11th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150072645 | METHOD FOR MANAGING PREPAID WIRELESS ACCOUNTS - Methods and software application for automatic loading of a refill pin in a prepaid wireless customer's account generally comprising engaging an external server to send request with phone number, PIN and wireless carrier information; navigating and logging on to wireless carrier's website; determining a first automated PIN number loading script based on the customer's wireless carrier; running first automated PIN number loading script to obtain PIN response from wireless carrier's website; extracting validation response for PIN number loading from wireless carrier's website; and returning a PIN number loading validation response to said external server. An alternative method comprises generally engaging an external server to send request with phone number, PIN and wireless carrier information; accessing the interactive voice response (“IVR”) of wireless carrier system to input phone number and PIN number; using voice recognition to extract a PIN number loading validation response from said IVR; and returning said response to said external server. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072646 | MOBILE DEVICE PASSWORD RESET - The disclosure is directed to a mobile device password reset. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: receiving a phone call at a locked mobile device from a phone having a privileged phone number; initiating a password reset in response to the receipt of the phone call from the privileged phone number and the phone call exceeding a predetermined time duration threshold by: terminating, by the locked mobile device, the phone call from the phone having the privileged phone number; generating, by the locked mobile device, a temporary password; establishing, by the locked mobile device, a connection to the phone having the privileged phone number; displaying, by the locked mobile device, a password entry field; communicating, by the locked mobile device, the temporary password via the connection to the phone having the privileged phone number; and unlocking the locked mobile device upon successful entry of the temporary password in the password entry field displayed by the locked mobile device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072647 | SECURITY CONFIGURATION ALIGNMENT - A wireless communications device is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the wireless communication device includes: a transceiver configured to facilitate communications with a radio access network; and a processing unit configured to: determine that a cell update message is to be transmitted to the network; determine if a security mode configuration procedure is in progress at the device; if a security procedure is in progress, abort the security procedure and transmit a first type of cell update message to a network entity, the first type of cell update message indicating that the device has aborted the security procedure; and if a security mode configuration procedure is not in progress, transmit a second type of cell update message to the network entity, the second type of cell update message not including an indicator indicating that the device has not had to abort an on-going security procedure and in place of said indicator including information not pertaining to a security procedure. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072648 | MOBILE DEVICE PASSWORD RESET - The disclosure is directed to a device password reset. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: receiving a phone call at a locked mobile device from a phone having a privileged phone number; initiating a password reset in response to the receipt of the phone call from the privileged phone number and the phone call exceeding a predetermined time duration threshold by: terminating, by the locked mobile device, the phone call from the phone having the privileged phone number; generating, by the locked mobile device, a temporary password; establishing, by the locked mobile device, a connection to the phone having the privileged phone number; displaying, by the locked mobile device, a password entry field; communicating, by the locked mobile device, the temporary password via the connection to the phone having the privileged phone number; and unlocking the locked mobile device upon successful entry of the temporary password in the password entry field displayed by the locked mobile device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072649 | METHOD OF OBTAINING DATA OF HOME APPLIANCE - A method of obtaining data of a home appliance, which includes the following steps: Sense the home appliance to obtain running data, and transmit the running data to an interpreter; save the running data in a memory of the interpreter as a plurality of history logs; connect a specific electronic device to the interpreter via a network; send a retrieval command to the interpreter; transmit at least one history log to the electronic device according to the retrieval command. With such design, repairmen can only obtain the history logs which are helpful for repairing and maintenance under authentication. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072650 | SINGLE-CARD MULTI-MODE MULTI-OPERATOR AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided are a single-card multi-mode multi-operator authentication method and device. An MAML in an AP receives an authentication request from a user, and authenticates hybrid networks found by a UE. Under the condition of determining that the authentication on each network in the hybrid networks is passed, the MAML receives terminal position information sent by the UE, and determines whether the terminal position information is the same as operator area information registered by the UE in advance, if so, the MAML acquires signal strength of each network and determines whether the signal strength of each network falls within a signal strength range covered by a base station under the network, if so, determines that all the networks in the hybrid networks are authenticated successfully, otherwise, determines that the authentication fails. The security in using an SIM card by a valid user and secure network service are ensured. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072651 | MESSAGING SERVICE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method that enables short message service (SMS) text messaging to be integrated into existing applications is presented. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include receiving a request from a client application to transmit a message to a recipient device. The method may further include validating the request to ensure that the telephone number is valid and that the message conforms to a predefined messaging standard. In response to successfully validating the request, the method causes transmission of the message to the recipient device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072652 | METHOD FOR MANAGING PREPAID WIRELESS ACCOUNTS - The present invention is a method, system and software application for wireless phone number validation. The method comprises generally (1) engaging an external server to send API request to validation server with phone number and carrier information; (2) determining validation script method based on specific carrier; (3) initializing a first automated script sequence based on said specific carrier; (4) a means to navigate and log on to said specific carrier website; (5) running said first automated script sequence through said website to validate said phone number; (6) extracting validation response from said website; and (7) returning said validation response to said external server. The system comprises generally an external server to send and receive a validation request and response and a software application for validating a wireless number program on customer's wireless carrier to extract a validation response from wireless carrier's website. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072653 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ACCESS - The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and system for readily and conveniently getting network access for a smart device. The method for network access for a smart device includes receiving, by a server comprising a processor and a non-transitory storage medium, a first identification identifying a wireless access point and a first terminal identifier; receiving a second identification identifying a smart device and a second terminal identifier; associating the wireless access point with the smart device if the first terminal identifier corresponds to the second terminal identifier, and sending the second identification for the associated smart device to the wireless access point. The wireless access point provides network access authentication information to the smart device so that the smart device can get access to a network provided by the wireless access point with the network access authentication information. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072654 | Systems And Methods For Encrypted Mobile Voice Communications - A system for establishing a registration for secure communication between a mobile device and a server includes a server configured to: determine the phone number of the mobile device from which the SMS or MMS message is originated; and verify the phone number of the mobile device originating the SMS or MMS message against a whitelist to authorize a registration between the mobile device and the server. The server can establish an encryption key between the mobile device and the server, which can used to provide or enhance encryption of a voice communication, such as a VoIP communication, made using the mobile device. The server can renew the encryption key based on one or more policies determined by an administrator. The server can be configured to verify a secure identification code that is input at the mobile device and which can be provided to a user of the mobile device before the mobile device is registered with the server. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072655 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ON A MOBILE MEDIA CENTER - A method and apparatus for providing multimedia content over a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a customer via a data enabled cellular phone for accessing one or more multimedia content from a multimedia content server of the customer, and performs an authentication for obtaining the one or more multimedia content from the multimedia content server. The method obtains the one or more multimedia content from the multimedia content server, and transmits the one or more multimedia content to the data enabled cellular phone. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072656 | Computer, Internet and Telecommunications Based Network - A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice servers which allow for telephony, speech recognition, text-to-speech and conferencing functions, and is accessible by the subscriber through standard telephone connections or through internet connections. The network also utilizes a database and file server allowing the subscriber to maintain and manage certain contact lists and administrative information. A web server is also connected to the cluster thereby allowing access to all functions through internet connections. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072657 | Voice messaging method and system, and converged messaging server and client - A voice messaging method, comprising: a sender converged messaging client initiates a session invitation and has a media negotiation with a converged messaging server, wherein the session invitation carries voice message recipient information and indicates this session for voice messaging; the sender converged messaging client transmits voice data to the converged messaging server on the basis of the media negotiation result; the converged messaging server encapsulates the received voice data as a voice message and stores the voice message in message storage server; the recipient converged messaging client retrieves the voice message from the message storage server. A voice messaging system, the converged messaging server and a client are products respectively corresponding to the above-described method or certain steps therein. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072658 | PERIPHERAL COMPUTING DEVICE - One aspect of the invention pertains to a peripheral computing device. The peripheral computing device is configured to connect with a primary computing device, such as a mobile phone or computer. The peripheral computing device is configured to access and manage incoming and outgoing messages on the primary computing device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072659 | System and Method for Processing a Voice Mail - Described is a system and method for processing a voice mail. The method comprises receiving a voice mail, converting the voice mail into a text message using a predefined speech-to-text conversion algorithm and transmitting the text message to a wireless computing device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072660 | Visual Voicemail Method for Managing Deleted Messages - A method for managing visual voicemail messages includes displaying a list of voicemail messages on a telecommunications handset, receiving user commands for operating on the voicemail messages including a delete message command and in response to a delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder. A Deleted Message Age Indicator function processes to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072661 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AN APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR IMPROVING CALL SETUP FAILURE RATE AND QUALITY FOR HEARING IMPAIRED CALLS - A mobile communication device, a method of establishing a mobile telephone voice call and an apparatus are provided herein. In one embodiment, the mobile communication device includes: 1) a processor configured to indicate a voice call employing the mobile communication device is a hearing impaired call and (3) a modem configured to initiate establishment of the hearing impaired call with a mobile cellular network, wherein the establishment includes providing a hearing impaired codec list to the mobile cellular network. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072662 | RESUMPTION OF DATA CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES VIA SWITCHING APPLICATION - The disclosure is directed to systems and methods for switching a data downloading session from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. The data downloading session first commences on the first mobile device. During the session, a download transfer condition is identified. In response, the first mobile device sends the second mobile device download resumption information, which is specifically adapted to enable the second mobile device to continue the data downloading session without having to restart an interrupted downloading operation. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072663 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Zone-Based Device Interaction - An approach is provided for zone-based device interaction. The approach involves causing, at least in part, an activation of at least one zone at a device. The at least one zone specifies, at least in part, user interaction configuration information. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of the user interaction configuration information to select one or more applications, one or more services, application data, service data, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface for presenting one or more representations of the one or more applications, the one or more services, the application data, the service data, or a combination. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072664 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a communication system of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal | 2015-03-12 |
20150072665 | Cloud Caller ID Display System and Method Thereof - A cloud caller ID display system includes a cloud serving apparatus, a first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device. The first mobile communication device is used for transmitting a first contact list to the cloud serving apparatus. The second mobile communication device is used for obtaining the first contact list from the cloud serving apparatus, wherein upon receiving a communication request from an external communication device, the second mobile communication device is configured to match a caller ID of the external communication device in the first contact list to search for a contact name corresponding to the caller ID, thereby enabling displaying the found contact name on the second mobile communication device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072666 | Teleconferencing with multiple headsets coupled to a single mobile telephone - Various methods for using external audio devices with a single mobile telephone are proposed, where the external audio devices have audio input functionality and audio output functionality. To support conferencing, audio data of a single telephone call involving the mobile telephone is communicated with two or more external audio devices. To support separate telephone calls that are concurrent for at least a period of time, audio data of a first telephone call involving the mobile telephone is communicated with one or more first external audio devices, and audio data of a second telephone call involving the mobile telephone is communicated with one or more second external audio devices. If there are two or more first external audio devices, then the first telephone call is a conference call. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072667 | COMMUNICATING PHYSICAL LAYER WIRELESS PARAMETERS OVER AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for communicating physical layer wireless parameters over an application programming interface. A wireless modem of a wireless device may measure at least one physical layer wireless parameter. The wireless modem may report the at least one physical layer wireless parameter to an application running on the wireless device over an application programming interface between the wireless modem and the application. A behavior of the application may be adapted to control wireless communications between the application and a network based on the at least one physical layer wireless parameter reported by the wireless modem. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072668 | MANAGING WIRELESS VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS - A method of controlling wireless voice and data communications includes identifying a radio access technology (RAT) in use at a vehicle telematics unit; establishing a wireless connection between the vehicle telematics unit and a central facility; wirelessly transmitting the identity of the RAT from the vehicle telematics unit to the central facility; receiving a message at the vehicle telematics unit from the central facility based on the identity of the RAT causing the vehicle telematics unit to: carry out simultaneous voice and data communications over a single wireless connection with the central facility when the identified RAT supports simultaneous voice and data communications; and establish a voice call with the central facility and receive data via short message service (SMS) messages when the identified RAT does not support simultaneous voice and data communications. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072669 | PORTABLE CELLULAR NETWORK SYSTEM - A system for setting up a cellular network is provided. The system includes a base station module and a core network module. The base station module has a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor configured to provide base station functions to handle transmission and reception of radio signals to and from cellular devices within the cellular network via the transmitter and receiver. The core network module has a processor configured to provide core network functions to handle cellular communication services for the cellular devices. The system has a switch connected to supply power to the base station module and the core network module from a power source. Activating the switch causes the base station functions and core network functions to be automatically and systematically started up to enable full functionality of the cellular network system. The system is sufficiently compact so that it can be carried by hand. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072670 | DUMMY PHONE NUMBERS TO MANAGE STATES ON MOBILE PHONES - A user is enabled to change state on a mobile phone through a peripheral device, such as a vehicle or headset. The mobile phone is coupled with the peripheral device by a communication link. Contacts stored by the mobile phone are copied to the peripheral device. The contacts include contact names and corresponding dummy phone numbers. Each contact name and corresponding dummy phone number is associated with a corresponding mobile phone state. A user can interact with the peripheral device to select a contact name of the contacts as if initiating a phone call with the corresponding dummy phone number to cause the corresponding mobile phone state to be activated at the mobile phone. Examples of mobile phone state activations/changes include activating an application in the mobile phone, or activating a particular SIM (subscriber identity module) of multiple SIMs of the mobile phone. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072671 | CONFIGURABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE FRONT-END - A configurable wireless communication device includes a baseband processing module, a transmitter section, a receiver section, an antenna, transmit/receive isolation circuits, high frequency switches, and a configuration module. The baseband processing module converts outbound data into an outbound symbol stream and converts an inbound symbol stream into inbound data. The transmitter section converts the outbound symbol stream into an outbound signal and the receiver section converts an inbound signal into the inbound symbol stream. The configuration module, in a power combining mode, couples, via a set of high frequency switches, the antenna to a set of transmit/receive isolation circuits, wherein a number of the transmit/receive isolation circuits in the set of transmit/receive isolation circuits is based on a desired combined transmit power. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072672 | Headset Computer (HSC) As Auxiliary Display With ASR and HT Input - The present invention related to human/computer interfaces and more particularly to a headset computing display device that accepts voice commands and tracks head motions to provide command inputs to and receive display information from a software application executed on a host computing device. An example embodiment of the present invention includes a method of, and corresponding system for, operating a native Smartphone or PC application, simultaneously displaying an output of the application through the Smartphone or PC screen and a headset computing display device, and using speech and head tracking commands to control the native application. The present invention enables hands-free operation of a Smartphone or PC application. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072673 | SYSTEM, SERVER AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR BACKING UP AND RECOVERING DATA - The present disclosure provides a system for hacking up and recovering data. which comprises a mobile terminal and a server. The mobile terminal comprises: a parameter backup module, being configured to receive a backup request for backing up system setting parameters of the mobile terminal, and enable the mobile terminal | 2015-03-12 |
20150072674 | Location-Based Device Automation - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying a presence of a plurality of mobile devices at a geographic location; determining an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location based on the identified plurality of mobile devices; and based on the determination, selecting an entertainment option to be played at the geographic location. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072675 | TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling an external terminal from a terminal including receiving screen information from the external terminal; displaying the screen information as is displayed in the external terminal; selecting content information from the screen information, wherein the content information exists at recognized location; transmitting the location information of the selected content information to the external terminal; and receiving the selected content information corresponding to the transmitted location information from the external terminal. The location information includes coordinates information, which is relative coordinates of the selected content information. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072676 | Mobile Asset Device Transmission Detection System and Method - This invention comprises a mobile asset cellular device transmission detector equipped, a wireless processing unit, an event recorder, and a digital video recorder. The wireless processing unit includes event recorder interface software, digital video recorder interface software that obtains data from the digital video recorder, Wi-Nav software that obtains data from the Wi-Nav, GPS software that obtains data from the GPS and geo-fence software. The cellular device transmission detector continually checks for cellular device transmissions within the mobile asset and if those transmissions were associated with an impact, rollover, operator action or geo-fence defined location or boundary. When a cellular device transmission was made, the wireless processing unit triggers an episode and sends event recorder information, GPS location and speed, audio and video recordings, and impact and rollover information to a back office. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072677 | TRANSFERRING OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OF REGISTERED NETWORK TO UNREGISTERED NETWORK - The disclosure is related to providing an operation environment of a registered network having first devices to a user in an unregistered network having second devices. In order to provide, the second devices in the unregistered network may be detected when user equipment associated with the user enters a service area of the unregistered network. As compatible devices, devices compatible with the first devices in the registered network may be selected from the detected second devices. Then, system images of the first devices compatible with the selected compatible devices may be obtained. The obtained system images of the first devices may be installed at the selected compatible devices, respectively. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072678 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING NETWORK SHARING - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for sharing a core network, where the method includes: first, determining, by a mobility management network element, that a user equipment does not support network sharing; and then, sending, by the mobility management network element, a location update request message to a mobile switching center or visitor location register MSC/VLR, where the location update request message includes indication information that the user equipment does not support network sharing, or the location update request message includes a location area identity LAI including a common public land mobile network identifier common PLMN ID, or the location update request message includes an LAI including a common PLMN ID and includes a circuit switched domain public land mobile network identifier CS domain PLMN ID. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications systems. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072679 | HIGHER PRIORITY NETWORK SCANNING - A user equipment (UE) determines whether the UE is camped on a highest priority network. The UE being configured to scan for a higher priority network even though the UE is already camped on the highest priority network as specified in a network selector data structure that identifies networks and that indicates respective priorities of the identified networks. In response to determining that the UE is camped on the highest priority network, the UE stops scanning for a higher priority network. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072680 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONNECTION PROGRAM - A communication system having a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus is disclosed. The first communication apparatus includes a transmission unit which transmits a signal including at least a network identifier, and wherein the second communication apparatus includes a selection unit which selects a network identifier included in a signal received; and a control unit which connects to a network of the network identifier selected when predetermined information is included in a predetermined location in the network identifier selected and which outputs an alarm when the predetermined information is not included in the predetermined location in the network identifier selected. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072681 | SERVICING CONTROL UNITS OF MOTOR VEHICLES VIA MOBILE RADIO - In a method for wireless exchange of device data between a control unit of a motor vehicle and a vehicle-external computing device, a mobile radio connection is established between a mobile radio module of the motor vehicle and a mobile radio cell of a radio station coupled with the computing device. The device data are transmitted via the mobile radio connection. The radio station provides a private mobile radio cell which is different from all mobile radio cells of public mobile radio networks able to reach the motor vehicle. To establish the mobile radio connection in the motor vehicle, the mobile radio module is reconfigured for registering with the private mobile radio cell by using a SIM card. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072682 | GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR MANAGING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - A method of operating a mobile wireless network comprising: receiving, by a provisioning server, a signal from a mobile wireless network specifying a location of a first mobile device having a first International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and operating in the mobile wireless network under a first condition, the mobile wireless network including a plurality of mobile switching centers (MSCs) and a plurality of mobile devices operating in the mobile wireless network; provisioning the first IMSI in the first HLR based on a state transition rule from a first provisioning state to a second provisioning state; provisioning a second IMSI in the first HLR based on the state transition rule from a third provisioning state to the first provisioning state; and transmitting data identifying the second IMSI to the first mobile device to allow the first mobile device to operate in the mobile wireless network under a second condition. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072683 | Mobile Terminal And Method For Mobile Terminal To Select Network - Disclosed is a method for a mobile terminal to select a network, including: acquiring shared network configuration information set in advance and determining, according to the shared network configuration information, whether a home network of a local SIM card is a shared network; when the home network of the local SIM card is a shared network, then selecting, from all shared networks, an optimal shared network and implementing a registration operation of the optimal shared network. Further disclosed accordingly is a mobile terminal. In the the disclosure, after it is determined that a home network of a local SIM card is a shared network, by using the method of selecting from all shared networks an optimal shared network on which a register access operation is performed, a user of a mobile terminal is enabled to select and access the optimal shared network in a shared network environment in the case that the network side is not modified, thus the objective of balancing network loads can be achieved, thereby improving user experiences of the mobile terminal. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072684 | Method and Device for Selecting Network on Which Multimode Terminal is to Reside and Multimode Terminal - Disclosed are a method and device for selecting a network on which a multimode terminal is to reside and a multimode terminal. The method comprises: a service type of a network service which is currently performed by the multimode terminal is obtained; a current signal intensity of each network in the current environment for the multimode terminal is detected; power consumption information that the multimode terminal currently performs the network service is obtained; and according to preset relationships among a signal intensity, a service type and a power consumption reference value of each network, the obtained power consumption information, the detected current signal intensity of each network and the obtained service type, a network on which the multimode terminal is to reside is selected. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072685 | METHOD OF PERFORMING CELL RESELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE TYPES OF NETWORKS - A wireless communication system includes a user equipment and multiple types of networks. The user equipment stores the cell information of a current cell in a database when the user equipment is camping on the current cell or after the user equipment performs cell reselection to a new cell. The user equipment determines whether inter-RAT cell reselection should be performed according to the system information received from the current cell and the cell information of previous cells stored in its database. Even if the current cell fails to broadcast the accurate and updated information of all neighboring cells, the UE may further check the database periodically or randomly for its previous camping history. Therefore, inter-RAT cell reselection may be properly performed between networks using different RATs in order to reduce call drop rate and improve user experience. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072686 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HANDOVER TO CSG CELL OR HYBRID CELL - The present invention discloses a method for supporting a handover to a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell or a hybrid cell in a mobile communication system, and the method includes: sending, by a radio access network (RAN), information indicating that authorized public land mobile network (PLMN) information changes to a user equipment (UE); sending, by the UE, all PLMN identifiers (IDs) broadcasted by a target CSG cell to a source RAN in a measurement report; and selecting, by the source RAN or a source core network(CN), a target PLMN for the UE. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING A S1 HANDOVER OF A MOBILE TERMINAL THAT HAS EXPERIENCED IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE AT ONE OR MORE FREQUENCIES - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to reduce coexistence interference that may occur following a S 1 handover. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide the target access point with information regarding one or more frequencies to be avoided so as to reduce instances of coexistence interference that might otherwise occur following a SI handover. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072688 | Wireless Communications Handoff Method and System Employing Such - A method for reducing a delay in a wireless communications system resulting from a handoff while mitigating a risk of premature termination of wireless communications is provided. The method includes comparing data indicative of actual use of the wireless communications systems to at least one predetermined criteria. If the comparing determines a sector pairing in the wireless communications system to be statistically significant for purposes of recommending at least one search window setting, at least one value related with a distance associated with the sector pairing may be used to automatically determine a corresponding signal delay. If the corresponding signal delay exceeds a prior determined signal delay, a recommended search window setting may be determined using the corresponding signal delay. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072689 | Method of Handling Cell Change and Related Apparatus - A method of handling cell change for a mobile device is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a cell change order message from a source cell of a first radio access technology (RAT), in response to the receiving, performing a cell change order procedure from the source cell of the a first RAT to a target cell of a second RAT, performing a RRC, an abbreviation of radio resource control, connection establishment procedure to the target cell of the second RAT, receiving system information including access barring information of the target cell of the second radio access technology from the target cell of the second radio access technology, determining access barring according to the access barring information, and determining that the cell change order procedure is failed when the RRC connection establishment procedure is failed due to the access barring. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072690 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER OF USER EQUIPMENT - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for reducing the amount of interference power in a heterogeneous network environment by controlling uplink transmission power of user equipment. The method for a serving base station controlling uplink transmission power includes: receiving from the user equipment a signal measurement report with respect to a first neighboring base station, which transmits the strongest signal to the user equipment; transmitting to the user equipment a control signal including a path loss value, which is to be used for calculating the uplink transmission power; transmitting to the user equipment and the first neighboring base station scheduling information with respect to the user equipment; and receiving from the first neighboring base station an uplink signal of the user equipment which the first neighboring base station has received. The present invention can adjust uplink transmission power based on a small base station close to the user equipment, and enables the small base station to receive uplink signal of the user equipment and forward it to the macro base station, thereby maintaining a Qos of the user equipment and minimizing the amount of interference power affecting another cell. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072691 | Long Term Evolution Mobility Network Timer And Retry Management - Management of a network may be accomplished by adjusting timer settings and/or retry criteria. For example, communications and management from an end-to-end perspective of entities in a network may be conducted; timers and/or retry criteria may be adjusted dynamically based on network traffic load; timers and/or retry criteria may be adjusted dynamically based on overload conditions; feedback mechanisms may be implemented to allow downstream network elements to inform upstream network elements about the health status and/or load condition of the network; and/or differentiated timer and retry criteria/mechanisms may be implemented. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072692 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS TERMINAL - A wireless communication method includes: transmitting, by a base station, a signal subjected to reduction of transmission power that is reduced compared with specific transmission power of the base station; and giving notice of, by a wireless terminal, when the wireless terminal detects a signal of the base station, a reduction cancellation request to the base station based on information relating to the reduction of the transmission power of the base station and a reception level of the signal of the base station, the reduction cancellation request being used for cancelling the reduction of the transmission power in the base station. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072693 | Enhanced Mobility to Home Base Station Cells - Cell relocation procedures to address handover between a macro radio network controller (RNC) and a home base station in a wireless communication network, while accounting for access control or membership verification procedures needed to support a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) at the home base station. An example method begins with the receiving of a request for handover of the mobile terminal from an RNC of the macro wireless network. A closed subscriber group (CSG) identifier for the home base station and a cell access mode for the home base station are then sent, to a core network node associated with the macro wireless network, for use by the core network node in membership verification or access control for the mobile terminal. In response, the home base station receives a CSG membership status for the mobile terminal from the core network node. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072694 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A data processing method when the handover or change appears between systems includes: a Mobility Management network element sends a data forwarding tunnel identifier of a target side processing network element to a user plane anchor network element, obtains a data forwarding tunnel identifier of the user plane anchor network element, and sends the data forwarding tunnel identifier of the user plane anchor network element to a source data forwarding network element. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072695 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE SYSTEM, PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A private branch exchange system capable of enabling radio communication terminals belonging to an extension group to perform device-to-device direct communication (D2D communication) by using a radio access network such as LTE. A private branch exchange server | 2015-03-12 |
20150072696 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, MAP GENERATING APPARATUS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND WIRELESS STATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, FOR USE IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - In a wireless communication system, a mobile communication apparatus judges the reception quality available at its current position for direct reception of information transmitted from a fixed wireless station, with the judgement based upon the current position and upon a reception quality map expressing a relationship between reception positions and corresponding reception quality values. If the reception quality at the current position is judged to be sufficient, direct reception is executed, while otherwise, a limitation is placed upon such direct reception, for example by postponing the direct reception until reaching a position at which the reception quality will be sufficient. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072697 | SELECTING A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BASED ON A NEIGHBORING CELL CONSTRAINT - Provided are methods and apparatus for selecting a channel to use for communicating. The methods and apparatus select a channel having the least interference and minimize a number of different channels in use. For example, a provided method includes calculating a utility value for each channel in a plurality of channels by weighting, based on a number of the neighborhood small cells (NSC) using each channel in the plurality of channels, both a respective modified non-NSC received signal strength indication (RSSI) and a respective modified reference signal received power (RSRP). The non-NSC RSSI is calculated by subtracting a respective RSRP from a total RSSI. The respective modified RSRP for each channel in the plurality of channels is calculated by applying the respective RSRP to a cumulative distribution function. The channel having the highest or the lowest utility value is chosen as the channel to use for the communicating. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072698 | Method, Device, and System for Sending and Receiving Message for Proximity Service - A method, a device, and a system for sending and receiving a message for a ProSe. The method includes determining, by a base station, a device identifier list of a ProSe user equipment and a resource parameter that is used by the ProSe user equipment to send a discovery signal; and broadcasting, by the base station, a first indication message, where the first indication message indicates the device identifier list and the resource parameter, so that a first ProSe user equipment performs a ProSe with a second ProSe user equipment. According to the method and the device for sending and receiving a message for a ProSe that are provided by the embodiments, a rate that a ProSe user equipment is sensed can be improved. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072699 | Cell Configuration for Self-Organized Networks with Flexible Spectrum Usage - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for controlling cell configuration in a cellular network, wherein a cell identity and a local cell spectrum resource entity or profile are assigned to an access device in response to a result of sensing a local radio environment at said access device to detect possible neighbor cells. The assigned local cell spectrum resource entity or profile is used to allocate cell spectrum resource from a shared multi-operator spectrum to said access device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072700 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING BACKUP CHANNELS FOR COGNITIVE RADIO COMMUNICATION - Provided is an apparatus and method for managing a backup channel for cognitive radio communication that may group at least one device included in a cell served by a base station, and allocate backup channels for cognitive radio communication to the groups, based on location information and mobility of the groups. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072701 | WIRELESS SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A control unit ( | 2015-03-12 |
20150072702 | METHOD FOR SELECTING MASTER CM IN COEXISTENCE NETWORK - Disclosed according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method whereby a management device, which enables coexistence of television white space (TVWS) devices in a TVWS, sends a server a request for the selection of a master management device, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a trigger condition for the process of selecting the master management device is satisfied; judging the management device as a candidate slave management device, and the other management devices as candidate master management devices, provided that the trigger condition is satisfied; and initiating the process for selecting the master management device, wherein the trigger condition may be based on the load balance parameter or geographical coverage parameter of the management device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072703 | NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CAPABLE OF ENHANCING ZEST OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus having a wireless communication function. The information processing program causes the computer to function as position data obtaining means for obtaining position data indicating a position of the information processing apparatus, data transmission and reception means for transmitting the position data obtained by the position data obtaining means to another information processing apparatus within coverage through wireless communication and receiving position data obtained by position data obtaining means of another information processing apparatus through wireless communication, and processing performing means for performing predetermined information processing based on the position data received from another information processing apparatus through the data transmission and reception means. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072704 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING DYNAMIC DETECTION AND COMMUNICATION OF GEO-LOCATIONS FOR DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating detection and communication of geo-locations for devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes tracking, at a first smart device, one or more devices including a second smart device, and first and second smart devices including a computing device, and establishing a first connection with the second smart device, establishing further comprising exchanging first location data between the first smart device and the second smart device, establishing further including communicating a first current location associated with the first smart device to the second smart device. The method may further include identifying a second current location associated with the second smart device. The second current location may be initially recorded and iteratively rewritten at a first local memory of the first smart device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072705 | System and Method for Virtual User-Specific Connectivity Management - A method embodiment includes configuring, by a virtual user-specific connectivity manager (v-u-CM) on a processor, a location estimation scheme for a user equipment (UE) in accordance with UE configuration. The v-u-CM is created in accordance with registration of the UE in the network. The method further includes tracking, a location of the UE in accordance with the location estimation scheme. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072706 | DETERMINING A MOBILITY STATE OF A USER EQUIPMENT - It is described a method for determining a mobility state of a user equipment within a cellular network system, the cellular network system comprising a plurality of cells. The method comprises performing, by the user equipment, measurements for a predefined time period for detecting cells being within a range of the user equipment, determining a number of cells being detected during the predefined time period, and determining the mobility state of the user equipment based on the number of cells, wherein the mobility state of the user equipment is indicative for a velocity of the user equipment relatively to the plurality of cells. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072707 | MOBILE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKING LOCATION - A system and method enable a user to pin a location in a mobile positioning system and transmit the location to a server for later access. The system and method also can recognize features of the location to determine a name and/or address of the location. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072708 | METHOD FOR MEASURING POSITION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment of the present specification, provided is a method for measuring a position in a wireless communication system. The method for measuring a position comprises the steps of: receiving observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) assistance data from a positioning server; increasing an FFT sampling size when the value of a bandwidth of a positioning reference signal (PRS) included in the OTDOA assistance data is less than a first value; processing a plurality of received PRSs through the increased FFT sampling size; and calculating a reference signal time difference (RSTD) between the plurality of received PRSs | 2015-03-12 |
20150072709 | INTEGRATION OF A COMPUTER-BASED MESSAGE PRIORITY SYSTEM WITH MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Methods for integrating mobile electronic devices with computational methods for assigning priorities to documents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first receives a new document such as an electronic mail message. The method assigns a priority to the document, based on a text classifier such as a Bayesian classifier or a support-vector machine classifier. The method then alerts a user on an electronic device, such as a pager or a cellular phone, based on an alert criteria that can be made sensitive to information about the location, inferred task, and focus of attention of the user. Such information can be inferred under uncertainty or can be accessed directly from online information sources. One embodiment makes use of information from an online calendar to control the criteria used to make decisions about relaying information to a mobile device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072710 | INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM, AND DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A terminal device for indoor positioning includes a communication module to receive access point (AP) radio environment information from one or more Aps, a memory module to store the AP radio environment information in a preset number of frame areas, the AP radio environment information being stored in order of reception, and a terminal control module to calculate an estimated location of the terminal device based on the order of the AP radio environment information stored in the preset number of frame areas. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALLY APPLICABLE INTERNET CONTENT WITH SECURE ACTION REQUESTS AND ITEM CONDITION ALERTS - Optimized delivery of locally applicable Internet content to users. A cache of locally applicable Internet content is maintained in a local content server, based upon a monitoring of locations of users requesting Internet content. Requests for Internet content are received from user equipment through a wireless network base station, and served from the local content server, which is logically proximate to the wireless network base station. The caching of locally applicable Internet content may be maintained on a layered basis. Secure action request receipt and corresponding performance, and item condition alerts are also described. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072712 | Path Determination Based on Application Usage - Techniques of determining a path using anonymous application usage data are described. A path determination system and method can determine a location and geometrical shape of a path based on anonymous application usage data received from one or more devices. The anonymous application usage data can include an identifier or a category of the application program executed by a device, and multiple locations of the device observed while the application program executes on the device. Based on the locations, the system and method can determine a path for associating with the application program. The system and method can use metadata of the application program for identifying the path in response to a query or a request. The system and method can provide the path to a device for display in an information layer on a virtual map. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072713 | Extended Area Event for Network Based Proximity Discovery - A network-centric device discovery solution that leverages area event location services. A proximity server (PS) performing device discovery for a discoverer mobile initiates an area event, via a location server, for each device subscribed to the same proximity service group as the discoverer mobile and camped on the same zone as the discoverer mobile. The area event notifies the PS each time such device moves into an area of an E-CGI and/or WiFI access point where the discoverer mobile attaches. If the PS receives an area event notification for the device camped on the same zone as the discoverer mobile, the PS requests location information for the device and uses returned location information to determine if the device is within a predefined proximity of the discoverer mobile. If the device is within a predefined proximity of the discoverer mobile, the PS sends a proximity alert message to the discoverer mobile. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072714 | GEOLOCATION TOOL - A method for providing accurate geolocation information is described in which geolocation information is received from a plurality of position information sources. A confidence indicator value is associated with each of the plurality of position information sources. Geolocation information received from two or more of the plurality of position information sources is combined based on the confidence value associated with each of the plurality of position information sources. A geolocation accuracy indicator (e.g., a graphical indicator) is provided to a user. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072715 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE IDENTITIES - Electronic communications are managed across multiple identities. A user is able to create an account as well as any desired, required, or appropriate number of profiles under the account. Text messages are exchanged between users using specific profiles. For example, some text messages can be exchanged using a personal profile while other text messages need to be exchanged using a professional profile. In some instances, exchanged text messages are saved to a centralized archive. As such, one or both of the users involved in an exchange can request to retrieve some or all of the exchanged messages at a later time. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072716 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS OVER A PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK - A public safety (PS) device has a channel operating configuration during communications over a PS network. A key term associated with a PS incident is registered on the PS network. The PS network identifies any communication on the PS network that refers to the registered key term, modifies the channel operating configuration in response to such identification, and alerts a PS person operating the PS device to an identified communication by transmitting the identified communication to the PS person via the modified channel operating configuration. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072717 | PARTICIPANT GROUPING FOR ENHANCED INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE - Representative embodiments of a method for grouping participants in an activity include the steps of: (i) defining a grouping policy; (ii) storing, in a database, participant records that include a participant identifier, a characteristic associated with the participant, and/or an identifier for a participant's handheld device; (iii) defining groupings based on the policy and characteristics of the participants relating to the policy and to the activity; and (iv) communicating the groupings to the handheld devices to establish the groups. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072718 | CONTROLLING PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO (PABR) - In an example embodiment, a transmitter of a wireless communication device may incrementally increase a level of transmit power by a predefined amount, based on a channel quality indicator, up to a limited maximum level of transmit power to control the peak transmit power and further may control the Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR). | 2015-03-12 |
20150072719 | MOBILE TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a mobile terminal, which transmits feedback signals when performing transmission power control with a base station. The mobile terminal is provided with: a plurality of antennas; a calculation unit, which obtains reception qualities based on known signals and signals received from at least one of the antennas; and a feedback information determining unit, which determines feedback information based on the reception qualities. The mobile terminal transmits feedback signals based on the feedback information to the base station. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY CONTROLLING UPLINK CONTROL SIGNAL OF USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for efficiently controlling an uplink control signal of user equipment in an environment where a macro cell and a repeater exist together, and the method for controlling uplink transmission power of the user equipment in the wireless communication system, according to the present invention, comprises: an obtaining step for receiving a reference signal from a base station and obtaining a channel state information value; a determining step for determining whether a scaling condition is satisfied by using the channel state information value that is obtained; a calculating step for calculating a transmission power on the basis of scheduling information when the scaling condition is satisfied; and a transmitting step for transmitting data by using the transmission power that is calculated. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072721 | ADJUSTING A DUTY CYCLE OF WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS - A duty cycle of wireless transmissions of the electronic device is adjusted based on wireless transmission activity. The adjusting considers the electronic device to be idle if the electronic device wirelessly transmits at a power level less than a non-zero power threshold. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072722 | ADJUSTMENT OF TRANSMIT POWER PARAMETER - Adjustment of a downlink transmit power parameter, such as a ceiling level, is disclosed. Signal-to-noise type information and committed power information can be employed to determine the ceiling level adjustment. A ceiling level can be a predetermined cap on transmission power for downlink channels between a user equipment and a base station. Where there is sufficient headroom in total transmission power and a power level greater than the predetermined ceiling can be effective, the ceiling can be adjusted to greater values than the predetermined value. Where total transmission power is more committed, ceiling adjustment can be prevented. Further, where there is no adequate benefit from increasing the ceiling, the adjustment of the ceiling can be prevented. While some instances can result in optimized transmission levels below the ceiling, instances can also be accommodated where the ceiling is to be increased. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072723 | Speaker with Grained Zeolite Material in Deep-Drawn Foil Resonance Volume - An audio system that comprises an electro-acoustic transducer mounted onto a housing that forms a resonance volume which is at least partially filled with sound absorbing material, wherein the housing is realized with a deep-drawn foil at least partially filled with grains of the sound absorbing material. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072724 | TERMINAL FOR WIRELESS VOICE COMMUNICATION - The solution relates to the field of wireless communications. It provides the possibility of transmitting voice data over existing wireless networks via a terminal for wireless voice communication to other similar devices or groups thereof and/or hardware and software systems combined therewith immediately after the occurrence of a transmission activation event, thus the range of technical means for online voice communication extends. The terminal comprises a wireless communication device and a module for monitoring transmission activation events, which device and module are connected to a control module, is designed to be capable, of reacting to a transmission activation event in respect of the transmission of digitized voice data to other similar devices or to groups thereof and/or hardware and software systems combined therewith once a transmission activation event has taken place. Furthermore, the transport medium used comprises wired and/or wireless data transmission networks. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072725 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL LINE - A high-frequency signal line includes a dielectric laminate body including a first dielectric layer, an adhesive layer and a second dielectric layer laminated in this order from a first side to a second side in a direction of lamination. A linear signal line is fixed on a main surface of the adhesive layer. A main ground conductor is provided on a main surface of the dielectric layer. An auxiliary ground conductor is provided on the second dielectric layer. The adhesive layer bonds the first and second dielectric layers together. A distance in the direction of lamination between the signal line and the main ground conductor is greater than a distance in the direction of lamination between the signal line and the auxiliary ground conductor. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072726 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - A mobile communication device is provided. The mobile communication device includes a housing and an input device operable with the housing. Actuating the input device enables a user to at least one of change and verify an operational status of the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device also includes an indicator coupled in communication with said input device and configured to provide feedback to the user based on the operational status of the mobile communication device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072727 | LIGHT SOURCE WINDOW PAINT - An electronic device has a camera assembly disposed in a housing of the electronic device that includes a light source assembly having a primary purpose for illuminating a subject during an imaging operation. The light source assembly includes a light source and a light window. A light block can be applied to lateral surfaces of the light window to prevent light passing through the light window from propagating along an outer surface of the housing, or other components of the electronic device. In some embodiments, the light block can include multiple layers having various reflective and absorptive characteristics. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072728 | SMARTPHONE-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - One arrangement concerns a portable device (e.g., a smartphone) that executes plural recognition agents, such as agents that perform fingerprint-based object recognition, fingerprint-based audio recognition, barcode reading, watermark decoding, etc. Each of the agents reads from and writes to a blackboard data structure, to which camera and microphone sensors also post their data. Queues of stored sensor data are thus available for the agents to process. In some arrangements, the agents also post—to the blackboard—estimates of the resource costs required to perform certain functions, and estimates of the quality of results that may be achieved by such functions. This allows the system to make informed decisions about how to deploy the device's limited resources (battery, processing cycles, network bandwidth, etc.). A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072729 | METHOD FOR MEASURING RADIATION BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRONIC TERMINAL HAVING A DIGITAL CAMERA - The invention relates to a method for operating an electronic terminal (1.1-1.4) comprising an integrated image sensor (2.1-2.4) that has a large number of pixels, in particular for a mobile telephone. According to the invention, a dosage value of ionising radiation striking the image sensor is determined by means of the image sensor (2.1-2.4). The invention further relates to a terminal that operates accordingly (e.g. a smart phone having a corresponding application program). | 2015-03-12 |
20150072730 | CASE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH FLASH AND CAMERA CONTROLS - A mobile device case is formed with a hollow case housing for receiving a mobile device and controlling a mobile device camera therein. The mobile device case has a case connector for electronically connecting the case to the mobile device at insertion of the mobile device into the hollow case housing and at least one camera control actuator for controlling operation of the mobile device camera by generating a control signal that is coupled through the case connector to the mobile device, when the mobile device is present in the hollow case housing. The hollow case housing comprises first and second housing sections that connect with respective tongue and groove elements to form the hollow case housing. The generated control signal is coupled through the case connector to the mobile device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072731 | Snap On Wearable Module - An electronic device comprises a wearable docking station containing magnets. A releasable module having matching magnets attaches to the docking station and may be programmed to respond to email or other messages arriving over a BLUETOOTH or other wireless connection to a mobile device. User alerts may also be provided as programmed images on the face of the module. The releasable module may be serviced using a direct physical connection between the module and a servicing device, the servicing device provided with a matching set of magnets, possibly embedded in a protective cover of a user's mobile device. As examples, servicing may comprise charging the module, syncing the module with the mobile device, transferring data, or establishing or amending a trusted pair relationship between the mobile device and the module. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072732 | CUSTOMIZED HARDWARE SELECTION FOR A MOBILE PHONE - A method of customizing hardware by an end user for a mobile phone is provided. The method includes receiving from an end-user a selection of a mobile phone shell from a set of mobile phone shells, sending to the end-user a subset of interchangeable hardware components having different functions, and receiving from the end-user a selection of at least one hardware component from the subset of interchangeable hardware components. The subset of interchangeable hardware components is generated based on a compatibility between the selected mobile phone shell and the set of available interchangeable hardware components. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072733 | CUSTOMIZED HARDWARE SELECTION FOR A MOBILE PHONE - A method of customizing hardware by an end user for a mobile phone is provided. The method includes receiving from an end-user a selection of a mobile phone shell from a set of mobile phone shells, sending to the end-user a subset of interchangeable hardware components having different functions, and receiving from the end-user a selection of at least one hardware component from the subset of interchangeable hardware components. The subset of interchangeable hardware components is generated based on a compatibility between the selected mobile phone shell and the set of available interchangeable hardware components. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072734 | CUSTOMIZED HARDWARE SELECTION FOR A MOBILE PHONE - A method of customizing hardware by an end user for a mobile phone is provided. The method includes receiving from an end-user a selection of a mobile phone shell from a set of mobile phone shells, sending to the end-user a subset of interchangeable hardware components having different functions, and receiving from the end-user a selection of at least one hardware component from the subset of interchangeable hardware components. The subset of interchangeable hardware components is generated based on a compatibility between the selected mobile phone shell and the set of available interchangeable hardware components. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072735 | MOBILE EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND MOBILE INDEX NUMBER SHARING TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK - The present embodiment provides a method and system a method for sharing Mobile Equipment Identification Number (MEID) and Mobile Index Number (MIN) to provide optimal communication in a multi-service provider environment. The method includes receiving a request to access a service provided by one or more service providers, identifying a MEID-MIN pair associated with the request, and sharing the identified MEID-MIN pair among a plurality of access nodes associated with the one or more service providers. Further, the method further includes detecting an optimized access node among the plurality of access nodes to provide access to the service based on parameters associated with the plurality of access nodes, and using the identified MEID-MIN pair to provide access to the service through the detected optimized access node. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072736 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR NEGOTIATING PROACTIVE POLLING INTERVAL - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a polling interval negotiation scheme between a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and a wireless terminal. A wireless terminal and a UICC are communicating at a first polling interval. The wireless terminal may send a proposed polling interval to the UICC. The wireless terminal determines a response of the UICC to the proposed polling interval, and communicates with the UICC at a second polling interval based on the response of the UICC. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072737 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, IC CARD, AND MICROCOMPUTER - The present invention provides a noncontact interface technique capable of performing communication operation without stopping an internal operation even when a clock signal cannot be extracted from a carrier wave. In a semiconductor device that receives a modulated carrier wave from an antenna, generates an internal clock signal on the basis of a clock signal extracted from the received carrier wave, and performs operation synchronously with the internal clock signal, a PLL circuit that receives the extracted clock signal and generates the internal clock signal is provided with a voltage control oscillation function. In the case where the clock signal extracted from the carrier wave is discretely interrupted, the function makes the internal clock signal maintained at a frequency immediately before the interruption. With the configuration, even when the clock signal extracted from the carrier wave is interrupted, internal data processes such as decoding and bus interfacing can be continued. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072738 | THREE DIMENSIONAL HAPTICS HYBRID MODELING - A method and apparatus for producing a haptic sensation is disclosed. An acoustic transducer at a first cellular communication device is used to determine a gesture of a user object with respect to a first cellular communication device. The gesture is generally performed in a three-dimensional space of the first cellular communication device. A haptic signal is created that corresponds to the determined gesture and is sent from the first cellular communication device to a second cellular communication device. An actuator at the second cellular communication device is actuated according to the haptic signal to produce a haptic sensation at the second cellular communication device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072739 | System and Method for Answering a Communication Notification - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for answering a communication notification. The method for answering a communication notification comprises receiving a notification of communication from a user, converting information related to the notification to speech, outputting the information as speech to the user, and receiving from the user an instruction to accept or ignore the incoming communication associated with the notification. In one embodiment, information related to the notification comprises one or more of a telephone number, an area code, a geographic origin of the request, caller id, a voice message, address book information, a text message, an email, a subject line, an importance level, a photograph, a video clip, metadata, an IP address, or a domain name. Another embodiment involves notification assigned an importance level and repeat attempts at notification if it is of high importance. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072740 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO WITH BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS AND ANTENNA MATCHING - Mobile phone handsets include a CMOS front end configured for operating across multiple transmit and receive frequencies. The front end typically includes multiple receivers, each covering a different band allocated for cellular service, and requires large, expensive and power-intensive A/D converters and DSPs. Front-end circuits disclosed herein operate with a broadband software-defined radio (SDR), and include a receive Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), transmit Power Amplifier (PA), and an antenna matching network. The front-end provides broadband operation using relatively low power, and minimizes noise in the received signal. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072741 | STAGING A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A BATTERY OF THE MOBILE DEVICE - A system configures a mobile device. The system includes a battery and a mobile device. The battery includes at least one power storage cell and a memory arrangement, the memory arrangement storing staging profile data, the staging profile data including configuration data. The mobile device is configured to be coupled to the battery, the mobile device being powered by the at least one power storage cell, the mobile device receiving the staging profile data from the memory arrangement, the mobile device being automatically configured for communication with a communication network as a function of the configuration data. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072742 | Electronic Device and Method for Detecting Presence and Motion - An electronic device for detecting presence and motion includes a housing, a first infrared (“IR”) sensor, and a second IR sensor. The housing includes a first corner having a first plurality of openings formed thereon, and a second corner having a second plurality of openings formed thereon. The first IR sensor is disposed proximate to the first corner and has an unobstructed path and line of sight to outside of the electronic device via the first plurality of openings. The second IR sensor is disposed proximate to the second corner and has an unobstructed path and line of sight to outside of the electronic device via the second plurality of openings. The openings of the first plurality of openings are oriented toward the first IR sensor in different directions. The openings of the second plurality of openings are oriented toward the second IR sensor in different directions. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072743 | Interactive Electronic Device Packaging Assemblies, Methods, and Systems - Interactive electronic device packaging assemblies, methods, and systems change the operational state of a packaged electronic device, for example activating a mobile phone, in response to opening of the retail package. In one embodiment, the retail package includes a hall-effect sensor mounted on one portion, a magnet mounted on another portion, and an audio playback circuit that plays prerecorded audio when the portions are separated during opening. In another embodiment, the audio playback circuit can be coupled to an audio output of the electronic device, enabling the package to function as an external loudspeaker. And in yet another embodiment, the package includes a pull-out drawer for storing accessories, such as a manual, earphones, AC adapter, USB cable, and so forth. | 2015-03-12 |
20150072744 | EXTERNAL PROCESSING ACCESSORY FOR MOBILE DEVICE - Accessories for mobile devices. Embodiments include an external protective case and/or holster for mobile electronic devices, wherein the external protective case/holster incorporates a battery pack, a payment processing device, television signal receiver, and/or a modular multi-input/output device. | 2015-03-12 |