| 18th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
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| 20100113020 | SWITCHING WIRELESS NETWORK SELECTION MODES IN CONJUNCTION WITH SELECTION OF A WIRELESS CELL SET - An access terminal may switch to a different mode of wireless network selection as a result of manual selection of a wireless cell set (e.g., a closed subscriber group) associated with one or more wireless cells. For example, if the user of an access terminal selects a closed subscriber group in a wireless network that is different than the current wireless network, the access terminal may enter a manual mode of wireless network selection, select the wireless network corresponding to the closed subscriber group, and register on a closed subscriber group cell in the selected wireless network. In addition, an access terminal may automatically switch to a different mode of wireless network selection (e.g., the prior mode) upon losing coverage of a wireless cell set. An access terminal may also automatically select a cell of a wireless cell set if the access terminal returns to a cell of the cell set within a defined period of time after losing coverage of the cell set. Furthermore, an access terminal may return to a prior wireless network upon losing coverage of a wireless cell set. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113021 | Association of Network Cells with Location Information - Aspects of the invention provide methods, apparatuses and computer media for providing cell location information in a digital broadcasting system. A mobile terminal uses the cell location information to form a preliminary handover candidate list. A mobile terminal receives reference coordinates for a reference cell, displacement coordinates for a current cell, and displacement coordinates for neighboring cells over a wireless channel. The mobile terminal consequently determines the locations of the current cell and the neighbor cells based on the coordinates. The mobile terminal determines a range distance for the current cell and includes a neighboring cell in a handover candidate list when the neighboring cell is within the range distance, where the range distance is based on an estimated maximum radius of the current cell and optionally on a cell coverage offset. The handover candidate list is further sorted based on distances of the handover candidates from the current cell. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113022 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION AND UPPER NODE - An upper node and a handover source radio base station store setup information on an access bearer having been set up between the upper node and the handover source radio base station. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: (A) informing, from the handover source radio base station to a handover target radio base station, the access bearer setup information; (B) storing, at the handover target radio base station, the access bearer setup information informed of by the handover target radio base station; and (C) setting up, at the upper node, an access bearer between the upper node and the handover target radio base station by using the stored access bearer setup information without performing reallocation processing of new access bearer setup information, the access bearer being set up in response to a path switching request from the handover target radio base station. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113023 | Method and Apparatus For Setting Discontinuous Communication Interval - An approach is provided for assigning a discontinuous communication interval to a user equipment that is served by a cell associated with a wireless network. The discontinuous communication interval is modified based on speed of the user equipment and size of the cell. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113024 | METHOD OF HANDLING AN INTER RAT HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of handling an inter-RAT handover for a mobile device in a wireless communication system includes when, via a handover from a serving network using a first RAT to a target network using a second RAT, the mobile device succeeds in establishing a connection to the target network and has packet switched data for transmission, transmitting a predetermined radio resource control message, indicating existence of a packet switched signaling connection of the mobile device, to the target network. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORCING INTER-RAT HANDOVER - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forcing a mobile device to handover from a first cellular network radio access technology (RAT) to a second radio access technology (RAT) different from the first cellular network radio access technology. The method comprises: establishing a connection with the mobile device using the first cellular network radio access technology; sending a handover command to the device using the first cellular network radio access technology, the handover command including details of radio resources of the second cellular network radio access technology; and establishing a connection with the mobile device using the radio resources of the second cellular network radio access technology which were specified in the handover command. These steps are each performed by a separately introduced base station which is not under the control of a cellular network. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113026 | Efficient Reselections in the Presence of Closed Subscriber Group Cells - A method in a mobile station for avoiding interference to restricted access cells, including detecting presence of a restricted access cell, determining that a measured path-loss is larger than a path-loss threshold, determining that the mobile station is not allowed to access the restricted access cell, and barring a carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when the measured path-loss is larger than the path-loss threshold and when the mobile station is not allowed access to the restricted access cell. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113027 | Apparatus, Method, And Tangible Machine-Readable Medium Thereof For CallBack HandOver Procedure In A FemTo-Network - An apparatus, a signaling method, and a tangible machine-readable medium thereof for callback handover procedure in a femto-network are provided, wherein the femto-network comprising a plurality of femto base stations. The apparatus comprises a storage module, a receiving module, a transmission module, and a determination module. The storage module is configured to store and restore information of the femto BS, the information indicating a relation between the apparatus and the related stations. The receiving module is configured to receive the inbound handover signals and outbound handover signals. The transmission module is configured to transmit the inbound handover signals and outbound handover signals. The determination module is configured to determine whether generating inbound handover signals or outbound handover signals. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113028 | Method for Predicting Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) Values - The object of the present invention is to perform an enhanced prediction technique. The object is achieved by a method in a base station comprised in a radio access network. The base station is adapted to communicate with at least one user equipment, the method comprises the steps of receiving a sequence of CQI values sampled at the times t=1, . . . , n, from one or more of the at least one user equipments; estimating for each of the received specific CQI value k, the conditional expectation of the CQI value at time t+d, given the specific CQI value k at time t; and obtaining a predicted CQI value for the specific CQI value k, which predicted CQI value is the estimated conditional expectation of the CQI values at a time t+d for the specific CQI value k. Publ. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113029 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC FREQUENCY USE IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method for a network ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113030 | RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Disclosed are a radio communication base station device and a radio communication method which can reduce the interruption time of a service being received by UE while suppressing a resource consumption amount in an SFN area when the UE performs a handover from the SFN area to a non-SNF area. An MBMS reception request identification unit ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113031 | TERMINAL, METHOD FOR HANDOVER THEREOF, AND SUPPORTING METHOD FOR HANDOVER OF BASE STATION - A method for handover according to the present invention includes: requesting information on femto cells that are accessible by the terminal from a macro base station that manages the macro cells; receiving the femto cell information from the macro base station; and scanning neighboring femto cells based on the femto cell information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113032 | METHOD OF HANDOVER AND BASE STATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of handover in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A method of handover of a mobile station in a wireless communication system with femtocells comprises transmitting a control message including at least one among information of first femtocell base station detected through initial scanning and location information of the mobile station to a base station; receiving information of one or more second femtocell base stations to which the mobile station is accessible, wherein the second femtocell base stations are searched based on the control message from the base station; and performing a handover to one of the second femtocell base stations. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113033 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NETWORK HANDOVER PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A communication system, a network handover processing method and a network handover processing apparatus are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: receiving, by a target evolution NodeB (T-eNB), identity information sent from a user equipment (UE), the identity information being allocated to the UE by a source evolution NodeB (S-eNB); and sending, by the T-eNB, parameters to the UE if identity information, matching the received identity information sent from the UE, is available in the T-eNB, wherein the parameters are allocated to the UE. The apparatus includes a receiving module and a sending module. The communication system, network handover processing method and network handover processing apparatus can reduce the state change times of the UE in the network handover process and save the system resources. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113034 | Next Generation Cell Phone - A system and method are disclosed. The system includes a wireless headset. The wireless headset includes a network receiver to receive beacon signals from wireless access points. A beacon table contains data extracted from the received beacon signals. A wireless network selector selects a wireless access point based on the data in the beacon table. The system further includes a voice agent application coupled to the wireless headset and a special-purpose application coupled to the voice agent application. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113035 | LOCATION-BASED HANDOVERS FROM A MACROCELL TO A FEMTOCELL USING EVENT-TRIGGERED MEASUREMENT REPORTING - The present invention provides a method for implementation in user equipment that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that comprises one or more macro-cells and one or more femtocells. The method includes comparing, at the user equipment, a location of the user equipment and a location of one or more femtocells. The method also includes transmitting, from the user equipment to the macrocell(s), a first measurement report, with a location-based event, when the comparison indicates that the user equipment is within a selected range of the femtocell(s). | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113036 | Apparatus and method for operating small cell in wireless communication system - A Handover apparatus and method of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system in which at least one small cell resides in a macro cell includes, when entering a neighboring small cell, checking a movement speed of the MS. The method also includes determining whether to hand over to the small cell by taking into account the movement speed of the MS. When it is determined not to hand over to the small cell, that MS transmits small cell penetration information to a macro Base Station (BS); allocates a macro only resource from the macro BS; and communicates with the macro BS in the small cell using the macro only resource allocated from the macro BS. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113037 | ADAPTIVE MOBILE VIDEO CALL CONGESTION CONTROL - Systems and methods are provided for adaptive control of call quality-of-service. Using the systems and methods, if the uplink of a given mobile station is congested, the quality of the data, e.g., video data, sent by the mobile station along its uplink is adjusted to allow an optimal number of calls to be transmitted through the congested location. A centralized base station controller (CBSC) may obtain congestion information, such as frame loss ratio or frame delay, from its portion of the mobile network. The CBSC then relays this information to a mobile station and/or to a CBSC associated with one or more mobile station(s) at the other end of the call. The mobile stations may then adapt the quality of the video conferencing accordingly. Using the disclosed systems and methods, bandwidth utilization may be improved, allowing a high number of calls to be completed, and reducing the occurrence of dropped calls. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113038 | METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A PREMIER FEMTOCELL WITH USER EQUIPMENT - The present invention provides a method for implementation in user equipment that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication system that includes at least one macro-cell and a plurality of femtocells. The method includes providing a call connection request from the user equipment to one of the plurality of femtocells and receiving information indicating a location of the femtocell and information indicating the femto cell is a premier femtocell associated with the user equipment. The call connection request is received at the user equipment from the premier femtocell in response to providing the call connection request. The method further includes storing the information indicating the location of the premier femtocell in the user equipment. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113039 | WIRELESS MACRO CELL OVERLAY - Overlaying a Wireless Macro Cell architecture on a Micro Cell network. WLAN MAC Address Translation (WMAT) is used to translate BSSIDs from the BSSID used to initialize a radio in an access node and identify communications between the radio in the access node and a controller, and the BSSID used over the air for Macro Cell operation. WMAT is used for transmit operations, translating the BSSID of outgoing packets to the Macro Cell BSSID prior to wireless transmission. On the receive side, packets undergo WMAT and transmission to the controller if the STN MAC address of the sender is in an ACK table associated with the radio, or the packet is one of a predetermined type. The ACK table is managed by transmit operations, and by control commands from the controller. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE AVOIDING CONTROL SIGNALING CONFLICTS WHEN USING HSARED WIRELESS CARRIER RESOURCES - A base station ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113041 | METHOD OF SIGNALLING SYSTEM INFORMATION, METHOD OF RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method of signalling system information and a method of receiving system information are provided. The method of signalling system information includes broadcasting a piece of system information in a radio cell, the piece of system information indicating that a first portion of a frequency spectrum, the frequency spectrum being available for the radio cell, is assigned to a first radio mode, the piece of system information further indicating that a second portion of the frequency spectrum is assigned to a second radio mode, the second radio mode being different from the first radio mode. A radio base station is configured to perform the method of signalling system information. A radio communication terminal is configured to receive the broadcasted piece of system information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113042 | WIRELESS NETWORK DISCOVERY - The example embodiments may delay initiation of channel access procedure for transmitting a network discovery message to a network potentially employing directional communication between at least some of the nodes in the network, until a threshold for channel access initiation is met. Meeting the threshold includes satisfying at least one of the following criteria conditions: detecting no activity for at least a predetermined duration of time, or receiving a frame indicating a closure time of a directional communication in the network, or receiving a frame indicating a starting time of an omnidirectional communication period in the network. After meeting at least one of the threshold criteria conditions, the example embodiments may initiate the channel access procedure. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113043 | Blind channel detection techniques - Techniques for use in a blind detection process of information elements. Channels can be allocated into groups. For each group, resource blocks of each channel can be further divided into subspaces. A base station may communicate a number of channels in a group, a number of subspaces allocated to a group of channels, and a bit shift value to all mobile stations via non-specific user channels to a mobile station. The mobile station uses a blind detection scheme and the number of channels allocated per group, a number of sub-spaces per group of channels, and a bit shift value to locate an information element assigned to the mobile station. A number of blind detection trials may be capped to a sum of a number of channels for all allocated groups. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113044 | providing random access to a communication system - In a communication system providing services with different quality of service requirements to a plurality of user equipment sharing resources of the communication system, resources of the communication system are allocated for service requests. The allocating of resources includes dividing the resources into at least two groups of resources, the different groups of resources being dedicated to different types of service. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113045 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A base station apparatus includes a classification unit configured to classify user apparatuses based on channel state of a radio link, a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) status memory configured to store information indicating which of multiple groups each of one or more of the user apparatuses conducting DRX belongs to, a determination unit configured to determine which of the groups the user apparatuses classified by the classification unit are to belong to with reference to the information stored in the DRX status memory, and an indication unit configured to indicate the determined groups to the user apparatuses. Each of the groups includes one or more of the user apparatuses activating simultaneously. The determination unit is configured to assign one of the user apparatuses having relatively poor channel state to one of the groups having a smaller number of simultaneously activating user apparatuses. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113046 | Sequence Report Method and Sequence Report Device - Disclosed are a sequence report method and a sequence report device for reducing a signaling amount for reporting a Zadoff-Chu sequence or a GCL sequence allocated for a cell. Indexes starting at 1 are correlated to different ZC sequences and are allocated for cells so that the indexes are continuous. When such ZC sequences are reported from BS to UE, a start index indicating the start of the continuous indexes is combined with the number of allocated sequences and they are reported as allocation sequence information by a report channel. The UE and the BS share the correlation between the ZC sequences and the indexes and the UE identifies a usable sequence number according to the correlation and the allocation sequence information reported from the BS. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113047 | Method for informing user equipment of downlink control message construction information in cellular system - A method for transmitting control messages from a base station to a user equipment in a cellular system is disclosed. The method includes grouping a plurality of control messages for at least one user equipment based on at least one criteria of whether or not uplink ACK/NACK channel indexes are allowed to be implicitly used in the control messages, whether or not the user equipment corresponding to the control messages is able to implicitly use the uplink ACK/NACK channel indexes, sizes of Information Elements (IEs) of the control messages, whether or not the control messages are segmented into a predetermined number of subblocks, MCS levels applied to the control messages, sizes of allocated IEs of the control messages after applying the MCS levels, and frequency partitions in which the IEs of the control messages are present, and transmitting the grouped control messages. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113048 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - In a base station apparatus for transmitting a L | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113049 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGEMENT OF FEMTO BASE STATION - A method for management of a base station according to the present invention includes: entering a first interval when a terminal is not present in a region of a first cell managed by the base station; receiving an interval switching request when the terminal enters a second cell that is larger than the first cell while including the first cell; and switching into a second interval other than the first interval in accordance with the interval switching request. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113050 | CARRIER AGGREGATION FOR OPTIMIZING SPECTRUM UTILIZATION - An exemplary method of allocating bandwidth to a call for at least one user includes allocating 10 MHz of the bandwidth for a downlink between a base station and the at least one user. 5 MHz of the bandwidth are allocated for an uplink between the user and the base station. A selected amount of bandwidth is aggregated to the allocated 5 MHz for the uplink. The amount of bandwidth that is aggregated is at least one of an additional 3 MHz band or two additional 1.4 MHz bands. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113051 | Random Access Preamble Transmission Design With Multiple Available Random Access Channel Resources - A method for use of a RA preamble with multiple available RACH resources is described. The method includes allocating resources including a plurality of RACH resources for a UE. Information that indicates a dedicated preamble and the allocated resources is sent to the UE. The UE receives the information. A response including the dedicated preamble is generated at the UE. The method also includes the UE sending the response over at least two of the allocated resources. In response to receiving at least one response, a message is transmitted to the UE. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A DATA LIFESPAN TIMER FOR ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL TRANSMISSIONS - A wireless communication system, which supports enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) data transmissions, includes a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), at least one Node-B and a radio network controller (RNC). The WTRU includes a buffer, a data lifespan timer, a data retransmission counter, a hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process and a controller. The timer establishes a lifespan for at least one data block stored in the buffer. If physical resources have not been allocated for a data block associated with a lifespan timer that is close to expiration, the WTRU sends an urgent channel allocation request. If physical resources have been allocated, the data block is prioritized for transmission with respect to other data blocks. The data block is discarded if the lifespan timer expires or if the WTRU receives feedback information indicating that the data block was successfully received by the Node-B. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113053 | METHOD OF ACCESSING A PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL, METHOD OF SIGNALLING ACCESS INFORMATION FOR ACCESSING A PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL, MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND BASE STATION - A method of accessing a physical random access channel, a method of signaling access information for accessing a physical random access channel, a mobile communication terminal and a base station are provided. The method of accessing a physical random access channel comprises selecting a plurality of transmission time intervals from transmission time intervals being allowed for accessing a physical random access channel, randomly selecting one transmission time interval of the plurality of transmission time intervals, and accessing the physical random access channel in the randomly selected transmission time interval. A mobile communication terminal is configured to carry out the method. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113054 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD, AND IC CHIP - A synchronization control method in a communication system including a mobile station and a base station includes generating a synchronization request at the base station when data addressed to the mobile station arrives, receiving the synchronization request from the base station at the mobile station, transmitting feedback information at the mobile station as a response to the synchronization request, receiving the feedback information at the base station, generating timing advance information at the base station based on a reception timing of the feedback information, transmitting the timing advance information from the base station to the mobile station, and adjusting a transmission timing of uplink data at the mobile station, based on the timing advance information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113055 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, BASE STATION, AND USER TERMINAL - A communication control method used by a base station to allocate a radio resource to a user terminal which performs different-frequency measurement includes the steps of transmitting to the base station, by the user terminal, a request indicating whether a measurement gap for different-frequency measurement is needed, when a need for data communications between the user terminal and the base station arises while the user terminal is performing discontinuous reception; and controlling, by the base station, the radio resource allocated to the user terminal based on whether the measurement gap is needed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113056 | SCHEDULING METHOD AND SCHEDULING DEVICE FOR MBMS, AND BASE STATION INCLUDING THIS SCHEDULING DEVICE - A scheduling method for multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) is provided according to the present invention, comprising steps of: configuring service specific information and service scheduling information separately from MBMS service data to form an MCCH control message of an MBMS control channel; and transmitting the MCCH control message and the MBMS service data to a receiving end, wherein the service specific information and the service scheduling information are applied with a single-frequency network combining scheme. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113057 | USING AN UPLINK GRANT AS TRIGGER OF FIRST OR SECOND TYPE OF CQI REPORT - Channel state feedback is provided from a UE to a base station as a first, detailed or a second, less detailed type of channel state feedback information. Initially it is determined whether the UE has received an uplink grant from the base station or not. If the UE has received an uplink grant, a first type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station on the granted resource. If, however, the UE has not received an uplink grant, a second type of channel state feedback information is transmitted to the base station. Different types of channel state feedback information enables a UE and an associated base station to use available resources more efficiently, when requesting for and delivering channel state feedback information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113058 | METHOD OF IMPROVING SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING RESOURCES RECONFIGURATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of improving SPS reconfiguration for a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes receiving an RRC connection reconfiguration message and reconfiguring SPS resources in accordance with an SPS resources configuration IE when the SPS resources configuration IE is included in the RRC connection reconfiguration message and is set enable. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113059 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK APPARATUS AND THE METHOD - A radio access network apparatus comprises a means for judging whether or not a mobile station belongs to the area of a cell end and a means for allocating the frequency of the cell end to the mobile station of the cell end and allocating the frequency of a non-cell end different from the frequency of the cell end to a user in an area other than the cell end. The frequency of the cell end includes a first band different for each cell. The frequency of the non-cell end includes a second band common to a plurality of cells including its own cell and a third band equal to the frequency of the adjacent cell end. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SPECTRUM UTILIZATION IN A WIRELESS CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT - The present invention discloses a method of spectrum utilization in a wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks and a related apparatus. The method includes: determining a RSRP threshold; detecting, by a small-cell base station, RSRPs of at least one large-cell base station; and comparing the highest one of the detected RSRPs with the determined RSRP threshold, adopting a separate spectrum mode if the highest one of the detected RSRPs exceeds the determined RSRP threshold, and otherwise, adopting a shared spectrum mode. According to the method and apparatus of the present invention, a separate spectrum mode is adopted when the small-cell base station is relatively close to the large-cell base station to decrease interferences between the small-cell base station and large-cell base station and to increase spectrum usage efficiency in the wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks, however, a shared spectrum mode is adopted when the small-cell base station is relatively far from to the large-cell base station to realize sharing spectrum and increase spectrum usage efficiency in the wireless cellular environment with coverage of at least two wireless networks. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONFIRM MOBILE EQUIPMENT HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STATIONARY USING ONE OR MORE PILOT SIGNAL - A tracking unit operably coupled to mobile equipment is provided. The tracking unit is capable of using a pilot channel for CDMA networks, a broadcast channel for GSM networks or the like, to determine that the tracking unit has remained relatively stationary. The tracking unit determines it has remained relatively stationary by determining that it is receiving the same radio frequency signals at approximately the same strength as it previously received. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113062 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION OF HAND-HELD DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method and apparatus for providing location information of a user terminal is provided, which makes it possible to mark the location of a user terminal using geographical information stored in a broadcast receiver. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION MEASUREMENT OF NETWORK BASED TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL BY USING G-PCELL DATABASE ACCORDING TO LOCATION - Disclosed is a system and method for providing a mobile communication terminal with network-based location measurement according to locations by using a G-pCell database. The system includes an NPS for storing a neighboring base station database and a G-pCell database; and an SPC for detecting the location of a base station by parsing a base station signal received from the mobile communication terminal when a location measurement request signal is received from the mobile communication terminal, and determining a location of the mobile communication terminal by using a G-pCell pattern matching algorithm when the number of base stations neighboring the mobile communication terminal, detected by parsing the base station signal, is less than the stored number of neighboring base stations corresponding to the location of the base station, discovered using the neighboring base station database. Considering that the accuracy of location measurement may be lowered when the G-pCell pattern matching algorithm is applied to the upper stories of a high-rise building in an area where high-rise buildings stand closely together, such as a downtown area, the system and method selectively uses the G-pCell pattern matching algorithm or a location measurement algorithm based on triangulation to position a mobile communication terminal according to a rough location of the mobile communication terminal, thereby further improving the accuracy of location measurement. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113064 | METHOD FOR CONSERVING ENERGY IN A MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system and methods ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113065 | GPS DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE FOR DELIVERY OF LOCATION BASED MULTIMEDIA AND METHOD OF USE - An architecture, system and method of use sends location based multimedia to participants of a geo-tour or other application using geo-boundaries and/or other location information. The method includes detecting when a user has crossed within a geo-boundary. The method further includes determining a content type to be sent to a mobile device based on preferences provided by the user. Additionally, the method includes sending user location specific content of the determined content type to the mobile device when the user has crossed within the geo-boundary. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113066 | GEO-BOUNDARY TRIGGERED MESSAGING AND SCHEDULE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A location based system is provided is configured to provide messages to a recipient based on time and location based information. The a method includes detecting when a mobile user has crossed within a predefined geo-boundary. The method further includes sending a message to the mobile user when the mobile user has crossed within the predefined geo-boundary during a predetermined time period set by an originator of the message. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113067 | CELL NOTIFICATION - A system and method for enabling an access point to determine that a mobile device has crossed a wireless coverage area boundary associated with the access point and select, for transmission to the mobile device, an audible notification indicating the mobile device has crossed the wireless coverage boundary associated with the access point, wherein the audible notification is stored at the access point in compressed form, prior to determining the mobile device has crossed the wireless coverage area boundary. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113068 | HOSTED IMAGERY CAPTURE IN AN AD HOC FOR MOBILE COMPUTING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for digital imagery capture in an ad hoc location for mobile computing devices. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for digital imagery capture in an ad hoc location for mobile computing devices can be provided. The method can include determining a geographic position of a mobile computing device disposed in an ad hoc location and identifying at least one image capture sensor proximate to the determined geographic position. The method also can include directing a selected one of the image capture sensor or sensors to acquire imagery. Finally, the method can include wirelessly forwarding the acquired imagery to the mobile computing device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113069 | Image Capture and Distribution System and Method - Images captured at a venue and relating to one or more patrons of the venue are incorporated into one or more products in accordance with image selections and/or product selections made by the patron(s). The images may be captured at venues with a variety of image capture devices such as pre-mounted cameras, cell phones, cameras brought by patrons to the venue, or cameras provided to patrons by the venue or another entity. The patrons may obtain products such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, prints, slideshows, or other products incorporating one or more selected images. Patrons may also view the images on portable electronic devices. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113070 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PAGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and system for managing paging for a communication device in a paging area is provided. The method at a second base station includes receiving information associated with a movement of the communication device from a first cell region associated with a first base station to a second cell region associated with the second base station in the paging area. The first base station and the second base station are of different cell types. The method then informs a paging controller about the movement of the communication device along with information associated with the communication device when at least one of the first base station and the second base station is a femtocell. The paging controller on receiving a page for the communication device identifies presence of the communication device in a femtocell and manages paging of the communication device in one or more femtocells in the paging area. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113071 | CELLULAR PHONE AND MOBILE SWITCHING CONTROLLER - In a case where a cellular phone exists outside a WOS system service area, the cellular phone receives a not-connectable signal and an audio message from a mobile switching controller. The cellular phone conducts disconnection processing with the not-connectable signal as a turning point. Moreover, the cellular phone stores an extension number and converts a dedicated special number into an external number for retransmission, thus establishing connection to a PBX. After the reception of a connection-accepted signal and an automatic exchange answer message from the PBX, the cellular phone automatically transmits the stored extension number. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113072 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR UPCOMING EVENT NOTIFICATION AND MOBILE PURCHASING - Various embodiments relate generally to providing upcoming event notification and mobile purchasing and, more specifically but not exclusively relate to a system and methods for providing notifications of upcoming events to users of an online secondary ticket marketplace and allowing the users to purchase tickets to upcoming events using a mobile device. In one embodiment, a network-based system may receive a registration request from a user to receive alert notifications for upcoming events. The registration request may comprise a telephone number for a mobile device of the user. The network-based system may send an alert notification for an upcoming event to the mobile device of the user over a mobile telephone network. The alert notification may comprise a text message including relevant static or dynamic event information as well as an embedded hyperlink for allowing the user to transact a mobile purchase. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113073 | Methods and Systems for Disabling Text Messaging while Driving - Methods and systems are provided for disabling text messaging while driving. In one embodiment, a mobile station makes a first determination that it is moving at greater than a threshold rate. The mobile station makes a second determination that, while it is moving at greater than the threshold rate, an outgoing text message reflects more than a threshold degradation in typing proficiency. In response to making the first and second determinations, the mobile station disables a text-message-sending capability. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113074 | MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A message processing system is a server ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113075 | MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A multimedia messaging method and apparatus for a mobile terminal supporting Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is provided for the mobile terminal to relay a multimedia message, edit multimedia object attached to the multimedia message, and feed back the multimedia message attaching the edit multimedia object. A multimedia message transmission method of the present invention includes composing a multimedia message in a multimedia message composition mode, inserting sender information and a recipient information into the multimedia message; creating a relay message by defining a type of the multimedia message as the relay message; and sending the relay message with reference to the recipient information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113076 | Method and a Device for Reduced Interference in a Cellular Access System - A method for use in a cellular system comprising a plurality of base stations with corresponding cells, in which system the communication between users in a cell and the base station is divided into an up link period and a down link period, the method comprising letting a controlling node instruct the base stations regarding: a first point in time when the base station should start transmitting a control signal; a second point in time when the base station should start to listen for control signals from other base stations and measure their time of arrival and signal strength; a third point in time when the base station should cease listening for control signal; and a fourth point in time when the base station should transmit the measurements results to a receiving node in the system. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113077 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for controlling a transmit power of a sounding signal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes estimating a downlink Carrier to Interference and Noise Ratio (CINR) using at least one signal received from a Base Station (BS), determining a transmit power level for a sounding signal using a target CINR for the sounding signal, wherein the target CINR is determined based on the downlink CINR and multi-target CINR information, and transmitting the sounding signal according to the transmit power level. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113078 | SCOPE OF CHANNEL QUALITY REPORTING REGION IN A MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that effectuate or facilitate multichannel feedback in multichannel wireless communication environments. In accordance with various aspects set forth herein, systems and/or methods are provided that construct a carrier set, classifies a carrier as belonging to the carrier set, utilizes the carrier as representative of all carriers included in the carrier set to measure a channel quality of the carrier, and transmits a CQI based at least in part of the channel quality of the carrier, wherein the broadcast CQI is representative of all carriers included in the carrier set. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113079 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AFFILIATION REQUESTS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for managing call affiliation in a communication system having a plurality of communication units. When a public call announcement is initiated, a broadcast data message is transmitted to the communication units identifying a public announcement talkgroup for the call. Upon receiving the broadcast data message, each of the communication units waits a random amount of time before attempting to affiliate to the public announcement talkgroup. At the same time, each communication unit also monitors other messages on the control channel. Each communication unit joins the public announcement talkgroup upon the first of either (1) receiving an affiliation grant in response to an affiliation request transmitted by the communication unit, or (2) detecting an affiliation grant being transmitted to a different communication unit attempting to affiliate to the same talkgroup. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113080 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL METHOD - A base station apparatus for carrying out communications with a mobile station in downlink using an OFDM method is disclosed. The base station apparatus is characterized in that the base station apparatus transmits a first signal and a second signal; a predetermined transmission power of the second signal is set; and the base station apparatus comprises a first transmission power controlling section that controls so that a transmission power per unit frequency band of the first signal is constant; and a frequency resource assignment section that determines a frequency resource to be assigned to the first signal, in accordance with the transmission power of the second signal and the transmission power per unit frequency band of the first signal. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113081 | MOBILE STATION, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK APPARATUS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A radio access network apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus communicates with a mobile station using a dedicated uplink channel, a downlink shared data channel, and a downlink signaling control channel. The apparatus includes a dedicated uplink channel allocating unit which allocates, to a mobile station starting or restarting communications, on a downlink shared data channel, a dedicated uplink channel to be used by the mobile station; a dedicated channel reception detecting unit which detects, on the allocated dedicated uplink channel, a reception of an uplink transmission from the mobile station; and a downlink transmitting unit which, when the dedicated channel reception of the mobile station is detected, transmits a response to the mobile station using the downlink shared data channel and the downlink signaling control channel. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113082 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A disclosed base station apparatus includes | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113083 | TRANSMISSION OF ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION IN A SYSTEMWIDE CHANNEL - According to the inventive method for transmission of organizational information (info) to at the least two communication systems in a channel (CPC) via a radio interface, the channel (CPC) transmitting in a targeted manner and the transmitted organizational information is chosen depending on the direction of the transmission. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113084 | POWER SAVING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Power savings in a wireless digital network. In a network having a plurality of access nodes attached to a controller, access nodes are placed in reduced power states depending on network use or time. In a first embodiment, portions of an access node may be switched between normal and low power modes based on access node activity, or on command. In a second embodiment, the entire access node may be placed in a lower power mode, and awakened from this lower power mode by a LAN signal. A power manager monitors wireless network use to determine which access nodes connected to a controller are to be placed in a low power state. Calendar and time scheduling may also be used. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113085 | METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING TRANSMISSION POWER FOR THE SAME - A method for effectively allocating a transmission power and a method for transmitting SCH are disclosed. In this case, the transmission power of the SCH, which is important for initial cell search of the user equipment, is increased but is not allocated to a predetermined frequency region within one OFDM symbol to obtain the increased transmission power, thereby minimizing an influence on transmission of other channels within one OFDM symbol. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113086 | WIRELESS MICROPHONE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION THEREOF - The present invention discloses a wireless microphone system and a method of signal synchronization thereof, which comprises the following steps: receiving or transmitting a first channel wireless signal to at least one first wireless microphone through a first base station; receiving or transmitting a second channel wireless signal to at least one second wireless microphone through a second base station; and controlling a slave base station through a master base station, such that the first and the second channel wireless signals are synchronously received or transmitted. When any one of the base stations is not received a beacon for a duration of time, the base stations automatically switch to be the master base station and start to transmit the beacon. When other base stations receive the beacon, they switch back to be the slave base stations and use the received beacon as the basis of synchronization time correction. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113087 | Electronic Devices Including Substrate Mounted Acoustic Actuators and Related Methods and Mobile Radiotelephones - An electronic device may include a substrate and an acoustic actuator mounted on a surface of the substrate. More particularly, the acoustic actuator may be configured to generate displacements along a direction parallel with respect to the surface of the substrate in response to an electrical signal applied thereto. A speaker box may define an acoustic volume, and the speaker box may include a speaker box wall with a speaker box opening therethrough adjacent the acoustic actuator. A speaker membrane may be provided across the speaker box opening adjacent the acoustic actuator, and the speaker membrane may be mechanically coupled to the acoustic actuator so that the speaker membrane is configured to deflect responsive to displacements generated by the acoustic actuator. Related methods are also discussed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113088 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113089 | MULTIMODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND HIGH FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREFORE - A multimode wireless communication apparatus including a radio frequency unit having controllable communication mode and a control unit for periodically making the radio frequency unit operate in a mobile telephone mode and, after predetermined time, switching the mode to a wireless LAN mode, wherein if occurrence of an incoming call event is detected when the radio frequency unit is in standby reception in the mobile telephone mode, the control unit suppresses the switching to the wireless LAN mode and determines whether the communication in the mobile telephone mode should be continued or not. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113090 | Multimode Communication Terminal and Multimode Communication Implementation Method - The present invention provides a multimode communication terminal which contains at least a first separate channel module and a second separate channel module. The multimode communication terminal can be configured to communicate by using the first channel module and/or the second channel module. The channel modules communicate according to different communication protocols. The multimode communication terminal further comprises: channel switch layer means for switching the first channel module to have parameter characteristics consistent with those of the second channel module, so that the multimode communication terminal enables the MIMO operation mode by using the first channel module and the second channel module at the same time. The present invention further provides a method for enabling a MIMO operation mode in a multimode communication terminal. By using a relatively small number of RF communication modules, the present invention implements a wireless mobile multimode communication terminal which enables various operation modes including the MIMO operation mode. Compared with the existing solutions, the present invention greatly reduces the size required by the terminal. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113091 | HISTOGRAM METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION - A multidimensional histogram is used to characterize an image (or object), and is used to identify candidate matches with one or more reference images (or objects). An exemplary implementation employs hue information for two of the dimensions, and a second derivative function based on luminance for a third dimension. The simplicity and speed of the detailed arrangements make them well suited for use with cell phones and other mobile devices, which can use the technology for image/object recognition, e.g., in visual search applications. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113092 | ACCELERATOR DEVICE FOR ATTACHING TO A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present application provides an accelerator device for attaching to a portable electronics device. The portable electronics device communicates using a serial or similar interface with a corresponding interface of the accelerator device. Raw data is transmitted from the portable electronics device for processing by the accelerator device. The accelerator device contains a processor for processing the communicated raw data into processed data and returns the processed data to the portable electronics device. This arrangement allows the processor of the accelerator device to assist the applications processor on the portable electronics device in the processing of data by splitting the processing between the processor of the accelerator device and the portable electronics device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113093 | Serial Transmission Interface between an Image Sensor and a Baseband Circuit - A serial transmission interface between an image sensor and a baseband circuit includes a transmission end and a reception end. The transmission end is set in the image sensor, and is utilized for transmitting image data sensed by the image sensor. The reception end is set in the baseband circuit, and is utilized for receiving the image data transmitted from the transmission end. The transmission end is one of a master control end and a slave control end, and the reception end is correspondingly the other. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113094 | TELEPHONE NETWORK SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION CARD AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADAPTED TO INTERACT WITH SUCH A CARD - A method of controlling an electronic device adapted to interact with a telephone network subscriber identification card includes the following steps:
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| 20100113095 | Scalable Digital Base Band Processor For Cellular Base Stations - An array of base band processors cooperating for sharing processing power in managing and controlling user equipment traffic in a small cellular communication base station (Femtocell). The base band processors array comprises: a master base band processor; and a plurality of slave base band processors, wherein each base band processor comprise a processing unit, a first layer engine, and communication, control and interface modules providing scalability support functionality, and wherein the processing unit and the first layer engine are arranged in cooperation to manage and control user equipment traffic in the cellular communication base station, and wherein the scalability support functionality is arranged to enable coherent and aligned cooperation between the master base band processor and the plurality of slave base band processors connected thereto. Advantageously the array of base band processors may achieve tight control over base station power consumption, increased range and adjustable number of supported users. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113096 | AERIAL SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION AERIAL SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL DEVICE - An aerial transmission control device has a converter circuit. The converter circuit has at least one connection on the base station side, and at least one connection on the aerial side. The converter circuit is constructed so that when a load is connected, a power drawing which can be ascertained via the connection on the aerial side is measured in the converter, and so that at at least one connection on the base station side, the measured power drawing is fed in in the form of a protocol signal. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113097 | ANTENNA SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION ANTENNA SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL DEVICE - An antenna transmission control device has a base-station-side and an antenna-side multiplexer circuit. There is an alternating protocol transfer between these two multiplexer circuits to control components close to the antenna. The current-alarmed or protocol-alarmed signals present at the antenna-side terminals of the multiplexer provided on the antenna side can be measured or detected by the multiplexer circuits and supplied to the transmission link together with a terminal-dependent or load-dependent protocol. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113098 | TUNED DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS - A technique for improving radio coverage involves using interdependently tuned directional antennas. An example according to the technique is a substrate including two antennas, a transceiver, and a connector. Another example system according to the technique is a wireless access point (AP) including a processor, memory, a communication port, and a PCB comprising a plurality of directional antennas and a radio. An example method according to the technique involves determining a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) and interdependently tuning a first and second directional antenna to reach an expected radiation pattern. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113099 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a pair of first and second narrow beam antennas. When communication via the first communication path is disturbed by obstacles, the first and second stations automatically establish at least one alternative communication path, which is spatially different from the first communication path, for wireless communication using the at least two first narrow beam antennas and the at least two second narrow beam antennas. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113100 | Electronic device having a clamshell configuration - An electronic device comprising a first housing and a second wherein, the first and second housings have outward surfaces. One of the outward surfaces includes an electronic display and the other of the outward surfaces includes a keyboard or other input device. A hinge couples the two housing elements together. In a collapsed orientation the outward surfaces of the housing elements are exposed and face away from each other. In a fully deployed orientation, the display and the keyboard are in a side by side orientation. In a partially deployed orientation, the housing containing the display surface is angled away from the housing containing the keypad and the housing containing the keypad acts as a base to hold the angled display open for viewing purposes. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113101 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal has a housing, a touch-type input unit configured to accept an input of a first instruction by detecting a touch to a touch face provided on a surface of the housing, a detecting unit configured to detect an operation to a movable unit, and a control unit configured to negate the first instruction during detecting the operation by the detecting unit even if the touch-type input unit accepts the input. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113102 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL INCLUDING MENU THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED BY USING MOBILE FLASH - A mobile communication terminal having a menu that can be constructed using a mobile flash includes an input device section for inputting a reproduction request of a flash movie; a Man Machine Interface (MMI) loading a corresponding movie file based on the reproduction request; a bridge module performing a communication with the MMI to monitor navigation events; a memory section for storing a Extendible Markup Language (XML) document having information about a handset configuration and a menu tree configuration of the terminal; an engine section parsing the XML document read from the memory section to map the XML document with the flash movie and analyzing the parsed XML document according to the navigation events; and a play section for outputting the analyzed XML document contents through a display section. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113103 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH INCOMING CALL PROMPT - A communication apparatus with incoming call prompt is provided. The communication apparatus includes an input unit, a receiver, an indicator light, a memory, and a processor. The processor connected with the indicator light and the memory, is configured for controlling the indicator light to emit corresponding colored light as a prompt. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113104 | HANDS-FREE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION APPARATUS - A hands-free telephone conversation apparatus can reduce negative influence of an echo on a sound to be transmitted to a far-end user without deteriorating the sound. When a MPU determines that a mobile phone receives an incoming call, and a user starts to talk on the mobile phone, in accordance with an operation of an input device connected to an in-vehicle bus line, a MPU controls the mobile phone to have the mobile phone output, to the DSP, a sound signal indicative of a sound to be transmitted to the far-end user, and to have a switch select a loudspeaker, installed in an vehicle without being directed to the microphone, as a loudspeaker for outputting a sound received from the far-end user. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113105 | TRANSMIT POWER MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL METHODS AND APPARATUS - Embodiments include methods and apparatus for performing transmit power control. A gain application element receives a sequence of digital input samples and a digital gain signal, and combines the digital gain signal with the digital input samples to generate a sequence of gain-compensated digital samples. A power amplifier receives and amplifies an analog version of the gain-compensated digital samples in order to generate an antenna output signal. A feedback path generates an analog feedback signal from the antenna output signal, produces a sequence of digital feedback samples from the analog feedback signal, and generates difference values based on the digital feedback samples. When a specified type of constant modulus symbol is represented in the antenna output symbol, the feedback path accumulates the difference values into an accumulated error value, and produces the digital gain signal from the accumulated error value. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113106 | PORTABLE IPOD CHARGER WITH ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY - A portable battery charger for a portable media player recharges the portable media player without needing to be plugged into a wall or other stationary power source. The portable battery charger also adds extra functionality to the portable media player by providing a command interface to control an electronic device and a wireless transmitter that operates on a frequency outside of the commonly used AM/FM bands. The portable media player preferably plugs into a cradle on the portable battery charger so that the two units seamlessly act as one unit. This combination seemingly creates a new portable media player with a longer battery life and the ability to wirelessly control devices. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113107 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device is provided which can be used without an incongruous feeling. In Step S | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113108 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes an outer case having a sound hole, an acoustic unit included in the outer case in a position corresponding to a position of the sound hole, a sheet member provided between the acoustic unit and the outer case in a position corresponding to the position of the sound hole, and placed over the acoustic unit to cover an outside of an outer edge of the acoustic unit, a mounting portion circumferentially provided on an outer peripheral portion of the sheet member and mounted to the outer case, and an extension portion that extends the mounting portion toward an inner periphery thereof on a side of the sheet member facing the acoustic unit and to which the acoustic unit is mounted. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113109 | Electromagnetic sliding mechanism and electronic device - An electromagnetic sliding mechanism and an electronic device are provided. The sliding mechanism includes a fixing base, a sliding piece, and an elastic piece. The fixing base and the sliding piece are respectively provided with an electromagnetic element and the two electromagnetic elements correspond to each other. The sliding piece can slide between a first position and a second position with respect to the fixing base. One end of the elastic piece is pivotally connected to the fixing base, and the other end thereof is pivotally connected to the sliding piece to slide synchronously therewith. Via a repulsive magnetic force generated by electro-magnetizing the two electromagnetic elements, the sliding piece slides automatically from the first position to the second position. When the electromagnetic sliding mechanism is applied to the electronic device, two opposite casings of the electronic device can slide with respect to each other. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113110 | LINK ASSEMBLY WITH SPRINGS WHICH CAN BE EXTENDED AND CONTRACTED AND SLIDER ASSEMBLY HAVING IT - An extendable and retractable link assembly is rotatably attached to a fixed plate and a sliding plate of a slide type cellular phone for applying a biasing force to the fixed plate and the sliding plate. The link assembly includes a link plate including a base end portion and at least one spring receiving channel extending from the base end portion. A link frame is coupled to the link plate in a removal-free manner, the link frame including a base end portion and at least one spring support rod extending into the spring receiving channel of the link plate. The link assembly further includes a spring having a first end received within the spring receiving channel of the link plate and a second end into which the spring support rod of the link frame is inserted. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113111 | Radiation Redirecting External Case For Portable Communication Device and Antenna Embedded In Battery of Portable Communication Device - An advanced antenna or set of antennae for a wireless device is provided by embedding the antennae into the battery case or generally the largest surface area of a wireless phone. The antenna connections are made through the battery's connections to the wireless device. The antenna design can be compact and located in any area of the battery. The antenna design can be thin and flat, located at the back surface of the battery or the large rear surface of a wireless phone, facing away from the user. An RF shielding device can be embedded into the battery and configured in relation to the antenna such that the RF field intensity and the consequent specific absorption rate for the user is lowered while the outgoing signals of the wireless device remain fully adequate for the function of the wireless device. This feature is preserved for a multi-band operation because a digital phase shifter is used between two radiating antennae. An external case is used as a complement to the wireless phone to provide additional antennae, power and capability. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113112 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL - An antenna device for a portable wireless terminal is provided. The antenna device includes a main antenna for mobile communication for transmitting and receiving signal in a first frequency band, a Transmit (Tx) sub-antenna for transmitting signals in a second frequency band, a Receive (Rx) sub-antenna for receiving signals in a third frequency band, and a controller for selectively using one of the Tx sub-antenna and the Rx sub-antenna if the second frequency band overlaps with the third frequency band, and for providing control such that the Tx sub-antenna and the Rx sub-antenna are simultaneously used if the second frequency band does not overlap with the third frequency band. Accordingly, without increasing the volume of the portable wireless terminal, an antenna space can be ensured and radiation performance can be improved. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113113 | AGRICULTURAL COMBINE GRAIN CLEANING SIEVE WITH ADJUSTABLE SPACING SYSTEM - A sieve for a grain cleaning system of an agricultural combine, including a system providing enhanced adjustability of spacing, including capacities for quickly and easily varying a number of rows of sieve fingers, spacing between the rows, and angular orientation of the fingers, such that better sieve performance, and cleaning action above the sieve, can be achieved for a particular grain or seed size and other conditions, particularly very large sizes and very small sizes. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113114 | Method and System for Providing Real Time Sports Betting Information - The present invention is directed toward a method and system for providing sports betting information, in real time, utilizing a standard Internet connection on a computer to display the odds from a plurality of sports books. The system provides its users with a line seeker alert, a major line move alert, a bet tracker, and a fully customizable display. A method of gaining real time sports betting information without the use of a web browser, through the use of a separate program written in the C++ programming language is disclosed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VEHICLE COMPETITION WITH ENHANCED GHOSTING FEATURES - A system and method for computerized competition useful for rewarding a player. The system and method may be utilized in arcade games, personal computer games, dedicated video games, networked games, and simulators. The method may include selecting a target reward level or threshold such as by selecting a score from a list of past scores, and dynamically adjusting the reward level according to the ability of the players of the system. The method may further include adjusting the playback of a previous competition sequence according to the adjusted reward level. In one embodiment, a previous vehicle race sequence is stored and played back as a ghost or phantom vehicle simultaneously with a present vehicle of a player. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113116 | Managing Multi-Player Video Game Input - A method of managing multi-player game input as single-player game input includes building a command queue, the command queue being a series of time-slices; extracting a most recent time-slice from the command queue, the most recent time-slice including at least one command from difference inputs of the multi-player input; building alternate command queues with information extracted from the most recent time-slice; analyzing the command queue and the alternate command queues to determine an optimum command queue, the optimum command queue including commands from at least one input of the multi-player input; and outputting the optimum command queue as the single-player game input. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113117 | METHOD FOR DANCE GAME AND THE RECORDING MEDIA THEREIN READABLE BY COMPUTER - A dance game method and computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for implementing the dance game method is provided. The dance game method arouses a user's interest to feel a sensation of being assimilated with a virtual character dancing according to music. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113118 | RFID-INCORPORATED GAME CARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An RFID tag-incorporated game card having no irregularities on its surface layers is provided. In a card, an intermediate layer having an RFID tag incorporated therein with an appropriately uniform thickness is held between at least two sheets. The intermediate layer includes the RFID tag and at least two base films arranged to hold the RFID tag between them. The base films are preferably colored black. Alternatively, it is also preferable that the intermediate layer and the sheets are adhered to each other using a black adhesive. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100113119 | LATE GAME SERIES INFORMATION CHANGE - A method and/or device is set forth for playing a game. In some embodiments, an inventory of data representing playing cards is arranged in a random but established, serial order. In some embodiments, for each hand of play the player makes a wager and cards are displayed, according to the rules of the game, in order from the inventory to define a winning or losing outcome. In some embodiments, a display, as hands are played, displays the remaining constituency of the inventory and the player, before any hand, can order re-shuffling and re-constitute of the inventory. In some embodiments, re-shuffling may be triggered by a card or hand count or certain pre-defined triggers. Other embodiments are described. | 2010-05-06 |
