09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100056078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EXTERNAL POWER TO A DEVICE THAT PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO A WIRELESS RADIO FREQUENCY ACCESS NETWORK - The device disclosed herein may be used to provide external power and connectivity to a wireless radio frequency access network. In particular, the device may include a “light bulb” screw-type plug, which may be screwed into a standard alternating current light socket. The device draws an alternating current voltage from the light socket and converts the alternating current voltage into a direct current voltage. The direct current voltage may then power various components of the device, which provide connectivity to a wireless radio frequency access network. As such, external power may be provided to the device through the light socket, whereby the device can operate as a wireless radio frequency access point without wires or cables running thereto. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056079 | RETRANSMISSION BETWEEN DCI FORMAT 1A AND FORMAT 2/2A - A transmitter is for use with a cellular communication network and includes a downlink control information (DCI) configuration unit that designates a DCI format for a downlink transmission selected from a first DCI format intended for a single transport block contiguous resource block transmission and a second DCI format intended for a dual transport block transmission available for spatial multiplexing. The transmitter also includes a retransmission coordination unit configured to facilitate a retransmission for the downlink transmission of a transport block corresponding to the first DCI format using the second DCI format or one of the dual transport blocks corresponding to the second DCI format using the first DCI format, based on a retransmission rule. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056080 | TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is a transmission circuit that can broaden a controlled bandwidth of a voltage controller while ensuring voltage withstanding ability of the voltage controller. The transmission circuit includes: a phase modulator that outputs a phase modulation signal; a power amplifier that includes a transistor; a collector controller that controls a collector voltage; a base controller that controls a base bias voltage; and a switching controller, which switches, when a level indicated by the power level signal is lower than a predefined value, only a control of the collector controller into a control that is in accordance with an amplitude signal and a power level signal, and which switches, when the level indicated by the power level signal is equal to or more than the predefined value, only a control of the base controller into a control that is in accordance with the amplitude signal and the power level signal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056081 | MODULATING APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MODULATING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An encoder encodes audio data and the like to generate a binary signal. A mapper converts the binary signal into a four-level symbol and outputs the four-level symbol. A base band filter includes a root raised cosine filter and a sinc filter. The base band filter blocks a predetermined frequency component of a symbol to shape the symbol into a waveform signal and outputs the waveform signal shape. An FM modulator transmits a signal subjected to FM modulation according to a magnitude of an amplitude of a waveform signal to a receiving unit. When a symbol of ±3 is outputted from the mapper, a frequency shift of a signal transmitted from the FM modulator has a predetermined value in a range of ±0.822 [kHz] to ±0.952 [kHz]. This makes it possible to provide a modulating apparatus, a mobile communication system, a modulating method, and a communication method that use a modulating method that can conform to the FCC rule to be enforced in 2005 without using a linear power amplifier. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056082 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH FREQUENCY-ADAPTIVE PREDISTORTER DESIGN - A communication system comprises a predistorter for distorting an input signal according to at least one parameter to generate a distorted signal, an amplifier for amplifying the distorted signal according to an input-output characteristic to generate an output signal, and a frequency-domain adaptive calibration module for adaptively adjusting the parameter of the predistorter according to a frequency characteristic of the output signal. Because the calibration is performed in the frequency domain, there is no need to precisely estimate the group delay formed by the feedback path. The system complexity is therefore reduced without loss of performance. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056083 | RADIO FREQUENCY CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ANTENNA MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided to an RF calibration apparatus and method for a multi-antenna mobile communication system, which calibrates a phase error and gain error of an RF path by calculating the minimum value of a sum of an initialized reference signal and a comparison signal by a simple operation and controlling the phase value of a phase converter and the gain of a variable amplifier on the RF path, in calibrating the RF path of a multi-antenna mobile communication system of a TDD (Time Division Duplexing) type or FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing) type. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056084 | Frequency Conversion Based on Gated Information Signal - A method and system is described wherein an information signals is gated at a frequency that is a sub-harmonic of the frequency of the desired output signal. In the modulation embodiments, the information signal is modulated as part of the up-conversion process. In a first modulation embodiment, one information signal is phase modulated onto the carrier signal as part of the up-conversion process. In a second modulation embodiment, two information signals are multiplied, and, as part of the up-conversion process, one signal is phase modulated onto the carrier and the other signal is amplitude modulated onto the carrier. In a third modulation embodiment, one information signal is phase modulated onto the “I” phase of the carrier signal as part of the up-conversion process and a second information signal is phase modulated onto the “Q” phase of the carrier as part of the up-conversion process. In a fourth modulation embodiment, four information signals are phase and amplitude modulated onto the “I” and “Q” phases of the carrier as part of the up-conversion process. There are at least two implementations of each of the aforementioned embodiments. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056085 | Bias Network - An HF-line includes parallel branches with bias terminals, to which a direct voltage source is respectively connected via a first inductor and a second inductor. The inductors are inductively coupled to one another. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056086 | Simplified High Frequency Tuner and Tuning Method - A disclosed method tunes a signal from a channelized spectrum having a predetermined channel spacing. A signal of interest having a predetermined maximum bandwidth is mixed with a local oscillator signal, which has a frequency that is an integer multiple of the channel spacing or one-half of a channel spacing displaced from an integer multiple of the channel spacing. The local oscillator signal is selected to frequency translate the signal of interest to within a near-baseband passband whose lower edge is spaced from DC by at least about the maximum bandwidth of the signal of interest. Problems associated with 1/f noise, DC offsets, and self-mixing products are avoided or substantially diminished. Other methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056087 | Simplified High Frequency Tuner and Tuning Method - A disclosed method tunes a signal from a channelized spectrum having a predetermined channel spacing. A signal of interest having a predetermined maximum bandwidth is mixed with a local oscillator signal, which has a frequency that is an integer multiple of the channel spacing or one-half of a channel spacing displaced from an integer multiple of the channel spacing. The local oscillator signal is selected to frequency translate the signal of interest to within a near-baseband passband whose lower edge is spaced from DC by at least about the maximum bandwidth of the signal of interest. Problems associated with 1/f noise, DC offsets, and self-mixing products are avoided or substantially diminished. Other methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056088 | Simplified High Frequency Tuner and Tuning Method - A disclosed method tunes a signal from a channelized spectrum having a predetermined channel spacing. A signal of interest having a predetermined maximum bandwidth is mixed with a local oscillator signal, which has a frequency that is an integer multiple of the channel spacing or one-half of a channel spacing displaced from an integer multiple of the channel spacing. The local oscillator signal is selected to frequency translate the signal of interest to within a near-baseband passband whose lower edge is spaced from DC by at least about the maximum bandwidth of the signal of interest. Problems associated with 1/f noise, DC offsets, and self-mixing products are avoided or substantially diminished. Other methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056089 | Mechanical tuning of a radio - In one implementation, a receiver may have an analog front end with an amplifier to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and a mixer to downconvert the signal to a baseband signal. Then, a demodulator may receive the baseband signal and obtain an audio signal therefrom. Still further, a controller may be coupled to receive a control signal corresponding to a variable impedance level, and control a local oscillator coupled to the mixer responsive to the control signal. The variable impedance may be controlled by a user to tune to the channel. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056090 | Simplified High Frequency Tuner and Tuning Method - A disclosed method tunes a signal from a channelized spectrum having a predetermined channel spacing. A signal of interest having a predetermined maximum bandwidth is mixed with a local oscillator signal, which has a frequency that is an integer multiple of the channel spacing or one-half of a channel spacing displaced from an integer multiple of the channel spacing. The local oscillator signal is selected to frequency translate the signal of interest to within a near-baseband passband whose lower edge is spaced from DC by at least about the maximum bandwidth of the signal of interest. Problems associated with 1/f noise, DC offsets, and self-mixing products are avoided or substantially diminished. Other methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056091 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LEAKAGE SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a leakage signal reducing device and method. The present invention uses a signal with varied phase and gain output by a local oscillator to eliminate a leakage signal leaked by a local oscillator to a frequency converter. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056092 | Combined Channel Coding and Space-Block Coding In a Multi-Antenna Arrangement - Enhanced performance is achieved by combining channel coding with the space-time coding principles. With K synchronized terminal units transmitting on N antennas to a base station having M≧K receive antennas, increased system capacity and improved performance are attained by using a concatenated coding scheme where the inner code is a space-time block code and the outer code is a conventional channel error correcting code. Information symbols are first encoded using a conventional channel code, and the resulting signals are encoded using a space-time block code. At the receiver, the inner space-time block code is used to suppress interference from the other co-channel terminals and soft decisions are made about the transmitted symbols. The channel decoding that follows makes the hard decisions about the transmitted symbols. Increased data rate is achieved by, effectively, splitting the incoming data rate into multiple channels, and each channel is transmitted over its own terminal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056093 | RADIO FILTERS FOR XM CHANNELS - A method of providing user-defined satellite radio filtering in a satellite radio system entails receiving at the satellite radio system a user-defined filter specifying one or more satellite channels to block and, when receiving satellite radio signals, making the one or more satellite channels to block unavailable for listening by the user. The user-defined filter may be received via direct user input, a portable storage device, or a wireless network. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056094 | Noise Cancellation Circuit for a Mixer Device and Related Mixer Device - A noise cancellation circuit for a mixer device includes a first signal terminal, coupled to a first output terminal, and a second signal terminal, coupled to a second output terminal of the RF input stage of the mixer device, a first variable current source with a first end coupled to the first signal terminal, a second end coupled to the second signal terminal, and a third end coupled to a first voltage source, a second variable current source with a first end coupled to the second signal terminal, a second end coupled to the first signal terminal, and a third end coupled to the first voltage source, and a phase shift device coupled to the first signal terminal and the second end of the second variable current source, transforming a first signal into a second signal, and outputting to the second end of the second variable current source. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056095 | DYNAMIC CURRENT INJECTION MIXER/MODULATOR - A mixer is provided. The mixer comprises a Gilbert cell mixer core, a pair of load devices, a transconductor cell, and a current injection branch. The Gilbert cell mixer core has first and second nodes, receives a first differential input signal, and provides a differential output signal at the first nodes. The load devices are respectively coupled between the first nodes of the Gilbert cell mixer core and a first fixed voltage. The transconductor cell is coupled between the second nodes and a second fixed voltage and receives a second differential input signal. The dynamic current injection branch comprises first and second pairs of MOS transistors each connected in parallel and having drains commonly coupled to a corresponding second node and gates receiving a third differential input signal. There is a phase difference of 90° between the first and third differential input signals. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056096 | Method for driving a ground reference on a signal path, control circuit for driving a ground reference on a signal path, and mobile device - A method for driving a ground reference to a signal path, a control circuit for driving a ground reference on a signal path, and a mobile device are described. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056097 | LOW POWER RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVER - The invention relates to a low power radio frequency receiver which comprises: (a) an antenna for receiving a first radio frequency signal; (b) a radio frequency amplifier for amplifying the first radio frequency signal received by said antenna; (c) an oscillator for generating a second radio frequency signal having a predefined frequency and a predefined duty cycle to be mixed with said first radio frequency signal received by said antenna; (d) a mixer for mixing the first amplified radio frequency signal with second radio frequency signals and generating a third radio frequency signal; (e) an intermediate frequency filter for passing one or more intermediate frequencies of said third radio frequency signal and attenuating other frequencies of said third signal that are lower or higher than its cutoff frequencies, characterized in that it further comprises: (f) one or more switches for periodically and synchronously switching ON and OFF one or more of said radio frequency amplifier, said oscillator, and said mixer, said switches controlled by means of a control signal having a frequency that is higher than the frequency of data embedded within said first radio frequency signal; and (g) a control unit located within said radio frequency receiver for providing said control signal, wherein each of said switches is connected to a corresponding capacitor within said radio frequency amplifier, or oscillator, or mixer, said capacitor storing an operating point of said radio frequency amplifier, or oscillator, or mixer when said radio frequency amplifier, or oscillator, or mixer is switched OFF. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056108 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH A POSITION AUTOMATIC INFORMING FUNCTION - In a portable terminal with a position automatic informing function capable of showing a position information of itself to the other portable terminals, characterized in that information included in a received mail is collated with previously registered information and that a possibility of showing the position information is controlled based on a result of the collation. The portable terminal with a position automatic informing function is, if necessary, capable of informing a position of itself without troublesome while protecting privacy for a position of the portable terminal. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056109 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGING BETWEEN WIRELESS MOBILE TERMINALS AND NETWORKED COMPUTERS - A system is disclosed for messaging between wireless mobile terminals operating on wireless carrier networks and networked computers. The mobile terminals and computers include client applications for communicating messages to one another using push-to-talk modality. A server, located on a packet network outside the wireless carrier networks, forwards messages between the mobile terminals and the computers. The messages consist of text or streaming voice. The server can also include gateways for forwarding messages from the mobile terminals and computers to external email and instant messaging (IM) users. By placing the server outside wireless carrier networks and using conventional packet network protocols such as the Internet protocol (IP), the system provides seamless inter-carrier push-to-talk and/or instant messaging between mobile terminal, networked computers, and users of third-party email and IM services. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056110 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE - A message processing method is provided. The method includes the following steps. A message containing flag information is received. The received message containing the flag information is identified. If the message is a real-time message, the message is sent. If the message is a non-real time message, the non-real time message sent from a sender is combined and sent. A message processing system and a message combining device are further provided. Through the method, the device, and the system, the real-time messages are immediately delivered to subscribers, various types of non-real time messages are combined, converted to one or more messages, and delivered to the subscribers according to time assigned by the subscribers, thereby clearing a message space, and preventing interference to the subscribers. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056111 | Automated Retrieval and Handling of a Second Telecommunications Terminal's Voicemail by a First Terminal - An apparatus and method are disclosed that enable a terminal such as a computer-based softphone to retrieve and handle, transparently for its user, the voicemail that has been left by calling parties who called the user's cell-phone number. Furthermore, the softphone is able to integrate the presentation to its user of the voicemail associated with the cell phone with the voicemail that has been left by calling parties who called the softphone itself. The softphone features both i) a personal area network interface that is used to communicate directly with the cell phone and ii) a local area network interface that is used to retrieve the cell-phone voicemail from a voicemail system. Once the softphone is paired with the cell phone, the softphone is able to retrieve signals directly from the cell phone and, based on those signals, retrieves the voicemail from the cell phone's voicemail system. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056112 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING NOTIFICATIONS IN HETEROGENOUS FORMATS - A method for automatically managing user notifications in heterogeneous formats within a mobile terminal ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100056113 | Location-Aware Voicemail - Location-aware voicemail that utilizes location information is described herein. When a voicemail service is initiated, location information may be used to provide additional information and functionality. In one example, location information about the caller that left a voicemail may be affixed to a voicemail message. When a recipient of the voicemail checks for voicemail messages, the recipient may be presented with various displays that utilize the location of the caller. In another example, location information about the intended recipient of a voicemail may be used by the caller to determine if the caller continues to desire to leave a voicemail. Privacy settings may be used to limit the amount of location information presented. Further, the location information may be used to provide for filters to sort one or more voicemails according to a location. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056114 | LOCAL INTERCEPT METHODS, SUCH AS APPLICATIONS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE FOR TRAINING, INFORMATION CALLS AND DIAGNOSTICS - A method of displaying a tutorial to a user of a mobile device is disclosed. In some examples, the mobile device receives an input associated with one or more user functions of the mobile device and launches a locally based application in response to the received input. The locally based application may output instructions to the user explaining to the user how to implement the one or more user functions. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056115 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MULTIMEDIA OBJECTS - A mobile terminal and a method for playing at least one multimedia object are disclosed. The method for playing multimedia objects comprises synchronizing at least one attribute value of the at least one multimedia object with an attribute value of a multimedia player module provided in the mobile terminal; and playing the at least one multimedia object in accordance with the synchronized at least one attribute value using the multimedia player module. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056116 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION COLLECTED BY PORTABLE TERMINALS - A method and system for displaying information collected by a portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal collects a variety of information according to the use of a message transmission/reception function, a call function, and a camera function, and displays it on a map information image. The portable terminal collects activity information and environmental information, determines an external environment and a type of movement of the portable terminal, and displays them together with an icon or image according to the message transmission/reception function, the call function, and the camera function. The environmental information may also be displayed as a background image when sending or receiving calls. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056117 | NETWORKED PROVISION OF MOBILE TELEPHONE APPLICATION DATA - A network based host comprising an agent for mobile telephones, the agent being associated with a mobile telephone users the agent comprising: mobile telephone application data; and an interface to make the application data available over the network to devices of the mobile telephone user and to provide the data for telephony operations by a remotely connecting mobile telephony device of the mobile telephone user. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056128 | AUDIO FILE EDIT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A file edit method and apparatus that allows editing and utilizing various audio files stored in the mobile terminal in an intuitive manner are provided. An audio file edit method for a mobile terminal includes executing an audio file edit application in response to a touch event detected on a touch screen, selecting at least one audio file to be edited by means of the audio file edit application in response to a touch event detected on the touch screen, displaying an oscillation graph representing the at least one audio file within an oscillation window, selecting a part of the oscillation graph in response to a touch event detected on the touch screen, and displaying the selected part of the oscillation graph within an edit window. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056129 | Radio Base Station, Radio Communication Terminal, Radio Communication Method and Radio Communication System - A radio communication terminal | 2010-03-04 |
20100056130 | Remote Control of Electronic Devices - A controlling device (e.g., a telephony device) can remotely control various tasks associated with a controlled device (e.g., a personal computer), including the navigation of user interfaces associated with applications or an operating system associated with the controlled device. A task can be controlled at the controlled device by mapping user input received at the controlling device to control commands suitable for execution at the controlled device. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056131 | METHOD FOR GUARANTEEING AN AVERAGE HSDPA ACCESS BIT RATE IN A CDMA NETWORK - To guarantee an average bit rate and a quality of service, instantaneous bit rates are assigned in a shared HSDPA downlink transport channel requested by a mobile in a CDMA network cell, and a range of signal-to-interference ratios is estimated as a function of a parameter representing the mobile location and the powers received by the mobile to associate therewith a range of instantaneous bit rates admissible in a time interval of the channel. A number of time intervals with instantaneous bit rates selected in the range during a reference period is determined so the average selected instantaneous bit rates over the reference period is substantially equal to the average bit rate. The time intervals are assigned to the mobile if it induces no extra load on the channel over the reference period. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056132 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEMTOCELL MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides a method of operating a femtocell control module in control of a femtocell, comprising transmitting a request to operate the femtocell to an external control system; receiving a response from the external control system, where the response comprises an operational constraint on the femtocell; and causing the femtocell to conduct cellular communications according to the operational constraint. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056133 | Data Compaction Techniques - Many areas of technology need highly accurate data compression to provide small, multifunctional devices. For example, in the area of communication governed by the IEEE 802.11 standards, a wireless device could significantly improve its performance by using its calibration data. Moreover, because of the increased mobility of users, a wireless device should be able to operate in different regulatory domains. This flexibility requires access to significant amounts of data regarding such regulatory domains. Advantageously, piecewise linear abstraction and/or mapping can be used to significantly reduce the amount of stored data while ensuring accuracy in reproducing the total data at a later point in time. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056134 | Base Station and Receiver Failure Diagnosing Method - A radio system has silence periods in which wave transmission from a terminal is stopped and in which a base station measures external noise power. The base station includes a receiver for receiving a signal from the terminal, and a controller that has preset frequency information representing a frequency of diagnosing the receiver to a measurement frequency of external noise power, and diagnoses normality of the receiver by using one silence period out of plural silence periods on the basis of the frequency information while measuring the external noise power by using the other silence periods. When the receiver is diagnosed, the external noise cannot be measured during this silence period, and thus during this silence period the external noise measured during the just preceding silence period is held and applied as external noise under the diagnosis of the receiver. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056135 | RADIO DEVICE, STATE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A radio device in a first base transceiver station for communicating with a mobile station located in a radio propagation area of the first base transceiver station, the radio device includes a test target selection processing unit for identifying a mobile station located in an area covered with both the radio propagation area of the first base transceiver station and a radio propagation area of a second base transceiver station established adjacent to the first base transceiver station, and a test request processing unit for transmitting a test request signal having information concerned with the second base transceiver station to the mobile station identified by the test target selection processing unit so that the mobile station executes a connection test on the second base transceiver station, and for processing a test result signal responded by the mobile station. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056136 | MULTI-RADIO PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING ACTIVITIES BETWEEN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK TRANSCEIVER AND CO-LOCATED TRANSCEIVER - Embodiments of a multi-radio platform (MRP) and method for coordinating activities between a broadband wireless access network (BWAN) transceiver and a co-located transceiver are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the BWAN transceiver includes a MRP coexistence controller that generates a co-located coexistence (CLC) request message in response to a request from the co-located transceiver for transmission to a BWAN base station to reserve time for communications by the co-located transceiver. The CLC request message may include parameters for a requested CLC class. When a CLC class is accepted by the base station, the BWAN base station may refrain from scheduling communications with the BWAN transceiver during the reserved time to allow interference-free communications between the co-located transceiver a local wireless device. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056137 | Mobile Terminal Apparatus and Communication System - A mobile terminal apparatus is provided. The mobile terminal apparatus includes a base station communication unit configured to perform a communication with a base station via a pubic communication network; a short-range communication unit configured to perform a short-range communication with a short-range communication device, wherein a communication distance of the short-range communication unit is shorter than that of the base station communication unit; and a control unit configured to control the base station communication unit to receive broadcast information transmitted from the base station. When a first communication is performed between the short-range communication unit and the short-range communication device, the control unit controls the base station communication unit to be capable of receiving the broadcast information. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056148 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A mobile communication network comprises a home agent supporting mobility of a mobile entity by generating bindings between a home address of the mobile entity and a care of address of the mobile entity. A mapping processor provides at least one set of mappings between a potential future care of address for a mobile entity and a real time characteristic criterion. The mappings may for example be determined in response to previous movements of the mobile entity in the communication network. A processor determines a real time characteristic and the home agent is arranged to change a binding between the home address and a current care of address in response to the at least one set of mappings and the real time characteristic, and without receiving binding updates from the mobile entity. The approach may allow support for mobility of a mobile entity while reducing signalling in support of mobility. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056149 | Hard handoff dynamic threshold determination - A system and method for dynamic threshold determination. The system and method of operating a base station. A base station is configured to transmit a first message to a subscriber station. The first message including a first threshold for use in measuring against the serving frequency strength and a second threshold for determining one or more target base stations. The mobile station responds with messages listing zero or more target base stations. Further, the base station is configured to dynamically adjust a value of at least one of the first threshold parameter and second threshold parameter in response to a call event. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056150 | Method for triggering inter-RAT idle handoff - A method for inter-RAT idle handoff is provided by transmitting a handoff initiation signal from a cell associated with a carrier for a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) area, the cell being located in an overlap coverage area with a second RAT area and adjacent to the second RAT area. Spatial hysteresis is provided by the new triggering method to eliminate the ping-pong issue when a mobile move along the border area. The invention also reduces network resource consumption due to ping-ponging. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056151 | Reducing Buffer Overflow - A method of reducing buffer overflow in a cellular radio network caused by a transfer of data from a buffer in a first cell to a buffer in a second cell when a handover of mobile equipment from said first cell to said second cell occurs. The method comprises temporarily increasing an amount of temporary buffer space required to handle data transferred from the buffer of the first cell to the buffer of the second cell. In one embodiment of the method, prior to increasing the amount of temporary buffer space, the amount of temporary buffer space required is calculated. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056152 | METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF DATA STREAMS TRAVELING THROUGH A NETWORK ARCHITECTURE - The invention relates to a method and a system of communication between at least one first communications terminal ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100056153 | CONTROL OF ACCESS TERMINAL OPERATION BASED ON INTERFERENCE INFORMATION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate distributing and utilizing interference information in a wireless communication environment. Interference information can be generated by a base station by evaluating uplink conditions, and disparate interference information can be collected from neighbor base station(s). Interference information associated with the base station and the neighbor base station(s) can be transmitted by the base station to access terminal(s). An access terminal that receives that interference information associated with the base station and the neighbor base station(s) can control an operation based at least in part upon the interference information. For example, the access terminal can adjust a transmit power, select a target serving base station for handover, and/or choose a random access channel (RACH) resource to use for random access as a function of the interference information associated with the base station and the neighbor base station(s). | 2010-03-04 |
20100056154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELOCATING A FOREIGN AGENT FOR AN IDLE MODE MOBILE STATION IN A PROXY MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL ENABLED ACCESS SERVICE NETWORK - Embodiments of a wireless access network and methods for relocating a foreign agent (FA) for an idle mode mobile station (MS) in a proxy mobile internet protocol (PMIP) enabled access service network (ASN) are described herein. In some embodiments, the relocation of the FA is triggered by either an anchor paging controller or a paging controller of a target ASN when the idle mode mobile stations moves across ASNs. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056155 | WIRELESS BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS SIGNAL - A wireless base station apparatus includes a reporting unit which reports information on a first transmission area that allows transmission of a random access signal. Accordingly, the first transmission area is wholly reported to mobile station apparatuses within an area of the wireless base station apparatus. That is, both a mobile station apparatus in a non-handover state and a mobile station apparatus in a handover state receive the first transmission area information (report information) and use the first transmission area as a transmission area for transmitting a random access signal to the wireless base station apparatus. The wireless base station apparatus also has a notifying unit which notifies a second transmission area to a mobile station apparatus in a handover state, the second transmission area being different from the first transmission area reported by the reporting unit of the handover-destination wireless base station apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056156 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEGOTIATING SECURITY DURING HANDOVER BETWEEN DIFFERENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A method and apparatus of security negotiation for handover between different radio access technologies are provided. The method includes: transmitting the security information of the NAS and AS selected by the target system to the UE when the UE hands over between different radio access technologies. Therefore, the UE can perform security negotiation with the target system according to the security information of the NAS and AS. Through the embodiments of the present invention, the UE may obtain the key parameter information of the NAS and AS selected by the LTE system and perform security negotiation with the LTE system when the UE hands over from a different system, such as a UTRAN, to an LTE system. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056157 | Method and Apparatus for Making Handover Decisions in a Heterogeneous Network - A method and apparatus for handover of a mobile station from a serving system to a target system, where a network of the serving system is different from a network of the target system is disclosed. The method includes measuring a Link Quality (LQ) of the target system and adjusting a nominal handoff threshold based on the Link Quality measurement to produce an adjusted handoff threshold. The method further includes, determining whether a handoff of the mobile station from the serving system to the target system should occur, based on the adjusted handoff threshold. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056178 | Method and Locating Device for Locating at Least One Mobile Radio Subscriber - The present invention relates to a method for locating at least one mobile radio subscriber in a mobile radio network. The mobile radio subscriber transmits a measurement report that includes an itemization identifying at least two transmitting stations. A value correlated with the receive field strength of a signal from the transmitting stations is allocated to each transmitting station. A table is organized according to geographic units of a presettable area. A pre-calculated value correlated with the receive field strength of a signal from a transmitting station is allocated to each transmitting station. The transmitting stations are organized according to the values correlated with the receive field strength of the signal from the respective transmitting station. The location of the mobile radio subscriber is determined based on the geographic unit meeting at least one presettable criterion. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056179 | Method and Locating Device for Locating at Least One Mobile Radio Subscriber - The present invention relates to a method for locating at least one mobile radio subscriber in a mobile radio network, wherein to each transmitting station a value correlated with the receive field strength of a signal from this transmitting station is allocated; including the following steps: a) from the information determined upon connection setup, a table is created per cell, in which at least one distance parameter to the transmitting station of the cell is allocated to the respective receive field strengths; b) for at least one value correlated with the receive field strength and transmitted in the measurement report, the allocated distance parameter to the transmitting station of the respective cell is read out from the table created in step a); and c) determining at least one point satisfying the distance parameter(s) read-out in step b). | 2010-03-04 |
20100056180 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF A TERMINAL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for improved determination of the position of a user device in a mobile-radio network is provided. In combination with adjacent, second user devices, the method is intended to achieve a relatively-accurate positioning even if only a relatively-inaccurate positioning method is available for the user device itself, especially if the latter is disposed inside a building. An absolute position of a second user device is determined with a first position-determining method. A relative position of the first user device relative to the second user device is then determined with a second position-determining method. Finally, the absolute position of the first user device is determined on the basis of the absolute position of the second user device and the relative position of the first user device relative to the second user device, wherein the first and the second position-determining methods are different methods. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056181 | LEVERAGING LOCATION BASED SERVICES FOR POWER CONSERVATION IN MULTI-MODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A power saving and security enabling method, system, computer program product, and program storage device are disclosed. Wireless communication technology transceivers in a multi-mode wireless communication device are activated and deactivated based on a location detected by a location-based service system. A set of wireless network connection profiles control activation and deactivation of the wireless communication technology transceivers. Reduction in power consumption and improvement in security is achieved by only activating wireless communication technology transceivers when need and deactivating any other transceivers which are not currently connected to a wireless communication network. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES (LBS) TO ROAMING SUBSCRIBERS IN A WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK - Embodiments of a wireless access network and method for providing a location based service (LBS) to a visiting mobile station are disclosed. In some embodiments, a location data request forwarded by a home location server (HLS) is received at a visited location server (VLS). A subscriber profile and security query is generated for forwarding from a visitor authentication server to a home authentication server. When the home authentication server authenticates the request, location information for the visiting mobile station is obtained and a location data response message that includes the location information from the VLS is sent to the HLS for forwarding to the location client for use by the location client in performing a requested LBS. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056183 | Methods and system for providing location-based communication services - Systems and methods are provided for providing location-based communication services, such as location-based chat sessions and location based-data feeds. Access to a chat session or data feed may be provided to a user of a mobile device when the current location of the mobile device is determined to be within a predetermined geographic region. In one implementation, the chat session or data feed relates to content provided by members of a group or social network. In other implementations, the content related to chat session or data feed is provided by members of the general public. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056184 | PRESENCE-AWARE CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cellular communication system comprises a network supporting user equipment over an air interface, the network having a hierarchical cell arrangement with overlay cells and underlay cells. An underlay base station is associated with a subset of registered user equipment. An activation server switches the underlay base station between an inactive mode and an active mode in response to detecting that registered user equipment meets a location criterion. The underlay base station only supports user equipment when in the active mode, e.g., it may only transmit a pilot signal in this mode. Interference and power consumption may be substantially reduced by sending the base station into the inactive mode thereby resulting in increased capacity of the cellular communication system as a whole. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056185 | Location Determination of Mobile Device - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a location fix of a mobile station based on identification information of a cellular base station included in a pilot signal | 2010-03-04 |
20100056186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SINGLE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR USE WITH A PLURALITY OF TELEPHONE HANDSETS - Systems and methods providing integrated voice and data services utilizing wired cordless access with unlicensed/unregulated connectivity sources and wireless access with licensed/regulated connectivity sources. A single telephone directory number is assigned for use with both a mobile wireless telephone and for use with a cordless wired Internet Protocol (IP) telephone. The mobile wireless telephone operates via a conventional licensed spectrum wireless network, and the IP telephone operates over voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) over a broadband packet data network service. Incoming calls simultaneously ring the user's mobile wireless telephone and IP telephone. The user may be provided a personal voice mailbox that may be accessed from their mobile wireless telephone or from their IP telephone. The user may be provided a single services bill associated with use of both telephones. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056187 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CELLULAR TELEPHONE SUBSCRIPTION FOR E-MAIL THREADS - A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing a subscription to an e-mail message thread via a mobile device. A user may subscribe to an e-mail message thread utilizing a mobile device, based on a unique e-mail thread ID associated with the e-mail thread within the e-mail message itself. Updated data regarding the e-mail message thread can then be provided in response to activity associated with the e-mail message thread. The updated data can be provided in the form of, for example, a text message, a text-to-speech voicemail message, and so forth. Additionally, a telephone number associated with the mobile device can be added to a database stored in an e-mail server that manages the e-mail message and the e-mail message thread in order to subscribe to the e-mail message via a mobile device. SMS data associated with the user can also be added to the database. A user is permitted to subscribe or unsubscribe to the e-mail message/thread, in response to a selection of a particular option in the e-mail message itself. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056198 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An audio signal processing apparatus includes a band signal component extraction unit for extracting signal components in a predetermined frequency band from an audio signal input by an audio collection unit for collecting at least an outgoing call audio upon an audio phone call, a stationary signal component extraction unit for extracting a stationary signal component from the signal components, a signal adjustment unit having a level adjustment function of adjusting an output signal level with respect to an input signal level and an input and output characteristics change function of changing input and output characteristics upon level adjustment in the level adjustment function through a control signal and configured to set an incoming call audio signal upon the audio phone call as the input signal, and a control signal generation unit for generating the control signal for changing the input and output characteristics by using the stationary signal component. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056199 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING A SIGNAL STRENGTH VALUE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device for setting a signal strength value for the mobile device to receive needed radio signals. The mobile device includes a signal strength value configuring system and a radio signal receiving unit. The signal strength value configuring system is operable to set the signal strength value for the mobile device to receive needed radio signals, utilizing a number of radio station channels detected by the radio signal receiving unit of the mobile device. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056200 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO CONFIGURATION - A system for configuring communication resources that are at least partially based upon reconfigurable software modules. An apparatus may utilize a plurality of transports for communication, wherein the transports are supported by one or more radio modules. The one or more radio modules may comprise hardware-based radio modules and software-defined radio (SDR) modules including a reconfigurable software element that allows the radio module to emulate the functionality of multiple hardware-based radios. In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, SDR modules in an apparatus may formulate a communication configuration for use in communicating with another apparatus based on remote characteristic information (e.g., information corresponding to the apparatus with which communication is desired) and local characteristic information pertaining to the apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056201 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CIRCUIT OPERATION METHOD - There is a need for reducing a chip footprint of a multimode-compatible semiconductor integrated circuit. A reception-based analog front-end unit converts a first RF reception signal according to a first communication system and a second RF reception signal according to a second communication system into a first reception-based analog base band signal having a large signal band and a second reception-based analog base band signal having a small signal band, respectively. An oversampling analog-to-digital converter generates first and second reception-based digital base band signals. A first digital filter is used for a decimation process on the first and second reception-based digital base band signals in common with each other. Second digital filters perform a down-sampling process to generate the first reception-based digital base band signal having the large first sampling rate. Third digital filters perform a down-sampling process to generate the second reception-based digital base band signal having the small second sampling rate. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056202 | System, Apparatus and Methods for Accelerating Initial Entry in Multi-Carrier Wireless Deployment - Systems and methods for providing an efficient network entry for a mobile station in RF communications systems with fully configured and partially configured carriers are described. A distinguishing parameter for fully configured carriers is determined. A mobile station receives a carrier and determines whether a fully configured carrier has been received. The mobile station performs synchronization with a base station using the detected fully configured carrier and completes a network entry procedure. In one method embodiment, the distinguishing parameter is a unique preamble characteristic. In another method embodiment, the fully configured carrier frequency is part of messages broadcast by both the fully configured and partially configured carriers. In yet another method embodiment, the carrier raster for fully configured carriers is distinguishable from the carrier raster for partially configured carriers. Latency is reduced for the network entry process for the mobile stations. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056203 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED VOICE AND DATA SERVICES UTILIZING WIRED CORDLESS ACCESS WITH UNLICENSED SPECTRUM AND WIRED ACCESS WITH LICENSED SPECTRUM - Systems and methods provide integrated wireless and wired data voice and data services via a dual mode telecommunications device. A dual mode telephone operates as a digital cordless handset of a wired data network in a structure equipped with one or more wireless access points to allow voice over Internet protocol communication via the wired data network. The dual mode telecommunications device also operates as a conventional mobile wireless telephone via a licensed spectrum wireless network when the telephone is moved outside the range of a wireless access point of the user's home or business or other venue. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056204 | RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS - One embodiment relates to a circuit for efficient wireless communication. The circuit includes an antenna interface module adapted to receive multiple frequency components via an antenna. Multiple reception paths stem from the antenna interface module, where different reception paths are associated with different frequency components. The circuit also includes multiple filter elements having inputs respectively coupled to the multiple reception paths. At least two of the filter elements cooperatively form a differential output signal based on their respective frequency components. Other methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056205 | BASE TRANSCEIVER STATIONS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - A base transceiver station ( | 2010-03-04 |
20100056206 | ANTENNA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes a housing, and an antenna module assembled in the housing. The antenna module has multiple signal processing functions, and includes a plurality of signal processing units, a plurality of signal receiving portions, and an antenna. The plurality of signal receiving portions is electrically and respectively connected to the plurality of signal processing units. The antenna including a signal connecting portion to correspondingly engage with each of the plurality of signal receiving portions to realize different signal processing functions. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056207 | MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING A HIDDEN DEVICE FROM SECRETLY TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH OR VIDEO - A mobile phone for preventing a hidden device from secretly taking a photograph or video. The mobile phone includes a signal detecting unit, a processor, an alarm activating system, and an alarm unit. The alarm activating system is operable to output an alarm when a user of the mobile phone is in a danger state of being taken a photograph or video by a hidden device, by providing a parameter setting function, a signal detecting function, a data analyzing function, and an alarm sending function. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056208 | Electronic Device and Control Program Thereof - In a mobile phone device | 2010-03-04 |
20100056209 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING STATES THEREOF - A mobile terminal and method for switching states thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal comprises a communication processor and an application processor, wherein a state in which only the communication processor is in control is defined as a second state, a state in which both the application processor and the communication processor operate and the application processor is in control is defined as a first state, the method comprising: obtaining, in the second state, trigger information corresponding to an event set; and switching the mobile terminal from the second state to the first state based on the trigger information. The mobile terminal according to the present invention can switch to a state in which only the communication processor is in control by obtaining the trigger information corresponding to an event set. In such a state, the system power consumption caused by the application processor can be effectively reduced, since the operation does not rely on the application processor and the processing functions of the communication processor can be utilized alone. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056210 | LOW RADIATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATOR - A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, a power amplifier coupled with the modem operable to dynamically apply a variable gain factor to voice communications transmitted by the modem, to produce an appropriate power output, and a controller coupled with the modem including a radiation monitor operable to monitor the power output of the power amplifier, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem, based on data provided by the radiation monitor, when the cumulative power output produced by the power amplifier exceeds a pre-designated daily cumulative power limit. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAKING PICTURES ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING A CAMERA MODULE - A method and an apparatus for taking pictures on a mobile communication terminal having a camera module are provided, which can control the photographing of an object in accordance with the motion of the object. The method includes generating a current frame by photographing an object, determining whether blurring has occurred in the current frame, measuring an amount of motion of the current frame if no blurring has occurred in the generated current frame, and storing the current frame if the measured amount of motion is greater than a pre-stored reference amount of motion. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056212 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMPRISING A SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM ANTENNA AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE DIRECTOR ELEMENT THEREFOR - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna may also be carried by the portable housing and connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver. Further, at least one electrically conductive director element may be carried by the portable housing in spaced apart relation from the antenna and inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056213 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device having a temperature sensor is provided. The temperature sensor detects information of a touch operation from an object on a surface of the temperature sensor, determines if the touch operation is valid by determining if the detected information meet preset standards, and executes a corresponding command to activate an action of the electronic device, in response to a determination that the touch operation is valid. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056214 | Application control based on flexible interface conformation sequence status - A system includes, but is not limited to: one or more conformation sensor modules configured to direct obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the flexible interface and one or more coordination modules configured to direct coordinating the one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the flexible interface with one or more commands. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056215 | DISTRIBUTED DOWNLINK COORDINATED MULTI-POINT (CoMP) FRAMEWORK - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate dynamically forming clusters in a wireless communication environment. A set of non-overlapping clusters can be formed dynamically over time and in a distributed manner. Each of the clusters can include a set of base stations and a set of mobile devices. The clusters can be yielded based upon a set of local strategies selected by base stations across the network converged upon through message passing. For example, each base station can select a particular local strategy as a function of time based upon network-wide utility estimates respectively conditioned upon implementation of the particular local strategy and disparate possible local strategies that can cover the corresponding base station. Moreover, operation within each of the clusters can be coordinated. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056216 | Techniques utilizing adaptive codebooks for beamforming in wireless networks - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising using an adaptive codebook for beamforming for communications in wireless networks. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056217 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF ADAPTING NUMBER OF ADVERTISED TRANSMIT ANTENNA PORTS - Systems and methodologies of intelligently selecting and advertising antenna ports to UEs (e.g., advertising a number of antenna ports to legacy UEs, and another number of antenna ports to new UEs). Such adaptive feature in adjusting the number of antenna ports, enables the base station(s) to intelligently balance requirements of legacy UEs and new UEs (e.g. LTE-A) for an overall efficient operation of the wireless system take as a whole—(e.g., performance gain for new users is deemed an offset for performance degradation for legacy users.) Accordingly, resources that are typically reserved for a Reference Signal (RS) associated with an antenna port, can be freed when such antenna ports are not advertised to the UEs as part of wireless system operation. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056228 | AUTHORIZATION STATUS FOR SMART BATTERY USED IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device is capable of communicating with a battery authorization server. Determining an authorization status of a smart battery currently powering the mobile communication device involves an initial authorization process and a subsequent authorization process. The initial authorization process is conducted between the mobile communication device and the smart battery. If the initial authorization process is successful, it is followed by a subsequent authorization process between the mobile communication device and the battery authorization server. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - A technique for controlling power consumption in a wireless device detects data frames indicating a pause in the reception of speech frames from the wireless network. The mobile unit places the receiver circuitry in a low-power or sleep mode to thereby reduce processor cycles and save battery power. At the end of a time period, the receiver circuitry awakens to receive and process additional speech frames or to return to the low-power mode if no additional speech signals have been received. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056230 | Optimization of Power Conservation with Respect to Application Requirements - An apparatus comprising a power supply, a first interface coupled to the power supply and associated with a first operational mode and a second operational mode, and a second interface coupled to the power supply and associated with a third operational mode, wherein the wireless device is associated with an application having a response time requirement, wherein the first operational mode does not meets the response time requirement via the first interface, wherein the second operational mode meets the response time requirement via the first interface, wherein the third operational mode meets the response time requirement via the second interface, and wherein the apparatus is configured to consume less power using the first operational mode and the third operational mode than when using the second operational mode. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056231 | Housing for Hand-Held Device with Extruded Element having Area of Bulk Material and Corresponding Method - A housing for a hand-held electronic device and a corresponding method for forming the same are provided. The housing includes an extruded element having a profile corresponding to a cross-section of the element, which is perpendicular to the direction of extrusion, where the extruded element includes within the profile, one or more areas of bulk material. The one or more areas of the bulk material include a machined surface along the length of the extruded element in the direction of the extrusion including a resulting machined profile. The resulting machined profile varies along the length of the extruded element in the direction of extrusion, while maintaining the continuity of the formed surface. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056232 | CASE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL, PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A case for a portable terminal includes a case body having a surface provided with a recessed area and a sheet formed of fibers, and is inserted into the recessed area so that end portions of the sheet is covered by the case body. The portable terminal includes the case. A method for manufacturing the case is also discussed. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056233 | Convertible Headset Ring For Wireless Communication - An over-the-ear Bluetooth® type communications headset for hands-free communication with mobile phones and similar devices, the headset being convertible to a ring configuration for wearing on the finger as a communications device and as jewelry. The headset is divided into ear-piece and voice-piece halves that swivel between headset and ring modes, with respective S- and circular shapes, and includes function-changing contacts that respond to the realignment of the halves in the respective headset and ring modes to optimize the device's use for over-the-ear or finger wear. A further feature is a set of interior spring contacts projecting from the inner circumference of one of the halves, the contacts having both electrical recharging and finger-fitting functions, and a finger-shaped charging base for recharging the headset in the ring configuration via the spring contacts. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056234 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A housing antenna | 2010-03-04 |
20100056235 | ANTENNA BUILT IN MOBILE PHONE, AND MOBILE PHONE - An antenna built in a mobile phone that includes a front case having, on its surface, an operation portion and a rear case arranged on the rear of the front case is provided. The antenna includes a bar-shaped support member that is made of a synthetic resin and is located in the rear case along an upper side of the inside surface thereof, an antenna element integrally formed with the support member, and a concave portion provided in the support member to avoid interfering with a strap retaining portion that projects into the rear case at the center of the upper side of the rear case. The antenna element is formed in such a manner that the antenna element straddles a gap between edge portions of both side walls of the concave portion to avoid interfering with the strap retaining portion. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056236 | METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONTENT GENERATION IN A ROLE-PLAYING GAME - The invention provides a role-playing game environment wherein the nature of various NPCs within the game may be varied over time within the game. The goals of various NPCs within the game may be dynamically and automatically changed within the game. At certain in-game time periods, the game server may dynamically assign one or more new goals for some or all of the NPCs based on the current status of each NPC. When a player later interacts with a given NPC assist (or impede) that NPC in reaching its currently assigned goal, the method may dynamically determine a steps that the player's avatar may perform to assist (or impede) the goal. Thus, players cannot predict what will happen when they move through the game and reach a location at which they can interact with a given NPC, making the game-playing experience ever fresh and challenging. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056237 | Betting System and Method | 2010-03-04 |
20100056248 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING VARIABLE SPEED OF PLAY - This concept is directed to gaming devices configured to vary the speed of game play, as well as method of operating gaming devices to vary the speed of play. In some examples of the this concept, a gaming device may be configured to include a game initiating button that when pressed by a player triggers a game processor to ascertain and display a first game outcome, determine if the first game outcome is a winning outcome, and automatically ascertain and display a second game outcome if the first game outcome is not a winning outcome. If the first game outcome is a winning outcome the gaming device may pause to allow the player to appreciate the win before retriggering the processor to ascertain and display subsequent gaming event outcomes, or the gaming device may wait to receive further player input. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056249 | GAMING MACHINE FOR VARYING NUMBER OF TRIGGER SYMBOLS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a slot machine, a unit game in which symbols having been arranged are rearranged is displayed on a display. Then, a special game is displayed on the display in case where a predetermined condition has been met. In addition, in the slot machine, rearranged specific symbols are counted before a special free game and it is determined to increase the number of trigger symbols in the special free game according to the number of counted specific symbols. Since an award provided to a player is varied according to the number of trigger symbols rearranged in the special free game, a player's sense of expectancy can be focused on the special free game. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056250 | GAMING MACHINE WITH VARIETY ACCORDING TO PLAYER'S SKILL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a gaming machine, a unit game in which symbols having been arranged are rearranged is displayed on a display. Then, a special game is displayed on the display in case where a predetermined condition has been met. In addition, in the slot machine, since a payout and effects at an execution of a special game can be varied according to a player's input operation, different results can be brought according to a variety of abilities with respect to the player's input operation. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056251 | Wagering System With Improved Expected Value During A Special Event - A method and system for conducting a wagering game with a changed expected value for a special event based on the achievement of a wagering-game enhancement parameter award. The wagering game includes a base game and a special event. The wagering game has a first expected value attributable to the base game and a second expected value attributable to the special event. The special event occurs in response to a triggering event. The first expected value attributable to the base game is decreased. The second expected value attributable to the special event is subsequently increased to compensate for decreasing the first expected value attributable to the base game. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056252 | GAMING SYSTEM HAVING INCREMENTALLY ACTIVATED BONUS AWARDS - A gaming system comprises a wager input device and a display for displaying a plurality of primary symbols, a first bonus reel, and a second bonus reel. The first and second bonus reels have a plurality of bonus symbols thereon. The system further comprises a controller operative to detect a primary wager, a first bonus wager, and a second bonus wager. The controller varies the primary symbols and spins and stops the first bonus reel and the second bonus reel to display a randomly selected outcome. The controller provides a primary award if the primary symbols display a winning outcome. The controller provides a first bonus award if the first bonus wager is detected and the first bonus reel displays a first bonus winning outcome, and provides a second bonus award if the second bonus wager is detected and the second bonus reel displays a second bonus winning outcome. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056253 | GAMING MACHINE - Gaming machine. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are gaming machines including a processor, a display device, and a memory device. The memory device configured to store a program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to, before a player activates the game, generate an outcome for a play of a game on the gaming machine. The program code further causes the processor to, before a player activates the play of the game, notify the player by way of the display device as to whether the upcoming game will be a winner or loser. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056254 | Symbol alignment scheme for multiline gaming machines - A method and apparatus for a gaming machine is disclosed. A slot machine processor and a video monitor screen are provided on which symbols may be provided in a grid for use in a video slot game. The player makes a wager to play the underlying game, with a predetermined initial set of symbols being available for the play of the game. Preferably the symbols are displayed in rows and columns and a first array of symbols from the initial symbol set are displayed in an initial position in the grid. Additional symbols from the remaining initial symbol set are then displayed in the grid, the symbols being displayed according to a specific method and predetermined criterium. Symbols combinations are then analyzed by the processor, and any winning combinations are paid according to a predetermined paytable. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056255 | Gaming Machine - A gaming machine of the present invention allows an insurance function to be set in a game, based upon an operation of a player. Among games in which plural types of symbols are rearranged on a display device every game execution in which the insurance function is effective, an accumulative value stored in a memory is updated so as to increase. As a result of repeating the game in which the insurance function is effective, where the accumulative value has reached a predetermined value for activating the insurance function, it is judged whether a payout of a preset value for insurance and an execution of a special game has been selected, according to an operation of a selection input section by a player. Either of the payout of the preset value for the insurance and the execution of the special game is performed, based upon a result of the judgment. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056256 | APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING A SLIDER DISPLAY - An apparatus includes a slider controller that displays, prior to initiation of a base game, a slider display having a plurality of payline quantity indicia and a plurality of wager category indicia. In addition, the apparatus has a payline quantity adjuster that adjusts a potential payline quantity selection of at least a subset of the plurality of payline quantity indicia prior to initiation of the base game based on a potential payline quantity input from a player of the base game. The apparatus also has a wager category adjuster that adjusts a potential wager category selection of at least a subset of the plurality of wager category indicia prior to initiation of the base game based on a potential wager category input from the player of the base game. | 2010-03-04 |
20100056257 | Dice Gaming Machine - A dice gaming machine executes a dice game using a plurality of dice. Gaming values are bet with respect to bet areas making up a betting board. Each bet area is associated with a winning condition based on the spots on the dice and a payout magnification ratio. The prize in the dice game is determined based on the amount of gaming values bet on a bet area whose winning condition is satisfied, and a payout magnification ratio. Once acceptance of bets is ended, the dice gaming machine carries out a lottery. The dice gaming machine changes the payout magnification ratio for the bet area(s) based on the lottery result. Changing of the payout magnification ratio is adopted in the terminal(s) constituting the dice gaming machine. | 2010-03-04 |