07th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100041364 | FEMTOCELL SERVICE REGISTRATION, ACTIVATION, AND PROVISIONING - System(s) and method(s) are provided for a femto cell service framework for registration, activation, and provisioning of femtocell service. An account management service enables femtocell account creation, and registration thereof. Registration includes validation of wireless coverage for a location of operation of a femto AP, and validation of availability enhanced 911 (E911) service. As part of registration provisioning, record(s) are updated to indicate registration status. Connection of femto AP to a network interface triggers activation process; the femto AP delivers an activation request. A femto network validates registration of the connected femto AP and conducts a location tolerance check of a received actual location of the femto AP and a registered location. Upon tolerance validation, a cell identifier and radio frequency channel(s) are assigned to femto AP. When femto AP radiates wireless signal, network activation status indicators are provisioned. Handling of errors that arise during registration or activation is provided. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041365 | MEDIATION, RATING, AND BILLING ASSOCIATED WITH A FEMTOCELL SERVICE FRAMEWORK - System(s) and method(s) facilitating mediation of information relating to communication sessions, and rating of and billing for communication sessions, in relation to a communication network employing femtocells and base stations, are presented. Call detail records (CDRs) are created containing location information identifying origination or termination locations for communication sessions associated with a user equipment (UE). For data sessions, data event records (DERs) are created to track data usage and specific data services used by the UE. A mediation and rating component receives the CDRs and/or DERs and correlates the respective records to create an enhanced CDR containing information that facilitates determining whether a femtocell or base station served the UE at the origination or termination of a communication session and information relating to data usage when a data service is used. Predefined rating rules are used to facilitate billing the subscriber in accordance with a subscriber rate plan. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF SERVICE USAGE IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for control of service usage in a communications system, wherein a charging client receives a service request from a user initiating a charging transaction. In response to the service request checking a free of charge indicator in the charging client, and if the free of charge indicator is confirmative for the service request the charging client granting the service request to the user. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041367 | REVERSE RATING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DURATION OF A USAGE TRANSACTION - A reverse rating system determines the duration for which a phone call or other transaction may continue, given an account balance on a pre-paid customer account. The duration may take into consideration multiple time bands, applicable discounts, rating plans and other characteristics of the customer account and telecommunications service. The telecommunications service provider may employ the duration information to determine when to disconnect an ongoing transaction. As a result, the telecommunications service provider avoids substantial revenue loses from continuing to allow a pre-paid customer to continue their transaction longer than their account balance will support. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041368 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ELECTRONICALLY DELIVERING A PREPAID CARD TO A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for electronically delivering a prepaid card to a mobile device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes receiving, at a merchant server, purchase information related to the purchase of an electronic prepaid card. The method further includes receiving, from the merchant server, electronic prepaid card information derived from the purchase information. The method further includes establishing a communications link with a mobile device associated with address data included in the electronic prepaid card information. The method also includes provisioning the electronic prepaid card information on the mobile device via over the air (OTA) communications. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING DIAMETER BASED SIGNALING TO SUPPORT BILLING MODELS FOR VISUALLY RENDERED SERVICES - A system and method of using Diameter based signaling is provided to track usage to support multiple billing models for visually rendered revenue generating services in an IP Multimedia subsystem based network. The system includes a computer system includes first program instructions to provide usage information to an accounting platform for processing charging information for visually rendered services in an IP Multimedia subsystem based network. The computer system also comprises a computer readable media which stores the first program instructions and a central processing unit to execute the first program instructions. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041370 | Preventing Misuse of Random Access Procedure in Wireless Communication System - A method for preventing misuse of a random access procedure including transmitting a random access preamble, receiving a random access response message which includes a random access response that is scrambled using the identity of the random access preamble transmitted by the mobile station, checking that the random access response is in response to the random access preamble transmitted by the mobile station, and decoding the random access response. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE-BASED USER AUTHENTICATION - The subject application is directed to a system and method for mobile telephone-based user authentication. Data records are stored in a data storage, with each data record including a cellular telephone number and pre-set payment mechanism data. Login data is received via a user interface associated with a document processing device that includes a telephone number of a cellular telephone associated with the user. The presence of a data record corresponding to the login data is determined, and operation of the document processing device is commenced upon the presence of a data record in the data storage. A data message is sent to the cellular telephone corresponding to the telephone number of the login data. Confirmation data is received from the cellular telephone responsive to the data message, and an operation on the document processing device is completed in accordance with received confirmation data. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041372 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING ACCESS TO A UMA NETWORK BASED ON ACCESS POINT IDENTIFIER - A system and method are arranged to evaluate registration requests associated with a mobile subscriber (MS) in a fixed-mobile converged network. The fixed-mobile converged network consists of at least one fixed network topology (e.g., IP) and at least one mobile network topology (e.g., CDMA, TDMA, GSM, etc.). Registration request are received by the system from the MS. The registration request includes information identifying an access point (AP) where the MS obtained access to the fixed network. The identifying information is used to query a database to determine if the MS is authorized for access through the AP. The database can identify the AP in any number of ways, including but not limited to MAC address, IP address, and FQDN. The results form the database query are evaluated and the requested registration from the MS is either completed or rejected based on the access authorization associated with the AP. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041373 | ACCESS TECHNOLOGY INDEPENDENT IDENTIFIER GENERATION - A network system for communicating with mobile nodes has multiple gateways that can operate with each using a different access technology. In an IPv | 2010-02-18 |
20100041374 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMODAL PRESENCE DETECTION - Methods and systems for operating a communication module is disclosed. Generally, a fingerprint authentication device coupled with a communication module biometrically authenticates a user. The communication module sends an indication that the communication module is active for the user to receive a message based on the biometric authentication of the user. The communication module receives a message for the user that has been routed to the communication module based on the indication that the communication module is active for the user to receive a message. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041375 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR MOBILE-TERMINATED VOICE CALL PROCESSING FOR A MOBILE STATION ATTACHED WITH AN IP-FEMTOCELL SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitates processing of mobile-terminated voice calls for a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A convergence server deployed in a core network receives a call request for a mobile station attached with a femtocell system, performs validation of the mobile station against a subscriber profile maintained by the convergence server, transmits a Session Initiation Protocol Invite message to the femtocell system, receives a paging authentication request, and engages a mobile core network in an authentication process for the mobile station. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041376 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR MOBILE-TERMINATED SMS MESSAGE DELIVERY FOR A MOBILE STATION ATTACHED WITH AN IP-FEMTOCELL SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitates delivery of mobile-terminated short message service messages to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A convergence server deployed in a core network receives a short message for short message service delivery to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system. If there is no active traffic channel with the mobile station, or if the short message is to be delivered to the mobile station via a paging channel, the femtocell system triggers an authentication process. The convergence server constructs a short message service delivery request message, transmits the short message service delivery request message to the femtocell system, and receives one of an acknowledgement and a negative acknowledgment regarding delivery of the short message to the mobile station. The convergence server thereafter notifies the message center of the acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement received thereby. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041377 | Cellular Phone - The mobile telephone (i) stores therein an address book including one or more pieces of mail-transmission destination information each pertaining to a communication party, (ii) makes a judgment, when an incoming event occurs, whether the incoming event meets a specific requirement, (iii) selects one or more communication parties from the address book when the judgment is affirmative; and (iv) transmits a predetermined mail to destinations of the selected communication parties using pieces of mail-transmission destination information corresponding to the selected communication parties. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A USER PROFILE FROM LOCATION INFORMATION - Locations of a user of a mobile device are received, wherein the locations are determined by the mobile device. Types of the locations are determined. A profile of the user is determined based on the types of the locations. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041379 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND SERVICE CONTROL POINT FOR REALIZING CALL MANAGEMENT - A method, a system, and a service control point (SCP) for realizing call management are provided. The method for realizing call management includes: inquiring user information of a calling terminal according to a call request message of the calling terminal; sending the user information of the calling terminal, over a called terminal; and exercising a corresponding call control according to a response made by the called terminal to a call carrying the user information of the calling terminal. With the method, system, and SCP for realizing call management provided by the embodiments of the present invention, the called terminal may selectively answer the call according to the user information of the calling terminal, thereby avoiding disturbing the work due to answering some unnecessary calls. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041380 | System and method for determining and delivering appropriate multimedia content to data communication devices - Provided herein are exemplary techniques for determining and delivering, appropriate multimedia content comprising a combination of text, images, sounds, rich-text, animation, video, etc. to personal data communication devices ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041381 | METHOD FOR DIVERTING AN ISUP TALKPATH TO AN IP TALKPATH - A method for improving the sound quality of voice signals transmitted during a call between two digital wireless telephones by diverting the call from a circuit switched network to a data network is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a call setup procedure using the circuit switched network is modified so that the calling party may determine the following information: I) whether the called party's digital wireless telephone is able to support one of the voice compression algorithms supported by the calling party's digital wireless telephone and 2) whether both wireless telephones have access to the same data network. If the called party's digital wireless telephone is able to support one of the voice compression algorithms supported by the calling party's digital wireless telephone and both wireless telephones have access to the same data network, the circuit switched network call setup procedure is abandoned before the called party answers the call and the call is completed using the data network. Completing the call by encoding voice signals using a common voice compression algorithm executed by the digital wireless telephones and by sending the encoded voice signals through a data network eliminates the drawbacks associated with the additional intermediate encoding which would have been required if the call had been completed using the circuit switched network. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041382 | Unified Settings for Multiple Account Types - Account types that support one or more data classes (e.g., email, contacts, calendar, instant messaging) can be added and configured on a mobile device using a unified settings user interface. The user interface allows the user to easily activate and deactivate one or more data classes for an account type. The user interface can support one or more predefined account types and can allow the user to add and configure new account types. Visual indicators are provided in the user interface to remind the user of the data classes that are active on the mobile device for a particular account. Users can configure settings that effect a particular data class in all accounts on the mobile device. Users can also configure settings that are specific to a particular account. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041383 | Cellular phone use limitation method - A means of limiting the capability of a cellular telephone when said telephone is in motion is disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041384 | REPORTING OF MULTIPLE IF/RAT LAYER RESTRICTIONS - In one aspect, the invention provides a multi-modal user equipment (UE) configuration method. In some embodiments, the method includes: configuring the UE so that it supports a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), wherein each of the plurality of RATs is associated with a predetermined maximum number of layers that the UE may be instructed by a network node to monitor simultaneously; configuring the UE so that it is operable to transmit to the network node RAT capability information identifying the plurality of RATs supported by the UE; and configuring the UE to monitor simultaneously not more than X layers associated with one of the plurality of RATs, wherein X is less than the predetermined maximum number of layers associated with the RAT. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041385 | CONFIGURABLE WIRELESS INTERFACE - A multistandard RF transceiver is disclosed that may optionally include selectable mixers; selectable amplifiers; a configurable analog filter; and a configurable analog to digital converter. The multistandard RF transceiver may also include a data interface for sending data to a host controller and a control interface for receiving configuration commands from the host controller. The configuration commands identify a wireless standard that is to be implemented by the RF receiver. An RF processor processes an RF signal wherein the processed RF signal is output to the host controller on the data interface. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HANDLING OF TERMINATING A COMMUNICATION - An apparatus, system, and method for facilitating communication handing of a terminating communication, terminating or originating, at a mobile station. User preferences are entered and stored at a database. When a terminating communication is subsequently initiated, the stored preferences are accessed, and instructions are provided to the mobile station to cause communication termination in conformity with the stored preferences. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041387 | Method and Apparatus for Inter Home Node B Cell Update Handling - A method of cell updating system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The UE has one or more active sessions on a first access point. There is no dedicated radio channel between the ULE and the first access point. The method receives a cell update message from the UE. The method sends a cell update request message from the second access point to the network controller. The cell update request message is for sending from the network controller to the first access point to request information for handling the cell update message received by the second access point. The method receives a cell update response message from the network controller. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041388 | Mobile Radio Communication System Including Radio Resource Sharing Function - A mobile radio communication method in which a radio resource is shared with a first communication between one of first mobile terminal devices and a radio base station, which is performed by using an infrastructure mode for performing communication controlled based on scheduling by the radio base station, and a second communication between a plurality of second mobile terminal devices, which is performed by using an ad hoc mode for performing communication by autonomous distributed control, the mobile radio communication method including advertising, by the one of the first mobile terminal devices in an area in which the radio base station exists, at a timing specified by the radio base station, a radio resource which is usable for the second communication in the ad hoc mode and is not used for the first communication in the infrastructure mode, to one of the second mobile terminal devices that is present in a range which a radio wave reaches from the one of the first mobile terminal devices and performs the second communication in the ad hoc mode, to thereby control the one of the second mobile terminal devices so as not to use a radio resource for the first communication. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041389 | METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIO LINK FAILURE FOR TRANSMISSION OVER ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL IN A CELL _FACH STATE - A method and apparatus are used for detecting a radio link (RL) failure and a post verification process. A quality of a downlink fractional dedicated physical channel (F-DPCH) is monitored once a transmission on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) has begun. It is determined whether the quality of the downlink F-DPCH is below a predefined threshold. If the quality is below the predefined threshold, then an occurrence of an RL failure is declared and a transmission over the E-DCH in a cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state is terminated. In a case of the post verification failure, E-DCH resources are released. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041390 | Configuration of Rank Indicator Reporting Instances - A method for setting a periodicity and an offset in rank indicator (RI) reporting in a user equipment in a wireless communication system receives a radio resource control (RRC) signal from a base station, decodes a RI periodicity and offset configuration index, sets the periodicity and offset in accordance with said decoded periodicity and offset configuration index and reports a RI according to the set periodicity and offset. The periodicity is an integer and reporting a RI reports with equal the product of the periodicity and a period of reporting of the channel quality indicator (CQI) and the preceding matrix indicator (PMI). | 2010-02-18 |
20100041391 | EMBEDDED MOBILE ANALYTICS IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method or process enables the collection of data from mobile devices and mobile networks using filtering, compression, encryption, memory management, and power management technologies to collect mobile device metrics at the mobile device (client side), and then transmit these metrics from the mobile device to a server for processing by analytics software. The analytics processing may also occur directly on the mobile device. Policies are determined and configured at the processing server to drive and control the mobile device metrics captured, which may include but are not limited to, data usage (e.g. time of day, amount of data sent/received), voice usage (e.g. time of day, calls in/out of network, dropped calls, call duration), the location of the mobile device, cell patterns (e.g. problem cells, roaming), touch interactions, behavioral analysis (programs used, services uses), battery performance, CPU usage, memory usage, network usage (e.g. 2G, 3G, 3.5G, 4G, Wi-Fi, WiMAX), and the like. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041392 | DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION - A data transmission control method in a radio communication system with a mobile station having a number of antennas and a base transceiver station having a number of antennas, the data transmission control method includes detecting a failure of radio equipment connected to each of the antennas of the base transceiver station or to each of specified groups of the antennas to perform radio communication processing for a connected antenna, and outputting failure information corresponding to the detected failure. The data transmission control method includes determining a failed antenna based on the failure information, and exercising control so that generation processing of transmission code words corresponding to the failed antenna is not performed. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041393 | PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a paging method and an apparatus thereof for User Equipment (UE) in a broadband wireless communication system. In the method, a paging message is received from a macro base station. Whether there exists an accessible femto base station inside a service area of the macro base station is determined. When there does not exist the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station, the UE responds to the paging message of the macro base station. When there exists the accessible femto base station inside the service area of the macro base station, the UE waits for a paging message to be received from the femto base station. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041394 | PREDICTION OF UPLINK INTERFERENCE POTENTIAL GENERATED BY AN ANCILLARY TERRESTRIAL NETWORK AND/OR RADIOTERMINALS - Methods are provided for predicting uplink interference potential to a mobile satellite system (MSS) generated by ancillary terrestrial components (ATCs) of an ancillary terrestrial network (ATN) and/or ATC radioterminals that are configured to terrestrially use/reuse satellite frequencies that are used and/or authorized for use by a MSS. The methods include measuring power transmitted by and/or received at one or more radioterminals communicating with one or more terrestrial networks and/or transmitted by and/or received at the one or more terrestrial networks communicating with the one or more radioterminals using terrestrial frequencies that are at least partially outside a range of the satellite frequencies. Uplink interference potential to the MSS generated by terrestrial use/reuse of satellite frequencies by the ATN and/or the ATC radioterminals is predicted responsive to the measured power. Related ancillary terrestrial networks are also described. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041395 | PREDICTION OF UPLINK INTERFERENCE POTENTIAL GENERATED BY AN ANCILLARY TERRESTRIAL NETWORK AND/OR RADIOTERMINALS - Methods are provided for predicting uplink interference potential to a mobile satellite system (MSS) generated by ancillary terrestrial components (ATCs) of an ancillary terrestrial network (ATN) and/or ATC radioterminals that are configured to terrestrially use/reuse satellite frequencies that are used and/or authorized for use by a MSS. The methods include measuring power transmitted by and/or received at one or more radioterminals communicating with one or more terrestrial networks and/or transmitted by and/or received at the one or more terrestrial networks communicating with the one or more radioterminals using terrestrial frequencies that are at least partially outside a range of the satellite frequencies. Uplink interference potential to the MSS generated by terrestrial use/reuse of satellite frequencies by the ATN and/or the ATC radioterminals is predicted responsive to the measured power. Related ancillary terrestrial networks are also described. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041396 | SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS USING ASYMMETRICAL FORWARD AND RETURN LINK FREQUENCY REUSE - Communications are conducted between a space-based component of the wireless communications system and radioterminals using a plurality of forward link cells and a plurality of return link cells, the return link cells having a greater number of cells per frequency reuse cluster than the forward link cells. At least some of the forward and return link cells may use at least some frequencies of a terrestrial wireless communications system having an adjacent and/or overlapping coverage area. Forward links of the at least some of the forward and return link cells may have a greater link bandwidth than return links of the at least some of the forward and return link cells. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041397 | WIRELESS NETWORK SELECTION - A method is provided for connecting an in-vehicle communication system to a plurality of wireless communication networks, including a mobile telephony network and an internet protocol network. The in-vehicle communication system is configured to roam between the plurality of wireless communication networks, wherein the method includes the step of receiving a first wireless communication signal from one of the plurality of wireless communication networks. The method also includes the step of detecting a second wireless communication signal from a second of the plurality of wireless communication networks. The method further includes the step of determining an intensity level of the first and second wireless communication signals. The method further includes the step of switching the in-vehicle communication system to one of the plurality of wireless communication networks based on the intensity level of the first and second wireless communication signals. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041398 | Method for providing wireless subscriber services - A system for providing wireless services to a first user on the system includes a first application server coupled to a home location register and configured to provide wireless services to the first user. The home location register is configured to store information regarding the first user. A second application server is configured to provide wireline services to the first user and coupled to a media resource function. The media resource function is configured to produce tones and announcements. The second application server is further configured to interact with the first application server to provide an interface to the media resource function. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041399 | METHOD OF PERFORMING RANGING IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method of performing ranging in a broadband wireless access system is disclosed. A method of performing ranging of a mobile station which is in an idle mode in a broadband wireless access system includes requesting ranging by transmitting a third ranging code to a network through a first ranging region allocated by the network to transmit a first ranging code or a second ranging code, and receiving a first ranging response message from the network, the first ranging response message including uplink transmission parameters. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041400 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOVEMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - A radio communication system includes a plurality of base station apparatuses. In the radio communication system, the communication areas of the plurality of base station apparatuses are connected in a loop to form a borderline separating the inside and the outside of a management area. The radio communication system detects a mobile terminal which enters the management area by crossing the borderline on the basis of communication between the base station apparatuses and a mobile terminal. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041401 | Method for Controlling Channel Re-Selection - A mobile station including a processor and a memory storing program instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine if any candidate control channels of a list of candidate control channels are ineligible for selection by belonging to a private network to which the mobile station is not permitted access, analyze those candidate control channels not determined to be ineligible for selection to identify a primary candidate control channel, and attempt to select the primary candidate control channel. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041402 | Method and Apparatus for Distributing Temporary ID/Permanent ID Relationships in Enterprise Home Node B System - A method of distributing user equipment identifiers in a communication system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The method sends a temporary identifier of the UE that is allocated by the core network to a first access point. The UE is registered on the first access point. The method receives a register update message from the first access point. The register update message includes a permanent identifier of the UE, a previous temporary identifier of the UE, and the temporary identifier. The method sends a register update message from the network controller to a second access point to cause the second access point to update the previous temporary identifier with the temporary identifier. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041403 | Method and Apparatus for Management of UTRAN Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (U-RNTIs) over the Iuh Interface - A method of managing user equipment (UE) identifiers in a communication system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The method receives a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message from the UE. The method allocates a first identifier to the UE. The method sends an RRC connection setup message that includes the first identifier from the access point to the UE. The method sends a connection management services request message and the first identifier. The network controller determines the first identifier is in use. The method sends a mobility info message that includes a second identifier which is different than the first identifier from the access point to the UE. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041404 | HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON HISTORY INFORMATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A handover method in a plurality of wireless networks includes selecting one or more candidate networks from the plurality of wireless networks available to a mobile terminal of a user; calculating the latest connection time with a serving network currently serving the mobile terminal; deriving a history utility function based on the latest connection time; deriving system utility functions of the candidate networks in consideration of user and system environments; deriving selection functions for the candidate networks using the history utility function and the system utility functions; and selecting one of the candidate networks as a target network for handover using the selection functions. A target network for handover is selected using not only a system utility function reflecting user and system parameters but also a history utility function reflecting history information, thereby reducing the number of handovers and enhancing service quality. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER HOME NODE B HANDOVER IN A HOME NODE B GROUP - A method of handing over in a communication system that includes a first wireless communications system that has a core network and a second wireless communications system that includes several short range access points using licensed wireless frequencies and a network controller for communicatively coupling a user equipment to the core network. The method determines, by a first access point, to handover the UE to a second access point. The UE has at least one ongoing session with the core network through the first access point. The method sends a relocation required message to the network controller. The relocation required message includes a domain identifier for said message. The method receives a relocation request message from the network controller. The method receives a relocation command message from the network controller for causing the UE to handover from the first access point to the second access point. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041406 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING PRIMARY USER AND SECONDARY USER - A communication system for supporting a primary user and a secondary user is provided. A base station of a communication system, includes a scheduler to group at least one primary user and at least one secondary user corresponding to each of the at least one primary user according to characteristics of services desired by users, a superposition coding unit to perform superposition coding for primary data associated with the at least one primary user and secondary data associated with the at least one secondary user to generate a transmission data stream, and a beamformer to perform beamforming for the transmission data stream. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041407 | METHOD OF COMBINED USER AND COORDINATION PATTERN SCHEDULING OVER VARYING ANTENNA AND BASE-STATION COORDINATION PATTERNS IN A MULTI-CELL ENVIRONMENT - A method and system is disclosed herein for scheduling in a multi-cell environment. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of user terminals; a plurality of base stations to communicate with the plurality of user terminals, wherein the plurality of antennas from the base stations are grouped into coordination patterns that specify which antennas operate together as a cluster to coordinate transmissions with a subset of the plurality of user terminals, and further wherein defined pairs of the antenna sets and associated user sets vary over transmission resources based on coordination pattern changes such that different sets of antennas in the plurality of antennas are grouped together on different resources to coordinate transmissions to different subsets of users; and at least one controller to execute at least one scheduling algorithm to schedule transmissions with user terminals by specifying which user terminal to schedule for service by which sets of antennas and on which transmission resource and with what transmission rate. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041408 | METHOD FOR VARYING TRANSMIT POWER PATTERNS IN A MULTI-CELL ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for varying transmit power patterns in a multi-cell wireless transmission environment. In one embodiment, the method comprises varying transmit power coordination patterns for base stations in the wireless communication system to jointly vary base station power over a set of virtual channels over base stations within a cluster and across clusters of base stations; and jointly transmitting by groups of the base stations to one or more user terminals in their respective clusters based on the transmit power coordination patterns. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041409 | Method of transmitting data in multi-cell cooperative wireless communication system - A method of transmitting data in a multi-cell cooperative wireless communication system is provided. The method includes dividing the data into common data and private data, determining a transmission rate and/or a transmission power of the common data and the private data, respectively and transmitting the common data and the private data at the determined transmission rate and/or transmission power. It is possible to mitigate inter-cell interference and improve the performance of the system. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041410 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - In a method of improved channel-sounding transmissions between a base station in communication with a user equipment in a telecommunication system, the user equipment receiving (SO) an assigned channel-sounding transmission pattern from the base station, and transmitting (S | 2010-02-18 |
20100041411 | HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING FRAMEWORK FOR INTER-CELL MIMO SYSTEMS - A method for wireless communications is provided. The method includes forming a first set of wireless components into a master cluster that provides upper level service functionality to a subset of user devices. The method includes forming a second set of wireless components into a nested cluster that is associated with the master cluster, where the nested cluster provides data transfer to and from the subset of user devices. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041412 | MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE - A measurement control method, a UE, and a network-side device are provided to solve the problem in the prior art that no measurement control solution can ensure the UE to perform a measurement and obtain a measurement result in time, as well as reduce the impact of the measurement on the performance of the UE. The method includes the following steps. The UE receives measurement indication information provided by the network side; and the UE performs a measurement after determining that the UE needs to perform the measurement according to the measurement indication information, which ensures that the UE may not perform the measurement frequently but pertinently, and reduces the impact of the measurement on the performance of the UE to the utmost extent. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041413 | RADIO BASE STATION DEVICE, RADIO TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - It is possible to provide a radio communication system, a radio base station device, and a radio terminal device capable of reducing the power consumption in a radio terminal device without thinning pilot signals used for measuring upstream line quality. In the radio base station device ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041414 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, BASE STATION, RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER, INFORMATION RATE CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A method according to the present invention comprises determining an available information rate for communication, via a first base station, between a plurality of terminals and a second base station based on link capacity information for wireless communication between the first base station and the second base station, and controlling each of information rates for the communication between the plurality of terminals and the second base station based on the available information rate. Here, the plurality of terminals and the first base station being in a mobile object, the second base station being outside the mobile object. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041415 | MOBILE APPARATUS, AND LOCATION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND LOCATION NOTIFICATION METHOD FOR MOBILE APPARATUS - A mobile apparatus, that has a calling function, includes: a location-information acquisition unit to acquire location information indicative of a location of the mobile apparatus, and a location-information notification unit to send the location information to a receiving-side apparatus when a call is made to the receiving-side apparatus, the location-information notification unit being further operable to provide, when the call is being made to a receiving-side apparatus, the location information in a manner such that, before a communication connection is established therewith, the receiving-side apparatus can recognize a physical location where the call is being originated based upon the location data | 2010-02-18 |
20100041416 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH GPS FUNCTION, POSITIONING SYSTEM, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal with a GPS function capable of further varying the positioning performance of each positioning mode preinstalled in the terminal. A GPS positioning section of the mobile communication terminal with the GPS function can perform positioning in a plurality of positioning modes using the A-GPS system. When a GPS control section of the mobile communication terminal with the GPS function causes the GPS positioning section to perform positioning, the GPS control section sets a positioning mode in the GPS positioning section, varies an allowable error of a communication synchronizing clock established between the terminal and a base station as a parameter relating to the positioning performance of GPS positioning based on the A-GPS system in which a fixed value has been conventionally used, and sets the allowable error in GPS positioning means. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041417 | System for determining network structure and positions of mobile devices in a wireless communication network - The present invention relates to a solution for determining the location of a mobile communication device in a wireless communication network and for determining a network structure of the wireless communication network using a system of plurality of receivers acquiring radio signals from units in the communication network within a geographical area and triangulating the location of the units. The device may be arranged to trigger a re-establishment of connections between units in order to force communication control signal traffic which can be monitored. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041418 | CONTROL PLANE LOCATION SOLUTION TO SUPPORT WIRELESS ACCESS - Techniques for supporting a control plane solution for location services and positioning are described. In an aspect, an Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC) may communicate with a Mobility Management Entity (MME) to support location services and positioning for a UE. In one design, the E-SMLC may receive a location request from the MME, perform a positioning procedure with the UE in response to the location request, and send a location response to the MME after completing the positioning procedure. For a UE-assisted or UE-based positioning procedure, the E-SMLC may send a downlink positioning message to the UE via the MME and may receive an uplink positioning message from the UE via the MME. For a network-based positioning procedure, the E-SMLC may send a network positioning request message to an eNB via the MME and may receive a network positioning response message from the eNB via the MME. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041419 | CUSTOMIZED CONTENT DELIVERY THROUGH THE USE OF ARBITRARY GEOGRAPHIC SHAPES - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing customized content to users based on their location. In one embodiment, for each of one or more content providers, a customized content delivery function receives information from the content provider defining a number of geographic shapes selecting corresponding geographic areas. Preferably, each of the geographic shapes overlaps at least one other of the geographic shapes and is assigned an importance level. For each geographic shape, the content provider defines one or more tags for the geographic shape and assigns a weight to each of the one or more tags. Thereafter, when a request is received from a requestor, one or more content items are selected for delivery to the requestor based on the geographic shapes, the tags and corresponding weights for the geographic shapes, and the location of the requestor. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041420 | Method for exchanging messages in a mobile radio network - The invention relates to a method for exchanging messages in a mobile radio system by means of a convergent messaging system, which allows an exchange of messages between the terminals of two or more users. According to the invention, a message thread is detected by one of the terminals as soon as a terminal receives a response to a previously sent message, wherein the detection of a message thread by this terminal triggers a recording of the message exchange in the convergent messaging system. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041421 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE CAPABLE OF REPLYING TO ADVERTISING MESSAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communications device and a method for replying advertising message (ad) are provided. The method includes steps of: receiving an ad transmitted by the server; identifying whether the received ad is messages with a predetermined format; invoking a decoding program from a storage unit for decoding the received ad if the received ad is messages with the predetermined format; identifying the special identifiers to retrieve each part of the ad; displaying a basic content part and a reply content part of the ad after the ad has decoded; identifying the reply code the user inputs in code input area via the input unit; receiving a user's reply, generating a reply message includes a reply code corresponding to the user's reply, and sending the reply message. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCORPORATING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT INTO A MESSAGE HANDLED BY A MOBILE DEVICE - Multimedia content can be incorporated into a message handled by a mobile device with minimum invasiveness by utilizing linking mechanisms that are visually identifiable with certain content and can reveal the multimedia content, e.g. an advertisement, upon selection. This may be done by examining content in the message handled by a mobile device and matching portions of the message with predetermined criteria such as keywords or phrases. Upon finding matches, corresponding multimedia content is associated with a respective portion of the message content and access to the multimedia content is enabled through selection of a linking mechanism that is visually identifiable with the respective portion of the message. The message is modified to include such linking mechanisms such that upon viewing the modified message, a user may reveal the multimedia content by selecting the linking mechanism. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041423 | Mass Multimedia Messaging - A method and system of mass multimedia messaging in a system having a service provider and a plurality of subscriber communication terminals supported by the service provider, wherein at least some of the subscriber terminals have different messaging capabilities and different message format requirements. The method includes adaptation and handling of a mass multimedia message, and mass multimedia message notification. The system uses a retrieval platform and a processing platform. The retrieval platform generates a unique message identifier for the mass multimedia message, and pre-adapts the message into adapted content messages for the terminal types supported by the service provider. The processing platform formats message notifications for the subscriber terminals based on each terminal's messaging capabilities, with each notification containing the unique message identifier. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041424 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR INDIRECT ROUTING OF MOBILE-ORIGINATED SMS MESSAGES FOR A MOBILE STATION ATTACHED WITH AN IP-FEMTOCELL SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitate indirect routing of mobile-originated short messages for a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A convergence server uses indirect routing for delivery of a short message. The MS may elect to use a traffic or paging channel for delivery of the short message. If the MS selects the traffic channel for delivery of the message and if there is no existing traffic channel, the MS may first attempt to establish a traffic channel. If an active traffic channel is already established between the mobile station and the femtocell system, the mobile station sends the message to the femtocell system which, in turn, forwards the message to the convergence server. If the MS elects to send the message over a paging channel, the MS sends the message along with authentication data to the femtocell system that first performs authentication and subsequently forwards the message to the convergence server which, in turn, forwards the short message to the home message center. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041425 | METHOD FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE IN THE DOWNLINK DIRECTION OF A CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND CORRESPONDING BASE STATION - The present invention relates to a method for reducing interference in the downlink direction of a cellular radio communication system comprising base stations communicating with terminals using a frame structure showing a time and frequency extension, said frame comprising a preamble portion and at least one data portion, said terminals being adapted to receive frames for which the receive power of said at least one data portion is varying in a predefined range relative to the receive preamble power of said preamble portion, | 2010-02-18 |
20100041426 | INTER BASE STATION COMMUNICATION FOR JOINT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - According to a method for operating a radio communication system, a first radio station decides about the assignment of first radio resources to a user terminal and thereafter assigns the first radio resources to the user terminal. Before deciding about the assignment of the first radio resources to the user terminal, the first radio station transmits information to a second radio station regarding the first radio station's future assignment of the first radio resources. Radio stations carry out the method. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041427 | SYSTEM CONDITION BASED ADAPTIVE REFERENCE POWER OFFSET POSITIONING - Within a cell area, an RBS typically provides communication services to UEs. During operation, the UE adjusts its transmission power according to a transmission parameter value such as the E-TFCI. The RBS provides a predetermined number of reference points for E-TFCI that covers the limited range. For any intermediate values not specifically provided, the UE calculates the SIR through interpolation. The RBS predicts a range of transmission power likely to be used by the UE and provides the reference points based on the prediction. The prediction is performed based on operational measurement. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL OF FIRST DATA TRANSMISSION IN RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE OF FDMA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Transmit power is controlled for a first uplink data transmission on Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) during random access channel (RACH) procedure. Power control adjustment for the first PUSCH transmission is performed relative to the power spectral density used for successful PRACH transmission as adjusted for bandwidth difference, etc. The uplink Physical random access channel carries the RACH information that is transmitted by the user equipment (UE) during registrations or base station originated calls. A PRACH is composed of a number of preambles and a message portion. The preambles are a series of radio frequency power “steps” that increase in power according to the power step setting until the maximum number of preambles is reached or the base station acknowledges. Once the UE receives a positive indication, it transmits the message portion of the PRACH which consists of message data and control data with independent power gain control. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POWER CONTROL COMMANDS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficient power control command management in a wireless communication environment. As described herein, techniques can be utilized by a Node B and/or other network access point to compensate for differences between uplink slot boundaries and a power control command combining period associated with the uplink slot. For example, the timing of Transmitter Power Control (TPC) bit transmission can be altered as described herein such that, if a given cell or cell sector is associated with a radio link set of size 2 or greater and a TPC timing offset of size 2 or less, TPC command information can be buffered and/or otherwise delayed to a slot following the slot in which corresponding channel measurements are obtained in order to prevent efficiency loss associated with combining TPC bits of inverse polarity corresponding to multiple disparate slots. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041430 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station apparatus is disclosed that is capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using a shared channel in downlink and controlling transmission power of a control channel reporting identification information of the user equipment terminal receiving the shared channel and a transmission format of the shared channel. The base station apparatus includes a transmission power control unit configured to control the transmission power of the control channel based on downlink radio quality information reported from the user equipment terminal and an offset value determined based on communications quality of the control channel. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041431 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A device and method of controlling a portable terminal including a motion sensor and a manipulation unit. The method includes a) sensing a motion pattern of the portable terminal; b) receiving a manual manipulation of the manipulation unit from a user; and c) interpreting a value inputted from the manipulation unit and a motion pattern sensed by the motion sensing unit as a user instruction. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041432 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device equipped with radio communicating portions capable of holding a radio communication in accordance with a predetermined communication standard, and a standard signal outputting portion for outputting a signal in a format based on a predetermined signaling system to any display device prepared on an outside, includes a communication standard detecting means for detecting a type of the communication standard selected based on operating conditions of radio communicating portions, when one of the radio communicating portions conforms to plural types of communication standards or when a plurality of radio communicating portions conform to plural types of communication standards respectively, and a signaling system selecting means for selecting automatically a signaling system of the signal that the standard signal outputting portion outputs, in response to the type of the communication standard that the communication standard detecting means detects. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041433 | FRAME AND SIGNALLING PATTERN STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041434 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ITS METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM USED FOR THEM - In a communication system which can be connected to two different radio communication networks, wireless link quality information on a base station around both of terminals performing communication by using one radio communication network and according to the wireless link quality information, it is judged whether a radio terminal is to be connected to the radio communication network. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING CONTENT OVER DISTINCT WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - An apparatus and method are disclosed for exchanging content over distinct wireless access technologies. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a multimode access network server (MANS) ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041436 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication device capable of communicating with a remote communication device includes a communication unit, a microphone, an input unit, a control unit, and a switching unit. The communication unit is used for generating a remote audio signal according to remote audio information received from the remote communication device. The microphone is used for generating a local audio signal according to a local sound. The input unit is used for receiving a trigger signal. The control unit is configured for generating a switching signal in response to the trigger signal. The switching unit is configured for transmitting the remote and local audio signals to the remote communication device via the communication unit alternately according to the switching signal. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041437 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus for communicating with another apparatus via a network, includes: a storage unit for storing identification information of a plurality of networks and areas where the networks are deployed, respectively, and information of time periods while communication over the networks is permissible for the communication apparatus, respectively; a processor to control communication with the another apparatus in accordance with a process including: selecting one of the networks which is currently connectable and available to communicate with the another apparatus on the basis of the identification information of the networks and the areas; determining whether the present time is within one of the time periods; and either inhibiting communication with the another apparatus via the selected network when the present time is not within the period of time, or allowing communication with the another apparatus via the selected network when the present time is within the period of time. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041438 | Multiple Subscription Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card - Embodiments of the invention include a multiple subscription subscriber identity module (SIM) card. The SIM card includes a plurality of sets of subscription parameters from which to select and activate a single set of parameters. The sets of subscription parameters each contain various information, e.g., information such as an Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) and an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), and are based on various criteria, e.g., different service regions of use for the electronic device on which the SIM card is installed. A set of subscription parameters is selected for a particular region of use either manually or automatically. The SIM card, which can include a software interface that provides a list of available sets of subscription parameters, is activated by updating the selected set of subscription parameters. Alternatively, a default set of subscription parameters is selected unless a different set of subscription parameters is selected manually from among the plurality of sets of subscription parameters. According to alternative embodiments of the invention, the selected set of subscription parameters can be deactivated and a different set of subscription parameters can be selected and updated to in the SIM card. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041439 | CROSSFOLD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A computing device with a keyboard and display is configurable to fold from a compact and protective pocket sized closed configuration to other computing configurations. An embodiment of the device includes dispersed or interspersed hinge mechanisms to enable a cross folding mechanism to configure the device to multiple configurations using only simple hinges. An embodiment of the device further unfolds to a fully flat configuration supported by interspersed feet. Keys of reduced aspect ratio can reduce the footprint of a folded device without reducing the key's sideways spacing. A rotating input pad can supplement the keyboard input without increasing the footprint of the folded pocked sized configuration. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041440 | Mobile electronic device - A mobile electronic device is provided with a housing, a loudspeaker, a cavity coupled to the loudspeaker, and a slide mechanism configured to move a portion of the housing between a first position and a second position. In the second position of the slide mechanism, an inner volume of the cavity is increased as compared to the first position. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041441 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a controller configured to execute a first application program and a second application program; a display module including a screen configured to simultaneously display a first window for the first application program and a second window for the second application program; an extraction module configured to extract information related to the first application program when the first and second windows are displayed on the screen and the first window is inactive; and a reference module configured to refer to the information in the second application program when the first and second windows are displayed on the screen and the second window is active. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041442 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION TRANSFER METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal may always display an image (or icon) representing a specific object on a display screen and directly transmit certain information to the specific object by using the image (or icon). The mobile terminal may include a user input unit to receive a user's selection about at least one object to be floated from a user list, a display to display a floating icon indicating the selected object to be floated on one side of a display area, and a controller for transmitting certain information to the object to be floated when the certain information is dragged or moved onto the floating image (or icon) or when the floating image (or icon) is dragged or moved to the certain information. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041443 | HANDSFREE CALL APPARATUS, ACOUSTIC REPRODUCING APPARATUS WITH HANDSFREE CALL FUNCTION, AND HANDSFREE CALL METHOD - A handsfree call apparatus includes: a speaker held in the vicinity of a user's ear by a holding unit with a speaker unit thereof not being attached to a baffle board so as to mix sounds emitted from the front and back of a diaphragm thereof; a microphone, which is provided to a region where sounds emitted from the front and back of the diaphragm of the speaker are mixed and canceled out, configured to collect the call voice of the user; an output unit configured to output a call voice signal of the user from the microphone to transmit this to a call partner; and an input unit configured to receive a call voice signal from the call partner to supply this to the speaker. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041444 | Charging Device Capable of Connecting to Internet - A charging device capable of connecting to Internet includes a charging unit for charging the mobile phone, a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication through the mobile phone, so as to access a wireless network, and a local area network routing unit coupled to the wireless communication unit for transmitting data packets of the network to a local area network according a network interface protocol when the wireless network unit access the network through the mobile phone. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041445 | POWER SAVING SUPPORT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a technique may include transmitting a scheduling information to a mobile station in a wireless network during a listening window, determining whether an acknowledgement has been received within the listening window from the mobile station that acknowledges receipt of the scheduling information, resetting a size of a next sleep window for the mobile station to an initial sleep window size if the acknowledgement has been received from the mobile station, and increasing a size of the next sleep window for the mobile station if the acknowledgement has not been received from the mobile station within the listening window. In another example embodiment, techniques are disclosed for determining a starting location of a next listening window for a mobile station in a wireless network. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041446 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH POWER SAVING FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus with a power saving function is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: one or more power managing subunits; a charge detecting module configured for detecting the remaining charge of the electronic apparatus; a charge range determining module configured for determining the charge range of the remaining charge of the electronic apparatus according to a power saving table; a managing module configured for determining whether the power managing subunit(s) should be in a statues of being enabled according to the power saving table and the determined charge range; and transmitting a control instruction to enable the power managing subunit(s) if the power managing subunit(s) should be enabled, and thus to keep the electronic apparatus in a power conserving state. A method for saving power of an electronic apparatus is provided. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041447 | WEARABLE HEADSET WITH SELF-CONTAINED VOCAL FEEDBACK AND VOCAL COMMAND - A headset includes a wearable body, first and second earphones extending from the wearable body, controls for controlling an external communication/multimedia device wirelessly, a microphone for picking up vocal data from a user of the headset system and a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit includes circuitry for processing the vocal data into a distinctly audible vocal feedback signal, circuitry for enhancing the vocal feedback signal thereby producing an enhanced vocal feedback signal and circuitry for mixing the enhanced vocal feedback signal with audio signals originating from the external communication/multimedia device, thereby producing a mixed output signal and then sending the mixed output signal to the user via the earphones. The external communication/multimedia device comprises a vocal command application and the headset further comprises a vocal command control for sending vocal commands to the external communication/multimedia device and to the vocal command application. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041448 | Hinge Assemblies for Mobile Terminals - A hinge assembly for a mobile communications device includes a first frame member having two spaced-apart portions with a first pair of opposing cam slots defining a first cam path. A second frame member has two spaced-apart portions with a second pair of opposing cam slots defining a second cam path and a second cam pin in the second pair of opposing cam slots. A first cam pin is in the first pair of opposing cam slots and is configured to move along the pin cam path. A second cam pin is in the second pair of opposing cam slots and configured to move along the second cam path. A third pin extends between the two spaced-apart portions of the first frame member. A fourth pin extends between the two spaced-apart portions of the second frame member. At least first and second links are provided such that the first link has a first end rotatably connected to the first cam pin and an opposite second end rotatably connected to the fourth pin. The second link has a first end rotatably connected to the second cam pin and an opposite second end rotatably connected to the third pin. The first and second frame members are configured to move between a closed position and an open position as the first and second cam pins move in the respective first and second cam paths when the first and second frame members are rotated between the closed position and the open position. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041449 | PORTABLE TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND THIN-TYPE HOUSING REINFORCING STRUCTURE FOR USE IN SAME - A front case at a display section side | 2010-02-18 |
20100041450 | SLIDING-TYPE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device comprises a cover, a base and a sliding mechanism. The sliding mechanism includes a connecting rod mechanism and a controlling mechanism. The connecting rod mechanism is rotatably mounted between the base and the cover and is configured to rotate the cover relative to the base. The controlling mechanism is configured to control the rotation of the connecting rod mechanism. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041451 | ROTATION TYPE PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes a first housing ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041452 | Knife Blade For A Chopper Of A Combine Harvester - A knife blade for a chopper rotor is made in at least two members that are coupled together by a web disposed at the bottom of the slot, wherein the slot is configured to receive and pass therethrough a stationary blade that extends perpendicular to the rotational axis of the chopper rotor, the knife blade having a second edge with co-linear portions on each of the at least 2 members, wherein the co-linear portions are disposed generally at a right angle to the slot, and wherein the co-linear portions are configured to cut against a longitudinally extending knife blade ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041454 | Portable dance game system - A dance game system includes a host and a motion sensor. The host includes a prompting unit using indicators to prompt dance step directions. The motion sensor includes an acceleration sensor sensing user's dance step directions and communicating with the host wirelessly. The dance game system can operate without using a display unit (such as TV) or dance pads. Therefore, the dance game system is safer and easy to carry about, and the operation thereof is not limited by dance pads. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041455 | GAME TERMINAL, COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREWITH - The present invention provides a game terminal ( | 2010-02-18 |
20100041456 | ELECTRONIC GAME - A game for providing gameplay on a display device is provided. The game apparatus includes a game controller that communicates with the display device. The game controller includes a receiving area having one or more game piece slots that receive one or more game pieces, where each game piece slot is associated with a reading device that reads data records retained by the one or more game pieces placed on the one or more game piece slots and that generates game piece input signals. A game processor provides a game having a current game activity that is based on the game piece input signals and transmits output signals to display a representation of the current game activity by the display device. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041457 | OVERLAYING INTERACTIVE VIDEO GAME PLAY WITH REAL-TIME CHAT SESSIONS WITH GAME SWITCHING - Embodiments are directed towards providing an interactive game experience whereby a game player may combine game play with a user interface overlaid onto the game that is useable to interact and communicate with other players inside and/or outside of the current game. Through the use of the user interface, a player may select different game sets to play, and rapidly switch between games with different players, while maintaining a real-time interactive chat session, or similar communication session, including, without limit, voice communication sessions. A game client component may launch a game, and then hooks into the game to intercept various input and video functions. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041458 | NOVEL GAMES, AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED GAME PLAY IN GAMES OF CHANCE AND GAMES OF SKILL - A variety of games and methods for enhancing game play are provided. In one aspect, a secondary or ancillary game is played in parallel with a first game, such as a lottery ball draw. Yet another game involves the selection of items which a player or participant believes had been selected by an audience as not being the most popular. In yet another aspect, an interstitial progressive sequencing of programming is provided, such as where a series of short segments are presented at differing times throughout an evening of prime time programming. Audience participation may be enhanced by permitting Internet access to the game system, and to permit remote users to play along as if they were in studio participants or part of the studio audience. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041459 | MULTI-PLAYER BINGO GAME WITH OPTIONAL PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT WAGER - The invention is directed to methods and gaming units for conducting a wagering game and an associated progressive jackpot. Players may win the wagering game, interim pattern awards and/or progressive jackpot awards by matching predetermined patterns with patterns formed on their unique game array with indicia matching selected indicia. The players may optionally participate and be eligible to win all or a portion of the progressive jackpot. In one embodiment, the player may be eligible for the progressive jackpot by wagering at least a minimum wager amount, and perhaps the maximum bet for the wagering game. In another embodiment, the player may affirmatively elect to be eligible for the progressive jackpot by placing a wager or fee in addition to a wager on the wagering game. Graphics corresponding to the progressive jackpot may be optionally displayed only to players eligible to win the progressive jackpot. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041460 | SLOT MACHINE SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS - Systems, methods and/or apparatus for slot machine eye-strain reduction are disclosed. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for slot machine back lighting are further provided. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for a slot machine back lighting effect are also disclosed. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for reel line lights are disclosed. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for reel tilt and motion detection are disclosed. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for reel wins display for an electromechanical slot machine and/or gaming machine viewing window configurable lines are disclosed. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for a configurable shelf system for an electromechanical slot machine are disclosed. Systems, methods, and apparatus are also disclosed for reel tilt minimization. Systems, methods and/or apparatus for slot machine controlled lighting. Further embodiments of the present disclosure can provide slot machine reel stop systems, methods, and apparatus useful for electromechanical slot machines. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041461 | GAMBLING GAMES WITH VOLATILITY INDICATION AND SELECTION - A method for indicating the volatility of a gambling game is disclosed. Specifically, a symbol or symbols are chosen to consistently represent a particular level or subrange of volatilities, and the symbol or symbols are used to specify the volatility or range of volatilities of any given gambling game and to allow the rough comparison of differing levels of volatility between similar gambling devices or different types of gambling games. Gambling games which allow the player themselves to select the volatility of the gambling game as they play are also disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041462 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING FREE POTENTIAL WINNING COMBINATIONS - Methods to provide an enhanced likelihood of winning an award and to provide enhanced awards based upon the appearance of symbols on free paylines or free hands of cards. In one embodiment base paylines and the free payline are defined using the same symbol matrix and same reel strips. The free payline is an additional payline with same frequencies of wins and losses as the base paylines. The player wagers upon any number of base paylines. The player receives a free payline if a designated number of base paylines are wagered upon. A multiplier enhances the award for winning symbol combinations appearing on the free payline, with the multiplier value equal to the total wager. In another embodiment, a player wagers upon any number of displayed poker hands. The player also receives at least one free hand if a designated number of hands are wagered upon. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041463 | AMUSEMENT DEVICES AND CHANCE DEVICES BASED ON FINANCIAL MARKET INDICATORS - A method for wagering comprises receiving a bet regarding a spin of the reels of a slot machine. An outcome may be determined based on one or more financial market indicators. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-02-18 |
20100041464 | COMMUNITY GAMING SYSTEM OUTCOME INDICATORS - A gaming system for playing a wagering game is provided which includes a plurality of gaming machines ( | 2010-02-18 |