17th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140113586 | System And Method For Managing A Mobile Device - A system and method for managing a mobile device(s) to provide for a notification(s) when specified thresholds are reached and/or execute defined rules for the mobile device(s). The rules can relate to any function of the mobile device(s), including but not limited to, notification when a percentage of voice/data/SMS is reached during a billing cycle, notification when a mobile device(s) leaves a geo-fence, and restrict a mobile device(s) when a threshold is reached. The system provides a versatile management system allowing a user to effectively control use of a mobile device(s) and manage costs. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113587 | Mobile Security with Associated Vital Function Device - Mobile electronic devices and related methods to achieve an enhanced security level are disclosed. A security module is deeply embedded in a non-open associated vital functions chip of the mobile device, wherein the associated chip controls vital functions of the mobile device. Any security technology can be provided by the security module. The security module can, in case of a security violation, disable vital functions of the associated chip without requiring communicating to other components of the mobile device. The vital functions deployed in the associated chip comprise e.g. system power management, battery, display, and/or audio functions. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113588 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS NETWORK BEHAVIOR- NETWISE - The invention is a system for protecting mobile devices in cellular networks from unauthorized harmful applications and for protecting cellular network infrastructure from targeted or benign overloads. The system comprises mobile cellular devices and a cellular network infrastructure. Some of the mobile devices comprise an application manager, which is adapted to manage the aggregation and learning processes, and a detection manager, which is adapted to analyze network behavior and detect deviations. The application manager and the detection manager are adapted to monitor the applications running on a device, learn the patterns of mobile applications network behavior and detect meaningful deviations from the application's observed normal behavior. The cellular network infrastructure comprises a services module, a logic module, and a database access unit adapted for aggregation and analysis of an application's network traffic patterns for numerous users. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113589 | Seamless Telephone Login - An apparatus comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the apparatus comprises communication settings not associated with a user, and wherein the processor is configured to receive user information associated with the user, cause the user information to be transmitted via the transmitter to a profile server for authentication, receive user profile data associated with the user from the profile server, and update the communication settings to include the user profile data. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113590 | INTER-SYSTEM CALL SWITCHING BETWEEN CO-EXISTENCE WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Techniques for switching a user equipment (UE) between wireless systems by first establishing a connection with a target system before disconnecting from a serving system are disclosed. In one design, the UE may initially communicate with a first wireless system (e.g., a WLAN system) of a first radio technology. The UE may receive a page to establish a connection with a second wireless system (e.g., a cellular system) of a second radio technology. The first and second wireless systems may be part of a small cell. The page may be sent by the second wireless system to the UE in response to a decision by a network entity to switch the UE from the first wireless system to the second wireless system. The UE may establish a connection with the second wireless system in response to the page and may thereafter terminate communication with the first wireless system. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113591 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES - In an authentication method between communication devices, the authentication method being used for identifying a communication device to serve as a target of communication among a plurality of communication devices including a first communication device and a second communication device and establishing a connection for communication, the first communication device receives a signal the second communication device transmits, detects first displacement information relating to the positional change of the second communication device, from a change in the intensity of the received signal and a change in the phase thereof, performs first determination by comparing the first displacement information with first held information preliminarily set, and identifies the second communication device as a target of communication on the basis of the result of the first determination. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113592 | Process Method for System Login in Light-Operated Manner, Light-Operated Electronic Equipment and Mobile Electronic Device for Controlling Electronic Equipment with Light - A light-operated electronic equipment and a mobile electronic device for controlling an electronic equipment with light are provided. The light-operated electronic equipment with a light sensing receiving unit and a control unit is controlled by the mobile electronic device with a light source, a light control code module and a light display process module. Besides, further provides a process method of performing system registration by a light control way. By the process method, an information process device receives the input of the light signal through a transmission equipment, such that the light sensing receiving unit of the transmission equipment converts the brightness change of the light signal into the electric control code for the control unit of the transmission equipment to receive the electric control code and transmit the electric control code to the information process device through a transmission interface. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113593 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND RESTRICTING USE OF MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for promoting safe usage of a mobile device. The system allows one or more administrators (or patents) to transparently and automatically implement preconfigured use restriction policies (e.g., restricted time periods, restricted features of the device, restricted vehicle speed) on multiple managed devices. The restriction policies may be stored locally at a managed mobile device and/or remotely at a remote server and database. The mobile device can be controlled locally by a client application or remotely by the remote server based on the restriction policies. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113594 | SECURITY FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A mobile communications device for communicating with a wireless network, including an electronic storage having data stored thereon, a processor connected to the storage for accessing the data, a communications sub-system connected to the processor for exchanging signals with the wireless network and with the processor, a user input interface connected to send user input signals to the processor in response to user action, and a security module associated with the processor for detecting a trigger condition and automatically taking a security action if a bypass user action is not detected after detection of the trigger condition. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113595 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WI-FI SERVICE BY WI-FI DEVICE - A method and a system for providing a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) service, in which when multiple counterpart devices are selected based on manufacturer information and support information on supported functions and capability defined in a service information field of each beacon message or each probe response message, a final device is determined by checking multiple pieces of signal information of the selected counterpart devices, are provided. The method includes receiving messages from multiple counterpart devices, selecting one or more counterpart devices, each of which supports a requested service, from an identical manufacturer when the messages are received, checking multiple pieces of signal information of the selected counterpart devices when the number of the selected counterpart devices is greater than one, and determining a device having the signal information satisfying set conditions as a final device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113596 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PRIORITIZING MESSAGE THREADS - Certain embodiments of this disclosure include methods and devices for prioritizing message threads. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for detecting a current location of an electronic device; determining contact location information describing one or more locations of one or more devices associated with one or more contacts; determining respective proximities between the electronic device and the one or more devices associated with the one or more contacts based at least in part on the current location of the electronic device and the contact location information to provide contact proximity information; identifying a plurality of message threads, wherein each message thread is associated with at least one of the one or more contacts; associating a respective priority value with each message thread based at least in part on the contact proximity information; and outputting, for display, formatting information based on the respective priority values. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113597 | Reminder Handling - A mobile telephone includes a reminder controller. A reminder can be entered either using the phone or using a remote terminal. Each reminder is associated with an event being the start of a particular application, or an event being an identifier in a software application becoming a preset value. The phone (I) operates to detect an application start event, following which it is determined whether a parameter associated with the reminder matches a parameter associated with the application and announces the reminder as appropriate. In this way, enhanced functionality is provided with the phone, since it is possible to set a reminder to be associated with an event other than the reaching of a particular time and date. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113598 | Mobile Interface to a Show - A computer system that communicates with information indicative of a lighting show, and provides information to users in the audience to allow their phones to be interactive with the show. In one embodiment a lighting designer or show promoter can provide information R that extends the lighting effect on to the user's phone. In another embodiment, the show promoter may provide information indicative of the venue. The information can be location specific, for example information that is provided to a specific client device can be based on the specific location of the client device. This can provide location sensitive lighting information, or maps, or in seat specific information about the venue. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113599 | Apparatuses and Methods for Providing Enhanced Contact List Information for Mobile Stations Including Mobile Telephones - Improved contact information is provided to users of mobile stations such as cellular telephones and personal digital assistants with wireless telephony capability. In particular, the present invention displays the types of messages that a contact listed on a contact list of the mobile station can receive. In addition, the present invention provides methods and apparatus for updating this information. In one method for updating contact information, the mobile station contacts a database which stores information concerning what types of electronic messages that users of the wireless telecommunications network can receive; requests up-to-date information concerning at least one contact listed on the contact list; receives the up-to-date information, and then updates the information stored in the memory of the mobile station. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113600 | PREDICTIVE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A proactive networking system and method is disclosed. The network anticipates the user demands in advance and utilizes this predictive ability to reduce the peak to average ratio of the wireless traffic and yield significant savings in the required resources to guarantee certain Quality of Service (QoS) metrics. The system and method focuses on the existing cellular architecture and involves the design and analysis of learning algorithms, predictive resource allocation strategies, and incentive techniques to maximize the efficiency of proactive cellular networks. The system and method further involve proactive peer-to-peer (P2P) overlaying, which leverages the spatial and social structure of the network. Machine learning techniques are applied to find the optimal tradeoff between predictions that result in content being retrieved that the user ultimately never requests, and requests that are not anticipated in a timely manner. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113601 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING MEDIA CONTENT, SERVICE SERVER AND MOBILE TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a method for accessing media content, a service server and a mobile terminal, where the method for accessing the media content includes: receiving an access request which is for accessing the media content and is sent by the mobile terminal; according to the access request, generating an address list for accessing the media content, where the address list contains a first access address of a first network access manner and a second access address of a second network access manner; sending the address list to the mobile terminal. By using the present invention, when the mobile terminal is switched to a new network access manner, the mobile terminal continues to access the media content according to an access address which corresponds to the new network access manner and is in the address list. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113602 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENDING VIDEO CONTENT TO A MOBILE DEVICE - An apparatus and method for sending video content to a mobile device is described. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprising embedding a widget in a website, the widget generating a form. The form is provided when a user visits the website so as to execute the widget. The form includes a first field to enter a recipient phone number, a send selector, and one or more non-visible fields, the non-visible fields containing a content service provider identifier, and a video URL. A data packet is generated with the widget when the user selects the send selector, the data packet including the recipient phone number, the video URL, and the content service provider identifier. An encoded version of the data packet is sent to the content service provider and a video link message is sent to the recipient phone number. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113603 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SYMPATHY INFORMATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus are provided for outputting sympathy information in an electronic device. The method includes detecting a sympathy event associated with an opposite party terminal; retrieving sympathy information associated with the opposite party terminal; and outputting the sympathy information. The sympathy information includes at least one of an image, text, and content that is sharable by a user of the electronic device with a user of the opposite party terminal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CALLER INFORMATION UPON RECEPTION OF AN INCOMING CALL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING ENTERPRISE MOBILITY COMMUNICATION - A method for providing caller information about a caller to a terminal, upon reception of an incoming call from the caller in a communication system supporting enterprise mobility communication is provided. The method includes receiving a phone number of the caller from the terminal that has registered with an enterprise mobility system, accessing at least one server providing a service for enterprise mobility communication and acquiring a service history between the terminal and the caller, and providing the service history on a screen of the terminal, indicating an active call state. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113605 | TELEPHONE CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A telephone conference system and method are disclosed. The system includes: a terminal state scanning module ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140113606 | Systems and Methods for Managing Phone Numbers Associated With Multi-Mode Communication Devices - A contact server receives a request to initiate an out-bound call to a recipient device. The request identifies the caller device by a cellular network phone number. The contact server establishes a communication link with the caller device and determines its associated data network phone number. The contact server establishes a communication link with the recipient device, indicating that the data network phone number of the caller device is the source of call, and bridges the two links. The contact server may receive a request for an in-bound call to a recipient device. The request identifies the recipient device by a data network phone number. The contact server establishes a communication link with the caller device and determines a cellular network phone number associated with the recipient device. The contact server establishes a communication link with the recipient device using its cellular network phone number and bridges the two links. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113607 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A first communication device determines whether or not reception information indicating reception of predetermined information should be transmitted to a second communication device. The first communication unit transmits the reception information, which has been determined to be information that should be transmitted to the second communication device, to the second communication device. The second communication device produces output based on the reception information that has been transmitted from the first communication device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113608 | Periodic Assistance Data Flow Control - An apparatus and method are provided for handling a periodic assistance session flow. Each periodic assistance data provision includes a session identification so that interlinked messages within the periodic assistance data delivery can be linked in the receiving end. Any modifications to the session are handled via the periodic session identification so that the changes to the assistance data delivery can be pointed to the right session. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113609 | NOTIFYING A USER EQUIPMENT UE, OVER A MOBILE NETWORK, OF AN UE APPLICATION TRIGGER REQUEST FROM A NETWORK APPLICATION SERVER - In an embodiment, there is provided a method for notifying a User Equipment UE (or a group of UE), over a mobile network, of an UE Application trigger request from a Network Application Server, said method comprising:
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20140113610 | Wireless Device Configured to Operate Under a Plurality of Different Brands and a Plurality of Different Networks and Configured to be Customized to One Brand and One Network - A process of configuring an electronic device and an electronic device configured to operate under a plurality of different brands and with a plurality different networks. The brand and network to be utilized are designated at the point-of-sale, during activation, by the seller, and/or by the user. The electronic device including a processor configured to execute instructions and a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor. The electronic device further including a memory configured to store the instructions to operate the electronic device. The processor further configured to execute a component to designate a brand and network to be utilized at the point-of-sale, during activation, by the seller, and/or by the user. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113611 | TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE - A traffic control method and device are provided. The method may include: monitoring a user behavior status of an application, where the user behavior status includes an active state or an inactive state; according to predefined correspondence between a user behavior status and a traffic control threshold, determining a traffic control threshold corresponding to the monitored user behavior status; and controlling traffic of the application by using the determined traffic control threshold. Therefore, the traffic of the application can be dynamically monitored and the intelligence of traffic control can be improved. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a receiver configured to receive information from a mobile device, the information comprising at least an indication of a location of the mobile device, at least one processing core configured to determine availability information concerning a 5 cell based at least in part on the information received from the mobile device, the availability information defining the cell to be available or not available, a transmitter configured to transmit to the mobile device advice concerning the cell determined to be available or not available, the transmitter being further configured to transmit to the cell determined to be available or not available an instruction, wherein the instruction is 10 configured to cause the determined cell to become active or inactive. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113613 | Location-Based Application Program Management - Methods, program products, and systems for location-based application program management are described. A mobile device can receive a first application program to be executed in an application subsystem. The first application program can be configured to be invoked or notified when the mobile device is located at a defined location. The mobile device can register the first application program to a second application program that executes in a baseband subsystem. The mobile device can set the application subsystem to a power-saving operating mode. The second application program can monitor a current location of the mobile device. When the mobile device is currently located at the defined location, the second application program can set the application subsystem to an active operating mode, and invoke the first application program. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113614 | Method and Terminal for Adapting Frequency Band of Terminal - The present invention discloses a method and a terminal for adapting a frequency band of the terminal. The method includes: acquiring location information of a terminal; according to configuration information of the terminal, determining a forbidden frequency band of the terminal at a location indicated by the location information; and forbidding the terminal to register for the forbidden frequency band. The method and the terminal provided in embodiments of the present invention can implement adaptation of a frequency band of the terminal at the terminal side, and achieve a purpose of restricting the terminal from using a forbidden frequency band of the terminal within a preset area (where the preset area may be a country), thereby reducing alteration costs of a network side. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113615 | Remote Controlled Headset with Built-In Cellular/Mobile Telephone Module - A headset for wireless telecommunication comprising a speaker, a microphone, a short-range transceiver for establishing a short-range wireless link to a peripheral electronic device comprising a corresponding short-range transceiver and a user interface. The headset also comprises a long-range transceiver for establishing a long-range wireless link to a Base Transceiver Station, whereby the headset is able to make telephone calls. The headset is adapted to receive instructions from the peripheral electronic device via the short-range transceiver to initiate cellular telephone calls. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113616 | NETWORK INITIATED TERMINAL BACKGROUND ACTIVITY CONTROL - A wireless terminal configured to communicate with a network entity other than the wireless terminal in a wireless telecommunications network for the network entity to control background activities of the wireless terminal includes a receiver configured to receive a background activity policy signal including data corresponding to instructions to the wireless terminal to curtail background activities, and a background activity policy controller configured to curtail background activities of the wireless terminal based on the background activity policy signal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113617 | USER TERMINAL, OPERATOR SERVER, REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD AND USER TERMINAL PROGRAM - Mutual remote support between users is easily facilitated without troublesome complicated user registration. For user terminals between which remote support is performed and each of which sets a call to be an originator of remote support, a user can use an appropriate supporter user terminal to enable the supporter user terminal to access a supportee user terminal to thereby facilitate setting manipulation and check device (or terminal) status with regard to not only the supportee user terminal but also a supportee device that is communicably connected to the supportee user terminal, by merely selecting the supportee device (or terminal) from an address book stored in the corresponding user terminal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113618 | Reporting of Multiple IF/RAT Layer Restrictions - In one aspect, the invention provides a multi-modal user equipment (UE) configuration method. In some embodiments, the method includes: configuring the UE so that it supports a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), wherein each of the plurality of RATs is associated with a predetermined maximum number of layers that the UE may be instructed by a network node to monitor simultaneously; configuring the UE so that it is operable to transmit to the network node RAT capability information identifying the plurality of RATs supported by the UE; and configuring the UE to monitor simultaneously not more than X layers associated with one of the plurality of RATs, wherein X is less than the predetermined maximum number of layers associated with the RAT. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND MODIFYING DRIVING BEHAVIORS - Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. In addition, one aspect of the invention generally relates to a method and system for modifying a user's driving behaviors, in particular to a system and method for modifying a user's unsafe driving behaviors, e.g., using one or more services of a controllable mobile device while driving, by providing a score to the user rating indicating that they are using a mobile device in a distracting way, or driving in a manner that indicates that they are distracted. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113620 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY WIRELESS CARRIER PERFORMANCE EFFECTS - Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless carrier performance effects are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving an indication of media content presentation on a wireless communication device, monitoring a wireless carrier operating parameter in response to receiving the indication of media content presentation, and monitoring the wireless communication device for a media content presentation command. The example method also includes associating the media content presentation command and the wireless carrier operating parameter with a scoring factor indicative of subscriber preferences, and generating a report including the scoring factor. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113621 | Methods and Nodes in a Communication Infrastructure - Receiver and method for accessing an access point of a wireless local area network. The receiver is configured both for communication with a cellular radio network node comprised in a cellular network, and for accessing the wireless local area network via the access point. The method comprises acquiring a cell ID from a memory of the receiver, which cell ID has been received from said node, matching the acquired cell ID with a cell ID stored in a table, together with at least one reference to an access point associated therewith, detecting the access point, which is associated with the acquired cell ID in the table by searching for the access point, and accessing the wireless local area network via the detected access point. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113622 | Method and System for Facilitating Wireless Communication Via Alternate Communication Pathway - A mobile device system and related method are disclosed by which the device is able to communicate wirelessly not only via a Wide Area Network (WAN) communication link but also via an alternate communication link such as a Wi-Fi communication link. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting an availability of an additional (alternate) communication link made possible via an access point (AP), determining whether one or more first criteria relating to one or both of the AP and the device have been met and, provided that the one or more first criteria are met, automatically launching a browser to communicate with one or both of the AP and a remote server. The method further includes determining based upon one or more interactions whether one or more second criteria have been met and, provided that the one or more second criteria are met, conducting communications via the additional communication link. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113623 | INTER-CONTROLLER ROAM MANAGEMENT AND PREDICTION FOR VOICE COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile device roaming architecture for use with a mobile device, such as a cellular phone, roaming a WiFi network. In instances where the mobile device attempts to roam to a different wireless access point managed by a controller using a different authentication key, the roam process can be excessively long such that the voice signal is disrupted or fails entirely. A detection component detects the roaming attempt, and a connection component switches the call back to the original access point controller before the call has a chance to drop. In this way, a connection is maintained to the network. A mitigation component performs an operation to maintain a connection to the call as the mobile device moves out of range of the original access point. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113624 | PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICE IDENTITIES - A mechanism to handle Public Service Identities identifying services in a network when a given Public Service Identity (PSI) belongs to a range of Public Service Identities defined as a ‘Wildcard PSI’ range. An enhanced Home Subscriber Server, serving entity, and routing entity, all co-operating to carry out the invention by handling an identifier of the ‘Wildcard PSI’ range, which includes the given Public Service Identity, the ‘Wildcard PSI’ range being associated with a common service profile to be applied for services identified by those Public Service Identities belonging to the ‘Wildcard PSI’ range. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113625 | METHOD AND TEST EQUIPMENT FOR AUTOMATICALLY INITIALIZING A MOBILE STATION DURING A TEST - A method automatically initializes a mobile station during a test between a mobile station and a test equipment emulating a single cell of a cellular mobile communication system, wherein the mobile station is initially registered to the cell having a first location area code. First, radio transmission into the cell is terminated by the test equipment. Then, radio transmission is restarted into the cell, but now having a second location area code, wherein the second location area code is different to the first location area code, forcing the mobile station to perform a registration procedure to the cell. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113626 | METHOD FOR OPERATING IN IDLE MODE AND M2M APPARATUS - A method for operating in an idle mode and a machine-to-machine (M2M) apparatus are provided. The M2M apparatus receives a deregistration-response (DREG-RSP) message from a base station, and the M2M apparatus in the idle mode monitors a paging advertisement (PAG-ADV) message from the base station. Comprised is a fixed M2M deregistration identifier (FMDID), and the FMDID is a 16-bit identifier for identifying the M2M apparatus in a region of the base station. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113627 | RADIO ACCESS SYSTEM AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - As a result of ISR being enabled between a portable terminal device and a network which are capable of communicating by using the communication protocols of a plurality of wireless access technologies, the portable terminal device performs position registration processing between the plurality of wireless access technologies and the portable terminal device each time a fixed period of time elapses, and the portable terminal device is able to move between the plurality of wireless access technologies that have already been registered, without conducting new position registration processing. At this time, if there is a possibility of there being a difference in ISR states (activated or not activated) between the portable terminal device and the network, the portable terminal device ignores any instructions issued by the network for ISR to be enabled in the portable terminal device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113628 | NETWORK DIRECTED SYSTEM SELECTION USING WIRELESS DEVICE INPUT - Methods, systems, and devices are described for network directed system selection. A wireless device may identify a trigger associated with system selection by a network device for the wireless device. The wireless device may identify system selection data for use by the network device in performing a network directed system selection decision for the wireless device. The system selection data may include an indication of one or more networks through which the wireless device has verified that data access is available to the wireless device. The system selection data may be transmitted from the wireless device to a first network for use by the network device. The system selection data may be transmitted in response to the identified trigger. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113629 | METHOD FOR SINGLE CARD DUAL STANDBY USER EQUIPMENT TO CAMP ON NETWORK AND USER EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for a single card dual standby user equipment to camp on a network and a user equipment, so as to reduce power consumption of a user equipment. The method in the embodiment of the present invention includes: when a circuit switched domain CS domain of a UE camps on a second-generation mobile communications technology 2G/third-generation mobile communications technology 3G network and a packet switched domain PS domain camps on a long term evolution LTE network, executing, by the UE, a routing area update process of the PS domain of the 2G/3G network if the UE meets a preset first condition, so as to make the PS domain of the UE camp on the 2G/3G network; and after the PS domain of the UE camps on the 2G/3G network, turning off an LTE radio frequency unit. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113630 | Wireless Device Based Inter Radio Access Technology Handover Initiation - User Equipment (UE) based forced inter radio access technology (iRAT) handover. A connection to a network may be established via a first cell operating according to a first radio access technology (RAT). It may be determined to initiate a handover of the UE from the first cell to a second cell operating according to a second RAT. An indication may be transmitted to the network to initiate a handover of the UE from the first cell to the second cell. An indication may be received from the network to perform handover of the UE from the first cell to the second cell in response to the indication to initiate the handover. Handover of the UE from the first cell to the second cell may be performed in response to the indication to perform the handover. Handover may include releasing the connection to the network via the first cell and establishing a connection to the network via the second cell. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113631 | SWITCHING OF USERS BETWEEN CO-EXISTENCE WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Techniques for switching user equipments (UEs) between wireless systems are disclosed. A UE may be located within the coverage of a plurality of wireless systems and may communicate with a first wireless system among the plurality of wireless systems. The plurality of wireless systems may include a WLAN system and a cellular system and/or may be part of a small cell. Metrics of the UE for the plurality of wireless systems may be determined. The metrics may be related to one or more of efficiency, service charge, service subscription, application type, or buffer size. Whether to switch the UE from the first wireless system to another wireless system may be determined based on the metrics. In one design, switching priorities of the UE for the plurality of wireless systems may be determined based on the metrics and may be used to determine whether to switch the UE. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113632 | HANDOVER CONTROL SYSTEM AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD FOR FEMTOCELLS - A handover control method includes the follow steps. First, determining a geographical location of each femtocell and determining a maximum bandwidth provided by each femtocell, and determining which femtocells are in a same region according to the geographical information of each femtocell. Secondly, selecting one or more femtocells from one region as server femtocells of the region by comparing the maximum bandwidth of the femtocells in the same region, and transmitting identification information of each server femtocell to non-server femtocells near the server femtocell. Thirdly. transmitting registration information of all other femtocells of all regions to each server femtocell. Fourthly, when receiving a handover report from user equipment to switch from an original femtocell to a target femtocell, obtaining the registration information of the target femtocell from one server femtocell. Finally, transmitting a control signal including the obtained registration information to the user equipment. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113633 | METHOD ENABLING A TERMINAL TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE A SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a method for enabling a terminal to reselect a cell in a wireless communication system. In more detail, the method includes receiving probability information relating to cell reselection from a network, and performing first cell reselection by using the received probability information when a specific service is received or is to be received. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113634 | Optimizing Parameter Setting for Handover of Mobile Terminals on a Transportation Platform - A system and method for optimizing handover parameters for a plurality of mobile terminals on a common transportation platform in a cellular network includes at least a first terminal and a second terminal and a controller. The controller is configured to determine that each of the first and second terminal are on the common transportation platform, monitor a status of a handover attempt of the first terminal, and if the handover attempt is successful, adopt handover parameter settings of the first terminal for the second terminal, and if the handover attempt is not successful, change handover parameter settings for the second terminal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113635 | CONTENT-BASED HANDOVER METHOD AND SYSTEM - A handover of a wireless communication device is performed between a first wireless band and a second wireless band when a detected feature occurs within a content stream being communicated with the wireless communication device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113636 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK - The method and apparatus for CSFB are provided. The method includes transmitting a MO CS request to a LTE network or receiving a MT CS call notification from a LTE network; triggering or accepting a CSFB procedure by the UE; receiving redirection information from the LTE network; judging whether system information corresponding to candidate cells is provided in the redirection information; acquiring system information corresponding to candidate cells, wherein the system information includes location area identifications (LAI) corresponding to candidate cells in the redirection information to determine whether the candidate cells belong to a registered LA; setting the candidate cell belonging to the registered LA to a higher priority; selecting the candidate cell with the higher priority as a target cell; and connecting to the target cell first. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113637 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Performing Handover Between Home Base Stations - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for performing a handover between home base stations. The method includes receiving a handover request for a handover to a target home base station, where the handover request is sent by a source home base station, determining whether the source home base station and the target home base station are in a same local network, if yes, sending the connection establishment related information of the target home base station to the L-GW to which the target home base station connects, and establishing a user-plane tunnel between the target home base station and the connected L-GW. Through the present invention, continuity of an LIPA IP data session can be implemented when a terminal is handed over between different home base stations in the same local network. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113638 | Management Method, Apparatus, and System for Coverage Optimization - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a management method, apparatus, and system for coverage optimization. The method includes obtaining measurement reports of a coverage optimization target region, and determining an actual value of a coverage optimization target within the coverage optimization target region according to the measurement reports. Coverage optimization processing is performed on the coverage optimization target region when the actual value of the coverage optimization target is smaller than a preset expected value of the coverage optimization target. According to the embodiments of the present invention, automatic determination is implemented to determine whether the coverage optimization processing needs to be performed on the coverage optimization target region, thereby improving management efficiency of coverage optimization. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113639 | BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - For downlink communication with a communication terminal using a downlink radio resource allocated to this communication terminal by a radio resource allocating unit, if this communication terminal does not transmit a first known signal using an associated uplink radio resource associated with this downlink radio resource but it transmits the first known signal using a nonassociated uplink radio resource which is not associated with this downlink radio resource and which includes the frequency band of this downlink radio resource in a frequency direction, a communication unit controls the transmission directivity of a plurality of antennas based on a second known signal if the aforementioned communication terminal transmits the second known signal in the frequency band of the aforementioned downlink radio resource in an interval between a time period of this downlink radio resource and a time period of the aforementioned nonassociated uplink radio resource. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113640 | Method and Apparatus for use in a Communications Network - A method is provided for use in a communications network in which a plurality of accesses are available to a user entity for accessing a network resource, comprising: determining a set of active rules, each rule specifying respective preferences, at least relatively, for at least some of the plurality of accesses, with potential for conflict between the rules of the set concerning which access is most preferred; deriving from the set of active rules a new rule specifying respective preferences, at least relatively, for at least some of the plurality of accesses; and selecting an access for use by the user entity based on the new rule. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113641 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF A WIRELESS TERMINAL - A wireless terminal is provided, including a main control unit, a radio frequency power amplifier, and an antenna, where: the main control unit is coupled to the radio frequency power amplifier, and an output end of the radio frequency power amplifier is coupled to the antenna; the main control unit is configured to initiate a procedure for establishing a physical channel, and send a first gain control instruction to the radio frequency power amplifier, where when there is no uplink data to be transmitted through the physical channel link within a first preset time, the first gain control instruction is an instruction for reducing a gain; the radio frequency power amplifier determines its gain level according to the first gain control instruction; and the antenna is configured to transmit a radio frequency signal amplified by the radio frequency power amplifier. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113642 | BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND CELL ASSIGNMENT METHOD - A counting unit of a base station counts the number of terminals located in an area covered by the base station for each of communication carriers corresponding to the terminals. An assigning unit assigns each of cells in a first group to any of the communication carriers, where each of the cells is a frequency band of the base station | 2014-04-24 |
20140113643 | System and Method for Radio Access Virtualization - A method embodiment includes defining, by a network controller, one or more operation modes for a radio node in a network. The one or more operation modes includes a hyper transceiver mode, where the hyper transceiver mode configures a virtual transmission point to cooperatively communicate with a virtual reception point in accordance with neighborhood relations of a target radio node. The method further includes selecting one of the one or more operation modes for the radio node and signaling a selected operation mode to the radio node. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113644 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION WITHIN A CELL OF A WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORK, BASE STATION AND WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORK - A wireless cellular network includes a plurality of cells, each cell including a base station for serving one or more mobile users. For controlling an operation within a cell of the wireless cellular network, a fuzzy logic is used. The input variables for the fuzzy logic include input variables determined on the basis of information only locally available in the cell. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113645 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO BASE STATION - To appropriately decrease the amount of interference with respect to an adjacent band appropriately using “A-MPR” and “NS”. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a process A in which a mobile station UE notifies a radio base station eNB of “NS (network signaling value)” to which the mobile station UE corresponds, and a process B in which the radio base station eNB controls connection of the mobile station UE based on the notified “NS”. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113646 | OPTIMIZATION OF THE PRESENCE INFORMATION REFRESH FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE - In various embodiments, a mobile device and/or the presence-aware applications running on the device may be configured to support multiple user profiles. For instance, multiple users with access to the same mobile device may each create a user profile and login credentials on that device, and each user may take turns using the mobile device. The mobile device may also allow multiple users to access the mobile device simultaneously. In such embodiments, the mobile device processor executing the presence module and/or presence engine may be configured to associate a particular user profile with a request for updated presence information and determine whether to update the presence information based at least in part on the that user profile. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113647 | Radio Link Reestablishment Method and Controller - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a radio link reestablishment method and a controller. The method includes: if after sending downlink signaling or downlink data for designated times, a controller receives no corresponding acknowledgment returned by a user equipment in a cell dedicated channel state, or the controller receives a radio link failure indication message sent by a base station corresponding to the user equipment, the controller instructs the user equipment to re-search for a cell to trigger a cell update procedure, thereby improving reliability of a communications service, and ensuring normal running of the communications service. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TIME AND LOCATION DEPENDENT BANDWIDTH IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems and methods are described for allocating bandwidth in a wireless network. Entry of subscriber equipment into a wireless network is detected at a base station which typically provides information used to determine geographic location of the subscriber equipment. Based on the determined location, a level of service is selected from a plurality of service levels available to a subscriber and provided. Location can be determined based on information provided by the subscriber equipment, provided by a global positioning system and/or provided by a user of the subscriber equipment. Location of the subscriber equipment can be identified with an activity of a user of the subscriber equipment, including business and non-commercial activity. Selection of the level of service may be further based upon time of day, day of week or upon a date and time of provision of the level of service. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113649 | CHANNEL AVAILABILITY FOR WHITE-SPACE DEVICES, ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus configured to determine one or more channels available for use by respective one or more white-space devices in a particular determined geographical location. The apparatus is configured to: receive geographic location signalling associated with the particular determined geographical location of one or more white-space devices; receive uncertainty indication signalling for the uncertainty associated with the particular determined geographic location of the one or more white-space devices; and determine the one or more channels available for use by the respective one or more white-space devices in the particular determined geographical location by using the geographic location signalling and uncertainty indication signalling. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113650 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF INFORMATION DATA FROM A SERVER TO A MOBILE DEVICE - In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of distributed wireless communication terminals. Each wireless communication terminal is configured to advertise an identification signal that uniquely identifies the terminals. At least one mobile wireless communication device is configured to detect the communication terminals within a proximal distance thereof. The mobile wireless communication device is configured to communicate wirelessly with a stationary information processing device. The stationary information processing device is configured to send the communication device information data according to desired criteria. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113651 | SAFETY REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION SERVICE WITH ENHANCED PRIVACY - A personal tracking and notification system includes a personal communication device for a first user being tracked for inputting and transmitting personal safety tracking information and check-in information to a network server. The server provides a check-in notification to a personal communication device of a second user indicating whether or not the check-in information was received from the first user, whether or not check-in information was received from the first user before expiration of a check-in time period, such as at a scheduled time. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113652 | Sensing Distance Between Wireless Devices Using Multiple Scales of Controlled Bandwidth - In one embodiment, at each of a plurality of first instances of time, a phase of a first signal at a first frequency from a transmitter is determined. At each of a plurality of second instances of time, a phase of a second signal at a second frequency from the transmitter is determined. A position or velocity of the transmitter is determined based at least in part on the phases of the first and second signals at the first and second instances of time. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113653 | OPTIMIZED AND SELECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF POLICY DEPLOYMENT TO MOBILE CLIENTS IN A CONGESTED NETWORK TO PREVENT FURTHER AGGRAVATION OF NETWORK CONGESTION - Systems and methods described herein employ techniques for optimized and selective management of policy deployment/delivery to mobile clients in a congested network to, for example, prevent further aggravation of network congestion. In order to address mobile network congestion it is necessary to be able to enforce network management policies on the devices which are specifically in the congested areas. This presents a challenge as the process of knowing and keeping track of where a device is geographically located within the network actually consumes network resources. There is a tradeoff between the accuracy with which you know a given devices location and the amount of resources required to gain this knowledge. Thus, it is crucial to have a way to determine the location of a device in the network with sufficient accuracy such that congestion management policies can be applied effectively while not unduly taxing the network with additional traffic. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113654 | METHOD OF DRIVING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method of driving a mobile communication terminal in a cellular network, includes monitoring with a control unit of the mobile communications terminal, reception power levels between the mobile communication terminal and cellular network base stations at a predefined monitoring rate for each base station. Timing information values for a number of base stations are intermittently monitored by the control unit. Drift of the timing information values for at least two of the base stations is monitored and significant motion of the mobile communication terminal is deemed detected if at least one of the timing information values indicates a drift equal to or exceeding a given timing drift threshold. The predefined reception power level monitoring rate is reduced to a reduced reception power level monitoring rate for at least a number of the base stations as long as the motion of the mobile communication terminal is not significant. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113655 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BASE STATION IDENTITY - Methods for improving the time to acquire an identity of a base station by a mobile station, by relying on locally-unique attributes of the base stations instead of globally-unique attributes of the base stations, are presented. In some embodiments, data may be requested, the data may contain a globally unique attribute of a base station, a first locally unique attribute of the base station, and a second locally unique attribute of the base station. In some embodiments, data may be received in response to the request, the data may contain at least the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute. It may then be determined that the data did not contain the globally unique attribute, and an identity of the base station based at least in part on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute may be acquired. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113656 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR REQUESTING INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A communication device is provided comprising a message generator configured to generate a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected a need for a data communication with a mobile communication network and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network and a transmitter configured to transmit the message. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113657 | METHOD AND WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING POSITIONING SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention pertains to the field of mobile device positioning technologies, and discloses a method and a wireless access device for implementing a positioning service for a mobile device. The method includes: acquiring, through a wireless communication connection, a positioning request sent by a mobile device; acquiring location information of the wireless access device; acquiring positioning service information of the mobile device according to its own location information and the positioning request; and returning the positioning service information to the mobile device through the wireless communication connection, so that the mobile device receives and presents the positioning service information. The technical solutions can implement a positioning service for the mobile device without modifying software of the mobile device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113658 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Location Update - A method, an apparatus, and a system for a location update are provided. When detecting that a location update needs to be performed in a first mobile communication network, a request message including instruction information is sent to a mobile management device in the first mobile communication network, so that the mobile management device in the first mobile communication network sends a request message to a mobile management device in a second mobile communication network when executing the location update, so as to trigger the mobile management device in the second mobile communication network to reset a periodic update timer, which implements that a location update of a single-card dual-standby user equipment is synchronously performed in the first mobile communication network and in the second mobile communication network. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113659 | Communication Terminal, System and Method for Providing Location Based Service - A communication terminal for providing a location-based service, comprises: a data processor configured to receive a location-based service request, send a positioning request to a locator and obtain current coordinate data, send a corresponding map request to a map acquisition device according to the coordinate data and obtain corresponding map data, generate location data according to the coordinate data and the corresponding map data, and send the location data to a host; the locator configured to obtain the positioning request from the data processor, obtain the coordinate data of the communication terminal, and send the coordinate data to the data processor; and the map acquisition device configured to obtain the map request from the data processor, obtain the corresponding map data, and send the map data to the data processor. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113660 | REAL-TIME PATH SUGGESTION FOR A LOCATION-ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE - The disclosure is directed to navigating based on directionality. An embodiment determines a position and a direction of a mobile device, determines one or more paths from the mobile device to one or more destinations associated with a current location of the mobile device, and displays one or more direction indicators corresponding to the one or more paths to the one or more destinations. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113661 | APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INDOOR MOVING OBJECT BASED ON INDOOR MAP AND POSITIONING INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for managing an indoor moving object based on an indoor map and positioning infrastructure and a method thereof, the apparatus including a database configured to store an indoor map and positioning information, and a controller configured to divide an indoor space into indoor partition spaces in semantic units by use of the indoor map and the positioning information, and to store and manage an index that defines a relationship between the indoor partition space in the semantic unit and a moving object. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113662 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A method of controlling a mobile terminal apparatus includes selecting, using a processor, a sensor from a plurality of sensors installed on the mobile terminal apparatus based on both of power consumption for determining whether the mobile terminal apparatus has moved based on an output of at least any one of the sensors and power consumption for identifying a position of the mobile terminal apparatus, determining whether the mobile terminal apparatus has moved based on an output of the sensor selected in the selecting, and identifying a position of the mobile terminal apparatus when it is determined that the mobile terminal apparatus has moved in the determining. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113663 | COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A communications device receives a broadcast wireless communication transmission from a sender to initiate communication with the device. The received transmission includes the sender's identification, location information and other information about the transmission. The device maps relative locations of the sender and the device on a display of the device. The device also looks up a profile about the sender at a remote resource and updates the information about the sender. The device responds to the received transmissions by a broadcasting wireless communication transmission under certain situations. The remote resource may inform the sender of the profile lookup by the sender and provides the sender with the device's identification and location information. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113664 | METHOD OF SETTING INITIAL LOCATION OF USER TERMINAL VIA INTERACTION WITH USER AND USER TERMINAL - A method of setting an initial location of a user terminal via an interaction with a user and a user terminal is provided. The method includes measuring a magnetic field at a current location of the user terminal, and estimating a candidate initial location of the user terminal based on the magnetic field. The method further includes displaying the candidate initial location, and selecting the candidate initial location. The method further includes setting the initial location based on the selection. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113665 | NAVIGATING USING AN INDOOR MAP REPRESENTATION - A method and system for providing an indoor map representation are provided herein. Aspects of this disclosure provide a representation of an indoor map environment whereby navigable areas are represented by a series of convex polygons in adjacency relationships with one another. Image analysis may be performed on a floor plan image to identify navigable areas and to determine the boundaries of the polygons, such as by assigning one or more colors to navigable space and one or more colors to non-navigable space. Route-finding operations may be performed using the adjacency relationships to find a path from a source area to a destination area. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113666 | TRACKING USER TERMINALS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method of tracking user terminals in a mobile communication network includes, at a tracking node, determining that a user terminal is located in a first tracking area, storing data associated with the first tracking area, the data comprising a number of observations of all user terminals at the first tracking area at a first time, receiving a page response from the user terminal located in one of the first tracking area and a second tracking area, and in an event that the user terminal remains located at the first tracking area, updating the data to include a number of page responses received at the first tracking area after a first time interval, and in an event that the user terminal is located at the second tracking area, updating the data to include a number of page responses received at the second tracking area after the first time interval. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113667 | NODE FOR SHORT MESSAGE CONTEXT | 2014-04-24 |
20140113668 | Short Message Processing Method and Relevant System - A short message processing method and a relevant system. In one embodiment, a short message service (SMS)-submit message sent by a calling terminal to a mobile switching center (MSC) or service general packet radio service (GPRS) carries an indication that a called terminal does not have an MSISDN, and the SMS-submit message carries a session initiation protocol (SIP) uniform resource identifier (URI) of the called terminal, so that the calling terminal is capable of sending the indication and the SIP URI of the called terminal to an SMS-service center (SMS-SC) via the MSC or SGSN and an SMS-interworking MSC (SMS-IWMSC), and the SMS-SC implements short message communications with the called terminal via an SMS-GMSC and an Internet protocol (IP) short message-gateway (IP-SM-GW). | 2014-04-24 |
20140113669 | Method of Handling Beamforming Feedback in a Wireless Communication System and Related Communication Device - A method of handling a beamforming feedback for a base station of the wireless communication system comprises receiving a message comprising information of an interference caused by a communication between the base station and a communication device of the wireless communication system; determining an accuracy level of channel information according to the information of the interference; controlling the communication device to transmit the channel information with the accuracy level to the base station; and performing a beamforming according to the channel information to communicate with the communication device, after receiving the channel information transmitted by the communication device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113670 | TV White Space Database Assisted Locationing For TV Band Devices - A method and system for obtaining an available white space channel for wireless communication using a white space device (WSD) are described. The WSD scans signals of TV transmitters, determines the received signal strength (RSSI) for those signals, and records TV data, including TV designations and corresponding RSSIs, for signals that exceed a predetermined threshold. The WSD sends TV data for at least three TV transmitters to an enhanced TV white space database (EnTVDB). The EnTVDB uses the TV data and information in its database to determine the geo-coordinates of the WSD. The EnTVDB uses the geo-coordinates of the WSD to identify available white space. The EnTVDB sends at least one channel of available white space to the white space device for its wireless communication. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113671 | Multi-Antenna Distribution of Wireless Broadband in a Building - The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for distributing a broadband wireless signal in a building. The disclosed methods and systems feature a wireless broadband transmitter associated with multiple base antennas, where the base antennas are inserted into one or more ducts of the ventilation system of the building. Communication between the transmitter and receivers within the building may be optimized by selecting, modifying or controlling a configuration parameter of at least one of the multiple base antennas to enhance distribution of the wireless broadband signal within the ducts of the ventilation system and between the transmitter and device receivers. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113672 | REQUESTING AND PROVIDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO SPECIFIC PTT TALK SPURTS - The disclosure is directed to requesting and providing acknowledgements to a talk spurt in a group communication. An embodiment transmits the talk spurt to one or more recipients participating in the group communication, receives a selection of one or more target recipients among the one or more participating recipients, and transmits a request to each of the one or more target recipients to acknowledge the talk spurt. An embodiment receives, at a mobile device, a talk spurt during the group communication, receives, at the mobile device, a request to acknowledge the talk spurt, and transmits, by the mobile device, an acknowledgement (ACK) or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) in response to the request without obtaining the floor of the group communication. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113673 | METHOD AND DEVICE WITH A PUSH TO TALK FEATURE - A wireless communication method with a push to talk feature ( | 2014-04-24 |
20140113674 | GROUP ASSOCIATION BASED ON NETWORK DETERMINED LOCATION - Systems, methods, and devices enable group associations based on network determined location information. The various embodiments enable the ad-hoc creation of mobile device groups based on network determined locations. In an embodiment, a server may determine the location of a mobile device and based on the mobile device being located in a pairing zone may add the mobile device to a group. In an embodiment, the server may add the mobile device to the group following the occurrence of a trigger event, such as the mobile device pausing in a given pairing zone for a period of time. In an embodiment, the server may identify that mobile devices are located within a pairing zone and may add all the mobile devices in the pairing zone to the same group. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113675 | Method and Device for Controlling a Transmit Power in a User Equipment - A device includes a first adjustment unit which is configured to adjust a power of a first carrier signal, and a second adjustment unit configured to adjust a power of a second carrier signal. The first adjustment unit is configured to adjust the first carrier signal power based on a maximum allowable imbalance between the first carrier signal power and the second carrier signal power. A method for controlling a transmit power in a user equipment of a radio communications system includes calculating in the user equipment first carrier signal power and a second carrier signal power. The method further includes adjusting in the user equipment the calculated transmit power for at least one out of the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal based on the maximum allowable power imbalance between the first carrier signal power and the second carrier signal power. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113676 | Arrangements for Controlling Antennas - A method of controlling an antenna system in which performance indicators relating to capacity and coverage are used to generate an instruction to adjust the order of MIMO provided by the antenna system and at least one of the level of beam forming and transmission power. The instruction may not be followed in case a decision-making entity decides that it is not appropriate. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113677 | USER EQUIPMENT AND A METHOD THEREIN FOR TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A UE and a method therein for transmission power control of uplink transmissions are provided. The method comprises receiving, through signalling a configuration indicating at least one reference signal, RS, and a reference transmission power level for each indicated RS. The method further comprises measuring received power of the indicated at least one RS, and for each measured received power, determining a pathloss, PL, based on the measured received power and the reference transmission power level for each measured received power. The method further comprises determining an uplink transmission power based on at least one determined PL. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113678 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER IN MOBILE NETWORKS - A method for controlling power in a mobile network. The method includes, for each server station s, where s=1, . . . , A, belonging to a group of A server stations, where A≧2, each emitting with a power P | 2014-04-24 |
20140113679 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY TUNING UTILIZING A DETERMINED USE CASE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a memory, a transceiver, a plurality of antennas coupled with the transceiver, a matching network coupled with at least one of the plurality of antennas, a detector coupled with the matching network where the detector obtains operational data associated with at least two of the plurality of antennas, and a controller circuit coupled with the detector and the matching network. The controller circuit can analyze the operational data to determine an operational data differential between the at least two of the plurality of antennas. The controller circuit selects a use case for the communication device from among a group of use cases stored in the memory based on the operational data differential. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113680 | SWITCH CONTROL CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A switch control circuit has level shifters connected to a switch circuit to convert voltage levels of control signals, a negative potential generating circuit connected to the level shifter, to generate a negative potential, a negative potential output line supplying the negative potential to the level shifter, and a negative potential output line control circuit configured to control the potential of the negative potential output line. The negative potential output line control circuit has a power-supply setting circuit, an inverter inverting the output signal from the power-supply setting circuit, a first capacitor connected between an output terminal of the inverter and the negative potential output line, and a negative potential initialization circuit. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113681 | PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH CROSS ROUTER - A portable communications device (PCD) for communications over a plurality of communication channels and a cross router for controlling one or more of the communication channels to be active. Typically, the plurality of communications channels includes a cellular channel, a satellite channel and a WiFi channel. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113682 | ULTRA-THIN MOBILE CLIENT - A mobile device includes a communication interface configured to receive, over a wireless communication link, output data from a server device via a wireless network, and send, over the wireless communication link, input data to the server device via the wireless network. The mobile device also includes a display for displaying a first portion of the output data, a speaker for providing sounds corresponding to a second portion of the output data, a human interface component for receiving input data to the mobile device, and a hardware component. The hardware component provides the output data to the display and the speaker, and provides the input data to the server device. The hardware component does not include any processor that runs an operating system or an application for the mobile device. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113683 | Mobile Key Identification - A key recognition method and apparatus for use on a smartphone or similar. The viewfinder display for the phone's image sensor is provided with a registration mark or icon adapted to help align and register the image of a flat key being viewed through the image sensor. An image-recognition process running on the phone is used to capture and convert the key's image to an image file stored on the phone, and the user is prompted to enter identifying information for association with the image file. When an unknown key is found, it can be viewed through the image sensor, displayed on the viewfinder screen, registered in the registration icon, and compared by the image-recognition process to previously-stored key images to try and find a match. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113684 | INDUCTIVE POWERING FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - A power status signal is received in an integrated circuit that indicates an inductive power status of an inductive power module and a power status of an alternative source. A power mode is selected based on the at least one power status signal. A power mode signal is generated based on the selected power mode. A power supply signal is generated and adjusted in response to the power mode signal. | 2014-04-24 |
20140113685 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof, by which a setup of a notification time for a job-incomplete function can be facilitated. The present invention includes a touchscreen and a controller, if a 1 | 2014-04-24 |