33rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 67 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150229992 | Media Content Shifting - Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and method for recording television content. For example, in one embodiment, a method performed by a digital video recorder is disclosed that includes communicating with a home gateway to determine whether a device connected to the home gateway has enough free storage space to store a television program in the event that the digital video recorder determines that an internal data storage unit associated with the digital video recorder has enough free storage space to store the television program. In one embodiment, the method routes the storage of a recording of the television program to the device via the home gateway in response to a determination that the device connected to the home gateway has enough free storage space on the data storage unit associated with the device to store the television content. | 2015-08-13 |
20150229993 | Merged Program Guide - A merged program guide which includes program metadata from a plurality of different media controllers is provided. A first media controller receives program metadata that identifies a first plurality of programs. The first plurality of programs corresponds to a first content package provided by a content provider. A first program record identifying a first program of the first plurality of programs is generated. The first program record includes first program metadata associated with the first program. The first media controller receives second program metadata associated with a second program of a second plurality of programs which correspond to a second content package associated with the second media controller. The first program metadata and the second program metadata are stored in a program guide on the first media controller and the first media controller enables display of the program guide. | 2015-08-13 |
20150229994 | SECURED MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A media distribution system provides controlled distribution of media owned by various parties hosted on a local media access device. The media access device may store temporary media, such as rented or leased media, on a separate provider controlled storage partition. This gives the media provider control over rented or leased media even though it is locally hosted. The media access device can download media from providers at various predefined times so as to limit its use of bandwidth. | 2015-08-13 |
20150229995 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION AND VERIFICATION - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for managing content presentation information associated with the distribution of content assets to content presentation devices are generally described. A presentation information management system may be configured to verify whether a content asset was presented via a content presentation device according to a distribution plan. In some embodiments, the management system may be configured to generate a content identifier for each content asset accessed by the management system and to receive presentation information when the content asset is presented through a content presentation device. The content identifier may be configured to allow the content asset to be recognized within the management system, such as at the content presentation device, when the content asset is presented at the content presentation device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150229996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING SEMANTIC ANNOTATION FOR OBJECTS IN INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND INTERFACE FOR THE SYSTEM - A system and method for making a semantic annotation for a moving object in an interactive video and an interface for the system is described. The annotation creating system may include an annotation creating unit adapted to create annotation information on a moving object contained in a video, and an annotation replaying unit adapted to execute a preview of the annotation information by the video frame or shot. The video and the annotation information may be registered in a platform for sharing the video. | 2015-08-13 |
20150229997 | USER TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal and a control method thereof, in which contents may be shared with a simple input are provided. The user terminal includes a display configured to display a screen of a content, a communicator configured to communicate with another device, a user input configured to receive a user's input, and a controller configured to determine one transfer mode among a plurality of transfer modes for transferring contents based on information about the contents being executed in one of the user terminal and the other device, and controls the executing content that is transferred between the user terminal and the other device in the determined one transfer mode. | 2015-08-13 |
20150229998 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE VIDEO-BASED SEARCH RESULTS - Method and system to provide video-based search results are described. A search results video may be present to a user details from listings that match certain search criteria. When a select request associated with the search results video is detected, a listing rendering module presents the selected listing on the display device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150229999 | Electronic Grouping of Titles of Content - Content titles are electronically arranged in different groups. An electronic wrapper surrounds all the titles in each group. The electronic wrapper displays content information that is common to all the titles in each group. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230000 | FILTERING - An alert generation method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor, alert data indicating filters for specified alert types associated with possible future events. The computer processor receives monitor definition data and media generated audio/video data; compares the alert data to the media generated audio/video data; determines a first alert type matches first audio/video data of the media generated audio/video data; and determines that the first audio/video data comprises a primary event. The computer processor broadcasts the primary event. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230001 | Digital Cinema Distribution Method And Apparatus - Disclosed herein is a (digital) supply chain (ISC) product. The disclosure covers a simple explanation of the improved supply chain as a service business model, a review of key digital cinema (D-Cinema) topics, a description of the Digital Cinema supply chain, and, a description of the improved supply chain product and process. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230002 | Class-Based Intelligent Multiplexing Over Unmanaged Networks - Switched digital television programming for video-on-demand and other interactive television services are combined utilizing class-based, multi-dimensional decision logic to simultaneously optimize video quality and audio uniformity while minimizing latency during user interactions with the system over an unmanaged network. For example, a method of adapting content-stream bandwidth includes generating a content stream for transmission over an unmanaged network with varying capacity; sending the content stream, via the unmanaged network, toward a client device; monitoring the capacity of the unmanaged network; determining whether an aggregate bandwidth of an upcoming portion of the content stream fits the capacity, wherein the upcoming portion of the content stream corresponds to a respective frame time and includes video content and user-interface data; and, in response to a determination that the aggregate bandwidth does not fit the capacity, reducing a size of the upcoming portion of the content stream. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230003 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDIA STREAMING - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, dividing a media content item into a plurality of media content segments, at each media content segment of the plurality of media content segments, applying motion estimation between at least two video frames of the media content segment to determine a content weight for the media content segment, determining a bit rate for the media content segment according to the determined content weight for the media content segment, and encoding the media content segment at the determined bit rates to generate a data stream for the media content segment, whereby a plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content are generated, and transmitting the plurality of data streams for the plurality of media content segments of the media content to the one or more media devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230004 | TEMPORARY SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS VIA AN ALTERNATE TELEVISION RECEIVER - Various arrangements that permit temporary subscription porting are presented. A temporary subscription port request may be submitted by a subscriber. The temporary subscription port request may include an identifier of a visitor television receiver and authentication information for the subscriber. In response to the temporary subscription port request, a first command to a home television receiver may be transmitted that disables viewing a first set of television channels linked with the subscriber's subscription account. In response to the temporary subscription port request, a second command to the visitor television receiver may be transmitted that enables viewing the first set of television channels linked with the subscriber's subscription account. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HINT INFORMATION OF INTERACTIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM - Disclosed are a system and a method for providing hint information of an interactive broadcast program. The program enabler service system for providing an interactive service for user participation of a broadcast program: includes a program generating unit for providing a tool for taking, as input, a question provided by the broadcast program and hint information relating to the question, and generating the question and hint information input via the tool in the form of a script for the broadcast program; a program execution unit for reading the question and hint information generated in the form of a script in connection with the broadcast program, and providing the read question and hint information to the user participating in the broadcast program via the communication channel provided by a service enabler; and a service connection unit for interconnecting the communication service platform of the service enabler and the program execution unit. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230006 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A communication system includes a plurality of slaves each configured to acquire meter reading data, and a master configured to acquire the meter reading data from each of the plurality of slaves by wired communication. Also, the communication system includes a portable terminal device configured to transmit or receive data with at least a first communication device among a plurality of communication devices (the plurality of slaves and the master). In a case where the portable terminal device and the first communication device transmit or receive data, a second communication device among the plurality of communication devices is configured to relay the data that is transmitted or received between the portable terminal device and the first communication device, by communicating with the first communication device using a wired communication network established between the plurality of communication devices, and by communicating with the portable terminal device wirelessly. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230007 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION ASSEMBLY FOR SPINE-AND-LEAF NETWORK SCALE OUT - An optical interconnection assembly for a spine-and-leaf network is disclosed. The optical interconnection assembly has spine MF components and leaf MF components. The spine MF components are optically connected to spine MF components of spine switches via spine patch cords. The leaf MF components are optically connected to leaf MF components of leaf switches via leaf patch cords. An array of duplex fiber optic cables serves to optically connect every spine MF component to every leaf MF component so that every spine switch is optically connected to every leaf switch. The optical interconnection assembly facilitates network scale out without the multifiber connections having to be broken up into multiple duplex connections using duplex fiber optic cables. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230008 | Point-to-Point Fiber Insertion - Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing point-to-point fiber insertion within a passive optical network (“PON”) communications system. The PON communications system, associated with a first service provider or a first service, might include an F1 line(s) routed from a central office or DSLAM to a fiber distribution hub (“FDH”) located within a block or neighborhood of customer premises, via at least an apical conduit source slot, an F2 line(s) routed via various apical conduit components to a network access point (“NAP”) servicing customer premises, and an F3 line(s) distributed, at the NAP and from the F2 line(s), to a network interface device or optical network terminal at each customer premises via various apical conduit components (e.g., in roadway surfaces). Point-to-point fiber insertion of another F1 line(s), associated with a second service provider or a second service, at either the NAP or the FDH (or outside these devices). | 2015-08-13 |
20150230009 | FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEX WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) wireless communication apparatus is provided. The FDD wireless communication apparatus includes a first antenna configured to one of transmit and receive, a second antenna configured to receive, and a switch configured to selectively connect one of the first antenna and the second antenna to a receiver. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230010 | TRANSDUCER APPARATUS COMPRISING TWO MEMBRANES - An acoustic transducer comprising: at least two membranes; and at least one adjustable coupling configured to adjustably couple oscillations between a first membrane and a second membrane of the at least two membranes. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230011 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An acoustic transducer has a substrate having a cavity that is open at a top of the substrate, a vibration electrode film provided above the substrate so as to cover the cavity, and a fixed electrode film provided a distance above the vibration electrode film. A gap is formed between an upper surface of the substrate and a lower surface of the vibration electrode film around the cavity. In the gap across which the upper surface of the substrate and the lower surface of the vibration electrode film face each other, a narrow portion of the gap that is narrower than another portion of the gap is disposed. The narrow portion of the gap extends linearly. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230012 | SOUND GENERATOR SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A sound generator system for motor vehicles having a housing having a central axis, the housing at least partially delimiting a sound chamber, and having at least one loudspeaker located inside the housing, wherein a first sound-conducting connecting piece having a central axis M | 2015-08-13 |
20150230013 | FIXING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREWITH - An electronic device includes an electronic component and a fixing structure. The electronic component includes a fixing portion, and a fixing hole is formed on the fixing portion. The fixing structure is for fixing the electronic component on a base plate. The fixing structure includes a main body, a fastening portion, a fixing pillar and an engaging component. A supporting plane is formed on an end of the main body. The fastening portion is connected to the other end of the main body and for fastening the main body on the base plate. The fixing pillar is disposed on the supporting plane. The fixing pillar is inserted into the fixing hole for constraining the electronic component. The engaging component is connected to a side of the main body, and the engaging component presses the electronic component so as to engage the electronic component on the supporting plane. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230014 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an electronic device. In an embodiment, the electronic device may include a body, a display combined with the front of the body, and a speaker assembly embedded on at least one side of the body, wherein the speaker assembly may include a casing configured to form an external appearance and a speaker unit combined with the casing and configured to have at least part of an element of the speaker assembly exposed to an outside of the casing. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230015 | Audio Headset - An audio headset includes a pair of earphones and a nape-band. The earphones are secured to the nape-band at respective ends of the nape-band. A suspension element extends between (i) a first end connected to the headset at a first location in front of a user's first ear when the user is wearing the headset, and (ii) a second end connected to the headset at a second location in front of the user's second ear when the user is wearing the headset. As such, each suspension element at least partially wraps around a portion of a top of a respective ear of the user to support the headset when the headset is being worn by the user. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230016 | CINCH - A cable cinch for an earphone cable includes first and second cinch elements. The first element has a top and a bottom with a sidewall therebetween, front and rear openings in the sidewall, and first and second posts extending between the top and bottom walls, intermediate the front and rear openings. The second element has a top and a bottom with a sidewall therebetween, front and rear openings in the sidewall, and first and second posts extending between the top and bottom walls, intermediate the front and rear openings. The first and second elements are arranged with their rear openings facing toward each other to define a generally S-shaped cable path between the front openings of the first and second elements, the cable path extending from the front opening of the first element between a post and the sidewall of the first element and out the rear opening of the first element, through the rear opening of the second element, around a post in the second cinch element and back out the rear opening of the second cinch element, into rear opening of the first element, around a post in the first element, and out the rear opening of the first element, into the rear opening of the second element, between a post and the sidewall of the second element, and out the front opening of the second cinch element, the cable extending through the generally S-shaped cable path. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230017 | EARPHONE RECEIVING CASE - An earphone receiving case includes a top shell, a bottom shell, a coil spring, an earphone, and a button. The bottom shell engages with the top shell to define a receiving space. The coil spring is received in the receiving space. The earphone includes a headphone cable. Two ends of the headphone cable are always accessible outside the earphone receiving case. The button is movably fixed to the bottom shell and presses on a part of the headphone cable. A distal end of the coil spring is fixed to the headphone cable. The coil spring rotates to accumulate rotation energy when the headphone cable is pulled out from the earphone receiving case. When the first button is pressed, the part of the headphone cable being pressed is loosened, and the coil spring rotates to release the stored energy to retract the headphone cable back into the earphone receiving case. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230018 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HEADPHONE SPEAKER IMPEDANCE DETECTION - An electronic device includes an impedance detection circuit and a processor. The impedance detection circuit is configured for receiving a test signal, processing the test signal and detecting an impedance of a headphone speaker load by using the test signal to generate a detection result. The processor is coupled to the impedance detection circuit and configured for providing the test signal to the impedance detection circuit, receiving the detection result from the impedance detection circuit, and adjusting a voltage of an audio signal to be provided to the headphone speaker load according to the detection result. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230019 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - An electronic wearable device includes an electrical cord for carrying electrical signals. An electrical power module includes an interface for detachable connection to the electrical cord. A first audio module includes an interface for detachable connecting to the electrical cord. A second audio module includes an interface for detachable connecting to the electrical cord. The electrical cord is configured to support the first audio module and the second audio module thereon. A controller module controls the first audio module and the second audio module. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230020 | HEADSET - The invention features a headset, and systems including the headset, equipped with electrical sensors. The headset is suitable for use by a child and suitable for use in a gaming system, e.g., to train attention. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230021 | MULTI-MODAL AUDIO SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC USAGE MODE DETECTION AND CONFIGURATION CAPABILITY - An audio system that may be used in multiple modes or use scenarios, while still providing a user with a desirable level of audio quality and comfort. The inventive system may include multiple components or elements, with the components or elements capable of being used in different configurations depending upon the mode of use. The different configurations provide an optimized user audio experience for multiple modes of use without requiring a user to carry multiple devices or sacrifice the audio quality or features desired for a particular situation. The inventive audio system includes a use mode detection element that enables the system to detect the mode of use, and in response, to be automatically configured for optimal performance for a specific use scenario. This may include, for example, the use of one or more audio processing elements that perform signal processing on the audio signals to implement a variety of desired functions (e.g., noise reduction, echo cancellation, etc.). | 2015-08-13 |
20150230022 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A method provides a notification on a wearable audio device. The method includes detecting a physical configuration of the wearable audio device. The physical configuration is determined using information provided by one or more sensors on the wearable audio device. At least one notification routed from a mobile device which is connected with the wearable audio device is provided in a manner corresponding to the determined physical configuration. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230023 | NOISE ESTIMATION APPARATUS OF OBTAINING SUITABLE ESTIMATED VALUE ABOUT SUB-BAND NOISE POWER AND NOISE ESTIMATING METHOD - A noise estimation apparatus of estimating a noise in an input signal includes a sub-band noise estimator estimating a noise in a sub-band input signal, obtained by dividing the input signal by sub-bands. The sub-band noise estimator includes a power calculator calculating a sub-band input power of the sub-band input signal; a probability model holder holding information on probability model; and an a posteriori probability maximizer calculating an instantaneous estimated value of a sub-band noise power based on the sub-band input power, an estimated value of the sub-band noise power and the information on the probability model, so as to maximize a posteriori probability of the sub-band noise power. The information on the probability model includes a likelihood function regarding a posteriori signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in dependence upon predictive a posteriori SNR; and a priori probability of the a posteriori SNR under a condition establishing averaged a posteriori SNR. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230024 | SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR PROCESSING SOUND BEAMS - A system and method for processing sounds are provided. The sound processing system comprises a sound sensing unit including a plurality of microphones, each microphone providing a non-manipulated sound signal; a beam synthesizer including a plurality of filters, wherein each filter corresponds to at least one parameter for generating at least one sound beam; a sound analyzer connected to the sound sensing unit and to the beam synthesizer, wherein the sound analyzer is configured to generate at least one manipulated sound signal responsive to the plurality of filters and to the non-manipulated sound signals provided by at least two of the microphones. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230025 | Communication System and Method - A system and method for generating, transmitting and distributing audio signals providing automatic adjustments to the audio signals to compensate for one or more of the acoustics in a meeting room, the arrangement of audience arrays and speakers in a meeting room, audio signal volume levels and equalization, and the differences in characteristics of a verbal input. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230026 | Conversation Assistance System - A conversation assistance system with a bi-lateral array of microphones arranged externally of a space that does not include any array microphones, where the space has a left side, a right side, a front and a back, the array comprising a left side sub-array of multiple microphones and a right side sub-array of multiple microphones, where each microphone has a microphone output signal, and a processor that creates from the microphone output signals a left-ear audio signal and a right-ear audio signal. The left-ear audio signal is created based on the microphone output signals from one or more of the microphones of the left-side sub-array and one or more of the microphones of the right-side sub-array and the right-ear audio signal is created based on the microphone output signals from one or more of the microphones of the left-side sub-array and one or more of the microphones of the right-side sub-array. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230027 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An acoustic transducer has a substrate having an opening in an upper surface thereof, a vibration electrode plate disposed above the substrate, and having an outer edge thereof facing the upper surface of the substrate with a gap therebetween, a fixed electrode plate facing the vibration electrode plate, and a plurality of projections protruding on a lower surface of the outer edge of the vibration electrode plate. The vibration electrode plate covers an upper side of the opening. The plurality of projections are disposed so as to not be positioned along a straight line or a curved line parallel to an edge of the opening in at least a part of one or at least two arrays formed on the lower surface of the outer edge. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230028 | MEMS MICROPHONE - Embodiments of the invention provide a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) microphone, which includes a microphone chip, a premold lead frame comprising a lead frame to which the microphone chip is electrically connected, and a cover coupled to the premold lead frame to cover the microphone chip and electrically connected to the premold lead frame. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230029 | ELECTRO ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An electro-acoustic transducer includes a conductive substrate provided with at least one cell and at least one electrode, and a pad substrate disposed corresponding to the conductive substrate and provided with at least one pad corresponding to the electrode, in which at least one of the electrode and the pad includes an electric pattern for electric connection and at least one dummy pattern that is provided around the electric pattern to be separated the electric pattern. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230030 | Spectral Contrast Enhancement in a Cochlear Implant Speech Processor - Among other things, enhancing spectral contrast for a cochlear implant listener includes detecting a time domain signal. A first transformation is applied to the detected time domain signal to convert the time domain signal to a frequency domain signal. A second transformation is applied to the frequency domain signal to express the frequency domain signal as a sum of two or more components. A sensitivity of the cochlear implant listener to detect modulation of each component is obtained. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230031 | MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mapping system comprises a sensor unit which is mobile and receives magnetic audio frequency transmission from a site and positioning data with respect to the site to be mapped. A processing unit is operationally coupled with the sensor unit and determines at least one parameter of the magnetic transmission, forms positions of the sensor unit on the basis of positioning data, associates positions and the at least one parameter together, forms a quality map graphically showing a distribution associated with the at least one parameter with respect to positions on the site and outputs said quality map. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230032 | HEARING DEVICE WITH LOW-ENERGY WARNING - The present invention regards a hearing device comprising a power source, a control unit, a power source charge state monitoring unit, a timing unit, and an output unit. The hearing device is configured to be worn on or at an ear of a user. The power source is configured to power the hearing device. The power source charge state monitoring unit is configured to monitor the charge state of the power source by determining a current output voltage value of the power source. The timing unit is configured to measure a duration between two points in time. The output unit is configured to generate output sounds corresponding to electrical sound signals. The control unit is configured to activate a low-energy warning mode, if the current output voltage value determined by the power source charge state monitoring unit is below a predetermined threshold output voltage value of the power source. The control unit is further configured to adjust the predetermined threshold output voltage value in dependence of a duration of the low-energy warning mode. The control unit operating in the low-energy warning mode is configured to generate electrical low-energy warning signals. The output unit is configured to generate output stimuli perceived by the user as sounds corresponding to the electrical low-energy warning signals and/or to transmit such output sounds and/or signals indicating low energy warning signals to another device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230033 | Hearing Assistance System - The present universal wearable computing device relates to a hearing assistance system, device, method, and apparatus that provide a discreet approach to user hearing assistance, without relying on a conventional hearing aid. The hearing assistance system and the requisite electronics may be incorporated into frames that also function as eyeglasses with earphone(s) that may be connected to the frame to assist user hearing. An earphone may be configured with minimal electronics, such that a power source enable sound transmissions to the ear, is provided by a connection to the frame of the eyeglasses. In another example, the earphone is configured without any electronics and sound is transmitted to the user/listener's ear(s) via a psychoacoustic system. The sound quality of the transmissions to the earphones may be optimized using a tuning/equalizer application operating from a computing device, such as an app on a mobile device. The tuning/equalizer application can be used by the user/listener to optimize volume input levels to the earphone(s). | 2015-08-13 |
20150230034 | HEARING AID DEVICE - A hearing aid device is presented being configured for direct cochlea vibration stimulation. The hearing aid device comprises: a deformable member configured for contracting and expanding along a deformation axis between its first and second sides in response to an applied external field; and a fastening assembly configured for carrying the deformable member so as to provide rigid coupling of the first and second sides of the deformable member to a bony tissue in the vicinity of cochlea, such that contraction and expansion of said deformable member directly stimulates vibration of the cochlea. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230035 | SOLDERLESS MODULE CONNECTOR FOR A HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE ASSEMBLY - Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for solderless module connectors for hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method of assembling a hearing assistance device. According to various embodiments, the method includes providing a structure including a laser-direct structuring (LDS) portion, and inserting a flexible universal circuit module (UCM) having conductive surface traces into the structure. The UCM is electrically connected to the LDS portion using direct compression without the use of wires or solder, according to various embodiments. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230036 | HEARING AID DEVICE COMPRISING A SENSOR MEMBER - A hearing aid device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises means to improve, augment and/or protect the hearing capability of a user by receiving acoustic signals from the surroundings of the user, generating corresponding audio signals, possibly modifying the audio signals and providing the possibly modified audio signals as audible signals to at least one of the user's ears. The hearing aid device comprises a sensor member for detecting the movement and/or acceleration and/or orientation (or spatial position) of the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises at least two hearing aid microphones and a control unit for determining the position or a deviation from an intended position of the hearing aid device or hearing aid microphones. The hearing aid device is configured to compensate for a possible dislocation of the hearing aid microphones. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING A LOUDSPEAKER SIGNAL - An audio controller for use with a loudspeaker that generates sound in dependence upon a loudspeaker signal is disclosed. The loudspeaker includes a voice coil. The audio controller includes a monitor to monitor an electric response of the voice coil to the loudspeaker signal and a signal generator to generate an evaluation signal. The evaluation signal comprises a signal having an evaluation frequency that is below resonant frequency of the loudspeaker. A processing unit is included to generate, based on the monitored electric response, the loudspeaker signal from an input sound signal. The processing unit is configured to combine the evaluation signal with the input sound signal to generate the loudspeaker signal. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230038 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An information display method, an information display device, and a display apparatus are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. Sound information is acquired, and the acquired sound information is sent to the sound control register such that the sound control register obtains a corresponding sound control register value according to the sound information, the display information is obtained according to the sound control register value, and the display information is displayed. With the method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the sound information can be displayed, thereby improving user's usage perception. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230039 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PLURALITY OF MICROPHONE STRUCTURES, MICROPHONE AND MOBILE DEVICE - In various embodiments, a method for manufacturing microphone structures is provided. The method may include: Providing a substrate having a front side and a back side, the backside facing away from the front side, and having an inner area and an outer area laterally surrounding the inner area, with the inner area comprising a plurality of microphone areas each microphone are being provided for one microphone of the plurality of microphones; Forming a plurality of layers for the plurality of microphones in the microphone areas on the front side of the substrate; Forming a recess from the backside of the substrate with the recess laterally overlapping the entire inner area; Forming a plurality of cavities into a bottom of the recess with each cavity of the plurality of cavities being formed in one of the microphone areas; Processing the layers to form the plurality of microphone structures, wherein each microphone structure comprises at least one layer of the plurality of layers and one cavity; and Separating the plurality of microphone structures from each other. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN AUDIO OUTPUT COMPRISING SPATIAL INFORMATION - A method of providing an audio signal comprising spatial information relating to a location of at least one virtual source ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150230041 | ROOM CHARACTERIZATION AND CORRECTION FOR MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO - Devices and methods are adapted to characterize a multi-channel loudspeaker configuration, to correct loudspeaker/room delay, gain and frequency response or to configure sub-band domain correction filters. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230042 | SAFETY SYSTEM TO PREVENT OR DECREASE DISTRACTED DRIVING CAUSED BY THE USE OF A CELL PHONE IN A VEHICLE - An apparatus to prevent distracted driving of a vehicle due to use of a cell phone includes: a cell phone holder adapted to hold a cell phone in a position such that its buttons, keyboard, or touchscreen cannot be accessed; a registration system for registering a cell phone with the apparatus; a short range detector for detecting whether or not the registered cell phone is located in the cell phone holder; and a vehicle enabling/disabling circuit, responsive to the short range detector, for preventing the vehicle from being operated if the registered cell phone is not located in the cell phone holder and for enabling operation of the vehicle if the registered cell phone is in the cell phone holder. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230043 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL AREA NETWORK CONNECTION - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for establishing a personal area network connection between a mobile device and a personal area network system. The method may include pairing the mobile device with the personal area network system and receiving a telephone call at the mobile device. The method may also include capturing audio data from one or more microphones of the mobile device. The method may also include determining a distance between the mobile device and the personal area network system based on the captured audio data, and forwarding telephone call data to the personal area network system when the determined distance is below a threshold. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230044 | UPDATING VEHICLE SOFTWARE USING A SMARTPHONE - Software for embedded vehicle computers in a motor vehicle is updated using a smart phone having Bluetooth connectivity or USB connectivity. An application program or “app” running the phone queries a server via the Internet, for any available software updates for a vehicle. The vehicle is identified to the server by the app using the vehicle identification number (VIN). When an update for an embedded computer is available, the server transfers the update as one or more files, which are transmitted to the phone via a cell phone network and stored in the phone until the phone can be linked to the vehicle. After the phone and vehicle are linked the update is transferred to the vehicle, preferably using Bluetooth. Software on the vehicle copies the new software into an appropriate memory device via a bus running through-out the vehicle. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230045 | MOBILE DEVICES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PRIORITIZING DATA SETS - Mobile devices, methods, and computer-program products are provided for prioritizing data sets. A transmission is received from a proximity broadcasting device. The transmission is a data packet that includes a unique identifier corresponding to the proximity broadcasting device. A proximity broadcasting system corresponding to the proximity broadcasting device is identified based on the unique identifier. At least one transaction data set corresponding to the proximity broadcasting system is selected from among a plurality of transaction data sets. The at least one transaction data set is prioritized above the remaining transaction data sets in a hierarchical order. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230046 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MUSIC - Provided is an apparatus and method for playing music, which can play music by simply sharing the music with an external device. An apparatus for playing music includes a first portable terminal and a second portable terminal. The first portable terminal transmits FM channel information of an FM transmitter, which is set to broadcast in-play music thereof, and an FM radio application execution command through near field communication (NFC). The second portable terminal receives the FM channel information and the FM radio application execution command from the first portable terminal through the NFC, then executes the FM radio application based on the FM channel information to receive and play the music broadcasted from the first portable terminal. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230047 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - According to one of aspects, an electronic device includes a connecting module, and a controller. The connecting module is configured to wirelessly connect to a second device. The controller is configured to cause the connecting module to wirelessly connect to the second device in a first mode or in a second mode. In the first mode, the second device connects slavery to the electronic device. In the second mode, the electronic device connects slavery to the second device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230048 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF RECORDING MOBILITY OF THE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure generally relates to recording movement of a portable electronic device, and more particularly, to a portable electronic device and methods for recording mobility of the portable electronic device. In one embodiment, a method for recording a mobility of a portable electronic device is disclosed, comprising detecting a movement of the portable electronic device using a first sensor; when the movement exceeds a threshold level, determining velocity, a position coordinate, and a time coordinate of the portable electronic device using a second sensor, wherein the threshold level indicates a pre-configured speed and a pre-configured time period associated with the movement; and recording one or more values corresponding to the determined velocity, the position coordinate, and the time coordinate, the one or more values representing mobility of the portable electronic device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230049 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED RADIO RECEIVER - A radio receiver | 2015-08-13 |
20150230050 | Communication Network Aggregating Local Geolocation Information - A geolocation aggregator provides a database collecting information about different geolocation venues and zones linked to context information. Campaigns may provide content to individuals within the zones according to a matching between desired context information and the context information at the zones permitting a more comprehensive delivery of geolocation services among different venues. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230051 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATING IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCALIZED ENVIRONMENTS - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, articles, etc. for mobile device locating in conjunction with localized environments. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise obtaining at a mobile device one or more signals comprising information indicative of a location thereof. The information may be transmitted to one or more servers. A location context identifier (LCI) may be received responsive to the transmitting, with the LCI corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located. The LCI may be transmitted to the one or more servers. Location-based data may be received responsive to the transmitting of the LCI, with the location-based data being associated with the LCI and pertaining to the localized environment. The location of the mobile device may be determined with respect to the localized environment based, at least in part, on the location-based data. Other example implementations are described herein. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230052 | Physical Object-based People Matching Method, System, and Device - A physical object-based people matching method, system, and device recommends a first person to a second person based on the geographic proximity of a location associated with the first person to one or more physical objects that are associated with the second person. The geographic proximity may be determined from the use of a location-aware portable device. The recommendation may be further informed by a mobility inference. The first person is enabled to send an expression of interest to the second person in response to the recommendation, and the second person may be enabled to send an expression of interest to the first person in response to receiving the expression of interest. An explanation for the recommendation may be delivered to the first person that references a mobility inference or a computer-implemented map. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230053 | Energy-Efficient Location Determination - A location management system identifies points of interest that may be of interest to one or more users. The location management system defines a geofence boundary encompassing a particular point of interest. When the location management system determines that the user device is inside the geofence boundary—but not, for example, when the location management system determines that the user determines that the user device is outside the geofence boundary—the location management system instructs the user device to determine wireless signals available to the user device. The location management system then receives wireless signal data from the user device for available wireless signals. By matching the received wireless signal data to known wireless signals available at the identified points of interest, the location management system determines that the user device (and hence the user) is at the point of interest. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230054 | VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHIC PERIMETERS MADE UP OF MULTIPLE COMPONENT SHAPES - A computing device includes one or more processors, a user interface, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for determining whether a certain geographic location is within a virtual perimeter of a geographic place. The instructions, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the computing device to determine multiple component shapes that approximately make up a geometry of the geographic place, determine whether the certain geographic location is within at least one of the component shapes, generate an indication that the geographic location is within the virtual perimeter if the geographic location is within at least one of the component shapes, and provide the indication via the user interface. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230055 | Method and System for Providing Enhanced Location Based Information for Wireless Handsets - Methods, devices and systems for generating enhanced location information on or about a mobile device may include hybrid lateration and trilateration solutions in which the mobile device performs location determination calculations with the aid of network components or global positioning systems (GPS). Mobile devices may automatically form groups based on proximity and/or may be grouped together via a network server. Mobile devices in a group may share computed location information and/or information collected from internal sensors with other grouped mobile devices. Information shared between grouped mobile devices may be used to enhance the location information computed on each mobile device. For example, each mobile device may supplement and/or augment previously computed location information based on the received location information and/or relative positions of other mobile devices in the same group. Each mobile device may also utilize local sensors to further enhance their location information. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230056 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an electronic device capable of providing route information and a method for controlling same. An electronic device capable of providing route information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communications unit, a search unit for searching out a destination inputted by the user, a display unit for setting, as a destination, one of the places searched out by the search unit and for displaying the route of the set destination, and a control unit for sending a control signal to control at least one electric home appliance based on an expected time of arrival at the destination. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230057 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RETURNING AN EARLY POSITIONING FIX - Disclosed are methods and systems for supporting positioning operations in a cellular communication network including locating a mobile device in response to an emergency event. In one particular implementation, a first position fix may be provided quickly by a mobile device and may be followed by a second, more accurate, position fix at a later time. In particular implementations, the first and second position fixes may be provided using the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Positioning Protocol (LPP) as part of a single LPP transaction and may further be provided using a user plane or control plane location solution. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230058 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING MOBILE TERMINAL LOCATION BY COMBINING WI-FI LOCATION INFORMATION WITH SENSOR INFORMATION - A system for filtering a terminal location by combining WiFi location information and sensor information, the system includes a filter that filters an inaccurate location of a terminal by combining location information calculated from WiFi signals and sensor information, and by using indicators to remove abnormal location information. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230059 | Motion State Notifying Device and Method - Systems and methods for the detection of a change in steady state. The systems generally comprise a detector device which is attached to an object of interest, the detector device will communicate with a remote repeater, which serves to relay the signal to a further remote computer, generally a mobile device. Generally, the later communication will utilize a different communication protocol from the first. The steady state detector may provide a wide array of functionality from acting as a security system to detect the unauthorized movement of an object, to a fencing system to detect unexpected ingress or egress through a virtual perimeter. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, MANAGING, AND SHARING MOVING PATH - Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, managing, and sharing information related to moving-paths of a plurality of devices connected to the server. The server includes a communication interface that receives first information related to a moving path of a first device among the plurality of devices and receives second information related to a moving path of a second device among the plurality of devices, with the first device being different from the second device. A controller provides integrated history information based on the first information and the second information to at least one of the plurality of devices, with the plurality of devices being managed as a single group in the server. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230061 | DISTRIBUTED OPTIMIZATION FOR EVENT TRAFFIC CONTROL - A user device provides, to a server device, event application setup information associated with the user device. The event application setup information includes information provided to the user device during configuration of an event application. The user device provides, to the server device, user device information associated with the user device. The user device information includes information identifying a current location of the user device, and is provided to the server device during an event that affects the user device. The user device receives, from the server device, custom event instructions based on the event application setup information, the user device information, and the event. The custom event instructions include information describing a recommended route, away from a location of the event, that is customized for the user device. The user displays the custom event instructions. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230062 | Information Processing Method and Communication System - An information processing method and a communication system, the method includes: first the communication system receiving inquiry information of a first communication client in the communication system according to a preset rule, and sending the inquiry information to M communication clients of a plurality of communication clients, wherein the M communications clients can be communication clients specified by a first client or another client; then receiving M feedbacks returned by the M communication clients, and processing the M feedbacks to obtain a statistical result, finally sending the obtained statistical result to the first communication client, that is, the information initiating end. Therefore, when the user needs to contact a plurality of persons, after sending inquiry information to a system, the system returns a unified result to the client, thereby reducing the user's operation process, lessening working power consumption of electronic devices, and saving the user's time. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230063 | GROUP MESSAGING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An apparatus of a communication network performs processing ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150230064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING BROADCASTING CHANNEL - An apparatus for allocating a broadcasting channel in each cell determines a position to which the broadcasting channel is to be allocated using a number of cell IDs and a cell ID of each cell which is allocated different from neighboring cells in a subframe of a downlink frame, and allocates the broadcasting channel to the determined position. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230065 | APPRATUS AND METHOD OF GROUP COMMUNICATIONS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for group communications are provided. Subscriber information is obtained for each of a device in a group identified in a group message request. An appropriate mechanism for delivering a group message to each device or subset of devices within the group is determined based on device capability information. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230066 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION USING A MOBILE DEVICE WITH MODE DEPENDING ON USER PROXIMITY OR DEVICE POSITION - Methods and systems for controlling group communications using a mobile device includes detecting a motion of the mobile device corresponding to a user placing the device on a surface, maintain a communication session with another mobile device while the user is detected in proximity to the first mobile device, and entering a non-active communication mode when the user is not detected in proximity to the device. The communication session may be maintained for a time-out period before entering the non-active mode. Further methods and systems include transitioning to a non-active communication mode in response to detecting a motion of the mobile device corresponding to a user placing the device on a surface. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230067 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING COMMUNICATION INFORMATION - A system for and method of communication information transmission are provided. A method of communication information transmission performed by a first device includes: receiving a communication request from a second device; obtaining surrounding situation information of the first device, the surrounding situation information including information related to surroundings of the first device; and determining at least one third device to process the communication request based on the surrounding situation information. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230068 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING INSTANT REMINDING - A method for implementing instant reminding is disclosed, including: generating, by a first terminal, a movement control instruction when detecting that the first terminal moves in a preset manner, and sending the movement control instruction to a second terminal; and receiving, by the second terminal, the movement control instruction, and executing a movement manner corresponding to the movement control instruction according to the movement control instruction, to remind a user that uses the second terminal. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230069 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING SHORT MESSAGE SIGNALING - The present invention provides a method which includes: receiving a message, where the message carries a parameter indicating a validity period of a short message sent to a user or indication information indicating whether a record needs to be added to MWD of a user when a short message cannot be transmitted or fails to be transmitted; determining that the short message cannot be transmitted or the short message fails to be transmitted, and a value of the parameter is 0 or the indication information indicates that the record does not need to be added to the MWD of the user when the short message cannot be transmitted or fails to be transmitted; and skipping adding the record to the MWD of the user, where the record includes an identifier of a service centre for short message service serving the user. According to the method, additional signaling interaction is reduced. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230070 | System and Methods for Increasing a Maximum Number of Simultaneous Calls on a Service Subscription of a Multi-SIM Device - Methods and devices are disclosed for increasing capacity for handling simultaneous calls to a particular SIM of a wireless communication device having at least a first and second SIM and corresponding first and second radio resources. If a preset maximum number of calls has been reached for a first of the modem stacks, and a radio resource of another other modem stack is handling less than its preset maximum number of calls, the wireless device may send a signal to the network serving the first SIM to activate the call forwarding function. While activated, calls addressed to the first SIM may be received by the wireless device on radio resource associated with the other SIM. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230071 | INFORMATION EXCHANGING APPARATUS - An information exchanging apparatus capable of exchanging information with a plurality of outside apparatuses has: a first wireless communicator including a telephone transmitter and telephone receiver for wireless telephone communication with one of the outside apparatuses; a second wireless communicator other than the first wireless communicator; a transmitter arranged to transmit original information to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator; a processor arranged to process response information from the plurality of outside apparatuses to be received through the second wireless communicator in response to the original information; and a distributor arranged to distribute result information from the processor to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230072 | PERSONAL SAFETY MOBILE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Described embodiments provide a system for alerting emergency responders to the existence of an emergency situation. The system includes multiple mobile devices in communication with a mobile communications network. Each mobile device includes an encapsulator for capturing encapsulation data from one or more data sensors of the mobile device. Each mobile device can be placed into an alert mode by a user of the mobile device. An emergency database in communication with the mobile communications network and one or more emergency response dispatchers receives, from one or more mobile devices in the alert mode, the encapsulation data, in substantially real-time. The emergency database sends an emergency alert notification to one or more alert groups associated with the users of each mobile devices in alert mode. Each mobile device sends an emergency alert notification to one or more additional mobile devices in a predetermined physical proximity to the mobile device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230073 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROPAGATING PUBLIC SAFETY MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICES AMONG PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL - Public safety user equipment (PS UE) that establishes a first wireless communication channel over a primary network to at least one multimedia multicast or broadcast service management entity and establishes one or more alternative wireless communication channels over one or more alternative networks ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150230074 | Charging Control Method, Device, and System for Data Service of Roaming Subscriber - A charging control method, device, and system for a data service of a roaming subscriber are provided. A visited public data network gateway (VP-GW) receives a service request message from a user equipment (UE), where the service request message includes a home carrier identifier; and sends a charging rule request message to a home policy and charging system according to the home carrier identifier, so that the home policy and charging system generates a charging rule and sends the charging rule to a visited policy and charging system, and the visited policy and charging system implements charging according to the charging rule. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230075 | AUDIO COMMAND-BASED TRIGGERING - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for connectivity. In one aspect there is provided a method, which may include detecting, at a first device including an audio detector and a transceiver, an audio command; recording, at the first device, a first timestamp representative of when the audio command was detected; sending, by the first device via the transceiver, one or more packets to discover one or more other devices; detecting, by the first device, at least one response to the sent one or more packets, the at least one response including a second timestamp representative of when the audio command was detected by a second device and a second transceiver; and triggering, by the first device, an action based on a comparison of the first time stamp and the second time stamp. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230076 | Pre-Configuration of Devices Supporting National Security and Public Safety Communications - Techniques for distributing and using application codes and discovery filters in device-to-device (D2D) wireless devices. An example method for an announcing device includes receiving, from a coordinating node, first and second application codes and associated timing information. The associated timing information defines respective first and second validity intervals for the first and second application codes, such that the first and second validity intervals are at least partly non-overlapping. The method further comprises subsequently transmitting, during the first validity interval, one or more discovery messages that include or are based on the first application code, and transmitting, during the second validity interval, one or more discovery messages that include or are based on the second application code. Corresponding techniques for monitoring devices are also disclosed. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230077 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC STEERING OF ROAMING IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing dynamic steering of roaming in a telecommunications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for providing dynamic steering or roaming in a telecommunications network includes a method for providing dynamic steering or roaming in a telecommunications network. The method includes, at a mobile telecommunications device, the device being associated with a subscriber of a first network carrier, receiving, from a source other than an operator of the first network carrier, information identifying a second network carrier that is different from the first network carrier. Based on the received information, the device either makes a change to a preferred roaming network carrier for the device by setting the second network carrier as a preferred roaming network carrier for the device, or connects to the second network carrier, where the second network carrier is not a preferred roaming network carrier for the device, and without changing the preferred roaming network carrier for the device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230078 | Secure Ad Hoc Data Backup to Nearby Friend Devices - Ad hoc data backup for mobile devices is disclosed. When the user of a mobile device has poor or no data connectivity with a network-based storage system and friends are identified that are in the vicinity of the user, backup data is transferred from the user's mobile device to one or more of the friend devices using peer-to-peer connections. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230079 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIRMING IDLE STATE SIGNALLING REDUCTION (ISR)ACTIVATION - A method and network device for confirming ISR activation, optimize the way of activating ISR to solve the defects of prior art that the characteristics of the ISR can not be fully utilized, caused by activating ISR only depending on the EMM combined procedures capability reported by UE. The method comprises: serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN) obtains the subscription data of user equipment (UE); and SGSN activates ISR for the UE when SGSN confirms there is no circuit switch (CS) domain subscription data in the UE's subscription data. Meanwhile, in the present invention other two methods and network devices for confirming ISR activation are also disclosed. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230080 | MEDIA SCANNING METHOD AND MEDIA SCANNING TERMINAL - Provided are a media scanning method and device for a storage medium of a user terminal. The media scanning method includes: determining, when a terminal is booting, whether a storage medium of the terminal meets an execution condition for media scanning; and performing media scanning of a storage medium when the determining determines that the execution condition for media scanning for the storage medium is met. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230081 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING USER SETTINGS FOR OVER-THE-AIR UPGRADES - A method and apparatus for performing a software upgrade are disclosed. The method determines a plurality of mobile endpoint devices affected by a wireless network access software upgrade, and schedules a deployment of the wireless network access software upgrade. The method transmits a notification to the plurality of mobile endpoint devices, wherein the notification is configured to cause each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices to store user settings in a memory of each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices. The method downloads the wireless network access software upgrade wirelessly to the plurality of mobile endpoint devices, wherein the wireless network access software upgrade is configured to cause each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices to install the wireless network access software upgrade and to restore the user settings from the memory of each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230082 | METHOD FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING BUFFER STATUS REPORT, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for sending and receiving a buffer status report, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving indication information that is sent by a macro base station and that is used to request a user equipment UE to send a buffer status report, and sending a buffer status report BSR to the macro base station and/or at least one small cell according to the indication information, where the macro base station and the at least one small cell jointly serve the UE, and a service area of the macro base station is larger than a service area of each small cell of the at least one small cell. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230083 | REMOTE PROFILE MODIFICATION FOR DEVICE RECOVERY ASSIST - A system is provided for recovering a mobile device by enabling an authorized user to remotely change the profile of the device to assist others in returning the device to the user. Initially, a user registers the mobile device with a recovery assist server. When the user is unable to locate the device because it is, for example, lost or stolen, the user indicates with the server that the device is missing. The device and the server are configured to communicate with each other, for example, periodically or, in another example, on device start up. If the device is identified as missing on the server, the operation of the mobile device is configured based on a missing profile associated with the mobile device. Once the device is located, the user indicates with the server that the device is no longer missing. When the device is unidentified as missing on the server, the operation of the mobile device is configured based on a user profile associated with the mobile device. When the mobile device is configured based on the missing profile, the mobile device may, for example, display a background image or play a ring tone to inform persons near the device that the device is considered mislaid and to provide such persons with information for returning the device. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230084 | TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system comprises: a first communication device ( | 2015-08-13 |
20150230085 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND AUTHENTICATION DEVICE FOR WIRELESS ROUTER - The present disclosure relates to an authentication method and an authentication device for a wireless router. The authentication method may first generate a corresponding 2-dimensional barcode with BSSID and PIN codes of the wireless router. The authentication method may scan the 2-dimensional barcode and may resolve the scanned 2-dimensional barcode to corresponding BSSID and PIN codes. The authentication method may correlate the corresponding wireless router according to the BSSID, may activate a WPS process of the wireless router, and may access a network provided by the wireless router via the PIN code. Thereby, a user can access a wireless router and may go online by using a mobile terminal to scan a 2-dimensional barcode. As a result, the mobile terminal can be conveniently and quickly connected to a wireless router, which may greatly reduce the user's operations and results in great convenience for users. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230086 | Authentication Based on Geo-Location History - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for authenticating a user based on the geo-location history of a geo-location-enabled wireless device (e.g., a GPS-enabled wireless telecommunications terminal, a smart card, an RFID tag, etc.). In a first illustrative embodiment, a user of a geo-location-enabled wireless telecommunications terminal (e.g., a GPS-enabled cell phone, a GPS-enabled notebook computer, etc.) who attempts to access a restricted resource is challenged with one or more questions that are generated from the terminal's geo-location history. In a second illustrative embodiment, a user of a data-processing system who attempts to access a restricted resource is asked to provide a username Z. The user is then challenged with one or more questions that are generated from the geo-location history of a wireless device that is associated with username Z (e.g., a cell phone that belongs to the user whose username is Z, etc.). | 2015-08-13 |
20150230087 | VERIFYING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AN APPLICATION AND A MOBILE DEVICE THROUGH A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system for verifying an association between an application and a mobile computing device. The system receives a request to verify the application, which has an application instance identifier, on the mobile computing device. The system also obtains a mobile device identifier used to communicate with the mobile computing device. The system initiates one or more telephone call setup messages, which signal a voice call request, to the mobile computing device using the mobile device identifier. Based on receiving an indication that the one or more telephone call setup messages were detected at the mobile computing device, the system associates the application instance identifier with the mobile device identifier. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230088 | VERIFYING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AN APPLICATION AND A MOBILE DEVICE THROUGH A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system for verifying an association between an application and a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device transmits a request to a service to verify the application, which has an application instance identifier. A mobile device identifier, used to establish a communication channel with the mobile computing device, is also conveyed to the service. The mobile computing device receives one or more telephone call setup messages directed to the mobile device identifier, each of which signal a voice call request, and provides an indication to the service of the receipt of the telephone call setup messages. In response to receiving the indication, the service establishes an association between the application instance identifier and the mobile device identifier. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230089 | VERIFYING AN APPLICATION IDENTIFIER ON A MOBILE DEVICE THROUGH A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system for verifying an association between an application and a mobile computing device. The application is identified by an application instance identifier, which uniquely identifies the instance of the application on the mobile computing device. The system receives a request to verify the application, including the application instance identifier. The system also obtains a mobile device identifier used to communicate with the mobile computing device. The system initiates one or more telephone call setup messages, which signal a voice call request, to the mobile computing device using the mobile device identifier. Based on receiving an indication that the one or more telephone call setup messages were detected at the mobile computing device, the system associates the application instance identifier with the mobile device identifier. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230090 | AUTHORIZING MOBILE APPLICATION ACCESS TO A SERVICE THROUGH A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system for authorizing access to a service by a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device, which is identified by a mobile device identifier, requests authorization to access the service from an application, which has an application instance identifier. A telephone call setup message, which signals a voice call request, is received by the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device disables user interface or notification features of the device prior to receiving the telephone call setup message, and the telephone call setup message is terminated before a voice connection is established with the device. After receiving the telephone call setup message, the mobile computing device sends a communication that causes an association to be made between the mobile device identifier and application instance identifier, enabling authorized access to the service by the device. The mobile computing device then re-enables the user interface or notification features. | 2015-08-13 |
20150230091 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING MALICIOUS ATTACKS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for handling malicious attacks. In one aspect, the methods and apparatuses are configured to identify packets received from a malicious source based at least in part on packets received by a wireless device that change a state of the wireless device from a dormant state to a connected state, selectively disconnect the wireless device from a packet data network (PDN) by releasing a first Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect the wireless device to the PDN when a number of packets identified as received from the malicious source reaches a threshold number within a monitoring period, and reconnect the wireless device to the PDN using a second IP address that is different from the first IP address. In another aspect, a connection to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) PDN is maintained after the PDN is disconnected. | 2015-08-13 |