44th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140323124 | BASE STATION DEVICE - A base station device is provided with a control information obtaining unit ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140323125 | Home Communication Network Determination - System, methods, nodes, and computer program for determining a home network of a UE roaming in a visited network are described. The UE sends a session invitation to a further UE. The method comprises receiving, by a control node in the home network, the session invitation. The method further comprises adding, by a control node in the home network, an indication of the home network identity and an indication for session invitation loopback routing, to the session invitation. The method further comprises sending, by a control node in the home network, the session invitation towards the visited network. The method further comprises receiving, by a control node in the visited network, a session invitation from the home network. The method further comprises determining, by the control node in the visited network, the home network based on the indication of the home network identity. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323126 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING DISCOVERY SIGNAL RESOURCES IN DEVICE-TO-DEVICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for indicating a discovery signal resource by a User Equipment (UE) performing device-to-device communication. The UE receives information relating to the device-to-device communication from a base station. A synchronization signal including discovery signal-related information, is transmitted from the UE to a nearby UE, based on the information relating to the device-to-device communication. A discovery is performed based on the discovery signal-related information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323127 | PROCESSING DATA - Measures for processing data in a telecommunications network. At a cache, a subscriber configuration data request requesting subscriber configuration data for a subscriber device is received from a network node in a cluster of network nodes. In response to receipt of the subscriber configuration data request, it is determined that a shared cache store does not contain subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device. In response to the determination, subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device is retrieved from a subscriber configuration network node. The subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device retrieved from the subscriber configuration network node is transmitted to the network node. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323128 | RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION STORAGE IN A MOBILE NETWORK - This disclosure relates generally to radio access technology information storage in a mobile network. The device, method, and/or system may include receiving, by a network node of a mobile network, a request from user equipment related to one or more radio access technologies and transmitting, by the network node in response to the request, a reply message to the user equipment including, for each of the one or more radio access technologies, an indication of an amount of electronic storage the network node may allocate to storage of information related to the one or more radio access technologies. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323129 | RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SELECTION IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A telecommunications system comprises a core network, an access control function and a plurality of radio access networks. Each radio access network communicates data to and from the mobile device in accordance with one of a plurality of radio access technologies. When a mobile device requests connection with the core network via a chosen radio access technology, the core network establishes a connection with the mobile device via at least one of the plurality of radio access interfaces. An access control function identifies the mobile device and in accordance with access control criteria generates an attach response indicating with which if any of the plurality of radio access technologies the mobile device may establish the connection and communicates the attach response to the radio access network via which the mobile device has requested the connection. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323130 | Trajectory-Aware Location-Based Hand-Offs - Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for trajectory-aware location-based hand-offs. A method includes collecting data comprising one or more past trajectories associated with a user mobile device and signal strength information pertaining to multiple mobile network base stations, determining a future trajectory for the user mobile device comprising one or more hand-offs to one or more of the mobile network base stations based on the collected data, and executing the one or more hand-offs according to the determined future trajectory. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION OF MULTI-MODE TERMINAL - Disclosed are various example embodiments of link connection for a multi-mode terminal. In an example embodiment, an operating method of multi-mode terminal comprises connecting a first type link with a first type access point of an integrated access point; reading link setup information corresponding to the integrated access point from a memory, wherein the link setup information is used for configuring a second type link according to a first configuration method; and connecting a second type link with a second type access point of the integrated access point based on the link setup information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323132 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RELOCATING USER EQUIPMENT BETWEEN RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLERS - The present invention, relating to the field of communications technologies, discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for relocating a user equipment between radio network controllers. The present invention is directed to configuring the coding scheme configured for the user equipment UE to a coding scheme consistent with the coding scheme supported by a target radio network controller to relocate the UE to the target RNC. The present invention is mainly applicable to inter-RNC handovers. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323133 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR FEEDBACK OF USER EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE METRICS DURING DYNAMIC RADIO SWITCHING - An embodiment of a method for user equipment feedback of performance metrics during dynamic radio switching is disclosed. The method may include the UE receiving an indication to switch from a first radio associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) of a communication system to a second radio associated with a second RAT of the communication system. The UE transmits the performance metrics to the second radio and switches from a first radio of the plurality of radios to a second radio of the plurality of radios, the first radio associated with the first RAT and the second radio associated with the second RAT. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323134 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HANDOVER TO PREVENT FEMTOCELL INTERFERENCE - Provided are apparatus and method for controlling handover to prevent femtocell interference. The apparatus may include an event receiving module, a handover determining module, and an inter-frequency processing module. The event receiving module may be configured to receive a control message from user equipment. The handover determining module may be configured to analyze the received control message and determine whether the control message includes a request of inter-cell handover from a first cell base station of the first cell to a second cell base station of one of the second cells. The inter-frequency processing module may be configured to perform inter-frequency handover using an unshared frequency when the handover determining module determines that the control message includes the request of inter-cell handover. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323135 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CSG INFORMATION - A method and an apparatus for transmitting CSG information are disclosed. In the method, a base station obtains CSG reporting configuration information, determines a CSG information reporting condition is met according to the CSG reporting configuration information, and transmits CSG information of a cell that a UE is located to a mobility management entity. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323136 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station in a communication system including a mobile station and a plurality of base stations connected via a network calculates a traffic amount of data transmitted/received by the own base station; when a radio signal relating to a connection request to the own base station is received from the mobile station, calculates a reception quality value at the connection request; requests other base stations to transmit, to the own base station, a reception quality value of the radio signal received at the other base station and a traffic amount of the other base station; and selects a base station, which is to be a connection destination of the mobile station, based on the reception quality value and the traffic amount of the own base station and the reception quality value and the traffic amount received from each of the other base stations. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323137 | MOBILE CELLULAR NETWORK BACKHAUL - A mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the MCN communication system can communicate with other MCN communication systems using a wireless standard that is similar to the wireless standard used to communicate with user equipment within the covered area. In some instances, the MCN communication system can be registered as a user equipment of another MCN communication system and/or have another MCN communication system registered with it as a user equipment. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323138 | RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICE PLACEMENT TOOL - The present disclosure relates to displaying a bounded placement region for each radio frequency (RF) device in a map of a site to be used by an installer to install RF devices in the site. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323139 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUNDANCY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The method for redundancy of a wireless communication network according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: partitioning the same frequency band of a first base station transceiver subsystem and a second base station transceiver subsystem, which form redundant cell coverage, into a plurality of resource blocks; partitioning each of the partitioned resource blocks into a first frequency partition (FP) and a second frequency partition which are configured to have the same structure as each other; and transmitting and receiving, by the first base station transceiver subsystem, data using a first resource block allocated to the first frequency partition and by the second base station transceiver subsystem, data using a second resource block allocated to the second frequency partition. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323140 | MOCN CELL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure discloses an MOCN cell communication method and an apparatus and relates to the communications field, which are used to solve a problem in the prior art that a part of UEs in an MOCN cell cannot correctly display names of their serving communication operators. The method provided by the present disclosure includes: determining the number n of communication operators of an MOCN cell and configuring n BCCHs for the MOCN cell, where the n BCCHs are in one-to-one correspondence with the communication operators and are used to broadcast in the MOCN cell PLMN information of the communication operators; and sending, to UEs in the MOCN cell, PLMN information of serving communication operators of the UEs through the n broadcast control channels. The present disclosure is applicable to the communications field and used to implement MOCN cell communication. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323141 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A TRANSMIT ANTENNA GAIN AND A SPATIAL MODE OF A DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for determining a transmit antenna gain and a spatial mode of a wireless device ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140323142 | INTUITIVE COMPUTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera. The image processing tasks applied to the scene can be selected from among various alternatives by reference to resource costs, resource constraints, other stimulus information (e.g., audio), task substitutability, etc. The phone can apply more or less resources to an image processing task depending on how successfully the task is proceeding, or based on the user's apparent interest in the task. In some arrangements, data may be referred to the cloud for analysis, or for gleaning. Cognition, and identification of appropriate device response(s), can be aided by collateral information, such as context. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION BEAMS IN BEAMFORMING SYSTEM - A method of providing an optimal transmission or reception (Tx/Rx) beam in a beamforming system. The method includes receiving a reference signal and selecting an optimal Tx/Rx beam that guarantees an optimal channel environment based on the received reference signal determining a possibility of occurrence of a Tx/Rx beam mismatch between the selected optimal Tx/Rx beam and a Tx/Rx beam used for transmitting information on the selected optimal Tx/Rx beam; and when there is the possibility of the occurrence of the Tx/Rx beam mismatch, performing at least one of widening a beam width of the Tx/Rx beam, increasing a number of Tx/Rx beams, reducing a period of a beam selection operation for selecting the optimal Tx/Rx beam, and reducing a transmission period of the reference signal. Other embodiments including a beamforming system are also disclosed. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323144 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING BEAM FORMING SCHEME - A method for transmitting by a reference signal transmitting apparatus a reference signal in a wireless communication system supporting a beam forming scheme is provided. The method includes transmitting beam pattern measurement window indication information including information related to at least two beam pattern measurement windows which each of reference signal receiving apparatuses will use to the reference signal receiving apparatuses; and transmitting reference signals based on beam patterns which the reference signal transmitting apparatus supports during a preset number of time units. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323145 | BASE STATION PAGING BASED ON TRAFFIC CONTENT TYPE - A system may be configured to receive traffic that is destined for a user device, determine a type of content associated with the traffic, determine, based on the type of content, a base station paging scheme, and locate the user device by using the base station paging scheme. In some implementations, a system may include a traffic content analyzer device to analyze header information of a data packet to identify a type of content of the data packet, and output a message that is based on the identified type of content; and a mobile management entity device to receive the message from the traffic content analyzer device, and locate an intended recipient of the data packet by paging one or more base stations using a paging scheme that is based on information in the message. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323146 | Apparatuses and Methods For Reducing Location Update Signaling Between Network Nodes of a Mobile Communication Network - This disclosure describes apparatuses, methods and computer program products for reducing location update signaling in a mobile communications network. In some embodiments, a method is provided in which a mobility management and control (MMC) rule is provided to a location aware network node (LANN) (e.g., an MME). The MMC rule includes location information that specifies a location and an action associated with the location. In response to receiving mobility information pertaining to a mobile communication device (MCD), the LANN uses the mobility information and the location information to determine whether or not to perform the action associated with the location information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323147 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION OF USER EQUIPMENT - A method for determining a position of a user equipment includes: receiving, by a location server, time difference information for the user equipment from a base station, the time difference information including a difference between a received timing of an uplink frame from the user equipment at the base station and a transmit timing of a downlink frame to the user equipment at the base station; and identifying, by the location server, a serving remote unit among a plurality of remote units, the serving remote unit communicating with the user equipment by using the time difference information and a unique delay that corresponds to each of the remote units. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323148 | WIDE AREA LOCALIZATION FROM SLAM MAPS - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems for performing wide area localization from simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) maps are disclosed. A mobile device can select a first keyframe based SLAM map of the local environment with one or more received images. A respective localization of the mobile device within the local environment can be determined, and the respective localization may be based on the keyframe based SLAM map. The mobile device can send the first keyframe to a server and receive a first global localization response representing a correction to a local map on the mobile device. The first global localization response can include rotation, translation, and scale information. A server can receive keyframes from a mobile device, and localize the keyframes within a server map by matching keyframe features received from the mobile device to server map features. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323149 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A LOCAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - A local positioning system uses a power delivery network throughout a facility to easily deploy inexpensive electromagnetic receivers for capturing location fingerprints from the transmission of wireless devices. These captured fingerprints are then compared with a database of similar fingerprints compiled from a facility surveying process. Location of the wireless device is inferred from the known location corresponding to that survey-derived fingerprint that is most highly correlated with the fingerprint derived from the wireless device. The known location may then be used to provide a logical mapping of the wireless device within facility floor plans or the like. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING LOCATION SERVICES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products for managing location services in wireless networks. One aspect provides a method of receiving in a mobile device an identifier broadcast from a terrestrial wireless device located at a particular position; and using the identifier broadcast from the terrestrial wireless device to determine a physical location of the mobile device even in absence of a logical connection existing between the mobile device and the terrestrial wireless device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323151 | DISTANCE ESTIMATION - A method, a network access node and a computer program product are disclosed. The method of estimating a distance between at least one network access node and a network node of a wireless communications network, comprises: measuring total path losses between the at least one network access node and the network node on at least two different frequencies; determining frequency-dependent path losses of transmissions by the at least one network access node on the at least two different frequencies; and estimating a distance between the network node and the at least one network access node using the total path losses and the frequency-dependent path losses on the at least two different frequencies. By measuring the total path losses between network nodes on different frequencies and using frequency-dependent path losses determined for those frequencies, it is possible to estimate the distance between network nodes. This effectively removes the effects of the frequency-dependent path losses for the different frequencies in order to estimate the distance between network nodes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELATIVE TIMING MEASUREMENTS - The present invention relates to radio base station and to a related method for supporting positioning. The method includes measuring a relative time of arrival of two reference signals, where a first of the two reference signals is transmitted from a first neighboring radio base station. The method also includes transmitting the measured relative time of arrival to a positioning node, connected to the radio base station and the first neighboring radio base station. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323153 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING USING WIRELESS SIGNAL AND POSITIONING SERVER - The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for positioning using wireless signal and a positioning server. The coverage area of wireless signal is divided into multiple grids. The method comprises: acquiring speed information of UE; and determining a grid, in which the UE is located, based at least upon the speed information of the UE and speed information of the grids. Accordingly, according to the embodiments of the present invention, when the UE is positioned by using the wireless signal, the grid in which the UE is located is determined by using the speed information of the UE and the speed information of the grids, so that pattern matching may be performed more accurately and the positioning precision is improved. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323154 | Method and System for Optimized Transfer of Location Database Information - A servicing communication device may receive a subset of a location reference database that is maintained by a plurality of location servers, and may provide location related data to a mobile device that is communicatively coupled to the servicing communication device based on the received subset. The servicing communication device may determine capabilities and/or requirements of the mobile device, and may generate the location related data based on that determination. The servicing communication device may determine attributes and/or parameters that may affect determination of the subset of the location reference database. The subset of location reference database may be requested based on the determined attributes and/or parameters. The attributes and/or parameters may comprise a location of the servicing communication device. The servicing communication device may determine its location, directly based on GNSS transmissions and/or indirectly based on assisted GNSS (A-GNSS) data received from the plurality of location servers. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323155 | RESPONDING TO AN UNAVAILABLE COMMUNICATION TARGET DEVICE - A communication method comprises attempting to connect a communication from a source to a target, detecting that the communication cannot be connected to the target, accessing location information for the target, accessing a contact list for the source, accessing location information for contacts on the contact list, detecting contacts on the contact list whose location is the same or close to the location of the target, and outputting one or more detected contacts whose location is the same or close to the location of the target. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323156 | DETECTION OF A MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION - This method of detection of a mobile device location, comprises the steps of:
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20140323157 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SIMULATIONS AND GAMES USING INTERNET-CONNECTED MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, devices, and methods for using mobile devices to detect a simulated source, and games and training exercises using these systems, devices, and methods. In some embodiments, the source may be a simulated hazardous material that emits energy, particles, or vapors that can also be simulated by the mobile devices. In such embodiments, the systems, devices, and methods can be used to simulate an incident involving the release of hazardous materials such as, for example, a chemical or radioactive material spill or attack by chemical, biological, nuclear, or radioactive (dirty bomb) weapons. In other embodiments, the system can be used to simulate an object used in a game such as a ball, puck, or goal and monitor movement of the object and players using a mobile device. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323158 | System and Method for Providing Traffic Notifications to Mobile Devices - A system and method for providing traffic notifications to mobile devices is provided. The system obtains device data from a plurality of mobile devices within a similar area, gathered using, e.g., a GPS system. According to the speed that the mobile devices are travelling and the location of the similar area, traffic events can be identified and other mobile devices notified to provide dynamic updates as traffic situations change. Follow up notifications can be provided to update the user regarding the progress of traffic congestion, detours can be suggested, and various alerts provided. The mobile device may be connected to or part of a vehicle and leverage the notification system to provide different types of alerts and to notify users using various mechanisms. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323159 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT INFORMATION TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for providing relevant information to a mobile device. An entity structure is provided that includes entity records, each entity record corresponding to an entity that provides a service. Each entity record is associated with a proper subset of regions of a plurality of regions and is categorized into at least one category of a plurality of categories based on the service provided by the entity. A first region category index that is based on the entity structure is provided to a mobile device that is determined to be in a first region of the plurality of regions. The first region category index identifies only those categories in which at least one entity record associated with the first region has been categorized. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323160 | UTILIZING A PRESSURE PROFILE TO DETERMINE A LOCATION CONTEXT IDENTIFIER - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for utilizing a pressure profile to determine a location context identifier (LCI) for use in or with a mobile communication device. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323161 | ADAPTIVE PASSIVE SCANNING AND/OR ACTIVE PROBING TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented to support mobile device positioning through the use of adaptive passive scanning and/or adaptive active probing techniques. For example, a mobile device may acquire signals from wireless transceivers, identify wireless transceivers based, at least in part, on the acquired signal(s), determine a received signal strength measurement for each of the wireless transceivers based, at least in part, on the acquired signal(s), and determine a transmission power of a probe signal to be transmitted to at least one of the wireless transceivers based, at least in part, on at least one of the received signal strength measurements. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323162 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A POSITIONING MAP OF TWO OR MORE MOBILE DEVICES ACCORDING TO RELATIVE LOCATIONS - The subject matter discloses a method performed on two or more mobile devices comprising obtaining a magnetic azimuth value of a mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; obtaining a physical orientation value of the mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; broadcasting the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value from the mobile device, wherein each mobile device of the two or more mobile devices are broadcasting the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value to another mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; receiving the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value, wherein each mobile device of the two or more mobile devices receives the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value of other mobile devices of the two or more mobile devices; determining a relative location of the two or more mobile devices, according to the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value of each mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; generating a positioning map of the two or more mobile devices, wherein the positioning map comprises relative locations of the two or more mobile devices. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323163 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND/OR DEVICES FOR SELECTING A LOCATION CONTEXT IDENTIFIER FOR POSITIONING A MOBILE DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for providing positioning assistance data to a mobile device based, at least in part, on a location context identifier (LCI). In one particular implementation, a user may select from a one or more of candidate LCIs identified, for example, based on acquiring one or more signals from transmitters in range of the mobile device. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323164 | DATA EXTRACTION METHOD AND DATA EXTRACTION DEVICE - A data extraction method includes: obtaining a log in which control messages for a plurality of calls are mixed; and executing, by a processor, in parallel a plurality of extraction processes each extracting a control message for a different call to be extracted from the log. The plurality of extraction processes each includes: a first process that includes: determining whether a candidate message that satisfies a certain condition based on the call among the control messages is a paging message; and storing order information for specifying an order of the call among the plurality of calls, when determined that the candidate message is a paging message; and a second process that includes: determining, after the first process on the plurality of extraction processes has been completed, whether the candidate message determined to be the paging message is the control message of the call, based on the order information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323165 | EXTENDED MONITORING WINDOW FOR ROBUST PAGING - A wireless communication device communicates an extended monitoring window indicator to a core network node. The extended monitoring window indicator indicates that the wireless communication device is capable of monitoring a paging channel of a radio access node using an extended monitoring window that includes one or more paging blocks in addition to a nominal paging block associated with the wireless communication device. The extended monitoring window indicator indicates the additional paging blocks of the extended monitoring window. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323166 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION - A method is performed at a computer server for enabling voice communication between two terminals through IM service. Upon receiving a message from a remote computer, the message including an IM identifier of a callee terminal user and a mobile device identifier of the terminal, the computer system updates an entry for the callee terminal user in a database. Upon receiving a request from a caller terminal user at a caller terminal to start voice communication with the callee terminal user, the computer server identifies the entry that includes the IM identifier of the callee terminal user and sends a voice communication request to a service control point (SCP) in a switched telephone network. The SCP then returns an IP address and a port number of the callee terminal and launches a call request against the callee terminal. The computer server establishes a voice communication channel between the two terminals. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323167 | MESSAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for providing an auxiliary response to a user of a primary service and a primary response to the user, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from the user, the request being in respect of the primary service, and comprising location information; determining the primary response, the primary response based on the location information and the primary service; determining the auxiliary response, the auxiliary response based on the location information; and communicating the primary response and the auxiliary response to the user, wherein the auxiliary response comprises information in respect of an auxiliary entity. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323168 | CELLULAR PHONE WITH MAIL FUNCTION - The mobile telephone (i) stores therein an address book including one or more pieces of mail-transmission destination information each pertaining to a communication party, (ii) makes a judgment, when an incoming event occurs, whether the incoming event meets a specific requirement, (iii) selects one or more communication parties from the address book when the judgment is affirmative; and (iv) transmits a predetermined mail to destinations of the selected communication parties using pieces of mail-transmission destination information corresponding to the selected communication parties. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323169 | UNIVERSAL SHORT CODE ADMINISTRATION FACILITY - Systems and methods for assigning short codes to provide uniformity among wireless carriers. In the systems and methods, a Universal Short Code (USC) Administrator maintains a list of short codes and their lease status so that SMS messages sent to a particular short code may be routed to the proper holder of the short code. A network facilitator is in communication with both the USC Administrator and at least one wireless carrier to route the SMS message to the proper holder of the short code. The short code may be leased for a specified period of time so that the short code can be reassigned after expiration of the lease. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323170 | METHOD FOR CONSIDERABLY ENHANCING THE AVAILABILITY OF WIRELESS CONNECTIONS - A control unit and a method for controlling a wireless data transmission between a wireless terminal and access points of a communications network in a transportation device, as well as a computer program for executing the method. The wireless terminal is assigned to two or more of the access points in such a way that one communications channel is available between the wireless terminal and the access points for wireless data transmission between the wireless terminal and the access points. A control unit is used, in the case of transmission from the access points towards the wireless terminal, to select at least one of the access points for wireless transmission to the terminal and/or in the case of transmission from the terminal towards the access points, to determine a message for further use in the communications network based on the messages received from the terminal by the access points. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323171 | Method and Apparatus for Implementing Trunking Group Call Service - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for implementing a group call service. A user equipment of the trunking group call service receives group configuration information and a downlink assignment message and/or an uplink grant message from an evolved cell. The user equipment saves the group configuration information and the downlink assignment message and/or the uplink grant message. If the user equipment is in a group receive state at different points of time, trunking group call service data is saved by sharing a downlink resource, indicated by the downlink assignment message, with another user equipment in the group in a semi-persistent scheduling manner according to the group configuration information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323172 | ROLE BASED SYSTEM FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL - A system for enabling tracking and communication between units in a team, typically used for military or rescue operations. The system, known as Command and Control System, has a handheld central unit with a display for showing positions of team units and portable team units having GPS, compass and radio communication function for sending and receipt of positions and alarms and for receiving text messages, a display for showing own positions and bearings. The units have the ability to send data directly or relayed between each other and that each unit can be assigned one or more roles. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323173 | COMBINED OPEN LOOP/CLOSED LOOP METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK POWER OF A MOBILE STATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed comprising a combined open loop/closed loop uplink power control scheme for E-UTRA. The combined open and closed loop method for UL intra-cell PC controls the wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) transmit power spectral density (PSD), PSD | 2014-10-30 |
20140323174 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL IN XPIC CONFIGURATION FOR WIRELESS APPLICATIONS - A method of automatic transmit power control in a radio communication system employing a co-channel dual-polarized radio link between a first radio station and a second radio station. The method comprises receiving a horizontal polarized signal and a vertical polarized signal transmitted from the second radio station to the first radio station and in the first radio station estimating a received power level value from said received horizontal polarized signal, and a received power level value from said received vertical polarized signal. Determined power corrections values are transmitted to the second radio station during a transmission of the first radio station to adjust the transmit power of the second radio station. The determining of said transmit power correction values are independently determined from said estimated received power level values, a target power value, a cross polarization interference threshold level value, and said cross polarization interference level values. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323175 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device may be provided. The communication device may include a first communication circuit configured to perform a first communication activity; a second communication circuit configured to perform a second communication activity; a priority weight determination circuit configured to determine a first priority weight based on an activity history of the first communication circuit and configured to determine a second priority weight based on an activity history of the second communication circuit; and a resource distribution circuit configured to determine based on the first priority weight and based on the second priority weight whether the first communication circuit shall perform the first communication activity at a pre-determined point in time or whether the second communication circuit shall perform the second communication activity at the pre-determined point in time. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323176 | WIRELESS DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING WIRELESS DEVICES BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF ANOTHER PERSON - A method of operating a device for a user is provided. The method includes operating the device in a first mode; receiving an indication of a first person in the presence of the user; retrieving a first profile associated with the first person; and operating the device in a second mode based, at least in part, on the first profile. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323177 | Apparatus and Method of Discontinuous Operation in LTE on Shared Band - An apparatus and a method is proposed, by which transmission operation is performed during a transmission on period and transmission operation is suspended during a transmission off period, wherein counting of at least one transmission related timer is suspended during the transmission off period. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323178 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for simultaneously receiving a multimedia service over multiple radio access networks are provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of network interfaces for accessing a multimedia service provider, and a multi-interface handler for controlling to receive a multimedia service content divided, from the service provider via the network interfaces respectively, if part of the content is completely received via one of the network interfaces, to receive the remaining content re-divided via the network interfaces. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323179 | Method of Determining a Location of a Mobile Device and Method of Managing a List for Use in Such a Method - The invention relates to a method of determining a location of a mobile device for use in a first communication network and a second communication network. The mobile device is camped on a cellular base station in the second communication network. According to the method, a list of records of communication units within the first and/or second communication network that are located within a predetermined geographical area is obtained. A communication unit record contains information representative of the identity of the respective communication unit, information representative of a position of the respective communication unit, and a reliability indication of the respective communication unit. Additionally, with the mobile device, communication units within the first and second communication network are detected. Finally, the location of the mobile device is detected based on the information representative of the position, the reliability indication, and an accuracy indication of the detected communication units. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323180 | Method and apparatus for multimode communication - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a transceiver configured to support operation of the apparatus in accordance with a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second radio access technology, RAT, the transceiver being configured to receive an indication conveyed over the second radio access technology, the indication indicating that data is incoming to the apparatus and that the data is to be conveyed over the first radio access technology, and at least one processing core configured to, responsive to the indication, cause the apparatus to receive the data by operating in accordance with the first radio access technology | 2014-10-30 |
20140323181 | Accessory for data acquisition and data transfer to an external device - A system and method to acquire data from a sensor and transfer the data to an external device is disclosed. The sensor retrieves data that corresponds to vibration or pressure and send the millivolt (mV) signal to an accessory. The accessory acquires the data will be much more cost effective compared to dedicated instruments to acquire data and analyze data in itself. The external device collects data and can email the data or sent to cloud due to ready interface from the external device. More advanced calculations can be performed on cloud and results sent back to the external device for detail analysis. The embodiment provides such back and forth analysis using the accessory. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323182 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, FLIP-TYPE COVER OF THE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FLIP-TYPE COVER - A portable electronic device and a flip-type cover of the portable electronic device are provided. The flip-type cover includes a front cover, a rear cover configured to be detachably engaged with a rear surface of the portable electronic device, a connection cover configured to connect the front cover to the rear cover, a display screen disposed in the front cover, and a rear-cover Printed Circuit Board (PCB) mounted to the rear cover and connected to the portable electronic device, to receive data from the portable electronic device. If the flip-type cover is engaged with the portable electronic device, the rear-cover PCB transmits data received from the portable electronic device to the display screen. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323183 | Hinged Miniature Wireless Headset - A hinged U-shaped battery-powered miniature wireless headset, is worn as an earring or a pair of earrings. The earset communicates with a phone or other host over a bidirectional wireless communication link allowing hands-free operation. The earset has a front and rear housings electrically and mechanically connected using a hinge, the housings containing an electronics module, a speaker assembly, a microphone assembly, an antenna, a battery, user interface devices such as a switch and LEDs, and an attachment employing either a clamp or a pierced earring post with clutch. The device is attached to the lobe of the wearer's ear. The user positions the speaker, or speaker tube, inside at the entrance to the ear canal. One microphone is mounted to point toward the user's mouth and another microphone may be positioned to receive ambient sound for signal processing to improve quality of the outgoing and/or incoming audio stream. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323184 | REVERSE CURRENT BLOCKING COMPARATOR - An apparatus comprises at least one transistor configured as analog switch, a well biasing circuit configured to provide a dynamic electrical bias to a bulk region of the at least one transistor, and a comparator circuit in electrical communication with the well biasing circuit and the transistor. The comparator circuit is configured to detect a first operating condition of the transistor and a second operating condition of the transistor. The well biasing circuit is configured to apply a first electrical bias to the bulk region of a transistor when the first operating condition is detected and apply a second electrical bias to the bulk region of the transistor when the second operating condition is detected, and wherein the comparator is configured to apply hysteresis to detection of the first and second operating conditions. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323185 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CASE INCLUDED IN THE MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided a mobile terminal including a case that provides an external appearance of the mobile terminal, in which the case includes a base that is formed of a synthetic resin material, a color layer including heat-sensitive foam material, which is arranged in such a manner to cover the base, to realize a background color, a reflection layer with brightness, which is arranged in such a manner to cover the color layer, multiple etch portions that are formed in such a manner that at least one or more of the multiple etch portions pierce through the reflection layer using laser etching; and a foam portion that is formed from the heat-sensitive foam material that foams due to heat generated at the time of the formation of the etch portions and thus retains a texture. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323186 | PROTECTIVE GUARDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A protective guard or set of protective guards for an electronic device may be provided. The protective guard may include sheet of impact absorbing material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first, and an attachment mechanism provided on the second surface. The protective guard may be configured to be attached to an electronic device via the attachment mechanism. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323187 | VIRTUAL HUNTING DEVICES AND USES THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention concern a virtual hunting apparatus that employs an imaging device mounted on top of the barrel of a simulated firearm such as a rifle or other toy. A cable can be used to connect the imaging device to the trigger of the simulated firearm. An imaging device can run a variety of applications and play videos. Pulling the trigger of the simulated firearm takes a picture of a target animal, records a video or plays a video of interest within the imaging device, without displacing a bullet or pellet to injure or kill the target animal. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323188 | WAGERING ON INTERMEDIATE POINTS OF A RACE EVENT - According to one embodiment, a method of gaming is provided that comprises receiving a determination of a particular race participant in a race event having a plurality of race participants. The method continues by determining a particular position of the particular race participant at each of a plurality of intermediate points within the race event. The method continues by determining a plurality of simulated playing cards based at least in part upon the determined positions of the particular race participant. The method concludes by determining an outcome of a game based at least in part upon the determined simulated playing cards. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323189 | ADVERTISING GAME SYSTEM - An advertising game system can include a user interface, e.g., a graphical user interface (GUI), configurable to output, e.g., display, a clue related to a brand. The output of the clue may be a part of a game. The user interface may also be configurable to display a user input field configurable to receive a guess of the brand. The user interface may also be configurable to display an advertisement related to the brand, where a received guess identifies the brand. The system can also include a processor communicatively coupled to the user interface. The processor may be executable to determine whether a received guess identifies the brand. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING COGNITION - The disclosure is directed to cognitive training exercise adapted to train working memory systems in mammals in an intuitive, engaging, and adaptively challenging way to enhance cognition. Exercises engage users in the task of first seeing a grid with angled “bumpers” placed in various places throughout the grid. After a short initial presentation, the bumpers disappear, and the user must remember the location and orientation of the bumpers and calculate a route that a “pinball” will travel after being released from a designated starting position. In this way, the user is manipulating the remembered grid layout in working memory to solve a physically realistic task. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323191 | GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD PROVIDING A GROUP OF TIMED GAMES - The gaming system, gaming device and gaming method provides a plurality of sequential player events in which the player must take an action in a designated period of time and where the player has less time to take the action in each subsequent event. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323192 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING CAMERA FOR ADAPTING DISPLAYED IMAGES TO DETECTED PLAYERS - In one embodiment, a gaming machine has a digital camera and automatically takes a picture of a player. Facial detection software identifies certain facial characteristics of the player, such as approximate age and gender. Rules software then selects appropriate sets of animation images and sound files that are associated with the detected physical features of the player. The displayed game, user interface, theme, etc. are then adapted to the player's detected features. If the player is identified, by comparing the picture to previously stored pictures, a personalized message may be displayed. When the gaming machine is in an attract mode, the camera may take pictures/videos of passersby and adapt the attract mode animation to the passerby's physical image or movement. In another embodiment, the camera is used to sense physical motions by the player to control aspects of the game or other displayed features. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323193 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING CAMERA FOR ADAPTING DISPLAYED IMAGES TO NON-PLAYING OBSERVERS - In one embodiment, a gaming machine has a digital camera and automatically takes a picture of a player. Facial detection software identifies certain facial characteristics of the player, such as approximate age and gender. Rules software then selects appropriate sets of animation images and sound files that are associated with the detected physical features of the player. The displayed game, user interface, theme, etc. are then adapted to the player's detected features. If the player is identified, by comparing the picture to previously stored pictures, a personalized message may be displayed. When the gaming machine is in an attract mode, the camera may take pictures/videos of passersby and adapt the attract mode animation to the passerby's physical image or movement. In another embodiment, the camera is used to sense physical motions by the player to control aspects of the game or other displayed features. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323194 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING CAMERA FOR ADAPTING DISPLAYED IMAGES TO PLAYER'S MOVEMENTS - In one embodiment, a gaming machine has a digital camera and automatically takes a picture of a player. Facial detection software identifies certain facial characteristics of the player, such as approximate age and gender. Rules software then selects appropriate sets of animation images and sound files that are associated with the detected physical features of the player. The displayed game, user interface, theme, etc. are then adapted to the player's detected features. If the player is identified, by comparing the picture to previously stored pictures, a personalized message may be displayed. When the gaming machine is in an attract mode, the camera may take pictures/videos of passersby and adapt the attract mode animation to the passerby's physical image or movement. In another embodiment, the camera is used to sense physical motions by the player to control aspects of the game or other displayed features. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323195 | System With Player Centric Rewards - A system and method is provided which establishes for a number of player-rated tiers, reward criteria which can be satisfied by play of the player of a gaming device. Play data is provided to a host server and upon satisfaction of the reward criteria a player-centric game for the player's rating is provided to the player for play to render a winning or losing outcome. For a winning outcome the player receives a reward based upon the player's tier rating. The rewards may be provided across multiple games including slots, tables, keno, and any other casino game. The rewards may be directly credited to the gaming devices using either cashable or non-cashable credits. The system facilitates patrons continuing to accrue rights toward a reward even when playing different gaming machines, or when playing machines having different denominations. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323196 | GAME OF CHANCE ENSURING A SINGLE WINNER - A game of chance played between a plurality of players, which ensures there can be only one winner. Each player is associated with a set of indicators, and a winner is determined if a set of indicators associated with a player matches a unique set of indicators randomly selected from a pool of possible indicators. For a pool of a given size, the game calculates the unique combinations of a smaller number of indicators that can be generated from the pool. Each player is associated with one or more unique combinations, but each unique combination is associated with one and only one player. Indicators are randomly selected from the pool until all of the indicators in a first unique combination have been selected. The player associated with the first unique combination is the single winner of the game. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A WAGERING GAME - A method of conducting a wager game comprises allowing a player to place individual game wagers across a plurality of games to be played in the wager game. A common draw phase is implemented in which a plurality of symbols are randomly drawn from a symbol draw set to determine outcomes of the plurality of games, such chat at least one of the drawn symbols is used for determining, at least in part, the outcome for each of the plurality of individual games. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323198 | ELECTRONIC GAMING DEVICE WITH PERSISTENT WILD REEL GAMES - Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may receive wagers on one or more paylines. The systems and methods may initiate one or more persistent expanding wild reel structures. The systems and methods may generate one or more persistent wilds. The systems and methods may hold for one or more subsequent spins the one or more persistent wilds in one or more locations based on one or more persistent wild counter numbers. The systems and methods may determine one or more payouts based on the additional gaming functionality. The systems and methods may display one or more presentations based on the additional gaming functionality. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323199 | ELECTRONIC GAMING DEVICE WITH ASYNCHRONOUS TOURNAMENT FUNCTIONALITY - Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may receive wagers on one or more paylines. The systems and methods may utilize one or more tournament game structures. The one or more tournament game structures may include a plurality of entry points. The one or more processors may initiate a first tournament at a first location based on one or more tournament game structures. The first tournament may include a first entry point relating to a first time and a second entry point relating to a second time. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323200 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTING A MULTIPLIER AND DYNAMICALLY APPLYING THE MULTIPLIER TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF PAYLINES AMONG A PLURALITY OF PRE-DEFINED PAYLINES - A gaming method for adding a bonus feature to a main game comprising: providing a display screen comprised of cells arranged in rows and columns; providing a plurality of paylines, each payline comprising one cell from a plurality of columns; automatically and randomly selecting a multiplier value from among a plurality of multiplier values; automatically and randomly applying the selected multiplier value to a limited number of paylines to create one or more selected multiplier paylines; and displaying the multiplier value and the selected multiplier payline(s) to the user on the display screen. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323201 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - As a normal game, symbols to be rearranged on a lower image display panel | 2014-10-30 |
20140323202 | 3D ENHANCEMENTS TO GAME COMPONENTS IN SYSTEM INCLUDING 3d GAME COMPONENTS WITH ADDITIONAL SYMBOLS - A computer-implemented method for enhancing game components in a gaming system using various three-dimensional enhancements. The three-dimensional enhancements may involve stacks of gaming components to provide and integrate additional symbols, multi-faceted gaming components, multi-faceted gaming surfaces running multiple games in parallel, items animating to simulate real-world physics, merging components, shapes to push up or down gaming components to create stacks, and so on. Further example three-dimensional enhancements are described. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323203 | 3D ENHANCEMENTS TO GAMING COMPONENTS IN GAMING SYSTEMS WITH REAL-WORLD PHYSICS - A computer-implemented method for enhancing game components in a gaming system using various three-dimensional enhancements. The three-dimensional enhancements may involve stacks of gaming components to provide and integrate additional symbols, multi-faceted gaming components, multi-faceted gaming surfaces running multiple games in parallel, items animating to simulate real-world physics, merging components, shapes to push up or down gaming components to create stacks, and so on. Further example three-dimensional enhancements are described. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323204 | DETERMINING GAME SKILL FACTOR - Data characterizing a quantifiable outcome for each of a plurality of game trials can be accessed. Each game trial can be associated with one of a plurality of players and a game. The game can be a digital game played on a computing platform. Using the accessed data, a first variance measure of the quantifiable outcome for all game trials associated with the plurality of players can be computed. For one or more of the plurality of players and using the accessed data, a second variance measure of the quantifiable outcome for the game trials associated with the one or more of the plurality of players can be computed. Based on at least the first variance measure and the second variance measure, a skill factor for the game can be computed. Data characterizing the skill factor can be provided. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323205 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AWARDING BONUSES VIA TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS - A gaming system is configured to use player telephone numbers to call players regarding bonuses or other awards. A player may provide their telephone number when signing up for a casino player rewards club or may input their number when playing a wagering game at a gaming machine. Players are randomly selected, such as by generating phone numbers or assigned numbers associated with phone numbers. The selected player(s) are called or contacted and monetary awards or bonuses may be rewarded. Such awards may involve additional game play or be awarded without additional action. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323206 | METHODS OF TRANSFERRING FUNDS IN A CASHLESS WAGERING SYSTEM - A method for depositing funds associated with a wagering game ticket in a player account via a mobile device is described herein. In some embodiments, the method can include receiving an image of a wagering game ticket, wherein a monetary value is associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include determining a player account, wherein the monetary value is to be deposited in the player account. The method can further include determining, based on the image, a ticket identifier associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include transmitting, to a ticketing server, the ticket identifier associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include receiving, from the ticketing server, an indication of the monetary value associated with the wagering game ticket. The method can further include depositing, in the player account, the monetary value associated with the wagering game ticket. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323207 | Methods and Systems for Managing a Multi-Line Sportsbook - A computer-implemented method for generating wagers between a user of a user computing device and a multiple sportsbooks system is provided. The method is implemented by a host computing device coupled to a memory. The method includes receiving, by the host computing device, a first data feed from a first sportsbook and a second data feed from a second sportsbook. The first data feed includes first wagering data associated with an event and the second data feed includes second wagering data associated with the event. The method also includes providing a proposition to the user computing device based at least in part on the first wagering data and the second wagering data. The method further includes generating, by the host computing device, a wager between the user and the multiple sportsbook system. The wager is associated with the proposition. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323208 | Gaming Machine With Separately Selectable Wagering Games - A gaming system for conducting a wagering game allows players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers to selectively combine base games and bonus games. This modular approach allows players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers to mix and match base games and bonus games as needed. In some embodiments, players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers may also select different game features to employ in the bonus and/or base games. Such an arrangement allows players, casino operators, and/or gaming machine manufacturers to configure each base game and/or bonus game according to their preferences. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING OF NON-WAGERING ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH GAMING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a player identifier with a stored value account. The stored value account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a stored value payment vehicle. Information associated with transactions using the stored value payment vehicle can be used for player relationship purposes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323210 | VIRTUALIZED MAGNETIC PLAYER CARD - A method of implementing a player tracking system in a gaming network includes receiving a virtual player tracking card identifier and a virtual player tracking card password, authenticating the identifier and the password; receiving a virtual player tracking card PIN, identifying a gaming machine that transmitted the virtual player tracking card PIN, and crediting an account associated with the virtual player tracking card PIN based on game play on the gaming machine. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323211 | CREDIT AND ENABLING SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTS IN A HYBRID GAME - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a controlled entity hybrid game. A controlled entity hybrid game includes a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from at least one wager in a gambling game, an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon a player's skillful execution of the entertainment game; and a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate, to the gambling game, a gameplay gambling event occurrence based upon a player's instruction of a controlled entity to consume an element of the entertainment game that triggers a wager in the gambling game, and change the element on the basis of the randomly generated payout and an entertainment game variable. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323212 | FRONT-MOUNTED DISPLAY - Examples disclosed herein relate to a front-mounted display utilized to enhance the installation of a display on an electronic gaming device. The systems and methods may allow for easier installation of a display on the electronic gaming device via a front-mounted display. One or more electrical interconnection points may be electrically connected with one or more electrical attachment points to form one or more electrical connects between the electronic gaming device and one or more displays. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED VIDEO OF GAME PLAYBACK - One aspect of the disclosure relates to facilitating the development and provision of enhanced video of game playback, including the ability to augment a video of game playback with information relating to the game state of the game. A video may be generated based on game state information associated with one or more selected portions of the game. The video may include visual features that may not have been present in corresponding views that were presented to the user during game play of those one or more portions of the game. The user may augment the video with displayed information based on game logic for the online game. For example, displayed information may include commentary, tips on how the user could have maximized his game play, influential plays from the one or more portions of the game, and/or other information based on the game logic. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323214 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PRESENT A GAME VARIANT - A system, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method to present a game variant is provided. A user interface may be presented on a client device. The user interface may be receptive to user input to trigger execution of a computer-implemented multiplayer game playable via the client device by an associated player. A respective game variant may be presented, via the user interface, to the player. The respective game variant may have variant-specific game mechanics that provide for gameplay according to a respective variant set of game rules. Lastly, the respective variant set of game rules may be a variant-specific modified version of a default set of game rules. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323215 | METHOD, TERMINAL, SERVER AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING GAME SERVICE - A method, a terminal, a server, and a recording medium for providing a game service includes generating an event in which a game stop request event is generated by a terminal, controlling a display in which inquiry information for game control of the terminal is controlled to be displayed to correspond to the game stop request event, and controlling a game in which a game of the terminal is controlled based on manipulation information corresponding to the inquiry information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323216 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING QUEST IN ONLINE GAME - A technique is provided to improve interests of users in a game by providing various kinds of quests and providing each quest in a customized manner to correspond to a user level. A method for providing a quest in an online game, includes: by a quest providing apparatus, sensing whether at least one user terminal access a game performing server; receiving, from the game performing server, user information corresponding to the user terminal accessing the game performing server and a match condition including at least one condition required to perform a match by a game server; setting a basic quest as at least one quest connected to each other such that when one quest is completed, another quest is started, according to the received user information and match condition; setting an extended quest as a quest to be provided one time per user from among a plurality of quests according to the user information and the match condition; setting a repeated quest as a quest to be repeatedly provided from the plurality of quests according to the user information and the match condition; and transmitting the basic quest, the extended quest, and the repeated quest, which are set by the quest providing apparatus, to the game performing server, displaying the basic quest, the extended quest, and the repeated quest on the user terminal by the game performing server, and applying the basic quest, the extended quest, and the repeated quest to the game. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323217 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING ITEM ACCORDING TO JOINING AN EVENT IN ONLINE GAME - The present invention relates to a technique of providing an item when executing a certain action generating an event in an online game and required in an event. An item providing method according to event joining in an online game according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention through a game management server includes: increasing joining number information of the event by determining whether the event is achieved according to an action related to a game play of a user during a predetermined event execution period when the user executes a predetermined action satisfying a condition achieving the event; and providing a reward item when accumulated event joining number information of the user is predetermined event finishing number information. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAME PERIPHERALS - In accordance with one embodiment, a portable system is provided. The portable system enabling the portable system's peripherals or built-in gadgets as gaming system peripherals. The portable system is enabled to electrically connect to the one or more of peripheral or the built-in gadgets. The portable system further comprises an instruction set to couple the gaming system and the portable system. The instruction set is stored on a non-volatile portable system memory. The instruction set further enables pairing of the gaming system with at least one of the portable system peripherals or built-in gadgets. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323219 | MANIPULATOR AND MANIPULATION APPARATUS - A manipulator includes a manipulation body having a plurality of bar-shaped portions which intersect orthogonally with each other at one intersection point, and a plurality of detection bodies which detect a displacement of the manipulation body. The plural bar-shaped portions include a bar-shaped portion and another bar-shaped portion which intersect orthogonally with each other. The plural detection bodies include a first detection body which detects a displacement of one end side of the bar-shaped portion with respect to the intersection point, a second detection body which detects a displacement of the other end side of the bar-shaped portion with respect to the intersection point, and a third detection body which detects a displacement of one end side of the bar-shaped portion with respect to the intersection point. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323220 | GAME CONTROLLER - A game controller includes a lower shell, an upper shell matched with the lower shell for receiving magnets therein and defining a battery-holding chamber, and a top cover removably attached on the upper shell to cover the battery-holding chamber. A bottom side of the upper shell protrudes downward to form at least one positioning pillar sheathed with a rubber sleeve of which an inside wall defines a first fixing structure. A through aperture extends vertically to penetrate through the positioning pillar and the upper shell. A bottom side of the top cover protrudes downward to form a fixing pillar of which a lower part defines a second fixing structure. The fixing pillar passes through the through aperture to be inserted in the rubber sleeve, and the first fixing structure is snapped with the second fixing structure. The top cover is equipped with metal blocks attracted with the magnets. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323221 | GAME CONTROLLER AND GAME SYSTEM - A first control unit includes a first operation data generation section for generating first operation data in accordance with a motion of a first control unit body included in the first control unit. A second control unit includes a second operation data generation section for generating second operation data in accordance with a direction input operation performed by a player or a motion of a second control unit body included in the second control unit. Further, one of the first control unit and the second control unit includes a transmission section for transmitting the first operation data and the second operation data to a computer at a predetermined timing. | 2014-10-30 |
20140323222 | MULTIMODE CONTROLLER FOR VIDEO GAMES - The invention relates to a speed controller, in particular for video games, capable of operating according to a sequential mode and a manual mode comprising: a support casing ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140323223 | DIRECTIONAL BEAM STEERING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT LOCATION AND MOTION - A method of communicating data between a game console unit and at least one wireless mobile game controller is disclosed. The method includes establishing an uplink from the at least one mobile game controller to the game console unit via a first millimeter-wave wireless link, and establishing a downlink from the game console unit to the at least one wireless mobile game controller via a second millimeter wave wireless link. | 2014-10-30 |