35th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080207120 | Wireless Data Transmission Methods, Devices, and Systems - Method and system for creating a radio block header that identifies a selected data block, a first compression scheme to compress a first encoded instance of the selected data block, and a second compression scheme to compress a second encoded instance of the selected data block, wherein the second compression scheme is different from the first compression scheme and for forming a radio block that includes the radio block header, a first instance of the selected data block, and a second instance of the selected data block. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207121 | Mote networks having directional antennas - A mote network having and/or using one or more directional antennas. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207122 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN UPLINK TRANSMISSION FORMAT IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a Base Station (BS) which includes a manager for increasing a set point associated with a Mobile Station (MS) if an error is detected in a burst received from the MS, a detector for incrementing a counter associated with the MS if a difference, between a maximum Transmission (Tx) power of the MS and a Tx power used by the MS when transmitting the burst in which the error was detected, is less than a difference threshold, and a determining unit for providing control such that a number of slots allocated to the MS decreases if the counter associated with the MS is greater than a counter threshold. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207123 | CONFIGURABLE MEANS TO PROVIDE WIRELESS MODULE CUSTOMIZATION - A wireless system, including a wireless system transmitter having a transmitter configuration device storing transmitter configuration data, and at least one wireless system receiver having a receiver configuration device storing receiver configuration data. The transmitter and receiver configuration devices include a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, a smart card, a magnetic stripe card, a barcode card, a read only memory (ROM) device, or other programmable integrated circuit device. The wireless system may be a wireless audio system and the receiver may electrically connect with an audio signal amplifier driving a speaker. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207124 | Mobile Device With Near Field Communication Module And Secure Chip - A mobile device provided with a secure chip and a short-range wireless RF communication module, which can be used for contactless transactions with external short-range wireless RF communication devices, for example at a point of sales. The mobile device is provided with user selectable activity levels of the secure chip to reduce security risks/concerns associated with such a terminal. The user selectable activity levels may include levels in which the secure chip is deactivated by default, and only temporarily activated upon user confirmation or the entry of a password or PIN. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207125 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Conforming a Wireless Personal Communications Device to a Local Social Standard - A wireless transmitter ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207126 | Method and System for Dynamically Changing Poll Timing Based on Bluetooth Activity - Methods and systems for dynamically changing poll timing based on Bluetooth activity are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include determining synchronous Bluetooth activity between a Bluetooth master device and at least one Bluetooth slave device. The synchronous Bluetooth activity may comprise, for example, transmission of packets by the Bluetooth master device via a SCO link and/or a eSCO link. The Bluetooth master device may dynamically adjust a polling period based on the synchronous Bluetooth activity. For example, the polling period may be less when there is synchronous activity than when there is no synchronous activity. The polling periods for when there is synchronous activity and when there is no synchronous activity may be default values. The default polling periods may be changed to different values, for example, by the user. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207127 | Medical Communication System and its Communication Method - A medical communication system is provided with a scope | 2008-08-28 |
20080207128 | Method, Device and System for Controlling Application Launching in a Mobile Terminal Device - The present invention generally discloses methods, devices and systems for controlling application launching by means of a dedicated application launching table. According to a first aspect of the present invention a method for controlling launching of an application in a first mobile terminal device is provided. Said first mobile device comprises a first near field communication (NFC) module. The method according to the present invention comprises the steps of maintaining a dedicated application launching table, detecting the presence of a second device adapted to communicate with said first terminal device, determining identification parameters relating to said second device, and launching at least one predetermined application in said first device, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said determined identification parameters. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207129 | APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A Bluetooth-enabled computing device includes a user interface for displaying a prompt to specify a descriptive identifier for a network device prior to performance of a Bluetooth Device Discovery Routine, the descriptive identifier being different from Bluetooth Device Discovery Routine Identifiers. A system memory has entries including descriptive identifiers, each descriptive identifier corresponding to a network device pre-configured with a connection profile. A connection manager determines if a specified descriptive identifier is a match to any entry in the system memory and to implements a connection to a network device corresponding to a matching entry. Otherwise the connection manager performs a discovery routine to locate and establish a connection to at least one available network device corresponding to the specified descriptive identifier. A Bluetooth compatible wireless transceiver is operable to transmit and receive signals associated with the connection to the network device and the discovery routine. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207130 | Communication Apparatus And Communication System - A communication apparatus including a first communicator which communicates with a first other communication apparatus by using a plurality of frequency channels defined within a frequency band such that the frequency channels are switched from one to another, a detector which detects, with respect to each of the frequency channels, a value of a parameter for evaluating a quality of a communication between the communication apparatuses, a determiner which determines, on the basis of the value of the parameter detected with respect to a corresponding one of the frequency channels by the detector, whether the quality of the communication between the communication apparatuses made by using each of the frequency channels is not poorer than a first threshold, and a communication controller which sends the first other communication apparatus data by means of the first communicator, once when a good-quality frequency channel is used, and repeatedly a plurality of times when a poor-quality frequency channel is used. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207131 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing enhanced cognitive radio channel selection - In a cognitive radio system, a complexity to be used for a receiver of a cognitive radio is determined, and a connection between an access node and the receiver is changed to a connection having a corresponding complexity. In one embodiment the cognitive radio itself determines the complexity and changes its connection. In another embodiment the cognitive radio sends a request to the access node which makes the change in a new resource allocation. In still another embodiment the access node determines the complexity from a transmission power change of the cognitive radio. Apparatus, methods and embodied computer programs for implementing the invention are detailed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207132 | Communication Apparatus And Communication System - There is disclosed a communication apparatus which wirelessly communicates information with a first other communication apparatus by a first communication method and using a second frequency band which is at least partially overlapping a first frequency band usable according to the first communication method. The communication apparatus includes a first communicator which implements the wireless information communication with the first other communication apparatus by the first communication method, and a requestor which requests the first other communication apparatus, where at least there is a possibility that a field strength of an external radio wave in the second frequency band is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, to increase the number of times the first other communication apparatus sends information when making the wireless information communication with the communication apparatus using the second frequency band, as compared to where there is not the possibility. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207133 | Method of controlling beam weight detection and receiver - A receiver in a wireless communication system including a transmitter that multiplies a plurality of transmission signals with a plurality of beam weights to transmit the transmission signal through a plurality of antennas. Also included is a receiver that receives the transmission signals, detects a specific beam weight of which reception state is a specific state among a plurality of to-be-detected beam weights, and notifies the transmitter of the detection of the specific beam weight. The receiver preferably includes a monitoring unit that monitors a state of variation in the beam weight by performing a statistics process on history of previously-detected beam weights. Also included is a control unit that controls the number of the-to-be-detected beam weights or a detection timing of the specific beam weight according to a monitoring result. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207134 | Mobile equipment based filtering for packet radio service (PRS) - A method for operating a mobile equipment (ME | 2008-08-28 |
20080207135 | CQI FEEDBACK FOR OFDMA SYSTEMS - Embodiments of a feedback generator and decoder and methods of operating the feedback generator and decoder are presented. In one embodiment, the feedback generator includes a CQI compression module configured to provide a compressed CQI for the user equipment corresponding to at least one sub-band, where a sub-band is composed of at least one resource block. The feedback generator also includes a transmit module coupled to the CQI compression module and configured to transmit the compressed CQI to a serving base station. In one embodiment, the feedback decoder includes a receive module configured to receive a compressed CQI in the base station from user equipment corresponding to at least one sub-band. The feedback decoder also includes a CQI restoration module coupled to the receive module and configured to provide a restored CQI from the compressed CQI for the at least one sub-band. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207136 | High Dynamic Range Tranceiver for Cognitive Radio - Embodiments of cognitive radio technology can recover and utilize underutilized portions of statically-allocated radio-frequency spectrum. A plurality of sensing methods can be employed. Transmission power control can be responsive to adjacent channel measurements. Digital pre-distortion techniques can enhance performance. Embodiments of a high DNR transceiver architecture can be employed. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207137 | Seamlessly Switching among Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast Mobile Media Content - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207138 | Phase Detector - A phase detector includes a plurality of phase detectors located in a phase correction loop, each phase detector configured to receive as input a radio frequency (RF) input signal and an RF reference signal, each of the plurality of phase detectors also configured to provide a signal representing a different phase offset based on the phase difference between the RE input signal and the RF reference signal; and a switch configured to receive an output of each of the plurality of phase detectors and configured to select the output representing the phase offset, that is closest to a phase of an output of an amplifier. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207139 | Method and System for a Multisystem Polar Transmitter - Aspects of a method and system for a Multisystem Polar Transmitter may include a single integrated circuit comprising one or more Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer (DDFS). The single integrated circuit may generate a plurality of signals compliant with at least a first wireless protocol and a second wireless protocol. At least one of the plurality of signals is polar modulated using the DDFS. The single integrated circuit may comprise a plurality of wireless transmitters. In another embodiment of the invention, a plurality of baseband signals compliant with the first and second protocols may be combined. The first protocol may be Bluetooth® and the second protocol may be Wireless LAN. The combined plurality of baseband signals may be modulated via a single wireless transmitter on the integrated circuit. The phase and frequency for polar modulation may be adjusted using the DDFS, while the amplitude may be adjusted using an amplifier. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207140 | Integrated circuit with contemporaneous transmission and reception of realtime and non-realtime data and methods for use therewith - A voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) includes an RF transmitter that generates a transmit signal contemporaneously containing both outbound realtime data and outbound non-realtime data. The integrated circuit optionally includes an RF receiver that contemporaneously generates both outbound realtime data and outbound non-realtime data from a received signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207141 | Method and Device For Transmitting a Sequence of Transmission Bursts - Methods and device for transmitting a sequence of transmission bursts in a wireless device. The method includes transmitting a sequence of transmission bursts according to a transmission schedule. The method is characterized by: receiving, at a radio frequency integrated circuit, prior to a transmission of at least one transmission burst of the sequence, information representative of the timing of the transmission of the at least one transmission burst; and generating timing signals, by the radio frequency integrated circuit that implement the transmission schedule. A wireless device includes a base band integrated circuit adapted to determine a transmission schedule of a sequence of transmission bursts. The wireless device is characterized by including a radio frequency integrated circuit that is adapted receive information representative of the timing schedule and to autonomously control a transmission of the sequence of transmission bursts. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207142 | Amplitude Modulation Apparatus, Amplitude Limiting Method, and Computer-Readable Program - The present invention relates to an amplitude modulation apparatus, an amplitude limiting method, and a transmission apparatus for performing amplitude limitation on an orthogonally modulated signal. The amplitude modulation apparatus, the amplitude limiting method, and the transmission apparatus enable peak value suppression of a transmission wave with a simple structure. An amplitude limiting apparatus that performs amplitude limitation on an orthogonally modulated signal includes first amplitude limiting means ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207143 | Radio communications using scheduled power amplifier backoff - Radio transmissions to multiple radio terminals are improved using scheduled backoff of a multi-signal power amplifier. A radio channel quality associated with each of the radio terminals is determined. First signals for first radio terminals associated with a better channel quality are amplified by a power amplifier during a first time period resulting in a first composite output signal. Second signals for second radio terminals associated with a lower channel quality are amplified by the power amplifier during a second time period resulting in a second composite output signal. Transmission during the first time period occurs at a first power level, e.g., mean power, that is associated with a lower probability of clipping the first composite output signal. During the second time period, the second composite signal is transmitted at a second power level, e.g., mean power, higher than the first power level which improves reception at the second terminals. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207144 | Method and System for Improving Efficiency Over Power Control for Linear and Class AB Power Amplifiers - Aspects of a system for improving efficiency over power control for linear and class AB power amplifiers may include a current source circuit that enables determination of a bias current level for a PA circuit within an IC die based on an amplitude of an input modulation signal. The PA circuit may enable generation of an output signal based on a differential input signal and the input modulation signal to the current source circuit. A generated bias voltage may be applied to a transformer external to the IC die, but internal to an IC package containing the IC die and/or a circuit board containing the IC package. One or more amplifier bias voltage levels may be applied to the PA circuit wherein the amplifier bias voltage levels may be derived from the generated bias voltage level and/or the determined bias current level. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207145 | TRANSMITTER - Briefly, a transmitter that includes first and second fractional N synthesizers that may generate outphased modulated signals. First and second sigma-delta modulators may control the modulation of the first and second fractional N synthesizers. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207146 | High Dynamic Range Receiver - The invention relates to an adjustment method, especially for adjusting optical or fibre optical components. Said method involves locally heating, in a defined manner, at least one first partial region of an adjustment region ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207147 | Radio transmitter front-end with amplitude and phase correction and methods for use therewith - A radio transmitter front-end for use in a voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) includes a phase correction module that produces a phase adjusted signal in response to a phase modulated signal and at least one phase correction signal. An amplitude correction module produces an amplitude adjusted signal in response to an amplitude modulating signal and an amplitude correction signal. An amplifier amplifies the phase adjusted signal and amplitude modulates the phase adjusted signal, based on the amplitude adjusted signal, to produce a polar coordinate transmit signal. A correction generation module generates the at least one phase correction signal and the amplitude correction signal, based on the polar coordinate transmit signal and the phase adjusted signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207148 | Voice, data and RF integrated circuit with multiple modulation modes and methods for use therewith - A voice data and RF integrated circuit (IC) includes a driver that generates an RF signal to a power amplifier module from an up-converted signal. A modulation controller provides a first modulation signal to the driver for modulating the up-converted signal when a modulation control signal has a first value and provides a second modulation signal to the power amplifier module for modulating the RF signal when the modulation control signal has a second value. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207149 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION FOR A COMMUNICATION FACILITY - A computer-based program performs calculations to analyze, vary, test, manage, and/or improve the performance of channels and/or frequencies in the communication spectrum. The program varies parameters of a point of communication, such as the location, transmission power, channel frequency, antenna height, and the like, alone or in combination, to measure, test, and/or evaluate which parameter changes increase the market coverage of a target market or area. In some scenarios, changes to one point of communication cause the regulations governing the broadcast relationship between one or more nearby points of communication to be violated. When this occurs, the program determines which of the parameters, such as the location, transmission power, channel and/or frequency, antenna height, and the like, alone or in combination, of the point of communication interfering with the increased market coverage scenario to vary to overcome the conflict with communications and/or regulatory law. In addition, the program can determine simultaneously which of the parameters of multiple points of communication to vary to overcome the conflict with communications and/or regulatory law. The program outputs multiple solutions with varying degrees of difficulty and varying amounts of performance improvement. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207150 | PREAMBLE BASED UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR LTE - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate utilizing power control preambles with closed loop power control techniques in a wireless communication environment. An uplink grant can be transferred over a downlink (e.g., a first uplink grant after uplink inactivity), and a power control preamble can be sent over an uplink in response to the uplink grant. According to an example, transmission of the power control preamble can be explicitly scheduled and/or implicitly scheduled. The power control preamble can be transmitted at a power level determined by an access terminal utilizing an open loop power control mechanism. A base station can analyze the power control preamble and generate a power control command based thereupon to correct the power level employed by the access terminal. The access terminal can thereafter utilize the power control command to adjust the power level for uplink data transmission. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207151 | Apparatus, methods and computer program products providing selective diversity operation and adjustment of transport format for a multiple-receiver unit - In one exemplary embodiment, method including: receiving a first wireless communication with at least a first and second receiver utilizing a diversity method; and, in response to determining that simultaneous reception of a second wireless communication is desired, signaling that at least the second receiver is to be unavailable for the first communication. In another exemplary embodiment, method including: receiving a first wireless communication with at least a first receiver; receiving a second wireless communication with at least a second receiver; and in response to determining that reception of the second communication is to end, signaling that at least the second receiver is to be available for use. In another exemplary embodiment, method including: receiving, by a first apparatus, a timing of a second apparatus' periodic reception; and adjusting a transport format of a wireless communication sent from the first apparatus to the second apparatus based on the timing. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207152 | Dual-mode system and method for receiving wireless signals - A wireless receiver ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207153 | Tuner - Provided is a tuner, which comprises: an amplifier for amplifying received signals; a synchronization processor for mixing the received signals with oscillating frequency signals to output intermediate frequency signals of a selected channel; an intermediate frequency signal processor for filtering and amplifying the intermediate frequency signals; a demodulator for demodulating the amplified intermediate frequency signals and detecting intensity of the signals to output a gain control signal; and an attenuator for attenuating intensity of the received signals in response to the gain control signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207154 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR RECEPTION OF RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS - An integrated circuit, IC, for reception of radio frequency; RF, signals in an antenna network system, the IC comprising: | 2008-08-28 |
20080207155 | Receiver system - A receiver system includes an antenna to receive a high-frequency signal; a first band pass filter circuit to eliminate unnecessary frequency components from the high-frequency signal; a low-noise amplifier to amplify signal output from the first band pass filter circuit; a local oscillator to produce a local oscillation signal; a mixer to mix signal output from the low-noise amplifier and the local oscillation signal to produce an intermediate signal; a second band pass filter circuit to eliminate unnecessary frequency components from the intermediate signal; an amplifier to amplify signal output from the second band pass filter circuit; a demodulator circuit to demodulate signal output from the amplifier; an analog-to-digital converter circuit to convert signal output from the demodulator into digital signal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207156 | DETECT-AND-AVOID METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEM - A method and system for detecting the presence of narrowband transmitters utilizing frequencies also utilized by wider band communication systems. In some embodiments an ultrawideband transceiver detects signals at specific frequencies within a spectrum of frequencies, and analyzes the signals to determine if the signals indicate transmissions by a narrowband transmitter in a narrowband communication system. In further embodiments transmission circuitry reduces signal components at frequencies occupied by the narrowband transmitters. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207157 | Low Intermediate Frequency Receiver and the Same Method Thereof - The present invention provides a low intermediate frequency receiver for receiving radio frequency signal and provides the sampling method thereof. The low intermediate frequency receiver firstly samples the radio frequency signal so as to convert it into digital signal of non-zero frequency domain. Secondly it compensates the digital signal of non-zero frequency domain to filter out the interfering signal therein. Finally, the compensated digital signal is frequency-shifted to the zero frequency domain. By using the low intermediate frequency receiver and the sampling method thereof according to the present invention, the interference at the zero frequency, like DC drift and intermodulation component, could be easily filtered out without imposing any great influence on the useful signals. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207158 | TERMINAL APPARATUS - A low cost, a low power consumption and a small size are three very important factors for a mobile communication terminal. A great problem is posed by the conventional technique using a DSP and a CPU independent of each other which requires two external memory systems. Also, two peripheral units are required for data input and output of the DSP and CPU. As a result, an extraneous communication overhead occurs between the DSP and the CPU. The invention realizes a mobile communication terminal system by a DSP/CPU integrated chip comprising a DSP/CPU core ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207159 | RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT WITH INTEGRATED ON-CHIP RADIO FREQUENCY INDUCTIVE SIGNAL COUPLER - A radio frequency (RF) circuit ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207160 | Discrete Signal Processing Device and Processing Method - A signal processing device and a signal processing method are provided which can reproduce a smooth signal in the reproduction of a discrete signal having a non-uniform sample point interval. The device includes a coefficient calculation unit | 2008-08-28 |
20080207161 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE HOTLINING IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Various embodiments are described for facilitating hotlining in communication systems. A device ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207162 | NOTIFICATION METHOD, NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING NOTIFICATION PROGRAM - A notification method performed by a computer that includes a helper-information management table having recorded thereon positional information designating locations of helpers in accordance with helper terminal devices owned by said helpers, and a juvenile-information management table having recorded thereon mobile-terminal identification information and facial photos of juveniles, said mobile-terminal identification information being used for uniquely designating each of mobile terminal devices owned by said juveniles. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207163 | Emergency call apparatus for vehicle - In an in-vehicle emergency call apparatus, after a vehicle battery starts electric discharge, electric currents flowing in from the vehicle battery are integrated to calculate a consumed electric current integrated value. When the consumed electric current integrated value reaches a specified value, a position information transmission operation may be performed. In such a case, even after the consumed electric current integrated value reaches the specified value, electric power is continuously supplied from the vehicle battery to the electric power supply device. The position information transmission operation is thereby performed continuously. The position information can be thus continuously transmitted to a service center as much as possible; a service of pursuing a stolen car can be provided as much as possible. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207164 | Traffic Shaping of Cellular Service Consumption Through Modification of Consumer Behavior Encouraged by Cell-based Pricing Advantages - Changes in wireless service user behavior are encouraged and produced to shape utilization patterns among cells within a rate plan region by using shaping rules which define potential discounts from a standard charge rate under certain cell-specific utilization conditions, analyzing the shaping rules and utilization statistics of a cell upon service initiation, generating a discount from the standard rate for underutilized cells. The user is notified of these discount opportunities using text messages, icons, or other means. Over time, the users learn that at certain places and times, significant discounts are offered, and thus changes their behavior to take advantage of those discounts, thereby shaping traffic in a manner desired by the service provider. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207165 | LIMITING USE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FEATURES BASED ON LOCATION... - A method and apparatus for limiting the use of one or more features and/or applications provided in electronic equipment based on identification information and location information associated with the electronic equipment is disclosed. Upon initiation of an application and/or feature, a request is made to a remote server. The request includes identification information and location information associated with a geographical location of the electronic equipment. A database maintained at the remote server determines whether the user has the necessary privileges to activate the application and/or feature and whether any limits (e.g., digital rights management) should be placed on the content created from the application and/or feature. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207166 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Data Protocol Voice Enabled Subscription Lock for a Wireless Communication Device - A method and system for restricting at least partial usage of a wireless communication device ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207167 | System and method for remotely managing wireless devices - A system and method for providing wireless services. One or more wireless identifiers are stored in an authentication space of a server associated with a wireless service provider. The authentication space is associated with an enterprise. A remote client is granted access to the authentication space to allow the enterprise to manage services associated with the one or more wireless identifiers. Managed service options associated with the one or more identifiers are selected. The managed service options are selected in response to receiving data from the remote client. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207168 | Fast update message authentication with key derivation in mobile IP systems - The present invention performs a Binding Update or a Location Update message authentication independently and terminal-specifically in a home SAE gateway. A key, which is derived in a home AAA server from an initially set long term key, is given to a visited network for encrypting the update messages in Proxy Mobile IP. In Client Mobile IP, the key is transmitted to a mobile node for update message encryption. When the update message is received in the home SAE gateway, the key can be derived independently in the home SAE gateway without any key requests between the gateway and the home AAA server. Thus, it is possible to authenticate the binding or location update messages by verifying the two signatures. The present invention can also be implemented on a lower hierarchy of the system. The invention can be implemented in 3GPP standard releases enhanced with LTE technology, for instance. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207169 | Mobile terminal and method for preventing illegitimate change of identification number of the same - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for preventing illegitimate change of an identification number of the mobile terminal. The method includes receiving, if change of an identification number is requested, and storing new authentication information and encoding the authentication information; determining whether a previously stored first authentication information exists; storing, if a previously stored first authentication information does not exist, an identification number, and storing the encoded authentication information as a first authentication information; and determining, if a previously stored first authentication information exists, whether the encoded authentication information corresponds to the first authentication information, and storing an identification number, if the encoded authentication information corresponds to the first authentication information, and performing error handling, if the encoded authentication information does not correspond to the first authentication information. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207170 | Femtocell Integration into the Macro Network - Some embodiments of the invention provide a communication system that includes a first communication network, a second communication network, and a core network. The second communication network includes a network controller and a group of two or more access areas that are communicatively coupled to the core network by the network controller. Some embodiments service the second network access areas by providing access area identifiers to each access area while communicating with the first network or core network using a single are identifier assigned to the network controller. Some embodiments provide access control by sending a series of invalid messages to a user equipment (UE) that is not authorized to access services of the second network to reject the UE. Some embodiments reject the UE by sending a message to ban a UE from an access area with a particular access area identifier. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207171 | Wireless communication techniques for controlling access granted by a security device - Wireless communication techniques are useful for controlling access granted by a security device ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207172 | SERVICE VERIFYING SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION REQUESTING TERMINAL, SERVICE UTILIZING TERMINAL, AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - An object is to provide a service providing method capable of curbing rise of cost A service providing method according to the present invention is one for providing services A and B, which authenticates a user of an authentication requesting terminal in order to make service A available to the user and which determines whether service B is available to the user, in a state in which the user is authenticated about service A. When service B is determined to be available, a permission message is stored and a permission response based on the permission message for utilization of service B is transmitted to the authentication requesting terminal. Then the permission message on which a utilization request message from a service utilizing terminal is based, is verified, and, if it is in an available status, the service utilizing terminal is permitted to utilize service B. The use of the authentication result on service A obviates a need for provision of new authentication means for service B, so as to lead to reduction of cost. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207173 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED MESSAGES BASED ON DETERMINED PHONE STATE - A method performed by a mobile terminal may include storing a plurality of text messages in a mobile terminal, determining a state of the mobile terminal; and selecting and displaying one of the plurality of stored text messages based on the determined state of the mobile terminal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207174 | Method and device for handling telephone calls directed to non-reachable mobile phones - A method for handling telephone calls directed to a non-reachable mobile phone, and for handling data pertaining to them, wherein: I—provided the call diversion service to a different number, or the answering service, have not been enabled, the phone call is routed towards a phone call data management and storage device, when the mobile phone called user is non-reachable, dut to the fact that is in the detach mode or is temporarily out of the range reachable by radio-frequency signals; II—at the time mobile phone is again reachable, a notification is transmitted to the subscriber number of the telephone call; the notification being effected in the form of SMS, which contain phone call data of missed phone calls performed during the period while the mobile phone was not reachable. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207175 | Communication notification setting method - A communication notification setting method applied to a communication device having at least one multimedia file includes the following steps. First, a notification setting command received so as to, in response, display a communication prompt setting frame, which includes a file selecting field and a play parameter selecting field. Then, the multimedia file is selected and loaded via the file selecting field. A play parameter is received and set through the play parameter selecting field to calculate a playable segment of the multimedia file. The play parameter is then stored. Finally, the playable segment of the multimedia file is played according to the stored play parameter when the communication device receives a communication message. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207176 | Visual voicemail management - A voicemail message management system and method are provided. A list of voicemail messages is displayed on a screen such as a cellular telephone screen. Indicators specify whether messages are new, urgent, saved, not yet heard, and the like. Other attributes can also be displayed, including for example indications as to source of a message, message duration, date/time, caller, urgent or private, and the like. These indicators provide guidance to the user for selecting which messages he or she would like to hear at a given time. The user can listen to messages, delete them, move them, categorize them, and perform other operations in any order the user chooses. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING VOICE MAIL SERVICE FOR HALF DUPLEX WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A software and hardware implementation of a Half Duplex Voice Mail Server (HD-VMS), which provides subscription-based voice mail services for users in half duplex wireless networks. The user subscribes to the service and is provided with a voice mail box which records caller voice messages for the user when the user's handset is powered off or out of service, or when the user has enabled a privacy feature. The HD-VMS can be implemented in existing half duplex networks with minimal changes to the network. The implementation is technology independent and may be extended to host multiple half duplex communications technologies within the same network. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207178 | Apparatus and method for restricting access to data - An apparatus and method for restricting access to data are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device for providing communications between a communications network and a device comprises an input, logic, and an output. The input receives data in a first format from the communications network. The logic receives a request from the device to access the data and determines whether the interface device is authorized to access the data. If the interface device is authorized to access the data, then the logic receives the data from the communications network. The logic then identifies a second format compatible with the device, translates the data to the second format, and transmits the translated data to the device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207179 | Apparatus and method for testing communication capabilities of networks and devices - An apparatus and method for testing communication capabilities of networks and devices are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device for providing communications between a first and a second device comprises an input, logic, and an output. The input of the interface device receives data in a first format from the first device. The logic identifies the second device for receiving the data and identifies a second format compatible with the second device. The data is then translated to the second format. The logic may also determine a status of the interface device by testing components of the interface device to determine if the components are accessible and functioning. The output of the interface device then transmits the translated data to the second device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207180 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for locating a mobile communications device. The process authenticates the communication according to a set of instructions in response to receiving the communication from a user. In response to authenticating the communication, the process activates a signal generator for the mobile communications device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207181 | Method and system for applying value added services on messages sent to a subscriber without affecting the subscriber's mobile communication - The present invention provides a method of applying one or more value added services (VAS) on messages sent to a subscriber without affecting the subscriber's mobile communication. The method includes receiving an activation request from the subscriber for activating one or more VAS, at a signaling gateway (SG). The method further includes retrieving the subscriber's visited switching address and the subscriber's address from a home location information database associated with the subscriber. Further, the method includes storing the subscriber's address, the subscriber's visited switching address, the home location information database address and an indication for activating the one or more VAS in a database associated with the SG. The method further includes updating the home location information database so as to redirect the messages, sent to the subscriber's address, to the SG. Finally, the method includes applying a logic corresponding to the VAS by the SG on the redirected messages. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207182 | Encoding and Transcoding for Mobile Media - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for encoding content for mobile media distribution determining an encoding format based on one or more of a consumption profile, a content profile, an ingestion profile, a network profile, a mobile device profile, a delivery profile, and a user profile, encoding content to provide an encoded content consistent with the determined encoding format, and providing the encoded content to one or more of a content host, a content cache, a distribution portal, a mobile carrier, and a mobile device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207183 | Interactive advisory system for prioritizing content - A method for passing content to at least one communicator device. The user of a communicator device registers with at least one service provider for delivering a plurality of different types of content to be passed to the at least one communicator device. A user defined priority is assigned to the at least one type of content. The user defined priority is stored on a computer readable medium. The different types of content are passed to the at least one communicator device based on the user defined priority. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207184 | EVENTS ON MULTIPLE PHONES - A method and device for distributing an event to more than one electronic device comprising receiving the event on a first electronic device, determining whether the first electronic device is connected to at least one other electronic device, and forwarding the event to the at least one other electronic device if connected. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207185 | Method For Providing Device Ids In a Mobile Radio Device Which Identify Said Mobile Radio Device in a Mobile Radio Network - The invention relates to a method for providing device IDs in a mobile radio device ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207186 | RADIO CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO CONTROL APPARATUS - A radio control method is arranged to use a mobile station | 2008-08-28 |
20080207187 | Multimode Mobile Terminal With Automatic Selection of Interface of Radio Access Network During a Service Session - The invention concerns a radio communication mobile terminal (MS) comprising: i) an operating system (OS), ii) at least one internal application (IA | 2008-08-28 |
20080207188 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING MENU IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method of displaying a menu in a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method of displaying a menu in a mobile communication terminal comprises displaying a standby screen in a display of the mobile communication terminal, selecting one of a plurality of specific directions through an input device of the mobile communication terminal, and displaying each menu corresponding to the selected specific direction on the standby screen. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207189 | Remote Control Interface - Remote control interfaces ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207190 | Systems and Methods to Confirm Initiation of a Callback - Methods and apparatuses to initiate callback with confirmation. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a reference (e.g., a callback phone number) in a request for a connection to a destination; providing a code via the reference in response to the request; receiving a code to confirm the request; determining whether the received code matches the provided code; and initiating a connection via the reference for the connection to the destination if the received code matches the provided code. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207191 | System and method for reshaping customer areas of a telecommunications carrier - A system and method for changing area boundaries that encompass customers serviced by a telecommunications carrier may include an electronic display configured to display graphical images and a storage unit configured to store information associated with the customers serviced by a telecommunications carrier and area boundaries. A processing unit may be in communication with the electronic display and storage unit, and be configured to execute software. The software may display indicia representative of a geographic area of the customers serviced by the telecommunications carrier. Adjacent area boundaries may be displayed on the geographic area, where at least two of the area boundaries share at least one common point along the boundaries. The processing unit may further enable a user to selectively reposition a common point along at least two area boundaries of different types and reshape the area boundaries based on the repositioned common point. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207192 | PRIORITIZED COMMON SUBFRAME TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE TO THE OVERLAPPING AREAS IN A COMMUNITY - A subframe structure for a wireless community uses a master common subframe and second master common subframe method to give BSs different priorities to serve overlapping areas in common subframes. The subframe structure and corresponding method can increase overlapping cells' capacity and reduce interference. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207193 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION IN MULTI-HOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for transmitting control information to a Relay Station (RS) in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless communication system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a generator, a controller, and a communication unit. The generator generates control information to be transmitted to a lower RS. The controller controls and transmits the control information during a first relay link transmission interval among at least one relay link transmission interval distributed within a frame. The communication unit transmits the control information to the lower RS. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207194 | Apparatus and method for beamforming using sector common antenna in wireless communication system - An apparatus and method for beamforming in a wireless communication system are provided. The base station apparatus includes a calculator, a plurality of formers, and a plurality of adders. The calculator calculates a beam coefficient considering interference to a neighbor sector to be applied to transmission signals to mobile stations. The plurality of formers performs beamforming for a transmission signal to each mobile station within a corresponding sector using the beam coefficient. The plurality of adders adds the sector-based beamformed signals each provided from the plurality of formers, on a per-transmission-antenna basis. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207195 | Network oriented control system for self-configuration and self-optimization measurements - Measurement reports are received from a plurality of user equipments UEs. A local database that indicates measurement report status of the plurality of user equipments is dynamically updated based on the received measurement reports, and a request for a next measurement report is restricted to a limited number of the UEs based on the updated measurement report status. In various embodiments, the measurement report status indicates battery status for each of the UEs, the request includes a parameter by which the UEs generate a number and compare against to determine if they should report, and the UEs determine based on the parameter and a metric of their own battery status. Apparatus, method and computer programs are detailed for both the network side and the UE side of an overall system. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207196 | Evaluation of Random Access Preamble Codes - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for gathering statistics relating to random access operation in a cell of a cellular radio communication network and supervising such random access operation. Statistics are gathered ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207197 | Apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for interfacing devices with communications networks - An apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for interfacing devices with communications networks are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device for providing communications between a first communications network and a device associated with a second communications network comprises one or more inputs, one or more outputs, and logic. The one or more inputs of the interface device receive data in a first format from the first communications network. The logic translates the data to a second format compatible with the second communications device. The translated data is then transmitted to the device associated with the second communications network via the one or more outputs. The first and second formats may comprise rich media content. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207198 | Device and Method for Assessing the Quality of a Mobile Phone or Mobile Phone Network - The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a system that allows a realistic quality assessment of a mobile phone and/or mobile phone network. For this purpose, imaging optics are used to project the image from at least part of the phone display onto a camera. The image or video data from the camera is then processed in image processing circuitry for deriving at least one quality parameter for the received image or video. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207199 | Method for saving files in mobile communication terminal - A method for saving files in a mobile communication terminal includes: if an externally pluggable memory is detected, determining whether a count corresponding to the memory is present in the mobile communication terminal; if a count corresponding to the memory is present, checking whether a file save command is input in the memory; and if a file save command is input, increasing the count, and saving the count and the files in the memory. The files can be saved based on folders in the memory, thereby enhancing the file save speed. Each memory has a count, thereby making it easy to ascertain the number of saved files. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207200 | Cellular communication system with high speed content distribution - A communication system and method that combines with direct high data rate links at least one content distribution networks with a number of base stations of at least one cellular communication networks. In preferred embodiments the high data rate direct communication links between the content distribution networks and the base stations include millimeter wave radio links and the cellular communication networks are provided with third or fourth generation communication equipment providing data rates in excess of 40 Mbps. In a preferred embodiment millimeter wave links operating at data rates in the range of about 1.25 Gbps or greater in frequency ranges of within the range of 71 GHz to 86 GHz provide communication channels between base stations and points of presence of the content distribution network. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207201 | HIERARCHICAL SERVICE LIST - The present invention related to communicating between a network and user equipment in a wireless communication system. The invention includes receiving communications on a first frequency, receiving information on the first frequency, wherein the information indicates at least one transmission frequency having no associated uplink service, and determining not to search for any transmission frequency having no associated uplink service different from the at least one transmission frequency. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207202 | Apparatus and method for providing a user interface for facilitating communications between devices - An apparatus and method for providing a user interface for facilitating communications between devices are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device provides communications between a first device and a second device. The interface device has an input for receiving data in a first format from the first device. Logic within the interface device is configured to receive a request to interact with the interface device and to provide a user interface in response to receiving the request. The logic identifies a second device for receiving the data from the first device. The logic identifies a second format that is compatible with the second device and translates the data to the second format. The interface device further has an output for transmitting the translated data to the second device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207203 | ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION OF A DEVICE IN A MOBILE COMMERCE SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for registering a mobile device for use in a mobile commerce system. According to one embodiment, a method of registering a mobile device for use in a mobile commerce system can comprise receiving at a service provider system a registration request from a user of the mobile device. A determination can be made with the service provider system whether to allow registration of the mobile device. In response to determining to allow registration of the mobile device, the registration request can be sent from the service provider system to an acquirer system. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207204 | RADIO FREQUENCY ARCHITECTURE FOR SPECTRUM ACCESS NETWORKS - Radio frequency (RF) architectures for spectrum access networks are provided. Embodiments of the invention generally provide a radio frequency (RF) architecture for customer premise equipment (CPE) for use in, for example, IEEE 802.22 wireless regional area networks (WRANs). In some embodiments, the CPE RF architecture includes two receive chains with a directional antenna and an omni-directional antenna, respectively. The CPE RF architecture facilitates opportunistic out-of-band spectrum sensing and WRAN signal receiving that are performed in parallel with data transmission. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207205 | Method of Hand-Over In the Mixed Network of Asynchronous Communication Network and Synchronous Communication Network - In the present invention, as a mobile communication terminal, which is using service in the area of an asynchronous mobile communication system, detects signals from a synchronous mobile communication system, the mobile communication terminal repeatedly performs a process of examining whether, in a predetermined time, signals from the asynchronous mobile communication system have been detected a designated number of times, and measuring the intensity of the signals. When the number of times that the intensity of signals from the asynchronous mobile communication system is smaller than a designated number of times, or no signals from the asynchronous mobile communication system are detected, within the predetermined time, it is determined whether to perform handover of the mobile communication terminal. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207206 | MEDIA INDEPENDENT PRE-AUTHENTICATION SUPPORTING FAST-HANDOFF IN PROXY MIPv6 ENVIRONMENT - This document describes a proactive mechanism to provide fast-handover involving PMIPv6. In particular, it describes how one can achieve fast handoff for PMIPv6 using Media-independent Pre-Authentication (MPA) technique. It discusses the need for a fast-handoff for PMIPv6 environment. It then describes how MPA techniques could be used during different steps involving both intra-domain and inter-domain handoff for PMIPv6. MPA-based fast-handover takes advantage of the pre-authentication mechanism so that the mobile can perform the access authentication while in the previous local mobility (PMA) domain and thus would be able to complete many of the handoff related operations while still in the previous network. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207207 | Self Configuring and Optimization of Cell Neighbors in Wireless Telecommunications Networks - The present invention relates to a cellular communications network and in particular to the problem of identifying cells for neighbor lists, or handover candidates when the cells are identified by a limited number of non-unique identities. The present invention includes a method for a radio base station, wherein the base station receives reports from one or more terminals in neighbor cells quality and non-unique identities. The match is sought in a neighbor cell list non-unique identity with a unique cell identity. If the match cannot be made without ambiguity, the base station causes the terminal to detect the unique cell identity. If the reason for the ambiguity is the particular cell is not included in the neighbor cell list it is included when its unique identity has been established. The uniquely identified cell is used if it is determined to perform a handover. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207208 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR TRANSPOSING SHORT CODES USED TO DIRECT A CALL TO A SERVICE CENTER DURING OPERATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION - Apparatus ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207209 | CELLULAR MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of autonomously generating neighboring cell information in a cellular mobile radio communication system including: transmitting, by a first base station, a measurement radio signal through a radio channel for radio field intensity measurement; measuring a radio field intensity of the measurement radio signal received from the first base station; determining based on the measured radio field intensity whether the first base station is a neighboring cell; registering identification information of the first base station in second office data of neighboring cells possessed by itself when the first base station is determined as the neighboring cell; obtaining first office data possessed by the first base station based on the identification information; and reflecting the first office data obtained from the first base station as neighboring cell information in the second office data possessed by itself, the measuring, determining, registering, obtaining and reflecting being sequentially performed by each of second base stations. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207210 | Apparatus and Method for Frequency Planning for a Cellular Communication System - The invention relates to frequency planning in a cellular communication system, such as a GSM cellular communication system. An apparatus for frequency planning comprises an interference matrix processor ( | 2008-08-28 |
20080207211 | Method and apparatus for indicating preferred layer information in multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) - A method is disclosed for transferring preferred frequency information in a mobile communication system which establishes a preferred frequency layer and a non-preferred frequency layer for a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service. The method involves the steps of determining at least one preferred frequency of the MBMS service when a session of the MBMS service starts, generating the preferred frequency information representing said at least one preferred frequency, and transmitting the preferred frequency information to at least one serving radio network controller for managing communication of user equipments intended to receive the MBMS service. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207212 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION UNIT FOR REQUESTING A COMMUNICATION RESOURCE - A method for obtaining access to a physical uplink shared channel by a mobile station is provided. The method includes transmitting, by a mobile station, a physical uplink shared channel capacity request over the uplink dedicated channel to a base station. The method further includes receiving a physical uplink shared channel allocation. The physical uplink shared channel allocation is determined at a base station in response to the physical uplink shared channel capacity request. In some embodiments, the physical uplink shared channel allocation is received over a downlink common channel. The method may also further include accepting an assignment of the uplink dedicated channel. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207213 | BRAODCAST METHOD IN A MOBILE COMMUNCATION SYSTEM - A broadcast method in a mobile communication system is disclosed. When the same information is broadcast to a plurality of cells, broadcast is carried out in a radio base station device. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207214 | Apparatus and method for allocating uplink radio resource in wideband wireless communication system - An apparatus and method for UpLink (UL) radio resource allocation in a wideband wireless communication system are provided. In a method of operating a Relay Station (RS) for UpLink (UL) radio resource allocation in a wideband wireless communication system, the method includes relaying to a Base Station (BS) a resource request message of at least one or more Mobile Stations (MSs); receiving data from the at least one or more mobile stations; if the received data is non-real time traffic, queuing the data received from the mobile stations according to a traffic type; and requesting the base station to allocate necessary radio resources by checking a queue status. Accordingly, a delay can be reduced when the UL resource is allocated to an relay station for real time traffic. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207215 | FAIR CHANNEL USE IN A WIRELESS AREA NETWORK - Fair usage of working channels in a wireless network is disclosed. A base station associated with a cell within a wireless community monitors the congestion of the working channel of neighboring communities. Upon determining that the congestion of the working channel of a neighboring community is less than that of its existing working channel, the base station initiates a switch to the neighboring community's working channel. Upon joining the new community, the frame structure and other networking parameters and attributes are adjusted. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207216 | Transmission Speed Control Method, Mobile Station, and Radio Line Control Station - The present invention relates to a transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of user data to be transmitted via an uplink by a mobile station. When a serving cell, which performs a scheduling control in an uplink of the mobile station, is configured to transmit, to the mobile station, an absolute rate allocation channel for indicating a maximum allowable transmission rate which is common in the serving cell, and the mobile station is configured to determine the transmission rate of the user data based on the absolute rate allocation channel, a non-serving cell other than the serving cell does not transmit a relative rate allocation channel for adjusting the maximum allowable transmission rate. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207217 | HANDLING LOCATION DETERMINATIONS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO REDUCE SUBSCRIBER-EXPERIENCED LATENCY WHILE CONSERVING NETWORK RESOURCES - The present solution can include a method for handling requests to determine the locations of mobile devices in a subscriber network, such as an IMS based network. The last known location and last time of location update can be stored for each mobile device. A request for a specific mobile device can be received from a location services application. The last time of location update for the specific mobile device can be checked against a current time. If the last update time is current enough, the last known location for the device can be conveyed to the location services application. Information can then be presented on the device that is specific to its last known location. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207218 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATION-BASED MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Method and apparatus are for monitoring the location of a wireless device and taking supervisory action in response to that location. Location information obtained from a user's wireless device, or otherwise concerning the present location of the user, is monitored and compared with one or more locations previously approved for that user. An exception is noted if the user reaches a non-approved location, or fails to timely arrive at an approved destination. In response to an exception, supervisory action is taken which may include contacting the wireless device, partially or completely disabling further service of that device, or contacting another person. | 2008-08-28 |
20080207219 | Estimating Whether Or Not A Wireless Terminal Is In A Zone Using Radio Navigation - A method for estimating whether or not a wireless terminal is in a zone is described. The method is based on the following observation: when a wireless terminal is at a particular location, the values of the traits of the ambient electromagnetic signals that vary with location represent a “fingerprint” or “signature” for that location. This enables the location of a wireless terminal to be estimated by comparing the observed values of the traits of the ambient electromagnetic signals with the fingerprint for each potential location for the wireless terminal. | 2008-08-28 |