25th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140171056 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION ON A WIRELESS NETWORK - Systems and methods for wireless communication are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes generating, by an apparatus, a first message comprising a first indicator indicating a number of beacon intervals that each have a window during which one or more devices are permitted to communicate with the apparatus; and transmitting, by the apparatus, the first message. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171057 | MOBILE OBJECT LOCATION-BASED PRIVACY PROTECTION - A system, method and apparatus for creating and implementing a privacy zone around a mobile object are described herein. A privacy zone is a geographic location proximate to a mobile object in which mobile device functionality is reduced when a mobile device is inside the boundaries of the privacy zone. A locator subsystem tracks the location of the mobile object to update the location of the privacy zone. Further, the locator subsystem monitors for mobile devices that may interface with the privacy zone. Once a mobile device is found to be within a privacy zone, the pre-determined mobile device features will preferably be disabled. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171058 | CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES AND DATA USAGE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - Disclosed are an system and method of regulating mobile device communications while operating a motor vehicle. One example method may include determining a speed event indicating that a speed of the motor vehicle has performed at least one of exceeded a first threshold above which mobile device usage restriction policies are invoked and fallen below a second threshold allowing the mobile device restriction policies to be removed. The first threshold may be equal to or greater than the second threshold. As a result of obtaining the speed event, the method may also provide transmitting the speed event to a remote edge gateway server located remotely from the motor vehicle, which stores the speed event for reference purposes when determining a policy for routing a particular mobile device call, text message and/or mobile data session. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171059 | CHILD/USER MOBILE DEVICE MANAGER - According to some embodiments, a wireless child phone includes: a) a handheld phone unit with a touch screen type user interface; b) the wireless phone being configured to make calls to only a preset set of callees, and wherein the child phone is adaptable to modify the preset set of callees by an administrator such as to present a modified user interface for a user based on the number of callees in the preset set of callees; c) the child phone being configured to display on the touch screen dialing keys comprising icons or regions for enabling a call to be automatically directed to a callee upon selecting a respective icon or region, wherein the child phone is configured such that upon pressing a respective icon or region, a call is automatically directed to a respective one of the preset set of callees. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171060 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE SERVICE GEOCHRONOUS VALIDATION - In one embodiment of the present invention, a system and method may be provided for validating communication for a wireless communications device. The system and method may include receiving a geographic location of a wireless communications device. A database comprising records correlating the geographic location with permissions may be accessed in order to determine, based upon the received geographic location information and the accessed database record, if there are restriction on communication associated with the wireless communications device. An indicator may be communicated in response to the determined restriction, effectively providing the information needed to inform the wireless communications device of any current restrictions. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171061 | NETWORK ACCESS DELAY FOR EAB-CONFIGURED UES AND/OR GROUP-BASED ADDRESSED UES - The access of a user equipment, UE, ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140171062 | Wireless Devices, Network Node and Methods for Handling Relay Assistance in a Wireless Communications Network - A method in a second wireless device for handling relay assistance from a first wireless device in a wireless network is provided. The second wireless device sends ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140171063 | BASE STATION APPARATUS - A method of transmission power control is performed by a radio device along with another radio device being connected to a radio control device, the radio device forming a second cell overlaid with a first cell which is formed by the another radio device and a first frequency band is used. The method comprises monitoring a failure state of the other radio device, and reducing transmission power of radio waves to be transmitted to the second cell when the failure state of the another radio device is detected. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171064 | System and Methods for a Cloud Based Wireless Personal Area Network Service Enabling Context Activity Handoffs Between Devices - A system includes a cloud server component, operative to associate a plurality of devices with a single network identifier and define a network including each device. The cloud server component obtains and stores a device profile for each device, maintains a database including the stored device profiles and that has context activity information for each device, and receives updates of the context activity information from each device. A service module installed on each device of the network communicates with the cloud server component and is operative to monitor a respective device for context activity changes, provide updates of the respective device context activity to the cloud server component, and perform a context activity handoff with any one of the devices of the network that is a context active device, in response to context activity changes or status changes of the context active device recorded in the database. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENTLY SELECTING A NETWORK INTERFACE - An method, apparatus and machine readable medium are described for intelligently selecting a network interface. An attempt may be made to connect over a first network interface having the highest priority (e.g., WiFi). At the same time, a fallback timer is started. If the attempt to connect over the first network interface does not succeed within a designated timer threshold, then a parallel attempt is made to connect over a second network interface having a lower priority (e.g., cellular). The first network interface over which a connection is successfully made is then used. These techniques may be employed on a per-connection basis. Thus, a first process may successfully connect over the first network interface while a second process may be unsuccessful over the first network interface but may fall back to the second network interface. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171066 | Dynamically Configurable IP Based Mobile Devices and Networks - A wireless communication and control system including a wireless device. There is a central server for storing communication protocols and control protocols and communicating the communication protocols and selectively communicating the control protocols between the wireless device and the central server. A communication protocol configures the system for communication and control protocols configure the system as one of a selection of intelligent appliance controllers. Alternately the control protocols configure the system as one of a selection of Internet terminals. The wireless device is any hand-held communication device, such as a hand-held computing device, wireless telephone, or cellular phone. A method to bypass the public wireless carrier, such as cell phones, for wireless telephones for local office or home networks where the public carrier services are not being utilized, without changing devices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171067 | Systems, Methods and Computer Products for Pooling of Wireless Collection Bandwidth - Systems, methods and computer products for pooling of wireless collection bandwidth are provided. Exemplary embodiments include a bandwidth management method, in a wireless device, the method, including querying for additional wireless devices within a communication range of the wireless device, the wireless device and additional wireless devices being in communication with a network having downloadable content, initiating communication between the wireless device and the additional wireless devices, establishing an ad-hoc network among the combination of the wireless device and the additional devices, establishing communication between the combined wireless device and additional devices as the ad-hoc network, and the network having the downloadable content and requesting the downloadable content from the network to the wireless device, wherein the downloadable content is transferred over a bandwidth collectively pooled among individual bandwidths of the wireless device and the additional wireless devices. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171068 | MANAGING STATES OF LOCATION DETERMINATION - A mobile device can be in multiple states of location determination. In each state, the mobile device can use a distinct subsystem to determine a location. A state machine of the mobile device can manage the states, including determining which state the mobile device is in and whether a transition between the states has occurred. A transition can be triggered by a sensor of the mobile device and confirmed by another sensor of the mobile device. When the state machine detects a transition, the mobile device can switch location determination from one subsystem to another subsystem, and change a map user interface to one that is best suited for the new subsystem. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171069 | OPTIMIZING A NEIGHBOR LIST - In an example embodiment, a neighbor radio/access point (AP) list is obtained. The neighbor AP list is optimized for a client that is associated with a current access point. The list may be optimized based on any one or combination of techniques, including but not limited to roaming patterns of previous clients that were associated with the current access point, radio frequency metrics, bandwidth requirements for the client, and/or any other suitable criteria. In particular embodiments, requests from the client to associate with an access point that is not on the optimized neighbor AP list may be denied. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171070 | EXPANDED NEIGHBOR LIST FOR CELL RESELECTION - A user equipment (UE) may expand a neighbor list available to the UE to avoid neighbor information error caused by an unexpected leakage of distant time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) cells. The neighbor list, may be expanded by combining previously received neighbor information with currently received neighbor information. In some instances, a new serving cell may be selected from the previously received neighbor list instead of the currently received neighbor list. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171071 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING FOR RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A method for searching for radio access technologies by a wireless communication device is described. The method includes initiating a search for one or more radio access technologies. The method also includes determining if the wireless communication device has low mobility. The method also includes suspending the search when a first event occurs. The method also includes storing the search results. The method further includes resuming the search based on the search results when a second event occurs. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171072 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING AVAILABLE CHANNELS CONSIDERING PRIORITY IN TVWS - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of calculating available channels considering a priority in a TVWS. An apparatus for calculating available channels considering a priority in a TVWS according to the present invention includes: a communication module configured to receive a request for information on usable available channels from a TV Band Device (TVBD); an available channel calculation unit configured to calculate one or more available channels usable by the TVBD based on one or more predetermined reference parameters according to the request; a priority assignment unit configured to assign a priority to each of the calculated available channels, generate an available channel list including the available channels to which the priorities are assigned, and provide the TVBD with the generated available channel list; and a database configured to store the available channels, to which the priorities are assigned, calculated for each TVBD. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171073 | DISCOVERY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A discovery signal transmission/reception method and an apparatus for improving energy efficiency of the system are provided. The discovery signal transmission method of a base station in a mobile communication system according to the present disclosure includes acquiring a discovery signal configuration of a neighbor cell, transmitting the discovery signal configuration to a terminal, receiving a measurement report including a result of measurement on a discovery signal of the neighbor from the terminal, the measurement being performed based on the discovery signal configuration, and determining whether to make a handover decision for the terminal based on the measurement report. The discovery signal transmission/reception method of the present disclosure is advantageous in improving energy efficiency of a mobile communication system. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171074 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system is described in which a base station operating in a hybrid or closed access mode requests deletion of the copy of the CSG-Id list maintained at the corresponding mobility management entity in the core network, when the base station changes its operation mode to an open (non-CSG) access mode. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171075 | Method for Preventing Storage of Prohibited Data on an Ad Hoc Moving Data Network - The present disclosure provides a method operable in a balloon network. The method can include determining that a balloon is at a location associated with a first legally-defined geographic area, wherein an area profile identifies a list of geographically-prohibited data that is restricted from being cached in the first legally-defined geographic area. The method can also include receiving first data. The method can also include using the list of geographically-prohibited data to determine whether or not the first data is geographically-prohibited data. If the first data is geographically-prohibited data, then the method can further include refraining from storing the first data in data storage at the first balloon. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171076 | DE-REGISTRATION METHOD, HOME NODEB (HNB), AND HOME NODEB GATEWAY (HNB GW) - The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, and a de-registration method, a Home NodeB (HNB) and a Home NodeB Gateway (HNB GW) are disclosed. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a de-registration method, comprising: initiating, by an HNB GW, release of pre-registration resources corresponding to user equipment (UE) after the HNB GW receives indication information indicating that the UE moves to another cell from a source HNB. Applying the embodiment of the present invention can release pre-registration resources in time and reduce waste of resources. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171077 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a determination unit which determines whether a first wireless communication apparatus for which a connection right to connect to a predetermined network using wireless communication has not been set satisfies a predetermined condition for connecting to the network and performing predetermined communication processing. When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the first wireless communication apparatus performs the communication processing using the connection right set for the first wireless communication apparatus through transfer of the connection right from a second wireless communication apparatus for which the connection right has been set to the first wireless communication apparatus. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171078 | Methods And Apparatus For Use In Controlling Connections To Wireless Networks - In one illustrative example, a wireless device receives a communication policy from a private network. The communication policy includes allowable service provider identifiers (e.g. domain names, realms) corresponding to allowable service providers. The wireless device stores these identifiers in its memory. When roaming, the wireless device encounters a wireless network (“hotspot”) and receives via the wireless network one or more reachable service provider identifiers corresponding to one or more reachable service providers. In a work mode of operation, the wireless device allows a connection to the wireless network based on a match between one of the allowable and reachable service provider identifiers, but otherwise disallows the connection. The communication policy may additionally or alternatively include device types for PP networks, and/or allowable private network identifiers (e.g. ESSIDs), and/or allowable hotspot aggregator service identifiers or names, for use in the work mode. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171079 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING PERSONAL NETWORKING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are provided for supporting personal networking by a personal server in a mobile communication system. A request is received from a mobile station. A current position of the mobile station and a required QoS are registered in response to a request of the mobile station. When a handover is made from a resource management system of a service provider B to a resource management system of a service provider A, movement of a user agent to the resource management system of the service provider A is requested based on the current position of the mobile station and the required QoS. When the movement of the user agent is completed, a user information update request is received for updating a result of a QoS negotiation by the required QoS, and information on a selected access network, from the resource management system of the service provider A. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171080 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided an information processing apparatus including a determination unit which determines whether a predetermined condition for performing communication processing between an information processing system relating to a service provider and a wireless communication apparatus is satisfied, and a control unit which sets a connection right to connect to a predetermined network using wireless communication for the wireless communication apparatus, and performs control in a manner that the wireless communication apparatus connects to the network based on the set connection right and performs the communication processing with the information processing system, when the predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171081 | Systems and Methods for Power Control in Wireless Networks - Embodiments are provided for adjusting a transmission power level at a user equipment (UE). An embodiment method by a network includes sending, to the UE, a first indication for a transmission power level. The transmission power level is for a transmission from the UE to a base station. The method further includes sending a second indication for the transmission power to the base station. The UE receives the indication for the transmission power level, and applies the transmission power level on uplink from the UE to the base station. The UE is located between the base station and a radio node and transmits on uplink to the base station and the radio node. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171082 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN IMPROVING NETWORK COVERAGE FOR VOICE OR DATA CALLS - To improve network coverage or reduce false handover triggering, at least one client terminal is set to operate as a virtual access point (VAP) in a first wireless network by an AP controller. If a mobile device detects that a signal quality estimate of communications via an AP or the first wireless network is below a first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure to the VAP. While maintaining the call via the VAP, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is beck above the first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure back to the AP of the first wireless network. On the other hand, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is below a second value which is less than the first value, the mobile device performs a vertical handover procedure from the VAP to a base station of a second wireless network. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171083 | METHOD, TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING CONTROL PARAMETERS - The present invention discloses a method for adjusting control parameters. The method includes: when a terminal fails to be handed over from a source cell to a target cell, or when the terminal is handed over from a source cell to a target cell successfully and a radio link connection failure occurs on a radio link established between the terminal and the target cell, reestablishing, by the terminal, a radio link with a reestablished cell; and sending, by the terminal, a report message to a base station of the reestablished cell, where the report message carries moving speed information of the terminal and/or size information of the target cell. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171084 | Call Handoff Suppression for Hybrid Mobile Devices - Disclosed are techniques for suppressing a handoff of a media stream associated with a communication session between communication devices one of which is a mobile device capable of making and receiving calls on separate networks. The technique suppresses an automatic media stream handoff between the mobile device and an IP network based call server in which the automatic media stream handoff comprises switching a communication path of the media stream between the mobile device and the IP network based call server from one including an IP access point to one including a cellular access point. The technique stores a list of IP access points to which the mobile device has previously connected and accepts input indicative of selecting one or more of the IP access points. Thereafter, either the mobile device or the call server prevents an automatic handoff process for any of the selected IP access points. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER PROCESSING - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus such as a user equipment configured to receive a handover command from a network element, such as a base station, and to determine identities of a plurality of cells from the handover command, and to consider the cell identities as identities of cells prepared to accept the apparatus. The apparatus may be further configured to use one of the cells for re-establishment following a handover failure. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171086 | MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - The measurement frequency of a measurement procedure notified by a network is adjusted according to the speed of a mobile station. A mobile station UE according to the present invention includes: a speed detection unit | 2014-06-19 |
20140171087 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED USER EQUIPMENT POWER MANAGEMENT VIA CONTROLLED CELL CHANGE NOTIFICATIONS - Apparatus and methods for power management in a wireless communication device include detecting a change in a serving cell for data communication from a first cell to a second cell; determining whether a terminal equipment (TE) is in a low power state; detecting a first technology type of the first cell and a second technology type of the second cell; determining whether the second technology type is a different technology mode than the first technology type; sending a cell change notification to a data processor associated with the TE when the second technology type is in the different technology mode than the first technology type and the TE is not in a low power state; and suppressing the sending of the cell change notification when the second technology type is not in the different technology mode and the TE is in the low power state. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171088 | DETERMINING MOBILITY STATES FOR A USER DEVICE - A mobility module receives sensor data from one or more sensors and determines the movement of type of movement of a user device, based on the sensor data. Based on the movement or rate of movement, the mobility module transitions the user device to a mobility state. The user device evaluates the power levels of radio signals from neighbor base stations using one or more measurement parameters that are scaled of offset based on the mobility state. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171089 | Monitoring Traffic Across Diameter Core Agents - Systems and methods for monitoring traffic across Diameter Core Agents (DCAs) such as, for example, Diameter Signaling Routers (DSRs) and/or Diameter Routing Agents (DRAs). In some embodiments, a method may include receiving a first set of one or more messages at a telecommunications monitoring system, the first set of one or more messages transmitted between a Diameter client and a Diameter device. The method may also include receiving a second set of one or more messages at the telecommunications monitoring system, the second set of one or more messages transmitted between the Diameter device and a Diameter server. The method may further include correlating the first set of one or more messages with the second set of one or more messages as part of a single Diameter call. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171090 | Using Standard Cellular Handsets with a General Access Network - Mobile communication is disclosed. A standard cellular mobile station at is communicated with at least in part via a standard cellular air link. A mobile communication between, the standard cellular mobile station and a core mobile network is relayed via a generic access network. In some embodiments, translation between the standard cellular air link and a generic access network uplink interlace is performed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYER 3 CONFIGURATION IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for camping, assisted serving cell addition or removal, and discontinuous reception (DRX) in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In other aspects, enhancements to Layer 1 channels and uplink timing alignments are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, assisted serving cell Layer 2 architecture and transport channels are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. In further aspects, collaborated HARQ solutions are provided in networks having a macro cell and at least one assisted serving cell. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171092 | PAGING INDICATOR TRANSMISSION METHOD, SYSTEM AND RECEPTION DEVICE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A paging indicator transmission method for a mobile communication system includes the following steps. In step S | 2014-06-19 |
20140171093 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE MODULATED SIGNALS OVER WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for requesting and allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless communication system. The method and apparatus includes a combination of techniques that allow a plurality of CPEs to communicate their bandwidth request messages to respective base stations. One technique includes a “polling” method whereby a base station polls CPEs individually or in groups and allocates bandwidth specifically for the purpose of allowing the CPEs to respond with bandwidth requests. The polling of the CPEs by the base station may be in response to a CPE setting a “poll-me bit” or, alternatively, it may be periodic. Another technique comprises “piggybacking” bandwidth requests on bandwidth already allocated to a CPE. Currently active CPEs request bandwidth using unused portions of uplink bandwidth that is already allocated to the CPE. The CPE is responsible for distributing the allocated uplink bandwidth in a manner that accommodates the services provided by the CPE. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171094 | METHOD OF MULTI-HOP COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION FROM TERMINAL AND BASE STATION AND NETWORK FOR MULTI-HOP COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - A method of multi-hop cooperative communication includes recognizing a plurality of relays capable of cooperating with one another to amplify or quantize and forward mixed signals received from a plurality of different nodes, selecting a transmission mode from a direct mode for transmission from a base station directly and a cooperation mode for transmission from the base station via the plurality of relays, transmitting data from the base station directly to a terminal through a first radio resource in the direct mode in response to the selected transmission mode being the direct mode, and transmitting data from the base station to the terminal via the plurality of relays through a second radio resource in the cooperation mode in response to the selected transmission mode being the cooperation mode. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171095 | METHOD FOR REDUCING INTER-FEMTOCELL INTERFERENCE AND FEMTOCELL BASE STATION - The present invention discloses a method for reducing inter-Femtocell interference, including: obtaining an average channel gain of all available channels; determining whether the average channel gain is greater than a preset threshold; if the average channel gain is greater than the preset threshold, determining, by using spectrum sensing, a P channel and an N channel, where the P channel is one or more available channels causing greatest interference and the N channel is one or more available channels suffering greatest interference; and transmitting or receiving a signal in an available channel other than the P channel and the N channel. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171096 | Extended Access Barring and Network Sharing - It is provided an apparatus, including base station means adapted to provide a base station functionality for a first user equipment attached to a first network and a second user equipment attached to a second network different from the first network; access barring broadcasting means adapted to broadcast, via the base station means, a first EAB parameter including a first category indication for extended access barring related to the first network and a second category indication for extended access barring related to the second network. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171097 | CROWDSOURCING INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK USING SMALL CELLS - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for using a small cell as a reliable crowd-sourcing agent are presented. In some embodiments, a small cell installed at a known location may observe one or more wireless signals at the known location, wherein the small cell comprises a built-in network listen receiver for observing cellular downlink signals. Subsequently, the small cell may provide, to at least one crowdsourcing server, information that identifies the location and describes one or more detected properties of the one or more observed wireless signals. In at least one arrangement, the information provided to at least one crowdsourcing server is a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) configuration based on an observed LTE downlink signals. In at least one arrangement, the information provided to at least one crowdsourcing server is configured to be used by the at least one crowdsourcing server in providing position assistance information. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171098 | LOCATION DETERMINATION USING A STATE SPACE ESTIMATOR - Methods, program products, and systems for using a location fingerprint database to determine a location of a mobile device are described. A mobile device can use location fingerprint data and readings of a sensor to obtain a location observation. The mobile device can use the location observation in a particle filter for determining a location of the mobile device at a venue. Using state of movement of the mobile device and a map of the venue, the mobile device can determine one or more candidate locations of the device. The mobile device can then update the candidate locations using a next observation, and determine a probability density function based on the candidate locations. The mobile device can then present to a user a most probable location as a current location of the device in the venue. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171099 | GEO-FENCING BASED UPON SEMANTIC LOCATION - Described herein are technologies for geo-fencing based upon semantic locations. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171100 | MONITORING A LOCATION FINGERPRINT DATABASE - Methods, program products, and systems for monitoring a location fingerprint database are described. A location fingerprint database can store location data associated with multiple signal sources. A mobile device can use signals of the signal sources and the location data to determine a current location. A location server can monitor the location fingerprint database, including detecting if any one of the signal sources has moved or otherwise becomes unsuitable for location determination. The location server can prevent location data associated with the unsuitable signal source from being used by the mobile device to determine the current location of the mobile device | 2014-06-19 |
20140171101 | DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A WIRELESS ENDPOINT DEVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for determining a location of a user endpoint device in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method receives from each of a plurality of base stations a plurality of signals and a plurality of times of arrival, wherein each of the plurality of times of arrival is associated with a particular signal of the plurality of signals, and determines the location of the wireless endpoint device from the plurality of signals and the plurality of times of arrival. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171102 | MOBILE GEOLOCATION - A method and apparatus for generating reference signatures for use in geolocation in a cellular wireless communication system is provided. A first signature for a mobile communication unit comprises location information, a timestamp, and radio frequency measurement information obtained by a mobile communication unit at a location, but does not contain identification information for the mobile communication unit. The first signature is compared to signatures in a database, to identify a second signature that has a timestamp and radio frequency measurement information that correspond to those of the first signature. A reference signature is created by combining at least a part of the first signature with at least a part of the second signature. Repetition of the comparison and combination steps creates a database of reference signatures, for use in geolocating other received call signatures. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171103 | Method and System for Mobile Reference Signature Generation - A method and an apparatus for generating reference signatures in a cellular wireless communications system are provided. A first signature is obtained for a mobile communication unit at a first location. The first signature comprises first location information, a first timestamp, and radio frequency measurement information, but lacks identification information. The first signature is compared to signatures in a database, to identify a second signature having location information and a timestamp corresponding to the first location information and first timestamp. A reference signature is created by combining at least part of the first signature, such as the radio frequency information, with the second signature. The first signature is from an anonymized call. The second signature may be from an application operational on the communication unit, or from a social media website, and may comprise identification information for the communication unit or user. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171104 | Mobile Communication System - A cellular wireless communications system and method of generating reference signatures for use in geolocation are provided. The cellular wireless communications system identifies a sub-area within the coverage area of a cellular wireless communications system, the sub-area having a density of radio frequency measurements that is below a threshold value. A user of a subscriber mobile communication unit is influenced to enter the sub-area, the subscriber mobile communication unit being a subscriber to the cellular wireless communications system. The cellular wireless communications system obtains radio frequency measurements from the subscriber mobile communication unit in the sub-area, and generates reference signatures and/or location estimates from the radio frequency measurements. The reference signatures may be used to geolocate connections made by other mobile communication units within the sub-areas. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171105 | Enhanced Cell ID Location Method Using Non Uniform Subsectors and Neighboring Cell Centroid - A system and method of determining the location of a mobile device. Network measurement report information may be received from a target mobile device, the NMR having measurement information and range information of the target mobile device from a cell serving the device. The serving cell may be divided a plurality of subsectors and candidate locations placed on an intersection of a range formed from the range information and bisectors of the plurality of subsectors. A subset of neighboring and serving cells may be selected as a function of the NMR measurement information and a radio frequency (RF) coverage centroid determined for each of the selected neighboring cells. A centroid of the determined RF centroids may be determined, and a location of the target mobile device estimated as the candidate location having a minimum distance to the determined centroid. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171106 | Systems and Methods for User Equipment Mobility Prediction - System and method embodiments for mobility prediction in a wireless network enable the wireless network to determine the location of a wireless device with minimal transmissions from the wireless device. In an embodiment, the method includes negotiating with a mobile device to determine a mobility prediction algorithm and a condition upon which the mobile wireless device will report the actual location of the mobile device, training the mobility prediction algorithm using prior mobile wireless device location and timestamp information, determining a predicted location of the mobile device using the mobility prediction algorithm, and setting an predicted location for the mobile device at a time as the actual location for the mobile device at the time when failing to receive a location report from the mobile wireless device, wherein the mobile device transmits actual location information after the training period only if the condition is met. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS INDOOR LOCALIZATION BASED ON INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT AND MAP INFORMATION - An embodiment disclosing a wireless indoor localization system based on inertial measurement unit (IMU) and map information, including at least a mobile wireless signal transceiving device able to compute, with each including at least a wireless signal transceiver and at least an IMU for collecting environmental information measured by mobile device; at least two fixed wireless signal transceiving devices, configured to provide wireless signal for positioning or wireless signal observation; at least a wireless signal observation device, configured to observe signal strength of fixed signal transceiving devices; at least a training database, configured to store at least a standard comparison information; at least a map information, including indoor spatial description, configured to assist in determining feasibility of movement at continuous time; and at least a computing core unit, configured to compute positioning result based on collected information during training and positioning phases, and comparison with map information. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171108 | DYNAMIC ACCESS POINT BASED POSITIONING - A wireless device that includes an access point (AP) scanner, a transceiver, and a controller coupled to the AP scanner and transceiver. The AP scanner is configured to scan wireless network channels utilized by one or more APs to transmit data packets, probe responses, and beacons. The transceiver is configured to transmit one or more probe requests to the one or more APs and receive one or more probe responses and beacons from the one or more APs. The controller is configured to determine a proximate geographic position of the wireless device based on signal strength of the one or more probe responses and beacons received from the one or more APs. The controller also dynamically adapts a parameter utilized in determining the proximate geographic position of the wireless device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171109 | DIFFERENTIATED STATION LOCATION - Embodiments allow a station to determine its location and report the location to a access point or other network entity. The station obtains agreement with an access point, group of access points, or other network entity to provide its location to a designated accuracy level and the access point(s) agree to provide services such as access to a location service, the access point(s) location to a designated positional accuracy, etc. The station measures its position and induces an error in its reported location. The induced error prevents an exact location of the station from being determined by the access point(s) or others, thus preserving the privacy of the station. The location reported by the station may be absolute (e.g., geographic coordinates) or relative to a landmark, location, etc. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171110 | POSITION ESTIMATION OF A WIRELESS TERMINAL IN A STRUCTURE USING BASE STATION SIGNAL INFORMATION - A wireless terminal, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The wireless terminal includes circuitry configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted from a base station; perform signal intensity measurement of the received wireless signal; receive, via a graphical user interface, section information that identifies a section of a building structure for which the signal intensity measurement is to be performed; and transmit measurement information acquired by the signal intensity measurement of the received wireless signal, base station identification information that indicates a base station of a transmission source of the wireless signal, and the section information. The measurement information is associated with the base station identification information and the section information. The circuitry is further configured to perform the signal intensity measurement of the received wireless signal in response to a predetermined user input operation that is received after the section information. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171111 | Method and Apparatus for Positioning User Equipment - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for positioning a user equipment. The method includes receiving positioning measurement information sent by a base station. The positioning configuration information includes a sum of a difference between receiving time and sending time on the UE and a difference between receiving time and sending time on the base station. A round trip time between the intermediate node that sends the CRS and the UE is calculated according to the positing in formation. A position of the UE is determined using position coordinates of the intermediate node that sends the CRS and the round trip time. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171112 | Location Service Requests Throttling - A technique to allow a server such as a location server to throttle concurrent or closely timed location requests for the position of a given wireless device such that within a certain time period preferably only one location request will be initiated to the positioning engine and the remaining closely-timed location requests will be buffered or cached. When a position for the given wireless device is returned per the outstanding location request, then the retrieved position will be used to respond to each of the buffered location requests. Thus, a plurality of location requests are satisfied with a single request to the positioning engine. By optimizing the use of cached position requests, throttling of location requests per the invention reduces network traffic significantly, increases the efficiency of a positioning server (therefore reducing business cost), and provides for an improved grade or quality of location based services in general. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171113 | Method and System for Locating a Current Position or a Coupling Location of a Mobile Unit Using a Leaky Waveguide - A method and related system are provided for locating a current position or a coupling location of a mobile unit, which can send or receive for location determining purposes, using a leaky waveguide, wherein a radio signal is fed from the mobile unit into the waveguide or vice versa, wherein the signal is sent by the mobile unit and received by the two transmitting and receiving (T/R) apparatuses, or one signal is sent by each of the two T/R apparatuses and received by the mobile unit, wherein a receiving time is determined for each received signal, and the current position or the coupling location is determined from two such receiving times. The T/R apparatuses, arranged at opposite ends of the waveguide, are synchronized relative to each other prior to the determination of the current position or coupling location, or prior to the reception of the signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171114 | LOCATION DETERMINATION USING FINGERPRINT DATA - Methods, program products, and systems for using a location fingerprint database to determine a location of a mobile device are described. A mobile device can use location fingerprint data received from a server to determine a location of the mobile device at the venue. The mobile device can obtain, from a sensor of the mobile device, a vector of sensor readings, each sensor reading can measure an environment variable, e.g., a signal received by the sensor from a signal source. The mobile device can perform a statistical match between the vector and the location fingerprint data. The mobile device can then estimate a current location of the mobile device based on the statistical match. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171115 | LOCATION-AWARE MANAGEMENT OF LISTS OF UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URLS) FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Described herein are technologies for managing lists of universal resource locators (“URLs”) for a mobile device based, at least in part, upon the determined location of the device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171116 | LOCATION-AWARE MOBILE APPLICATION MANAGEMENT - Described herein are techniques related to managing mobile applications (“apps”) of a mobile device based, at least in part, upon the determined location of the device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171117 | LOCATION-AWARE MANAGEMENT OF LISTS OF UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URLS) FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Described herein are technologies for managing lists of universal resource locators (“URLs”) for a mobile device based, at least in part, upon the determined location of the device. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171118 | LOCATION FINGERPRINTING - Methods, program products, and systems for using a location fingerprint database to determine a location of a mobile device are described. A mobile device can use a location fingerprint database to determine the location where GPS signals are unavailable. A server can generate location fingerprint data for the database. The server can generate the location fingerprint data using crowd sourcing, using known locations of signal sources, or both. The server can receive, from a sampling device, measurements of environment variables, e.g., signals from a signal source at one or more sampling points. The server can extrapolate, from the received measurements, estimated measurements at one or more locations in a venue. The server can store the extrapolated measurements as location fingerprint data. The server can send the location fingerprint data to a mobile device for determining a location of the mobile device when the mobile device is at the venue. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171119 | Method and apparatus for managing attributes and functionalities of predetermined geographical areas. - In accordance with one example embodiment of the present invention a method comprises at least partially enabling a set of functionalities and attributes related to a geofenced session area, wherein at least some of those attributes are associated, at least in part, with analytics pertaining to permanence of users within said geofenced session area. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171120 | LOCATION-SPECIFIC DATA ACQUISITION - Devices, methods, and systems are provided that allow for acquiring and/or communicating data associated with a location. Embodiments of the present invention allow a mobile communication device to detect a sensor associated with a particular location, and information about that location is provided to the mobile communication device. Other embodiments allow data to be detected and processed in order to characterize a location and objects contained therein. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171121 | METHOD, MOBILE DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR LOCATION-AWARE APPLICATION - A method, a mobile device, and a computer-readable recording medium for a location-aware application are provided. In the method, at least one signal source around the mobile device and a signal strength thereof are detected by using a signal detecting module. Then, each detected signal source and the signal strength thereof are compared with a signal source and a signal strength thereof recorded in multiple system profiles, so as to find a system profile having matched signal source and signal strength, in which the system profiles include signal sources and signal strengths thereof which are recorded and detected by the mobile device at multiple different locations and a system setting of the mobile device applicable to each location. Finally, a system setting of a matched system profile is executed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171122 | VENUE POSITIONING SYSTEM - A venue positioning method and system. The location of one or more hand held devices can be determined with respect to one or more VPS (Venue Positioning System) devices within a venue (e.g., a sports stadium, concert arena, etc.) based on wireless communication between the hand held device(s) and the VPS device(s). A service can then be wirelessly delivered to the hand held device(s) based on the determined location of the hand held device(s) with respect to the VPS device(s) within or proximate to the venue. In some embodiments, the VPS devices may be implemented as transponders. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171123 | RECONFIGURATION OF MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON LOCATION - Systems and methods of configuring mobile electronic devices are provided. In one aspect, a system includes a vehicle, a mobile electronic device including a first manner of operation and a second manner of operation different than the first manner of operation, and a wireless charging system positioned in the vehicle and adapted to wirelessly charge the mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device operates in the first manner of operation outside of the vehicle, and the wireless charging system identifies the mobile electronic device when the mobile electronic device is inside the vehicle and operation of the mobile electronic device changes from the first manner of operation to the second manner of operation with the mobile electronic device in the vehicle. In another aspect, the system includes a wireless charging system positioned at any location and adapted to communicate data to a mobile electronic device associated with the location. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171124 | SAVING GPS POWER BY DETECTING INDOOR USE - In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided systems, apparatuses, and methods for saving GPS power by detecting indoor use. For example, in one embodiment, such means may include means for receiving a first reading of light within a visible spectrum of electromagnetic radiation; means for receiving a second reading of light within an infrared spectrum of electromagnetic radiation; means for selecting an indoor environmental state when (a) the first reading of light within the visible spectrum of electromagnetic radiation is above a first threshold and (b) the second reading of light within the infrared spectrum of electromagnetic radiation is below a second threshold; and means for transitioning a Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor to a power savings mode based on the indoor environmental state being selected. For instance, such a technique may determine the GPS sensor is inside based on relatively low infrared readings and relatively high visible spectra readings, and responsively transition the GPS sensor into a more power efficient mode. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED SIGNALING - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a receiver configured to receive a measurement instruction comprising an indication of a first frequency, and at least one processing core configured to suppress causing sending of a proximity indication relating to a closed subscriber group cell operating substantially on at least the first frequency. In some embodiments, sending of redundant proximity indications may thus be avoided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171126 | LOCATION DATA REGRESSION - A server can receive, from a mobile device, a reference location and one or more measurements of signal from signal sources. Each signal source is associated with a signal source location in a location database. The server can use the measurements and the signal source locations to validate the reference location. The server can use the validated reference location to validate the signal source locations, including detecting moved signal sources. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171127 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION BASED UPDATES IN A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The location or changes in location of a communications device may be determined by various means, such as via a satellite navigation system, within the communications device. The location of the communications device may then be used to determine communication standard parameters needed for operation. Different countries may require different parameters for various applications, such as digital video broadcasting (DVB) and/or Bluetooth communication. The communications device may then configure itself to use the appropriate parameters for operation using the determined standards. The configuration information may be stored in the communications device. The communications device may comprise at least one radio wireless communication that may need to be updated. The wireless communication may comprise cellular communication, Internet access, and reception of audio and/or video broadcasts, where the audio/video broadcasts may be analog and/or digital. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171128 | HARVESTING COMMUNICATION PARAMETER OBSERVATIONS IN GNSS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS - A method includes receiving location information from a mobile device, the location information indicating a location of a mobile device operating the mobile device in a global positioning navigation satellite system (GNSS)-location-denied environment. One or more communication parameters associated with communications between the mobile device and a network can be identified. The communication parameters can be associated with the location of the mobile device. The mobile device can provide the location information using a social networking site, for example, using a check-in feature or drop-down location menu. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171129 | LOCATION CONTEXT, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR MEETING LOCATIONS - Enhanced input field features and techniques for displaying and resolving location information in meeting items are provided. In response to a user's interaction with a place name displayed in the location field of a user interface for a meeting item, up to date information is retrieved about the location associated with the place name from a web service and displayed. The display can include a map image tile. In addition to enabling the displaying of up to date information, during creation of the meeting item, the location input field of a meeting item can present location suggestions from within the location input field, for example, as a drop-down listing of possible locations. The suggestions for completing a user's input text string to the location input field can be obtained from sources such as a web service, a mailbox, a managed database/directory service, a history cache/database or a combination thereof. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A MESSAGE, AND TERMINAL AND SERVER THEREOF - Examples of the present disclosure provide a method for displaying a message, in which a terminal receives a message posted by a user, obtains LBS information of the user, sends to a server the LBS information and the received message; the server stores the message received and the LBS information associated with the message, for each message stored, when a request for viewing the message is received from the user, the server displays, through the terminal, the message and the LBS information associated with the message to the user. Various examples of the present disclosure also provide a system for displaying a message, a terminal and a server thereof. When the method, system, and apparatuses provided by the examples of the present disclosure are employed, other users can exactly know a geographical location where the user is in when the user posted the message. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171131 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL ROUTING AND PAGING ACROSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF NETWORKS - A network architecture uses an Application Server Autonomous Access (ASAA) server which allows paging and call routing across different types of wireless and wireline access networks. The ASAA server provides connectivity between an external voice or data network and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The external voice or data network may be a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or a public data network (PDN), so that the connectivity between the external network and the WTRU is provided through the access networks using data from the ASAA server. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171132 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Repeating Alarms and Notifications in Response to Device Motion - A processor-based personal electronic device (such as a smartphone) is programmed to automatically respond to data sent by various sensors from which the user's activity may be inferred. When one or more alarms on the device are temporarily disabled or ignored, they may be automatically restored when sensor data indicates a change in the user's activity. The restoration of alarm functionality may be accompanied by a repeat of notifications missed or not responded to during a certain period prior to the sensed change in user activity. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171133 | QUERY RESPONSE - In accordance with an example embodiment of the disclosure, a non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium may have stored thereon a computer program having at least one code section. The at least one code section may be executable by a first electronic processing device for causing the first electronic processing device to execute context pertinent responses based on at least one status query electronically communicated to the first electronic processing device from a second electronic processing device. The at least one code section may control the first device to perform examining the query to determine a pertinent context. A query processing device may be queried via the first device. Responsive to the querying, context pertinent information may be received based on at least one database of stored context pertinent information. A context pertinent response may be executed based on the obtained context pertinent information. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171134 | Method of Handling a Short Message Service Re-Delivery - A method of handling a short message re-delivery for a network entity of a wireless communication system includes receiving a request corresponding to a transmission failure of a short message transmitted to a communication device without a Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN) ; generating a first correlation identification (ID) according to the request; and storing the first correlation ID with a short message service center (SMSC) address corresponding to the short message. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171135 | CONDITIONAL MESSAGE FORWARDING FUNCTIONS - Message forwarding by communication devices is conditionally and/or automatically controlled. A network message management component and/or handset message management component can monitor messages (e.g., short message service (SMS) messages) communicated between user equipment (UE) in a communication network, identify and/or intercept a message for which one or more forwarding conditions have been specified by the message originator, target, or forward target, and conditionally and/or automatically route the message to the target and/or forward target in accordance with predefined message routing rules based at least in part on the conditions specified by the originator, target, or forward target. The predefined message routing rules can be implemented by the network and/or the UEs, and can relate to the UE identifiers, time, priority, cost, operation state, size, desired automatic response messages, or other desired factors, associated with the message. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171136 | CLOUD SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - This disclosure is directed to a cloud spectrum management system. In general, an example cloud spectrum management system may match requests from spectrum requestors seeking available radio spectrum with spectrum owners desiring to lease available radio spectrum to determine radio spectrum trade transactions. An example system may include a market communication module to communicate with a market place for trading a spectrum of radio frequencies for use in wireless communication, a core service s module to determine radio spectrum trade transactions based at least on the communications between the market communication module and the market, and a management utilities module configured to manage the radio spectrum trade transactions determined by the core services module. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171137 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION LINKAGE BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A control device is provided which controls wireless communication linkage between communication devices. The control device includes a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with first and second communication devices; a user interface unit configured to generate a communication unit active signal according to a control of a user; and a control unit configured to activate the communication unit in response to the communication unit active signal. The communication unit receives communication linkage information for communication linkage between the first and second communication devices from the first communication device and sends the communication linkage information to the second communication device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171138 | SELECTIVE LAYER-2 FLUSHING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - A method includes classifying signaling messages to be transmitted from a mobile communication terminal into one or more classes, wherein each class corresponds to a respective event relating to the terminal and specifies the signaling messages that become irrelevant when the event occurs. The signaling messages are queued for transmission in a queue. In response to detecting an occurrence of a given event, the irrelevant signaling messages are removed from the queue based on the class specifying irrelevant signaling messages corresponding to the given event. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171139 | INTERCOMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES BASED ON DIGITAL NETWORKS - The present application discloses methods and devices for intercommunication between mobile terminals based on digital networks. A first mobile terminal may connect to a uniquely identified server based on a first terminal identifier corresponding to the first mobile terminal. In addition, the first mobile terminal may connect to the server through a default connection setup embedded in the first terminal identifier. By acquiring terminal identifiers corresponding to interacting mobile terminals, the first mobile terminal may establish communication channels with the interacting mobile terminals. After adding the terminal identifiers of the interacting mobile terminals to the contact lists of the first mobile terminal, different regions of the first mobile terminal may be designated to the interacting mobile terminals so that the regions may display the status of communication and serve as interfaces to control receiving, playing, recording, and transmitting digital contents encoding voice messages. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171140 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND BASE STATION - A base station | 2014-06-19 |
20140171141 | INTELLIGENT RADIO FREQUENCY POWER CONTROL - Cognitive radio may benefit from cognitive transmission power control. Cognitive power control may relate to minimizing current consumption and placing limitations on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and specific absorption rate (SAR) especially for transmission during body-worn use. A method can include calculating and forecasting power consumption and exposure due to transmission by a device to a user of the device to obtain a calculated power consumption and exposure. The method can also include comparing the calculated and the forecasted exposure to at least one predetermined criterion to obtain a compliance result. The method can further include adjusting at least one parameter of the device contingent upon the compliance result. The calculating and the forecasting can be performed in real time. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171142 | USING MULTIPLE AND A SINGLE FEEDBACK FOR UE UPLINK BEAMFORMING IN SOFT HANDOFF - Embodiments of the present invention describe methods for increasing the amount of information available to a mobile transmit diversity transmitter during soft handoff. According to embodiments of the invention, a transmit diversity transmitter may determine substantially when it is in uplink communication with one base station and downlink communication with another base station. The mobile device may transmitting a diversity signal by controlling a value of a transmit diversity parameter based on feedback signals from the downlink base station, and controlling a power level in accordance with a standard protocol, e.g. combination of transmit power control feedbacks provided by the active base stations. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171143 | METHOD USED FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK WITH A SHARED CELL-ID - In a heterogeneous network with a shared cell-ID, the current power control mechanism only configures common power control parameters for all UE in a macro cell, and this doesn't match the receiving power of a wireless access point associated actually, and may lead to serious interferences. The invention provides a method used for uplink power control in a UE of a heterogeneous network with a shared cell-ID, wherein, a wireless access point informs the UE of power control parameters which is related to an associated wireless access point of the UE in the heterogeneous networks, the UE determines a uplink power according to the power control parameters, and transmits uplink data based on the determined uplink power. The invention may configure uplink power for the UEs associated to different wireless access points in a heterogeneous network with a shared cell-ID, to make them have the power control parameters matching with their wireless access points. Thus it's allowed that a performance equivalence between different tiers of networks in a heterogeneous network. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171144 | TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER - The present invention relates to terminal equipment and a method for controlling uplink transmission power. The method, in which terminal equipment controls uplink transmission power in a wireless communication system, includes the steps of: determining uplink transmission power when at least one type of channel is employed for simultaneous transmission at a cell among a first type of channel corresponding to a plurality of PUCCHs, a second type of channel corresponding to PUSCHs including a UCI, and a third type of channel corresponding to PUSCHs excluding the UCI; and transmitting the at least one type of channel via the determined uplink transmission power, wherein the uplink transmission power is determined by applying a scaling factor to a power value of the at least one type of channel when the power value exceeds the maximum transmission power or remaining transmission power. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171145 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING TRANSMISSION POWER OF MOBILE TERMINAL - Proposed are a method and device for adjusting transmission power of a mobile terminal. The method includes: a mobile terminal detecting information about a current terminal location according to an operating environment where a user is currently located; obtaining pre-configured power parameter information corresponding to the current terminal location according to the information about the current terminal location and one or more location information transmission power correlation policy tables internally installed in the mobile terminal; and actively adjusting a transmission power parameter according to the obtained pre-configured power parameter information. Compared with the prior art, in the technical solution of the disclosure no additional protocol development needs to be performed on a mobile device, which saves development time, and has better universality and standardization, and can be widely applied to mobile devices which have a universal access function, such as products like mobile phones, UFI type data cards, ROUTERS, etc. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171146 | Method and Apparatus for Automatically Setting Alarms and Notifications - A processor-based personal electronic device (such as a smartphone) is programmed to automatically respond to data sent by various sensors from which the user's activity may be inferred. One or more alarms on the device may be temporarily disabled when sensor data indicates that the user is asleep. One or more of the sensors may be worn by the user and remote from the device. A wireless communication link may be used by the device to obtain remote sensor data. Data from on-board sensors in the device—such as motion sensors, location sensors, ambient light sensors, and the like—may also be used to deduce the user's current activity. User data (such as calendar entries) may also be used to determine likely user activity and set alarms accordingly. Biometric data from a second, nearby person may also be used to automatically select certain alarm modes on a first person's device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171147 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A RECEIVER - A communication device is described including a receiver, a determiner configured to determine, for a first data transmission via a first communication channel and a second data transmission via a second data communication channel, wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission overlap in time, a first time period during which the receiver is to receive data transmitted in the first data transmission and a second time period during which the receiver is to receive data transmitted in the second data transmission based on information about the quality of data transmission via the first communication channel and based on information about the quality of data transmission via the second communication channel and a controller configured to control the receiver to receive data transmitted in the first data transmission during the first time period and to receive data transmitted in the second data transmission during the second time period. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISION OF INFRARED SIGNALLING IN SMART PHONE DEVICES - A smart phone device is fitted with a dual mode communications interface device having a housing wherein the housing provides access via an exterior of the smart phone device to both an infrared communications pathway and an electrical communications pathway each of which are coupled to one or more processing devices carried within the smart phone device. To this end, the communications interface device may be in the form of an audio jack having a plug receiving opening wherein the plug receiving opening is in communication with the electrical communications pathway and wherein at least a portion of the housing surrounding the plug receiving opening forms a light pipe for the infrared communications pathway. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171149 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE BY CONVERSATION RECOGNITION, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BY CONVERSATION RECOGNITION DURING MEETING - An apparatus for controlling a mobile device according to the present invention includes: a conversation recognition unit configured to recognize a conversation between users through mobile devices; a user intent verification unit configured to verify an intent of at least one user among the users based on the recognition result; and an additional function control unit configured to execute an additional function corresponding to the verified user's intent in a mobile device of the user. According to the present invention, great contribution may be made to improve communication between users by recognizing the conversation between the users, thereby directly providing information associated with the conversation or providing a service. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171150 | IMAGE REDIRECTION SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - An image redirection system having a case that includes a body configured to removably attach to a mobile device, and an optical housing on the body, the optical housing configured to position one or more optical elements over the mobile device lens and flash unit when the case is attached to the mobile device. The optical housing is configured to enable one-handed operation such that a user can deploy and retract the optical housing with only one digit of a hand that holds the case and enable operation of the camera with another finger or thumb of the holding hand. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171151 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN TRANSFERRING AN ASSIGNMENT OF A SECURE CHIP SUBSCRIPTION MANAGERS - Techniques for use in transferring an assignment of a secure chip of a wireless device from a current subscription manager (SM) of a current mobile network operator (MNO) to a new SM of a new MNO are described. In one illustrative example, the current SM receives a request for transferring the assignment and produces transfer permission data in response. The transfer permission data includes an identifier of the secure chip, an identifier of the current SM, and a digital signature of the current SM. The current SM then sends to the secure chip a transfer permission message which includes the transfer permission data. The transfer permission data indicates a permission for the secure chip to transfer the assignment from the current SM to the new SM. Additional techniques are performed by the secure chip, and the new SM, as described. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171152 | PERSONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM - The present invention is directed towards an easy-to-use and inexpensive personal emergency response system which allows elderly people to summon help should they need it. The system does not require a central monitoring service and hence there is no special monthly monitoring fee. The system also contains all of the information it needs to summon aid and communicate with a standard, unmodified, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) telephone or other communication device; this further reduces cost and complexity. The system also allows two-way voice communications between the user and the responsible party that has been notified in the event of an emergency. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171153 | COMPOSITION OF HANDWRITTEN MESSAGES ON MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - Technologies pertaining to composing, displaying, and/or transmitting handwritten content through utilization of a touch-sensitive display screen of a mobile computing device are described herein. A user of the mobile computing device can set forth strokes on the touch-sensitive display screen, one on top of another, wherein such strokes correspond to different handwritten characters. Stroke segmentation can be undertaken to determine which strokes correspond to which characters in a handwritten sequence of characters. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171154 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INCOMING CALL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A handheld electronic apparatus and an incoming call processing method of the handheld electronic apparatus are provided. When an incoming call is received, a type of an operating interface displayed on a touch display screen is determined; according to the type of the operating interface, it is decided whether to display a sub-call window interface on the operating interface. | 2014-06-19 |
20140171155 | Element Substrate and Light-Emitting Device - A potential of a gate of a driving transistor is fixed, and the driving transistor is operated in a saturation region, so that a current is supplied thereto anytime. A current control transistor operating in a linear region is disposed serially with the driving transistor, and a video signal for transmitting a signal of emission or non-emission of the pixel is input to a gate of the current control transistor via a switching transistor. | 2014-06-19 |