41st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120258595 | Formation of a Masking Layer on a Dielectric Region to Facilitate Formation of a Capping Layer on Electrically Conductive Regions Separated by the Dielectric Region - A masking layer is formed on a dielectric region of an electronic device so that, during subsequent formation of a capping layer on electrically conductive regions the masking layer inhibits formation of capping layer material on the dielectric region. The capping layer can be formed selectively on the electrically conductive regions or non-selectively; in either case, capping layer material formed over the dielectric region can subsequently be removed, thus ensuring that capping layer material is formed only on the electrically conductive regions. Silane-based materials, such as silane-based SAMs, can be used to form the masking layer. The capping layer can be formed of an electrically conductive, a semiconductor material, or an electrically insulative material, and can be formed using any appropriate process, including conventional deposition processes such as electroless deposition, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258596 | Process of planarizing a wafer with a large step height and/or surface area features - A blanket stop layer is conformally formed on a layer with a large step height. A first chemical mechanical polishing process is performed to remove the blanket stop layer atop the layer in the raised region. A second chemical mechanical polishing process is performed to planarize the wafer using the blanket stop layer as a stop layer when the layer is lower than or at a same level as the blanket stop layer or using the layer as a stop layer when the blanket stop layer is lower than or at a same level as the layer, or a selective dry etch is performed to remove the layer in the raised region. Thus, the layer in the raised region can be easily removed without occurrence of dishing in the non-raised region which is protected by the blanket stop layer. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258597 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes contacting a film formed on a semiconductor substrate with a rotating polishing pad which is supported on a turntable, and feeding polishing foam to a region of the polishing pad with which the film is contacted, thereby polishing the film. The polishing foam is obtained by turning the aqueous dispersion into a foamy body. The aqueous dispersion includes 0.01-20% by mass of abrasive grain and 0.01-1% by mass of foam forming and retaining agent, all based on a total mass of the aqueous dispersion. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258598 | Stabilized Chemical Mechanical Polishing Composition and Method of Polishing a Substrate - A chemical mechanical polishing composition, comprising, as initial components: water; 0.1 to 20 wt % abrasive having an average particle size of 5 to 50 nm; and, 0.001 to 1 wt % of an adamantyl substance according to formula (II): | 2012-10-11 |
20120258599 | SPACER PROCESS FOR ON PITCH CONTACTS AND RELATED STRUCTURES - Methods are disclosed, including for increasing the density of isolated features in an integrated circuit. Also disclosed are associated structures. In some embodiments, contacts are formed on pitch with other structures, such as conductive interconnects that may be formed by pitch multiplication. To form the contacts, in some embodiments, a pattern corresponding to some of the contacts is formed in a selectively definable material such as photoresist. Features in the selectively definable material are trimmed, and spacer material is blanket deposited over the features and the deposited material is then etched to leave spacers on sides of the features. The selectively definable material is removed, leaving a mask defined by the spacer material. The pattern defined by the spacer material may be transferred to a substrate, to form on pitch contacts. In some embodiments, the on pitch contacts may be used to electrically contact conductive interconnects in the substrate. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POST-ETCH TREATMENT OF PATTERNED SUBSTRATE FEATURES - A method of patterning a substrate, comprises providing a set of patterned features on the substrate, exposing the set of patterned features to a dose of ions incident on the substrate over multiple angles, and selectively etching exposed portions of the patterned features. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258601 | E-Beam Enhanced Decoupled Source for Semiconductor Processing - A semiconductor substrate processing system includes a processing chamber and a substrate support defined to support a substrate in the processing chamber. The system also includes a plasma chamber defined separate from the processing chamber. The plasma chamber is defined to generate a plasma. The system also includes a plurality of fluid transmission pathways fluidly connecting the plasma chamber to the processing chamber. The plurality of fluid transmission pathways are defined to supply reactive constituents of the plasma from the plasma chamber to the processing chamber. The system further includes an electrode disposed within the processing chamber separate from the substrate support. The system also includes a power supply electrically connected to the electrode. The power supply is defined to supply electrical power to the electrode so as to liberate electrons from the electrode into the processing chamber. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258602 | Method for Metal Deposition Using Hydrogen Plasma - Methods for formation and treatment of pure metal layers using CVD and ALD techniques are provided. In one or more embodiments, the method includes forming a metal precursor layer and treating the metal precursor layer to a hydrogen plasma to reduce the metal precursor layer to form a metal layer. In one or more embodiments, treating the metal precursor layer includes exposing the metal precursor layer to a high frequency-generated hydrogen plasma. Methods of preventing a hydrogen plasma from penetrating a metal precursor layer are also provided. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258603 | CLAMPED MONOLITHIC SHOWERHEAD ELECTRODE - An electrode assembly for a plasma reaction chamber used in semiconductor substrate processing. The assembly includes an upper showerhead electrode which is mechanically attached to a backing plate by a series of spaced apart cam locks. A guard ring surrounds the backing plate and is movable to positions at which openings in the guard ring align with openings in the backing plate so that the cam locks can be rotated with a tool to release locking pins extending from the upper face of the electrode. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258604 | Deposition Method - A deposition method capable of forming an oxide film with a predetermined film thickness ratio using a deposition gas with which a small film thickness ratio is obtained and a deposition gas with which a large film thickness ratio is obtained. When forming an oxide film having a larger film thickness on the surface of a substrate than on the bottom surface of the hole so that the film thickness ratio of the oxide film formed on the surface of the substrate to the oxide film formed on the bottom surface of the hole becomes a predetermined ratio, plasma is generated from a gas mixture including tetraethoxysilane and oxygen to form an oxide film and then plasma is generated from a gas mixture including silane and nitrous oxide. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258605 | DEVICE FOR A LASER LIFT-OFF METHOD AND LASER LIFT-OFF METHOD - A device is intended for a laser lift-off method to sever at least one layer from a carrier. The device includes a laser that generates pulsed laser radiation and at least one beam splitter. The laser radiation is divided into at least two partial beams by the at least one beam splitter. The partial beams are superimposed in an irradiation plane, the irradiation plane being provided such that a major side of the carrier remote from the layer is arranged therein. At the irradiation plane, an angle (α) between the at least two partial beams is at least 1.0°. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258606 | E-Beam Enhanced Decoupled Source for Semiconductor Processing - A semiconductor substrate processing system includes a processing chamber and a substrate support defined to support a substrate in the processing chamber. The system also includes a plasma chamber defined separate from the processing chamber. The plasma chamber is defined to generate a plasma. The system also includes a plurality of fluid transmission pathways fluidly connecting the plasma chamber to the processing chamber. The plurality of fluid transmission pathways are defined to supply reactive constituents of the plasma from the plasma chamber to the processing chamber. The system further includes an electron injection device for injecting electrons into the processing chamber to control an electron energy distribution within the processing chamber so as to in turn control an ion-to-radical density ratio within the processing chamber. In one embodiment, an electron beam source is defined to transmit an electron beam through the processing chamber above and across the substrate support. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258607 | E-Beam Enhanced Decoupled Source for Semiconductor Processing - A semiconductor substrate processing system includes a processing chamber and a substrate support defined to support a substrate in the processing chamber. The system also includes a plasma chamber defined separate from the processing chamber. The plasma chamber is defined to generate a plasma. The system also includes a plurality of fluid transmission pathways fluidly connecting the plasma chamber to the processing chamber. The plurality of fluid transmission pathways are defined to supply reactive constituents of the plasma from the plasma chamber to the processing chamber. The system further includes a plurality of power delivery components defined to deliver power to the plurality of fluid transmission pathways, so as to generate supplemental plasma within the plurality of fluid transmission pathways. The plurality of fluid transmission pathways are defined to supply reactive constituents of the supplemental plasma to the processing chamber. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258608 | Multiple port connector for multi-contact universally jointed power and/or signal connector device - A multiple port connector for multi-contact, universally jointed, power and/or signal connector devices including a housing providing a plurality of universal port units, preferably providing for the attachment of electrical and/or signal devices to the universal port units in parallel. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258609 | ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING A SYSTEM - An arrangement for controlling a system includes a control and/or data transfer module ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120258610 | Cascade data storage device - The present invention is to provide a cascade data storage device comprising at least an integrated circuit module and a connecting structure wherein the integrated circuit module has a substrate, at least an electronic device, a package body and a USB metal contact and the connecting structure has at least a male connector and at least a female connector; the connecting structure is installed on a lateral edge of the package body and allows the male connector to couple with the female connector and then the integrated circuit modules freely connected, which are stacked high enough and keep the USB metal contact electrically contact with a USB port of a computer. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258611 | SLOT DESIGN FOR FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus includes a printed circuit board including a connector footprint comprising a first footprint portion operative to receive a first connector portion and a second footprint portion operative to receive a second connector portion. The first footprint portion is compliant with a first communications link type and the first and second footprint portions are jointly compliant with a second communications link type. The printed circuit board includes first conductive traces coupled to the first footprint portion and a first device footprint. The first conductive traces are selectively configurable according to a selected one of the first and second communications link types. The printed circuit board includes a second conductive traces coupled to the second footprint portion and the first device footprint. In at least one embodiment of the apparatus, the first communications link type is AC-coupled and the second communications link type is DC-coupled. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258612 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A CABLE - A connector assembly includes a connector housing configured to be coupled to a primary circuit board. A connector is held within the connector housing. The connector has a connector circuit board having a mating surface and a cable surface. The mating surface has mating contacts configured to be mated to corresponding mating contacts of a secondary circuit board. The cable surface has cable contacts. Cables extend between a first end and a second end. The first end of each cable is coupled to corresponding cable contacts of the connector circuit board. The second end of each cable is configured to be coupled to a cable contact on the primary circuit board or a second connector assembly on the primary circuit board. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258613 | CABLE CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A cable connecting structure includes a cable that includes a conductive film formed on a surface of a core line exposed at a distal end surface, and a substrate that includes an electrode formed on a predetermined connection side surface for connecting the cable. The distal end surface of the cable and the connection side surface of the substrate are arranged so as to face each other. The conductive film formed on the surface of the core line and the electrode are connected by a conductive material. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258614 | EXPLOSION-PROTECTED PLUG-IN CONNECTOR - An explosion-protected plug-in connector, particularly for coupling of a VoIP telephone with a network, has at least one housing and at least one first electrical connector unit in the housing. At least one conductor end section of the network engages into the connector unit. Supplemental to the first electrical connector unit, which is configured as an IDC terminal unit, there is at least one further second IDC terminal unit provided in the housing. The conductor end section engages into the two IDC terminal units. A hold-down disposed between the two IDC terminal units is provided for the conductor end section. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258615 | SPRING TERMINAL, IN PARTICULAR A FRONT TERMINAL - An electrical connector for connecting the bare end of an insulated conductor with a circuit on a printed circuit board, including a horizontal printed circuit board having an electrical circuit thereon, an electrically conductive contact arrangement mounted on, and electrically connected with the circuit of, the printed circuit board, the contact arrangement including at least two spaced resilient contacts having adjacent end portions that are biased together, a housing formed from electrically insulating material and containing a conductor opening for receiving the conductor bare end; and a positioning arrangement operable by an actuating tool for positioning the conductor bare end in a clamped position between the contact end portions. When the contact arrangement is in the form of a pair of leaf spring contacts connected in a V-shaped manner, an adjusting device is provided for adjusting the space between the adjacent ends of the contacts. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258616 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT DEVICE - An electrical interconnect device includes a substrate that has opposite first and second outer surfaces. Arrays of conductive elastomeric columns are held by the substrate. Each of the columns has opposite first and second ends. The elastomeric columns are internally conductive between the first and second ends. A shield is mounted exterior of the first outer surface of the substrate with the shield having an insulative carrier that holds an array of conductive pads arranged in a complementary pattern as the array of elastomeric columns. The conductive pads have inner surfaces and outer surfaces. The shield is positioned relative to the substrate such that the inner surfaces of the conductive pads engage the first ends of corresponding elastomeric columns. The outer surfaces are configured to engage corresponding mating contacts of an electrical component. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258617 | VEHICLE-SIDE CONNECTOR - A vehicle-side connector ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120258618 | Connector - A connector includes: a contact portion electrically connectable to a plate-shaped connection object; a housing having a slit-shaped opening into which the connection object is insertable, the housing accommodating the contact portion; an actuator which is supported on the housing swingably about an axis extending in a width direction of the opening, and configured to directly press the connection object; and a restricting mechanism which is provided along the width direction of the opening, formed in both the housing and the actuator, and configured to prevent the actuator from being deformed in a direction opposite to a pressing direction of the actuator when the actuator is in a posture of pressing the connection object. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258619 | CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BOX - An electrical connection box is provided with a case which accommodates a circuit board on the interior thereof. The case has a connector provided with a synthetic resin section on which a terminal fitting connected to the circuit board is arranged. The synthetic resin section has a hood section with which a partner connector is engaged, a surrounding wall which is provided on the periphery of the hood section and forms a cavity between the surrounding wall and hood section, a locking section provided on the inner wall of the hood section, and a reinforcing rib which is provided on an area of the hood section corresponding to the locking section. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258620 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CONFIGURED TO CONNECT TO A FLEX CABLE - In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector includes a connector housing, and at least one electrical terminal supported by the connector housing. The electrical terminal defines a mating portion and a mounting portion. The electrical connector includes a lock movable between an unlocked position and a locked position so as to facilitate insertion of a flex cable and subsequent locking of the flex cable to the mounting portion. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258621 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH RETAINING INSERT - A connector assembly including at least an insert ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120258622 | RADIAL CLAMP - A radial clamp has a split ring clamp body with a first end and a second end opposing one another. Fingers extend from the first and second ends. The fingers have outer surfaces that follow a curvature of the clamp body. The fingers have tool engagement surfaces configured to be engaged and actuated by a tool. The clamp body is enlarged when the tool engagement surfaces are actuated by the tool. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258623 | CONNECTOR - A one-piece rubber plug ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120258624 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR TERMINATING A CABLE - An electrical connector is provided for terminating a cable. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact configured to be terminated to an end of a wire of the cable, and a housing having a dielectric member and an electrically conductive material extending on the dielectric member. The electrical contact is held by the housing. The housing extends from a mating end to a cable end. The housing is configured to mate with a mating connector at the mating end. The cable end includes a shield fitting that is configured to hold an end of a shield of the cable such that the electrically conductive material of the housing is engaged with, and electrically connected to, the shield. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258625 | EXTERNAL SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT CONNECTOR INCLUDING DATA TERMINALS AND POWER-SUPPLY TERMINALS ACCOMMODATED IN A TERMINAL ACCOMMODATING SPACE - An eSATA connector includes a connector plug and a mated connector receptacle. The connector plug includes a plug member, a plug metal housing, plug data terminals and a terminal holding part, in which the plug data terminals are held, and further includes plug power terminals held in the terminal holding part, wherein the plug power terminals and the data terminals each other electrically insulated. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258626 | Housing Insert Contact Protection - An electrical connector housing including a main housing member and at least one protective wafer. The main housing member has a contact locating area. Opposite sides of the contact locating area include slots for receiving opposite end portions of insertable wafers. The at least one protective wafer is configured to be located in the contact locating area and includes opposite end portions adapted to be matingly slid into a pair of the slots. The protective wafer has a top side configured to project above top ends of contacts located in the contact locating area. The protective wafer and the main housing member are sized and shaped to combine to help prevent a user's finger from contacting the top ends of the contacts located in the contact locating area. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258627 | INFORMATION PROCESSING ADAPTER FOR ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS - An information processing adapter for an on-board diagnostic (OBD) includes an input connector inserted into a socket of the OBD, a circuit board connected to the input connector and a first output connector connected to the circuit board. The circuit board has a controller area network (CAN) transceiver and a microcontroller. The adapter gets vehicle driving information through the input connector and transmits to the microcontroller through the CAN transceiver to perform interpretation and format conversion, then sends the converted vehicle driving information to an external electronic device through the first output connector. With the format of vehicle driving information converted by the adapter, the information can be directly displayed or stored in various electronic devices without specific specification. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258628 | ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC ADAPTER - An on-board diagnostic (OBD) adapter includes an input connector, a first output connector and a second output connector. The input connector is electrically connected to the first and second output connectors through a circuit board. The input connector is inserted into a socket of the OBD to capture vehicle driving information from the OBD and transmit the vehicle driving information to the first and second output connectors. The first output connector is formed in a specification the same as the socket of the OBD. The second output connector is formed in a specification different from the socket of the OBD. The adapter provides connection with the OBD with the same or different connector to improve usability. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258629 | COMPUTER ADAPTER WITH POWER OUTLET - The present invention is directed to an electronic adapter that has a receptacle capable of receiving power cords. In addition to allowing access to a power receptacle from a single power source, the present invention eliminates the need to carry an extra extension cord to allow multiple users to power their accessories, i.e. notebook computers from a single power source. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258630 | CARD ADAPTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A card adapter is disposed in a slot of an electronic device. The card adapter includes a slit which is configured such that a card with information written therein is inserted into the slit, an opening portion which reaches from an outer surface of the card adapter to the slit, and a fall-out prevention member which is disposed in the opening portion and which is movable in a thickness direction of the card adapter. When the card is inserted into the slit, the fall-out prevention member moves in the thickness direction of the card adapter and a portion thereof protrudes from the outer surface of the card adapter to come into contact with an inner wall surface of a case of the electronic device. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258631 | CABLE END CONNECTOR - A cable end connector includes an insulative housing defines a number of contact-receiving passages penetrating therethrough, a number of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing and respectively received in the contact-receiving passages and each conductive contact including a contacting portion and a locking portion, a number of cable terminals respectively electrically connecting with the locking portion of the conductive contacts, a number of fastening members fastening the cable terminals with the conductive contacts, and a number of wires respectively electrically connecting with the cable terminals. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258632 | THIN SOCKET - A thin socket allowing reception of a power source through a power source input interface, said thin socket comprising a first case, a second case, a plurality of metal clamping parts and a movable part. The second case and the first case conjunctively form a first accommodating space and the movable part is movably embedded into the first accommodating space or protrudes out of the first accommodating space. The first case has a plurality of holes used for insertion of a plurality of conductive terminals in a plug. The second case has an opening whose position on the second case corresponds to the positions of the plurality of holes on the first case. The movable part movably passes through the opening on the second case and has a second accommodating space. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258633 | Connector Housing With Alignment Guidance Feature - An electrical connector housing including a contact locating area for locating electrical contacts; and a mating connector area configured to receive portions of a housing of a mating electrical connector. The mating connector area comprises a first wall forming a first area adjacent the contact locating area, and a second wall adjacent the contact locating area forming a second area separated from the contact locating area by the second wall. The first area and the second wall have a substantially same size and shape. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258634 | HIGH SPEED INTERFACE SYSTEM - An interface system may be used for connecting a mother board with a peripheral device board. The interface system may include a mother interface and a daughter interface. The mother interface may establish a connection portal for the mother board, and the daughter interface may establish a connection portal for the peripheral device board. The interface system may be equipped with a socket with multi-contact surface for providing high speed, high performance, and low noise data transmission. The interface system may be ruggedized with various stabilizing mechanisms, such that it may deliver consistent and reliable performance under harsh military and/or aerospace conditions. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258635 | VEHICLE-SIDE CONNECTOR - A vehicle-side connector ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120258636 | CONNECTING TERMINAL STRUCTURE, SOCKET AND ELECTRONIC PACKAGE - A connecting terminal structure includes a supporting body; a plurality of first electrode pads provided on a first side of the supporting body; a plurality of second electrode pads provided on a second side of the supporting body; a flexible substrate configured to electrically connect the first electrode pads to the second electrode pads; and a plurality of connecting terminals joined to at least one of the first electrode pads and the second electrode pads. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258637 | Terminal Module and Recording Apparatus - A terminal module includes a housing having slits and a plurality of contact terminals mounted in the slits. A slit width in an arrangement direction of the slit is greater on an insertion position side than that at a mounting position. The housing has a guide portion which is formed along the insertion direction of the slits, has a guide surface inclined toward the mounting position side from the insertion position, and guides the contact terminal toward a mounting completion position as a tip end of an insertion side of the contact terminal reaches the guide surface. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258638 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR SET - A connector etc. that prevents wrong insertion and does not require large rotation of plug etc., when inserting a plug to a socket, is provided. Plug-in connector | 2012-10-11 |
20120258639 | Two-Into-Two or One Hybrid Power Device for a Marine Vehicle - A hybrid power device for a marine vehicle is provided that has two hybrid prime movers, an electric motor and a combustion engine, that distribute power, for example torque, to a single or dual propulsor, such as surface drives with propellers. The prime movers can apply power singly or in unison, but maintain substantially optimum propulsive efficiency in all cases. The power outputs of the prime movers are in communication with a power transmitting device such as a gear box that may combine the power outputs to drive a single propulsor, or may have a power-splitting embodiment driving dual propulsors. In addition, multiple hybrid power devices may be deployed in other embodiments. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258640 | Aqueous Nonwoven Binder and Treated Nonwoven Prepared Therefrom - An aqueous nonwoven binder including an emulsion polymer including, as copolymerized units: from 0.1% to 5% monoethylenically-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monomer by weight, based on the weight of the emulsion polymer; and from 12% to 22% monoethylenically-unsaturated monoacid monomer by weight, based on the weight of the emulsion polymer | 2012-10-11 |
20120258641 | FIBER REINFORCING TEXTURE FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL PART - A fiber reinforcing texture woven as a single part for fabricating a composite material part having an inner portion, or core, made by three-dimensional weaving with yarns made up from discontinuous fibers, and a portion adjacent to an outside surface, or skin, made by weaving with yarns made up from continuous filaments. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258642 | Carbon fiber woven fabric - A carbon fiber woven fabric includes a plurality of yarns each comprising a plurality of carbon fibers bundled together; a plurality of surrounding textiles each securely surrounding the yarn to form a carbon filament; a base textile for supporting a plurality of the carbon filaments thereon; and a top textile fastened on both the base textile and the carbon filaments. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258643 | FLAME-RETARDANT LYOCELL FIBERS AND USE THEREOF IN FLAME BARRIERS - The present invention relates to flame-retardant Lyocell fibers which include incorporated inorganic additives which are particularly suited for use in flame barriers for articles of manufacture, such as mattresses and upholstered furniture applications. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258644 | SPARK PLUG MANUFACTURING METHOD - A spark plug manufacturing method provides a reduction in the cost of raw material preparation and the cost of the disposal of unused powder by recycling powder not used in forming a filler layer of another spark plug. The method is used to make a spark plug that includes a metal shell having a through hole, and an insulating body held inside the through hole, and a filler layer containing talc in a space surrounded by an inner peripheral surface of the through hole and an outer peripheral surface of the insulating body. The powder not used in a process of forming a filler layer of another spark plug is recycled for forming the filler layer of the present spark plug, where the forming process is performed after talc and a binder are mixed. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258645 | Shooting device for RC helicopter - A remote actuation device for a toy helicopter remotely controlled by a remote controller includes a motorized unit and an actuation unit. The motorized unit is powered by a power source of the toy helicopter. The actuation unit, which is arranged to couple with the toy helicopter, is operatively linked to the motorized unit for generating multiple actions, wherein the motorized unit is controlled by the remote controller for enabling the remote controller operating the actuating unit to select the multiple actions. Therefore, the operator of the toy helicopter is able to control the remote controller to select the action of the actuation unit to be operated. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258646 | Compositions for Controlling Varroa Mites in Bees - An isolated nucleic acid agent is disclosed comprising a nucleic acid sequence which downregulates expression of a gene product of a | 2012-10-11 |
20120258647 | GEAR CUTTING MACHINE - The present disclosure relates to a gear cutting machine, having a workpiece mount and a first tool mount for a respective workpiece and tool. The first tool mount can be set into rotation about a first axis of rotation of the gear cutting machine and the workpiece mount can be set into rotation about a second axis of rotation of the gear cutting machine. The first tool mount is arranged at a machining head which is movable parallel to the second axis of rotation of the workpiece mount at a machining head over at least one first linear movement axis of the gear cutting machine. In accordance with the present disclosure, the gear cutting machine furthermore has a second machining head having a second tool mount which is movable over a second linear movement axis parallel to the first linear movement axis independently of the first machining head. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258648 | GRINDING MACHINE COMPRISING TWO SPINDLE SETS - The invention relates to a grinding machine for grinding workpieces, in particular for the simultaneous grinding of two workpieces which are arranged in a tightly adjacent manner. The grinding machine comprises at least two first grinding spindles and at least two second grinding spindles which in each case have a grinding disk receptacle and are mounted pivotably via a support on the spindle block of one of the first grinding spindles, with the result that they can be pivoted about the rotational axis of the respective first grinding spindle. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258649 | Method of Making and Apparatus Having Windowless Polishing Pad and Protected Fiber - A polishing system includes a polishing pad with an aperture that extends through all layers of the polishing pad and a light transmissive film positioned on top of a light-generating or light-guiding element of an optical monitoring system. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258650 | APPARATUS FOR GRINDING A CONTINUOUSLY CAST WORKPIECE - An apparatus for grinding a continuously cast slab having a longitudinal axis and a rectangular cross-sectional shape with two opposite wide faces and two opposite narrow faces apparatus has a frame, two transversely spaced grinders carried on the frame, and a holder having two transversely spaced grippers engageable with the opposite faces of the slab in a vertical position with the wide faces of the slab vertical for grinding of the wide faces of the slab by the grinders and in a horizontal position offset by 90° to the vertical position with the wide faces of the slab horizontal for grinding of the narrow faces of the slab. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258651 | Electric Abrasive Sharpener - An electric abrasive sharpener for sharpening edges having pairs of interlocking abrasive wheels formed with opposite abrasive helical threads. Each end of the threads respectively has lead-in section and lead-out section having chamfer edge portion to eliminate kickback. The abrasive wheels of the sharpener is driven by a single phase AC motor connected to a motor drive that steps down the rotational speed of the output shaft of the motor to rotate the abrasive wheels with increased torque. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258652 | ROTARY BUFFING PAD - Provided is a flat-faced buffing pad that includes a plurality of apertures of variable size. The apertures are generally larger in the areas toward the center of the pad, while being generally smaller in the areas toward the periphery of the pad. Some embodiments further include apertures disposed along one or more concentric circular rings located along the front surface and generally symmetrical about the rotation axis. These configurations of apertures provide both superior cut performance and superior finish. Moreover, these configurations minimize several undesirable aspects in a polishing operation, such as slinging of the polishing compound, vibration, wobbling, and drag felt by the operator as the rotary pad slides across the surface to be polished. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258653 | TRANSPORTABLE FIELD CONTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH TRANSPARENT HOOD - A transportable field containment system with transparent hood. The transportable field containment system being easily and rapidly deployable and transportable by virtue of its relatively small size and light weight, a collapsible transparent hood that covers the containment area over a work site on the ground, the hood including detachable or folding side panels and removable door panels. The system preferably includes an exhaust component that creates negative air pressure in the containment area under the hood, thereby drawing air that contains hazardous substances, that may be released while the work is being conducted, through one or more off-gas filters. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258654 | CONTAINER DATA CENTER - A container data center includes a first container installed with a plurality of servers, and at least one cold air inlet and at least one hot air outlet are defined on the first container. The container data center further includes a second container installed with a cooling system, and at least one hot air inlet and at least one cold air outlet are defined on the second container. Cold air flows from the second container to the first container through the cold air outlet and the cold air inlet, and hot air flows from the first container to the second container through the hot air outlet and the hot air inlet. The cold air is generated from the cooling system and becomes the hot air after flowing through the servers and removing heat generated from the servers. The cooling system removes heat of the hot air and generates the cold air. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258655 | GAS DISTRIBUTION ASSEMBLY - A gas delivery system for a patient room may include a centralized gas distribution system that provides a source of gas and a manifold for distributing the gas in the patient room. The gas delivery system may include a gas outlet coupled to a wall of the patient room and line connecting the gas outlet to the manifold. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258656 | Pipe Vent Fitting - Devices and methods for protecting pipe vents from clogging due to foreign matter or creatures are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the invention provides a fitting for use with a pipe vent that includes a cylindrical ring-shaped member having an inner lumen extending therethrough between first and second open ends, an outer sidewall defining an outer diameter, and an inner sidewall defining an inner diameter. The invention further includes a mesh screen fixedly mated to the inner sidewall of the ring-shaped member such that the mesh screen extends across the entire inner lumen to prevent large particle debris from passing through the inner lumen. The ring-shaped member can also include a groove formed in an outer surface thereof to permit liquid drainage. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258657 | DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - One embodiment is directed to a distributed antenna system that comprises a hub to receive a plurality of downlink transceiver signals output from a plurality of transceiver units and to send a plurality of uplink transceiver signals to the plurality of transceiver units. The plurality of downlink transceiver signals has overlapping frequencies and contains different communication content. The distributed antenna system further comprises a plurality of distributed antenna units, each located at a respective a remote location. The hub is configured to route a respective downlink transport signal to each of a plurality of distributed antennas, wherein each of the downlink transport signals is derived from one of the plurality of downlink transceiver signals received at the hub. Each of the distributed antenna units is configured to transmit a respective downlink radio frequency signal derived from the downlink transport signal that is routed to that distributed antenna unit. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258658 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, SETTING INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, SETTING INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A wireless communication system includes an access point, a master communication apparatus, and a slave communication apparatus, and the master communication apparatus and the slave communication apparatus perform wireless communication through the access point. The master communication apparatus stores setting information necessary for accessing the access point; performs wireless communication through the access point using the stored setting information; and performs near field communication with the slave communication apparatus to transmit the stored setting information to the slave communication apparatus in response to a setting information request received from the slave communication apparatus via near field communication. The slave communication apparatus performs near field communication with the master communication apparatus to transmit the setting information request to the master communication apparatus; receives the setting information from the master communication apparatus via near field communication; stores the setting information; and performs wireless communication through the access point using the setting information. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258659 | System and Method for Remotely Distributing Firmware Upgrades to Large Numbers of Distributed Devices - A system for sending updates to a large number of remote units is described. The system includes a plurality of remote units, each remote unit comprising one or more sensors and a communications transceiver. A control center is in communication with the remote units and includes an update database reflecting the update status of each of the plurality of remote units. The control center establishes contact with each of the plurality of remote units and sends an update when communication has been established. The update database is periodically updated to reflect the completion of the update for each mobile unit based on a completion message from each of the remote units that has successfully installed the update. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258660 | USING A SAME ANTENNA FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION AND/OR RECEPTION BY MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVERS - A circuit includes an antenna, and a pair of transceivers. A first transceiver in the pair is connected to the antenna via a first pair of feed-points, and is designed to transmit and receive signals in a first band of frequencies. A second transceiver in the pair is connected to the antenna via a second pair of feed-points, and is designed to transmit and receive signals in a second band of frequencies. The first band and the second band are non-overlapping frequency bands. The first pair of feed-points is located at a voltage null point of the antenna with respect to the second pair of feed-points. The second pair of feed-points is located at a voltage null point of the antenna with respect to the first pair of feed-points. The first transceiver and the second transceiver are, thus, enabled to simultaneously transmit and/or receive corresponding signals using the same antenna. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258661 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is an electronic circuit system that reduces at least one of a constraint on a positional relation between two electronic circuit devices and a constraint on the number and an arrangement of coils included in each device, when close-coupled wireless communication is established. In the electronic circuit system, wireless communication utilizing inductive coupling between antennas is established between first and second electronic circuit devices. The second electronic circuit device includes an electronic circuit, a plurality of antennas, a connection information generation unit and a connection switching unit. The connection information generation unit selects one of the plurality of antennas to be paired with an antenna included in the first electronic circuit device for use in wireless communication, and the connection switching unit switches one or more of the plurality of antennas to be connected to the electronic circuit. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258662 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD AS WELL AS PROGRAM - A communication system, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a program for acquiring the advantage of a plurality of communication protocols is provided. A random number and a first communication information including first identification information of a communication apparatus is sent to another communication apparatus by using near field communication. Second communication information is received by the communication apparatus from the other communication apparatus by using near field communication. The second communication information includes second identification information of the other communication apparatus necessary to a second communication. The second communication is performed between the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus by using the second communication information received by using the near field communication. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258663 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION WITH AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including a plurality of elements each configured to perform an independent process, a controller configured to control the plurality of elements, and a front end shared by the plurality of elements and configured to perform near field communication with an external device. At a time of activation, the controller allocates, to the plurality of elements, different time slots for communication. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258664 | RESOLVING AN APPLICATION SERVICE CHANGE IN A SYSTEM USING BLUETOOTH - Peer-to-peer communication is established between applications in different Bluetooth enabled devices in a Bluetooth network by using Bluetooth protocol messages to discover peer-to-peer bus daemons. In the Bluetooth enabled computing devices, an initiating peer-to-peer bus daemon initiating a connection from a first device to a second device discovers an accepting peer-to-peer bus daemon at the second device. After the discovery of the accepting peer-to-peer bus daemon by the initiating peer-to-peer bus daemon, the initiating peer-to-peer bus daemon sends SDP protocol messages to find a named application available through the accepting peer-to-peer bus daemon. An extended inquiry response with a unique identifier is created and sent by the accepting peer-to-peer bus daemon to the initiating peer-to-peer bus daemon. This unique identifier contains a revision count and the revision count indicates the current version of an application name list for application services available at the accepting peer-to-peer bus daemon. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258665 | Electronic Apparatus, Proximity Network System and Connecting Method Thereof - A proximity network system comprises a plurality of Bluetooth devices disposed respectively in each one of a plurality of electronic apparatuses. The Bluetooth devices are arranged for enabling the electronic apparatuses to receive and transmit Bluetooth wireless signals with each other, wherein each Bluetooth device comprises a community relationship module, an identifying module and a distance detecting module. The community relationship module stores a community relationship data of each Bluetooth device. The identifying module reads the community relationship data of each Bluetooth device to identify whether each Bluetooth device has the same community relationship. The distance detecting module determines whether each Bluetooth device is in a proximity network. When the Bluetooth devices are identified to have the same community relationship with each other and are in the proximity network, each electronic apparatus is allowed to receive and transmit the Bluetooth wireless signals with another electronic apparatus. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258666 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a determination unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit and a wireless unit. The determination unit determines whether a signal degradation degree is higher than a threshold value. The first setting unit sets first parameters relating to a first data rate and a first communication robustness. The second setting unit sets second parameters relating to a second data rate and a second communication robustness if an instruction signal is received and if the signal degradation degree is higher than the threshold value. The wireless unit communicates with a communication partner using one of the first parameters and the second parameters. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258667 | Method and System for Bluetooth HID Activity Prediction for Wireless Coexistence Throughput Optimization - A host device may be enabled to support a plurality of wireless interfaces, wherein some of these interfaces may be utilized to support human interface device (HID) based communication. The host device may be enabled to monitor activity of HID devices based on communications via HID capable wireless interfaces, may predict future use of the HID devices based on the monitoring, and may manage sniff communication that is utilized to track and/or detect activities in the HID devices. The management of the sniff communication may comprise adjusting characteristics of the sniff communication to enable improving throughput of other wireless interfaces available via the host device that may be affected by the sniff communication. The adjustment of the characteristics of sniff communication may comprise adjusting, statically and/or dynamically, length of sniff intervals and/or designating of sniff packets as high priority requests. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258668 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VEHICULAR SAFETY - A method is described for launching a vehicular camera application residing on a docked mobile communication device, such as a smartphone, tablet computer, or mp3 player, for example. A common feature for the many choices of a mobile communication device is that the mobile communication device comprises embedded data processing capability. The launching operation of the vehicular camera application includes detecting a communicative coupling of the mobile communication device with a docking device; and thereafter initiating the vehicular camera application that resides on the mobile communication device. Images are displayed on the mobile communication device that was captured by a vehicular camera or a camera integrated with the mobile communication device or communicatively coupled to the mobile communication device. The associated camera may be controlled by the vehicular camera application | 2012-10-11 |
20120258669 | FACILITATING POSITIONING THROUGH BlUETOOTH LOW ENERGY WIRELESS MESSAGING - A system for providing positioning-related information within wireless communication signals. For example, an apparatus (e.g., acting as a tracker) may receive one or more messages advertising the presence of another apparatus (e.g., acting as a target). The advertisement messages may further comprise information indicating the availability of positioning-related information from the target apparatus. The tracker device may then determine, based on the received information, that positioning-related interaction with the target apparatus is available. If determined to be available, the tracker and target may interact with each other in order to initiate positioning-related information transmission. After receiving at least one message comprising positioning-related information from the target apparatus, the tracker apparatus may then determine at least one of a relative direction towards or from the target apparatus based on the received positioning-related information. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258670 | SUPPORT FOR WIRELESS RADIO DEVICE IN MULTIPLE WIRELESS REGULATORY DOMAINS - A system and method for automatically configuring operating parameters of a wireless radio device. The wireless radio device determines a geographic location of the wireless radio device, and a determination is made as to the regulatory domain in which the wireless radio device is located based on the geographic location of the wireless radio device. The wireless radio device may register with and/or receive configuration information from the server associated with the regulatory domain in which the wireless radio device is located. The wireless radio device configures the operating parameters of the wireless device in accordance with configuration parameters associated with the determined regulatory domain. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258671 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station includes a first communication section configured to communicate a wireless signal with the mobile station and another base station, a second communication section configured to communicate a data signal with a core network being connected to the base station, a wireless relay function section configured to perform first control to relay the wireless signal to be communicated with the other base station between the other base station and the mobile station, a communication function section configured to perform second control to convert between a data signal and a wireless signal, and to transmit the converted data signal and the converted wireless signal, and a selection control section configured to select at least one of the first control and the second control to use for communication with the mobile station, based on a reception level of the wireless signal from the other base station. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258672 | Method of transmission from multiple transmit chains based on a cost function for electromagnetic radiation - Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for transmission using a plurality of transmit chains based on a cost function for electromagnetic radiation are disclosed. One method is utilizing a plurality of chains, adjusting at least one of a phase or an amplitude of at least one of the transmit chains based on a cost function, wherein the cost function comprises a criterion for quality of reception at an intended receiver and a threshold for electromagnetic radiation. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258673 | BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The Residential Communications Gateway (RCG) is a broadband communications device that combines all voice, data and video communications to and from a typical residence or small business for transmission over a single, or a plurality of Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) lines separately or in conjunction with, a wireless broadband backbone. The RCG does this by employing packetized data with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies combined with RF communications technologies. A key consideration to the design of the RCG is that no additional or special transmission equipment must be installed at the Central Office or anywhere else in the network to enable new calling features provided by the RCG as is the case with DSL and Cable systems. By eliminating the requirement for costly infrastructure enhancements, ubiquitous high speed communications and services can be deployed to every POTS subscriber. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258674 | SESSION MANAGER AND SOURCE INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS SELECTION - Embodiments contemplate one or more Session Manager and/or source IP address selection techniques. Embodiments contemplate that a session manager may establish a session in a wireless communication environment based on one or more policies specified by a policy manager. The session manager may also delete the session. For example, the session may be deleted in response to receipt of a request from an application. The session manager may store a session description for the session. The session manager may also perform source IP selection for a data plane. The session manager may also provide an MC transport with IP addresses for negotiating additional sub-flows. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258675 | Antenna Tuner in Combination with Modified Feedback Receiver for Improved Antenna Matching - Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for automatically measuring antenna mismatching conditions for a given mobile phone with a given antenna in a given environment and on a given frequency. In particular, some embodiments use a two way directional coupler coupled between a radio frequency (RF) transmitter output (e.g., analog front end) and an antenna tuner. This two-way directional coupler is coupled to a mismatch calculator, which is often implemented as a software algorithm, to accurately tune an antenna tuner to limit impedance mismatch. Consequently, changes in impedance mismatch can be tracked and compensated for so the user will not experience degradations in signal quality, thereby helping reduce the number of dropped calls, for example. Also, because power is tracked and radiated more accurately, these techniques save battery energy relative to conventional solutions and can stay on-line longer with optimum transmitting conditions. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258676 | Filter - Method and filter for filtering a signal, in which the signal is applied to a delay line having a plurality of taps. Respective weighting coefficients of a windowing function are applied to outputs from the plurality of taps to thereby generate a plurality of weighted outputs. The method comprises repeatedly selecting, for output, whichever of the weighted outputs has the highest value. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258677 | POWER AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURES - Implementations and examples of power amplifier devices, systems and techniques for amplifying RF signals, including power amplifier systems based on Composite Right and Left Handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) structures. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258678 | ENHANCED POWER CABLE ARRANGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCING A COMMON-MODE INTERFERENCE SIGNAL - An enhanced power cable arrangement apparatus ( | 2012-10-11 |
20120258679 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE SIGNAL IN RECEIVER - An interference signal reducing apparatus of a wireless communication system divides a signal that is input through a receiving antenna into a first signal and a second signal having a magnitude larger than that of the first signal and detects a frequency and a magnitude of an interference signal from the first signal, thereby generating an interference removal signal and then adds an interference removal signal to the signal that is input through the receiving antenna and thus reduces a magnitude of the interference signal. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258680 | EMERGENCY INFORMATION SERVICES - A method for providing user data to an emergency service provider includes enrolling a user in an emergency information system, including configuring a communication device associated with the user to deliver an access identifier to an emergency service provider when the user contacts the emergency service provider using the communication device. The method also includes maintaining, in a data storage module of the emergency information system, a database including user data associated with the user. The user data is associated with the access identifier. The method further includes receiving, via a communication network linked to the emergency information system, an access request from the emergency service provider, the access request including the access identifier; and providing, via the communication network, at least some of the user data associated with the requested access identifier to the emergency service provider. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258681 | METHOD FOR EMERGENCY SIGNALING VIA MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Emergency call placement methods and apparatus for a mobile telecommunications device in a wireless network are disclosed. The method includes detecting a initiation interaction from a user during a ready mode of the mobile telecommunications device, determining the state of allowed communication based on predetermined user preferences, initiating an alert mode, signaling a remote emergency services call center, determining the position of the mobile telecommunications device, sending the position of the mobile telecommunications device to the emergency services call center. The initiation interaction can be, for example, a predetermined number of taps of a touch screen. This method allows the security center to use a location methodology to locate the user in response to the emergency call. The described mobile telecommunications device is configured to implement the disclosed method, optionally via a downloadable application. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258682 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING INFORMATION ABOUT FALL OR OVERTURN ACCIDENT USING SMART PHONE - A method, a terminal, and a system for automatically transferring information about a fall or overturn accident using a smart phone are provided. The method includes, by an elder customer terminal assigned to an elder customer, detecting a fall or overturn accident via a 3-axis acceleration sensor, and sending a fall or overturn detection message, including its own ID information and a fall or overturn state, to a controller based on the detection, by the controller, receiving the fall or overturn detection message, generating fall or overturn detection information based on the received fall or overturn detection message, and registering the fall or overturn detection information with a database, and, by the controller, configuring a message based on the fall or overturn detection information, and notifying the smart phone of the message based on the fall or overturn detection information. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258683 | EMERGENCY CALL RECEIVING UNIT FOR TASK FORCES - An emergency call receiving unit for a vehicle. The emergency call receiving unit includes: a detection unit for detecting a trigger event of an accident-damaged vehicle; a control unit for generating a locating signal; a transmitting unit for repeated transmission of the locating signal to a receiver and the repeated transmission of the locating signal is triggered by a trigger event and the locating signal enables finding of the vehicle. A number of the rescue guideline of the respective vehicle and an RSSI for the rescue signal are received upon locating at least one vehicle involved in an accident depending on the reception field strength of the locating signal. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258684 | Automated Alert Generation in Response to a Predetermined Communication on a Telecommunication Device - A cell phone software application that automatically informs a person's ICE contacts when their cell phone has made an emergency 911 call. Also included are systems for sending the GPS location of the cell phone to both the emergency service responders and to the ICE contacts. Personal medical information can also be transmitted automatically to the emergency service when the emergency call has been made. A system for disabling the alerting of the person's ICE contacts is also included such that the cell phone user is free to make emergency calls on behalf of other people. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258685 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING PER CALL MEASUREMENT DATA AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND BASE STATION THEREOF - A method for collecting per call measurement data PCMD is proposed in the present invention. The method comprises: when an instruction to activate a PCMD-related function is received, sending by a base station a message including an indication of whether the base station is capable of collecting the PCMD to a mobility management entity MME device; when an instruction to start PCMD collection is received, sending by the MME device a message including an indication of starting collecting the PCMD to at least one base station capable of collecting the PCMD; based on the received indication of starting collecting the PCMD, collecting by the base station the PCMD for at least one user equipment UE connection. A mobility management entity device and a base station for collecting the per call measurement data PCMD are also proposed in the present invention. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258686 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A femto cell base station includes a generating part that generates a SIP message including a terminal ID of a radio terminal and a check request for the terminal ID at a predetermined time, and a first transmitting part that transmits the SIP message generated by the generating part to a higher level apparatus in the communication system. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258687 | ENFORCING DEVICE SETTINGS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for enforcing device settings for mobile devices. Generally, a computer system enforces appropriate mobile device settings (e.g., policy and/or configuration settings) prior to permitting a mobile device to access maintained data. The computer system receives a request from a mobile device. The computer system determines that current mobile device settings are not appropriate for accessing the maintained data. The computer system sends device settings, representing a new mobile device configuration that is appropriate accessing the maintained data, to the mobile device. The computer system receives an indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings. The computer system permits the mobile device to access the maintained data in response to receiving the indication that the mobile device is configured in accordance with the device settings. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258688 | CELLULAR PHONE TERMINAL HAVING BUILT-IN WIRELESS LAN, CELLULAR PHONE SYSTEM AND PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are a cellular phone terminal, a cellular phone system and a privacy protection method therefor that enable to prevent leakage of private information from the communication data when conducting a search for wireless LAN base stations. The cellular phone terminal comprises, in addition to the cellular phone function section, a cellular phone network transmitter/receiver section, a wireless LAN transmitter/receiver section and a wireless LAN connection control section, an SSID•MAC address management section connected to the wireless LAN connection control section and the cellular phone network transmitter/receiver section. The SSID•MAC address management section is allocated by a MAC address management server one or more temporary MAC addresses together with their time limit by way of the cellular phone network transmitter/receiver section and a cellular phone base station and the temporary MAC addresses are used when conducting a search for wireless LAN base stations. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258689 | Method, Device and System for Partially Locking Functions of Terminal - A method for partially locking functions of a terminal is disclosed, which includes the following steps: a device management server receives and analyzes a partially locking request message to obtain a terminal identifier and a designated call identifier which are included in the message; and sends a partially locking command to a terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier, wherein the partially locking command carries the designated call identifier and instructs the terminal to modify a functional attribute of the terminal per se to only answering a call corresponding to the designated call identifier. Another two methods for partially locking functions of a terminal, a device management server, a terminal, and a system for partially locking functions of a terminal are further disclosed. The disclosure can solve the problem in the prior art that: a call channel and other resources are occupied and the security of information of the terminal cannot be guaranteed as the terminal can still answer all incoming calls after functions of the terminal are partially locked. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258690 | MANAGEMENT OF CDMA CREDENTIALS ON A SMART CARD - A method is performed by a user device and a smart card inserted into the user device. The method includes storing, in the smart card, information to permit the user device to communicate with a particular network; identifying a first smart card identifier associated with the smart card; identifying a second smart card identifier associated with a previous smart card inserted into the user device; comparing the first smart card identifier and the second smart card identifier to generate a first comparison result; pushing, by the smart card and to the user device, the information when the first comparison result indicates that the first smart card identifier matches the second smart card identifier; and obtaining, by the user device, access to the particular network using the information received from the smart card. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258691 | ADAPTIVE NOTIFICATIONS - A simplified notification scheme that looks at past behavior of accepting or rejecting messages and modifies whether and/or how future similar notifications are displayed. For example, if a user consistently ignores or rejects a pop-up notification, the system can modify whether or not such a pop-up notification is displayed again. In one specific embodiment, a wireless network can be detected by a mobile phone. The phone can determine whether or not a pop-up notification related to the wireless-network detection should be displayed based on past behavior of the user. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258692 | Bluetooth Display System and Method Thereof - A Bluetooth display system for a cellular phone includes a user interactive unit including a display screen, and a central processing unit. The central processing unit includes a main processor, a storage device and a Bluetooth module. The storage device has a predetermined storage capacity, and is electrically connected with the main processor, wherein the storage device is pre-loaded with at least one image and the electronic phone book. The image is linked to the identification entry of the electronic phone book. The Bluetooth module is wirelessly connected to the cellular phone to selectively operate in one of an incoming call mode and an outgoing call mode. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TELEPHONY SERVICES - A system and method for enabling a user to purchase an instant mobile telephony services plan makes use of an application on a mobile telephony device. The user can purchase an instant mobile plan via a third party merchant. Once purchased, the user can also make use of the application on the user's mobile telephony device to obtain the purchased telephony services. The communications services provider that provides services to the user under an instant mobile plan may be different from the communications services provider that is tied to the user's mobile telephony device. | 2012-10-11 |
20120258694 | Mobile terminal and multimedia messaging service notification message processing method - The disclosure provides a mobile terminal ( | 2012-10-11 |