTITY OF A FEMTO CELL - A femto cell is located within a macro cell of a wireless communication system. A method of identifying the femto cell comprises: determining at least one timing difference, the at least one timing difference being observed for communications between a wireless communication unit and each of a femto cell and at least one macro cell; and comparing the at least one observed timing difference to reference timing difference data. The identity of the femto cell may allow the location of the femto cell to be set as a geographical location for a wireless communication device that is within the footprint of the femto cell. The identity of the femto cell may allow hand in of an ongoing call, from the macro cell to the femto cell.2013-01-03
20130005327METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING FEMTO CELL TIMING INFORMATION - A method for deriving timing information for a femto cell of a wireless communication system comprises a wireless communication unit of the system receiving observed timing data for a femto cell within a macro cell, and observed timing data for the macro cell. Timing difference values between timing offsets for the femto cell and timing offsets for the macro cell are used to determine a central reference timing difference value for the femto cell. The central reference timing difference value is set as reference timing information for the femto cell. A network element and computer program product for implementing the method of the invention are also provided.2013-01-03
20130005328Handling Closed Subscriber Group Lists - A core network receives in an uplink message a first list of closed subscriber groups (CSGs) located within one gateway domain to which mobility is possible for a user equipment UE. The core network creates a third list by checking the first list received in the uplink message against a second list which is the UE's allowed CSG list, and sends the third list downlink to at least one of a serving gateway of the UE or a serving access node of the UE. In one embodiment the first list consists of all CSGs within a domain of the respective serving gateway/access node; and in another embodiment it consists of all neighbor closed subscriber group cells of the respective serving gateway/access node which sent the uplink message to the core network. In different embodiments the third list is a whitelist or a blacklist.2013-01-03
20130005329RELAY DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information receiving unit receives specific information for specifying a radio signal that uses a predetermined type of data transmitted by the mobile station. The radio signal receiving unit receives, on the basis of the specific information, the radio signal transmitted by the mobile station. A measuring unit measures reception quality of the radio signal received by the radio signal receiving unit. The quality transmitting unit transmits the reception quality of the radio signal measured by the measuring unit.2013-01-03
20130005330Method and system for determining reason for too late handover to Home eNB - The present disclosure provides a method for determining a reason for too late handover to a Home eNB (HeNB), and the method includes that: after completing the re-establishment link of Radio. Resource Control (RRC) with User Equipment (UE), the HeNB confirms that a Radio Link Failure (RLF) event occurs when the UE is connected with a cell of another eNodeB; the HeNB generates an RLF Indication message and transmits the RLF Indication message to the another eNodeB, wherein the RLF Indication message includes information of a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell currently accessed by the UE; the another eNodeB determines the reason for too late handover of the UE to the HeNB according to the RLF Indication message. The disclosure also provides a system for determining the reason for too late handover to the HeNB. The present disclosure can determine a specific reason for the RLF, and thereby, can be more useful for improving the configuration of related parameters at the network side.2013-01-03
20130005331INTEGRATED NETWORK BASED E-COMMERCE AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and method are provided for forming an integrated communication network. The network includes a plurality of locally distributed integrated communications modules (ICMs) which are placed at predetermined positions. The ICMs monitor a plurality of roaming communication devices that communicate using both the cellular communication network and the internet. Further, the integrated communication network forms a private data base on the roaming sender communication device to allow data communication with a specifically identified roaming communication device.2013-01-03
20130005332Methods and Apparatus for Multiple Data Packet Connections - A network can handle access attempts by a mix of user equipments (UEs) that do and do not support multiple packet data network connections and do and do not support Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and access attempts from networks that do and do not support multiple PDN connections. A method of operating a Trusted Non-3GPP Access network with a 3GPP network involves an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) proxy in the Trusted Non-3GPP Access network and a UE that supports multiple PDN connections, with the AAA proxy sending an indication to the UE that the network supports multiple PDN connections.2013-01-03
20130005333Power Saving Method And Related Communication Device - A power saving method for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The power saving method comprises obtaining a first parameter according to a first signal transmitted between the mobile device and a first network; estimating a first power consumption of the mobile device in the first network according to the first parameter and a first radio access technology (RAT) employed in the first network; determining whether the first network is suitable according to at least a comparison of the first power consumption with a second power consumption of the mobile device in a second network, wherein the second network employs a second RAT different from the first RAT; and switching to a the second network when the first network is not suitable.2013-01-03
20130005334IMPLEMENTING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TERMINAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND IMPLEMENTING METHOD FOR TERMINAL LOCATION UPDATE - An implementing method and system for terminal communication are disclosed, the method includes: a first visitor location register judging, according to an identifier of a first terminal which initiates a communication, whether the first terminal has registered first real name system information in a network, wherein, the first visitor location register is the location register which is currently visited by the first terminal, the communication is initiated by the first terminal to a second terminal, the first real name system information includes the identifier of the first terminal and subscriber identity information of the first terminal, and the subscriber identity information corresponds to the identifier of the first terminal; and in a case when the first visitor location register determines that the first terminal has not registered the first real name system information in the network, terminating the communication initiated by the first terminal.2013-01-03
20130005335MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND LOCATION REGISTRATION METHODS - A mobile communication device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transceiving to and from a first service network. The controller module transmits a location update request message to a first cellular station of the first service network via the wireless module, and receives a location update rejection message, which comprises a rejection cause indicating a network related failure, from the first cellular station via the wireless module. Also, the controller module transmits another location update request message to a second cellular station of the first service network via the wireless module in response to the location update rejection message. Particularly, the first cellular station and the second cellular station belong to a first location area and a second location area, respectively.2013-01-03
20130005336PASSENGER MOBILE STATION REGISTRATION WITH A VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING PASSENGER INFORMATION - A method for registering a mobile station of a passenger may include receiving a request to register the mobile station of the passenger with a passenger communications system on board a vehicle. The method may also include validating a personal or passenger identification number (PIN) for registration with the passenger communications system. The PIN may include at least a portion of a name of the passenger and seat information of the passenger. The method may additionally include registering the mobile station of the passenger with the passenger communications system in response to the PIN being validated. The method may further include providing a predetermined class of service to the passenger based on the PIN.2013-01-03
20130005337METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM TIME ZONE DETERMINATION BY A MOBILE STATION - This application pertains to methods and apparatus to perform time zone determination by a mobile station. One example method for use in a device includes transmitting a messaging service message to a server via a communication network, the messaging service message to be used to determine a time zone for the device, and receiving the time zone for the device from the server. Other examples are shown and described.2013-01-03
20130005338SERVICE STATUS DISPLAY ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method, device and system for indicating availability of services to a communication device is provided. The method comprises: receiving a service indication of availability of a communication service from a first communications network and a second communications network via a non-traffic channel of each of the first and the second communications networks; when the communication service is available to the communication device from both the second communications network and the first communications network, issuing a service information request to the second communications network over the non-traffic channel of the second communications network; and flashing an indicator on the communication device at a first rate when the communication device roams from a first geographic region into a second geographic region and the second geographic region provides a communication mode for the communication device that is not available to the communication device in the first geographic region.2013-01-03
20130005339MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO BASE STATION - Provided is a mobile communication method according to the present invention, including a step of transmitting, by a mobile station UE that is in communication in a cell #A of a first frequency f2013-01-03
20130005340Handover Between Different Closed Subscriber Groups - A core network (MME or RNC for example) receives in an uplink message a first list of closed subscriber group (CSG) identities for cells which are neighbors to a network access node. The core network creates a third list by checking the first list received in the uplink message against a second list which is a user equipment's list of allowed CSG identities; and then sends the third list downlink to at least the network access node which provided the first list. In different embodiments the neighbors of the first list include only cells which are direct neighbor CSG cells; or alternatively is also has cells which are adjacent to the direct neighbor CSG cells.2013-01-03
20130005341METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for performing the method are provided. The method includes operating a mobile device in a first network while a timer of the mobile device is running to prevent the mobile device from scanning for a second network. The method also includes determining a distance that the mobile device is from a reference location, where the reference location is associated with where the mobile device is prevented from scanning for the second network. The method further includes adjusting the timer when the determined distance from the reference signal exceeds a threshold. When the determined distance exceeds the determined distance, the mobile device can scan for the second network.2013-01-03
20130005342METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SHORT MESSAGES IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method enabling a base station and a terminal to reliably transmit short messages in a broadband wireless access system. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method wherein a terminal receives a short message service (SMS) in a broadband wireless access system comprises the following steps: transmitting a first message for carrying out ranging to a base station; receiving a second message, which comprises SMS information and uplink resource allocation information for the transmission of a third message, from the base station as a response to the first message; and transmitting a third message, which indicates the state of the reception of the second message, to the base station by means of uplink resources which are indicated by the uplink resources allocation information.2013-01-03
20130005343METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING NEIGHBOR BASE-STATION - A method and system for transmitting/receiving a neighbor base-station information message in a broadband wireless access system. A method includes receiving, by the mobile station, a neighbor BS information message; determining whether or not an operator ID field related to a first neighbor BS is included in the neighbor BS information message; and determining that the first neighbor BS has identical BS information as a serving BS, if the operator ID field is not included in the neighbor BS information message.2013-01-03
20130005344USER EQUIPMENT, RADIO BASE STATION AND METHODS THEREIN FOR DETERMINING MOBILITY TRIGGER - A method in a user equipment for enabling a cell change of a connection of the user equipment from a first cell serving the user equipment to a second cell in a radio communications network includes obtaining a first cell size of the first cell and obtaining a second cell size of the second cell. The method also includes determining a mobility trigger to use based on at least the first cell size and/or the second cell size and determining whether a cell change is to be performed based on the mobility trigger.2013-01-03
20130005345FEMTOCELL RADIO BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A femtocell radio base station, which radio-communicates with one or more communication terminal units, includes a plurality of terminals that receive power from a power supply unit when connected to the power supply unit respectively; a measurement unit that measures total power supplied from one or more connection terminals connected to the power supply unit from among the plurality of terminals; and a control unit that controls radio communication with the one or more communication terminal units based on a measurement result of the measurement unit.2013-01-03
20130005346MMS SYSTEM TO SUPPORT MESSAGE BASED APPLICATIONS - Sending apparatus, receiving apparatus, sending method, receiving method and sending and receiving system for supporting application based MMS. The body of an incremental MMS includes a dynamic data section of MMS, a static data indicator associated with the MMS, and a link tag between indicated static data and the dynamic data. The amount of the message quantity transmitted may be reduced because the changed section of the incremental MMS is sent directly via short message channel in dynamic data mode. In turn, the incremental MMS may be sent via short message channel instead of MMS channel due to the reduction of transmitted message, which further reduces the communication cost.2013-01-03
20130005347DISTRIBUTED POSITIONING MECHANISM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A wireless communication device can determine its position in accordance with a distributed positioning mechanism to minimize bandwidth and power consumption at the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device can detect positioning control messages exchanged between independent pairs of access points in a wireless communication network. The wireless communication device can determine position information associated with each access point of each of the pairs of access points and timing information associated with the pairs of access points based, at least in part, on the detected positioning control messages. The position of the wireless communication device can then be calculated based, at least in part, on the position information and the timing information associated with the pairs of access points.2013-01-03
20130005348METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GEO-LOCATING MOBILE STATION - A method for estimating a geographic location of a mobile station within a coverage area of a wireless network includes: determining a radial distance of the mobile station from a serving base station based on a round trip measurement and calculating an angular position of the mobile station in relation to the radial distance based on a first signal strength measurement, a second signal strength measurement, and an angular position reference that extends outward from the serving base station. The signal strength measurements representative of power characteristics of RF signals received by the mobile station from first and second sector antennas of the serving base station. An apparatus associated therewith includes a distance module to perform the determining and an angular position module to perform the calculating. The apparatus may be implemented in a base station, a geo-location service node, a network management node, or other communication nodes.2013-01-03
20130005349METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GEO-LOCATING MOBILE STATION - A method for estimating a geographic location of a mobile station includes calculating an angular position of a mobile station to a base station based on first and second signal strength measurements and an angular position reference for the base station, the signal strength measurements from the mobile station for RF signals from first and second sector antennas of the base station. Another method includes calculating a radial distance of a mobile station from a base station serving the mobile station, determining a signal strength report from the mobile station includes a signal strength measurement for an RF signal from a first sector antenna of the base station, and identifying a geographic location of the mobile station based on intersection of a circle around the base station with a radius of the radial distance with a sub-sector geographic area in an RF coverage map for the first sector antenna.2013-01-03
20130005350OPTIMIZING NETWORK ACCESS - A network access optimization strategy where mobile device may be directed to access particular networks depending on operation requirements and characteristic. The optimization strategy may rely on a traveling speed of the mobile to device to broadly prioritize a network type suitable for the given traveling speed.2013-01-03
20130005351METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCASTING THE LOCATION OF A DEVICE - The method includes sending geolocation data of the device to a server, receiving, by the device from the server, a list of venues whose boundaries contain the geolocation data, selecting, on the device, a plurality of venues selected from the list, and sending the plurality of venues to a communication platform for broadcasting thereon. Sending venues to the communication platform may be associated with a privacy setting for each venue, thereby permitting a different venue to be seen by a chosen subset of users.2013-01-03
20130005352LOCATION VERIFICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods are provided for verifying whether a mobile device is at a site. An exemplary method involves obtaining a location of the mobile device from the mobile device and obtaining a captured value for a machine-readable code from one of the mobile device and the site, the machine-readable code being presented by the other of the mobile device and the site. When the captured value is equal to a reference value for the code, the mobile device is verified as being at the site when the location of the mobile device corresponds to a location associated with the site.2013-01-03
20130005353RADIO BASED LOCATION POWER PROFILES - Methods and systems of managing radio based power may include a mobile platform having a plurality of radios and logic to detect changes in location for the mobile platform. The logic may also deactivate at least one of the plurality of radios in response to the changes in location. The changes in location may be detected based on location information obtained from one or more active radios in the plurality of radios and connection losses with respect to active radios in the plurality of radios.2013-01-03
20130005354Recognition System - According to various embodiments, a first electronic device may be configured to communicate wirelessly with a second electronic device. If the devices become separated, then various steps may be taken to avoid or to mitigate the loss of one of the devices.2013-01-03
20130005355ASSISTANCE DATA MANAGEMENT - It is disclosed to keep a track of quality information of at least one assistance data, the track of quality information being associated with a current version and at least one previous version of the at least one assistance data, and to determine whether to provide assistance data information associated with at least one assistance data of the at least one assistance data to a mobile device based on tracked quality information of the at least one assistance data of the at least one assistance and based on assistance data handling parameters associated with the mobile device.2013-01-03
20130005356RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO NETWORK, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A radio terminal, which is operative to perform a measurement on the basis of a measurement condition designated by a radio network and to report the result of the measurement, comprises: a position-determination precision calculating means for calculating a position-determination precision of the radio terminal; a required position-determination precision holding means for holding a required position-determination precision related to a condition of position-determination precision; and a measurement reporting control means for comparing the required position-determination precision with the calculated position-determination precision and for controlling the execution of at least one of the radio terminal's measurement and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement result to the radio network.2013-01-03
20130005357MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A positioning portion does not identify a position of a mobile terminal in a case in which a stationary continuation determiner determines that the mobile terminal has continued to be stationary during a period, the positioning portion identifies the position of the mobile terminal in a case in which the stationary continuation determiner determines that the mobile terminal has not continued to be stationary during the period and in which a traveling condition determiner determines that the mobile terminal is in traveling condition, and the positioning portion does not identify the position of the mobile terminal in a case in which the stationary continuation determiner determines that the mobile terminal has not continued to be stationary during the period and in which the traveling condition determiner determines that the mobile terminal is in a stationary condition.2013-01-03
20130005358Estimating a Subscriber Location - Estimating a location of a subscriber, including receiving a request for the location, identifying a serving base station of the subscriber, receiving a downlink frame from the serving base station, obtaining a time delay of a signal transmitted between the subscriber and the serving base station, the obtaining including estimating a time of arrival by extracting information from the received downlink frame, the extracting including, determining a channel impulse response of the downlink frame, and estimating the time of arrival by comparing a peak time of the determined channel impulse response with a start time of the downlink frame, the start time being estimated based on the channel impulse response exceeding a predetermined threshold value, estimating a distance between the subscriber and the serving base station based on the time delay, and estimating the location based on the estimated distance between the subscriber and the serving base station.2013-01-03
20130005359Advertising Method and Apparatus in a Communications System - In a method for providing a content service to a recipient (2013-01-03
20130005360SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED LOCATION-BASED WIDGETS - Systems and methods relating to location-based applications, such as widgets, are disclosed. In general, in one embodiment, a mobile device obtains a list of applications associated with a current or anticipated location of the mobile device from a centralized or distributed application service. One or more desired applications to be activated are either manually or automatically selected from the list of applications associated with the current location or the anticipated location of the mobile device. The mobile device then activates the one or more desired applications. Optionally, for each desired application that has been activated, the desired application may be deactivated once one or more deactivation criteria are satisfied.2013-01-03
20130005361Geographic Location Notification Based on Identity Linking - A user maintains notification setting information having temporal periods capable of controlling, at least in part, the dissemination of information describing the on-line presence of the user within an instant messaging system or the geographic location of one or more mobile communications devices used by the user. The user may use multiple identities to communicate within the instant messaging system and/or with the mobile communications device or devices. The user can maintain sets of temporal periods for each of the multiple identities. Only one identity may be used at a specific time to communicate to a specific other identity, but the multiple identities of the user may be linked such that on-line presence and/or geographic location associated with one of the identities is disseminated based on the temporal periods set for one or more of the multiple identities.2013-01-03
20130005362Ad Hoc Formation and Tracking of Location-Sharing Groups - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for forming and tracking a location-sharing group are disclosed. The location-sharing group can be performed ad hoc without the assistance of a central server. A geofence can be defined that encloses the current locations of the participating devices in the location-sharing group. The geographic location of the location-sharing group as a whole can be tracked and provided to the participating devices in the location-sharing group. Group-level location-sharing can be enabled. Departure of a participating device from the location-sharing group can be detected based on the current location and the coverage radius of each device in the location-sharing group. Entry of points of interest into the geofence of the location-sharing group can be detected and notified to the participating devices in the location-sharing group.2013-01-03
20130005363Predictive Notification System for Emergency Services - A predictive notification system identifies certain mobile devices in a wireless telecommunications network that are likely to be within a predetermined geographical area of interest during a predetermined period of time. The identified location/time pair may be one that is associated with or affected by a particular event (e.g., emergency, construction, disaster, traffic, weather or other alerts and events). This allows a notification (about the event) to be sent to the identified mobile devices in an effort to notify them of the event prior to entering the affected area. A trending profile generated and maintained for each mobile device in the network is examined/consulted to determine the identity of those mobile devices that are likely to be within the affected area during the relevant time period.2013-01-03
20130005364APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR PAGING A MOBILE STATION - An apparatus, and an associated methodology, for facilitating paging of a mobile station pursuant to a two-step paging procedure. A unique identifier of the mobile station that is to be paged is hashed into a first group of hashed values and at least a second group of hashed values. The first group of hashed values are used by page message generator to generate a page on a first paging channel. And, the second group of values are used by a page message generator to generate a page on a second paging channel. All of the bits of the unique identifier are sent to page the mobile station. The mobile station determines therefrom whether the mobile station has been paged.2013-01-03
20130005365Data Session Synchronization With Phone Numbers - A method for administering a communication session includes initiating a session between a server and a user device, the user device associated with a user phone number, associating the user phone number and a first session state phone number with a state of the session, and sending a first message associated with the state of the session from the server to the user device, the first message sent from the first session state phone number to the user phone number.2013-01-03
20130005366ASYNCHRONOUS MESSAGING TAGS - A method includes receiving a message from a user device, determining whether the message includes a tag, identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag, calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the at least one identified interaction, determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value, and associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value.2013-01-03
20130005367SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH USING A WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system are provided by which a wireless mobile device takes a vocally entered query and transmits it in a text message format over a wireless network to a search engine; receives search results based on the query from the search engine over the wireless network; and displays the search results.2013-01-03
20130005368METHOD FOR HANDLING AN ELECTRONIC REQUEST WITH THE AID OF AN INTERMEDIARY ENTITY - A method for handling an electronic request between two entities with the aid of an intermediary entity as well as uses of the method are disclosed. A first entity sends a request intended for a second entity via an open, first communication network such as the Internet to an intermediary entity, which then forwards the request as a text message such as an SMS message via a secure, second communication network such as a GSM network to the second entity, which indicates acceptance of the request by sending a text message back to the intermediary entity, or rejects the request by e.g. not responding. The intermediary entity then either confirms that the request has been accepted if the second entity has responded within a maximum response time or otherwise indicates rejection of the request by the second entity by sending a corresponding text message to the first entity.2013-01-03
20130005369WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USER INTERFACE - A user interface for wireless communications device includes a component to compose a destination for an outgoing communication generated by the device. The component provides alternative composition means comprising a prompt for receiving the destination from a user and a list of candidate destinations from which the user may select the destination. The component may be invoked directly from a home screen of the user interface by keying the destination. Entry from the main screen may populate the prompt with the keyed destination to speed calling operations.2013-01-03
20130005370System and Method for Enabling Instant Messages to be Exchanged Between Mobile Devices - A system and method are provided for enabling instant messages to be exchanged between mobile devices, in particular where a mobile device has access to information pertaining to another mobile device. The system enables an instant messaging application to communicate directly with the other mobile device, without requiring an initial email exchange. New contacts can be added automatically and access to other data such provided by having a mobile device access information for another mobile device. The information can be made available through a contact server of the host system common to both mobile devices thereby providing a trusted mechanism to establish the new contacts. In one example, in a PIN-to-PIN based messaging system, a global address list (GAL) lookup can be incorporated into an option for adding a new contact so that the PIN for the invitee is obtained directly and the invitation sent immediately in a PIN-to-PIN message thus not requiring an email invitation.2013-01-03
20130005371VOICE NOTIFICATION TO THE DESTINATION OF A TEXT MESSAGE THAT IS ENGAGED IN A VOICE CALL - Systems and methods are disclosed that provide a voice notification to an end user while the end user is on an active voice call, where the voice notification includes information on a text message that was received. A system in one embodiment includes a message delivery system that receives a text message intended for a destination, and initiates delivery of the text message to the destination. The system also includes a message notification system that detects that the destination is engaged in an active voice call during the delivery of the text message, identifies information for the text message, converts the text message information into voice data to generate a voice notification, and initiates transmission of the voice notification to the destination to be played during the active voice call.2013-01-03
20130005372Integral thermoelectric generator for wireless devices - Electrical power is produced by a first process component, a first heat pipe formed in part by a first cavity within the first process component, and a thermoelectric generator assembly. The thermoelectric generator assembly is thermally coupled on one side to a heat sink and on the other side to the first heat pipe. The first process component is in direct contact with a first process fluid and the first cavity is proximate the first process fluid. The thermoelectric generator assembly produces electrical power.2013-01-03
20130005373COMMUNICATION TEST DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TEST METHOD - A communication test device can assist in identifying a cause of a change in throughput of a mobile communication terminal. The communication test device accumulates (a) trace data on a specific unit of data complying with a designated communication standard, and (b) throughput data on throughput of the specific unit of data transmitted to and received from a mobile communication terminal. Trace data and throughput data are extracted from the accumulation, and trace data is displayed. A graph of the variation of throughput with time is displayed on the display unit. Trace data corresponding to a time designated by an operating unit can also be displayed.2013-01-03
20130005374METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SPECTRUM RESERVATION - An approach is provided for providing spectrum reservation in cognitive radio information sharing. A cognitive radio spectrum reservation platform determines information regarding at least one predicted location of at least one device. The cognitive radio spectrum reservation platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the information to generate a prediction of one or more cognitive radio resources that are to be used by the at least one device at the at least one predicted location. The cognitive radio spectrum reservation platform further causes, at least in part, a reservation of the one or more cognitive resources from one or more cognitive radio connectivity providers based, at least in part, on the prediction.2013-01-03
20130005375System and Method for Implementing Coordinated Resource Allocations - A method for implementing coordinated resource allocations includes establishing one or more wireless connections using a first channel with one or more endpoints via at least one remote transceiver. The method further includes determining a schedule that assigns a first number of resource blocks to each endpoint of the one or more endpoints. The method additionally includes receiving one or more neighboring transceiver schedules determined by one or more neighboring base stations. Each neighboring transceiver schedule indicating a different number of resource blocks assigned to each neighboring remote transceiver connected to the respective neighboring base station. The method also includes determining one or more time slots and subcarriers within the first channel to assign to each resource block for each endpoint of the one or more endpoints based on the schedule and the neighboring transceiver schedules. The method further includes determining a power distribution for each resource block for each endpoint.2013-01-03
20130005376METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A method is disclosed to eliminate inter-cluster interference of user equipment located at the edge of a cluster of cells. The method operates by employing fractional frequency reuse (FFR) principles on clusters or combinations of cells in a wireless neighborhood, in which base stations in the cells coordinate their operations in a scheme known as coordinated multi-point transmission (CoMP). By using the FFR principles to single out edge users of the CoMP cluster, the method mitigates interference and increases throughput for the edge users.2013-01-03
20130005377Method and Apparatus for Device-to-Device Communication Setup - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for setting up cellular controlled device-to-device communications. A method can comprise sending, from a first device to a radio network node, a request to initiate device-to-device communication with a second device, the request comprising an identification of the second device and a first indicator indicating an intention of a device-to-device type of the communication; receiving, from the radio network node, a resource allocation; and transmitting service contents in the device-to-device communication directly between the first device and the second device using the allocated resources.2013-01-03
20130005378WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND BASE STATION - A wireless communication system includes a first base station and a second base station that respectively communicate with a mobile station by using a wireless resource. The first base station includes a resource control unit that controls allocation of the wireless resource to the second base station. The second base station includes a communication unit that communicates with the mobile station by using the wireless resource allocated from the first base station.2013-01-03
20130005379RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, HIGH POWER BASE STATION, LOW POWER BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system (2013-01-03
20130005380SETTING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND PROGRAM - This invention is directed to provision of a technique for dynamically performing a priority band establishment that can achieve the suppression of interference between adjacent cells. This invention is characterized in that: a base-point resource block, which serves as a base point in establishing a priority resource block to be used, on a priority basis, by a terminal for which the quality of a communication path does not meet a predetermined quality, is so decided as to be different from the base-point resource block of an adjacent communication area; and the priority resource block is established, based on a communication load, in a predetermined order with the decided base-point resource block used as the base point2013-01-03
20130005381Terminal Mobility State Detection - There are provided measures for terminal mobility state detection. Such measures may exemplarily include acquiring a statistical metric of measurements of a signal strength of a terminal with unknown speed over a predetermined time period, comparing the acquired statistical metric with mobility patterns stored in a database, each of said mobility patterns exhibiting a relationship between previously acquired statistical metrics of signal strength measurements of terminals with a specific terminal speed class, and determining a terminal speed class of the terminal according to a best match between the acquired statistical metric and the mobility patterns on the basis of the comparison. The database may exemplarily be prepared including acquiring a statistical metric of measurements of a signal strength of a terminal with known speed, and applying the acquired statistical metric for creating or updating the mobility pattern with respect to the specific terminal speed class corresponding to the known speed of the terminal.2013-01-03
20130005382METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CHANNEL QUALITY REPORTING MODES USED BY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK USERS - According to this disclosure, a base station or other controlling node within a wireless communication network determines which channel state information reporting mode should be used by individual users among a plurality of active users being supported by the network. In particular, the determination is made as to whether or not an individual user should use frequency-selective reporting and, if so, whether the user should report a frequency-selective channel quality indicator or a frequency-selective precoder matrix indicator.2013-01-03
20130005383SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION SESSION BETWEEN CONTEXT AWARE PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system and method for establishing a communication session between at least two parties that are located in a common context (e.g., location) without sufficient knowledge to establish a communication session in a conventional manner. In one embodiment, a request to establish a communication session between two devices is received at a remote server. The request includes user information and location information associated with the first device and the request includes data corresponding to a physical feature of the user of the second device. The request is processed to obtain network information related to the second device, by searching a plurality of user profilers stored on the server based on the received location information and the data corresponding to the physical feature of the associated user of the second portable communication. If a suitable user profile is found, a communication session is established between the devices.2013-01-03
20130005384MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TEST DEVICE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TEST METHOD - To provide a mobile communication terminal test device and a mobile communication terminal test method capable of enabling a tester to intuitively know a set transmission power variation. A mobile communication terminal test device 2013-01-03
20130005385RE-SELECTING NETWORK PARAMETERS IN A CELLULAR WIRELESS NETWORK - A value of a parameter which affects network performance or operation of a cell in a wireless network is re-selected by: storing an indicator, representing the performance and/or operation of the network, and a criterion to be met by the indicator when the value of the parameter has been re-selected; receiving data relating to the performance or operation of the network, and deriving therefrom statistical data relating to said indicator; storing that statistical data; when the value of the parameter is to be re-selected, obtaining at least two different solutions for the value of the parameter to be re-selected; using said statistical data to determine which of the solutions obtained most satisfactorily meets said criterion for the indicator; and selecting that solution for implementation on the network.2013-01-03
20130005386Wi-Fi BASED GEO-LOCATION CONNECTIVITY - A wireless device capable of matching a user with content based on the user's proximity to other users, by searching for a match between profiles of wireless devices within a wireless coverage area. Wireless devices broadcast profiles within a wireless coverage area. Other wireless devices within the wireless coverage area receive the broadcasted profiles, determine a match between the received profile and a profile stored on the wireless device, and display a match indicator if a match is determined. In this manner, a user having a wireless device may be matched with content based on the user's proximity to other users.2013-01-03
20130005387COMMUNICATION NODE AND NETWORK NODE - Disclosed is a technique to enable a communication node to acquire predetermined newer information (e.g., configuration information) held by another communication node while minimizing power consumption by communication nodes. According to the technique, when receiving a request for configuration information from a new MTC device 2013-01-03
20130005388WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FEMTOCELL BASE STATION AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD - A wireless terminal transmits a result of measuring received power of a downlink wireless signal from a femtocell base station to a macrocell base station. The macrocell base station transmits an interference control request including identification information of the wireless terminal to a femtocell base station group of which received power of a downlink signal included in a measurement result transmitted from the wireless terminal is a predetermined value or more. The femtocell base station has an adjacent wireless terminal list in which identification information of a wireless terminal, which is capable of being connected to an adjacent femtocell base station but is not capable of being connected to the femtocell base station, is recorded, and downlink transmission power of the femtocell base station is reduced when the identification information included in the interference control request is included in this list.2013-01-03
20130005389METHOD FOR MANAGING A P2P NETWORK BASED ON CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - The invention relates to a method for managing a P2P network (2013-01-03
20130005390RADIO BASE STATION AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING RADIO PARAMETER - A radio base station controls an antenna by adjusting a radio parameter value of the radio base station, and notifies another radio base station of the adjustment of the radio parameter value. The radio base station receives information from the other radio base station. The information relates to an influence on a radio characteristic of a cell formed by the other radio base station. The radio characteristic is influenced by the adjustment of the radio parameter of the radio base station. The radio base station readjusts the radio parameter value of the radio base station based on the information. The information relates to the influence on the radio characteristic of the cell formed by the other radio base station.2013-01-03
20130005391METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORK SELECTION - A method for intelligent network selection includes collecting, by a subscriber unit or an infrastructure device network state condition information for a plurality of networks when the subscriber unit is currently attached to a first access network. Upon detection of a trigger, the subscriber unit or the infrastructure device selects a second access network using the network station condition information. The subscriber unit detaches from the first access network and attaches to the second access network.2013-01-03
20130005392MOBILE APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ARCHITECTURE SUPPORTING SIMULTANEOUS DATA AND VOICE COMMUNICATIONS - Mobile apparatus with radio frequency architecture supporting simultaneous data and voice communications, in an embodiment, includes first and second antennas, a tranceiver unit, first and second radio frequency (RF) front-end units. The tranceiver unit has a plurality of first, second, and third RF terminals. The first RF front-end unit is coupled between the first antenna and first RF terminals to provide first paths for a high-speed data communication mode and a first mobile communication mode between the first RF terminals and first RF front-end unit. The second RF front-end unit is coupled between the second antenna and second and third RF terminals to provide second paths for at least one second communication mode between the second RF terminals and second RF front-end unit and to provide third paths for the high-speed data communication mode and first mobile communication mode between the third RF terminals and second RF front-end unit.2013-01-03
20130005393Sensitivity Testing Method and Device and Inspection Apparatus for a GSM Communication Terminal - The present disclosure relates to the technical field of mobile terminal production, and discloses a sensitivity testing method, a sensitivity testing device and an inspection apparatus for a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) communication terminal. The sensitivity testing method comprises: acquiring an RX Quality; determining whether the RX Quality is less than a step threshold that is set in a system; and if the RX Quality is less than the step threshold that is set in the system, then reducing a TCH (Traffic Channel) Level of the GSM communication terminal by one step. By using the RX Quality indicator in testing of a GSM communication terminal, the present disclosure determines whether the RX Quality is less than the step threshold that is set in the system, and adjusts the TCH Level of the GSM communication terminal according to the determination result.2013-01-03
20130005394WIRELESS DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A wireless device has at least a first radio system for a first SIM channel and a second radio system for a second SIM channel. A processing system is arranged to determine whether a first of the first and second radio systems is capable of providing service for both of the first and second SIM channels currently being serviced by the first and second radio systems respectively. Servicing of the second SIM channel is transferred from the second radio system to the first radio system if it is determined that the first radio system is capable of providing service for both of first and second SIM channels. At least a part of the second radio system is shut down to reduce the power consumed by the second radio system after servicing of the second SIM channel has been transferred.2013-01-03
20130005395PROCESSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR MULTI-MODE WIRELESS DEVICE - A multi mode wireless device can communicate with cellular and non-cellular networks. The device has first and second processors in communication with each other. In one arrangement, the first processor provides control processing for physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel, and the second processor provides processing for data link layer 2 for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel, and the device can communicate with the cellular and non-cellular networks simultaneously. In another arrangement, the first processor provides control processing for physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel, and the second processor provides processing for data link layer 2 and all layers above layer 2 in the device for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel.2013-01-03
20130005396PROCESSOR ARRANGMENT FOR MULTI MODE WIRELESS DEVICE - A multi mode wireless device can communicate with cellular and non-cellular networks. The device has first and second processors in communication with each other. In one arrangement, the first processor provides control processing for physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel, and the second processor provides processing for data link layer 2 for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel, and the device can communicate with the cellular and non-cellular networks simultaneously. In another arrangement, the first processor provides control processing for physical layer 1 processing for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel, and the second processor provides processing for data link layer 2 and all layers above layer 2 in the device for both the cellular and the non-cellular radio communications in parallel.2013-01-03
20130005397ACCESS STRATUM MANAGER - A multi-mode mobile communication device includes a processing device, a memory sub-system, a communication sub-system operable to communicate with wireless access networks, and a protocol stack stored in the memory sub-system and executed by the processing device. The protocol stack includes a first access stratum, a second access stratum, a non-access stratum and an access stratum manager. The first access stratum communicates with a first wireless access network via the communication sub-system. The second access stratum communicates with a second wireless access network via the communication sub-system. The non-access stratum communicates with a core network. The access stratum manager interfaces the non-access stratum with the first and second access strata, and is operable to activate the first access stratum to establish a communication link with the core network over the first wireless access network.2013-01-03
20130005398MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SELECTIVE LOAD SWITCHING FOR ANTENNAS AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a plurality of antennas, a plurality of wireless transceivers, and signal processing circuitry. The device may further include a controller for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, and for selectively switching a desired one of the antennas to the desired one of the wireless transceivers. Moreover, the controller may also be for selectively connecting and disconnecting the at least one other one of the antennas to an unused one of the wireless transceivers.2013-01-03
20130005399WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE AND USES THEREOF - A wireless telecommunication device including a foreground unit, and a background unit that is physically separated from the foreground unit and in local communication with the foreground unit. The foreground unit is provided to support incoming calls independently of the background unit. Furthermore, the foreground unit and the background unit cooperate to support outgoing calls. The scope of the invention also includes a method for doing business by offering the foreground unit for sale in a packaging having a form factor selected from the group consisting of a pen, a pen cap, a wristwatch, and a necklace.2013-01-03
20130005400Integrated Personal Digital Assistant Device - An integrated device provides functionality of both a PDA and cellular telephone. Features include a power button offering control of both the computing and telephony functions of the device; a lid that turns the device on and off and controls additional telephony functions; a jog rocker that activates the device and is used to select from a variety of menu options; application buttons that offer direct access to applications stored on the device, and which can be configured to operate in conjunction with secondary keys to offer added functionality; a keyboard that enables data input into the device; an automatic word completion function that verifies and corrects a user's typing in real time; and a simplified keyboard navigation system that allows the navigation of menus using keyboard shortcuts.2013-01-03
20130005401ERGONOMIC HANDLE FOR SMARTPHONE VIDEO RECORDING - The present invention provides an ergonomically designed smartphone handle mount device that attaches and secures itself to a smartphone to facilitate operation of video recording. The device includes a grippable handle portion, mount structure for securing a smartphone, controls for controlling recording and/or zooming, and an electronic connection interface for providing electronic communication between the controls of the handle mount device and the smartphone. The device provides a quick and convenient way to take advantage of the increasingly high resolution capabilities of smartphones and may completely eliminate the need for other camcorder devices for many users. The recording, zooming, or other buttons or controls may be within easy reach of the user's fingers when gripping the handle portion of the device.2013-01-03
20130005402METHOD FOR ACCESSING AT LEAST ONE SERVICE AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method 2013-01-03
20130005403RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A base station broadcasts a message saying that transmittable ranging codes are limited by antenna IDs to limit antennas and the ranging codes to be searched, thereby reducing a processing load of the search. In a cellular radio communication system in which a base station device is connected to plural antennas, and antenna IDs for identifying the antennas are transmitted from the respective antennas, the base station device broadcasts a message saying that a group of ranging codes transmittable by a terminal device is limited by the antenna IDs, the terminal device receives the message, identifies the antenna ID, selects the ranging code from the group of the ranging codes corresponding to the antenna ID, and transmits the selected ranging code.2013-01-03
20130005404DEVICES HAVING AN AUXILIARY ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING OPTICALLY SCANNABLE INDICA - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a first display operably coupled to the housing, and a second display comprising an electronic paper display operably coupled to the housing. A processor is operably coupled to the first display and to the second electronic paper display. A wireless receiver is coupled to the processor for receiving data comprising, for example, an electronic ticket having a scannable optical indicia, and the processor and the second electronic paper display are operable to display of the optically scannable indicia on the electronic paper display. The second electronic paper display is operable to display the optically scannable indicia such as a barcode with at least one of a lower reflectance, a higher resolution, and a higher contrast compared to display of the optically scannable indicia on the first display.2013-01-03
20130005405System and Method for Controlling Mobile Communication Devices - A system and method are provided for controlling a mobile device. The method includes, during use of the mobile device, interpreting at least one item, the at least one item corresponding to data or events detectable on the mobile device. At least action may then be determined, which are associated with the at least one item, each action capable of preemptively executing at least a portion of a task using features available on the mobile device. At least one of the actions may then be executed and a result associated with the execution of the at least one action provided.2013-01-03
20130005406MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit has a display area for displaying a plurality of objects. The control unit is configured to display the objects in a first arrangement in the display area, move the objects displayed in the first arrangement outward from inside the display area, and display the objects moved outward of the display area again in the display area in a second arrangement.2013-01-03
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