Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100036949 | Centralized Scheduler for Content Delivery Network - A method for performing centralized scheduling of content delivery is described including performing admission control, locating a server that is a source of content, determining a content delivery schedule and reordering the content delivery schedule over a content delivery network (CDN). Also described is a method for performing admission control including reordering a request queue based on partially served committed requests for content and newly arrived requests for content and determining if the newly arrived request for content can be admitted to the request queue. | 02-11-2010 |
20100138869 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC SERVICE GUIDE - A method for generating Electronic Service Guide, comprising steps of: obtaining user information from a user in a digital video broadcasting network; generating a first Electronic Service Guide as a function of the user information, wherein the first Electronic Service Guide lists services provided by the digital video broadcasting network and associated with the user information; and sending the first Electronic Service Guide to the user. | 06-03-2010 |
20100246597 | Method and apparatus for assigning identifiers to media services - A user assigns a major and minor channel number combination to a media service which does not have such a pre-existing combination, where such a media service is accessed by using such a channel combination without having to resort to the typical means of accessing the media service, such as using a web site URL or radio frequency. Optionally, the invention will automatically update the minor numbers associated with a media service when older versions of the media service become unavailable. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250655 | Methods for delivering and receiving interactive multimedia - A method used in a service providing device for delivering interactive multimedia content to a plurality of client devices, comprising: receiving a request for the interactive multimedia content, from at least one of the plurality of client devices; disabling the plurality of client devices from sending the request to the service providing device, according to a predetermined condition; and delivering the interactive multimedia content to the plurality of client devices. | 09-30-2010 |
20110099449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEC ENCODING AND DECODING - A method for Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoding in a transmitter, the method comprising: receiving a data stream from a data source; generating a first Forward Error Correction data for respective data block with a first block size of the data stream; and generating a second Forward Error Correction data for respective data block with a second block size of the data stream, wherein the second block size is different with the first block size and wherein the data blocks of the first block size form the data stream, and the data blocks with the second block size form the data stream. | 04-28-2011 |
20110194431 | SELECTION OF TRIGGERING EVENTS/ELEMENTS FOR FOR RELAXED DETERMINISTIC BACK-OFF METHOD - In the context of IEEE 802.11 WLAN networks, enhancement to the Relaxed Deterministic Backoff (R-DEB) for random access of shared (Medium Access Control MAC) method. For all available candidate resource slots, a busy index is calculated that reflects the level of use/occupation in the past and infers a probability of use in the future by another concurring device. The method assumes the use of a sub-set of resource slots for transmission, and updates this set by replacing resource slots for which collisions are frequent with a not currently used candidate resource for which the busy index is the lowest. Passive Spoofing/overhearing of all resources for clear channel assessment (CCS) is used for resource monitoring purposes. | 08-11-2011 |
20110219039 | TECHNIQUE FOR CUSTOMIZING CONTENT - Content can be advantageously customized by use of an accompanying rich media file that characterizes segments in the content file. To perform such customization, the rich media file undergoes parsing (e.g., examination) to identify a location for an overlay in the least one segment of the content file. Thereafter, an overlay is inserted into the at least one content segment. In practice, the overlay is inserted to block objectionable material in the content segment, but the overlay can be inserted to add material, such as to insert an advertisement or a sub-title for example. Inserting the overlay can include physically overlaying a cover layer onto one or more frames of the content segment to add information or block objectionable material in the content segment. | 09-08-2011 |
20110264977 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING DATA BLOCKS - The present invention provides a scalable and reliable feedback suppression method for receiving and transmitting data block. The method comprises receiving at least one initial data packet of the data block which is sent by the transmitter to the multicast group of receivers; and sending at least one NAK packet indicating packet loss to the transmitter by at least one receiver of the multicast group, wherein the at least one NAK packet is sent in a single uplink time slot dedicated to said multicast group of receivers, and wherein the NAK packet is identical for all receivers of said multicast group. | 10-27-2011 |
20110276557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING MEDIA SERVICE QUERIES - A user accessing a media service desires to find out more information about the media service by formulating a query, by operation of an input device, where a region of interest of said media service is selected by the user. The query is submitted to other users who are defined by various tiers defined by different types of criteria. The users belonging to such tiers respond back to the query with new information, which is rendered on the media device being used by the user. Such responses are then rendered on the media device of the user. Optionally, a computer assistance mode is operated where keywords are extracted from said communications between users, and such keywords a used to obtain additional results from a resource such as a search engine. | 11-10-2011 |
20120063307 | ADAPTIVE TRIGGERING SET FOR RELAXED DETERMINISTIC BACK-OFF METHOD - A method and system are described including retrieving a sparseness indication, retrieving an indication of a number of failed transmissions, comparing the sparseness indication to an optimal sparseness, comparing the number of failed transmissions to a first threshold, adjusting a size of a set of triggering events responsive to both the first and the second comparison, comparing a data buffer push rate to a data buffer arrival rate, further adjusting the size of the triggering set responsive to the third comparison, determining system fairness, comparing the size of the triggering set to a second threshold and further adjusting the size of the triggering set responsive to one of the determination and a combination of the determination and the fourth comparison. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method for distributing a multimedia content to at least two rendering devices, wherein said multimedia content comprises at least two elementary contents, the method comprises the steps of receiving first information including information indicating for each of said at least two elementary contents a destination rendering device and a starting time; for each rendering device associated with said multimedia content, sending corresponding information indicating starting time for at least one elementary content destined to the rendering device; receiving said multimedia content; and sending said at least two elementary contents of said multimedia content to their corresponding destination rendering devices based on information indicating destination rendering device for each of said at least two elementary contents. | 03-22-2012 |
20120127969 | SEMI-RANDOM BACK-OFF METHOD FOR ACHIEVING RESOURCE RESERVATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method and apparatus are described including determining if a successful unicast transmission has occurred, adjusting a contention window to a minimum value and adjusting a time slot back-off counter to one-half of the value of the contention window plus one responsive to the determination and adjusting the contention window using one of a plurality of adjustment schemes and selecting said time slot back-off counter from an interval between zero and the contention window. | 05-24-2012 |
20120227067 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION - It is provided a method for providing complementary information for principal information in a system having a first presentation device for presenting the principal information and a second presentation device for presenting the complementary information. The method comprises the steps of receiving a piece of principal information to be presented on the first presentation device; determining control information of at least one piece of complementary information associated with the received piece of principal information, wherein, the control information comprises a start time point for each piece of complementary information indicating when to present the complementary information, and sending an instruction message to instruct the second device to present the at least one piece of complementary information associated with the received piece of principal information based on the start time point contained in the control information and time information carried in the received piece of principal information. | 09-06-2012 |
20120320814 | HANDOVER METHOD OF MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICE IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A method of a mobile station receiving data packets from a serving base station via a multicast or broadcast connection in a wireless network is provided for performing a handover from the serving base station to a target base station. The method comprises, at the level of the mobile station, the steps of: upon the detection of the quantity of buffered data packets in the mobile station being lower than a first threshold value, establishing a unicast connection with the serving base station to receive data packets from the serving base station; and upon detection of the level of buffered data packets reaching the predetermined threshold level, performing a handover from the serving base station to the target base station. According to the invention, a seamless handover of a mobile station in a wireless network providing Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS service) can be achieved to prevent the MBS service interruption during the handover. | 12-20-2012 |
20130004145 | TRICK PLAYBACK OF VIDEO DATA - A method for controlling playback of video data on a first device ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130113996 | METHOD OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE FOR MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS - A method and a device for preparing a media stream containing more than one component stream for picture-in-picture applications are described along with the corresponding method and device for rendering the media stream in a picture-in-picture mode. The invention allows for live and dynamic picture-in-picture rendering of the component streams contained in the media stream. Extensions to the media formats that shall support various multimedia applications, such as the MPEG-2 Transport Stream and ISO media format, are proposed to enable such a dynamic picture-in-picture functionality. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATION IN COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS - A method and apparatus are described including competing by a secondary transmitter with a plurality of secondary nodes in a cognitive radio network to become a relay node for a primary transmitter, the secondary nodes being secondary transmitters and secondary receivers, receiving data transmitted by the primary transmitter in a first time slot if the secondary transmitter was successful in the competition, relaying the received data transmitted by the primary transmitter to a primary receiver in a second time slot, transmitting secondary data to a corresponding secondary receiver in a subslot of the second time slot and transmitting the secondary data to the corresponding secondary receiver in a subslot of the first time slot if the secondary transmitter was not successful in the competition and if the corresponding secondary receiver was successful in the competition. | 05-09-2013 |
20130148501 | CONSTANT WINDOW BACK-OFF METHOD FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method and apparatus are described including determining a target congestion index, determining a congestion index based on information from a last back-off round, comparing the target congestion index with the congestion index, performing one of increasing a triggering set size by a first factor and decreasing the triggering set size by a second factor responsive to the comparison, determining if a communications medium is idle, adjusting a back-off counter responsive to the third determining act, determining if the back-off counter is equal to a triggering point in the triggering set and transmitting data responsive to the fourth determining act. | 06-13-2013 |
20130179921 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MOSAIC CHANNEL - A method for providing mosaic channels among multiple client devices is provided. Wherein, the multiple client devices are connected via a data communication network so as to be able to communicate data with each other. At the side of a client device, which is instructed to change to a mosaic channel while the other client device are receiving channel programs from at least one channel program server via a communication for channel programs, the method comprises the steps of receiving channel information of the channel programs from at least one of the other client devices via the communication network for channel programs; and generating a mosaic channel that comprises channel cells for presenting the channel information. | 07-11-2013 |
20130188933 | METHOD FOR SEMANTICS BASED TRICK MODE PLAY IN VIDEO SYSTEM - Trick mode play for controlling video content playback can be realized using a semantic based criterion in order to achieve a more uniform playback experience for the viewer, when that viewer wishes to observe the video content presented according to a selected semantic. In one embodiment of the method, semantics associated with shorter time intervals in the video content are replayed in trick mode play proportionally slower than semantics associated with longer time intervals, wherein the proportionally is determined, at least in part, to the time interval associated with each semantic. In various embodiments, semantics can include scenes, audio, metadata, tags, and the like. The semantics based trick mode play approach allows for a more uniform viewing experience, on a time duration basis, from one semantic to the next. | 07-25-2013 |
20130315126 | CELL DEPENDENT MULTI-GROUP HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT METHOD FOR MULTICAST IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and apparatus are described including determining address using an access point address and a multicast group address, transmitting a recovery request message to a recovery server to request recovery data using the address and receiving the recovery data from the recovery server. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a registration message, transmitting a reply to the registration message, receiving a recovery request message, transmitting recovery data responsive to the recovery request message and transmitting a message to a recovery multicast group to determine status of the recovery multicast group. | 11-28-2013 |
20140101330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS - A method for streaming a multimedia content from at least one sender peer to a receiver peer, comprising: obtaining periodically a target downloading rate of the multimedia content from the at least one sender peer to the receiver peer, according to a playback rate of the multimedia content and a buffer occupancy level of the receiver peer; determining a downloading rate from each of the at least one sender peer to the receiver peer, according to the data transmission situation from each respective sender peer of the at least one sender peer to the receiver peer and the obtained target downloading rate; and streaming the multimedia content from the at least one sender peer to the sender peer at the respective determined downloading rate. | 04-10-2014 |
20140285437 | METHOD OF INTERNET BROWSER-BASED REMOTE USER INTERFACE VIRTUAL MOUSE CURSOR POSITIONING - A method is described including receiving, by a remote browser, local mouse information and local window size, calculating a virtual mouse position and displaying the virtual mouse position on a window of the remote browser. Also described is a method including transmitting local mouse information and local window size to a Web Socket Server. Further described is a method including forwarding by a Web Socket Server local mouse information and local window size to a remote browser. | 09-25-2014 |
20140355411 | CELL DEPENDENT MULTI-GROUP HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT METHOD FOR MULTICAST IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and apparatus are described including determining address using an access point address and a multicast group address, transmitting a recovery request message to a recovery server to request recovery data using the address and receiving the recovery data from the recovery server. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a registration message, transmitting a reply to the registration message, receiving a recovery request message, transmitting recovery data responsive to the recovery request message and transmitting a message to a recovery multicast group to determine status of the recovery multicast group. | 12-04-2014 |
20150033277 | METHOD OF BUFFER MANAGEMENT FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF CORRELATED MEDIA PRESENTATIONS - The present invention concerns synchronization of correlated media presentations among two or more media devices. Each device makes a determination as to whether inter-presentation synchronization may be outside of a predetermined tolerance. If so, the device making the determination communicates its buffer and playback status to the other device. Based upon comparison of the buffer and playback status of the local presentation with the buffer and playback status of the presentation at the other device, each device makes a determination as to whether to pause play-back, so as to allow the other device to catch up, advance playback, so as to catch up with the other device, or take no action, allowing the other device to take action to correct the synchronization issue. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090285163 | Resource Assignment Systems and Methods - In a wireless communication system, a base station assigns resources to mobile stations using indices. Each index is associated with an assignment schedule for assigning resources. Once the base station determines an assignment schedule to assign particular resources, it encodes the schedule into an index and transmits it. A mobile station receives the index and decodes it to recover the assignment schedule. Both the base station and the mobile station may use look-up tables and/or algorithms for storing or generating indices associated with assignment schedules. To assign resources so as to indicate transmission characteristics over the resources, the base station transmits assignment blocks. Each assignment block indicates original transmission, retransmission, persistent assignment, non-persistent assignment, HARQ signaling, RAS-HARQ signaling, DRCH assignment, and/or LRCH assignment. | 11-19-2009 |
20100226267 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ACCESS DURING INTER-TECHNOLOGIES HANDOFF - A system and method for determining an initial mean open loop power level of a pilot channel of a reverse traffic channel for a mobile terminal. The initial open loop power level enables handoff of an active call from a first access network to a second access network. A handoff initialization request is from the first access network. A mean received power level of the forward link of the second access network is measured and transmitted to the second access network. An open loop power adjustment factor is received from the second access network. The initial mean open loop power level is set based on the open loop power adjustment factor. | 09-09-2010 |
20110038308 | FORMING SPATIAL BEAMS WITHIN A CELL SEGMENT - To perform wireless communications in a wireless network, at least two spatial beams are formed within a cell segment, where the at least two spatial beams are associated with different power levels. The at least two spatial beams are swept across the cell segment according to a sweep pattern. In some implementations, multiple antenna assemblies can be used, where each antenna assembly has plural antenna elements. A lower one of the antenna assemblies can be used to form high and lower power beams, and an upper one of the antenna assemblies can be used to communicate backhaul information, for example. | 02-17-2011 |
20110065448 | System and Method for Supporting Antenna Beamforming in a Cellular Network - The present invention is a method and system for supporting a beamfonming antenna system in a mobile broadband communication network with an improved beam pattern, beam sweep pattern, pilot channel design with feedback and reporting rules, and control signaling design. Specifically, the improved beam pattern includes a method of supporting wireless communications in a wireless network forming at least two spatial beams within a cell segment where the at least two spatial beams are associated with different power levels, and separately, where at least two spatial beams can be moved across the cell segment according to a unique sweep pattern. The pilot channel design improves network bandwidth performance and improve user mobility tracking. Feedback and reporting rules can be established using a particular field designator, CQI, in the preferred embodiment. | 03-17-2011 |
20110081943 | System and Method for Supporting Multi-User Antenna Beamforming in a Cellular Network - The present invention is a method and system for supporting a beamforming antenna system in a multiple user mobile broadband communication network including a process for setting and adjusting the magnitude and phase of the signal to user equipment from each antenna. Namely, the present invention supports the communication of power signal values or levels to user equipment in a manner that keeps pace with the rapid variations of the power levels that occur in the dynamic scheduling of transmissions on the cell site. The present invention satisfies this need for an improved signal strength signaling to user equipment for the situation where multiple users are located on the cell site. | 04-07-2011 |
20110149886 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM ANTENNA MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus to perform antenna management are described herein. One example method of establishing communication between user equipment and a network includes receiving a control channel message, decoding the control channel message, and sending an indication of whether interoperability of receiving signals from a first number of antennas is certified for the user equipment. Other examples are shown and described. | 06-23-2011 |
20110206018 | PROVIDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATION BY A WIRELESS DEVICE - In general, to provide acknowledgment information by a first wireless device, the first wireless device sends repeated instances of acknowledgment information in respective first and second frame structures, in response to receipt of first information from a second wireless devalue. In addition, the first wireless device also sends further acknowledgment information in the second frame structure that is responsive to second information received from the second wireless device. | 08-25-2011 |
20110274012 | TRANSITIONING OF A PACKET-SWITCHED EMERGENCY CALL BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND TYPES OF WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS - A mobile station that is initially attached to a first type of wireless access network is involved in a packet-switched emergency call. Upon detection of transitioning of the mobile station, a message is sent indicating transitioning of the mobile station from the first type wireless access network to the second type wireless access network to cause the packet-switched emergency call to be performed over the second type wireless access network. | 11-10-2011 |
20110274066 | PROVIDING A DOWNLINK CONTROL STRUCTURE IN A FIRST CARRIER TO INDICATE CONTROL INFORMATION IN A SECOND, DIFFERENT CARRIER - A mobile station receives a downlink control structure in a first carrier, where the downlink control structure indicates that control information for the mobile station is on a second, different carrier. The mobile station decodes the control information in the second carrier, where the control information specifies resource allocation of a wireless link for the mobile station. More specifically, according to some implementations, the control channel in the first carrier specifies the resource allocation for an extended control channel in the second carrier, where the extended control channel specifies the resource allocation for traffic data of a wireless link for the mobile station. | 11-10-2011 |
20110286334 | Admission Control and Policing in Wireless Packet Data Communication System - A call flow is provided in a wireless communication system ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110286349 | Method and System for User Equipment Location Determination on a Wireless Transmission System - Neighbor cell hearability can be improved by including an additional reference signal that can be detected at a low sensitivity and a low signal-to-noise ratio, by introducing non-unity frequency reuse for the signals used for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurement, e.g., orthogonality of signals transmitted from the serving cell sites and the various neighbor cell sites. The new reference signal, called the TDOA-RS, is proposed to improve the hearability of neighbor cells in a cellular network that deploys 3GPP EU-TRAN (LTE) system, and the TDOA-RS can be transmitted in any resource blocks (RB) for POSCH and/or MBSFN subframe, regardless of whether the latter is on a carrier supporting both PMCH and POSCH or not. Besides the additional TDOA-RS reference signal, an additional synchronization signal (TDOA-sync) may also be included to improve the hearability of neighbor cells. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286432 | Support for Handoffs in High Rate Packet Data Systems - The invention supports two types of handoffs. The first handoff is for an inter-AN cell selection where the source AN allows the AT to add a cell under the control of a different AN to its active set and then allows the AT to switch to the target AN. A bearer path is established between the source and target AN to transfer the packet data traffic using an exchange of messages to register the AT's movement from one BTS to another BTS. The A8/A10 connections remain anchored at the source AN and, hence, a bearer path is needed between the source and target AN to transfer the packet data traffic. The second handoff occurs when the source AN specifies a move of the AT to a new AN proactively. New connections are established at the target AN to support the AT, and the AT is subsequently moved to the target AN via the relevant air-interface messaging. | 11-24-2011 |
20120039189 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LIMIT REPORTING OF NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus to limit reporting of neighbor cell measurements are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein for a wireless device to perform measurements in a mobile communication network comprises receiving configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements to be performed by the wireless device, the configuration information including an upper limit on a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and performing the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039322 | TRANSMITTING PARTICULAR CONTROL INFORMATION ON AN UPLINK TRAFFIC CHANNEL ON A REPEATED BASIS - In a communications system, a mobile station receives, from a base station, a downlink control message associated with an indication that particular control information is to be transmitted by the mobile station on an uplink traffic channel on a repeated basis. In response to receiving the downlink control message associated with the indication, the particular control information is transmitted on the uplink traffic channel to a base station on a repeated basis. | 02-16-2012 |
20120163282 | Relay Techniques Suitable for User Equipment in Downlink - The present invention provides a solution to improve coverage and cell edge performance in a mobile user communication system is the use of fixed relays, which are pieces of infrastructure without a wired backhaul connection. The relays transmit or “relay” downlink messages between the base station (BS) and mobile stations (MSs) through a multi-hop communication. The present invention is a method and system for supporting a multiple user mobile broadband communication network that includes relay techniques suitable for user equipment in the downlink communication to the user equipment. | 06-28-2012 |
20120231776 | Communicating a Broadcast Message to Change Data Rates of Mobile Stations - A wireless communications network includes a base station to communicate with plural mobile stations over a wireless link. A broadcast message is sent to the plural mobile stations, with the broadcast message containing an indication for indicating to the plural mobile stations that the mobile stations are to change data rates for transmissions over a reverse wireless link. | 09-13-2012 |
20130010964 | System and Method for Multi-Carrier Network Operation - A system and method for configuring a component carrier is presented. A component carrier assignment message is received. The component carrier assignment message may be configured to identify the component carrier and include at least one of, at least one of a downlink carrier frequency, a carrier frequency of a paired uplink carrier, a bandwidth of the component carrier, and a bandwidth of the paired uplink carrier, an indication of whether the component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier configured to signal data channel assignment information for the component carrier, and a logical index of the component carrier. The component carrier assignment message may then be used to configure the component carrier on a user equipment (UE). | 01-10-2013 |
20130016841 | System and Method for Multi-Carrier Network Operation - Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing channel scrambling in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a first component carrier (“CC”) and a second CC between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”) comprises receiving a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (“C-RNTI”) and a cell identification (“ID”) for at least one of the first CC and the second CC; and using the RNTI and the cell ID to perform scrambling of information transmitted on at least one of the first CC and the second CC. | 01-17-2013 |
20130028150 | Method and System for Wireless Communication in Multiple Operating Environments - A wireless communication method and system are provided. A first wireless communication numerology, e.g., OFDM operating parameters, corresponding to a first operational mode is established. A second wireless communication numerology corresponding to a second operational mode is also established. The first wireless communication numerology is different than the second wireless communication numerology. One of the first operational mode and the second operational mode is selected. One of the first wireless communication numerology and the second wireless communication numerology corresponding to the selected operational mode is used in which communication in the first operational mode and the second operational mode use substantially similar synchronization channels. The present invention also uses the same superframe structure for the first and second operational modes for Ultra-Mobile Broadband (“UMB”) networks and the same frame structure for the first and second operational modes for Long Term Evolution (“LTE”) networks. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028201 | Enhancement of In-Device Coexistence Interference Avoidance - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by reporting uplink buffer status information to the radio network and configuring LTE and non-LTE components to provide an in-device coexistence operation mode where non-LTE components use radio resources during the non-LTE on-intervals and during off-intervals inserted into the LTE on-intervals in response to predetermined trigger events. | 01-31-2013 |
20130044651 | NOTIFYING A UL/DL CONFIGURATION IN LTE TDD SYSTEMS - A method for configuring a Time Division Duplex (TDD) Uplink/Downlink (UL/DL) allocation of a user equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network may include receiving an indicator, from an enhanced NodeB in the LTE network, on a physical channel identifying a TDD configuration for the UE and automatically updating the TDD UL/DL allocation of the UE in accordance with the TDD configuration. | 02-21-2013 |
20130044652 | NOTIFYING A UL/DL CONFIGURATION IN LTE TDD SYSTEMS - A method for configuring a Time Division Duplex (TDD) Uplink/Downlink (UL/DL) allocation in a user equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolved (LTE) network can include receiving, at a predefined period, during a connected state, each information block transmitted by an enhanced NodeB in the LTE network. Each information block may be transmitted in accordance with a fixed schedule having a predefined transmission period and includes information identifying a TDD configuration. Whether an updating of the TDD configuration is required can be determined for the UE based, at least in part, on the information identifying the TDD configuration in the information block, the information identifying the TDD configuration indicating an updated TDD configuration. In response to at least identifying the updated TDD configuration, the TDD UL/DL allocation of the UE can be automatically updated in accordance with the updated TDD configuration. | 02-21-2013 |
20130065590 | Method and System for Determining Access During Inter-Technologies Handoff - A system and method for determining an initial mean open loop power level of a pilot channel of a reverse traffic channel for a mobile terminal. The initial open loop power level enables handoff of an active call from a first access network to a second access network. A handoff initialization request is from the first access network. A mean received power level of the forward link of the second access network is measured and transmitted to the second access network. An open loop power adjustment factor is received from the second access network. The initial mean open loop power level is set based on the open loop power adjustment factor. | 03-14-2013 |
20130072197 | SUPPORT FOR HANDOFFS IN HIGH RATE PACKET DATA SYSTEMS - A first handoff is for an inter-AN cell selection where a source AN allows the AT to add a cell under the control of a different AN to its active set and then allows the AT to switch to the target AN. A bearer path is established between the source and target AN to transfer the data traffic using an exchange of messages to register the AT's movement from one BTS to another BTS. The A8/A10 connections remain anchored at the source AN so a bearer path is needed between the source and target AN to transfer the data traffic. The second handoff occurs when the source AN specifies a move of the AT to a new AN proactively. New connections are established at the target AN to support the AT, and the AT is subsequently moved to the target AN via the relevant air-interface messaging. | 03-21-2013 |
20130114515 | Access Procedures for In-Device Coexistence Interference Avoidance - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies by allocating random access channel preambles to include one or more dedicated access preambles to be sued for sending IDC interference indication messages over a random access channel (RACH) to a radio access network. In response, the radio network provides control parameters and/or instructions for avoiding interference in a random access response message corresponding to the IDC interference indication message using one or more fields in the MAC subheader and payload fields of a designated IDC MAC PDU message. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114516 | Random Access Channel Procedures for In-Device Coexistence Interference Avoidance - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies by allocating random access channel preambles to include one or more dedicated access preambles to be sued for sending IDC interference indication messages over a random access channel (RACH) to a radio access network. In response, the radio network provides control parameters and/or instructions for avoiding interference in a random access response message corresponding to the IDC interference indication message using one or more fields in the MAC subheader and payload fields of a designated IDC MAC PDU message. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117622 | Method and System for Up-Link HARQ-ACK and CSI Transmission - A method and user equipment for simultaneous transmission of a first set of information bits and a second set of information bits by a user equipment, either separately encoded utilizing transmit power or rate matching to increase successful decoding of a set of information bits, or jointly encoding using a priori knowledge or bit positioning to increase successful decoding. Also, the use of joint coding where a first set of information bits is encoded first and then encoded with a second set of information bits, and modulation symbol mapping are provided. | 05-09-2013 |
20130194981 | System and Method for Supporting Inter-Band Carrier Aggregation with Different UL/DL TDD Configurations - In some implementations, a method of wireless communications between a wireless communications network and wireless user equipment includes receiving, using a primary Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration, data on a primary component carrier in a first frequency band. Using a secondary TDD configuration, data on a secondary component carrier is received in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) for data received on the secondary component carrier is transmitted using a supplemental TDD configuration. A transmission or retransmission on the secondary component carrier uses a supplemental TDD configuration as well. The supplemental TDD configuration is different from the secondary TDD configuration. Furthermore, an uplink supplemental configuration may be different from a downlink supplemental configuration. | 08-01-2013 |
20130223391 | Method and Apparatus for Avoiding In-Device Coexistence Interference - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by controlling and separating the LTE signaling and the non-LTE signaling using dedicated time intervals to separate LTE signaling from non-LTE signaling. In addition, coexistence mode handover procedures are provided which use threshold-based triggering events to avoid coexistence interference and to prevent ping-pong effects by establishing a “keeping time” parameter so that a non-interfering network node does not switch back to an interfering network node after handoff. Coexistence interference is also avoided by providing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mechanism which accounts for coexistence interference by providing a fixed or variable on-interval parameter and an activity parameter indicating whether non-LTE activity is present to maximize a time interval for non-LTE devices without interference from LTE activity on the same device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130242813 | UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE MAPPING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEMS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure describe determining a downlink (DL) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) timing linkage between a first component carrier and a second component carrier, the first component carrier having a different uplink (UL) and DL configuration than the second component carrier. A derived downlink association set can be determined. A PUCCH resource in a subframe can be identified based on a first downlink association set associated with the first component carrier and the derived downlink association set. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242814 | UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE COLLISION RESOLUTION IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses of a wireless communications network include identifying a resource collision between uplink channels for acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signaling of a first component carrier and a second component carrier. An indicator representative of the ACK/NACK signaling of the first component carrier and the second component carrier can be identified. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242815 | UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCE COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEMS - Systems, apparatuses, and methods of a wireless communications network include identifying a first downlink control channel. The possibility of an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) resource collision on a first uplink control channel is determined for a first component carrier and a second uplink control channel for a second carrier component. A second downlink control channel can be identified to avoid the ACK/NACK resource collision. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242881 | EXPLICIT INDICATION OF UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL RESOURCES IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEMS - Systems, apparatuses, and methods performed as part of a wireless communications network include determining a downlink (DL) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing for a first component carrier and a second component carrier, the first component carrier having a different DL HARQ timing configuration than the second component carrier. A physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource can be identified for the second component carrier. An indicator of the PUCCH resource can be sent to a user equipment. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242919 | Method and Apparatus for Avoiding In-Device Coexistence Interference - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by controlling and separating the LTE signaling and the non-LTE signaling using dedicated time intervals to separate LTE signaling from non-LTE signaling. In addition, coexistence mode handover procedures are provided which use threshold-based triggering events to avoid coexistence interference and to prevent ping-pong effects by establishing a “keeping time” parameter so that a non-interfering network node does not switch back to an interfering network node after handoff. Coexistence interference is also avoided by providing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mechanism which accounts for coexistence interference by providing a fixed or variable on-interval parameter and an activity parameter indicating whether non-LTE activity is present to maximize a time interval for non-LTE devices without interference from LTE activity on the same device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130272169 | HARQ FOR DYNAMIC CHANGE OF THE TDD UL/DL CONFIGURATION IN LTE TDD SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to reconfiguring a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) configuration. A first TDD UL/DL configuration can be identified for a first radio frame. A second TDD UL/DL configuration can be identified for a second radio frame adjacent the first radio frame. The second TDD UL/DL configuration can be identified based, at least in part, on one or more subframes of the second TDD UL/DL configuration that can communicate hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indicators for corresponding subframes of the first TDD UL/DL configuration. | 10-17-2013 |
20130301401 | PHICH Transmission in Time Division Duplex Systems - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises multiplexing, by a network element, at least one symbol of a PHICH onto at least one resource element of a PCFICH. | 11-14-2013 |
20130301545 | PHICH Resource Provisioning in Time Divsion Duplex Systems - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises provisioning, by a network element, for a carrier aggregation-capable UE, in a control region of a downlink subframe, at least one resource for a PHICH. | 11-14-2013 |
20130343311 | Providing a Downlink Control Structure in a First Carrier to Indicate Control Information in a Second, Different Carrier - A mobile station receives a downlink control structure in a first carrier, where the downlink control structure indicates that control information for the mobile station is on a second, different carrier. The mobile station decodes the control information in the second carrier, where the control information specifies resource allocation of a wireless link for the mobile station. More specifically, according to some implementations, the control channel in the first carrier specifies the resource allocation for an extended control channel in the second carrier, where the extended control channel specifies the resource allocation for traffic data of a wireless link for the mobile station. | 12-26-2013 |
20140003356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROSS-SUBFRAME SCHEDULING DURING CARRIER AGGREGATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140004847 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LIMIT REPORTING OF NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140016462 | Communicating a Broadcast Message to Change Data Rates of Mobile Stations - A wireless communications network includes a base station to communicate with plural mobile stations over a wireless link. A broadcast message is sent to the plural mobile stations, with the broadcast message containing an indication for indicating to the plural mobile stations that the mobile stations are to change data rates for transmissions over a reverse wireless link. | 01-16-2014 |
20140031036 | Method and Apparatus for Avoiding In-Device Coexistence Interference - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by controlling and separating the LTE signaling and the non-LTE signaling using dedicated time intervals to separate LTE signaling from non-LTE signaling. In addition, coexistence mode handover procedures are provided which use threshold-based triggering events to avoid coexistence interference and to prevent ping-pong effects by establishing a “keeping time” parameter so that a non-interfering network node does not switch back to an interfering network node after handoff. Coexistence interference is also avoided by providing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mechanism which accounts for coexistence interference by providing a fixed or variable on-interval parameter and an activity parameter indicating whether non-LTE activity is present to maximize a time interval for non-LTE devices without interference from LTE activity on the same device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140036745 | HANDLING IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE - A wireless access node sends an information element to user equipment, where the information element settable to corresponding values indicating support for multiple different solutions to address in-device coexistence (IDC) interference at the user equipment. The multiple different solutions cause respective modifications of wireless communication behavior at the user equipment. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036749 | CARRIER AGGREGATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BITS - Systems, methods, and user equipment can involve transmitting Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) bits for carrier aggregation between a first cell and a second cell in a User Equipment (UE). With the UE, for a sub-frame, a first number of ACK/NACK bits for the first cell can be compared with a second number of ACK/NACK bits for the second cell. If a first number of ACK/NACK bits for the first cell is less than a second number of ACK/NACK bits for the second cell, an ACK/NACK bit position from the first cell can be used to transmit an ACK/NACK bit for the second cell. In some implementations, one or more DTX bits can be used to set the number of ACK/NACK bits in the first cell equal to the number of ACK/NACK bits in the second cell. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038621 | HANDLING IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE - A user equipment is able to transmit, to a wireless access node, an indication of in-device coexistence (IDC) interference between the wireless interfaces. The user equipment can include a counter to track a number of transmissions having the indication of IDC interference. | 02-06-2014 |
20140119253 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BATTERY ENERGY SAVINGS FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method at a user equipment having a scheduling carrier and at least one scheduled carrier, the method receiving, at a first subframe from the scheduling carrier, a downlink control indication containing a downlink assignment for the user equipment on the scheduled carrier; and turning on a receiver of the user equipment for the scheduled carrier at a future downlink subframe based on the downlink assignment. Further, a method, at a scheduling cell having a scheduling carrier, for scheduling downlink data reception on a scheduled carrier, the method setting a time skew for the scheduled carrier such that a data transmission start time for a subframe at the scheduled carrier is greater than a blind latency decode time on the scheduling carrier. | 05-01-2014 |
20140119261 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Change of the TDD UL/DL Configuration in LTE Systems - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises transmitting, by a network element, in at least one of a MAC-based component or a DCI-based component, information regarding a configuration of uplink subframes and downlink subframes in a radio frame. | 05-01-2014 |
20140141824 | COMMUNICATING INFORMATION RELATING TO IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE - A user equipment calculates a parameter based on a power of in-device coexistence (IDC) interference. The user equipment sends, to a network node, the parameter for use in configuring a threshold relating to the IDC interference. | 05-22-2014 |
20140169151 | PHICH Transmission in Time Division Duplex Systems - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunication system. The method comprises multiplexing, by a network element, at least one symbol of a PHICH onto at least one resource element of a PCFICH. | 06-19-2014 |
20140177485 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus at an evolved Node B (eNB) and user equipment (UE) in cells operating in time division duplex with a first configuration and having a neighbor cell eNB operating in time division duplex with a second configuration, the methods and apparatus: identifying potential eNB-to-eNB; UE-to-UE; eNB-to-UE; and UE-to-eNB interference. Further methods and apparatus to report interference including enumerated interference types to neighbor cell eNBs. Further, methods and apparatus for interference mitigation. | 06-26-2014 |
20140177486 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING INTERFERENCE TYPE IN TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus at an evolved Node B (eNB) and user equipment (UE) in cells operating in time division duplex with a first configuration and having a neighbor cell eNB operating in time division duplex with a second configuration, the methods and apparatus: identifying potential eNB-to-eNB; UE-to-UE; eNB-to-UE; and UE-to-eNB interference. Further methods and apparatus to report interference including enumerated interference types to neighbor cell eNBs. Further, methods and apparatus for interference mitigation. | 06-26-2014 |
20140198672 | WAITING TIME PARAMETER FOR IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE SOLUTION - A user equipment receives, from a wireless access network node, a waiting time parameter indicating an amount of waiting time relating to provision, by the wireless access network node, of a solution for in-device coexistence (IDC) interference at the user equipment. | 07-17-2014 |
20140254521 | System and Method for Multi-Carrier Network Operation - A system and method for configuring a component carrier is presented. A component carrier assignment message is received. The component carrier assignment message may be configured to identify the component carrier and include at least one of, at least one of a downlink carrier frequency, a carrier frequency of a paired uplink carrier, a bandwidth of the component carrier, and a bandwidth of the paired uplink carrier, an indication of whether the component carrier is a control channel monitoring component carrier configured to signal data channel assignment information for the component carrier, and a logical index of the component carrier. The component carrier assignment message may then be used to configure the component carrier on a user equipment (UE). | 09-11-2014 |
20140269581 | System and Method for Supporting Antenna Beamforing in a Cellular Network - The present invention is a method and system for supporting a beamforming antenna system in a mobile broadband communication network with an improved beam pattern, beam sweep pattern, pilot channel design with feedback and reporting rules, and control signaling design. Specifically, the improved beam pattern includes a method of supporting wireless communications in a wireless network forming at least two spatial beams within a cell segment where the at least two spatial beams are associated with different power levels, and separately, where at least two spatial beams can be moved across the cell segment according to a unique sweep pattern. The pilot channel design improves network bandwidth performance and improves user mobility tracking Feedback and reporting rules can be established using a particular field designator, CQI, in the preferred embodiment. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287771 | Method and Apparatus for Avoiding In-Device Coexistence Interference with Preferred Frequency Notification - A method, system and device are provided for avoiding in-device coexistence interference between different radio technologies deployed in adjacent bands on the same device by providing preferred frequency solutions for the in-device coexistence system. | 09-25-2014 |
20140293883 | COMMUNICATION IN THE PRESENCE OF UPLINK-DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION CHANGE - Data is communicated between a network node and a user equipment in a first frame according to a first uplink-downlink configuration. In response to a configuration change that causes a second frame following the first frame to be according to a second, different uplink-downlink configuration, an acknowledgement indication for the data is sent in the second frame. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293910 | Providing Acknowledgement Information by a Wireless Device - In general, to provide acknowledgment information by a first wireless device, the first wireless device sends repeated instances of acknowledgment information in respective first and second frame structures, in response to receipt of first information from a second wireless device. In addition, the first wireless device also sends further acknowledgment information in the second frame structure that is responsive to second information received from the second wireless device. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307591 | SELECTING AN UPLINK-DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION FOR A CLUSTER OF CELLS - Information associated with a communication condition of at least one cell in a cluster of cells is received, where the communication condition is at least one selected from among a traffic pattern and interference. In response to the received information, a coordinating network node selects an uplink-downlink configuration for use by the cells in the cluster. | 10-16-2014 |
20150043390 | DYNAMIC CELL CLUSTERING - In some implementations, a method for dynamic cell clustering includes splitting, by an initial central coordinator, the cluster into two or more clusters in response to a message from a small cell in a cluster. The initial cluster includes a plurality of cells, including the small cell, with each cell assigned a same Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045057 | Method and System for User Equipment Location Determination on a Wireless Transmission System - Neighbor cell hearability can be improved by including an additional reference signal that can be detected at a low sensitivity and a low signal-to-noise ratio, by introducing non-unity frequency reuse for the signals used for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurement, e.g., orthogonality of signals transmitted from the serving cell sites and the various neighbor cell sites. The new reference signal, called the TDOA-RS, is proposed to improve the hearability of neighbor cells in a cellular network that deploys 3GPP EUTRAN (LTE) system, and the TDOA-RS can be transmitted in any resource blocks (RB) for PDSCH and/or MBSFN subframe, regardless of whether the latter is on a carrier supporting both PMCH and PDSCH or not. Besides the additional TDOA-RS reference signal, an additional synchronization signal (TDOA-sync) may also be included to improve the hearability of neighbor cells. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090089444 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING TO URL RESOURCE - A method, device, and system for connecting to a URL resource is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a connection request carrying a URL number from a User Equipment; resolving the URL number to obtain a corresponding URL and returning the corresponding URL to the User Equipment; and connecting, by the User Equipment, to a corresponding URL resource, upon receiving the URL. The invention enables an existing User Equipment with a poor input capability to connect to a URL resource, and improves the efficiency of the User Equipment to access the URL resource. | 04-02-2009 |
20090240811 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, SYSTEM AND NETWORK EQUIPMENT - A resource management (RM) method, an RM system, and a network equipment are described. The network equipment is directly or indirectly connected to a UE via at least one user link. The network equipment includes a receiving unit and an RM unit. The receiving unit receives a resource request triggered by the UE or a network side equipment when a user requests a first service by the UE. The RM unit includes: a resource admission control module, adapted to provide the UE with a resource admission control function containing the first service according to the resource request; a determination module, adapted to determine whether sufficient available user link resources are reserved for the first service; and a resource coordination module, adapted to coordinate occupied user link resources to meet requirements of the first service if the determination module determines that the available user link resources are insufficient. | 09-24-2009 |
20100103934 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ADMISSION CONTROL OF MULTICAST OR UNICAST - The embodiment of this invention discloses a method, a system and an apparatus for admission control of multicast or unicast. The method for admission control of multicast comprises: a network device receives a multicast request and executes admission control operation of multicast resources according to the multicast request; when multicast resources are not sufficient, the network device sends an outer resources request to a resources admission control device, and executes multicast operation according to the results of admission control operation returned by the resources admission control device responsive to said outer resources request. The method for admission control of unicast comprises: a resources admission control device receives a unicast resources request and executes admission control operation of unicast resources according to the unicast resources request; when the unicast resources are not sufficient, the resources admission control device sends an outer resources request to a network device; the resources admission control device executes unicast operation according to the results of admission control operation returned by the network device responsive to said outer resources request. The embodiment of this invention guarantees fast handoff of multicast service channel in the case of implementing resources share of multicast services and unicast services, and the implementation is simple. | 04-29-2010 |
20100115099 | MULTICAST/UNICAST ADMISSION CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A multicast/unicast admission control method, a multicast/unicast admission control device, and a multicast/unicast admission control system are provided. In the method, through centralized resource control of a resource and admission control subsystem (RACS), sharing of multicast/unicast resources is realized. The RACS allocates and authorizes resources to an access node (AN), the AN manages the obtained multicast resources under the authorization, and the resource allocation is adjusted through interaction when the multicast resources of the AN or the resources of the RACS are not sufficient. | 05-06-2010 |
20100275068 | Method, device and system for managing resources in networks - A method, device and system for managing resources in networks are provided, which relate to the field of data communication. The method includes the following steps. A resource manager (RM) sends a first request message according to a received resource request message, to request an access node (AN) to perform admission control. After receiving an admission control result indicating whether a resource requested by the resource request message is admitted, the RM sends a response message of the resource request message. Therefore, when multicast/unicast connection admission control (CAC) that supports shared bandwidth is realized, flow fusions of user line configuration between the AN and a broadband remote access system (BRAS, and policy distribution between a resource and admission control subsystem (RACS) and the BRAS are guaranteed; and sharing of bandwidth resources is realized to avoid waste of the bandwidth resources. | 10-28-2010 |
20100302002 | Method for Monitoring Main Machine, Monitoring Apparatus and Main Machine - A method for monitoring a main machine, a monitoring apparatus and a main machine are provided. The method for monitoring the main machine includes paging, by a monitoring apparatus, a main machine within an effective area, returning, by a main machine being paged, apparatus information of the main machine; determining at least one main machine as a monitored main machine according to the apparatus information returned by the at least one main machine; establishing a monitoring connection relationship with each monitored main machine; and monitoring an emergent event of the at least one monitored main machine or inquiring about a working status of the at least one monitored main machine by using the monitoring connection relationship established. | 12-02-2010 |
20110058550 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING IPTV RESOURCES - The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for allocating Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) resources to save bandwidth resources in the IPTV service. The method includes the following: a multicast access control entity allocates resources to a unicast access control entity through an intermediate network entity when unicast resources are not enough; and the unicast access control entity allocates resources to the multicast access control entity through the intermediate network entity when multicast resources are not enough. The present invention is primarily applicable to IPTV technologies. | 03-10-2011 |
20110107863 | HYBRID POWER DRIVING SYSTEM - A hybrid power driving system of the present invention comprises an engine, a first clutch, a transmission mechanism including a transmission shaft, a first motor, a power supply and a hydraulic control system. The hydraulic control system may comprise an oil container; a first hydraulic cylinder which includes a cylinder and a piston to perform a reciprocating motion along the inner wall of the cylinder, used for controlling the engagement of the first clutch; a first oil pump driven by the first motor, configured to supply hydraulic oil from the oil container to the cylinder barrel of the first hydraulic cylinder; a controller which is electrically coupled with the first motor. The hydraulic control system may further comprise an additional motor and a second oil pump. The additional motor is electrically coupled with the power supply and the controller respectively. The second oil pump is driven by the additional motor, used for supplying hydraulic oil from the oil container to the cylinder barrel of the first hydraulic cylinder. | 05-12-2011 |
20110160015 | HYBRID POWER DRIVING SYSTEM AND GEAR POSITION OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A hybrid power driving system for a vehicle comprises an internal-combustion engine, a first electric motor, a second electric motor, a planetary coupling mechanism, a speed-reduction mechanism and a differential mechanism. An output shaft of the internal-combustion engine is connected with an input shaft of the first electric motor, and an output shaft of the first electric motor is connected with an output shaft of the second electric motor via a first clutch. The output shaft of the second electric motor is connected with one of a sun gear and a ring gear of the planetary coupling mechanism at a position of the output shaft along its axial direction. And the output shaft of the second electric motor is connected with the other one of a sun gear and a ring gear at another position of the output shaft along the axial direction via a second clutch. | 06-30-2011 |
20110188380 | PACKET LOSS RATE DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - A packet loss rate detection method, apparatus, and system relating to a Packet Switching Network (PSN) are provided, and the method includes: transmitting, by a transmitting end, data packets and Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) packets, and writing a counting value of the data packets into the subsequent OAM packets after a time delay, and receiving, by a receiving end, the data packets and the OAM packets, counting a number of the received data packets, and calculating a packet loss rate based on the number of the practically received data packets and the counting value carried in the OAM packets. | 08-04-2011 |
20110239262 | CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD, CHANNEL SWITCHING DEVICE, AND CHANNEL SWITCHING SYSTEM - A channel switching method, a channel switching device, and a channel switching system are provided. The method includes that: a network buffer apparatus determines whether a buffered video stream burst in unicast is synchronous with a channel video stream pushed by a network node to a client in multicast; notifies the client of sending a request for joining a multicast group, so as to implement fast channel switching; and dynamically adjusts the speed of pushing the video stream in unicast, so that the number of concurrent connections of the client and the channel switching efficiency are increased, and the deployment and operation cost of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system is decreased. In this case, the channel switching scheme achieves universality and expandability, and the level of user experience is improved. | 09-29-2011 |
20110258674 | CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD, CHANNEL SWITCHING DEVICE, AND CHANNEL SWITCHING SYSTEM - A channel switching method, a channel switching device, and a channel switching system are provided. The method includes that: a network buffer apparatus determines whether a buffered video stream burst in unicast is synchronous with a channel video stream pushed by a network node to a client in multicast; notifies the client of sending a request for joining a multicast group, so as to implement fast channel switching; and dynamically adjusts the speed of pushing the video stream in unicast, so that the number of concurrent connections of the client and the channel switching efficiency are increased, and the deployment and operation cost of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system is decreased. In this case, the channel switching scheme achieves universality and expandability, and the level of user experience is improved. | 10-20-2011 |
20130095876 | Quick Positioning Method And Device For Multiple Cycles And Multiple Users - The disclosure provides a quick positioning method and device for multiple cycles and multiple users, and the method includes: a processing index is created for each attribute of a user in a base station, wherein same attributes with the same transmission cycles and the same transmission offsets share one processing index; when a user accesses the base station, the user is mounted into a corresponding processing index according to an attribute of the user, a transmission cycle of the attribute, and a transmission offset of the attribute; and by inquiring a processing index corresponding to the current time point, the base station demodulates the attribute of the user mounted in said processing index. With the disclosure, a target can be hit promptly, processing time is saved, processing efficiency is improved, and the processing time delay of the whole link is reduced. | 04-18-2013 |
20130180358 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, DRIVING SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A hydraulic system of an electric vehicle may comprise: an oil container; a first and a second clutch driving circuits connected in parallel; an internal pump driven by a driving system of the electric vehicle; a first check valve connected in series at an outlet side of the internal pump; an external pump driven by an external pump motor; and a second check valve connected in series at an outlet side of the external pump. The first check valve and the internal pump connected in series and the second check valve and the external pump connected in series are connected in parallel between the oil container and the first and second clutch driving circuits. | 07-18-2013 |
20130213113 | IMPACT TESTING DEVICE - An impact testing device used for testing impact resistance of electronic devices is provided. The impact testing device includes a supporting assembly for supporting the electronic device, a falling assembly for an impact head to fall through to hit the testing points of the electronic device on the supporting assembly, and a controller box, electrically connected to the supporting assembly. The controller box controls the supporting assembly to adjust the positions of the electronic device for the impact head to hit different testing points of the electronic device. | 08-22-2013 |
20140001863 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING EMERGENCY POWER TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT | 01-02-2014 |
20140047458 | App Icon Processing Method and Communication Terminal - The present invention relates to the technical field of communications, and provides an app icon processing method and a communication terminal. The processing method comprises the steps of: determining whether or not an existing application is supported by the current operating environment, the current operating environment comprising the current network environment and/or the current terminal environment, etc.; then, inactivating the app icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or, downloading and displaying an application supported by the current operating environment. Preferably, the inactivated app icon is removed or displayed in an inactive state. In this way, in the present invention, the app icons of a plurality of inactive applications can be hidden on the communication terminal so that app icons are cleared automatically, thus aiding the user to find quickly the needed and active app icons. | 02-13-2014 |
20140075439 | VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSES FOR MANAGING HARDWARE RESOURCES OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A virtualization management method and related apparatuses for managing hardware resources of a communication device are disclosed. A virtualization management method for managing hardware resources of a communication device includes: acquiring a first virtual machine context that is issued by a first service board deployed in a communication device and that corresponds to a first interrupt, and issuing the first virtual machine context, or a second virtual machine context that is obtained based on the first virtual machine context and that corresponds to the first interrupt, so that a second service board deployed in the communication device, after acquiring the issued first virtual machine context or second virtual machine context, transfers the acquired first virtual machine context or second virtual machine context to a first virtual machine running on the intra-board Hypervisor in the second service board for processing, where the first virtual machine is the employer of the first hardware resource. | 03-13-2014 |
20140247863 | Co-Channel Dual Polarized Microwave Device and Method for Receiving Receive Signal - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a co-channel dual polarized microwave device and a method. Frame synchronization is performed on a first receive signal processed by cross polarization interference cancellation and phase noise immunization is performed on the first receive signal processed by frame synchronization. Frame synchronization is performed on a second receive signal not processed by cross polarization interference cancellation and phase noise immunization is performed on the second receive signal processed by frame synchronization. The first receive signal processed by phase noise immunization and the second receive signal processed by phase noise immunization are selectively received according to a frame synchronization state signal and a signal quality signal. Delay alignment is performed on a selectively received signal according to the frame synchronization state signal to implement lossless switching in a selective receiving process. | 09-04-2014 |
20140294050 | METHOD AND MODEM FOR ADJUSTING MODULATION MODE - The present invention provides a method and modem for adjusting a modulation mode. In embodiments of the present invention, a first modem generates indication information according to a current working first modulation mode, so that the first modem can send the indication information to a second modem through a data frame. Therefore, the second modem adjusts a current working second modulation mode of the second modem according to the indication information, so that the adjusted second modulation mode is consistent with the first modulation mode. Therefore, the problem of complex operations in the prior art, caused by that an operator configures a modulation mode of a second modem as a current working modulation mode of a peer modem, that is, a first modem, can be avoided, and efficiency of network deployment can be improved. | 10-02-2014 |
20140349727 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA PRESENTATION ON A USER INTERFACE - A method and system for presenting data elements on a user interface are disclosed. The method includes determining a data attribute of a data element, the data attribute being a primary data attribute or a non-primary data attribute; identifying the data element based on the data attribute; and displaying the data element based on the identification of the data attribute. The method and system may improve the user experience by providing better visual distinctions between different groups of data elements. | 11-27-2014 |
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20080270231 | Methods And Systems For Tracking Customer Response To A Coupon - Methods, systems and computer readable medium storing computer executable programs for tracking customer response to a coupon are disclosed. A coupon is issued. A first determination is made regarding whether the coupon has been selected for viewing by a customer. A first state is assigned to the coupon based on the first determination. A second determination is made regarding whether the coupon has been redeemed by the customer. A second state is assigned to the coupon based on the second determination. | 10-30-2008 |
20090037363 | Methods And Systems For Managing A Data Mining Model - Methods, systems, and a computer readable medium storing a computer executable program for managing a data mining model are disclosed. A first notification associated with a data mining model is received at a business process system. A second notification associated with the data mining model is transmitted from the business process system responsive to the first notification. A determination is made regarding whether a first response operable to define an association between the data mining model and business data has been received at the business process system responsive to the second notification. A command is issued from the business process system to update model metadata associated with the data mining model based on the determination. | 02-05-2009 |
20100083153 | Managing Multimodal Annotations Of An Image - Methods and computer readable mediums storing computer executable programs for managing multimodal annotations of an image are disclosed. A first communication channel is established between a first machine and a mobile device. A first hierarchical data structure generated by the mobile device is received at the first machine. The first hierarchical data structure includes an image annotated with at least one multimodal annotation. A representation of the first hierarchical data structure is rendered at the first machine. At least one multimodal annotation modification associated with the image is received at the first machine. The at least one multimodal annotation modification is incorporated into the first hierarchical data structure thereby generating a second hierarchical data structure. | 04-01-2010 |
20100186067 | Methods for Secure Data Distribution - A method for secure distribution of data in an interchange network, comprises having a network in which data records stored on at least one computer; and including an authorization service, where the authorization service grants a contractor access to at least a portion of the data records; and a watermarking module that adds one or more artificial records to said portion. The artificial records cannot be distinguished from the data records by the contractor and are valid for processing in the same way as the data records. | 07-22-2010 |
20100205159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA - A system and method for managing data are presented herein. The system includes a plurality of data sets, a plurality of data access policies, and a policy enforcer. The plurality of data sets can be stored in a data store on a server. The data access policies can each be associated with a single data set and can be captured in a workflow template and encapsulated with the data set. At least one of the data policies can use human evaluation. The policy enforcer can be configured to receive requests for data, to interpret the associated data policy, and to comply with the human evaluation of the data policies by spawning a child workflow defined in the data policy to initiate the human evaluation across a network. | 08-12-2010 |
20110055559 | DATA RETENTION MANAGEMENT - A file-based data retention management system is provided. A data source can store data files. An online backup file system can make a backup copy of the data files from the data source and store the backup copy of the data files on a backup server. A policy database can be maintained by the system, the policy database including data retention policies for the data files for retention management of the data files. A key management system can assign and manage encryption keys for the data files. The key management system can store the encryption keys on a separate system from the data files stored on the backup server. | 03-03-2011 |
20120023544 | DATA ASSURANCE - Data assurance capabilities are received that are related to at least one individual persistent object type in a plurality of persistent object types linked to persistent objects stored on the service provider server. In addition, data assurance specifications are received from a customer, the data assurance specifications being based on the data assurance capabilities. Computer-readable data assurance policies for the at least one persistent object type are generated based on the received data assurance specification. The computer-readable data assurance policies then are combined with a corresponding template of data assurance capabilities for the at least one individual persistent object type to generate an enforceable customer-specific data policy. | 01-26-2012 |
20120030120 | ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR A BUSINESS MODEL - A functional model of a business process which is annotated with security requirements is provided. Platform-specific executable code and at least one configuration file for a given security enforcement component to enforce the security requirements of the model are then generated automatically. | 02-02-2012 |
20120243687 | ENCRYPTION KEY FRAGMENT DISTRIBUTION - An encryption key may be fragmented into n encryption key fragments such that k09-27-2012 | |
20120284331 | Processing Notifications - A method of processing notifications is provided herein. A plurality of notifications is generated for a plurality of subscribers to a plurality of topics. The plurality of notifications is generated based on a plurality of events comprising the plurality of topics. The plurality of notifications is sent for the plurality of subscribers. Sending the notifications is performed concurrently with generating a second plurality of notifications for a second plurality of subscribers to a second plurality of topics. The second plurality of notifications is generated based on a second plurality of events comprising the second plurality of topics. | 11-08-2012 |
20130010966 | ENCRYPTION KEY STORAGE - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for encryption key storage. Encryption key storage may include associating each of a plurality of identifiers with a different one of a plurality of key fragment stores, determining a plurality of indexes, where each of the plurality of indexes is based upon a handle provided by a customer, an authorization token provided by the customer, and a different one of the plurality of identifiers, partitioning an encryption key provided by the customer into a number of encryption key fragments, and distributing the plurality of indexes and the number of encryption key fragments to the plurality of key fragment stores. | 01-10-2013 |
20130046979 | PROTECTING THE INFORMATION ENCODED IN A BLOOM FILTER USING ENCODED BITS OF DATA - Illustrated is a system and method that includes identifying data stored as an entry in a list. The system and method also includes truncating the entry to create a truncated entry. It further includes transforming the truncated entry into a hash, the hash used to set an index position value within a Bloom filter. The system and method also includes an interface module to transmit the Bloom filter. | 02-21-2013 |
20130177157 | ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT - An encryption key fragment is divided into a number of encryption key fragments. Requests to store different ones of the encryption key fragments are transmitted to different computer memory storage systems. An individual request to store an encryption key fragment includes one of the encryption key fragments and bears an access control hallmark for regulating access to the encryption key fragment. | 07-11-2013 |
20130346339 | CONFIGURING PROCESS VARIANTS FOR ON-BOARDING CUSTOMERS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) OUTSOURCING - Systems and methods of configuring process variants for on-boarding customers for information technology (IT) outsourcing are provided. An example method includes modeling roles, responsibilities, and business context for a standard process template. The method also includes developing cause-and-effect rules affecting outcome of the standard process template. The method also includes adjusting the standard process template for process variants across different customer on-boarding scenarios. | 12-26-2013 |
20140156557 | Providing a Simulation Service by a Cloud-Based Infrastructure - A cloud-based infrastructure provides a simulation service accessible by a plurality of different enterprises. The cloud-based infrastructure executes an operation simulation in response to access of the simulation service by a particular one of the plurality of enterprises, wherein the operation simulation is of a business process of the particular enterprise and uses information provided by the particular enterprise. | 06-05-2014 |
20140215279 | SCALABLE STRUCTURED DATA STORE OPERATIONS - Scalable structured data store operations can include logging a number of detected corrupted records within a scalable structured data store, repairing the number of corrupted records within a number of nodes of the scalable structured data store, and predicting hardware failure based on the logged number of corrupted records. | 07-31-2014 |
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20080242827 | Method for producing omni-meta aromatic polysulfonamide fiber - The invention relates to a method of preparing omni-meta aromatic polysulfonamide fiber which comprises three steps of preparing spinning dope, wet spinning and post treating. The said step of preparing spinning dope comprises the following steps: (1) dissolving 3,3′-diaminodiphenyl sulphone in a polar organic solvent and cooling it to −20˜20° C.; (2) adding m-phthaloyl chloride of the same mole of the 3,3′-diaminodiphenyl sulphone to carry out a polymerization reaction; (3) then adding an inorganic base of the same mole of 3,3′-diaminodiphenyl sulphone to neutralize the hydrogen chloride produced during the polymerization reaction. The spinning dope thus prepared has a polymer solid content of 10%-20%. The fiber prepared according to the method in the present invention has a greatly improved crimpability, and evidently increased elongation at break comparing with the conventional aromatic polysulfonamide fiber, so that the spinnability of resultant yarn is improved. | 10-02-2008 |
20090069605 | Catalyst composition and producing process thereof for use in manufacturing methacrolein - A catalyst composition for use in manufacturing methacrolein by reacting with one of isobutene and t-butanol, the catalyst composition being represented by the formula of: x (Mo | 03-12-2009 |
20100246459 | Method and System for Reducing Power Consumption in a Wireless Transmitter - A system and method for reducing power consumption in a wireless transmitter is useful for conserving battery power in wireless communication devices. The method includes storing a voice data packet in a buffer operatively coupled to the wireless transmitter (step | 09-30-2010 |
20120039244 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN RSs OF JOINTLY PROCESSING AND A METHOD AND DEVICE IN BSs OF CORRESPONDING PROCESSING - According to a detailed embodiment of the invention, the RS implements the following operations by using each of M shift parameter groups: Based on M shift parameters in the group, shifting respectively M decoded bit streams and merge the M shifted bit steams to get a check bit stream. Consequently M check bit streams are obtained by using M shift parameter groups. Then the RS transmits M check bit streams to the BS. The BS has received the M uplink signals from mobile terminals before and makes the M check bit streams as the check information of those uplink signals in order to check them better and reduce error rate. By adopting the method and device proposed by the invention, it is ensured in the low SNR regime error user rate or error block rate is more ideal in multi-user detection in the BS. | 02-16-2012 |
20120103548 | METHOD OF IMPROVING DEWATERING EFFICIENCY, INCREASING SHEET WET WEB STRENGTH, INCREASING SHEET WET STRENGTH AND ENHANCING FILLER RETENTION IN PAPERMAKING - The invention provides a method of improving dewatering efficiency, increasing sheet wet web strength, increasing sheet wet strength and enhancing filler retention in a papermaking process The method improves the efficiency of drainage aids or wet web strength aids or wet strength aid by coating at least some of the filler particles with a material that prevents the filler materials form adhering to a those additives. The drainage additive or wet web strength additive or wet strength aid holds the cellulose fibers together tightly and is not wasted on the filler particles. | 05-03-2012 |
20130133847 | FURNISH PRETREATMENT TO IMPROVE PAPER STRENGTH AID PERFORMANCE IN PAPERMAKING - The invention is directed towards methods, compositions, and apparatus for increasing the strength of paper made out of a furnish having a large proportion of OCC. The method involves the following steps: 1) Providing a paper furnish having a large amount of OCC in it, 2) adding strength promoter to the furnish prior to adding a strength agent to the furnish, 3) adding a strength agent to the furnish, and 4) making a paper product from the furnish. This method allows cheap OCC material to be used in a papermaking process without the quality problems that the anionic trash in OCC typically causes. Thus paper products having low costs and high quality can be produced. | 05-30-2013 |
20130150515 | NUCLEATING AGENT FOR NYLON SYSTEM - The present invention provides a nucleating agents comprising: a) ethylene-acrylic acid ionomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene-acrylic acid calcium ionomers and ethylene-acrylic acid zinc ionomers and combinations thereof; wherein the ionomers have a molecular weight between about 1000 and about 10000; b) talcum; and c) ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers. The present invention also provides plastic compositions comprising: a) nylon and b) a nucleating agent, as well as a processes of making such plastic compositions. The present invention also provides nucleating agents comprising only one or two of the above types of compounds, as well as plastic compositions comprising such nucleating agents and processes of making such a plastic compositions. | 06-13-2013 |
20130299110 | METHOD OF IMPROVING DEWATERING EFFICIENCY, INCREASING SHEET WET WEB STRENGTH, INCREASING SHEET WET STRENGTH AND ENHANCING FILLER RETENTION IN PAPERMAKING - The invention provides a method of improving dewatering efficiency, increasing sheet wet web strength, increasing sheet wet strength and enhancing filler retention in a papermaking process The method improves the efficiency of drainage aids or wet web strength aids or wet strength aid by coating at least some of the filler particles with a material that prevents the filler materials form adhering to a those additives. The drainage additive or wet web strength additive or wet strength aid holds the cellulose fibers together tightly and is not wasted on the filler particles. | 11-14-2013 |
20130306261 | METHOD TO INCREASE DEWATERING, SHEET WET WEB STRENGTH AND WET STRENGTH IN PAPERMAKING - The invention provides a method of improving dewatering efficiency, increasing sheet wet web strength, increasing sheet wet strength and enhancing filler retention in a papermaking process. The method improves the efficiency of dewatering aid by coating at least some of the filler particles with a material that prevents the filler materials form adhering to dewatering aids. The dewatering aid holds the paper fibers together tightly and is not wasted on the filler particles. | 11-21-2013 |
20140316047 | NUCLEATING AGENT FOR NYLON SYSTEM - The present invention provides a nucleating agents comprising: a) ethylene-acrylic acid ionomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene-acrylic acid calcium ionomers and ethylene-acrylic acid zinc ionomers and combinations thereof; wherein the ionomers have a molecular weight between about 1000 and about 10000; b) talcum; and c) ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers. The present invention also provides plastic compositions comprising: a) nylon and b) a nucleating agent, as well as a processes of making such plastic compositions. The present invention also provides nucleating agents comprising only one or two of the above types of compounds, as well as plastic compositions comprising such nucleating agents and processes of making such a plastic compositions. | 10-23-2014 |
20140333880 | PIXEL STRUCTURE, TFT ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention discloses a pixel structure, a TFT (Thin Film Transistor) array substrate, and a liquid crystal display panel, and the pixel structure is optimized on the base of the existing FFS (Fringe Field Switching) pixel, the IPS (In Plane Switching) and FFS structures are integrated for enhancing a lateral drive electric field of liquid crystal, the refresh rate is improved and the power consumption is reduced. The pixel structure is formed on a substrate and the pixel structure includes: a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from each other and located on different layers; and a third electrode, the first electrode and the third electrode are being on different layers and applied a same potential, wherein electric fields parallel to the substrate are respectively generated between the first electrode and the second electrode and between the third electrode and the second electrode. | 11-13-2014 |
20150022488 | TOUCH POINT DETECTING CIRCUIT, INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch point detecting circuit, an inductive touch screen and a touch display device are disclosed. The touch point detecting circuit includes a plurality of mutually inductive units arranged in an array, wherein each mutually inductive unit includes a first coil and a second coil which are mutually coupled inductors, the first coil of each mutually inductive unit in a same row is electrically connected to an identical first signal line, and the second coil of each mutually inductive unit in a same column is electrically connected to an identical second signal line. By adopting the touch point detecting circuit provided in the technical solution, not only may the detection precision be relatively high, but also the positions of touch points may be determined by detecting the mutual inductance change of each mutually inductive unit, so that multi-point touch is realized. | 01-22-2015 |
20150059998 | FURNISH PRETREATMENT TO IMPROVE PAPER STRENGTH AID PERFORMANCE IN PAPERMAKING - The invention is directed towards methods, compositions, and apparatus for increasing the strength of paper made out of a furnish having a large proportion of OCC. The method involves the following steps: 1) Providing a paper furnish having a large amount of OCC in it, 2) adding strength promoter to the furnish prior to adding a strength agent to the furnish, 3) adding a strength agent to the furnish, and 4) making a paper product from the furnish. This method allows cheap OCC material to be used in a papermaking process without the quality problems that the anionic trash in OCC typically causes. Thus paper products having low costs and high quality can be produced. | 03-05-2015 |
20150073083 | TREATED INORGANIC, NON-HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANTS, METHODS FOR TREATING INORGANIC, NON-HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANTS, AND APYROUS PLASTICS - Treated, inorganic, non-halogenated flame retardants, methods for treating inorganic, non-halogenated flame retardants for better dispersion and improved powder flow performance in plastics, and apyrous plastics formed from such treated, inorganic, non-halogenated flame retardants are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method for treating an inorganic, non-halogenated flame retardant includes providing a wax emulsion, the wax emulsion comprising a polymer wax, an alkali, and water. The wax emulsion is blended with an inorganic, non-halogenated flame retardant for a period of time to form a treated inorganic, non-halogenated flame retardant. The treated inorganic, non-halogenated flame retardant is dried. | 03-12-2015 |
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20100145286 | LAYERED NON-FOULING, ANTIMICROBIAL ANTITHROMBOGENIC COATINGS - Substrates, optionally coated with an undercoating, having grafted thereto one or more non-fouling materials are described herein. The non-fouling, polymeric material can be grafted to a variety of functionalized substrate materials, particularly polymeric substrates and/or polymeric undercoatings immobilized on a substrate. The compositions described herein are highly resistant protein absorption, particularly in complex media and retain a high degree of non-fouling activity over long periods of time. The compositions described herein may also demonstrate antimicrobial and/or anti-thrombogenic activity. The non-fouling material can be grafted to a functionalized substrate, or optionally from an undercoating on the substrate, preferably without significantly affecting the mechanical and/or physical properties of the substrate material | 06-10-2010 |
20100152708 | NON-FOULING, ANTI-MICROBIAL, ANTI-THROMBOGENIC GRAFT-FROM COMPOSITIONS - Substrates, optionally coated with an undercoating layer, having grafted there from one or more non-fouling materials are described herein. The non-fouling, polymeric material can be grafted from a variety of substrate materials, particularly polymeric substrates and/or polymeric undercoating layers. The graft-from techniques described herein can result in higher surface densities of the non-fouling material relative to graft-to formulations. Graft-from methods can be used to produce covalently tethered polymers. The compositions described herein are highly resistant protein absorption, particularly in complex media and retain a high degree of non-fouling activity over long periods of time. The compositions described herein may also demonstrate antimicrobial and/or anti-thrombogenic activity. The non-fouling material can be grafted from the substrate, or optionally from an undercoating layer on the substrate, preferably without significantly affecting the mechanical and/or physical properties of the substrate material. | 06-17-2010 |
20110196129 | Hydratable Keratin Compositions - Keratin hydratable absorbents and films are fabricated with simple, repeatable processes. Freeze drying produces a material with instantaneous water absorption to over 20 times its weight in water. Films produced are flexible and uniform with water absorption 7-8 times the original weight. | 08-11-2011 |
20130155370 | SURFACE MODIFIED CONTACT LENSES - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155371 | REDOX PROCESSES FOR CONTACT LENS MODIFICATION - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158150 | MULTISTEP UV PROCESS TO CREATE SURFACE MODIFIED CONTACT LENSES - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158517 | SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR DIALYSIS CATHETERS - Catheters and a method of preparation thereof, the catheter comprising a catheter body, a juncture hub, extension lines and connectors, the catheter body having a proximal end, a distal end, an exterior surface, a tip region having a length of 10 cm measured from the distal end of the catheter body, and at least two lumen, each of the catheter body lumen having a proximal end, a distal end, a Lumen Aspect Ratio of at least 3:1, and an intraluminal surface, the distal ends of the at least two catheter body lumen being (i) non-coterminus or (ii) laser-cut, the exterior surface of the catheter body in the tip region or the intraluminal surface of the two catheter body lumen comprising a hydrophilic polymer layer having an Average Dry Thickness of at least about 50 nanometers. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158518 | SURFACE MODIFICATION FOR CATHETERS COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE MATERIALS - Catheters and a method for preparation thereof, the catheter comprising as component parts thereof a catheter body, a juncture hub, at least one extension line and at least one connector, each of said component parts comprising an exterior surface, at least one lumen having an intraluminal surface and a bulk polymer, wherein the intraluminal or external surface of a first of said component parts and the exterior or intraluminal surface of a second of said component parts comprise a hydrophilic polymer layer thereon having an Average Dry Thickness of at least about 50 nanometers and the first and second component parts comprise bulk polymers having different chemical compositions | 06-20-2013 |
20130176529 | SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS MODIFIED USING LANTHANIDE OR TRANSITION METAL OXIDANTS - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 07-11-2013 |
20130188124 | HIGH IONIC STRENGTH PROCESS FOR CONTACT LENS MODIFICATION - Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described. | 07-25-2013 |
20140045398 | LAYERED NON-FOULING, ANTIMICROBIAL ANTITHROMBOGENIC COATINGS - Substrates, optionally coated with an undercoating, having grafted thereto one or more non-fouling materials are described herein. The non-fouling, polymeric material can be grafted to a variety of functionalized substrate materials, particularly polymeric substrates and/or polymeric undercoatings immobilized on a substrate. The compositions described herein are highly resistant protein absorption, particularly in complex media and retain a high degree of non-fouling activity over long periods of time. The compositions described herein may also demonstrate antimicrobial and/or anti-thrombogenic activity. The non-fouling material can be grafted to a functionalized substrate, or optionally from an undercoating on the substrate, preferably without significantly affecting the mechanical and/or physical properties of the substrate material | 02-13-2014 |
20150045515 | NON-FOULING, ANTI-MICROBIAL, ANTI-THROMBOGENIC GRAFT-FROM COMPOSITIONS - A method for preparing and resulting articles of manufacture comprising a substrate having a surface, a bulk beneath the surface, and a grafted polymer layer on the substrate surface, the substrate surface and the grafted polymer layer, in combination, constituting a modified surface having a fibrinogen adsorption of less than about 125 ng/cm | 02-12-2015 |
20150056411 | NON-FOULING, ANTI-MICROBIAL, ANTI-THROMBOGENIC GRAFT COMPOSITIONS - The present invention generally relates to articles of manufacture, such as medical devices, having a non-fouling surface comprising a grafted polymer material. The surface resists the adhesion of biological material. | 02-26-2015 |