26th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150181299 | Deployment and Distribution Model for Improved Content Delivery System - A deployment and distribution model improves content delivery with a business incentive for placement of kiosks with one or more wireless access points in public locations so that portable media players (PMPs) can receive media content (e.g., audio, video, text, haptic content, etc.). In addition, coordination between subscribing users of PMPs, vendors who provide kiosks, and a network central controller of a content distribution system allow for prepositioning of video content at the kiosks through economically desirable low data rate communication links from the network (e.g., dial-up modem, DSL, etc.); coordinated queuing of downloads (e.g., partial downloads) between kiosk to PMP, peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading between PMPs, and uploads from PMP to kiosk; billing/crediting to correspond with such participation in the distribution; and changing priority/selection of prepositioning of content at kiosks to reflect a clientele profile. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181300 | MEDIA CONTENT BOOKMARKING - Systems and methods that enable satellite television subscribers to bookmark and annotate sections of recorded media content, and also to share and access bookmarks with and created by others. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181301 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IN-VIDEO LIBRARY - Method and accompanying system for providing an in-video library. A video player presents a video stream to a user. During presentation of the video stream, the video player displays at least a portion of a library of selectable prerecorded video segments, and a selection of one or more of the prerecorded video segments from the library is received from the user. The video player further displays a video segment watch-list that includes the selected prerecorded video segments. The video player then presents the segments in the video segment watch-list as part of the video stream. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181302 | Electronic Apparatus, Object Information Search Method of Video Playing in the Electronic Apparatus, and Non-Transitory Tangible Computer Readable Medium Thereof - An electronic apparatus, an object information search method of video played in the electronic apparatus, and a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium thereof are provided. The video comprises a plurality of frames. One of the frames has an object. The electronic comprises a display unit, an input unit, and a processor electrically connected to the input unit. The display unit receives a video signal having the video, and plays the video according to the video signal. The input unit generates an input signal in response to a selection of the object. The processor receives the video signal and the input signal, identifies the object to obtain an identify result according to the video signal and the input signal, retrieves targeted object information related to the object according to the identify result, and transmits the targeted object information to the display unit or a user device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181303 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An information providing method includes: identifying a product in which a viewer expressed interest, by using an input notification; counting the number of viewers who expressed interest in each product, by using a result of the identifying; obtaining an offered price for each product of a product provider, the price corresponding to the number of viewers counted in the counting, and registering the price as product provider information; selecting a product provider that offers the identified product to the viewer, by using product provider information of one or more product providers that wish to provide one or more products; and causing the viewer's terminal apparatus to present the product provider information of the selected product provider and product information of the identified product in an associated manner. In the selecting, the product provider is selected based on the offered price of the identified product and the number of viewers. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181304 | Display apparatus and method for recommending contents of the display apparatus - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a storage configured to store log information on content viewing, a display, and a controller configured to display a content recommendation screen on the display. The content recommendation screen includes an object of a recommendation content corresponding to the log information and is generated by using a layout suitable for the object. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181305 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to a reception apparatus, method, and program which make it possible to promptly perform reception and demodulation of an intended profile at a low cost and with superior noise resistance in a broadcast signal of DVB-T | 2015-06-25 |
20150181306 | SMARTPHONE BLUETOOTH HEADSET RECEIVER - Systems and methods are provided for allowing a user with a Smartphone to pair the Smartphone with another Bluetooth device to receive audio that is played to the user over headphones or through speakers on the Smartphone. Further, an audio processing module is used to modify the audio presented to the user, extract closed captioning text to be displayed to the user, find information relevant to the audio to be displayed to the user, and pause audio content sent to the Smartphone when phone calls or other Smartphone interruptions occur. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181307 | PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICE BASED ON SECONDARY NETWORK AND CONNECTION - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to establish a first connection via a first network that provides access to a program service; obtain program support service data that indicates a program support service including at least one of a retransmission service, an error correction service, or a scalable program service; determine whether to invoke the program support service based on the program support service data; establish a second connection via a second network that provides access to the program support service in response to a determination to invoke the program support service; invoke the program support service via the second connection; receive program data of a program via the first connection; and receive program support data pertaining to the program via the second connection. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181308 | CONTAINER AGNOSTIC DECRYPTION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video processing device for decrypting a compressed video signal includes a key storage device for storing at least one decryption key. An decryption processing device retrieves the at least one decryption key from the key storage device, and decrypts an encrypted elementary bit stream into at least one elementary bit stream, wherein first portions of the encrypted elementary bit stream are encrypted and second portions of the encrypted elementary bit stream are unencrypted. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181309 | Bit Indexed Explicit Replication For Professional Media Networks - Various systems and methods for performing bit indexed explicit replication (BIER). For example, one method involves receiving a first bit string at a node, encapsulating a packet with the first bit string, and forwarding the packet. The method also involves receiving a second bit string at the node and selecting the second bit string. The method also involves encapsulating a second packet with the second bit string and forwarding the second packet. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181310 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENT PLAYOUT SUMMARIES IN AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Systems, methods, computer program products and apparatus are described for presenting an advertisement playout summary in an interactive display, that involve collecting individual playout statistics corresponding to playout of advertisements from at least one advertising insertion computer system; organizing the individual playout statistics into groups, each group having a group identifier; calculating aggregated playout statistics for each group, the aggregated playout statistics comprising a first statistic calculated for the group; generating display information for a displayable grid of blocks, each block displays the group identifier and at least one of the aggregated playout statistics for a respective group, wherein the size and position of the block in the grid depends on the first statistic; and transmitting the display information to a client device to display the grid. The color of a block corresponding to a respective group can depends on a second statistic. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181311 | RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENT GENERATION BASED ON A USER OPERATING A CLIENT DEVICE COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLED WITH A NETWORKED MEDIA DEVICE - A method, apparatus and/or system related to relevant advertisement generation based on a user operating a client device communicatively coupled with a networked media device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a user is likely viewing a networked media device and/or accessing a client device while viewing the networked media device, determining that the content currently being displayed on the networked media device is associated with a motion-video advertisement through an automatic content recognition algorithm applied to the networked media device, selecting an alphanumeric advertisement formatted for a display area of the client device based on contextual match between the motion-video advertisement and/or the alphanumeric advertisement, and/or delivering the alphanumeric advertisement to the client device while the motion-video advertisement is still rendering on the networked media device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181312 | Capacity Allocation of Call-Handling Devices Across Call Destinations - A system and method that allocate call capacity based on the need to divide the call capacities of at least some call-termination devices across geographic regions. Accordingly, the allocation system uses various input parameters as constraints in a linear programming optimization, which has the objective of maximizing the capacity allocation of a device to fulfill the traffic demands of each region being processed. The input parameters that are used include i) the traffic demand forecast of each geographic region being evaluated, ii) the available call capacity of each call-termination device, iii) the call destinations associated with each region, and iv) service levels associated with each given call destination. Call-capacities are separately allocated for i) the predicted traffic that is expected in the next time period and ii) an additional margin of excess traffic above and beyond the expected traffic. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181313 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN INFRARED TEMPERATURE MAGNET WITH AN RFID ANTENNA - A method of collecting vibration and temperature data with a mobile data collector electro-mechanically connected to a sensory head is proposed. The data collected from a surface of a machine housing having an RFID tag mounted thereon. The method includes the steps of providing the sensory head electrically connected to the mobile data collector and mechanically connected to the machine housing surface, the sensory head including an infrared sensor, an RFID antenna, and at least one magnetic coupling. The sensory head attached to the machine housing surface via the magnetic coupling to enable transmission of machinery vibration through to the mobile data collector. The RFID antenna is positioned proximate the RFID tag and the infrared temperature sensor proximate the machine housing surface. A unique machine asset identifier is read into the mobile data collector via the sensory head RFID antenna and then uploaded into the mobile data collector. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181314 | ATHLETIC MONITORING SYSTEM HAVING AUTOMATIC PAUSING OF MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods configured to be worn on a body of user for athletic performance monitoring, and having a sensor for capturing data associated with an athletic activity being carried out by the user. The captured sensor data may be used to identify a break in an athletic training session being carried out by the user, and in response, to automatically pause playback of media content to the user. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181315 | ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS UNDERGROUND COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods are disclosed for an underground antenna structure for radiating through a dissipative medium, the antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a dielectric substrate, a feeding structure disposed on the substrate, and one or more electrical conductors. The one or more electrical conductors are disposed on the substrate, oriented, and buried within the dissipative medium. The electrical conductors are also adapted to radiate signals at a frequency in a half-space adjacent to the dissipative medium. The adaptation include a beamwidth state for one or more of the electrical conductors based at least in part on the relative permittivity of the dissipative medium. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181316 | FLEXIBLE-CLIENT, FLEXIBLE-LINE INTERFACE TRANSPONDER - Methods and systems for flexible-client, flexible-link optical transponders include electrical-to-optical transponders, which accept client data from a flow distributor, and a first multiplexing switch that connects modulated optical carriers from the transponders to line interfaces. The electrical-to-optical transponders each include a flexible optical transport unit (OTU) framer module that compresses multiple optical data units (ODUs) into a single ODU having a higher order than any of the input ODUs to form an optical transport network (OTN) frame. An electrical-to-optical modulator modulates OTN frames onto a carrier. The transponder includes a second multiplexing switch that accepts optical carriers from line interfaces and optical-to-electrical transponders that accept modulated optical carriers from the second multiplexing switch. Each optical-to-electrical transponder includes a photodetector to convert the modulated optical carriers to the electrical domain and a flexible OTU framer module that decompresses received ODUs in OTN frames into multiple ODUs to form a bit stream. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181317 | SCALABLE HYBRID PACKET/CIRCUIT SWITCHING NETWORK ARCHITECTURE - Systems and methods for packet switching in a network, including two or more hybrid packet/circuit switching network architectures configured to connect two or more core level switches in the network architectures, the network architectures being controlled and managed using a centralized software defined network (SDN) control plane. An optical ring network may be configured to interconnect the two or more hybrid network architectures, and one or more hybrid electrical/optical packet/circuit switches configured to perform switching and traffic aggregation. One or more high-speed optical interfaces and one or more low-speed electrical/optical interfaces may be configured to transmit data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181318 | LOUDSPEAKER CONTROLLER - A loudspeaker controller ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181319 | SPEAKER SYSTEM - A speaker system comprises a plurality of modules, each having an enclosure. One enclosure is a speaker enclosure that houses at least one outwardly facing driver. At least one other enclosure encloses electronic components for wirelessly receiving audio and driving at least one driver. The electronic components may be distributed among many modules. The modules are mechanically and electrically connected to each other through mounts. At least one half of a mount is connected to each enclosure. Each mount has a first half and a second half. The first half of any mount can be mechanically connected to the second half of any other mount. Each mount half includes electrical contacts that align when two halves are connected. So when the mounts of each enclosure are mechanically connected, the electronics are electrically coupled to form a circuit that wirelessly receives audio, amplifies it, and drives the driver. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181320 | VOLUME REDUCTION FILLING MEMBER FOR MICROPHONE AND UNIDIRECTIONAL CONDENSER MICROPHONE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A microphone includes a volume reduction filling member therein. The volume reduction filling member includes an elastic body having an insertion hole for inserting an electrode extraction member which extracts a generated current to a back end side by contacting a front end side thereof to a fixed electrode of a microphone unit, and reducing a volume inside a unit case. The elastic body is divided into a tip-side main body portion and a base-end-side flexible flange portion through a circular groove around the insertion hole from an outer peripheral face side of a base end portion thereof. When an outer peripheral edge portion of the base-end-side flexible flange portion receives an equal pressure toward a tip direction so as to bend, the elastic body concentrates a stress into a front portion side of the insertion hole through the tip-side main body portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN APPARATUS COMPRISING A COVERING PORTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and method of providing an apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a covering portion configured to cover at least part of an electronic device; and a microphone configured to be electrically connected to the covering portion; wherein at least one electrical connection for the microphone is provided on the covering portion. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181322 | EARPHONE DEVICE - An earphone device includes a housing, a speaker diaphragm and a tuner. The housing has an exterior surface and defines an interior cavity. The speaker diaphragm is positioned within the interior cavity and divides the interior cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber. The housing further includes a plurality of openings defined to connect the first chamber to the exterior of the housing, and a plurality of vents defined to connect the second chamber to the exterior surface. The speaker diaphragm is configured to selectively produce sound and sound produced by the speaker diaphragm is acoustically transferred from the first chamber through the openings and away from the housing. The tuner is configured to selectively open and close one or more of the plurality of vents. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181323 | FLOATING CARRIER ASSEMBLY - A headset comprising one or two sound generators and a central portion for biasing the sound generator(s) toward the users head. A carrier assembly comprises electrical circuits and is fixed to the central portion at a single position, so that twisting of the central portion does not automatically lead to a similar twisting of the carrier assembly, whereby twisting will not lead to dismounting of the circuits on the carrier assembly. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181324 | BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION BRACELET - A Bluetooth communication bracelet includes a main body and a Bluetooth earphone. The main body includes a wearing member, a charging plate, an USB interface, and an audio jack. The wearing member defines a receiving groove, a positioning portion and a charging electrode. The receiving groove is located on the outer peripheral of the wearing member, the positioning portion. The charging electrode is located on sidewalls of the receiving groove. The charging plate is located in the wearing member. The USB interface is electrically coupled to the charging plate for charging the charging plate. The Bluetooth earphone, which is received in the receiving groove, includes a carrier, an earplug, and a microphone. The carrier sets a matching portion and a contact electrode. The matching portion matches the positioning portion to make the Bluetooth earphone releasably mounted to the wearing member. The contact electrode is in contact with the charging plate. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181325 | Fitting System For A Headphone With Physiological Sensor - A headphone system comprising a physiological sensor and a method of fitting a headphone system comprising a physiological sensor to a user is provided. The headphone system comprises a headphone having a speaker, a physiological sensor configured to be positioned for measuring physiological data, and a processor connected to the physiological sensor to receive the measured physiological data and process the measured physiological data to output physiological information and a fitting parameter. An application program is associated with the headphone, and is configured to receive the physiological information and the fitting parameter. The application program may evaluate at least the fitting parameter to indicate to a user whether the headphone is properly positioned, and issue a first notification in dependence on the evaluation of the fitting parameter. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181326 | Sports Monitoring System for Headphones, Earbuds and/or Headsets - A monitoring system that can be placed proximate to the head or ear of a user is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the monitoring system can be used with headphones, earbuds or headsets. The monitoring system can, for example, be used to monitor user activity, such as during exercise or sporting activities. The positioning of the monitoring system can also facilitate sensing of other user characteristics (e.g., biometric data), such as temperature, perspiration and heart rate. The monitoring system can also be used to control a an electronic device. In one embodiment, the monitoring system facilitates user control of the electronic device using head gestures. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181327 | SPEAKER PORTING AROUND BACKLIT KEYBOARD - A system for porting a speaker through a keyboard module and a backlight module is provided. The system includes an enclosure, the enclosure configured to mount the keyboard module, the backlight module, and the speaker thereto, wherein the speaker is disposed under a portion of the keyboard module and the backlight module. The system also includes a port path for porting the speaker through the keyboard module and the backlight module, the port path extending from the speaker to an outer surface of the keyboard module, wherein a first portion of the port path includes a passage in the enclosure, the passage disposed adjacent to an edge of the keyboard module and the backlight module, and wherein a second portion of the port path includes a periphery of a key of the keyboard module. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181328 | AUDIO DATA DETECTION WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE - Various techniques for detecting are described herein. In one example, a method includes detecting a position of a computing device and selecting a plurality of microphones to detect audio data based on the position of the computing device. The method can also include calculating location data corresponding to the audio data, the location data indicating the location of a user and modifying a far field gain value based on the location data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181329 | BEAM-FORMING DEVICE - A beam-forming device includes a first target sound blocker | 2015-06-25 |
20150181330 | EAR CANAL SEALING STETHOSCOPE EAR TIPS - An ear tip is adapted to deliver sound to an ear canal. The ear tip includes a first section, a second section and a third section. The first section is connectable to a sound-transmitting device. The second section has a first end, a second end and walls defining a bulbous section. The first end is connected to and in open communication with the first section. The second end is connected to and in open communication with the third section. The third section includes walls defining a flume and an outlet port adapted for open communication with the ear canal. The outlet port has a maximum outer diameter of about 11 millimeters. In a relaxed state, a ratio of a maximum outer diameter of the second section to a maximum diameter of the third section is between about 1.25 and about 2.5. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181331 | RADIATION APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a radiation apparatus provided with a case provided with an inner space and a vent configured to connect the inner space to an outside space and an air circulation unit provided with a vibrating plate configured to vibrate inside the case and configured to flow air by alternately expanding and contracting the inner space by a vibration of the vibrating plate. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181332 | Masking Open Space Noise Using Sound and Corresponding Visual - Methods and apparatuses for addressing open space noise are disclosed. In one example, a method for masking open space noise includes outputting from a speaker a speaker sound corresponding to a flow of water, and displaying a water element system, the water element system generating a sound of flowing water. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181333 | METHOD OF REDUCING NOISE IN AUDIO OUTPUT ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of reducing noise is provided. The method includes determining whether an audio output of the audio source has interference based on a sampling frequency and an operating frequency of at least one device element e, and maintaining or changing the operating frequency of the at least one device element depending on whether interference is determined. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181334 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR SOUND SIGNAL CONVERTING DEVICE - An audio signal output from a tone generator is fed into a coil provided in a transducer for vibrating a sound board, so that a sound signal is generated by the vibration of the sound board. A predetermined DC voltage supplied by a constant voltage source circuit is superimposed on the audio signal by an adding circuit, so that the superimposed signal is fed into the coil. A current passing through the coil is sensed by a current sensing resistor, so that only a DC voltage component of a voltage signal on the both ends of the resistor is extracted by a low-pass filter circuit to be supplied to a microcomputer via an A/D converting circuit. The microcomputer figures out a resistance value and a temperature of the coil by use of the DC voltage component and the certain DC voltage value. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181335 | System and Method for a Cancelation Circuit - In accordance with an embodiment, a cancelation circuit includes a current mirror and a low pass filter. The current mirror includes an input terminal configured to accept an input current comprising a first noise signal, a first mirrored output and a second mirrored output. The low pass filter includes an input coupled to the first mirrored output and an output coupled to the second mirrored output. A sum of a current from the second mirrored output and a current of from the output of the low pass filter includes a phase-inverted version of the first noise signal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181336 | Multi-Channel Pairing in a Media System - Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed. Particularly, the embodiments described herein enable two or more playback devices to be paired, such that multi-channel audio is achieved. Such embodiments may be used to produce stereo and multi-channel audio environments for television and movies. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181337 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED STEREO FOR PORTABLE DEVICES - A mobile device includes an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation of the mobile device and at least two speakers, each configured to output sound according to an audio signal. The mobile device further includes a processing device configured to group at least two of the speakers into a speaker pair based on the orientation detected by the orientation sensor. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181338 | Stereo Earphone - There is provided is a stereo headphone provided with a pair of earphones having a cartilage conduction unit, a sheath unit connected to the cartilage conduction unit, and a piezoelectric bimorph of a vibration source connected to the cartilage conduction unit covered by the sheath unit without making contact with the inner wall thereof. The cartilage conduction unit is an elastic body. The cartilage conduction unit is in contact with the entrance to the external auditory meatus and has a passage hole in communication with the external auditory meatus. The vibration source is supported by a thick portion on the tragus side at the periphery of the passage hole. In accordance with a more specific feature, the thick portion is provided. The outer shape of the sheath has a thickness in the direction of the earhole that is less than the thickness in the direction orthogonal thereto | 2015-06-25 |
20150181339 | ENHANCING THE REPRODUCTION OF MULTIPLE AUDIO CHANNELS - This invention relates to the field of multichannel audio. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for the provision of audio channels suitable for application to loudspeakers located above conventional front loudspeakers. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181340 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOAM FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a thermoplastic resin foam film consisting substantially of a thermoplastic resin. The thermoplastic resin is a poly(meth)acrylimide resin, and the thermoplastic resin foam film has a density of 30 to 500 kg/m | 2015-06-25 |
20150181341 | THREE PART MEMBRANE SPEAKER - A speaker assembly membrane including a sound radiating surface (SRS) having a first material; a substantially planar SRS ring positioned concentrically outward from the SRS and having a second material; and a suspension member positioned concentrically outward from the SRS ring and having a third material. The second material is stiffer than the first material and the third material to locally stiffen an area surrounding the SRS and improve a breaking mode frequency of the membrane. In another embodiment, the speaker assembly membrane may include a diaphragm having a first material density; a substantially planar stiffening ring extending radially outward from an outer edge of the diaphragm and having a second material density; and a suspension member extending radially outward from an outer edge of the stiffening ring and having a third material density. The second material density is greater than the first material density and the third material density. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181342 | MODULAR SPEAKER COMPONENT - This invention discloses a kind of modular speaker component. A characteristic is that it includes a fixed part. This fixed part has a thin-walled structure. An active loudspeaker unit and passive diaphragm units are installed on it. Another characteristic is that it includes a sealed connection part. This sealed connection part is fixed on the said fixed part and it has sealing material; the said sealed connection part aligns, connects and secures the said fixed part to the opening of a rigid container. This causes the said fixed part and the rigid container to jointly form an airtight resonant space. The fixed part integrates the active loudspeaker unit and passive diaphragm units on top and combines with the sealed connection part fixed on it to form overall a universal high sound quality module that is unaffected by the rigid container. In a plan based on a small volume, it can also exhibit outstanding performance at medium and low frequencies; it can very conveniently form a complete high performance speaker with the rigid container, and satisfy the shape constraint requirements for the speaker in various application environments with different styles. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181343 | Vibration Unit for Acoustic Arrangement - A vibration unit for an acoustic arrangement includes an encircling frame, a vibration member, and a weaving suspension extended between the vibration member and the encircling frame for enabling the vibration member to be reciprocatingly moved. The weaving suspension includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs radially and outwardly extended from the vibration member to the encircling frame to form a weaving-like structure, such that the vibration member is prohibited to move along a rib extending direction of each of the reinforcing ribs to ensure the vibration member to be reciprocatingly moved in a linear direction. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181344 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electroacoustic transducer comprises flexible strips and a shell, wherein the shell is formed of a first sub shell which is fixedly bonded to a second sub shell, the first sub shell is provided with a bonding surface for being bonded to the second sub shell, the flexible strip is bent to form a bent portion at the bonding surface; the second sub shell is provided with a dodging structure for dodging the bent portion. Its manufacturing method comprises: performing injection molding on the first sub shell from the bonding portions of the elastic strips; performing injection molding on the second sub shell; fixedly bonding the first sub shell with the second sub shell, wherein the flexible strip is bent to form the bent portion from the bonding surface at the end part of the first sub shell. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181345 | Miniature Speaker - A miniature speaker is disclosed. The miniature speaker includes a frame, a magnetic circuit received in the frame, a voice coil partially received in the magnetic circuit, a diaphragm connected to the voice coil, and a contact fixed by the frame for electrically connecting the voice coil to an external circuit. The contact includes an elastic arm, and a latch located at a position between two ends of the elastic arm. Corresponding to the latch, the frame includes a protrusion engaging with the latch for restricting the upward movement of the elastic arm. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181346 | DIRECTIONAL MEMS MICROPHONE AND RECEIVER DEVICE - The present invention provides a directional MEMS microphone and a receiver device wherein MEMS microphone comprises a microphone cover, a printed circuit board (PCB), a application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip, a MEMS die, a diaphragm, a damping, a metal wire(s), at least two internal acoustic ports and at least two external acoustic ports corresponding to the internal acoustic ports. The microphone further comprises a tuning cavity which includes a first tuning cavity by which a first internal acoustic port is communicated with a first external acoustic port, or by which a second internal acoustic port is communicated with a second external acoustic port. Compared with the prior art, the directional MEMS microphone including the tuning cavity to form a sound transmission channel by connecting the internal acoustic port and the external acoustic port expands the sound transmission distance, thereby increasing the sensitivity the directivity of the MEMS microphone. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181347 | SPATIAL FREE-FORM INTERACTIVE SPEAKERS - An embodiment provides a free-form speaker. In an embodiment, an array type electrostatic speaker is provided. In anther embodiment, a passive element that is separate from an object including an electrode is provided. The free-form speakers are lightweight and flexible, making the speakers suitable for use in a variety of unconventional implementations. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181348 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCER HAVING AN OPTIMIZED NON-FLAT SURFACE - A capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer (cMUT) and fabrication method of the same are provided. The cMUT has a substrate, a curved membrane disposed on top of the substrate, and a flexible membrane disposed on top of the curved membrane. The curved membrane has a raised portion which is higher than a recessed portion relative to the substrate, and is supported by a support standing on a major surface of the substrate. The flexible membrane includes a first region mounted to the raised portion of the curved membrane, and a second region extending over the recessed portion of the curved member. Methods for fabricating the cMUT are also disclosed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181349 | Microphone Circuit And Motor Assembly - An acoustic motor assembly includes a substrate with a diaphragm ring that is integrally formed with the substrate. The diaphragm ring forms an opening extending through the substrate. The assembly also includes an electrically charged plate extending over the opening; a diaphragm extending over the opening and vertically displaced from the electrically charged plate; and a stitch coupling the electrically charged plate to the diaphragm. Sound energy creates a movement of the diaphragm, and the movement is effective to create an electrical signal representative of the sound energy. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181350 | FLEXIBLE, SHAPEABLE FREE-FORM ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS - An embodiment provides a free-form electrostatic speaker, including: a three dimensional object body; at least a portion of the three dimensional object body having a free-form electrode layer disposed thereon; the free-form electrode layer being shaped to substantially match the at least a portion of the three dimensional object body; a free-form diaphragm positioned proximate to, and being shaped to substantially match, the free-form electrode layer; and an input element coupled to the free-form electrode layer that accepts input from an external source. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181351 | Time Cycle Audio Recording Device - A wrist-wearable, battery powered device ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181352 | BIASING CIRCUITRY FOR MEMS TRANSDUCERS - Circuitry for biasing a MEMS transducer and associated signal processing circuitry. A reference voltage generator is configured to generate a reference voltage at a reference voltage node. Control circuitry generates a drive signal to control a first current source which is operable to supply a current to the reference voltage generator in response to the drive signal. A switched DC-DC converter, such as a charge pump has a voltage input connected to the reference voltage node and a voltage output for providing a bias voltage for the MEMS transducer. The DC-DC converter cyclically switches in a sequence of states including at least a first state where a first converter capacitance is disconnected from the voltage input followed by a second state where the first converter capacitance is connected to the voltage input. A second current source Is operable to supply a bias current in response to a voltage at a bias control node. Switch control circuitry is configured to cyclically open and close a switch connected between the drive node and the bias control node, such that the switch is open during a time window that includes the time at which the switched DC-DC converter switches from the first state to the second state. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181353 | HEARING AID FOR PLAYING AUDIBLE ADVERTISEMENT OR AUDIBLE DATA - Disclosed are a hearing aid and a related method. In an example, the hearing aid receives a sound input, stores an audible advertisement, generates a sound signal based on the sound input and the stored audible advertisement, and outputs the generated sound signal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181354 | SPEECH PROCESSOR HEADPIECE - A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a cochlea; an internal processor in communication with the electrode array; an implanted antenna which is electrically coupled to the internal processor; and a modular external headpiece which is removably positioned over the implanted antenna, the modular external headpiece including a core containing a sound processor for processing sound and providing a corresponding signal to the implanted antenna; and a modular component configured to releasably engage the core and supply electrical power to the core. A modular speech processor headpiece includes a core comprising a microphone and sound processor for producing a signal representing ambient sound to be transmitted to a cochlear implant, the core further comprising a number of electrical contacts; and a modular component containing a number of electrical contacts corresponding to the electrical contacts of the core; wherein the core is configured to engage with the modular component such that electrical communication is made between the core and the modular component. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181355 | HEARING DEVICE WITH SELECTABLE PERCEIVED SPATIAL POSITIONING OF SOUND SOURCES - A new hearing device system is disclosed herein. The hearing device system has a hearing device and a control device that allows a user to select perceived directions of arrival of selected sound signals transmitted to the hearing device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181356 | SMART HEARING AID - A system or computer usable program product for controlling a hearing aid based on an adjustable policy including receiving an input signal; receiving an indication signal from a user identifying the input signal; receiving an adjustment to the hearing aid with the indication signal; and utilizing a processor to store the input signal in memory with the adjustment to the hearing aid as an adjustable policy corresponding to the input signal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181357 | SMART HEARING AID - A method for controlling a hearing aid based on an adjustable policy including receiving an input signal; receiving an indication signal from a user identifying the input signal; receiving an adjustment to the hearing aid with the indication signal; and utilizing a processor to store the input signal in memory with the adjustment to the hearing aid as an adjustable policy corresponding to the input signal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181358 | System for subglottal pressure measurement and display during speech - A method and device is described for estimating the subglottal air pressure during speech or singing from the intraoral air pressure in essentially real-time by using a type of peak detection and extrapolation means that holds peaks in the low-pass filtered pressure signal for a period of time sufficient to allow their interpretation as real-time subglottal pressure. An electronic circuit suitable for implementing this function is described. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181359 | Multichannel Sound Source Identification and Location - Multichannel sound source identification and location techniques are described. In one or more implementations, source separation is performed using a collaborative technique for a plurality of sound data that was captured by respective ones of a plurality of sound capture devices of an audio scene. The source separation is performed by recognizing spectral and temporal aspects from the plurality of sound data and sharing the recognized spectral and temporal aspects, one with another, to identify one or more sound sources in the audio scene. A relative position of the identified one or more sounds sources to the plurality of sound capture devices is determined based on the source separation. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181360 | CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a method for calibrating an array of receivers (r | 2015-06-25 |
20150181361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ULTRASONIC EMITTER SYSTEM FLOOR AUDIO UNIT - Methods and systems are provided for ultrasonic emitter based floor audio units. An example floor audio unit may comprise one or more ultrasonic emitters and may be placed on or near a floor. The floor audio unit may generate audio output that comprises ultrasonic signals, and may emit the ultrasonic signals using the one or more ultrasonic emitters, where the one or more ultrasonic emitters may be configured to emit the ultrasonic signals upward. Further, directionality of emission of the ultrasonic signals is based on a position of a listener and/or a location of the listener's head relative to the enclosure of the floor audio unit. The ultrasonic signals and/or the positioning of the one or more ultrasonic emitters may be adjusted based on the position of the listener and/or the location of the listener's head to optimize the directionality of emission of the ultrasonic signals. The position of the listener and/or the location of the listener's head may be determined in real-time, such as using sensory information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181362 | Application software and method for automatically adjusting environmental frequency response - Disclosed is an application software for automatically adjusting environmental frequency response, and the application software is installed in a communication device and provided for outputting a sine wave audio frequency to a stereo, and the stereo receives and plays the sine wave audio frequency, and a built-in microphone of the communication device receives the audio frequency outputted from the stereo. After obtaining an appropriate reference gain of 1 KHz, the application software outputs a sine wave audio frequency of 20 Hz˜20 KHz to the stereo and compares the gain value of the audio frequency outputted from the stereo with the reference gain value, and the micro-controller of the stereo adjusts the gain of the current audio frequency to comply with the reference gain value, so that the stereo can have an output approaching/reaching an ideal frequency response curve. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181363 | POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION - A microwave communication system may include subscriber stations in communication with a base station. The stations may include time duplex circuitry normally found in wireless local area networks (WLANs). Signals normally routed through antennas associated with such circuitry instead are routed through circuitry to perform frequency conversion to and from microwave communications frequencies, for communications over microwave links between the subscriber stations and the base station. In some embodiments the wireless circuitry is configured for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) operation with one antenna port dedicated for transmission of data and one antenna port dedicated to reception of data. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181364 | MOBILE DEVICE SELF-PROVISIONING - Systems and methods for self-provisioning of mobile devices are disclosed. An implementation includes determining whether the SIM of a mobile device is associated with a wireless network provider, sending an attachment request to a wireless data network of the wireless network provider when the mobile device is within a coverage area of the wireless data network, receiving an attachment response from the wireless data network of the wireless network provider in response to the attachment request, determining from the attachment response, whether attachment to the wireless data network of the wireless network provider is successful, reviewing an error code provided by the wireless network provider and based on the error code, displaying a user interface allowing a user to provision the SIM for receiving service from the wireless network provider. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181365 | MOBILE TELEPHONE FOR INTERNET APPLICATIONS - A control unit for a mobile telephone includes a Web server adapted to connect to a Web browser in the mobile telephone, wherein the Web server receives information and provides the information to the Web browser when connected to the Web browser. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181366 | SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS FOR D2D COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for achieving synchronization for the device-to-device (D2D) communication of a first terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: calculating a time advance of a second terminal using the information relating to the transmission timing of a second transmission point, the downlink transmission timing of a first transmission point, timing the receipt of a downlink signal from the second transmission point; and receiving a signal from the second terminal using the timing advance of the second terminal. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181367 | COMMUNICATIONS VIA A RECEIVING DEVICE NETWORK - A receiving device system arranged to distribute voice communications includes first and second receiving devices, each having a personal area network (PAN) transceiver, a programming transceiver to receive multimedia content, and a local area network (LAN) transceiver. The second receiving device is configured to accept input data via its PAN transceiver from a communications device, initiate communications with the first receiving device via the LAN, and communicate voice data received via the second PAN transceiver to the first receiving device via the LAN. The voice data is passed to a communications device via the PAN transceiver of the first receiving device. Users associated with each of the two communications devices may carry on a voice conversation via voice data being passed through each of the two receiving devices. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181368 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is wearable by a user. The electronic apparatus includes a transmitter and a controller. The transmitter is configured to transmit first information to an external device when a distance between the electronic apparatus and the external device is less than a first distance. The first information relates to releasing security of the external device. The controller is configured to permit transmission of the first information to the external device when a waking state is detected, and to prohibit transmission of the first information to the external device when a sleeping state is detected. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181369 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING COOPERATIVE FUNCTION AUTOMATICALLY AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A device for performing a cooperative function with another device is provided. The device includes a communication unit; and a controller that determines whether the other device is in a surrounding area of the device based a signal received through the communication unit, selects one cooperative function from among a plurality of cooperative functions according to a relative position of the device with respect to the other device and performs the selected cooperative function with the other device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181370 | ELECTRONICALLY BINDING TO A LOST MOBILE DEVICE - A first mobile device detects a second mobile device in the vicinity of the first mobile device and determines that the second mobile device is lost. The first mobile device electronically binds to the second mobile device and obtains information relating to the second mobile device. The first mobile device sends the information relating to the second mobile device to a designated party. The first mobile device receives an indication that the second device is no longer lost. The first mobile device, in response to receiving the indication that the second device is no longer lost, unbinds from the second mobile device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181371 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of estimating allocation of a mobile device. For example, an apparatus may include a location estimator to receive at a mobile device location assistance information from a server and to estimate a location of the mobile device using the location assistance information, the location estimator is to send to the server a request for mapping assistance information, the request including one or more parameters defining a geographical region, the location estimator is to receive from the server a response including the mapping assistance information according to the parameters, wherein the location estimator is to map the estimated location of the mobile device to the geographical region based on the mapping assistance information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181372 | Location Accuracy Prediction - Survey data for an environment is used to predict the accuracy of a position estimate in the environment and whether or not more survey data may improve that accuracy. In some implementations, a user performs a site survey of an environment by observing the strengths of radio frequency signals at various survey points in the environment. An expected positioning accuracy of the surveyed environment can be determined using the new survey data collected and optionally historical survey data for the environment. The user can be informed about the usefulness of collecting additional survey data and/or the expected positioning accuracy in the environment. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181373 | Personalized Method for Enhancing Service, Network Side Device, and Mobile User Equipment - A personalized method for enhancing a service, a network side device and a mobile user equipment are provided. The network side device provides an enhanced service for a user equipment located at a service location preset by a user. The network side device comprises a service location determination module and an enhanced service control module. The service location determination module is configured to maintain the service location preset by the user. The enhanced service control module is configured to indicate to provide the enhanced service for the user equipment located at the service location preset by the user. The mobile user equipment comprises an enhanced service indication module. The enhanced service indication module is configured to send a user indication to the network side device to enable the network side device to provide the enhanced service for the user equipment located at the service location preset by the user. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181374 | MOBILE DEVICE, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile device comprising at least one processor configured to perform acts of obtaining position information for at least first and second positions of the mobile device along a route; obtaining communication quality information for at least a third position of the mobile device, the communication quality information calculated based on the route and the obtained position information; and causing the mobile device to display the obtained communication quality information. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING IP-BASED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLIENT LOCATION DATA - A location provision facility communicates with a mobile telecommunications device over an IP-based telecommunications network to obtain information that enables the facility to determine a location of the telecommunications device. The facility and/or the telecommunications device store the determined location. In response to requests from location-based applications for the location of the telecommunications device, the facility can provide the location-based applications with the stored or calculated location. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181376 | INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR SENDING REMINDER TIMES BASED ON EVENT AND TRAVEL TIMES - There is provided an information delivery apparatus including a receiving portion to receive location information of a mobile communication terminal at a given time and acquired date and time of the location information from the terminal, an event information storage portion to store event information including an event place, date and time, a delivery terminal selecting portion to select the mobile communication terminal to which the event information is to be delivered based on the location information and the acquired date and time of the location information and on the event place, date and time, and an event information delivery portion to deliver the event information to the selected mobile communication terminal. The delivery terminal selecting portion selects the mobile communication terminal whose location indicated by location information is within a predetermined range and whose acquired date and time of the location information are before the event date and time. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181377 | SUPPORT FOR WISPR ATTRIBUTES IN A TAL/CAR PWLAN ENVIRONMENT - A computer configured to serve data services in a one-way cable plant having telco-return for upstream data resources to requesting computers in a networked environment is disclosed. The computer includes a subscriber edge services manager server and a radius proxy server, the radius proxy configured to classify received radius requests into a plurality of types and handle requests classified as a first type from requests classified as non-first types. The computer also includes an access point, the access point providing communication connection to at least one computing device. The subscriber edge services manager server and radius proxy server are configured to communicate with the access point to acquire information from the access point, and user location information is configured on the access point in a vendor-specific attribute. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181378 | DETERMINING A DESIGNATED WIRELESS DEVICE LACKS A FIXED GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND USING THE DETERMINATION TO IMPROVE LOCATION ESTIMATES - In one embodiment, a system determines a designated wireless device lacks a fixed geographic location, and uses the determination that the designated wireless device lacks a fixed geographic location to improve location estimates. The system determines one or more neighboring wireless devices have relationships with the designated wireless device, wherein a relationship is established when wireless signals from a neighboring wireless device and the designated wireless device are detected by a same receiver. A measure of likelihood is calculated that the designated wireless device lacks a fixed geographic location based at least in part on a number of the relationships or a duration of the relationships. Based on the measure of likelihood, the designated wireless device is excluded from being used in the wireless positioning system as a beacon for estimating the location of a client device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181379 | Identifying and Locating Users on a Mobile Network - A system and method of locating “friends” having mobile devices connected to a network and associated with a user account is disclosed. The method includes sending a request to a mobile device, the mobile device determining its present geographic location and responding to the requestor with this information. This information may be in the form of a coordinate location such as a GPS location or it may be in the form of a name that the mobile device owner assigned to a particular area (e.g., “home”). Having this location information, a user is able to view the location of the friend that is associated with the mobile device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181380 | SECURE AND PRIVATE LOCATION SHARING FOR LOCATION-AWARE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Embodiments of a location sharing network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of mobile communication devices over a wireless network. Each mobile device is a location-aware mobile communication device. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device operated by a user within an area, displays a map representation of the area around the mobile communication device on a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device, and superimposes on the map the respective locations of one or more other trusted users of mobile communication devices coupled to the mobile communication device over the network. A security component allows users to establish trusted relationships by requiring mutual consent and disclosure of identifier and phone number information for each trusted user. Location information can be blocked among trusted users or obfuscated on the display of the mobile devices of the other users. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME OF FLIGHT FINGERPRINT AND GEO-LOCATION - The disclosure relates to locating a device in an environment. In one embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method to determine a device location. The method includes receiving a signal from the device at a receiver circuit and determining the device location by comparing the signal attribute with a Time-of-Flight (ToF) fingerprint map of an environment in which the device is located. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181382 | GEO-FENCE BASED ALERTS - Geo-fence based alerts are provided in a wireless communications network. A first subscriber device (SD) in the wireless communications network determines its current location. The first SD detects a geo-fence trigger by determining, as a function of the determined current location and a stored geo-fence database, that it has either (i) crossed a geo-fence boundary into a first active geo-fence in the stored geo-fence database or (ii) is within the first active geo-fence and has not yet begun playing back an alert associated with the first active geo-fence. Responsively, the first SD identifies an alert associated with the first active geo-fence and begins playback of the alert associated with the first active geo-fence. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181383 | LOCATION-BASED MESSAGES - Methods and systems related to the communication of location-based messages are described. A first user (e.g., sender) leaves a message with a service provider for use at a location, and the message is accessed and transmitted by the service provider to user devices in the vicinity of the location. The first user can specify who receives the message or the message may be broadcast without restrictions. The message can then be presented on a user device of a second user (e.g., recipient) if the message satisfies certain criteria. The criteria may include location history, purchase history, age of the message, subject matter of the message, identity of the originator of the message, date and time, area code, type of user device, or a combination thereof. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181384 | Programmable Beacon Payloads - In some implementations, a beaconing protocol can be used to broadcast beacon information to mobile devices. The beaconing protocol can be used by a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) (e.g., Bluetooth 4.0) beacon to transmit a package of information that identifies the beacon and indicates the calibrated transmission power (e.g., measured power) of the beacon. The package of information can be configured by beacon providers and/or beacon installers at the locations where the beacons are installed. When a mobile device receives the beacon package, the mobile device can use the beacon identification information and/or the measured power of the beacon to determine a location (e.g., precise location, geofence location) of the mobile device. In some implementations, the mobile device can transmit the beacon information to a server and the server can determine the location of the mobile device and send location and/or content information back to the mobile device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181385 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING BASE STATION AND ESTABLISHING LOCATION - With the increasing usage of mobile devices for communication, the need for wireless base-stations deployed in strategic locations is becoming increasingly important. The increased bandwidths being transmitted between the base-station and the mobile device has mandated that enhanced transmission formats and techniques be deployed, and, in order to operate correctly, these techniques require a tight synchronization in both time/phase, and in frequency, between the various base-stations serving a general area. Due to the need to establish the geographic location of the mobile device with a high degree of accuracy, it is also necessary to establish the location of the serving base-stations with a high degree of accuracy. The invention disclosed herein provides robust and practical methods for synchronizing base-stations, as well as providing for accurate location, by leveraging the usage of global navigation satellite systems receivers in conjunction with network based schemes for packet-based (time/phase/frequency) synchronization. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181386 | Location-Based Prefetch and Participant-Based Prefetch - To reduce the mobile data usage, information associated with future events is prefetched via an inexpensive mass-data transfer link (e.g., Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or off-peak mobile broadband) and does not need to be fetched via an expensive mobile communication link (e.g., mobile broadband) during normal usage. Location-based prefetch and participant-based prefetch can leverage the existing infrastructures of location-based services (LBS) and social networking services (SNS). Because they provide a more reliable prediction of future events than those guessed from past events, schedule events managed by a calendaring application is primarily used to predict future events. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181387 | WIRELESS-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON TRACKS - In an implementation, techniques are provided for tracking the location of a device that transmits wireless signal. The wireless signal can be received at a set of receivers. Distances to the device are determined based on signal strength. From the distances, boundaries encompassing possible locations of the device are defined. Boundary intersections are analyzed in order to determine the location of the device. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING DIRECTION INFORMATION FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method performed by an apparatus includes scanning at least one of multiple radio frequencies using at least two beamforming antennas of a plurality of beamforming antennas coupled to the eyewear and detecting, on a first scanned radio frequency, first externally emitted radio energy. The method further includes identifying a first wireless device using the detected first externally emitted radio energy and determining a first direction of the first wireless device relative to the eyewear. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181389 | TRACKING A MOBILE UNIT IN A HOUSING FACILITY FOR MOBILE UNITS - A mobile unit in a housing facility for mobile units may be tracked by activating a first reading device at a first location of the housing facility upon detecting a first mobile unit arriving at or departing from the first location, wherein the first mobile unit has a first tag having an identification code (ID) readable by the first reading device. A set of readings may be performed by the first reading device to read a set of tag IDs during a time interval. Upon an ending of the time interval, tag IDs, in the set of tag IDs, that correspond to the first tag ID are identified based on the set of readings. A record is updated to associate the first tag ID with the first location. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED RADIO FREQUENCY SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE WITHIN COMMERCIAL OR PUBLIC STRUCTURES - Collecting and maintaining information about all sources of RF radiation within commercial and public structures in a computer database. In one aspect this is a living database consisting of millions of structures including their associated RF transmitting devices and unique characteristics. The database includes energy transmissions information including site specific physical locations, building layouts including all interior floorplans; and the exact positions of all sources of RF radiation located on floorplans, including their vertical positions and utilization characteristics. The System can deliver MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site specific safety programs to anyone working in or visiting a commercial and public structure containing wireless transmitters in the United States. These maps and site specific safety programs are updated daily. The System can be accessed via the Internet by registered users. The System creates and displays MPE maps and radiation patterns showing gradation power densities to identify exposure dangers. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181391 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE OF A GEOPOSITION SYSTEM - An apparatus for augmenting associations between places and fingerprints includes a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting fingerprint data from a beacon device(s), as the apparatus traverses one or more physical places. The fingerprint data corresponds to generated summaries of radio information corresponding to the physical places. The computer code may cause the apparatus to compare fingerprint data detected from a subset of beacon devices with canonical fingerprint data, including initial fingerprint data, corresponding to physical places to determine a closest match. The computer code may cause the apparatus to determine a location of the apparatus in the physical place based on determining fingerprint data, detected from the subset of beacon devices in the physical place, that most accurately resembles canonical fingerprint data corresponding to one of the physical places. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181392 | METHOD FOR DECIDING POSITION OF TERMINAL CONNECTING BLUETOOTH INSIDE VEHICLE - A method for deciding a position of a terminal connecting a Bluetooth system inside a vehicle includes measuring, by each of a plurality of Bluetooth antennas equipped inside the vehicle, a strength of received power of the terminal. A distance of the terminal is determined from each of the plurality of Bluetooth antennas based on the measured strength of received power. The position of the terminal equipped inside the vehicle is determined based on the distance. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181393 | DISTRIBUTION DEVICE FOR TRANSMISSION PACKETS - A distribution device for transmission packets is provided which distributes, by multicast or unicast, content stream data to a terminal via a communication path. The content stream data comprises closed GOPs that include at least video data and audio data, and is configured hierarchically using a first multiplexed packet stream and a second multiplexed packet stream. The first multiplexed packet stream is configured such that a group of Nα | 2015-06-25 |
20150181394 | Managing Multicast Traffic - Multicast traffic in a communication network may be obtained via subscription. For example, the multicast traffic may be obtained via a local subscription, via a visited domain of a mobile node for example, or a remote subscription, via a home domain of a mobile node for example, A network entity, such as a Mobile Access Gateway (MAG) and/or a local multicast router for example, may be used to manage the routing of the multicast traffic to the mobile node. The network entity may manage the multicast traffic using one or more multicast policies that may indicate how to route the multicast traffic to a mobile node. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181395 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - To assist communication by users, who are associated according to their location. Each of APs (Access Points) | 2015-06-25 |
20150181396 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND DELIVERING APPROPRIATE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Provided herein are exemplary techniques for determining and delivering, appropriate multimedia content comprising a combination of text, images, sounds, rich-text, animation, video, etc. to personal data communication devices ( | 2015-06-25 |
20150181397 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT CALL TERMINATION - Methods and systems for intelligently terminating calls are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for intelligently terminating calls may include receiving a call request directed to a communication identifier associated with a first user, determining a call termination action to associate with the call request based on (a) information associated with the call request and (b) previous call termination patterns associated with the first user, and terminating the call to one or more devices associated with the communication identifier based on the determined call termination action. | 2015-06-25 |
20150181398 | Terminating an Incoming Connection Request and Active Call Movement - In a telecommunications network, an incoming connection request to a primary (mobile) device may be terminated at a selected secondary device based on location information (WiFi connectivity, GPS location, Bluetooth connection). Similarly, a user may move an existing connection from the primary device to the secondary device, and back, by simple interaction with the primary device. A Mobile Device Application (MDA) resident in the primary device may control the termination and movement of connection requests and connections. | 2015-06-25 |