35th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120220233 | RANGING WITH BODY MOTION CAPTURE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques of performing ranging with body motion capture. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220234 | BIOLOGICALLY FIT WEARABLE ELECTRONICS APPARATUS AND METHODS - Detachable wearable electronic eyeglasses and head mounted gear with a plurality of electronic functions and interchangeable electronic function, and a wearable computer with optimal weight distribution and stretchable arms. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220235 | DYNAMIC NETWORKING MODES METHOD AND APPARATUS - A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device includes a wireless transceiver, a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver, a memory coupled to the processor and a program stored in the memory and running on the processor. The program provides automatic transitioning between a wireless infrastructure communication mode to an ad-hoc communication mode. The infrastructure mode is used when a request from a mobile device is received to access a communications network. The ad-hoc mode is used when a request from the mobile device is received to access resources on the portable electronic device. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220236 | System, Method and Apparatus for Communicating With Vehicle Occupants - An application for a two-way communication system for communicating with a person who is within a vehicle includes a short-range radio transmission to transmit audio to a radio within the vehicle. Communication from the person is done by reflecting a light beam on a window of the vehicle and receiving the light beam. The light beam is modulated by vibration of the window caused by the person's voice. The received light beam is then processed to reproduce the sound of the person's voice. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220237 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT MIMICS NATURAL RANGE AND ORIENTATION DEPENDENCE - A short range telephonic communications system that includes transceiving units for receiving a sound signal from a first user and for transmitting an RF signal representative of the sound signal and for receiving RF signals representing other users sound signals and presenting a sound signal reconstructed from the received RF signals to the first user's ears. Also, the transceiving units estimate relative position between one another and present the reconstructed sound signals to the users' ears in a manner related to the relative position estimate. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220238 | CONTROL METHOD OF RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication device | 2012-08-30 |
20120220239 | CONTROL METHOD OF RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - When communication is to be performed between communication devices having a directivity control function, a plurality of antenna-setting pairs available for the communication are stored by an initial training, and the communication is started by using one of the plurality of antenna-setting pairs. When the communication quality is deteriorated, firstly, a training signal is transmitted while successively setting each one of the plurality of antenna-setting candidates determined in the initial training in a transmitting antenna of one of the communication devices ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120220240 | RADIO FREQUENCY SELF-CERTIFICATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Radio frequency self-certification devices and methods of using the same are provided. A device for testing a radio frequency connection may include at least one radio frequency communications interface, at least one memory, and at least one processor. The at least one memory may be configured to store computer-executable instructions. The at least one processor may be configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to (i) scan through a plurality of downstream frequencies received by the communications interface, (ii) collect, based at least in part upon the scan, information associated with a plurality of downstream channels and information associated with available upstream channels, (iii) identify one or more upstream channels that facilitate communication with a host server, and (iv) verify, via the one or more identified upstream channels, the availability of one or more client applications. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A plurality of game apparatuses function as a master, a client, and an audience. The master and the client register each other by performing therebetween an authentication process. The authentication process is not performed between the master and the audience. The audience receives a beacon from the master and registers the master in an own apparatus while the audience is not registered in the master. The master and the client execute a predetermined program, exchanging data by communicating with each other. The audience receives the data exchanged between the master and the client, and executes the predetermined program using the received data, thereby watches a game which is progressed between the master and the client, as a spectator. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220242 | DUAL RECEIVE FILTER - A stage is provided for a receiver of a wireless device. The stage comprises a matching network that separates amplified signals of interest received from an amplifier from amplified unwanted signals received from the amplifier in conjunction with additional downstream filters. The stage also comprises a signal path that comprises components for receiving and processing the amplified signals of interest, and a shunt path that comprises components for adjusting reflected energy sent back to the amplifier for limiting the output swing of the amplifier in a frequency band corresponding to the amplified unwanted signals. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220243 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer instructions to obtain at least one operational parameter associated with a communication device and to adjust a steerable antenna of the communication device when the communication device does not satisfy an impedance threshold, where the satisfying of the impedance threshold is determined based on the at least one operational parameter. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220244 | WCDMA transmit architecture - Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) transmit architecture. A baseband digital processing module operates cooperatively with an analog signal processing module to effectuate highly adjustable and highly accurate gain adjustment in accordance with transmitter processing within a communication device. The gain adjustment and/or gain control is partitioned between the digital and analog domains by employing two cooperatively operating digital and analog modules, respectively. Gain adjustment in the analog domain is performed in a relatively more coarse fashion that in the digital domain. If desired, gain adjustment in each of the analog and digital domains is performed across a range of discrete steps. The discrete steps in the analog domain are larger than the discrete steps in the digital domain. Also, the discrete steps in the digital domain may be interposed between two successive discrete steps in the analog domain. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220245 | High-Frequency Switching Assembly, Transmitter and Method - A high-frequency switching assembly having a first switching state and a second switching state includes a transmitter and a switch assembly. The transmitter includes a primary side and a secondary side having a first secondary side terminal and a second secondary side terminal and is configured to transmit an HF input signal applied to its primary side to its secondary side by means of inductive coupling. The switch assembly is configured to apply, in one state, a first reference potential to the first secondary side terminal. Further, the switch assembly is implemented to apply, in another state, a second reference potential to the second secondary side terminal. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220246 | CARRIER RECOVERY IN RE-MODULATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A communication apparatus includes transmission circuitry and a frequency conversion unit. The transmission circuitry is configured to down-convert an input Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal using a transmit (TX) Local Oscillator (LO) signal so as to produce a TX baseband signal, to up-convert the TX baseband signal to produce an output Radio Frequency (RF) signal, and to send the output RF signal to an antenna. The frequency correction unit is configured to estimate a frequency of the TX baseband signal or of the input IF signal, and to adjust the TX LO signal based on the estimated frequency so as to cause the transmission circuitry to down-convert the input IF signal to a predefined target frequency. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220247 | Systems And Methods For Tunable Wavelet Transform Analysis Of A Signal - Methods and systems are disclosed for tuning first and second wavelet functions to resolve at least one component of a signal. A first characteristic frequency corresponding to a first scale band of interest is determined, and a first wavelet function is tuned to the first characteristic frequency in at least a region of a first scale band of interest. A second characteristic frequency corresponding to a second scale band of interest is determined, and a second wavelet function is tuned to the second characteristic frequency in at least a region of the second scale band of interest. A signal is transformed for the first and second wavelet functions using a continuous wavelet transform to create a transform signal, and a scalogram is generated based at least in part on the transformed signal. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220248 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD - A mobile communication terminal that receives a signal from a plurality of access points and performs a wireless communication using any one of the plurality of access points, includes: a scanning unit configured to perform a scanning periodically to receive a signal including an identifier from respective access points; and a controller configured to compare a plurality of first identifiers received by a first scanning by the scanning unit with a plurality of previous identifiers received by a previous scanning performed before the first scanning, wherein, when a number of first identifiers which are identical to any of the previous identifiers is a predetermined number or more, the controller sets a specific period, as a period from the first scanning to a second scanning performed after the first scanning, to be longer than a previous period from the previous scanning to the first scanning. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220249 | Dynamic AC-Coupled DC Offset Correction - Systems are disclosed that utilize AC-coupled filtering to reduce DC offset, with aspects dynamically correcting instantaneous DC offset generated from the AC-coupled filtering. A DC offset correction circuit for an radio frequency (rf) receiver, comprising a switchable high pass filter configured to receive a signal, the switchable high pass filter including a plurality of high pass filters connected in parallel, wherein at least one of the plurality of high pass filters has a tunable corner frequency. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220250 | SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE AND SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD - A signal receiving device and signal receiving method to pass a desired frequency component of an intermediate frequency signal by using an IF filter without increasing a chip area. The signal receiving device comprises: a mixer to mix a received frequency signal with a local oscillation frequency signal to generate an intermediate frequency signal; an IF filter to pass a predetermined frequency component of the intermediate frequency signal; a controlling part which adjusts, according to a frequency band of the intermediate frequency signal, the frequency band of the IF filter, and adjust, according to a center frequency set in the IF filter that fluctuates with the adjustment, a center frequency of the intermediate frequency signal to be inputted in the IF filter; and a demodulating part to demodulate a frequency component of the intermediate frequency signal outputted after passing through the IF filter. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220251 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game apparatus receives signals from a plurality of game apparatuses. When the game apparatus has received signals from the plurality of game apparatuses, the game apparatus sorts the signals by apparatus and calculates an average RSSI value of the signals for each of the respective apparatuses. The game apparatus further calculates an average value of the calculated average RSSI values of the respective apparatuses. Then, the game apparatus determines a single icon to be displayed based on the calculated average value and causes the icon to be displayed on a screen. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220252 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device connected to a peripheral electronic device is disclosed. The peripheral electronic device includes an external output module and a second antenna module. The portable electronic device includes a first antenna module, a receiving processing module and a built-in output module. The first antenna module receives an input signal. The receiving processing module is electrically connected to the first antenna module to process the input signal to generate an output signal. The built-in output module is electrically connected to the receiving processing module to output the output signal. When the receiving processing module is connected to the peripheral electronic device, the second antenna module receives the input signal, the receiving processing module processes the input signal to generate the output signal, and the external output module outputs the output signal. A control method of the portable electronic device is also disclosed. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220253 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND FREQUENCY-CHARACTERISTIC COMPENSATING APPARATUS - A wireless communications apparatus includes a setup-value storage storing therein setup information that includes a compensation coefficient that is used in frequency-characteristic compensation of a subcarrier signal that results from separating frequency components from a multicarrier modulated signal, an operation category indicating the type of handling of the compensation coefficient, and a category condition; a subcarrier-signal input unit that receives input of the subcarrier signal; an address generator that in conjunction with the input timing of the subcarrier signal, generates an address that corresponds to the subcarrier signal; an operation category selector that determines a category condition that the generated address satisfies, and selects the operation category that corresponds to the category condition; frequency-characteristic compensating unit uses the compensation coefficient that corresponds to the selected operation category and performs the frequency-characteristic compensation on the input subcarrier signal; and an output unit that outputs the frequency-characteristic compensated signal. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220254 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DOWN-CONVERTING A SIGNAL USING A COMPLEMENTARY TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal by aliasing the EM signal are described herein. Such methods, systems, and apparatuses operate by receiving an EM signal and an aliasing signal having an aliasing rate. The EM signal is aliased according to the aliasing signal to down-convert the EM signal. The term aliasing, as used herein, refers to both down-converting an EM signal by under-sampling the EM signal at an aliasing rate, and down-converting an EM signal by transferring energy from the EM signal at the aliasing rate. In an embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to a emodulated baseband information signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is a frequency modulated (FM) signal, which is down-converted to a non-FM signal, such as a phase modulated (PM) signal or an amplitude modulated (AM) signal. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220255 | LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA) SUITABLE FOR USE IN DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION ENVIRONMENTS AND RECEIVER USING SUCH AN LNA - A low-noise amplifier includes first and second transconductance paths and first and second variable capacitive dividers. The first transconductance path has a first terminal for receiving a first input signal, a control terminal, and a second terminal for providing a first output signal. The second transconductance path has a first terminal for receiving a second input signal, a control terminal, and a second terminal for providing a second output signal. The first variable capacitive divider has a first terminal for receiving the first input signal, a second terminal coupled to a reference voltage terminal, and an intermediate terminal coupled to the control terminal of the second transconductance path. The second variable capacitive divider has a first terminal for receiving the second input signal, a second terminal coupled to the reference voltage terminal, and an intermediate terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first transconductance path. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220256 | CORDLESS FLASHLIGHT AND RADIO DEVICE - A portable battery-powered device comprises a lamp unit pivotably attached to a front side of a housing. A radio unit is disposed within the housing. At least one speaker is electrically coupled to the radio unit and is disposed on the front side of the housing such that the lamp unit and the speaker face the same direction. A battery pack holder is disposed on a bottom side of the housing and is configured to retain a rechargeable battery pack. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220257 | E911 Call Blocking for Non-Initialized Wireless Telephones - Calls from a phone identified as being a source of harassing or other undesirable phone calls are blocked at a mobile positioning center (MPC). Upon request by the PSAP, a call record detail can be obtained from the MPC revealing a simulated “callback phone number”. The MPC then intercepts all future incoming calls from that simulated callback phone number and routes them to a recording that advises the harasser that the phone has been identified as a harasser and is now blocked. The recording can also advise the caller how to restore service. In a preferred embodiment, the MPC sets a timer to automatically restore service after a designated length of time. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220258 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY CALL PLACEMENT - An emergency response system includes a restraint control module (RCM), a global positioning system module (GPSM), at least one output, at least one input, an SPDJB, and a vehicle associated computing system (VACS) in communication with the RCM, the GPSM, the at least one output, the at least one input and the SPDJB. Upon detection of an emergency event, the RCM requests that the VACS place an emergency call. Upon receiving a request from the RCM, the VACS queries the GPSM to obtain vehicle coordinates, informs the occupant of the onset of the call, and instructs a wireless device in communication with the VACS to place an emergency call. The VACS is operable to determine when an emergency call is connected. Once the emergency call is connected, the VACS relays a message indicating connection to the RCM, and contacts the SPDJB to contacts the Smart Power Distribution Junction Box (SPDJB). | 2012-08-30 |
20120220259 | INTEGRATION OF EMERGENCY ALERT INFORMATION - A subscriber of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) receiving an EAS alert message can obtain additional multimedia information in based upon the location of the subscriber. The additional multimedia information can include information pertaining to available shelter, medical facilities, the location of emergency supplies, a plume map, evacuation routes, or the like. In an example embodiment, the Global Positioning System or other device location systems is utilized to determine the location of the subscriber. The location information along with EAS alert information is used to query a database to obtain the additional information. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220260 | Presenting Indications of Usage of a Communication Device Using Separate Hardware Element of Communication Device - Embodiments that indicate usage information of services for wireless communication devices via ambient elements are disclosed. Some embodiments determine usage of a service for a wireless communication device and manipulate one or more ambient elements to indicate the usage to a user of the device. Various embodiments may determine usage by measuring a quantity of data transferred or measuring a number of voice minutes consumed according to a rate plan. Changing ambient elements may comprise activating vibration modules or changing colors of screen elements, or changing screen brightness of the devices, as examples. Examples of wireless communication devices are cell phones, smartphones, satellite phones, and other types of mobile communication devices that use wireless communication services. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220261 | SERVICE CLASSIFICATION OF WEB TRAFFIC - A method for communication includes recording, at a gateway to a network, a generic definition of a service provided to clients of the gateway. The generic definition specifies a first Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) on the network that is associated with the service. At least a first communication between a client and the network is processed at the gateway in order to identify at least a second URI that is referenced from the first URI in a context of the service. Responsively to at least the first communication, an extended definition of the service for the client is automatically created by adding at least the second URI to the generic definition. Use of the service is monitored by applying the extended definition to second communications conveyed by the gateway between the client and the network. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220262 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Voice Call - A method and an apparatus for processing a voice call has the method steps of: loading CAP operation libraries and algorithms of camel | 2012-08-30 |
20120220263 | MOBILE APPLICATION SYSTEM - A particular method includes accessing a webpage at a web server from a mobile application executing at a mobile device. A mobile application tag may be identified in the webpage, where the mobile application tag is independent of a device type of the mobile device. The method also includes determining that the mobile application tag corresponds to a native device function of the mobile device and accessing the native device function. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220264 | MOBILE TERMINAL, LOCK STATE CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MOBILE TERMINAL, AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOCK STATE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touch panel and an input detection part, a display part, a determination part, and an execution part. The input detection part is configured to detect inputs to the touch panel. The display part is configured to display an object corresponding to a lock state in which predetermined processing based on inputs detected by the input detection part is not executed. The determination part is configured to determine whether or not a predetermined input to the object is detected by the input detection part. The execution part is configured to release the lock state and execute predetermined processing if the determination part determines that a predetermined input to the object is detected. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220265 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING CONTACT IDENTIFICATION - An electronic device sets an identifier for each contact stored in a phone book, automatically creates a short message which contains the identifier according to a preset message template, and sends the short message to a phone number of the contact to inform the contact of the identifier. In response to receiving a call from a contact, the device prompts the contact to input an identifier, and detects if one or more push-button signals have been received from the contact by a dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) decoder. If no push-button signal has been received, the device determines the contact fails validation. Otherwise, the DTMF decoder decodes the received one or more push-button signals to determine data information input by the contact, and then the device determines if the contact passes the validation by determining the data information matches an identifier of the contact that is stored in the phone book. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220266 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED MESSAGING - Techniques for acquiring, sending, receiving or using status information from a remote location over a network are disclosed. The status information is transmitted over the network between or among electronic devices. The status information can be provided by one or more sensors associated with the electronic device that is transmitting the status information. The status information can be transmitted with messages so as to enhance the messages. The electronic devices include at least computing devices, such as personal computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, and mobile telephones. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220267 | TECHNIQUES TO ENABLE FIREWALL BYPASS FOR OPEN MOBILE ALLIANCE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER-INITIATED NOTIFICATIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising enabling firewall bypass for open mobile alliance device management (OMA DM) server-initiated notifications in wireless networks by requiring that a certain OMA DM packet is captured by a modem associated with a OMA DM client and routed via a predetermined driver interface, wherein the OMA DM server initiates connection with the OMA DM client by sending a UDP packet to the OMA DM client inside a wireless device, and wherein the OMA DM packet is transferred over RF channel into a the modem, and through the wireless device OS's IP stack delivered to an application of the OMA DM client. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220268 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING A DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ACTIVATION - A method of generating device-specific configuration data during the initial set up of a device ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120220269 | ANTI-CRACK METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK-LOCKED MOBILE TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-LOCKED MOBILE TERMINAL - An anti-crack method for a network-locked mobile terminal is provided. The method includes the following steps: when a mobile terminal starts up, a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card reports first network lock information to the mobile terminal; when the mobile terminal is in an activated network-locked state, it judges whether the first network lock information is legal; if the first network lock information is illegal, the mobile terminal locks the SIM card; and if the first network lock information is legal, the mobile terminal initiatively read the second network lock information and judge whether the second network lock information is legal; if the second network lock information is legal, the mobile terminal begins to search the network; and if the second network lock information is illegal, the mobile terminal locks the SIM card. Accordingly, a network-locked mobile terminal is provided, which includes: a SIM card, an activation judging module, a network locking module, a network searching module, a card locking module, and an anti-crack device. An anti-crack device for the network-locked mobile terminal is also provided, which includes: an initialization judging unit, a reading unit, and a judgment unit. Thus, the present method is able to prevent the network-locked mobile terminal from being cracked. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A CALL REQUEST - A call request processing system includes a monitoring module, a call alert module and a keyboard. The monitoring module receives a call request from a calling party and generates a corresponding call alert message. The call alert module receives and processes the call alert message, and the keyboard receives different key inputs. The call alert module processes the call alert message to generate corresponding alert information to inform the called party to respond to the call request. The keyboard receives different key inputs to access and query corresponding operation instructions, and the called party replies and responds to the call request from the calling party according to the operation instructions. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220271 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE MONITORING OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS BASED ON SPEECH KEY-PHRASES - Methods and systems for monitoring mobile communication terminals. A correlation system selects candidate communication terminals to be monitored, and then attempts to identify whether the candidate terminals are indeed operated by target users. Following successful correlation of a candidate terminal with a target user, various surveillance actions can be performed with respect to the terminal. Correlation of candidate communication terminals with target users is based on identification of speech key-phrases. When evaluating a given candidate terminal, the system analyzes speech that is communicated via the candidate terminal and attempts to detect one or more of the speech key-phrases in the analyzed speech. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220272 | MOBILE APPLICATIONS METADATA COLLECTION AGENT - A mobile networked device is operable to generate metadata, to capture the metadata in a mobile device metadata communications client, and to communicate the metadata to a remote metadata consumer. In a further example, the mobile device metadata communications client is installed as part of an application and the mobile device metadata communications client further comprises a communications client for the application, where the communications client for the application is operable to communicate with a server other than the remote metadata consumer. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220273 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING OPERATIONS OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220274 | POSITION INFORMATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND POSITION INFORMATION ANALYSIS METHOD - To approximate how many people from which area flow into a specific target area during a specific target time period, a location information analysis device includes: a point data reading module that reads point data containing time information indicating time within the target time period for all users; a target area point data extraction module that extracts, from the point data, point data containing location information indicating a location within the target area as target area point data; an address information reading module that reads address information about a user; a first combining module that combines the address information and the target area point data of the corresponding user; and an address information aggregation module that performs aggregation of number of inflow users flowing into the target area during the target time period for each of the flow-from areas based on the target area point data containing the address information. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220275 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed are an electronic device and an electronic device control method that can use address information on the basis of an inputted string. The disclosed electronic device is provided with: a memory ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120220276 | Application of the invoke facility service to restrict invocation of compound wireless mobile communication services - The principal purpose of this invention is to provide the mechanism for enhancing the safe use of a wireless mobile terminal (smartphone) in a moving vehicle. The Invoke facility service's Boolean expression controls the conditions for which a smartphone app will be invoked into execution. Hence, smartphone apps, which create dangerous circumstances when executed in a moving vehicle, can be prevented from invocation. The total elimination of smartphone use in a moving vehicle is inadvisable. For example, an app that deploys an accelerometer to sense the impact of a vehicle's serious collision and thereby calls “911” to transmit a recorded message that includes the vehicle's GPS location should be allowed to execute when a vehicle is moving. This invention allows an app builder to select suitable invocation conditions for an app. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220277 | PROMOTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SMARTPHONE APPLICATION - A smartphone application for use by a user on a smartphone with geolocation capabilities, where the smartphone application has a user interface; the user interface indicates business customers in a geographical range from the user, where the business customers includes businesses contracting with an application controller; where the businesses contracting with an application controller includes promotion codes indicating the types of offers users can expect; where the user interface indicates offers from the business customers in the geographical range from the user; where the offers are not indicated if the offers are not valid at the time when the smartphone application is executed; and where offers will automatically renew based on the time frame set for the offer to be available again after redemption limits have been achieved. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220278 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing system including a service provider unit, a communication terminal and an information processing unit. The communication terminal includes a terminal first communication section, a terminal second communication section to communicate with the information processing unit through a first communication channel, a terminal third communication section to communicate with the information processing unit through a second communication channel, and a terminal communication control section. The information processing unit includes a unit first communication section to communicate with the communication terminal through the first communication channel, a unit second communication section to communicate with the communication terminal through the second communication channel, a unit communication control section to switch communication channels with the communication terminal from the first communication channel to the second communication channel, and a unit processing section to perform service processing with the service provider unit. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220279 | UPDATING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR MOBILE TRAFFIC - A system for managing contact information between mobile devices. A notification is received any time a mobile device initiates or terminates a communication. The receiving mobile device is prompted to obtain the contact information of the caller. Based on permissions set by the caller, the receiving mobile device may obtain the caller's public contact information, private contact information, none of the caller's contact information or some combination of the caller's public and private contact information. In one embodiment, a subset of the caller's contact information is displayed in the screen of a receiving mobile device coincidentally while receiving the phone call to provide a caller-identification feature. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220280 | METHOD OF MASKING AN IDENTIFIER OF AT LEAST ONE DESTINATION OF A CALL, AND A CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method of setting up a call between a user and at least one destination comprises, prior to setting up the call, a masking stage for masking the identifier, which stage comprises the following steps, for at least one destination: intercepting an identifier of the destination as input by the user; and modifying a signal including the identifier and used for displaying the identifier, or for setting up said call. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220281 | Using the IMSI Value From the SIM Card Data to Make an External Call - A method and apparatus are disclosed for a network node which processes a call request from an enterprise user's mobile device to initiate origination of an outgoing cellular call to a called party by making an external call to the mobile device which does not have a country code encoded in its SIM card by transforming an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) value from the SIM card into a country code value, and then using the country code value to construct a dialing sequence for calling the mobile device. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220282 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING APPLICATION IN MOBILE DEVICE - A method, system and mobile device for searching for and acquiring a desired application by using Near Field Communication (NFC) regardless of time and location are provided. In the method, the mobile device reads a keyword from an NFC tag of a target structure in response to a tagging event between the mobile device and the NFC tag. Then the mobile device performs an application search using the keyword, and downloads a specific application found using the keyword. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220283 | Method and System for Restoring and Status Communication of Multiple Mobile Device Functions - This provides for controlling mobile device functions and features. For example, it limits or disables the use of some of mobile device features which could cause distraction to the user, when the user is engaged in another activity. In an example, it enables other mobile device features based on occurrence of events related to the user or environment. Another example addresses controlling the mobile device features, such as SMS, while the user is in a vehicle or driving. Another example restricts the ability of the driver of a vehicle to text, while the vehicle is in motion, by automatically disabling the texting ability of mobile device within and around the perimeter of the driver's seat. Other variations, examples, improvements, detection mechanisms, models, techniques, calculations, verification mechanisms, and features are also described in details. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220284 | Method and System for Communicating Status or Warning Regarding Mobile Device Functions - This provides for controlling mobile device functions and features. For example, it limits or disables the use of some of mobile device features which could cause distraction to the user, when the user is engaged in another activity. In an example, it enables other mobile device features based on occurrence of events related to the user or environment. Another example addresses controlling the mobile device features, such as SMS, while the user is in a vehicle or driving. Another example restricts the ability of the driver of a vehicle to text, while the vehicle is in motion, by automatically disabling the texting ability of mobile device within and around the perimeter of the driver's seat. Other variations, examples, improvements, detection mechanisms, models, techniques, calculations, verification mechanisms, and features are also described in details. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220285 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY WHEN A MOBILE DEVICE IS LOCATED IN A DEFINED PRIVACY ZONE - A system, method and apparatus for protecting privacy when a mobile device is located in a defined privacy zone are described herein. The available features that a user of a mobile device may use are controlled while the mobile device is located in a define privacy zone. Once a mobile device is detected in the define privacy zone, a database is accessed to determine if the mobile device has the features available that are to be disabled. If the features are available, a disable signal is sent via the communications network to the mobile device and the feature is disabled. Once the mobile device is detected to be outside of the defined privacy zone, the previously disabled mobile device feature is enabled. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220286 | Periodic Channel Quality Indicator on Physical Uplink Control Channel for Carrier Aggregation - This application considers the need for enhancements to the baseline CSI reporting mechanisms including maximum payload size, CQI/PMI reporting configurations and CSI transmission in the event of collision between CSI reports from different CCs. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220287 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SLOW ASSOCIATED CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING - Methods and systems for slow associated control channel signaling are disclosed. An example method for securing communications in a mobile network disclosed herein comprises transmitting a first variant of a message of a first type on a first slow associated control channel (SACCH) before ciphering is started on the first SACCH, and after ciphering is started on the first SACCH, transmitting a second variant of the message of the first type on the first SACCH, and subsequently transmitting the second variant of the message of the first type on the first SACCH, wherein the subsequently transmitted second variant of the message of the first type is the next transmitted message of the first type on the first SACCH. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220288 | FEMTO CELL ACCESS POINT PASSTHROUGH MODEL - The subject innovation provides system(s) and method(s) to supply fixed, differentiated quality of service (QoS) for packetized traffic (e.g., voice and data) intended for femto cell coverage when transmitted concurrently with external broadband traffic. Quality of Service differentiation is supplied without an external implementation. Femto cell coverage is prioritized over concurrent packetized traffic to deliver a rich user experience for delay and jitter sensitive applications. A passthrough configuration for a femto access point (AP) facilitates supplying hard QoS for data packet streams, or flows, intended for femto cell coverage or non-femto-cell coverage. The femto AP receives a consolidated packet stream through backhaul link(s) and distinguishes flow(s) for femto coverage and flow(s) for auxiliary broadband coverage. The femto AP routes the flow(s) intended for femto with hard QoS according to QoS policy which can be determined by a network operator or a subscriber. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220289 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Relative Object Position - An object position detection apparatus and a method of notifying a relative object position are provided. The object position detection apparatus includes a computerized device having a wireless receiver. A wireless transmitting element is located remotely from the computerized device, wherein the computerized device is paired with the wireless transmitting element through a wireless communication connection. A detection element is within the computerized device, the detection element positioned to detect a break in the wireless communication connection, wherein the break in the wireless communication connection corresponds to a location of the wireless transmitting element that is beyond a predetermined distance from the computerized device. A notification element is in communication with the detection element, wherein the notification element produces a notification of the detected break in the wireless communication connection. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220290 | POTENTIAL CALL DROP INDICATOR - Mobile device user notifications of highly likely call drops or service losses are provided. A wireless network can determine from the location history of a mobile device if that mobile device is likely to lose connectivity to the wireless network or to a particular wireless service and issue an alert to the user. The form of the alert can be through one of various types of mobile device messages, or through an application on the mobile device. The mobile device's location can be determined using the global positioning system. Alternative directions can be provided to the user so that the user can travel without losing connectivity. The user may provide a destination before beginning travel, and receive a suggested course of travel that keeps the user within a higher quality coverage area. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220291 | USER EQUIPMENT REPORTING OF CONNECTION LOSS - Provided are methods for handling reports on lost connections in a terminal device which is capable of being in communication connection with a plurality of network access nodes, wherein the terminal device generates, after having lost connection to a (first) network access node, a report on the loss of connection and, upon or after reconnecting of the terminal device with the same or a different network access node, sends the report on the loss of connection to the network access node. The network access node receiving a report on loss of connection from a terminal device, forwards said report to a central server and/or to a network access node to which the terminal device was connected before. Further provided are a terminal device comprising a receiver and a transmitter and being adapted to connect to an access node of a network, particularly of a wireless, e.g. a cellular radio network, said terminal device further comprising a report generator for generating a report on a loss of connection, wherein said transmitter is adapted to send said report to an access node upon or after reconnecting, and a network access node, particularly a network access node of a wireless, e.g. a cellular radio network, comprising a receiver and a transmitter and being adapted to be connected by a terminal device, wherein the receiver is adapted to receive reports on a loss of connection from a terminal device, and wherein the transmitter is adapted to forward or send a received report to a central server or to a different access node, particularly to an access node to which the terminal was connected before a loss of connection. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220292 | Preventing Dropped Calls Using Voice Services Over Adaptive Multi-User Channels on One Slot (Vamos) Mode - Embodiments of the present invention include devices, systems and methods for prevention of dropped calls. For example, a method for preventing dropped voice calls can be performed by a base station. Multiple reports are received from multiple wireless communication devices. A first wireless communication device having a poor received signal is identified using the reports. A sub-channel power imbalance ratio is adjusted so that the base station gives favorable power imbalance to the first wireless communication device over a second wireless communication device. The second wireless communication device is paired with the first wireless communication device. Adjusting the sub-channel power imbalance ratio prevents a voice call by the first wireless communication device from being dropped that would otherwise be dropped. Other aspects, embodiments and features are also claimed and described. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220293 | UMTS Wired and Wireless Mobile 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and other new generations of Cellular, Mobile - A receiver for receiving and processing in a wireless mobile unit from a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) transmitter a cable connected signal and a processor and a modulator for Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) in a 4G or a 3G wireless system. Transmitting in a mobile cellular unit a wire connected received and processed signal in a wireless transmitter and transmitting in a cable connection of a mobile unit a wireless received signal. Receiving and processing a RFID signal and a data signal into a ultra narrowband (UNB) and a processed ultra wideband (UWB) signal. A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna system. Processing a signal into a TDMA and a CDMA, Time Constrained Signal (TCS) waveform shaped and Long Response (LR) filtered signal. Receiving and processing a Fiber Optic Communication (FOC) network provided signal. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OBTAIN SIGNAL ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE DATA - Signal acquisition assistance data is obtained for receiving devices such as wireless position assisted location devices seeking signals from any source, such as satellite vehicles and base stations. The data may be obtained from previously acquired data, based upon evaluation of changes in parameters such as time and location that may jeopardize validity. In some cases the data may be adjusted for the changes in parameters. Refined data may be calculated by a receiver using partial measurements of signal sets, particularly if the acquisition assistance data provided by a remote entity includes more distinct parameters than have typically been provided. New data need not be obtained until the validity of previous data expires due to limitations upon temporal extrapolation using Doppler coefficients, unless mobile station movement that cannot be compensated is detected, and jeopardizes validity of the previous data. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220295 | METHODS FOR GENERATING RADIO FREQUENCY MAPS OF NETWORKS - At least one example embodiment discloses a method of generating a radio frequency (RF) map of a network. The method includes obtaining, by a controller, received signal strengths of at least one user equipment (UE) in a first technology network, determining, by the controller, a back projection of a second technology network based on the received signal strengths, and generating, by the controller, an RF map of the second technology network based on the determining. The back projection represents an attenuation function of a coverage area of the second technology network and the RF map illustrates the attenuation function of the coverage area of second technology network. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220296 | Method and system for accomplishing user equipment purge - The present disclosure relates a method and system for accomplishing a UE purge. The method comprises: a combined node initiates a purge flow of the UE to a HSS to which the UE is attached when determining that a registration state of the UE in all mobility management network elements of the combined node is unregistered and the registration state is not consistent with a registration state of the UE stored in the HSS; wherein the combined node comprises one or more mobility management network elements. The method and system for accomplishing user equipment purge provided by the present disclosure are simple and convenient to implement and effectively solve the technical problem in the prior art. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220297 | Method and Mobile Switching Center (MSC) for Implementing Load Re-Distribution - A method for implementing load redistribution is disclosed in the present invention, and the method includes that: when a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) node in a MSC pool needs the load redistribution, the MSC node sequentially performs paging processing on UEs in a Visitor Location Register of the MSC node according to a set paging rate and distributes a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity including Null-Network Resource Identifier and a Non-broadcast Location Area Identity to UEs which return paging responses, thereby realizing the load redistribution of the MSC node. A MSC for implementing load redistribution is also disclosed in the present invention, and the MSC includes a load redistribution processing module and a transmitting module. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220298 | NETWORK SELECTION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A network selection method and a terminal device are provided. When a terminal performs location registration or location update, if access to a first network domain fails, a locally-configured domain priority setting item is obtained; if the domain priority setting item indicates that the first network domain is preferential, the terminal reselects a network; if the domain priority setting item indicates that a second network domain is preferential, the terminal judges whether registration in a second network is successful; if the registration is unsuccessful, the terminal reselects a network; if the registration is successful, the terminal does not reselect a network. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220299 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO HANDLE A SIGNALING CONNECTION RELEASE PROCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and system for handling a signaling connection release process in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a reconfiguration message by a mobile device. The method also includes triggering a serving radio network subsystem (SRNS) relocation process for the mobile device based on the receiving. Further, the method further includes causing a timer to cease miming and resetting the timer to a predefined value. Moreover, the method includes clearing a variable associated with the timer from the mobile device. The system includes a mobile device, a radio network controller, and a communication interface. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220300 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING SESSION HANDOVER - A method is provided for realizing session transfer, comprising: a service continuity application server (SCC AS), after receiving a session transfer request, when judging that a state of a session needed to be transferred is in a held state, updating a remote leg by using a held state session state information, and notifying an enhanced mobile switching center (eMSC) that the state of the session needed to be transferred is the held state; and the eMSC completing a call setup of a target access network according to the held state. A system is also provided for realizing session transfer. The method and system can realize correct transfer of a held state voice session, realize correct service logic and improve user experience. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220301 | Interface Authorization Scheme - An authorization scheme controls whether an interface is established between communication nodes. Such a scheme may be used, for example, to determine whether to establish a direct interface (e.g., an X | 2012-08-30 |
20120220302 | MOBILE STATION, NETWORK, AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - In a parameter storage device, an offset value corresponding to a moving state (moving speed) and a serving frequency are stored. A parameter identifier reads from the parameter storage device an offset value corresponding to a serving frequency and a moving state. A measuring unit measures a radio communication quality of an inter-frequency cell. A measurement controller adds the offset value to the radio communication quality, to generate control information. The control information is transmitted via a transmitter to a network. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220303 | STATIONARY WIRELESS TERMINAL AND SWITCHING METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING COMMUNICATION LINES - A stationary wireless terminal and a switching method for automatically switching communication lines are provided. The terminal includes: a wireless communication module, for detecting from time to time whether there is an incoming call from a wireless network side, and transmitting a channel switching control instruction to a switching control circuit based on a current interface connection state of an external telephone and an incoming call detection result or a detection result reported by a public switched telephone network (PSTN) interface circuit; a subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC), for performing a two/line four wire line conversion of a voice signal communicated between the wireless communication module and the external telephone; a switching control circuit, for accomplishing a connection control of the SLIC or PSTN interface circuit and the external telephone according to the channel switching control instruction; and a PSTN interface circuit, for detecting a line state and incoming call of a wired network side and detecting an on/off-hook state of the external telephone, and reporting detection result to the wireless communication module. The pretransmitted solution can easily realize voice calling service respectively from two lines. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220304 | Method and Apparatus To Estimate Relative Base Station and Subscriber Terminal Locations and Using It To Increase Frequency Reuse - Method for estimating position information of base stations as well as terminals for three dimensional centralized real-time spectrum management to achieve high spectral efficiency. In one aspect of the invention, the method comprises i) understanding the position information of plurality of base stations, wherein the plurality of terminals and the base stations form a wireless network, ii) determining, at the central controller, position of a terminal via plurality of communication wirelessly between the base stations and a terminal and between the base station and the central controller, iii) applying network wide real time knowledge at the central controller to electronically steerable antennas to use a resource in a different direction then where it is used by other base stations to achieve frequency reuse of one. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220305 | FACILITATING EFFICIENT MULTIMEDIA BROADCASE/MULTICAST SERVICE IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio access network facilitates transmission of a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) to user equipments in plural cells served by a radio base station. A radio network controller includes in a first message of a transport channel setup request either an indication that transport sharing is allowed or an identification of a common transport bearer. The radio base station configures a new transport channel mapped to the common transport bearer such that it is stable with respect to other common transport channels. During operation, the radio network controller provides the MBMS data over the common transport bearer and the radio base station retransmits the MBMS data over the common transport channels to the plural cells. If the MBMS data over the common transport bearer arrives outside of time-of-arrival windows of any common transport bearer, then the radio network controller adjusts the transmission accordingly. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220306 | COMBINED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - A combined base station controller ( | 2012-08-30 |
20120220307 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Presence Determination - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which aggregate presence detections, and use the diversity of presence detections to resolve presence ambiguities and increase the correctness of information. Presence confidence levels and reliability values increase the effectiveness of services based on presence. A variety of methods enable presence detection and reporting. Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages. The limitations of each of the individual methods are overcome with exemplary embodiments of the subject disclosure. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-FETCHING LOCATION-BASED DATA WHILE MAINTAINING USER PRIVACY - An approach is provided for pre-fetching location-based data while maintaining user privacy. A pre-fetching manager determines to segment a geographical area into a plurality of discrete areas. The pre-fetching manager determines to record location information associated with a device operating within the geographical area. The pre-fetching manager processes and/or facilitates a processing of the location information to calculate occurrence information of the device with respect to the discrete areas. The pre-fetching manager processes and/or facilitates a processing of the occurrence information to select location-based data to cache at the device. The pre-fetching manager further determines one or more other devices based, at least in part, on a collaborative filtering process, and retrieves other occurrence information associated with the one or more other devices, wherein the selection of the location-based data to cache is further based, at least in part, on the other occurrence information. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220309 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, POSITIONING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A positioning apparatus, a positioning method, and a computer program product thereof are provided. The positioning apparatus is used to calculate a self-position. The positioning apparatus can communicate with a reference apparatus and comprises a transceiving unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The transceiving unit is configured to receive a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) from the reference apparatus. The storage unit is configured to store attenuating factor data. The processing unit is configured to retrieve an attenuating factor corresponding to the RSSI from the attenuating factor data and calculate the self-position according to the RSSI and the attenuating factor. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A FINGERPRINT FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - The disclosure is directed to a wireless communication device and method for using the device. The wireless communications device may be used by accessing information in memory, the information relating to a first communications network. The information, along with one or more reference signals from a second communications network, is used to determine whether the wireless communications device is in the vicinity of the first communications network. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220311 | SENSOR-BASED MOBILE SEARCH, RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, data may be referred to the cloud for analysis, or for gleaning. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220312 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE MANAGEMENT NODE, AND MOBILE STATION - The mobile communication method according to the present invention includes: a step of acquiring and storing, by a mobile management node MME, Cell-ID for identifying a cell in which a mobile station UE exists, in an MM process; a step of transmitting, by the mobile management node MME, a positioning process signal “Location Request” including the stored Cell-ID to a positioning calculation node E-SMLC, in an LCS process; and a step of performing, by the positioning calculation node E-SMLC, a positioning process of the mobile station UE, using the Cell-ID included in the received positioning process signal “Location Request”, in the LCS process. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220313 | System and Method for Terminal Location - A terminal positioning system and terminal positioning method are provided. The system includes: a first distance acquiring module acquiring a first distance between a first base station and a terminal located in an overlapped coverage area of the first base station and a second base station according to first time offset information of the terminal; a second distance acquiring module acquiring a second distance between the second base station and the terminal according to second time offset information; an angle acquiring module acquiring a first signal arrival angle of the terminal relative to the first base station and a second signal arrival angle of the terminal relative to the second base station; a first positioning module obtaining an initial location of the terminal according to the first and second signal arrival angles, and a second positioning module determining the accurate location of the terminal. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220314 | LOCATION-BASED ADVERTISING MESSAGE SERVING FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Embodiments of a location sharing network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of location aware mobile communication devices over a wireless network. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device operated by a user within an area, displays a map representation of the area around the mobile communication device on a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device, and superimposes on the map the respective locations of one or more of the mobile communication devices. An advertising platform manager provides tools for an advertiser to create and transmit relevant ad messages to a user based on specific location, time, and profile data of the user. The ad messages can be provided in the form of a text advertising message, coupon and/or graphic element. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220315 | APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus comprising a first antenna configured to receive alignment signalling from a first transmitter over a first communication channel, the first communication channel having a first set of characteristics, and a second antenna configured to exchange data with a second transmitter over a second communication channel, the second communication channel having a second different set of characteristics. The apparatus also comprising a processor configured to process the alignment signalling received from the first antenna and determine the location of the second transmitter relative to the apparatus; and generate control signalling representative of the determined location of the second transmitter relative to the apparatus. The apparatus further comprising a user interface configured to provide a user with an indication of the relative location of the second transmitter relative to the apparatus in accordance with the control signalling to allow for the second antenna to be aligned for data exchange with the second transmitter. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220316 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OR RECEIVING DATA USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which transfers or receives data, including location information, in various ways, and a method of transferring or receiving data using the same. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220317 | Dive Computer with Global Positioning System Receiver - Dive computers in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a mobile phone handset, including a microprocessor, a microphone connected to the microprocessor, a speaker connected to the microprocessor, a telephone transceiver connected to the microprocessor, memory, a display, and an external connector for communicating with external devices wherein the memory contains a software application, and a waterproof housing including a pressure transducer, where the mobile phone handset is located within the waterproof housing and connected to the pressure transducer via the external connector, and wherein the software application configures the mobile phone handset to create a dive log stored in memory, wherein the dive log comprises recorded information including depth of submersion information recorded from the pressure transducer and display the recorded information during the dive. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220318 | CORDLESS TELEPHONE SYSTEM - A cordless telephone which includes a base station having a first phone-line interface and a first wireless transmitter/receiver, wherein the base station is connected to telephone network through the first phone-line interface. The cordless telephone further includes a handset having a second wireless transmitter/receiver communicating with the first wireless transmitter/receiver of the base station. The handset further includes a second phone-line interface capable of connecting to telephone network to allow the handset to communicate with the telephone network without the base station. Therefore, the user can still use the cordless telephone when the base station is unavailable due to power failure or malfunction. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220319 | AUTOMATIC DELIVERY OF MESSAGES - Using components such as intermediate short message service service centers and active subscriber identity systems, it is possible to deliver a message to a subscriber at a number different from the number which was entered by the message's sender at the time the message was sent. These components can also be used to deliver the message in the event that the sender is unavailable at the time the message is originally sent. Communications between components can be performed in a variety of manners, including using proprietary IP protocols, and the components can be configured to take responsibility for retrying message delivery by providing a delivery confirmation once the message reaches them, rather than providing delivery confirmation once it reaches its ultimate recipient. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220320 | Alphanumeric address mapping for non-homogeneous short message networks - Text messages with alphanumeric addresses are delivered to mobiles and external short message entities (ESMEs) which do not support alphanumeric addressing, providing meaningful fallback handling. Additionally, the invention enables delivery of SMPP messages from ESME or SMPP networks which can only originate numeric addresses, yet provide for mapping to alphanumeric addresses for delivery to the mobile. A two-way mapping is provided between alphanumeric addresses and SMS short-codes to enable delivery of text messages with alphanumeric addressing in networks which contain mobiles and/or ESME's that lack support of alphanumeric addressing. An ESME can send a text message using an alphanumeric origination address, without knowing which handsets support the capability, and which do not, or whether handsets are on CDMA, or GSM, or UMTS, or networks, or can continue to send using a numeric origination address. The SMSC provides conversions to alphanumeric addresses on behalf of the ESME and the mobile. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220321 | MESSAGING PROTOCOL/SERVICE SWITCHING METHODS AND DEVICES - Methods, devices, and computer readable media for switching communications from a first messaging protocol/service to a second messaging protocol/service by use of messaging information being embedded in a header of a first message of the first messaging protocol/service to enable the recipient to contact the sender over the second messaging protocol/service, is provided. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220322 | MESSAGING PROTOCOL/SERVICE SWITCHING METHODS AND DEVICES - Methods, devices, and computer readable media for switching communications from a first messaging protocol/service to a second messaging protocol/service by use of messaging information being embedded in a header of a first message of the first messaging protocol/service to enable the recipient to contact the sender over the second messaging protocol/service, is provided. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220323 | REPORTING TERMINAL CAPABILITIES FOR SUPPORTING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE - A method for delivering a short message service (SMS) message to an interworking wireless local area network user equipment (UE) begins by registering the UE with an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW). A capability report is sent from the UE to the IP-SM-GW, the capability report including the capabilities of the UE. A SMS message is transmitted from a short message service center (SMSC) to the IP-SM-GW. The capabilities of the UE are evaluated at the IP-SM-GW to determine whether the UE can receive the SMS message, and the SMS message is delivered to the UE via the IP-SM-GW if the UE has the capabilities to receive the SMS message. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220324 | Method and Apparaatus for Intercell Uplink Interference Control - Wireless user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system may operate in a state, for example, the CELL_FACH state in UMTS, that does not allow for soft handoff from one cell to another. This inability to engage in soft handover may lead to intercell interference at a non-serving cell when the UE transmits on its uplink in close proximity to the non-serving cell. Therefore, provided in the present disclosure is method of wireless communication, which includes receiving a neighbor cell identification set indicating one or more neighbor cells, receiving a relative grant channel resource index corresponding to a relative grant channel shared by at least one of the one or more neighbor cells, detecting intercell interference associated with a user equipment (UE) in the one or more neighbor cells, and transmitting a non-serving relative grant message to the UE on the relative grant channel. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220325 | METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS OF MACHINE TO MACHINE (M2M) TERMINALS - A method for random access of Machine to Machine (M2M) terminals is applied to a plurality of M2M terminals. The method includes dividing the plurality of M2M terminals into at least one terminal group, and allocating an identifier for each terminal group. After receiving the paging broadcast signaling transmitted by the base station, an M2M terminal in a terminal group determines whether the terminal group identifier carried in the paging broadcast signaling is the identifier of the terminal group that includes the M2M terminal. If true, the M2M terminal starts a random access process. A base station transmits a paging broadcast signaling on the basis of a terminal group rather than issuing a paging broadcast signaling only to individual M2M terminals so that a plurality of M2M terminals can be randomly accessed smoothly and efficiently without causing network access congestion nor affecting the use of public network users. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION OF MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION USER EQUIPMENT - A method and a system for acquiring information of Machine Type Communication (MTC) user equipment (UE) are provided. The method comprises the steps of: an MTC GateWay (MTC GW) acquiring the information of the MTC UE which currently requests to attach to a network or has attached to a network from a mobility management network element; the MTC GW sending the information of the MTC UE acquired from the mobility management network element to an MTC Server. The method and the system can control the MTC UE in real time and intelligently. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220327 | METHOD AND A BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING A CSI-RS, AND A METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR RECEIVING THE CSI-RS - A base station in a wireless communication system transmits a CSI-RS of a cell every 1×N subframes or 1×N ms with muting CSI-RS REs of a neighboring cell every m×N subframes. A BS can estimate channel state of the neighboring cell with higher accuracy by using a CSI-RS of the neighboring cell received in the muted REs. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220328 | Rank Indicator Transmission During Discontinuous Reception - A user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE includes a processor configured to transmit a rank indicator (RI) using one of an assigned periodic RI reporting resource that precisely aligns with the start on an on-duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation mode of the UE and a first assigned periodic RI reporting resource after the start of the on-duration. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220329 | NOTIFICATION OF MODIFICATION OF SYSTEM INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate notifying and detecting modification of system information in a wireless communication system. A mobile device may receive a first system information block (SIB) in a first time period, obtain from the first SIB at least one parameter related to modification of at least one SIB, and determine whether to receive the at least one SIB based on the at least one parameter obtained from the first SIB. The mobile device may receive a paging message in a second time period and may determine whether to receive one or more SIBs based on information obtained from the paging message. The mobile device may receive the first SIB in the first time period after entering a cell in an idle mode. The mobile device may receive the paging message in the second time period after accessing the cell. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220330 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRAFFIC DETECTION - The present invention provides a cellular traffic monitoring system, which includes: a traffic detection function (TDF) module to monitor cellular traffic associated with a cellular subscriber device, and to generate detection output which includes at least one of: a type of an application associated with said cellular traffic of said cellular subscriber device, and a type of said cellular traffic of said cellular subscriber device. The further includes a policy charging and enforcement function (PCEF) module to enforce one or more charging rules to said cellular subscriber device, based on said detection output. | 2012-08-30 |
20120220331 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING ANTENNA IN A COMP-BASED TDD RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a method and device for self-calibrating an antenna in a base station of a CoMP-based TDD system, where firstly the relative reciprocity {tilde over (w)} | 2012-08-30 |
20120220332 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, HIGH-POWER BASE STATION, LOW-POWER BASE STATION, RADIO TERMINAL, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - When the received power level of the low-power PDCCH control information from a low-power base station ( | 2012-08-30 |