34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140235218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SMALL CELL ON OR OFF PROCEDURE FOR COVERAGE EXTENSION - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for supporting or controlling a small cell on or off procedure. The method may comprise steps of receiving, by the MSC from a Source Small Cell (SSC), a Cell Off Indication message including a Cell State Change Indication parameter indicating a cell status of the SSC; transmitting, by the MSC to the SSC, an Expand Indication message indicating an expanding of the MSC when the Cell State Change Indication parameter indicates a cell off status, the Expanding Indication message including a Time to Start Expand parameter indicating when the MSC starts an expanding of its coverage and an Expand Timer parameter indicating a time period during which the expanding is performed; and starting the expanding of its coverage at a time indicated by the Time to Start Expand parameter during the time period indicated by the Expand Timer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235219 | Control Software for Unlocking and Relocking Cellular Telephones - Cellular telephone handsets often include electronic or software coding that “locks” them to a specific wireless network. Provided herein, is a method for provisioning locked handsets by unlocking them from their established network and relocking them on a new cellular network. The handset is connected in communication with the control process, identified, and provisioned. The method allows for provisioning of multiple models and brands to be provisioned from different carriers and to different carriers. It further allows multiple handsets to be provisioned simultaneously. During the process, the handset may be sensitivity tested. Further, the identification portion of the method can be used in conjunction with phone support tools beyond the provisioning process. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING APPLICATION PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREFOR - The present disclosure, pertaining to the field of computer technologies, discloses a method and apparatus for processing an application program, and a mobile terminal therefor. The method includes: determining a current running state of an application program currently opened on a mobile terminal; performing a corresponding operation for the opened application program according to the determined running state. The apparatus includes: a determining module, configured to determine a current running state of an application program currently opened on a mobile terminal; an operation performing module, configured to perform a corresponding operation for the opened application program according to the determined running state. According to the present disclosure, current running states of application programs opened on a mobile terminal are determined, and corresponding operations are performed for the opened application programs according to the determined different running states. This, as compared with performing the same operation for all opened application programs, saves system processing resources, power, and network bandwidth resources. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235221 | PROCESSING METHOD OF USER EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING METHOD OF MOBILITYMANAGEMENT ENTITY, USER EQUIPMENT, MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY, ANDCOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a processing method of a user equipment, including: detecting, by a user equipment in an active status, that user equipment capability of the user equipment has changed; and sending, by the user equipment, the changed user equipment capability of the user equipment to a base station. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing method of a mobility management entity, a user equipment, a mobility management entity, and a communications system. When the user equipment capability of the user equipment has changed, the user equipment can report the changed user equipment capability to the network side, so that the network side can timely save or stop saving power for the user equipment, thereby achieving a trade-off between power saving of the user equipment and the service quality. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235222 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE PERSONAS ON MOBILE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS - A mobile technology platform equipped with a display and a processor is provided. The platform comprises an operating system executed by the processor; and a software program configured to run on the operating system and further configured to establish a plurality of personas for a user of the mobile technology platform, wherein each of the plurality of personas has a unique set of user preferences associated with a persona, wherein each of the unique set of user preferences corresponds to a unique execution environment, and wherein the software program is further configured to allow toggling between the plurality of personas. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235223 | CONCIERGE - Providing a contextual reminder to a mobile station includes determining a locus of the mobile station based on the position of the mobile station in both time and space. A first entry is read, where the first entry can be at least a task or an event. Both tasks and events can include a time, a date, and/or a location. The locus and the first entry can be compared to determine if the contextual reminder should be provided to the mobile station. The contextual reminder can be provided to the mobile station based on the comparison. The reminder can be provided when at least one of the time, the date and the geographical position of the mobile station is proximate to at least one of the time, date, and location of the entry. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235224 | EVENT HANDLING SYSTEM - A service that determines what event has occurred and provide a list of actions that the service can be performed in order to help the user through a hectic time period is disclosed. In one example, one or more modules can identify one or more events and transmitting an indication of the at least one event to a mobile device. Then, one or more modules can receive an indication that a mobile device has selected at least one of the at least one event, and determine at least one action to perform, wherein the at least one action can be associated with the at least one selected event. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235225 | CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A MOBILE DEVICE - Various arrangements for customizing a configuration of a mobile device are presented. The mobile device may collect proximity data. The mobile device may determine that a user has gripped the mobile device based on the proximity data. A finger length of the user may be determined using the proximity data. Configuration of the mobile device may be customized at least partially based on the determined finger length of the user. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235226 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS WITH A MOBILE-ORIGINATED-ONLY MODE - A method and apparatus for supporting machine-type communications (MTC) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may configure itself to operate in a mobile-originated-only mode. The WTRU may perform no, or a subset of, radio resource control (RRC) idle and/or non-access stratum (NAS) idle/standby state procedures in the mobile-originated-only mode. For example, the WTRU may perform cell reselection but not paging monitoring in the mobile-originated-only mode. Alternatively, the WTRU may perform paging monitoring but not cell reselection and location update. The operation in the mobile-originated-only mode may be triggered explicitly or implicitly. For example, the WTRU may operate in the mobile-originated-only mode if an inactivity timer expires. The WTRU may switch the mode in accordance with a pre-configured schedule. After transition of the operation mode, the WTRU may send a message to the network indicating such mode switch. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235227 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - There is provided a relay server | 2014-08-21 |
20140235228 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile telephone includes a communication module, and a control module configured to perform background communication with respect to an application via the communication module. The control module restricts background communication, based on an activation history of the application in foreground. The control module includes a determination module configured to determine whether background communication is unnecessary based on the activation history of the application in foreground with respect to each of the applications, and a setting switching module configured to switch communication setting of the application, of which background communication is determined to be unnecessary, from a first setting of permitting the background communication to a second setting of restricting the background communication. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235229 | Connection Release Timers and Settings - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and an apparatus to generate a message including mobile device-specific information related to operation of a state transition timer for the mobile device, and send receiving a message from a wireless communication the generated message towards an access point associated with a wireless communication network. Further, in accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method an apparatus to receive a message from a wireless communication network, the message including mobile device-specific information related to operation of a state transition timer for the mobile device; based on the mobile device-specific information, setting optimal connection parameters for the mobile device; and sending an indication of the optimal connection parameters towards the mobile device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235230 | DEVICE AGENT FOR REMOTE USER CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS - A method performed by a wireless end-user hardware device that is configured to connect to a wireless access network via associated device circuitry, the method including monitoring at a service interface layer attempts by the plurality of end-user applications to communicate over the wireless access network, determining that connectivity to the wireless access network is available and that a data service plan is not active, communicating with an activation server over the wireless access network and either i) opening an interface through which the end-user may enroll, subscribe or otherwise activate the data service plan and communicating with the activation server to activate the data service plan or ii) executing an application that automatically exchanges previously entered credentials with the activation server to activate the data service plan. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235231 | SYSTEM OF EDGE BYTE CACHING FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS - The present invention is a method and system that reduces the amount of data traffic across communication links in a cellular network. In this system, the cellular device of a user receives and stores state information about a byte of data. During the implementation of the method of this invention, when a user desires to retrieve dam from the Network Core, tokens containing a description of the state information for the requested data are sent to the cellular device. The cellular device can then have these tokens resolved by a Node B cell site that has stored the requested data. This approach reduces the need to resend the data from the Network Core over communications links. Further, the cellular devices can freely move from cell site to cell site with little interruption or loss of information. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235232 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING PLMN INFORMATION ON USER EQUPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATON SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method of saving PLMN (public land mobile network) information of a user equipment in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor. In particular, the present invention includes the step of determining a selected PLMN among at least one PLMN (public land mobile network), detecting a connection problem for the selected PLMN, and if the connection problem is detected, saving an information on the selected PLMN. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235233 | PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS OF WIRELESS EQUIPMENT AND A WIRELESS NETWORK OVER OUT-OF-BAND COMMUNICATION - Performance issues of wireless equipment (WE) or a wireless network are diagnosed through an alternative communication channel enabled by an alternative wireless network available to the WE. A service platform (SP) probes performance condition of the WE through a mobility control node (MCN) and, in response to a fault condition, collects data related to operation of the WE. Based at least on part of the data, the SP diagnoses the fault condition and related performance issue(s). To probe performance, the SP requests the MCN to collect data related to performance metric(s) of the WE. The alternative communication channel is established, and such data is collected therefrom, in response to low-grade connectivity amongst the MCN and the WE. The SP notifies the WE of at least the fault condition through the MCN or, in case of network fault condition, via the alternative communication channel. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235234 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING DIRECT DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM SUPPORTING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - The present invention discloses methods for maintaining direct device-to-device communication when one device from devices that are in direct device-to-device communication performs a handover, and apparatuses for supporting same. A method for maintaining the direct device-to-device communication in the wireless access system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: a second device moving to a second base station of a target cell; and the second device receiving from a first device of serving cell resource allocation information on a newly allocated resource region for direct device-to-device communication, wherein the resource allocation information can be received through an existing device-to-device link (D2D link), which is formed for direct device-to-device communication between the second device and the first device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235235 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Readable Media for Optimization of Bearer Resources for IMS Roaming - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for optimization of bearer resources for IMS roaming are disclosed. According to one aspect a system for optimization of bearer resources for IMS roaming includes a home media resource function controller module (HMRFC) for managing local media resources and for selecting a visited media resource function controller module (VMRFC) to provide media resources to a home subscriber that is roaming in the visited network (“visiting subscriber”), and a VMRFC for managing media resources within the visited network and for providing media resources to the visiting subscriber in response to a request to provide media resources to the visiting subscriber. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235236 | SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION IN A NETWORK SHARING ARCHITECTURE - In an embodiment, there is provided a method for service differentiation in a network sharing architecture for a mobile network wherein an Access Network AN is shared by different Service Providers SPs, said method comprising at least one step based on an identification of an SP by an SP identity that does not require this SP to own a PLMD-Id, for service differentiation in said AN. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SEARCHING FOR OPERATOR NETWORK IN A MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus of searching for an operator network in a multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) environment are provided. The method, calculating a length of a sleep interval to perform background Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) searching, comparing the length of the sleep interval with a predetermined reference parameter, if the length of the sleep interval is larger than the reference parameter, performing background PLMN searching of a passive RAT during the sleep interval, and if the length of the sleep interval is equal to or smaller than the reference parameter, performing background PLMN searching of an active RAT during the sleep interval. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235238 | Multi-Network Terminal-Proximity Discovery Using Joint Spectrum - A first mobile communication device is communicatively connected to a first network for receiving a first communication service in a first geographic area and in a first frequency-band. A second mobile communication device is communicatively connected to a second network, different from the first network, for receiving a second communication service in a second geographic area and in a second frequency-band. The first device is transmitting, in a third frequency-band disjoint from the first and second frequency-bands, a first identifier and a first location of the first device. The second network monitors the third frequency-band and receives the information in the transmission. Under control of the first identifier, a database is consulted for determining if the first device is listed as associated with the second device. If so, a second location of the second device is determined and a spatial proximity is determined between the first and second devices based on the first and second locations, enabling the first device and the second device to set up a device-to-device communication session. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235239 | SERVICE CREATION USING MOBILE DEVICE - A method may be performed by a mobile device. The method may include receiving subscriber input for a temporary service account for a user associated with a portable device and creating the temporary service account. The method may also include receiving, from the portable device via a local wireless network, a registration request to use the temporary service account and assigning, to the portable device, a temporary mobile number selected from an available pool of mobile numbers. The method may also include sending, via the local wireless network, a registration confirmation to the portable device and providing, to the portable device, mobile services using both a broadband cellular network and the local wireless network. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235240 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING GS ASSOCIATION - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for establishing a Gs association, where the method includes: when a serving GPRS support node SGSN determines that an SGs association of a user equipment UE in an idle mode signaling reduction function ISR activated state is released, sending, by the SGSN, a location update request to a mobile switch center/visitor location register MSC/VLR, so that the SGSN and the MSC/VLR establish a Gs association for the UE. An embodiment of the present invention further provides an SGSN. In the embodiments of the present invention, when a UE is in an ISR activated state, and after an SGs association is released, a Gs association can be established in time, and therefore, the UE is not implicitly detached by an MSC/VLR, and a mobile terminated service of the UE is not affected, thereby enhancing service experience of a user. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235241 | EPLMN TRANSITION MECHANISM FOR MANUAL NETWORK REGISTRATION - A method includes, in a mobile communication terminal configured to operate in a manual network registration mode, maintaining in a memory a list of one or more Equivalent Public Land Mobile Networks (EPLMNs) with which the terminal is permitted to register. Upon registering with a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), the one or more EPLMNs already on the list are retained, and, if receiving from the PLMN a notification of at least one EPLMN defined for the PLMN, the at least one EPLMN is added to the list. In response to loss of communication with the PLMN, registration is performed with a selected EPLMN among the EPLMNs appearing on the list. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235242 | Systems and methods for inter-radio access technology (RAT) mobility - Methods and apparatus for providing inter-RAT mobility between 2G/3G and 4 networks are described. A UE camped or connected to a GERAN or UTRAN network may be configured to move, either directly or through network-controlled functions, to an LTE network to perform a data call. The UE may then return to a 2G/3G network. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235243 | ACTIVATION PROCEDURE FOR DORMANT CELLS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives synchronization signals and an information block from a first base station. The information block includes information indicating whether the first base station is in a dormant state or an active state. The UE detects the first base station based on the received synchronization signals and on the information indicating whether the first base station is in the dormant state or the active state. The UE may receive, from a second base station, an indication of resources for detecting the first base station. The synchronization signals and the information block may be received in the indicated resources. The UE may move to the first base station from a second base station in a handoff from the second base station to the first base station. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235244 | Systems and Methods for Directing Mobile Device Connectivity - Methods and systems are provided herein for selecting networks for a mobile communications device. Methods for selecting a network connection for a mobile communications device may include receiving signals that comprise location information of the mobile communications device and selecting a first network type or a second network type for the mobile communications device based upon a magnitude of movement of the mobile communications device determined from the location information, the first network type comprising a network that is capable of handing off active sessions for the mobile communications device, the second network type comprising a network that having a reduced capacity or no capacity to hand off active sessions for the mobile communications device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235245 | Optimizing a Handover Behavior of a Mobile Radio Communication Network Based on an Extended Record Being Associated with a User Equipment - It is described a method for optimizing a handover behavior of a mobile radio communication network including at least a first base station and a second base station. The method includes (a) performing a handover of a user equipment from the first base station to the second base station, (b) adding an information element representing a property of the radio link between the user equipment and the first base station to a data record being associated with the user equipment, (c) transferring the data record from the first base station to the second base station and (d) optimizing the handover behavior of the mobile radio communication network based on the added information element. It is further described a first base station and a second base station, which in conjunction which each other, are configured for carrying out the described handover behavior optimization method. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235246 | CELL DISCOVERY METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A cell discovery method, device, and system are disclosed, which relate to the radio communications field, so as to purposefully perform small-scale search and measurement, thereby improving the search efficiency and saving power. The method includes: after receiving first radio frequency information of a handover area and second radio frequency information reported by a user equipment served by a cell of a first base station, detecting, by the first base station, whether the second radio frequency information matches the first radio frequency information; if match, sending a measurement instruction message to the user equipment that reports the second radio frequency information, so as to instruct the user equipment to measure signal strength and/or signal quality of a cell at a frequency of a cell of a second base station or only of the cell of the second base station. Solutions disclosed are used for cell search and discovery. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235247 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Seamless Call Handoff Between Networks That Use Dissimilar Transmission Methods - Call handoff from an 802.1x network to a cellular network, and vice versa. A wireless device that has both cellular and 802.1x capability detects the strength of a cellular signal and of an 802.1x signal. If a call is taking place over the 802.1x network and the strength of the 802.1x signal drops below a particular level and the strength of the cellular signal is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the 802.1x network to the cellular network. If a call is taking place over the cellular network and the cellular signal strength drops below a certain level while the 802.1x signal strength is above a certain level, the call is handed off from the cellular network to the 802.1x network. In addition, the user of the wireless device can manually initiate the handoff by actuating a handoff selector of the wireless device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235248 | COMMUNICATION MATCHING METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION - The present invention provides a communication matching method, a user equipment and a base station. The communication matching method includes: obtaining, by a second user equipment supporting a D2D function, D2D capability information of a serving base station of a cell to which the second user equipment currently belongs; obtaining, by the second user equipment, information, which is broadcasted by a first user equipment supporting the D2D function, of the first user equipment after determining that the cell to which the second user equipment currently belongs supports the D2D function according to the D2D capability information; performing, by the second user equipment, communication matching with the first user equipment according to the information of the first user equipment and the D2D capability information of the serving base station of the cell to which the second user equipment currently belongs. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235249 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE IN THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for processing information between mobile communication systems in order to prevent the degradation of user-experienced performance when different types of mobile communication networks are used. The method for processing information at user equipment (UE) to improve user-experienced performance of a mobile communication system includes performing a data communication through a first network and receiving, from a policy server, a routing policy including a validity condition which is information about a condition of designating a UE status for handover. The method further includes, in the handover, if a searched second network satisfies the validity condition, performing the data communication through the second network. Accordingly, a network for data transmission can be selected using a routing policy created in consideration of a UE status or a network status, thereby enhancing user-experienced performance. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235250 | LOCAL CALL LOCAL SWITCHING AT HANDOVER - Described is a method for managing locally switched call connections in a wireless communication network comprising receiving, at a core network node, a first message indicating that a first user equipment connected via the locally switched call connection has been detected in a target radio access node and transmitting, triggered by the first message, a second message requesting a status change of the locally switched call connection to a second user equipment, such that a user plane data path from the first user equipment to the second user equipment is switched to a core network path. Moreover, the method is implemented in a network node, while the method steps can be executed by means of a computer program product comprising instruction sets performing each method step. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235251 | Reducing Communication Silence When Performing Inter-Technology Handoff - To perform an inter-technology handoff, an indicator in a service request message is received by a mobile switching center (MSC). The indicator is to indicate to the MSC that an inter-technology handoff from a packet-data wireless access network to a circuit wireless access network has been requested. The behavior of the MSC is modified in response to the indicator to reduce the communication silence during the inter-technology handoff. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235252 | RADIO BASE STATION DEVICE, HANDOVER CONTROL SYSTEM, AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A radio cell station includes a call connection control section that controls a call connection of a radio personal station PS; and a position registration request section that requests, of a management device ME, a position registration. When a request for handover from a radio cell station CS | 2014-08-21 |
20140235253 | CALL ROUTING AMONG PERSONAL DEVICES BASED ON VISUAL CLUES - Systems and methods may provide for identifying a plurality of devices and routing a call between a first device in the plurality of devices and a second device in the plurality of devices. The routing of the call may be in response to a visual condition with respect to a user of the first device. In one example, the visual condition is detected based on image data associated with a surrounding environment and the visual condition is one or more of a gaze of the user and a gesture of the user. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235254 | FEMTOCELL MEASUREMENTS FOR MACRO BEAM STEERING - Attachment data collected by a set of femto access points (FAPs) is utilized to localize, predict, and/or weight potential wireless communication traffic within and between areas. Moreover, the attachment data can be indicative of user equipment (UE) density/traffic within coverage areas of respective femtocells. The attachment data can be consolidated and analyzed to identify location and motion of a UE “swarm”. Moreover an automatic cell planning (ACP) component can be employed to utilize the attachment data for determining an optimal macro site and optimal antenna setting(s) that facilitate steering/tuning the macro antenna beam to focus upon the swarm area. In addition, the ACP component can facilitate reconfiguration of the macro antenna beam as reported swarm concentrations shift between the FAPs. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235255 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR A COORDINATION OF FREQUENCY BAND SELECTIONS FOR INTERFERING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method in a base station for assisting in a coordination of frequency band selections for interfering uplink transmissions in a cellular network. The base station selects a first frequency band and a second frequency band. The first frequency band is to be used in the first cell for uplink transmissions from which an estimated interference in a second cell exceeds a first threshold. The second frequency band is to be used in the first cell for uplink transmissions from which an estimated interference in a third cell exceeds a second threshold. The base station informs a serving base station of the second cell and a serving base station of the third cell about the selection, thereby assisting these base stations in coordinating their respective frequency band selection with that of the base station. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235256 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, MACHINE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention is designed to make it possible to reduce the cost required for a machine communication terminal when the network domain of the machine communication system employs an LTE system. With the radio communication method of the present invention, a radio base station apparatus allocates downlink signals to a machine communication terminal in a predetermined cycle and transmits the allocated downlink signals to the machine communication terminal, and the machine communication terminal receives downlink signals from the radio base station apparatus in the predetermined cycle and demodulates the downlink signals received in the predetermined cycle. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235257 | Controlling Fast Dormancy - A user equipment, UE, in a radio communication network is given a threshold time value that the UE uses to decide whether it should trigger a fast dormancy request to a network node or not. The determination of the threshold time value can be adapted so that it minimizes UE battery consumption when the load in the network node is low and at other times minimizes the load on the network node. That is, if the UE estimates that a predicted time interval until reception of a data burst is less than threshold time value it will not trigger a fast dormancy request, and if the estimated time interval is larger than the threshold time value it will trigger a fast dormancy request. Since the network typically controls state switching, there is a large benefit for the UE to comply with the scheme, otherwise the network may not obey the UEs wish to be down switched by the fast dormancy request. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235258 | APPLICATION SERVER AWARENESS OF DEVICE CAPABILITIES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Capability information, relating to hardware and/or software capabilities of different types of mobile devices, may be used to tailor services provided to the mobile device based on the particular type of mobile device. In one implementation, a device, such as an application server that provide services to mobile devices, may: receive a request from a mobile device, for services; obtaining information indicating a type of the mobile device; obtain, based on the type of mobile device, information indicating capabilities of the mobile device; and provide the services to the mobile device, in which the provided services are tailored for the mobile device based on the capabilities of mobile device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235259 | CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMIT POWER IN A PLURALITY OF BASESTATIONS - A method for controlling uplink transmit power for a plurality of basestations in a mobile communications network is disclosed. The basestations may form a second layer within the network, and the network may comprise another plurality of basestations forming a first layer. The method comprises clustering the plurality of second layer basestations according to association with first layer basestations, exchanging second layer basestation loading information between second layer basestations belonging to the same cluster, and dynamically setting uplink transmit power limits for individual second layer basestations based on the exchanged loading information. The method may further comprise updating the clustering of the second layer basestations according to dynamic variation in association of second layer basestations with first layer basestations. The method may also comprise dynamically controlling uplink resource allocation such that concurrent use of the same frequency resource by more than one second layer basestation is reduced. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235260 | ANTENNA TO TRANSCEIVER MAPPING OF A MULTIMODE WIRELESS DEVICE - Various arrangements for mapping antennas to transceivers are presented. A plurality of antennas may be present. Each antenna of the plurality of antennas may be configured to communicate using different radio technologies. A plurality of transceivers may be present. At least some of the transceivers of the plurality of transceivers may be configured to utilize different radio technologies. A selector circuit may be present that is configured, based on input from a processor, to map each antenna of the plurality of antennas with each transceiver of the plurality of transceivers. The processor may be configured to control which antennas of the plurality of antennas are mapped to which transceiver of the plurality of transceivers. Touch sensors may be used to determine which antenna or antennas are likely to serve as effective electromagnetic transducers. Signal-to-noise measurements may be used to determine when to modify an antenna mapping. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235261 | FEMTOCELL SERVICE THROUGH A SECONDARY CONNECTION - System(s), apparatus(es), and method(s) are provided to for providing femtocell service through a secondary connection to a network gateway node that is part of a service provider network. The secondary connection can be established in response to at least one telecommunication performance condition of a primary connection to the network gateway node; the at least one performance condition includes connectivity state of the primary connection or quality of traffic delivery through the primary connection. The secondary connection can be established, in part, via a home gateway node that is alternative to a home gateway node associated with a femtocell access point (AP) that enables, in part, the femtocell wireless service. The main home gateway node or the femtocell AP can initiate establishment of the secondary connection. Home gateway node(s) or femtocell AP(s) that can provide femtocell service through the secondary connection can manage connectivity with the network gateway node. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235262 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SYSTEM OVERLOAD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for controlling system overload in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: a first step in which a mobility management entity (MME) that has received a tracking region update request message from a first terminal transmits a location update request message to a home subscriber server (HSS); a second step in which, if the HSS has determined that a system overload has occurred, the HSS sets MME-backoff time for preventing the transmission of a request message to the HSS, and transmits a location update rejection message including said MME-backoff time to the MME; and a third step in which the MME drives a backoff timer corresponding to said MME-backoff time and rejects a TAU update request message from a terminal received prior to the completion of the driving of the backoff timer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A CHANGE IN POSITION OF A LOCATION MARKER - The disclosure is directed to determining a change in position of a location marker. In an aspect, it is determined whether the location marker is in a motion state or a static state using sensors integrated into the location marker, in response to the determining, one or more reachable nodes are discovered, and distance measurements are calculated from the location marker to each of the one or more reachable nodes. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235264 | MODIFYING NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE PARAMETERS OF A MOBILE-BASED POSITIONING CAPABILITY BASED ON OBSERVATIONS GATHERED BY A NETWORK-BASED POSITIONING CAPABILITY - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented to obtain navigation assistance parameters (NAP) for a mobile device for use by the mobile device in estimating its movement and/or position within a particular environment based, at least in part, on wireless signal(s) acquired by the mobile device as part of a mobile-based positioning (MBP) capability, and modifying the NAP based, at least in part, on observations of movements and/or positions of a plurality of mobile devices within the particular environment gathered by a network-based positioning (NBP) capability. Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented to obtain and provide at least a portion of such modified NAP to a positioning capability of the mobile device for use in estimating a position and/or a movement of the mobile device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235265 | DYNAMIC PROXIMITY CONTROL SYSTEM - An illustrative dynamic proximity control system uses proximity to a mobile user's mobile station as a proxy for predicting which of several remote-controlled targets the mobile user wishes to remote-control via the mobile station or via a centralized controller in communication with the mobile station. The system dynamically sorts, filters, and arranges how the mobile user perceives the remote-controlled targets. The system and method enhance the mobile user's immediate access to targets that are close by, e.g., within the same room as the mobile user, by dynamically tailoring the choices provided to the user on the mobile station's display. Thus, the mobile user is presented with nearby choices that are likely candidates for remote control. Remote targets are filtered out. The system optionally includes location-beacon devices associated with each of the remote-controlled targets. Beacon signals received from the location-beacon devices enable the illustrative system to estimate the location of a respective target and, based on the location estimate, to tailor the choices of remote-controlled targets that are presented to the mobile user in a user interface on the mobile station's display, and to dynamically update the user interface and remotely control the targets based on proximity changes. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235266 | Focused assistance data for WiFi access points and femtocells - Systems, apparatus and methods for reducing a long list of access points (APs) to a short list of access points are presented. Advantageously, a mobile device only needs to search for and measure access points on the short list to determine a position fix, thereby saving battery power, reducing a time to fix and/or improving location accuracy. Embodiments enable a mobile device to determine which access points should be detectable at a new location of the mobile device. Various embodiments comprise using: (1) linked APs; (2) grouped APs; (3) associated APs; and (4) feedback on APs. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235267 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING POSITION OF MOBILE ROBOT BY USING FEATURES OF ARBITRARY SHAPES ON CEILING - The present invention provides a method for recognizing a position of a mobile robot by using arbitrarily shaped ceiling features on a ceiling, comprising: a providing step of providing a mobile robot device for recognizing a position by using arbitrarily shaped ceiling features on a ceiling which includes an image input unit, an encoder sensing unit, a computation unit, a control unit, a storage unit, and a driving unit; a feature extraction step of extracting features which include an arbitrarily shaped ceiling feature from an outline extracted from image information inputted through the image input unit; and a localization step of recognizing a position of the mobile robot device by using the extracted features, wherein, in the feature extraction step, a descriptor indicating the characteristics of the arbitrarily shaped ceiling feature is assigned. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235268 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MONITORING STATUS IN LOCATION SERVICES - A method and system for reporting a location of an asset. The method includes: receiving a location tracking request for the asset; dynamically determining a status of the asset; and allowing acquisition of the location of the asset based on the determined status. The method further includes: obtaining the location of the asset responsive to the received request and said allowing; and reporting the obtained location of the asset. The system includes: a reporting module for receiving a location tracking request for the asset; a status module for dynamically determining a status of the asset; and a tracking module for obtaining the location of the asset responsive to the determined status. The reporting module reports the location of the asset responsive to the received location tracking request. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235269 | TRACKING LOCATIONS OF A COMPUTING DEVICE AND RECORDING LOCATIONS OF SENSOR UNITS - Systems, methods and apparatuses of tracking locations of a computing device and recording locations of sensor units are disclosed. One method includes tracking a location of a computing device within the area, coupling the computing device with a least one of a plurality of sensor units, and identifying and recording a location of the at least one of the plurality of sensor units based on a tracked location of the computing device and an identifier of the at least one of the plurality of sensor units. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235270 | TIME OF ARRIVAL BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM - A TOA positioning system can be implemented that employs a calculated initial location of a wireless network device. For each of a plurality of reference wireless network devices, a distance between the wireless network device and the reference wireless network device is determined based, at least in part, on a round trip transit time between the wireless network device and the reference wireless network device. An initial location of the wireless network device can be calculated based, at least in part, on a location of each of the plurality of reference wireless network devices. A location of the wireless network device can be estimated based, at least in part, on the calculated initial location, the distance to each of the reference wireless network devices, and an initial distance calibration constant. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235271 | METHOD FOR REPORTING POSITION INFORMATION TOGETHER WITH OTHER INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - According to one aspect of the present invention, a reporting method in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: determining a service state; controlling positioning for acquiring position information based on the service state; acquiring information on the position of a terminal according to the positioning mode determined by said controlling; and reporting the acquired position information to a network. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235272 | Apparatus for Transmitting Location Based Messages from Vehicles to Stationary Infrastructure - Apparatus for transmitting location based messages from vehicles ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140235273 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF TERMINAL IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for determining the position of a terminal. The method for determining the position of a terminal belonging to an overlay network environment comprises: a step in which the terminal transmits a position determination request to a positioning server; and a step in which the terminal receives, from the positioning server, position determination support information comprising a virtual cell ID allocated to transmission points surrounding the terminal. Therefore, using this method for determining the position of a terminal enables highly accurate position determination even in an overlay network environment in which a plurality of transmission points are configured so as to have the same cell ID. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235274 | HANDHELD IMPACT NOTIFICATION AND AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - In some implementations, a handheld mobile device detects possible impact with or from another object, and in response, provides notice of the possible impact and provides information on evasive action to avoid the impact. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235275 | Calendar Integration Methods and Systems for Presentation of Events Having Combined Activity and Location Information - A method includes receiving geo-location data collected over time period. The geo-location data is associated with a monitoring device. The method further includes receiving motion tracking data of the monitoring device. The motion tracking data is collected over time period. The method includes identifying one or more activities. The activities are identified based on inference rules that identify certain activities to have occurred when at least part of the motion tracking data is correlated to the received geo-location data. The method further includes defining a metric for one or more of the identified activities. The metric is associated to a calendar date. The method includes sending the metric to a calendar application with integration instructions. The integration instructions define the calendar date to which the metric will be added. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235276 | PERSONALLY ATTENDED SERVICE NOTIFICATION BASED ON TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PROXIMITY - A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235277 | Crowd Formation Based On Wireless Context Information - Systems and methods are disclosed for forming crowds of users based on wireless contexts of corresponding mobile devices of the users. In general, wireless contexts of mobile devices of a number of users are obtained. For each mobile device, the wireless context of the mobile device includes a wireless Personal Area Network (PAN) context of the mobile device, a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) context of the mobile device, or both. The wireless contexts of the mobile devices of the users are then utilized to form crowds of users. More specifically, in one embodiment, users of mobile devices having sufficiently similar wireless contexts are determined to be in the same crowd of users. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITION BASED SERVICES IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of constructing a position sensitive screensaver on a mobile device comprises acquiring a position for the mobile device, reporting the position, receiving information for selected information categories based on the reported position, and displaying the received information on the mobile device, when the mobile device is idle. The subscriber can preferably control where and how the information is displayed so that the user has relevant information based on where the subscriber is located. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235279 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR BROWSING BY WALKING - A mobile station is arranged to determine its location, which is searched against street addresses from a database, and at least one matching street address is retrieved. The street address is searched on the mobile station and/or over the network. The search engine conducts a search in the mobile station file system and/or the Internet and/or a file system over the network with the at least one query term, -at least one search result is arranged to be displayed to user on the screen of the mobile station. This facilitates on-demand effortless Mobile Internet Search that allows the users to access opportunities that they did not know about, or would not have had time to find out about with minimum effort as the software of the mobile phone is scanning the Internet and information pages for these opportunities and displaying the results dynamically on the mobile phone screen. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235280 | FOCUSED ASSISTANCE DATA FOR WIFI ACCESS POINTS AND FEMTOCELLS - Systems, apparatus and methods for reducing a long list of access points (APs) to a short list of access points are presented. Advantageously, a mobile device only need to search for access points on the short list thereby more quickly discovering access points, saving battery power, determining a position fix based on the discovered access points, and reducing a time to fix. Embodiments enable a mobile device to determine which access points should be detectable at a new location of the mobile device. Various embodiments comprise: (1) a linked database; (2) a grouped database; (3) an associated database; and (4) database feedback. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235281 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OR RECEIVING DATA USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal including an input unit; a communication unit; a location information unit configured to obtain location information related to the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to: receive a message and a recipient through the input unit, determine a location information transfer mode set for the recipient, receive a message transfer command through the input unit, transfer the message with the location information to the recipient through the communication unit in response to the message transfer command, when the location information transfer mode is a first transfer mode, and transfer the message without the location information to the recipient through the communication unit in response to the message transfer command, when the location information transfer mode set to the recipient is a second transfer mode. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235282 | USER INTERRUPTIBILITY AWARE NOTIFICATIONS - Various technologies described herein pertain to detection of an opportune time period to deliver a notification. Responsive to receipt of the notification (e.g., at a user device), analysis of an attention state of a user can be initialized. Further, the opportune time period to deliver the notification can be detected based on the analysis of the attention state of the user. The opportune time period can be during a breakpoint or an influential context. The breakpoint is when the user has switched between tasks and lacks engagement with the tasks. The influential context is a particular context in which the user is available to attend to the notification. Moreover, the notification can be delivered during the opportune time period. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235283 | ENHANCEMENTS TO WIRELESS NETWORKS TO SUPPORT SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) COMMUNICATION IN THE PACKET SWITCHED DOMAIN - Technology for communicating a short message service (SMS) communication in a packet switched (PS) domain of a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node SGSN in a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN). In one embodiment, a PS support module is configured to receive a request message from a mobile station (MS), the request message including an Additional Update Type information element (IE), the Additional Update Type IE including information to indicate that the MS is to support a PS based short messaging service (SMS). | 2014-08-21 |
20140235284 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SHORT MESSAGE - A method for processing a short message provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: determining, by a network element in a 2G or 3G network, that a current service type is short message, and a user equipment (UE) is in an idle state; and sending, by the network element, a paging message carrying circuit switched (CS) domain indication information to the UE, wherein the CS domain indication information instructs the UE to send a paging response message to a mobile-services switching centre/visitor location register (MSC/VLR) through a CS connection and receive a short message from the MSC/VLR through the CS connection. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235285 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY HAVING MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER FUNCTIONALITY - A Mobility Management Entity (MME) comprises at least one entity or layer having Mobile Switching Center (MSC) functionality to support a Short Messaging Service (SMS) between a network and a mobile station by employing Machine-to-Machine (M | 2014-08-21 |
20140235286 | CONTINUOUS INTERFACE MAINTENANCE FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONS TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE GROUP - A system, method, and computer device that selectively maintain an open interface to a communication control device that is controlling wireless communication to at least one of a plurality of wireless communication devices that are in a communication group, such as a push-to-talk (PTT) group. In one embodiment, the wireless communication device registers at the communication control device, such as a base station controller, and at least one interface is established between the communication control device and another computer device on the wireless communication network, such as a broadcast A10 interface with a broadcast serving node (BSN). The communication control device will then maintain the interface while the at least one wireless communication device, or at least one member device of the communication group, is registered such that group communications can more rapidly be delivered to the wireless communication device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235287 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of transmit power control for wireless communication. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control a plurality of transmit powers of a plurality of directional beams formed by an antenna array to transmit a wireless communication. The controller may control the plurality of transmit powers based on at least first and second power limits, the first power limit including a power density limit corresponding to a power density of a directional beam of the plurality of directional beams, and the second power limit including a total transmit power limit corresponding to a total of the transmit powers. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235288 | SELF CALIBRATION OF DOWNLINK TRANSMIT POWER - Transmit power (e.g., maximum transmit power) may be defined based on the maximum received signal strength allowed by a receiver and a total received signal strength from transmitting nodes at the receiver. Transmit power may be defined for an access node (e.g., a femto node) such that a corresponding outage created in a cell (e.g., a macro cell) is limited while still providing an acceptable level of coverage for access terminals associated with the access node. An access node may autonomously adjust its transmit power based on channel measurement and a defined coverage hole to mitigate interference and perform a self-calibration process. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235289 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR A PLURALITY OF REGULATED BANDS OR COMPONENT CARRIERS - A wireless communication device is configured for performing uplink transmission power control. The wireless communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The wireless communication device performs uplink transmission power control for multiple regulated frequency bands or component carriers. The wireless communication device determines a total transmission power for at least one component carrier and allocates transmission power to at least one antenna. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235290 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOUND INPUT AND OUTPUT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method employed by an electronic device comprising establishing communication between the electronic device and a sound processing device to activate sound input and output units of the sound processing device and deactivate sound input and output units of the electronic device. At least one item of measurement information of the electronic device is acquired and it is determined whether the measurement information item value satisfies a predetermined condition. In response to the measurement information satisfying the predetermined condition, the sound input and output units of the sound processing device are deactivated and the sound input and output units of the electronic device are activated. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235291 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OVER-THE-AIR ACTIVATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CORDLESS SERVICES - A method for providing local cordless service comprises the steps of receiving subscriber neighborhood zone selection input so that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber may place or receive calls for a fixed rate, for example, per month without having to pay radio frequency air time charges any time they are located within their selected subscribed-to zones. If the subscribed-to zones are adjacent to one another and the mobile subscriber roans from one zone to another, the subscriber may continue their fee call uninterrupted and without paying air time charges. However, when the subscriber roans outside their subscribed-to zones they may be switched from the present local cordless services t conventional personal communications services and pay air time charges. However for an active call. No air-time charges are incurred as the user transitions between the cellular/DPCS environment and the local cordless service environment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235292 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS RADIO RECEIVER FOR MULTIPLE NETWORK OPERATION - A mobile communications radio receiver for multiple radio network operation includes an RF unit for generating a first down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a first radio network and a second down-converted signal from a radio signal received from a second radio network. Further, the receiver includes a first receiving unit including a user data channel demodulator configured to demodulate a dedicated user data physical channel and a control channel demodulator configured to demodulate a common control data channel of the first radio network based on the first down-converted signal. Still further, the receiver includes a second receiving unit including a pilot channel demodulator configured to demodulate a pilot channel of the second radio network based on the second down-converted signal. A first data connection is configured to couple control data contained in the second down-converted signal to the control channel demodulator of the first receiving unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235293 | Personal Health Monitoring System - A personal health monitor device comprising memory for collecting and storing attributes from an individual and a processor for quantizing each attribute in such a way as to indicate a normal range for that attribute and for measuring deviations from that normal range. The processor further calculates the well-being of the individual using the deviations measured. The results are displayed indicating the well-being of the individual. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235294 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PHONEBOOK USING IMAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a phonebook using an image in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes recording contact information in metadata of an image, and performing a linkage function using the image having the contact information recorded therein. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235295 | INCOMING CALL PROCESSING METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL, MOBILE TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An incoming call processing method of a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal, and the method includes: displaying, by a mobile terminal, a customized slidable incoming call interface when an incoming call is received; receiving an answering or rejecting slide operation instruction triggered by a user on the customized slidable incoming call interface; and invoking a corresponding system interface to answer or reject the call according to the received slide operation instruction. In the method, by performing an incoming call answering or rejecting operation on a customized incoming call interface of a mobile terminal in a uniform slide mode, the efficiency and accuracy of the call answering or rejecting operation of a user may be improved; additionally, the pattern of an incoming call interface, etc., may also be customized according to user requirement. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235296 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special key of the keypad that enables a user to progressively select variants generally without changing the position of the user's hands on the device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235297 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, TOUCH OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a portable electronic device, time and effort of a user is reduced while performing mode switching that reflects the user's intention. The portable electronic device includes a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, and a processing unit which performs a first process when the first touch sensor detects a touch operation and performs a second process related to the first process in place of the first process when the first touch sensor detects the touch operation and the second touch sensor detects a touch operation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235298 | DETACHABLY INTEGRATED BATTERY CHARGER FOR MOBILE CELL PHONES AND LIKE DEVICES - A cell phone charger comprises a main body having embedded therein a charging circuit configured to receive line AC voltage and to convert it to a DC voltage suitable for charging the mobile device. AC prongs fold into the body in a stowed position and a connection structure formed integrally with the main body grasps onto and holds the charger secured to the cell phone device. In a preferred embodiment, the AC prongs pivot independently and lie flat against an outside surface of the main body. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235299 | PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT OF ASYNCHRONOUS BUCK CONVERTERS FOR ADVANCED POWER CAPABILITY - A method and apparatus for extending the driving capacity of a power management device are provided. The method involves determining an energy requirement for the operation of a power management device. Next, the method compares the energy requirement for the operation of a power management device with a capability of a first power device. If the energy requirement is greater than the energy requirement of the first power device, the energy is switched to a second power device of higher capacity. The apparatus includes: a first power device; a second power device connected in parallel to the first power device; a first inductor connected to the first power device and a capacitor connected to the first inductor; and a second inductor connected to a second power device and a capacitor connected to the second inductor. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235300 | PROGRAMMABLE TRANSMIT CONTINUOUS-TIME FILTER - A programmable-current transmit continuous-time filter (TX-CTF) system can be included in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter. The input of the TX-CTF can receive a baseband transmission signal, and the output of the TX-CTF can be provided to an upconversion mixer for conversion to RF for transmission. The TX-CTF includes amplifier circuitry and passive circuitry that together define the filter parameters. The TX-CTF further includes programmable current circuitry that provides a programmable bias current to the amplifier circuitry. The TX-CTF system also includes control logic that receives one or more transmitter control signals and, in response, generates signals that control the bias current provided to the TX-CTF. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235301 | CONFIGURABLE DC-DC CONVERTER - A method includes, in a mobile communication terminal that is powered by a DC-DC converter and is operated by a user in accordance with multiple possible usage scenarios, determining a usage scenario according to which the terminal currently operates. One or more parameters of operation for the DC-DC converter are derived from the usage scenario. The DC-DC converter is configured to supply electrical power to the terminal using the derived parameters of operation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235302 | ATTACHABLE MOBILE PHONE KEYPAD DEVICE - The present invention includes a telephone keypad adapted to be mounted to a back surface of a mobile telephone, a mobile telephone including such keypad. The keypad includes a plurality of alphanumerical keys adapted for allowing text entry into the mobile telephone; and an attachment part for mounting the keypad to the mobile telephone. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235303 | Protective Carrying Apparatus For a Cellular Phone and Essential Personal Items - A protective carrying apparatus is designed to protect a cellular phone from any physical damage and to hold essential personal items such as coin or paper currency, credit or debit cards, and identification cards. The apparatus is configured to resemble a handbag or purse. The apparatus includes a formfitting phone case, a wallet, a handle, and a mirror. The formfitting phone case is used to enclose the cellular phone and has holes that allow a user to access the cellular phone's controls. The wallet is integrated onto one side of the formfitting phone case and is used to store the user's essential personal items. The mirror is mounted within the wallet but is readily available to the user. The handle is connected adjacent to the formfitting phone case so that the user can carry the apparatus and can properly orient the apparatus while operating the cellular phone. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235304 | VIRTUAL SPORT SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING GOOD IMAGE OF BALL BY CONTROLLING CAMERA ACCORDING TO SURROUNDING BRIGHTNESS - The present invention relates to a virtual sport system for acquiring a good image of a ball by controlling a camera according to the surrounding brightness. One embodiment of the present invention provides a virtual sport system which comprises a photographing unit, having a camera for acquiring an image of a ball, and a simulator, for calculating the physical quantity of the ball on the basis of the image of the ball; and which further comprises a control unit that extracts image information from at least one image acquired by the photographing unit by means of the camera, and determining, on the basis of the image information, a control signal for adjusting the image gain or the exposure time of the camera. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235305 | CONDUCTING A JACKPOT RACE EVENT - A system for wagering on a jackpot race event, comprises a memory and a processor. The memory stores a qualifying bet associated with a customer and comprising a first bet component and a second bet component. The first bet component is associated with a first qualifying race event and comprises a first bet amount. The second bet component is associated with a second qualifying race event and comprises a second bet amount. The processor identifies the outcome of the first and second bet components. If both the first bet component and the second bet components are winning bets, the processor allocates to the customer a particular number of jackpot bets for a jackpot race event. The particular number of jackpot bets is based at least in part upon the first bet amount and the second bet amount. The first bet amount is allocated to a common pari-mutuel pool for the first qualifying race event. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TOKEN MATCH GAME - An m×l array of randomly selected tokens may be provided as a playing field, and a second n×l array of randomly selected tokens may be provided as a hand. The player may select a cell within the m×l array to replace the token in said cell with a token in a corresponding cell of the n×l array. If the replacement results in a region of adjacent identical tokens in the m×l array, the tokens may be removed and the player's score incremented. If no plays are possible from the player's hand, the player may draw a new hand of randomly selected tokens to replace the tokens and/or blank spaces in the n×l array. Play continues until the player has exhausted a predetermined number of opportunities to draw a new hand. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235307 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC CHESS AND CARD DATA - In one aspect, a method for dealing cards includes: selecting a respective card distribution configuration from a plurality card distribution configurations stored in a card distribution configuration table, each card distribution configuration being defined by a respective set of meld types and a respective number of occurrences for each of the set of meld types, the respective number of occurrences specifying a total number of times that card combinations matching the meld type occur in a game round; according to the respective number of occurrences for each meld type in the selected card distribution configuration, randomly selecting from a deck of cards a corresponding number of card combinations matching the meld type; distributing the selected card combinations for all of the meld types in the respective card distribution configuration to a plurality of game roles; and distributing a remainder of cards in the deck to the plurality of game roles. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235308 | REAL-TIME TRACKING OF LOCATIONS OF MACHINE-READABLE PAI GOW GAMING TILES - A preferred embodiment of a Pai Gow gaming table ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140235309 | Apparent Skill Games for Use with Predetermined Outcomes - A gaming system having a game outcome generator separate from a gaming device, where the gaming device is wirelessly connected to the game outcome generator and, upon a game play request from a player, generates a request for a game play result. The game outcome generator generates a specific game outcome (won amount if the game play is a winning result, or a no-win, 0-value result) and sends it back to the gaming device. The gaming device uses the predetermined result to mimic or simulate a skill based game. The skill based game is designed to play just like an actual skill based game, which may result in poor players not getting the game to a state that has an equivalent value as that which is supposed to be awarded (equal to the predetermined game play). Each game includes a final game event, consistent with the game just played, which enables the game to make up any difference between the actual result of the skill based and the predetermined amount. This preserves the look and feel of the skill based game while allowing the game to award the player the total amount of the predetermined award. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235311 | MAINTAINING MULTIPLE VIEWS ON A SHARED STABLE VIRTUAL SPACE - Methods, apparatus, and computer programs for controlling a view of a virtual scene with a handheld device are presented. In one method, images of a real world scene are captured using a device. The method further includes operations for creating an augmented view for presentation on a display of the device by augmenting the images with virtual reality objects, and for detecting a hand in the images as extending into the real world scene. In addition, the method includes operations for showing the hand in the screen as detected in the images, and for generating interaction data, based on an interaction of the hand with a virtual reality object, when the hand makes virtual contact in the augmented view with the virtual reality object. The augmented view is updated based on the interaction data, which simulates on the screen that the hand is interacting with the virtual reality object. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235312 | SLOTS-FUELED ADVENTURE - Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for executing an adventure game. One method includes operations for sending an interface for a betting game, and for starting an online game that is displayed simultaneously with the interface for the betting game. The method further includes operations for detecting a bet placed in the betting game, and for determining an outcome of the bet in the betting game. An avatar is advanced along a path of the online game, where the amount of advancement of the avatar is based on the outcome of the bet. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235313 | Lottery Game Market with Developer Network - Versatile and comprehensive systems and methods are provided for developing, testing, housing and distributing lottery game offerings, in embodiments of the present invention, a lottery developer network, a game market and a production engine are provided. The lottery developer network supplies a complete development and testing environment to game developers, and the game market provides lottery operators such as government lotteries with access to a vast interactive game library for selection and customization. A game production engine in accordance with the present invention facilitates the rapid selection and implementation of interactive lottery games. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235314 | POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL ADDRESSES - The geographical positioning system and method therefor are adapted to pair at least one address of a person to a selected persons address in at least one of a predetermined distance and/or circle emanating from the geographical address of the selected person, and/or a distance/circle from where a predetermined number of persons live in proximity to the selected person. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235315 | Rolling Raffle Game, Prize Method, and Distribution Method - For a premium wager, a raffle game is added to a lottery game play. All players of the base game (who purchased the add-on game or not) who achieve a pre-determined outcome receive a raffle game play which is entered into a raffle drawing at no additional cost. The raffle drawing is held, and the winning raffle outcome is identified. Winning raffle ticket recipients submit their tickets to the lottery authority for their prize. A determination is made if the add-on game was purchased with the base game play associated to the winning raffle ticket. If the add-on game was purchased with the base game play, the player receives the raffle prize. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235316 | On-Line Combined Optional Instant and Future Draw Game of Chance and Method of Playing Same - A combined future lottery and optional instant game uses a central computer connected on-line with multiple game terminals. The player chooses: 1) a first set of at least one game piece, typically numbers, at one of the game terminals and 2) whether or not to play an instant game. The central computer receives the selections, and stores them. If an optional instant game is selected, the central computer acquires a random second set of at least one number and transmits it to the game terminal. A ticket, whether printed at the terminal or displayed, includes the first and second sets of number(s) and an indication of whether the optional game was selected for play. Matching of one or more numbers in the first and second sets results in a win in any of a variety of numbers games and lotto games. The first selected set of numbers is also used in a future lottery such as a weekly draw lottery. A spacing between the first and second number sets appearing on the ticket, and bracketing of displayed winning amounts on a ticket, deter retailer fraud. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235317 | GAMING DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEM - A group of associated gaming devices each having a lottery drawer including a database having a plurality of entries each entry containing one or more winning numbers associated with a predetermined time interval, and a pseudo random number generator for generating pseudo random numbers from a seed supplied by the database, and a clock for extracting the winning number or numbers from an entry of the database for the time interval indicated by the clock, and a comparator for at least one receiving of the extracted winning number or numbers and at least one number generated by the pseudo random generator, wherein the comparator is adapted for generating a win signal when the extracted winning number and the generated pseudo random number match; and wherein all of the associated gaming devices include identical databases having the plurality of entries and pseudo random number generators whereby win signals are generated simultaneously. | 2014-08-21 |
20140235318 | ELECTRONIC BINGO GAME WITH SECONDARY WHEEL GAME - A gaming machine for allowing a player to play a game is described herein. The gaming machine includes a display device for displaying a primary game and a secondary game and a controller coupled to the display device. The controller is configured to display the primary game on the display device including a bingo-type game. The controller detects a triggering condition occurring in the bingo-type game and responsively displays the secondary game on the display device. The secondary game includes a roulette-type game being displayed with a set of secondary symbols. The controller randomly selects at least one of the secondary symbols from the set of secondary symbols and provides an award to the player as a function of the outcome of the bingo-type game and the selected secondary symbol. | 2014-08-21 |