31st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090191819 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - Apparatus and method for calibration in a multi-antenna system are provided. The method includes setting at least two transmission paths connected to antennas, respectively, as reference transmission paths, when receiving compensation signals transmitted in the reference transmission paths in at least two reception paths connected to the antennas, respectively, determining a phase difference of the reception paths using the received compensation signals, and calibrating the reception paths using the phase difference of the reception paths. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191820 | SIGNAL VALUE HOLDING APPARATUS, SIGNAL VALUE HOLDING METHOD, SIGNAL VALUE CONTROL SYSTEM, SIGNAL VALUE CONTROL METHOD, PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND PLAYBACK METHOD - A signal apparatus is provided. The signal value holding apparatus including a determining section to determine a magnitude relationship between a signal value of an input signal and a signal value of a prescribed feedback signal, a first holding section to hold the signal value determined to be larger by the determining section, a subtracting section to subtract a prescribed value from the signal value held by the first holding section and output a result as the feedback signal, and a second holding section to receive the signal value held by the first holding section and hold the signal value supplied from the first holding section when the signal value of the input signal becomes smaller than the signal value of the feedback signal based on a determination result of the magnitude relationship between the signal values by the determining section. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191821 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMIT PATH FILTER AND MIXER CO-DESIGN - Aspects of a method and system for transmit path filter and mixer co-design are provided. In this regard, a filter may generate an output current based on a voltage applied to the filter and based on a feedback current produced by the filter, and a current mirror may mirror the generated output current into a mixer. Additionally, the output current may be filtered by a transconductance and a capacitance at an input of the current mirror. This filtering may reduce out-of-band noise generated by the voltage to current conversion devices. A gain of an output of the mixer may be controlled by varying a width of one or more transistors of the current mirror and/or by varying a resistance coupled to the current mirror input. A frequency response of the filter may be controlled by varying the gate width and the capacitance at the input of the current mirror. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191822 | Wireless communications system - The present invention provides a wireless communications system comprising a first radio transceiver configured to communicate on a first radio channel, a second radio transceiver configured to communicate on a second radio channel, a first base transceiver unit (BTU) configured to communicate with the first radio transceiver, a second BTU configured to communicate with the second radio transceiver, and a client transceiver unit (CTU) configured to communicate with both the first BTU and the second BTU. The CTU is thereby configured to communicate on the first radio channel via the first radio transceiver and the first BTU. The CTU is also configured to communicate on the second radio channel via the second radio transceiver and the second BTU. The CTU comprises at least one speaker for enabling a user to listen to communications on the first and second radio channels concurrently. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191823 | PROXIMITY-BASED ELECTRONIC TOYS AND ENTERTAINMENT METHODS USING SAME - A disposable electronic device includes a housing, a user interface in the housing and a short range, unlicensed wireless transceiver in the housing. A controller is configured to control the user interface and the short range, unlicensed wireless transceiver. A non-replaceable, non-rechargeable battery also is provided in the housing. New forms of disposable, proximity-based communications systems, devices and methods thereby may be provided. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191824 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER AND DATA USING THE HUMAN BODY - Methods and apparatus for distributing power and data to devices coupled to the human body are described. The human body is used as a conductive medium, e.g., a bus, over which power and/or data is distributed. Power is distributed by coupling a power source to the human body via a first set of electrodes. One or more devices to be powered, e.g., peripheral devices, are also coupled to the human body via additional sets of electrodes. The devices may be, e.g., a speaker, display, watch, keyboard, etc. A pulsed DC signal or AC signal may be used as the power source. By using multiple power supply signals of differing frequencies, different devices can be selectively 15 powered. For example, a 100 Hz signal may be used to power a first device while a 150 Hz signal may be used to power a second device. Digital data and/or other information signals, e.g., audio signals, can be modulated on the power signal using frequency and/or amplitude modulation techniques. The power source and peripheral devices can interact to form a complete computer network where the body serves as the bus coupling the devices together. Devices can include optional batteries, one or more CPUs, transmit/receive circuitry, and/or input/output circuitry. In one particular exemplary network implementation the first device to be placed on the body operates as a master device, e.g., bus master, with one or more subsequently added devices working as slaves. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191825 | CONFIGURABLE RF TRANSMITTER - An RF transmitter includes a Cartesian to polar conversion section, a PLL, a DAC module, a mixing module, and a PA module. The Cartesian to polar conversion section converts a Cartesian based symbol stream into a polar based symbol stream. The PLL generates an oscillation when the RF transmitter is in a Cartesian mode or a phase modulated oscillation based on phase modulation information of the polar based symbol stream when the RF transmitter is in a polar mode. The mixing module mixes an analog Cartesian based signal with a local oscillation to produce a Cartesian based up converted signal when the RF transmitter is in the Cartesian mode and mixes an analog amplitude signal with a phase modulated local oscillation to produce a polar based up converted signal when the RF transmitter is in the polar mode. The PA module amplifies the Cartesian based up converted signal to produce an outbound RF signal when the RF transmitter is in the Cartesian mode and amplifies the polar based up converted signal to produce the outbound RF signal when the RF transmitter is in the polar mode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191826 | High-Efficiency Envelope Tracking Systems and Methods for Radio Frequency Power Amplifiers - Envelope tracking (ET) methods and systems for controlling the delivery of power to radio frequency power amplifiers (RFPAs). An exemplary ET system includes an RFPA and a wide bandwidth capable and power efficient envelope modulator that includes a first power supplying apparatus and a second power supplying apparatus. The first power supplying apparatus includes a switch-mode converter and a regulator. The first mode converter is operable to dynamically step down a fixed power supply voltage according to amplitude variations in an envelope signal received by the regulator, and use the resulting dynamic power supply signal to power the regulator. The second power supplying apparatus is connected in parallel with the first power supplying apparatus. Depending on a power of an output signal to be generated at an output of the power amplifier, power is supplied to the power amplifier from either or both of the first and second power supplying apparatuses. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191827 | APPARATUSES AND A METHOD FOR REDUCING PEAK POWER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to an apparatus for reducing peak power in a transmitter for use in telecommunications systems. The invention also relates to a method for reducing peak power in a transmitter for use in telecommunications system and to a base station including such an apparatus. An apparatus according to the invention includes n subsequent interconnected stages ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090191828 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE FM TUNING - A system for processing signals is disclosed and may include a single chip having an integrated Bluetooth radio and an integrated FM radio. The single chip may include at least one processor that enables selecting from a range of FM channels, a particular frequency for one of the FM channels based on an intermediate frequency (IF). The particular frequency may be selected so that it is an integer multiple of a channel spacing between neighboring allocated FM channels within the range of FM channels, and may be offset by at most one-half the channel spacing. The at least one processor may enable determining a frequency error of the selected particular frequency for the one of the FM channels. The at least one processor may also enable determining, whether the particular frequency includes an on-frequency channel based on the determined frequency error. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191829 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD SELECTING METHOD, AND RECEIVING METHOD SELECTING PROGRAM - A wireless communicating apparatus is provided which includes two receiving methods, and can determine a favorable receiving method. The wireless communicating apparatus executes, which is provided with the two receiving methods of a first receiving method which is used in a propagation path environment in which it is necessary to reduce the multi-path interference, and a second receiving method which is used in the propagation path environment in which it is not necessary to reduce the multi-path interference, a first determination (step S | 2009-07-30 |
20090191830 | Receiving apparatus and receiving system - A receiving apparatus ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090191831 | DIVERSITY RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECEIVING SCHEME SWITCHING METHOD - It is a theme of the present invention to provide a diversity receiving device and a receiving scheme switching method, capable of attaining a power saving by executing a switching between a diversity reception and a single reception with high accuracy. A receiving scheme switching portion ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090191832 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANTENNA SELECTION - Systems and methods that provide antenna selection in multi-antenna-element communication systems are provided. In one embodiment, a system that selects N antenna elements in an M-antenna-element transmitter or an M-antenna-element receiver, in which N is less than M, may include, for example, M antenna elements in the M-antenna-element transmitter or the M-antenna-element receiver; N RF chains; and a switch coupled to the N RF chains. The M-antenna-element receiver may determine a bit error rate for each possible N antenna element subset of the M antenna elements. The M-antenna-element receiver may determine the particular N antenna element subset with a lowest bit error rate. In response to the determination of the particular N antenna element subset with the lowest bit error rate, the switch may couple the N RF chains to the particular N antenna element subset with the lowest bit error rate. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191833 | HIGH PERFORMANCE CMOS RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVER - A high performance radio frequency receiver includes a low noise amplifier with large binary and stepped gain control range, controlled impedance, and enhanced blocker immunity, for amplifying and converting a radio frequency signal to a current; a pulse generator for generating in-phase and quadrature pulses; a crossover correction circuit and pulse shaper for controlling a crossover threshold of the pulses and interaction between in-phase and quadrature mixers; and a double balanced mixer for combining the RF signal with the pulses to generate an intermediate frequency or baseband zero intermediate frequency current-mode signal. The in-phase and quadrature pulses have a duty cycle of 20-35%. The intermediate frequency signal and second order harmonics may be filtered with a high frequency low pass filter and a current injected complex direct-coupled filter. Decreased die size, current drain, cost, and complexity, as well as improvements in gain, 1/f noise, noise figure, sensitivity, and linearity may result. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191834 | ENHANCED PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATIC LEVEL CONTROL - An enhanced programmable automatic level control loop comprising an input for receiving an input RF signal; a level modulator, wherein the level modulator receives the input RF signal and a control signal and wherein the level modulator produces a first signal; a mixer that receives the first signal and mixes it with an LO signal to produce a second signal; a programmable attenuator that receives the second signal and produces an output signal; a level detector that monitors RF power of the output signal and produces a DC voltage proportional to the RF power; and wherein the DC voltage is received at a loop amplifier which produces the control signal. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191835 | REVERSE LINK CHANNEL ESTIMATION USING COMMON AND DEDICATED PILOT CHANNELS - The present invention provides a method of channel estimation implemented in a receiver having multiple antennas configured to receive at least one common pilot available to a plurality of users and a plurality of dedicated pilots. Each dedicated pilot is allocated to one of the plurality of users. The method includes estimating at least one first channel associated with a first user and at least one second channel associated with a second user based on observations of the plurality of dedicated pilots and of said at least one common pilot. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191836 | CIRCUIT AND METHODS TO PROTECT INPUT BUFFER - Apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed that operate to boost an electrical potential of a control terminal of a transistor from a signal on an input terminal of the transistor to render a channel in the transistor more conductive. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191837 | Delta Sigma Modulator with Unavailable Output Values - A power control system includes a delta sigma modulator to generate output values for use in controlling a switching power converter. In at least one embodiment, the delta sigma modulator includes two ranges of available output values and a range of one or more unavailable intermediate output values, wherein the range of one or more unavailable intermediate output values represent a gap in available output values. Each unavailable intermediate output value represents an output value that is not generated by the delta sigma modulator. In at least one embodiment, the delta sigma modulator includes a quantizer output remapping module that remaps quantizer output values within the range of one or more unavailable intermediate output values of the delta sigma modulator to new output values within one of the ranges of available output values. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191838 | MODE-SWITCHING LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER AND WIDE-BAND RF RECEIVER - A mode-switching LNA generally includes an input unit, an output unit and a bias voltage generator. The input unit amplifies an input signal to generate an amplified signal. The output unit receives the amplified signal from the input unit and operates either in an oscillation mode or in an amplification mode in response to a control signal to generate an output signal having a center frequency equal to a target frequency. The control signal indicates whether the center frequency of the output signal is the same as the target frequency. The bias voltage generator provides an input bias voltage to the input unit in response to the control signal, where the input bias voltage includes a first bias voltage in the amplification mode and a second bias voltage in the oscillation mode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191839 | PERSONAL ALARM AND SERVEILLANCE SYSTEM - The present invention is a system for observing stationary and mobile subjects and sending alarms and initiating remedial actions at the observation site by using an observation device, having the recording, and communications capabilities typically found in cell phones, to observe the subject and send recordings and relay alarm signals directly to a controller device possessed by the user. The controller device has the recording and communications capabilities typical of cell phones and allows users to review the data from the observation device and take appropriate actions. Such actions include commanding the observation unit to activate on-site devices that can mitigate damage, issuing an alarm to appropriate emergency response units, and augmenting data sent to emergency response units with the subject's location and descriptive information that can help responders arrive at the scene quicker and act more effectively when they arrive. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191840 | PERSONALIZED MESSAGE ESCROW - Systems, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for maintaining a personalized message provided by a personal security service subscriber in an escrow storage during a security period associated with the subscriber, and delivering the personalized message to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event during the security period. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191841 | Method and Apparatus for Extended Call Establishment for IMS Emergency Calls - Apparatus and methods of establishing an emergency voice call include user equipment transmitting, and a first serving core network receiving, a request for an emergency call via a wireless access network. The apparatus and methods further include a determination by the first serving core network of an alternative serving core network. In some aspects, the determination may be made based on a user equipment location from a location retrieval function, which may obtain such information from other network components or from the user equipment. In other aspects, the determination may be based on lack of capability or lack of capacity. Further, the apparatus and methods also include establishment of the emergency call with a second serving core network different from the serving core network based on the determination. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191842 | PERSONALIZED MESSAGE ESCROW WITH GRAPHICAL ROUTE REPRESENTATION - Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for maintaining a personalized message provided by a personal security service subscriber in an escrow storage during a security period associated with the subscriber; processing itinerary-related information of the personalized message against a dictionary of known physical locations to identify a starting point, a destination point, and a candidate route between the starting point and the destination point; generating a visual representation of the candidate route; and delivering the personalized message, the visual representation of the candidate route, or both, to one or more recipients upon determining an occurrence of a security event during the security period associated with the subscriber. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191843 | METHOD OF RECRUITING A NEW SUBSCRIBER TO A COMMUNICATION SERVICES PROVIDER - To recruit a new subscriber to a communication services provider, when a request is received, from a host of an identity module that lacks any portion of a provider profile that associates the identity module with a communication services provider, to provide a customization suite for installing substantially all of the provider profile in the identity module, terms of usage are proposed to the host. If the host consents to the terms of usage, the customization suite is sent to the host. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191844 | METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A MOBILE UNIT ATTACHED TO A FEMTOCELL THAT OPERATES ACCORDING TO CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS - The present invention provides a method involving a femtocell in communication with an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. In one embodiment, the femtocell operates according to code division multiple access (CDMA) standards. The method includes receiving, from the femtocell and at a first secure entity in the IMS network, first authentication information generated by the mobile unit using a first random number broadcast by the femtocell in a global challenge. The method also includes receiving, from a second secure entity in the secure network, at least one security key formed based on the global challenge and second authentication information for uniquely challenging the mobile unit. In one embodiment, the second secure entity is a CDMA-based authentication server. The method further includes providing the security key(s) to the femtocell in response to authenticating the mobile unit based upon the second authentication information. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191845 | NETWORK ENFORCED ACCESS CONTROL FOR FEMTOCELLS - The present invention provides a method involving a femtocell in communication with a secure network. The method includes determining whether the femtocell is authorized to provide wireless connectivity to a mobile unit based on information stored in a secure entity in the secure network. The information has been confirmed by a user of the mobile unit. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191846 | BIOMETRIC SMART CARD FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method and apparatus for controlling access to the data stored on a smart card for use in mobile devices. A user initializes the smart card memory by saving an authentication credential in memory. Subsequently, when various applications executed on the mobile device seek to retrieve the data stored in the smart card memory, the user must submit to an authentication process before access to the data stored in the smart card memory is granted. Embodiments utilize biometric traits and biometric templates stored in memory as authentication credentials. Biometric sensors are provided with the smart card so that a candidate biometric trait can be generated and compared with a biometric template stored in memory. If the biometric trait matches the stored biometric template, then access to the data stored in the smart card is granted. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191847 | System for setting security in wireless network system using cluster function and method of controlling the same - A system for setting security in a wireless network system using a cluster function. An access point stores a list of candidate terminals of each neighboring access point. When an arbitrary terminal sends an access request, the access point determines whether or not the terminal is authenticated using the stored list of candidate terminals, and transmits an authentication success message to the requesting terminal if the requesting terminal is authenticated. The terminal performs hand-over to the access point without performing authentication upon receiving the authentication success message from the access point in response to the access request. Thus, the hand-over time of a Wi-Fi phone is reduced in an environment based on Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) that is one of the strongest wireless LAN security policies, so that the safety and mobility of wireless LAN services can be improved at the same time. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191848 | WIRELESS MESSAGING SYSTEM - A messaging system for selectively performing an action on information, for remote retrieval of messages, for performing action on information at different times, for selective paging, for providing a user interface for message access and having integrated audio visual messaging. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191849 | ENHANCED MESSAGING COLLABORATION - The capabilities of a collaboration messaging system are extended through so that a user can be contacted, or at least notified of incoming messages, when the user is away from his own messaging client computer but is near another messaging client computer. The proximity of a user to a messaging client computer other than his own is inferred from the detection of a wireless communications device (e.g., a Bluetooth-enabled cellular phone) associated to the user. The association is recorded in a user profile set up by the user and stored in the collaboration messaging system. If a wireless communications device is detected proximate to a messaging client computer, a search is made of stored user profiles, each of which associates a particular wireless communication with a particular user. If a profile exists for the detected wireless communication device, it is retrieved and a set of actions defined in the user profile is implemented. The defined actions include sending messages addressed to the users own messaging client computer to the proximate messaging client computer, sending notices of the messages to the proximate client computer and sending a notice to the sender of the message that the user is near a particular client messaging computer. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191850 | Alert Method, Apparatus, System and Program Product - According to one embodiment, a mobile phone wirelessly receives an alert request from a separate alert triggering device via a first wireless interface of the mobile phone. In response to the alert request, the mobile phone automatically transmits an alert message utilizing wireless radio frequency communication via a second wireless interface of the mobile phone and a wireless wide area network. The communication of alerts can further be supported by the viral transmission of alert relay requests that propagate opportunistically in an attempt to reach a communication device, such as a mobile phone or WAP, that is capable of delivering an alert relay message to an electronic communication destination. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191851 | Method for realizing a presence service and presence system - In one aspect, a method for realizing a presence service with a buddy list that can be displayed on a display device of a terminal is provided. In an activated state, the buddy list itself is displayed, and in a deactivated state, the buddy list itself is not visible. The buddy list is updated by a control device during a change in state of at lest one subscriber to be monitored and/or of at least one device assigned to the subscriber. According to the invention, the updating of the buddy list ensues in the deactivated state by means of the control device while using a method other than one used in the activated state. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191852 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MULTIMEDIA RING-BACK-WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A VOICE-CALL - A system for providing multimedia ring back for a voice-call. The system may include an MMRB for VC control module and a network access module operatively connected to the MMRB for VC control module. The network access module is adapted to interface the MMRB for VC control module with external network components. The MMRB for VC control module is responsive to an indication that a caller is inviting a callee to join the voice-call with the caller and wherein the caller and/or the callee is subscribed to an MMRB for VC service for invoking an MMRB for VC service. The MMRB for VC control module is responsive to an indication that the callee received an invitation message and is now pending acceptance of the voice-call, for causing the caller to adapt its media-specification for the ongoing voice-call establishment process to a media-specification that is compatible with multimedia-content communication, thereby enabling a multimedia-content communication with the caller during at least a portion of the ongoing voice-call establishment process. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191853 | TELEPHONIC SYSTEM OF AGGREGATING MULTIPLE ADVERTISERS OR PRODUCTS WITHIN AN ON-DEMAND CONSUMER-ACCESSIBLE DATABASE AND METHOD THEREOF - A telephonic system of providing information about aggregated advertising, products, and services includes a plurality of publicly detectable advertisements each having a different code. A central telephony system receives the associated codes from a consumer via a mobile telecommunications device (e.g., phone) upon the consumer becoming aware of the code. A message transaction is created and recorded, and a message is sent to the consumer's mobile phone in response to the code entered by the consumer being recognized by the central telephony system; the message corresponds to the entered code. Software is downloadable to the consumer's mobile phone and is adapted to program the consumer's mobile phone with a telephone access number for the central telephony system. Each advertiser can control how and to whom a message is sent via its message profile, and each consumer can control how and from whom a message is received via his/her profile. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191854 | AUTOMATIC DEVICE MODE SWITCHING - Techniques are described for automatic device mode switching. In an implementation an electronic device provides a variety of functionality through multiple modes of the electronic device. The electronic device may be configured to toggle between modes when inserted into or removed from a corresponding mounting device. In an implementation, one operational mode may be automatically activated upon insertion of the electronic device into the mounting device. Another operational mode may be automatically activated when the electronic device is removed from the mounting device. In another implementation, multiple modes of an electronic device may be associated with multiple orientations of the device. An orientation detector may provide signals indicative of orientation, which when detected causes automatic activation of an associated operational mode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191855 | CALL TO ACTION LOCKOUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A Call-To-Action Lockout on a mobile device coupled to a data network is disclosed as a method and apparatus comprising providing a media application configured to respond to a control point associated with media content, providing media content which has at least one associated control point, triggering at least one control point while experiencing the media content; and performing an appropriate Call To Action Script (CTAS) in response to the triggered control point. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING ACTIVATION DATA IN A CELLULAR TELEPHONE - A method and apparatus for programming a cellular telephone with activation parameters. A cellular telephone to be programmed is connected to a computer via a communications interface. A user input device is provided to allow a user to provide programming information, including a cellular telephone type, to the computer. A visual representation of the cellular telephone type is displayed on a display monitor to allow the user to interactively verify the inputted programming information. Upon such user verification, the computer determines activation parameters and transmits the activation parameters to the cellular telephone. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, certain activation parameters are dynamically computed based on the user provided programming information. In one embodiment, the user enters a cellular telephone number to be assigned to the cellular telephone. The computer looks up a system identification associated with the cellular telephone number in a memory unit. Certain activation parameters are dynamically computed based on the cellular telephone number and system identification. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191857 | Universal subscriber identity module provisioning for machine-to-machine communications - The present invention relates to remotely provisioning subscriber identification parameters in a device on a wireless network. A secure connection is established with the device, and a token containing the new subscriber identification parameters is forwarded over the secure connection. The device may verify the received token. In one embodiment, the subscriber identification parameters are updated to change network operators. The secure connection can be with the old network operator or the new network operator. The device on the wireless network may be a machine-to-machine device. The provisioned subscriber identification may be part of a universal subscriber identification module. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191858 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION SERVICE ACCESS - A wireless communication system includes an end user device ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090191859 | NETWORK USING ENCODED TRANSMISSIONS AND FORWARDING - A first network node may include a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, a user interface and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause information that is received by the receiver to be delivered to the user interface, if that information is encoded to be delivered to the user interface of the network node. The controller may also be configured to cause information to be transmitted in a format encoded for a first target node by the transmitter, if that information is encoded to be forwarded by the network node. The controller may also be configured to cause information from the user interface to be transmitted in a format encoded for a second target node by the transmitter. Related processes are also disclosed. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191860 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION MESSAGE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for operating a base station and a mobile station in a communication system are provided. The operation of the base station includes persistently allocating resources to at least one mobile station and transmitting, in a current frame, a control information message including a change counter flag indicating whether persistent resource allocation information, transmitted in a previous frame, is changed. An operation of the mobile station includes receiving a control information message, including a change counter flag indicating whether persistent resource allocation information included in a control information message transmitted in a previous frame is changed, from a base station in a current frame and checking a value of the change counter flag. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191861 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MOVING SPEED OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A radio channel estimation result which is an estimation result of a state of a propagation path to a mobile terminal that is a communication target, is generated. Whether a correction operation for correcting a frequency drift of a radio frequency used in radio communication between a radio base station and the mobile terminal has converged or not is determined. Then, a moving speed of the mobile terminal is estimated using only the radio channel estimation result at the time when the correction operation has converged. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191862 | INTER-RAT/ FREQUENCY AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATION LIST MANAGEMENT - In one of its aspects the technology concerns a method of operating a telecommunications system comprising a serving radio base station and a candidate radio base station. The serving radio base station comprises a radio base station to which a wireless mobile station provides measurement reports. The serving radio base station and the candidate radio base station are different with respect to at least one of frequency and radio access technology. The method comprises the serving radio base station allowing the mobile station to obtain information broadcasted by the candidate radio base station. The information is either information for locating Cell Global Identity (CGI) of the candidate radio base station or the Cell Global Identity (CGI) itself of the radio base station. The mobile station obtains the information from the candidate radio base station during at least one reading gap. The reading gap is a time period in which the mobile station does not receive information from the serving radio base station. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191863 | MEASUREMENT BANDWIDTH CONFIGURATION METHOD - In a cellular radio system measurement bandwidth for a plurality of base stations belonging to a cellular radio system is performed by configuring the base stations to signal the measurement bandwidth to user equipments connected to the cellular radio system for performing downlink neighbor cell measurements over the signaled measurement bandwidth in the user equipment by first receiving a set of information. The received information is used for configuring the measurement bandwidth using the received set of information and the configured measurement bandwidth is signaled to the base stations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191864 | Seamless Call Switching In A Dual Mode Environment - Methods and apparatus for providing a seamless switching of voice calls between different wireless networks are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device has a processor and one or more wireless transceivers coupled to the processor. The one or more wireless transceivers include a first transceiver portion operative in accordance with a first wireless network (e.g. a GSM/GPRS cellular network) and a second transceiver portion operative in accordance with a second wireless network (e.g. an 802.11 wireless network). A voice call is maintained between the mobile device and a communication terminal through call control equipment. The processor of the mobile device is operative to maintain voice communications for the voice call over a traffic channel established between the mobile device and the first wireless network using the first transceiver portion; cause a connecting call to be established with the communication terminal through the call control equipment in response to a predetermined condition, where the connecting call involves a traffic channel established between the second wireless network and the mobile device using the second transceiver portion; and after the connecting call is established, maintain voice communications for the voice call over the traffic channel established between the second wireless network and the mobile device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191865 | MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK SUPPORTING REMOTE PERIPHERAL ACCESS - Systems and methods that provide remote access are described In one embodiment, a system may include, for example, a plurality of communication devices and a media device. The plurality of communication devices may be operatively coupled to a network and may include, for example, a native communication device The media device may be operatively coupled to the native communication device and the network. The media device may be associated with the native communication device and the network and may be capable of exchanging media content with the plurality of communication devices and the network. A profile of the media device may be stored in at least one of the media device and the native communication device. The profile may include, for example, information related to managing the media content when the media device is roaming. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191866 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELF CONFIGURING NETWORK RELATIONS - Systems and methods that enable a network to configure its neighbor relation (e.g., automatically) by commanding each user equipment (UE) to scan its respective area for neighbor base stations on a predetermined frequency or radio access technology. Moreover, the network can compile lists (e.g., whitelists that identify base stations associated with the network, and black lists that indicate base stations associated with foreign networks) and advise the UEs accordingly (e.g., regarding possibilities for availability of base stations.) The network can therefore configure its neighbor relations automatically and with a higher precision as compared to manual configurations. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING REGISTRATION MACROS IN AN IMS NETWORK-BASED DEVICE - Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer-readable medium for providing registration macros in an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). The method embodiment includes receiving an instruction from a user regarding a plurality of registration changes of customer Public User Identities at one or several pieces of equipment and implementing a macro such that the first step comprising at least one of a registration or de-registration and a second step comprising one of a registration or a de-registration both occur based on the instruction from the user. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOTELY DE-REGISTERING DEVICES IN IMS SYSTEM - Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer-readable medium for operating a network device in an IP multimedia subsystem. The method embodiment includes receiving an instruction for a de-registration action for a Public User ID (PUID) registered at a device in the IMS, the instruction being initiated remotely from a device different from the device to which the de-registration applies and performing the de-registration action wherein the PUID is de-registered from the device in the IMS network. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER WITH A REGISTRATION REVIEW IN IMS SYSTEM - Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer-readable medium for operating an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) to provide registration review. The method embodiment includes tracking and storing all current registrations for each user in an IMS system, receiving a request from a user for a status of the user's current registrations and presenting, in response to the request, the current status of current registrations for the user. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING REGISTRATION ALERT IN AN IMS SYSTEM - Disclosed are network-based device, method and computer readable medium associated with an IP Multimedia Subsystem for providing registration alerts in the IMS system. The method embodiment includes detecting a predetermined event associated with a registration state associated with all of a user's registrations in the IMS and transmitting a notification to a user which reports the occurrence of the predetermined event. The method may also include taking an action relative to the user's registration state in the IMS system based on the user interaction with the notification. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING IMS SERVICES TO USERS ON ORIGINATING NON IMS DEVICES AND OTHER DEVICES THAT DO NOT HAVE A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE USER - Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer readable medium for operating an IMS to provide IMS services to originating sessions from a device upon which the user is not registered. The method includes receiving communication from a user on a device upon which the user is not registered at a 2-stage dialing server, authenticating the user, determining a Public User ID (PUID) for the user, receiving an identification of a called party from the user, arranging for IMS services to be provided to the user on the device, sending an INVITE signal from the 2-stage dialing server on behalf of the user PUID to the called party and setting up the media connection from the device to the device associated with the called party. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION NOTIFICATION FOR OVER-THE-AIR ACTIVATION - A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration message from a mobile switching center serving the mobile station requesting the activation. Each mobile station has a unit of information stored into it at the time of its manufacture to enable it to request over the air activation. That unit of information is either the network routing address of the OTAF processor, or alternately, it is a value that is translatable into that address, either an OTAF ID number that is the same value for every mobile station or it is a sequentially serialized dummy value for the mobile identification number (a dummy MIN). When the mobile station is turned on for the first time in the network, it requests activation over the air by transmitting to the local mobile switching center a registration order. The registration order will include one of the three alternative forms of the information unit described above, either the routing address of the OTAF processor, or the OTAF ID number, or a dummy MIN. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191873 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REGISTERING USERS AT DEVICES IN AN IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) USING A NETWORK-BASED DEVICE - Disclosed are a networked-based device, method and computer-readable medium associated with an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) for use in managing the registration of users at various devices. The method embodiment includes receiving a request for a registration action to change an IMS registration state associated with a contact location of the registration state, the request being received from a device that may be different from the contact location of the IMS registration state; and communicating data to and from the different device to implement the change in the IMS registration state. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO LINK FAILURES - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090191875 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PREAMBLE DETECTION - The present invention provides a method of and a network entity for processing a random access preamble. The network entity comprises a transceiver for receiving an random access preamble; and a processor for determining if the random access preamble is successfully detected, and for determining, in the case where the random access preamble is not successfully detected, if a combined preamble resulting from a combination of the random access preamble with a previous random access preamble received at the network entity prior to reception of the random access preamble and having an identical signature to the signature of the random access preamble, is successfully detected. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191876 | WIRELESS HANDOFFS BETWEEN MULTIPLE NETWORKS - The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device, and method for handing off a mobile communications device between two networks. A processor in the mobile device may be used to establish a network connection with a server in a first network while supporting a call in a second network. The mobile device may also include a transceiver that receives information from the server relating to the network connection. The processor may use the information, local measurements, or both to determine whether to handoff the call to the first network. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191877 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTABLY CONTROLLING BANDWIDTH OF CHANNEL - Disclosed are a base station and mobile station to adaptively control a bandwidth of a channel. The base station includes a state information recognition unit to recognize neighboring-state information related with a traffic load of at least one neighboring network adjacent to a target network, a control state information transmitting unit to transmit control state information related with the controlled bandwidth of the target channel to mobile stations of the target network, and a bandwidth control unit to control a bandwidth of a target channel used in the target network according to a bandwidth of a channel used in the neighboring network based on the neighboring-state information. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191878 | Handover for a portable communication device between wireless local and wide area networks - The present invention relates to a method, call handling server ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090191879 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SOFT HANDOFF CONTROL METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - When measurement results of received radio wave intensities of wireless base stations, which demands a soft handoff, are received from a wireless terminal in a wireless communication system and when a base station controller attempts to acquire a traffic channel in a wireless base station, via which a wireless communication path will be added, in the state in which the channel resource usage rate of that wireless base station is over a threshold, a traffic channel may be acquired only if the ratio between the radio wave intensity of the wireless base stations establishing communication paths and the radio wave intensity of the wireless base station via which a communication path will be added is higher than a threshold or if the difference between the radio wave intensity of the wireless base stations and the radio wave intensity of the wireless base station smaller than a threshold. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191880 | Method for using high resolution ribbon maps to design fixed radio network links - A method and apparatus for a radio frequency planning tool using high resolution ribbon maps to verify a line of sight condition of fixed radio links for designing a fixed radio network. A method includes generating a radio link between a transmitter and a receiver using a respective generated low resolution map, and acquiring a high resolution ribbon map for the identified radio link between the transmitter and each of the at least one receiver. The method also includes verifying a line of sight condition for each identified radio link using a respective high resolution ribbon map, determining if the line of sight condition for each identified radio link is satisfied, and concluding a design of a fixed radio network between the transmitter and each of the at least one receiver when the line of sight condition is satisfied for each desired radio link, or no LOS link can be found for some sites. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191881 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio communication system, preventing communication disconnection when a communication failure occurs in a base station, is provided. The radio communication system includes a common base station (BTS-C) communicable with each communication area of the plurality of BTS (FIG. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191882 | Method, apparatus and computer program for signaling channel quality information in a network that employs relay nodes - A relay node receives from user equipments UE CQI reports which give a CQI value per radio band resource RBR, from which are aggregated across the RBRs and/or aggregated per UE across that UE's RBR values. The relay node reports an indication of the average to its controlling access node (eNodeB), either explicitly or implicitly (e.g., a gain applied to the CQI of the downlink between the relay and access nodes). The relay node also checks the UEs' buffer status (actual or predicted) and reports either periodically or based on an underflow/overflow occurrence. For periodic reports, each UE buffer experiencing the overrun/underrun is reported. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191883 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A method for transmitting data including determining at least one allowable time period which is allowed to be used for data transmission via a communication channel during a time interval which is pre-defined as a transmission gap for the communication channel for carrying out measurements in a first frequency range which is different from a second frequency range used for data transmissions via the communication channel; and transmitting data during the at least one allowable time period via the communication channel. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191884 | CHANNEL ELEMENT PACKING AND REPACKING - Providing for efficient utilization of channel element device ladder (CEDL) resources is described herein. By way of example, a received data request can be packed in a first portion of the CEDL and a received voice request can be packed in a second portion of the CEDL. Subsequent requests can be assigned to contiguous channel elements (CEs) of the CEDL within the first or second portion, as suitable. In addition, non-assigned CEs can be maintained in a third portion of the CEDL, by packing requests initially from opposite ends of the first and second portion, and be re-packing dropped traffic within the CEDL. Accordingly, the subject disclosure provides for efficient utilization of CEDL resources both for incoming voice traffic requests and incoming data traffic requests, by packing and maintaining data, voice and un-assigned CEs in contiguous portions of the CEDL. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191885 | Broadcast channel transmission method and apparatus - The invention provides for a broadcast channel transmission method comprising delivering broadcast channel data as a series of blocks ( | 2009-07-30 |
20090191886 | TRANSMISSION RATE CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: determining, at the radio base station NodeB, a maximum granted value that can be notified to the mobile station UE, in accordance with the happy bit notified from the mobile station UE; calculating, at the radio base station NodeB, as an allowable value to be notified to the mobile station UE, a granted value not more than the maximum granted value; notifying, from the radio base station NodeB to the mobile station UE, the granted value calculated at the radio base station NodeB, by using a transmission rate control channel; and transmitting, from the mobile station UE, the uplink user data, at a transmission rate corresponding to the granted value notified from the radio base station NodeB. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191887 | TRANSMISSION RATE CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: determining, at the radio base station NodeB, a maximum granted value that can be notified to the mobile station UE, in accordance with a throughput at which the uplink user data transmitted from the mobile station UE to the radio base station NodeB is successfully received at a point of time; calculating, at the radio base station NodeB, as an allowable value to be notified to the mobile station UE, a granted value not more than the maximum granted value; notifying, from the radio base station NodeB to the mobile station UE, the granted value calculated at the radio base station NodeB, by using a transmission rate control channel; and transmitting, from the mobile station UE, the uplink user data, at the transmission rate corresponding to the granted value notified from the radio base station NodeB. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191888 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - Controlling spectrum use in a first wireless communications system which takes part in a spectrum assignment process, in which one of the first wireless communications system and a second wireless communications system assigns a portion of spectrum to the other of the first and second wireless communications system. The first wireless communications system includes a plurality of network elements some or all located within a cell associated with a particular network element of the second wireless communications system. The controlling includes coordinating network elements of the first wireless communications system to identify a portion of spectrum which is either available for assignment from the network elements of the first wireless communications system to the particular network element of the second wireless communications system, or required to be assigned from the particular network element of the second wireless communications system to the network elements of the first wireless communications system. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191889 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A method of controlling spectrum use in a first wireless communications system which is operable to take part in a spectrum assignment process involving a plurality of wireless communications systems including the first wireless communications system, in which spectrum assignment process one of the said wireless communications systems assigns a portion of spectrum to at least one of the other said wireless communications systems. The method comprising effecting an instance of the spectrum assignment process in response to a trigger which is based on network conditions. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191890 | ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION OF RESOURCE UTILIZATION MESSAGES - An adaptive scheme controls the transmission of interference management messages by wireless nodes. For example, the adaptive scheme may be used to determine whether and/or how to transmit resource utilization messages. Such a determination may be based on, for example, comparison of a quality of service threshold with a current quality of service level associated with received data. A quality of service threshold may be adapted based on the effect of previously transmitted resource utilization messages. A quality of service threshold for a given wireless node may be adapted based on the frequency at which the wireless node transmits resource utilization messages. A quality of service threshold for a given wireless node may be adapted based on information received from another wireless node. An adaptation scheme also may depend on the type of traffic received by a given wireless node. A quality of service threshold also may be adapted based on throughput information. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191891 | Method to support user location in in-structure coverage systems - In an example embodiment of the present invention, the method includes creating a plurality of data packets. Each data packet in the plurality of data packets includes a plurality of coded cellular signals. The plurality of data packets are sent over a data network associated with at least one sector served by a plurality of transceivers, and at least one of the plurality of transceivers broadcasts the data packets. A location of a mobile station is determined based on received multi-paths associated with response from the mobile station to broadcast of at least one of the plurality of data packets. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191892 | INTEGRATING POSITION-DETERMINING AND WI-FI FUNCTIONS - Techniques are described for leveraging position-determining functions and Wi-Fi functions on a device by integrating these functions. In one or more implementations, Wi-Fi data is provided on a electronic device configured with Wi-Fi and position-determining functionality. This Wi-Fi data is then used to facilitate the device accessing a Wi-Fi network available within a geographical region associated with the device. In at least some implementations, the facilitating is associated with identifying and/or selecting one or more potential Wi-Fi networks to access by integrating the Wi-Fi data with received positioning data and map data on the device. In at least some embodiments, the facilitating is associated with communicatively linking to a selected Wi-Fi network. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191893 | Strong media-computer satellite smart telephone with integrated global directory - A new compact digital satellite communication Media Smartphone capable of making and receiving calls globally and with a global direct directory assistance button, that will display a map and translation page, and is combined with a new Laptop Notebook Computer connected together as one embodiment. The Satellite Media Smartphone has an interface, as does the Laptop Notebook and they are controlled with an Interface Connection Platform Coordinator to coordinate all functions between each operation, and each can operate independently to simultaneously transfer data within each device as one embodiment. Using the Global Position System (GPS) and with latest preferred 2 Quad/2 Duo processors the speed of retrieving and transferring data for directory assistance and to display other internet third party application data to the Media Smartphone through an interface loop, with the option to save a subscriber's requested listings to a personal phone book within the Satellite Smartphone, and to send a backup to a file on the Laptop Notebook securely. Security layers within interfaces are must. There are various services for the Satellite Media Smartphone operation, extended videoing because of being able to store in the virtual memory files of the Laptop, including a facsimile mode that the Laptop Notebook can ask for when an external facsimile machine is attached through the telephone port. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191894 | RADIO NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN UNKNOWN POSITION OF A TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING UNIT OF A RADIO NETWORK - A method for determining an unknown position of a transmitting/receiving unit of a number of transmitting/receiving units of a radio network, use of a signal quality, and radio network. In the method, a signal field strength and/or a transit time of a signal received through an antenna is measured. A signal quality of the signal received through the antenna is determined. The measured signal field strength and/or the transit time is weighted on the basis of the determined signal quality, wherein the unknown position of the transmitting/receiving unit among the transmitting/receiving units is calculated from multiple weighted signal field strengths and/or transit times and known positions of the transmitting/receiving units. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191895 | Apparatus And Method For Providing A Task Reminder Based On Travel History - An apparatus for providing a task reminder to be performed at a task location includes a monitoring module that monitors a location of a user via a mobile communication device associated with the user at predetermined time intervals for tracking historical travel information of the user, and a data store for storing the historical travel information and for storing user specified task information that includes a task and a task location. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a reminder module that is configured to determine a reminder position as a position where an estimated probability of the user traveling from the reminder position at a particular time in a trajectory leading away from the task location exceeds an estimated probability of the user traveling from the reminder position at that same time in a trajectory leading toward the task location by a threshold value. The reminder module generates a reminder of the task when the reminder position is identified. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191896 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZING LOCATION TRIGGER INFORMATION - A method for synchronizing location trigger information, a location device, and a Secure User-Plane Location (SUPL)-Enabled Terminal (SET) includes: receiving a request for synchronizing location trigger information from a location User Equipment (UE), where the request carries the user identifier information of the user; from the correspondingly stored user identifier information and location trigger information, obtaining the location trigger information corresponding to the user identifier information of the location user; and generating a response message that carries the obtained location trigger information and sending the response message to the location UE. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191897 | Environment Characterization for Mobile Devices - Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer program products are provided to harness massively distributed, but locally available location, application usage, device usage, network and overall Radio Frequency (RF) systems awareness, processing, memory and connectivity from mobile devices in a manner which would broadly characterize the environments these mobile devices operate within given the capabilities of each type of mobile device to contribute information about its local environment. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A PROXIMITY-BASED APPLICATION IN A HAND-HELD COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A system and method for operating a proximity-based application on a hand-held communications device utilizing a GeoData Bar is disclosed. The system can be configured to extract proximity-specific intelligent search results from social network services, local contact services and information regarding proximity-specific contents. The search results simultaneously display with an active proximity search range on a graphical user interface (GUI) of the device corresponding to the settings of the GeoData Bar associated with the hand-held communications device. The active proximity search range includes a numeric indication of the magnitude of the active proximity search range, for example, in miles or kilometers. The GeoData Bar enables a user to interact/update/change the active proximity search range without entering any additional navigation windows or menus. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191899 | System for Providing Location-Based Services in a Wireless Network, Such as Locating Sets of Desired Locations - A system and associated method receives a command from a user's mobile device to locate points of interest near the mobile device's location. The points of interest are associated with different, user-identified, point of interest categories. Based at least in part on the mobile device's location, the system substantially simultaneously provides a list of points of interest for at least some of the point of interest categories. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191900 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE - An apparatus for indicating location of a mobile telecommunication device includes: a transmitting unit; and a fixing structure supporting the transmitting unit. The fixing structure effects removable affixation between the fixing structure and the mobile communication device. The transmitting unit effects communications with a communication network. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191901 | Electronic navigation system and method - The invention provides a system for providing geographic information. The system includes a mobile unit having a first geographic database and a base unit having a second geographic database that is more up-to-date than the first geographic database. The base unit receives a request from a mobile unit for updated geographic data. The base unit identifies a portion of the second geographic database that corresponds to the request and provides a response to the mobile unit comprising the identified portion of the second geographic database. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191902 | Text Scripting - A mobile telecommunications network is disclosed that allows a user to define a message script having a plurality of event fields. Tags may be associated with defined events and actions at the server end. A user may then transmit a message to the server with tag information in the message script format. The server processes the message to extract the tag information, lookup the events using the tags and perform the associated actions. In one particular example, fixed message content may be stored in the server and a message having fixed message content and variable message content may be sent to recipients by first sending a message script with tags and the variable content to the server. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191903 | Integrated Messaging - Methods and system for integrated messaging are disclosed. Interaction by a user of a mobile device with a graphic user interface of the mobile device is detected. A command is generated based on such interaction independent of further user interaction. An SMS message including the command is transmitted to server, which stores executable instructions associated with the command. Such instructions provide for generation of data in response to the command and may be executed by the server (or another server). The responsive data is then transmitted to the mobile device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191904 | Mobile originated interactive menus via short messaging services - A method and apparatus for providing 2-way interactive short message system menus to a mobile device using text-based short messaging rather than WAP techniques. This provides the ability to provide WAP like services at a fraction of the cost of CSD. Mobile Originated Interactive Menus are implemented as a feature of a Short Message Service Center (SMSC). Each option guides either to the next menu level, or to a final action to be executed according to the path followed by the subscriber. Importantly, the mobile originated interactive menus use SMS communications instead of circuit switched data (CSD) (e.g., instead of WAP communications), thus leaving traffic channels available for voice calls. Interactive SMS menus allow service providers to offer their subscribers personalized messaging menus with multiple options for quick and easy access to Web-based content. Users may define the content and frequency they want, whether it is a scheduled delivery or on-demand. The interactive SMS menu options offer customers a simple-to-use technique and apparatus for checking, e.g., stock quotes, local weather, and/or other Web-based news and information when they want it. The interactive nature of the service allows the wireless network to poll the user for their next response, with multiple menued options offered, making it highly intuitive. Replacement of messages in TDMA and GSM mobile devices allow for heavy usage without filling up the user's phone buffer, i.e., prior messages may be overwritten, to assure that only the latest information is all that is being displayed and read. The flexibility of Interactive SMS Menus can allow service providers to define their own base offering of menus, depending upon their targeted customer segments. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191905 | INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving the instant message from the source wireless communication device, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents; extracting the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier and the data contents from the instant message; retrieving a source instant messenger identifier corresponding to the source wireless communication identifier; binding the source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier; and transmitting the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a communication network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191906 | Communication systems - A wireless communication system is comprised of multiple radio access networks—RANs—which at least partly share the same frequency spectrum. Each RAN is provided with a gateway—GW—(GW | 2009-07-30 |
20090191907 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING SIGNALS - A signal processing system according to various aspects of the present invention includes an excursion signal generator, a scaling system and a filter system. The excursion signal generator identifies a peak portion of a signal that exceeds a threshold and generates a corresponding excursion signal. The scaling system applies a real scale factor to contiguous sets of excursion samples in order to optimize peak-reduction performance. The filter system filters the excursion signal to remove unwanted frequency components from the excursion signal. The filtered excursion signal may then be subtracted from a delayed version of the original signal to reduce the peak. The signal processing system may also control power consumption by adjusting the threshold. The signal processing system may additionally adjust the scale of the excursion signal and/or individual channel signals, such as to meet constraints on channel noise and output spectrum, or to optimize peak reduction. The magnitude threshold, excursion signal and/or individual channel signals may also be adaptively adjusted based on, for example, a channel signal quality such as a noise level specification. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191908 | METHOD OF UPDATING CHANNEL INFORMATION BY A MOBILE STATION THAT IS IN POWER SAVING MODE - A method of updating channel information by a mobile station (MS) that is in power saving mode is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the MS which receives status information of a first channel descriptor and transmission frame information which includes when the first channel descriptor is to be transmitted. Furthermore, the MS compares status information of the first channel descriptor with status information of a second channel descriptor. Here, the second channel descriptor is stored in the MS. Lastly, if the compared status information are different, the MS receives the first channel descriptor according to the transmission frame information. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191909 | METHOD OF UPDATING CHANNEL INFORMATION BY A MOBILE STATION THAT IS IN POWER SAVING MODE - A method of updating channel information by a mobile station (MS) that is in power saving mode is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the MS which receives status information of a first channel descriptor and transmission frame information which includes when the first channel descriptor is to be transmitted. Furthermore, the MS compares status information of the first channel descriptor with status information of a second channel descriptor. Here, the second channel descriptor is stored in the MS. Lastly, if the compared status information are different, the MS receives the first channel descriptor according to the transmission frame information. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191910 | POWER HEADROOM MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate power headroom management in a wireless communication system. As described herein, a predefined relationship between locations along a system frequency band and corresponding power backoff parameters is utilized to minimize spurious emissions outside the system frequency band and/or excessive interference by, for example, associating locations near one or more edges of the permitted frequency band with substantially high power backoff parameters. As further described herein, the predefined relationship can be known a priori to the base station and the mobile terminal such that the power backoff | 2009-07-30 |
20090191911 | Current source driver for common ground signal interface - A mobile computing device comprises a housing, a memory, a first current source driver, an audio interface and a processing circuit. The housing is configured to be held in a hand during use. The memory is configured to store audio data. The audio interface comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, and a common ground terminal for the first and second terminals. The processing circuit is configured to control the first current source driver to provide a first audio signal on the first terminal based on the audio data. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191912 | PIN MOUNTING OF CAMERA MODULE - The present invention involves a radio communication terminal comprising a camera module and an information receiving device, wherein said camera module comprise at least one mounting opening, said radio communication terminal further comprise at least one pin, which is connected to said information receiving device, and at least one resilient member, and said pin is adapted to be inserted into said mounting opening of said camera module and to interact with said resilient member to lock the camera module to the information receiving device. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191913 | VIDEO CAMERA UTILIZING SUBSCRIBER-BASED NETWORKS - The present invention includes a video camera system configured to provide real-time video streams over subscriber-based networks. The video camera system includes a network camera with a built-in web server, a cellular modem/Ethernet gateway, and a power supply. The video camera system can operate over any subscriber-based network, such as AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and the like. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACCESSORY TYPE - A system and a method for determining accessory type includes carrying out a digital communication over a plug of an accessory that is inserted into a corresponding jack of an electronic device. The digital communication may identify the accessory to the electronic device and/or identify the electronic device to the accessory. The digital communication may last only a short time, such as up to about three seconds, after which the electronic device and/or the accessory configure themselves based on information received from the other device. Then, the interface is used to exchange analog signals as would normally be expected over such an interface. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191915 | Call-Handling for an Off-Premises, Telecommunications Terminal with an Installed Subscriber Identity Module - An apparatus and method are disclosed that enable an organization's enterprise-wide network to accommodate roaming wireless terminals that are affiliated with the local enterprise networks within the enterprise-wide network. In particular, the illustrative-embodiment system is capable of handling a wireless terminal such as a cellular telephone that is able to use different subscriber identity module cards, or “SIM” cards, in different geographic regions or service-provider networks. A mobility client that is part of the wireless terminal registers when it detects that a new SIM card has been installed at the wireless terminal, whereby the client provides the subscriber-specific information that the wireless terminal reads from the SIM card. The mobility client identifies itself to the server by a user identifier, such as the station extension with which the terminal is affiliated back at the home local enterprise network. Upon successful registration, the client receives an access number that is suitable for its current location. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191916 | GENERIC IDENTITY MODULE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - An identity module includes a memory and a processor. In the memory are stored installation code for installing in the memory a customization suite that associates the identity module with a communication services provider and communication code that, in combination with the customization suite, supports communication by a host of the identity module using services of the communication services provider. The processor executes the installation code to install the customization suite and then executes the communication code in support of the communication. Preferably, no portion of any such communication suite is stored initially in the identity module. The host requests the customization suite from a server that includes a communication interface for communicating with the host, a memory wherein is stored code for providing substantially the entire customization suite to the host, and a processor for executing the code. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191917 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A (U)SIM CARD IN A SERVER MODE AND A CLIENT - A plurality of simultaneous requests sent from one or a plurality of clients is processed by a (U)SIM card operating in a server mode. | 2009-07-30 |
20090191918 | GENERIC IDENTITY MODULE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - An identity module includes a memory and a processor. In the memory are stored installation code for installing in the memory a provider profile that associates the identity module with a communication services provider and communication code that, in combination with the provider profile, supports communication by a host of the identity module using services of the communication services provider. The processor executes the installation code to install the provider profile and then executes the communication code in support of the communication. Preferably, no portion of any such communication suite is stored initially in the identity module. The host requests the provider profile from a server that includes a communication interface for communicating with the host, a memory wherein is stored code for providing to the host a customization suite that includes substantially all of the provider profile, and a processor for executing the code. | 2009-07-30 |