35th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100222001 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING A RADIO CHANNEL OF A WIRELESS NETWORK USING VARIABILITY OF SYNCHRONIZATION - A speed parameter or channel quality parameter are determined in a mobile device based on variation in frequency offset measurement. A higher variation in the frequency offset measurement reflects a poorer channel quality and a higher speed; a lower variation in the frequency offset measurement reflects a better channel quality and a lower speed. The parameter(s) may be fed back to the system and used, for example, to make adaptive modulation and coding decisions. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222002 | RADIO-COMMUNICATION MODULE COMPRISING EMISSION MEANS CONTROLLED BY INTERFERENCE DETECTION MEANS AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND USE - A radiocommunication module is provided, which includes a transmitter with a first mode of communication in at least one first frequency band. The module also includes: an interference detector for emitting a warning signal if interference is detected; and a controller for controlling the transmitter in such a way that it is able to switch between the first mode of communication and a second mode of communication which is different from the first mode, if the interference detector emits the warning signal. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222003 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - It is possible to provide a transmission control method, a radio communication system, and a radio base station device which can reduce the time required until an inter-cell interference is reduced so as to improve the system throughput. A base station ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222004 | TRANSMITTER AND HYBRID COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION AND OUTAGE MINIMIZATION - Embodiments of a system and method for communicating over a fading channel are generally described herein. A transmitter uses a water-filling technique at lower power levels when the channel is not experiencing fading and uses channel-inversion technique at higher power levels when the channel is experiencing some fading. The transmitter refrains from communicating when the channel is experiencing deep fading. An average transmit power specification is maintained over a predetermined period of time even though transmissions using the channel-inversion technique may significantly exceed the average transmit power specification. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222005 | Self Focusing Distributed Communications Array - A method of processing signals received and transmitted between a satellite and sub-arrays of an antenna array. The satellite emits an analog signal received by the sub-arrays, each sub-array in turn produces a corresponding output. The array's total output is approximated by designating one of the sub-array's output as a reference output, and digitally forming a series of beams that consist of the reference output and permutations of the other sub-array outputs with either no time delay or with a time delay applied. A high power beam from the series is selected for cross correlation with each sub-array output to determine the signal's relative arrival time at each sub-array. Each sub-array output is time delayed based on the signal arrival time at that sub-array. The time delayed outputs are combined to form a high gain beam. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222006 | Reading Neighboring Cell System Information - A base station indicates to mobile stations as to whether specific offsets apply for use when measuring a signal strength of base stations in neighboring cells. Additionally, if the neighboring cells do use offsets, the present invention may indicate as to whether the neighboring cell offsets are the same as the current serving cell offset. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222007 | NARROWBAND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING NARROWBAND CHANNELS IN UNUSED WIDEBAND CHANNELS - A narrowband communication system ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222008 | Method and Arrangements for Communication of Channel Quality Information in a Telecommunications System - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device, a base station and a method that make it possible to use a channel quality indicator, CQI, reporting format for CQI reporting from the mobile terminal device to the base station, which CQI reporting format depends on a selected transmit antenna configuration. The mobile terminal device is arranged to receive a signal from a number of transmit antennas, which signal includes a number of subcarriers, and to determine the CQI, reporting format for a collection of the subcarriers based on the selected transmit antenna configuration. The mobile terminal device is further arranged to determine a number of CQI values relating to said subcarriers in accordance with the determined CQI reporting format and to transmit the CQI values to the base station in a feedback signal. The CQI reporting format is adapted to the selected transmit antenna configuration such that the granularity of CQI reporting depends on the selected transmit antenna configuration. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222009 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE - A wireless communication control device which can stably communicate with another device without interruption by continuously and optimally adjusting a transmission reception direction of a wireless transmission reception unit so as to track the another device even when mobile terminals move while changing relative position between them. A device body ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222010 | ANTENNA SHARING FOR WIRELESSLY POWERED DEVICES - Exemplary embodiments include an antenna for receiving electromagnetic radiation in a broadcast radiation band and a near-field radiation band to generate a Radio Frequency (RF) signal. A coupling element couples the RF signal to a first port and at least one additional port, which may be a second port and a third port. A wireless power receiver on the first port includes a rectifier for converting the RF signal to a DC signal when the antenna couples to radiation in the near-field radiation band in a coupling-mode region of the antenna. A near-field communication transceiver includes circuitry for communicating information on the antenna in the near-field radiation band when the coupling element couples the second port to the RF signal. A broadcast receiver on the third port includes circuitry for receiving and tuning the broadcast radiation band when the coupling element couples the third port to the RF signal. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222011 | GAIN CONTROL IN A MULTIPLE RF TRANSCEIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A radio frequency (RF) transceiver integrated circuit (IC) includes a plurality of baseband Tx sections, a plurality of RF Tx sections, a plurality of RF Rx sections, and a plurality of baseband Rx sections. The RF transceiver IC further includes a static digital interface, a dynamic digital interface, and gain control, distribution, and buffering circuitry. Static digital interfaces are operable to receive static gain control commands from a coupled baseband processor. The dynamic digital interface is also operable to receive dynamic gain control commands from the coupled baseband processor. The gain control, distribution, and buffering circuitry is operable to apply the static gain control commands and dynamic gain control commands to at least some of the plurality of baseband Tx sections, the plurality of RF Tx sections, the plurality of RF Rx sections, and the plurality of baseband Rx sections. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222012 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus that performs communication uses a communication method in which a transmission period and a reception period alternate with each other. The wireless communication apparatus includes a first antenna that transmits a radio signal during the transmission period and receives a radio signal during the reception period, a second antenna that receives the radio signal transmitted from the first antenna during the transmission period and receives a radio signal during the reception period, a first determining unit that determines a failure of the first antenna based on a ratio of a transmission power to a returning power for the radio signal transmitted from the first antenna, and a second determining unit that determines a failure of the second antenna based on a reception power of a radio signal received by the second antenna during the transmission period and a determination result of the first determining unit. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222013 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE INTEGRATED INTO A SINGLE PACKAGE - A method, apparatus and system with an autonomic, self-healing polymer capable of slowing crack propagation within the polymer and slowing delamination at a material interface. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222014 | RF Switch Device - In a device ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222015 | POLAR MODULATION TRANSMITTER, ADAPTIVE DISTORTION COMPENSATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND ADAPTIVE DISTORTION COMPENSATION PROCESSING METHOD - An object of the invention is to provide a polar modulation transmitter that can perform adaptive distortion compensation processing without the need for a synchronization adjustment circuit for synchronizing an input baseband signal and an output signal of a power amplifier. An adaptive operation control section | 2010-09-02 |
20100222016 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device including an amplifying unit amplifying a transmission signal, a transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission signal amplified through the amplifying unit, a regulating unit configured to regulate a load of the amplifying unit, and a control unit configured to control the regulating unit so that the regulating unit regulates the load of the amplifying unit to attain a load impedance determined based on, a) a power ratio of the transmitted transmission signal to a reflected signal reflected from the transmission unit, and b) at least one of a value of a current passing through the amplifying unit and a gain of the amplifying unit. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222017 | RADIATED POWER CONTROL FOR A MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION - To meet a radiated power limit, a transmitting station determines a synthesized antenna pattern based on steering vectors used for spatial processing and estimates an array gain based on the synthesized antenna pattern. Different spatial processing modes (e.g., eigensteering and spatial spreading) result in different synthesized antenna patterns. The array gain may be estimated based on the spatial processing mode used for the data transmission and applicable parameters (e.g., eigenvalues) for that mode. An element gain for each antenna used for data transmission may also be estimated. The transmitting station then limits the transmit power for the data transmission based on the array gain, the element gain, and the radiated power limit, which may be an effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) limit imposed by a regulatory agency. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222018 | LNB HAVING INDICATION FUNCTION - A LNB (Low Noise Block Down Converter) having indication function ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222019 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL OPTIMIZATION - A method and apparatus for automatic frequency control in a receiver of a wireless device, the method determining a channel estimation for a received signal; calculating a signal to noise ratio for the channel estimation; applying a weighting factor determined based on the calculated signal to noise ratio for the channel estimation to the channel estimation to create a weighted channel estimation; and supplying the weighted channel estimation to a voltage controlled oscillator. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222020 | System and Method for Monitoring Message Usage - A computer implemented method for monitoring message usage on a communication device. An audible message may be outputted on the communication device in replacement of a pre-determined telephone tone. A duration parameter of outputting the audible message in replacement of the pre-determined telephone tone may be determined, and provided to a billing system for determining a compensation parameter. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SERVICES USING BEARER TAGS - An approach is provided for managing one or more services corresponding to a bearer tag (e.g., near field communication (NFC) tag, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, contactless card, or barcode). A request to manage a service is initiated by reading service information from a bearer tag corresponding to the one or more services. A services platform initiates management of the one or more services based on the service information according to a predetermined or recurring billing arrangement. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222022 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ACCESS METHOD TO SERVICE PROVIDER BASE - A communication method, a communication system and a method of accessing a service provider base are disclosed. A network function gateway server of a communication common carrier includes a unit for executing at least one of the network functions based on the request sent from an xSP server and sending a network function execution response to the xSP server, and a unit for charging the subscriber corresponding to the service provider xSP in accordance with the number of times the network is used. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222023 | RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE AND CALL CONNECTION METHOD - Disclosed are a base station device and a call connection method for reducing a call connection delay. According to the device and the method; in ST | 2010-09-02 |
20100222024 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Password Reset Feature - A method for providing a voicemail password reset feature can include receiving a password reset request message ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222025 | System and Method for Delivery and Display of Messages - A method and system for delivery and display of a message on a communication device. A dialed first digit of a multi-digit recipient phone number being called is received at the communication device. A message accessibly stored in memory is accessed, and display of the message is initiated on a display screen of the communication device. A call connection may be attempted with the recipient phone number. The call connection status is monitored, and a response indicative of the status may be generated to the communication device. In one embodiment, the message may be an advertisement message. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222026 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Receiving Promotion Information by a Mobile Device - Systems, methods, and apparatus receiving promotion information by a mobile device are provided by certain embodiments of the invention. According to one embodiment, an information carrying tone may be received at a mobile device from a tone transmission device, wherein the information carrying tone includes at least one location identifier associated with promotion information. A tone processing application of the mobile device may further provide for processing the information carrying tone to extract at least one location identifier, and to transmit, to an information source, an indication responsive to receiving the information carrying tone. Also according to various aspects, following transmission of the indication, promotional information can be received by the mobile device for subsequent processing and utilization, such as an activation confirmation or a redeemable promotion. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222027 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATION CONTENT TYPE SELECTION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device for storing a plurality of notification preferences scheduled for respective different time periods. The notification preferences may be associated with different types of notification content. Further, a notification server may communicate with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network for determining a scheduled one of the notification preferences, and sending to the at least one mobile wireless communications device notifications including the corresponding type of notification content based on the scheduled one of the notification preferences. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222028 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CALL IDENTIFICATION ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile device and a method of displaying information regarding an incoming communication to a user of a mobile device are provided. The mobile device receives the incoming information and associated information from, for example, an enterprise network. The communication type of the incoming communication is determined using the associated information and information relating to the communication type is displayed on a display of the mobile device. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING USERS OF AN EVENT USING ALERTS - An alert engine module receives an alert for an event in a generic communications format and delivers an alert for the event to a target address in a communications format that is preferred by a user based on the alert content. The generic format can be an e-mail message, such as a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) message. The alert engine can be operative to transform the alert based on a header and/or format of a target address. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING AN AUDIO MESSAGE BY MOBILE PHONE DURING COMMUNICATION - A system and method is used for transmitting an audio message by mobile phones during communication with a remote terminal. The system includes a detecting module, a storage module, a voice processing module, and an output control module. The detecting module detects whether the mobile phone is communicating with the remote terminal, and transmits a busy signal to the storage module when the mobile phone is communicating with the remote terminal. The storage module stores a plurality of digital voice signals, and transmits the corresponding digital voice signal to the voice processing module when receives the busy signal. The voice processing module converts the corresponding digital voice signal to audible voice message, and transmits the audible voice message to an output control module. The output control module transmits the audible voice message from the voice processing module to the remote terminal together with communicating voice message. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222031 | Remote activation system - A method for remotely activating an event over a telecommunications network, said method comprising: providing processing means connected to a telecommunications transceiver and having an output for activating an event; and connecting the transceiver to the network, such that it is able to receive a connection request from a user; the processing means and transceiver being configured to: receive a connection request; wait for a predetermined time period; refuse the connection request; and activate the event. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222032 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING NOTIFICATION EFFECTIVENESS RANKING FOR A NOTIFICATION DISPLAY AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device including an input device and a processor cooperating therewith and configured to receive input data corresponding to a notification display. The system may further include a notification server configured to determine when the at least one mobile wireless communications device enters within a threshold exposure distance of the notification display, and increase a notification effectiveness ranking for the notification display based upon a determination that the mobile wireless communications device entered within the threshold exposure distance, and based upon the processor receiving the input data corresponding to the notification display. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222033 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATION BASED UPON PERSONAL INTEREST INFORMATION AND CALENDAR EVENTS - A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device for storing personal interest information for respective contacts and for storing calendar event data. The system may further include a notification server communicating with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network and configured to access the personal interest information and calendar event data from the at least one mobile wireless communications device, and send notifications to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the personal interest information and the calendar event data. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222034 | NETWORK ENTITY, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INVOCATION OF SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES ACROSS DIFFERENT NETWORKS - A network entity, method and system for providing supplementary services to a mobile device while roaming. The network entity comprises a receiver, a converter and an output. The receiver is for receiving a first message from a mobile device being provided roaming service by a first network, the first message being in a transport protocol supported by the first network and having embedded therein an invocation message based on for invocation of at least one supplementary service offered by a second network. The converter is for extracting the invocation message from the first message. The output is for sending the invocation message to the second network using a protocol used by the second network to invoke supplementary services. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222035 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE TO RECEIVE ADVERTISING MESSAGES BASED UPON KEYWORDS IN VOICE COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include an advertising server for sending advertisement messages based upon keywords. The communications system may further include at least one mobile wireless communications device having a processor cooperating with at least one audio transducer and a wireless transceiver for recognizing keywords in voice communications. The processor may cooperate with the advertising server to receive advertisement messages therefrom based upon the keywords. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222036 | ADVERTISING SERVER FOR DELIVERING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS TO A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system includes at least one mobile wireless communications device for contacting a given entity having a telephone number associated therewith and an advertising server. The advertising server is configured to identify the given entity based upon the telephone number and identifying at least one property associated with the given entity. The advertising server is also configured to selectively send a targeted advertisement to the at least one mobile wireless device based upon the at least one property. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222037 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Providing Terms and Conditions and Program Enrollment Information to a Mobile Device - Systems, methods, and apparatus providing program information to a mobile device are provided by certain embodiments of the invention. According to one embodiment, program information for a program may be associated with an information carrying tone that is transmitted to a mobile device associated with an operator by a tone transmission device. An indication received responsive to the mobile device receiving the information carrying tone can be stored, and at least one entry associating the program and the operator can be stored responsive to receiving the indication. Also according to various aspects, following receipt of the indication, program information can be communicated to the operator, such as terms and conditions or enrollment information, and it may be determined whether the operator desires to enroll in the respective program or accepts terms and conditions. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222038 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR COMMUNICATING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO MOBILE DEVICES - Systems, methods, and devices for communicating supplemental information associated with a product or service to mobile devices. One device may be a mobile device that includes a memory, a microphone, and a processor in communication with the memory and the microphone, where the processor is configured to execute computer executable instructions to receive a tone via the microphone, where the tone comprises supplemental information. The processor is further configured to execute computer executable instructions to extract the supplemental information from the tone, and store the supplemental information in the memory of the mobile device. The device may further include the ability to initiate a purchase, using the mobile device, of a product or service associated with one or more tones received by the mobile device. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222039 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Customised Services In A Communication Network - A method and apparatus for offering a service to at least one client in a communication network for a specific client context, by means of a service provisioning unit. A history of client activities involving service usage in associated client contexts, is recorded in an activity database. Service templates are composed for associated client contexts based on the recorded history of client activities. When a context detector detects that the specific client context prevails, a service configurator selects a service template for the detected client context and configures a customised service from the selected service template. The customised service can then be offered to the at least one client. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222040 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING DEVICE ICON NOTIFICATION INDICIA FRAMING AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a notification server and at least one mobile wireless communications device. The at least one mobile wireless communications device may include a display, a wireless transceiver, a user input device, and a processor. The processor may be for displaying a plurality of selectable icons on the display, and retrieving notification data from the notification server via the wireless transceiver. The processor may also be for indicating a selected one of the icons on the display based upon the user input device by displaying notification indicia framing around the selected icon based upon the notification data from the notification server. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222041 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Providing Promotion Information to a Mobile Device - Systems, methods, and apparatus providing promotion information to a mobile device are provided by certain embodiments of the invention. According to one embodiment, promotion information for a program may be associated with an information carrying tone that is transmitted to a mobile device associated with an operator by a tone transmission device. An indication received responsive to the mobile device receiving the information carrying tone can be stored, and at least one entry associating the promotion and the operator can be stored responsive to receiving the indication. Also according to various aspects, following receipt of the indication, it may be determined whether the promotion is validated and/or can be activated for the operator, and promotional information can be communicated to the operator, such as a activation confirmation or a redeemable promotion. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222042 | Time and Device Shifting of Mobile Advertising - A computer implemented method and system for monitoring message usage on a communication device, verifying a presenting of messages in such a way that a benefit may be determined for allowing the presenting. The presenting of messages may be postponed, for example, to a later time, to a different communication device or to a different user. Postponement, as well as verification, may be centrally monitored and controlled. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222043 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR PROMPTING MOBILE DEVICE USERS FOR FEEDBACK INFORMATION USING TONE TRANSMISSIONS - Systems, methods, and devices for prompting mobile device users for feedback information using tone transmissions are provided. One device may include a network interface, a display, a microphone, and a processor in communication with the network interface, display, and microphone, where the processor is configured to execute computer executable instructions to receive, by the microphone, a tone, where the tone includes a location identifier. The processor is further configured to execute computer executable instructions to extract the location identifier from the tone, and transmit, via the network interface, a signal that includes at least a portion of the location identifier. Moreover, the processor is further configured to execute computer executable instructions to receive, via the network interface, user prompting information associated with the location identifier, and display at least a portion of the user prompting information on the display. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222044 | System and Method for Providing Identifying Information to a Mobile Device - A system and method for providing identifying information about the source of an incoming communication to a mobile device is provided. An incoming communication is received by an enterprise network and a connection is established to the mobile device. A DTMF message is sent to the mobile device by the enterprise network. If the source of the incoming communication has an enterprise-assigned number then the DTMF message comprises an identifying key corresponding to the key field of a profile list comprising enterprise-assigned numbers and an identifying information entry for each enterprise-assigned number in the list. If the source of the incoming communication does not have an enterprise-assigned number, the DTMF message comprises an identifying number for the source of the incoming communication. If DTMF is not available on the mobile device, similar logic may be employed using, for example, ANI manipulation. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222045 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication terminal includes a first wireless communication section configured to wirelessly communicate with a first wireless communication terminal via a base station, a second wireless communication section configured to transmit and receive data to/from a second wireless communication terminal though a short-range wireless communication link, and a controller configured to, while the wireless communication terminal itself is communicating with the first wireless communication terminal, upon detection of the existence of the second communication terminal, create a call request for requesting the second wireless communication terminal to initiate a phone call to the wireless communication terminal itself, further, cause the second wireless communication section to transmit the call request to the second wireless communication terminal, and upon receipt of the phone call which the second wireless communication terminal initiated in response to the call request, transmit a request for switching to a three-party call mode to the base station. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222046 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRIGGERING ADVERTISING ON A DISPLAY SCREEN - A method and handheld electronic device for triggering the display of content on a display screen are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of triggering the display of content on a display screen of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising: monitoring for the occurrence of trigger conditions comprising one or more of: inputs to change an operational mode of the handheld electronic device, changes in orientation of the handheld electronic device, or changes in a screen orientation of a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the display screen; and reproducing content on the handheld electronic device in response to detection of one of the trigger conditions. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING AND BRANDING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO A NETWORK - There is disclosed a system and method for locking and branding a generic mobile communication device to a carrier network. In an embodiment, the method comprises: inserting in the device a subscriber or user identification module specifying a selection of a carrier network to which the mobile communication device is to be wirelessly connected; issuing from the device a request to lock and brand the device to the selected carrier network; in response to the request, receiving a customized configuration file for the selected network containing a device locking command, and one or more branding commands to brand the device to the selected carrier network; executing the device locking command to lock the device to the selected carrier network; and executing the one or more branding commands to brand the device to the selected carrier network with one or more customized features specific to the selected carrier network. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222048 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE UPGRADES - There is disclosed a system and method for provisioning mobile communication device upgrades. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an automated web service device management interface (“WSDMI”) accessible to one or more carriers; adapting a supplier provisioning system to receive via the WSDMI one or more upgrade requests from the one or more carriers; adapting the supplier provisioning system to respond via the WSDMI to the one or more upgrade requests from the one or more carriers; and adapting the supplier provisioning system to execute one or more device upgrades on one or more supplier provisioning system connected devices. In an embodiment, the receiving and responding via the WSDMI is based on SOAP encoded XML messages. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222049 | METHOD FOR RELEASING A LOCKING IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present disclosure is related to a method for releasing a locking on a mobile terminal, the method comprising: locking the mobile terminal; generating a locking-release preliminary signal on the locking; creating a locking-release icon based on a generated position of the locking-release preliminary signal; and releasing the locking by selecting the locking-release icon, and to a mobile terminal using the same. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222050 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CELL SEARCH METHOD - There are provided a base station apparatus, a mobile station apparatus, and a cell search method capable of reducing the circuit scale of the mobile station apparatus and a calculation amount by optimizing information distribution to a primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) and a secondary synchronization channel (S-SCH). The base station apparatus transmits the P-SCH and the S-SCH as synchronization channels. The base station apparatus is equipped with an SCH signal generation unit that multiplies the S-SCH by a sequence according to a cell type of the base station apparatus. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222051 | Mobile Communication System Using Adaptive Multi-Antenna - A mobile communication system using an adaptive multiantenna realizes improvement of reception characteristics, effective use of the band, and optimization of the throughput in comparison with a system in which application of the same multiantenna communication method is continued irrespective of a variation of the number of radio relay stations. The mobile communication system comprises a radio base station, a radio relay station, and mobile terminal stations for communicating with the radio base station through a radio relay station. The radio base station has a multiantenna and is characterized in that the radio base station judges if there is any variation of the number of radio relay stations when the radio base station carries out transmission through a radio relay station, and the radio base station communicates with the mobile terminal station by switching the multiantenna communication method using the multiantenna depending on the delay time of the feedback signal from the mobile terminal station if there is a variation of the number of radio relay stations. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222052 | Method and Apparatus for Routing a Call to a Dual Mode Wireless Device - Disclosed is a system and method for routing a call to a dual mode wireless device. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a network node receives a call. The network node determines that the call is associated with a dual mode wireless device. Once this determination is made, the network node then selects one of a plurality of networks (e.g., cellular network or packet-based network, such as a VoIP network) for use in connecting the call to the dual mode wireless device. The network node then routes the call to the dual mode wireless device via the selected network. During the call, the network node re-routes the call to another network if the network node determines that this other network is now better suited for the call. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222053 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING A TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTION BASED ON A HEURISTIC MODEL - An arrangement for managing a telecommunication session for a plurality of mobile communication devices that includes at least a first mobile communication device and a second mobile communication device is provided. The arrangement includes a mobility gateway, which is configured to communicate with the mobility client software of the first mobile communication device, wherein the first mobile communication device is a subscriber of the mobility gateway. The mobility gateway includes computer readable code implementing a model configured for collecting and storing environmental data about a set of access points. The environmental data includes data collected during the telecommunication session between the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device. The environmental data also includes data collected during previous telecommunication sessions supported by the mobility gateway. The environmental data is employed by the mobility gateway to manage the telecommunication session for the first mobile communication device. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222054 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF FEMTOCELLS VIA A NETWORK BASED SERVICE - Aspects of a method and system for controlling access and utilization of femtocells via a network based service are provided. In this regard, a femtocell management entity communicatively coupled to a network and operable to manage one or more femtocells may be accessed via an end-user communication device. In this manner, the femtocell(s) may be managed via the end-user device such as one of the cellular enabled communication devices. The femtocell management entity may enable establishing one or more SLAs between the femtocell(s) and the cellular enabled communication device(s). The SLA(s) may enable the cellular enabled communication device(s) to establish one or more cellular communication channels with the femtocell(s). The SLA(s) may determine when the cellular communication channels may be established. The SLA(s) may determine how a femtocell owner/operator may be compensated for providing cellular service. The femtocell(s) may be accessed utilizing Internet Protocol. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222055 | METHOD OF PERFORMING CELL RESELECTION PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of performing a cell reselection procedure in a wireless communication system includes evaluating priorities of a serving cell and neighbor cells, each of which use different frequency bands, performing inter-frequency measurement on a neighbor cell which has a higher priority than the serving cell, performing the inter-frequency measurement on a neighbor cell which has an equal or lower priority than the serving cell, when a signal characteristic of the serving cell is less than a threshold, and performing cell reselection according to the priorities. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR MODES AND FREQUENCIES - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for searching for modes and frequencies. The method includes: obtaining signal energy of all frequency grids within a frequency range; obtaining energy of each mode on a smallest bandwidth according to the signal energy of the grids; sorting the energy on the smallest bandwidths of all modes; and accessing a specified number of frequencies and modes of the highest energy in the sorting result. With the present invention, energy on the smallest bandwidths of all modes at a frequency band is obtained and sorted and then an access mode is determined according to the sorting result. Thus the access mode to use for a specified frequency can be quickly determined so as to improve the access success rate of a terminal in the subsequent access process. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222057 | ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE CONTROL - An access system for device control, the system including a communications device, a registration server, a session control element and application control element contained within an access server and a subject device, the communication device arranged to provide a registration signal recognisable by the registration server as to identity and to establish a handshake control interaction, the registration server arranged to establish a register communication path to the access server, the access server having an access indicator to at least one subject device, the access server arranged to analyse the handshake control interaction to determine whether the access indicator is present in the handshake control interaction, the access server arranged to establish a session control path to an application link for the subject device, the application link establishing a device control protocol with the subject device, the system arranged whereby the registration signal and/or the handshake control interaction and/or register communication path and/or the session control path and/or the device control protocol used consistent or respectively different signal language regimes, but the handshake control interaction provides at least one control function for the subject device in terms of an allocated function control signal within the handshake control interaction. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222058 | Telecommunications system and method - In a mobile telecommunications network including at least a first type of radio access network and a second type of radio access network and a mobile terminal, a method of establishing a voice communication with the mobile terminal including: receiving a voice communication request in relation to the mobile terminal on the second radio access network type; determining a parameter associated with a terminal characteristic; and using the parameter to determine whether to establish the voice communication on the first type of radio access network or maintain the voice communication on the second type of radio access network. Preferably the determined parameter is a parameter relating to a terminal type for the mobile terminal, and is determined from the terminal's IMEI. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222059 | OPTIMIZED SERVING DUAL CELL CHANGE - A method and apparatus for implementing serving cell change in a multi-cell wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. Serving cell information is received and stored by the WTRU to preconfigure a primary and secondary serving cell of an added cell to an active set. At least one of the preconfigured primary and secondary serving cells are monitored for a handover indication. Serving cell change is to the primary and secondary serving cells us performed using the preconfigured serving cell information upon receipt of a handover indication. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222060 | ANCHOR CARRIER RESELECTION AND CELL RESELECTION IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION-ADVANCED - A method and apparatus for performing anchor carrier reselection measurements and ranking in Long Term Evolution-Advanced are disclosed. The measurements are first determined by whether a non-serving anchor carrier has a higher reselection priority than a serving anchor carrier. Other non-serving anchor carrier measurements are started by checking the serving anchor measured results against non-serving anchor carrier measurement thresholds, including the parameter S-IntraCellSearch for measuring and ranking the intra-cell anchor carriers ahead of other non-serving anchor carriers. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques to mitigate inter-cell interference using joint time and frequency division are described. A frequency band is divided into multiple non-overlapping frequency subbands. The transmission timeline is divided into T | 2010-09-02 |
20100222062 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK - A method of providing interference avoidance in a femtocell network may include receiving, at a femtocell base station defining a femtocell coverage area, an allocation of reserved resources for control signaling and data transmission in which the allocation is received from a macro cell base station defining a macro cell coverage area. The femtocell base station may be located and the femtocell includes a portion of the macro cell coverage area. The method may further include enabling usage of the reserved resources by the femtocell base station responsive to receipt of the allocation to provide interference avoidance with respect to femtocell and macro cell communications. The method may further include disabling usage of the reserved resources by the macro cell base station responsive to the allocation of the reserved resources. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222063 | CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND MOBILE STATION RECEPTION DEVICE IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND BASE STATION SELECTION CONTROL METHOD IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A cellular mobile communication system has a problem that communication quality is lowered by increase of an attenuation amount of a desired signal and increase of an interfering signal amount at a position apart from a base station and high-speed data communication becomes difficult. To solve this problem, when a mobile station M is at a location D where the radio attenuation is small, the mobile station M uses an OFDM signal to transmit data x, y and z via a traffic channel all at once so that data communication is performed at the maximum communication speed. On the other hand, when the mobile station M moves from the location D to a location E which is far from any of the base stations A, B and C, the mobile station M divides, the data x, y and z into three and, by using a diffusion OFDM signal having a high interference resistance, increases the interference resistance, and transmits data, x, y and z almost simultaneously from the three base stations A, B and C, thereby realizing equivalence of high-speed data transmission. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222064 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INITIAL SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN GSM SYSTEM AND TD-SCDMA SYSTEM - A method for initial synchronization with TD-SCDMA system in the connection mode of GSM system, to resolve the problem of the downlink synchronization codes (DwPTS) may be undetectable or taking too much time to be detected when a TD-SCDMA/GSM dual-mode terminal is examining TD-SCDMA frames in GSM connection mode with prior art; in the connection mode of the GSM system, the method receives or transmits service data within the service time slots of the GSM frame at the radio frequency band of the GSM system, and receives TD-SCDMA signal within the idle time slots of the GSM frame at the radio frequency band of the TD-SCDMA system, and detects DwPTS in the received TD-SCDMA signal, thus the terminal in the connection mode of the GSM system can quickly detect the DwPTS in TD-SCDMA frames, achieving the initial synchronization of the TD-SCDMA/GSM dual-mode system. A GSM system processing apparatus and a communication apparatus are also disclosed in the invention. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222065 | OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH USAGE IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Base station apparatus ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222066 | METHOD OF MANAGING RADIO RESOURCES IN A CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEM - In a method and a system for managing resources within a cellular radio system servicing a geographical area, the serviced area is divided into at least two types and additional radio resources is provided to mobile stations located within one of the areas being deemed to be more sensitive for interference compared to mobile stations located within the other area. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222067 | Allocation of Preamble Sequences - A set of specific sequences including a set of root sequences and cyclic shifts thereof is searched, wherein it is started from a root sequence index indicating a root sequence of ordered root sequences, available cyclic shifts of the root sequence are included, and it is continued with a next root sequence if necessary for filling the set, interpreting the ordered root sequences in a cyclic manner. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222068 | TIMING ADJUSTMENT FOR SYNCHRONOUS OPERATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques for adjusting transmit timing of base stations and user equipments (UEs) in a wireless network are described. In one operating scenario, a femto base station communicates with a femto UE, and a macro base station communicates with a macro UE located within the coverage of the femto base station. In an aspect, the transmit timing of the femto base station may be delayed relative to the transmit timing of the macro base station, e.g., to time align downlink signals from the femto and macro base stations at the femto and macro UEs. In another aspect, the transmit timing of the femto UE may be advanced relative to the transmit timing of femto base station by an amount larger than twice the propagation delay between the femto UE and the femto base station, e.g., to time align uplink signals from the femto and macro UEs at the femto base station. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222069 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE AMONG FEMTOCELLS VIA INTELLIGENT CHANNEL SELECTION - Aspects of a method and system for mitigating interference among femtocells via intelligent channel selection are provided. In this regard, signals which may interfere with cellular communications between a femtocell and a cellular communication device may be detected via the femtocell. Based on the detection, the femtocell may be configured to transmit and/or receive signals on one or more frequencies and/or channels. The one or more frequencies and/or channels may be determined in the femtocell and/or in a network management entity. Detecting interfering signals and configuring the one or more femtocells may occur periodically, upon installation of a femtocell, upon power-up of a femtocell, and/or upon command from a network administrator. The results of the detection may be communicated to one or more other femtocells and/or to a network management entity. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222070 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A FEMTO BASE STATION AND A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND A COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - Apparatuses and methods of transmitting a signal with reduced interference in a femto base station including a plurality of antennas having different radiation patterns are provided. A method includes transmitting common information through the plurality of antennas having the different radiation patterns; receiving feedback information corresponding to the common information; analyzing the feedback information; temporarily selecting one of the plurality of antennas as a transmission antenna, based on a result of the analyzing; and transmitting user information through the transmission antenna. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222071 | STAGGERED CHANNELIZATION CODE ALLOCATION FOR MULTI-CARRIER NETWORKS - In order to provide load balancing in a wireless network that includes a cell with two or more carriers, sequential service requests for radio resources are allocated to respective ones of the two or more carriers in a staggered manner (i.e., a round robin, or least recently used (LRU) approach). In an embodiment, the sequential requests are directed so as to allocate channelization codes of respective code trees associated with the two or more carriers substantially equally. The signal strength of a carrier may be checked prior to allocation. Trigger conditions may be checked prior to allocating the a request to a carrier using the LRU approach. The trigger conditions may include power utilization of a first carrier compared to a second carrier, channelization code tree offset between two or more code trees respectively associated with the two or more carriers, and/or average bit rate per subscriber load of the carriers. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222072 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A MOBILE DEVICE - Systems, methods, and apparatus for communicating information associated with tones to a mobile device are provided by certain embodiments of the invention. A request for information associated with a tone that was received by a mobile device may be received at an information source from the mobile device. The request may include at least one location identifier extracted from the tone by the mobile device. The at least one location identifier may be utilized to obtain the requested information, and the requested information associated with the tone may be communicated from the information source to the mobile device. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING, MONITORING, COLLECTING, REPORTING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS - A tamper resistant and easily adjustable mobile tracking device is provided, or alternatively may be created by adding appropriate programming to a GPS enabled cellular communications device, by which location data and other information is transmitted to an administrative hub for processing and distribution according to operator defined parameters. Confirmed two-way communications are possible with mobile devices having display screens. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222074 | METHOD FOR UPDATING LOCATION OF USER EQUIPMENT - A method for updating location of a user equipment in a cellular system is disclosed. The method comprises the user equipment receiving route update radius information | 2010-09-02 |
20100222075 | Portable Terminal, Base Station, and Method of Specifying Position of Portable Terminal - A portable terminal is provided, which includes a communication unit that transmits/receives a signal modulated by a predetermined modulation method to/from three or more base stations; a storage unit which stores in advance a plurality of propagation models indicating propagation environments of the signal for respective combinations of the base stations and stores in advance position information of the base stations; and a control unit that controls the communication unit and the storage unit; wherein the control unit specifies a propagation model that corresponds to a combination of the base stations among the plurality of propagation models stored in the storage unit based on the signal and calculates communicable distances of the signal based on the corresponding propagation model, calculates circles having the corresponding communicable distances as their radii and having positions of the base stations as their centers, respectively, obtains an overlapping area where the circles overlap one another, and specifies the center position of the overlapping area as the position of the portable terminal. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222076 | MULTIPLEXED CDMA AND GPS SEARCHING - Searcher hardware is multiplexed to perform simultaneous searches in either an IS-95 CDMA mode or a GPS mode. In the IS-95 mode, the search hardware is time-multiplexed into a number of searcher time slices, each of which can generate a PN sequence to despread a data sequence. In the GPS mode, the search hardware is configured as a number of distinct GPS channels, each of which can generate a Gold code sequence for tracking a GPS signal from a particular GPS satellite. This configuration allows the searcher to perform multiple GPS signal searches simultaneously. Signal searching in both IS-95 and GPS modes is performed at significantly higher speeds compared to conventional searcher hardware. Moreover, the search hardware can be dynamically configured to operate in either the IS-95 or the GPS mode, eliminating the need for dedicated circuitry for each mode of operation. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222077 | METHOD FRO COMPUTING THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - The invention relates to a method for computing the geographical location of a mobile terminal (MT) in a cellular telecommunications network. The method includes the steps of collecting identifiers of possible serving cells for the mobile terminal, selecting from a first database (A) geographical coordinates (LONG, LAT) whose expected serving cell ID matches any one of the identifiers of possible serving cells, comparing, for each selected geographical coordinate (LONG, LAT), pairs of cell identifiers and corresponding expected received signal values associated with the geographical coordinate (LONG, LAT) in the first database (A) with pairs of cell identifiers and corresponding actual received signal values of the possible serving cells to determine the geographical locations (LONG, LAT) having a number of matches (NMATCH) greater than a predetermined match threshold (THRESHOLD-NMATCH) and finally processing the geographical locations so determined (LONG, LAT) to obtain the geographical location of the mobile terminal (MT). | 2010-09-02 |
20100222078 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING NOTIFICATION-BASED MOBILE DEVICE NAVIGATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a notification server and at least one mobile wireless communications device. The at least one mobile wireless communications device may include an output device, a position determining device, and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain at least one notification from the notification server, determine a current location based upon the position determining device, and output the at least one notification via the output device. The processor may also be configured to selectively output navigation information for a route from the current location to a destination location via the output device based upon the at least one notification being output. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222079 | MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD OF MANAGING SCHEDULE USING THE MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD OF MANAGING POSITION INFORMATION USING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal, a method of managing a schedule using the mobile terminal, and a method of managing position information using the mobile terminal are provided. The method of managing a schedule using the mobile terminal can interoperate schedule information with a navigation function, the method of managing position information using the mobile terminal can manage position information included in audio data received in various forms, and the mobile terminal implements the methods. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222080 | CONTEXT AWARE WIRELESS INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a system and method for providing context-aware services in pervasive computing environments. Specifically it targets environments where a plurality of intermittently connected portable computing devices interact with each other and possibly a plurality of embedded computing devices, that can be fixed in a certain environment. Said portable computing devices communicate with each other via some forms of proximity wireless communications when getting within mutual communication range. Said embedded devices can communicate with said portable devices via a wireless communication interface when getting within mutual communication range. The method proposed is particularly suited for transparent dissemination (i.e., requiring no explicit user intervention) of contextual information, in the form of data which relates to the context the user is in. Some examples of specific forms of contextual information include, but are not limited to: location information, time information, user activity information, information on locally available resources. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222081 | Location Quality of Service Indicator - A mobile wireless device is configured to provide a location quality of service indicator (QoSI) indicative of the quality of a calculated location estimation for use by a location-based service. The QoSI may be calculated by the device itself or by a server, such as a location enabling server (LES). The QoSI may be used to represent the predicted location accuracy, availability, latency, precision, and/or yield. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222082 | BASE STATION SELECTING METHOD AND WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE - A base station selecting method of this invention includes the steps of causing each of a plurality of ID transmitters ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222083 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - There is provided a method for use in a user equipment when the user equipment is in idle mode or any other low activity state, and when the user equipment bandwidth is smaller than the cell transmission bandwidth. The method comprises the steps of determining a paging position of the user equipment in the frequency domain; receiving, from the network, paging information within the user equipment reception bandwidth; and changing, if indicated by the network, the paging position of the user equipment within the cell transmission bandwidth. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222084 | URGENT COMMUNICATIONS THAT OVERCOME RECEIVING DEVICE IMPEDIMENTS - A communication attempt directed towards a recipient device can be identified. At least one proximate device geographically proximate to the recipient device can be automatically detected. Responsive to the determining of the proximate devices, a digitally encoded message can be wirelessly conveyed to one or more of the determined proximate devices. In various embodiments the message can be a text message, an instant message, and/or a voice message. The digitally encoded message can direct a user of the proximate device to inform a user of the recipient device of the communication attempt. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222085 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CREATING A VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIP - A system for creating a virtual relationship between communication devices before one of the devices shares private information with the other device. The one device may include an application with a registered account at a server, and the other device may include an application with a registered account at another server. The one device may receive a request to generate an invitation to create a virtual relationship between the devices, the invitation may be generated and sent to the one device. The invitation may be received for acceptance from the other device via the other server in a short messaging service (SMS) message from the one device. The relationship between devices may be created upon receipt of the invitation acceptance from the other device. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222086 | Cellular Phone and other Devices/Hands Free Text Messaging - A user terminal for text messaging may include a circuit for entering a text message corresponding to the voice of the user to be sent to a recipient; a circuit for storing the text message to be sent to the recipient; and a circuit for sending the text message in response to the voice of the user. The user terminal may be a cell phone, and the user terminal may be a PDA. The text message may be stored in response to the voice of the user, and the recipient of the text message may be determined in response to the voice of the user. The user terminal may be adapted for Web browsing in response to the voice of the user, and the user terminal may be adapted for formatting in response to the voice of the user. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222087 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO A MOBILE DEVICE IN A BROADCAST SIGNAL - Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating the communication of information to a mobile device in a broadcast signal are provided. A tone may be inserted into a broadcast signal, the tone including at least one location identifier for information associated with the tone. The broadcast signal may be output for communication to a tone transmission device that is operable to communicate the tone to a mobile device. Once received by the mobile device, the at least one location identifier may facilitate the receipt, by the mobile device from an information source, of the information associated with the tone. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222088 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING INFORMATION BY A MOBILE DEVICE - Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating the receipt of information by a mobile device are provided by certain embodiments of the invention. A tone may be received by a mobile device from a tone transmission device The tone may include at least one location identifier for information associated with the tone. The at least one location identifier may be extracted from the tone by the mobile device, and a request for additional information associated with the tone may be generated utilizing the at least one location identifier. The generated request may be communicated from the mobile device to an information source, and at least a portion of the information associated with the tone may be received from the information source in response to the request. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222089 | Method and apparatus for message delivery - An apparatus for delivering a message from an originating subscriber to a target subscriber across a communication network comprising; means for receiving in a first network a message from an originating subscriber to a target subscriber and an identifier of the target subscriber, the target subscriber being associated with the first network and the originating subscriber being associated with a second network, the message and identifier being received from the second network; means for identifying at least one network node associated with the target subscriber and being responsible for delivering messages to the target subscriber; means for selecting a network node from the at least one network node for delivery of the message; means for receiving from the second network an allowed time period for delivery of the message; means for determining the expected delivery time of the message for the selected network node; means for comparing the expected delivery time with the allowed time period for delivery; and means for forwarding the message to the selected network node for delivery to the target subscriber in dependence on the allowed time period exceeding the expected delivery time. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222090 | Portable Communication Device and Method of Use - A portable communication device and method of use is provided. In one embodiment, the method of using a handheld mobile telephone includes capturing a plurality of images via an image input device; storing the plurality of images in a memory, receiving a first speech input, identifying command information in said first speech input; retrieving information from memory based, at least in part, on the command information. The method may further include generating a request related to an article of commerce that includes, at least in part, the information retrieved from memory, determining a destination for transmitting the request, and wirelessly transmitting said request through a mobile telephone network to the destination. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222091 | 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. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222092 | Method And Apparatus For Transient Frequency Distortion Compensation - Transient distortion is compensated for by multiplying an exponentially-decaying phase shift onto the distorted waveform. The exponentially decaying phase shift waveform is patterned after the transient which typically takes the form of an exponential and occurs upon introduction of power to a circuit or circuit component. A digital circuit produces an appropriate exponentially-decaying waveform which is used as the input for a look up table whose output is a complex sinusoidal waveform capable of compensating for the distortion. The complex sinusoid is multiplied onto the transmitted waveform. The decaying exponential is biased so that it crosses a threshold at which point the compensating circuitry is turned off. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222093 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL ACCOMMODATING APPARATUS - A technique capable of improving the communication throughput while maintaining the interchangeability with a radio communication system or radio communication method employing carrier sense in a conventional multiple access system is disclosed and, on the basis of this technique, a radio communication terminal accommodating apparatus determines the allocation order of communication right permitting the occupation of a radio transmission medium with respect to each of a plurality of radio transmission terminals and transmits a multiple-polling signal | 2010-09-02 |
20100222094 | RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD - The radio network controller | 2010-09-02 |
20100222095 | INPUT DEVICE FOR INPUTTING PASSWORD OR THE LIKE AND PORTABLE TELEPHONE DEVICE HAVING THE INPUT DEVICE - An input device capable of avoiding simple input of the correct password and a portable telephone device are provided. A contact sensor ( | 2010-09-02 |
20100222096 | ACTUATOR NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, A METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY DRIVING AN ACTUATOR ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, AND A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE UTILIZING SAME - An actuator notification system is for use with a mobile communications device. A device actuator is selectively movable, by hand, between first and second positions. An electric drive motor operatively engages the actuator. A control processor on-board the device is operatively encoded to start the motor, so as to drive the actuator between the first and second positions. A related method of automatically driving an actuator on a mobile communications device uses a control processor on-board the device which is encoded to start a motor and drive an actuator between first position and second positions. A related mobile communications device is also disclosed. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222097 | System and Method for Security on a Mobile Device using Multiple Communication Domains - A mobile device and a method for providing security to a mobile device having two or more communication domains is provided. The mobile device receives a communication service request. The communication domain of the communication service request is determined, the request domain being one of the two or more communication domains of the mobile device. A set of applicable restrictions is then determined from a list of communication restrictions comprising restrictions on use of services of the mobile device for each of the two or more communications domains. These applicable restrictions are then applied to the communication service request by the mobile device. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222098 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE FOR HEARING AND/OR SPEECH IMPAIRED USER - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and transceiver carried by the housing for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals carrying communications data of speech. A processor is coupled to the transceiver for processing the communications data as speech that is transmitted and received to and from the transceiver. A keyboard and display is carried by the housing and connected to the processor. A speech-to-text and text-to-speech module converts communications data as speech received from the transceiver to text that is displayed on the display and converting text that is typed by a user on the keyboard in the communications data as speech to be transmitted from the transceiver as an RF signal. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222099 | Mobile wireless communications device with orientation sensing and related methods - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, and a display carried by the housing. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a non-visual indicator carried by the housing, and an orientation sensor carried by the housing. A controller may be carried by the housing, and coupled to the wireless transceiver and the display to perform at least one mobile wireless communications function. The controller may also be switchable to a stabilization mode to activate the non-visual indicator based upon the orientation sensor sensing relative angular movement beyond a threshold. | 2010-09-02 |
20100222100 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES - Systems, methods, and apparatus for facilitating communication between mobile devices are provided by certain embodiments of the invention. A tone may be processed at a first mobile device for transmission to a second mobile device. The tone may include at least one location identifier for information associated with the tone. The tone may be transmitted from the first mobile device to the second mobile device. After receipt by the second mobile device, the at least one location identifier may facilitate the receipt, by the second mobile device from an information source, of the information associated with the tone. | 2010-09-02 |