25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120156955 | GLASS CLOTH FOR PRINTED WIRING BOARD - The present invention provides a glass cloth suitable for producing a printed wiring board to be used in the electronics and electric fields, which has small anisotropy in dimensional change and is free from warpage and twist, a prepreg using said glass cloth, and a printed wiring board using said glass cloth. The glass cloth relevant to the present invention is characterized in that the warp yarn and the weft yarn are configured with a glass yarn of 1.8×10 | 2012-06-21 |
20120156956 | ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL - Provided in at least one embodiment is a nonwoven paper layer directly fused on one or both sides with a nonwoven fabric layer wherein one or both of the nonwoven paper and nonwoven fabric are electrically insulating. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156957 | METHOD OF FABRICATING AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE USING PHASE SEPARATION - A method of fabricating an organic light emitting diode using phase separation. The method includes preparing a transparent substrate. A first light path control layer is formed on the transparent substrate. The first light path control layer includes a mixture of a first medium and a second medium having a lower refractive index than the first medium using the phase separation. An anode, an organic emission layer, and a cathode are sequentially stacked on the first light path control layer. In this method, an OLED with improved light extraction efficiency can be fabricated using a simple and inexpensive process. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156958 | Apparatus and Method for Digging and Lining a Moat - A beach toy is provided to make a moat that is shaped and dimensioned to correspond with an impermeable moat liner. The beach toy includes a shovel, a cord, and a stake. The cord interconnects the shovel and the stake. In use, the stake is inserted into a porous medium. Next, the shovel is pulled away from the stake until the cord is taut. The blade of the shovel is inserted into the porous medium and moved about the stake while keeping the cord taught to remove material and form a annular-shaped moat. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156959 | GAME CALL - A hand-held and mouth-operated game call includes a housing assembly defining a flow path, a reed assembly positioned within the housing assembly and a flow path constrictor positioned within the flow path for manipulating the flow path. The flow path constrictor is manually adjustable at an exterior of the housing assembly. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156960 | Transformable Toy Robot - A system for interconnecting discrete rigid member mating components creates different stable, freestanding three-dimensional figures such as robots. The mating components are positioned in tandem employ an elastic element through bores and each mating component has at least one slot that is aligned with a corresponding slot formed on adjacent mating component or body. The arrangement of the slots and elastic element permits each mating components to be maneuvered onto an adjacent mating component and retains its position without the use of hinges or other securing devices. A reconfigurable toy is constructed by interconnecting a plurality of different sized mating components. The mating components can thus be rearranged to form different-shaped figures including a robot that is reversibly transformable between a first configuration, which can comprise a myriad of forms, and a second configuration that is a cube. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156961 | CORSETRY CUP - A corsetry cup is provided that has two preformed textile spacing layers connected together at least at their edges, wherein between the two spacing layers, a chamber is formed to receive a filler layer. Each spacing layer, at least in sections, has an inner layer on its inside, which is connected to the spacing layer, such that the chamber is completely surrounded by the inner layer. The inner layer has a material that is water repellent and/or water impermeable. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GARMENT FITTING AND FABRICATION - A system for garment fitting and fabrication includes a fabric template and fabric pieces attachable to the template to form the garment. A method for garment fitting and fabrication includes draping pre-fabricated modular fabric pieces on a wearer. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156963 | Method of Monitoring Gear Grinding Operations - A method for monitoring a grinding operation using a computer system is provided. The method includes determining, by the computer system, a first plurality of operating characteristics associated with a pre-grinding operation. The method also includes determining, by the computer system, a second plurality of operating characteristics associated with the grinding operation. The method further includes determining, by the computer system, a set of operating conditions based on the first plurality of operating characteristics with and the second plurality of operating characteristics. Moreover, the method includes comparing, by the computer system, the set of operating conditions with a set of predetermined operation conditions. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156964 | AUTOMATED INSTRUMENT SHARPENING AND CLEANING SYSTEM - An automated knife sharpening and cleaning system is provided. The system comprises a container body that is configured to hold a utensil holder that is configured to releasably couple to the container body, the utensil holder configured to hold a utensil. The system further includes a drive assembly and a gripper assembly, the gripper assembly being coupled to the drive assembly and the drive assembly being configured to move the gripper assembly within the three-dimensional coordinate space of the container body. The system further includes a grinding assembly that is configured to sharpen the utensil. During operation of the system, the gripper assembly is configured to grip the utensil and remove the utensil from the utensil holder, hold the utensil within the grinding assembly during sharpening, and replace and release the utensil in the utensil holder once the sharpening is complete. Moreover, the system may clean and sanitize the utensil. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF EXTRAORAL DENTAL PROSTHESES - The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for the extraoral production of a tooth replacement part, whereby the method comprises providing a base body ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120156966 | APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE FIXTURING ARMS FOR ABRASIVE ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus includes a base, a table rotatable on the base, and a plurality of arms extending above the table's top surface and extending laterally for supporting differently sized cylindrical objects above the top surface. An adjustment mechanism simultaneously adjusts the arms rotationally, such that the ends of the arms can be automatically adjusted to support any one of the differently sized objects without further change. A controller is programmed to automatically control the adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism includes a center gear connected to planetary gears on each of the arms, and a center shaft that extends upwardly through a tubular drive shaft, the center shaft being movable between a lowered position where the arms are locked to the table and a raised position where the center gear is fixed to the base such that the arms adjust position when the table is rotated by its drive mechanism. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156967 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DIFFRACTION GRATING - A manufacturing method of a Blazed diffraction grating configured to diffract incident light and made of a CdTe or CdZnTe crystal material includes the step of forming a plurality of grating grooves in a processed surface of a work through machining using a processing machine for the Blazed diffraction grating. The forming step forms the grating grooves so that among surfaces of gratings formed by the forming step, a surface that receives the incident light most is set to a (110) plane as a crystal orientation of the crystal material. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156968 | POLISHING LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR MAGNETIC DISK SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a polishing liquid composition for a magnetic disk substrate that can reduce residual inorganic particles and scratches without loss of productivity and a method of producing a magnetic disk substrate using the polishing liquid composition. The polishing liquid composition contains inorganic particles, a diallylamine polymer, an acid and water, the diallylamine polymer includes one or more constitutional units selected from those represented by the following general formulas (I-a), (I-b), (I-c) and (I-d), and the content of the diallylamine polymer in the polishing liquid composition is 0.008 to 0.100 wt % | 2012-06-21 |
20120156969 | ABRASIVE JET SYSTEMS, INCLUDING ABRASIVE JET SYSTEMS UTILIZING FLUID REPELLING MATERIALS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Various embodiments of abrasive jet systems are described herein. In one embodiment, an abrasive jet system includes an abrasive container and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly has a mixing region or cavity and an abrasive inlet. The abrasive jet system can also include an abrasive supply conduit that is operably coupleable between the abrasive container and the abrasive inlet. The abrasive supply conduit includes a first interior surface portion configured to be positioned proximate to the abrasive inlet and a second interior surface portion, different from the first interior surface portion, configured to be spaced apart from the abrasive inlet. In one aspect of this embodiment, the first interior surface portion has a greater ability to repel fluid (e.g., water) than the second interior surface portion, thereby reducing a tendency of the abrasives to clog the abrasive supply conduit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156970 | METHOD FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS MATERIAL-REMOVING PROCESSING OF BOTH SIDES OF AT LEAST THREE SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS - A method for the simultaneous material-removing processing of both sides of at least three semiconductor wafers includes providing a double-side processing apparatus including two rotating ring-shaped working disks and a rolling apparatus. The carriers are arranged in the double-side processing apparatus and the openings are disposed in the carriers so as to satisfy the inequality: | 2012-06-21 |
20120156971 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR MAINTENANCE OF HARD SURFACES, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A TOOL - A method is disclosed for maintaining a hard surface, the method comprising treating of the surface with a flexible pad ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120156972 | GLASS EDGE FINISH SYSTEM, BELT ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A glass edge finishing system, a belt assembly and a method are described herein for finishing an edge of a glass sheet. The glass edge finishing system comprises: (a) a base; and (b) one or more belt assemblies located on the base, where each belt assembly includes: (i) a support frame; (ii) a motor; (iii) a pair of pulleys rotatably mounted on the support frame and driven by the motor; (iv) a belt engaged to and driven by the pair of pulleys, where the belt contacts and finishes the edge of the glass sheet; (v) a belt cleaning device that removes glass debris from the belt as the belt moves past the belt cleaning device; and (vi) a cleaning containment enclosure within which there is located the belt cleaning device, where the cleaning containment enclosure contains the glass debris removed from the belt by the belt cleaning device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156973 | SHARPENER FOR A SNOW TRAVEL MEMBER SUCH AS A SKI OR A SNOWBOARD - In one aspect, the invention is directed to a sharpener for sharpening a corner edge of a snow travel member, which may be, for example, a ski or a snowboard. The corner edge is between a bottom face and a side face of the snow travel member. The sharpener includes an angle adjustment mechanism to adjust the angle between surfaces on the sharpener that support the bottom face and side face of the snow travel member, in order to accommodate different snow travel members, that may have different angles between their bottom face and their side face. For example, the angle adjustment member may be capable of adjusting the angle between a bottom face orienting surface on the sharpener and a side face orienting surface on the sharpener between a range of angles. The range of angles may be, for example, a range from 85 degrees and 90 degrees. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156974 | SURFACE PREPARATION APPARATUS - A hand-held surface preparation apparatus comprising a frame, a hollow semi-circular shaped housing member connected to said frame, a drive housing connected to said housing member, a motor secured to said drive housing aligned directly over said hollow semi-circular shaped housing member, a roller rotatably positioned inside of the semi-circular shaped housing member in communication with said motor, front and rear guide handles extending from said frame, and removably connected front and rear debris guards. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156975 | Skinning Knife - A skinning knife, comprising a handle, a slitting blade disposed at a forward portion of the handle and having an upwardly-and forwardly-directed cutting edge, a first spreading member disposed at the forward most position of the knife so as to spread apart two portions of animal hide that have been separated by the slitting blade, and a retractable punch blade disposed in the handle beneath slitting blade for opening a hole in the hide, the first spreading member having a slot therein for receiving the punch blade. A punch blade actuation mechanism is provided for moving the punch blade through the slot in the first spreading member. Preferably, a second spreading member disposed below and forward of the first spreading member is provided for facilitating entry into a small slit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156976 | COIN PROCESSING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES - Systems, methods and devices for processing coins are presented herein. A coin processing system is disclosed which includes a housing with a coin input area for receiving a batch of coins, a controller with a communication interface operatively attached to the housing, and a coin processing unit for counting, discriminating, and/or valuing coins received from the coin input area. The coin processing system also includes a mobile coin receptacle removably disposed within the housing and configured to receive coins from the coin processing unit. The mobile coin receptacle is configured to wirelessly communicate information to the communication interface of the controller. The mobile coin receptacle can include one or more electrical contacts that mate with one or more electrical contacts on the housing to wirelessly communicate the information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156977 | COIN HOPPER WITH AN UPWARD COIN PASSAGE - A coin hopper includes a coin pusher consisting of a container, a rotating disc and a power drive for dispensing coins, and a rack that defines therein a coin passage that extends upwardly from the coin pusher and consists of a bottom sloping segment, an intermediate arched segment and a top vertical segment for guiding out coins one by one and has floating rods transversely arranged therein to prohibit dispensed coins from backward displacement and to avoid coin stacking, track parts damage or motor overload. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156978 | CLEAN WORKTABLE - A clean worktable includes a support body, a work platform, a bellows, a front workspace, and a second workspace. The work platform and the bellows are positioned on the support body. The front workspace is opposite to the back workspace. The work platform has a first region in the front workspace and a second region in the back workspace. The bellows provides airflow to the first region and the second region for removing dust and the clean worktable enables two workers to function simultaneously. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIR FLOW CONTROL IN AN AIRCRAFT SIDEWALL VOLUME - An aircraft fuselage sidewall may include an aircraft sidewall volume and a flow controller. The aircraft sidewall volume may be delineated by an aircraft skin forming an outboard boundary of the aircraft sidewall volume, a passenger cabin sidewall forming an inboard boundary of the aircraft sidewall volume and fuselage frame structures forming axial boundaries of the aircraft sidewall volume. The flow controller may be positioned at a portion of the aircraft sidewall volume to selectably control air flow through the aircraft sidewall volume. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156980 | ATMOSPHERE FLAVORING SYSTEM AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This is a new system to aromatize spacious rooms, such as apartments, offices, factories, among other possible premises, such as shops, hotels or even large means of transport such as ships or ocean liners, all of which in many cases are likely to have central ventilation facilities. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156981 | MULTIZONE VARIABLE DAMPER FOR USE IN AN AIR PASSAGEWAY - A multizone variable damper for air passageways having a plurality of damper zones, a plurality of opposed blades that are rotatable about a horizontal axis, a pair of blades of the plurality of blades being provided in each zone of the plurality of damper zones, and an actuator for each pair of blades, each actuator being configured to independently rotate each of the pairs of blades of the plurality of opposed blades so as to selectively and independently control a degree of openness of each of the pairs of blades of the plurality of opposed blades in each damper zone of the plurality of damper zones. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156982 | Floor Register With Rotatable Air Deflector - An air register for covering an air duct opening in a space ventilated by a forced central air system. The invention permits the user to change the direction of the air flow by rotating the air deflector. The invention also permits the user to regulate the amount of the air flowing into the space by adjusting the shutter of the damper box, by rotating the air deflector, or by doing both. The invention therefore gives the user many options in selecting the desirable air flow setting. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156983 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHORIZING COMPUTING DEVICES FOR RECEIPT OF VENUE-BASED DATA BASED ON THE LOCATION OF A USER - Methods and systems for authorizing access by a user of at least one service associated with an event at a venue based on a location of the user as determined by assets of a data communications network (e.g., Internet protocol based networks, computer network, telecommunications network, wireless network, Internet, etc). A location of at least one user can be determined based on communications of at least one computing device utilized by the at least one user with the data communications network supporting data communications of the at least one computing device. The at least one computing device can be authorized to receive the at least one service based on the location as determined by the data communications network and/or a server. The data communications network can further comprise at least one of a server, a gateway, a home location register and a visiting location register. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156984 | Methods and Apparatuses for Interference Coordination in a Telecommunications System - The embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120156985 | Data Transmission Method and Apparatus for a Wireless Distribution System - The present invention discloses a data transmission method and an apparatus for a wireless distribution system. The method comprises: receiving data by a wireless access point or a wireless repeater of the wireless distribution system (S | 2012-06-21 |
20120156986 | Method and System for Controlling a Communications Carrier's Power Spectral Density (PSD) Using Spread Spectrum for Matched Spectral Allocation - A method of reducing adjacent satellite interference, the method comprising monitoring, by a processor, a power spectral density (PSD) of a signal transmitted by a remote transmitter, determining, by the processor, that the PSD of the signal transmitted by the remote transmitter is above a predetermined level, and reducing the PSD of the signal transmitted by the remote transmitter by adjusting at least one of a spread spectrum spreading factor, a power level, a modulation factor, and a forward error correction (FEC) rate using a modulator while maintaining a constant spectral allocation and center frequency of the signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156987 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS BASE STATION, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE - Each of the plurality of wireless base stations determines whether the accuracy of a synchronizing signal generated at a corresponding synchronizing signal generation unit is below a predetermined level, and when the accuracy of synchronizing signal is below the predetermined level, refers to the management unit to determine whether there is, among other wireless base stations arranged adjacent to its own station, a wireless base station connected to a synchronizing signal generation unit differing from its own connected synchronizing signal generation unit, and when there is a wireless base station connected to a synchronizing signal generation unit differing from its own connected synchronizing signal generation unit, reducing its own transmission power. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156988 | Linearizer-Channel Amplifier Device for a Dual RF Channel, and Telecommunication Satellite Comprising Said Device - A linearizer-channel amplifier device for a dual RF channel designed to be installed on a telecommunication satellite comprises two independent radiofrequency channels, each radiofrequency channel corresponding to a radiofrequency-signal communication channel and comprising a channel-amplifier module, the two radiofrequency channels being connected to one and the same remote control and telemetry module designed to route and to manage remote control signals dedicated to each of the two channel-amplifier modules and to manage telemetries produced by the two channel-amplifier modules. For application notably to the field of satellite telecommunications and in particular to the radiofrequency transmission systems of satellite repeaters. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156989 | Frequency Shifting Repeater - Aspects of a method and system for frequency control in a frequency shifting repeater are provided. In this regard, a reference frequency may be divided to generate a first pair of local oscillator (LO) signals, the first pair of LO signals may be divided to generate a second pair of LO signals. The two pairs of LO signals may be utilized to frequency shift a received signal for repeating the signal on a different frequency. The frequency shifted signal may be generated by down-converting the received signal utilizing the first pair of LO signals, up-converting the down-converted signal utilizing the second pair of LO signals, and combining the resulting up-converted signals. The reference frequency may be divided by a first scaling factor to generate the first pair of LO signal which, in turn, may be divided by a second scaling factor to generate the second pair of LO signals. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156990 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, TRANSMITTER, AND RECEIVER - A communications system, including a transmitter and a receiver that performs radio communications with the transmitter in a plurality of types of communications services, the transmitter includes, a controller that controls guard intervals at a plurality of codes, which are unique to respective cells and correspond to any one of the plurality of types of communications services, so that lengths of guard intervals of the plurality of codes become same; and a transmitting unit that transmits first codes among the plurality of codes using a first band set in a transmission band, and also transmits second codes among the plurality of codes different from the first codes using a second band set in the transmission band that is different from the first band set, and the receiver includes, a receiving unit that receives the plurality of codes transmitted from the transmitter. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156991 | FAST DATA - A fast data method is contemplated to speed data processing and/or transmission times associated with sensor devices desiring to report or otherwise communicate electronic data over wireless or wireline communications mediums to a processing entity. The fast data method may be achieved by scheduling transmission windows/intervals for the sensor devices and adjusting the scheduled intervals in a manner aimed at increasing processing/polling speeds and/or in a manner aimed at facilitating transmission of data built-up over time due to a prior inability to transmit the data. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156992 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SIGNAL BLOCKING LAYER FOR NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS - A communications device may include a near-field communication (NFC) circuit device, and a radio frequency (RF) signal blocking member adhesively coupled with the NFC device. The RF signal blocking member may be configured to block RF signal communication by the NFC device while coupled therewith. The RF signal blocking member may comprise an electrical conductor. In accordance with an example, the RF signal blocking member may comprise a frangible layer. In another example, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be included for adhesively securing the RF signal blocking member with the NFC device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156993 | DONGLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING EXTERNAL INPUT MEANS, AND EXTERNAL INPUT SYSTEM WITH THE DONGLE - A dongle and method for operating external input means, and an external input system with the dongle are provided. The dongle includes a wired interface for connecting the dongle to an external input means, the external input means including at least one external input device; a signal converter for converting a wired signal, which is transmitted from at least one external input device connected to the wired interface, into a Radio Frequency (RF) signal; and an RF communication module for transmitting the RF signal to an electronic device via an RF communication channel. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156994 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A communication processing apparatus, a computer program product, and a data processing method are provided. The communication processing apparatus includes a near-field communication unit configured to perform near-field communication; a control unit configured to acquire communication history data of near-field communication performed by using the near-field communication unit; and a storage unit configured to store the communication history data under control of the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to acquire the communication history data stored in the storage unit and transmit the acquired communication history data to a server that performs information management, when issuing an information registration request to the server. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156995 | COMMUNICATION PARTNER APPLIANCE WITH AUTOMATIC SEND MODE ACTIVATION - A communication partner appliance is implemented within a near field communication system. The communication partner appliance includes a receiver, a detector, and a processor. The receiver receives a NFC command signal from another communication partner appliance. The detector detects whether a carrier signal from the other communication partner appliance is present at the receiver and generates a corresponding status signal. The processor receives the command signal from the receiver, recognizes an end of the command signal, receives the status signal from the detector after the end of the command signal, and controls a power supply element based on the status signal after the end of the command signal. The power supply element is configured to establish a connection to either a first power supply or a second power supply. The first power supply is dependent on the carrier signal, and the second power supply is independent of the carrier signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE OF A DEVICE BASED ON RADIO WAVES - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program in which information can be reliably exchanged when performing wireless communication by allowing a user to know a communication distance at which devices can be connected. For example, a communication unit | 2012-06-21 |
20120156997 | BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL ADOPTING SAME - A communication method and a terminal adopting same are provided. The method includes setting a calling terminal in a short-range wireless communication standby mode; and transmitting, upon detecting movement of the calling terminal during the short-range wireless communication standby mode, data to a called terminal via a short-range wireless communication. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156998 | SLAVE DEVICE COMPLYING WITH BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL AND RELATED METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION CONNECTION - A slave device that complies with Bluetooth communication protocol includes a communication module, a memory and a RF output module. The communication module can be operated to generate a driving signal. The memory stores an access code that complies with Bluetooth communication protocol and is electrically connected to the communication module. The memory is configured to determine whether or not to output the access code according to the driving signal output by the communication module. The RF output module is electrically connected to the memory so as to receive and output the access code. | 2012-06-21 |
20120156999 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication terminal measures the reception status of a downlink signal sent from a wireless base station according to a periodic ranging process, and notifies the measured reception status of the downlink signal to the wireless base station. The wireless base station measures the reception status of an uplink signal sent from the wireless communication terminal according to the periodic ranging process, and performs a control process for avoiding interference with a wireless signal between the wireless base station and the wireless communication terminal based on the measured reception status of the uplink signal and the measured reception status of the downlink signal which is notified from the wireless communication terminal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157000 | User Experienced Remote Monitoring of a Communications Network - Various systems, computer program products, and methods are disclosed for user experienced remote monitoring of a communications network. For example, a method may include receiving air interface information from a mobile device. The air interface information may originate from signals communicated between the mobile device and the communications network. The air interface information may indicate an actual communication quality between the mobile device and the communications network. The method may further include receiving user experience information. The user experience information may indicate a perceived communication quality at the mobile device. The method may further include associating, by the server device, the air interface information and the user experience information with one another. The method may further include determining, by the server device, whether the perceived communication quality is due to the actual communication quality based on the associated air interface information and user experience information. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157001 | Method of Reducing Specific Absoption Rate for an Electronic Device, and the Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a radio frequency module having a communication port, and an antenna module having a number of antennas electrically coupled to the communication port. A method of reducing specific absorption rate (SAR) for the electronic device includes: a) measuring the SAR for the electronic device to obtain a measurement result; b) increasing the number of antennas of the antenna module when the measurement result is not lower than a standard value; and c) repeating steps a) and b) until the measurement result is equal to or smaller than the standard value. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157002 | MOBILE NETWORK CONTROL APPARATUS AND ENERGY SAVING METHOD - Provided are a mobile network control apparatus and energy saving method. The mobile network control apparatus for may calculate a first amount of total consumed power consumed by m base stations to provide a first cell as a coverage range, and a second amount of total consumed power consumed by n base stations to provide a second cell including the first cell as a coverage range. The mobile network control apparatus may save energy by initiating an operation of the n base stations on a high power mode, and by suspending an operation of a remaining base station excluding the n base stations if the first amount of total consumed power is greater than the second amount of total consumed power. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157003 | INFORMATION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS - An information apparatus includes: a receiving module; a wireless connecting module; a processing ability detecting module; and an outputting module. The receiving module receives a message. The wireless connecting module wirelessly connects with an electronic device. The processing ability detecting module detects, when receiving a request for transmitting the message from the electronic device, a message processing ability of the electronic device using a table. The outputting module outputs a message according to the detected message processing ability toward the electronic device. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157004 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING PERFORMANCE OF RADIO NETWORK CELL - The present invention provides a method and device for testing performance of a radio network cell. The method includes: obtaining traffic information of a cell and triggering a cell service performance test according to the traffic information of the cell; performing the cell service performance test and obtaining a cell performance parameter; and determining whether cell service performance is normal according to the cell performance parameter. According to the present invention, a radio performance parameter of the cell and processing procedure information in a procedure of a radio access request attempt are detected. This improves accuracy of analysis and determination of the cell service performance. In addition, a test is able to be performed without depending on a mobile terminal in an actual radio network, and test data is able to be obtained. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157005 | APPARATUS FOR THE SELF HEALING OF THE GAIN OF BROADBAND RECEIVERS - An integrated RF device includes at least one RF amplifier configured to be electrically coupled alternatively to a selected one of a RF signal input and a RF test source. A first mixer stage includes a first local oscillator and is electrically coupled to the at least one RF amplifier. At least one second mixer stage includes a second local oscillator and is electrically is coupled to the first mixer. The at least one baseband amplifier is electrically coupled to the second mixer. At least a selected one of the RF amplifier and the baseband amplifier has at least one actuator and at least one actuator terminal configured to provide an actuator setting. A method to self-heal an integrated RF receiver device is also described. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157006 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING THE AXIAL RATIO OF AN ANTENNA FOR TESTING RFID TAGS - A method for compensating the axial ratio of an antenna for testing radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and an apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes the following steps. An initial location of the RFID tag (or a tagged product) is set to obtain an initial vector. The RFID tag and the antenna are respectively rotated with a first axis and a second axis to detect characteristics of the RFID tag in all directions, and the first axis and the second axis are perpendicular. A polarization angle of the RFID tag is calculated according to the initial vector of the RFID tag and a location of the RFID tag after rotation. A compensation value is obtained through a look up table according to the polarization angle, so as to compensate for the axial ratio of the antenna. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157007 | RADIO STATION - A radio station connected to another radio station via a radio link and identifying a fault of the radio link, including: a radio link controlling unit, a statistical information acquiring unit and a fault identifying unit wherein the radio link controlling unit executes radio link control of the radio link in accordance with a radio link control scheme, the statistical information acquiring unit acquires statistical information indicating a state of the radio link during the execution of the radio link control, and the fault identifying unit identifies the fault of the radio link from among a plurality of faults associated with statistical information, on the basis of the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquiring unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157008 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING OVERFLOW OF MULTIPLICATION OF ROOTS-OF-UNITY BY USING OVERFLOW SAFE APPROXIMATED VALUES TABLE - An apparatus including a processor, a computer readable storage medium, and a lookup memory. The computer readable storage medium generally contains computer executable instruction that when executed by the processor perform operations involving fixed point multiplication. The lookup memory generally stores values used in the fixed point multiplication. The values stored in the lookup memory are approximated based upon a predetermined value to prevent overflow in the fixed point multiplication. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157009 | UNIVERSAL WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER - A wireless transceiver includes a microprocessor for processing signals and communication circuitry coupled to the microprocessor. The communication circuitry includes input/output circuitry for receiving signals from a plurality of wireless devices over a wireless communication path, for providing the signals to the microprocessor, and for transmitting processed signals from the microprocessor to the plurality of wireless devices. The input/output circuitry of the transceiver includes a non-wireless connection coupling the wireless transceiver to a test and measurement device. The test and measurement device receives the processed signals from the microprocessor, processes the received signal and data and/or information encoded therein, and performs a predetermined response thereto. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157010 | Electrical Power Amplifier Circuit, and Transmission Device and Communication Device Using the Same - The power amplifier circuit includes: a constant envelope signal generation circuit ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120157011 | ELECTRONIC SWITCH AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING SUCH A SWITCH - Switch including a terminal of a first type and at least two terminals of a second type, and a number of circuits capable of ensuring exclusive connection of one of the terminals of the second type to the terminal of the first type as a function of a set of control orders wherein the terminal of the first type is connected to a common point by a first circuit; each terminal of the second type is connected to the common point by a second circuit, with each second circuit including a portion that is magnetically coupled to the first circuit, a static switch mounted in parallel with the portion and capable of being controlled in the “off” state in order to connect the terminal of the first type to the terminal of the second type associated with the second circuit in question. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157012 | ASYMMETRIC GAIN COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - An asymmetric gain communication device and the communication method thereof are provided. With at least one receiving antenna and a transmitting antenna with different antenna gains, the antenna gains of the receiving antennas being greater than the antenna gain of the transmitting antenna and different from each other, the invention detects the communication signals of the receiving antennas for recording communication quality thereof. The mechanism switches in real time to an appropriate receiving antenna according to the received communication quality. This mechanism optimizes the signal transmission distance and communication stability. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157013 | Multi-Band Multi-Path Receiving and Transmitting Device and Method, and Base Station System - A multi-band multi-path receiving and transmitting device and method, and a base station system are provided. The multi-band multi-path receiving and transmitting device includes a broadband antenna, at least two multi-frequency couplers, a multi-band transceiver, and a signal processing module. The multi-band transceiver is adopted to decrease the number of the transceivers, thereby reducing the material cost and the mounting cost of the base station system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157014 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING DATA IN DUAL MODE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving data in a dual mode terminal having a host modem and a slave modem are provided. In the method, when an external apparatus generates data, the host modem receives the generated data. The host modem determines a destination of the received data. The host modem forwards the received data to the determined destination. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157015 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes an interface pad, and an antenna formed to surround the interface pad. The semiconductor device may further include a buffer configured to receive a first input signal applied to the interface pad, a driver configured to output a first output signal to the interface pad a receiver configured to receive a second input signal transferred to the antenna, and a transmitter configured to output a second output signal to the antenna. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157016 | TRANSMITTER, RF TRANSMITTER SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF TRANSMITTER - An internal operation of RF IC is adjusted so that the level of an RF transmitter signal is substantially stopped from rising, or made to descend in course of ramp-up of the RF transmitter signal. This adjustment is enabled by ramp-up adjustment data Last 4 symbols contained in preamble data precedent to real transmission data transmitted after completion of ramp-up. The ramp-up adjustment data and real transmission data are supplied from a baseband LSI. The RF transmitter signal contains phase and amplitude modulation components according to the EDGE system. RF IC includes phase and amplitude modulation control loops PM LP and AM LP. Ramp-up of RF power amplifiers PA | 2012-06-21 |
20120157017 | RF TRANSMITTER AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH PROGRAMMABLE BASEBAND FILTERING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A radio frequency (RF) transmitter includes a transmitter processing module that generates a processed signal and a modulating signal based on outbound data. An up-conversion module up-converts the processed signal to generate an up-converted signal. A programmable filter module generates a first plurality of delayed signals from the up-converted signal and that generates a filtered up-converted signal by combining the up-converted signal and the first plurality of delayed signals, wherein a delayed signal of the first plurality of delayed signals is scaled based on one of a first plurality of coefficients, wherein the first plurality of coefficients are selected based on a control signal. A polar amplifier amplifies and amplitude modulates the filtered up-converted signal based on the modulating signal to generate a transmit signal. A processing module generates the control signal to attenuate at least one RF spur of the up-converted signal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157018 | WIRELESS MEASUREMENT TRANSMITTER WITH REPLACEABLE MODULE - A measurement transmitter includes a main housing body with a first cavity closed by a first cover and a second cavity closed by a second cover. A measurement circuit assembly in the first cavity includes power and service communication conductors that extend through the main housing body to contacts in the second cavity. A replaceable module plugs into the contacts in the second cavity and includes a primary battery and a service communication connector. The service communication connector is exposed for connection to service equipment by removal of the second cover. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157019 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND WIRELESS POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS - A wireless power transmission system includes a wireless power transmitting apparatus and a wireless power receiving apparatus. The wireless power transmitting apparatus includes a signal generator and an ultrasonic transmitting unit. The ultrasonic transmitting unit generates and outputs a focused ultrasonic wave according to a signal outputted from the signal generator. The wireless power receiving apparatus includes an ultrasonic receiving unit and a power conversion unit. The ultrasonic receiving unit receives the focused ultrasonic wave outputted from the wireless power transmitting apparatus and converts the focused ultrasonic wave into electrical power energy. The power conversion unit performs a power conversion on the electrical power energy and thereby provides the converted electrical power energy to a back-end circuit. The ultrasonic signal can also be encoded in the transmitting unit and subsequently decoded in the receiving unit as a means to remotely control the back-end circuit in the receiving unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157020 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE - An amplifier circuit includes an amplifier, a detecting unit which detects a power output from the amplifier, a control unit which controls a saturation point of the amplifier with respect to a Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) obtained by a detection output of the detecting unit. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ENERGY AND DATA - Disclosed is an apparatus for wirelessly transmitting and receiving energy and data including: a signal generator generating a first frequency signal for power transmission; a first matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving the first frequency signal generated by the signal generator; an oscillator outputting a second frequency signal, a carrier frequency, by using the first frequency signal, generated by the signal generator, as a reference frequency; a mixer modulating a data signal output from a communication module by using the second frequency signal; a second matching circuit matching input/output impedance upon receiving a modulated signal by using the second frequency signal; a resonator resonating an output signal from the first matching circuit to a reception side apparatus; and a radiator radiating an output signal from the second matching circuit to the reception side apparatus. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157022 | System and Method For Reducing Power Consumed By A Wireless Communication Device - A system and method are provided for facilitating reduced power consumption when communicating between a wireless communication device and a wireless communication controller. A power management controller comprising a power saving detection unit and a power level controller is provided. The power savings detector detects when power savings can be applied in accordance with whether or data loss between the base state controller and the wireless communication device can be tolerated. The power level controller selects a reduced transmission power level at which to transmit data if a data loss can be tolerated. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157023 | ACTIVE ANTENNA FOR FILTERING RADIO SIGNAL IN TWO FREQUENCY BANDS - An active antenna system comprises a coupling block adapted to sample a portion of a first telecommunication signal and a compensation block. The compensation block is coupled to the coupling block and is adapted to apply at least a phase compensation to the portion of the first telecommunication signal, thereby obtaining a first compensation signal. The coupling block is further adapted to combine the first telecommunication signal and the first compensation signal into a compensated first telecommunications signal to be fed into an antenna arrangement | 2012-06-21 |
20120157024 | COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION COUPLER AND IMPEDANCE ADJUSTING SHEET - A technique is proposed for reducing leakage electromagnetic field that reduces the electromagnetic leakage from a connection point between a communication coupler and a signal transmission apparatus and that can conduct both communication and transmission of electric power. The signal transmission apparatus includes: a first sheet conductive body portion constituting a lower portion electrode; and a second sheet conductive body portion in a mesh shape which is laminated on the first sheet conductive body portion while a gap area is sandwiched therebetween and which includes an uneven mesh size area on which a sheet impedance is continuously changed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING CHANNEL IN BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method for scanning a channel in a broadcast receiver is provided. In the method, a broadcast area corresponding to a current position is derived from a database (DB). When a valid channel list for the derived broadcast area exists in the DB is determined, broadcasting using the information of the valid channel list. However, when the valid channel list for the derived broadcast area does not exist, a search for a channel for the derived broadcast area is initiated. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157026 | ADAPTIVELY TUNABLE ANTENNAS INCORPORATING AN EXTERNAL PROBE TO MONITOR RADIATED POWER - An embodiment of the present invention an apparatus, comprising an apparatus, comprising an adaptively-tuned antenna including a variable reactance network connected to the antenna, an RF field probe located near the antenna, an RF detector to sense voltage from the field probe, a controller that monitors the RF voltage and supplies control signals to a driver circuit and wherein the driver circuit converts the control signals to bias signals for the variable reactance network. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING A RADIO CHANNEL OF A WIRELESS NETWORK USING VARIABILITY OF SYNCHRONIZATION - A speed parameter or channel quality parameter are determined in a mobile device based on variation in frequency offset measurement. A higher variation in the frequency offset measurement reflects a poorer channel quality and a higher speed; a lower variation in the frequency offset measurement reflects a better channel quality and a lower speed. The parameter(s) may be fed back to the system and used, for example, to make adaptive modulation and coding decisions. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157028 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for providing information in a portable terminal having a display unit and a control unit. The display unit displays an information providing window for information received from a broadcasting station during a radio play mode of the portable terminal. The control unit provides a particular function responsive to the information received from the broadcasting station during the radio play mode of the portable terminal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157029 | ANTENNA SWITCH CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF SWITCHING THE SAME - There are provided an antenna switch circuit including: a first filter | 2012-06-21 |
20120157030 | SIGNAL RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF - The present invention discloses a signal reception apparatus and a method for implementation thereof. The apparatus comprises: a personal computer interface, configured to implement the communications between a personal computer and the signal reception apparatus; an antenna module, configured to receive signals of a base station; and an antenna interface, configured to implement the communications between a terminal and the signal reception apparatus, so as to provide the signals received by the antenna module to the terminal. The present invention improves the signal reception effect of the terminal. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157031 | Circuits and Methods of Low-Frequency Noise Filtering - A circuit includes an input terminal for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and a noise mitigation circuit coupled to the input terminal. The noise mitigation circuit is configured to detect a low-frequency noise signature in the RF signal and to automatically adjust an attenuation network to filter low-frequency noise from the RF signal in response to detecting the low-frequency noise signature. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157032 | MOBILE PHONE/DOCKING STATION EMERGENCY CALL ROUTING - A client application installed at a mobile device determines whether the mobile device is docked in a docking station. The client application receives an indication of an emergency call being placed by a user of the mobile device. The client application selectively routes the emergency call either through a wired network or a wireless network based on whether the mobile device is docked in the docking station. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157033 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING WAIT TIME IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for improving wait time in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes receiving a message indicating an eWaitTime at a user equipment (UE), entering a wait time period corresponding to the eWaitTime, and does not initiate a connection request with a specific cause during the wait time period, and considering the wait time period finished upon receiving a paging message that pages the UE. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157034 | ALARM SYSTEM WITH TWO-WAY VOICE - Techniques are described for establishing a two-way voice communication session with an alarm system. The alarm system may establish a two-way voice communication session with an operator associated with a monitoring service that provides monitoring services for alarm events detected by the alarm system. The alarm system also may establish a two-way voice communication session with a notification recipient that is interested in receiving notifications associated with events detected by the alarm system. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157035 | Position Locating Device and Position Determining System - A position locating device comprises a position determining unit for periodically determining the position of the device and storing position data in a memory. On activation of the device, a position transmitting unit periodically transmits a terminal identifier and position data, to a base station via a satellite. A power management unit controls the periodicity of the transmission by the position transmitting means. A position determining system includes the position determining device and a base station for receiving the terminal identifier and position data and relaying the information to a first responder. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157036 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY PROTECTED NAVIGATION BETWEEN MOBILE TERMINALS - A system of providing location and routing information to a target mobile terminal while still maintaining a specified level of privacy. A target mobile terminal includes a profile having an inaccuracy level contained therein. When a querying terminal desires routing information to the target terminal, a portion of a route to the target terminal is provided, with the portion of the provided route being based upon the level of inaccuracy in the target terminal profile. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157037 | PERSONAL SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEM - A signaling system is provided for rendering an alarm for an individual in distress combined with a locating and tracking system to thus alert and direct appropriate personnel to the needs of the individual in distress and to monitor the location of that individual. The system comprises a portable signaling unit, a remote alarm switch device, a central dispatch station, and makes use of a wireless communication system. The portable signaling unit and the remote alarm switch may be adapted to be worn at different locations on the person's body. The remote alarm switch way be concealed in the form of a wristband or in the form of any other object such as a broach, pendant, or keychain. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157038 | OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORTING COST AWARE APPLICATIONS - A mobile computing device that supports cost-aware application components for operation over a metered network. A current basis for computing usage charges over one or more networks may be made available to the cost-aware application components through an application programming interface supported by an operating system service. That service may receive a policy for charging for data usage over a network and may also obtain information defining data usage for the mobile computing device. Based on this information, the service may determine a current basis for charging for data usage. With this information, the application component can determine a manner for executing network operations that involve data transmission over the network, such as deferring the operation or selecting an alternative network. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157039 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods are directed to monitoring the communications to and from a mobile communication device in accordance with one or more embodiments. For example in accordance with an embodiment, each of the data services on a mobile communication device may be monitored against rules stored in a central data center repository. The data services may include all forms of communications between the mobile communication device and a third party along with changes to application or data within the mobile communication device. An alert may be provided to an administrator when unauthorized data service activity and/or a message may be sent to the mobile communication device to prevent the unauthorized data service activity. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157040 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND BILLING METHOD FOR WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE - An information processing device includes: a detecting unit configure to detect, with regard to a plurality of wireless terminal devices sharing a usage right of subscription authentication information relating to a mobile network operator which provides wireless connection services, transfer of the usage right among the wireless terminal devices; and a calculating unit configured to, in the event that transfer of the usage right is detected, calculate fees relating to the subscription authentication information occurring after the transfer, based on billing information set for the wireless terminal device to which the usage right has been transferred. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157041 | ONLINE CHARGING FOR ROAMING USERS IN A PROXY ONLINE CHARGING SYSTEM OF A VISITED NETWORK - Communication networks and methods are disclosed for performing online charging credit control in a visited network when a user is roaming. The visited network which is providing service to a roaming user includes a proxy online charging system (OCS) that communicates with a home OCS in a home network of the user. The proxy OCS transmits an online charging request message to a home OCS in a home network for the roaming user requesting charging information for the roaming user. The proxy OCS receives an online charging response message from the home OCS that includes the charging information for the roaming user. The proxy OCS then processes the charging information to perform credit control for one or more network elements in the visited network that is serving the session. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157042 | Systems and Methods to Accelerate Transactions Based on Predictions - Systems and methods to accelerate transactions made via mobile communications. In one aspect, a system includes: a data storage facility to store information associated with past payment transactions and an interchange coupled with the data storage facility. The interchange includes a common format processor and a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers. The converters are configured to communicate with the controllers in different formats, and to communicate with the common format processor in a common format. The common format processor includes a risk engine and a transaction engine. The risk engine estimates a risk in a billing process; and the transaction engine determines whether or not to notify a merchant of the predicted result of billing based on the suggestion from the risk engine and/or other information, such as the status of the wireless telecommunications network. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157043 | PERSONAL CONTENT SERVER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Personal content server apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process. Various access, business or operational rules are applied depending on the content and delivery mode; e.g., to live video broadcast, video-on-demand (VOD), or archived content from the subscriber's digital video recorder (DVR) or networked PVR. Secondary content (e.g., promotions, advertisements, etc.) can also be selectively replaced if desired in order to make the remotely delivered content more appropriate to the remote user's context. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157044 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MODE SCREEN DISPLAY THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a memory configured to store at least a first and second operating system including at least first and second modes, respectively; and a controller configured to execute the first operating system and to activate the first mode corresponding to the first operating system, to display a first information screen on a display corresponding to the activated first mode, to receive a switching signal indicating the first mode is to be switched to the second mode, to activate the second mode and deactivate the first mode, and to display a second information screen on the display corresponding to the second mode and that is different than the first information screen. Further, the controller is further configured to selectively transmit information included on the first or second information screen to at least one external terminal based on a prescribed designated level. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157045 | Methods, Systems, and Apparatus for Handling Secure-Voice-Communication Sessions - An exemplary computing system may receive a first request from a first voice-communication device to establish a secure-voice-communication session with a second voice-communication device. The computing system may also receive a second request from the second voice-communication device to establish the secure-voice-communication session with the first voice-communication device. The computing system may establish the secure-voice-communication session between the first and second voice-communication devices. Corresponding methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157046 | Systems and methods for notification of mobile communications device use - Described are systems and methods notifying a recipient of use of a communications device. A communications device is configured to include a parameter that indicates a condition for generating a notification. A state of the communications device is determined. The state of the communications device and the condition are compared. The notification is provided from the communications device to the recipient in response to the comparison. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157047 | SELF-SUBSCRIPTION AND SELF-REACTIVATION TO A NETWORK - A method including receiving a network access request that includes an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) stored by a smart card associated with a user device; determining whether self-subscription to a service plan or reactivation of a suspended service plan is permitted based on self-activation data, wherein the self-activation data includes a mapping between IMSIs and data that indicates a granting or a denying of network access; selecting network access rights based on the self-activation data when it is determined that self-subscription to the service plan or reactivation of the suspended service plan is permitted; generating a temporary user profile based on the selected network access rights; and providing limited network access to the user device, wherein the limited network access permits a user to self-subscribe to the service plan or reactivate the suspended service plan. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157048 | Electronic Device, and Electronic Device Operational Lock Deactivation Method - In one embodiment, there is provided an electronic device. The device includes: a lock controller configured to lock control of the electronic device so that a specific operation cannot be performed on the electronic device; a lock deactivation region registration module configured to register a region where the operation lock should be deactivated if the electronic device has been locked; a location detector configured to detect a location of the electronic device; and an operational lock deactivation module configured to compare the detected location of the device against the registered region where the operation lock should be deactivated, and configured to deactivate the operational lock of the electronic device when the electronic device is located within the registered region where the operation lock should be deactivated. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157049 | CREATING A RESTRICTED ZONE WITHIN AN OPERATING SYSTEM - A system for creating a restricted zone within an operating system, in one example embodiment, includes a communication module to receive from a user with administrative authority a request to associate the restricted zone with one or more software applications or processes and to receive a request from a user to access an application, a processing module to determine whether the application or the process is within the restricted zone, and an access module to selectively allow access to the application or process based on the determination. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157050 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PROVIDING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION SERVICE - Provided are a method of controlling a machine type communication (MTC) device in a radio communication network providing an MTC service, and a wireless communication system providing an MTC service. The method includes registering an MTC device in an MTC server, performing, at the MTC server, authentication of an MTC user to be connected with the MTC device, requesting, at the MTC server, a state report on the MTC device requested by the MTC user from the MTC device and transmitting state information received from the MTC device to the MTC user, and performing, at the MTC server, service control for the MTC device according to a request of the MTC user. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157051 | METHOD FOR CONROLLING ACCESS OF SUBSCRIBERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING FEMTO CELL AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for controlling access of subscribers of a gateway in a communication system supporting a femto cell, the method including: by user equipment (UE), receiving a first access request message, which makes a request to access a femto base station (BS), from the femto BS; directly acquiring a business subscriber database (DB), which includes a list of UE admittable to access the femto BS, from a DB module; and determining whether to admit the access of the UE on the basis of the business subscriber DB, wherein the determining whether to admit the access of the UE includes admitting the access of the UE if a user equipment identifier (UE ID) for identifying the UE is included in the list of UE. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER AUTHENTICATION BY MEANS OF A CELLULAR MOBILE RADIO NETWORK - The invention relates to a method and system for authentication of a user ( | 2012-06-21 |
20120157053 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication system according to the present invention is a mobile communication system so configured that a mobile station UE performs communication with a radio base station eNB by simultaneously using a plurality of frequency carriers, in which the mobile station UE is configured to perform a communication security process by applying the same key KeNB to all of the plurality of frequency carriers. | 2012-06-21 |
20120157054 | System, Method and Terminal for Forwarding Incoming Call - The present invention discloses a system, method and terminal for implementing the forwarding of incoming call, wherein the method comprises: a terminal A with Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) function establishing a connection with another terminal B with the WAPI function through a WAPI module; when either the terminal A or terminal B has an incoming call, the terminal having the incoming call forwarding the incoming call to another terminal which has established the connection with the terminal having the incoming call. In the present invention, the incoming calls on the terminal A can be forwarded to the terminal B, and the phone calls on the terminal B also can be forwarded to the terminal A, which is convenient for users to answer the phone calls and can solve the phenomenon of the users missing calls due to various reasons very well. | 2012-06-21 |