| 08th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
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| 20090047909 | AREA ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AREA ESTIMATION METHOD AND AREA ESTIMATION APPARATUS - An area estimation apparatus | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047910 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS THAT ADAPTS THE TRAINING SEQUENCE LENGTH TO THE NUMBER OF ANTENNAS - A system and method of training antennas for two devices having different types of directional antennas in a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a plurality of estimation training sequences from a transmit directional antenna to a receive directional antenna. The length of at least one of the plurality of training sequences is adapted to a number of antenna elements at one of the transmit and receive directional antennas. The method further includes transmitting data to the receiver via the transmit directional antenna tuned with an antenna parameter that is selected based at least in part on the plurality of estimation sequences. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047911 | Method for control channel transmission with persistent scheduling - A method is provided for multiplexing control information with persistently scheduled data in a spectrally efficient operation. In particular, the invention operates to determine and send a power offset parameter in a message carrying a persistent data allocation from a base station to a corresponding mobile station. The power offsets are related to the control information being sent, and specify the amount by which the mobile should increase its transmit power level when multiplexing particular control information together with the persistent data. The increased transmit power then operates to maintain the required QoS on the data channel. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047912 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting feedback information at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprising a network and a plurality of UEs is disclosed, the method comprising receiving information associated with a time-frequency region for transmitting feedback information related with downlink data, the time-frequency region being dynamically allocated by the network, receiving the downlink data from the network, and transmitting the feedback information for the downlink data to the network on the time-frequency region. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047913 | Alternate mobile network cell synchronization - A host base transceiver station BTS derives a reference timing signal from a physical layer training signal (such as a preamble) received from a neighbor network node/BTS. Downlink transmissions are then synchronized to the derived reference timing signal. This may be used as a holdover timing mode, such as when the host BTS determines that synchronization from a primary source is no longer reliable. In an embodiment, a reference oscillator of the host BTS is phase locked to the derived reference timing signal. Variations include one or multiple such training signals from one or multiple neighbor BTSs, selecting one BTS when the primary synchronization mechanism fails for several BTSs in the same area, and how to phase lock the oscillator without dithering about the target frequency. Apparatus and computer programs are also detailed. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047914 | MULTI-MODE RADIO WITH INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION CIRCUIT - A multi-mode wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes at least one antenna, first and second communication mode receivers and a first communication mode transmitter. The first and second receivers simultaneously receive signals from the antenna. The first transmitter generates and sends a first type of signal to the antenna while, at the same time, the second receiver receives a second type of signal from the antenna. In a preferred embodiment, the WTRU further includes a vector multiplier configured to reduce or eliminate interference of signals received by the second receiver, the interference being caused by the first transmitter. The vector multiplier adjusts the phase and amplitude of noise (i.e., spurious in-band noise) measured by the second receiver. The WTRU may further include a second communication mode transmitter configured to generate and send a second type of signal to the antenna. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047915 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PUSH TO TALK TYPE SERVICE - A method and server for establishing a push to talk type service such as push to talk over cellular (PoC). The server receives a message from Client A indicating one or more media types that Client A will accept in defined circumstances in a push to talk type session. When the server receives a message from Client B inviting Client A to establish a push to talk type session for one or more proposed media types, the server determines whether the media type(s) proposed by Client B are acceptable to Client A. If at least one proposed media type is acceptable, the server forwards the invitation to Client A with a list of the acceptable media types. Thereafter the session is established. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047916 | TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and systems of controlling transmit power in a multi-user wireless communication system is provided, A transmit power, level for a transmitter is determined according to an algorithm based in communication theory, such as an iterative water-filling procedure, which takes into account an assumption of transmit behaviours of transmitters in the communication system, Actual transmit behaviours of transmitters in the communication system are monitored using a learning algorithm to determine whether any transmitters exhibit transmit behaviours which are not consistent with the assumption. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047917 | Signal Amplifiers Having Non-Interruptible Communication Paths - RF signal amplifiers are provided that include an RF input port, a first RF output port, a second RF output port and a power input for receiving electrical power. These amplifiers include a first communication path between the RF input port and the first RF output port that has a power amplifier that amplifies signals that are transmitted from the RF input port to the first RF output port. These amplifiers also have a second non-interruptible communication path between the RF input port and the second RF output port. The amplifiers further include a selective termination circuit that is configured to pass signals between the RF input port and the first RF output port over the first communication path when electrical power is received at the power input and to terminate the first communication path to a matched termination when an electrical power feed to the power input is interrupted. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047918 | Mix and Match Preselector and RF Receiver - A measuring receiver includes a preselector, spectrum analyzer and a signal source. The preselector has a filtered path for pre-filtering an input signal and outputting a pre-filtered signal. The preselector also has a bypass path for passing the input signal directly from the signal source to the spectrum analyzer. A switch switches the signal between the filtered path and the bypass path. The measuring receiver is calibrated by calibrating a bypass path of the preselector and then storing the resulting bypass path calibration data. The signal source and the spectrum analyzer are connected to the preselector. A signal from the signal source is output to the preselector and the difference between signals passing through a filtered path and bypass path are measured to produce difference measurement data. The difference measurement data is combined with the bypass calibration data to calibrate the filtered path of the preselector. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047919 | RADIO WITH AUTOMATIC TUNING TO MODULATED AUDIO DEVICE - A system and method for automatically tuning an entertainment system to interface with a modulated audio device includes a processor in communication with a tuner, an audio output device and a memory unit containing processor executable instructions. The processor executable instructions of the memory unit configure the processor to tune the tuner to a predetermined frequency, determine if a signal is present at the predetermined frequency and output an audio signal based on the predetermined frequency to the audio output device if a signal is present at the predetermined frequency. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047920 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING SIGNALS TRANSMITTED OVER A RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM - A method for classifying a signal is disclosed. The method can be used by a station or stations within a network to classify the signal as non-cooperative (NC) or a target signal. The method performs classification over channels within a frequency spectrum. The percentage of power above a first threshold is computed for a channel. Based on the percentage, a signal is classified as a narrowband signal. If the percentage indicates the absence of a narrowband signal, then a lower second threshold is applied to confirm the absence according to the percentage of power above the second threshold. The signal is classified as a narrowband signal or pre-classified as a wideband signal based on the percentage. Pre-classified wideband signals are classified as a wideband NC signal or target signal using spectrum masks. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047921 | IMAGE SUPPRESSION RECEIVER - In an image suppression receiver which is employed in such as a heterodyne receiver, the inter-signal errors between the I signal and the Q signal becomes the noise of the image signal frequency components, and thereby the communication quality is deteriorated. In such a wireless communication device, a high performance image suppression circuit is realized. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047922 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING AN EMERGENCY CALL SESSION USING A PACKET-SWITCHED-CAPABLE WIRELESS DEVICE - Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing an indication of available access types by a wireless device when initiating a session. The wireless device collects information associated with available access types, available through which to communicate, at the location at which the wireless device is positioned. A report is generated that lists the collected information. The report is routed to a network node that analyzes the received information and accesses a database at which information identifying an access type, or domain type, that the wireless device should use pursuant to an emergency, or other, call. A response message is generated and returned to the wireless device. The wireless device utilizes information contained in the response message for further communications. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047923 | Method and System for Using Cellular/Wireless Phones and Devices for Retrieving Emergency Related Personal Data - The present invention discloses a method, system and a program storage device for remotely accessing medically relevant data stored on a server and provides remote access over a cellular or PCS communications network employing either a SMS or MMS communication protocol allowing dissemination of an individual's medically relevant data in an emergency, wherein the server authenticates each accessing PCS device by determining whether said accessing PCS device ID is stored in an emergency medical profile database and sending the user inputted emergency related personal data if the accessing PCS device ID is found in the emergency medical database device. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047924 | System and method for providing location information to a public safety answering point during an emergency 911 call from a WiFi handset - A system and method for providing location information to a public safety answering point may include receiving, at a network access point, an emergency 911 call signal including GPS location information and mobile directory number of a wireless device. The GPS location information and mobile directory information may be communicated to a selective router associated with a public safety access point servicing an area including the network access point. The network access point may be a WiFi access point. The access point address information may be communicated using a type II caller ID data packet after the public safety answering point goes off-hook. By communicating both the access point address information and GPS location information, both PSAPs that are configured as E911 Phase I and E911 Phase II may display address location information of an emergency 911 caller. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ACCURACY OF AN AUTOMATIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047926 | Multiple channel automated refill system - An automatic refill system for pre-paid accounts provides enhanced funding flexibility for customers and additional revenue streams for a telecommunication service provider. The automatic refill system solves the technical challenges involved with implementing a scheduled refill channel co-existing with a triggered refill channel for funding a pre-paid account. The scheduled channel regularly refills the pre-paid account. The telecommunication service provider also coordinates funding through a triggered refill channel that refills the pre-paid account when specific conditions are met, such as account balance falling below a threshold. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047927 | Method for Operating a Radio Network and Subscriber Device for Said Type of Network - There is described a method for operating a radio network for transferring data between several subscribers, in particular, between devices of process instrumentation in an automation system. At least one first subscriber communicates in a telegram the requests thereof relating to the frequency of the data transfer to other subscribers in a starting phase. During network optimization, a configuration device determines, in the radio network and according to the frequency of the requests of other subscribers, at least one communication partner to which a connection comprising the frequency of the data transfer, which is adapted to the other subscribers, is established. As the periods of data transfer are planned, it is possible to switch off the communication interface of the first subscriber in the pauses and also, to save energy. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047928 | Method and system for using message based security challenge and response questions for multi-factor authentication in mobile access to electronic information - A method for allowing an alleged user to establish using multiple factors of authentication that he or she is in fact the authorized user of an information source. The method uses multiple factor authentication using challenge and response messages containing personal choices of the user which are not known to people other than the authorized user, presenting the challenge questions as enumerated multiple choice questions for ease of use, and imposing time-out restrictions on a session. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047929 | METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING A SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) MESSAGE - An authentication method that can be used by a telematics-equipped vehicle to authenticate an SMS message and provide additional security features above and beyond those inherent to the SMS protocol. Generally speaking, a call center uses a mathematical function to derive a security code, and then sends an SMS message to a telematics-equipped vehicle that includes information related to the derived security code. The telematics-equipped vehicle can utilize the transmitted information to authenticate the sender of the SMS message and/or its contents. One group of suitable mathematical functions utilizes keyed-hash message authentication codes (HMACs). | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047930 | METHOD FOR A HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS AD HOC MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDER - An adhoc service provider includes a user interface. The adhoc service provider is configured to enable a user to wirelessly access a network through the user interface, and provide a wireless access point to the network for a mobile client authenticated by a server. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS ACCESS CONTROL - In some aspect restricted access nodes are assigned to a designated common channel while access terminals that are in active communication with a macro access node may selectively be assigned to the designated channel. In some aspect an access terminal associated with macro access node may perform a handoff to a different carrier when the access terminal is in the vicinity of a coverage area of a restricted access node. In some aspect an access terminal associated with a macro access node may perform a handoff to a different carrier based on location information. In some aspect access to a restricted access node is controlled based on policy and/or based on operation of an access terminal associated with the restricted access node. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047932 | CELL BROADCAST VIA ENCODED MESSAGE TO AN EMBEDDED CLIENT - A system for authorizing information services that are provided via broadcast messages to mobile stations. The broadcast messages are encrypted prior to being communicated to devices within a geographic area. The mobile stations are provided with a client application that retrieves cryptographic keys associated with the information services to which a customer is subscribed. When the mobile station receives encrypted broadcast messages, the client application determines if it has the cryptographic key to decrypt the message. If so, the information contained in the message is displayed. If not, then the message is ignored by the mobile station. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047933 | Messaging network, system and method for an away user of a mobile communications device - Multiple customized options for Voicemail and Text Message Response, and a method to receive voicemails and text messages for a mobile telecommunication device using an away message technique, are disclosed. Further, if the caller requires the ability to speak with the phone owner (“user”) while the user's away message is activated, the caller may dial a specific number followed by the pound key to bypass the system. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047934 | Accessing Stored Data Objects Using Contact Data Corresponding to a Remote Communications Party - Methods and apparatus for accessing data objects stored in a communication device are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises detecting a trigger event related to a remote communications party, retrieving contact data from a contacts database using a party identifier corresponding to the remote communications party, searching for stored data objects associated with the remote communications party, using the contact data as search parameters, and displaying the results of the search. The method may further include ranking the data objects by relevancy and formatting the display according to the ranking. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047935 | DISTRIBUTED FAULT-TOLERANT VOICE MESSAGE SYSTEM FOR INDEPENDENT MOBILE TELEPHONY NETWORKS - A communications network and method for providing a voice message to a user of a mobile station (MS) in a network having a plurality of independent mobile systems, each independent mobile system including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), Short Message Service Center (SMS-C) and Voice Message System (VMS), wherein each VMS is identified by a unique identifier code. A received voice message is stored in a VMS, and an SMS notification message is sent to the MS. Because each VMS is identified by a unique identifier code, the MS can retrieve a voice message by dialing the code contained in an SMS notification message, regardless of which independent mobile system is serving the MS at the time the voice message retrieval is requested. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047936 | METHOD FOR CODEC NEGOTIATION AND SELECTION - A method of modifying a call setup message for a call from a first terminal to a second terminal, the call setup message being sent from the first terminal to a network node via an intermediate node which handles at least some signaling or traffic associated with the call, wherein the network node is responsible for negotiating call setup requirements for the call to the second terminal, the method comprising the steps of: intercepting the call setup message at the intermediate node; identifying one or more preferences or capabilities associated with the intermediate node which may impact the way in which the intermediate node can handle signaling or traffic associated with the call; modifying the call setup message based on information relating to said preferences or capabilities; and sending the modified call setup message to the network node, in order that the node can effect said negotiations based on the modified message. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047937 | ANONYMOUS LOCATION SERVICE FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - An anonymous location wireless network service for use in a wireless network that tracks the location and identity of network users, such as networks complying with enhanced 911 standards. The service provides content providers with the location of network users without revealing their identities. The service includes a wireless network having a proxy server, a network communication link to a plurality of web sites, and a wireless communication link to a plurality of handheld devices. The proxy server blocks identity by reading the location and identity information of network devices, generating dummy identifications, relating the dummy identifications to the identity information, storing the relationships in a memory storage, and forwarding the location information and dummy identifications to the global computer network. Upon receiving messages from the global computer network, the proxy server reads the dummy identifications, looks up the related identification information in the memory storage, and forwards the data to the appropriate network devices. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047938 | Media Handling for Multimedia Conferencing in Multihop Cellular Networks - An apparatus for controlling media handling in a multimedia conference between participants in a cellular network and participants in a mobile ad-hoc wireless network is disclosed. The disclosed multimedia conference mediator comprises a first interfacing unit for communicating with a media gateway controller in the mobile ad-hoc wireless network, a second interface for communicating with a media resource controller in a centralized media resource unit in the cellular network, and a mediator core configured to establish a media-bearing connection between a media mixer in the mobile ad-hoc wireless network and a media resource processor in the cellular network, using the media resource controller and the media gateway controller. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047939 | Method and Apparatus for Signaling a Call From a Caller Terminal to a Callee Terminal - The invention includes a method and apparatus for establishing a call from a caller to a callee. A method includes monitoring call establishment signaling associated with a request by a caller to establish a call from a first terminal of the caller to a first terminal of the callee, determining a location of each of at least one condition in the network, and routing the call establishment signaling to at least one of a second terminal of the caller and a second terminal of the callee based on the location of each of the at least one condition in the network. A method includes monitoring call establishment signaling associated with a request to establish a call from the caller to the callee, and routing the call establishment request signaling from one of a plurality of terminals of the caller toward one of a plurality of terminals of the callee. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IDLE SCREEN SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing an idle screen service are disclosed. A mobile communication terminal receiving contents provided from at least one content provider server in a mobile communication system environment is also disclosed. The mobile communication terminal may include a content receiver module which receives contents provided through a mobile communication system by separating into layers, a handset operating system module which operates the terminal and runs an application and which has a user interface, and a content management application module which synthesizes the contents separated into layers received from the content receiver module into one idle screen layer and which provides it to the idle screen of the mobile communication terminal. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, several contents provided in a mobile communication system environment can be provided at once on a mobile communication terminal idle screen in an idle mode, to satisfy the demands of the user for DIY services and increase the content participation rate. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047941 | Method and Apparatus for Deactivating Mobile Radio Stations From the Network - Method for deactivating at least one mobile station in a radio communication system, particularly in a picocell on board an aircraft in a GSM mobile radio network, where the radio communication system has a first network element, which forms a transmission/reception device for each mobile station in the radio cell, a second network element which is set up to control the first network element, and a device which is connected between the first network element and the second network element, wherein the device carries out the following steps: detection of a piece of identification information, directed at the at least one mobile station, which is transmitted from the second network element to the first network element, use of this identification information to deactivate the at least one mobile station when a deactivation signal is supplied to the device. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047942 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BROADCAST AND MULTICAST SERVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for support broadcast and multicast services in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a transmitter (e.g., a Node B) sends configuration information conveying a mapping of long service identifiers (IDs) to short service IDs for advertised services. The transmitter also sends scheduling information conveying a mapping of short service IDs to radio resources used for scheduled services in the current scheduling period. The short service IDs reduce the amount of scheduling information to send. In another aspect, the transmitter sends information identifying services being transmitted and services being advertised but not transmitted. Receivers (e.g., UEs) may use this information to determine whether or not to send requests for services of interest. In yet another aspect, the transmitter sends configuration information for services being advertised but not transmitted. This may allow the transmitter to start these services quicker when requested by the receivers. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047943 | NETWORK MONITORING METHOD, NETWORK MONITORING APPARATUS, LINE FAILURE PREVENTION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM OF NETWORK MONITORING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a network monitoring method including: a predicted amount of rainfall obtaining step of obtaining a predicted amount of rainfall generated in a predetermined time in a current line route; a prediction step of predicting whether or not a line failure occurs in the current line route caused by the predicted amount of rainfall assuming it rains actually in the current line route with an amount of rainfall substantially equivalent to the predicted amount of rainfall in the predetermined time in the current line route; and a change instruction step of instructing the radio communication network to change the current line route into a different line route on which it is predicted that no line failure caused by rainfall occurs and to control the radio communication network to change the current line route into the different line route, before the predetermined time passes. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047944 | CELLULAR TELEPHONE SIGNAL MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A cellular telephone signal monitoring method and system. The method includes receiving and storing by a computing system from a first cellular telephone, a first profile associated with a first user of the first cellular telephone and first monitoring data associated with the first user and the first cellular telephone. The computing system receives and stores from a plurality of cellular telephones, first additional monitoring data associated with a plurality of users and the plurality of cellular telephone. The computing system analyzes the first monitoring data and the first additional monitoring data. The computing system generates a first analysis report based on results of the analyzing. The computing system transmits to the first cellular telephone and the plurality of cellular telephones the first analysis report. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047945 | Self-configuring small scale base station - A self-configuring mobile telecommunication base station is disclosed. A communication interface is configured to connect to an access network other than a mobile telecommunication network with which the base station is associated. A processor coupled to the communication interface is configured to establish a connection, at least in part via the access network, to an element associated with the mobile telecommunication network; receive via the access network an initialization data; and use the initialization data to configure the base station to provide access to mobile telecommunication services at least in part using a resource determined based at least in part on the initialization data. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047946 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION COMPOSITE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - A terminal apparatus that selects, from among a plurality of communication modules, a communication module, which is useful to the user, without increasing current consumption and starts communication in a short time. In this apparatus, which includes a cellular communication module ( | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047947 | DYNAMIC GATEWAY SELECTION BASED ON DATA SERVICE AND ROAMING PROTOCOL - Techniques for supporting roaming in wireless communication networks are described. In one design, an access point name (APN) and a preferred roaming protocol for a user equipment (UE) roaming from a home network to a visited network may be obtained. The APN may be associated with a data service requested by the UE. The preferred roaming protocol may be GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP), Mobile Internet Protocol (MIP), Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol (PMIP), etc. A suitable network entity to provide data connectivity for the UE may be determined based on the APN and the preferred roaming protocol. In one design, the network entity may be (i) a packet data network (PDN) gateway in the home network if the preferred roaming protocol is GTP or (ii) a home agent in the home network if the preferred roaming protocol is PMIP or MIP. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047948 | MOBILE NETWORKING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A dynamically adapted network environment is disclosed. The dynamically adapted network environment has one or more mobile objects (MO's) and one or more corresponding network neighborhoods. Each of the one or more MO's is the center of a corresponding network neighborhood which is adapted locally to accommodate a movement of its corresponding MO in a manner that sustains substantially seamless communication traffic. A method of enabling seamless wireless roaming of a mobile object (MO) on a wireless network is also disclosed. A network neighborhood is defined for the MO based at least on a location of the MO. Communication traffic associated with the MO is buffered for redirection to at least one predicted future network connection point (NCP) which is part of the network neighborhood. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047949 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MSC FOR LOAD REALLOCATION UNDER A-FLEX ARCHITECTURE - A load reallocation method operable under A-FLEX architecture includes: determining from configuration information, by an MSC, whether an MS needs to move out of the controlled range of the MSC; and transmitting, by the MSC, a registration request message to a BSC when determining that the MS needs to move out of the controlled range of the MSC, the BSC configured to instruct the MS to initiate a new registration so as to register with a new MSC. In cases where the loading balance changes when a service is ongoing, after the MSC completes the service, the MS is required to initiate a new location registration to a new MSC so that the loading of the present MSC may be reduced as soon as possible and the loading across the MSCs may be rebalanced after connection is established. The disclosure also provides a load reallocation system and an MSC operable under the A-FLEX architecture. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047950 | REGISTRATION OF WIRELESS NODE - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example, a method may include sending, by a wireless node, a registration request message, the registration request message including location-related information for the wireless node and a transmission power of the wireless node. The method may further include receiving a neighbor list message, the neighbor list message including a list of registered neighboring wireless nodes, the list indicating a spectral allocation for each registered neighboring wireless node. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047951 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING LOCATION OF TERMINAL IN PACKET-SWITCHING DOMAIN - A method and apparatus for registering the location of a terminal in a PS domain in a mobile communication network are provided, in which the terminal transmits a request message requesting registration of the location of the terminal to an MME of the mobile communication network, receives from the MME a response message including an eMSC indicator indicating an eMSC connected to the MME from among a plurality of eMSCs, and registers the location of the terminal to the eMSC indicated by the eMSC indicator included in the response message if the eMSC indicator included in the response message is different from an eMSC indicator stored in the terminal. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047952 | IDLE MODE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-ACCESS SYSTEM USING PMIP - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate enabling multiple address access between two or more networks. A home agent can update a binding cache with a particular proxy binding update (PBU) to include two or more network gateway IP addresses associated with a user equipment (UE) within two or more networks or systems. When the UE in idle mode moves between networks or systems to which registration has occurred, an attachment procedure is not performed since the home agent includes the network gateway IP addresses related to such UE. Thus, inter-system idle mode mobility is enabled without having to perform a full attachment, re-registration, or de-registration based on the network location of the UE. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047953 | Method of Cell Re-Selection in Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) System after MBMS Session Stop - Cell re-selection for a mobile terminal in a single frequency layer includes determining termination of a multicast broadcast multimedia service (MBMS) session in that frequency layer and checking for availability of stored information relating to a previously used frequency. If this information is available, then a check of the validity of stored information is made. If this information is not available or is not valid, then the mobile station selects a frequency from the SIB 11/12 list and attempts cell selection on a suitable cell on the selected frequency. If the cell selection attempt is not successful, then initial cell selection procedures are carried out to determine to which cell the terminal should move. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047954 | CELL RESELECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for performing cell reselection in a wireless communication system are described. A user equipment (UE) may initially camp on a first cell. While camped on the first cell, the UE may identify second and third cells deemed to be better than the first cell. The UE may move from the first cell to the second cell without performing cell reselection to camp on the second cell. After moving to the second cell, the UE may obtain at least one cell reselection parameter for the second and/or third cell and may update the rankings of the second and third cells based on the cell reselection parameter(s). The UE may then perform cell reselection from the first cell to the second or third cell based on the updated rankings, e.g., perform inter-frequency cell reselection from the first cell to the third cell without actually camping on the second cell. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047955 | AUTOMATED AND SEAMLESS CHANGE OF REPORTING CELL IDENTITY - The technology described here allows a cell to change a cell identity without disrupting ongoing communication in that cell. In one non-limiting example embodiment, a cell identity change message is sent by a base station to one or more UEs being served in that base station. That message includes at least a new cell identifier and preferably also includes information indicating when that new cell identifier becomes active. In another non-limiting example embodiment, a cell identity change message is sent by a base station changing its cell identity to one or more neighboring base stations. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047956 | CELL IDENTIFIER CONFLICT RESOLUTION - The technology described automatically resolves cell identity collisions/conflicts in a cellular radio communications network. A detecting node determines that a first cell identifier associated with a first conflicting cell is the same as a second cell identifier associated with a second conflicting cell. One of the first and second conflicting cells is selected to change its cell identifier. A different cell identifier is determined for the selected cell. The different cell identifier is then provided to other cells and preferably to user equipment (UE) terminals without disrupting ongoing UE communications. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047957 | Sectioned Common Control Channels in Cellular Networks - A propagated control channel signal for use in a shared radio access network is disclosed. The control channel signal comprises common control data for use by mobile terminals authorized to access the shared radio access network and operator-specific data for use by those of the mobile terminals that are associated with a first mobile operator. The common control data may comprise handover-related data for handovers within the shared radio access network and the operator-specific data may comprise handover-related data for handovers from the shared radio access network to an unshared radio access network having overlapping coverage with the shared radio access network. The common control data and the operator-specific data may comprise values for one or more mobile terminal settings, wherein the operator-specific values are for use instead of the common values by those of the mobile terminals that are associated with the first mobile operator. Methods and apparatus for using and generating the disclosed propagated control channel signals are also disclosed. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047958 | Neighbor List Management for User Terminal - Methods and apparatus for maintaining neighbor cell information for use in handover operations are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a mobile station maintains a high-priority neighbor cell list and a low-priority neighbor cell list, each list comprising one or more neighbor cell entries corresponding to candidate cells for handover. Signal strength measurements for candidate cells in the high-priority list are made according to a first measurement schedule, while signal strength measurements for candidate cells in the low-priority list are made according to a second measurement schedule. In one or more embodiments, the low-priority cells are measured less frequently than the high-priority neighbor cells. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047959 | DATA TYPE ENCODING FOR MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER - A method of employing an encoding scheme for media independent handover, comprising: having at least some data type carry only required information to determine the end of data without a length value | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047960 | Closed subscriber group cell handover - A radio terminal connection may be handed over from a serving base station associated with a serving cell to a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell served by a CSG base station in which only radio terminals belonging to the CSG are permitted to access and receive service from the CSG cell. Radio terminals in the serving cell are generally informed not to report to the serving base station signal quality measurements of signals transmitted by CSG base stations. But if a radio terminal in the serving cell is authorized to access and receive service from the CSG cell, then that radio terminal is instructed to report to the serving base station signal quality measurements of signals transmitted by the CSG base station. Based on that report, the connection may be handed over to the CSG base station. A central node provides a CSG authorization list identifying CSG authorized radio terminals to the serving base station when a listed CSG cell is a neighboring cell which the radio terminal is authorized to access. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047961 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING NEIGHBOR LIST FOR HANDOVER MANAGEMENT - A method and an apparatus for optimizing a neighbor list in a mobile communication system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: i) a data collecting unit, collecting wireless quality measurement data and call fault data of a mobile communication terminal, wherein the call fault data is information on a call fault event generated because no sub-cell information is present in the neighbor list when the mobile communication terminal carries out a handover, ii) a data analyzing unit, analyzing the wireless quality measurement data and the call fault data and calculating a frequency of a sub-cell being included in an active set for each handover-possible target sub-cell and a frequency of call fault event occurrence, wherein the frequency of being included in the active set is a frequency of the sub-cell and target sub-cell being included simultaneously in the active set for handover and iii) a neighbor list optimizing unit using the frequency of being included in the active set and the frequency of call fault event occurrence to set an order of priority of handover-possible target sub-cells for the sub-cell and generating a neighbor list. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047962 | Transfer-of uplink power control parameters during handovers - The present invention provides a method for performing handover of a mobile unit from a source base station to a target base station. The source base station determines that a mobile unit should be handed over to the target base station. The target base station transmits uplink power control parameters associated with the target base station to the source base station, which transmits them to the mobile unit. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047963 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - An apparatus and method for enhanced heterogeneous network handover using a media independent handover scheme is provided. A heterogeneous network handover method of the present invention includes generating, at a mobile node, self-location information, transmitting the self-location information to a management server which manages heterogeneous networks, searching, at the management server, surrounding networks using the self-location information, composing a set of candidate networks including at least one of the surrounding networks, transmitting information on the set of candidate networks to mobile node and deciding, at the mobile node, a target handover network among the candidate networks. Accordingly, latency during handover in a heterogeneous network can be reduced. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047964 | HANDOFF IN AD-HOC MOBILE BROADBAND NETWORKS - A server is configured to maintain a session with a mobile client through a first mobile service provider. The server is further configured to pre-authenticate a second mobile service provider for handoff. The server is also configured to enable the handoff of the mobile client from the first mobile service provider to the second mobile service provider while maintaining the session with the mobile client. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047965 | Handover method and apparatus in a wireless telecommunications network - A method for handover of a mobile terminal from a source node to a target node in a wireless telecommunications network, including the steps of: adding an indication in the preparation phase by which source node indicates to the target node if it is the one preferred or not. If a target node is not the one preferred but is still selected by the UE, it may indicate this to the source node as by a specific new message that comes earlier in the handover process than a message requesting the source node to release resources following successful handover to a new node. The source node can then in this case cancel handover preparations to other target nodes earlier and also start data forwarding where applicable earlier. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047966 | METHOD FOR A HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS AD HOC MOBILE INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE - A server is configured to authenticate an adhoc service provider to provide a wireless access point to a network for a mobile client, the processing system being further configured to authenticate the mobile client to use service provided by the adhoc service provider, wherein the processing system is further configured to establish a tunnel between the server and the mobile client through the adhoc service provider. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047967 | Apparatus, System And Method For Short Message Routing Control - The present disclosure provides an apparatus, system and method for short message routing control for delivering the short message when multiple paths exist. The apparatus for short message routing control includes an short message intelligent decision query unit and a Network Domain selection entity (NeDs) connected with each other; the short message intelligent decision query unit is configure to query the NeDs for a routing decision of a short message upon receiving the short message; and the NeDs is configured to determine the routing decision of the short message according to routing decision information stored in the NeDs, and return the determined routing decision to the short message intelligent decision query unit. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047968 | NEIGHBOR CELL RELATION LIST INITIALIZATION - Neighbor cell relation lists are initialized and managed in various ways that are especially beneficial to closed subscriber group (CSG) cells served by CSG base stations. Typically, only a radio terminal belonging to the CSG is permitted to access and receive service from the CSG cell. As a result, information is provided to radio terminals in the cells neighboring the CSG cell that generally indicates that radio terminals are not to report to a respective serving base station signal quality measurements of a signal received from the CSG base station unless the radio terminal is a member of the closed subscriber group for the CSG cell. When a CSG cell is powered-up, it is determined whether the CSG cell has previously been powered-on in the same environment. If so, the neighbor cell relation information for the CSG cell is updated with other network node(s). If not, neighbor cell relations of the CSG cell are initialized. In one example, when a new neighbor cell relation has been added to its neighbor cell relation list, the CSG base station inherits neighbor cell relation list entries from the newly-added neighbor cell. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047969 | PILOT DESIGN FOR UNIVERSAL FREQUENCY REUSE IN CELLULAR ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are provided for transmitting information between an intended source and a receiver to minimize co-channel interference from at least one interfering source. Pilot subcarriers and data subcarriers may be broadcast from an intended source arid at least one interfering source. The pilot subcarriers may be shared across base stations or distributed among base stations in frequency, in time, or both. In addition, the frequency reuse factor of the pilot subcarriers may be different than the frequency reuse factor of the data subcarriers. A receiver receives a composite signal that corresponds with an intended signal from an intended source and an interfering signal from at least one interfering source. The portion of the received signal that corresponds to the intended signal may be recovered by the receiver based on the broadcast of the pilot subcarriers. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047970 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK RESOURCE RESERVATION BASED ON MOVING SPEED OF MOBILE TERMINAL, AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and system for network resource reservation and a mobile terminal therefor. Provided are a method, apparatus and system for minimizing unnecessary network resource reservation by predicting an expected direction of a terminal. The method for network resource reservation based on a moving speed of a mobile terminal includes: receiving a request for network resource reservation from the mobile terminal; calculating an expected moving direction of the mobile terminal, based on a speed-based moving probability model represented by a probability density function for a movable direction dependent on the moving speed of the mobile terminal, a moving speed of the mobile terminal, and position information of the mobile terminal; and performing network resource reservation for wireless cells included in the calculated expected moving direction. Thus, unnecessary network resource reservation can be minimized by predicting the moving direction of the terminal. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047971 | Configuring radio resource allocation and scheduling mobile station mechanism for frequency reuse in cellular OFDMA systems - Under adaptive frequency reuse technique, mobile stations in a cellular orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system are served by different radio resource regions with appropriate frequency reuse patterns to mitigate inter-cell interference and improve system capacity. In a first novel aspect, the mobile stations measure interference statistics and obtain interference measurement results. The mobile stations report the obtained interference measurement results to serving base stations. The serving base stations determine adaptive frequency reuse patterns based on the received interference measurement result. In a second novel aspect, a radio resource control element receives the interference measurement results, determines frequency reuse patterns and configures radio resource allocation based on the received interference measurement results. In a third novel aspect, the base stations obtain the interference measurement results and schedule the mobile stations to be served with appropriate radio resource regions. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047972 | LOCATION BASED PRESENCE AND PRIVACY MANAGEMENT - A method and system for providing location based presence status and enhancing location privacy management in a mobile, instant messaging or social networking environment. A user specifies or saves their favorite locations (e.g. home, work, school, or particular business or point of interest locations), and specifies or selects names and/or categories to be shared for each user-specified location. In addition, the system provides multiple sharing levels for sharing multiple types of location contextual information. When user's current location corresponds to user-specified locations, location based presence status is provided to specified contacts according to the sharing level settings, and provides user the option to share location contextual information without sharing location coordinates of the user. When user is driving, location based presence status is updated accordingly, and when user is at other business or POI locations, corresponding location contextual information is shared based on user's settings for each sharing level. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047973 | Enhanced Mobile Location - A method for obtaining a local path loss versus range model in a radio communications network is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining at least one path loss measurement and an associated range measurement at an approximated location of a mobile radio terminal within the radio communications network and applying this to a path loss versus range model to obtain the local path loss versus range model. The local model may also be used to obtain a more accurate location of the mobile radio terminal within the radio communications network. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047974 | WIRELESS NETWORK NOTIFICATION, MESSAGING AND ACCESS DEVICE - A wireless device having capabilities to receive identification signals from other wireless devices identifies specific wireless devices by said transmitting devices maximum set identification field. Once the transmitting device is identified as having its maximum length identifier set the receiving device may further allow access or data transfer to an alternate network using the contents of the maximum length identifier and/or MAC address of the transmitting device. The wireless devices may conform to the widely popular IEEE 802.11x specifications. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047975 | Method for Tracking Location of a Mobile Unit - Location of a mobile unit is determined by a combined probability, derived from a first probability for possible locations based on a current sample of radio signal characteristics and a second probability that a unit has moved from a prior location or probable location to each possible location. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047976 | Radio positioning system - A radio positioning system includes a plurality of base stations, each receiving a radio wave from a mobile terminal, and including a first base station whose position coordinates are known and a second base station whose position coordinates are unknown. The system also includes a distance measuring unit that measures a distance between the first and the second base stations based on the exchanging the radio waves; a position-coordinate calculating unit that calculates position coordinates of the second base station based on the measured distances; a determination control unit that determines a time reference station out of the base stations, and controls the time reference station to transmit a time reference pulse; and a distance-measurement control unit that calculates, using the time difference, a time difference between reception times of the wave signal at the base stations, and calculates position coordinates of the mobile terminal based on the time difference. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047977 | Performance Monitoring Of Location-Based Service In A Mobile Telecommunications Network - A method, a device and a system are provided for monitoring Location-based Service of a mobile telecommunications network. A passive monitoring method is applied processing both positioning and Location-based Service information of different interfaces. In the system, a monitoring device is attached at the standard interfaces of the network calculating Key Performance indicators and/or measures of network usage from the combined information. In a preferred embodiment, traffic of Le and Gi interfaces ( | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047978 | Method for Confirming End Point Location of 911 Calls - Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising receiving, from a user-operated telecommunications device, a user-initiated communication to a non-911 communications address. The method can comprise automatically providing a user with a current location of a user-associated telecommunications device. The method can comprise requesting, from the user, verification of the current location of the user-associated telecommunications device. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047979 | Systems, devices and methods for location determination - A method and system for location determination of a multi-mode device using a plurality of GPS fixation processes, each fixation process using a different mode (e.g. Cell-ID, MS-Assist, and MS-based) of the device is provided. The invention relates to methods for quickly obtaining and displaying geographic location of a mobile device on its display. These methods can be performed by applying successive fixation steps as outline herein. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047980 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES APPARATUS AND METHODS - A first text message sent from a mobile handset ( | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047981 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING MESSAGES - Provided is a method for delivering a Short Messaging Service (SMS) message and/or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) message from an initiator device to an end user device. Also provided is a telecommunication system for delivering a Short Messaging Service (SMS) message and/or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message and/or and enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) message from an initiator device to an end user device. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047982 | Method of and System for Virtual Mobile Game Session Discovery and Player Matching - A system for establishing multi-party wireless game sessions includes a game session broker and at least two wireless units. Each wireless unit includes a first wireless device having relatively low power consumption and a second wireless device having relatively high power consumption. The game session broker is configured to receive a session ready message that includes location information for a first player and search for a second player having location information matching the location information for the first player. Upon finding a matching player, the game session broker sends session available messages to the wireless units associated with the first and second players. Session ready messages are sent and session available message are received using the first wireless devices. Upon receiving the session available message, the first and second players can establish a wireless game session using their respective second wireless devices. Preferably, the second wireless devices are maintained powered-off until a session available message is received. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047983 | TEXT MESSAGING CONVERSATION USER INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY - A computer readable medium, method and user device for a user interface functionality for SMS and SMS-like message conversations is provided. A group of individual SMS messages is treated as a single entity by the SMS conversation UI, the SMS conversation history UI saves space by including the SMS editor within the conversation history panel, and displays a pop-up display with useful information regarding the SMS message being edited. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047984 | Method for selecting a serving carrier in a multi-carrier system - One of a plurality of carrier frequencies may be selected as a serving carrier for an uplink transmission based on at least one of a mobile velocity and loading conditions of the plurality of carrier frequencies. Selection of the serving carrier favors a carrier frequency having a smaller loading than at least one other carrier frequency based on the loading conditions. Also, selection of the serving carrier favors a lower frequency carrier for a higher mobile velocity and favors a higher frequency carrier for a lower mobile velocity based on the mobile velocity. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047985 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING PUSH TO TALK OVER CELLULAR SESSION STORING AND BROADCASTING - A system for storing and broadcasting PoC sessions includes: a message storing module, adapted to receive a media stream in a session, into the media stream into a pattern storable by the message storing module, and store the media stream to the message storing module; read the message from the message storing module, convert the message into a media stream, and send the media stream for participating in the session; and a gateway transfer module. A method and an apparatus for storing and broadcasting PoC sessions are also provided. The present invention enables storing and broadcasting of PoC sessions at lower cost. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047986 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention provides a method for managing transmissions in a wireless communication network ( | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047987 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING POWER IN A MU-MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Machine-readable media, methods, apparatus and system for allocating power in a MU-MIMO communicating system are described. In some embodiments, an apparatus of a base station in the MU-MIMO communication system may comprise: a power calculating logic to calculate a power for each user of a plurality of users communicating with the base station in the MU-MIMO system, based upon an average power and a power increment. The power calculating logic may further comprise an average power logic to calculate the average power among the plurality of users based upon a total power for the base station to communicate with the plurality of users, and a power increment logic to determine the power increment for the each user based upon at least one of a fairness algorithm and a throughput algorithm, and wherein different users of the plurality of users having different long-term signal to interference plus noise ratios (SINRs) are calculated with different powers. The apparatus may further comprise a power allocating logic to allocate the power to the each user. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047988 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communication control technique that makes it possible to avoid interference with another wireless communication system. To realize this technique, a tributary station according to the present invention transmits a beacon in an asynchronous BP after being started up, thereby determining whether or not another wireless communication network has received that beacon, and in the case where it has been determined that the other wireless communication network has received the beacon, the tributary station decreases its transmission power until the beacon is no longer received by the other wireless communication network. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047989 | Cellular notebook - The present teachings relate to a wireless communications, data, and multimedia device that can utilize various service, media, and channels including, for example, cellular radio frequency, wireless hotspot 802.11x radio frequencies, HD radio frequency, and BLUETOOTH® radio frequency, all in an integrated device. The present teachings further provide a Cellular Notebook device featuring a keypad comprising both a QWERTY keyboard and a telephony keypad. The present teachings provide for broadband data service via a primary link using cellular radio frequency data services, and optionally 802.11x hotspot data connections to the Internet. The Cellular Notebook can utilize flash memory, USB, and BLUETOOTH® data and memory storage components only. The Cellular Notebook according to the present teachings can provide the user with network specific-content and serve as an integrated device that empowers the user in an emergency situation like no previously available device. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047990 | INVERTER MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND INVERTER - In an inverter maintenance system, while an inverter of a user, a user support server of maker, and also, a portable telephone capable of accessing to a Web server are employed, such information required to maintain/manage the inverter is transferred/received by way of the portable telephone. Thus, various sorts of requests can be accepted by both the user support server and the Web server. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047991 | AUTOMATICALLY ENABLING AND DISABLING WIRELESS NETWORKS - A portable electronic device includes a first wireless interface based on a first wireless technology, said first wireless interface operative to establish a two-way wireless communication link, a second wireless interface based on a second wireless technology different from the first wireless technology, said second wireless interface operative to establish a two-way wireless communication link, and a discovery circuit operatively coupled to the first wireless interface and the second wireless interface. The discovery circuit is operative to use the first wireless interface to identify wireless capabilities of at least one other device, and to enable or disable the second wireless interface based on the detected capabilities of the at least one other device. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047992 | ELECTRONIC WIRELESS HAND HELD MULTIMEDIA DEVICE - An electronic wireless hand held multimedia device includes a microprocessor and more than one wireless transceiver modules enabling wireless communications over a variety of standards, including Cellular (e.g., GSM, CDMA, GPRS, 3G), 802.11 (e.g., WLAN), and short range (e.g., Bluetooth, infrared, RFID), for the retrieval, processing and delivery of multimedia data to/from remote data resources (e.g., Internet, servers). The hand held device can include any of: a touch sensitive display screen configured to display multimedia data including video, text and GPS maps, and accept user input; a cartridge reader configured to exchange data with an electronic cartridge; a GPS module configured to operate with mapping resources and provide location information and GPS mapping; a mobile payment module enabling mobile payments via a variety of billing arrangements; a security module enabling protected data management and communications security; a video camera enabling the capture, storage, processing and transmission of video and pictures. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047993 | METHOD OF USING MUSIC METADATA TO SAVE MUSIC LISTENING PREFERENCES - To improve the consumer experience with electronic devices, an improved system and method is provided for selecting and applying optimal settings for listening to digital music. In exemplary embodiments, optimal equalizer settings for a given song or music category may be stored in the metadata of the music file. When the song is played by an electronic device, the optimal equalizer settings are extracted from the music metadata. The equalizer of the electronic device then may adjust automatically to the optimal settings as extracted from the metadata. The optimal settings may be defined by a content provider or selected by a user as a series of personal preferences. By adjusting the equalizer settings automatically to the optimal settings, enjoyment of the music may be enhanced. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047994 | System and method for sharing network resources between hearing devices - This invention relates to a system ( | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047995 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING A DUAL CAMERA MODULE WITH A COMMON IMAGE SENSOR ELEMENT - A portable communication device is equipped with a dual camera module having a first or main camera module, a second or video telephony camera module and a common image sensor element configured to receive images from the first and second camera modules. The dual camera module includes image-shifting optics configured to shift images from the second camera module onto a portion of a common image sensor such that images from the main camera module may be received by a first or main portion of the common image sensor and images from the second camera module may be received by a secondary portion of the common image sensor. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047996 | METHOD OF PROVIDING PREVIEW IMAGE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal including a wireless transceiver configured to perform a video telephony call with at least one other terminal, a display configured to display a first image corresponding to a user of the mobile communication terminal and a second image corresponding to a user of the at least one other terminal during the video telephony call, an input device configured to input a request for an image processing of the first image, and a controller configured to perform a predetermined image processing on the first image according to the input request for the image processing and to control the display to display the image-processed first image as a preview image. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047997 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PRINT AND SENSE CODED DATA TAGS - A telecommunications device includes a printer configured to print visible information and invisible coded data tags on print media. An image sensor is configured to sense the printed data tags. A contact sensor includes a switch that is configured to close through contact so that the image sensor can sense at least one data tag. A controller decodes information relating to the sensed data tag. In one embodiment, the printer includes a replaceable printhead cartridge defining ink supply reservoirs, and a quality assurance integrated circuit is configured to authenticate the integrated circuit. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047998 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POWER TRANSMISSION LEVELS FOR A MOBILE STATION HAVING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A mobile communication device ( | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090047999 | Method and system for beamforming communication in wireless communication systems - A method and system for beamforming communication in a wireless communication system that includes a wireless initiator and a wireless responder is provided. A communication channel matrix is estimated at the responder based on training symbols from the initiator. The estimated channel matrix is then deconstructed into certain components, and the matrix components are quantized for feedback to the initiator for channel matrix reconstruction and beamforming communication. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048000 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - A device may include a touch sensitive display and logic configured to control the touch sensitive display to display information to a user, provide a window of enlarged information via the touch sensitive display based on a determined position of input on the touch sensitive display, and receive a selection from the enlarged information based on a determined position of input within the provided window. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048001 | SCREEN DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A screen display processing apparatus used for a portable terminal apparatus includes a moving unit configured to relatively move a plurality of cases of the portable terminal apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect a parameter value representing a degree of relative movement of the cases, a determination unit configured to determine based on the parameter value whether a shape of the portable terminal apparatus changes, and a first control unit configured to control a function about the screen display provided in the portable terminal apparatus in accordance with the parameter value and the change or no change in the shape. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048002 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal capable of obtaining an input device having an intuitive and delicate instantaneous responsibility is provided by performing a manipulation of a second housing while viewing a display unit of a first housing. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048003 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A contactless power supply system includes a power supply device having a first sensor module configured for outputting a first wireless signal, and a plurality of application devices for receiving the first wireless signal simultaneously, where each of the plurality of application devices includes a second sensor module for receiving the first wireless signal and transforming the first wireless signal into a corresponding induced power. A method for contactless power supply includes receiving a wireless signal and transforming the wireless signal into a corresponding induced power, and charging a battery module according to the corresponding induced power. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048004 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: an antenna; a first wireless communication module that establishes wireless communication using a first communication system through the antenna; a second wireless communication module that establishes wireless communication using a second communication system through the antenna, the second communication system having a narrower communication range and smaller power consumption than the first communication system; a determination unit that determines whether or not wireless communication by the first wireless communication module or by the second wireless communication module is available; and a controller that controls the second wireless communication module to establish wireless communication using the second communication system regardless of whether or not wireless communication using the first communication system is established by the first wireless communication module when the determination unit determines that wireless communication by the second wireless communication module is available. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048005 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes: a first body including an operation part; a second body including a display; and a connector which rotatably connects the first body and the second body. The connector is connected to the first body, and rotates with respect to the first body about a first rotating shaft. The connector is connected to a lateral end of the second body, and rotates with respect to the second body about a second rotating shaft orthogonal to the first rotating shaft. A first fitting portion is formed on a connected surface of the connector to be connected with the second body. A second fitting portion which is fitted to the first fitting portion, is formed on the second body. When the second body relatively rotates about the second rotating shaft to overlap the connector on the connected surface, the first fitting portion fits to the second fitting portion. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048006 | FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A foldable electronic device including a first frame, a second frame, a first connecting rod, and a second connecting rod is provided. The first connecting rod has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are respectively pivoted on one side of the first frame and the second frame. The second connecting rod has a third end and a fourth end, wherein the third end and the fourth end are respectively pivoted on the other side of the first frame and the second frame. The first connecting rod is suitable for rotating along a first axle, and the second connecting rod is suitable for rotating along a second axle, wherein the first axle is not coaxial with the second axle. | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048007 | MOBILE PHONE HOLDER FOR MECHANICAL VEHICLES - A mobile phone holder comprising a base ( | 2009-02-19 |
| 20090048008 | BALANCING TOOL - The invention provides for balancing a computer game, in which players can choose between different options for a plurality of actors within the game. The actors are described by parameter vectors defining characteristics of each actor. The cost of each actor is calculated, wherein the cost of an actor characterizes the amount of resources needed to obtain the actor. Also, the rank of each actor is defined, wherein the rank of an actor characterizes a usefulness or a value of the actor. The parameters of the actors are modified until the rank and the cost of the actors are proportional for each actor, wherein the constant of proportionality is the same for all actors. Thus, the various options become approximately equally successful and the computer game is balanced. | 2009-02-19 |
