11th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090068891 | SHIELDED CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention relates to a screened connector comprising a cable, which has at least one conductor and a screen braid, a contact support, which is provided with at least one contact element which holds a stripped end of the at least one conductor of the cable, and screening for the at least one conductor, the screening having a fastening region to which the screen braid of the cable is fastened, the screen braid being fastened to the outside of the screening. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068892 | Techniques for protecting a user-accessible electrical connector - A protective coupler for electrically coupling a cable terminal to a terminal of an electrical device. The protective coupler has a first portion that removably secures to a casing of the electrical device. The first portion comprises a first terminal that removably connects to the terminal of the electrical device, and a second terminal. A second portion comprises a third terminal that removably connects to the second terminal, and a fourth terminal that removably connects to the cable terminal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068893 | Distribution connection module for telecommunications and data systems technology - A distribution connection module ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068894 | Terminal Connection Structure - In a terminal connection structure, a stud bolt is stood and inserted into a hole of a top plate portion of a terminal, and the nut is screwed and fastened to the stud bolt on the top plate, thus connecting the terminal to the stud bolt. A terminal accommodation section is formed by a tubular wall around the stud bolt. It has an opening and ribs at a part of a circumference thereof, and allows the terminal fixed to the stud bolt from above. The opening is formed so as to fit on a belt portion extending from the top plate portion toward a fixing portion of the terminal. The ribs are protruded on the protection wall. The ribs prevent the terminal from being detached upward when the terminal is being temporarily lifted. The ribs are arranged at different heights in a top-bottom direction of the stud bolt. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068895 | Electrical connector with reduced noise - An electrical connector includes a carrier having opposite first and second sides. A plurality of contacts are held in the carrier. Each contact includes a first conductive element defining a first conductive path and a second conductive element defining a second conductive path separate from the first conductive path. The first and second conductive paths are configured to electrically connect an electrical component on one side of the carrier to an electrical component on the opposite side of the carrier. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068896 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH SWITCH DEVICE - An electrical connector ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068897 | Slot connector - A slot connector includes: a lengthwise insulating body, an upper row of conductive terminals and a lower row of conductive terminals. The insulating body is provided with a lengthwise slot for receiving an electric card. The upper and lower sides of the slot are provided with a receiving groove for receiving the conductive terminals respectively. At least one receiving groove for receiving the conductive terminals is provided with a second abutting block. The lower row of conductive terminals extends to form a second abutting portion from its contacting portion along the inside of the slot. When the contacting portion of the lower row of conductive terminals is compressed, the second abutting portion abuts the second abutting block on the insulating body and slides with respect to the second abutting block so that the second abutting portion can provide a supporting force to the contacting portion. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068898 | CONNECTOR FOR MOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a connector for a movable storage device which can prevent escape of the movable storage device. The connector includes a connection port ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068899 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING VARYING OFFSET BETWEEN ADJACENT ELECTRICAL CONTACTS - Provided is an electrical connector that may reduce crosstalk between leadframe assemblies. Such a connector may have a connector housing, a first leadframe assembly contained in the housing, and a second leadframe assembly contained in the housing adjacent to the first leadframe assembly. The first leadframe assembly may have a first differential signal pair of electrically-conductive contacts. The second leadframe assembly may have a second differential signal pair of electrically-conductive contacts. Each contact of the first and second differential signal pairs may have a respective first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. Crosstalk generated on the second differential signal pair by a signal traveling through the first portions of the contacts of the first differential signal pair may be reduced by crosstalk generated on the second differential signal pair by the signal as it travels through the second portions of the contacts of the first differential signal pair. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068900 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF COMPONENT IN WIRE HARNESS - A connecting structure of a component in a wire harness includes a relay box connected to a circuit at a power supply side and a circuit at a headlamp side, and a control unit connected to the relay box. A connecting section of the relay box is configured to be selectively connected to either one of a headlamp control device and a relay for turning on and off low beam or high beam. Both of the headlamp control device and the relay have terminals of the same shape. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068901 | CONNECTING ELEMENT COMPRISING A HOUSING FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND/OR DATA CABLES - The invention relates to a connecting element ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068902 | MIDDLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A middle electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals disposed on a terminal arrangement plate. A housing holds the terminal arrangement plate. The terminal arrangement plate has retaining grooves to hold the terminals at a plurality of positions. The retaining grooves includes a front retaining groove and a back retaining groove having at least one of a shape or a size different with each other. The front retaining groove holds a front retained portion of the terminal on a front portion side. The rear retaining groove holds a rear retained portion of the terminal on a rear portion side. When the terminal is inserted, the front retained portion is allowed to pass through the rear retaining groove. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068903 | TEST TERMINAL CONNECTOR - A test terminal connector for use in selectively interconnecting electrical leads of a railway circuit is provided and includes a mounting block; a first and a second terminal supported in and extending from the mounting block; a test strap supported on and extending between the first and second terminal; at least one fastening element selectively connectable to the first and second terminals; and a dielectric spacer disposed between the test strap and an electrical lead of the railway circuit. The test strap is constructed of an electrically conductive material, and each fastening element is constructed of the same material as the test strap. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068904 | Mold case attached with retainer - To prevent from being destructed by an external force in a retainer attached mold case of a plug connector including an insulating member having aligned containing holes containing contacts, a shield case surrounding around the insulating member, a substantially cylindrical mold case incorporating these therein and having slits for grounding at two side walls thereof and an elastic daw with a lock portion and a lock release portion at an upper face, and a retainer for dosing a rear end opening of the mold case excluding a cable inserting portion, a locking projection is projected to a rear side from a rear end portion of the elastic daw, and a float preventing piece for preventing the elastic daw from being floated up by engaging with the locking projection is projected from a front end portion of the retainer. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068905 | Wake Ski - A wake ski has a deck, a foot binding, and at least one fin. The deck of the wake ski includes a top side, a bottom side, a bulbous front end, and a bulbous rear end. The front and rear ends have transverse widths that are larger than a transverse width at the midsection of the deck. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068906 | Protective Material, Lining, Edge Cover, and Packing Tape - In a protective material (liner, edge cover, and packing tape) formed by laminating a metal mesh and sheets, even if inexpensive sheets instead of high-strength fiber sheets are used, the integration between the sheets and the metal mesh is increased, the stitches of the metal mesh are prevented from misaligned, and sufficient cut resistance is provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068907 | Flame-Retardant Metal-Coated Fabric and Gasket Comprising the Same for Electromagnetic Wave Shielding - A flame-retardant metal-coated fabric which not only has excellent electromagnetic wave shielding properties but has a high degree of flame retardancy without the necessity of containing a halogen compound or antimony compound. It is soft and suffers no deterioration of the metal coating even in long-term use. The flame-retardant metal-coated fabric comprises a metal-coated fabric and a flame-retardant coating layer formed on at least one side of the metal-coated fabric, the flame-retardant coating layer comprising a mixture (F) of the following components (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E):
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20090068908 | FABRIC HAVING A THERMOPLASTIC FUSIBLE YARN, PROCESS OF MAKING A FABRIC CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC FUSIBLE YARN, AND FABRIC ARTICLE FORMED WITH A FABRIC CONTAINING A THERMOPLASTIC FUSIBLE YARN - A fabric that contains a thermoplastic fusible yarn and a process of making a fabric containing a thermoplastic fusible yarn are provided. A fabric article is formed with the fabric containing a thermoplastic fusible yarn. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068909 | Structured forming fabric and method - Forming fabric for making a bulky web. The fabric includes a machine facing side and a web facing side having pockets formed by warp and weft yarns. A bottom of the pockets is formed an exchange of a different number of the warp and the weft yarns. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE HEAT DISSIPATION AND PADDING - A pad according to embodiments of the present invention includes a cover layer, a second flexible layer next to the cover layer, the second flexible layer formed of warp knit textile, a third flexible layer formed of the warp knit textile, and nylon and/or polyester fibers connecting the second flexible layer with the third flexible layer. According to such embodiments, the plurality of fibers maintain a spaced-apart configuration of the second and third flexible layers. The cover layer, the second and third flexible layers, and the plurality of fibers between the second and third outer perimeters are fused together at an outer perimeter. The pad may be used under an electronic device to facilitate cooling of the electronic device, to increase a user's comfort when placed between the electronic device and the user's lap, or to protect, pad, and isolate the electronic device from spills on a table surface. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068911 | Amino-Mercapto Functional Organopolysiloxanes - An organopolysiloxane containing both an amino functional organic group and a mercapto functional organic group is disclosed. A method of making such amino-mercapto functional organopolysiloxanes is by reacting (A) a silanol-functional polysiloxane, (B) an amino functional alkoxy silane, and (C) a mercapto functional alkoxy silane, via a condensation reaction. The amino-mercapto functional organopolysiloxanes products are useful in textile and fabric treatments. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068912 | ELASTIC SPUNBONDED NONWOVEN AND ELASTIC NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPRISING THE SAME - The elastic spunbonded nonwoven has high elastic recovery properties and includes a plurality of multicomponent filaments. Each multicomponent filament, preferably of the sheath/core type, includes a first polymeric component extending along the length of the filament in at least a first section of the filament, and a second polymeric component extending along the length of the filament in at least a second section of the filament that is distinct from the first section. The first polymeric component comprises an elastic propylene-based olefin copolymer, and the second polymeric component comprises an elastic propylene-based olefin and has a melt flow rate that is higher than the melt flow rate of the first polymeric component. The elastic propylene-based olefin copolymer for the first polymeric component and for the second polymeric component includes propylene and from 10 to 25 weight % of one or more C2 and/or C4 to C10 alpha-olefin co-monomers. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068913 | Low Porosity Facings For Acoustic Applications - A fibrous blanket material is provided having a first fibrous layer selected from a group of fibers consisting of polyester, polypropylene, polyethylene, fiberglass, natural fibers, nylon, rayon and blends thereof and a layer of meltblown polypropylene fibers. In an alternative embodiment the blanket may also include a second fibrous layer made of the same material as the first layer where the layer of meltblown polypropylene fibers is sandwiched between the two fibrous layers. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068914 | NONWOVEN FABRICS AND LAMINATES MADE BY USING THE SAME - A nonwoven fabric containing a polyvinyl butyral fiber is provided. In particular, continuous fiber nonwoven fabrics, such as a melt-blown nonwoven fabric and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric, are preferred. By laminating a plurality of layers via an adhering layer made of such a nonwoven fabric and then heating, a laminate is obtained by a simple process. In particular, an interior material in which an inorganic fiber layer, a foam layer and a surface material layer are adhered together via the aforementioned type of adhering layers is a desirable embodiment. Such an interior material is excellent in rigidity, sound absorbency and thermal deformation resistance, and therefore is useful as an interior material to be used for cars, railway vehicles, vessels, and the like. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068915 | Highly efficient organic light-emmitting device using substrate or electrode having nanosized half-spherical convex and method for preparing the same - The present invention provides a transparent substance formed with a plurality of continuous half-spherical convexes having a diameter of 25˜1,000 nm on its first main surface; an organic light-emitting device comprising a substrate, a first electrode, an organic material layer(s) and a second electrode, sequentially, characterized by having a plurality of continuous half-spherical convexes having a diameter of 25˜1,000 nm on the underside of the substrate that does not contact the first electrode and/or the upside of the second electrode that does not contact the organic material layer; and a method for preparing same using a porous aluminum oxide layer forming process. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068916 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE PARTICLE, ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In an anisotropic conductive adhesive containing a conductive particle, the conductive particle includes a resin particle that is provided with a cavity formed therein and a conductive layer surrounding a surface of the resin particle. The cavity is formed by mixing the resin particle with a reactant and partially removing the reactant from the resin particle. Thus, the conductive particle may readily absorb an external pressure, thereby providing an improved malleability to the conductive particle. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068917 | Apparatus of encapsulating display panel and method of manufacturing organic light emitting display device using the same - An encapsulation apparatus capable of securely sealing a gap of a display panel and improving intensity of the display panel, and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device using the encapsulation apparatus are taught. The encapsulation apparatus includes an injection port having tapered projecting edges formed in both sides of one end the injection port, and injecting a reinforcing material into a gap of a display panel in a dual surface contact manner, the first substrate and the second substrate being attached to each other using a sealant; and a supporter coupled to the injection port and supporting the injection port. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068918 | PATTERNED INORGANIC LED DEVICE - A method of making an inorganic light-emitting diode display having a plurality of light-emitting elements including providing a substrate, and forming a plurality of patterned electrodes over the substrate. A raised area is formed around each patterned electrode to provide a well before depositing a dispersion containing inorganic, light-emissive core/shell nano-particles into each well. The dispersion is dried to form a light-emitting layer including the inorganic, light-emissive core/shell nano-particles. An unpatterned, common electrode is formed over the light-emitting layer. The light-emitting layer emits light by the recombination of holes and electrons supplied by the electrodes. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068919 | FLYING TOY APPARATUS - Flying toy apparatus is provided including a housing with drive means provided therein for driving rotation of rotary means associated with said housing. Vane means are associated with said housing and said vane means rotate in a counter direction to the rotation of said rotary means in use. The vane means are arranged substantially vertically in use. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068920 | PERSONALIZABLE ARTICLE, TOY OR DOLL - An article, toy or doll, including a first portion with an inner portion and an outer surface surrounding the first portion, and an insert positioned within the first portion. The insert is adapted to permit an indicia, message, decoration or ornamentation carrier or plaque to be removably connected to the outer front surface of the first portion. The insert, which is not visible to the outer surface of the first portion, is preferably a magnetic member or a member attractable to a magnetic member. The article, toy or doll, which is constructed to have a three dimensional configuration, preferably resembles an animal or a human. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068921 | WHISTLE - A mouth whistle is provided. The mouth whistle is comprised of a body that includes a flexible base film and a rigid side wall extending around an outer periphery of the base is provided. A fabric panel, having a cut out portion configured to match a shape and size of the body, is secured to the rigid side wall of the body. A user places the whistle in his mouth, with the end of the fabric panel opposite the body of the whistle closest to the back of his throat, and moistens the fabric panel with saliva, or some other liquid, to adhere the fabric panel to the roof of his mouth. To make a whistling sound, the user exhales blowing air over the body of the whistle causing the flexible film to vibrate and generate the sound. The sound resonating from the body is different for different users. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZING OR ORNAMENTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLE, SUCH AS A TOY OR DOLL - A system and method for personalizing or ornamenting a three-dimensional article, such as a toy or doll enabling a user to select from among a plurality of articles and from among a plurality of indicia, message, decoration, lettering, engraving or ornamentation carriers, plaques or supports containing messages and enabling a user to removably connect the indicia carrier to one of the selected articles. The system further comprises a plurality of three dimensional articles, toys or dolls, each article including a portion of substantially similar size and shape, an insert that is magnetically attractable is positioned within the portion, and a plurality of indicia, message, decoration or ornamentation carriers, plaques or supports attractable to the insert that has been adapted to receive and display an indicia, message, decoration, lettering, engraving or ornamentation. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068923 | Color toy having clear color boundary - A color toy includes a hollow main body. The main body is made from a plurality of color portions having different colors molded together. Between each of the two neighboring color portions is a clear boundary that the color toy of the present invention may have two or more colors and clear boundary therebetween. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068924 | Novelty Device Having Elastomeric Protrusions with Sound Producing Terminations - A novelty device and the associated method of fabricating component parts of the novelty device. The novelty device has at least one protrusion that is made from an elastomeric material. The protrusion has a distal end. A hole is disposed through the protrusion proximate its distal end. A secondary object is provided. The secondary object is made from a rigid material. The secondary object defines an interior space. Sounding elements are disposed within the interior space of at least some of the secondary objects. The sounding elements are free moving and produce noise within said secondary objects when said novelty device is manually shaken. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068925 | SMART REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A smart remote control system includes a remote controller and a remote control moving device. The remote controller includes a casing, a first direction finding unit, a signal transmission unit, and an operating unit that controls the advancing direction of the car. The remote control moving device includes a signal receiving unit to receive a control signal and a directional signal transmitted from the remote controller, a main control unit to receive the signal transmitted from the remote controller to control advancing speed and direction of the body, and a second direction finding unit detecting a relative direction between the remote controller and the moving device for the moving device to identify direction and move towards that direction. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068926 | Assembly for capturing bees - An assembly | 2009-03-12 |
20090068927 | METHOD FOR THE DISCONTINUOUS GRINDING OF BEVEL GEARS AND CORRESPONDING SOFTWARE FOR CONTROLLING A MULTIAXIS GRINDING MACHINE - Method for the chip-removing machining of the tooth flanks of a gear wheel having n teeth and n tooth gaps on a multiaxis grinding machine. A grinding disc which may be dressed is used for the machining and one of the n tooth gaps after another is machined using this grinding disc in the single indexing method. The grinding disc plunges into each of the n tooth gaps up to a predefined plunging depth (T | 2009-03-12 |
20090068928 | GRINDING WHEEL FOR ROLL GRINDING AND METHOD OF ROLL GRINDING - A method of grinding a ferrous roll may include: rotating a grinding wheel on a machine spindle to form a rotating grinding wheel; rotating a ferrous roll to form a rotating roll surface; bringing the rotating grinding wheel into contact with the rotating roll surface; traversing the rotating grinding wheel across an axial roll length of the rotating roll surface; and grinding the roll surface while varying at least one or both of a grinding wheel rotational speed and a said mill roll rotational speed at an amplitude of +/−1 to 40% with a period of 1 to 30 seconds. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068929 | SURFACE-PROTECTION TAPE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS FOR USE DURING BACKGRINDING PROCESS AND SUBSTRATE FILM FOR THE SURFACE-PROTECTION TAPE - The present invention provides a surface-protection tape for semiconductor wafers having an even thickness accuracy, excellent surface smoothness, and excellent surface sliding properties such as freedom from blocking, etc., and a substrate film for the surface-protection tape. The substrate film for the surface-protection tape for semiconductor wafers has at least one layer containing a polyethylene-based resin and satisfies the following requirements: | 2009-03-12 |
20090068930 | Abrasive cleaning agent, method for manufacturing the same, and method for polishing using abrasive cleaning agent - An abrasive cleaning agent is provided which can be used for a polishing process for polishing a surface of a workpiece to form a mirror surface, which suppresses generation of static electricity and adhesion of stains to the workpiece, which decreases a crushing ratio, and which has a low environmental burden when the abrasive cleaning agent is disposed of. The above abrasive cleaning agent includes an elastic material containing a soluble nitrogen substance as a primary component, which is obtained from tubers of devil's tongue and which contains mannan as a primary component, and a 10% to 30% of water; and 1 to 30 percent by weight, with respect to the elastic material, of abrasive grains of size #220 or less, which are supported on surfaces of the elastic material and/or are buried therein, so that the grain diameter on the whole is in the range of 88 to 1,190 μm. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068931 | METHOD OF BEVELING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS BLANK, MACHINE PROGRAMMED THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention is directed to a machine programmed to edge an ophthalmic lens blank. The machine includes an edger device for forming a bevel in a peripheral edge of the lens blank, a central processing unit operably associated with the edger device for controlling operation thereof, and a computer program stored on a medium in communication with the central processing unit. The computer program includes a first instruction set operably causing the edger device to form a bevel in a peripheral edge of a lens blank. A second instruction set operably causes the edger device to form a step in the peripheral edge intermediate an apex of the bevel and an interface between the peripheral edge and a major surface of the lens blank. A method of controlling an edger device for edging an ophthalmic lens blank and a computer program are also disclosed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068932 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRIMMING A LENS BY CUTTING SAID LENS - The present invention relates to a device and to a method for shaping an optical lens. According to the invention, a selection is provided between either a first tool ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068933 | System and Method for Directional Grinding on Backside of a Semiconductor Wafer - A backside grinding apparatus removes semiconductor material from a surface of a semiconductor wafer. The wafer is mounted to a backing plate. The backside surface undergoes a first grinding operation in a rotational motion to remove excess semiconductor material. The semiconductor wafer is then aligned such that edges of the die are oriented along a reference line. The backside surface undergoes a second grinding operation in a linear direction on a 45-diagonal with respect to the reference line to create linear grind marks which are diagonal to the edges of the die. The linear grind marks are formed by an abrasive surface having at least 4000 mesh count. The second grinding operation removes the radial grind marks produced by the first grinding operation. The linear grind marks oriented diagonal with respect to the reference line increases the strength of the die to resist cracking. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068934 | Wafer polishing carrier apparatus and chemical mechanical polishing equipment using the same - A wafer polishing carrier apparatus and a chemical mechanical polishing equipment employing the same includes a drive rotary union rotating on an axis and receiving a flow of fluid through a first conduit in a sealed-up state; driven rotary unions revolving on their own axis at different sides of the drive rotary union, and receiving the flow of fluid from the drive rotary union through a second conduit in a sealed-up state; a carrier attached to an end part of the driven rotary union to adsorb/detach a wafer using a fluid pressure provided through a third conduit connected through the second conduit; and a filter filtering pollution material in the fluid flowing in and out of the third conduit on the periphery of the carrier to prevent the pollution material from escaping external to the carrier, the pollution material generated from rotation of the drive rotary union and driven rotary unions. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068935 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing apparatus has a top ring configured to hold a semiconductor wafer on a substrate holding surface, and a pushser configured to deliver the semiconductor wafer to the top ring and receive the semiconductor wafer from the top ring. The pushser includes a push stage having a substrate placement surface on which the semiconductor wafer is placed and an air cylinder configured to vertically move the push stage. The pushser also includes a high-pressure fluid port configured to eject a high-pressure fluid toward the semiconductor wafer. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068936 | ELECTRIC HAND-HELD POWER TOOL - The invention relates to a hand-held electric power tool comprising at least one driven rotating part ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068937 | CMP Pad Conditioners with Mosaic Abrasive Segments and Associated Methods - A CMP pad conditioner comprises a plurality of abrasive segments. Each abrasive segment includes a segment blank and an abrasive layer attached to the segment blank, the abrasive layer including a superhard abrasive material. A pad conditioner substrate is also provided. Each of the plurality of abrasive segments is permanently affixed to the pad conditioner substrate in an orientation that enables removal of material from a CMP pad by the abrasive layer as the pad conditioner and the CMP pad are moved relative to one another. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068938 | Grinding Lamella and Grinding Wheel Holding Same - A grinding lamella ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068939 | Automotive air conditioner - An automotive air conditioner includes an air-conditioning case in which air passageways having a cold air path via an evaporator, a warm air path via a heater core, and a plurality of discharge path systems communicating with outlets, respectively, are formed, an air mix door which distributes cold air and warm air by an opening degree to each of the discharge path systems via a junction region of the cold air and the warm air, and a rotary door having a cross wall, which is rotatably disposed in the junction region of the cold air and the warm air and blocks air flow from the junction region to the downstream side by the cross wall in an advanced position, the rotary door and the air mix door including an overlap layout which uses a door space inside the cross wall of the rotary door in the advanced position as an opening and closing operation space of the air mix door. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068940 | Closing screen for a ventilation opening, in particular for a ventilation opening of a motor vehicle - The invention relates to a closing screen for a ventilation opening, in particular for a ventilation opening for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one molded part ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068941 | Method and System for Monitoring and Displaying Signals Corresponding to a Transponder of a Satellite in a Satellite Communication System - A method and system for monitoring signals corresponding to a satellite having a first transponder generating a first plurality of channel signals, a plurality of integrated receiver decoders receiving the first plurality of signals and generating a first plurality of received channel signals corresponding to the first plurality of channel signals and a monitoring system displaying all of the first plurality of received channel signals corresponding to the first transponder. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068942 | Method and apparatus for long-time music play on a mobile communication terminal - A method and apparatus are provided for playing music for long time by a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal includes an MP3 chip for decoding and playing music data transferred from a music data memory by a baseband chip. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED AUDIO RECORDING AND COLLABORATIVE MIXING - Two or more wireless devices can be independently controlled by their respective users, a mixer component, or a leader wireless device to perform audio recording, convert the recorded audio into a standard or proprietary audio stream format, and transmit the audio stream to a server. The real-time clocks of two or more participating wireless devices can be synchronized. A wireless device can insert timestamps into the audio stream to facilitate the mixing operation. Mixing of the two or more audio streams recorded by wireless devices can be performed by a mixer component either in real time (contemporaneously with the recording) or asynchronously with respect to the recording. The mixing can be performed in a fully automated mode, and/or in an operator-assisted mode. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068944 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING A DEDICATED ACCESS ZONE TO RELAY STATION (RS) IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS (BWA) COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for allocating a dedicated access zone to a Relay Station (RS) in a multihop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. A communicating method of the RS includes relaying communications between a Base Station (BS) and a Mobile Station (MS), determining whether a dedicated resource is necessary for the communications with the MS, when the dedicated resource is necessary, generating a dedicated access zone request message which comprises necessary bandwidth information and transmitting the dedicated access zone request message to the BS. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068945 | DETACHABLE EARPHONE STRUCTURE - A detachable earphone structure includes an earphone body and a transmitter detachable from the earphone body. The earphone body has an opening portion, a pair of connecting terminals installed in the opening portion and electrically connected to an internal circuit. The transmitter has a pair of contact terminals stored in the opening portion of the earphone body or detachably connected to the earphone body for electrically conducting the connecting terminal and the contact terminal through the contact of the connecting terminal with the contact terminal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068946 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT MITIGATES THE EFFECTS OF BLUETOOTH-BASED DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS AGAINST MOBILE DEVICES - A method and apparatus that mitigates the effects of a Bluetooth-based Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a Bluetooth-enabled mobile communications device is disclosed. The method may include determining if the mobile communications device is under a DoS attack, wherein if it is determined that the mobile communications device is under a DoS attack, the method may include temporarily disabling Bluetooth services that were enabled using a first Bluetooth address, storing the first Bluetooth address in a memory in the mobile communications device, changing the first Bluetooth address to a second Bluetooth address, and enabling Bluetooth services using the second Bluetooth address. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068947 | MULTI-FUNCTION GENERAL PURPOSE TRANSCEIVERS & DEVICES - The present invention is generally directed to a system and associated method for communicating information. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to a general purpose transceiver having a receiver for receiving an information signal and a transmitter configured to transmit an outgoing signal to a central station. A portion of the information signal can include an instruction code, which may be decoded and acted upon accordingly. Other embodiments and features are also claimed and described. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068948 | Cable management in an FM transmitter - Several of the components used to implement a wireless transmitter, such as a DC-powered FM transmitter usable for playing media content from a personal media player over a vehicle's FM radio, are organized using an arrangement by which a controller that includes a user interface is removably couplable to a charger plug that interfaces with a power source. An arrangement for removably coupling a device connector in the transmitter to the charger plug is also provided. In an illustrative example, the controller and charger plug are configured with magnetic elements which are used to retain the controller against an end of the charger plug using magnetic force. A portion of the device connector is removably insertable into an elastically deformable connector cap that is configured to removably slide over the charger plug end. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068949 | Multifunctional bluetooth headset - The present invention provides a multifunctional Bluetooth headset. The multifunctional Bluetooth headset of the present invention includes a built-in earphone, a Bluetooth module, a connection port, a power module, a codec module, an extended earphone, an audio wire and a wire collector. The Bluetooth module supports at least one advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP) so as to receive and transmit a stereo sound wireless signal in compliance with the Bluetooth specification. The Bluetooth module can detect voltage of the connection port and allow the multifunctional Bluetooth headset to automatically switch to be reset as a Bluetooth dongle. The connection port and other peripherals allow the power module to charge. The extended earphone can incorporate with the built-in earphone as a dual channel earphone capable of playing stereo sound signals supported by the A2DP. The wire collector can collect the audio wire collected within the multifunctional Bluetooth headset. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068950 | System Comprising a Navigation Device and an Electronic Device - A system is disclosed including an electronic device with an analog output which is connectable to an analog input amplifier of a vehicle. In at least one embodiment, the system includes a wireless standard first transceiver which can convert and send digital audio signals using digital audio streaming system to an analog audio output; and a navigation device with a wireless standard second transceiver which can send together audio and voice instructions corresponding to a current navigation as digital audio signal using digital audio streaming. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068951 | Spectrum-Blind Sampling And Reconstruction Of Multi-Band Signals - A signal processing method includes sampling an analog signal, which has a spectral density defining one or more bands, to produce a digitized signal. A spectral transform of the digitized signal is expressed as a matrix multiplied by a vector, wherein the vector includes multiple elements that represent the spectral density of the analog signal as a function of frequency within respective spectral slices. Indices of a subset of the elements of the vector, in which the spectral density is concentrated, is determined. The analog signal is reconstructed from the digitized signal using the subset of the elements of the vector and a corresponding subset of columns of the matrix having the indices. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068952 | PROCESS FOR ELIMINATING INTERFERENCES IN A HSDPA MOBILE TERMINAL - Process of elimination of interferences in a downlink transmission channel between a mobile terminal comprising the resources to receive HSDFA and MBMS service and a base station of a cellular telecommunications network. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068953 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MINIMIZING CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE - Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises scrambling a first frame using a first scrambling code, attaching a first header to the first frame to create the first signal, scrambling a second frame using a second scrambling code, attaching a second header to the second frame to create the second signal, and transmitting the first signal and the second signal over different channels of the communication system. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068954 | Method and apparatus for providing data communication in data monitoring and management systems - Method and apparatus for communicating with a sealed electronic device via the electronic device's existing data ports for programming, testing configuration or diagnosis of the electronic device such as a transmitter unit for use in a data monitoring and management system such as analyte monitoring and management system is provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068955 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A problem of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication device capable of reducing power consumption and implementing a function of reporting the intensity of a received signal to an external device as well as to provide a communication method thereof. A portable cellular phone ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068956 | Method and device for estimating reception quality in radio communication - A reception quality estimation device includes: a correlation extractor for extracting correlation between multiplexed reception reference signals received from the plurality of user terminals and a predetermined reference signal sequence, wherein extracted correlation corresponds to each user terminal; a received power calculator for calculating received signal power from the extracted correlation corresponding to each user terminal; a total received power calculator for calculating total received signal power by summing up the received signal power for all the plurality of user terminals; a noise power estimator for estimating noise power based on the total received signal power and total received power of multiplexed reception reference signals; and a reception quality calculator for calculating the reception quality of each user terminal based on the received signal power and the noise power. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068957 | RFID READER COMPENSATING LEAKAGE SIGNAL AND COMPENSATING METHOD THEREOF - A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader includes a transmitter generating a transmission signal for transmission to a tag, a receiver receiving a response signal from the tag, a leakage compensator compensating a leakage signal leaked from the transmitter to the receiver in response to a leakage control signal, and a control unit performing a leakage test operation by applying a test signal to the transmitter, and calculating and storing a leakage parameter for generating the leakage control signal using a level difference of the test signal and a level difference of a test leakage signal leaked to the receiver. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068958 | FILTER FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC DETECTION DEVICE AND FILTER FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC TESTING DEVICE - A filter frequency characteristic detection device includes a filter which receives a first signal and a second signal, a comparator which compares the first signal and the second signal which have passed through the filter, an offset adjusting circuit which gives an offset to each of the first signal and the second signal to be input to the comparator, a duty ratio detection circuit which detects, as a duty ratio, a change in an amplitude of the first signal and the second signal based on an output result from the comparator, and a frequency characteristic adjusting circuit which adjusts the frequency characteristic of the filter based on a detection result from the duty ratio detection circuit. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068959 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A RECEIVING CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF INPUT CHANNEL SIGNALS - A receiving circuit module for receiving different types of channel signals includes a housing having a first input, a second input and an input-output port disposed therein and a controller receiving a control signal. The controller switches between the first input and second output and generates an output signal corresponding to the first input or the second input in response to the control signal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068960 | Performance Measuring System, Data Transmission Method and Computer Program - A portable user-specific performance measuring system comprises a quality unit which receives a measurement signal and measures the quality of the measurement signal, and a presentation unit which receives from the quality unit quality data indicating the quality of the measurement signal and presents the quality of the measurement signal on the basis of the quality data. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068961 | Apparatus and method for operating feedback channels in a wireless communication system - An apparatus and a method for allocating feedback channels in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining a number of common feedback channels to be allocated commonly to one or more terminals using a capacity loss according to the feedback channel allocation; and generating feedback channel change information to change the number of the common feedback channels per terminal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068962 | RADIO FREQUENCY MODULE - A description is given of a radio frequency module comprising an interface unit configured to receive macros having a first format from an input of the radio frequency module, a microprocessor coupled to the interface unit and operable to concert the macros having the first format to macros having a second format, a first memory coupled to the microprocessor and operable to store macros having the second format provided by the microprocessor and a first finite state machine implemented in hardware and configured to process macros having the second format accessed from the first memory. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068963 | COMMON MODE SIGNAL ATTENUATION FOR A DIFFERENTIAL DUPLEXER - Techniques for attenuating undesired signal components from a differential duplexer are described. The duplexer provides a differential received signal at RX+ and RX− ports. This differential received signal includes an undesired common mode signal, which may come from a transmit signal. The common mode signal is attenuated with a common mode trap in an impedance matching network coupled to the RX+ and RX− ports. The matching network includes a first passive circuit coupled between the RX+ port and a first node, a second passive circuit coupled between the RX− port and a second node, and the common mode trap coupled between the first and second nodes. In one design, the common mode trap includes a first inductor coupled between the first node and a common node, a second inductor coupled between the second node and the common node, and a capacitor coupled between the common node and circuit ground. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RDS/RBDS DATA - A receiver including first circuitry configured to combine corresponding soft decision values from at least two groups of RDS/RBDS data transmitted as part of a broadcast channel to generate a set of combined values and second circuitry configured to identify a subset of the combined values that indicate a relatively constant subset of the received values from the at least two groups of the RDS/RBDS data is provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068965 | Method, Apparatus and System for an Omni Digital Package for Reducing Interference - A system for an omni digital package for reducing interference may include a passive combiner and a transmit signal canceller. The passive combiner may be configured to combine at least two input frequencies to produce a combined signal. The transmit signal canceller may be configured to determine an interference frequency based on a combination of the at least two input frequencies. The transmit signal canceller may include a tap weight determiner configured to determine a weighting coefficient associated with the interference frequency, and a cancellation function configured to perform a cancellation operation to at least partially cancel the interference frequency from the combined signal based on the weighting coefficient. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068966 | Error Driven RF Power Amplifier Control with Increased Efficiency - A power amplifier controller for adjusting a supply voltage to a power amplifier. The power amplifier controller adjusts the supply voltage so that distortion in an RF output signal corresponds to a predetermined limit. An amplitude error signal is generated by the power amplifier controller which represents a difference between an RF output signal and an attenuated RF output signal. The AC components of the amplitude error signal are processed to generate a deviation signal that represents the distortion in the RF output signal. The supply voltage to the power amplifier is increased when the deviation signal exceeds a distortion level control signal, and decreased when the deviation signal drops below the distortion level control signal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068967 | COMMUNICATION SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication semiconductor integrated circuit includes a phase control loop and an amplitude control loop. A gain of a variable gain amplifier when it is detected from an output of the comparator that the amplitudes of the reference signal and the feedback signal are equal to each other while a predetermined DC voltage is applied to an amplifier which amplifies an output of a transmission oscillation circuit and is controlled by the amplitude control loop to vary the gain of the variable gain amplifier on a feedback path is held in a register. Thereafter, the DC voltage is changed to another value to detect the gain of the variable gain amplifier, so that the gain of a variable gain amplifier on the forward path is decided on the basis of the detected gain and the gain held in the register. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068968 | MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT TRANSCEIVER WITH TRANSMIT POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON RECEIVER PARAMETER AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - An RF transceiver includes a plurality of RF receivers for receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of received signals. Each of the plurality of the RF receivers includes an AGC module that generates an automatic gain control (AGC) signal based on the strength of the corresponding one of the plurality of received signals, and a low noise amplifier that amplifies the corresponding one of the plurality of received signals based on the AGC signal. A processing module generates a transmit power control signal based on the AGC signals from each of the plurality of RF receivers. A plurality of RF transmitters each generate a corresponding one of a plurality of transmit signals having a selected power level, wherein the selected power level is based on the transmit power control signal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068969 | Power-Aware Selection of Radio Access Technology - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for operating a multi-mode wireless communications device to select a radio access technology (RAT) requiring the lowest energy consumption by the device for a desired operating mode. An exemplary method comprises scanning a plurality of frequency bands to determine a set of available radio access technologies that support the desired operating mode, and evaluating, for each available RAT, RAT-specific system parameters and RAT-specific operating conditions. Based on the evaluation, the RAT requiring the lowest energy consumption by the wireless device for the desired operating mode is selected. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068970 | SCANNING FREQUENCY OPTIMIZATION FOR ALTERNATE NETWORK ACCESS IN DUAL MODE WIRELESS DEVICES - A method, information processing system, and wireless device are disclosed for managing network scanning intervals. The method includes detecting a new wireless network coverage area ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068971 | Socially Based Station Navigation - A method of socially-based station navigation can include receiving station selection information from each of a plurality of mobile nodes within a mobile ad-hoc network, wherein station selection information comprises, for each mobile node, a station to which the mobile node is tuned. The method can include identifying each station from the received station selection information for each mobile node and determining a measure of popularity for each station according to a number of mobile nodes, from the plurality of mobile nodes, tuned to the station. A list specifying at least one of the stations and the measure of popularity of each station on the list can be output. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068972 | Methods And Apparatus For Controlling A Gain State Of A Wireless Receiver Operating In An Idle Mode - The settling time of a wireless receiver is reduced by providing a previously utilized gain control state value to an amplifier of a receiver front end during a warm-up portion of a wake-up period of the wireless receiver which follows a sleep period. One illustrative method includes the steps of receiving a notification signal which indicates that the wireless receiver is to be placed in a sleep mode, reading a gain control state value from a gain controller based on receiving the notification signal, storing the gain control state value in memory, providing the stored gain control state value from the memory to the wireless receiver during a warm-up period of a second wake-up period following the first wake-up period, and providing a gain control state value from the gain controller to the wireless receiver based on a signal level of a currently received signal of the wireless receiver after the warm-up period. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068973 | NOISE SUPPRESSION APPARATUS - A noise suppression apparatus comprising: a complex signal generation unit configured to convert an intermediate frequency signal into a complex signal having a real part and an imaginary part, the intermediate frequency signal being obtained by frequency-converting a reception signal; a noise detection unit configured to detect whether or not variation in level of the complex signal is greater than a predetermined threshold value, to detect generation of noise; and a noise suppressing unit configured to suppress level of the complex signal if the variation in level is greater than the predetermined threshold value. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068974 | MULTI-MODE - MULTI-BAND DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVER WITH COMPLEX I AND Q CHANNEL INTERFERENCE MITIGATION PROCESSING FOR CANCELLATION OF INTERMODULATION PRODUCTS - Multi-mode-multi-band direct conversion receiver with complex I and Q channel interference mitigation processing for cancellation of intermodulation products are described. In one embodiment, a method comprising over sampling of the entire receiver passband to acquire the IMP source signals that can generate IMPs within the SOI, using these signals to generate a coherent complex I-Q channel estimates of the interference and (after phase and amplitude adjustment) using these estimates to cancel the SOI inband IMPs in the I and Q channels independently and simultaneously in near real time, generating estimates of 2 | 2009-03-12 |
20090068975 | QUADRATURE-INPUT, QUADRATURE-OUTPUT, DIVIDER AND PHASE LOCKED LOOP, FREQUENCY SYNTHESISER OR SINGLE SIDE BAND MIXER - The present invention relates to a quadrature divider which may be used in a phase locked loop or frequency synthesiser or with a single side band mixer. According to a preferred embodiment the divider takes a quadrature input and has a quadrature output. The divider has four analog mixers | 2009-03-12 |
20090068976 | FILTER CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention intends to provide a filter circuit in which an area occupied by the circuit can be reduced by suppressing the scale of its circuit configuration while a predetermined vicinity disturbance wave rejection ratio is maintained and a communication semiconductor device using the same, the filter circuit filtering an analog signal and including a voltage/current conversion circuit for converting the analog signal from voltage to current, and a capacitor array which executes signal processing by charging/discharging the current converted by the voltage/current conversion circuit to/from plural capacitors, the capacitor array being so constructed that the plural capacitors are divided to plural stages so that signals averaged by the capacitor on a preceding stage are accumulated in the capacitor on a next stage successively. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068977 | WIRELESS SECURITY MESSAGING MODEL - Reducing power consumption and interference in wireless communication is provided. For example, in one embodiment, a method is provided that listens for radio frequency (“RF”) activity on a receiver utilizing a first receiver antenna. When no RF activity is detected the receiver is switched “on” and a command is transmitted. If a reply to the transmission is not received the receiver is turned “off.” After an expiration of time, the receiver is again switched “on” and another command is transmitted on a second antenna coupled to the receiver. Thereafter, if a reply is not received the receiver is again turned “off.” Embodiments of the invention also include other methods, computer-readable mediums, apparatuses, and systems that contain features similar to the features in the above described method. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068978 | Voice-extending emergency response system - A system for providing emergency services in which a voice pendant provides voice signals to a corresponding radio-based voice-enabled base station which either (1) acoustically forwards the voice signals on to an existing base station or (2) forwards the voice signals on to an existing base station via a communications link. The existing base station is triggered by a triggering signal that is learned by the radio-based voice-enabled base station by either DTMF programming or by receiving the triggering signal from an existing pendant while in a learning mode. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068979 | PROVIDING REAL TIME CALL LOG DATA TO A REMOTE CALL LOG FOR CALLS TO AND FROM A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products provide call data associated with calls to and from a mobile communications apparatus. The call data supports a web-accessible call log feature that presents a summary of calling activity to a subscriber of communication services. The method involves completing a call to or from the mobile communications apparatus, storing call data associated with the completed call in a memory of the mobile communications apparatus, and substantially in real time, sending the call data to a management server associated with the web-accessible call log feature. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068980 | HIGH-CAPACITY PACKET-SWITCHED RING NETWORK - A system and method permit a customer obtaining communication services to modify account parameters governing terms on which that service is provided. Customer account parameters are stored in one or more databases and accessed by one or more servers. The customer, upon accessing the communication service, is provided with an opportunity to modify the account parameters via automated interactive communication with the server. The invention can applied to wireless communication services such as wireless telephone service, wireless internet access, paging, or other forms of interactive wireless communication; to telephone or other wired interactive communication; to cable services; and to any other form of interactive subscriber communications. The invention may be implemented using existing equipment, and can be optimized for the type of communication device at issue. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068981 | CHARGING EFFICIENCY - A method for performing charging in a telecommunications system, comprising: storing at a subscriber information store subscription information including charging arrangement information indicative of the charging arrangement for a first communication terminal operating in the telecommunications system; providing by means of packet data interface apparatus packet data communication services to the first terminal, the packet data interface apparatus being capable of interfacing between the first communication terminal and a packet-switched data link to another communications terminal; generating by means of packet data interface apparatus charging messages indicative of the usage of the packet data communication services by the first terminal; transferring the charging messages to charging apparatus; and performing by means of the charging apparatus a charging operation to attribute to a subscriber for the first communications terminal a charge for use of the communication services by the first terminal; the method further including the steps of: transferring the charging arrangement information to the packet data interface apparatus; and storing at the packet data interface apparatus the charging arrangement information for the first communication terminal; and wherein the stop of generating charge messages comprises generating the said charging messages dependant on the charging arrangement information for the first communication terminal. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068982 | MOBILE WALLET AND DIGITAL PAYMENT - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates securing a wireless digital transaction. A terminal component can receive a portion of data related to a payment for at least one of a good or a service. A mobile device can include at least one mobile payment card (m-card), wherein the m-card is created by establishing a link to an account associated with a form of currency. The mobile device can employ public-key cryptography (PKC) to securely and wirelessly transmit a payment to the terminal component utilizing the m-card and linked account. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068983 | Advertising-based Wireless Solutions - The innovative part of “Advertising-based Wireless Solutions” is in the convenience of saving the consumer money. A large number of consumers enjoy saving money on the monthly bills and most times, love being rewarded for participating in customer initiatives such as this subscription service. Through this service, the customer would save a significant percentage of money off of their monthly service bill because they chose to allow their wireless device to be used as a portal for consumer communication and advertisement. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068984 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE USE - Method, apparatus and system for controlling usage of mobile devices. Supervisor users, such as parents and managers, are enabled to define usage-level based rule sets that are employed to limit mobile device use by targeted users, such as children and employees. The rule sets may be employed to control access to outbound and incoming calls, as well as text messages, data transfers, and paid content. Warning trip points may also be set to provide warnings to users when corresponding usage levels have been reached during a given billing cycle. Various mechanism are disclosed for enabling specification of rule set parameters, including via a mobile device, a computer application, and a Web portal. Runtime operations may be performed via the mobile device, via service provider infrastructure, or via a combination of the two to control mobile device use in view of applicable rule sets and current service plan operating modes. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068985 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR END-TO-END MOBILE USER SECURITY - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to implement an Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) cryptosystem and manage a key exchange, authentication, and certificate exchange with a communication device also implementing the ECDH cryptosystem, wherein the server communicates over a network that provides an encrypted communication link for the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068986 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ESTABLISHING SECURITY ASSOCIATIONS AND PERFORMING HANDOFF AUTHENTICATION IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A method of providing secure communications between a base station, a relay station, and a mobile station in a communication network includes receiving, by the relay station, an unsolicited security key from the base station; receiving, by the relay station, a signaling message from the mobile station; and authenticating, by the relay station, the mobile station using the security key. A method of providing secure communications between a base station, a relay station, and a mobile station in a communication network includes receiving, by the relay station, a signaling message from the mobile station; transmitting, by the relay station, subsequent to receiving the signaling message, a security key request to the base station; receiving, by the relay station, a security key from the base station in response to the previously sent security key request; and authenticating, by the relay station, the mobile station using the received security key. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068987 | CENTRALIZED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - Centralized authentication systems are provided. A representative system, among others, includes an authentication registration system, a content provider and an internet server. The mobile authentication registration system resides on a content provider, and is operable to receive a single identification number and password from a user independent of a platform the user is associated with, and determine that the identification number and password combination provided by the user is associated with a registered user. The content provider provides personalized content to any of a plurality of registered users on a plurality of platforms. The server receives a connection request from a wireless device, sends an authentication request to the authentication registration system, and provides a personalized content from the content provider to said at least one device. Methods and other systems for multiple access portals are also provided. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068988 | SIM BASED AUTHENTICATION - A method of authentication in a communications network, said communications network comprising a network authentication server, a local authentication entity and a user terminal, said local authentication entity comprising a subscriber application and an authentication application, said method comprising the steps of: sending a request from the local authentication entity to the network authentication server to authenticate the user terminal, said request comprising the identity of the user terminal; generating by the network authentication entity an authentication key in response to the request and generating by the subscriber application an identical authentication key; sending the authentication key generated by the network authentication server securely to the user terminal identified by said identity, then storing the authentication key at the user terminal; sending the authentication key generated by the subscriber application securely to the authentication application, then storing the authentication key at the authentication application; and authenticating the user terminal by verifying the authentication key stored at the user terminal with the authentication key stored at the authentication application. | 2009-03-12 |
20090068989 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING REQUESTS BETWEEN THE COMPUTER APPLICATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL AND AN INSTANTANEOUS MESSAGING SERVER - This invention relates to a method for exchanging requests between the computer application of a mobile terminal (A) and an instantaneous messaging server ( | 2009-03-12 |
20090068990 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND SCHEDULE MANAGING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile communication terminal that enables automatic registration of a schedule using a received text message, and a schedule managing method therein are provided. The method includes determining, upon reception of a text message having a body, whether a date is included in the body of the text message extracting, when at least one date is included in the body of the text message, the included date from the body of the text message and registering a schedule when the extracted date is a schedule execution date and the body of the text message is related to the schedule. Accordingly, convenience for a user can be improved by registering a schedule directly using a received text message without inputting the content of the schedule by the user. | 2009-03-12 |