| 36th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
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| 20130231059 | BEAMFORMING - A method implemented in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method includes: transmitting, from a wireless transmitter having a transmit antenna array, a first signal on each of a plurality of different transmit beams in transmitter (TX) sector level sweep (SLS), receiving, at a wireless receiver having a receive antenna array, the first signal, and determining, at the wireless receiver, quality of the first signal. Other methods, systems, and apparatuses also are disclosed. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231060 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A RADIATED PERFORMANCE OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - Systems, methods, apparatus, processors and computer-readable media include a radiated testing module that executes a predetermined radiated performance test on a wireless device. The test dictates various performance-related parameters to measure and log at each of a plurality of predetermined positions. Further, the wireless device receives synchronization information operable to enable synchronization between the logged measurements and each of the positions. The synchronized log allows the wireless device, or another apparatus, to determine a radiated performance characteristic based on a predetermined analysis protocol. Further, the described embodiments allow for the determination of several radiated performance characteristics in a single test, using a single, unaltered wireless device. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231061 | Technique to provide an Absence Timer for Secure Port Access Control to Handle Base Station Remote Radio Power Outage - There is provided a method of controlling a CPRI monitor port of a remote radio equipment following a powering cycle. Access to the CPRI monitor port is first detected. An absence timer decrementing process is started when the CPRI monitor port becomes inactive. The timer value is then stored in a region of persistent memory and the memory is updated as the absence timer is decremented. If a power cycle at the remote radio equipment is detected and the remote radio equipment powered on, the absence timer value is read from the persistent memory and the absence timer is re-started if the timer value is greater than zero. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231062 | Electromagnetic Noise Evaluation System, Electromagnetic Environment Evaluation System And Program - There are cases where electromagnetic waves radiated from a device influence another device, whereby the operation of the other device becomes unstable. The present invention provides a system having a detailed database of a device that radiates electromagnetic waves, so that a spatial distribution of electromagnetic waves radiated from an electric/electronic device can be computed, and the influence of the electromagnetic waves on another electric/electronic device can be evaluated. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231063 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Numeric values “a” representing a respective order of transmission by a plurality of transmitting units, and a numeric value N representing the total number of transmitting units, are set for each of the transmitting units. At startup, a transmitting unit for which the value “a” representing the order of transmission of the unit has been set to 1 sets a trigger value to N and transmits information about the value “a” of the unit and detection information from a sensor, and, when the value N is detected from a received signal, transmits the value “a” of the unit and detection information. When a value of a-1 is detected from a received signal, the transmitting unit for which the value “a” representing the order of transmission of the unit has been set to other than 1 transmits the information of the value “a” of the unit and detection information. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231064 | SINGLE-CHIP SIGNAL SPLITTING CARRIER AGGREGATION RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE - A wireless communication device configured for receiving a multiple carrier signal is described. The wireless communication device includes a single-chip signal splitting carrier aggregation receiver architecture. The single-chip signal splitting carrier aggregation receiver architecture includes a primary antenna, a secondary antenna and a transceiver chip. The single-chip signal splitting carrier aggregation receiver architecture reuses a simultaneous hybrid dual receiver path. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231065 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes an operation information converting unit that converts a relative position change between a portable apparatus and a communication apparatus into operation information in order to establish wireless communication with the portable apparatus, a transceiving unit that receives the operation information from the portable apparatus, and a transmission control unit that causes the transceiving unit to establish communication for transmitting content data to the portable apparatus when the operation information received by the transceiving unit matches operation information which is set in advance. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231066 | ANTENNA TUNNING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a method and a mobile communication terminal comprising a communication interface having an antenna arrangement, an arrangement for providing a geographical position of the terminal, a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to adjust transmission parameters of said antenna arrangement with respect to a geographical position of the mobile communication terminal with respect to a geographical position data received from said arrangement for providing a geographical position of the mobile communication terminal. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231067 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication apparatus includes a reception processing unit that processes a received signal; a transmission processing unit that processes a transmission signal; a timer controller that updates a value of a timer referred to by the reception processing unit and the transmission processing unit; and memory that stores a timing discrepancy amount output from the reception processing unit. The reception processing unit obtains an amount of discrepancy between timing information included in the received signal and timing information obtained from the timer controller, determines the timing for the received signal based on the amount of discrepancy, and stores the amount of discrepancy as the timing discrepancy amount to the memory. Further, the transmission processing unit reads out the amount of discrepancy from the memory and determines the timing for the transmission signal based on the amount of discrepancy. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231068 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TUNING AN ANTENNA - A portable electronic device and method for tuning an antenna is provided. The portable electronic device includes an antenna, a tunable element, a first input unit, at least one additional input unit, and a processor. The method involves receiving a first set of data, determining a plurality of possible physical states, activating a second input unit, receiving a second set of data from the second input unit, selecting a physical state of the portable electronic device from the plurality of possible physical states, and tuning the antenna based on the physical state of the portable electronic device. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231069 | Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier System with Delay Calibration - An envelope tracking power amplifier system time-aligns a supply voltage to an input signal to a power amplifier. The power supply operates in a static mode for low amplitude input signals and operates in a dynamic mode for high amplitude input signals. In the static mode, the power supply produces a substantially constant supply voltage independent of the amplitude of the input signal. In the dynamic mode the power supply produces a dynamically varying envelope tracking supply voltage based on the amplitude of the input signal. A first delay is determined based on portions of the input and output signals captured during static operation of the power supply and a second delay is determined based on portions of the input and output signals captured during dynamic operation. A delay mismatch is estimated based on a difference between the first and second delays. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231070 | Radio Preset Key Assignmenrt Method and Apparatus - A system and method for assigning received channels to preset tuning keys of a receiver. A series of preset keys are sequentially labeled and one preset key, such as the preset key marked “0,” is a pre-defined preset key. An elongated pressing of the pre-defined key causes the currently tuned channel, if it is not assigned to a preset key, to be assigned to an unassigned preset key. If the currently tuned channel is already assigned to a preset key, pressing the pre-defined key instead causes the currently selected channel to be un-assigned from that preset key. Radios with two tuners that each process different sets of radio signals assign channels for a particular tuner to alternating preset keys, allowing acceleration of sequentially selecting channels assigned to pre-set keys by pre-tuning another tuner to the next channel in the sequence. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231071 | HYSTERESIS NONLINEAR STATE MACHINE WITH OVERLAPPING THRESHOLDS FOR AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL - A method and apparatus for non-linear frequency control tracking of a control loop of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in a wireless mobile device receiver is provided. A channel metric based on one or more channel quality indicators associated with a received radio frequency channel is determined and a state metric associated with the current operating state of the control loop are determined. One or more state metric threshold value associated with the determined channel metric, providing hysteresis between operating states, are determined wherein each state metric threshold value is associated with a transition to a possible operating state of the control loop. The control loop transitions from the current operating state to the operating state associated with an exceeded state metric threshold value. Coefficients are provided to an adaptive loop filter of the control loop, wherein the coefficients are associated with the transitioned operating state. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231072 | EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE PHONES - Technologies for handling emergency calls from mobile communication devices include receiving an emergency call originated by a mobile communication device to a land line number serviced by an emergency call handling server, determining an emergency call center to handle the emergency call based on the called land line number, and routing the emergency call to the determined emergency call center. The land line number may have a pre-defined location associated therewith. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231073 | Method of Handling Local Emergency Number List and Related Communication Device - A method of handling a local emergency number list for a communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving the local emergency number list transmitted by a first network with a first mobility country code (MCC) in the wireless communication system; and determining that the local emergency number list is valid when the communication device is in a coverage of a second network with a second MCC in the wireless communication system, if the first network and the second network are in a same country. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231074 | METHOD OF MANAGING RECEPTION OF NATURAL DISASTER WARNING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of managing notification message reception corresponding to natural disaster warning for a user equipment of a wireless communication system includes activating the notification message reception when a reception indication message indicating permission of the notification message reception is received from the network, receiving a system information broadcasted by the network, and stopping the notification message reception when the system information includes no resource configuration about notification message delivery controlled by the network. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231075 | METHOD OF MANAGING RECEPTION OF NATURAL DISASTER WARNING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of managing notification message reception corresponding to natural disaster warning for a user equipment of a wireless communication system includes managing the notification message reception according to configuration information broadcasted or paged by a network of the wireless communication system, and a connection state of the user equipment, wherein the connection state of the user equipment corresponds to a disaster notification disallowing mode and a disaster notification allowing mode, and the configuration information is a reception indication message indicating permission of the notification message reception. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231076 | METHOD OF MANAGING RECEPTION OF NATURAL DISASTER WARNING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of managing notification message reception corresponding to natural disaster warning for a user equipment of a wireless communication system includes managing the notification message reception according to configuration information broadcasted or paged by a network of the wireless communication system, wherein the configuration information broadcasted or paged by the network of the wireless communication system is existence information of a notification message sent by a serving cell. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231077 | PERSONAL SECURITY SYSTEM - A personal security system includes: a mobile electronic device including a processor and a user input mechanism, wherein the processor is adapted to provide an alarm trigger, wherein the processor is further adapted to: receive a command from a user to provide an armed alarm condition; initiate the armed alarm condition by receiving a continuous user command through the user input mechanism, wherein the continuous user command requires an active physical touch from the user; and when the user ceases to provide the active physical touch required to maintain the continuous user command, trigger an alarm condition. In some embodiments, in response to triggering the alarm condition, the processor communicates geo-location information to a remote server, wherein the geo-location information identifies the geo-location of the mobile electronic device at the time the alarm condition is triggered. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231078 | Method for Obtaining Location Information for Emergency Services in Wireless Multimedia Networks - A method and apparatus for obtaining end-user location information for emergency services within a multimedia network is presented. The multimedia network may include a network implementing the Session Initiation Protocol, H.323, etc. In one embodiment, a Location Application Server (LAS) in the multimedia network and an interface between the LAS and a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) is defined. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231079 | 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. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231080 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE NETWORK STATUS INFORMATION TO A DEVICE - Network status information is provided to a mobile device. The data usage of the mobile device is tracked. A data usage criterion is determined from an account for the mobile device. The account information is stored on at least one server. The data usage is compared with the data usage criterion. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether the data usage meets the data usage criterion. Upon determining that the data usage meets the data usage criterion, a notification message is sent to the mobile device in real time through an information element field within an existing message in a bearer channel of the wireless packet data communication network. The notification message may instruct the mobile device to prevent generation and/or transmission of automatic network access requests while allowing user-initiated network access requests. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231081 | QOS CONTROL IN PCRF BASED ON USAGE AND TIME OF DAY - Embodiments of the invention provide a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) node and a method for authorizing a Quality of Service (QoS) for a wireless subscriber based on subscriber usage and time-of-day for a 3GPP-compliant packet data network | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUESTIONNAIRES AND USER INTERACTIONS - A questionnaire network in which a mobile device is used by user to create questionnaires and send it to other recipients. The questionnaire is created by user of mobile device using audio inputs for a questionnaire preamble and question preambles. A server in the network incorporates other generic portions of the questionnaire. Thus, a user can make adhoc questionnaires, send them to recipients and receive the results. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231083 | REAL TIME CHARGING OF SHORT MESSAGES ORIGINATED BY ROAMING PREPAID SUBSCRIBERS - A Home Location Register (HLR) and an Interworking Gateway (IWG) of an operator are configured to redirect Mobile Originated Short Messages (MO SM) sent by roaming cellular communication devices of both prepaid and postpaid subscribers hosted by a foreign network to a real time charging gateway (RTCG). The RTCG retrieves from the operator's database the type of subscription of the sending device. If the device is of a postpaid subscription, the RTCG operates as a relay between an SMSC and the foreign network. If the device is of a prepaid subscription, the RTCG communicates with a PrePaid System (PPS) and forwards the MO SM to the SMSC only in case there are sufficient funds in the respective prepaid account. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231084 | AUTOMATED DEVICE PROVISIONING AND ACTIVATION - A method and network system for obtaining, from a management entity, a bill-by-account service policy applicable to a device group managed at least in part by the management entity, the device group including a plurality of devices including a particular device identified by a particular credential, the bill-by-account service policy comprising classification and accounting policies; identifying wireless access network data traffic associated with the particular device; based on the classification policy, identifying a particular service activity within the wireless access network data traffic, the particular service activity being a bill-by-account service activity; obtaining a record comprising the particular credential and a usage measure indicating a wireless access network usage associated with the particular service activity; and, based on the accounting policy, allocating the usage measure to an account associated with an entity that is financially responsible for usage of the wireless access network associated with the device group. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE MALWARE DEFENSE - A method and apparatus for protecting a wireless communication network are disclosed. For example, the method identifies an infected mobile endpoint device via at least one audit by a mal-ware defense platform, and performs an anti-malware application update on the infected mobile endpoint device. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231086 | Method To Improve Reestablishment Success Rate In LTE System-At Source ENB During Ping Pongs - A method to perform successful RRC reestablishment across eNB seams in ping pong scenarios without data loss is described. The method includes, during a handover procedure of a UE from a source AP to a target AP, receiving, at the source AP, a reestablishment request from the UE. The reestablishment request includes a temporary identity assigned by the target AP for the UE. The method also includes determining a UE context based on the temporary identity assigned by the target AP and performing a reestablishment procedure between the source AP and the UE. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231087 | RADIO MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM USING EMBEDDED UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD - A multi-use embedded universal integrated circuit card contains more than one active MNO (mobile network operator) profile. The example card may include a time manager and a radio resource schedule for managing access to a radio within a wireless device. The time manager enables one of the active MNO profiles at a time in accordance with the radio resource schedule, effectively allocating respective time slices to applications associated with each of the active MNO profiles. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL PROFILING USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A wireless network is established by direct communication between a user equipment (UE) and wireless access points within a venue. After initial registration, the UE may be automatically authenticated upon entry into the venue. In the venue, the UE sends a periodic signal that includes information from which the UE location within the venue may be determined. The system can develop a social profile based on how “social” the user of the UE is on the network by analyzing message data between users of the network. The analysis and social profile generation can be used to identify users that are the most social. In addition, the analysis can develop a social DNA rating based on various factors, including the number and types of messages sent and received, sent messages that get a response, and the number of pictures, files and push-to-talk (PTT) messages sent or received. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231089 | Method, System and Mobile Terminal for Configuring and Applying Locking Strategy of Mobile Terminal - The disclosure provides a method for configuring a locking strategy of a mobile terminal, comprising: setting, at a locking strategy setting terminal, relevant information of a locking strategy which needs to be executed by a mobile terminal and transmitting the relevant information to the mobile terminal, when the mobile terminal determines that the mobile terminal is currently unlocked, storing the relevant information of the locking strategy which needs to be executed by the mobile terminal; or, inputting, at the mobile terminal, relevant information of a locking strategy which needs to be executed, and storing the inputted relevant information of the locking strategy which needs to be executed. The disclosure further provides a method for applying a locking strategy of a mobile terminal as well as a system and a terminal mobile for configuring a locking strategy of a mobile terminal. According to the technical solutions of the disclosure, the locking strategy of the mobile terminal can be conveniently and flexibly configured. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231090 | SMALL-SIZED BASE STATION, MONITORING DEVICE, AND INSTALLATION LOCATION MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR SMALL-SIZED BASE STATION - A small-sized base station for which the installation location can be restricted to an appropriate range and can be appropriately managed. A small-sized base station ( | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231091 | APPARATUS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CODED MESSAGES ELECTRONICALLY - The present invention relates generally to an apparatus, system and method of transmitting coded messages electronically using a mobile communication device to transmit coded messages identifiable by pre-programmed or programmable buttons associated with icons corresponding to the coded messages being transmitted. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231092 | Integrating Multimedia and Voicemail - Integrated multimedia voicemail systems and methods allow the creation of voicemail with associated multimedia content. A user can compose a voicemail and select or create multimedia content to be associated with the voicemail. A user can associate files, webpage addresses, applications, and user-created content with a voicemail. A user may operate an interface on a user device to select content and instruct a voicemail system to associate such content with a voicemail. The voicemail with integrated multimedia content may be an originating voicemail or a voicemail in response to another voicemail. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231093 | ENHANCED DEPLOYMENT OF APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for managing distribution of applications are provided herein. A host server can act as an intermediary between a communications device and an app store in order to manage distribution of applications to the communications device. Thus, the host server can receive from the communications device an app request for an application that resides at the app store. The host server can examine various catalog information and provide a package that includes the application to the communications device. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231094 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR SUPPLYING INFORMATION - An apparatus is provided with a first receiver for receiving changing information relating to a plurality of different sets of data such as financial data and a second receiver for receiving said changing information in synchronism with said first receiver means. A data base is provided to store information received by the first receiver and a subscriber profile store stores information associating a subscriber with a group of said different sets of data. The apparatus is arranged to supply, via the mobile telecommunications network, information from the data base for the group of data sets associated in the subscriber profile store with a subscriber when communication with that subscriber is first established and thereafter to supply changing information relating to the group of data sets associated with that subscriber directly to the subscriber from the second receiver. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231095 | SPEECH/MULTIMEDIA MODE SWITCHING TECHNIQUE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A technique is provided for use by a user terminal or mobile services switching centre (MSC) for responding to a request to switch an on-going call from speech mode to multimedia mode within a wireless communication network conFig.d to automatically disconnect a call if a requested mode switch is not confirmed within a predetermined period of time specified by a call drop timer. In one example, the terminal or MSC activates an automatic response timer upon receipt of a request from a user to switch an on-going call from speech to multimedia, with the timer set shorter than the call drop timer. The user receiving the request is then prompted to accept or decline the request. If no response is received before expiration of the automatic response timer, the terminal or MSC automatically declines the request on behalf of the user so that the call drop timer does not expire. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231096 | METHOD FOR TESTING AN INBOUND AND/OR AN OUTBOUND ROAMING FUNCTIONALITY OF A FIRST PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) AND A SECOND PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN), AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING - A method for testing at least one of an inbound or an outbound roaming functionality of a first public land mobile network and a second public land mobile network includes: assigning a first Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) as a testing number in the first public land mobile network; triggering a simulated initiation of the first MSISDN in the second public land mobile network; assigning a second MSISDN as a testing number in the first public land mobile network; activating Call Forwarding on Not Reachable (CFNRc) functionality on the first MSISDN with forwarding to the second MSISDN; forwarding a Provide Roaming Number (PRN) request for the first MSISDN to a Visitor Location Register (VLR) of the second public land mobile network; and receiving a Mobile Station Roaming Number (MSRN) from the VLR of the second public land mobile network. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING A CALL TO A LANDLINE COMMUNICATION UNIT OR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT - Methods and systems are provided for routing a call to a landline communication unit or a wireless communication unit based on the availability of the wireless communication unit. A call placed to a landline communication unit is routed to the wireless communication unit if the wireless communication unit is determined available. Otherwise, the call is routed to the landline communication unit. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231098 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INITIATING MULTI-MODE SYSTEM SELECTION AT USER EQUIPMENT POWER UP - The present disclosure presents methods and apparatuses for managing Multimode System Selection in one or more user equipment in a wireless system. According to some aspects of the present disclosure, such a method may include discovering whether a user equipment (UE) contains at least one 3GPP network subscription and at least one 3GPP2 network subscription, determining whether 3GPP2 network subscription information is stored on a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) or a nonvolatile memory (NV) associated with the UE where the UE contains at least one 3GPP network subscription and at least one 3GPP2 network subscription, and performing a read operation on one or both of the UICC and NV to obtain one or more Multimode System Selection (MMSS) base files based on the determining. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231099 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MOBILITY PARAMETERS BASED ON NEIGHBORING ACCESS POINTS - Methods and apparatus are provided for configuring mobility or paging parameters of a femto node. A method includes determining capabilities of one or more neighboring access points based in part on signals received from the one or more neighboring access points. The method includes comparing the capabilities to one or more capabilities of the femto node to determine a mobility or paging parameter adjustment. The method includes adjusting one or more mobility or paging parameters based on the mobility or paging parameter adjustment. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231100 | Method and Systems to Dynamically Enable and Control Communication Link Optimizations on a Communication Device - Embodiment methods and systems include external hardware that can be fitted to a wireless communication device that stores a communication application, communication presets and/or data that are downloaded to the wireless communication device where it may be implemented to optimize group communications on the wireless devices. The wireless device may be coupled to an external case configured with a physical button that enables group communication such as push-to-talk and other push-to-experience capabilities. Optimizations for push-to-talk communication may be implemented in a push-to-talk mode in response to detecting connection to the external hardware. Signaling between the external case and the wireless device allows detection of the switch to (or from) push-to-talk mode when a user depresses (or releases) the hard key. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231101 | 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. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231102 | Detecting Subscriber Input Via A Wireless Communication Device For Initiating Network Provisioning Of Such Device - Subscriber input detected via a wireless communication device for initiating network provisioning of the wireless communication device is presented herein. A method can include receiving, via an interface of a wireless communication device, a first input from a subscriber of a wireless service associated with the wireless communication device; sending, by the wireless communication device based on the first input from the subscriber, a request for provisioning the wireless communication device via a wireless network associated with the wireless service; and outputting, via the interface of the wireless communication device, a first message including a condition for the provisioning the wireless communication device via the wireless network based on the request. In an example, the method can further include receiving, based on the request, the condition from a component of the wireless network. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231103 | CORE NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A core network connected to a mobile communication network and a network and establishing voice communication between communication apparatuses receives a termination notification response indicating at least one codec that can be used by a terminating mobile communication apparatus from the mobile communication apparatus. The core network specifies either a common codec that belongs to the intersection of the at least one codec that can be used by the terminating mobile communication apparatus, indicated in the termination notification response, and an originating codec, or a codec that can be used by the terminating mobile communication apparatus and the core network and that has a transmission rate closest to the transmission rate of the originating codec, as a codec that should be used by the terminating mobile communication apparatus. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231104 | Technique for Managing Measurements for Multiple Subscriptions in a Mobile Terminal - A technique for managing measurements for at least two subscriptions in a mobile terminal is described. A method implementation of this technique performed in the mobile terminal comprises the steps of determining a common carrier set being an intersection between the first carrier set associated with a first subscription and the second carrier set associated with at least one second subscription, performing a first measurement on the first carrier set, and the second measurement on the second carrier set excluding the common carrier set, and mapping results associated with the first measurement of the first subscription relating to the common carrier set to the at least one second subscription. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY IN A MOBILE STATION EMPLOYING A REMOVABLE MEMORY DEVICE - A mobile station (MS) is provided that includes one or more memory devices that maintain a RAT preference rule and that include a removable memory device (RMD) that maintains a data file that includes a prioritized listing of one or more PLMN/RAT combinations. The MS detects a RAT and a PLMN broadcasting on that RAT and determines a type of the RMD. When the RMD is a type that would maintain information on the detected RAT, the MS determines a priority of the detected PLMN/RAT combination relative to other PLMN/RAT combinations based solely on the prioritizations included in the data file. When the RMD is a type that would not maintain information on the detected RAT, the MS determines a priority of the detected PLMN and RAT relative to other PLMN/RAT combinations based on the RAT preference rule in conjunction with the listing of PLMN/RAT combinations in the data file. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231106 | SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR (LTA) PLATFORMS - Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air (LTA) free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. The new systems and methods relate to rise rate control, geo-location from a LTA platform including landed payload and ground-based vehicle locations, and steerable recovery systems. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TERMINATING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS WITH ROAMING MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method to assist in establishing a communication session to a mobile device having a registered IMS session in a visited network, or having both a registered IMS session and a circuit-switched session in a visited network. When a mobile device establishes an IMS session with an application service in a visited network, the address of the application service and the identity of the mobile device is transmitted to the Home Location Register (HLR) and/or Home Subscriber Server (HSS) associated with the mobile device. The HLR or HSS stores the address of the application service in conjunction with the identity of the mobile device. When requests to establish a communication session with the mobile device are made, the HLR or HSS provides the address of the application service that is associated with the mobile device in the visited network to allow a communication session to be established. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231108 | Method and Apparatus for Operating Within White Space Band Using Message Indicating Whether Available Channel Information is Valid in Wireless System - A method and apparatus for operating within a white space band using a message indicating whether an available channel information is valid in the wireless system are disclosed. In a method for a first station (STA) to operate as an unlicensed device which is permitted to operate on an available channel within a White Space (WS) band of a wireless system, comprises: receiving a message indicating whether an available channel information of the first STA is valid from a second STA, wherein the available channel is a channel not used by a licensed device, wherein the message includes a Map ID of a current valid available channel information; and determining whether an existing available channel information of the first STA is valid by comparing a Map ID of the existing available channel information of the first STA with the Map ID included in the received message. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231109 | Method of Handling System Information Reception and Related Communication Device - A method of handling system information reception for a mobile device having a plurality of connections to a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system comprising a network, the method comprises receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating that one of the plurality of cells is a serving cell from the network, determining the cell indicated by the RRC message as the serving cell of the mobile device, and applying system information of the serving cell. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231110 | EFFICIENT RESELECTIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP CELLS - A method in a mobile station for avoiding interference to restricted access cells, including detecting presence of a restricted access cell, determining that a measured path-loss is larger than a path-loss threshold, determining that the mobile station is not allowed to access the restricted access cell, and barring a carrier frequency on which the restricted access cell is deployed when the measured path-loss is larger than the path-loss threshold and when the mobile station is not allowed access to the restricted access cell. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231111 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND NETWORK SELECTION METHOD - A mobile terminal including: a storage unit configured to store a table of networks that a user desires to select; a selection unit configured, when a network included in the table is found from networks detected by cell search, to select the network that is detected by cell search and that is included in the table; and a processing unit configured to select a cell of the network selected by the selection unit, and performs position registration. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231112 | METHOD FOR TRIGGERING JOINT REGISTRATION PERFORMED BY LTE SINGLE-CARD DUAL-STANDBY MULTI-MODE TERMINAL, AND TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention relates to a method for triggering joint registration performed by an LTE single-card dual-standby multi-mode terminal, and a terminal, so as to solve a technical problem in the prior art that LTE network registration and 2G/3G network registration are separately performed so the power consumption of the terminal is increased. The joint registration method includes: determining, by a terminal, a location area identity of a 2G/3G network in which registration is to be performed; and, sending, by the terminal, an attach request message to a mobile management entity of an LTE network, where the attach request message contains the location area identity, so as to trigger the joint registration which is in the LTE network and the 2G/3G network and is performed together by the terminal and the mobile management entity of the LTE network. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231113 | Operational Parameter Selection to Avoid Interference in a Wireless Communication System - A wireless communication device uses operational parameters stored in a capabilities list to control operation of the device. The device may also provide auxiliary services, such as reception of broadcast television signals and location detection using network assisted GPS. When auxiliary services are selected, the cellular operation may cause interference with the auxiliary services. The wireless communication device includes a reduced set of capabilities to control operation of the wireless communication device when an auxiliary service is requested. The particular set of reduced capabilities may depend on the specific type of auxiliary service that has been requested. Upon termination of the auxiliary services, the full capabilities list may be restored and the operation of the wireless communication device is thereafter controlled by the full set of operational capabilities. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231114 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING LOCATION APPROXIMATION IN A CDMA 1X NETWORK - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for determining a position of an access terminal within a wireless communication network. In some examples, the access terminal retrieves system information from its current serving cell and stores the retrieved system information in memory along with an associated timestamp. Over time, as the access terminal moves about the network, it can accumulate this system information for a plurality of base stations within its memory. By utilizing the system information for a plurality of base stations rather than only the current serving base station, as well as the associated timestamps, additional position information can be provided to the access terminal. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231115 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TARGET CELL - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for determining a target cell. The method includes: acquiring information about a candidate cell for a mobile terminal; and determining the candidate cell as a target cell for the mobile terminal if the candidate cell is a preferred cell determined according to cell statistic information, where the cell statistic information includes: specific information about a cell having served the mobile terminal and specific information about the mobile terminal in the cell having served the mobile terminal. According to the solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a proper target cell may be determined for a mobile terminal, thereby avoiding a large number of handovers and reselections and saving network resources. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231116 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROCESSING MOBILE STATION HISTORY INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for processing mobile station transaction information at a serving control node in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The serving control node may be a base station, such as an eNodeB in an LTE/SAE wireless communication system. The transaction information, which may include, for example, mobility-related transaction information and traffic-related transaction information for a given mobile station, may be passed between controlling control nodes as the corresponding mobile station is handed over, so that a controlling control node has access to information characterizing the past activities of the mobile station. This information may be used in some embodiments for selecting a target control node for handover or for allocating link resources. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231117 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO ACCESS APPARATUS, AND GATEWAY APPARATUS - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: when a gateway apparatus (S-GW) is switched from a first state where downlink data is transmitted to a first radio access apparatus to a second state where the downlink data is transmitted to a second radio access apparatus, transferring, from the first radio access apparatus to the second radio access apparatus, the downlink data which is received from the gateway apparatus and to which specific information is added; | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231118 | FEMTOCELL ACCESS CONTROL - Methods and apparatus for controlling access of a mobile device to a femtocell base station in a communications network are described. The method determines whether to allow access of the mobile device to the femtocell base station based on the femtocell-mobile device path loss for transmissions between the mobile device and the femtocell base station. Access may be allowed if the femtocell-mobile device pathloss is lower than a threshold amount. Additionally or alternatively access may be allowed only if the femtocell-mobile device pathloss is lower than the macrocell-mobile device pathloss for transmissions between the mobile device and a macrocell base station. The method is particularly applicable for hybrid access mode femtocells and additional conditions may be applied regarding the number of mobile device that are not part of the subscriber group that can access the femtocell. The method may be implemented by the femtocell, the macrocell or by any other suitable network device. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231119 | INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF COMMUNICATIONS TO AN INTERNATIONAL NUMBER IN A MESSAGING SERVICE - Intelligent routing of communication(s) is provided to international number(s) in a messaging service. To route a communication that includes an international number, format of the communication is established. A text-only communication is delivered through a messaging service transport protocol (MSTP) suitable for text. A media-based communication intended for a plurality of recipients, e.g., a group message, is ungrouped, the international number is identified, and a new message is generated for a group of recipients that excludes a recipient associated with the international number. The new message is delivered through a MSTP suitable for media, whereas an exception handling procedure is conducted for the international number. In addition, to route the communication that includes an international number, network interoperability of predetermined MSTP can be assessed. The communication is delivered through the predetermined MSTP if it is interoperable. Conversely, the communication is routed as a media-based group message. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231120 | NETWORK VETTING OF WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE INITIATED DISCONNECT - Technology is discussed for allowing a wireless mobile device, such as a User Equipment (UE), to coordinate with a Radio Access Network, such as an Evolved-Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN), to tear down a power intensive messaging connection, such as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection, to met needs of both the UE and the E-UTRAN. The UE can initiate the tear down process based on information at the UE about the potential need of the UE for the RRC connection and/or the state of the UE's battery charge. The E-UTRAN can then determine whether to grant the request based on the potential overhead involved. The determination can be important to the E-UTRAN because of the large overhead associated with frequent disconnection and re-establishment of the RRC connection. Upon receipt of an affirmative response, the UE can tear down the RRC connection to save battery power. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231121 | TELEVISION BAND (TVBD) CHANNEL QUIETING ACROSS DIVERSE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A method and system is disclosed for communicating data using diverse radio access technologies (RATs) in a wireless communication system. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit data over a first channel using a first radio access technology (RAT) and a network node may receive information that indicates that the WTRU is operating on the first channel using the first RAT. The network node may determine, based on the RAT being used by the WTRU, that the WTRU should move to a second channel prior to a quiet period on the first channel. The network node may transmit a first command to the WTRU that indicates that the WTRU should move to the second channel. The WTRU may move from the first channel to the second channel in response to receiving the first command and the WTRU may transmit data over the second channel using the first RAT. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231122 | Communicating Control Information Including an Index - Within a wireless network, a control segment is communicated between a base station and a mobile station, where the control segment is for assigning resources for communication of data in the wireless network. The control segment includes an index that maps to information to enable determination of the assigned resources. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231123 | PER-CELL TIMING AND/OR FREQUENCY ACQUISITION AND THEIR USE ON CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a system timing is estimated, derived from timing of one or more cells, a timing offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the timing offsets. In addition, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a carrier frequency is estimated, derived from a frequency of one or more cells, a frequency offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the frequency offsets. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231124 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECTRUM SENSING AND LOW OVERHEAD FEEDBACK - A method at a network node for obtaining spectrum sensing information, the method communicating to at least one of a user equipment and a sensing node at least one event condition for spectrum sensing; providing to the at least one of the user equipment and the sensing node channel descriptors for reporting; and receiving a report from the at least one of the user equipment and the sensing node utilizing the channel descriptors, the report indicating the at least one event condition has been met. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231125 | COORDINATED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus of a coordinator forming a coordinated communication system for enhancing cell edge terminal throughput are provided. The method includes receiving information on Sound Reference Signal (SRS) reception power at a terminal for respective cells of a scheduler belonging to the coordinator from the scheduler, generating terminal distinction information for indicating whether a terminal is a cell edge terminal based on the SRS reception power information or Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) estimated from the SRS reception power information, generating interference relationship information between terminals and cells based on the SRS reception power information or estimated SINR, and transmitting the terminal distinction information and interference relationship information to the scheduler. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231126 | Channel Allocation System for Protected Service Areas - In described embodiments, a channel allocation system, such as a white space channel allocation system, employs a server processor and database to record communication characteristics of incumbent service providers licensed or otherwise registered to operate within certain frequency spectrum. The channel allocation system allows registration of licensed service providers, or access to existing licensed service provider databases, to obtain required information of communication characteristics to form protected service contours. Based on the protected service contours, the availability of channels in areas is pre-computed. In addition, unlicensed or unregistered users, such as TV band devices (TVBDs), register with the channel allocation system and request channel lists of channels to operate on with a query. The system performs an iterative search of areas with successively finer resolution and identifies channels that might be included in a channel list in response to the query. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231127 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING USER ESTIMATION OF NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide navigational instructions in a manner that does not require the user to view the navigational instructions. In the context of a method, user input is received that is representative of an estimation by the user of a navigational instruction. The method also determines whether the estimation by the user matches the navigational instruction. Further, the method causes feedback to be generated at least in an instance in which the estimation by the user fails to match the navigational instruction. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231128 | System for trading and/or exchanging information about geographical locations - According to the disclosed embodiments, information about geographical locations is traded and/or exchanged. Particularly, an indication to sell a spot, which represents one of a parking spot, a bicycle, or a taxi, may be received from a selling user. The indication may include a geographical location associated with the spot obtained by one of a webpage or a mobile device. The indication to sell the spot may further be stored in a database. After receiving the indication to sell the spot, an indication that the spot is available for purchase may be transmitted to one or more users. The indication may include the geographical location associated with the spot. Then, an indication to purchase the spot may be received from a purchasing user. After receiving the indication to purchase the spot, a transaction involving a purchase of the spot between the selling user and the purchasing user may be processed. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231129 | Geolocation Based Action Authorization Application And Method And System Using Same - A system which allows a user to be found in compliance to geolocation requirements. The user may then be able to receive or purchase items related to current or past locations based upon this compliance. The compliance may be determined using an application running on a cell phone. The compliance may be determined at a first point in time, while use of the compliance may be at a significantly later time, when the user is no longer similarly geolocated. The compliance may be used to allow a user to obtain a virtual item used in the playing of an electronic game. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231130 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING WIRELESS DEVICE LOCATION BASED ON PROXIMATE SENSOR DEVICES - A method operational in a mobile device is provided for ascertaining location information for the mobile device by using captured/received locating information broadcast by local sensor devices. The method captures, at the mobile device, a message from a sensor device transmitted, for example, over a local wireless network. The method identifies a locating data in the message and may determine a location of the mobile device based on the identified locating data. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231131 | TAGLESS RADIO FREQUENCY BASED SELF CORRECTING DISTRIBUTED REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM - Services based on radio frequencies like GPS, RFID, GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth triangulation allows us to know, with some level of confidence, the position of a mobile device. However, those methods rely on special software and/or hardware. They also fail inside buildings since they cannot provide fine granulated values with a high level of accuracy. Each radio frequency device (mobile or not) emits a signal with a given strength and identification (Mac address or similar) to the air. The signal is captured by our nodes (at least 2 of the nodes), that measures the strength of the signal and therefore calculate the distance estimation. Since the signal is affected by electromagnetic noise, number of people in the building, or even temperature, the suggested system self corrects the values by knowing the distance between the nodes and measuring the signal strength. This gives to the system a very low error margin of about 1%. Some applications rely on real time tracking solutions, that traditional tracking systems cannot provide or need to provide tags to follow devices. The system here presented is distributed to be able to process the signal in real time (connected via a high speed network), with low latency and also stores the location estimation, device identification and time collected for analytics and reporting. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231132 | MANAGING A LOCATION DATABASE FOR NETWORK-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM - Methods, program products, and systems for managing a location database are described. A server computer can receive location information from location-aware mobile devices (e.g., GPS-enabled devices) located within a communication range of access points of a wireless communications network. The server computer can calculate average geographic locations using the received locations for each access point. Based on the average geographic locations, the server computer can assign the access points to cells of a geographic grid. The server computer can filter the access points in each cell based on popularity, stability, longevity, and freshness of the access point and the received data. When a second mobile device connects to an access point in a cell, the server computer can transmit locations of the access points in the cell and in neighboring cells to the second mobile device such that a location of the second mobile device can be estimated. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231133 | Time and Power Based Wireless Location and Method of Selecting Location Estimate Solution - Disclosed is a method for processing readily available radio network, timing and power information about cellular networks and typical measurements made by the mobile device and network. A probabilistic method is disclosed that uses both time (i.e., range) and power differences with known downlink transmitter antenna characteristics to locate mobiles with accuracy better than cell-ID with ranging, with high capacity, and without the need for field calibration. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231134 | METHOD FOR UPDATING LOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for updating a location in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a request message to enter idle mode, receiving a response message including an Identifier (ID) of a first paging group and an ID of a second paging group in response to the request message, activating a paging group location update timer, when the MS leaves an area of the first paging group, and updating a location according to the paging group location update timer. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231135 | Systems and Methods for Providing Location-Based Application Authentication Using Location Token Service - Systems and methods for implementing a location token service (LTS) to enhance the security of mobile device identity tokens by using the location of the mobile device to augment the tokens. The LTS enforces re-authentication (login) of the mobile device to one or more applications if the mobile device moves beyond a threshold distance from the location of the last use of the token within a time period defined in a temporal threshold. The LTS increases authentication strength and drastically reduces the potential for spoofing or otherwise permitting unauthorized access to one or more applications on the mobile device. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231136 | END TO END ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MESSAGES ON A CELLULAR PHONE WITH LOCATION DETECTION - End to end acknowledgment of SMS messages based on sending an acknowledgement back to the sender of the SMS that the message was received after successful delivery. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231137 | LOCATION AGENT GEOFENCE - A least squares geofence method that introduces inventive geofence steps and modifies existing geofence steps to minimize trigger misfires caused by data variability and location blunders and to minimize delayed/missed entry triggers generated under urban and/or indoor conditions. The least squares geofence method periodically retrieves sample locations for a target wireless device to determine that device's geographic location and to evaluate a corresponding side condition. Sample locations retrieved with accuracies greater than 1 km are filtered. If a potential change in side condition is detected for a given device, the least squares geofence method retrieves five fast location fixes for that device and evaluates a weighted least squares (LS) location estimate based on sample locations retrieved. A LS location estimate is then filtered according to an anticipated trigger event and the least squares geofence method evaluates a final geofence side condition based on the LS location estimate previously computed. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231138 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing Presence Service for Contact Management Representation - Methods and apparatus for providing a presence service for contact management functions such as user address books. The presence service, in an exemplary embodiment, assembles contact entries into abstract groupings and defines event packages specified by the user that enable the user to be notified about presence information dynamically. For example, a subscribed user may receive presence service information for all entries in the users address book that are in close geographical proximity to the subscribed user. In one variant, the storage and calculation of presence information is performed at a centralized location, thereby sparing the user's device from utilizing unnecessary calculation resources and avoiding unnecessary network bandwidth utilization in order to receive presence information of interest. User device-based variants are also disclosed. Business methods utilizing the aforementioned presence service offerings are also provided. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231139 | LOCATION BASED RECOMMENDATION METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION CONTENT - A location based method of offering a recommendation of content to a user of a mobile station includes receiving information identifying a current location for the mobile station. Then, in a content usage database, records of other mobile stations that have recently been near that location are identified. For each identified record of another mobile station, content resident on an used by the other mobile station in the content usage database is identified. Then, for example, responsive to at least one inquiry received from the mobile station, a recommendation is transmitted through a wireless communications network to the mobile station of the user. The recommendation includes information about the identified content resident on and used by one or more of the other mobile stations. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231140 | SELECTIVE PROCESSING OF LOCATION-SENSITIVE DATA STREAMS - A method for processing a first data stream specifying locations of a user at different times and a second data stream specifying values of a monitored attribute at a location of interest at different times includes: receiving a location-centric trigger specifying at least one spatial predicate condition relative to the location of interest and at least one non-spatial predicate condition relevant to the location of interest, calculating a safe region that includes locations whose probability of satisfying the spatial predicate condition falls below a first threshold, calculating a safe value container that includes values whose probability of satisfying the non-spatial predicate condition falls below a second threshold, and processing the first data stream and the second data stream against the location-centric trigger, by considering only those locations that are not contained within the safe region and only those values that are not contained within the safe value container. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231141 | LOCATION-BASED SERVICES PLATFORM - A platform for providing location-based services is disclosed. A location data collection client running on a mobile device periodically obtains data allowing determination of the geographic location of the mobile device (e.g., GPS, cell tower, or WiFi data) and transmits that data and mobile device-specific information to a location-based services (LBS) platform server. The LBS platform server determines geographic location of the mobile device from the received data. For example, the LBS platform server accesses databases associating latitude and longitude coordinates with cell tower data or WiFi data and updates mobile device location to maintain current location information for the mobile device, which can be used as a proxy for the location of a mobile device user. The LBS platform server further includes a set of APIs allowing third-party services providers to access to the location data. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231142 | System and Method for Providing Location Information - In a particular embodiment, a method includes presenting, at a first communication device, first location information after an incoming communication is answered. The first location information corresponds to a first location of the first communication device. The method further includes presenting updated first location information, at the first communication device, prior to the incoming communication being terminated. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231143 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING CODED MESSAGES AND PROVIDING FOR CALENDARING RESPONSES - The present invention relates generally to a system and method of transmitting coded messages electronically using a wireless mobile communication device to transmit coded messages identifiable by pre-programmed or programmable keys associated with icons corresponding to the coded messages being transmitted and providing for scheduling calendar events, e.g. calendared responses, which may include returning a phone call. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231144 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING CODED MESSAGES USING PROGRAMMABLE ICONS - The present invention relates generally to a system and method of transmitting coded messages electronically using a wireless mobile communication device to transmit coded messages corresponding to programmable icons and providing for users to create and/or edit their own icons or coded messages. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231145 | SELECTIVE CACHING OF REAL TIME MESSAGING THREADS - A method is provided to process data in a wireless data exchange. The method includes exchanging data between two or more wireless devices in real time and opening a thread of communications between the wireless devices, where the thread includes one or more data exchanges between the wireless devices. When the real time messaging exchange has been established, the method identifies all or portions of the thread as potential data to store. As such data is identified, the method selectively caches the identified portions of the thread for future data retrieval. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231146 | REGISTERING CLIENT COMPUTING DEVICES FOR ONLINE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - Registering a client computing device for online communication sessions. A registration server receives a message that has a push token that is unique to the client computing device and a phone number of the client computing device from an SMS (Short Message Service) transit device, which received an SMS message having the push token from the client computing device and determined the phone number of the client computing device from that SMS message. The registration server associates the push token and the phone number and stores it in a registration data store, which is used for inviting users for online communication sessions. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231147 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION - An apparatus and method for interference mitigation comprising determining if an unscheduled service transmission frequency is in a predefined frequency range; determining if an unscheduled service transmission power is less than a predefined power threshold; and performing one or both of the following: a) erase the baseband signal when an unscheduled service transmission is ON and stop the channel estimation process when the unscheduled service transmission is ON; b) initiate a smart channel information report. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING IN-DEVICE CO-EXISTENCE INTERFERENCE IN A MULTI-RADIO ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus of handling in-device co-existence interference in a multi-radio environment are provided. The method includes measuring an adjacent band interference value indicating an amount of adjacent band interference in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) band associated with an LTE radio entity prior to switching the LTE radio entity to an active state from an inactive state, comparing the adjacent band interference value with a predetermined threshold value, and reporting in-device co-existence interference in the LTE band to an evolved Node B (eNB) according to an outcome of the comparing of the adjacent band interference value with the predetermined threshold value. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231149 | System and Method for Wireless Local Area Network Airtime Fairness - A system and method for wireless local area network airtime fairness. Distribution of airtime amongst a plurality of associated mobile stations can be based on a determination of a total channel availability. The total channel available is based on a total channel utilization determined through detected energy on the channel and a mobile station utilization determined through monitored traffic between the wireless access point and the associated mobile stations. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231150 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHF/EHF BAND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION ON MULTI-LEVEL CELL CONFIGURATION - Provided is an apparatus for super high frequency (SHF)/extremely high frequency (EHF) band wireless transmission on a multi-level configuration. The apparatus may include a list managing unit to receive and manage a first list associated with an SHF/EHF band signal from a terminal connected to a wireless network, a path finding unit to select a path having a communication quality value greater than or equal to a first threshold value by referring to the first list, and a scheduling unit to schedule available SHF/EHF band radio resources for the selected path. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231151 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROBE REQUEST AND RESPONSE EXCHANGE - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed to improve the discovery of wireless networks. In example embodiments of the invention, a method comprises: transmitting a wireless message including at least one condition for response from one or more wireless devices, the condition for response including at least one of receive power of the wireless message at the one or more wireless devices, service level of the one or more wireless devices, or identity of the one or more wireless devices that can respond with a selected response; and receiving one or more responses from the one or more wireless devices that can satisfy the at least one condition. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231152 | Master Antenna Controller Application And Device - A Master Antenna Controller System comprises a handheld wireless device and an AISG equipment controller. The handheld wireless device may comprise an Android OS or iOS based smartphone or tablet that includes Wi-Fi capabilities communications capabilities. The equipment controller may provide full RET control based on the AISG 1.1 and 2.0 standards and communicate with the handheld wireless device via a Wi-Fi server. The combination may be configured to provide extensive, screen-guided, intuitive RET diagnostics functionality. The RET diagnostics functionality may include measurements of voltage, current, and AISG protocol commands. The equipment controller itself may also include multiple different pre-defined tests (e.g. test one actuator, test one RET cable, test AISG signal from TMA) and also some standard electrical tests, e.g. measuring voltage, current etc. Additional higher-level functions may be provided on an Application on the handheld wireless device and communicated to the equipment controller wirelessly or by USB connection. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231153 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE TRANSMISSION POWER OF THE SIGNALS TRANSFERRED BY AT LEAST ONE HOME BASE STATION - The present invention concerns a method for adjusting the transmission power of the signals transferred by at least one home base station through a wireless interface, the at least one home base station being located in the cell of a base station. The method comprises the steps of: —determining at least one high interference reference zone for the at least one home base station, which is a zone in which signals transferred by the base station and the at least one home base station interfere and on which interferences are controlled, —determining the signal transmission power for the at least one home base station which is set in order to ensure a given outage probability that a given function representing the mobile terminal performance degradation is lower than or equal to a threshold in the high interference reference zone around the at least one home base station. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231154 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE IN AN UPLINK - A method of operating a communication system such that the communication system comprises at least a macrocell base station and a femtocell base station that is within the coverage area of the macrocell base station. The communication system is configured to provide an indication of the noise rise or interference at the macrocell base station to the femtocell base station and the femtocell base station, in response thereto, adjusts a maximum permitted transmission power based on the indication. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231155 | DYNAMIC REAL-TIME CALIBRATION FOR ANTENNA MATCHING IN A RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVER SYSTEM - This disclosure relates to real-time calibration of a tunable matching network that matches the dynamic impedance of an antenna in a radio frequency receiver system. The radio frequency receiver system includes two non-linear equations that may be solved to determine the reflection coefficient of the antenna. Control system that calculates, in real | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231156 | RECTIFIER CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SUCH AS FOR USE IN CELL SITE POWER SYSTEMS - Systems, apparatus, methods, and manufactures for conserving power in a communications system such as a communications service cell site or cell site. The methods include adjusting the RF coverage of the cell site antenna, selective control of the RF output transmit power, selective control of the communications bit rate, transfer of communications to other cell sites, adjustment of indicators such that mobile devices transfer communications to other cell sites, and reallocation of logical slots between radios in the cell site. In some examples, the cell site employs a power controller. The power controller may utilize a switching circuit to produce two different voltages from a single battery string during a commercial power failure with improved conversion efficiencies. In another example, a power controller may manage multiple rectifiers so that the rectifiers operate more efficiently, such as with approximately equal runtime and with regular testing. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231157 | CELLULAR PHONE WITH CAMERA AT FRONT EDGE AREA - A cellular phone includes a case defining opposite primary faces with the display on one of the primary faces. A camera lens is located around a front edge area of the case so as to be activated to efficiently capture the front sight image when the cellular phone is held in the palm of the user in a lying manner and the user is moving wherein the contents derived from the Internet communication and the front sight image are both shown on the screen in either an overlapped manner or not and an optional translucent background layer may be provided as an interface with regard to the front sight image so as to have both the contents and the front sight image viewable on the screen. | 2013-09-05 |
| 20130231158 | USER INTERFACE TONE ECHO CANCELLATION - A multi-function communications device has a processor that generates a user interface audible tone signal. The device also has a downlink digital signal processor, and an uplink digital signal processor. A mixer has an input to receive the downlink signal and another input to receive the user interface tone signal. The uplink processor has an acoustic echo canceller having an input to receive the uplink signal and another input to receive an output from the mixer. The echo canceller may reduce the amount of both the far-end user's speech and the user interface tone that may be present in the uplink signal. The mixer may be positioned within the chain of audio signal processors, or it may be positioned outside the chain. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2013-09-05 |
