15th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150099497 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INCOMING CALL OF MOBILE DEVICE - In a method for displaying an incoming call of a mobile device, one or more application software of the mobile device are set for providing information of a caller of the incoming call. A name of the caller is retrieved from an address book of the mobile device according to a calling number of the incoming call. Information related to the name of the caller is retrieved from each of the application software. The retrieved information is displayed on a display screen of the mobile device. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099498 | Multimedia Based Caller Identification (CID) System and Method - A system, application platform, and method that helps a recipient receiving a phone call identify a caller in advance of answering the incoming call. According to the invention, a caller is able to create a multimedia content using a software application platform present in the mobile device, upload the created multimedia content in a cloud storage space, thereafter, when the caller places a call to any recipient, the multimedia content automatically streams from the cloud storage space into the recipient's mobile device in a display loop until the recipient responds to the incoming call and during the subsequent conversation helping the recipient identify the caller. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099499 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING A CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A user equipment, method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a system of connecting a user equipment to a conference system are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a conference dialer application receives a meeting notification from a calendar application, where the meeting notification describes a meeting hosted on a conference system and includes at least one conference access code used to access the conference system. The conference dialer application prompts the user for voice input. The conference dialer application receives a first voice input from the user indicating to the user equipment to join the meeting on the conference system. The conference dialer application, responsive to the first voice input, automatically supplies the at least one conference access code in order to join the meeting. Finally, the conference dialer application, via a telephone dialer application, connects the user equipment to the meeting on the conference system. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099500 | VEHICLE OPERATOR/DRIVER AND WIRELESS DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION AND USES THEREOF - A vehicle operator/driver and device synchronization application is disclosed herein and includes: a two-way communication device, a software application stored on and executed from the device, from a network or a combination thereof, a vehicle communication component, a velocity determination component, and a driver identification component. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099501 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA BY USING MULTIPLE CARRIERS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - To solve the above-mentioned problem, the method for transmitting and receiving a signal by user equipment (UE) through one or more cells, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first message indicating whether one or more cells usable by the UE are enabled; determining which cells to enable or disable on the basis of the first message; and enabling or disabling the selected cells. According to the embodiment of the present specification, by aggregating carriers amongst different base stations, a possibility for the UE to transmit and receive high-speed data through carrier aggregation can increase. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099502 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CUSTOMIZING CONFIGURATION OF PRINTING APPLICATION - A method of customizing a configuration of a printing application of a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal, and a system are provided. The method includes establishing a wireless connection with an image forming device by using tag information written on a near field communication (NFC) tag of the image forming device, receiving usage authority information representing a function allowed for a user of the mobile terminal among functions of the image forming device, and selectively installing at least one plug-in corresponding to the usage authority information among a plurality of plug-ins that the printing application supports. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMALL CELL ENHANCEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses are for small cell enhancement in a wireless communication system. The method includes the user equipment (UE) receiving a first Radio Resource Control (RRC) message from the first cell to configure a second cell to the UE. The method further includes the UE receiving a first Medium Access Control (MAC) control element to activate the second cell. The method include the UE receiving a second MAC control element to deactivate the second cell, wherein a field is included in the second MAC control element to indicate which signal the UE should measure on the second cell after the second cell is deactivated. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099504 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLACKOUT, RETUNE AND SUBSCRIPTION ENFORCEMENT IN A CELLULAR NETWORK MULTIMEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for blackout, retune and roaming enforcement in a cellular network multimedia distribution system. The method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of service regions in the cellular network multimedia distribution system; determining an affiliation of the client with one of the service regions in the plurality of service regions; and, processing a service region specific message based on the affiliation. An apparatus, as well as a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the stored instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method are also disclosed. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COORDINATED OPERATION OF MULTIPLE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONDEVICES - An approach is provided for determining contextual information for at least one first device and at least one second device. Then, the coordination platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the contextual information to determine one or more functions to deactivate the at least one first device. Subsequently, the coordination platform causes at least in part, an activation of the one or more functions at the at least one second device. Ultimately, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a transfer of the one or more functions from the at least one first device to the at least one second device. Finally, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a deactivation of the one or more functions at the at least one first device. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099506 | SUBSCRIBER SERVER, MONITORING SERVER, MOBILE TERMINAL, METHODS RELATED THERETO, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a mobile terminal ( | 2015-04-09 |
20150099507 | Unlimited Access to Media and Applications Over Wireless Infrastructure - Methods, systems, and apparatus are presented for providing unlimited access to either or both of media content, such as music, and applications. A media server environment can be provided, which maintains an instance of each subscriber account, a central archive of media content, and an application catalog. Selected media content can be downloaded to, and stored locally at, a subscriber device, such as on a secure storage device. Also, selected applications can be locally installed on the subscriber device. Access to the local media content and locally installed applications can be controlled through the media server environment based on the status of the subscriber's account. If the subscriber's account becomes inactive, access to the downloaded media content and installed applications can be disabled. Once the subscriber's account is reactivated, access to the downloaded media content and applications can be restored. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099508 | INITIATING A COMMUNICATION USING A WIRELESS SECURITY KEY DEVICE - A communication system is described. The communication system includes a communications device that is arranged to conduct communications via a communications network to a first communications address, and a security component arranged to receive input security keys. The communications device is arranged to initiate a communications event to a first communications address in response to the security component determining that an input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component. By initiating the communications event in response to determining that the input security key matches any one of a plurality of security keys available to the security component, the communication system provides a secure method of initiating the communications event. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CIRCUIT SWITCHED CALLS AT A USER EQUIPMENT - A method at a user equipment including detecting that a circuit switched (CS) call has been requested at the user equipment; if a most recent registration attempt or registration update attempt with a network of a first radio access technology (RAT) resulted in an abnormal state, registering with a network of a second RAT; and initiating the CS call with the network of the second RAT. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099510 | DEVICE VALIDATION, DISTRESS INDICATION, AND REMEDIATION - A wireless communications device may be configured to perform integrity checking and interrogation with a network entity to isolate a portion of a failed component on the wireless network device for remediation. Once an integrity failure is determined on a component of the device, the device may identify a functionality associated with the component and indicate the failed functionality to the network entity. Both the wireless network device and the network entity may identify the failed functionality and/or failed component using a component-to-functionality map. After receiving an indication of an integrity failure at the device, the network entity may determine that one or more additional iterations of integrity checking may be performed at the device to narrow the scope of the integrity failure on the failed component. Once the integrity failure is isolated, the network entity may remediate a portion of the failed component on the wireless communications device. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099511 | RADIO LINK MANAGEMENT FOR NETWORK ASSISTED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A method of a first wireless communication device adapted to perform network assisted device-to-device communication is disclosed, wherein a device-to-device communication connection comprises a device-to-device communication link between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device and a device-to-network communication link between the first wireless communication device and a network node. The method comprises monitoring a synchronization of the device-to-device communication link and transmitting a device-to-device communication link report to the network node over the device-to-network communication link if the synchronization of the device-to-device communication link is lost. The method also comprises monitoring a synchronization of the device-to-network communication link and adapting) a communication of the device-to-device communication link if the synchronization of the device-to-network communication link is lost. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement and wireless communication device are also disclosed. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099512 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit that performs a wireless communication with a second communication apparatus using a first communication method, and a second communication unit that performs a wireless communication with the second communication apparatus using a second communication method different from the first communication method. The first communication unit transmits a message including information indicating a communication protocol to be used in executing a service via the wireless communication by the second communication unit. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099513 | METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Disclosed herein are an electronic device and method for reducing power consumption while roaming. A state of the electronic device is detected. It is determined whether the firmware executes roaming based at least partially on a channel list and a state of the electronic device. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099514 | OPERATING STATES FOR D2D DISCOVERY - A device is configured to perform a method of device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication network in accordance with a Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. The method includes entering an RRC-Idle state or an RRC-Connected state. The method also includes transmitting, in the RRC-Idle state or RRC-Connected state, a D2D discovery signal for receipt by at least one second device in the network. The method further includes receiving, in the RRC-Idle state or RRC-Connected state, at least one D2D discovery signal from the at least one second device in the network. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL REPLICATION OF A MOBILE PHONE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for virtual replication a mobile phone device. According to one example embodiment, a user of the mobile device registers with a virtual host server configured to communicate with a telecommunication service provider. A communication identifier associated with the mobile device is transferred to the virtual host server. Furthermore, user phone data collected by the virtual host server from a virtual mobile phone application running on the mobile phone device. In addition, telephonic communication and date access functionality afforded by the mobile phone is capable of being replicated on an auxiliary computing device using the communication identifier and personal data generated by the virtual host server. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099516 | System and Methods for Using Wireless Network Correlations to Acquire Service on a Multi-SIM Device - Methods and devices are disclosed for enabling efficient service acquisition on multiple SIMs of a multi-SIM device. After at least one SIM has maintained or reacquired a network connection, the wireless device may identify that network, access a joint acquisition database, and determine whether there is a correlated network entry showing a network from which service may be received on SIM-2. In this manner, the wireless device may automatically prioritize a network for a recovery scan on SIM-2, thereby overriding conventional priority given to the network that was most-recently-used by SIM-2. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099517 | System and Method to Reduce Power Consumption Associated with Cell Reselection Operations - Embodiments are provided for resolving, at a user equipment (UE), unnecessary frequent consecutive back and forth reselections between the same two or more network cells. In an embodiment method, upon detecting predefined criteria indicating reaching a threshold frequency of reselections between the same cells, the UE switches to a defined mobility state reducing the frequency of reselections between the same cells. In accordance with the defined mobility state, the method increases a waiting time for cell reselection. The predefined criteria includes detecting the UE in a defined Static-idle state, detecting a serving cell of the UE and a strongest neighbor cell having approximately equal signal quality for a defined duration or a defined number of consecutive measurements, and detecting a number of consecutive reselections between the same cells exceeding a defined minimum threshold. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099518 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS, ACCESS APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION PATH CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an access apparatus which has an offloading function, resources of the access apparatus are excessively consumed when handover occurs between access apparatuses. A communication system ( | 2015-04-09 |
20150099519 | Method for Processing In-device Coexistence Configuration Information, Apparatus and System - A method for processing in-device coexistence configuration information, apparatus and system. The method includes: notifying, by a source base station to a target base station, first in-device coexistence configuration information configured by the source base station for terminal equipment, when handover from the source base station to the target base station occurs to the terminal equipment. In this way, the source base station may notify the first in-device coexistence configuration information configured by it for the terminal equipment to the target base station; the target base station receives the first in-device coexistence configuration information, determines whether to configure the terminal equipment with in-device coexistence configuration information, and then notifies the source base station of related configuration information via a handover command. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, when handover occurs to the terminal equipment, the in-device coexistence configuration information may be processed effectively. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099520 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING AN ENHANCED SERVING CELL CHANGE WHEN MOVING AMONG DIFFERENT CELL TYPES - A system and method enable handover from a DC-HSUPA-capable node in a cellular wireless network to a non-DC-HSUPA-capable node. According to various aspects of the present disclosure, a handover may implement a legacy serving cell change procedure or an enhanced serving cell change procedure. In either case, signaling from the network to user equipment includes information to enable the user equipment to change or remove an Active Set when undergoing a handover from a cell with two uplink carriers and accordingly two Active Sets, to a cell with one uplink carrier and accordingly one Active Set. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099521 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK POWER IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a broadband wireless access system, and more particularly, to a method for efficiently determining power for ranging performed by a terminal on a target base station or a target region during handover or during changing of a region. A method for controlling uplink power for network reentry of a terminal from a first region to a second region in a broadband wireless access system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a media access control (MAC) management message including a power control parameter that is to be applied to the second region from the first region; and performing ranging to the second region by applying the power control parameter. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099522 | METHOD FOR AVOIDING SMALL CELL INTERFERENCE DURING CONNECTION OF PLURAL LTE BASE STATIONS - Disclosed herein is a method for avoiding small cell interference when a macro cell base station that can be applied to a small cell cluster environment and a small cell base station simultaneously provide services in a heterogeneous network, and a method for avoiding small cell interference during connection of a plurality of LTE base stations, which includes making wireless resource control messages of the small cell base station include small cell type information, position information, and strong interference indication information. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099523 | INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (IRAT) MEASUREMENT DURING HANDOVER - A different inter radio access technology (IRAT) measurement schedule is provided in the execution phase relative to the IRAT measurement schedule implemented in the preparation phase. To improve the handover performance, the user equipment transmits an IRAT measurement report for multiple neighbor cells and prioritizes the IRAT measurement scheduling for neighbor cells triggering the IRAT measurement report. The prioritizing occurs until an IRAT handover command is received. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099524 | METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING HANDOVER MESSAGE DURING CONNECTION OF PLURAL LTE BASE STATIONS - Disclosed herein is a scheme for transmitting a handover message of a terminal when a macro cell base station that can be applied to a small cell cluster environment and a small cell base station simultaneously provide services in a heterogeneous network, and a method for transceiving a handover message through any one of the macro base station and the small cell base station. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099525 | LTE-U CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT OPERATIONS - The subject technology provides for performing clear channel assessment (CCA) in LTE-U. Transmissions may be monitored in a resource reserved for CCA. An energy of the transmissions is detected over a shorter duration than an assigned slot in the resource reserved for CCA. A beacon may be transmitted in a slot assigned to a wireless entity for CCA in response to detecting a clear channel based on the monitoring. In another aspect, a beacon transmission for CCA and a timing for the monitoring are adapted in response to detecting the transmissions for a consecutive number of CCA periods. Further, the subject technology provides for adjusting to a maximum power for transmission of a beacon in a slot assigned to a mobile station for CCA in response to detecting a clear channel based on the monitoring. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099526 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING PREEMPTIVE BASED RADIO CHANNEL ACCESS CONTROL - Preemptive based radio access control is facilitated. Queue data is received, wherein the queue data corresponds to a set of requests for highly prioritized communications included on a prioritized queue. The queue data is used to determine whether a set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session has been met. Session data corresponding to characteristics for each of a plurality of radio communication sessions are also received and utilized to determine which of the plurality of radio communication sessions to terminate if the set of conditions for involuntarily terminating a radio communication session have been met. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099527 | DYNAMIC MULTI-CELL CLUSTERING FOR DOWNLINK COMP IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for generating at least one downlink CoMP cooperating set for downlink CoMP processing at a first node of a plurality of nodes in a network is provided. Each of the plurality of nodes managing at least one cell. A plurality of multi-dimensional UE points is determined. Each dimension of a respective multi-dimensional UE point corresponds to a channel quality metric value associated with a downlink signal received by the UE from a corresponding cell. At least one k-dimensional UE constellation is determined. Each k-dimensional UE constellation includes a set of UEs receiving downlink signals from k cells. At least one k-dimensional UE group is determined based on the determined at least one k-dimensional UE constellation. Each k-dimensional UE group is associated with the same cells. At least one downlink CoMP coordinating set is generated based on the plurality of k-dimensional UE groups. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099528 | ENHANCED SYSTEM INFORMATION DECODING - Methods and apparatus for decoding system information include determining a maximum repetition rate duration based at least in part on a master information block (MIB). The methods and apparatus further include generating a distributed system information block (SIB) decoding scheme for allocating radio frequency resources between a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM. In some aspects, the distributed SIB decoding scheme includes a partitioned SIB decoding schedule for the maximum repetition rate duration and based at least in part on a continuous SIB decoding period. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include attempting to decode one or more SIBs during the maximum repetition rate duration according to the distributed SIB decoding scheme. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099529 | FACILITATION OF IDLE MODE TRAFFIC LOAD BALANCING - A potential traffic load imbalance condition associated with sector carriers is detected. The traffic loading for the sector carriers is balanced based, at least, on causing one or more idle mobile devices to select a new sector carrier by adjusting one or more idle mode parameters. Detecting the potential traffic load imbalance condition includes: identifying an overloaded sector carrier; identifying an set of overlaid sector carriers, wherein the set of overlaid sector carriers includes one or more sector carriers in an area surrounding the overloaded sector carrier; and determining a number of idle mobile devices and corresponding signal strengths of mobile devices camping on sector carriers of the set of overlaid sector carriers. Balancing the traffic loading includes: determining the number of mobile devices to shift from the overloaded sector carrier, and initiating the shift by adjusting idle mode parameters. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099530 | CONTROL APPARATUS, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, CORE NETWORK NODE, METHOD IMPLEMENTED THEREIN, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a control unit ( | 2015-04-09 |
20150099531 | INSPECTING EQUIPMENT OF A POWER SYSTEM - A method of inspecting equipment of a power system can involve identifying a geographical area including a presumed faulty piece of equipment with a central computer system of the power system; determining a contact (e.g., a person) at the geographical area; sending a request for inspecting local equipment in the geographical area to the person; taking a picture, by the person, of a piece of local equipment; transmitting the picture to the central computer system; and evaluating at the central computer system, whether the piece of local equipment in the picture is faulty or not. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099532 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Location of a Subscriber - A method of determining whether or not a subscriber is located within the vicinity of a Home Zone defined by a geographical coordinate set. The method comprises receiving from a mobile positioning system a shape specifying a location of the subscriber taking into account a degree of uncertainty, and scaling the received shape to account for an extent of the Home Zone vicinity. It is then determined whether or not the Home Zone lies within the scaled shape. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099533 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CORRECTING AND COMMUNICATING LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed are methods and systems for correcting and communicating location information of a node in a wireless communication network environment. The method comprises the steps of: calculating atleast a position offset, obtaining position coordinates of atleast a localizer, calculating atleast position coordinates of atleast a communicator, and communicating the position coordinates of the communicator as the location information of the node. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099534 | LOCATION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND LOCATION ESTIMATION METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF INTERFERENCE SOURCE - A wireless communication network system includes: a location estimation device includes: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: collecting information, for each wireless device in a pair of wireless devices communicating with each other in the wireless communication network, as to the number of occurrences of duplicate reception caused by the data retransmission performed when the reception acknowledgement does not reach the transmitting wireless device; and estimating the location of an interference source of radio wave in a wireless communication network based on the collected information as to the number of occurrences of duplicate reception such that the location of the interference source is closer to one of wireless devices in the pair with a less number of occurrences of duplicate reception than to the other one of the wireless devices in the pair. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099535 | OBTAINING A GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method obtains a geographical position of a mobile device, which comprises a Bluetooth transceiver and a storage unit for storing an offline map. The mobile device establishes Bluetooth capability in order to enable a Bluetooth connection with the mobile device. The mobile device, via the Bluetooth connection, requests geographical coordinates using two bits of a Frequency Hopping Synchronization data packet of the Bluetooth protocol. The mobile device, via the Bluetooth connection, receives geographical coordinates, and maps the received geographical coordinates to the offline map in order to obtain the geographical position of the mobile device in the offline map. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099536 | SUPL-WiFi Access Point Controller Location Based Services for WiFi Enabled Mobile Devices - A WiFi Access Point (AP) controller with location capabilities (e.g., an MSE) provides location to a SUPL location server platform (SLP), for response to a network location request. WiFi AP controllers are enabled to communicate with the SLP. WiFi location measurements are transferred via SUPL to the SUPL location server. An AP to WiFi AP controller mapping database provides an association of a WiFi AP controller list to the access points (AP) they manage. The AP to WiFi controller mapping database, together with SUPL messaging between a SUPL location server and the AP controllers, provides WiFi-determined precise location across networks from the SLP. A specific MSE is identified by the AP to WiFi controller mapping database, and queried, by the SLP for WiFi based positioning of mobile devices. In other embodiments a plurality of MSE's are identified, and queried, and a WiFi location is received from at least one. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099537 | SKI AREA INCIDENT REPORTING AND INCIDENT RESPONSE SYSTEM - The techniques described herein identify and/or verify that devices of snow riders and patrol members are located within a pre-defined geo-fence. In response, one or more functions of an application may be enabled that allow the devices to communicate with each other and/or locate each other. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099538 | Multiple Antenna AP Positioning in Wireless Local Area Networks - A method of indoor positioning using Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) protocol with multi-antenna access point (AP) is proposed. In a wireless local area network, an AP has multiple antennas that are strategically located in different physical locations. The AP is used to exchange FTM frames with a wireless station for timing measurement of the FTM frames via its multiple antennas independently. The timing measurement result (e.g., timestamps of transmitting and receiving FTM frames) is then used to determine an absolute location of the station. A simplified Indoor Location operation with simplified deployment is achieved. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099539 | Use of RF-Based Fingerprinting for Indoor Positioning by Mobile Technology Platforms - A method is provided for determining the position of a mobile technology platform within a structure, wherein the mobile technology platform is equipped with a gyroscope, a magnetometer and at least one accelerometer. The method includes deploying a set of RF (radio frequency) beacons within the structure, wherein each RF beacon emits an RF signal; recording, at each of a set of sampling locations within the structure, the RF signature created by the RF signals received at the location; forming an RF fingerprint of the structure from the recorded RF signatures; and using the RF fingerprint, in conjunction with readings from the gyroscope, magnetometer and at least one accelerometer to determine the location of the device within the structure. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099540 | Positioning Node, User Equipment and Methods Therein - Embodiments herein relate to a method in a user equipment for enabling positioning of the user equipment in a radio communications network. The user equipment is served in a first cell controlled by a radio network node. The user equipment knows or can obtain a system frame number of at least one cell. The user equipment, a positioning node, and the radio network node are included in the radio communications network. The user equipment receives, from the positioning node, a message comprising positioning assistance data, wherein the positioning assistance data comprises information associated with the at least one cell for which the system frame number is known or can be obtained by the user equipment. The user equipment also performs a positioning measurement using the positioning assistance data and the system frame number of the at least one cell to enable positioning of the user equipment. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099541 | INTEGRATION OF WIRED INFORMATION AND WIRELESS INFORMATION TO LOCATE A WIRELESS DEVICE - One embodiment described herein includes a method of determining the location of a wireless device. The method includes capturing wired information about wired components in a network. Capturing wired information includes one or more of: reading information from a storage device associated with a connector of a wired communication media, or communicating a signal over an out-of-band conductor included in a cable in addition to the in-band conductors. The method also includes capturing wireless information about a wireless device communicatively coupled to the network, and integrating at least some of the wired information and the wireless information. The integrated wired information and wireless information is used to locate the wireless device. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099542 | INTERACTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM - A method for locating at least one individual located remotely from a broadcast network. An analysis unit compares user profiles, dynamic locations stored in the communicator location database, and/or fixed locations entered into the analysis unit. A data set of at least one matching individualized locatee user profile is generated and the individualized locatee user profile is transmitted to the locator via the locator's communicator device. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099543 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING TARGET TERMINAL WHILE PROTECTING PRIVACY OF USER THEREOF - A method of providing location information of a target Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Enabled Terminal (target SET) while protecting privacy of a user of the target SET in a Home-SUPL Location Center (H-SLC) providing the location information of the target SET, and the H-SLC, are provided. The method includes receiving a location request message from a requester, transmitting an SUPL INITiation (SUPL INIT) message by using a first session IDentifier (ID) to the target SET, the first session ID including a real ID of the target SET, transmitting a Positioning DATA (PDATA) message by using a second session ID to the Home-SUPL Positioning Center (H-SPC), the second session ID including a pseudo-ID for secure connection between the H-SLC and the H-SPC, receiving a positioning result of the target SET from the H-SPC, and transmitting the positioning result to the requester. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099544 | MOBILE PHONE APPLICATION FOR ROUTING TO A PERSON FOR PICK-UP RETRIEVAL - A navigation method includes the following computer-implemented steps. A target mobile electronic device is identified. A geographical location of the target mobile electronic device is ascertained. Information is transmitted to a sender mobile electronic device. The information identifies the geographical location of the target mobile electronic device. A route along roadways from the sender mobile electronic device to the geographical location of the target mobile electronic device is determined. The determining step is dependent upon the information. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099545 | LOCATION INFORMATION-BASED COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND LOCATION INFORMATION-BASED COMMUNICATION APPLICATION APPARATUS - A location information-based communication apparatus and method are disclosed. The location information-based communication apparatus includes a transmission terminal, a communication control unit, a local terminal location storage unit, and reception target terminals. The transmission terminal transmits information about a call connection location selected by a user to the communication control unit, outputs a list of information about one or more reception target terminals which are present around the call connection location on a screen, and transmits a call signal to the communication control unit. The communication control unit receives the list of the reception target terminals from a local terminal location storage unit, transmits the list of information about the reception target terminals to the transmission terminal, and connects the transmission terminal to desired reception target terminals by connecting to phone numbers of the reception target terminals over a wired or wireless communication network. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099546 | LOCATION-BASED SERVICE PROVISION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A location-based service provision method and system of an electronic device is provided for supporting location-based service even in a sleep mode. The electronic device is provided with a main control unit, a low power sub-control unit, and a sensing unit. The sub-control unit collects sensor information provided by the sensor unit for measuring movement (e.g., speed and direction) of the electronic device, and calculates first location information based on the sensor information. The sub-control unit provides the location-based service based on the first location information. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099547 | GEO-BASED DETECTION OF BORDER VIOLATION - An initial geo-location may be determined for a user of a web service from the user's connection data to establish if it is a mobile connection or not. Once the connection is identified as mobile or static and the user's location is known, the closest border and/or territory which is blocked to the user and within the geo-restricted area is determined. A future time at which the user's geo-location should be re-determined is then calculated using a variety of formula based on the connection type, location and distance to the border. The resulting calculation of desired future time of re-geolocation may be based on the user's current location, the distance to the nearest border, an estimated velocity at which the user may be moving, rules associated with the web-service, parameters set by an administrator and other factors | 2015-04-09 |
20150099548 | ADDRESS BOOK INFORMATION SERVICE SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADDRESS BOOK INFORMATION SERVICE THEREIN - Provided are an address book information service system, and a method and a device for an address book information service therein, whereby: a terminal device in the address book information service system sets groups in an address book according to category information and transmits group information on the set groups and preset user information to a service device; the service device searches new address book information corresponding to the group information on the basis of the location of a user by using the group information and the user information and transmits the searched new address book information to the terminal device; and the terminal device automatically registers the received new address book information in the address book, thereby enabling the user to easily look up new address book information. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099549 | Location and Time Specific Mobile Participation Platform - A mobile participation platform enables a wireless network operator or third party to solicit response data related to a specific time and location specific event by signaling multiple mobile device users that meet predefined qualifications. The qualifications include presence at the specific location at the specific time, and may include other characteristics, such as prior consent to receive solicitations, and particular device type or data collection functionality. The platform locates mobile devices that may qualify for participation, and generates and transmits a solicitation. Mobile devices receiving the solicitation may activate a participation client to acknowledge the solicitation and to contribute by submitting the requested response data, which may include photos, text, sensor data, audio, video and the like. The qualifications are verified, the response data is validated, and anonymity and privacy are maintained by associating the mobile device and other pertinent non-identifying information with an encrypted identifier. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099550 | LOCATION-BASED DISCOVERY OF NETWORK MEMBERS BY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES FOR ALTERNATE CHANNEL COMMUNICATION - User mobile devices are equipped to discover each other through an ad hoc network, based on their location and proximity or based on mobile network reporting to one another. Locations may be reported through global positioning methods and cross-referenced by other users. Following discovery and consent, the mobile devices are connected to one another via various means, other than the ad hoc network, and utilize functions provided by services such as SMS, E-mail, chat/instant messaging, multimedia, or video. The users may be members of a common social network, and can thereby exchange social network attributes. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099551 | METHOD FOR USING A FEMTOCELL BASE STATION AND A USER EQUIPMENT IN A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK, FEMTOCELL BASE STATION, PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for using a femtocell base station and a user equipment in a public land mobile network includes: initiating a location update signalling procedure between the femtocell base station and the user equipment, wherein at least one previous location information of the user equipment is transmitted from the user equipment to the femtocell base station, the at least one previous location information being derived from or being a part of an indication regarding a last successfully visited location of the user equipment; determining whether the at least one previous location information matches at least one permission information; and continuing the location update signalling procedure in response to determining that the at least one previous location information matches the at least one permission information. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099552 | System and Method for Locating a Vehicle - A system for locating a vehicle using a monitoring device attachable to a vehicle and a mobile device. The monitoring device plugs into a vehicle diagnostic port and transmits an indicator signal to the mobile device, such as a smart phone, when the vehicle's engine is shut down. Upon receipt of the indicator signal, the mobile device determines its current location and saves it as the vehicle's location. The vehicle's location may then be displayed to the user on the mobile device. Such a system may be used with any vehicle, and allows for vehicle location without requiring that the vehicle have its own location system, such as a GPS system. The user's location may also be determined on the mobile device, along with directional information for guiding the user to their vehicle. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099553 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAP SERVICE USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SERVICE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for providing a map service using a global positioning service in a mobile terminal includes determining a current position of the mobile terminal. A moving path of the mobile terminal is recorded. If content for key point marking are generated, a tag icon corresponding to the content is inserted into a point representing the current position of the mobile terminal. A map message includes the moving path, the tag icon, and the content. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099554 | MOBILE MESSAGING SHORT CODE TRANSLATION AND ROUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099555 | ENABLING A COMMUNICATION FEASIBILITY DETERMINATION TIME TO COMPLETE COMMUNICATION EXCHANGES BETWEEN AN M2M SERVER AND ONE OR MORE M2M DEVICES - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for machine-to-machine communication are provided. A device receives a request from a requestor. The request requests the device to transmit information to the requestor according to a primary time duration. The device determines at least one secondary time duration within the primary time duration for transmitting the information to the requestor and schedules a transmission time within the at least one secondary time duration to transmit the information to the requestor in response to the request. The scheduling is based on additional information known to the device. A requestor determines a time duration for communicating with at least one device, transmits a request to the at least one device to transmit information to the requestor according to the time duration, and receives in response to the request the information from the at least one device within the time duration. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099556 | METHOD, USER TERMINAL AND NETWORK SIDE EQUIPMENT FOR IMPROVING NETWORK RESOURCE OCCUPANCY - A method, a user terminal and a network side equipment for improving network resource occupation are disclosed. A dormancy timer is set for the user terminal and a time threshold of the dormancy timer is adjusted dynamically by monitoring a resource occupation rate of the communication system, where time threshold of the dormancy timer is inversely proportional to the resource occupation rate. In this way, relatively longer time threshold of the dormancy timer may be set when a system occupation rate is low, so as to improve user experience; and relatively shorter time threshold of the dormancy timer may be set when the system occupation rate is high, so as to provide a higher capacity and provide services for more user terminals. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099557 | UNIVERSAL CONNECTIVITY FOR NON-UNIVERSAL DEVICES - A system includes at least one data collection device, each connected to a corresponding data terminal via a primary communication channel; and a central connectivity point connected to each data collection device via a wireless secondary communication channel so as to communicate with the at least one data collection device without disrupting communication between the at least data collection device and the corresponding data terminal via the primary communication channel and to permit remote administration of each data collection device. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099558 | USING SENSORS TO TRIGGER TRANSMIT POWER MANAGEMENT - A user device transmits data at a first transmit power level. The user device detects a presence of a human body part within a predetermined distance from an antenna of the user device using one or more sensors disposed at a back side of the user device. In response to the detection of the presence of the human body part, the user device transmits information at a second transmit power level that is less than the first transmit power level. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099559 | SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE DATA ROUTING DEVICES, METHODS FOR ROUTING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE DATA, CONTROL CIRCUITS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A CHANGE OF A ROUTING - A subscriber identity module data routing device is described comprising: a routing circuit configured to provide a routing of input data to a plurality of subscriber identity modules; a routing change feasibility determination circuit configured to determine based on the input data whether a change of the routing is feasible, in response to receiving a request for the change of the routing; and wherein the routing circuit is further configured to change the routing if the routing change feasibility determination circuit determines that the change of the routing is feasible. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099560 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS DATA RECOVERY FROM A MALFUNCTIONING DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for recovering access data from a malfunctioning device. In one embodiment, trained service personnel are provided a specialized apparatus for retrieving access data from a malfunctioning device. For example, in the instance the device comprises a cellular device having an unrecoverable hardware failure, trained service personnel can connect to the secure element and retrieve the one or more electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) stored thereon. The eSIMs are then “reclaimed” and reprogrammed/distributed to a new device. In one implementation, security and integrity measures are taken to protect and control distribution of sensitive access data. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099561 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RF SIGNAL PROCESSING COMPONENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes a first radio module including at least a first baseband signal processing device and a first radio transceiver, a second radio module including at least a second baseband signal processing device and a second radio transceiver, and an RF front-end circuit, coupled to the first radio module and the second radio module and including a plurality of RF signal processing components. A portion of the RF signal processing components capable of processing the RF signals of both the first and second radio modules are coupled to both the first and second radio modules for being shared by the first and second radio modules, and the first and second radio modules are capable of establishing a dedicated wireless connection, simultaneously, via the RF front-end circuit. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099562 | Method, Terminal, Server, and System for Multiple Terminals to Share Virtual SIM Card - An embodiment method includes receiving, by a virtual card server from a first terminal, a request for enabling a virtual SIM card, where the request for enabling the virtual SIM card includes a virtual SIM card identifier, where the first terminal stores data of the virtual SIM card and a second terminal stores data of the virtual SIM card and determining whether the second terminal has enabled the virtual SIM card in accordance with the virtual SIM card identifier. The method also includes enabling the virtual SIM card for the first terminal when the second terminal has not enabled the virtual SIM card. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099563 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND APPLICATION-CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an application-controlling method thereof are provided. The application-controlling method for the mobile terminal according to the present disclosure comprises: detecting an action on a touch screen of the mobile terminal when an application is running; if the action is a static action, then acquiring a touch area between the static action and the touch screen; and comparing the touch area with a threshold area, and if the touch area is no less than the threshold area, then stopping running of the application. In this way, the mobile terminal and an application-controlling method thereof according to the present disclosure can make it more convenient for the user to operate the applications of the mobile terminal and are easy to operate and to be popularized. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE IN-NETWORK TIME ALIGNMENT FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING POWER AMPLIFIER - A subscriber station is configured to extend a battery life using a method for envelope tracking power amplification. The subscriber station includes a main processor configured to perform a plurality of functions to operate the subscriber station. The subscriber station also includes a power source configured to provide power to one or more components in the subscriber station and an envelope tracking power amplifier (ET PA) configured to amplify a signal. The ETPA also is configured to estimate and adaptively maintain the envelope and RF signal time alignment during operation of the ET PA. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099565 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED PLAY IN LOTTERY AND GAMING ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and apparatus for game play using virtual players, sometimes referred to herein as vBots, is disclosed. In one aspect, a method for game play involves the use of the system electronic system environment described herein, wherein one or more virtual players are displayed to the player of the game, preferably, the virtual players have differing play characteristics, receiving from the user association with a selection of a virtual player, displaying a simulated game using the virtual players, identifying a subset of the virtual players as being winners of the simulated game, and awarding a win to the lottery user if the selected virtual player is in the subset of virtual players. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099566 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONTROL MOVEMENT BASED ON A RACE EVENT - A system, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method to control movement of a non-player character is provided. Actions of a player character in a race event of a multiplayer game are detected. A player character movement model based on the actions of the player character is generated. A set of non-player actions is generated in a non-player character movement model based on the player character movement model. A movement of a non-player character in the multiplayer game is controlled based on the set of non-player actions in the non-player character movement model. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099567 | METHOD OF GAMING - Disclosed is a method of gaming comprised of; presenting a plurality of objects and adjacency requirements representing the adjacency between the objects; receiving a user's solution or answer aimed at accurately representing the positions of the objects relative to each other; and checking the user's solution against the adjacency requirements. The objects can be virtual objects presented on a computer display. The objects can also be real objects equipped with a display which presents the adjacency requirements necessary and sensors to detect the positions of the objects relative to each other. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099568 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALLY REPRESENTING PROBABILITY OF WINNING A PRIZE - In at least one embodiment, systems provide for determining symbols for a wagering game (e.g., for a bonus round of the wagering game) by determining a wager amount associated with a player of a wagering game and selecting, based on the wager amount, a first plurality of symbols for use in representing a probability of obtaining a winning outcome in the game. The systems may further provide for determining a second plurality of symbols, the second plurality of symbols comprising the outcome, and placing into symbol positions of a game interface of the wagering game (i) the first plurality of symbols and (ii) the second plurality of symbols. After an animation of the symbol positions which displays the first plurality of symbols and the second plurality of symbols, the second plurality of symbols may be displayed along a payline to display the outcome. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099569 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF ALLOWING A PLAYER TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES HAVING MODIFIABLE REEL FEATURES - A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The game includes a plurality of reels, each reel having a reel strip. The method includes initiating a primary game, responsively spinning the reels, randomly determining an outcome of the primary game and responsively stopping the reels to display the primary game. The method includes detecting if a triggering condition occurs in the primary game outcome, the triggering condition being defined as the at least one trigger symbol being displayed in at least one reel of the plurality of reels in the primary game outcome, and responsively modifying a reel feature of a reel strip associated with the at least one reel to generate an outcome of a secondary game including the modified reel strip. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099570 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS GAMING WITH LINKED PAYTABLE EVENTS - The gaming device disclosed herein includes a plurality of simultaneously, substantially simultaneously or sequentially played primary games, wherein a designated triggering event in at least one of the games causes the gaming device to change, modify, supplement, add to, activate or otherwise influence the paytable of at least another game. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099571 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS GAMING WITH LINKED PAYTABLE EVENTS - The gaming device disclosed herein includes a plurality of simultaneously, substantially simultaneously or sequentially played primary games, wherein a designated triggering event in at least one of the games causes the gaming device to change, modify, supplement, add to, activate or otherwise influence the paytable of at least another game. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099572 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - Gaming systems and methods are disclosed. An example gaming system includes a symbol selector arranged to select a plurality of symbols for display at a plurality of display positions, one or more of the display positions including at least two symbols, and an outcome evaluator arranged to determine whether symbol combinations defined by the displayed symbols correspond to one or more winning outcomes. Each symbol combination includes one symbol from each display position used to form the symbol combination. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099573 | GAME APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING FREE GIFTS - Provided is a game apparatus for discharging free gifts. The game apparatus for discharging the free gifts, including: a betting button unit that sets betting sums of money; a gift showcase that includes two or more betting zones according to the betting sums of money, the betting zones in which the free gifts are displayed; lamps that enable the two or more betting zones to be distinguished from each other; an extruder that is driven to be moved forward or backward, in a direction (Z) in which the free gifts are displayed, within a plane located at an outer side of the gift showcase; and a control unit that controls the extruder to be moved to a betting zone corresponding to a betting sum of money set through the betting button unit. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099574 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFERING INTRADAY WAGERING IN A FINANCIAL MARKET ENVIRONMENT - A method for providing a wager in a financial market environment is provided that includes presenting an opportunity to make a wager that is based on a moving market line associated with a financial market. An end user is given an opportunity to bet on whether a financial market value will be above or below the moving market line at a designated time. The wager may be accepted from the end user. The wager may be monitored in order to determine whether the financial market value was above or below the moving market line at the designated time. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING A BONUS ROUND OF A GAME - In at least one embodiment, systems provide for modifying a bonus round of a wagering game by (i) storing, in association with a player, a plurality of game elements acquired by the player during play of at least one game of a plurality of qualifying games, each such game element corresponding to a respective functionality which causes a modification of a bonus round to which it is applied; and (ii) upon receiving a request to apply one of the game elements in a current bonus round, modifying the current bonus round in accordance with the functionality corresponding to the requested game element. In one embodiment, the applied game element had been acquired by the player in a first game and is applied in a second game. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099576 | DISTRIBUTION OF WAGERING GAME PLAYER REVENUES AND OFFER INCENTIVES - It is determined that a condition has been met for distributing revenue associated with offers made to wagering game players. Wagering game providers that are eligible to receive the revenue are determined by querying one or more electronic data stores. The amounts of revenue for each of the wagering game providers is determined. The amounts of revenue are distributed to the wagering game providers. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099577 | LOCAL JACKPOT SYSTEM APPEARING GLOBAL IN NATURE AND GLOBAL PRIZE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A local jackpot system for land-based and online casinos. The jackpots comprise a continuous pool of ‘Experiences You Can't Buy’ prizes. Examples include: (a) a trip on a private jet with the soccer team of FC Barcelona, (b) a trip on a private yacht with one or more Formula 1 drivers during the Grand Prix of Monaco, (c) a shopping trip with Paris Hilton, (d) a dinner with George Clooney or (e) an acting scene in the next Hollywood blockbuster. The local jackpot system is configured to appear global in nature. Each client may be managed separately and can be customized via an internet connection. A monitoring application/module/system is installed with the purpose of monitoring and setting up local clients and broadcasting winning events globally. One or more random number generators (“RNGs”) run on each client such that prize selection is accomplished randomly at each client. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099578 | SUPPLEMENTARY MODE OF AN INTERLEAVED WAGERING SYSTEM - An interleaved wagering system is disclosed. The system includes an interactive controller constructed to communicate application telemetry associated with an interactive application provided by the interactive controller. The system also includes a wager controller constructed to communicate a wager result associated with a received wager request. The system also includes the application controller operatively connected to the interactive controller and the wager controller, and constructed to: receive application telemetry; upon receiving application telemetry, determine whether to trigger a supplementary mode; when triggering the supplementary mode is determined, communicate a notification to provide a supplementary mode session. The interactive controller is further constructed to: provide the supplementary mode session upon receiving the supplementary mode notification; communicate results of the supplementary mode session. The application controller is further constructed to: receive the results of the supplementary mode session; and when the received results are successful, communicate a request for benefits. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099579 | Wagering Web Service System and Method - A system to coordinate a wagering event using a virtual Web server with an administration application and a server database. The administration application is executable code which can generate a first event page from an event category page. The administration application also has a player management page, a pool page and a ticket management set of pages. The administration application interoperates with a banking application and a casino application. The administration application will send the event information to the casino application, receive wager information from the casino application, coordinate wager amounts with the banking application, close the wagering, monitor the event, update pool, close the pool, and allocate the winnings and losses. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099580 | MODELING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS USING AN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM OF SIMULATION LAYERS - A method is provided for creating or evolving a virtual environment with a computer system. Steps of the method include: forming a plurality of layers of data, including a first layer and a second layer, each layer including a plurality of cells containing data corresponding to a variable; operating on the data from the cells in the first layer with a function to yield target data; distributing the target data to corresponding cells in the second layer; and altering the data in at least one of the plurality of cells in each layer according to a rule. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099581 | MEDIUM, GAME MACHINE, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device is configured to execute: setting a protective state for protecting a character from a danger in a game; setting a moving direction of the character in the protective state to a predetermined direction; detecting that the character in the protective state is overlapping with an obstacle in a virtual world; and correcting the moving direction that has been set by the action setting when the obstacle is detected. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099582 | MEDIUM, SYSTEM, METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device is configured to execute: performing game processing including movement of a plurality of characters in a virtual world; specifying one character as a specific character on the basis of predetermined conditions; judging whether there is commonality in movement of a plurality of non-specific characters other than the specific character; determining at least one of the characters for which it has been judged that there is commonality, as a preferential display character; and adjusting drawing related parameters so that the preferential display character is located in a predetermined area of a display image. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099583 | Configuring Headset Voice Morph Based on Player Assignment - An electronic device may be configurable to operate in a voice morphing mode, such as while processing chat audio and microphone audio for a player participating in an online multiplayer game via a game console. While operating in the voice morphing mode, the electronic device may be configured to modify particular audio (e.g., player chat) based on one or more parameter settings, corresponding to particular audio profile (e.g., corresponding to a particular character). The electronic device may initiate voice morphing based on command from the player, and/or based on a signal received by the electronic device, such as indicating a role of the player (e.g., the game character selected by and/or assigned to the player). Audio profiles and/or parameter settings may be preset, and may be stored for use thereof, such as in electronic device itself or in other location (e.g., the game console or a remote database). | 2015-04-09 |
20150099584 | Method and System for Dynamic Control of Game Audio Based on Audio Analysis - A gaming device, during play of a particular game, receives a plurality of audio channels carrying game sounds and determines whether a first of the game sounds overwhelms a second of the game sounds. In response to the determination, the gaming device adjusts a level of one or more of the audio channels such that perceptibility of the second game sound is improved relative to perceptibility of the first game sound prior to the adjustment, wherein for the adjustment, a level of one or more of the audio channels carrying the first game sound is decreased while a level of one or more of the audio channels carrying the second game sound is maintained or increased. The audio channels include three or more audio channels and the adjustment of the level of the audio channels is performed while the three or more audio channels are combined into two stereo channels. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099585 | WIRELESS ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention provide a unique play experience carried out utilizing an interactive “wand” and/or other seemingly magical actuation/tracking device. The wand or other actuation device allows play participants to electronically and “magically” interact with their surrounding play environment(s), thereby giving play participants the realistic illusion of practicing, performing and mastering “real” magic. Optionally, multiple play participants, each provided with a suitable “wand” and/or other actuation/tracking device, may play and interact together, either within or outside one or more compatible play environments, to achieve desired goals, master certain magical spells and/or produce desired seemingly magical effects within the play environment. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099586 | AUTOMATIC SHARING OF ENGAGING GAMEPLAY MOMENTS FROM MOBILE - In a communication device comprising an operating system platform, which is operable to provide wired and/or wireless communication, and gaming, automatically detecting by the operating system platform, occurrence of one or more engaging gameplay moments for a corresponding game. For one or more users, the operating system platform may be operable to monitor one or more variables for the game to detect the occurrence of the one or more engaging gameplay moments. The operating system platform may be operable to detect whether to share information related to the one or more engaging gameplay moments with one or more social networking destinations. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099587 | NATIVE GAMEPLAY EXPERIENCE ACROSS PLATFORMS - An operating system (OS) platform-level gaming module that is integrated as part of an OS platform for a first wired and/or wireless communication device is operable to detect when a user installs a game written for the first wired and/or wireless communication device. The OS platform-level gaming module is operable to publish the game to a cloud when the installation of the game is detected and install the published game to at least a second wired and/or wireless communication device that is associated with said user. The OS platform-level gaming module may be operable to copy corresponding configurations and settings for the game installed on the first wired and/or wireless communication device to the cloud. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099588 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DISTRIBUTING GAME NETWORK FEATURES - A device, machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method of distributing game network features is provided. A game request to access one or more features associated with a game networking system are received by a mobile game application operating on a client device and associated with a mobile game developed by a game developer. The one or more features are integrated into the mobile game application using a software development kit (SDK) provided from the game networking system to the game developer. Information relating to the one or more features are accessed by the mobile game application in response to the game request, where the information is accessed from the game networking system using at least a portion of the SDK. The mobile game application provides the one or more features with the information using the at least a portion of the SDK. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099589 | RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR ELECTRONIC GAME SHOPPING CHANNEL - A recommendation service is provided for recommending computer video game titles to players. The recommendation service offers suggestions for game titles to purchase or rent based on playing usage related parameters for each particular player. A profile is created based on several factors that represents the player's affinity to each factor. Communication and use of player usage data may be strictly conditioned on a player's knowledge and consent. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099590 | CLOUD SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOUD GAME SERVICE - The present invention relates to a cloud server and method that automatically select a user interface script from among user interface scripts provided by a cloud game, generate a screen corresponding to the user interface script, and provide the screen to a client terminal user. The cloud server includes a user input unit for receiving a user input through a client terminal A script transmission unit transmits a list of user interface scripts of a game selected by a user corresponding to the user input to the client terminal A comparison unit compares an entire image of a screen of the game with previously stored image patterns. An ID transmission unit transmits an ID of a user interface script selected via results of a comparison to the client terminal, and allows the client terminal to generate a cloud screen using the ID of the user interface script. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099591 | FLYWHEEL ASSEMBLY - A flywheel assembly includes a first elastic member disposed on a side to which an acceleration-side power of an engine is outputted and a second elastic member disposed in series with the first elastic member. The second elastic member exerts a transmission torque having a magnitude less than that of a transmission torque exerted by the first elastic member. An end sheet member includes a first end sheet member and a second end sheet member. The first end sheet member is slidable against a first rotary member. The second end sheet member is slidable against the first rotary member. A first intermediate sheet member included in an intermediate sheet member is disposed between the first elastic member and the second elastic member and is slidable against the first rotary member. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099592 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARTIAL ARTS COMBAT - Systems and methods are provided relating to martial arts competitions including martial arts games, team competitions, and a martial arts combat league. A martial arts combat league may combine traditional aspects of martial arts competitions with the appeal of rooting for a favorite team or individual competitor. Martial arts competition rules and scoring systems may be provided for the martial arts combat league. A martial arts competition area may be provided for presentation of martial arts combat league events. A novel scoring system may involve and inform fans of the martial arts combat league. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099593 | Golf Aid for Aligning Stance - A training device has a base unit configured to provide sensory feedback to a user and a belt unit configured to be worn by the user and emit signals toward the base unit. An electronic system housed in the base unit detects the signals emitted by the belt unit and provides sensory feedback indicating the angular alignment of the belt unit with respect to the base unit. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099594 | GOLF GRIP - A golf grip with tread design and slanted indicia design. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099595 | MULTI-LAYER GOLF BALL - Multi-layer golf balls having a hard, high compression center, a relatively soft intermediate layer, and a stiff outer cover layer, are provided. The outer surface hardness of the intermediate layer is less than that of both the center and the outer cover layer. | 2015-04-09 |
20150099596 | MULTI-LAYER CORE GOLF BALL - A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core consists of: a solid inner core layer formed from a plasticized thermoplastic composition TP | 2015-04-09 |