32nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140220982 | METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method for measurement by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: receiving cell identity split information indicating a cell identity set reserved for a predetermined cell type from a network; determining whether to apply the cell identity split information in performing measurement; and measuring at least one cell. If the UE receives a logged measurement configuration including information regarding performing of logged minimization driving test (MDT), the measurement is performed without applying the cell identity split information. The UE does not receive the logged measurement configuration, the measurement is performed by applying the cell identity split information. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220983 | X2 Handover Method and Device - The disclosure provides an X2 handover method and device, the method comprises: after sending a Handover Request Acknowledge message, a target eNB sets, for handed-over UE, a flag for indicating whether or not a Sequence Number Status Transfer message is received and sets the flag to be ‘not received’; and after receiving an RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete message, the target eNB directly sends a Path Switch Request message to a core network without determining whether or not the Sequence Number Status Transfer message is received. With the technical scheme provided in the disclosure, the problem in the current X2 handover is solved that handover delay is increased as an RRC Connection Reconfiguration completion message is received by a target side prior to a Sequence Number Status Transfer message, thus simplifying the processing of a target eNB and increasing handover speed. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220984 | METHOD OF PREDICTING SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR USER EQUIPMENT CELL RESELECTION IN MOBILE NETWORKS BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT - Methods and apparatuses for predicting candidates for cell reselection are presented. In some embodiments, such a method may include determining, by a mobile device, a current direction of motion of the mobile device; determining, by the mobile device, based on network topology information, that at least two cells of a plurality of cells are located in the current direction of motion of the mobile device; prioritizing, by the mobile device, the at least two cells of the plurality of cells for reselection; measuring, by the mobile device, signal properties of the at least two prioritized cells based on the prioritizing; and selecting, by the mobile device, a first cell of the at least two prioritized cells for reselection, based on: a location of the first cell and the signal properties of the first cell. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220985 | METHOD, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR REDUCING INTER-CELL SIGNAL INTERFERENCE - The present invention relates to a method, a base station, and a radio communication system for reducing inter-cell signal interference. The method for reducing inter-cell signal interference includes: sending, by a serving base station, a user identity of a served user equipment to an neighboring second base station, coordinating a radio resource with the second base station, and obtaining a coordinated radio resource for scheduling the user equipment corresponding to the user identity, so that a base station that is neighboring to a base station using the coordinated radio resource to schedule the user equipment corresponding to the user identity avoids using the coordinated radio resource; and using, by the serving base station, the coordinated radio resource to schedule the user equipment corresponding to the user identity. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220986 | Method for Routing Telecommunication Connections to a Mobile Radio Terminal, and Mobile Radio Gateway and Mobile Radio Terminal - The invention relates to a method for routing telecommunication connections (TC connections) to a mobile communications terminal located in the reception area of a current mobile network that differs from a home network of the mobile communications terminal. The mobile communications terminal firstly has a first SIM card, which is assigned to the home network and to which is assigned a first telephone number. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220987 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING TRIGGER MESSAGE - The disclosure provides a method and a system for sending trigger message. The method comprises the following steps: after receiving a trigger message, a Machine Type Communication Inter-Working Function (MTC IWF) sends a load status request signaling to a mobility management unit; after receiving the load status request signaling, the mobility management unit feeds a load status response signaling back to the MTC IWF; and the MTC IWF determines the sending of the trigger message according to the load status response signaling fed back by the mobility management unit. The disclosure obtains the load status of network through the information interaction between the MTC IWF and the management unit of mobility, and can control the sending of the trigger message well, especially in network congestion, thereby preventing the network congestion from worsening. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220988 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A mobile station is classified into one of plural classes based on the reception quality from a base station. The allocations of resource blocks are executed at the base station so that a resource block used for the transmission of a data signal component for a mobile station in a class is not commonly used as a resource block for the transmission of a data signal component for another mobile station belonging to the same class but is commonly used as a resource block used for the transmission of a data signal component for a mobile station belonging to another class. A mobile station, based on the allocation of resource blocks, demodulates a data signal component corresponding to the mobile station after cancelling a data signal component corresponding to a low-quality mobile station. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220989 | BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station | 2014-08-07 |
20140220990 | METHOD TO MINIMIZE INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE IN A LTE DEPLOYMENT - In the method, a user device detects interferences a single dominant interferer of a neighbour base station, said user device provided with at least two antennas and said user device connected to a main base station, said main base station introducing a pattern of transmission gaps for certain Resource Elements in the Resource Element mapping function by switching off the transmission, being said certain Resource Elements in the Resource Element mapping function introduced for the PDSCH complex symbols. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220991 | Gateway and Control Device, and Communication Controlling Methods for the Same - In order to implement handover to a femto cell without making any modification to UEs, a gateway ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140220992 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK COMPONENT, COMMUNICATION DEVICES, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION - A communication network component is described including a determiner configured to determine whether a communication device operates a plurality of subscriber identity modules; and a controller configured to control data transmission to the communication device depending on whether the communication device operates a plurality of subscriber identity modules. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220993 | TWO-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION FOR CLOUD SPECTRUM SERVICES - A system and method are provided for implementing a cloud based spectrum management scheme that enables Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) through rentals of available spectrum in a two-level analytics process for optimization. Primary spectrum holders as exclusive licensees of underused spectrum communicate with a global spectrum broker to place portions of their underused spectrum into an auction-based rental market on the condition that they can regain control of their spectrum when a need arises. Local spectrum brokers communicate with the global spectrum broker to bid for available spectrum to meet their temporary needs in time and place. The local spectrum brokers, in turn, administer local optimization schemes over their portion of the global region to ensure that an expected level of quality of service is provided to individual customers with whom the local spectrum brokers communicate. The disclosed brokering scheme, properly administered, provides an incremental step-wise approach to solving long-term spectrum shortage for wireless communications. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220994 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING THE STATE OF LOCAL ACCESS POINTS IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method of allocating resources in a cellular radio communication network including user equipments and a cluster composed of local access points to the network covering a microcell. For each local access point, the presence of user equipments in a coverage zone of the microcell associated with the local access point is determined. A local coverage message specifying equipments determined as present in the microcell coverage zone is generated. A global coverage message by aggregation of the local coverage message of each local access point in the cluster is generated. At least one operating parameter of a local access point in the cluster is modified as a function of the global coverage message. For each local access point in the cluster, an activity state of the user equipment is determined and a field in the local coverage message is entered accordingly with data representing the activity of the equipment. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220995 | UPLINK INTERFERENCE MITIGATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for mitigating uplink interference in the wireless communication system, wherein the method comprises determining a loading-status value for each sector; if the loading-status value is not greater than the first threshold value, generating UL zone switch IE and UL allocation start IE to allocate data bursts of the sectors to different subchannels; and preparing an uplink map using the UL zone switch IE and UL allocation start IE for each sector, wherein the uplink duration indicates a duration where all the subchannels are used for allocation of the data burst. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION IN BUNDLING MODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for a transmission in a bundling mode are provided to prevent a conflict between a bundling transmission resource and other transmission resource in a wireless communication network. A bundling transmission method includes determining whether there is a transmission conflicting with a bundling transmission induced by an uplink grant regarding uplink transmission resources. If it is determined that there is a conflicting transmission, the method disregards at least one of the bundling transmission and the conflicting transmission. A bundling transmission apparatus includes a retransmission unit and a transmission control unit, which are configured to execute the bundling transmission method. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220997 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system includes a first base station that communicates with a mobile station and a second base station. The first base station includes a transmitting unit. The transmitting unit transmits a result of resource assignment relative to the mobile station to the second base station. The second base station includes a receiving unit and a controller. The receiving unit receives the result of the resource assignment performed by the first base station and transmitted by the transmitting unit. The controller identifies a resource suffering interference from the mobile station among resources assignable by the second base station based on the result of the resource assignment and stops assignment of the resource relative to the mobile station. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220998 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Improved Mobile Network Key Performance Indicators - A method of determining one or more Key Performance Indicators, KPIs, indicative of the performance of a communications network and calculated as an aggregation of performance measurement values in the communications network. The method comprises receiving a set of performance measurement samples each of which comprises a performance measurement value and an identity of an associated source, and performing a statistical analysis of the set of performance measurement samples in order to identify any source that contributes performance measurement samples that would result in a distorting effect on a KPI. This allows performance measurement samples associated with the identified sources to be separated from other samples to obtain an undistorted performance measurement sample set. The undistorted performance measurement sample set is used as a basis for calculating the one or each KPI. | 2014-08-07 |
20140220999 | CLOUD BASED SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS - A system and method are provided for implementing a spectrum management analytics (SMA) algorithm that references a plurality of enumerated inputs to generate a set of output parameters for use in attempting to optimize spectrum. The SMA algorithm is a part of a cloud spectrum broker (CSB) analytic. The CSB analytic provides for: | 2014-08-07 |
20140221000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING SPECTRUM USING DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED SEPARATION DISTANCES FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE - Allocating spectrum to a secondary radio device includes determining a contour separation distance for the secondary radio device. The contour separation distance is a function of a minimum separation distance from protected areas of primary radio devices and an accuracy variance for the secondary radio device. The accuracy variance is specified as a distance and is a function of accuracy information for a reported location of the secondary radio device. If a distance between a contour of a protected area for a primary radio device and the reported location for the secondary radio device is less than the contour separation distance, a channel used by the primary radio device is not available for use by the secondary radio device for wireless communications. Otherwise the channel used by the primary radio device is available for use by the secondary radio device for wireless communications. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221001 | Tracking Area Update Method and System - The present invention discloses a method of tracking area update (TAU), including: when a terminal is not a pre-assigned group representative terminal of a terminal group, deactivating a periodic TAU timer of the terminal; after the terminal enters an idle state and when a mobile reachable timer corresponding to the terminal expires, a network side detecting that a paging proceed flag (PPF) of the group representative terminal of a local terminal group to which the terminal belongs is not cleared, then resetting and restarting the mobile reachable timer corresponding to the terminal. Correspondingly, the present invention also discloses a system of TAU, which realizes the periodic TAU for the terminal group, and reduces the signaling interaction required during implementing the periodic TAU by each terminal in the terminal group and the network side, thus saving the signaling resources and improving the efficiency that the terminal group performs the periodic TAU. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221002 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION FROM A WIRELESS NETWORK - Systems, methods, apparatus and mechanisms for deriving user device location information by exploiting existing voice and/or data capabilities within the Radio Access Network (RAN) layer of a 4G or 3G wireless network, and offering the derived user device location information to network optimization functions, application and/or service providers via an application programming interface (API). | 2014-08-07 |
20140221003 | PEER-BASED COLLABORATIVE DISCOVERY AND SIGNALING OF ANOTHER DEVICE IN LIMITED-SIGNAL AREAS - Generally, this disclosure describes a method and system for peer-based collaborative discovery and signaling of another device in limited signal areas. A method may include, in an embodiment, initiating a sensing mode in a seek mobile device in response to receiving an indication that a location of a lost mobile device is unknown; capturing first position data if a signal from the lost device is detected; capturing second position data in response to losing the signal from the lost device; and determining an estimated location of the lost device based on the first position data and the second position data, wherein the lost device is located in an area of limited or no connectivity and the seek device is moving through the area. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED CORRELATION OF CELLULAR AND WLAN IDENTIFIERS - Methods and systems for tracking mobile communication terminals based on their identifiers. The disclosed techniques identify cellular terminals and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) terminals that are likely to be carried by the same individual, or cellular and WLAN identifiers that belong to the same multi-mode terminal. A correlation system is connected to a cellular network and to a WLAN. The system receives location coordinates of cellular identifiers used by mobile terminals in the cellular network, and location coordinates of WLAN identifiers used by mobile terminals in the WLAN. Based on the location coordinates, the system is able to construct routes that are traversed by the terminals having the various cellular and WLAN identifiers. The system attempts to find correlations in time and space between the routes. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221005 | TERRESTRIAL POSITIONING SYSTEM CALIBRATION - Embodiments disclosed aggregate a plurality of crowdsourced measurement sets for antennas received from a plurality of Mobile Stations (MS) with a Base Station Almanac (BSA), based on a measurement location estimate and a measurement location uncertainty estimate associated with each measurement set. A map comprising a plurality of map layers may be obtained, where each map layer associates locations in the BSA with spatially variable Forward Link Calibration (FLC) values for the antenna derived from the updated BSA data, wherein each spatially variable FLC value is associated with a corresponding location in the updated BSA data. Map layers, which may also include multipath map and/or received signal strength layers, may be provided to MS′ as location assistance data. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221006 | COMMUNICATING INFORMATION DESCRIBING ACTIVITY OF COMPUTER SYSTEM USERS AMONG COMPUTER SYSTEM USERS - A computer-implemented method receiving receives information describing a current or future activity from a user of a computing system via a mobile device. The current activity is an activity occurring at a current time when the information is received, while the future activity is an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time when the information is received. The method transmits the information describing the current or future activity to a backend database coupled to the Internet and remote from the mobile device. The information describing the current or future activity is accessible to at least one recipient having access privilege to information associated with the user and describing the current or future activity via the Internet. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A MOBILE STATION PRESENCE IN A SPECIAL AREA - Method for monitoring the presence of a mobile station in at least one special area, wherein a radio communication defining device transmits one radio distinctive defining signal that define the special area by its coverage, the mobile station processes a signal received in order to determine whether or not it is defining signal and more precisely a distinctive one that defines the special area, the mobile station sends an updating signal to a mobile telephone network, the network routes the updating signal to special operating means that adapt the value of an operating parameter. According to the invention, the special area is associated to the mobile station by transmitting to the mobile station a checking data used by the mobile station for determining whether or not the defining signal received is distinctive defining signal. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A MOBILE TERMINAL USING SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION - A method and a server for determining a location of a targeted mobile set using Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) in a wireless communications network are provided. The method includes receiving a request message requesting location information of the targeted mobile set, from a SUPL agent; sending a location initiation message (SUPL INIT) to the targeted mobile set in response to the received request message from the SUPL agent; determining a positioning method for the location service of the targeted mobile set after receiving a location capability from the targeted mobile set; and performing each of a plurality of positioning procedures by using the determined positioning method until a timer related to the determined positioning method is due or the target mobile set obtains a new positioning method, wherein the plurality of the positioning procedures are performed when an event of the targeted mobile set occurs or when triggered periodically. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221009 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING LOCATION INFORMATION - Disclosed are a method, a system and an apparatus for collecting location information, belonging to the field of mobile positioning. The method comprises: acquiring a first correspondence between a first terminal, an access point (AP), and location information indicating a location of a second terminal when it connects to the AP, and obtaining location information of the first terminal according to the first correspondence. By means of the present invention, an AP serves as an intermediate between a first terminal and location information of a second terminal, and location information of the first terminal is obtained, so a terminal without positioning function is also enabled to obtain location information of the terminal, and location information collection is high in efficiency, convenient and fast, and low in cost. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221010 | PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, TERMINAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An analysis unit | 2014-08-07 |
20140221011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION USING SMART CARD - A method and mobile terminal for communicating with a smart card. The method includes transmitting, to the smart card, terminal profile information; receiving, from the smart card, a geographical location request for acquiring a current geographical location based on the terminal profile information; and transmitting, to the smart card, a terminal response indicating whether the geographical location request has been successfully processed. The mobile terminal processes only one of multiple geographical location requests based on a receiving order, when the multiple geographical location requests are received from the smart card. When the geographical location request has not been successfully processed, the terminal response includes one of reason information among: first reason information indicating that acquiring the current geographical location is beyond capabilities of the mobile terminal, and second reason information indicating that the mobile terminal is currently unable to acquire the current geographical location. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221012 | USER SIMILARITY PROVISION METHOD - A user similarity provision method for providing mobile communication devices with information about common interests among first and second users of the mobile communication devices is described. The current position of each mobile communication device are periodically acquired in association with the current time and accumulated as a visited location history. The visited location history consists of location visited records each of which consists of a visited location and a visit time. Similar visited location records are extracted from the visited location histories of the first and second users to indicate common interests shared by them. The similar visited location records are then displayed on the mobile communication devices. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221013 | Routine Estimation - In one embodiment, a method includes determining a geo-location centroid of each of one or more geo-location clusters. The geo-location centroid corresponds to one or more geo-location data points within its geo-location cluster. The geo-location data points represent one or more location readings from a mobile computing device associated with a user. The geo-location centroids are based at least in part on location readings obtained during a particular time of day of a particular day of a week. The method also includes grouping one or more geo-location centroids into one or more groups; and determining a time-based routine based at least in part on a number of geo-location centroids within each group. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221014 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOBILITY PATTERN MINING - A mobility pattern mining device includes: a data collecting unit configured to collect a user's historical data; a stay point obtaining unit configured to obtain stay points of the user from the historical data; an extracting unit configured to obtain a semantic tree for a certain topic and extract topic related stay points from the stay points of the user by using the semantic tree for the certain topic; a determining unit configured to determine a candidate mobility pattern of the user based on the topic related stay points; and a selecting unit configured to select a frequent mobility pattern which best matches the candidate mobility pattern of the user from a frequent mobility pattern database related to the certain topic, wherein the database is set in advance based on historical data for a plurality of users to obtain mobility patterns about topics for users. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221015 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING TEMPORAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF MOBILE USERS - A method of and system for estimating temporal demographics of mobile users is disclosed. A method of estimating demographic information associated with a selected geographical area includes, for at least one individual, determining a selected geographical area along a portion of a track of travel of the individual and determining demographic information associated with the at least one individual. The method also includes estimating a ratio of individuals transiting into the area versus individuals that are residents of the area and estimating demographic information associated with the area based on the estimated ratio and based on demographic information associated with the at least one individual. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221016 | Safety Service System and Method Thereof - Disclosed are a safety service system and a method thereof. The safety service system comprises: a collection unit for collecting position information and image information related to a protected person who is registered by a protector; and a service providing unit for providing the position information and the image information to one or both of the protector and a security company upon detection of a signal that the protected person is in danger. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221017 | GEOGRAPHICAL POINT OF INTEREST FILTERING AND SELECTING METHOD; AND SYSTEM - A method includes: establishing an observation using a geographic observation unit, wherein the act of establishing the observation comprising establishing a geographic point of observation and a direction of observation; obtaining uncertainty data associated with the geographic point of observation and/or the direction of observation; establishing a geographic field of observation that is bounded and extending from the geographic point of observation, wherein the geographic field of observation is established based on the uncertainty data and the direction of observation; obtaining a list of records of geographic points of interest as a function of the geographic field of observation; creating a filtered list of points of interest by excluding at least one geographic point of interest that is partially within the geographic field of observation; and providing audible point of interest information associated with one or more points of interest from the filtered list of points of interest. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221018 | Media Data Exchange Transfer or Delivery for Portable Electronic Devices - Methods and systems that facilitate data delivery to electronic devices are disclosed. One aspect pertains to data delivery to electronic devices that are portable, such as, mobile devices. In one embodiment, one mobile device discovers another mobile device within its vicinity. The mobile devices can then wirelessly transmit data from one mobile device to the other. The mobile devices, or their users, can control, request or influence the particular data content being delivered. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221019 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AND AUTHORIZING LOCATION SERVERS AND LOCATION SERVICES - Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods, apparatus, and/or articles of manufacture to allow a mobile device to obtain certain location service(s) and/or the like from one or more computing devices that have been authorized for use. For example, in certain implementations, an authorizing location server may obtain a first message from a mobile device indicating a first set of location servers, determine a second set of location servers based, at least in part, on the first set of location servers, and transmit a second message to the mobile device indicating that the second set of location servers are authorized for location service related access by the mobile device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221020 | Identifying Status Based on Heterogeneous Sensors - Techniques for determining a status of a user are described. A mobile device equipped with sensors may collect sensor data pertaining to transportation modes of the user, tracking locations of the user, identifying environmental noise levels surrounding the user, or speech being spoken in proximity to the user. Features of the collected sensor readings are then used to infer activities the user may be performing. Based at least in part on the multiple inferred activities, a status of the user is determined. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221021 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND STORAGE OF FREQUENTLY VISITED LOCATIONS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for automatically generating and updating a list of previously visited locations that are popular to a user. A data point can be generated from sampling a position of an electronic device. It can be determined if the data point represents a destination of the electronic device based upon metadata of the data point. An entry of a list of previously visited locations can be updated based upon the data point when a first previously visited location is within a distance threshold of the position of the data point. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221022 | Grouping Ambient-Location Updates - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving location data from a mobile device associated with a user. The location data includes one or more location readings sent automatically and without manual input from the user. The method also includes representing the location data as one or more geo-location data points based at least in part on a distance between the location readings and the geo-location data points; and grouping one or more of the geo-location data points into one or more geo-location clusters based at least in part on a distance between each geo-location data point and a geo-location centroid of each geo-location cluster. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221023 | SERVER-INITIATED PAGING CYCLES - In an embodiment, a server registers a client application installed on a user equipment (UE), and evaluates one or more paging cycle criteria for the registered client application. The server determines to establish a target paging cycle used for downlink paging of the UE by a network component (e.g., an access network component or a core network component) of a serving network based on the evaluation, and the server transmits, to the network component, a request for the network component to transition the given UE to the target paging cycle based on the determination. The network component receives the request and assigns the target paging cycle to the UE as requested. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221024 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE PAGINGS IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for operating a paging control in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving paging information used to determine a location of a paging listening interval in an idle mode, determining whether multiple pagings are applied, using a maximum paging number field contained in the paging information, determining locations of a plurality of paging listening intervals in a paging cycle using a paging spacing value and an initial paging offset contained in the paging information, and determining whether the terminal is paged in each of the paging listening intervals. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221025 | GROUP PAGING AND SERVICE REQUEST - The interaction between group paging and service requests can be enhanced through the appropriate use of a shared identifier and user equipment strategies for reacting when paged. These enhancements may be broadly applicable to many communication systems, such as evolved packet system (EPS) as well as general packet radio service (GPRS)/universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) networks. For example, a method according to certain embodiments can include preparing a response including a group shared unique identifier upon receiving an attach request or a tracking area update request. The method can also include sending the response to a user equipment in an attach accept or tracking area update accept message. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221026 | Method and System for Processing Validity Time in Trigger Information - The present invention discloses a method for processing validity time in trigger information, including: a machine type communication (MTC) server sending the trigger information including the validity time (VT) to a network edge entity; the network edge entity setting a validity period (VP) of the trigger information in a short message service (SMS) according to the VT in a received trigger information; and forwarding the trigger information to a user equipment through a network node in the VP; the present invention further discloses a system for processing validity time in trigger information at the same time. Through the scheme of the present invention, the problem of how the validity time in the trigger information is set in the SMS and how to process in the network node that the SMS passes can be solved. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221027 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGES IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The present invention provides a method for transmitting messages in a telecommunications network, in which a first message service and a second message service are available. Dedicated messages of the first message service are sent, using messages of the second message service. The method of the present invention has the particular advantage, that an optimized transmission scheme can be maintained for the dedicated messages of the first message service, | 2014-08-07 |
20140221028 | FAST DETECTION OF COLLOCATED RF JAMMERS FACILITATING OPTIMIZED GAIN SETTING SELECTION OF FRONT-END RECEIVER AMPLIFIERS - In collocated radios, interference is mitigated to permit concurrent radio operation. In response to detection of imminent transmission of interfering wireless (i.e., RF jammer) signals, gain settings of one or more stages of front-end receiver amplifiers may be quickly configured to permit concurrent frequency division operation instead of consecutive time-division operation. This expansion of concurrent operation may improve communication bandwidth and/or may produce reliable, consistent results. Gain control responsive to detection of imminent RF jamming may maintain amplification in a linear range where interference can be filtered out. Receiver gain may be shifted from a default high gain or high sensitivity setting to lower gain to maintain integrity of a signal of interest (SoI), which avoids clipping, distortion and unwanted products caused by a high power jamming signal that could otherwise make it impossible to recover the SoI. This mitigation technique supplements and/or replaces other interference mitigation techniques. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221029 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COEXISTENCE BASED ON TRANSCEIVER CHAIN EMPHASIS - Methods and apparatus for reduction of interference between a plurality of wireless interfaces. In one exemplary embodiment, a device having a first (e.g., Wi-Fi) interface and a second (e.g., Bluetooth) interface monitors interference between its interfaces. A reduction in transmit power of the Wi-Fi module causes a disproportionately larger reduction in undesirable interference experienced at the Bluetooth antennas. For example, when the Bluetooth interface detects interference levels above acceptable thresholds, the Wi-Fi interface adjusts operation of one or more of its transmit chains based on various conditions such as duty cycle, Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), etc. Various embodiments of the present invention provide simultaneous operation of WLAN and PAN interfaces, without requiring time division coexistence, by reducing power on a subset of interfering antennas. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221030 | USER TERMINAL - A CRS base station ( | 2014-08-07 |
20140221031 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT AND DYNAMIC SYSTEM RESELECTION PROCEDURE FOR M2M STATIONARY DEVICES - Apparatus and method for wireless communication in a wireless communication network include receiving a synchronization channel message parameter at a user equipment (UE) from a network entity. The aspects also include transmitting data to the network entity based on the synchronization channel message parameter. Additionally, the aspects include determining whether an assignment of a reverse supplemental (RS) channel to the UE is performed by the network entity. Still further, the aspects include incrementing a counter value when the network entity fails to assign the RS channel. The aspects also include selecting another network entity when the counter value reaches a predetermined threshold. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221032 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MACHINE TO MACHINE NETWORKS - The disclosure is related to managing resources in an M2M network. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to performing a resource management by using a substitute resource in place of a failure resource in an M2M network. More specifically, in the case that a failure occurs in a specific resource associated with a request message, the present embodiment may select a substitute resource using a correlation between resources, and transfer the request message to the selected substitute resource. Herein, the resource management may be performed by a virtual service capability layer (SCL). | 2014-08-07 |
20140221033 | System and Method of Arbitrating Audio Source Streamed by Mobile Applications - A system for attenuating vehicle audio for mobile application audible statements, the system comprising a vehicle computing system having one or more processors for playing audio in the vehicle from a plurality of different audio sources. The system also includes a wireless transceiver for communicating signals from a mobile computing device for processing by the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computing system is configured to receive a wireless signal from the mobile computing device representative of an audible statement to be played in the vehicle. If the vehicle computing system is playing audio in the vehicle at the time the wireless signal is received from the mobile computing device, determine an amount to attenuate the audio based on the source of the audio. Attenuate the audio and play the audible statement based on the determination. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221034 | SELECTIVE AUTO-ACCEPT OF FULL DUPLEX PUSH TO TALK CALL - A device establishes a first communication session with an endpoint and is configured to perform the first session via one of two different call configurations. In response to unplanned termination of the first session, the device identifies a specific call terminating condition and determines when the call terminating condition is within a first subset of call terminating conditions. Then, in response, the device: creates a record of the first session, including information identifying the established call configuration; and activates a timer associated with the record. The device then autonomously accepts a request to establish a second communication session from an endpoint and implements the same call configuration for the second session, in response to the request (a) being received before expiration of the timer and (b) establishing the second session between the communication device and the same endpoint. With a Push-to-Talk call, the established call configuration is full duplex mode. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221035 | Push-to-Talk Telecommunications System Utilizing an Voice-Over-IP Network - A method and system to provide ad-hoc push-to-talk calls between a plurality of users in a wireless packet data telecommunications network are described. The system may include: a wireless communication network including push-to-talk (PTT) functionality, with a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Proxy Server; a SIP Registrar and Location Server operable to store contact addresses of active mobile devices; a Realtime Transport Protocol (RTP) Media Gateway (PTT Server) operable to function as a call endpoint for each of a plurality of mobile devices wherein the plurality of mobile devices may be segmented into membership groups, the PTT Server further operable to multicast a communication from one member of the group to the other members of the group; and an Internet Protocol (IP) network interconnecting the SIP Proxy server, the SIP Registrar and Location Server, and the PTT Server. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221036 | METHOD FOR UPDATING TERMINAL GROUP IDENTIFIER IN MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is a method for a terminal, which is in an idle state in a wireless access system that supports machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, updating an M2M group identifier (MGID), which identifies a multicast service flow that is shared by a group of M2M terminals inside an M2M group zone. The method can comprises the steps of: receiving from a first base station the MGID and the M2M group zone identifier of the first base station; receiving from a second base station an M2M group zone identifier of the second base station; requesting from the second base station an MGID update when the M2M group zone identifier of the second base station is different from the M2M group zone identifier of the first base station; and updating the MGID on the basis of a new MGID that is transmitted from the second base station as a response to the request. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221037 | CONTROL OF TRANSMITTER CONFIGURATION FOR BASE STATION - Adjusting transmitter configuration for a base station transmitter of a cell of a wireless network, involves receiving indications of received power measured at user equipments (UE) of customers over a first period of time of service operation of the cell, determining a generic change in the received power over a second period of time at chosen ones of the user equipments in an area, chosen to represent reference points within the area, and chosen based on variability in the received power. Then an adjustment is made to the transmitter configuration based on the determined generic change in the received power. Selecting which UEs to use can enable detection of finer gradations in the generic changes in the received power to be distinguished from the larger changes in individual indications of the received power. This can lead to better control of the transmitter configuration under changing conditions. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221038 | MOBILE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In a system including at least one base station device, the base station device efficiently controls uplink signals. A mobile station device includes a path loss calculation unit | 2014-08-07 |
20140221039 | Smart Radio System - A smart radio system includes a mobile device and a radio device. The mobile device includes a signal processing module for processing a received signal to be outputted as a processed result or processing signals generated by a signal source to be a transmission signal; a user interface for generating a control signal; and a first transmission module for receiving the received signal to be transmitted to the signal processing module or outputting the transmission signal according to the control signal. The radio device includes a real-time communication module for receiving the received signal or transmitting the transmission signal via wireless transmission; and a second transmission module for transmitting the transmission signal outputted by the first transmission module to the real-time communication module or transmitting the received signal received by the real-time communication module to the first transmission module. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221040 | Mobile Communication Device with Musical Instrument Functions - Describes a mobile communication device (1, 20, 55, 111, 150, 200, 220, 335) having musical instrument (percussion, keyboards, string and blow) function, which “can be scrapped onto the user's body through an adjustable elastic belt (151). It is also able to receive commands from a remote sensor (4, 70, 75, 160, 210, 257, 392,412), which has a musical instrument interface (percussion, keyboards, string and blow), preferably scrapped onto the user's body by means of an adjustable elastic belt (151). A sound system (6) or an audio/video equipment might receive audio and/or video from the mobile communication device (1, 20, 55, 111, 150, 200, 220, 335) through an adapter (5, 56, 63, 68). The use of this device is intended to be an occupational therapy, satisfying, entertaining and relaxing for the user, which will provide user's mental and physical health benefits. Its technical classification is under “electronics”. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221041 | DUAL MODE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMPROVING DATA RATE THEREOF - There are provided a dual mode communications device and a method of improving a data rate thereof. The dual mode communications device according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a selection unit | 2014-08-07 |
20140221042 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus comprises a selection module to select an application from applications to be run on the apparatus, a movement information generation module to generate movement information indicating positional change of the apparatus by detecting a position of the apparatus, a target selection module to select a counterpart wireless communication apparatus as a connection target from other apparatuses which are wirelessly connectable with the apparatus by referring to to a type of the application selected by the selection module and the movement information generated by the movement information generation module, and a wireless communication module wirelessly transmits data handled by the application to the counterpart wireless communication apparatus selected by the target selection module. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221043 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a mobile communication terminal including: a camera module which captures an image of a set area; a microphone module which, when a sound including a voice of a user is input, extracts a sound level corresponding to the sound and a sound generating position; and a control module which estimates a position of a lip of the user from the image, extracts a voice level from the sound level corresponding to the position of the lip of the user and a voice generating position from the sound generating position, and recognizes the voice of the user based on at least one of the voice level and the voice generating position. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221044 | SECURITY ENHANCING APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus for attaching to an electronic device that includes an electrical connector, a back side, a display arranged on a side opposite to the back side, and lateral sides connecting the back side and the side opposite to the back side includes a first body comprising a back plane arranged to cover at least a part of the backside of the electronic device when attached, an electrical connector arranged to mate the electrical connector of the electronic device when attached, a slot for insertion of a smartcard arranged at the back plane part, the slot comprising electrical contacts for connecting to the smartcard when inserted, and circuitry connected to the electrical connector and the electrical contacts. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221045 | Method and system for switching wireless devices in looped network - The disclosure discloses a method and system for switching wireless devices in a looped network. The wireless devices include a core wireless device and remote wireless devices, and the core wireless device and two or more remote wireless devices, connected through two ports of the core wireless device, constitute a looped network; the method including: when the core wireless device detects that a line error rate at each of the two ports is within a determined threshold range, the core wireless device sends a valid control character, otherwise, the core wireless device sends an invalid control character; wherein the valid control character sent at one of the two ports of the core wireless device is different from that sent at another of the two ports of the core wireless device; when the remote wireless device detects that a line error rate at a receiving end of a master port of the remote wireless device is within the determined threshold range, the remote wireless device forwards the valid control character received at a slave port to the master port, otherwise, the remote wireless device sends the invalid control character to the master port; and the remote wireless device sends the invalid control character to its slave port continuously. With the present disclosure, the stability of the networking mode through the RRUs is promoted. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221046 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A PARTY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of associating first data identifying a first party with second data to allow future recognition of the first party, including the steps of: conducting a telephone call with the first party; storing second data derived from the telephone call with the first party, the second data being different to the first data and characterizing a feature of the first party to allow future recognition of the first party; and associating the first data with the second data. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SHORT-CUT NUMBER IN USER DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for using a short-cut number function in a user device enabling intuitive and rapid input of a phone number of another party for short-cut number-based communication when a short-cut number input mode is used in the user device including a touch screen are provided. The method includes executing a short-cut number input mode, setting a short-cut number according to a call frequency corresponding to contact information when the short-cut number input mode is executed, extracting contact party information corresponding to the set short-cut number, and displaying the contact party information corresponding to the short-cut number through a button of a touch key pad. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOWING ANY ORIENTATION ANSWERING OF A CALL ON A MOBILE ENDPOINT DEVICE - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for processing a call on a mobile endpoint device in any orientation are disclosed. For example, the method receives an incoming call, detects a call answering signal, detects an audio signal within a time period after the call answering signal, determines an orientation of the mobile endpoint device and activates a microphone from a first speaker and microphone pair and a speaker from a second speaker and microphone pair based upon the orientation of the mobile endpoint device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221049 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal capable of making a voice call and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit formed to enable a touch input and display a screen associated with a call to the counterpart when requesting a call to the counterpart, and a controller configured to switch at least a partial region of the screen to a region for receiving information when an information transmission mode is executed on the screen, and transmit information received by a touch input applied to the switched region to the counterpart. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221050 | PORTABLE APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A disclosed portable apparatus includes: a first touch switch that is installed on a first surface of a housing of the portable apparatus; a second touch switch that is installed on a second surface of the housing, which is opposite to the first surface; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the first surface and the second surface are simultaneously touched, based on outputs of the first touch switch and the second touch switch. The portable apparatus may further include a first controller configured to release a lock function upon determining that the first surface and the second surface are simultaneously touched, and to activate the lock function upon determining that the first surface and the second surface are not simultaneously touched. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221051 | Portable Terminal Device and Program - The present invention is to enable a portable telephone capable of switching to a power conservation state so as to reduce power consumption by limiting the supply of power, in which the limit on the supply of power can be partially removed immediately before the portable telephone is used, without the necessity of cancelling the power conservation mode through a mechanical button operation to restore the normal power state. In the case while the supply of power to a predetermined peripheral device (touch panel) is being limited by a power conservation mode, an acceleration sensor detects vibrations applied to the portable telephone as a first state and a brightness sensor detects the ambient brightness of the portable telephone as a second state, a CPU removes the limit on the supply of power to the predetermined peripheral device on the basis of the first state and the second state. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221052 | SWITCH DESIGN FOR LIGHT UP PHONE CASES - A mobile phone call flashing apparatus equipped with an electronic switch relates to the field of electronic products and comprises an electric power supply, a capacitor, a first resistance, a second resistance, a switch, a first integrated block, a second integrated block, a conductor field effect transistor, and a first light-emitting diode through a sixth light-emitting diode. It can make up the deficiency in the prior art, allow users to be able to control the light-emitting status at the time of incoming calls or messages autonomously, greatly satisfy modern people's psychological needs in their pursuit of fashionable visual effects, and enjoy extensive applicability and market prospects. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221053 | METHOD AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING FUNCTION IN COMMUNICATION - A mobile communication terminal and method are provided for receiving an incoming voice call and for displaying a notification, an incoming phone number, and an elapsed voice communication time during an incoming voice communication. The method includes receiving a call request from a base station; responding to the call request, to perform a call-setup with the base station; in response to the call-set up, automatically displaying a plurality of icons together with the notification, the incoming phone number, and the elapsed voice communication time, wherein the plurality of icons are respectively associated with voice communication related functions, and wherein at least one of the plurality of icons includes a graphic symbol portion and a text portion; receiving an input for selecting one of the plurality of icons; and performing a voice communication related function associated with the selected icon while in the incoming voice communication. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221054 | SAVING POWER IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - Saving power in a mobile terminal includes determining alignment processing moments after the mobile terminal enters a standby mode. Alignable wakeup events, which occur during alignment processing periods corresponding to each alignment processing moment, are thus controlled to commence related processing at each of the alignment processing moments. Power consumption caused by various wakeup events in a standby mode may thus be reduced and battery life of the mobile terminal may thus be improved. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221055 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOLDER - A mobile electronic device holder includes a holder body configured for holding a smart phone or tablet PC, and fastening straps inserted through insertion slots at the back side of the holder body and respectively provided with a buckle ring and a hook and loop pad at two opposite ends thereof. By means of the buckle ring and the hook and loop pad, the two ends of each fastening strap can be joined together and secured to one finger of the user so that the user can operate the smart phone or tablet PC to take pictures conveniently and steadily with one single hand. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221056 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE WITH A FRICTION SURFACE - A case for use with an electronic device includes a base portion with side portions extending therefrom forming a pocket. The case also includes a first material generally at an exterior of the pocket, forming a majority of an exterior surface of the base portion, and a second material secured to and having a higher coefficient of friction than the first material, generally at an interior of the pocket. The second material protrudes through aperture(s) in the first material at the base portion to protrude from the interior to the exterior of the base portion, and outward from the first material such that the second material contacts a support surface when the base portion is placed thereon. The protruding second material extends away from the aperture(s) on opposing surfaces of the first material at the exterior and interior of the pocket to provide securement between the first and second materials. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221057 | SMART CASE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A smart case configured to encapsulate a mobile communication device. The smart case includes a radio embedded in the case for selectively enabling the encapsulated mobile communication device to communicate over a wireless network using either the radio embedded in the case or the Wi-Fi and/or cellular radio in the communication device itself. In alternative embodiments, either a hard switch, a soft switch, or both, is provided for switching between either the radios(s) embedded in the smart case or the internal radio(s) in the mobile communication device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221058 | DOUBLE-TYPE CASE COUPLING A CHARACTER CASE HAVING A CLICKING ROTATION RUNCTION WITH A SMARTPHONE CASE - The present invention relates to a double-type case coupling a character case having a clicking rotation function with a smartphone case, wherein a smartphone can be held by rotating a character case having a clicking rotation function by means of a component that can rotate on the smartphone case, and the exterior of the smartphone can be aesthetically formed. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221059 | Topological Qubit Fusion - A fusion outcome quasiparticle may be trapped in a potential well of a topological segment. The fusion outcome quasiparticle may be the product of fusion of a first quasiparticle and a second quasiparticle, where the first and the second quasiparticles are localized at ends of a topological segment. The potential well having the fusion outcome quasiparticle trapped therein and a third quasiparticle may be moved relative to each other such that the potential well and the third quasiparticle are brought toward each other. The quasiparticles may be Majorana modes of a nanowire. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221060 | Method and System for Eliminating Residue From a Flow of Harvest - A method and system for eliminating residue from a flow of harvest containing fruit, includes feeding with the flow of harvest an inclined surface that is arranged to allow said flow of harvest to travel over it, said surface including air passages, and blowing air through said passages in order to eject residue from the flow of harvest as it is routed over said surface. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221061 | CONTROL OF VEHICLES IN THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and systems for controlling vehicles within graphically simulated environments are described herein. A video game such as a vehicle-based combat game may have vehicles (such as airplanes) operating in a simulated three dimensional space. In a destination based control mode, users may partially control vehicles using two-dimensional input devices by inputting a new destination for the vehicle to go to, and the game's control logic may then automatically calculate how to control the vehicle toward the new heading. Fight and assault (bombing) control sub-modes may be provided. In addition, in an immediate control mode, a user may provide input that indicates a direction and speed of rotation, to provide more direct control of a vehicles control systems and/or control surfaces. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221062 | GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND GAME PROECSSING METHOD - A game system can implements a multiplayer game. The game system includes: a union event processing section that disposes a united object in an object space instead of player objects respectively operated by a plurality of players when a union event has occurred, and sets the plurality of players to a cooperative play state; an individual play processing section that controls the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players based on input information input by each of the plurality of players; and a cooperative play processing section that controls the united object based on the input information input by the plurality of players, the union event processing section determining a relative advantage of positions of the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players before occurrence of the union event, and determining a placement position of the united object based on determination results. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221063 | REAL TIME BETTING SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING A JACKPOT FOR SHORT TIME INTERVAL EVENTS - A real-time betting system includes an event control server enabled to communicate data via a network. The event control server communicates gaming event information to various system components and an event control database for collecting and storing event data. A real-time betting system server communicates in operative communication with the event control server and includes an odds transformation module for transforming probabilities to odds. The system has a bookmaker server and a plurality of betting devices in operative communication with the event control server. The real-time betting system server enables a jackpot payout possibility for each bet enabled by the bookmaker server. The betting devices receive event information, including odds. Bets placed at the betting devices are communicated to the bookmaker server. The events having a short time interval and are selectively communicated to the betting devices to enable bets to be placed. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221064 | CLEARING BETS - This disclosure provides a pari-mutuel wagering system that includes a first wagering facility communicably coupled with a network and operable to receive a bet on a wagering event hosted by a second wagering facility. The first wagering facility is further operable to transmit the bet to the second wagering facility via the network. The system further includes a clearinghouse communicably coupled with the network and operable to capture audit information associated with the bet from the network. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221065 | VIRTUAL WORLD OF SPORTS COMPETITION EVENTS WITH INTEGRATED BETTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system that creates virtual events within a virtual world. A virtual event may be akin to a real event, but is completely computer generated within a computer-generated world and is based on statistical measures, either real world or created. Numerous characteristics about the competitors and the competition location parameters are available before a competition event. Based on the known parameters about the location of an event and the characteristics of the participants and their historical past performances in similar events enable bettors to make informed wagers on an event that greatly enhances the satisfaction and involvement in a competition event. As such, histories of virtual events are maintained on actual virtual performance data of competitors in the virtual world. The histories can include all relevant virtual data about a competitor and the past events the competitor competed. Individuals throughout the real-world may place wagers (e.g., bets) on the outcome of either a pari-mutuel event or a fixed odds event, utilizing either pari-mutuel, exchange wagering or fixed odds wagering systems. The virtual event may be any type of sport, or skill based game that is usually between competitors. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221066 | Method and Apparatus for Game Play Involving Puzzles with Autocorrect-Related Obfuscation - New and unusual games are described herein that are engaging and fun and can leverage well-known text autocorrection concepts to present puzzles for solution to users that effectively employ autocorrection in reverse. Such a puzzle can comprise a puzzle character string, the puzzle character string comprising one or more obfuscated words, wherein the one or more obfuscated words are configured to be de-obfuscated by an autocorrection algorithm. The de-obfuscated form of the puzzle is its solution. Any of a number of games can then be played where one or more users attempt to solve such puzzles. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221067 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CARD GAME - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a game including randomly selecting at least two cards to form a dealer's hand, wherein the number of cards in the dealer's hand displayed face up is determined by a first value associated with a first random event, and wherein a first wager may be equal to a base value modified by a second value associated with a second random event. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221068 | Game Apparatus and Method of Play - A table game apparatus in which a number of players can participate and comprising a display device having an updateable electronic display of a track, a table including a playing surface and an electronic card reader positioned relative to the table and a set of playing cards divided into a number of suits wherein in use said playing cards are drawn sequentially, then read by the electronic card reader to control the display on the display device. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING GAMES ON BEHALF OF A PLAYER WITH A PROXY PLAYER SERVER - A proxy system for playing a game on behalf of a player is described herein. The proxy system includes a database for storing a plurality of game request records and a proxy controller that is coupled to the database. The proxy controller is configured to receive, from a player via a user computing device, a first request to play a game, generate an outcome of the game and store the outcome in the database, receive a second request from the player to display a replay of the stored outcome, and generate a game replay indicative of the generated game outcome and display the game replay to the player in response to the second request. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221072 | Bingo Game System With Roulette Feature - A bingo game system with a roulette game simulation feature in which a processing device facilitates the steps of assigning one or more unique numbers from a pool of bingo numbers to each roulette game outcome of a plurality of possible roulette game outcomes; randomly drawing numbers from the pool of bingo numbers; determining if the randomly drawn numbers include the one or more unique numbers assigned to one of the roulette game outcomes; responsive to the determination that the one or more unique numbers assigned to one of the roulette game outcomes has been randomly drawn, actuating the roulette feature to simulate the roulette game outcome assigned to the one or more unique numbers; and settling the wager based on the one or more unique numbers randomly drawn. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221073 | BINGO GAME SYSTEM WITH WHEEL GAME SIMULATION FEATURE - A bingo game system with a wheel game simulation feature including a wheel divided into a plurality of sections, wherein each section is associated with a wheel game outcome, and a processing device for facilitating the steps of assigning one or more unique numbers from a pool of bingo numbers to each section of the wheel game simulation feature, randomly drawing numbers from the pool of bingo numbers, determining if the randomly drawn numbers include the one or more unique numbers assigned to one of the sections of the wheel; responsive to the determination that the one or more unique numbers assigned to one of the sections of the wheel has been randomly drawn, actuating the wheel game simulation feature to simulate the operation and conclusion of a wheel game in which the section assigned to the one or more unique numbers is identified as the game outcome. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221074 | GAMING MACHINE INCLUDING WIN CHAINS - A gaming machine has a standard game play mode, and a bonus feature game play mode. The bonus feature mode includes a win chain counter having an integer value. During standard game play mode, the user interface randomly displays a matrix of symbols and the computer calculates the wins based on the matrix of symbols. On appearance of a predetermined number of scatter symbols, bonus feature play commences and a the win chain counter is initialized. During bonus feature play, a winning spin initializes a first win chain, and a first non-winning spin decrements the win chain counter value, after a first win chain is initialized, and prior to a non-winning spin, winning spins are added to the first win chain. Subsequent win chains are generated and terminated by a non-winning spin until the win chain counter is decremented to zero. Then bonus feature game play terminates. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221075 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF ALLOWING A PLAYER TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES HAVING RANDOMLY SELECTED SYMBOLS - A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The method includes displaying a game including a plurality of reels displayed in a display area. Each reel of includes a reel strip including a plurality of normal symbols positions and a plurality of special symbol positions. The method includes randomly generating an outcome of the game and displays the game outcome on the display device, wherein the game outcome including at least one special symbol position being displayed on at least one reel of the plurality of reels in the display area. The method also includes determining a symbol selection factor as a function of the generated game outcome, randomly selecting at least one special symbol as a function of the symbol selection factor, and displaying the game outcome including the selected special symbol displayed in the special symbol position. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221076 | GAMING SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE DISPLAYS HAVING GAME SYMBOLS WITH COMMON CHARACTERISTICS - A gaming system and method involving a game having a plurality of symbols. The gaming system displays a play of the game on a first display while displaying a sequence of the symbols on a second display. The gaming system includes one award associated with the play and another award associated with a characteristic in common between a symbol displayed on the first display and a symbol indicated on the second display. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221077 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC GAME WITH A SCALING FACTOR - A gaming machine and method are provided which allow a player to play a gaming machine. The gaming machine and method allow a player to make a wager, display a first game on a display device, generate an outcome associated with the first game, and award the player an award for the first game based at least in part on the generated first game outcome. In addition, the gaming machine determines if a triggering condition occurred, displays a second game if the triggering condition has occurred, and calculates a current trigger cycle of the generated second game. The current trigger cycle is equal to a number of first games played after an occurrence of a previous second game triggering condition. The player is provided an award for the second game based at least in part on the second game current trigger cycle. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221078 | VIDEO SLOT GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine and method are provided which provide a video slot game to a player. The video slot game includes a plurality of cells arranged in a grid. The grid has a plurality of rows and columns. The machine and method display a base instance of the video slot game and in response to occurrence of a triggering event, the base instance of the video slot game is split and a plurality of sub-instances of the video slot game are displayed. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221079 | GAMING MACHINE AND METHODS OF ALLOWING A PLAYER TO PLAY GAMING MACHINES HAVING REPLACEMENT SYMBOLS - A method of allowing a player to play a gaming machine is described herein. The method includes the steps of displaying a game including a plurality of reels including a reel strip having a plurality of normal symbols positions and a plurality of special symbol positions. The method includes randomly generating a first outcome of a game, responsively awarding a first award to the player based on the first game outcome, and determining if a triggering condition occurs in the first game outcome, wherein the triggering condition including a plurality of adjacent special symbol positions being displayed in at least one reel within the display area. The method includes randomly selecting a special symbol and replacing the symbols being displayed in each adjacent special symbol position with the selected special symbol to generate a subsequent second game outcome including the selected special symbol. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221080 | ASYNCHRONOUS SYMBOL REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAME SYSTEMS - An asynchronous game action system and method. Some embodiments provide a simulated client-server simulated action game in which displayed action leads to a game outcome. In some simulated reel game embodiments, user initiation of game play causes simulated reel spinning and client issuance of a request to the server provide a game outcome. While the simulated reel spinning takes place, the client awaits receipt of information from the server allowing the client to provide simulated stopped reels showing the game outcome with game outcome symbols displayed on the simulated reels. In some embodiments, one or more symbols can be substituted on the simulated spinning reels while reel spinning takes place or afterward. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221081 | AGGREGATE GAMING FUNDS - Some embodiments include a fantasy sports games or other type of gaming options. A gaming entity may establish a fund of money that is to be exposed to a gaming market in an attempt to win money from risking the fund of money. A gaming operator may use the pool or fund to create liquidity in a gaming market. Various gamers may enter into games with the gaming entity by matching with various portions of the pool or fund. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221082 | Betting trip game - A method to operate non-pari-mutuel game of chance using a map of sites as playing surface with moving pieces called movers. The game rules a plurality of movements. A random draw of ruled movements moves movers from sites to sites, one round after another. Calculation of any possible movement outcome probabilities is provided. Players can bet on any one or more possible movement outcomes. The holder of a hanging bet earns credit to place free make-up bets. House edge functions with outcome probability as variable are suggested. An automatic computer/video version of the game is included. | 2014-08-07 |
20140221083 | GAME INFORMATION INTEGRATION SYSTEM - The present application provides a game playing information integration system which is capable of objectively performing selection and/or settings according to preference of a player, particularly fixed customers, and thereby capable of effectively introducing a gaming machine to invoke demands of players as users and managers of gaming facilities in a well-balanced manner from a result obtained by logically analyzing the gaming machine. (a) Game playing period at one time of each player in gaming machine unit, (b) change in balance over time of player in a game playing period, (c) operation time of the gaming machine unit, and (d) data relating to profit of a shop side by the gaming machine are generated, the degree of satisfaction of player is computed based on (a) and (b), and the degree of satisfaction of a shop side is computed based on (c) and (d). | 2014-08-07 |