52nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110319083 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDOFF IN AN INTEGRATED CELL - A system and method for handoff in an integrated cell. A user equipment selects an integrated cell as a target cell supporting a target network based on a white list and physical cell identities. A cell-to-cell handoff is performed to the target cell. After the cell-to-cell handoff, a base station of the target cell establishes a communication session directly to a service. Then, the user equipment determines whether or not a physical cell identity of a base station of the target cell is an integrated physical cell identity. The user equipment turns on a module for the target network when the physical cell identity of the base station is determined to be the integrated physical cell identity. A heterogeneous-network handoff is then performed, and the base station communicates directly with a service server using a mapping table in order to seamlessly provide the service to the user equipment. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN FEMTOCELL DEPLOYMENTS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for mitigating interference among access points, and/or devices communicating therewith, in unplanned network deployments. Based on determining that one or more served devices potentially interfere with one or more access points, an inter-frequency handover (IFHO) threshold or data rate can be adjusted for the device to cause IFHO or reduce occurrence of interference, and/or a coverage area can be modified so the device can communicate with one or more other access points to mitigate potential interference. Based on determining interference from one or more devices served by other access points, an access point can switch operating modes to a hybrid or open access point to allow the one or more devices to handover to the access point, and/or can boost downlink transmit power to cause the one or more devices to perform IFHO from the other access points to mitigate potential interference. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319085 | CONTROLLER, RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - User equipment terminal includes a first user equipment terminal capable of communication in a first communication system and a second user equipment terminal capable of communication in a second communication system whose radio access technology is different from those of the first communication system. The first communication system is capable of communication in first and second frequency bands, and the second communication system is capable of communication in the first frequency band. A controller includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a user equipment terminal under the control of the controller is the first user equipment terminal or the second user equipment terminal; a standby system and frequency band specifying unit configured to specify, for the user equipment terminal determined to be the second user equipment terminal, that a communication system and a frequency band in which the user equipment terminal should be in the standby state are the first communication system and the first frequency band, respectively; and a reporting unit configured to report the specified communication system and the frequency band. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319086 | BASE-STATION DEVICE AND HANDOVER METHOD - A base-station device that forms a first cell in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of second cells are included in the first cell, includes: a reception unit configured to receive control information including information used to specify the location of a mobile terminal from the mobile terminal located in the first cell; a location information storage unit configured to store location information indicating the location of each of the plural second cells; a selection unit configured to select, based on a result obtained by comparing the location of the mobile terminal with the location information, a neighboring cell that can be a destination to which the mobile terminal is handed over from the first cell, from among the plural second cells; and a transmission unit configured to transmit to the mobile terminal a neighboring cell notification message giving notice of the selected neighboring cell. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319087 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER, AND EXCHANGE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes step A of notifying, by a radio base station NodeB | 2011-12-29 |
20110319088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN FEMTOCELL DEPLOYMENTS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining one or more parameters of an access point that can be set or adjusted to mitigate interference to other access points. A rise-over-thermal (RoT) threshold can be set at an access point based on one or more parameters, such as pathloss measurements, location of the access point, etc., such that interference from devices communicating with the access point can be mitigated. In addition, a noise floor, RoT threshold, etc., can be adjusted based on determining a transmit power difference, out-of-cell interference, and/or similar measurements. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319089 | UNIVERSAL MOBILE MANAGER INTERWORKING TO SUPPORT GLOBAL ROAMING - The present invention provides a method of interworking to support global roaming across circuit-switched and packet-switched domains. Embodiments of the methods include selecting a first routing number that identifies the mobility manager as a gateway to the originating domain. The selection is performed at a mobility manager in response to receiving a request from a first gateway in an originating domain to locate a user. Embodiments of the method further include identifying a second gateway that serves the user in a destination domain using a first user identifier included in the request received from the first gateway. Embodiments of the mobility manager can store information associating the first routing number with a second routing number that identifies the second gateway. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319090 | Resource Utilization Measurements for Heterogeneous Networks - Interference issues between wireless network devices are mitigated. An evolved node B (eNodeB) may experience higher cell load or higher interference when serving user equipment (UEs) that are operating in an cell range extension (CRE) area in which the UEs are strongly affected by aggressor eNodeBs. An eNodeB experiencing higher cell load or serving user equipments (UEs) under higher interference generally requests an interfering/aggressor eNodeB to repartition some of its resources. Repartitioning of resources, however, may have a negative impact on the eNodeB serving CRE area UEs. In one aspect, a new measurement of utilization accounts for CRE status and differentiates between protected and unprotected resources, such as subframes. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319091 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INTERFERENCE OF CONTROL CHANNEL - Provided is a system for allocating a radio resource. The system for allocating a radio resource may include a macro base station, a macro terminal, and a femto base station. The femto base station may allocate a radio resource for transmitting a control channel to a femto terminal, and transmit information of the allocated radio resource to the macro base station. The macro base station may allocate a radio resource for transmitting a control channel to the macro terminal in relation to the received information of the radio resource. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSMITTING DATA IN COORDINATED MULTI-CELL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of transmitting data in a coordinated multi-cell wireless communication system is provided. A base station receives information about beam-forming vectors, aligned with a channel to a user equipment placed in a neighbor cell, and about nulling beam-forming vectors for the channel to the user equipment from the neighbor cell, determines a transmission beam-forming vector based on the information, and transmits data to the user equipment using the transmission beam-forming vector. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319093 | GEO-LOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for geo-location of a wireless communication unit ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110319094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a positioning unit acquiring positioning information on a latitude and longitude showing a position of the positioning unit; a transmission unit transmitting a time-series log, which includes the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit, to a server; a reception unit receiving an activity model showing an activity state of a user, the activity model being obtained by a learning process carried out by the server based on the time-series log; a recognition unit recognizing a present activity state of the user using the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit and the activity model received by the reception unit; and a prediction unit predicting behavior of the user from the present activity state of the user recognized by the recognition unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319095 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING POSITION DETERMINATION WITH A SHORT CIRCUIT CALL FLOW - For a call flow to perform position determination, a network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The UE responds by sending to the network an acknowledgment (e.g., a grant of permission) to perform the position fix. The UE selectively sends a position estimate for itself to the network, typically along with the acknowledgment. The network may initiate location processing if (1) a location estimate is not received from the UE or (2) a location estimate is received from the UE but the network decides not to use this location estimate. In this case, the network and the UE perform location processing to obtain a position fix for the UE. However, if a location estimate is received from the UE and the network decides to use the location estimate, then the location processing is bypassed or short circuited. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319096 | ENABLING SOCIAL INTERACTIVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A computer-implemented system and method for enabling social interactive wireless communication between at least two mobile devices is presented. In particular, the system and method comprises affiliating and/or synchronizing a first mobile device and a second mobile device with an interactive social network. Further, the present invention comprises associating at least one first social interactive pairing criterion with the first mobile device, and associating at least one second social interactive pairing criterion with a second mobile device. Upon disposition of the first and second mobile devices in a physical and/or geographic proximity to one another, the present invention further comprises determining whether the first and second social interactive pairing criterion at least partially coincide with one another, and establishing a communication channel between the first and second mobile devices for communication therebetween. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319097 | Position Monitoring for a Coverage Area - It is disclosed a method, an apparatus and a computer program for monitoring, for a position of a set of one or more positions that are associated with a coverage area of a communication node, if a report comprising a position associated with said coverage area of said communication node and lying in a defined environment of said position for which said monitoring is performed is received as a validation of said position for which said monitoring is performed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PODCAST INFORMATION USING GEOLOCATION (LBS) INFORMATION - A method and system creating a network architecture to allow wireless subscribers to selectively integrate a network of available podcast information which may include podcasts and various other media rich IP-data, and related to locally available information, is provided. Interrogation of the network and/or retrieval and control of such podcasts may be accomplished in realtime or at a specifiable future time. In addition, other subscriber configurable profiles are provided in a variety of forms to further facilitate interrogation, filtering, and retrieval. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319099 | NAVIGATION OR MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A navigation or mapping system comprises a display device ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110319100 | ASYNCHRONOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to an asynchronous wireless communication system, such as a UMTS system. The various base stations of an asynchronous wireless communication system do not typically have known timing offsets Tb(i), and these timing offsets vary with time. The invention allows the calculation of the difference dTb(i,j) between timing offsets Tb(i), Tb(j) for pairs of base stations B(i), B(j), using the timing of signals received by one or more wireless communication units. Having eliminated the timing offsets between the base stations as a variable, geo-location techniques from synchronous networks may then be used to locate wireless communication units in the asynchronous wireless communication system. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319101 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR PAGING AN ACCESS TERMINAL IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus, and an associated methodology for a communication system in which an access terminal is paged by a page sent on a paging channel. Hashes are generated by a hash generator at an access network to identify where in the paging message that page indications are to be positioned. And, hashes are generated at the access terminal to identify where in a received page that page indications are located. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319102 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Automatic Mapping Between Parlay-X Short Messaging Service Message Element XML Encoding and Native SMPP Protocol Data Coding Scheme - Systems, methods, and computer program products are for mapping an extensible markup language (XML) encoding declarations to a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) data coding scheme (DCS) for a mobile-terminated (MT) short messaging service (SMS). An exemplary method includes receiving a message from a short message entity (SME) for delivery to a mobile device. The message includes a payload with at least one character encoded in accordance with a first character encoding scheme. The exemplary method further includes receiving from the SME a second encoding scheme for the message, implementing a mapping table to map the first character encoding scheme to the second character encoding scheme, and performing an encoding transformation of the message from the first character encoding to the second character encoding scheme yielding a modified message comprising the payload of the message encoded in the second character encoding scheme as specified by the SME. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319103 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIRMING A SHORT MESSAGE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method for confirming a short message of the electronic device include setting variables to confirm the short message received by the network, enabling a timer, and assigning the variables. The confirming method includes acquiring values of the variables, and sending a DBM including the short message to the network and waiting for an acknowledge DBM, if the electronic device attempts to access the network and needs to send the short message. The confirmation method further includes queue up the DBM in the electronic device, if the electronic device does not attempt to access the network, the duration of the timer has not elapsed, and needs to send the short message. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319104 | Telephone call handling system - A telephone call handling system includes a text selector to enable a user to select a text message prior to an incoming call. The text message can be stored in a text storage and sent by a text sender from the text storage to a calling telephone. A delivery trigger can initiate the text sender to send the text message at the time of the telephone call. The delivery trigger can be linked to delivery of an audio message, an audio content, an image or a video. The delivery trigger can be linked to call detection, call answer or call hang up. The user can be enabled to initiate the sending of the text message. The system can further include caller I.D. information. The user can employ the caller I.D. information in making a decision to initiate the sending of the text message. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319105 | FREE-HAND MOBILE MESSAGING-METHOD AND DEVICE - A communication system and device that enables free-hand drawn SMS (Short Messaging Service) messages to be transmitted and received from/to various user devices. A buffer device is inserted within a GSM compatible handset providing a buffer for both conventional SMS messages created by typing a message on the keypad of the handset and for free-hand drawn SMS messages created by drawing or writing the free-hand message on a data entry device. An optional OCR (Optical Character Recognition) facility can be provided in either the buffer device inserted within the handset or in a network server that receives the transmitted message and processes it for proper routing to the intended recipient. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319106 | METHOD FOR GROUPING ACCESS POINTS IN HIGH SPEED MOBILE ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - Provided is an access point grouping method to be performed in a high speed mobile environment and a communication system using the access point grouping method. A system capacity may be improved by grouping users having different movement speeds with respect to various channel environments classified based on existence of an LOS channel, and by performing beamforming. Channel information with respect to a user moving at a high speed may not be required, and thus overhead may be reduced. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319107 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASE STATION RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL SECTOR SWITCHING SYSTEM - A mobile communication base station (BS) radio frequency (RF) signal sector switching system is provided. The system is disposed between BS RF interfaces of a wireless communication BS and BS antennas, and includes BS end interfaces connected to the three BS RF interfaces in the wireless communication BS, antenna end interfaces connected to the three BS antennas, and a switching circuit between the BS end interfaces and the antenna end interfaces, enabling any BS end interface to be electrically connected to one, two, or three antenna end interfaces at the same time, and enabling any antenna end interface to be electrically connected to one, two, or three BS end interfaces at the same time. With original BS antenna configurations unchanged, the mobile communication BS RF signal sector switching system can increase a channel utilization rate of an idle sector, reduce cases of channel congestion of a sector of heavy traffic, and has advantages of energy conservation and environmental protection. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319108 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A wireless communication device includes an antenna unit that transmits and receives wireless signals, and one or more processors configured to conduct communication with a base station and control displacement of a service area of the base station and a service area of the wireless communication device in response to throughput characteristics of a cell formed by the base station. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319109 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Reference Signal in Multi-Node System - A method of transmitting a reference signal in a multi-node system including a plurality of nodes and a base station for controlling the plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes: transmitting node information to a user equipment; and transmitting the reference signal to the user equipment from at least one node among the plurality of nodes on the basis of the node information, wherein the node information includes information capable of identifying the reference signal transmitted from the at least one node, and wherein each of the plurality of nodes transmits a different reference signal. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319110 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION AND CONTROL STATION - A radio communication system includes a plurality of radio base stations and a control station connected to the radio base stations. One of the radio base stations notifies state control information including information regarding state control to the control station before or after execution of state control in the one radio base station. The control station notifies at least one of management information regarding the radio parameter updated in accordance with the state control and the state control information to the radio base stations connected to the control station, with the exclusion of the one radio base station that notified the state control information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for supporting a handover at a source Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided, in which a HandOver CoMmanD (HO-CMD) message is transmitted to a Mobile Station (MS). The HO-CMD message includes a Ranging CHannel (RCH) index of an RCH allocated to the MS by a target BS and a subframe index of the allocated RCH, and the RCH index of the allocated RCH does not overlap with indexes of other RCHs of the target BS. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319112 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An information format and apparatus used by a base station to make a scheduling decision when the base station allocates resource to a terminal in a mobile communication system are provided. Operations of a terminal to report a maximum transmission power accurately to the base station in a scheduling process are also provided. A method for calculating a maximum transmit power in a constant manner regardless of a channel status is also provided. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319113 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD - Provided are a base station apparatus and an information transmitting method capable of enhancing frequency diversity effect and improving reception quality characteristics at a mobile terminal apparatus even when a system bandwidth is extended. The information transmitting method comprises: using reception quality information from the mobile terminal apparatus as a basis to select one or more than one group band from a set of group bands obtained by dividing a system band (ST | 2011-12-29 |
20110319114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING AND/OR IMPLEMENTING CONTROL CHANNELS IN WHITE SPACE - Methods and apparatus related to control channels in a wireless communications system are described. Different white space bands may be available at different locations. A wireless terminal monitors control information from multiple potentially available communications channels. Control time slots corresponding to some different channels are intentionally time offset from one another. Some embodiments implement predetermined control slot timing synchronized with respect to an external timing source. In other embodiments, a wireless terminal selects a control time slot on a new channel as a function of control slot timing on channels already in use. A wireless terminal selects one of a plurality of communications channels for use in communicating information and determines a position of a control time slot to be used on the selected communications channels. The wireless terminal uses the control time slot on the selected communications channel to transmit and receive control information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING UE-BASED NETWORK PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS - A method and apparatus for managing UE-based network performance measurements utilizing a process of tracing a UE in a radio telecommunication network. An eNB may receive a trace activation message from a Mobility Management Entity, MME, or a Network Management Entity, wherein the trace activation message includes eNB-specific, and optionally MME-specific, selection conditions for selecting a UE for a trace session. The eNB selects a UE for tracing when the eNB-specific selection conditions are satisfied, and may send the MME-specific selection conditions to the MME for evaluation. When all selection conditions are satisfied, the eNB activates the trace session with the selected UE. The Trace Activation IE utilized in the Trace Start message, the UE Context Setup Request message, and the Handover Request message is extended with additional IEs in order to implement the method. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319116 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, SYNCHRONIZATION CONTROL METHOD, AND IC CHIP - A radio communication method in which a mobile station receives signaling information transmitted by a base station via a shared control channel, detects a presence/absence of data addressed to the mobile station, demodulates a shared data channel when the data is present, and receives data transmitted by the base station. The method includes the steps of transmitting, from the base station to the mobile station, a synchronization request via the shared control channel and transmitting, at the mobile station, feedback information including channel quality information, as a response to the synchronization request, via a random access channel. The method also includes generating, at the base station, timing advance information when receiving the feedback information, and transmitting, from the base station to the mobile station, the timing advance information, and adjusting, at the mobile station, a transmission timing of uplink data based on the timing advance information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADDING PARTICIPANTS INTO AN EXISTING TALK GROUP - In one embodiment, a method includes initiating a dynamic group call, detecting a call alert, and identifying a user system responsible for the call alert. The dynamic group call includes at least one original participant, and is initiated such that an ability to automatically add at least one new participant to the dynamic group call is enabled. Identifying the user system includes obtaining an indicator from the call alert. The indicator is associated with the user system. Finally, the method includes automatically adding the user system to the dynamic group call. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and apparatus for controlling transmission power in a wireless network area is provided. A target base station may control transmission power in cooperation with a neighboring base station and, thus, a satisfaction with a Quality of Service (QoS) of target terminals may be improved. Additionally, the target base station may determine whether to control the transmission power in cooperation with the neighboring base station, based on a possible improvement in satisfaction with the QoS of the target terminals. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319119 | USER APPARATUS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A user apparatus ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110319120 | Interaction Between Maximum Power Reduction and Power Scaling in Wireless Networks - Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for adjusting a power level in connection with transmitting parallel uplink channels. In one aspect, a user equipment determines a power-limited condition in which a total transmit power of a group of power-controlled channels exceeds a maximum level in a transmission subframe. The user equipment may determine, in an iterative fashion, power backoff values by which to establish a configured maximum power level. The parallel uplink channels in the group may be prioritized and different backoff values may be used with channels having different priorities. The user equipment may thereafter adjust a transmit power of the power-controlled channels based on the configured maximum power level. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319121 | Method of Handling Transmit Power Control and Control Signaling and Related Communication Device - A method of handling a plurality of transmit power control (TPC) commands for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of downlink (DL) grants for a plurality of physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions from a network of the wireless communication system, the plurality of DL grants comprising the plurality of TPC commands; and deriving at least one TPC command for power control of at least one physical uplink (UL) control channel (PUCCH) transmission by using the plurality of TPC commands. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE TRANSMIT POWER CAPPING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining a transmission power cap for one or more devices based at least in part on pathloss measurements to one or more access points received from the one or more devices. A common transmission power cap can also be computed for assigning to devices communicating with an access point, and the transmission power cap for a given device can be adjusted when the transmission power is at or a threshold level from the common power cap to conserve signaling in the wireless network. Adjustment of the transmission power cap can additionally or alternatively be based on a received power at an access point related to signals from the device, an interference report from one or more access points, and/or the like. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319123 | USER EQUIPMENT APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A PLURALITY OF SIGNALS SIMULTANEOUSLY USING AT LEAST TWO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SCHEMES AND METHOD THEREOF - A user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system is disclosed. A second receiving module, of a second wireless communication chip, is configured for receiving a transmission power value of a first signal configured to be transmitted from a first wireless communication chip of the UE. A second transmission power value determining module, of the second wireless communication chip, is configured for determining a transmission power value of a second signal configured to be transmitted from the second wireless communication chip, the determination based on the received transmission power value of the first signal and a predefined specific absorption rate (SAR) condition, wherein the first wireless communication chip is configured for transmitting the first signal using a first wireless communication scheme, wherein the second wireless communication chip is configured for transmitting the second signal using a second wireless communication scheme simultaneously with the transmission of the first signal by the first wireless communication chip. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319124 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING POWER AMPLIFIER EFFICIENCY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS HAVING HIGH PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIOS - A power management system and method for a wireless communication device generates an average desired transmit power signal based on at least one of a received signal strength indicator signal and a power control instruction signal from a base station. A power supply level adjustment signal is generated based on the data parameters of an outgoing data stream and at least one environmental information signal. A combination of the power supply level adjustment signal and the average desired transmit power or a gain control signal and an altered version of the power supply level adjustment signal is used to generate a variable power supply signal that is provided to an output amplifier block for sufficiently generating outgoing wireless device radio signals while reducing power loss in the output amplifier block. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319125 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, AND BLOCKADE CONTROL METHOD - A radio base station ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110319126 | COORDINATED POWER BOOST AND POWER BACK-OFF - A system and method are provided for boosting power for a communications link between a base station and a user device, or user equipment, over a communications link channel in a cellular communications network. In one embodiment, the base station determines whether a communications link for a user device located within a sector of a cell served by the base station needs a power boost. If a power boost is needed, the base station provides a power boost for the communications link for the user device and, for each of one or more neighboring sectors that neighbor the sector in which the user device is located, coordinates the power boost in both frequency and time with a power backoff for a downlink to another user device located in a cell center area of the neighboring sector. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319127 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - Provided is a communication device which transmits a signal by setting appropriate transmission power under the situation that the communication device moves. The mobile communication device includes transmitting and receiving means for receiving a first signal transmitted from other mobile communication device; control means for holding first circumference information including transmission power setting information of the first signal, time information including receiving time when the transmitting and receiving means receives the first signal, and receiving power information of the first signal in the transmitting and receiving means, and deleting the first circumference information in a case where a predetermined period has passed from the receiving time; and transmission power control means for generating transmission power setting information of a second signal and outputting to the transmitting and receiving means, and providing a predetermined value to the transmission power setting information of the second signal in a case where the first circumference information is deleted. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319128 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A mobile terminal apparatus includes: a microphone; a switch control unit, which switches between a normal mode, in which a voice uttered toward the microphone is transmitted to an intended party, and a mute mode, in which the voice is not transmitted to the intended party; and a proximity sensor, which detects whether a detection object is in proximity to the proximity sensor, wherein, while the mute mode is being executed, if the detection object is detected by the proximity sensor, the switch control unit switches to the normal mode. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319129 | Data Rate in Mobile Communication Networks - A method of operating a mobile telecommunications device | 2011-12-29 |
20110319130 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A method of operation of a mobile terminal includes displaying, on a display module, a preview image generated by a camera module, obtaining object information for at least one object shown in the preview image or at least one object within a predetermined distance of a current location of the mobile terminal, and displaying the object information on the display module using a display form that is determined according to a user preference level of the object information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319131 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF PROVIDING MULTIPLAYER GAME AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes displaying a preview image provided by a camera module on a display module; searching for object information of an object within a predetermined distance of the mobile terminal; and displaying the object information on the display module when a user command generated by pressing a predetermined key is received. Therefore, it is possible to provide object information with high readability by displaying the object information only when receiving a predetermined user command. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319132 | MOBILE PHONE HAVING DETACHABLE SMART CARD MODULE - A mobile phone includes a mobile phone main module and a smart card module. The mobile phone main module includes a smart card reading circuit and a first universal serial bus (USB) port connected to the smart card reading circuit. The smart card module includes a smart card holder having a smart card and a USB plug connected to the smart card holder. The smart card reading circuit communicates with the smart card in response to the USB plug being inserted in the first USB port. The smart card module is also operable to be used for a computer in response to the USB plug being inserted in a USB port of the computer. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319133 | ME NETWORK PARAMETERS CONFIGURATION BY UICC - A mobile device is provided having a smart card. The smart card is programmed to generate a new configure command that can be used to configure network related parameters with in the mobile device. The configure command can be used to override existing network related parameters or to add additional network related parameters. The network related parameters may relate to different access points and an identifier may be associated with each set of network parameters to facilitate the subsequent identification of desired network related parameters. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319134 | ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF A MICRO-MODULE AND A REPRODUCING DEVICE WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH CONTACT-FREE NEAR-COMMUNICATION MEANS - Portable communication device for at least mono-directional communication with a terminal, comprising a micro-module including a chip that comprises an antenna allowing the micro-module to communicate with a terminal when the antenna is placed in the immediate vicinity of the terminal, the device being characterized in that it comprises a reader receiving the removable micro-module, said antenna being held by said reader such that the micro-module is removable relative to the antenna. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319135 | Wireless communication device - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device including: a cable port to which an external device is connected; a reading unit that reads identification information from the external device; a determination unit that determines whether the external device is the source-side wireless communication device; an authentication memory unit that performs an authentication process with the source-side wireless communication device; a wireless communication unit that performs a wireless communication with the source-side wireless communication device; and a physical address processing unit that controls the source-side wireless communication device to store a physical address of a source-side device calculated based on from the read identification information of the sink-side device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319136 | Method of a Wireless Communication Device for Managing Status Components for Global Call Control - There is described a method of a wireless communication device for managing status components for global call control. A selectable region is displayed at a display. A first user input is then detected at an input component associated with the display corresponding to selection of the selectable region. Next, an active call status component associated with a current call is displayed at the display in response to the first user input. A second user input is detected at the input component corresponding to selection of the current call status component. Thereafter, active call information associated with an active call is displayed at the display or an active call is terminated in response to detecting the second user input. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319137 | PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device including a casing, a photoelectric conversion section that converts light into electric power, a protective plate having light-transmitting property and protecting a light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion section, and a amount-of-received-light display section provided in a perimeter region of the protective plate, the amount-of-received-light display section made of a first paint that changes display color based on an amount of received light. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319138 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. In the method, an operation screen is displayed on a display module and a pointer including a click region, which is at least partially transparent, is displayed on the operation screen. An operation corresponding to an object indicated by the pointer is performed when an input of touching the click region has been made. This method allows the user to correctly select a desired object using the pointer including the transparent click region to perform an operation associated with the object. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319139 | MOBILE TERMINAL, KEY DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND KEY DISPLAY METHOD - A mobile phone | 2011-12-29 |
20110319140 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A system and method for operating a mobile electronic device is disclosed. A shift of a first housing relative to a second housing comprising a display is detected, and an amount of shielding of the display by the first housing is determined. An image is displayed on the display based on the amount of shielding. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319141 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - A mobile communication terminal apparatus having a communication function, the mobile communication terminal apparatus includes: a light emitting unit configured to indicate call incoming information or mail receiving information by light emission; a notification setting unit configured to set whether to indicate at least one of the call incoming information and the mail receiving information by using at least one of a sound and a vibration; a brightness detecting unit, which detects a brightness when the notification setting unit set to not indicate by using both of the sound and the vibration; and a light-emission control unit, which controls the light emitting unit to not emit light, when the notification setting unit set to not indicate by both the sound and the vibration by the notification setting unit and when the brightness detected by the brightness detecting unit is a predetermined brightness or less. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319142 | Helmet communication device - A helmet communication device is composed primarily of a first communication device, a second communication device and a switching circuit device, such that when a motorcycle driver is driving the motorcycle, the driver can choose to use the first communication device to answer a cellular phone with a wired or blue-tooth technology, or to converse with a back seat passenger through the second communication device, by a control of the switching circuit device, so as to improve driving safety and to improve convenience in answering the cellular phone or dialoging with the back seat passenger. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319143 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR MOBILE TERMINAL AND POWER SUPPLY SWITCHING METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention discloses a power supply unit and a power supply switching method for mobile terminals. The terminal power supply unit comprises a battery, a power supply conversion module, a charging management module and a power supply switching module; the charging management module and the power supply switching module both comprise a power supply input port used for connection with an external power supply; the charging management module is connected with the battery and used for charging the battery when an external power supply is connected; the power supply conversion module is connected with the power supply switching module and used for converting the voltage of an external power supply into a power supply voltage required by the terminal and controlling an on-off state of the power supply switching module such that the power supply switching module is in an on state when no external power supply is connected, the battery supplies power to the terminal, and such that the power supply switching module is off and the power supply conversion module outputs the power supply voltage when an external power supply is connected. The present invention realizes that when the terminal is connected with an external power supply, the external power supply supplies power to the terminal and the battery is only charged without supplying power to the terminal, which is suitable for power supply switching of existing handsets and 3G handsets. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319144 | POWER MANAGEMENT PROFILE - The present invention provides a method and system suitable for managing the power consumption of a mobile communication device by way of a user-selectable profile. In response to receiving a power management-initiating signal the mobile communication device performs at least one of the following: Receipt of incoming communication is deferred while other functionality of the mobile communication device is retained; outgoing communication is grouped into a single transmission; and a subsequent transmission is deferred if the transmission requires power exceeding a predetermined threshold. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319145 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DETACHABLE ANTENNA - A portable electronic device includes a housing and an antenna. The housing includes at least one magnetic portion. The antenna includes at least one mounting end corresponding to the at least one magnetic portion. The at least one mounting end is magnetically attracted by the at least one magnetic portion and attached on the at least one magnetic portion. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319146 | CELLULAR PHONE PROTECTOR - An enclosure for storing an electronic device comprising: a body portion where the body portion includes a top portion and a bottom portion; a means to sealed together and enclose the top portion and bottom portion; and a power cord, where said power cord extends from the bottom portion of the enclosure and said power cord includes a connector. The connector enables the connection of the enclosure into a DC outlet of the vehicle. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319147 | MOBILE DEVICE CASE SLIDING RAIL AND LATCH - A protection device for protecting a sliding cellular telephone. The cellular phone includes a first portion in slidable engagement with a second portion. The protection device includes a first protection cover for receiving the first portion of the cellular phone. The first protection cover includes a first pair of longitudinal side walls, where each longitudinal side wall includes a guide rail. The protection device also includes a second protection cover for receiving the second portion of the cellular phone. The second protection cover is slidably engagable with the first protection cover. The second protection cover includes a second pair of longitudinal side walls, where each of the second pair of side walls includes an inner surface and an outer surface and a groove disposed along the inner surface such that each guide rail is slidably engagable with a corresponding groove. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319148 | VIRTUAL AND LOCATION-BASED MULTIPLAYER GAMING - A system and method combining real-world actions and virtual actions in a gaming environment. In one aspect, a massively multiplayer environment combines the real world actions and virtual actions of a participant to influence both character metrics and game play within one or more games provided by the service. In the real world or location-based events, game play occurs in and around links explicitly created between real world locations and virtual representations of those locations within the game. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319149 | Accurate Marketing System - A community portal website system composed of multilevel community portal websites, employing a precision marketing method to pay resident members to look at advertisements placed by business members. Business members are able to specify a campaign period, a prepaid budget balance, and target consumer characteristics for the viewers of an advertisement. Resident members are paid by business members both directly and indirectly. Resident members who match the target consumer characteristics will be directly paid a fee for accessing an advertisement for a predetermined viewing time. Resident members are also paid indirectly by business members by means of a lottery fund. Business members contribute to the lottery fund every time their advertisements are viewed by resident members. A winner of the lottery fund is drawn regularly by the licensor or licensee, and the grand prize winner is paid a substantial amount. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319150 | TICKETS AND SYSTEM FOR LOTTERY GAMES - The present invention provides lottery tickets each of which incorporates one or more set(s) of random results data generated by random data generating software. Each set of random results data corresponding to possible results of game play, a sports event or a sporting contest, and incorporates a verification code for each set of random results data. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319151 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BINGO WINS - A gaming system includes a plurality of gaming machines and a continual game sequence including a plurality of symbols and a plurality of sessions. Each session includes a number of games. At the beginning of a game sequence, the gaming system draws all of the symbols. When the number of games of the current session has been played without a winner, the game sequence proceeds to the next session. For each session, the gaming system activates a number of the drawn symbols based on the session number. Upon player activation, a gaming machine generates a symbol subset, marking each symbol in the subset which matches the activated symbols. If the marked symbols match a predetermined pattern, the gaming system provides an award for a player, basing the award on an award pool amount and the session number. As the session number increases, the award provided to the player decreases. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319152 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY SIMULATING A COMPONENT OF A WAGERING GAME - Gaming devices, gaming systems, methods of conducting a wagering game, and computer programs for initiating a wagering game are presented herein. A gaming device is presented that includes a wager input device for receiving wagers from players to play a wagering game, and a display for displaying outcomes of the wagering game. The gaming device also includes a multi-layer composite lighting assembly with a first light-emitting layer, a second light-emitting layer, and a spacer. The first light-emitting layer emits light of a first color in a first direction, whereas the second light-emitting layer emits light of a second color in a second direction. The spacer, which is interposed between the first and second light-emitting layers, diffuses and focuses light emitted by the second light-emitting layer through the light emitted by the first light-emitting layer to thereby create a three-dimensional simulation of a component of the wagering game. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319153 | System and Method for Blind Selection of Plural Selectable Elements Prior to a Reveal in a Wagering Game - A method for conducting a wagering game on a wagering game device includes using one or more processors to define, in a game feature, a plurality of selectable elements, at least some of the plurality of selectable elements being associated with selectable element awards. The method also includes receiving player selections of the selectable elements, subject to a predefined geometric rule-based selection constraint, until the player has either selected a selectable element associated with a game-ending outcome or completed selections from among the plurality of selectable elements. The method further includes revealing the selectable element awards only after all player selections of the selectable elements have been received and awarding to the player any selectable element awards relating to any selected selectable elements. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319154 | Blackjack pass game - The card game of Blackjack Pass is provided in either an electronic format or in a traditional card game format including decks with 52 physical playing cards. Blackjack Pass is played with many of the same rules as standard Blackjack. Blackjack Pass is played using one or more standard fifty-two card decks of playing cards. Each Player and the Dealer are initially dealt two cards. Similar to standard Blackjack, the game of Blackjack is resolved by determination as to whether the Player's hand or the Dealer's hand is closer, without exceeding 21. The Player or Dealer “busts”, and thereby loses, by exceeding 21. However, unlike traditional standard Blackjack, in Blackjack Pass, in the event that the Dealer has a better hand than the Player after the Dealer's turn taking cards, then a player is given the opportunity to take additional cards. Play cycles between the Dealer and Player taking turns electing to take cards until the Dealer busts, the Player busts, or there is a “Push”. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319156 | Virtual Gaming Machine - A gaming method includes repetitive plays simulating rolls of virtual dice by a player and at least one of a bonus feature and a progressive feature. A gaming method includes scoring dice. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319157 | GAMING POINT EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gaming system, a gaming market, and a method, is disclosed. The gaming system may include two or more games to be played by one or more players. Each game may be configured to enumerate a number of points earned through play of the respective two or more games. The system may also include two or more exchangeable gaming currencies. Each gaming currency may be convertible to, and convertible from, universal points using respective two or more conversion factors. The two or more exchangeable gaming currencies may be at least two of: the points earned through play of a first of the two or more games, the points earned through play of a second of the two or more games, and commonly recognized monetary units. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319158 | SIDE BETTING ON GAMING AND RELATED NON GAMING ITEMS - A gaming device including an interface unit configured to accept game play data from a player, and a controller coupled to the interface unit. The controller includes a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores player tracking data and wherein the processor is configured to receive, via the interface unit, game play data for the player playing a primary game, initiate a play of a secondary game if a triggering event occurs, enable a player to select at least one of a plurality of different loyalty awards associated with the secondary game, determine an outcome of the secondary game, and issue a loyalty award based on the determined outcome of the secondary game. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319159 | GAME DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAME DEVICE, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM - Provided is a game device which allows a user to experience that a combination action is or is not performed smoothly between game characters depending on a relationship between the game characters (for example, combination degree or compatibility). In the present invention, a storage content of parameter storage means ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110319160 | Systems and Methods for Creating and Delivering Skill-Enhancing Computer Applications - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating and delivering skill-enhancing applications based on pre-recorded media content without altering the prerecorded media content. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319161 | Methods and apparatuses for displaying interactive content through a device - In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect a device; detect a status level corresponding to the device; receive content on the device based on the status level; and display the content on the device based on the status level. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319162 | GREETING CARDS AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS WITH VIDEO GAMING FEATURES - The greeting card of the present disclosure and related inventions includes a mini video game enclosed within the greeting card construct. The video game screen and control buttons can be accessed through the card construct, either through the front face of the greeting card or through an internal panel. The video game components are concealed and protected within a protective housing that is substantially contained within the panels of the greeting card construct. An on/off switch may be included so that a user or card recipient can control power to the game or a slide or other type of switch may be included to automatically turn on the video game. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319163 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME EXECUTION APPARATUS, AND PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A game system in which game software produced to be used in stationary game machines can be used in portable game machines. The game system includes a stationary game machine, a portable game machine, and a memory card connectable to both the stationary and portable game machines. Image data contained in game software produced for the stationary game machine shows an image in the form of free-form surface. The stationary game machine converts the image data to show the image in the form of a polygon according to processing performance of the portable game machine, and stores the converted image data and a game program executable by the portable game machine onto the memory card. The portable game machine executes the game program stored on the memory card, and generates and displays a display image from the image data stored on the memory card. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319164 | GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, GAME DEVICE, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD ADAPTED TO CONTROL GAME WHERE OBJECTS ARE MOVED IN GAME FIELD - In a game device, a game control unit arranges an object in a three-dimensional space provided in a game field. A temperature-distribution simulator simulates a physical phenomenon on a two-dimensional plane, onto which a three-dimensional space is projected, in reference to a distribution-data storage unit. The game control unit applies the simulated physical phenomenon on an object in the three-dimensional space. A mycelial-growth simulator similarly simulates a physical phenomenon on a two-dimensional plane. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319165 | iWishbox - The iWishBox device is a wish promoting game that electronically detects, measures and connects a person's conductive aura with the Earth's magnetic field. A wish is placed inside the iWishBox. The box and player are then aligned with one of the eight magnetic, descriptive celestial headings associated with said wish. Specific prognosticative data along with a personal iWish-Number can then be formulated from an iWish-Compendium and used to achieve the desired goal. The iWishBox psychologically empowers the user to be positively motivated as a pathway to the desired wish. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319166 | Coordinating Device Interaction To Enhance User Experience - A method for coordinating interaction between one or more computing devices for users participating in an interactive activity is provided. A reference point is identified on a physical surface via a primary computing device. The primary computing device may include a mobile computing device. The physical surface is utilized to render an interactive activity for one or more users. The reference point is communicated to one or more secondary computing devices, via the primary computing device. An interaction between the primary computing device and the secondary computing devices is coordinated utilizing the reference point. A user perspective image of the interactive game relative to the reference point is rendered on the physical surface via the primary computing device and the secondary computing devices to the users. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319167 | Storage Medium, Game Apparatus, Game Controlling Method and Game System - A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU sets a weapon to be transmittable according to an instruction by a player. More specifically, a seed is generated from a weapon, and transmittable seed data corresponding to the generated seed is stored in a memory for saved data. When a game apparatus is carried in a sleep state by a player, it makes a communication with another game apparatus to thereby transmit and receive the transmittable seed data with the other game apparatus. Accordingly, the transmittable and receivable seed data, that is the seeds are exchanged. During the game, the received two seeds are fused to thereby generate a weapon. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319168 | GAME DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a game device, wherein an event storage unit ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110319169 | Mobile Device Interface for Online Games - The present disclosure generally relates games and applications in general and in particular to computer-implemented online games playable on mobile devices. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319170 | Systems, methods and techniques for safely and effectively coordinating video game play contests both on and off line - A game involves establishing a Wi-Fi connection for retrieving a template used to create a level for the game. A play test is conducted to determine if the created level of the game can be played. The created game level can be shared with other players and/or submitted as a contest for play and competition judging by other players. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE FANTASY SPORTS MANAGEMENT - A system and method for online fantasy sports management enables users to negotiate and conduct sports transactions, such as trading players, signing free agent players to a contract, and waiving players from their contract, in accordance with the actual rules and regulations of the professional sports league being simulated. Users can participate as fantasy managers of sports teams, or as fantasy agents with a stable of players as clients. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319172 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND GAME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - This game system has an allocation unit ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110319173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATION - Techniques are disclosed for facilitating a shared activity conducted by multiple participants via remote devices, particularly when there are more players then available remote devices. For example, the shared activity may be users playing electronic versions of a variety of card games or board games (or other game types). Users interact with a central device and one or more remote devices. The central device may be used to present “public” information on a central game play field—such as a game board, draw and discard piles, place cards, current scores, whose turn it is, etc. And the remote devices are used to present “private” game information to individual players—such as a player's “hole cards” or letter tiles. Further, users may make game choices and provide game input by interacting with the handheld device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING GAME DATA ABOUT PLAYERS - Information is shared among users in a system by the use of a service. The service receives information from at least two different game applications that each have a configuration file (defined with a common schema) that defines information from the game application to share with a service. An intermediary program executing on a computer that is also executing one of said game applications receives information from the application as defined by said configuration files and stores at least a portion of the information received from the application. At least a portion of the information is sent to the service when the intermediary is in communication with the service over a network wherein the service provides information about a user of said at least two game applications based on information received by said service. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319175 | COLLABORATIVE ONLINE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, method, and computer program product for collaborative online gaming, including at least one of providing a central repository master browser system; providing an experience calibrated match-making service; providing a dynamic multiplayer server component auto deployment and aggregation system; providing a lobby centric simultaneous and collaborative client game play launching feature; and providing a video game screen over-layer technology giving users access to a control interface while inside a video game being played. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319176 | DEVICE FOR THE VIBRATION-REDUCING TRANSMISSION OF TORQUES - The present invention relates to a device for the vibration-reducing transmission of torques between two shaft sections in a shaft arrangement comprising two transmission parts that interact in a torque-transmitting manner in a coupling area, wherein each of the transmission parts has a protruding claw formation, which is received in a receiving area for the transmission of torque from the respectively other transmission part, wherein a damping device is provided between the transmission parts, wherein each of the transmission parts also has a closed bearing ring with a bearing opening, which receives and supports an axial positioning pin, and wherein the bearing ring is integrally connected to the associated claw formation of the respective transmission part and extends axially into the receiving area. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319177 | DAMPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING TORSION VIBRATIONS - A damping system for damping torsion vibrations of shafts in machines is provided. A torque sensor detects torsion vibrations. At least one magnetostrictive actuator device creates a mechanical counter-vibration and a control device registers a measurement signal of the torque sensor in a time-resolved manner and creates a phase-shifted signal for a counter-vibration and drives the actuator device. Further, a method for eliminating torsion vibration of shafts in machines with such a damping system is provided. The torsion vibration of the torque of the shaft is registered in a time-resolved manner, a phase-shifted signal is created for a counter-vibration, and a mechanical counter-vibration is created using at least one magnetostrictive actuator device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319178 | Roller Coaster Vehicle - A ride system provides guest compartment(s) with a roll degree of freedom through a pivoting connection. The guest compartment is attached to a track via a chassis, the chassis being attached to the track such that the guest compartment rides substantially above the track but has a roll degree of freedom relative to the chassis. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319179 | Roller Coaster Vehicle - Ride systems providing guest compartment(s) with a roll degree of freedom through radial mount(s) are described. The guest compartment of the vehicles is attached to a track via a chassis. The guest compartment and the chassis are configured such that the guest compartment has a roll degree of freedom relative to the chassis. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319180 | PICTURE-SHOWING FACILITY INCLUDING SPECIAL EFFECT DEVICES - The present invention provides a picture-showing facility, including a plurality of special effect devices, motion seat assemblies, and a control unit capable of controlling the special effect devices and the motion seat assemblies. The special effect devices include a fog generation device and a fan, and further include at least one selected from a group consisting of a bubble generation device, a laser generation device, a strobe generation device, and a scent generation device. Further, the present invention provides a method of showing a picture in the picture-showing facility.
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20110319181 | Pneumatic powered swing system and method - Apparatus for driving a swing for an occupant of a certain mass and size where the drive mechanism includes a pneumatic power system and linkage for oscillating swing arm brackets. The power system is interconnected between the brackets and a stationary support and is self-compensating for variations in load related to natural frequency of the certain mass and wind resistance relative to occupant size. The power system includes a piston/cylinder arrangement where the piston is drivingly connected to at least one of the swing arm bracket supports and grounded to a stationary support. An automatically self-indexing valve control unit is attached relative to the piston/cylinder arrangement. The valve includes a reversing trigger arm carried by either the piston or cylinder configured to reset pneumatic flow direction with each oscillating piston stroke. The power system timed and is self-compensating for variations in natural frequency due to occupant mass and air resistance. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319182 | Cabana Golf - “Cabana Golf” is set in a “driving range” type of atmosphere. Existing ranges would be a perfect fit to install “Cabana Golf”. The concept consists of taking practice at a driving range to the next level. The objective of this design is for the golfer to play a regular golf round from a single location, with shade from a cabana or tent. It has a distinct course design and complete set of rules. These rules are geared towards the basic strategy of traditional golf. This concept will allow a player to practice or compete with all types of golf shots without the physical stress of walking the course, poor weather or unavailable tee times. “Cabana Golf” will also assist the novice player to prepare him or her for the actual course. | 2011-12-29 |
20110319183 | Golf strap - According to this invention, a golf strap comprised of a flexible soft material with a visual alignment indicator and fastener is provided with a raised flexible bar across the palm portion, which aligns the golf club for proper gripping. The golf strap is worn around a golfer's hand, and the visual alignment indicator directs the golfer in proper golf strap placement before affixing the fastener to secure the golf strap. The flexible bar is so positioned across the palm portion of the golf strap that, when the golf club grip is held, the gripping hand of a golfer wearing the golf strap receives the grip portion of the club shaft across the palm of the golf strap and against the flexible bar. The flexible bar positions the club shaft to lie diagonally across the roots of the fingers. When the hand is closed around the golf club, with the flexible bar cradling the grip portion of the golf club, an automatic proper gripping of the golf club will be ensured. | 2011-12-29 |