34th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110207430 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE CONSUMPTION OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE - The invention relates to a method for optimizing the consumption of telecommunications services in user groups. The method allows analyzing in real time the effectiveness of the multiple attributes of the commercial products associated with telecommunication services offered on a telecommunications network without excess calculations having to be generated, and at the same automatically acting accordingly on those attributes, optimizing the objective functions established by the telecommunications operator in the shortest possible time. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207431 | Accounting Request Processing In A Communication Network - A system and method for accounting request processing in a communication network. When an accounting request is received in a correlating network element from a service-monitoring element, it is stored unless and until the associated service has been completed. When a final accounting request associated with the service has been received, a processing track is determined; one of two or more preferably each associated with a different processing rate. Once a processing track has been assigned, each ACR is placed in a queue for processing; there are multiple queues, each associated with one or more processing tracks. In a preferred embodiment, the backlog of a queue, or of multiple queues, is considered when queuing an ACR. The backlog may be monitored and ACRs may be reassigned to a different queue, or the processing rate of a queue may be adjusted, so that ACRs may be processed at a higher (or lower) rate. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING CONTROL - The present invention provides a method for charging control in a Flow Based Charging (FBC) system, which includes the steps of: a Charging Rule Function (CRF) receives a charging rule request message from a Traffic Plane Function (TPF), the CRF sends a charging rule to the TPF. The charging rule includes an indication on whether to perform charging for a service data flow, and if the indication indicates to perform no charging, the service data flow is filtered but no charging information is generated. By applying this invention, operation in the TPF is optimized such that the TPF only needs to perform necessary charging instead of performing charging operation for the service data flow which does not need to be charged. As a result, the load of the TPF is reduced, so is the load of network devices, and system efficiency is improved. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207433 | WEB SERVER CONSTITUTING SINGLE SIGN-ON SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - A user ID and password are transmitted from a mobile telephone to a web server and whether the mobile telephone has the right to access the web server is authenticated. If the mobile telephone has the right to access the web server, a user ID and password for a first external server stored in a database are transmitted from the web server to the first external server. Authentication processing is executed in the first external server. If it is verified that the mobile telephone has the right to access the first external server, then the first external server generates authentication information and transmits this authentication information to the web server. In a case where the mobile telephone accesses the first external server, the generated authentication information is erased and then the first external server executes authentication processing. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207434 | Transaction Verification Method, Automatic Transaction Verification System and Transaction Verification Unit (Variants) - The invention offers methods and devices in which a clear-back signal and an answer signal of the subscriber device connected to the automated switched telephone network are used as primary or secondary factor of identification of personality and intentions of the transaction initiator. The invention can be used inter alia for confirmation or verification of transactions initiated by the unauthorized person or by the person authorized by existing authorization factors, by means of the subscriber device of the person authorized to make the transaction. The technical result is the fact that an authorization factor is offered that does not require connection traffic in the automated switched telephone network when such network is used for confirmation or verification of transactions. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207435 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND OPERATION APPARATUS - A mobile communication method includes causing an operation apparatus to acquire information on an installation location of a radio base station and identification information of firmware currently used by the radio base station, causing the operation apparatus to determine station data to be used by the radio base station on the basis of the information on the installation location when the operation apparatus judges that it is necessary to perform updating, and causing the operation apparatus to notify the radio base station of firmware information for updating and the determined station data. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207436 | TARGETED NOTIFICATION OF CONTENT AVAILABILITY TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for publishing information to a community of users is disclosed. Published information is inclusive of, for example, calendar data, blog data and photographs. Communities may be defined by PIM data or automatically generated by a data aggregation server in response to a user-defined rubric. Published information may be provided to a recipient or in conjunction with a notification delivered to the recipient. Published data may be subject to certain read/write limitations. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207437 | System and Method for Enhanced Message Notification - Enhanced message notification is provided by an enhanced notification function element and a subscriber preference profile database. The enhanced notification function element queries the subscriber preference profile database to obtain subscriber communication terminal capabilities information, which it uses to select a message notification technology. The enhanced notification function element may then format an enhanced notification that is delivered to a communication terminal through a delivery system architecture appropriate for the selected message notification technology. The enhanced notification may contain: a message type indicator; an identifier of the party leaving the message; a date and time that the message was deposited; multimedia objects; and other enhanced information. The enhanced notification function element may also query a terminal roaming status database in order to determine if the enhanced message should be sent when the terminal is roaming. The enhanced notification function element ma also provide content adaptation for the enhanced notification. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING PHONE CALL USING SMS - A schedule for a desired call, obtained, for example as an SMS message sent from a user's mobile station, enables a server to automatically initiate set-up of a voice call for the user's mobile station at a scheduled time selected by the user and indicated in the message. The user can specify time and a telephone number for the call, in advance, in the call scheduling request message. However, at the time of the call, the user does not need to read a reminder or dial the call. The call scheduling and automatic set-up services described by way of examples herein may be very useful, for example, for attending important conference calls. This may also be very useful for setting a reminder to call a special person to wish him/her well on his/her birthday/anniversary etc. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207439 | NOTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A notification method involves creating a template via a web server interface, where the template includes a statement having at least one tag, and triggering a transmission of raw data from a mobile communications device to the web server interface. The method further involves completing the template via the web server interface using the raw data transmitted to the mobile communications device. The template is completed by substituting the tag(s) with an alphanumeric expression deduced from the raw data. The method also involves uploading the completed template onto a remotely accessible social networking page. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207440 | MOBILE DEVICE PROFILE AGGREGATION - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for generating an aggregated group profile of access terminal users in an identified geographic region (e.g., at an entertainment venue). A group profile request may be received for a set of mobile access terminal users in the identified geographic region. User profile information may be requested for each of the users. User profiles may be aggregated to generate an aggregated group profile. The aggregated group profile may be distributed (e.g., for use in selecting advertisements at an entertainment venue to reflect the users currently in attendance). | 2011-08-25 |
20110207441 | One touch text response (OTTER) - OTTER is download-able software for any smartphone in the form of an application (aka: “app”). OTTER is the first app of its kind to interface with the existing smartphone GPS functions to triangulate position and determine speed while generating a texting Auto Reply to any incoming text. This is known as OTTER's GPS Mode and when it detects speed in excess of 10 miles per hour, it silences all text alerts (chimes and buzzes) and sends back an Auto Reply saying “The OTTER user is driving”. All incoming phone call ringtones are also silenced while driving unless a wireless Bluetooth device is enabled. This prevents a driver from fumbling for a ringing or buzzing phone while driving. OTTER's Parental Control feature was built to empower parents with their teen drivers. A parent can lock the aforementioned GPS Mode on a teen's phone with a session specific passcode. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207442 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, the present invention includes receiving a transport stream from a broadcasting network, accessing a mobile communication network or a the broadcasting network to receive a broadcast service guide, if a broadcast service guide is receivable, receiving and displaying the broadcast service guide, and if the broadcast service guide is not receivable, extracting broadcast control information from the transport stream, obtaining broadcast service identity information on a broadcast service provided by the broadcasting network from the extracted broadcast control information, and then displaying the obtained broadcast service identity information. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207443 | TRANSMISSION OF RADIO SIGNALS BY A PORTABLE APPARATUS - Apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one processor being configured under control of computer code stored in the at least one memory to detect an event, to respond to the detection of the event by providing an audio data burst, to encode the audio data burst, to priority flag the resulting encoded audio data so as to indicate to a receiver a priority of the audio data burst, and to transmit the resulting flagged encoded audio data as part of a radio signal, wherein the apparatus is portable. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207444 | Method And System For 60 GHZ Location Determination Based On Varying Antenna Direction And Coordination Of WLAN/WPAN/GPS Multimode Devices - Within a local region, information may be communicated between two or more wireless multimode communication devices (WMCD) comprising | 2011-08-25 |
20110207445 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for providing contents in a mobile communication system and apparatus thereof. The apparatus includes a contents provider access unit for responding to an inquiry request related to a service provision using contents providing terminal connected through a communication network and managing a rule related to the contents providing terminal and a connection and an inquiry request of the contents providing terminal; a central management unit for managing a predetermined service, apparatus information of a subscriber terminal and an operation and an authentication of the service based on a data inputted from a contents providing terminal connected through the contents provider access unit; and a transmission unit for receiving terminal information of a subscriber affiliated with the service and transmitting a menu of the service and contents in accordance with an apparatus of many piece of the terminal information of a subscriber affiliated with the service. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TILES OF DYNAMIC CONTENT - Some techniques for providing tiles of dynamic content include a service that determines a generation time and update time in response to receiving a request for a particular tile, and that returns the particular tile. The generation time is when the particular tile of dynamic content was most recently generated based on particular vector data associated with the particular tile. The update time is when the particular vector data was most recently updated. The particular tile is generated based on the particular vector data in response to determining that the generation time is not later than the update time. Some techniques include a client that receives data that indicates an estimated time to complete generation of a tile in response to sending a first request for the tile. A second request for the tile is sent at a time based at least in part on the estimated time. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207447 | Headset Call Transition - Systems and methods for transitioning calls using a headset are presented. In one example, a headset is operable to form a first local wireless link with a first telecommunications device and form a second local wireless link with a second telecommunications device. The headset is operable to switch to a call transition mode, where during the call transition mode a user interface is adapted to receive a transition call input action. Responsive to the transition call input action, a call with a call participant on the first telecommunications device is terminated and a call with the call participant on the second telecommunications device is connected. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE USE OF A HANDSET COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The invention provides a system and method for controlling use of handset communication device for communication by driver. A system in accordance with an embodiment includes: an obtaining component for obtaining driving state information of the vehicle; a directional antenna for capturing a wireless communication signal of the handset communication device around the driver; a judging component for judging whether a driving state of the vehicle is in an unstable state based on predefined criteria and the driving state information of the vehicle; and a control component for transmitting a remote control signal, based on a judging result of the judging component, to intervene in a communication of the handset communication device during a call. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING ENVIRONMENT OF USER TERMINAL - A system for automatically setting an environment of a user terminal includes a space and context-aware device for sensing a space and a context using a plurality of sensors, defining environment setting information corresponding to the sensed space and context, and sending the defined environment setting information to a user terminal, thereby requesting environment setting or release. Further, the system for automatically setting an environment of a user terminal includes a user terminal for changing environment setting mode while communicating with the space and context-aware device and automatically changing to a status corresponding to the environment setting information when the environment setting information is received. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207450 | Method and Arrangements for Maintaining Timing Characteristics - A coordinating node, such as a positioning node and a radio base station, and a related method of maintaining timing characteristics of radio base stations connected to the coordinating node are disclosed. The method includes receiving timing information from a plurality of radio base stations, determining a respective timing characteristic of each of the plurality of radio base stations based on the received timing information, and maintaining the determined respective timing characteristics for support of network operations and services such as positioning. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207451 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and devices for coding a slot in a cellular radio system are described. The coding allows for increased robustness and can be designed to be backwards compatible with transmission for e.g. GSM, GPRS, EGPRS and EGPRS2. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207452 | HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for handover in a wireless communications network includes the step of communicating information between a target network node and a source network node to enable the source network node to identify and to distinguish types of failures prior to, during or after handover. The information may relate to: “Handover command not received” due to RLF prior to handover or Handover command failure experienced in the source cell; or “Handover failure” where “Handover command received” is followed by Access failure in the target cell. The method is applicable, for example, to networks in accordance with LTE. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207453 | Methods for Coordinating Radio Activities in Different Radio Access Technologies and Apparatuses Utilizing the Same - An apparatus for coordinating radio activities in different radio access technologies (RATs) is provided. A first RAT module performs a first channel activity, related to a first RAT, for transmitting or receiving information to or from a first cellular network by using an antenna, and requests that a measurement activity, related to the first RAT, is to be performed for measuring signal power of a serving cell and/or at least one neighbor cell in the first cellular network by using the antenna. A second RAT module requests that a second channel activity, related to a second RAT, is to be performed for transmitting or receiving information to or from a second cellular network by using the antenna. An arbiter schedules performance of the measurement activity between the first and second channel activities. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207454 | AUTHENTICATING AND REGISTERING ROAMING MOBILE USERS - In an embodiment, a mobile device that is configured to receive calls on a first telephone network via a first telephone number is configured to receive calls on a second telephone network via a second telephone number. A subscriber interface module (SIM) is installed into the mobile device enabling the mobile device to communicate with the second telephone network. A username, password, and telephone number for the second network are obtained. The mobile device registers the username, password, telephone number for the first network and telephone number for the second network with the first telephone network. A telephone call is received from the first telephone network and a personal identification code is employed to verify the registration. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING CELLULAR TOWER LOCATION - A method and apparatus for collecting and analyzing cellular identification (ID) numbers at various geographic locations to estimate cellular tower locations. The method may include collecting cellular ID numbers obtained by collection mobile devices at a plurality of geographic locations then calculating minimum bounding circles encompassing a set of geographic location points with the same cellular identification numbers. If the cellular ID number of a set of location points indicates that the cellular tower is omni-directional, a center of the minimum bounding circle is an estimated cellular tower location. If the cellular ID number indicates that the cellular tower is multi-sector, the apparatus may calculate the estimated cellular tower location as the location at which lines that extend from the centers of a plurality of related minimum bounding circles intersect with each other to form equal angles. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207456 | Systems, Methods and Apparatus Configured to Manage Neighbor Cell Lists - According to some wireless network standards the size of a neighbor cell list is restricted to a maximum size. The limited size of a neighbor cell list may not reflect the realities of a wireless network deployment, especially for deployments including numerous femto cells clustered in close proximity. Accordingly, as the concentration of macro cells and/or femto cells in an area increases, there lies a challenge to identify and communicate neighbor lists to user devices that reflect the arrangement of a particular portion of the deployment and the needs of the user devices. Various systems, methods and apparatus described herein are configured to provide a user device or a group of user devices a neighbor cell list that includes neighbor cell identifiers chosen from a candidate list. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207457 | USER EQUIPMENT AND CELL SEARCH METHOD - User equipment for performing cell search using a synchronization channel including a primary synchronization channel and a secondary synchronization channel includes a reception unit configured to receive a signal including the synchronization channel, a symbol timing candidate detection unit configured to detect multiple synchronization signal symbol timing candidates from the synchronization channel based on a correlation value in a time domain between the signal received at the reception unit and a replica signal of the primary synchronization channel, a secondary synchronization channel correlation detection unit configured to perform correlation detection for the secondary synchronization channel based on the multiple synchronization signal symbol timing candidates detected in the symbol timing candidate detection unit and a secondary synchronization channel detection unit configured to detect the secondary synchronization channel based on a result of the correlation detection by the secondary synchronization channel correlation detection unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207458 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal includes a location registration request unit | 2011-08-25 |
20110207459 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL RESELECTION - A method of reselecting a mobile wireless communication device to a network subsystem before initiating a connection with a wireless communication network. A connection request is received by the mobile wireless communication device in response to a user input. Attributes of signals received by the mobile wireless communication device from multiple network subsystems in the wireless communication network are measured over a period of time. The mobile wireless communication device is associated with one of the network subsystems and not associated with other network subsystems. The mobile wireless communication device reselects to one of the network subsystems based on quality metrics generated from the measured received signal attributes. After reselection, the mobile wireless communication device initiates a connection through the reselected network subsystem. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER - A method of performing a handover between a first device and a second device is provided. The method including: transmitting a handover request frame for requesting a handover, including information about a reason for requesting the handover, to the second device; receiving a handover response frame including handover request result information indicating whether the handover request is accepted, from the second device; and selectively performing the handover with the second device based on the handover response frame. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207461 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF A FEMTO RADIO BASE STATION - A method for configuration of a femto radio base station is characterized in the steps of establishing a connection of the femto radio base station ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110207462 | Voice Over LTE Via Generic Access Handover (HO) Apparatus And Method - A method and system wherein a Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Access Network Controller (VANC)1 upon receiving a REGISTER and REGISTER UPDATE message from the UE1 notifies a Hand Over Selection Function node (HOSF) that a user equipment (UE) is registered in the VANC. This will only be done if the HOSF has not theretofore been notified. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207463 | Port Initiated Number Gateway - The described method and system enables a telematic operator to determine a connectivity standing of devices requiring a port change from one wireless carrier to another. In particular, a modem initiates a call to each affected mobile directory number (MDN) and verifies connectivity to the correct vehicle using a telematic authentication encrypted key with appropriate verification of the stored MIN, electronic serial number (ESN), and station ID (STID). The list of verified devices of good connectivity is used to facilitate the MIN change to those telematic devices whereby a higher probability of success is most likely to occur. Moreover, by distinguishing devices most likely to commit a MIN port on the first attempt, a potential impact population whereby success is not likely is also developed, so that further appropriate scrutiny or action can be executed for problematic devices. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207464 | CALL CONTROL SYSTEM, CALL CONTROLLER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CALL CONTROL METHOD - There are provided a call control system, a call controller, a terminal device, and a call control method capable of selecting an optimum communication network without overly complicating the configuration of the terminal device and the call controller. A call controller accesses information representing present conditions including a failure of a communication network held in a communication network present condition data holding unit, and information held in an applicable priority order data holding unit on the terminal device and which is information of the priority order for communication network selection acquired and held in the call-originating side information acquiring and holding unit on the call controller side. A call control unit on the call controller side selects an optimum communication network for setting up a call. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STATE/MODE TRANSITIONING - A user equipment implements a method of processing indication messages, such as SCRI (signalling connection release indication) messages. The use equipment (UE) maintains a count of how many indication messages with a cause set have been sent by the UE while in at least one radio resource control (RRC) state. The counter is reset responsive to entering idle mode from at least one RRC state. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207466 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND IDENTIFIER ASSIGNMENT METHOD - A terminal information acquiring unit acquires terminal information on the priority of a terminal device that requests the assignment of a preamble to a base station apparatus. A priority determining unit determines whether the priority of the terminal device is not less than a predetermined reference on the basis of the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquiring unit. A preamble assigning unit refers to the determination result reported from the priority determining unit and assigns a preamble to the terminal device when the priority of the terminal device is not less than the predetermined reference. The preamble assigning unit then outputs assignment information indicating the assigned preamble to a transmitting unit. The transmitting unit transmits the assignment information output from the preamble assigning unit. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207467 | BASE STATION, UPPER NODE, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station includes a scheduling unit and a call reception control unit. The call reception control unit includes a managing unit that updates total resource usage amount based on total resource allocation amount and manages the total resource usage amount, and a decision unit that adds an initial radio resource to be allocated to a new call to the total resource usage amount and decides whether the new call can be accepted. The managing unit updates the total resource usage amount by subtracting a radio resource in response to the release of an existing call that radio resource allocation being not controlled at each transmission time interval. The managing unit manages the total resource usage amount without subtracting a radio resource in response to the release of an existing call that radio resource allocation being controlled at each transmission time interval. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207468 | BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND BASE STATION CONTROL PROGRAM - [Problems] Because it is not possible to reduce sufficiently the number of base stations that starts uselessly in spite of being in low traffic state, it is not possible to lower interference between adjacent cells and power consumption sufficiently. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207469 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXTENDED GENERIC MESSAGING IN A NETWORKED GEOLOCATION SYSTEM - Generic messaging and protocols are provided for handset-to-handset communications in accordance with, for example, the Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) protocol. A mobile device initiates a geolocation-related session with a second mobile device by sending a message, including a payload, to a server (e.g., an H-SLP server) over a network. A data connection is the established between the second mobile device and the server in response to the message. A message, including the payload, is then sent to the second mobile device. The payload may include geolocation (e.g., GPS) information, such that two mobile devices may collaboratively share information regarding the other's geographical location. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207470 | TIMED FINGERPRINT LOCATING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems and techniques for determining the location of user equipment (UE) in a wireless network are disclosed. These techniques leverage geometric calculations for an overlaid bin grid framework mapping the wireless network area to store differential values for each frame of the bin grid framework for each pair of relevant NodeBs. A timing offset can be determined, such that when a time value from a target UE is accessed, the location can be quickly determined with minimal real time computation. In an aspect, the target UE time value can be search for in the pre-computed differential value data set indexed by a relevant NodeB site pair to return a set of frames (forming a hyperbola between the site pair) that can be intersected with a second set of frames for a second NodeB site pair for the same UE. The intersecting frames can represent the location of the UE in the wireless network. Further, the data can be leveraged to correct timing in the network. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207471 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION WITHIN A BUILDING BASED ON HISTORICAL LOCATION INFORMATION - A mobile device may be operable to receive historical location trail information of a building. A location of the mobile device within the building may be determined by placing, moving or snapping a reference location of the mobile device onto a trail according to the received historical location trail information. The historical location trail information may be acquired from a location server. The historical location trail information stored in the location server may be generated using a plurality of location samples that are provided by one or more other mobile devices that have been within the building. The historical location trail information may also be acquired from an indoor map of the building that is used by the mobile device for navigation within the building. The determined location of the mobile device may then be utilized by the mobile device to navigate within the building for location-based services. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CELLULAR CLOCK-ASSISTED WIRELESS ACCESS POINT LOCATING - A wireless access point comprising a cellular receiver receives radio signals from a cellular base station. A cellular reference clock, synchronized to the cellular base station, is detected from the received radio signals. The detected cellular reference clock is utilized to stabilize a local access point clock for GNSS positioning. A clock difference between the local access point clock and the detected cellular reference clock is determined and the local access point clock may be adjusted accordingly. The adjusted local access point clock is utilized for clocking communications between the wireless access point and other communication devices. A time offset between the adjusted local access point clock and the detected cellular reference clock is provided to a remote location server. The remote location server retrieves time offset information from wireless access points served by the cellular base station so as to determine relative distances among the wireless access points. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-MODE SYSTEM SELECTION - Devices and methods are provided for optimizing the timing of multi-mode system scans in a wireless communication environment. In one embodiment, the method may involve determining at least one of location and movement of a mobile entity (ME). The method may involve adjusting a timer between preferred system scans based on the at least one of the location and the movement of the ME. For example, determining may involve utilizing a movement sensor (e.g., an accelerometer and/or a voltage-controlled oscillator accumulator) to detect the movement of the ME, and/or receiving signals from a Global Positioning System or the like. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MASS CALIBRATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY FINGERPRINT (RF-FP) LOCATION MEASUREMENTS - Systems and methods for location tracking in a communication network. Base stations transmit downlink signals to a plurality of subscriber terminals to define a mapping between geographical locations and respective sets of signal strengths of the downlink signals received from the base stations at the geographical locations. A subset of the subscriber terminals may be selected, and for each subscriber terminal in the subset, first measurements of a geographical location of the subscriber terminal irrespective of the downlink signals is made. Second measurements of the downlink signals received at the subscriber terminal at the geographical location is made and the mapping of the subscribers terminals is updated responsively to the first and second measurements. The geographical locations of the subscriber terminals is updated using the updated mapping. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207475 | LOCATION OF COOPERATIVE TAGS WITH PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to location and communication systems that can be utilized for locating people, pets and other objects with a software defined radio set. A personal electronic device (PED) such as a cellular telephone, personal data assistant (PDA) or other device that include a software defined radio set can be configured for operation as a locator device. The PED transmits a signal A transponder or micro-transponder (MT) that is tagged to an object is arranged to reply to a transmission received from the PED. The PED based locator is arranged to calculate a distance between the PED and the MT using the time-of-flight (TOF) between the transmission and the receipt of a reply. The absolute geographic position of the PED can be determined using satellite navigation information, while the position of the MT relative to the PED can be determined from the TOF information. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207476 | GPS-Based Location System and Method - A system for locating an object, comprising one or more of a first GPS receiver and a first long and short range transceiver onboard a subject object at a first location; one or more of a second GPS receiver and a second long and short range transceiver onboard a secondary object at a second location; a control center for transmitting a location query message requesting first location information; the first long range transceiver transmitting the first location information to the control center, or the first short range transceiver transmitting the first location information and a subject object identification to the second short range transceiver, that transmits the first location information and the subject object identification to the control center, or the second long range transceiver transmitting the second location information to the control center when the subject object and the secondary object are within a predetermined distance. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207477 | Methods and Nodes in a Wireless Communication Network - A first network node and method in the first network node in a wireless communication network for enabling quality estimation of a measurement that is time based. The method comprises performing a timing measurement based on a signal received from a second network node. Also, a value of a channel characteristic for the signal received from the second network node is determined. Further, the determined value of the channel characteristic is associated with the timing measurement, such that quality estimation of the timing measurement is enabled. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207478 | LOCATION BASED MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE SERVICE GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a location based MMS generating system and method thereof. The generating system previously stores multimedia contents, each of which is related to a corresponding location. When a user's MMS request is triggered, a location service request is sent to LoCation service (LCS) server of the 3G telecommunication network to obtain the user's location. Then the multimedia contents related to the user's location are extracted and further packaged to a MMS format. The MMS generating system sends the MMS to the user. Therefore, the user may immediately receive the useful MMS. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207479 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ALERT-BASED SERVICES TO MOBILE STATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - System for providing alert-based communication services for which corresponding alert conditions to be met by mobile stations are defined. The system includes an alert engine capable of firing alerts associated with the alert-based communication services if location data regarding the mobile stations is indicative of the mobile stations meeting the alert conditions corresponding to the alert-based communication services. A requirements engine is provided for determining an expected earliest future time at which at least one alert condition is capable of being met by a particular mobile station and outputting a data element indicative of a requirement to obtain updated location data about the particular mobile station in advance of the expected earliest future time. Also provided is a scheduler for receiving expiry times data indicative of a plurality of expiry times relating to respective location requests, processing the expiry times data for determining an order for servicing the location requests by positioning determining equipment (PDE) at least in part on a basis on the expiry times of the location requests and an output for interfacing with the PDE, allowing it to service the location requests according to the order determined. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207480 | Shared Image Database With Geographic Navigation - There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207481 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PAGING PROCESSING AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING - A method, an apparatus, and a system for paging processing and information displaying are disclosed. The paging processing method includes: receiving a paging request message from a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) which a called User Equipment (UE) registers to; and when the called UE is connected, sending a paging notification message to the called UE, and returning a called-UE paging status message to the MSC. In the embodiments of the present invention, after the Mobility Management Entity (MME) receives the paging request message from the MSC, if the called UE is connected, the MME not only sends a Circuit-Switched (CS) paging notification message to the called UE, but also returns a paging status message to the MSC, indicating that the called UE has received the paging notification message. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207482 | MEDIA EVENT STRUCTURE AND CONTEXT IDENTIFICATION USING SHORT MESSAGES - The present disclosure is descriptive of discovering structure, content, and context of a media event, e.g., a live media event, using real-time discussions that unfold through short messaging services. Generally, a sampling of short messages of a plurality of users is obtained. The sampling of short messages corresponds to a media event. A segment in the media event is identified using the sampling of short messages, and at least one term taken from the sampling of short messages is identified. The at least one term is indicative of a context of the identified segment. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207483 | REASSIGNED MOBILE MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS - The instant application describes a method of managing a customer's mobile station and providing a notification of a resultant change. The method includes steps of communicating over the air through a mobile communication network with a subscriber device management application running on the customer's mobile station; causing the subscriber device management application to attempt to change an operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station, via the over the air communication; and determining an outcome of the attempted change of the operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station. The method also includes a step of sending a mobile messaging service message, providing notification of the attempted change of the operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station, through the mobile communication network to another mobile station associated with the customer. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207484 | UNIFIED VIEW OF SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) INTERACTION HISTORY WITH OTHER CHANNEL MESSAGES BASED ON CASE IDENTIFIER IN A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) APPLICATION - A method to provide a unified and integrated view of the SMS Interaction history with other channel messages (irrespective of the Interaction channel) based on Case ID (Case Identifier) in a CRM application. The method parses the incoming SMS message text for the Case Identifier. The Interaction Thread belonging to the same Case ID is retrieved from the CRM application database and the incoming SMS message is added to that Interaction Thread. The whole interaction history pertaining to the same Case ID is displayed on the CRM application user interface at one place along with latest received massage via SMS along with various other channels of communication in order to enable proper management of the customer interaction. In case there is no Interaction Thread having same Case ID, a new Interaction Thread is created and all subsequent messages are threaded to the new Interaction Thread. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207485 | User Equipment, Radio Base Station and Methods Therein - Embodiments herein relate to a method in a user equipment for handling a radio link failure in a radio communications network. The user equipment is served in a first cell controlled by a radio base station. The radio base station is comprised in the radio communications network, The user equipment detects a first indication of a failure of a radio link between the user equipment and the radio base station. The user equipment then transmits a second indication of radio link failure to the radio base station when the first indication is detected. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207486 | Probabilistic Location Prediction for a Mobile Station - A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of the network are located, and determining a region surrounding the vector in which the mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207487 | SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY FOR COOPERATION TYPES IN MULTI-SECTOR COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - The current multi-base station cooperative communication technology could only provide one type of cooperative communication fixedly, and this results in that either the amount of data exchange between the base stations is huge and the latency is increased, or the optimum gain can not be obtained. To address this problem, the invention proposes a switching technology for collaboration type in multi-sector cooperative communication. The base station equipment dominating the sector determines one or more cooperating sectors of the mobile terminal, determines the type of the multi-sector cooperative communication provided cooperatively with said one or more cooperating sectors, based on information of said one or more cooperating sectors according to predefined rules, and cooperates with said one or more cooperating sectors and provides, for the mobile terminal, the multi-sector cooperative communication of the corresponding determined type. According to the invention, high speed exchange of the complete channel information and data are conducted between the same-cell sectors, and the cooperative gain is increased; none or few of data backhaul is conducted between the different-cell sectors, which results in decreased backhaul latency of the cooperating information, and increased throughput of the user at sector edge and system performance. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207488 | Bandwidth and channel notification for wide-channel wireless communication - In a wireless communications network in which a device may simultaneously use multiple 20 MHz channels for communicating with another network device, various embodiments of the invention provide a way for a network controller to indicate to a mobile device which combinations of those channels the mobile device is permitted for use in subsequent communications involving the mobile device, and may also provide a way to specify which of those permitted channels are actually being used in those subsequent communications. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPPORTUNISTIC COMMUNICATION SCHEDULING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK USING MOTION INFORMATION - A method, wireless communication device, and computer program product are provided for scheduling wireless communication between a base station and one or more mobile wireless communication devices. Signals indicative of motion are obtained and utilized to facilitate scheduling operations. In some embodiments, signals indicative of motion are used in estimation or prediction of variable conditions of the common radio medium, and scheduling, such as opportunistic scheduling, is performed based at least in part on the estimates or predictions. Signals indicative of motion may be obtained from GPS data, accelerometer data or other data generated at a mobile wireless communication device. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207490 | Methods for Coordinating Radio Activities of Different Radio Access Technologies and Apparatuses Utilizing the Same - An apparatus for coordinating radio activities of different radio access technologies (RATs) includes a first RAT module, a second RAT module and an arbiter. The first RAT module receives and transmits radio frequency (RF) signals from and to a first cellular network through an antenna, and synchronizes transceiving timings with the first cellular network using a first clock. The second RAT module receives and transmits RF signals from and to a second cellular network through the antenna, and synchronizes transceiving timings with the second cellular network using a second clock. The arbiter coordinates a first radio activity requested by the first RAT module and a second radio activity requested by the second RAT module to avoid radio activity collision by using a third clock. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207491 | Apparatus for and Method of Improving Multi-RAT Out-of-Service Performance - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate re-acquisition of service after an out-of-service (OOS) condition occurs. Mobile devices are equipped to retain information about the system in use just prior to the OOS condition occurring and use this information to determine the parameters of a service search. These parameters can include one or more of a determination of which radio access technologies (RATs) will be searched, the amount of time allocated to search for each RAT, and the order in which each RAT may be searched. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207492 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING FREQUENCY ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus select optimized Frequency Allocation (FA) in a mobile communication system that includes mobile base stations. A first control information is received from neighbor base stations. System capacities of the respective neighbor base stations are determined based on the first control information. The FA that maximizes a sum of the system capabilities of the respective neighbor base stations is selected. Therefore, the method has an advantage of securing maximum capacity by adaptively setting FA with consideration of radio environments of neighbor base stations during network entry of a new mobile base station or during an operation of a mobile base station. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207493 | USER APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A user apparatus to which radio access schemes that are a single-carrier scheme and a multicarrier scheme are applied, includes: a radio access scheme setting unit configured to set a radio access scheme; a discrete Fourier transform unit configured to perform discrete Fourier transform on a modulated symbol sequence when the set radio access scheme is the single-carrier scheme; a serial parallel conversion unit configured to perform serial parallel conversion on a modulated symbol sequence when the set radio access scheme is the multicarrier scheme; a frequency domain signal generation unit configured to assign a radio resource to the modulated symbol sequence on which discrete Fourier transform has been performed or to the modulated symbol sequence on which serial parallel conversion has been performed to generate a frequency domain signal; a transmission signal generation unit configured to perform inverse fast Fourier transform on the frequency domain signal to generate a transmission signal; a transmission power control unit configured to perform transmission power control according to the set radio access scheme; and an RF unit configured to convert the transmission signal to a radio frequency, and to transmit the transmission signal by performing the transmission power control. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIMO-BASED MULTIPLE BASE STATION COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION - A solution for multiple base station collaborative communication in TDD (Time Division Duplex) and FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) systems is provided. To be specific, a serving base station and coordinating base station transmit detection signals with specific Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) features on one or more communication resources. The mobile station measures the detection signals on the one or more communication resources and generates indication information of the recommended collaborative communication modes based on the measurement results. Preferably the indexes of the time-frequency resources corresponding to the recommended collaborative communication modes are reported to the serving base station. Then the serving base station schedules at least one of the one or more mobile stations according to the indication information reported by the one or more stations and provides MIMO communication manner for the mobile station scheduled. The coverage of the cells is improved, the cell edge user throughput is increased and the inter-cell interference between neighboring base stations is decreased by exploiting the invention. Preferably the amount of uplink feedback information is decreased and the uplink bandwidth is saved. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207495 | Method and Arrangement in a Multi-Carrier Communication Network System - Method and arrangement in a base station for scheduling communication between the base station and a user equipment in a multi-carrier communication network system. The base station and the user equipment are comprised in the multi-carrier communication network system, and adapted to communicate with each other on downlink carriers and uplink carriers in at least a first frequency band and a second frequency band over a radio interface. The method comprises signalling an indication to the user equipment on the downlink carrier in the first frequency band, which the user equipment currently is scheduled on, to switch to a second carrier in order to communicate data and/or control signalling on the second carrier. In addition, a method and arrangement in a user equipment for assisting the base station in scheduling radio resources are described. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207496 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN MULTIPLE CARRIER WAVE SYSTEM - Provided are a method and a device for data transmission in a multiple carrier wave system. With respect to a carrier wave that includes a first guard band, a data band, and a second guard band on a frequency domain, at least one guard physical resource unit (guard PRU) is allocated to at least one of said first guard band and said second guard band, said guard PRU is mapped to a contiguous resource unit (CRU), and data are transmitted via the CRU to which said guard PRU is mapped. The CRU to which said guard PRU has been mapped is mapped to a contiguous logical resource unit (CLRU). The index of the CRU to which said guard PRU has been mapped and the index of the CRU to which the PRU of said data band has been mapped may be continuous. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207497 | CODED SYSTEM FOR RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION - A coded system for radio-frequency communication (RFC); the system comprising at least one base station ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110207498 | Resource Configuration Method, Device, and System - A resource configuration method includes acquiring capability information of a base station (BS), in which the capability information of the BS includes information indicating whether the BS has channel power boost capability. Capability information of a user equipment (UE) is acquired. The capability information of the UE includes information indicating whether the UE has the channel power boost capability. The BS is notified to configure resources for performing channel estimation by using the channel power boost capability for the UE if the UE and the BS both have the channel power boost capability. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207499 | ENHANCED UPLINK POWER CONTROL BASED ON INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSMISSION QUALITY CONTROL - The present invention provides an enhanced uplink power control mechanism based on interference management and transmission quality control: the uplink power is controlled on the basis of simultaneously considering both the interference of neighboring cells and the system performance of the cell, that is, the transmit power of the mobile station is controlled. The mobile station controls its transmit power according to interference over thermal of the neighboring cells or sectors of the cell or sector which the mobile station is located in, transmission loss compensation and quality of signal received from the mobile station by the base station which serves the mobile station. The uplink power is controlled on the basis of simultaneously considering both the interference of neighboring cells and the system performance of the cell via using the method and device of the present invention, and thus the system performance is improved effectively. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207500 | BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - [Problems] Because it is not possible to reduce sufficiently the number of base stations that starts uselessly in spite of being in light traffic state, it is not possible to lower interference between adjacent cells and power consumption sufficiently. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207501 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention relates to a communication system capable of reducing processing loads imposed on a base station device and a server that sets a timing of a synchronization signal for the base station device. A management server ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110207502 | System and Method for Determining Mobile Telephone Voice Quality in a Live Network - A system and method for determining the quality of communications provided by a plurality of mobile telephones is provided. The method may comprise, for example, receiving one or more telephone voice signals from each mobile telephone; storing the one or more telephone voice signals in a memory; concurrently with aid receiving telephone voice signals from a mobile telephone, receiving one or more reference device voice signals from a reference device substantially co-located with the mobile telephone; storing the one or more reference device voice signals in a memory; determining voice quality data for the telephone voice signals; determining voice quality data for the reference device voice signals concurrently received with the telephone voice signals; and normalizing the voice quality data of the telephone voice signals from each mobile telephone based on the voice quality data of the reference device voice signals concurrently received with the telephone voice signals. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207503 | FACILITATING ASSISTED GPS AND OTHER NETWORK SERVICES IN MOBILE PHONES ACROSS DISPARATE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - The present invention provides a mobile device that is able to implement A-GPS and other network services across multiple disparate communications networks In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a mobile communications device implements a plurality of mobile network profiles—each profile being associated with a different mobile network and its respective carrier, i.e., operator or service provider. Each profile comprises multiple data parameters that are used to authenticate a valid mobile device to the respective communications network carrier and for opening a data channel such as a transmission control protocol and internet protocol (TCP/IP) data connection. These data parameters are used to facilitate communications with a remote server on the network such as a server for performing A-GPS. As soon as the mobile device detects that no signals can be received by the current active mobile network operator, it will assess other stored mobile profiles and determine if it can receive signals from one of the other available mobile networks signals being received, and if so it will load and activate a new mobile profile to authenticate the device for use with the visiting mobile network. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207504 | Interactive Projected Displays - A projection device may project an image on a display surface. Another projection device may then project an image that appears to interact with the image projected by the first device. A camera in one of the devices may record the interaction. The interaction may be analyzed to implement game play or user selections in general. Communications between the two devices may be established by a network communication protocol. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING FLICKER PHENOMENON ON DISPLAY OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for suppressing screen flicker phenomenon resulting from differences between a scanning frequency of a camera module and a mains power frequency of the region where the mobile terminal is located are provided. The method includes acquiring, when a camera module of the mobile terminal is activated, location information of the mobile terminal, determining a power frequency mapped to the location information, and matching a scanning frequency of the camera module to the power frequency. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207506 | CELLPHONE PRESENCE AND LOCATING SYSTEM USING A SIM CARD TRANSMITTER - A cellphone Presence and Locating system includes antenna(s) with associated receiver(s) extracting user information, presence and location data from a plurality of mobile cellphones with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card containing a low duty cycle transmitter. The transmitter communicates with the SIM processor and extracts user and configuration information. The transmitter broadcast messages containing selected SIM and other information at intervals or on demand. These transmissions are processed by a receiving station, and additional information such as signal strength, time of arrival and direction is extracted. This data is used to determine local presence or a more accurate location within the coverage area and is added to the specific SIM information before being passed on to an information processing server. The information processing server selects relevant prestored files and delivers these to the originating cellphone via a mobile communication network. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207507 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CHARGING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile phone includes a first power receiving portion that receives power from a charging base, a first touch panel, a function execution portion, a first LCD to display information, a first display control portion to display on the first LCD an output image outputted when the function execution portion executes a function or an input image for accepting an operation to execute the function, and a first communication portions cannot communicate with the charging base, and the first display control portion displays a first screen on the first LCD when the first communication portion is incapable of communicating with the charging base, and when the first communication portion can communicate with the charging base, it displays a second screen on the first LCD and transmits a third screen to the charging base via the first communication portion and causes the charging base to display the third screen on the second LCD provided therein. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207508 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device capable of utilizing a conductive portion further more effectively. A cellular telephone device includes: a key switch, of which electrical state changes depending on an operation on an operation unit; a CPU that is connected to the key switch, and detects an operation on the operation unit based on change in the electrical state of the key switch; a power supply unit that is electrically connected to the key switch; and an RF circuit unit that is connected to the power supply unit, and processes a signal resonated by the key switch. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207509 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT BATTERY MANAGEMENT - Various embodiments for providing enhanced battery conservation in mobile devices are described. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may include a processor and a battery to supply power to the processor. The device may store user pattern data and/or user preference data. The device may further include a power management module coupled to the processor. The power management module may monitor a location of the device, wireless signal strength, and date/time. The power management module may also monitor and analyze user operation of the device to identify scenarios in which wireless communications can be suspended. The power management module may suspend wireless communication according to these monitored conditions, and analyzed user operations, to reduce battery consumption. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207510 | Mobile Device and Radio Communication Portion of Mobile Device - This mobile device includes a control portion determining whether or not a selection antenna module and a selection circuit module are matched to each other, and the control portion controls radio communication by the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module to be disabled when the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module are not matched to each other and controls radio communication by the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module to be enabled when the selection antenna module and the selection circuit module are matched to each other. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207511 | MOUNTING COMPONENT FOR SECURING A CROP HANDLING ELEMENT TO A SEPARATOR ROTOR - A mounting component for securing a crop handling element to a separator rotor is embodied as a profile-section component, with side walls facing toward one another and extending in some portions in the circumferential direction of the separator rotor; for securing the mounting component to the surface of the separator rotor, and each of the side walls of the mounting component has a longitudinal weld seam, extending essentially parallel to the side wall, with a weld seam portion extending beyond the length of the respective side wall, which weld seam portion is embodied at an angle to the respective side wall. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207512 | Arching game system - Disclosed is an arching game system including a bow-and-arrow set, a display and a visual identification unit. The bow-and-arrow includes a bow, a buffer, a string and an arrow. The bow includes an aperture defined therein. The buffer is attached to the bow. The string is tied to the bow. The arrow is movably connected to the bow. The arrow includes a pile, a butt and a shaft extending between the pile and the butt. The butt is movable against the string so that the string shoots the arrow on release of the butt. The buffer buffers the arrow. The arrow is aimed at a target shown on the display. The visual identification unit determines the direction of the travel of the arrow and the force exerted on the arrow. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207513 | Instrument Game System and Method - A game system and method that uses an instrument as an input encourages a user to play along with the game's soundtrack on an instrument (e.g. guitar, bass, etc.). The game cues the player to play notes and/or chords on the instrument at an appropriate time and then data is collected from the instrument via a connection between the instrument and the apparatus running the game. The game then scores the user based on note/chord and timing information it receives. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207514 | TRIVIA QUESTION WAGERING SYSTEM - A method and system for providing a pari-mutuel wagering environment is presented. The method includes receiving a wager amount at a server from each of a plurality of players, allocating a portion of each wager amount to a payout pool, and allocating a second portion of each wager amount to a jackpot. The method further includes simultaneously presenting a question to the plurality of players and receiving answers to the question from the players. The method also includes allocating pro rata shares of the payout pool to each player that answers the question correctly, and, if a specified percentage of the players answer the question correctly, allocating pro rata shares of the jackpot to each of the players that answered the question correctly. The system further includes a plurality of remote terminals and servers for performing the method. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207515 | METHOD FOR A LOTTERY GAME - A method for conducting a game of chance according to the present disclosure includes making tickets available to players, each ticket including game play information, then identifying in an initial drawing one or more winning tickets containing initial game play information. After the players associated with the winning tickets are brought to a common location, a second drawing among the winning players is conducted and broadcast to the public. The final winning player from the second drawing is then awarded a monetary prize and presented with an option of an additional monetary prize or an additional non-monetary prize. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207516 | METHOD FOR A LOTTERY GAME - A method for conducting a game of chance according to the present disclosure includes allowing players to register for the game of chance online and then identifying in an initial drawing one or more winning sets of winning player information. Afterwards, the initial winning players are brought to a common location and a second drawing among the winning players is conducted and broadcast to the public. The final winning player from the second drawing is then awarded a monetary prize and presented with an option of an additional monetary prize or an additional non-monetary prize. Alternatively, and/or in addition to registering online, players may purchase tickets for the game of chance, the tickets including game play information. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207517 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING AND USING GAME PLAY RECORDS IN A BINGO-TYPE GAME - A gaming system utilizes a game designation generating component, a gaming establishment component, and a set of predefined bingo card representations. Each bingo card representation is stored in electronic format as a data structure or data record defining a predefined pattern of game designations chosen from a pool of available designations. The game designation generating component generates sets of game designations from a pool of available designations. The method employed in the gaming system includes pre-matching the bingo card representations to a given set of game designations to produce a matched card set. This pre-matching occurs prior to the sale, distribution, or assignment of card representations to players in the game. The matched card set includes a number of game play records, each corresponding to a different one of the bingo card representations and each being associated with a result indicator which indicates whether the respective bingo card representation is a winning card or losing card for that set of game designations. Data representing these matched card sets are stored and then the individual game play records are assigned to players in response to game play requests initiated by the players. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207518 | DRAWING METHOD, DRAWING DEVICE AND GAME SYSTEM OF ENTERTAINMENT GAMES BASED ON COMPUTER NETWORK PLATFORM - Direct and indirect drawing methods, drawing devices, and game systems of entertainment games based on a computer network platform. The methods of the invention include the processes of barcode vouchers printing, barcode vouchers storage, game, reading, and prize-claiming. The drawing methods of the invention possess high reliability, are low cost, and are capable of eliminating cheating. In addition, the invention solves the trust problem of the players in relation to drawing results by avoiding collusion and cheating between the staff and players, and in the meanwhile, it also improves operational efficiency and allocation of player service resources. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207519 | MULTI-PLAYER MATCHING GAME - A matching game involves attempting to match one or more sets of base symbols with two or more sets of player symbols, such as player symbols in two matrices. In a single player variation, a player attempts to achieve combinations of matches. One or more winning combinations comprise matches of all symbols along contiguous rows, columns or diagonals of two or more of the matrices. In a multi-player variation, individual players attempt to achieve patterns of matches across their own matrix and combinations of contiguous matches spanning the matrices of two or more of the players. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207520 | Systems, Apparatuses and Methods for Changing Symbols in Gaming Systems - Symbols are randomly arranged on a gaming machine. The random arrangement represents initial states of the symbols for purposes of applying a cellular automata rule. The cellular automata rule is applied to the symbols such that each of the symbols to a subsequent state independently of a value of the symbols. The subsequent state of each symbol may be based at least on the initial state of each symbol and the initial state of another of the symbols. A payout condition may be evaluated based on the subsequent states of the symbols. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207521 | Gaming Machine With Visual And Audio Indicia Changed Over Time - A gaming machine having features for increasing player appeal is set forth. The machine generally includes a processor, a display, and a memory device. The processor randomly selects one of a plurality of outcomes of the gaming machine in response to a wager. The display displays visual elements to be viewed by the player. The memory device is coupled to the processor and stores at least two data sets for producing at least two different types of visual and/or audio elements in the basic game or bonus game, or at least two different types of bonus game formats. The processor selects one of the two data sets in response to the occurrence of a predetermined time, a number of wager inputs by players of the gaming machine, or after determining a favorite play content based on the number of wager inputs by players. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207522 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC ONLINE GAMING - Some embodiments relate to online gaming. For example, a side-game application corresponding to an online indicia-based game may receive player-indicia information representing player indicia already dealt to a player, prior to the dealing of at least one un-dealt indicia; based at least on the player-indicia information, to automatically determine one or more player-specific side-game scenarios, each defining a criterion relating to one or more of the un-dealt indicia; to automatically offer to the player a side-game including the one or more scenarios; to receive at least one wager from the player corresponding to at least one respective wagered scenario; and, upon a dealing of the un-dealt indicia of the wagered scenario, to automatically reward the player if the criterion corresponding to the wagered scenario is met. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207523 | GAMING SYSTEMS, GAMING DEVICES AND METHODS WITH NON-COMPETITIVE PLAY AND OPTIONAL COMPETITIVE PLAY - In an embodiment, a gaming system includes a plurality of gaming devices and a controller configured to communicate with the gaming devices. The gaming system enables a plurality of players to play an interactive game in a non-competitive mode and in a competitive mode. If at least two players play the interactive game in the competitive mode, for a competitive wagering event, which includes a competition between two players, the gaming system determines a winning player and a losing player. The gaming system causes the winning player to contribute a winning player portion toward a wager associated with the competitive wagering event and causes the losing player to contribute a losing player portion toward the wager associated with the competitive wagering event. The losing player portion is less than the winning player portion. The gaming system randomly determines and provides any awards to the winning player based on the wager. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207524 | POOL SEEDING FOR PARIMUTUEL BETTING OPERATIONS - A method of conducting a parimutuel betting operation that reduces the volatility of the posted odds on the betting choices while the betting line is open by placing one or more seed bets in the betting line. A pool seeder (preferably a trained odds maker) uses a pool seeding screen to control the flow of house money into the pools associated with the betting choices. The pool seeding screen allows the pool seeder to adjust the estimates of the true probabilities of the betting choices in real time. The pool seeder may also use a software expert system based on historical data to help set the estimates of the true probabilities. The house money flows into the pools in a continuous stream at a rate determined by the present settings on the pool seeding screen. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207525 | Gaming System Having Virtual Assets and Achievements - A gaming system having virtual assets comprises a wager input device, at least one gaming terminal comprising a display for displaying a wagering game, and a virtual asset server in communication with the at least one gaming terminal, the virtual asset server storing and managing one or more types of virtual assets, each type of virtual asset having a different plurality of attributes associated therewith. The system comprises at least one controller operative to cause the first display to display the first wagering game, in response to a first triggering event, award one or more of the virtual assets to a player of the first wagering game, store information regarding the awarded virtual assets in a player account associated with the player and accessible to the virtual asset server, and provide a monetary award to the player for any winning outcomes achieved during play of the first wagering game. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207526 | Gaming machine management controller for progressive game - A gaming machine management controller including at least a gaming machine, which receives a bet for a game, performs a plurality of games in a first session and a second session, and performs a payout, a bonus pool device, which accumulates a bonus pool amount from each of a plurality of games performed during the first session, and a bonus controller, which recognizes a bet amount and a payout amount of a player from each of the plurality of games, and determines a bonus pool amount to be accumulated into the bonus pool device, wherein the bonus controller controls the bonus pool device to stop accumulating the bonus pool amount in the case that a predetermined condition associated with the bonus pool device is satisfied, and starts paying out a predetermined bonus award amount every time when the player wins the game performed in the second session. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207527 | METHOD OF GAMING, A GAME CONTROLLER AND A GAMING SYSTEM - A method of gaming in a gaming system comprising: generating a game outcome for a game round of a game having a plurality of winning outcomes associated with respective ones of a plurality of designated initial prize amounts; evaluating the game outcome to determine whether to make an award for one or more winning outcomes such that if no award is made there is a non-winning outcome; and making a contribution towards an increase of a prize amount associated with at least one of the winning outcomes in response to a non-winning game outcome, whereby an increased amount may be won in a subsequent game round. | 2011-08-25 |
20110207528 | GAME SUPPLY SYSTEM USING PERSONAL AREA NETWORK, A GAME SUPPLY METHOD THEREBY, A SERVICE SERVER, A RELAY METHOD, A MOBILE PHONE AND A STORAGE MEANS - The present invention relates to a game supply system and method using a personal area network, a service server, a game relay method, a mobile communication terminal, and a storage medium. The game supply system includes a first end terminal ( | 2011-08-25 |
20110207529 | PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GAMING AND BONUS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to communication methods in gaming networks using portable devices. In some networks portable devices communicate information about the status of particular gaming machines on the gaming network. In other networks portable devices are used as a secondary display for the gaming device. In yet other networks bonus games may be played on the portable devices. Further embodiments include a portable device that operates to match a current state of a game to a pre-defined state or states. | 2011-08-25 |