21st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150140991 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF A VEHICLE DRIVER BASED ON DRIVING BEHAVIOR - A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140992 | INITIATION OF WIRELESS SERVICE - Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing wireless service for a wireless device. In a representative embodiment, a service initiation system is executed in a computing device that communicates with a service provider system over a network to activate a wireless service associated with a newly purchased wireless device. The service initiation system also generates a network page to send to a client over the network, where the network page has a component that initiates a porting of a contact designation associated with a prior wireless device to the newly purchased wireless device separate from the activation of the wireless service for the newly purchased wireless device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140993 | USING IDENTIFIERS TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION - Confusion resulting from assigning the same node identifier to multiple nodes is resolved through the use of confusion detection techniques and the use of unique identifiers for the nodes. In some aspects an access point and/or an access terminal may perform operations relating to detecting confusion and/or providing a unique identifier to resolve confusion. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140994 | USE OF GEOFENCES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIVATION AND CONTROL OF SERVICES - Disclosed herein is a geofence service that enables various remote control and automatic operations based a user's current geographic position as determined by the user's mobile device's current geographic location. The geofence service enables the user to define one or more geofences based on specific geographic locations. Such geofences may be applied against several geofence applications for remote and automatic control of devices. In one embodiment, the mobile device's volume or power control settings are adjusted based on the user's location inside or outside a geofence. In one embodiment, temperature setting of a building or house is controlled based on user's proximity to a geofence. In one embodiment, electrical appliances within a home are activated and controlled automatically based on user's current geographic location. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140995 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONTROLLER - A communication system includes checking means for performing a check to detect whether a mobile device carried by a user of a vehicle is in the vehicle via wireless communication between an onboard device and the mobile device when a door of the vehicle has changed from being open to being closed; detecting means for detecting an operating state of an onboard electrical load when the check is performed by the checking means; and changing means for changing a maximum value of a number of rechecks, which is the number of times the check is allowed to be repeatedly performed by the checking means, according to the operating state of the onboard electrical load detected by the detecting means, when it has not been detected that the mobile device is in the vehicle by the check performed by the checking means. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140996 | NODES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OF COMMUNICATION - A network node for a telecommunication network is provided. The network node includes a receiving unit adapted to receive a monitoring control message. The monitoring control message includes an identifier relating to a subscriber whose communication is to be monitored. A processing unit is adapted to determine one or more filter parameters for filtering communication relating to the subscriber based on the received monitoring control message. The network node also includes a sending unit adapted to send a filter parameter message indicative of the determined one or more filter parameters to a monitoring node separate from the network node for filtering of the communication relating to the subscriber in accordance with the one or more filter parameters. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140997 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTOCOL-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF ROGUE BASE STATIONS - A rogue base station detection system that establishes a communication session with a suspected base station, and verifies whether the base station is rogue or innocent by testing which advanced communication features are supported by the base station. The detection system holds a definition of one or more communication features that are supported by innocent base stations and not by rogue base stations. During a communication session with a suspected base station, the detection system requests the base station to activate these communication features. If the base station does not support the features in question, it is likely to be rogue. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140998 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING NAS SIGNALING REQUEST IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing a NAS signaling request. A method for performing a non-access stratum (NAS) signaling process by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step of receiving a first message that includes information indicating a network failure from a network node of a first network; a step of starting a timer relating to a network selection; and a step of selecting a second network from among network candidates excluding the first network during the operation of the timer relating to a network selection. | 2015-05-21 |
20150140999 | LINK FAILURE RECOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a link failure recovery method and apparatus. The method includes: first receiving, by a primary base station, failure report information sent by a user equipment, acquiring, according to the failure report information, an identifier of a DRB that needs to be reconfigured, and reconfiguring a parameter for the DRB that needs to be reconfigured; and then sending, by the primary base station, a first reconfiguration message to the user equipment, so that the user equipment reconfigures a failed DRB according to the first reconfiguration message. The present invention is applicable to the field of communications systems. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141000 | DEVICE TO DEVICE INTERFERENCE TRIGGERED HANDOVER - Various communication systems may benefit from properly triggered handovers. For example, certain communication systems may benefit from device-to-device interference triggered handovers. A method may include identifying, at a device, at least one strong device to device communication. The method may also include reporting, or initiating the reporting, the at least one strong device to device communication to a controlling node, wherein the controlling node is configured to control the device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141001 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE USE OF PROXIMITY SERVICES IN A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK - A method for enhancing the use of proximity services in a public land mobile network includes: in a first step, a base transceiver station receives a first proximity services activation information related to a first user equipment of a plurality of user equipments; in a second step, the base transceiver station receives a second proximity services activation information related to a second user equipment of the plurality of user equipments; in a third step, a proximity services broadcast information is sent from the base transceiver station to the plurality of user equipments within the geographic area; and in a fourth step, the first user equipment starts to emit a first proximity services discovery signal and the second user equipment starts to emit a second proximity services discovery signal. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141002 | System and Method for Non-cellular Wireless Access - System and method embodiments are provided for non-cellular wireless access. In an embodiment, a method for non-cell grid based radio access in a radio access network includes determining, by a controller, a group of transmit points (TPs) to assign to a logical entity; assigning, by the controller, a logical entity identifier (ID) to the logical entity, wherein the logical entity ID identifies the logical entity through which a user equipment (UE) communicates with the radio access network; and causing, by the controller, at least one of the TPs in the logical entity to send signals to the UE. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141003 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR TERMINATING AND NEWLY CONSTRUCTING A SEND ROUTING INFORMATION (SRI) MESSAGE IN MOBILE NETWORKS - An originating SMSC in Network A issues an SRI-SM towards the HLR of a recipient (User B in Network B). One of a number of N Platforms or Message Controllers (“MCOs”) intercepts the SRI-SM. Instead of passing on the SRI-SM, the MCO terminates it and performs a full decode of all fields, specifically extracting the recipient MSISDN from it. The MCO then constructs a new SRI-SM for the same MSISDN, but forcing the new request to ask for all available data, including, but not necessarily limited to visited-MSC address, SGSN address and IP-SM-GW address. When a response is received the MCO generates a fresh query response for the originating SMSC instead of merely routing on the response which it receives. If the MCO is programmed to provide a false address for smart services it incorporates the false address in the query response which it generates. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141004 | AVOIDING FORBIDDEN CELL RESELECTIONS IN MULTIMODE NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. According to these techniques, a user equipment (UE) may determine that the UE is in a serving cell, identify at least one forbidden neighbor cell while the UE is in the serving cell, and adjust a measurement interval of the at least one forbidden neighbor cell while the UE is in the serving cell. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141005 | Using Sensor Data to Provide Information For Proximally-Relevant Group Communications - Methods, devices, and systems for a mobile device to perform actions associated with applications when confirmed to be within proximity of a physical location relevant to the applications, including identifying a unique identifier of a proximate wireless network access point, determining whether the unique identifier matches a predefined identifier stored on the mobile device and associated with an application, obtaining sensor data via a sensor in response to determining that the unique identifier matches the predefined identifier, processing the obtained sensor data to identify encoded information, determining whether the encoded information within the obtained sensor data is associated with the unique identifier, and performing an action based on the encoded information in response to determining that the encoded information is associated with the unique identifier. In various embodiments, the unique identifier may be a service set identifier (SSID), and the sensor data may be acoustic signals emitted from a speaker. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141006 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING OUT-OF-SERVICE PERIODS IN MULTI-SUBSCRIPTION SCENARIOS - Access terminals capable of employing multiple subscriptions are adapted to prevent out-of-service periods for one or more subscriptions. According to one example, an access terminal can establish a data communication on a first subscription utilizing a first network, and an idle mode connection on a second subscription utilizing a second network. A determination can be made that the first subscription is indicating data transfer. In response to such a determination, the second subscription can attempt a change from a radio access technology associated with the second network to a different radio access technology. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141007 | Extended access barring for CSG cells - It is provided an apparatus, comprising CSG (closed subscriber group) determining means adapted to determine one of plural CSG types to which the apparatus belongs, based on a CSG entry stored by the apparatus, wherein the plural CSG types are related to a closed subscriber group advertisement received from a cell of a base station; selecting means adapted to select one of plural EAB (extended access barring) parameter sets based on the determined one of the plural CSG types, wherein the plural EAB parameter sets are received from the cell and wherein each of the plural EAB parameter sets is related to one of the plural CSG types; applying means adapted to apply extended access barring to an access of the apparatus to the cell based on the selected EAB parameter set. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141008 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SERVER APPARATUS, CONTROLLING SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile communication terminal performs: registering a length of time starting at a time when an identifier of a base station is detected by a first communication unit, the identifier being transmitted by the base station accommodated in a first communication network, and ending at a time when the first communication unit accesses an access point accommodated in a second communication network in association with the identifier, the access point having an accessible range smaller than that of an accessible range of the base station; and starting, at the second first communication unit, a search for access information transmitted by the access point when a reference time determined based on a length of time associated with the registered identifier has passed a time when the identifier is detected, in a case where the identifier detected by the first communication unit is stored. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141009 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATH CONTROL - An object is to provide a communication system and a method for path control that can realize flexible routing in a mobile communication network. The communication system according to the present invention includes a data transfer apparatus ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150141010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE REGISTRATION IN A MULTI-BEAM SYSTEM - A system and method for selective registration of a user equipment (UE) to one of a plurality of access points (APs). An indication may be received that each of a plurality of APs have received a signal from a UE. The UE may be registered to the first one of the plurality of APs to satisfy registration requirements associated with the UE. Information may be reported to a controller related to the signal strength of communication received at each AP from the UE. If the signal strength received at the registered AP is less than the signal strength received at one or more of the non-registered APs by more than a threshold amount, the registration of the UE to the registered AP may be rejected. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141011 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING MOBILE-TERMINATED CALL DROP - Provided is a method of sending and receiving signals for a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The method may include: receiving a service reject message from a Mobility Management Entity (MME) under congestion; sending a message containing at least one piece of information determined based on the service reject message to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC); receiving a message containing camping cell information from a base station (eNB); and camping on a cell indicated by the camping cell information. In one embodiment, when an MM back-off timer is applied to the UE utilizing CSFB (or SMS over SGs) at the time of network congestion, the MSC or 2G/3G RAN node is notified that the MM back-off timer is running in the UE, so that the UE may camp not on an LTE cell but on a 2G/3G cell after CS service reception. Hence, it is possible to prevent call drops for MT services that may be caused by UE location registration failure due to the MM back-off timer. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141012 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING MULTI-SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) MOBILE DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - The various embodiments herein provide a method and system for operating a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) mobile device. The method includes identifying a common suitable public land mobile network (PLMN) cell between a first radio frequency (RF) unit and a second RF unit of the mobile device. The first RF unit and the second RF unit of the mobile device are currently camped on different PLMN cells. Further, the method includes enforcing at least one of the first RF unit and the second RF unit to camp on said common suitable PLMN cell and disabling one of the first RF unit and the second RF unit when at least one of the first RF unit and the second RF unit camps on the common suitable PLMN cell. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141013 | HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK LOAD BALANCING - A user equipment device cell reselection procedure includes scaling factors that are based on cell-types of a camping cell and neighbor cells and a mobility state of the user equipment device. The scaling factors can be received in a system information block message. During an idle mode cell selection/reselection procedure, the user equipment device can apply the appropriate scaling factor to the hysteresis during the cell selection/reselection procedure. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141014 | METHOD, DEVICE AND BASE STATION FOR HANDOVER CONTROL - A method, a device and a base station for controlling handover are described. In order to control handover from a source base station to a target base station in a wireless communication system, where the target base station controls multiple cells, preference levels for candidate cells to be used as a target cell for the handover are received from the target base station; and handover parameters for the candidate cells are adjusted by taking the preference levels into account when selecting the target cell for the handover. With the present invention, at least benefits of target eNB inter-cell interference coordination, load optimization among cells, tendency to dedicated-configured cell etc. may be achieved. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141015 | Wireless Network Handover Method, Base Station, and User Equipment - Embodiments of the present invention relates to a wireless network handover method, a base station and a user equipment. The wireless network handover method includes: sending, by a source base station, a handover request to a target base station, where the handover request includes information about a candidate wireless fidelity access point Wi-Fi AP; and sending, by the source base station, a wireless resource control RRC connection reconfiguration message to a user equipment UE, where the RRC connection reconfiguration message is used to instruct the UE to hand over from the source base station to the target base station, and the RRC connection reconfiguration message includes information that is about a target Wi-Fi AP and obtained by the target base station according to the information about the candidate Wi-Fi AP. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141016 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CELL ACTIVATION, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for controlling cell activation, a base station, and a terminal. According to the method for controlling cell activation, the base station, and the terminal that are provided in the embodiments of the present invention, through determination on cell identification information in the RRC signaling reconfiguration message, a corresponding cell remembers a previous activated state, or activation processing is performed, thereby implementing in an MF-Tx scenario, optimized configuration of an activated or deactivated state of the cell that participates in the multi-flow transmission when reconfiguration is implemented through RRC signaling. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141017 | Collision Elimination Through Forced Reselection of Cells in Multi-SIM Mobile Devices - The various embodiments provide methods for implementing a forced reselection strategy after causing colliding subscriptions to perform reselection to neighboring cells. In various embodiments, the MSMS communication device may undo the effects of forced reselection in certain situations when continuing to employ forced reselection may be ineffective. In other embodiments, the MSMS communication device may force reselecting subscriptions to reselect to neighboring cells in a paging group based on the page timings of the neighboring cells. Thus, the various embodiments may increase the performance of the colliding subscriptions and may enhance the user's overall experience. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING HANDOVERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, monitoring a speed and an acceleration of a mobile communication device in a serving cell of a wireless network where the mobile communication device has a radio resource control connection with the wireless network, and selecting a first mobility speed group from among a plurality of mobility speed groups based on the speed and the acceleration of the mobile communication device, where handover parameter values are assigned to each speed group of the plurality of mobility speed groups, and where the handover parameters and their associated values are utilized for a handover by the wireless network from the serving cell to a target cell. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141019 | NETWORK SMART CELL SELECTION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for minimizing data overhead in a cellular network. In some embodiments a method includes receiving, by a base station of the cellular network, location information associated with a mobile device. The method may include determining, by the base station, a location of the mobile device based on the location information; and determining, by the base station, an offload alternative connection point based on the determined location of the mobile device. In some cases, the method includes disconnecting the mobile device from a current connection point; and connecting the mobile device to the offload alternative connection point. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141020 | USER DEVICE SMART CELL SELECTION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for minimizing data overhead in a cellular network. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a mobile device connected to the cellular network via a connection point, that the connection point has limited capacity; determining, by the mobile device, location information including location data indicating a current location of the mobile device; and determining, by the mobile device, an offload alternative connection point based on the determined location of the mobile device. In some cases, the method includes initiating disconnecting of the mobile device from a current connection point; and initiating connecting the mobile device to the offload alternative connection point. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING HANDOVERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK BASED ON SPEED GROUP ASSIGNMENTS - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a mobility speed group assignment for a mobile communication device having a radio resource control connection with a wireless network where the mobility speed group assignment is selected from among a plurality of mobility speed groups according to a speed of the mobile communication device, determining a cell size for a serving cell of the wireless network that is providing the radio resource control connection, and selecting a handover policy based on the mobility speed group assignment and the cell size. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141022 | ROUTING OF CALLS TO SUBSCRIBERS OF OTHER MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS - A method, control node, and system for routing communication calls from a first telecommunication system of a first network operator to a second telecommunication system of a second network operator, the first telecommunication system and the second telecommunication system being interconnected via at least two points of interconnect, and the points of interconnect being physically distant to each other. The method comprises the steps of receiving at the first telecommunication system a setup request associated with the communication call from an originating user equipment, determining whether a recipient of the communication call is a subscriber of the second network operator and if so, determining a geographical location of the originating user equipment, selecting a point of interconnect being closest to the geographical location of the originating user equipment, and routing the communication call from the first telecommunication system to the selected point of interconnect of the second telecommunication system. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141023 | OPTIMIZATION OF CONSOLIDATING ENTITIES - A system and method for homogeneously merging locations in a telecommunications network including: calculating a first characteristic of a carrier at a first location and a second location; determining a penalty for excluding the carrier based in part on the first characteristic; comparing the a penalty determined to a preselected value; and, if the penalty is less than the preselected value, merging the first location and the second location, thereby forming a merged location. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAXIMIZING NETWORK CAPACITY OF CELL SITES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method, computer-readable storage device and an apparatus for maximizing the capacity of a wireless network across a geographical area are disclosed. For example, the method monitors the wireless network and gathering network information and user endpoint device information for a geographical area comprising a plurality of cells of the wireless network, processes, for each cell, the network information and the user endpoint device information that is gathered and generating a cell specific traffic pattern, determines whether the capacity is below a threshold, and increases the capacity of the geographical area in accordance with the network information and the user endpoint device information that is processed for each cell, and the cell specific traffic pattern that is generated for each cell, when the capacity is below the threshold. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141025 | DYNAMIC NETWORK-CONTROLLED FORMATION OF MOBILE CELLS - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for forming a mobile cell in a network. An exemplary method comprises: first determining a first node of the network is within a predetermined distance of a second node of the network; second determining the first node's movement pattern is substantially similar to the second node's movement pattern; forming a mobile cell comprising the first node and the second node based on the first determining and second determining steps; and selecting the first node as a base station for the mobile cell. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141026 | ENDPOINT DEVICE ANTENNA BEAM FORMING BASED JAMMING DETECTION AND MITIGATION - A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for locating a source of a communication impairment are disclosed. For example, the method detects the communication impairment, performs a sweep to locate a direction of the source of the communication impairment, wherein the sweep is performed in response to the detecting the communication impairment at the endpoint device, and generates a null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141027 | SELF-ADAPTIVE COVERAGE OF WIRELESS NETWORKS - Both uplink spectral efficiency and downlink spectral efficiency are improved through adjustments made to various parameters that would otherwise be treated as static type parameters. Variations in respective performance of two or more cells can be considered during the adjustment. Further, variations of respective cell performance based on time of day/week are considered and compensated for through various adjustments. Such timely adaptations are applied in order to improve the performance of each cell, during each time of day/week. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141028 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING INTER-FREQUENCY NEIGHBORING CELL AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for measuring an inter-frequency neighboring cell is provided. The method comprises obtaining a time requirement of cell identification of a specific carrier, obtaining a time requirement of cell measurement of the specific carrier, identifying a new cell on the corresponding specific carrier in the time requirement of the cell identification of the specific carrier, measuring Reference Signal Receiving Power (RSRP) and/or Reference Signal Receiving Quality (RSRQ) of an identified cell in the time requirement of the cell measurement of the specific carrier, and reporting a measurement result of the identified cell according to a configured measurement event, wherein the specific carrier is different from other carriers, and the time requirement of the cell identification of the specific carrier is different from time requirements of the cell identification of other carriers. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141029 | BANDWIDTH PREDICTION FOR CELLULAR BACKHAULING - A bandwidth manager manages respective bandwidths for base stations in a communication network. The base stations are controlled by an access controller which dynamically allocates communication resources for the base stations. Each of the base stations has a respective allocated bandwidth. The bandwidth manager includes a signaling monitor and a bandwidth allocator. The signaling monitor monitors signaling between the access controller and at least one of the base stations so as to predict upcoming changes to a demand for communication resources for at least one monitored base station. The bandwidth allocator updates the respective allocated bandwidths in accordance with the predicted upcoming changes. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141030 | RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR DUAL PRIORITY ACCESS - The present invention relates to performing radio resource management tasks in a communication system including at least a base station and a terminal. In order to avoid inconsistencies in executing the radio resource management tasks for the dual-priority devices, which may run a delay-tolerant and a normal application at the same time, when the device priority changes, the change is indicated to the base station either from the terminal or from the core network. The device priority may be indicated as an overall priority per device or as a priority per bearer configured for the device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141031 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING POWER OF SMALL-CELL BASE STATIONS - A control device and a control method for dynamically adjusting power of small-cell base stations are provided. The control device determines the number of interfered terminals of each small-cell base station according to signal quality information of terminal devices, divides the small-cell base stations into a plurality of groups, and adjusts the power of the small-cell base stations of each group in order. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141032 | APPARATUS, BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ASSIGNING A RADIO RESOURCE - Embodiments relate to an apparatus, a base station transceiver, a method, and a computer program for assigning a radio resource. An apparatus | 2015-05-21 |
20150141033 | MULTI-TIER QUALITY OF SERVICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - The present disclosure pertains to improved communication quality of service (QoS) in communication networks. Higher service tiers may guarantee that a specific vocoder or bit rate is used. They may also guarantee that communication is supported by such parameters as maximum allowed dropped calls rate, maximum allowed jitter and maximum allowed latency. Network availability may be guaranteed per Service Level Agreements that are the part of the contract between a subscriber and a service provider. The network may also afford high end devices higher voice quality by comparing a given high end device to a look up table, which indicates what level of service is associated with that device. A calling device or a receiving device may ask the other device to change to a more robust vocoder or bit rate to ensure higher quality communication. Furthermore, the quality level may be adjusted before or during a call. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141034 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANGING USING CHANNEL ESTIMATION WITH INTERFERENCE REJECTION - A ranging procedure is performed using interference cancellation using preamble messages from a plurality of objects, each of which includes a pre-defined orthogonal design coded modulation patterns. A channel for an object may be estimated using the pre-defined orthogonal design coded modulation patterns in the preamble messages received from objects to remove interference of the preamble message received from other objects. A range to an object may be determined based on a determined delay in the preamble message from that object. The range may be used to assist in determining the position of the object. The pre-defined preamble message may be transmitted by receiving a schedule for an access point in a network for a ranging procedure and periodically transmitting a pre-defined preamble message for the ranging procedure, the pre-defined preamble message includes an orthogonal design coded modulation pattern. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141035 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING A MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for classifying a mobile device location are described. An example of a method for classifying the mobile device location includes mapping the mobile device location to a pixel address in a dilated test texture, wherein the dilated test texture corresponds to an uncertainty estimation associated with the mobile device location and determining an in-out classification of the mobile device location based on a query of a pixel value associated with the pixel address in the dilated test texture. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING TRAFFIC SPEED - A method, computer-readable storage device and an apparatus for estimating the traffic speed for segments of roads using location information of wireless devices in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method computes a speed and a speed error for travelling between at least two locations of the plurality of locations, correlates the speed and speed error with one or more segments of one or more roads, aggregates the speed and the speed error that are correlated with the respective segment of the respective road, within a pre-determined time interval, computes an average speed, a composite speed error, and a speed variance to a predefined accuracy level for the respective segment of the respective road, in accordance with the plurality of speeds and speed errors that are correlated with the respective segment of the respective road, and provides the average speed as the traffic speed. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141037 | IMPROVING SCALABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF HARDWARE GEO-FENCING WITH FAILOVER SUPPORT - Systems and methods disclosed herein may include tracking one or more geo-fences using a GNSS hardware processor within a computing device. The tracking may use at least one GNSS signal. State changes of the one or more geo-fences during the tracking may be saved in a shared state database. The shared state database may be shared between the GNSS hardware processor and an application processor within the computing device. Upon detecting a deterioration of the at least one GNSS signal, tracking the one or more geo-fences may be switched from using the GNSS hardware processor to using the application processor. After the switching, an initial state of each of the one or more geo-fences may be set by using states currently stored in the shared state database prior to the switching. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PROBABILITY FOR A GEO-FENCE - A method, computer-readable storage device, and an apparatus for determining a probability for a particular geo-fence in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a mobile identification, a location record, and an accuracy level, identifies a bin in a database of record, identifies one or more geo-fences in which the bin is located, identifies one or more geo-fences that are pre-associated with the mobile user endpoint device, determines an intersection of: the one or more geo-fences that are identified as being pre-associated with the user endpoint device, and the one or more geo-fences that are identified as being geo-fences in which the bin is located, and determines for each particular geo-fence in the intersection, the probability of being in the particular geo-fence, wherein the probability of being in the particular geo-fence is determined in accordance with the accuracy level associated with the location record. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141039 | UPDATING OF COVERAGE AREA REPRESENTATIONS BASED ON NEGATIVE HITS - It is inter alia disclosed to obtain or generate detection data. The detection data comprises position data that is indicative of a position of a terminal and one or more identifiers respectively related to one or more coverage areas detected by the terminal. A negative hit for at least a region of a coverage area representation associated with a coverage area is detected, if at least all of the following conditions (i)-(iii) hold: (i) a class of the coverage area matches at least one class of one or more coverage areas for which respective identifiers are comprised or at least expected to be comprised in the detection data, (ii) the position of the terminal is within the region, and (iii) the detection data does not comprise an identifier related to the coverage area associated with the coverage area representation. At least information on the detected negative hit is used and/or provided for deciding if the region of the coverage area representation shall remain part of the coverage area representation or shall be removed from the coverage area representation, and/or for deciding whether a frequency of generating detection data shall be increased. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141040 | METHOD FOR REPORTING INFORMATION BASED ON LOCATION ESTIMATION AND ESTIMATING LOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - According to one embodiment, provided is a method for user equipment reporting information based on location estimation in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: transmitting to a network an estimation result from a specific point in time; obtaining information based on a first location estimation from a first point in time; transmitting to the network the information based on the first location estimation; obtaining information based on a second location estimation from a second point in time; and transmitting to the network the information based on the second location estimation. A location related to the estimation result is estimated by the network on the basis of the information based on the first location estimation and the information based on the second location estimation. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141041 | POSITIONING AND TRACKING DEVICE - A tracking error covariance matrix updating unit | 2015-05-21 |
20150141042 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a continuous positioning function, including a radio positioning unit configured to derive a position of the mobile terminal in continuous positioning, a movement detection unit configured to detect a movement distance and a traveling direction of the mobile terminal, a target zone setting unit configured to set a target zone based on a confirmed position of the mobile terminal determined as being valid in the continuous positioning and the movement distance and the traveling direction of the mobile terminal detected by the movement detection unit, the target zone comprising an area to which it is estimated that a user has moved and a validity determination unit configured to determine whether the position of the mobile terminal measured by the radio positioning unit is included in the set target zone to determine validity of the measured position of the mobile terminal. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141043 | CORRECTIVE NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS - Systems and methods are provided for corrective navigation instructions are. In one implementation, an operation associated with a relatively lower likelihood of compliance can be identified from a set of navigational operations. One or more notifications corresponding to the operation can be provided. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141044 | GEOLOCATION AID AND SYSTEM - A method and system for geolocation using a street light system having transponding technology. A predetermined band of radio frequencies employing spread spectrum technology is used to identify locations relative to an individual street light. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141045 | GEOFENCE - A mobile device can include an application configured to set an update interval for location information characterizing a location of the mobile device based on a current location of the mobile device and a location of a wireless device has an associated geofence. The update interval can define an interval of time between queries for the location information. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141046 | REFERENCE BASED LOCATION INFORMATION FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - Determining referenced based location information for a wireless radio network is described. Referenced based location information can include determining location reference information and corresponding location offset information based on location information. In an aspect, location information can be timed fingerprint location information. Location offset information can be communicated in a wireless network at a lower operational cost than the associated location information. As such, use of referenced based location information for a wireless network can reduce bandwidth consumption as compared to location information communicated at similar intervals. This is particularly true in large wireless networks. Moreover, the use of referenced based location information for determining timed fingerprint location information can be highly attractive in light of timed fingerprint location information facilitating location information for many non-GPS enabled devices and being associated with significant increases in the frequency and density of location event requests. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141047 | Methods and Apparatus for Supporting Inter-Frequency Measurements - The invention relates to methods and devices for supporting configuration of a measurement gap pattern for a user equipment requiring measurement gaps for performing an inter-frequency measurement. A radio network node receives an indication from the user equipment that the user equipment is going to perform an inter-frequency measurement for positioning, which inter-frequency measurement requires measurement gaps. The radio network node may determine a measurement gap pattern for performing the inter-frequency measurement and may signal, to the user equipment, information to initiate use of the determined measurement gap pattern in the user equipment. Alternatively the user equipment configures the measurement gap pattern itself based on a set of pre-defined rules. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141048 | METHOD OF DETERMINING A POSITION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of determining a position in a wireless communication system and apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving system information including information on a reference cell and at least one neighbor cell from a location server, receiving positioning reference signals (PRSs) from the reference cell and the at least one neighbor cell using the system information, measuring reference signal time difference (RSTD) of each of the at least one neighbor cell for the reference cell, and transmitting the at least one measured RSTD to the location server. And, the RSTD is a relative timing difference between two cells. Moreover, the system information includes at least one cell for obtaining a system frame number (SFN) by the UE, as the reference cell or the at least one neighbor cell. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141049 | ENHANCED LTE POSITIONING PROTOCOL INFORMATION TRANSFER PROCEDURES FOR CONTROL PLANE LCS ON LTE - Techniques disclosed herein provide for enhanced LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) Reliable Transport where the receiver of an LPP message sends a non-piggybacked acknowledgement. An example method for executing on a mobile device a protocol session with a location server includes sending a first protocol session message associated with a first protocol session to the location server, entering a wait-for-acknowledgement state in which uplink transmissions from the mobile device to the location server are suspended while waiting for an acknowledgement from the location server in response to the first protocol session message, receiving a second protocol session message associated with a second protocol session which is not an acknowledgement to the first protocol session message but includes information requested in the first protocol session message; exiting the wait-for-acknowledgement state responsive to receiving the second protocol session message; and performing an action using the information received in the second protocol session message. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141050 | APPLYING INDOOR MAGNETIC FIELDS FOR ACQUIRING MOVEMENT INFORMATION - An apparatus caused at least to acquire information indicating first indoor magnetic field vectors measured by a first portable device inside a building; generate a first indoor magnetic field sequence, IMFS, on the basis of the first indoor magnetic field vectors; acquire information indicating second indoor magnetic field vectors measured by a second portable device inside the building; generate a second IMFS on the basis of the second indoor magnetic field vectors, wherein the first and the second IMFSs represent at least one of the magnitude and the direction of the Earth's magnetic field; perform a comparison between at least part of the first IMFS and at least part of the second IMFS; and acquire information on the relative movement of the first portable device with respect to the second portable device inside the building on the basis of the comparison result. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141051 | METHOD FOR FINE LOCATION OF A MOBILE USER EQUIPMENT THAT IS THE RECIPIENT OF AN SMS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK IMPLEMENTING OPEN-MODE FEMTOCELLS - The present invention relates to a mobile network ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150141052 | METHOD FOR FINE LOCATION OF A MOBILE USER EQUIPMENT THAT IS THE RECIPIENT OFA CALL IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK IMPLEMENTING OPEN-MODE FEMTOCELLS - The present invention relates to a mobile network ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150141053 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONFIGURE AND UTILIZE GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES - A method to define a geographical zone is disclosed. The geographical zone can be utilized to regulate a movable entity and the actions within the geographical zone. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a transponder a plurality of waypoints, each waypoint defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius originating from the geographical coordinate. The geographical zone can also be defined by selecting a plurality of coordinates that are loaded to a transponder and mapped on a pixilated image. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141054 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO NETWORK, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A wireless communication system comprises: a setting notifying means for notifying, to a radio terminal, setting information related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information to a radio network; a status notifying means for notifying, to the radio network, a status related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of the measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information; and a re-establishing means for receiving the status and determining whether to re-establish the setting information. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141055 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MESSAGE NOTIFICATION TIMING BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - Systems and methods are provided for timing message notifications to be provided to mobile device users based on their respective geographic locations with respect to a targeted content area. The timing of message notifications may be controlled in order to optimize the chances of delivering targeted content to a mobile device user based on the current geographic location of the user's device relative to a targeted content area. As the particular client application may not be actively executing at a time when the user's device happen to be located within a targeted content area, a general message notification sent to the user's device, which may be displayed at any time, may increase the likelihood that the user will launch the client application when it is not already executing at the device and thereby, allow targeted content to be delivered to the user's mobile device at the appropriate time and location. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141056 | Apparatus and Method to Update Geographic Database - A mobile device initiates communication with a server through a location based service and sends a user generated submission and a geolocation to the server. The server identifies an incomplete entry in a geographic database based on the geolocation and generates a probe question for the incomplete entry. The probe question requests that a user visually inspect or photograph an object or area near the geolocation. The server analyzes the information provided by the user in order to update the geographic database. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141057 | CONDITIONAL INTERACTION CONTROL FOR A VIRTUAL OBJECT - A method and system for providing conditional interaction for a virtual object ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150141058 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE DATA BASED ON LOCATION - An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data based on a location is disclosed, the apparatus for receiving the data, for example, a data receiver includes a location predictor configured to predict a location of the receiver based on location information of the receiver, a data rate calculator configured to calculate a predicted data rate during an interval based on communication environment information corresponding to the location of the receiver and the predicted location, and a buffer configured to backlog data received in advance based on the predicted data rate. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141059 | Systems And Methods For Creating And Providing Location-Based Content - A software product comprises instructions stored on non-transitory computer-readable media. The instructions, when executed by a computer, perform steps for providing a guided tour to a user via a mobile computing device. The steps include the step of playing a first data file on the mobile computing device when the mobile computing device is at a first location, and the step of playing a second data file on the mobile computing device when the mobile computing device is at a second location. A media file locally stored on the mobile computing device is automatically played after the playback of the first data file and before the playback of the second data file. The user is provided with an option to make a donation to an organization associated with the first location when the mobile computing device is at the first location. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141060 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SHARING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - The present disclosure provides a terminal including a processor-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for geographic location sharing between the terminal and a target terminal; and a processor in communication with the storage medium. The processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to establish a communication with a target terminal of a target user remote to the terminal though a social networking application installed in the terminal; acquire a current geographic location information of the terminal at an interval of a preset period of time; and send the current geographic location information of the terminal to the target terminal at an interval of a preset period of time. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141061 | METHOD FOR TRACKING A MOBILE DEVICE ONTO A REMOTE DISPLAYING UNIT - The present invention refers to a method for tracking at least one mobile device onto a remote displaying unit through a mobile switching center connected to the mobile device by a wireless communication network and through a head-end linked to the mobile switching center and connected to the remote displaying unit by a second communication network different to the wireless communication network. The mobile device is identified by a mobile device identifier. The remote displaying unit is identified by a remote displaying unit identifier and is provided with a module for processing messages coming from the head-end identified by a head-end identifier. The mobile device is provided with a locating unit able to determine its current location and with a communication unit for supporting at least an instant messaging service. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141062 | Method and Node for Paging in a Radio Access Network - The present invention relates to a method in the radio access node for paging user equipment attached to a radio network. The steps performed by the radio access node include receiving ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150141063 | Systems and Methods for Providing Notifications in a Communications System - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing notifications in a communication system. In connection therewith, a first communication is transmitted, by a processor, in accordance with a first communication scheme that defines a first communication service by which the first communication is to be transmitted and a first user device to which the first communication is to be transmitted. The processor estimates whether the first communication was received by the first user device. Responsive to estimating that the first communication was not received by the first user device, the processor operates to determine a further communication scheme, different to the first communication scheme, that defines a further communication service by which a further communication is to be transmitted and a further user device to which the further communication is to be transmitted, and operates to transmit the further communication in accordance with the further communication scheme. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141064 | COMPENSATION OF SIMPLE FIBER OPTIC FARADAY EFFECT SENSORS - A monitoring system for detecting earth faults in an electrical power supply grid providing a power signal includes a plurality of monitoring devices, each of the monitoring devices including a detector for detecting the level of harmonics in the power signal, wherein the level of harmonics is detected in a specific frequency range. Each of the monitoring devices further includes a memory for storing a harmonics reference value, a processor for comparing the detected level of harmonics with the reference level, and a communication device for transmitting an alarm if the detected level of harmonics is above the reference level for a specific period of time. Each of the detectors includes an optical sensor for detecting the harmonics by use of the Faraday effect. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141065 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING AN INTEGRATED MESSAGE USING PORTABLE DEVICE - A method of sending an integrated message using a portable device according includes executing an integrated message application supporting a plurality of channels including at least two channels having different messaging schemes. An input window permits entry of a message, and the message is displayed on a message display window. In response to a user selection for displaying icons of a hidden state that corresponds to the plurality of respective channels, displaying the icons corresponding to the plurality of respective channels in response to the user choice, and sending the message using at least one activated channel of the plurality of channels. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141066 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING MESSAGES ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method, performed by a mobile communication device, may include receiving a message; extracting one or more features associated with the message; and determining a priority level for the message, based on the extracted one or more features, using a model that relates the extracted one or more features to an expected response time for the message. The method may further include determining a context associated with the user of the mobile communication device; modifying the priority level based on the determined context; and providing the message to a list of messages based on the modified priority level. Additionally, the user may be provided with a notification tone associated with the modified priority level. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141067 | Ad-hoc Group Bidding - Mobile devices band together in an ad hoc grouping based on their location. As the mobile devices travel, their users may have a shared, mutual goal at a common location. The mobile devices having the common location are invited to join the ad hoc grouping. Should any of the mobile devices accept and join the ad hoc grouping, the users may act as a cohesive unit and bid to achieve their shared, mutual goal. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141068 | POWER CONTROL - Measures for enabling per-carrier power control for inter-band multi-carrier capable devices, such as for example inter-band carrier aggregation capable devices. Such measures may for example comprise calculating a desired cumulative output power value for a combination of at least two uplink carriers of a terminal device, said two uplink carriers operating on different bands, setting an output power value for each of the at least two uplink carriers of the terminal device based on the calculated desired cumulative output power value, and providing, for the terminal device, a power control instruction for the at least two uplink carriers at the terminal device in accordance with the output power values set for the at least two uplink carriers. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141069 | THERMAL NOISE POWER FLOOR ESTIMATION - Embodiments herein relate to a method in a radio base station ( | 2015-05-21 |
20150141070 | MOBILE STATION AND METHOD OF DETERMINING TRANSMISSION POWER - A mobile station in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention includes a cumulative value storage unit configured to store a cumulative value of transmission power control commands transmitted from a base station; and a cumulative value addition unit configured to add the cumulative value stored in the cumulative value storage unit or a value calculated from the cumulative value to a predetermined initial value to calculate transmission power of a physical uplink shared channel or a physical uplink control channel, when uplink transmission power is initialized. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141071 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING WIRELESS DATA NETWORK TELEPHONY, INCLUDING QUALITY OF SERVICE MONITORING AND CONTROL - A system for wireless communication comprises an architecture of routers connected to a network and having connected transceivers for wireless transmission and reception of data, and a plurality of hand-held communicators adapted for users to communicate with the network through the routers. The system is configured for data network telephony (DNT) in the wireless portion, wherein voice data is encoded and transmitted in real time in data packets, and also provides data exchange for document-type entities. In one aspect a unique mirroring of channels from the wireless portion to a hard-wired link provides for mutual access and sharing of overall bandwidth from and to individual transceivers. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141072 | Adaptive Communication Mode For Recording A Media Message - A computer implemented method and system for determining a communication mode for recording a media message on a communication device is provided. An adaptive recording application detects activation of an interface element, for example, a push or a touch of a button on the communication device and determines duration of the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application, in response to the detection of the activation of the interface element, selects a communication mode, for example, a push to talk communication mode, a tap to start communication mode, etc., based on a comparison of the duration of the activation of the interface element with one or more configurable timing parameters and/or a determination of a presence or an absence of a media signal during and/or after the activation of the interface element. The adaptive recording application initiates recording of the media message in the selected communication mode. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141073 | SNIFFING SMARTPHONE - A wireless communication device having a breath sensor and a proximity sensor to measure the distance from a user to the device. The breath sensor is configured to measure or detect various components in the user's breath that may be indicative of a health issue. The sensitivity of the sensor may be adjusted based upon the proximity of the user. Sensor detections may be communicated in messages to a cloud server, where the cloud server may generate warnings if the messages indicate a health issue. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141074 | FOLDABLE CALLING DEVICE - A foldable calling device includes a body which is foldable; a speaker at a first side of the body, in an unfolded state of the body; a first microphone at the first side of the body, in the unfolded state of the body; and a second microphone at a second side of the body opposite to the first side, in the unfolded state of the body. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141075 | CONTROLLING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device detects presence of an accessory that is attachable to the electronic device, where a portion of the accessory provides an electromagnetic radiation shield. The electronic device is to change a transmission power of a wireless communications module of the electronic device based on detecting presence of the accessory. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141076 | DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION FUNCTIONALITY AND USER INTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE CONNECTED MOBILE DEVICES - Providing a distributed application on a plurality of personal devices of a user includes providing a first portion of the distributed application on a first personal device and providing a second portion of the application on a second personal device different from the first personal device, where the second personal device is wearable by the user and where the second portion of the distributed application operates on data that is inaccessible to the first personal device to provide a result thereof to the first portion of the distributed application. The first personal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet, or a personal computer. The second personal device may be a smart glasses, a wearable camera, a smart watch, a wristband, smart earwear, gloves, a necktie, a smart carrying bag, a smart backpack, a smart clothing or smart shoes. The second personal device may be a wearable activity tracking monitor. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141077 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL COMPATIBLE WITH MULTIPLE SMART CARDS - A communication terminal compatible with multiple smart cards includes a socket for inserting a standard smart card and a chassis for making the socket fitting at least one of small and ultra-small types of smart cards. The small smart card and the ultra small smart card insert into the socket through the chassis. The present communication terminal proposes a mobile terminal compatible with 3FF and/or 4FF card because of the arrangement of the correspondent chassis in the case that it only arranges 2FF card socket. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141078 | MOBILE UNIT HAVING INTERNET PROTOCOL FUNCTIONALITY - A mobile unit includes a handset and a removable storage module having a unique storage module identity, for storing information specific to a user, including an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Additional information regarding a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) which uniquely identifies the subscriber is also stored in the removable storage module. Upon successfully camping on a cell of a mobile network, the IP address is forwarded to an IP-based network capable of communicating with the mobile unit. In an alternate embodiment, the mobile unit has multi-network capabilities which allow it to communicate with an IP-based network and a cellular network at the same time. In another embodiment, existing cellular network services for the mobile unit having multi-network capabilities are routed through the IP-based network. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141079 | TERMINAL VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a terminal voice control method. The method includes: when a voice instruction of a user is received, identifying the voice instruction, and extracting wake-up indication information from the voice instruction; performing voice verification on the voice instruction if the wake-up indication information is obtained by extracting; and after the voice verification succeeds, extracting processing indication information from the voice instruction, and responding to the voice instruction of the user according to the processing indication information. According to the terminal voice control method in the embodiments of the present invention, a user may use one voice instruction to control a terminal to complete multiple tasks without requiring voice interaction for multiple times, the method is simple to use, and has high security performance. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141080 | Object Detection and Characterization - Object detection and characterization techniques are described. In one or more implementations, capacitance changes are detected by one or more of a plurality of capacitive sensors of a computing device. A material composition or movement of an object in relation to the computing device is determined that caused the capacitance changes detected by the one or more capacitive sensors. Operation of a radio device is managed such that an amount of energy emitted by the radio device is based at least in part on the determination. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141081 | METHOD OF DETECTION AND DISPLAY OF CHARGING INFORMATION OF POWER BANK - A method of detection and display of charging information of power bank is provided and used when a mobile electronic device is charged by a power bank via a charging transmission device. The method of detection and display of charging information of power bank includes an information acquisition step, an integrating and computing step, and an information output step. In the information acquisition step, a power bank parameter information and a device parameter information are provided based on a choice. The power bank parameter information and the device parameter information are transmitted to a computing module of a process unit of the mobile electronic device. In an integrating and computing step, a charging information is produced after the power bank parameter information and the device parameter information are integrated or computed. In an information output step, the charging information is transmitted to a display element of the mobile electronic device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141082 | Mobile Electronic Device Case and Wallet - A mobile device and wallet case having a continuous inelastic frame conforming to the shape of a mobile device and having one or more apertures. The frame includes a foot on one side to assist in the insertion of the mobile device. The case can include transverse structures integrally formed with the frame and configured to attach a hollow-core door sized for storage. When open, the door functions as a stand for a mobile device in both the vertical position and horizontal position and bosses provide resistance to the door opening. The door can include a thumb slider aperture. The case can include a latch comprised of a frame coupled protuberance and a tooth having a female receiving recess configured to receive the protuberance. The frame inside and top edge of the frame is lined with an elastomeric liner that can extend through the button apertures. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141083 | HOTSPOT DEVICE - Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to a compact device for providing Wi-Fi connectivity for an electronic device. The compact device is rotatably activated and includes interchangeable batteries and indicia indicating activation. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141084 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FORMING CASE OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure includes a terminal main body, a case covering the terminal main body, and forming at least part of appearance of the terminal, wherein the case comprises a penetration line formed through the case along a predetermined path, and forming a connecting portion between ends of the penetration line, and wherein the connecting portion extends from the case, and an input part is formed on a region formed by the penetration line and the connecting portion, the input part being rotatable based on the connecting portion. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141085 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR BLIND OR LOW-VISION USERS - Mobile computing device including a physical feature which defines the centre-line of the device across the short and/or long axes of the device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141086 | CUSTOMIZED HARDWARE SELECTION FOR A MOBILE PHONE - A mobile device includes a shell; a first replaceable hardware component received within the shell; and a second replaceable hardware component received within the shell, the second replaceable hardware component configured to receive a wireless power signal from a remote device and convert the power signal into electrical energy usable by the mobile device. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141087 | MOBILE TELEPHONE INTEGRATION SYSTEM - A mobile telephone integration system including an adapter having a main body and a clip which, from an edge of the main body, projects, in a clamping position under prestress in the direction of the bearing surface, over the bearing surface such that a mobile telephone can be pushed into a holding position between a free end of the clip and the bearing surface. A noise-generating means generates a warning noise when the clip is deflected in the opening direction into an overload position by virtue of a rotation process in which the clip is moved out of its release position owing to an increased action of force in the opening direction. The clip pivots back into the release position again by virtue of a return rotation process in which the clip is moved from its overload position owing to an action of force in the closing direction. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141088 | MOBILE TELEPHONE - A mobile telephone includes a cartilage conduction unit for making contact with the ear cartilage. The cartilage conduction unit is provided to at least one of two corner parts at an upper side of the mobile telephone. The mobile telephone can include a surface of an outer wall and a cartilage conduction vibration source arranged inward from the surface of the outer wall, the vibration of the cartilage conduction vibration source being transmitted to the surface of the outer wall, wherein when the surface of the outer wall is brought into contact with at least a part of the ear cartilage around the entrance part to the external auditory meatus without making contact with the auricular helix, the sound pressure inside the external auditory meatus at about 1 cm from the entrance part of the external auditory meatus has an at least 10 dB increase compared to the non-contact state. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141089 | EXTERNAL CASE FOR REDISTRIBUTION OF RF RADIATION AWAY FROM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCORPORATING RF RADIATION REDISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS - A case for a wireless tablet computer device includes a number of RF resonant loop elements and elongated RF director coupling strip elements mounted in the case and configured such that RF radiation is coupled from an internal antenna of the wireless device out of the device to the RF resonant and coupling elements. The case incorporates a cut-out section in a location leaving exposed a strip that covers an area proximate the internal antenna. The RF resonant loops and director coupling strip elements alternatively may be incorporated with the wireless tablet computer device itself. | 2015-05-21 |
20150141090 | MOBILEPHONE CASING - A protective mobile phone casing which is engaged on the peripheral edges and the back of a mobile phone, the mobile phone casing has a back plate being confronted with the back side of the mobile phone, the exterior surface or the inner surface of the back plate is provided thereon with a recess, and the recess is sealed and covered by a cover plate; filling liquid and a kind of light energy storage luminous powder are filled between the recess and the cover plate, the luminous powder flows downwards in the filling liquid by the function of gravity when the mobile phone casing is moved, hence a dynamic visual effect quasi sand shifting is induced. | 2015-05-21 |