| 05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
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| 20120028639 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CELL SELECTION TO HOME CELL OR PRIVATE NETWORK IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for performing cell selection to a Home cell or a Private network in a mobile communication system are provided, in which a User Equipment (UE) determines a candidate cell by measuring a serving cell and neighbor cells, receives an indicator indicating a Home cell or a Private network in system information from the candidate cell, determines whether the candidate cell is included in a Home cell or Private network list set in the UE, and selects the candidate cell if the candidate cell is included in the Home cell or Private network list. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING USER EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND ALLOCATING A TEMPORARY IDENTIFIER - A method and an apparatus for identifying a UE in an SAE network, and an MME are provided herein. The method includes: receiving an SAE-TMSI which is allocated to a UE that accesses an SAE network and includes at least: a pool-ID, an MME-ID, and a UE temporary identifier; using the SAE-TMSI to temporarily identify the UE in the SAE network. The apparatus includes: a receiving unit and a temporary identifying unit. The MME includes a temporary identifier allocating unit. Moreover, a method for transmitting and allocating a temporary identifier, and a method for receiving and transmitting information according to the temporary identifier are disclosed herein. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028641 | MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station according to the present invention includes: a dedicated signaling reception unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028642 | CODEC RATE ADAPTATION FOR RADIO CHANNEL RATE CHANGE - Speech signals to be sent between a first node and a second node via a wireless communication system are Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) encoded. A need to change the first node's first data transmission rate over a radio interface to a second different data transmission rate is determined. A new AMR source bit rate is then determined for both nodes. Information is sent to the second node, in advance of changing the data transmission rate over the radio interface, requesting the second node to change towards the new AMR source bit rate. After a predetermined time period sufficient for the second node to change from the current AMR source bit rate to the new AMR source bit rate expires or after the second node indicates a change to the new AMR source bit rate, the first node starts transmitting at the second data transmission rate over the radio interface. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SUPPORT USER-CENTRIC SELECTION OF POINT OF ATTACHMENT THROUGH MOMENTARY INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE CONVEYANCE AND THROUGH CORRELATION OF WEB LINKS TO QUALITY AND EXPERIENCE METRICS - A system and method for improving quality of experience (QoE) of using a mobile device can comprise utilization of stored information relating to RANs of service providers and QoE ratings, receiving an event related to the RANs or to mobile Web browsing actions, receiving requests for QoE metrics based on the event, parsing and interpreting results of the QoE metrics; preparing and beginning an emulation session of the RANs, choosing a presentation style, rendering QoE in accordance with the browser actions and the presentation style which can be purely quantitative comparison, pre-recorded session, limited interaction-emulated session, live interactive session and live automatically controlled non-interactive session, and enabling user input according to the presentation style. The method can comprise standardizing information to allow comparison of the information, rendering network-related information on a display and updating the presentation of the network-related information to maintain a fair representation of the RANs being emulated. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028644 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INTERFERENCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPRESSION METHOD AND BASE STATION IN THE SYSTEM - A mobile communication system, a neighboring cell interference suppression method and a base station in the mobile communication are disclosed. When a NodeB establishes a non-serving radio link for a UE, only a control plane connection is established, and contribution of the UE to uplink load in a cell is estimated by means of an established uplink channel so that contribution of UEs in neighboring cells to the uplink load becomes predictable, and the transmit power of the UE can be controlled by means of an established downlink channel based on the estimation result, and thereby interference from the neighboring cells to which the overlap area belongs can be suppressed effectively, and the system stability and accuracy in fast dispatching by the NodeB can be improved. If the non-serving radio link becomes a serving radio link during the handover, a channel for carrying data is added to the radio link. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028645 | COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE USING CHANGE OF TYPE OF FEMTO BASE STATION - Disclosed is a communication technique using the change of type of a femto base station. The femto base station is able to change the type of CSG opening/closing depending on conditions, and broadcasts the information on the change. A terminal is able to determine the network entry/handover to a corresponding femto cell by using the broadcasted information. The change of cell type of a CSG femto cell can be used when interference adjustment is required depending on the resource conditions of a femto cell. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028646 | Method of Seamless Roaming Between Wireless Local Area Networks and Cellular Carrier Networks - A scheme that enables seamless roaming between the WLAN and the cellular carrier network by enabling a user that originates a call in the WLAN and happens to go outside the range of the WLAN to automatically switch over to the cellular carrier network without losing connection with the other party. This solution assumes that the mobile device has the capability to operate in at least two modes that include the WLAN mode and one of the cellular carrier modes, such as the GSM, IS-95 CDMA, IS-136 TDMA, and iDEN. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028647 | METHOD OF ASSIGNING A MOBILE UNIT TO A TRACKING AREA BASED ON A LOCATION UPDATE FREQUENCY - The present invention provides a method for assigning a mobile unit to a tracking area based upon a location update frequency. The method includes selecting one of a technology-specific tracking area and a shared tracking area based on a location update frequency associated with a mobile unit. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028648 | LOAD BALANCING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A load balancing system for a wireless network comprises: a base station parameter extraction unit able to extract base station availability parameters of currently available base stations; and a base station quality of service selector associated with said base station parameter extraction unit configured to determine from said parameters which of said available base stations is able to provide a currently required quality of service. The system requests resources from one such base station, thereby to ensure that mobile stations are distributed in a balanced manner between the available base stations. As well as quality of service, interference with other links may be taken into account, and uplinks and downlinks may be considered separately. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028649 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN DETERMINING THAT A MOBILE STATION IS AT ONE OR MORE PARTICULAR INDOOR REGIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FUTURE LOCATIONS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES USING CONNECTION-RELATED DATA OF A MOBILE ACCESS NETWORK - A system and method for predicting future locations of mobile communication devices utilizes connection-related data from a mobile access network supporting the mobile communication devices to determine latest locations of the mobile communication devices, which are used to predict the future locations of the mobile communication devices. In addition to the determined locations of the mobile communication devices, carrier-provided location predictive indicators and/or non-carrier location predictive indicators may be used to improve the accuracy of the predicted future locations. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028651 | Location derived presence information - The number of messages required in networks where both location and presence services are deployed may be reduced, by retrieving presence data from messages otherwise intended to provide only location information. Thus, information determined in a location service scheme is utilized to provide a presence service as well. A location server requests mobile subscriber (MS) information from a Core Network (CN) Node (i.e. HLR, MSC, etc.) that can be used in determining the Location of the MS. A single message aggregates retrieval of information for two services, specifically, for both location and presence. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028652 | DETERMINING A POSITION OF A TERMINAL - It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UMTS UE LOCATION USING UPLINK DEDICATED PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL AND DOWNLINK SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL - A system and method for estimating a location of a wireless device in a wireless communication system having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of location measurement units (“LMUs”). A set of signal samples from a first wireless device and a second wireless device may be collected by one or more LMUs in a search window. A first time of arrival (“TOA”) is determined, and a second search window is estimated as a function of the first TOA. A second TOA may be determined within the second search window at a second node or one of the LMUs from the set of signal samples. A range estimate of the wireless device may then be determined, and an estimated location of the wireless device may be determined as a function of the first uplink TOA, the second uplink TOA, or the range estimate and second TOA. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028654 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MOBILE STATION CENTRIC DETERMINATION OF POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA - Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices to generate positioning assistance data and/or the like by mobile station with regard to at least one of a plurality of different indoor regions. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028655 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES, INFORMATION PROVIDERS, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN INFORMATION PROVIDER - In an embodiment, a radio communication device may be provided. The radio communication device may include a first receiver configured to receive from a first cell first data representing a content encoded using a first codec; a second receiver configured to receive from a second cell second data representing the content encoded using a second codec; and a combiner configured to combine the first data and the second data. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028656 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING TELEMATICS CALLS - A method of identifying telematics calls includes the steps of receiving at a vehicle telematics unit a paging message used to connect a call over a wireless carrier system; determining at the vehicle telematics unit if the paging message used to connect the call includes a Mobile Identification Number (MIN) or a Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID); and establishing the call and, if the vehicle telematics unit determines that the paging message includes the MEID, entering into a mode in which the vehicle telematics unit uses a modem for receipt and transmission of data | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028657 | Efficient Paging for Multiple Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) Equipment in TD-SCDMA Systems - Wireless communication in a radio access network may be implemented when a user equipment (UE) is in active communication with a serving node B using a first international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) and a communication request is made for a second IMSI associated with the same UE. The communication request to the second IMSI of the UE is directly through the serving node B rather than through a general page from the cells of the UE's location area or routing area. The direct communication may be through a page from the serving node B or through a unicast communication directly to the UE from the serving node B. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028658 | Communication system for exchange of messages at a facility - A social networking communication system of the type for exchanging messages among cellular telephone users without requiring the users to divulge their cellular telephone numbers to one another, the improvement comprising of collecting and recording personal information, to sign up cellular telephone users, and providing a docking system adapted to facilitate entry by at least one user of a code to the system advising it that they are present at the particular facility. Users can send messages to other users docked at the facility without requiring them to reveal their identity. Messages may be generated by the system to docked users advising them of other docked users and/or information related to said uses. Advertisements may be targeted to docked users based on their user profile information. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028659 | COVERT MESSAGE REDACTION AND RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device comprises a user interface, a memory, a wireless communication interface, and a processing system. The wireless communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive a message. The processing system is configured to direct the memory to store the message. The processing system is configured to drive the user interface to display the message, display a message redaction indicator, and responsively receive a message redaction instruction. The processing system is configured to redact a portion of the message responsive to the message redaction instruction and direct the memory to store the redacted portion of the message. The processing system is configured to drive the user interface to display the message without the redacted portion, display a message recovery indicator, and responsively receive a message recovery instruction. The processing system is configured to recover the message responsive to the message recovery instruction and drive the user interface to display the message with the previously redacted portion. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028660 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING DEVICES OF NEW MESSAGES - In one embodiment, the present disclosure is a method and apparatus for notifying devices of new messages. In one embodiment, a method for notifying a subscriber device of the presence of a new message includes receiving the new message containing message content, and sending a notification message to the subscriber device, the notification message including a unique identifier for the new message and at least a portion of the message content. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028661 | INTERWORKING CIRCUIT SERVICE FALL BACK - Techniques, apparatuses, and systems include mechanisms for interworking circuit service fallback. In one implementation, a system for wireless communications can include one or more first base stations forming a first radio access network to provide wireless communications based on a first wireless technology; one or more second base stations forming a second radio access network to provide wireless communications based on a second wireless technology which is different from the first wireless technology, and an interworking service (IWS) module that is configured to provide the interworking between the first and second radio access networks for communications to a wireless device served by the system via either the first wireless technology or the second wireless technology, and uses a signal adaptation protocol to encapsulate messages in communicating with a wireless device served by the system. Other implementations are also provided in this document. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028662 | BROADCASTING METHOD AND RADIO APPARATUS - An RF unit receives periodically signals broadcast by other terminal apparatuses. When the quality of the signal received periodically is more deteriorated than a second threshold value even though the intensity of the signal received periodically is larger than a first threshold value, an identifying unit detects a malfunction in another terminal apparatus from which the signal received periodically by the receiver has been broadcast. A processing unit, a modem unit, the RF unit and an antenna each broadcasts a signal containing the detection result that the malfunction has been detected and information on a detected location. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028663 | INTERFERENCE IDENTIFICATION AND MITIGATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Interference in a wireless communication system receiver, such as at a base station, is identified based on monitoring automatic gain control (AGC) events. AGC statistics in combination with base band processing are used to identify the interference. Performance degradation is evaluated, and interference mitigation solutions are proposed based on the identified interference. Mitigation solutions include IRC, scheduling restrictions, and filter modifications including replacement of filters. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028664 | System and Method for Automatic Fractional Frequency Reuse Planning - A system and method for automatic fractional frequency reuse (FFR) planning are provided. A method for controller operations includes determining a group of frequency reuse modes, assigning at least one frequency reuse mode to a controller based on mutual relationship information, where the at least one frequency reuse mode is from the group of frequency reuse modes, and sharing the at least one frequency reuse mode with communications controllers coupled to the controller. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028665 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AN ADAPTIVE COMP SCHEME - Disclosed is a method for selecting an adaptive CoMP scheme for a user equipment. The user equipment selects a first CoMP set which can maximize a signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) from among CoMP sets while performing a first coordinate multi-point (CoMP) scheme. Then, the user equipment compares the current data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate thereof and the required minimum data transmission rate while performing the first CoMP scheme and selecting the first CoMP set. Subsequently, the user equipment which performs the first CoMP scheme selects a second CoMP scheme on the basis of the result of the comparison in accordance with a predetermined sequence of CoMP schemes. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028666 | PRE-PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - A pre-processing method and system for cooperative communication are provided. The method includes: after obtaining channel matrices collected by a Base Station (BS), obtaining Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Cooperation Area (CA) information, in which the MIMO CA information includes cooperation information between BSs, and the cooperation information between the BSs is used to determine an interference relation between MIMO CAs; combining the channel matrices of a User Equipment (UE) according to the interference relation between the MIMO CAs; and performing pre-coding computation of the UE by using the combined channel matrices. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028667 | SUM-RATE BALANCING IN WIRELESS MULTICELL AND MULTICARRIER SYSTEM - A method in a communication node of a wireless communications system that provides at least two communication links each having at least two frequency channels. The communication node is configured to communicate with a receiving communication node over a link under influence of interference from surrounding transmitter(s) using said frequency channels. The method includes determining a target for said link for the sum of the data rates and allocating power on the frequency channels to reach said target while minimizing the sum of the power on said link. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a wireless communication system a control channel is required in order to use limited resources effectively. However, the control channel resource is part of the system overhead, and thus reduces the data channel resource used for data transmission. In the long term evolution (LTE) system based on OFDM, one sub frame the consists of fourteen OFDM symbols wherein a maximum of three OFDM symbols are used for the control channel resource and remaining eleven OFDM symbols are used for the data channel resource. Therefore, the quantity of energy that can be transmitted for the control channel resource is extremely limited compared to the data channel resource. For this reason, the coverage of the control channel becomes less than that &; of the data channel, and even if a user can successfully receive the data channel, reception failure of a control channel sometimes˜results in failure of data recovery. In the present invention, in order to expand the coverage of the control channel to at least the coverage of the data channel, the time resource of the transmission resource wherein the control channel is transmitted is expanded and allocated for sending and receiving the control channel. By way of methods for extending the time resource are provided a method wherein a plurality of sub frames are used to transmit one control channel, and a method wherein a part of a data channel is used for the control channel. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028669 | Method and Arrangement For Maintaining Cell Coverage - The present invention relates to an arrangement, a communication network node and a user equipment allowing for maintaining cell coverage in a communication network system as well as a method for such maintained cell coverage. The communication network system comprising a plurality of communication network nodes ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028670 | Switching Communication Radio Path Based on Power Constraints - Aspects relate to determining whether a constraint or other condition on a mobile device may be alleviated or better satisfied by switching from one communication network to another for a call (or setting up a call on one network in preference to another). A mobile device is operable to conduct a communication session over at least two different communication media, which have different power consumption characteristics. Where a remaining battery power level is constrained, a determination can be made whether using one network over another saves more than a threshold amount of power over another network. Estimates of battery life for each network can be made based on predictions of a length of the communication session, and a power factor calculated for the network. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028671 | POWER LOADING IN MU-MIMO - Embodiments of a system and method for transmitting data from an access point in a multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) system are provided. A first indication of signal quality (ISQ) is received at the access point from a first station and a second ISQ is received from a second station. The access point sets a first power level and a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for transmission of a first aggregated media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU) to the first station as a function of the first ISQ and an amount of payload data corresponding to the first A-MPDU. The access point also sets a second power level and a second MCS for transmission of a second A-MPDU as a function of the second ISQ and an amount of payload data corresponding to the second A-MPDU. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028672 | Apparatus and Method for Transmitter Power Control for Device-to-Device Communications in a Communication System - An apparatus, method and system for controlling a transmitter power level for direct device-to-device communications in a communication system. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor and memory including computer program code. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to monitor a feedback message from a base station to a user equipment participating in cellular communications employing a communication resource, and control a transmitter power level for device-to-device (“D2D”) communications employing the communication resource as a function of the feedback message. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028673 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method is provided for controlling an uplink (UL) power by a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system including an upper-layer Base Station (BS) and a lower-layer BS whose cell coverage is narrower than that of the upper-layer BS. The method also includes measuring a first received signal strength indicating a received signal strength of a first reference signal received from the upper-layer BS, and a second received signal strength indicating a received signal strength of a second reference signal received from the lower-layer BS, acquiring a transmission (TX) power ratio representative of a ratio of a first TX power indicating a TX power of the upper-layer BS to a second TX power indicating a TX power of the lower-layer BS, selecting a first serving BS indicating a UL serving BS to which the MS will transmit a UL signal, from among the upper-layer BS and the lower-layer BS, and determining a UL TX power, based on the first received signal strength, the second received signal strength, and the TX power ratio, and transmitting the UL signal to the first serving BS using the UL TX power. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028674 | METHOD FOR CELL SLEEP/WAKEUP, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CARRIER POWER - The present invention discloses a method for cell sleep/wakeup, and a method and an apparatus for controlling carrier power, wherein the method for controlling carrier power comprises: a SON judging whether a cell of a base station requires sleep and/or wakeup, wherein when the judgment result is that the cell requires sleep, the SON indicates the base station to make the cell to sleep, so that the base station reduces pilot channel power of a carrier of the cell to zero or closes the carrier to make the cell enter an energy-saving state; and when the judgment result is that the cell requires wakeup, the SON indicates the base station to wake up the cell, so that the base station recovers the pilot channel power of the carrier of the cell to an operation state value to make the cell exit the energy-saving state. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028675 | CHANNEL ACCESS METHOD FOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION HANDOVER - A first roadside equipment operates as a transmitting/receiving mode in a control channel interval of an Nth synchronization interval so as to support a handover. In this instance, a second roadside equipment neighboring to the first roadside equipment operates as a receiving mode in the control channel interval of the Nth synchronization interval. The first roadside equipment operates as the receiving mode in a control channel interval of an (N+1)th synchronization interval. In this instance, the second roadside equipment operates as the transmitting/receiving mode in the control channel interval of the (N+1)th synchronization interval. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028676 | Method for Obtaining Uplink Signal Quality of an Adjacent Cell and Method for Optimizing Handoff - A method for obtaining an uplink signal quality of a neighbor cell includes: a serving Evolved Node B obtaining a downlink transmission path loss of current user equipment in said neighbor cell according to a reference signal power of said neighbor cell and a measurement report result of said user equipment for said neighbor cell, taking said downlink transmission path loss as an uplink transmission path loss of said user equipment in said neighbor cell, and estimating the uplink signal quality of said user equipment in said neighbor cell according to said uplink transmission path loss. Correspondingly, the present invention further provides a method for optimizing handover and an evolved node B. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028677 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES WITH GYRATING CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A device includes a gyrating circuit that generates a motion parameter based on motion of the device. An RF transceiver generates an outbound RF signal from an outbound symbol stream, transmits the outbound RF signal to a remote station of a wireless network, and generates an inbound symbol stream from an inbound RF signal received from the at least one remote station. A processing module processes the motion parameter to produce motion data, converts outbound data into the outbound symbol stream, converts the inbound symbol stream into inbound data, compares current motion data to past motion data, detects when a difference between the current motion data and the past motion data compares unfavorably to a motion change threshold, and include the motion data in the outbound data when the difference between the current motion data and the past motion data compares unfavorably to the motion change threshold. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028678 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE THEREIN - A mobile terminal includes a display including a touchscreen, a plurality of cameras including a first camera and a second camera capturing a left eye image and a right eye image, respectively, to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image, and a controller for generating a 3D preview image to which at least one parameter value for one of the first camera and the second camera is set, and for displaying the generated 3D preview image on a screen of the display. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028679 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device includes: a housing that includes an opening part; a display part that includes a display area and that is disposed inside the housing, wherein the display area is visible from the outer section of the housing through the opening part; a touch panel that is stacked and disposed on the outer side of the housing facing the display area of the display part, and that is exposed to the outer section of the housing; and a vibration part that is disposed in the touch panel in the area that is on the outer circumferential side of the display part in the planar direction of the touch panel. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028680 | SMARTPHONE-BASED VEHICULAR INTERFACE - Method for enabling interaction with a vehicle including coupling a smartphone to the vehicle via a coupling element whereby the smartphone is removable from the coupling element and thus removable from the vehicle, and transferring data between the smartphone and the vehicle while the smartphone is coupled to the vehicle via the coupling element. The data transfer enables a large number of operations to be performed when the smartphone is coupled to the vehicle, including vehicle ignition authorization, accident prediction, collision avoidance, vehicular diagnostics and prognostics, remote communication capabilities, and optimization of emergency response personnel. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028681 | MULTI-TONE DETECTION FOR IN-BAND DATA MODEM LINK ESTABLISHMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and system for modem signaling over a voice channel of a cellular or other wireless communication system. A plurality of sequential tones are transmitted, each of which corresponds to at least one network type and contains at least one primary frequency selected so as to successfully be passed through its associated network type. This permits the use of modem signaling to establish a data connection regardless of the type of network equipment utilized, so that the method will work with both newer and older generation vocoders and other network equipment. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028682 | Steering wheel attached cellular phone interface device for communication with alert system - A cell phone communications device for use with an automotive steering wheel including; a screen attached to a steering wheel. The screen includes a first visual alert device such as a message and flashing arrow. A first hand unit attached to the steering wheel adjacent the left hand of the user at the 10 O'clock position and a second hand unit adjacent the right hand of said user. The first hand unit includes a communications control keyboard for texting and a second vibration alert device. The second hand unit includes a second communications control keyboard for texting and a third alert device. When the user is driving and communicating the user receives a visual alert from the first alert on a regular basis during scrolling, reading and composing text functions. When the first alert is triggered during reading the user also receives a regular second and third alert vibration; during composition the user receives the second and third alert every other time and during reading the second and third. Thus the second and third alerts become associated with the first alert and in this way the driver is trained to look up at the road. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028683 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION ACCORDING TO SQUEEZING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus perform pressure detection in a mobile terminal. method determines a squeezing pressure of the mobile terminal. The method determines whether a user squeezes the mobile terminal using the squeezing pressure determined and a value of a proximity sensor. The method transitions the mobile terminal to a wakeup state in response to determining that the user squeezed the mobile terminal. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028684 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ERROR CORRECTION/ENCODING METHOD - Provided is a radio communication device which can obtain an error ratio characteristic equivalent to the one obtained by using a tail bit, without using a tail bit in the error correction and encoding. The device includes: a blocking unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028685 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SPATIAL DIVERSITY ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include first and second housings, a hinge pivotally coupling the first and second housings, and a first antenna carried by the first housing. The mobile wireless communications device may include a second antenna carried by the second housing, wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the first housing and configured for spatial diversity operation with the first and second antennas, and a hinge connector carried by the hinge and coupling the second antenna to the wireless transceiver circuitry. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028686 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE OPERATING MODE - A portable electronic device including a user interface, a sensor configured to provide an output signal when the device is oriented from resting on a first housing surface portion to resting on a second housing surface portion, and a controller coupled to the user interface and to the sensor, wherein the controller is configured to invoke a mode of operation in response to an output signal from the sensor and wherein the mode of operation is indicated at the user interface. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028687 | Alternative Inputs of a Mobile Communications Device - In an implementation, a mobile communications device includes a display device having touchscreen functionality, a keyboard having a plurality of physical keys that include a dedicated key and letter keys arranged according to a QWERTY layout, and one or more modules. The one or more modules are configured to output a user interface on the display device responsive to selection of the dedicated key, the user interface having a plurality of portions that are selectable via the touchscreen functionality to cause input of a respective one of a plurality of emoticons. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028688 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE BY ROTATION - An apparatus and method for controlling an electronic device by rotation is disclosed. The electronic device is adaptively responsive to rotation detected by at least one sensor to control deactivation of a function on the electronic device. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028689 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - Portable information terminal equipment having a function to perform the informing process at the time of reception in cooperation with a connecting section driving mechanism as well as a function to enable the open/close movement of the upper and lower units through one-touch operation making use of the connecting section driving mechanism. Depending on informing modes, a motor drive circuit drives a motor under the control of a controller on receipt of a call or a message to apply a driving force to the open/close mechanism of a hinge unit. Thereby, the portable information terminal equipment is folded/unfolded, that is, the posture of the portable information terminal equipment is changed, and a user is informed of the receipt of the call or the message. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028690 | Active Electrical Tilt Antenna Apparatus with Distributed Amplifier - In various embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus for wirelessly transmitting or receiving communication signals may include multiple active elements to transmit or receive communication signals wirelessly; and multiple active modules correspondingly coupled to the multiple active elements and configured to cooperate with respective ones of the multiple active elements; in which the respective ones of the multiple active modules include a power amplifier configured to amplify communication signals to be transmitted and a low noise amplifier configured to amplify communication signals received, and in which the respective ones of the multiple active modules further include a first phase shift configured to shift phases of the communication signals to be transmitted and a second phase shift configured to shift phases of the communication signals received. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028691 | Case For A Portable Electronic Device - A case for a mobile telephone generally includes a waterproof exterior material and a thermally insulating interior material lining the exterior material to define a closable interior space in which the mobile telephone can be housed in a watertight and thermally insulated manner. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028692 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is a portable terminal capable of ensuring satisfactory antenna characteristics regardless of a change in state, and of accommodating a plurality of frequency bands. A first circuit unit ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028693 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device includes first, second and third bodies, a rod, and an elevating mechanism disposed on the first body. The rod has a first end, a second end, and a pivot portion pivotably mounted to the first body. The second body is slidably disposed on the first body and coupled to the first end. The second body is stacked between the first body and the third body. The third body is slidably disposed on the elevating mechanism and coupled to the rod. When the third body moves relative to the first body, the second body is driven by the first rod to move relative to the first body in an opposite direction, such that the second body is exposed out of the third body and the third body is descended by the elevating mechanism to move toward the first body. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028694 | System and method for image recognized content creation - There is provided a system and method for image recognized content creation. There is provided a method comprising capturing an image from a camera, analyzing the image to recognize a plurality of elements, converting the plurality of elements into custom content data, and executing an interactive application using the custom content data. In one embodiment, the interactive application may comprise a racing video game, and the image may comprise a racetrack layout for use in the racing video game. Thus, a user can provide a racetrack by drawing simple lines and curves on a piece of paper, which are detected by the camera and converted into valid data assets for the video game. In this manner, even young children can leverage common drawing skills using familiar physical drawing implements for quick and simplified content creation, bypassing the need to use complex, tedious, and proprietary conventional on-screen user interfaces. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028695 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PAPER-BASED OUTCOMES - Gaming devices may generate outcomes to be sold in printed form. Representations of the outcomes, corresponding payouts, and other information are printed on sheets of paper. Multiple printed outcomes are assembled into books, wrapped, and sold to consumers. Consumers may purchase the books and browse through the printed outcomes at their leisure. When finished with a book, a consumer may submit a portion of the book to the casino that sold the outcomes. The casino may then pay the player based on the payouts associated with the outcomes in the book. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028697 | COMMUNITY AWARD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Disclosed are community award distribution systems and related methods, which are arranged to control an award made to a user playing the systems. Also disclosed, the community award systems are arranged to communicate over the Internet and/or make use of the World Wide Web. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMPLOYING FLAT RATE PLAY - Systems and methods are provided allowing a player to play a gaming device and receive a predetermined number of outcomes in exchange for a payment. The gaming device generates at least the predetermined number of outcomes, and adjusts a balance of the player device based on the outcomes. The player can continue playing regardless of whether the balance is less than zero. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028699 | GAMING MACHINES HAVING RHYTHMIC REELS - A gaming machine and methods for independently controlling the movement of each mechanical reel are disclosed. The gaming machine includes a plurality of mechanical reels each having indicia provided on an outer surface of each of the reels. A game controller generates a game outcome and determines a spin duration for each of the plurality of reels. One or more stepper motors are operatively coupled to the mechanical reels to independently spin each reel. A reel control unit is in communication with one or more stepper motors and the game controller. The reel control unit determines an appropriate spin profile for each reel based upon the game outcome and the spin duration to cause the reels to spin and stop in a rhythmic manner. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028700 | ONLINE PARALLEL PLAY - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for providing concurrent gameplay of a single-player mode of a computer game. In one embodiment, a first instance of the single-player mode of the computer game is being played by a first player and receives, from a second instance of the single-player mode of the computer game, data associated with an avatar controlled by a second player. The first instance may provide, to the first player, an indication of the avatar controlled by the second player, as both players play the computer game. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028701 | GAMING SYSTEMS HAVING MULTI-OUTPUT DISPLAYS - A gaming system comprises a wager input device and a housing. The gaming system further comprises a multi-output display supported by the housing, the multi-output display displaying a first video presentation viewable from a first position having a first viewing angle relative to the display. The multi-output display displays a second video presentation viewable from a second position having a second viewing angle relative to the display, wherein the second video presentation is not viewable from the first position. At least one of the first and second video presentations includes displaying a randomly selected outcome of a wagering game. The gaming system further comprises a controller operative to simultaneously generate the first and second video presentations on the multi-output display. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028702 | PAYMENT CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GAME ACTIONS WITH PAYMENT DATA - Payment cards and devices are provided that allow a user to select an action associated with a video game. Such a video game may be, for example, a video game operated on a remote server and operable to be accessed by multiple players such as a multiplayer game accessed via a social networking website. Accordingly, a user may, when the user is away from his/her computer, perform an in-game option by making a payment. Particularly, a user may select on a payment card a button associated with a particular game action, game action data may be routed to a game server such that the user's action is performed in a game associated with the user, and payment data may be authorized via a payment authorization service. In doing so, a user may perform actions in a game while the user is shopping. Game actions made with a payment device may be unique from game actions performed on non-payment devices (e.g., the user's laptop). | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028703 | VIRTUAL BANKS FOR COMMUNITY GROUP BONUS GAMES - A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include initiating, at a wagering game server, a wagering game session for a player at a gaming machine. The operations can also include relating the wagering game session associated with the player to a virtual bank of related wagering games sessions associated with one or more additional players, where the virtual bank of related wagering game sessions is associated with a community group bonus game. The operations can further include determining when the community group bonus game is triggered for the virtual bank of related wagering game sessions, determining game results of the community group bonus game, and determining an award for the player and for each of the one or more additional players associated with the virtual bank based, at least in part, on the game results of the community group bonus game. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028704 | GAME MACHINE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A game machine, a display control method, and a display control program that make it possible to play a game focusing on an object whose sound output is being performed, even when a plurality of three-dimensional objects are arranged in a three-dimensional virtual space, are provided. Among three-dimensional objects in the three-dimensional virtual space, a three-dimensional object whose sound information is being output is mapped with a virtual camera. A performance image including the mapped three-dimensional object is drawn. The drawn performance image is displayed and controlled on a display device. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028705 | GAME MACHINE, PERFORMANCE CONTROL METHOD, AND PERFORMANCE CONTROL PROGRAM - A game machine, a performance control method, and a performance control program that make it possible by simple processing to identify the distance between a three-dimensional object and a virtual camera and the point of view of the virtual camera, and make it possible to provide a highly amusing game by means of player's operations on the virtual camera. Map information constituted by at least one section and layer information having a plurality of layers set for each section of the map information are stored. A performance object which specifies a performance mode in a game using a game medium is placed in at least one of the layers in at least one of the sections. When a section change operation for changing a section is accepted and a layer change operation for changing a layer in each section is accepted, a performance in the performance mode specified by the performance object is provided if the section is changed by the section change operation to the section that has the layer where the performance object is placed, and the layer is changed by the layer change operation to where the performance object is placed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028706 | COMPOSITING MULTIPLE SCENE SHOTS INTO A VIDEO GAME CLIP - Embodiments are directed to compositing multi-dimensional video game world data obtained from execution of a video game world sequence. An animation editor records the video game world data within a plurality of data logs after execution of an animation component of the video game world and prior to providing the data to a material system and/or graphics device for rendering. The user may edit the recorded data to make modifications in the recorded game sequence, by compositing sequences with content such as other sequences, multiple composited recordings, and/or a modified camera perspective during the editing process. The composited modifications may then be fed back for re-recording the animation component. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028707 | GAME ANIMATIONS WITH MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO GAME DATA - Embodiments are directed to recording and editing of video game world data obtained from execution of a video game sequence. An animation editor records the game world data within a plurality of data logs after execution of an animation component of the video game and prior to providing the data to a material system and/or graphics device for rendering. The user may edit the recorded data to make changes in the recorded game sequence by replacing at least a portion of the recorded data during a selected time segment. The user may identify a fade-in portion and/or fade-out portion of the time segment over which the subject animation data and the recorded data are to be blended to create a seamless transition. In one embodiment, the added data and the recorded data may be combined using a cross-fading approach. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028708 | GAMING MACHINE AND A METHOD OF SUPPLYING A FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028709 | System and Method for Facilitating a User Appropriate Electronic Environment - A system and method to facilitating a user appropriate electronic environment. The system includes a virtual controller adapter comprising at least one sensor and a microprocessor controlled device coupled to the virtual controller adapter configured to receive data captured by the at least one sensor and determine a physical attribute of a user based at least in part on the sensor data. The user appropriate environment is enforced based at least in part on the physical attribute. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028710 | PERSONAL VERIFICATION DEVICE - Provided is a personal verification device capable of easily performing personal verification of a user. In the device, under the condition that a user grasps a case ( | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028711 | MULTI-TOUCHSCREEN MODULE FOR AMUSEMENT DEVICE - An amusement device includes a display screen having a touchscreen. The touchscreen is configured to receive a plurality of touch inputs simultaneously. A memory stores a plurality of electronic games for selection and play. A controller is configured to generally simultaneously execute a first game and a second game from the plurality of electronic games. The first game is configured to display at least one first image on a first portion of the display screen, and the second game is configured to display at least one second image on a second portion of the display screen. The first and second games are simultaneously playable | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028712 | DISTRIBUTED CLOUD GAMING METHOD AND SYSTEM WHERE INTERACTIVITY AND RESOURCES ARE SECURELY SHARED AMONG MULTIPLE USERS AND NETWORKS - A method for rendering content from a first device to a second device in a network environment, comprising the steps of providing a Master set-top box, sending an invitation and a corresponding HDCP code from the Remote set-top box to the Master set-top box via a network interface, approving the invitation of the Remote set-top box and pairing the Master set-top box with available Remote set-top boxes, digitizing and compressing the content from the game console using the virtualization engine, splitting the compressed digital content into a plurality of network packets and sending to the Remote set-top box via a network interface, decompressing the received plurality of network packets, and sending them to atleast an audio/video output device. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028713 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for an Engagement-Tracking Game Modifier - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ONLINE BEHAVIOR MONITOR (“OBM”) transform user social-gaming behavioral pattern data via various OBM components into online social-gaming experience customizations. In one embodiment, the OBM may generate individual social-gaming activity timelines for a group of users within a geographical region using user online gaming pattern and social activity data. The OBM may calculate individual time-varying activity level graphs for the users, as well as an aggregate activity level graph. The OBM may identify an activity trough in the aggregate activity level graph, and an event in the geographical region corresponding to the activity level trough. Based on keywords corresponding to the event, the OBM may obtain product results from a product database. The OBM may identify a subset of the users whose individual time-varying activity level graphs include an activity level trough during the activity level trough in the aggregate activity level graph, and may provide an advertisement for a product from the product results for the identified subset of the users. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028714 | TRANSPORTING AND USING WAGERING GAME DATA - A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining a connection of a portable wagering game player drive to a wagering game network. The operations can include determining a player preference regarding a focus of data to store and storing player experience data from the wagering game network according to the player preference. The operations can further include determining a request to disconnect the portable wagering game player drive from the wagering game network, securing the player experience data for transfer beyond the wagering game network; and presenting wagering game content using a computing device outside of the wagering game network using at least some of the player experience data from the portable wagering game player drive. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028715 | EQUALIZING DIFFERENT JACKPOT GAMES WITH FREQUENT PAYS - Two-way communications between casino games and diverse master controllers using a universal game module there between allows routing event messages with standard protocols. The universal game module with a computer processor, circuitry, connection ports, interfaces and protocols allows the communications by evaluating, prioritizing, polling and routing communications. A jackpot group of differing games is possible because the win cycles of the various games can be equalized. The volatility of the games in the group is increased by randomly segregating a percentage of the machines to be eligible to win the progressive jackpot for a limited time period. A life changing jackpot is thus payable for a variety of games in a casino on a relatively frequent basis. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028716 | HIEARCHICAL MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM FOR GAMING RELATED COMMUNICATIONS - A system, apparatus and method for gaming-related communications in a hierarchical multi-tiered system are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes transmitting a master configuration from a central operations of a hierarchical multi-tiered system to a local gaming site having one or more gaming components. The method also includes receiving a selected configuration for one or more of the gaming components based on the master configuration. The method includes downloading the selected configuration to the one or more of the gaming components through the hierarchical multi-tiered system. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028717 | GAME APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A GAME PROGRAM FOR CONDUCTING DATA COMMUNICATIONS WITH A NETWORK - A game apparatus includes an input-output processor, and by following an instruction from the input-output processor, messages are transmitted and received with other game apparatus | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028718 | INTEGRATING SOCIAL NETWORKS AND WAGERING GAMES - A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining a wagering game player account and determining a social network account associated with the wagering game player account. The social network account can be associated with a social network. The operations can further include determining one or more applications from the social network that are associated with the social network account. The operations can further include integrating the one or more applications with a wagering game session for the wagering game player account. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028719 | GAME SYSTEM, LOBBY SERVER APPARATUS, AND GAME TERMINAL - A game system is provided. The game system has plural game terminals that can be used for a play of plural games and a lobby server apparatus. Each game terminal selects one of plural games based on an operation made to an operation unit by a player, and transmits selection data indicating a selection result to lobby server apparatus. Lobby server apparatus counts using the selection data the number of times selected for each game, and transmits, to each game terminal, based on the number of times selected, schedule data basically associating each schedule period with a game for which the number of times selected is the greatest in a count period corresponding to the schedule period. Each game terminal, based on the schedule data, outputs information prompting selection, in a schedule period, of a game corresponding to the schedule period. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028720 | ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS FOR NEAR WIN EVENTS - An establishment can coordinate devices (e.g., lights, speakers, displays) to enhance a game playing environment based on events detected in a network of wagering game machines. A system can be implemented that determines an environmental effect based on an event of a wagering game (e.g., a near win event), regardless of the particular wagering game developer/manufacturer. The system can determine the environmental effect to be created for an event at the wagering game machine, at a server, etc. A request for the environmental effect is then supplied to the process and/or machine that causes the devices to create the environmental effect. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028721 | Method for Tactile Signaling of Touches in the Sport of Fencing - A method and apparatus are described for adding tactile signaling to the electronic scoring equipment used in the sport of fencing. The tactile signaling introduced by this invention is intended to complement, not replace, existing electronic fencing scoring systems and the signals that are already employed to indicate touches, both optical and auditory (i.e. lights and a bell or buzzer, respectively). The system here would receive indication that a touch had been scored from an existing scoring system. Signals would be transmitted wirelessly to a unit on or near the director's person. Tactile signaling would be accomplished by a pair of offset motors attached to each of the director's hands (or wrists or arms). When the fencer to the director's right scores a touch, the right motor would vibrate. When the fencer to the director's left scores a touch, the left motor would vibrate. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028722 | TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPER HAVING SLIDING SHOES AND A SPACING LIMITATION DEVICE - One embodiment may include a torsional vibration damper having a primary element, a secondary element and a spring device for torsionally elastic coupling of the primary and the secondary element in the circumferential direction, which spring device has at least one spring element, which is arranged between a first and a second sliding shoe, a spacing limitation device being provided to define a maximum spacing (A | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028723 | PROPELLER SHAFT - A propeller shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft has a torque transmission face in which a plurality of fine grooves extending in a first direction (face width direction) is formed. The second spline shaft is coupled to the first spline shaft so as to be movable relative to the first spline shaft in the axial direction of the first spline shaft, and has a torque transmission face in which a plurality of second fine grooves extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction is formed. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028724 | WATER ERUPTION EFFECT AND INTERACTIVE WATER PLAY STRUCTURE - A participatory water play structure including a water eruption effect device. The water eruption effect device may include a water eruption jet, lighting devices, sound devices, light towers, mist or smoke devices and fountain devices. The water eruption effect device imitates a geyser, volcanic eruption, or large water spray, dousing play participants in a participatory play structure with a cool deluge of water. The water eruption effect may also be used as a show feature during night-time operation of the participatory play structure. Responsive water play devices may also be used, including RFID and motion sensor systems that respond to the presence of play participants and to identifying characteristics of the play participants. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028725 | Flagpole And Ferrule Assembly - A golf flagpole and ferrule assembly for mounting in a golf cup hole is disclosed. The flagpole and ferrule both include cooperating coupling parts to form an attachment therebetween. A cap is applied over portions of the flagpole and the ferrule to couple to the retaining members and secure the flagpole to the ferrule. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028726 | Golf Putting Practice Ball - A golf putting practice ball having visually contrasting lighter and darker sections and a visually contrasting aiming line going across a lighter color section in a 90 degree angle to the borderline of the lighter and darker color sections, and a visually contrasting mark located on the border of the different color sections of the ball, at a location 90° away from the midpoint of the aiming line, and a weight located in an asymmetric position in relation to the internal center of the ball. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028727 | PROGRESSIVE SET OF GOLF CLUB HEADS - A set of progressive golf clubs with an elliptical pad construction on the back of the striking face that corresponds to a location, shape and size of a predetermined golfer's impact pattern for the lofts and lengths of each of the golf clubs in the set. The elliptical pad progressively changes in location, shape and size from the long irons, to the mid irons, to the short irons, and to the wedges, based on the location, shape and size of a predetermined golfer's impact pattern for each of the long irons, mid irons, short irons, and wedges. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028728 | GOLF CLUB GRIP - A pre-molded or moldable shaft grip includes a pre-configured or moldable section disposed within a substantially circular outer grip layer. A pre-configured or moldable section substantially conforms to a player's grip, facilitating consistent finger placement. The pre-configured section may comprise the shaft, a separate section, or multiple sections of varying durometer. The moldable section may include a layer of moldable material, or a cavity disposed between the outer grip layer and the shaft containing a moldable substance. Overall grip durometer can be adjusted by varying the pressure within the cavity. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028729 | INTERCHANGEABLE SHAFT AND CLUB HEAD CONNECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a golf club including a shaft, a club head and several devices for releasably connecting the shaft to the club head. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028730 | Trueshaft - Disclosed is a golf shaft comprising a plurality of sides imparting a desired flexibility and rigidity to a golf club, such that the golf club possesses desired flexibility and necessary rigidity to enable the club to carry through and provide optimal flight to a golf ball. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028731 | Putter Heads and Putters Including Polymeric Material as Part of the Ball Striking Face - Putters include a putter body having a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic. A cavity is defined in the putter body behind the ball striking face member, and plural openings are defined in the ball striking face member extending rearward with respect to the ball striking face member and into the cavity. A polymeric material at least partially fills the openings and the cavity, wherein the polymeric material has a second hardness characteristic that is softer than the first hardness characteristic. The ball striking face member and the polymeric material exposed in at least some of the openings provide a ball striking surface of the putter. The ball striking surface may include grooves or scorelines to affect the launch angle, spin, and/or roll of the ball during a putt. Methods for making such putter devices also are described. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028732 | Putter Heads And Putters Having Adjustable, Multi-Sided Ball Striking Face Insert - Golf clubs and golf club heads, such as putter heads, may include a putter body and an adjustable ball striking face insert forming at least a portion of the ball striking face and contained within the putter body. The insert may have a plurality of sides, each of the sides having different performance characteristics to permit customization of the putter. In some examples, the adjustable ball striking face insert may be rotatably mounted within the putter head. Additionally or alternatively, the insert may be removably mounted within the putter head. In some arrangements, the insert may be finely adjustable to alter the loft angle of the putter head. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028733 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH A BODY-CONFORMING WEIGHT MEMBER - A golf club head includes a main body having a top portion, a bottom portion, a striking face, and an interior surface. A weight member is coupled to the interior surface of the main body. In an imaginary vertical plane that passes through the weight member, the interior surface of the main body comprises a first point and a second point. An imaginary line passes through the first point and the second point. A first imaginary boundary line and a second imaginary boundary line, both passing through the weight member and being perpendicular to the imaginary line, pass through the first point and the second point, respectively. Between the first point and the second point, the interior surface of the main body has an irregularity factor of at least 1.2 and the weight member comprises a distribution factor of at most 1.0 and a conformity factor of at most 0.07. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028734 | GOLF TEE WITH LOW ENERGY ABSORPTION - A golf tee may be constructed with a body formed from a polymer tolerant of exposure to a temperature at least as high as 480° F. without incurring diminishment of its structural integrity. A low-friction coating may be applied to a ball support of the tee. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028735 | GOLF TEE - A two-part golf tee having a core section with a substantially cylindrical tube, the core section having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to be inserted into a teeing ground. The two-part golf tee also includes an elevation section having a substantially cylindrical tube, the elevation section having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the elevation section is coupleable to the second end of the core section via one of a friction fit or a mechanical fit, the second end of the elevation section being configured to hold a golf ball. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028736 | GOLF TEE - A golf tee includes an elastic member, which supports a golf ball in the course of swing of a golf club and elongates for allowing an upper member to be bent with respect to a lower member, can be prevented from damages, which leads to a longer lifespan while saving a purchase cost. The height of a golf tee can be adjusted, and a golf tee can be reliably inserted in a ground. The golf tee according to the present invention includes an upper member for supporting a golf ball, a lower member for allowing an upper member from being bent at the time when an impact force is applied to the upper member and is inserted in a ground in the use of golf tee, an elastic member for elastically contacting the upper member with respect to the lower member, and a strong string connected with the elastic member and is fixed to the lower member. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028737 | GOLF GLOVE WITH GRIP PRESSURE REDUCING MEANS - A golf grip training apparatus for resisting finger and thumb flexion and for counteracting grip forces is disclosed. The apparatus assists the golfer in achieving a lighter grip pressure than would be exerted on the club without its use by providing a golf glove adapted with means for actively counteracting grip pressure by creating forces in opposition to those required for gripping the club handle. The apparatus is used to teach the golfer to relax the hands and fingers and to hold the club handle more lightly. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028738 | Training Strap and Glove - A training glove or a strap comprising a rubberized fixture affixed to said palmar side of each of the said glove or strap to enable the player to securely grasp a ball thrown towards the palms of at said player, wherein the thumb is substantially not connected with any other finger of the player, either in the strap or glove embodiment, wherein the rubberized fixture is a protrusion to allow the fingers of each palm of the player to engage the ball to curl substantially to grasp the ball thrown at the player. | 2012-02-02 |
| 20120028739 | BASKETBALL BACKBOARD - A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap. | 2012-02-02 |
