22nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130137422 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus includes a power switch unit that switches a power supplied from a battery, and a timer unit that measures a time period through a power supplied from the battery. The power switch unit is turned on upon receiving a trigger for turning on the power supply and turned off upon receiving a trigger for turning off the power supply. When a wireless unit and a control unit are supplied with the power through the power switch unit in accordance with the trigger for turning on the power supply, the control unit controls to receive a wireless signal from a different wireless communication apparatus, and the control unit then sets a given value of the expiration of the time period in the timer unit and outputs the trigger for turning off the power supply to the power supply control unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137423 | ALLOCATING ACCESS TO MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES VIA A MULTI-MODE ACCESS POINT - A multi-mode access point supports multiple radio access technologies (e.g., Wi-Fi and cellular) and allocates access to the radio access technologies for various access terminals. To provide improved service for access terminals that are a member of a group associated with the access point, the access point may give priority access to member access terminals as compared to non-member access terminals. For example, the access point may give member access terminals exclusive access to one radio access technology, while giving non-member access terminals access to another (e.g., shared) radio access technology. As another example, the access point may provide a higher level of service for member access terminals on at least one type of radio access technology, while providing a lower level of service for non-member access terminals on the at least one type of radio access technology. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137424 | DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A data communication device implemented in a portable terminal which the terminal includes at least two communication units for establishing a connection to an Internet communication network, wherein, the connections of the communication units to the respective network are made to determine the respective communication speeds; comparing and analyzing the respective measured communication speeds of the communication units; and selecting a communication unit having a higher or the highest communication speed to access the Internet to provide data communication. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING CONCURRENT MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION - A system and method providing concurrent multimode communication through multimode signal multiplexing. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise, during a first time period, transmitting a first portion of a first communication in a first communication mode in a serial wireless transmission stream. During a second time period after the first time period, a first portion of a second communication may be transmitted in a second communication mode in the serial wireless transmission stream. Also, during a third time period after the second time period, a second portion of the first communication may be transmitted in the first communication mode in the serial wireless transmission stream. In an exemplary scenario, prior to communicating various communications, transmission time may be allocated between the first and second communication modes. In another exemplary scenario, transmission may be switched between a plurality of communication modes in response to detected communication conditions. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137426 | Method and System for Resource Policy Decision in Roaming Scene - Disclosed in the present invention are a resource policy decision method and system in a roaming scenario, for improving the accuracy of the resources allocated to the user. The method includes: after having received an available resource query message from a mobility management and control function MMCF entity, a resource and admission control function RACF entity of a visited network acquiring degrade information of current service of a user from a resource and admission control platform, and according to a candidate access network list in the available resource query message, checking current availability of resource of each candidate access network in the candidate access network list, so as to obtain resource availability information of each candidate access network; the RACF entity of the visited network carrying out resource decision according to the degrade information, the resource availability information and user information of the user. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED BASE STATION CELL SYNCHRONIZATION IN LTE DOWNLINK - Methods and apparatus for enhancing a search performance for timing includes a mobile station that detects a plurality of signals, each from one of a plurality of cells, wherein one of the plurality of cells is identified by the mobile station as a strong cell and the remaining cells are identified by the mobile station as weak cells. A first matched filter is applied to a signal from the strong cell to detect first parameters associated with the strong cell. A second matched filter is applied to at least one signal from one or more of the weak cells resulting in at least one second matched filter output. Interference is removed from the at least one second matched filter output to detect one or more second parameters associated with one of the weak cells and to establish a timing of one of the weak cells. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137428 | MOTION-BASED KINETIC FINGERPRINT RADIO SELECTION - Motion adaptive wireless user equipment (UE) in a wireless network are provided. Kinetic information is leveraged to select a preferred radio (or radio technology) or adapt a reselection scanning interval. This can serve to improve the performance of a UE by reducing the amount of power expended in maintaining an adequate level of connectedness to the wireless network components in the face of UE movement. In a further aspect, kinetic power generators can be employed as a source of UE transit data. Kinetic fingerprints can be compared to UE transit data, e.g., that acquired from a kinetic generator of the UE, to facilitate selection of preferred radios and reselection intervals. In this aspect, radio selection schema and reselection scanning schema can effectively be selected with little to no drain on a UE power source. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137429 | ACCESS CONTROL FAILURE HANDLING FOR HENB INBOUND MOBILITY - When MME receives Handover required from source eNB/HeNB which contains CSG ID, it verifies whether the CSG subscription data it stores is fresh or expired. If it is expired, or if MME does not have any association data for UE, MME retrieves the latest CSG subscription data from HSS. MME rewrites its stored CSG subscription data with the one retrieved from HSS, if they are different. MME performs access control for the UE according to the CSG ID received from Handover required message and its CSG subscription data. When the access control is failed, a new message List Update Indication is proposed to be sent from source eNB/HeNB to UE. In order to indicate what caused the failure, an appropriate cause in the message is proposed. Upon receiving the message, UE updates its stored CSG whitelist, such that the CSG subscription data in UE and MME are synchronized. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTRATION FOR APPLICATION PROGRAM DEPLOYMENT - A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program and for providing the application data to the business sector in accordance with communication with at least one wireless device of the plurality; and a mobile sector comprising the plurality of wireless devices, each device for receiving the application program deployed by the service sector, executing the application program in response to the business sector, and communicating with the service sector to support provision of the application data to the business sector. Deployment of application programs may be controlled by the business sector or the development sector by rendering an application program or auxiliary device available for use only after a particular time or after receipt of a message. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137431 | RELAY STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RELAY STATION - A mobile communication system includes at least one upper radio station ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130137432 | NETWORK NODE CONTROL FOR FACILITATING RELOCATION - A method of controlling network nodes of a wireless communications network, a network node and a computer program product are disclosed. The method of controlling networks nodes of a wireless communications network to facilitate relocation of at least a first network node from connection with a second network node to connection with one of a plurality of neighbouring network nodes, at least one of said network nodes being operable to switch, in accordance with an associated predetermined switching pattern, between an active mode of connection in which wireless communication is supported and a dormant mode of connection in which wireless communication is not supported, comprises the steps of: determining when said first network node is configured to support wireless communication with said second network node; and providing information to adjust said associated predetermined switching pattern to improve a likelihood of supporting wireless communication between said first network node and said one of a plurality of network nodes to thereby facilitate said relocation. By adjusting the switching patterns, it is more likely that the first network node will be able to detect the presences of one of the plurality of network nodes. Improving the likelihood of detecting the presence of these network nodes may in turn improve the probability of a successful relocation being facilitated. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137433 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method performed by a EUTRAN base station, the method including generating a request for resource status information. The request defines a periodicity when update messages including said resource status information should be sent. The method further including sending the generated request to a neighboring EUTRAN base station, receiving one or more resource status update messages from the neighboring base station in response to the requested resource status information in accordance with said defined periodicity, and performing load balancing operations in dependence upon the received one or more resource status update messages. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137434 | SELF-CONFIGURATION OF DONOR/RELAY NODE RELATIONSHIP - The present invention relates to a method for transferring RAN configuration data between radio access nodes. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the method comprises the steps of, by a mobility management node (MMEA): receiving a first RAN configuration transfer message ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130137435 | Method and system for communication implementation for user equipment - The disclosure provides a method and system for communication implementation for a user equipment, which include: a user equipment reports the state information of other sub-devices except the sub-device adopting Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology to the network ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130137436 | SELECTIVELY PROVIDING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Described embodiments provide an apparatus and method for selectively providing system information in a heterogeneous network environment including a first network overlaid on a second network. The apparatus may include a location determination unit, a mapping table, and a signal processor. The location determination unit may be configured to determine a first network base station in the first network. The mapping table may be configured to store information on at least one second network cell in a second network, which is spatially in a comparatively close distance to each first network base station in the first network. The signal processor may be configured to determine at least one second network cell spatially close to the determined first network base station based on the mapping table and to transmit system information of the at least one second network cell to the user equipment. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137437 | MOBILE UNIT HAVING INTERNET PROTOCOL FUNCTIONALITY - A mobile unit includes a handset and a removable storage module having a unique storage module identity, for storing information specific to a user, including an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Additional information regarding a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) which uniquely identifies the subscriber is also stored in the removable storage module. Upon successfully camping on a cell of a mobile network, the IP address is forwarded to an IP-based network capable of communicating with the mobile unit. In an alternate embodiment, the mobile unit has multi-network capabilities which allow it to communicate with an IP-based network and a cellular network at the same time. In another embodiment, existing cellular network services for the mobile unit having multi-network capabilities are routed through the IP-based network. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137438 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A relay communications system is described in which a base station receives a request from an MME that an overload procedure be started or stopped. The base station inserts the identity of the MME into the request and forwards the modified request to a relay node. The relay node then initiates or terminates the overload procedure in accordance with the request for mobile telephones which the MME that made the request serves, but not for mobile telephones which the MME does not serve. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IP ENCAPSULATED TANDEM HARD HANDOFF IN CDMA NETWORKS - A method and apparatus in a mobile switching center (MSC) performs a tandem handoff in a wireless communication network. The serving MSC receives a handoff request from a serving base station (BS) for a handoff to a target BS of a target MSC. When the serving MSC does not have physical handoff trunks, the serving MSC sends a tandem handoff request to a tandem MSC. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137440 | Radio Receiver Apparatus of a Cellular Radio Network - A radio receiver apparatus of a cellular network, wherein the network allocates one or more cells to a particular connection of the radio receiver apparatus based on a feedback signal received from the radio receiver apparatus. The radio receiver apparatus includes a first measurement unit configured to measure at least one cell-specific first quantity indicative of a channel quality of a dedicated downlink channel. Further, the radio receiver apparatus includes a feedback signal generating unit configured to generate the feedback signal on the basis of the first quantity. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137441 | Wireless Communication Networks Including Mains-Connected Relay Nodes - A method of determining which nodes in a wireless network qualify as main-connected relay nodes; sending a request for connectivity information to the determined mains-connected relay nodes based at least in part on the determination of which nodes qualify as mains-connected relay nodes; receiving the connectivity information from the determined mains-connected relay nodes; and routing communication from a source node to a destination node via one or more of the determined mains-connected relay nodes based at least in part on the connectivity information from the determined mains-connected relay nodes. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137442 | UE INITIATED FREQUENCY PARTITIONING BASED CoMP SCHEME FOR DOWNLINK CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - In the embodiments of the present invention, proposed is a method in which a CoMP enabled UE chooses the BSs to be in its cooperating set and a BS partitions its bandwidth to serve its own UEs and UEs from other cells that have requested it to be in its cooperating set. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137443 | Method and Apparatus Having Improved Handling of State Transitions - A method, in a wireless communications device, for transitioning between communication states, the wireless communications device compliant for use in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the method comprising: checking for radio bearer mapping information for the communication state being transitioned to prior to sending an update message, where the transition between communication states is not a transition from a paging state to a bidirectional communication state using shared channels; and transitioning to the state to be transitioned to using the checked radio bearer mapping information for that state and sending the update message. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137444 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF USING SMART ANTENNAS FOR BACKHAULING - A method and system for utilizing smart antenna in transmission of messages between nodes are disclosed. A wireless communication system includes a plurality of nodes, and each node is capable of being connected to each other node. At least a portion of the nodes are provided with a smart antenna configured to generate a plurality of directional beams. Each node maintains a list of other nodes and beam configuration information to be used in transmission of messages to other nodes. When a source node is required to transmit to a target node, the source node retrieves the beam configuration information and transmits with a directional beam directed to the target node. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137445 | Method and apparatus for allocating spectrum - A method and an apparatus for allocating spectrums are provided in the disclosure. The method includes: reconfigurable spectrums for a target group domain are calculated, wherein said reconfigurable spectrums contain one or more of a dedicated spectrum, a reusable spectrum and a loanable spectrum; during the system reconfiguration, spectrums are allocated to cells of the target group domain in a non-overlap region after spectrums are allocated to cells of the target group domain in an overlap region according to the reconfigurable spectrums. By use of the disclosure, the spectrum allocation can be implemented during the system reconfiguration, and interference can be effectively suppressed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137446 | DYNAMIC REORGANIZATION OF CELL STRUCTURES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Dynamic reorganization of cell structures in wireless networks. The present invention relates to wireless communications and, more particularly, to energy usage of wireless equipments in wireless communications. Currently there are mechanisms in use that can selectively turn of carriers in a BTS depending on the traffic load. But due to the fixed costs of operating the base station even when there are no active users, turning off entire BTS will give more energy savings than simply reducing capacity by turning off carriers at low load. Embodiments herein detect a change in demand on the network and re-organize the cellular network by selectively turning off BTSs and appropriately increasing the coverage area of other BTSs, and arrive at a configuration that optimizes the energy consumption of the cellular network as a whole. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137447 | INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROL CHANNEL AND DATA CHANNEL - An inter-cell interference coordination for a control channel where a base station of a first cell receives information, that is needed during allocating control channel resources to each user of a second cell that needs interference coordination, from a base station of the second cell, determines the control channel resources which will be allocated to the users of the second cell that need interference coordination, allocates the control channel resources used by the users of the first cell, judges whether search spaces of the control channel resources that are allocated to the users of the first cell and second cell satisfy an orthogonal requirement, and if not, forbids the users of the first cell to use the control channel resources that are allocated to the users of the first cell. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137448 | Method for estimating the geographical latitude, longitude and elevation of a mobile electronic telecommunication device (TD) - A method for estimating the geographical latitude, longitude and elevation of a mobile electronic telecommunication device (TD) is provided. The method draws random information over a given time period from multiple responders. A triangulation and signal quality analysis is performed to determine the possible location of the TD. Using the statistical information and its analysis the location (x, y and z coordinates) as well as the velocity and acceleration of the device is estimated. The present invention provides extremely accurate location information. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137449 | Method of recording proof of driving speeds and related mobile device - A method of recording proof of driving speeds with a mobile device includes receiving position signals indicating a current position of the mobile device, calculating a driving speed at which the mobile device is moving, and searching a speed camera database and determining when the current position of the mobile device is within a threshold distance of a speed camera listed in the speed camera database. When the current position of the mobile device is within the threshold distance of the speed camera, a plurality of consecutive pictures are taken using a camera of the mobile device, each picture showing a time stamp indicating the current time, a geographical tag indicating the current position of the mobile device, and a speed stamp indicating the driving speed at which the mobile device is moving. The pictures are then stored in a storage device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137450 | ENERGY EFFICIENT LOCATION TRACKING ON SMART PHONES - A GPS-enabled cellular electronic device is operated in an indoor mode. An increase in strength of a cellular signal is detected at the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device. Responsive at least to the increase in cellular signal strength, the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device is transitioned to an outdoor testing mode. Detecting is carried out to determine whether movement of the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device occurs during the outdoor testing mode. If so, the GPS-enabled cellular electronic device is transitioned to an outdoor mode. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method includes detecting, at a device coupled to a network, a communication transmitted over the network. The method includes determining whether the communication is associated with an unauthorized data request, and, in response to determining that the communication is associated with the unauthorized data request, determining an access point associated with a source of the communication. The method further includes transmitting a message to a service provider. The message may request identification of mobile communication devices that are located within a threshold distance of the access point. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137452 | TDOA BASED POSITIONING WITH CALCULATION OF CORRECTION FACTORS FOR COMPENSATING THE CLOCK OFFSETS OF UNSYNCHRONIZED NETWORK STATIONS - The present invention presents a method, arrangement and computer program product for clocking exploiting the relative behavior of clocks of individual receiving stations as well as a corresponding modeling to derive a time difference of arrival of a signal from a user device which can be used to correct the time difference of arrival based on the modeled clock behavior and leads to a correct clocking of received user signals without the need of synchronization of the clocks in the various receiving stations. This principle is applicable to a plurality of pairs of receiving stations and beacon signals transmitted amongst them and allows for a correct location estimation of a user device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137453 | TERMINAL CONTROL APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A terminal control apparatus that controls a mobile communication terminal that receives wireless signals at periodical reception times, includes a memory and a processor that estimates a position of the mobile communication terminal at each time including the periodical reception times based on positions identified by the wireless signals, judging whether at least one of the estimated positions is included in a dead zone, based on information indicating the dead zone, calculates, when judged that at least one of the estimated positions is included in the dead zone, at least one time that comes before a time at which the mobile communication terminal enters the dead zone and that comes after one of the periodical reception times before the time at which the mobile communication terminal enters the dead zone, and controls the mobile communication terminal so that the mobile communication terminal receives a wireless signal at the calculated time. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137454 | Positioning Enhancement Systems and Methods - Systems and methods are disclosed to provide positioning enhancement to wireless systems to determine UE positioning using UE measurements. A method implemented by a UE for enabling positioning calculation includes receiving a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) threshold from a network for filtering positioning measurements and performing a plurality of positioning measurements. The method also includes removing from the positioning measurements each measurement that does not meet the SINR threshold, and sending remaining positioning measurements that meet the SINR threshold to the network. Another method implemented by a network component includes receiving a plurality of positioning measurements with a plurality of corresponding SINRs from a user device and removing from the positioning measurements each measurement with a corresponding SINR that is less than or equal to a pre-determined SINR threshold. The remaining positioning measurements with corresponding SINRs greater than the SINR threshold are then used for positioning calculation. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137455 | WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM - A wireless energy transfer system comprising: a transmitter configured to beam scan RF radiation across a plurality of sectors at a first frequency, a receiver storing energy from the RF radiation, and sending acknowledgements at a second frequency, the first frequency being significantly different from the second frequency, and a controller configured to direct wireless energy transfer from the transmitter substantially at the receiver based on the acknowledgements. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137456 | SUMMIT TRACKING AND LOGGING DEVICE - A mobile unit is disclosed for generating a summit log entry in an electronic registry of summits. The unit includes (1) a receiver that is adapted to identify a current position and/or a current time, (2) a local memory being adapted to store the current position or the current time, and (3) a transmitter being adapted to transmit a summit log entry of the mobile unit to a central unit having a summit database. The mobile unit is adapted to combine the current time and/or the current position with a reference for a summit and an identification of a user into a summit log entry. The summit log entry cannot be modified by the user, once it has been created. Similarly, the registry of summits—contained within a central unit—cannot be destroyed or stolen. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137457 | INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOCATION DISCOVERY - Techniques are generally described for determining locations of a plurality of communication devices in a network. In some examples, methods for creating a location discovery infrastructure (LDI) for estimating locations of one or more of a plurality of communication nodes may comprise one or more of determining a plurality of locations in the terrain to place a corresponding plurality of beacon nodes, determining a plurality of beacon node groups for the placed beacon nodes, and determining a schedule for the placed beacon nodes to be active. Additional variants and embodiments are also disclosed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137458 | CONTROLLING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION INFORMATION OF DEVICES OPERATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus are presented herein for controlling the degree of precision with which geographic information is reported to a requesting entity. A precise geographic location is used to determine an adjusted geographic location, which is then transmitted to the requesting entity rather than the precise geographic location. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137459 | POSITION INFORMATION AGGREGATION DEVICE AND POSITION INFORMATION AGGREGATION METHOD - A position information aggregation device includes a position information receiving unit receives position information related to the positions of a plurality of mobile communication terminals together with a user ID specifying a user of the terminal corresponding to each position information and an address code of the user, an acquisition rate calculating unit that calculates a position information acquisition rate of each address code of the plurality of terminals using population statistics data and position information of each narrow area in a predetermined broad area, and an aggregating unit that aggregates a population distribution in a certain area by extracting the position information corresponding to the certain area based on the position information received by the position information receiving unit and aggregating the position information in which the position information acquisition rate corresponding to the address code included in the position information is reflected. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137460 | Correlation of Collected Mobile Terminal Based Measurement Data and Positioning Data - A network control element receives position information data including a trace session identification parameter, the position information data including information about the position of a mobile terminal, and measurement data including the trace session identification parameter are received. The position information data is correlated with the measurement data based on the trace session identification parameter. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137461 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING LOCATION DATA INTO MESSAGES AT A COMMUNICATION GATEWAY - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for enabling location data for a user to be included in communication messages from the user. A communication message is received from a mobile device of the user wherein the communication message is addressed to or intended for a location based service. A request message is transmitted for a location data of the mobile device to a mobile operator of the user. A response message is received from the mobile operator wherein the response message includes the location data for the mobile device. The communication message is processed to include the received location data for the mobile device and the processed communication message is transmitted to the location based service. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137462 | Location Sharing - Geographic location data is sent from a first device to a second device with a modified message to signal the presence of geographic location data associated with the message. The message can include (or attach) the geographic location data or file, or the message can include a link to a network-based resource which the second device can use to obtain the geographic location data. In some implementations, when a user of the first device views a location on a map display of the first device, a graphical user interface is presented to allow the user to select an option to share the geographic location with the second device. The second device receives geographic location data or a link from the first device which can trigger a map display on the second device showing the location of the first device and, optionally, the location of the second device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137463 | Systems and Methods to Recommend Businesses to a User of a Wireless Device Based on a Location History Associated with the User - In general, the invention relates to methods and systems that record the location of a user and determine the corresponding physical named location (e.g. business location) visited by the user. The system further provides suggested or recommended destinations and targeted content to the user. A network includes a server programmed with a database of location information, a database of user information, payment account information, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The system determines the physical named location (e.g. business location) visited by the user at a particular time and stores the information in a location history. The system further provides suggested or recommended businesses of interest based on the user's current location and location history. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE ALERTS TO MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - Systems and methods are presented for providing mobile alerts to members of a social network upon the occurrence of certain trigger events related to the social network, including member-trigger events, venue-trigger events, and other-trigger events. A member may select and edit their own mobile-alert settings that determine which events are trigger events. The member may enable or disable all their mobile alerts using a single action, such as toggling a digital button on their phone screen. A data processor receives indication of, or determines occurrence of, a trigger event. The data processor then determines whether to communicate a mobile alert to the member based on the member's mobile-alert settings. The alert may be communicated to the member's mobile communication device, such as a mobile phone, using a variety of convenient means, such as a text message or Push Notification. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137465 | HANDSET AGENT CALIBRATION FOR TIMING BASED LOCATING SYSTEMS - The systems and methods disclosed herein can implement a handset agent calibration solution that uses the GPS receivers on mobile devices to determine a location of the mobile device to calibrate timing based locating systems. The handset agent can be installed on the mobile device and can upload to an internet server the coordinates captured by the GPS receiver along with the observed time differences. The observed time differences and the location of the mobile device can be used to solve for reference time differences to calibrate unsynchronized macrocells. The reference time difference can be used to solve for the location of other mobile devices if the observed time differences between that mobile device and the macrocells are known. The solution can include receiving measurement reports from many mobile devices to obtain averaged observed time differences at a reference location to achieve more accurate reference time differences. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137466 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A handheld electronic device and a remote control method are provided. The handheld electronic device comprises a display unit, an electronic compass and a processing unit. The reference locations are correlated with the controlled device. The processing unit constructs the coordinate system and calculates the reference location coordinates for the reference locations in the coordinate system. After the coordinate system is constructed, the electronic compass measures the current direction information directed towards the controlled device to be remote controlled from a current location. The processing unit controls the display unit to display a control interface of the controlled device to be remote controlled. The electronic compass measures origin direction information directed towards at least two reference locations from an origin location and measures move direction information directed towards the reference locations from a move location. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137467 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICE - A method for determining a location of a mobile device, an address signal is received from a signal generator. The method transforms the address signal into a frequency domain signal, determines a maximum energy value of the frequency domain signal, determines a virtual address according to a frequency value corresponding to the maximum energy value, and sends the virtual address to a server. The method further receives location information of the mobile device corresponding to the virtual address from the server, and displays the location information on a display device of the mobile device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137468 | INTEGRATING POSITION INFORMATION INTO A HANDHELD TOOL - A method for integrating position information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the position data of an object embedded in a material at a worksite is recorded. The position data is used to update a record showing the position of the object as an embedded object. The position of the embedded object is displayed at a handheld tool. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137469 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AN OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORK RELATED MESSAGE - In an aspect of this disclosure, a method for transmitting an opportunistic network related message is provided. The method may include generating an opportunistic network specific radio bearer carrying opportunistic network related message traffic; and transmitting the opportunistic network related message(s) via the generated opportunistic network specific radio bearer. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MESSAGE FOR A CUSTOMER UTILIZING DATA FROM A DATABASE - A system and a method for generating a message for a customer are provided. The method includes retrieving data associated with a vehicle dealership ID from the first database. The data includes a repair order having a first record having a repair order ID, a repair order status, a customer ID, and the vehicle dealership ID. The data further includes a customer table having a second record including the customer ID, the vehicle dealership ID, and a customer telephone number. The method includes storing the data in a second database, and retrieving the first record from the repair order table in the second database. If the repair order status corresponds to the first order status, the method includes generating a first formatted message, based on the vehicle dealership ID, the customer ID, and the customer telephone number. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137471 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) FORWARDING - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for SMS forwarding are disclosed. A message service message routing information response message containing message service message routing information for a first destination may be received. The response message is modified to direct a mobile terminated message service message intended for the first destination to the message service message proxy. The mobile terminated message service message is received at the message service message proxy, which determines whether a message service message forwarding feature is enabled for the first destination. If a message service message forwarding feature is enabled for the first destination, it is determined whether the mobile terminated message service message is eligible for forwarding to a second destination. If the mobile terminated message service message is eligible for forwarding, signaling is initiated to forward the mobile terminated message service message to the second destination. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137472 | Location Sensitive Messaging - Methods including computer program products for receiving a request from a first device, the request incorporating a message. One or more users from a first set of one or more users are selected where each of the selected one or more users is associated with a second device that is in a proximity to a current location of the first device. The message and the current location of the first device are sent to each of the second devices associated with the selected one or more users. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137473 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NEIGHBOR CELL LIST OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND NEIGHBOR CELL LIST UPDATE METHOD - The present invention is applicable to a wireless communication system provided with mobile terminals and base stations that manage cells to which the mobile terminals are connected. The wireless communication system of the present invention has a new cell detection unit that detects, from among neighbor cells which are adjacent to the cells to which the mobile terminals are connected, new cells that have newly started or whose operation has resumed or whose geographical range has changed, and a neighbor cell list generation unit which preferentially registers new cells that have been detected by the new cell detection unit in neighbor cell lists in which are registered neighbor cells that are candidates for handover destinations of the mobile terminals. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137474 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Transmission power relative to a propagation path having a variation in gain is controlled to increase communication channel capacity, and a data rate is controlled in accordance with the variation of the increased communication channel capacity. In order to increase the communication channel capacity, the transmission power is determined so that the sum of noise power (=received noise power/propagation path gain) converted into one at a transmitter and the transmission power becomes constant. As a result, contrary to the background art, the transmission power is controlled to be reduced when the propagation path gain decreases and to be increased when the propagation path gain increases. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137475 | Frequency Sub-Band Selection in Wireless Communications - This document discloses a solution where a network element of a cellular communication system detects appearance of a terminal device in the cellular communication system. In connection with registering the terminal device in the cellular communication system, the network element determines that a native frequency band of the terminal device is a sub-band of an operating frequency band of the cellular communication system and, then, allocates to the terminal device frequency resources from the native frequency band of the terminal device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137476 | TERMINAL APPARATUS - A mobile terminal apparatus implements, via a server apparatus, group communication that is communication among members belonging to a same group. The mobile terminal apparatus generates a group selection image used for selecting an objective group for which the group communication is implemented. The group selection image includes: a selection candidate image indicating one or more candidate groups that are selection candidates for the objective group; and a location image including a map image and an icon image indicating a member belonging to one candidate group among the one or more candidate groups, at a location corresponding to positioning information of the member, on the map image. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137477 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication apparatus includes: an estimating section to estimate a positional relationship between a destination node and a node; a first determination section to set an electric power larger than or equal to minimum power as a first transmission power if the node is estimated to be located in a first area, the minimum power being detected by a node at the largest distance from the node in the first area; a second determination section that set an electric power smaller than a minimum power as a second transmission power if the node is estimated to be located in an area other than the first area, the minimum power being detected by the destination; and a transmitting section to transmit data to the destination node with the first transmission power or the second transmission power. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137478 | Power Control - The invention relates to apparatuses, a method, system, computer program, computer program product and computer-readable medium. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137479 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR UPDATING PHONE BOOK THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal capable of updating an existing phone number of a counterpart stored in a phone book to a new phone number by using situation information collected during call communication with the counterpart whose phone number has been changed, and a method for updating a phone book of a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes: a communication unit configured to obtain a first phone number and supplementary information corresponding to the first phone number when a call connection is requested or a call connection request is received; and a controller configured to select a second phone number stored in a phone book based on the supplementary information and change the selected second phone number into the first phone number or recommend changing of the selected second phone number into the first phone number. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137480 | BACKGROUND SOUND REMOVAL FOR PRIVACY AND PERSONALIZATION USE - A system for background sound removal, the system may include: a noise reduction circuit arranged to apply a background sound reduction process on multiple samples of background sound and speech to provide first signals that comprise residual background sound; a background cancellation circuit arranged to remove the residual background sound from the first signals to provide second signals; and an output circuit arranged to output a mixture of the second signals and at least zero selected signals to a sound generating circuit that is arranged to output audio signals representative of the mixture. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137481 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SIM CARD IN WIRELESS TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for controlling a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card in a wireless terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of communication units, a plurality of SIM card socket units, a switching unit and a controller. The communication units are configured to perform communication through different communication networks. The switching unit is configured to couple the communication units to the SIM card socket units. The controller is configured to control the switching unit to couple one of the communication units to one of the SIM card socket units based on a type of a SIM card inserted into the SIM card socket unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137482 | PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION USING A REFLECTION - Techniques and tools are described for performing perspective correction using a reflection. Reflective properties of a surface being photographed can be used to determine a rotation of the device taking the photograph relative to the surface. Light sourced or produced by the device can be used to create a reflection spot in the picture. A position of the reflection spot within the picture is calculated and used to determine the rotation. The rotation can be used for performing perspective correction on the picture, or on another picture taken by the device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137483 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF DISPLAYING DIRECTION - A mobile phone ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130137484 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF SIM CARD FOR MULTI-SIM MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device includes multiple subscriber identification module (SIM) cards. When a user of the mobile device requests to call a phone number, the mobile device determines a mobile telecommunications service provider of the phone number, based on service provider information received for the phone number from a service mapping server. The mobile device selects for the call a SIM card from the multiple SIM cards that is associated with the determined service provider of the phone number. The mobile device places the call to the phone number using the selected SIM card. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137485 | Apparatus and Method of Securing Private Content Stored in a Memory - An apparatus and a method of securing private content stored in a memory are presented. A terminal includes a memory configured to store private content and a private content identifier associated with the private content. The private content identifier includes secure and non-user editable information. The terminal also includes a security function configured to perform a comparison of the private content identifier to a smart card identifier of a smart card accessible to the security function. The security function is further configured to grant or deny access to the private content based on a result of the comparison. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137486 | METHOD FOR NETWORK AND ANTENNA SHARING AND HIERARCHICAL SECTORIZATION - In a cellular communication system a first and a second set of antennas are arranged at an antenna site. First and second baseband processing blocks are coupled to the antennas of the first and second antennas respectively. To improve the connection to a terminal an antenna of the second set is coupled to the first baseband processing block in addition to the antennas of the first set. Communication with the terminal is performed via at least one antenna of the first and at least one antenna of the second set. The first and second set of antennas can belong to two different network operators. By applying this invention, the two network operators can share the antenna pool of the first and second set of antennas even if the antennas are the existing ones at the same top-roof or tower. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137487 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a portable information terminal includes a housing, on a surface portion of which a display unit is arranged, an antenna unit which is arranged to extend from a side surface portion to a back surface portion of this housing, a first sensor configured to detect an orientation of the housing, and a controller. When this controller determines based on the detection result of the first sensor that the orientation of the housing corresponds to a horizontal state or nearly horizontal state within predetermined angle range, it suppresses a transmission power of the antenna unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137488 | Recording a Signature on a Touch Screen Enabled Wireless Phone and Mobile Device - A cellular phone and mobile device is configured with the ability to accept a signature. A user may write a signature on a touch sensitive display of a mobile device using touch or a pen. A user may be further authenticated by using voice or password. The signature may be viewed on a second mobile device in real time. The signature may be synchronized with a server or an Internet device. The system may allow for multiple parties to sign an electronic document using mobile devices and Internet servers. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137489 | VEHICLE ON-BOARD UNIT AND MOBILE DEVICE LINKAGE SYSTEM - A system to link a mobile device with a vehicle on-board unit includes an interface section that allows communication between the mobile device and the on-board unit, a linkage determining section that, on the basis of information obtained by the interface section, determines whether or not the mobile device and the on-board unit are linked together, a vehicle travel determining section that determines whether or not the vehicle is in motion, an application start control section that starts a launcher application provided on the mobile device, the launcher application being configured to restrict use of a registered application of the mobile device while the vehicle is in motion, and an illumination control section that causes a screen of a display section of the mobile device turn off when the launcher application is started. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137490 | APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE FILLING LEVEL OF A DRINKING VESSEL - The invention relates to an apparatus on which a drinking vessel may be placed, in particular an apparatus which provides information, wherein the information is connected with the drinking vessel. An apparatus for indicating the filling level of a drinking vessel comprises a placement device on which the drinking vessel is placed, a detection device for detecting the filling level of the drinking vessel ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130137491 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device capable of continuing a telephone call, even in a case in which power is received from a battery charger while the telephone call is made. The electronic device includes a power receiving unit and a speaker unit. The power receiving unit receives power from the battery charger by electromagnetic waves. The speaker unit outputs sound in a first mode or a second mode. The first mode is a sound output mode when the electronic device is made proximate to a user's ear. The second mode is a sound output mode when the electronic device is separated from the user's ear. In a case in which the power receiving unit is receiving power, the speaker unit outputs sound in the second mode. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137492 | THROUGHPUT CONTROL ADJUSTABLE VANES ON AGRICULTURAL COMBINE HARVESTER - A threshing mechanism for a combine harvester has a cylindrical rotor for moving crop materials and a plurality of separator tines secured thereon for threshing crop material. A rotor chamber has a top casing forming an upper portion defining a volume of space between the rotor and the top casing. A plurality of crop transport vanes extend away from an inward surface of the top casing to direct the crop material generally helically along the chamber. The vanes have a rotor-facing edge at an outer end away from the inward surface of the top casing. The vanes are positionable between a base position and at least one extended position with respect to the rotor, wherein in the base position, the rotor-facing edge is positioned a greater distance from the rotor than when in the at least one extended position. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137493 | Tagging Method - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computing device, including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device to perform at least the following: retrieving a set of images from a content storage; duplicating the set of images retrieved; creating a random array from the duplicated set of images; rendering a memory game using the created random array; detecting association of one or more notes with a specific image of the array during the memory game; and attaching metadata to the image based on the detected note. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137494 | Online Market Game System - An online market game system is disclosed. According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a market based game of skill run on a server machine and played online by a plurality of players, wherein each player buys points, the players compete to buy the most points, each player is provided with deficient points information, and the deficient points information is a delayed and smoothed response of the combined total number of points bought by all the players. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137498 | Electronic Gaming Machine Automated Testing - A method for testing an electronic gaming machine includes generating a test sequence comprising tests to be conducted on the electronic gaming machine, generating a test script from the test sequence, accessing a protocol dictionary to determine values for the inputs, emulating parts of the electronic gaming machine by applying the specific values for the inputs to the electronic gaming machine, receiving outputs from the electronic gaming machine, accessing the protocol dictionary to determine conditions associated with the outputs, and interpreting the determined conditions to determine whether the criteria for appropriate operation of the electronic gaming machine has been met. The tests include a criteria indicating inappropriate or appropriate operation of the electronic gaming machine. The test script includes inputs to be applied to the electronic gaming machine. The inputs are associated with wagering game play. The values emulate parts of the electronic gaming machine. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137499 | ACCESS MANAGEMENT SERVER, ACCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD, ACCESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE PROGRAM - A server includes a request receiving unit that receives request information from a terminal, a request processing unit that generates next screen information for displaying a next screen on the terminal in accordance with the received request information, a next screen transmitting unit that transmits the generated next screen information to the terminal, a judgment unit that judges whether the next screen information has been transmitted to the terminal, a presentation screen generation unit that, when it is judged that the next screen information has not been transmitted to the terminal, determines reward conditions regarding a predetermined reward based on a screen transition status in the terminal, and generates lottery presentation screen information for displaying a lottery presentation screen on the terminal based on the reward conditions, and a presentation screen transmitting unit that transmits the generated lottery presentation screen information to the terminal. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137500 | GAME SYSTEM INCLUDING COMMUNITY REELS - A networked gaming system directed to gaming machines that include a community spin mechanism that, when activated, causes reel displays, at two or more gaming machines, to spin. One or more community reels are utilized to determine an outcome of a community gaming session. The community reels are “community” in that they are formed by combining reels of individual gaming machines in order to increase the odds, and payouts, of potential wins via various line combinations of the combined set of reels, once they stop spinning. Each gaming machine has its own set of reels and when community play is started, one or more community reels are spun along with each player's set of reels. Any potential winning combinations are then based on resulting combinations of the individual gaming machine reels in combination with the community reels. Community play, via community reels, advantageously adds to the excitement and enjoyment. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137501 | TURBO CARD TABLE GAME WITH RFID CARD IDENTIFIER - An improved table game system includes a first shuffling machine for randomly selecting a first card from among a first defined set of cards. The system also includes a second shuffling machine for randomly selecting a second card from among a second defined set of cards. A first card reader is associated with the first shuffling machine for communicating with the selected card to obtain relevant information thereabout. A second card reader is associated with the second shuffling machine for communicating with the selected card to obtain information thereabout. The system includes a first display in communication with the first card reader to display the obtained information about the first card. The system also includes a second display in communication with the second card reader to display the obtained information about the second card. A computer is in communication with the first card reader to process the obtained information and communicate it to the first display. The computer is also in communication with the second card reader to process the obtained information and communicate it to the second display. The computer also resolves any wagers associated with the outcome of the first game and the second game. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137502 | PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT INCREMENTING SYSTEM - A gaming system and a method of operating a bonus prize awarding system, the system comprising a plurality of electronic gaming console having a console cabinet | 2013-05-30 |
20130137503 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING CONFIGURABLE BONUS GAME TRIGGERING OUTCOMES - A gaming system and method which provides for one or more gaming device triggered bonus games to be skipped or otherwise not provided to the players at the gaming devices which triggered such bonus games. The average expected payouts of skipped gaming device triggered bonus games are contributed to a bonus accumulation pool or fund. The accumulation pool is subsequently utilized to provide one or more gaming system triggered bonuses to one or more players at one or more of the gaming devices in the gaming system. A player's accumulated triggering symbols determine, at least in part, the player's probability of winning part of the bonus accumulation pool and/or the player's portion of the bonus accumulation pool. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137504 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING TRANSFORMABLE WILD SYMBOLS OR CARDS WITH WILD SIGNAL INDICATORS - A gaming device having a transformable wild symbol or card on a set of reels or a transformable wild card in a set of cards, wherein the transformable wild symbol or card provides a signal to a player through a wild indicator or a non-wad indicator. The wild indicator indicates that the transformable wild symbol or card is in a wild state. The non-wild indicator indicates that the transformable wild symbol or card is in a non-wild state. In a wild state, the transformable wild symbol or card acts as a wild symbol or card on a set of reels, or a wild card. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137505 | FACILITATING A PAYOUT AT A GAMING DEVICE USING AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT - A gaming device is adapted to present audiovisual content to players of the game. While the audiovisual content is playing, the player may initiate a game start. A snap shot of the audiovisual content playing at the time of the game start is taken. Reels of the gaming device spin and provide indicia on a payline. The indicia on the payline are compared to characters and elements within the snap shot of the audiovisual content. If there is a match for outcome significant indicia, the player receives a benefit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137506 | GAMING SYSTEM HAVING AWARDS PROVIDED BASED ON RATE OF PLAY - Gaming systems and methods for operating a gaming system are provided. The gaming system includes a controller operable with a plurality of gaming devices. Based at least in part on wagering activity, the controller determines a ranking for a plurality of gaming devices in the gaming system. The controller determines a plurality of the ranked gaming devices that are eligible for a designated award and, for each of the plurality of eligible gaming devices, determines a probability of being selected to win the designated award. The controller selects at least one of the eligible gaming devices based part on the determined probability for said at least one eligible gaming device, and causes the at least one selected gaming device to provide the designated award. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137507 | APPARATUS PROVIDING PAYOUTS PROPORTIONAL TO WAGERS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SAME - A gaming device such as a slot machine is provided having a payout proportional to a wager value. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the gaming machine provides a player with the ability to flexibly and automatically increase and decrease wagers, thereby allowing the player to press his bets when he feels lucky, and to decrease his bets when he feels unlucky. Different proportional payout tables are provided for different levels of wagers. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137509 | COMMUNICATIONS TO GAMING MACHINES USING OPTICALLY FORMATTED DATA - A processor-based gaming machine running wager-based games can include an exterior housing, master gaming controller, display device, camera, and software applications adapted to facilitate communications between the gaming machine and a separate external mobile device. Such communications include the use of optically formatted encoded data provided on a display, captured by a camera or other capturing component and decoded by the receiving device. The gaming machine can be the displaying device, the image capturing device, or both. The optically formatted encoded data can be a barcode, QR code or other suitable code, can be encrypted, and/or can be embedded within another displayed image unrelated to the optically formatted code. Optical code data can include, for example, meter readings of the gaming machine, configuration settings to be adapted, game play history, or promotional or loyalty awards, among other items. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137510 | COMMUNICATIONS FROM GAMING MACHINES USING OPTICALLY FORMATTED DATA - A processor-based gaming machine running wager-based games can include an exterior housing, master gaming controller, display device, camera, and software applications adapted to facilitate communications between the gaming machine and a separate external mobile device. Such communications include the use of optically formatted encoded data provided on a display, captured by a camera or other capturing component and decoded by the receiving device. The gaming machine can be the displaying device, the image capturing device, or both. The optically formatted encoded data can be a barcode, QR code or other suitable code, can be encrypted, and/or can be embedded within another displayed image unrelated to the optically formatted code. Optical code data can include, for example, meter readings of the gaming machine, configuration settings to be adapted, game play history, or promotional or loyalty awards, among other items. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137511 | DISTRIBUTED SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAMING GAME SERVICE - The present disclosure relates to distributed server systems and methods for streaming game service, and in particular, to a distributed server system and method for streaming game service in which an online game is executed for multiple users in a high-performance server computer, and game screens and sounds of multiple users are delivered to client terminals of the multiple users, respectively, by using real-time encoding and streaming. For this purpose, a game service method in a cloud game server includes receiving an access request from a user terminal, receiving unique information about the user terminal, executing a game according to a game event requested by the user terminal, and encoding and transmitting video and audio according to the unique information about the user terminal, where the video and audio is a result of the game execution. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137512 | Hybrid Gaming System - A hybrid gaming system comprising: an electronic gaming machine (EGM) comprising: a cabinet; a base game interface disposed within the cabinet and comprising a display and a base game player instruction input mechanism, a processor disposed within the cabinet and arranged to conduct a base game based on at least one player instruction received from the base game player instruction input mechanism; a feature game device mounted to the cabinet and comprising a feature game display mounted to the cabinet and a feature game instruction mechanism operable by the player to input at least one instruction; a trigger monitor arranged to determine that a trigger event has occurred such that a feature game is to be conducted; and a feature game controller located remotely from the EGM and responsive to the trigger monitor to generate feature data for at least one feature game to be displayed on the feature game display and to process the at least one instruction. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137513 | GAME MACHINE, GAME SYSTEM, GAME MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A game machine executes a game in which a user character operated by a user, and a teammate character and an opponent character operated by a computer, act in a game space. A first determination unit determines whether or not the teammate character is performing a predetermined action. A second determination unit determines whether or not the user performs a predetermined operation indicating that the user has noticed the teammate character performing the predetermined action. An action control unit has the opponent character perform an action determined based on the predetermined action of the teammate character, based on the result of determination by the second determination unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137514 | VIDEO GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM - A video game processing apparatus is provided. Game information on first and second game modes for a video game is stored in a game information memory. In a case where a video game start request is received, progress of the video game in a first game mode is controlled in accordance with an instruction inputted using a first controller. A player is induced to carry out a game mode shifting operation in a case where it is determined that predetermined conditions are satisfied. A second controller is caused to move from a storage state to an exposed state in a case where the game mode shifting operation is received. Progress of the video game in the second game mode is controlled in accordance with an instruction inputted using the second controller in a case where the second controller is caused to move to the exposed state. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137515 | GAME SYSTEM - A game system has plural game devices and a storage device that stores attribute information and location information of a pet in association with a player ID. Each game device obtains a player ID of a player who plays at the game device, and obtains attribute information corresponding to location information identifying a game device identified by the obtained player ID, and controls a game to cause the game device to display a pet according to the obtained attribute information. In a case in which location information stored in association with a player ID of a first player who plays at a first game device is changed to that which identifies a second game device identified by a player ID of a second player, the first game device does not display a pet of the first player, but the second game device displays the pet of the first player. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137516 | ANONYMOUS BIOMETRIC PLAYER TRACKING - A processor-based gaming machine running wager-based games can include an exterior housing, a master gaming controller, a display device, and an anonymous player tracking device adapted to detect passively biometric information from players to facilitate the anonymous tracking of gaming activities without the use of traditional player tracking instruments. A player tracking system can include multiple such gaming machines, a database storing a plurality of player profiles that include biometric data, and a remote player tracking server configured to receive passively detected biometric data regarding anonymous players, determine whether the received biometric data is associated with existing player profiles, attribute credit for the anonymous gaming activity if it is, and create a new player profile if it is not. Player profiles can include multiple biometrics for each player, and confidence levels can be associated with a given biometric to a profile and a given gaming session to a profile. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137517 | Method and apparatus for a wagering game having a secondary game for modifying a primary game - A wagering game having a primary game and a secondary game. In one embodiment, an intermediate game outcome for the primary game is first determined. The intermediate game outcome provides the player with an indication of the probability of receiving a winning primary game outcome. The player may then use this indication for determining whether to play the secondary game. The optional secondary game, if won, modifies the play of the primary game to the advantage of the player. Consequently, the intermediate game outcome is resolved to determine the primary game outcome in accordance with the modified primary game. If the secondary game outcome is lost, the immediate game outcome is resolved to determine the primary game outcome without modifying the primary game. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137518 | System for Pre-Caching Game Content Based on Game Selection Probability - A system for serving digital games to clients has an Internet-connected server, a digital data repository coupled to the Internet-connected server, the data repository storing digital resources for playing a plurality of games on a computerized appliance; and software executing on the Internet-connected server from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function determining for a specific client a list of games by probability of subsequent client selection, a second function causing transmission of resources for the list of games determined by the first function, directed to a computerized appliance associated with client, beginning with the most probable game in the list. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137519 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROMPTING HOT GAMES - An apparatus incorporated with a game operation interface to offer selection of anyone of multiple game stations to play a game includes a judgment unit, a control unit and a prompt unit. The judgment unit is connected to the game stations and monitors historical game results of the game stations. The control unit is connected to the judgment unit and prompt unit. The prompt unit includes a plurality of notification elements corresponding to the game stations and is incorporated with the game operation interface. When the judgment unit detects that one of the historical game results of the game stations has met a preset condition, a control signal is generated. The control unit controls the prompt unit to make the notification elements to generate a notification signal to inform players whether a hot game is generated on the game stations. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137520 | GAME STREAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING THE MULTIUSER AND MULTIPLATFORM - The present disclosure relates to a game streaming system and method for supporting multiuser and multiplatform, and more particularly to a game streaming system and method for supporting multiuser and multiplatform, which executes a game for multiuser in a server computer having high performance in an online game and transfers multiple game result images and game sound to a client terminal of a corresponding user by using real-time encoding and streaming. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137521 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Matchmaking is performed by, when a plurality of information processing apparatuses execute a predetermined application together, setting a combination of the information processing apparatuses. When the combination of the information processing apparatuses to execute the application together is set in the matchmaking, it is determined on the basis of a predetermined condition whether or not a log of the execution of the application is to be acquired, and the application is executed together with any of the other information processing apparatuses with which each information processing apparatus has been combined. Then, if it has been determined that the log is to be acquired, a log of the execution of the application for which the determination has been made is sent to a predetermined apparatus. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137522 | VIDEO GAME SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLY GROUPING COOPERATIVE PLAYERS - In the present invention, a game system includes a game program storage unit, a group information management unit, a play history storage unit, and a group information update unit. The game program storage unit stores a game program for executing a game to be provided to a plurality of terminal devices. The group information management unit stores player identification information identifying each of a plurality of players of the game and group identification information identifying a group which includes the player, in association with each other. The play history storage unit stores a play history of each of the plurality of players for the game. The group information update unit changes an association stored in the group information management unit between player identification information identifying a first player among the plurality of players and group identification information, at least partially in accordance with the play history of the first player. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137523 | Game Machine With Improved Lighting Arrangement - A gaming machine includes a cabinet frame, a display, and an emotive lighting area. The cabinet frame has a cabinet surface visible to and facing a player position in front of the gaming machine. The display is mounted to the cabinet frame and is configured to display a randomly selected outcome from a wagering game. The emotive lighting area is integrated with the cabinet frame on the cabinet surface, proximate the display, and is separate from the display. The emotive lighting area includes a light source and a reflective surface, each of the light source and the reflective surface being concealed within the cabinet frame such that they are not viewable from the player position, the reflective surface configured to receive light directly from the light source and to reflect the light to a viewable area. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137524 | Seated Gaming Device and Workstation - Disclosed is a gaming cabinet comprising a chair having a seat, a removable pillow cushion; a back, and at least a one arm, said arm being detachable from the chair and being configured to support all components of a video gambling game; a video display rotatably attached to the arm; a console located on the top surface of the arm; an access door on the top surface of the arm; and ticket in-ticket-out equipment located on the front surface of the arm. The gaming cabinet of may also include a second arm that may be permanently attached to the chair, cash acceptance and validation equipment located on the top surface of and contained within the detachable arm. | 2013-05-30 |
20130137525 | GEAR MECHANISM - An overload protection transmission device is shown and described. The overload protection transmission device includes a main transmission having a cone-shaped side and a toothed-edge part, the main transmission defining a cavity a drive shaft fitted within the main transmission, a frustum located on the corresponding side of the drive shaft to the cone-shaped side of the main transmission, a cavity sealing part formed to create a seal between the toothed-edge part and the drive shaft, and a compressed spring part inside the cavity. Due to the design of the compressed spring part inside the main transmission and the drive shaft, adjustment to the spring load of the spring part may advantageously be used to regulate the maximum gear load (e.g., in accordance with load changes and requirements). | 2013-05-30 |