14th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110081892 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE OF VOICE MAIL AND EMAIL IN A MIXED MEDIA ENVIRONMENT - A mixed media reality (MMR) system includes an MMR user, a MMR computer, a user printer that produces a printed document, a networked media server, an office portal, a service provider server, an electronic display that is electrically connected to a set-top box, a document scanner, a network, a capture device, a cellular infrastructure, wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) technology, Bluetooth® technology, infrared (IR) technology, wired technology, and a geo location mechanism. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types, such as printed paper as a first medium and a digital photograph, digital movie, digital audio file, or web link as a second medium. Furthermore, the MMR system facilitates business methods that take advantage of the combination of a portable electronic device, voice mail or email, and a paper document. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081893 | Method and System for Providing Web-Enabled Cellular Access to Meter Reading Data - A method and a system for collection of meter readings from meter reading and transmitting devices ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110081894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UBIQUITOUS SERVICE USING MOBILE TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - There is provided a ubiquitous service providing system using a mobile communication terminal, the system including: a context aware unit determining where a ubiquitous service is to be provided or not through short message service (SMS) or multimedia messaging service (MMS) by analyzing radio frequency identification (RFID) tag information and context transmitted from an RFID identifier installed at a specific position; a repository unit storing the ubiquitous service to be provided, and contents and detailed information related to the ubiquitous service; an analyzing unit selecting a ubiquitous service from the repository unit based on the analyzed RFID tag information and context; a message generating unit generating final contents to be transmitted to a visitor using context and the contents and detailed information of the repository unit by executing the ubiquitous service selected by the analyzing unit and then, converting the final contents into a message to be transmitted through a SMS or MMS method; and a message transmitting unit transmitting the generated message to a mobile terminal of a visitor via a mobile phone network through a SMS or MMS method. There is provided a ubiquitous service providing method using a mobile phone network, the method including: once RFID tag information is collected by an RFID identifier, transmitting the collected RFID tag information and context to a u-City server; determining whether a ubiquitous service is to be provided or not based on the transmitted RFID tag information; if a ubiquitous service is to be provided, selecting a ubiquitous service to be provided based on the RFID tag information and context; generating final contents to be provided to a visitor using context and contents and detailed information of a repository unit by executing the selected ubiquitous service and converting the final contacts into a message to be transmitted through a SMS or MMS method; and transmitting the converted message through a SMS or MMS method. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081895 | INFORMATION BROWSING SYSTEM - At the time when information stored in a server is browsed with the use of a mobile terminal, if the mobile phone is predicted to enter an out-of-service area, information that a user is going to browse is predicted and temporarily stored in the mobile terminal as cache. When the mobile phone is located in a service area at the time of a browse request, information corresponding to the request is acquired from the server, and when the mobile phone is located in an out-of-service area, the information is acquired from the information stored as cache and is displayed. The information stored as cache is deleted when the browsing is ended or when the mobile terminal enters a service area. Therefore, the user can browse desired information even in the out-of-service area with and high security level secured. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081896 | System and Method for Connecting to a Audio Conference Service Using a Mobile Communications Device - A mobile communications device for connecting to a conference call hosted by an audio conference service. After receiving a meeting invitation and storing information relating thereto, the mobile communications device dials a first sequence contained in a first link to connect to the audio conference service and, subsequent to dialing the first sequence, dials a second sequence contained in a second link associated with the first link to connect to the conference call. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081897 | DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF CELL SITE SERVICE(S) - The described subject matter relates to an architecture that can dynamically update or set facility variables for adapting cell site (e.g., base station) characteristics in a wireless communication network. In particular, based upon a current configuration or state of facility equipment as well as various operation data, the architecture can determine or infer a reconfiguration of a facility variable that can adjust the configuration or state of the facility equipment. The reconfiguration can be directed to improving efficiency, mitigating errors, and/or more effectively providing services and allocating resources. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081898 | DETERMINING WHETHER SYSTEM INFORMATION CAN BE REUSED AND MANAGING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to determining whether system information can be reused and managing system information in a wireless communication system. A wireless communication device may read and compare a physical cell identity and specific system information of a target component carrier with the physical cell identity and specific system information of a source component carrier to determine whether generic system information needs to be read or can be reused. A base station may determine whether a change in system information impacts generic system information and specific system information. The base station may update a data control variable such that it is synchronized for particular sets of component carriers. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081899 | Mobile Device Panic Function with Recordability - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to recording a conversation on a portable communications device. This allows the user to press a panic button or a series of buttons on their portable communications device to begin recording the conversation. This conversation may be stored on a memory of the portable communications device or in a network in communication with the portable communications device. With the conversation recorded, there is a record of what was said during the call. This record may later be used if necessary. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081900 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA TRANSMISSION OVER A VOICE CHANNEL OF A TELEPHONE NETWORK - Various embodiments facilitate data communication between a client device and a remote device over a voice channel of a telephone system. In one embodiment, the data communication over the voice channel is synchronized to align with voice frames utilized by the telephone system to transmit communicated data between the devices. In some embodiments, the synchronization is performed by determining an offset between a received synchronization audio signal and the voice frames used by the telephone system to process the synchronization audio signal, such as based on an amount of energy present in the received synchronization audio signal. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081901 | METHOD FOR SIGNALLING A PRECODING IN A COOPERATIVE BEAMFORMING TRANSMISSION MODE - The present invention relates to a method for operating a secondary station in a network, the secondary station comprising a transceiver adapted for simultaneously receiving transmissions from a primary station controlling a first cell and at least one primary station controlling a second cell, the method comprising the secondary station
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20110081902 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION USING PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL REGION IN MIMO ANTENNA SYSTEM - Provided is a method of transmitting control information using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) region in a system employing a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antenna system in which transmission is performed through a plurality of layers. A method of transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI)/precoding matrix indicator (PMI) using a PUSCH region in a system employing a MIMO antenna system in which transmission is performed through a plurality of layers includes encoding the CQI/PMI using one channel encoder, and transmitting the encoded CQI/PMI using some or all of the layers. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit uplink control information through a PUSCH region using a plurality of layers. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081903 | Determining Link Quality For Networks Having Relays - A device configured to calculate a cell quality ranking criterion for a measured cell, wherein calculating is performed by taking into account at least a signal quality of a backhaul link between a relay node (RN) and an access node. The device may be one of a user equipment (UE), RN, an access node, and a component in a network. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081904 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Radio Link Failure in Wireless Communication System - A method for handling radio link failure (RLF) in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system supports Carrier Aggregation, which enables the UE to perform data transmission and/or reception through multiple carriers. The method includes steps of the UE being allocated with a plurality of serving cells, wherein only one of the plurality of serving cells provides resources of a random access channel (RACH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), and declaring occurrence of RLF when the serving cell which provides resources of the random access channel and the physical uplink control channel fails. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081905 | METHOD AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE - A method and telecommunication system is disclosed for transmission of a message from a first telecommunication terminal to a second telecommunication terminal, of which at least one is connected to a line-connected telephone network. The message is converted as a short message into the short message format, a connection setup is realized and the short message is transmitted in the short message format to a short message service center and from the latter to the second telecommunication terminal, where the transmission of the short message to the short message center and/or to the second telecommunication terminal is carried out by means of DTMF or FSK off-hook signaling in the voice band. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MOBILE COMMUNICATION CORRESPONDING TO MULTIPLE MSISDNs ASSOCIATED WITH A SINGLE IMSI - The present invention proposes a method for mobile communication. The method includes assigning one or more Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Numbers (MSISDNs) to a subscriber of a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) upon receiving a subscription activation message from the subscriber at a Signaling Gateway (SG). The subscriber has an HPMN Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with a corresponding HPMN International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and an HPMN MSISDN. The method further includes creating an association of the MSISDNs with the HPMN MSISDN to facilitate signaling corresponding to the HPMN MSISDN and the MSISDNs associated with the subscriber. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081907 | ROAMING RETRYING METHOD UNDER PRE-PAGING MODE - The present invention provides a method for roaming retry under pre-paging mode. The method comprises the following steps of: during a pre-paging period, a called Mobile Station (MS) moving to a new location area and sending a location update request to a new Visitor Mobile Switching Center/Visitor Location Register (New VMSC/VLR); after receiving the location update request, the New VMSC/VLR sending a location area update message to a Home Location Register (HLR); after receiving the location area update message, the HLR sending a Send Routing Information (SRI) Ack message including a Roaming Retry Indication identifier to a to a Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC); after receiving the SRI Ack message, the GMSC triggering a roaming retry procedure according to the Roaming Retry Indication identifier, and completing the subsequent calling flow. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081908 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REGISTRATIONS AND SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS VIA CELLULAR OVERLAYS - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and an apparatus for registration and service announcements in peer-to-peer wireless networks to increase capacity of such networks. The present disclosure proposes a hybrid registration mechanism allowing a peer-to-peer node to leverage an administrative architecture of a neighboring cellular system. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081909 | CELL SELECTION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION - A cell selection method includes steps of: (A) determining, at a mobile station (UE), whether or not a first CSG cell satisfies a predetermined condition, when using a first macro cell as a camped cell; and (B) changing, at the mobile station (UE), the camped cell from the first macro cell to a first CSG cell, when determined that the first CSG cell satisfies the predetermined condition. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081910 | Method and communications network for providing services in relation to a mobile device - The present invention relates to a method of developing a cellular communications network ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110081911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING VPN-LESS SESSION SETUP FOR CONNECTING MOBILE DATA DEVICES TO AN ENTERPRISE DATA NETWORK - A mobile application gateway configured to interconnect mobile communication devices on a cellular network with an enterprise network is provided. The mobile application gateway includes a voice and data signaling gateway configured to provide routing functionalities, service functionalities and admission control. A gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) is configured to establish a secure data session between one or more of the mobile communication devices and the enterprise network by establishing a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel between a carrier-hosted serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and the GGSN. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081912 | DEDICATED SIGNATURE ALLOCATION AND CHOICE - Methods for allocating and choosing dedicated signatures for random access are provided. Options for allocating dedicated signatures include allocating the dedicated signature from the unused space of the random signature root index when there is unused space and allocating more dedicated signatures from the same root index using the same time/frequency resources if additional signatures are needed, and reserving some preambles from the contention-based random access preambles from both sets of preambles. The present invention also proposes that the dedicated signatures be reserved in each of two sets of preambles. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081913 | METHOD OF BANDWIDTH EXTENSION BY AGGREGATING BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE AND NON-BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE CARRIERS - Methods of component carrier aggregation are provided. One embodiment of the method includes aggregating, at a base station, one or more first component carriers that are backwards compatible with a first carrier type and one or more second component carriers that are non-backwards compatible with the first carrier type for communication with first user equipment according to a second carrier type used by the second component carrier(s). | 2011-04-07 |
20110081914 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION APPARATUS, SUBSCRIBER STATION, RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a resource allocation apparatus, subscriber station, resource allocation method, and non-transitory computer readable medium thereof. The resource allocation apparatus may know the unoccupied partition of the wireless network resource and allocate the unoccupied partition to the SS of the femtocell network. Thereby, the SS of the femtocell network will not occupy the same network resource of the macro BS or other femto SS, and interference of between femtocell and macrocell or other femtocell is reduced effectively. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081915 | SCRAMBLING CODE SELECTION - In a femtocell basestation of a cellular communications network, there is a potential difficulty that the basestation may be unable to select a scrambling code for its transmissions, without the risk of interference with other basestations using the same scrambling code. The femtocell basestation receives from a management system a list comprising at least one allowed scram-bling code for femtocell basestations, and also detects, in information broadcast by at least one macrocell basestation, at least one allowed scrambling code available in an area containing the basestation. If it is determined that use of each scrambling code that is allowed and is available in an area containing the basestation would cause interference with another femtocell basestation, a pa-rameter is set to ensure that a user equipment would perform a location update when moving between the coverage areas of said basestation and the other femtocell basestation. The parameter may be a MIB and/or SIB value tag. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081916 | RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - There are disclosed a random access method for establishing an individual channel between a radio communication terminal device and a base station device in a short time and a radio communication terminal device executing the random access method. In this device, in step ST | 2011-04-07 |
20110081917 | AUTONOMOUS MUTING INDICATION TO ENABLE IMPROVED TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL MEASUREMENTS - A method, a user communication device, and a base station are disclosed. A transceiver | 2011-04-07 |
20110081918 | VENUE APPLICATION FOR MOBILE STATION POSITION ESTIMATION - Disclosed are a system and method for using an entity hosted on a mobile station to selectively provide portions of infrastructure information to one or more other applications hosted on the mobile station. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081919 | Mobile Device Locating In Conjunction With Localized Enviornments - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, articles, etc. for mobile device locating in conjunction with localized environments. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise obtaining at a mobile device one or more signals comprising information indicative of a location thereof. The information may be transmitted to one or more servers. A location context identifier (LCI) may be received responsive to the transmitting, with the LCI corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located. The LCI may be transmitted to the one or more servers. Location-based data may be received responsive to the transmitting of the LCI, with the location-based data being associated with the LCI and pertaining to the localized environment. The location of the mobile device may be determined with respect to the localized environment based, at least in part, on the location-based data. Other example implementations are described herein. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TIME ZONE AS INSTANT MESSAGING PRESENCE - A system and method are provided to obtain and use time zone information as presence in instant messaging. The time zone information is obtained by a user's mobile device and is sent to other mobile devices corresponding to the user's contacts. The time zone information of a contact may be displayed on the user's IM application, including the contact list and instant messaging conversation window. The location of the mobile device may also be provided. The user uses the time zone and location information to discern the status of a contact. Rule-based decisions that rely on the time zone information are also used to affect the operation of the instant messaging application. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081921 | User Defined Location Based Notification for a Mobile Communications Device Systems and Methods - Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may be correlated with certain user preferences stored on the server computer system. In various embodiments, components of the larger system are described. In some cases, various location related mapping functions for a device are discussed. In other embodiments, systems and methods which provide for activities to be undertaken based on the location of a device are described. In still other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods of efficiently determining the location of a mobile device. In some embodiments, different notification schemes based on the location of a device and specified preferences are described. In various other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods for keyword monitoring based on the location of a device. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES USING CONNECTIVITY GRAPHS BASED ON CELL BROADCAST INFORMATION - An approach is provided for providing location based services using connectivity graphs based on cell broadcast information. A plurality of cell broadcast message identifiers are caused to be received. Cell broadcast message identifiers are respectively associated with a plurality of cells. A connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells is generated for providing a location based service. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081923 | DEVICE MOVEMENT USER INTERFACE GESTURES FOR FILE SHARING FUNCTIONALITY - Methods and devices provide a gesture activated file sharing functionality enabling users to share files with other nearby computing devices. The file sharing functionality may include establishing wireless links with nearby devices and determine their relative locations. The computing device may detect a file sharing motion of the computing device from accelerometers and transmit files to or request files from a nearby device in response. Base on motion parameters, e.g., direction, speed and/or shape, the computing device may identify a targeted device to which a file may be transmitted or from which a file may be requested. The computing device may request user verification of the identified device and send a request to transmit files to the targeted device. The computing devices may transmit files using networks and addresses provided over the device-to-device communication links. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081924 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE MEDIA DELIVERY - A communications device determines the appropriate method for providing a message depending upon the content of the message without prompting or querying a user of the device. When the user select a name as the recipient of the created message, the mobile device determines delivery options. If the message contains text only and if the user enters/selects a mobile device phone number, the message is sent via SMS. If the message contains multimedia and if the user enters or selects a mobile device phone number, the message is sent via MMS. If the message is text only or multimedia, and if the user enters or selects an email address, the message is sent via email. In various implementations, the message is delivery via determined delivery options including a lowest cost delivery option, a subscriber preferred delivery option, or a delivery options as indicated by an intended recipient's presence information. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081925 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CALL STATE THEREOF - A communication system, an apparatus, and a method for providing a call state thereof are provided. The method for providing a call state of a communication system, supporting communication over a mobile communication network and an internet network, includes, when presence of moving call execution changes through a base transceiver station over the mobile communication network, notifying the presence of moving call execution to an Instant Messaging/Presence Service (IM/PS) server managing presence of internet call execution over the internet network by a User Equipment (UE), and sending the presence of moving call execution to another UE by the IM/PS server. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081926 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF HANDWRITTEN DATA ON WIRELESS DEVICES WITHOUT CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A mobile device and associated method for transmitting a plurality of characters to a remote device without requiring keypad input or character recognition. The device is operable to receive characters entered by the user via handwritten input and transmit the characters without requiring character recognition. User input is received to a screen of the wireless handheld device, wherein the user input comprises handwritten text having a plurality of characters, e.g., in a non-Latin character set. Data corresponding to an image of the handwritten text may be compressed, packaged, and transmitted to a remote device in a wireless fashion. The compressed data is useable to create the image of the handwritten text on the remote device. The method preferably does not perform any character recognition on the handwritten text. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081927 | Methods and Arrangements in a Mobile Telecommunication Network - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for assisting a User Equipment (UE) to determine transmit power to be used on a first uplink component carrier y, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with the UE over a plurality of uplink and downlink component carriers x,y. The UE is aware of path loss parameters associated with a second downlink component carrier x. The method in a base station comprises determining cell specific path loss parameters associated with the component carriers of the base station. The cell specific path loss parameters at least comprises path loss parameters associated with the first uplink component carrier y and a second uplink component carrier x which is paired to the second downlink component carrier x, wherein the second uplink component carrier and second downlink component carrier are within one frequency band. The method comprises the further steps of calculating a pathloss offset, deltaPL(y,x), for the first uplink component carrier y, wherein the pathloss offset deltaPL(y,x) is the pathloss power offset for the first uplink component carrier y with respect to the second uplink component carrier x, and sending the calculated pathloss offset, deltaPL(y,x) to the UE. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081928 | Method, Device, and System for Indicating Discontinuous Data Scheduling - A method for indicating discontinuous data scheduling includes receiving discontinuous reception (DRX) indication information on an Iur interface; and sending discontinuous scheduling indication information to a base station according to the DRX indication information. A communication system and a radio network control device for implementing the method are also provided. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081929 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a radio communication device which can prevent interference between SRS and PUCCH when the PUCCH transmission bandwidth fluctuates and suppress degradation of CQI estimation accuracy by the band where no SRS is transmitted. The device includes: an SRS code generation unit ( | 2011-04-07 |
20110081930 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication device includes antennas, transmitting units, and receiving units. A baseband processing unit of the mobile communication device transmits data signals to a base station device through a receiving unit and an antenna that are selected based on an instruction received from the base station device. The baseband processing unit transmits reference signals to the base station device through the transmitting units and the antennas while preventing transmission frequencies of the reference signals from overlapping one another. A baseband processing unit of the base station device transmits, to the mobile communication device based on qualities of the received reference signals, a signal indicating information concerning which of the antennas and the transmitting units of the mobile communication device are used for transmitting the data signals, the signal also indicating information concerning whether or not to make the transmitting units and the antennas share transmission of the reference signals. Thus, interferences due to degradation of communication quality and to an increase in the number of reference signals can be prevented. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081931 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A HANDOVER OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal apparatus includes a wireless communicator for communicating with a first wireless base station and a second wireless base station; and a controller. The controller measures a first signal quality and a second signal quality, the first signal quality being signal quality of a signal from the first wireless base station which is communicated with the communicator, the second signal quality being a signal quality of a signal received by the communicator from the second wireless base station, and executes a handover from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station by controlling the communicator when the first signal quality is lower than the second signal quality and an integration value, along the time axis, of a difference between the first and the second signal qualities is more than a predetermined value. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081932 | PUCCH Resource Allocation for Carrier Aggregation in LTE-Advanced - The invention is a method and apparatus for signaling uplink control information in a mobile communication network using carrier aggregation. The signaling mechanism allows the transmission, on a single uplink component carrier, of control information associated with a downlink transmission on multiple aggregated downlink component carriers. Semi-statically reserved resources for the transmission of control information on the uplink component carrier may be dynamically shared by user terminals that are assigned multiple downlink component carriers for downlink transmissions. Implicit or explicit resource indication can be used in combination with dynamic resource indication. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081933 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for signal transmission/reception between a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) or cell in a wireless communication system in which a position of a US may be determined by identifying according to a positioning reference signal (PRS) pattern. By a method of transmitting PRSs using a more effective and efficient muting method, it is possible to reduce interference between multiple base stations that simultaneously transmit a same PRS pattern. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081934 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR A PLURALITY OF REGULATED BANDS OR COMPONENT CARRIERS - A wireless communication device is configured for performing uplink transmission power control. The wireless communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The wireless communication device performs uplink transmission power control for multiple regulated frequency bands or component carriers. The wireless communication device determines a total transmission power for at least one component carrier and allocates transmission power to at least one antenna. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081935 | LTE-A SYSTEM AND UPLINK POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An LTE-A system and power control method for controlling cell interference based on codeword-specific transmission power adjustment with a transmission power control offset parameter. The method includes transmitting a parameter K | 2011-04-07 |
20110081936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMIT POWER OF TRANSMISSIONS ON MORE THAN ONE COMPONENT CARRIER - A method and apparatus for controlling or determining transmit power of transmissions on more than one component carrier (CC) is disclosed. A WTRU may set a transmit power for each of a plurality of channels mapped to multiple CCs. The channels may include at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and may also include at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). | 2011-04-07 |
20110081937 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LARGE CELL BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - The large cell base station | 2011-04-07 |
20110081938 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL OF MOBILE STATION - A transmission power control device is able to capture the serving sector measurement information of a mobile station with respect to a serving sector and the neighboring sector measurement information of the mobile station with respect to a neighboring sector. The transmission power control device selects a power control mode based on a decision as to whether or not the neighboring sector measurement information has been captured in an applied time in the past. The power level of a mobile station is determined based on the selected power control mode. Thus, it is possible to reduce inter-cell interference and inter-sector interference because the power level of a mobile station is determined in light of communication environments, even though the mobile station is connected with a base station in an LTE-based communication system which cannot always detect the neighboring sector measurement information. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081939 | COMPONENT CARRIER POWER CONTROL IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques for adjusting transmit power of component carriers in a multi-carrier wireless communication system are disclosed. A base station may determine a plurality of associations relating to one or more component carriers configured for use by a user equipment. The user equipment may receive downlink control information from the base station including one or more power control commands and may adjust a transmit power of its component carriers based on the associations. The user equipment may be notified of the associations either implicitly or explicitly. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081940 | Methods and Arrangements For Uplink Multicarrier Power Control in a Wireless Communications System - A method of uplink transmit power control in a radio base station of a multi-carrier wireless communication system, in which the radio base station communicated with user equipment on N uplink carriers and M downlink carriers, with the sum of N and M being at least three, includes defining N transmit power control (TPC) commands to be used by the user equipment for adjusting the transmit power of the N uplink carriers. The method also includes transmitting both a first and at least a second of said N TPC commands on a first downlink carrier and each of the remaining TPC commands on separate subsequent downlink carriers, in order to fit all N TPC commands onto the M downlink carriers when M is smaller than N. The method further includes transmitting each of said N TPC commands on separate downlink carriers, when M is larger than or equal to N. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081941 | FAST ADAPTIVE POWER CONTROL FOR A VARIABLE MULTIRATE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A system and a method of controlling transmitter power in a wireless communication system in which user data is processed as a multirate signal in which the user data signal having a first rate is converted into a transmission data signal having a faster second rate for transmission. The transmission power is adjusted on a relatively slow basis based on quality of data received by a receiver of the transmitted data. The transmitter power is determined as a function of the first and second rates such that a change in the data rate in the multiple channels or the rate of the transmission data signal is compensated in advance of a quality of data based adjustment associated with such data rate change. Preferably, the user data signal having the first rate is converted into the transmission data signal having the second faster rate by repeating selected data bits whereby the energy per bit to noise spectrum density ratio is increased in the transmission data signal. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081942 | ITRANSMISSION POWER RANGE SETTING DURING CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FOR INTERFERENCE BALANCING IN A CELLULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for balancing the distribution of interference between radio cells in a wireless communication system comprising cells in which subcarrier blocks are used for communication. A number of adjacent cells build a cell cluster. Moreover, the present invention relates to a corresponding method adapted for use in a system in which multi beam antennas or multiple antennas are used. Furthermore, the present invention relates to base stations performing the above method as well as a communication system comprising the base stations. To reduce the large average SIR variations without causing additional SIR estimation, measurement and calculation problem as introduced with power control the invention suggests to group subcarrier blocks into a plurality of subcarrier block sets in each cell of a cell cluster, to determine transmission power ranges for each of the cells of said cell cluster, and to assign transmission power ranges to the subcarrier block sets to perform TPC within the ranges. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081943 | System and Method for Supporting Multi-User Antenna Beamforming in a Cellular Network - The present invention is a method and system for supporting a beamforming antenna system in a multiple user mobile broadband communication network including a process for setting and adjusting the magnitude and phase of the signal to user equipment from each antenna. Namely, the present invention supports the communication of power signal values or levels to user equipment in a manner that keeps pace with the rapid variations of the power levels that occur in the dynamic scheduling of transmissions on the cell site. The present invention satisfies this need for an improved signal strength signaling to user equipment for the situation where multiple users are located on the cell site. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081944 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a mobile communication device and a method for operating a mobile communication device with which triggering of a certain function can be avoided in some situations. The mobile communication device comprises an imaging section operable to acquire an image of a user of said mobile communication device, a user interface operable to receive an input of a user, and a controller configured to deactivate at least one function of said user interface based on an output signal of said imaging section. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081945 | High Efficiency Laser Drive Apparatus - A laser drive apparatus includes a plurality of transistors coupled to different power supply voltages. A control circuit selects one of the plurality of transistors to drive a light source. The control circuit also determines a pulse width to drive the selected transistor. A calibration feedback circuit may be used to calibrate power supplies that provide the different power supply voltages. A dither circuit may be used to reduce the number of bits received by the control circuit. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING AN IMAGE-CAPTURING POSITION OF A MOBILE PHONE CAMERA USING A MIRROR DEVICE - An apparatus and a method are disclosed for changing an image-capturing position of a mobile phone camera using a mirror device. In one embodiment of the invention, the mirror device has a first mirror surface which reflects an image into a second mirror surface that further reflects and redirects the image into a lens of a mobile phone camera. Furthermore, the mirror device also has a material positioned between the first mirror surface and the second mirror surface to enable tilting of mirror surfaces, wherein the material typically contains a non-reflective surface and one or more hinges. It is preferred that the mirror device also has Velcro surfaces which attach to a surface exposing the mobile phone camera. In addition, a software program can be used to invert the image reflected into the lens of the mobile phone camera. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081947 | INTERACTIVE EVENT GUIDE WITH ENHANCED FEATURES - A novel interactive event guide system and method which allows users to select events from a set of event listings and to obtain additional information and/or services relevant to the selected events. The additional information and/or services can include access to E-commerce sites offering products related to an event selected from the event listings, access to sites offering additional information relating to products advertised during a selected event and/or products advertised by product placements within a selected event and/or access to social networking services. Demographic information about the user can be provided to an advertiser of a selected event to allow the advertiser to provide appropriate additional information to the user and/or to allow the advertiser to better analyze the success of their advertisement. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081948 | MOBILE DEVICE VISUAL INPUT SYSTEM AND METHODS - Systems and methods for processing an image on a mobile device, including a mobile device with a camera for capturing a digital image, a display for displaying the captured image, and an image processing module configured to detect one or more types of information contained in said captured image. The image processing module is configured to overlay the detected information as a separate layer over the captured image for view on the display. The system further includes a wireless connection coupling the mobile device to the remote server such that the captured image and detected information may be uploaded to the remote server for further processing. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING CONTACT INFORMATION IN DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICES - The subject application is directed to a system and method for obtaining address data from a portable device to a document processing device. An address book, including address entries accessible via the document processing device, is stored in a data storage associated with a document processing device controller. Selection data is then received from an associated user, following which an address entry is retrieved from the address book. Document processing operations are then commenced in accordance with the retrieved address entries. A portable telecommunication device, proximate to the document processing device, is then discovered via a wireless transceiver. The portable device includes an integrated data storage containing contact data of contact information for contact destinations. After discovery, a data connection is established with the portable telecommunications device over which contact data is received. An entry is then added into the address book corresponding to the received contact data. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING A UICC CARD WITH A PARTICULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method for pairing a mobile communications device card located within a mobile device with the mobile device, comprising the steps of accessing a first identifier associated with the mobile device responsive to actuation of the mobile device. Next, a comparison of the first identifier associated with the mobile device is made with a second identifier associated with the mobile communications device card. Authorization of the operation of a combination of the mobile communications device card and the mobile device is made responsive to the comparison determining the first and second identifiers match. Operation of the combination of the mobile communications device card and the mobile device is disabled responsive to the comparison determining the first and second identifiers do not match. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING MAIN SIM CARD IN DUAL SIM CARD TERMINALS - An apparatus and a method for setting a main Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a multiple SIM card terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a segmented setting item according to a service type per each SIM card when a main SIM card setting menu is selected, and setting a SIM card selected per the service type as a main SIM card for the corresponding service type when one SIM card per each service type is selected. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081952 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND TAG EDITING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and its tag editing method are provided. The tag editing method of a mobile terminal includes operating a camera, displaying a preview image inputted via the camera on a preview screen, entering a tag editing mode from the preview screen, editing tag information in the tag editing mode, capturing an image by the camera after editing the tag information, tagging the edited tag information to the captured image to form a tagged image; and displaying the tagged image | 2011-04-07 |
20110081953 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND TERMINAL OPERATION METHOD - An object is to effectively use a surface of a display unit of a mobile communication terminal and to appropriately set a detection area according to display modes, thereby allowing a user to perform an operation easily and intuitively. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081954 | RADIO - In a mobile phone, a vibrator | 2011-04-07 |
20110081955 | Enhanced parimutuel wagering - Methods and systems for engaging in enhanced parimutuel wagering and gaming. In one embodiment, different types of bets can be offered and processed in the same betting pool on an underlying event, such as a horse or dog race, a sporting event or a lottery, and the premiums and payouts of these different types of bets can be determined in the same betting pool, by configuring an equivalent combination of fundamental bets for each type of bet, and performing a demand-based valuation of each of the fundamental bets in the equivalent combination. In another embodiment, bettors can place bets in the betting pool with limit odds on the selected outcome of the underlying event. The bets with limit odds are not filled in whole or in part, unless the final odds on the selected outcome of the underlying event are equal to or greater than the limit odds. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTRONIC BINGO GAME AS A BLACKJACK GAME - A game system and method plays an electronic game and simulates the outcome as a blackjack game. The game system allows a player to place a wager. The outcome of the electronic game includes a payout according to a first pay table if a set of predetermined winning conditions has been achieved. The outcome of the bingo game is simulated as a blackjack game. The outcome of the blackjack game is equivalent to the outcome of the electronic game. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING PLAYER PARTICIPATION - A system and method are provided to combine a gambling establishment player club with one or more second chance games. Players are thereby given multiple opportunities and incentives to interact with the gambling establishment and player club. The gambling establishment is thereby able to gather valuable player data, build player profiles, and incentivize players to take actions desired by the gambling establishment. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081959 | REPRESENTING PHYSICAL STATE IN GAMING SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes determining physical inputs applicable to a wagering game event, wherein the wagering game event involves game elements of a wagering game. The method can also include determining, based on the physical inputs, a first force to be applied to a first object representing a first of the game elements, and applying the first force to the first object; determining that a collision has occurred between the first object and a second object representing a second of the game elements. The method can also include determining a second force to be applied to the first object because of the collision, presenting the first and second objects based on the first and second forces, determining an outcome of the wagering game event based on the first and second forces, and presenting the outcome of the wagering game event. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081960 | WAGERING METHOD FOR GAMES OF CHANCE - A betting method used in a variety of games of chance, including but not limited to Craps. The method offers a variation of true odds bets referred to as TruePlace bets (TP) in which the pay-out ratio is equal to the probability of the forecasted outcome being randomly generated. A player make a prerequisite Flat bet (FB) and then is permitted to make any of several available TruePlace bets (TP), provided the amount placed at risk for the TruePlace bet (TP) does not exceed a calculated Amount Available. An outcome is randomly generating from the defined set of possible outcomes. The generated outcome is compared to the so that each respective bet (FB, TP) can be assessed as a win, loss or unresolved, which can be different for the Flat bet (FB) and TruePlace bet (TP). The Amount Available for TruePlace bets is (TP) defined by a TruePlace bets Pool less the sum of TruePlace bets already booked (TP | 2011-04-07 |
20110081961 | VISUALIZING WAGERING GAME ESTABLISHMENT PATRON FLOW - A patron flow system aggregates wagering game data from a plurality of wagering game machines in a wagering game establishment. The wagering game data indicates a plurality of patrons and times. Patron flow data is generated from the aggregated wagering game data. The patron flow data indicate flows of the plurality of patrons among the plurality of wagering game machines in the wagering game establishment with respect to the times. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081962 | TIME BOMB JACKPOT - A method for use with a plurality of linked gaming machines, the plurality of linked gaming machines each having a game controller. The method comprises initiating a feature at the end of the play of a game on at least one of the plurality of gaming machines, enabling a bidding sequence during the feature, the bidding sequence ending at a time that is unknown to the players playing at the plurality of the linked gaming machines, enabling at least one of the players playing at the plurality of linked gaming machines to place at least one bid during the bidding sequence, and awarding a feature award to the player who places a highest bid during the bidding sequence. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081963 | METHOD FOR MULTI-LEVEL PROGRESSIVE JACKPOTS ON A BONUS WHEEL WAGERING GAME - The device is a progressive jackpot system for a plurality of gaming machines. The progressive jackpot system includes at least one progressive jackpot with each progressive jackpot having an associated jackpot indicator based on color or symbols. The system includes a plurality of rotatable display wheels with a plurality of segments. Each wheel segment is adapted to display a numeric indicator and a first jackpot indicator. At least one win designator displaying a second jackpot indicator is positioned peripherally to each display wheel and each designator is adapted to indicate one of the segments as a selected segment. If the first jackpot indicator on the selected segment matches the second jackpot indicator of the win designator, then the system awards the progressive jackpot associated with the matching jackpot indicators as displayed on a progressive display. The first and second jackpot indicators may be changed intermittently by the associated gaming machines. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081964 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING MYSTERY BONUS IN PLACE OF BASE GAME RESULTS ON GAMING MACHINE - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices and methods for implementing mystery bonus results in place of base game results on a gaming display. The gaming device comprises a base game having a base game display. A random number generator is optionally operable with the base game to obtain a base game result, and the base game display operative to display the base game result. A base game pay table is tied to the base game result and includes winning outcomes and non-winning outcomes. A bonus game award mechanism is configured to determine a threshold tied to a bonus result, track play of the base game, advance a counter responsive to play at the base game, display the bonus result at the base game display in place of the base game result when the counter bears a predefined relationship with the threshold, and award a bonus to a player. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081965 | Synchronization of User Interactive Events with On-Screen Events During Playback of Multimedia Stream - A method includes receiving, at a multimedia device, a data stream representing multimedia content, the data stream comprising first timing information for the multimedia content, and metadata representing interactive event information associated with the multimedia content, the metadata comprising second timing information for the interactive event information. During the playback of the multimedia content, a first user interactive event is identified that is associated with a first time point in the playback of the multimedia content based on the interactive event information, and the first user interactive event is performed concurrent with the first time point in the playback of the multimedia content. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081966 | Computer Program Product - An object of the present invention is to propose image processing technology whereby even a player with a low skill level can enjoy a shooting game with more, excitement. To achieve this object. according to the present invention; if a player outputs a slow regeneration request signal when processing transits to the status where an enemy-character is about to fire a bullet, the enemy-character and the bullet fired by the enemy-character are regenerated slowly. By this, the player can aim at the bullet with extra time. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081967 | INTERACTIVE MEDIA SOCIAL GAME - An interactive media social game is described. In embodiments, a social game service administrates a networked social game based on media asset interactions. Media asset interaction data is received that identifies media assets when they are downloaded or played at a user device. The media assets are correlated with a social game entity, such as a music pet that is a token entity of the networked social game. The music pet adaptively changes according to characteristics of the media assets. The media asset interaction data is also compiled as a media asset selection history corresponding to a user that is associated with the user device. A media asset recommendation for the user can be generated based on the media asset selection history, and the media asset recommendation is communicated as a recommendation message from the music pet to the user that is associated with the user device. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081968 | Apparatus and Systems for Adding Effects to Video Game Play - Apparatus and systems for adding effects to video game play where players swing or move a controller as part of the video game to simulate a bat, racquet, club or an implement striking an object displayed as part of the video game. The sound effect produced comes from a sliding member contacting a strike surface as part of the physical surroundings of the bat, racquet, club or implement attached to the apparatus or system to enhance the gaming experience. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081969 | VIDEO GAME SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS MODULAR HANDHELD CONTROLLER - A home entertainment system for video games and other applications includes a main unit and handheld controllers. The handheld controllers illumination emitted by emitters positioned at either side of a display, and information derived from the sensed illumination is used to calculate the orientation of the controllers. The controllers can be plugged into expansion units that customize the overall control interface for particular applications including but not limited to legacy video games. Further, the controllers can be used in one-handed or two-handed modes of operation. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081970 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE GAME PLAY - A method of interactive game play is provided wherein a seemingly magical wand toy is provided for enabling a trained user to electronically send and receive information to and from other wand toys, a master system and/or to actuate various play effects within a play environment. The toy wand or other seemingly magical object is configured to use a send/received radio frequency communications protocol which provides a basic foundation for a complex, interactive entertainment system to create a seemingly magical interactive play experience. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING GAMES OF SKILL AND/OR CHANCE FOR ON-PROPERTY AND OFF-PROPERTY PLAYERS - In one aspect, a multiplayer game format is provided that permits both off-property and on-property players to participate in a multiplayer game that provides awards to a winning player. Such a game format may include rake games which maximize the income of such types of games. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081972 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ONLINE EVENT IN A GAMING ENVIRONMENT AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and an apparatus that provides an online event space configured to interact with a gaming engine in one or more gaming computing devices. At least one action in the online event space is obtained from a gaming element from the gaming engine in one of the one or more gaming computing devices. The obtained action in the online event space is executed and a response to the executed action is provided in a virtual display of the online event space to the one of the one or more gaming computing devices that provided the action. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081973 | GEOGAME FOR MOBILE DEVICE - In a geographic location based game (geogame), players, utilizing wireless devices, are required to continuously physically move within a defined boundary throughout the geogame. The wireless devices, with the aid of a location system, such as GPS, track the movements of the players. As players move, virtual tails are generated behind each player, and their locations are determined and geocast, via a wireless geographic broadcast protocol, to all players of the geogame. Each player observes all players movements and tail locations on his/her wireless device. If a player stops moving, the player is expelled from the game. If a player exits the confines of the boundary, the player is expelled from the game. If a player crosses a virtual tail, the player is expelled from the game. If two virtual tails cross, both players are expelled from the game. The last player remaining is the winner. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081974 | Service Enhancing Power Supply System for Gaming Machines - A gaming machine having a multi-tiered power supply and power distribution system which enables maintenance of low security and higher failure rate components such as video monitors, LCDs, or reel mechanisms without disconnecting power from higher security, low failure rate components such as the main processor board. The ability to provide multi-tiered power in this manner allows low security risk items to be serviced while the gaming machine is still in contact with the casino's backend reporting system, reporting on its status. This improves security, accountability of maintenance personnel, and significantly reduces overall gaming machine down time. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081975 | High speed gear coupler - The coupling apparatus includes a gear shaft, including a sun gear at one shaft end for connecting to a reduction gear box. The sun gear drives a planetary gear train inside the gearbox. The coupling apparatus has outer splines on the gear shaft other end that mesh with inner splines of a ring gear connected to a coupling flange member by bolts and nuts. The flange member transmits high torque from a high speed turbine shaft to the gear shaft through the intermeshed splines. The teeth of the inner and outer splines are kept lubricated from a stationary spray source on the turbine side via an oil catcher mounted on the flange member opposed to the ring gear. The flow of lubricating oil during operation is from the oil catcher, through holes in the flange member, and to the intermeshed splines. Both oil catcher and ring gear are centered by a rim positioned on the flange member. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081976 | DEVICE FOR GENRATING LIMIT TORQUE AND ROTATING DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a device for generating limit torque, which generates a rotational displacement to protect a rotating device and automatically returns to the initial position when an external force is eliminated, and a rotating device using the same. The device includes a flexible member that is vertically connected to a rotating shaft and of which the length can be varied in an inward and outward direction with respect to the rotating shaft; an elastic member that is connected to the flexible member and causes the flexible member to receive an elastic force in the outward direction with respect to the rotating shaft; and a cam member that is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft and delivers a rotating force of the rotating shaft to a rotating member. The cam member has a through-hole in which a rotational displacement is generated and through which the flexible member returns to the initial position. According to the present invention, the device for generating limit torque can generate limit torque with a relatively simple structure, and can secure stability. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081977 | POWER TRANSMISSION PART, DAMPER MECHANISM, AND FLYWHEEL ASSEMBLY - A power transmitting part for transmitting power has an annular main body section and a transmitting section. The transmitting section has a first protruding section extending outward in a radial direction from the main body section and a second protruding section extending toward a first side in an axial direction from a circumferential-direction-facing edge portion of the first protruding section. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081978 | Smart golf receptacle system - A golf ball receptacle and optional directionality system that wirelessly integrates actual golf equipment and sports implements with a computer and the internet to allow players to practice and improve their golfing skills, play a competitive game with one or more players locally, or if desired engage players remotely located from one another to play a competitive real or simulated game of golf. An individual player may opt to play solo or practice to improve basic golfing techniques. The system includes smart golf clubs, a golf ball receptacle and a golf club motion sensing device, all containing circuits and contact or motion sensors coupled with signal processing and radio frequency transmitter circuitry, to thereby wirelessly communicate game performance information to a remote receiver-computer. The computer displays player information and visually simulates and controls a golf game between players and standard golf clubs may be utilized with the golf ball receptacle system or retrofitted with the sensors and associated circuitry to convert such clubs into “smart clubs” for use with the system. The system employs specially developed computer software to process player performance data, control game play, communicate game information between players, generate and control visual imagery and or simulations and display player performance information. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081979 | Methods, Apparatus, and Systems to Identify Address Position of Golf Club Heads - Embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems to identify address position of golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTIVE ENERGY TYPE GOLF CLUB - Apparatus and a method that enables an assistive energy type golf club to sense the approach of the club face toward a golf ball, and to trigger the release of the assistive energy at the optimum time to achieve the desired golf ball velocity and distance. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081981 | SPEED DETECTOR AND SWING TOOL HAVING THE SAME - A speed detector includes: a pressure sensor including a pitot tube attached to a moving body in a state in which an air inlet hole is directed toward a direction of a movement of the moving body, a diaphragm having a pressure receiving surface displaced by pressure, and a pressure-sensitive section adapted to receive force caused by the displacement to detect the pressure, the pressure sensor being disposed to the moving body and detecting the pressure caused in the pitot tube; and an operation section adapted to detect a speed of the moving body based on the difference between the pressure at rest and the pressure in movement of the moving body, wherein the pressure sensor is disposed so that a normal line of the pressure receiving surface becomes perpendicular to the direction of the movement. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081982 | Golf Club Head With Visual Swing Indicator - A golf club head with a body and an asymmetrical visual swing indicator is provided. The asymmetrical visual swing indicator may be formed to represent an apparent backswing path outward of an actual backswing path. In certain configurations the asymmetrical visual swing indicator is positioned such that a portion of the asymmetrical visual swing indicator closest to the hitting surface of the golf club is closer to a heel end plane of the golf club head then a portion of the asymmetrical visual swing indicator closest to a rear surface of the golf club head. The swing indicator is integral with the body of the golf club head. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081983 | Three in one-hbc(hand, belly, chest) putter - A “THREE IN ONE—HBC(HAND, BELLY, CHEST) PUTTER” is comprised of three putters that can be assembled from the individual parts in the putter package. A combination putter can be used in any of the three forms, hand, belly or chest for the next round of practice or golf. After each round of golf the golfer may change the configuration to any of the other putter forms for the next round of practice or golf. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081984 | GOLF CLUB SHAFT - An adjustable length golf club shaft having a grip portion with an end point is disclosed. A locking element is located within the grip portion and a lower shaft having an inner surface that is in frictional contact with the locking element is also disclosed. The locking element is configured to engage the inner surface of the lower shaft. A total length of the golf club shaft is adjustable by a distance of at least one inch and a total weight of the golf club shaft in a weight zone is less than 110 g. The weight zone is defined as a region of the golf club shaft extending from the end point of the grip portion up to 11″ along a central axis of the golf club shaft toward a tip portion of the shaft. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081985 | Golf Club Head - The present invention provides a golf club head that can hit a ball with a sufficiently large amount of backspin. The golf club head according to the present invention is an iron type golf club head made of a metal and including a flat face. A plurality of traces are formed by milling on the face. The pitch of the traces is between 0.1 mm and 1 mm. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081986 | GOLF CLUBS AND GOLF CLUB HEADS HAVING A REMOVABLE MASS RING - A golf club head includes a wood type golf club head body. Further, the golf club head may include a mass ring that engages with the golf club head body. The mass ring may increase a moment of inertia of the golf club head body when the mass ring engages the golf club head body. The mass ring includes an opening in the center of the mass ring. Further, a portion of the exterior of club head body may extend through the opening in the center of mass ring. The mass ring may form a portion of the exterior of the golf club head body when the mass ring is engaged with the golf club head body. The mass ring may be engaged with the sole portion of the golf club head body. The mass ring may be engaged with the rear portion the golf club head body. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081987 | System of Golf Club Performance Enhancement and Articles Resultant Therefrom - The performance of a golf club is enhanced through the provision of a void space behind a face plate and above a sole portion, to decrease club weight and provide single, or combinations, of selectable weighting elements within volumetric coordinates of an orthonormal matrix about the void space and entire club. The weighted coordinates are provided in response to ball strike, flight analysis and physiologic observation of the golf strike swing. Ball backspin, trajectory, penetration hook or slice, and ballooning may be modified through the use of definable combinations of weighting strategies and sub-strategies. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081988 | MULTI-PIECE GOLF BALLS HAVING LAYERS MADE FROM EPOXY SYSTEMS - Multi-piece, solid golf balls containing an inner core, an intermediate layer surrounding the core, and an outer cover are provided. At least one layer is made from an epoxy composition comprising a curing agent such as zinc diacrylate or zinc dimethacrylate. The epoxy composition is produced by reacting an epoxy prepolymer with a curing agent. Preferably, the epoxy composition is used to form an intermediate and/or cover layer resulting in a golf ball having high resiliency, good impact durability, and soft feel. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081989 | HIGHLY-NEUTRALIZED THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER CENTER FOR IMPROVED MULTI-LAYER CORE GOLF BALL - A golf ball includes a core formed from a thermosetting rubber composition; a cover; and an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover. The intermediate layer is formed from a highly-neutralized thermoplastic copolymer of ethylene and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, the acid being neutralized by a salt of an organic acid or a suitable base of the organic acid, and sufficient cation source to bring the neutralization to 80% or greater. A sphere resulting from a combination of the core and the intermediate layer has an Atti compression of 60 or greater. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081990 | HIGHLY-NEUTRALIZED THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER CENTER FOR IMPROVED MULTI-LAYER CORE GOLF BALL - Multi-layer golf balls comprising a center, intermediate layer, and cover are disclosed. The center is formed from a highly-neutralized acid copolymer composition. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081991 | GOLF BALL - The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of at least one layer that is formed over the core and is made of a resin composition. The ball has a weight change ratio, in a 72-hour accelerated moisture absorption test conducted at a temperature of 40° C. and a relative humidity of 90%, of less than 0.287%. By using in the golf ball a polyurethane having a good resistance to water vapor transmission, the weight change ratio and decrease in initial velocity with use over an extended period of time are held to a minimum, enabling the ball quality to be maintained. | 2011-04-07 |
20110081992 | LOW LIFT GOLF BALL - A golf ball having a plurality of dimples formed on its outer surface, the outer surface of the golf ball being divided into plural areas, a first group of areas containing a plurality of first dimples and a second group of areas containing a plurality of second dimples, each area of the second group abutting one or more areas of the first group, the first and second groups of areas and dimple shapes and dimensions being configured such that the golf ball is spherically symmetrical as defined by the United States Golf Association (USGA) Symmetry Rules, the plural areas configured such that the golf ball has a Drag Coefficient (CD) and a Lift Coefficient (CL) of less than about 0.330 and 0.270, respectively, at a Reynolds Number (Re) of about 80,000 and a spin rate of between about 2,900 rpm and about 3,000 rpm and a CD and CL of less than about 0.260 and 0.155, respectively, at a Re of about 170,000 and a spin rate between about 3,420 rpm and 3,520 rpm, and the first dimples being of different dimensions from the second dimples. | 2011-04-07 |