45th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080274625 | METHODS OF FORMING ELECTRONIC DEVICES CONTAINING Zr-Sn-Ti-O FILMS - A dielectric film containing Zr—Sn—Ti—O and methods of fabricating such a dielectric film produce a reliable dielectric layer having an equivalent oxide thickness thinner than attainable using SiO | 2008-11-06 |
20080274626 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A HIGH QUALITY SILICON DIELECTRIC FILM ON A GERMANIUM SUBSTRATE WITH HIGH QUALITY INTERFACE - In certain embodiments methods for depositing materials on substrates, and more particularly, methods for depositing dielectric layers, such as silicon oxides or silicon oxynitrides, on germanium substrates are provided. The methods involve depositing a barrier layer on the germanium substrate to prevent oxidation of the germanium substrate when forming a dielectric layer on the germanium substrate. In certain embodiments, a silicon layer is deposited on the germanium substrate to form a barrier layer. In certain embodiments, nitridation of the germanium substrate forms a Ge | 2008-11-06 |
20080274627 | SILICON-CONTAINING FILM, FORMING MATERIAL, MAKING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Using a cyclic siloxane compound having a vinyl group directly attached to a silicon atom and a relatively bulky substituent group containing a primary carbon vicinal to the silicon, a dielectric film, especially a low-k interlayer dielectric film can be formed by the plasma-enhanced CVD process. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274628 | Arrangement for Securely Connecting an Electronic Device to at Least Two Other Electronic Devices - An arrangement for connecting an accessory to a power source and to an electronic device of a vehicle. The arrangement includes: a power connector connecting the accessory to the power source, a signal connector connecting the accessory with the electronic device of the vehicle, a locking mechanism locking the power connector in position, and a locking mechanism locking the signal connector in position. The power connector lock and the signal connector lock are configured such that the signal connector can only be locked in the connected position after the power connector has been locked in the mounted position. The arrangement is suitable, for example, for an electric power steering device. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274629 | Serial Interface Converter - A serial interface converter converts serial communications between two electronic devices, converting between to serial communication standards. The converter may include a housing with two standard cable ports, each for connecting to cables from one of the two electronic devices. The housing includes electrical connections between the two cable ports, where the electrical connections effect a remapping of the signals achieving the conversion. The housing can be rack-mountable. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274630 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULES - The present disclosure generally pertains to wireless communication modules that can be used for enabling wireless communication in various applications. A wireless communication module in accordance with one embodiment may be interfaced with other devices, such as nodes of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The module has rows of male integrated circuit (IC) pins that may be interfaced with female pin receptacles of another device. The module receives wireless signals and provides the data of such wireless signals to the other device. The module also receives data from the other devices and packetizes such data for wireless communication. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274631 | SATA data connector - A SATA data connector is provided, which is with a power supply circuit. Accordingly, the SATA data connector comprises a male data connector and a female data connector. The male data connector is with a male signal interface that has seven male data connection pins, wherein the male data connection pins consist of four data pins, a power supplying pin, and two ground pins, wherein the power supplying pin connects with a power line of a circuit board. Corresponding to the male data connector, the female data connector is with a female signal interface that has seven female data connection pins as well, wherein the female data connection pins consist of four data pins, a power receiving pin, and two ground pins. While the female data connector is connecting to the male data connector, the power receiving pin is going to contact the power supplying pin, and an operating power can be supplied from the power line of the circuit board to an applied device connected with the female data connector via the power supplying pin of the male data connector, such that the SATA data connector can work without an external SATA power cable, and the amount and volume of the cable can be reduced. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274632 | Spark Plug Terminal Connection Apparatuses and Methods - Apparatuses and methods are provided for conductively connecting a voltage source ignition cable to a spark plug terminal. A spark plug boot assembly is provided and can include a body member, a coiled terminal, and a voltage source ignition cable. The coiled terminal can have a first end, a second end, and a middle portion and can include one or more coils that can extend to form an inner area with the coils having a varying inside diameter. The first end can be configured to receive a spark plug terminal. Also, the voltage source ignition cable can be configured to provide an additional electrical contact to the coiled terminal. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274633 | REVERSIBLE UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) CONNECTOR - A reversible receptacle for coupling with a USB A-type standard connector, including a first set of four electrical contact regions and a second set of four electrical contact regions, the contact regions configured such that in a first coupling orientation of the reversible receptacle with the standard plug, only the first set of electrical contact regions is mechanically connected with the contacts of the standard plug and in a second coupling orientation of the reversible receptacle with the standard plug, only the second set of electrical contact regions is mechanically connected with the contacts of the standard plug. Also provided are corresponding reversible USB appliances based upon the aforementioned reversible receptacles. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274634 | Terminal structure and vacuum pump - Provided are a terminal structure capable of preventing damage due to an excessive force and having high sealing property, and a vacuum pump to which the terminal structure is applied. When a control device ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274635 | Connector for Providing Waterproof Connection and Its Connection State Examining Method - A connector ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274636 | Connector - A connector for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment comprises first and second connector parts adapted to be interengaged to establish an electrical connection. The first connector part has at least one pin, and the second connector part has at least one electrical contact for engagement by the pin when the connector parts are interengaged. The pin comprises an axially extending electrically conductive portion and an axially extending electrically insulating sleeve around said conductive portion, and the pin is supported by and projects axially forwardly from a support whereby its insulating sleeve is exposed along a longitudinally extending portion thereof to ambient conditions when the connector parts are disengaged. The insulating sleeve of the pin has a first portion with a first diameter in front of a second portion with a second diameter wider than the first diameter, and the connector part has a protective rigid metal sleeve member arranged to extend at least partly along the first portion of the insulating sleeve and at least partly along the second portion thereof. The rigid metal sleeve provides mechanical support to the protected portion of the pin. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274637 | PIVOTING APPARATUS FOR MATING A POWER SUPPLY WITH A RISER CARD AND METHOD FOR DOING THE SAME - Disclosed is a pivoting apparatus comprising a pivot base defining a connection cavity, a pivot slot including an L-shape, and an alignment slot including a curvature that bulges towards a riser card, a key structure extending from at least one of the riser card and a processor in an electronic enclosure, the key structure being fixedly associated with the connection cavity of the pivot base, and a pivotor rotateably associated with the pivot base and fixedly associated with a power supply, the pivotor including an alignment ramp, an alignment pin, and a pivot pin, wherein the alignment pin is removably disposed in the alignment slot, and the pivot pin is pivotably disposed in the pivot slot. The pivotor supports an electrical connector joined to the supply. The connector mates with a riser card mounted in a processor to supply power to the riser card. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274638 | Secure socket apparatus - A secure socket apparatus includes a socket unit, a power supply unit and an overload-avoid unit. The socket unit includes at least one socket for receiving a plug of an electronic device. The power supply unit includes a switch module connected to the socket, at least one comparing element connected to the switch module and a sensing module connected to the switch module. The overload-avoiding unit is connected to the comparing element. The overload-avoiding unit can be connected to the mains so that electricity can be provided to the electronic device from the mains through the socket apparatus. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274639 | BATTERY POST ELECTRICAL TERMINAL ASSEMBLY - A battery post electrical terminal assembly includes an electrical terminal and a retainer connected to the electrical terminal. The electrical terminal is configured for coupling with an electrical conductor. The retainer includes a plurality of fingers, the plurality of fingers configured for frictionally engaging a battery post of a battery and thereby configured for mechanically and electrically coupling the retainer with the battery post. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274640 | Telecommunications Connectors And Apparatus For Mounting The Same - A telecommunications assembly including: a connector housing; a bezel mounted on the connector housing, the bezel have a front face having an opening for receiving a plug, the opening having a recess for receiving a plug latch; a faceplate having a faceplate opening of a standard dimension; wherein the bezel is mountable in the faceplate opening in a flat orientation with the recess positioned downwards and the bezel is mountable in the faceplate opening in an angled orientation with the recess positioned upwards. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274641 | LED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT SINK - A universal mounting supports high intensity LEDs in a lighting fixture with heat removal and electrical connection facilities. A holder includes a peripheral sidewall defining a cavity for accepting a printed circuit board assembly. A support member supports the printed circuit board assembly along the peripheral sidewall. Electrical contact elements are provided the printed circuit board. A thermal conduction member is in thermal communication with the printed circuit board assembly. The receptacle portion removably engages with the holder portion. A plurality of contact sockets conductively engages the electrical contact elements of the holder portion to interconnect the contact elements to external wires. An aperture in the receptacle portion accepts the thermal conduction member, wherein the thermal conduction member passes through the aperture and into a space for dissipating heat from the printed circuit board. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274642 | DUAL CHANNEL XLR CABLE CONVERTER - A dual channel XLR cable converter is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the XLR cable converter includes first and second RCA cables terminating at first and second RCA cable connectors at one end and a XLR cable connector at the opposing end. A first signal pin terminal of the XLR cable connector is in electrical communication with the first signal wire of the first RCA cable. A second signal pin terminal of the XLR connector is in electrical communication with the second signal wire of the second RCA cable. A common ground pin terminal of the XLR cable connector is in electrical communication with the first grounding wire of the first RCA cable and a second grounding wire of the second RCA cable. Therefore, the XLR cable converter can be used for conveying single channel RCA cable signals over dual channel XLR cable. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274643 | Compression Connector For Coaxial Cable - A compression connector for smooth walled, corrugated, and spiral corrugated coaxial cable includes an insulator disposed within the body, wherein the insulator contains a central opening therein which is dimensioned smaller than a collet portion, or second clamp, which seizes a center conductor of the coaxial cable. The connector also includes a first clamp disposed inside the body as well as a compression sleeve assembly. The body includes a transitional surface separating the body into two regions of different inside diameter. When an axial force is applied to the compression sleeve, the clamp is forced by the transitional surface into the body region having a smaller diameter, causing the clamp to squeeze onto an outer conductor layer of the coaxial cable. At approximately the same time, the collet portion is forced through the central opening, causing the collet portion to squeeze onto the center conductor. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274644 | Coaxial cable connector with inner sleeve ring - A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a rearward cable receiving end, a locking sleeve movably coupled to the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body and a sleeve ring movably disposed within a rearward sleeve ring receiving end of the locking sleeve. The sleeve ring has a forward end for retaining a cable within the connector upon forward insertion of the sleeve ring within the locking sleeve. The connector further preferably includes an annular post disposed within the connector body, wherein the forward end of the sleeve ring urges the cable against the post upon forward insertion of the sleeve ring within the locking sleeve. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274645 | HIGH POWER TERMINAL BLOCK ASSEMBLY - A power terminal and a method for making a power terminal having an electrically insulated connector body. A terminal insert is incorporated into the connector body and has at least one threaded electrically conductive member engaged with the terminal insert. The conductive member also includes a cap portion. The terminal insert is formed from a substantially rigid material and is configured to resist torque and pull out forces provided to the conductive member. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274646 | ETHERNET CONNECTORS - A modular ethernet-connector includes a jack ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274647 | Usb Data-Audio Signal Multiplexing Transmission Line - A USB data-audio signal multiplexing transmission line includes a USB connector and an audio connector on two ends and a transmission wire for connecting a play device to another external data storage device or processing device to make data exchange or output audio signal. An audio connecting plug set on the audio connector is divided into four electric independent segments which are two audio signal connecting ends, an audio ground connecting end and a control signal connecting end in turn. The two audio signal connecting ends of the audio connecting plug are connected to the two data signal connecting ends of the USB connecting plug, the ground connecting end of the audio connecting plug is connected to a ground connecting end of the USB connecting plug, the control signal end of the audio connecting plug is connected to a power end of the USB connecting plug. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274648 | Card Connector And Method For Producing Housing Assembly - A card connector into and from which a memory card is detachably inserted and removed, includes contacts adapted to contact connection portions of the memory card, and a housing for arranging and holding the contacts. Metal plates made of a metal are installed in the housing so as to extend onto both sides in the width direction of the housing. The metal plates are integrally provided with connection portions to be connected to a substrate. A tray made of a metal is provided for loading a plurality of memory cards therein, and either of both ends of the tray in its width direction is bent substantially into an L-shape, which bent portion slidably engages the metal plate. The connector achieves a reduced overall height such as less than 2.0 mm and is also superior in safety. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274649 | Electrical connector assembly having selective arrangement of signal and ground contacts - An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having an array of compartments, and substantially identical signal contact assemblies arranged in sets, each including a pair of the signal contact assemblies arranged opposite first and second orientations, and selectively installed in a respective pair of compartments. One ground contact may form a signal-signal-ground pattern, while two ground contacts may form a signal-signal-ground-ground pattern. Additionally, an electrical connector assembly includes a housing having at least two substantially identical signal contact assemblies, one in a first orientation, another in a second orientation. At least one recess is formed within the signal contact assembly; and at least one protruding ridge extends from the signal contact assembly. The recesses of the signal contact assembly in the first orientation receive at least one of the protruding ridges in a second orientation. The protruding ridges in the first orientation engage with the recesses in the second orientation. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274650 | Accessory - Disclosed is an accessory detachably mounted on an electronic device. The accessory includes a case, an electronic circuit housed in the case and activating the accessory, and an accessory's-side connector for supplying power to the electronic circuit or sending and receiving signals. The accessory's-side connector includes a portion of the case in which a plurality of leads is provided and a plurality of contact strips constructed such that a portion of the plurality of leads is exposed to the portion of the case. In the accessory, an intermediary substrate on which a wiring pattern is formed is provided inside the case; the plurality of leads is connected to the wiring pattern inside the case; an intermediary substrate's side connector connected to the wiring pattern is provided on the intermediary substrate; an electronic circuit's-side connector for connection to the electronic circuit is provided; and the electronic circuit and the accessory's-side connector are electrically connected when the electronic circuit's-side connector and the intermediary substrate's-side connector are connected. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274651 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS - An electrical connection apparatus includes at least one stackable block operably coupleable to another stackable block, at least one pin receiving portion defined by an inner wall within the stackable block, and at least one electrical connection contact having a C-shaped contact portion with elastic properties disposed within the pin receiving portion and a lead portion disposed at a location exterior to the stackable block. The electrical connection apparatus may further include an adjustment component and an adjustment component receiving portion defined by in inner wall within the stackable block. In addition, sliders may be arranged on the stackable block and may engage with tabs formed on the at least one electrical connection contact. The sliders may be moved to a raised or lowered position in order to move the at least one electrical connection contact between a contact and an insertion position. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274652 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FOR FILM INSERT MOLDED WINDOWS - A plastic window including a transparent plastic substrate having first and second sides. Bonded to the first side of the substrate is a plastic film, the film being thinner than the substrate. An electrically conductive grid, including at least one conductive connector location, is encapsulated between the substrate and the film. Extending into the substrate, at least one electrical connector is positioned in electrical contact with the conductive mounting so that an electrical voltage supply can be connected to the conductive mounting and an electrical current can be caused to flow through the conductive grid. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274653 | BATTERY POST ELECTRICAL TERMINAL - A battery post electrical terminal includes a monolithic component configured for electrically coupling an electrical conductor with a battery post, the component including two arms and a cross-over section connecting the arms, each arm including a first wall and a second wall extending from the first wall, the first walls being substantially parallel relative to each other, the second walls configured for wrapping at least partly around a battery post of a battery and thereby for electrically coupling the component with the battery post. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274654 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICES INCORPORATING REDUNDANT CONTACT POINTS FOR REDUCING CAPACITIVE STUBS AND IMPROVED SIGNAL INTEGRITY - An electrical interconnection device for establishing redundant contacts between the ends of two conductive elements to be mated, creating a electrical interconnection without capacitive stubs. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274655 | Floating LNG import terminal and method for docking - A floating terminal for offloading an LNG carrier vessel in the sea. The floating terminal of open frame construction is moored toward its front end with a rotatable mooring arrangement so that the terminal may weathervane in response to environmental forces. Marine thrusters are provided at the aft end of the terminal for swinging the terminal away from and back toward a line defined by the path toward the terminal of an approaching LNG carrier. Offloading equipment and heat exchangers are provided on a deck of the floating structure. When an LNG carrier vessel approaches the terminal, the thrusters swing the floating terminal away from the carrier vessel approach line while a hawser at the front end of the terminal pulls the vessel close to the terminal. The floating terminal swings back toward the carrier vessel in response to operating the marine thrusters in an opposite direction until the carrier vessel and floating terminal are side-by-side. The hawser continues to pull the carrier vessel forward with respect to the terminal until loading arms at the side of the terminal are aligned side-by-side with a manifold of the carrier vessel. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274656 | Assembly of Buoys for Flexible Submarine Pipe - An assembly of support buoys for a flexible submarine pipeline which is designed for the transport of hydrocarbons. A plurality of buoys which can be installed gradually on at least one portion of the flexible submarine pipeline. A fixing device blocks translational movement of the buoys on the portion of the pipeline. The fixing device includes a hitching or coupling line which connects each of the buoys successively to one another. The translational movement of each of the buoys is gradually blocked on the coupling line. Connecting devices maintain the coupling line taut at locations along the portion of the pipeline. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274657 | Woven Fabric and Articles Made by Using the Same - A woven fabric made by using fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin strands produced by stretching a bundle of sheath-core type conjugated filaments at a temperature of the melting point of the sheath component or above but below the melting point of the core component while fusing the sheath component, wherein the sheath-core type conjugated fiber is a nontwist straight one whose sheath component has a melting point lower than that of the core component by 20° C. or above; and articles made by using the fabric. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274658 | Needlepunched nanoweb structures - A composite sheet of a nanoweb bonded to a second web, such that fibers from the second web protrude through the nanoweb in a multiplicity of discontinuous regions. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274659 | COMPLEX COMPRISING A DRYLAID VEIL OF GLASS FIBRES, AND A NONWOVEN FABRIC OF ORGANIC FIBRES - The invention concerns a process for preparing a complex sheet comprising a layer of drylaid glass fibres and a layer of organic fibres, comprising:
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20080274660 | Electroluminescent display device, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic equipment - A transparent cathode electrode technology for an electroluminescent display device having a top emission structure, provides a top emission type electroluminescent display device and a method to manufacture the same. Oxidation of a substrate film can be reduced or prevented during the film formation of a metal oxide. Electronic equipment including this display device is also provided. A first electrode, a function layer including a luminescent layer, and a transparent second electrode made of a metal oxide are laminated on the substrate in that order from the lower surface. At this time, the oxygen concentration in the second electrode is made to vary in the film thickness direction, and the oxygen concentration in the vicinity of the interface between the second electrode and the function layer is made lower than the average oxygen concentration in the second electrode. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274661 | Method of Manufacturing Plasma Display Panel and Setter for Substrate Used Therein - In a method of manufacturing a PDP, in which a glass substrate on which a panel structure member precursor is formed is put on a setter and is the panel structure member precursor fired/solidified, the setter mainly includes a material obtained by coupling silicon carbide and silicon nitride, and a difference between a linear expansion coefficient of the setter and a linear expansion coefficient of the glass substrate is 5×10 | 2008-11-06 |
20080274662 | VERTICAL BUBBLE MACHINE - The current invention discloses a compact size bubble generating machine. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bubble generating machine comprising a housing having a top opening; a bubble generator positioned inside the housing and adjacent to the top opening; an impeller positioned inside the housing; and a motor positioned inside the housing and operatively coupled to the impeller and the bubble generator, wherein the motor, when actuated, causing the impeller and the bubble generator to rotate simultaneously. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274663 | CONFETTI - Pieces of confetti that have the ability to spiral or autorotate downward in a novel and pleasing fashion when falling are described. The downward spiral or autorotation of an individual piece of falling confetti of certain desirable embodiments can be described as being similar to the downward fall of a maple seed or the decent of an autorotating helicopter making an emergency, unpowered decent. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274664 | Narrow Body Model Glider - There is provided a model glider having a wing having a first thickness and a body having a second thickness. The wing is operatively connected to the body. The ratio of the first thickness of the wing to the second thickness of the body is about 2 to 3. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274665 | Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or three dimensional configurations - The present invention relates to building base plates assembled to make two or three dimensional pyramids. Eight building base plates ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274666 | GAME CALL HOLDER - A hands free game call holder for holding a game call is disclosed having an attachment member for securing the game call holder to a hand, an arm, or a wrist of a user. The game call holder includes a call securing member attached to the attachment member and adapted to removably receive the game call. A call plug is provided that militates against a flow of air through at least one aperture formed in the game call, wherein the game call can be operated while keeping the hands of the user free for other tasks. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274667 | Method and Top For Playing Game - A plastic hollow conical top with a replaceable metal tip at its lower end and an open, annular upper end is spun by twirling it. The spinning top may be placed on various horizontally positioned surfaces of the body and transferred between those surfaces. Thereafter the spinning top is inverted onto a game board, at which time it stops spinning and the annular upper end rests on the board surface. The board may be covered with sand to allow the top to land only partially inverted, in which event sand may be thrown against the top to cause it to become completely inverted. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274668 | Brassiere Cup Made of Latex and the Fabrication Method of the Same - Provided is a latex bra cup and a fabrication method thereof. The bra cup includes: an anti-tensile material having a bra cup shape and durable against a tensile strength; and a latex layer applied on the anti-tensile material. The fabrication method includes steps of: disposing an anti-tensile member between an upper mold having a concave shape in an upper portion of the bra cup and a lower mold having a convex shape in a lower portion of the bra cup; forming a bra shaped space by closely contacting the upper mold and the lower mold; injecting latex into the bra shaped space; and separating the fixed bra cup from the molds. Accordingly, a bra cup is soft in touch, formed of an environmentally friendly material, and has durability. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274669 | SHAPED UNDERWIRE AND BRASSIERE INCLUDING SUCH - An underwire for a brassiere disposed at the lower periphery of the breast cup region. The underwire includes a strip having opposite major surfaces extending between its ends. One major surface extends in a longitudinal direction between the ends of the strip, is shaped along the major surface between the ends of the strip so that a first normal at any location on the major surface does not extend parallel to a second normal at a second location on the major surface. The second location is along the longitudinal direction of the strip and spaced along the major surface from the first location. The major surface may be shaped as part of a hypothetical conical surface. The major surface or a central portion thereof is inclined to the vertical. The underwire or the central region thereof is convexly curved on the outside and concavely curved on the inside. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274670 | Substrate Peripheral Portion Measuring Device, and Substrate Peripheral Portion Polishing Apparatus - A projecting/receiving unit ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274671 | METHOD OF DOPING SURFACES - Disclosed herein are methods of treating an article surface. The method comprises removing a metal oxide surface from the metal substrate to expose a metal surface; and delivering particles comprising a dopant from at least one fluid jet to the metal surface to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant. The method also comprises delivering substantially simultaneously a first set of particles comprising a dopant and a second set of particles comprising an abrasive from at least one fluid jet to a surface of an article to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274672 | OPHTHALMIC BLOCKING PAD - An ophthalmic blocking pad includes a foam layer, a film layer disposed over and directly contacting the foam layer, and an adhesive layer disposed over the film layer. The film layer has a tensile strength of at least about 25 ksi (172 MPa). | 2008-11-06 |
20080274673 | Wafer polishing apparatus, wafer polishing system and wafer polishing method - It is possible to execute a one-step polishing or a plural-step polishing at a high throughput, and it is possible to achieve a reduction of an occupied area on the basis of a compact structure of a whole apparatus. Two platens are respectively provided with a first wafer retention head and a second wafer retention head, and a wafer transfer apparatus on which a wafer is mounted is arranged between two platens. The two wafer retention heads are moved between two platens and the wafer transfer apparatus respectively by a first moving means and a second moving means. Further, a two-step polishing is executed by whirl moving two wafer retention heads from one platen to the other platen at 180 degree respectively by a whirl moving means supporting two moving means. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274674 | STACKED POLISHING PAD FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS - The invention provides a polishing pad for chemical-mechanical polishing comprising a polishing layer, a bottom layer, and a hot-melt adhesive, the hot-melt adhesive joining together the polishing layer and the bottom layer. The hot-melt adhesive comprises between about 2 and about 18 wt. % EVA and is substantially resistant to delamination when the polishing layer attains a temperature of about 40° C. The invention also provides a method of polishing a substrate with the aforementioned polishing pad, as well as a method of preparing such a polishing pad. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274675 | MULTIPURPOSE BENCH GRINDER WITH LEFT AND RIGHT GRINDER ASSEMBLIES - A multipurpose bench grinder ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274676 | Abrading device - An abrading device features a flexible abrading membrane supported by two supports. The device may be used in either linear or rotary configurations. The device can be used in conjunction with devices that impart continuous or vibratory linear or rotary motion. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274677 | ABRASIVE SLOTTED DISC WITH CONTROLLED AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF A WORKPIECE - Apparatus and method for sharpening a workpiece, such as a cutting tool. An abrasive disc is rotatable about a disc rotational axis and includes a plurality of spaced apart, radially disposed apertures extending therethrough from a first surface to an opposing second surface of the disc. The first surface is configured to facilitate sharpening of a workpiece by contacting engagement of the workpiece against an abrasive layer adjacent the first surface between adjacent first and second apertures of said plurality. The first surface further induces controlled axial displacement of the workpiece away from the disc as the second aperture approaches the workpiece during disc rotation. The first surface is preferably concave so as to extend into the disc between each adjacent pair of the apertures. Alternatively, the first surface is provided with different compressibilities to induce the controlled axial displacement of the workpiece. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274678 | Grinding machine and a grinding jig therefore - A grinding jig for use in the grinding of a straight edge woodworking tool on the peripheral surface of a rotating grindstone in a grinding machine. The grinding machine has a cylindrical support bar parallel with the rotation axis of the grindstone. The jig includes a base, which is parallel with the support bar and is intended for slidable and rotational mounting on the support bar, and a clamp, wherein the tool is attached between the base and the clamp. The grinding jig has a support surface on the base for supporting the face of the tool opposite its bevel. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274679 | SHEET METAL FINISHED BY CONTINUOUS HAIR-LINE ON ITS PLANE AND CURVED SURFACE AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINISHING BY CONTINUOUS HAIR-LINE ON THE SAME - A hair-line processing, and more particularly a sheet metal finished by continuous hair-line on its plane and curved surface, and apparatus and method for finishing by continuous hair-line on the same are disclosed, wherein the sandpaper curvaceously advances to form hairlines relative to curved surface of the sheet metal, and operation of a pressure unit can vary the curvaceous degree of the sandpaper to form a continuous hairline relative a sheet metal including curved surfaces each having a different curvature. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274680 | SAUSAGE CASING BRAKE WITH ADJUSTABLE BRAKING FORCE - A retention device for a tubular casing material for receiving a viscous or granular filling material in a packaging machine, in particular a clipping machine that has a filling tube for filling the tubular casing material with the filling material, where the retention device includes: a first brake ring, which can be mounted coaxially on the filling tube, the inner diameter of said first brake ring being larger than the outer diameter of the filling tube and on the inner circumference of which a first brake means is provided, along which the casing material can be guided in the filling direction of the filling material against a friction force acting upon the casing material. A second brake ring is also provided which can be stationarily disposed on the filling tube and which has a counter-brake means on its outer circumference, where the casing material can be guided between the first brake means of the first brake ring and the counter-brake means of the second brake ring and where the first brake ring is reversibly displaceable in the filling direction for setting a predetermined friction force for the casing material at the first brake means of the first brake ring and at the counter-brake means of the second brake ring. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274681 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED CLOSURE OF AT LEAST ONE CLIP AROUND A FILLING MATERIAL-FREE PLAIT PORTION OF A TUBULAR CASING AT A FILLING MATERIAL PORTION ENCLOSED BY THE CASING - A method of and an apparatus for controlled closure of at least one clip around a filling material-free plait portion of a tubular casing at a filling material portion enclosed by the casing, where the at least one clip is closed with at least one closure device and where the filling material portion is successively filled with a moved product flow of the filling material and in that operation the casing is withdrawn from a casing supply device, and where moreover the withdrawal movement of the casing is sensed with a sensing device and a control signal is formed therefrom for the joint movement of the at least one closure device with the product flow. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274682 | Apparatus and Method for Cutting-Free of Tender-Loin - The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting free of at least a part of a tenderloin in a suspended half-carcass. The apparatus comprises a fixture ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274683 | Autonomous Ventilation System - An autonomous ventilation system includes a variable-speed exhaust fan, a controller, an exhaust hood, and a spillage sensor. The exhaust fan removes air contaminants from an area. The controller is coupled to the exhaust fan and adjusts the speed of the exhaust fan. The exhaust hood is coupled to the exhaust fan and directs air contaminants to the exhaust fan. The spillage sensor is coupled to the controller, detects changes in an environmental parameter in a spillage zone adjacent to the exhaust hood, and communicates information relating to detected changes in the environmental parameter to the controller. The controller adjusts the speed of the exhaust fan in response to information relating to detected changes in the environmental parameter. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274684 | Indoor Air Pressure Management - A strategy for minimizing or avoiding the so-called stack effect within buildings ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274685 | AIR GRATE FOR RAISED FLOORS - An air grate for a raised floor includes a top plate with apertures for air flow, and reinforcement ribs for structural support. Pairs of ribs include edge flanges that define a horizontal track. Two flat dampener panels temporarily flex to slip between the edge flanges for assembly and then unflex for adjustable movement along the track between different overlapping positions for controlled air flow. The top plate includes corner-forming sections and leveling legs for height adjustment. Foot-print-expanding brackets engage the leveling legs for extending their foot print outwardly so that the air grate can be used on different raised floor systems without misalignment problems with stanchion supports. A handle is pivotally mounted in the top plate between a flush position and a raised position for grasping to lift the air grate, the handle having apertures matching the pattern of the top plate. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274686 | Fan control system - There is described a method for controlling an exhaust system having at least two fans, a plenum chamber interconnecting the at least two fans, and a bypass air damper in the plenum chamber to allow bypass air to flow therethrough, the method comprising: monitoring pressure in the plenum chamber of the system; detecting a variation of the pressure beyond a predetermined range; and regulating operation of the exhaust system in response to the pressure variation in order to return the pressure to within the predetermined range. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274687 | Dynamic mixed media package - It has been discovered that a dynamic mixed media package with a mechanism for dynamic modification/update provides a media experience to users that exceeds the experience offered by individual media files. A dynamic mixed media package accommodates various types of media and allows for additional media and modifications of existing media. Additional media includes media generated by consumers, such as media derived from a seed media. A seed media is marked and assembled with supplemental media into a package. The seed media is marked to allow performance of various operations, such as identification of the seed media during the lifetime of the package and attribution when the seed media is incorporated into consumer generated derivative media. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274688 | Method and system for mobile vehicle content management - A method and system for mobile vehicle content management. Content may be received wireless from a plurality of access technologies within a mobile vehicle. The content may be balanced from the plurality of access technologies to select the content from at least one access technology for decryption. The selected content may be provided to a receiver device for presentation. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274689 | Extension of Wired Controller Area Networks to Wireless Personal Area Networks - An architecture to extend a wired controller area network (CAN) to the wireless domain of a low rate wireless personal area network (PAN) network is described herein. Such architecture provides a low cost, low power, efficient, and secure wireless network interface compatible with many existing SCADA infrastructure networks, in addition to countless other installations incorporating a CAN backbone. An architectural model for such an extension module includes additions to the CAN protocol stack. New protocols for the tunneling of messages and for enhancing reliability are also described. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274690 | Method and apparatus for compensation for weather-based attenuation in a satellite link - A controlled satellite link, comprising a reference unit for measuring signal attenuation over said link, and a control unit, associated with said reference unit, configured for controlling at least one link transmission parameter to dynamically adapt to changes in said measured signal attenuation. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274691 | Cable System with Active RF Device Powered by RF Energy Converted to DC Power, and Associated Method - A cable system comprises a main line carrying first RF signals for a plurality of subscribers, and a subscriber line coupled with the main line and carrying the first RF signals between the subscriber's facility and the main line and also carrying second RF signals that are different in frequency from the first RF signals. The system further comprises a rectifier/voltage multiplier connected to the subscriber line for converting AC energy in the second RF signals into DC current, and an active RF device powered by the DC current from the rectifier/voltage multiplier, the RF device being located along the subscriber line. The system can include a filter connected between the subscriber line and the rectifier/voltage multiplier for filtering the second RF signals. The rectifier/voltage multiplier can be located either inside or outside the subscriber's facility. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274692 | Scheduling in a Wireless Multi-Hop Relay Network - A wireless relaying network having a number of network nodes including a designated originating node, at least one relaying node, and at least two receiving nodes. The designated originating node transmits a pilot signal, and the relaying node(s) receives and forwards the pilot signal to the receiving nodes, each of which measures channel quality based on the received pilot signal. At least part of the receiving nodes feed information on the measured channel quality all the way back to the designated originating node, and the originating node then schedules data for transmission to at least one selected node of the receiving nodes based on the received channel quality information. Subsequently, the designated originating node transmits data to the selected receiving node(s) via the same relaying node(s) that forwarded the pilot signal. In this way, multi-user diversity scheduling is introduced to relaying networks that provides significant data rate enhancements. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274693 | Method for Selecting the Installation Position and Direction of Link Antenna in Inbuilding Radio Frequency Repeater and Cable Apparatus Used in the Same - The present invention relates to a method for selecting an installation position of a link antenna of an in-building RF repeater, a cable device thereof, and a terminal. The method selects the position for measuring the greatest Ec/lo by using directivity of the link antenna in an area for installing the link antenna. The link antenna is installed at the selected position. The direction with the greatest Ec/lo that is measured by using directivity of the link antenna is fixed to be a desired direction from among target directions to be directed by the link antenna. In this instance, measurement of Ec/lo by using directivity of the link antenna is performed by a mobile station connected to the link antenna through an access cable. Accordingly, the link antenna can be installed at the optimized position and in the optimized direction. Hence, the Ec/lo within the building is substantially reduced. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274694 | System and Method for Multi-Channel Blocking - A system and method for multi-channel blocking, the method having the steps of: creating a block filter to block a plurality of communication channels to a mobile device; communicating the block filter to a blocking element; and executing the blocking filter at the blocking element. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274695 | Bluetooth-enabled system and related method - According to one exemplary embodiment, a Bluetooth-enabled system includes a computer coupled to a Bluetooth-enabled host, e.g. a Bluetooth-enabled IP phone, via a communication link, where the communication link can be either an Ethernet link or a WLAN link. The Bluetooth-enabled system further includes at least one Bluetooth-enabled input device, e.g. a Bluetooth-enabled mouse or keyboard, being capable of communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled host via a Bluetooth link. The Bluetooth-enabled host is configured to transmit data received via the Bluetooth link from the at least one Bluetooth-enabled input device to the computer via the communication link. The communication link can utilize a TCP/IP protocol. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274696 | Procedure for headset and device authentication - Disclosed herein is a system for configuring and setting up a one to one communication correspondence between a headset and a mobile device. The authentication PIN allows communication of the headset with only those devices that are authenticated using the PIN. A first software application and a second software application are provided on the mobile device and a headset respectively. The process of configuring the PIN access information on the headset using the first and second application comprises the step of establishing a secure communication link by completing challenge response sequence between the headset and the device using the currently prevailing PIN, transmitting a configuration set PIN from the device to the headset, enforcing reauthentication using the newly configured PIN, and establishing and locking a communication between the device and the headset based on the new personal identification number. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274697 | Radio communication apparatus - Disclosed here in is a radio communication apparatus for transmitting a modulated reflected wave signal to a reflected wave reading apparatus as a signal resulting from a modulation process to modulate an unmodulated carrier, which is received from the reflected wave reading apparatus, in order to superpose information to be transmitted to the reflected wave reading apparatus on the unmodulated carrier, the radio communication apparatus including: an antenna; information outputting means configured to generate information to be transmitted to the reflected wave reading apparatus; feed characteristic changing means configured to change a feed characteristic of the antenna in accordance with the information to be transmitted; radiation characteristic changing means configured to change a radiation characteristic of the antenna in accordance with the information to be transmitted; and modulation means configured to carry out the modulation process according to the information to be transmitted in a process to reflect an electric wave signal received by the antenna. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING A TEMPORARY BLOCK FLOW TO WHICH A PIGGYBACKED ACK/NACK FIELD IS ADDRESSED - A method and an apparatus for indicating a temporary block flow (TBF) to which a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field is addressed. A method and apparatus of performing receive processing to reduce the probability of false acceptance of erroneous PANs are also disclosed. A transmit station generates a PAN check sequence (PCS) and performs a channel coding on a PAN field and the PCS. The transmit station scrambles the encoded bits of the PAN field and the PCS with a TBF-specific scrambling code. Because of the scrambling, the PCS decoding at a receive station will pass if the data block is received by an intended receive station, while the PCS decoding will fail if received by a non-intended receive station. Alternatively, the scrambling may be performed before the channel coding. Alternatively, the transmit station may combine the PAN field and a temporary flow identity (TFI) to generate a PCS. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274699 | Method for Analysing the Operation of a Radiocommunication Terminal, Corresponding Radiocommunication Terminal and Analysis Device - A method and apparatus are provided for analyzing the operation of radiocommunication terminal according to a predetermined radiocommunication protocol. The radiocommunication terminal transmits data representing at least one operation to be analyzed to a remote analysis device via a link according to the predetermined radiocommunication protocol. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274700 | Radio Communication Apparatus and Mcs Determination Method - A radio communication apparatus is disclosed that is capable of improving throughput even when accuracy of channel quality estimation is low and variation of channel quality estimation values is substantial. In this apparatus, MCS(SIR) acquisition section ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274701 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RECONFIGURE A NETWORK TO IMPROVE NETWORK LIFETIME USING MOST RELIABLE COMMUNICATION LINKS - A method and system of enhancing an operational lifetime of a wireless network is provided, which includes monitoring a link quality between node elements of the wireless network, periodically collecting information regarding the link quality between node elements of the wireless network, and reconfiguring a network topology of the wireless network based on the collected information. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274702 | Method and Device for Measuring Radio Interference Levels With Frequency Tracking - The invention relates to a method for measuring radio interference levels in a specific frequency range. Said method consists in adjusting the frequency range by means of a pre-measurement; respectively detecting, for each measuring frequency one measuring level of the signal which is to be measured; comparing the measured measuring level to the threshold value, characterised in that when the threshold value of the measuring level is exceeded, the measured level is compared to the respective measuring frequency as a radio interference level; and measuring, in a post-measurement phase, each characterised radio interference level in a more precise manner and in relation to the runtime performance thereof. The average frequency of the measuring frequency range of post-measurement, which is repeated in an alternating cyclic manner in relation to the post-measurement, is tracked in relation to the average frequency of the variable radio interference level which was recently determined in previous pre-measurement, for each characterised radio interference level. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274703 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD - Implementations related to circuits including an oscillator and a switch-mode DC/DC converter are presented herein. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274704 | Rf Transceiver and a Method of Operation Therein - A RF transceiver and method of operating a transceiver are provided. The transceiver has a frequency synthesizer that generates a stable, operational frequency signal, a reference VCO that provides a reference frequency for use in operation of the synthesizer, a voltage source coupled to the reference VCO that produces a control voltage that controls an output frequency of the reference VCO, and a controller coupled to the voltage source that controls the voltage applied by the voltage source. The controller compares a value of a known frequency of a RF signal received by the transceiver with a value of a current receiver frequency to estimate an error of the current receiver frequency, calculates, using the estimated error, a change needed to the control voltage to change the reference frequency to eliminate the estimated error, and controls the voltage source to apply the calculated change to the control voltage. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274705 | Automatic tuning of telephony devices - Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the automatic tuning of telephony devices. An example method comprises, determining, based on a change in an operating environment of a telephony device, that a speech enhancement algorithm of the telephony device is to be tuned. The example method further comprises, determining one or more metrics based on operation of the telephony device in the changed operating environment and providing the one or more metrics to the speech enhancement algorithm In the example method, the speech enhancement algorithm is tunable based on the one or more metrics. The example method still further comprises, tuning the speech enhancement algorithm based on the one or more metrics. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274706 | Techniques for antenna retuning utilizing transmit power information - An embodiment of the present invention provides a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, comprising a transmitter, a receiver, an antenna connected to the transmitter and the receiver via a tuner, a power detector adapted to acquire information about transmit power, and wherein the tuner tunes the antenna based upon the transmit information to optimize the antenna in both the receive and transmit bands. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274707 | Method and Apparatus to Minimize Interference Among Co-Located Multiple Wireless Devices - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for managing transmit requests among a plurality of co-located transmitting devices each associated with a wireless transmitting protocol. The method comprises the steps of determining the cost associated with each of the transmit requests, wherein the cost is associated with the cost of granting the request and the cost of rejecting the request, granting the request associated with the lowest cost, and rejecting all other requests. In another aspect of the invention, the method comprises the step of determining whether the lowest cost is acceptable and rejecting the request associated with the lowest cost when the lowest cost is unacceptable. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274708 | Multi-frequency detector - The method provides a method and device for detecting in a single or multi frequency signal, one or more frequencies from a predetermined set of frequencies. The Signal is subjected to a complex filter substantially passing all of the frequencies in the predetermined set of frequencies. For each of one or more pairs of members of the complex filtered signal, a complex number Y | 2008-11-06 |
20080274709 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus for demodulating modulated information which is transmitted from a wireless tag so as to read out the modulated information, includes: an antenna which transmits a transmission signal to the wireless tag and receives a signal transmitted from the wireless tag as a reception signal; a demodulator which demodulates the reception signal to output a demodulated signal; a signal output unit which outputs a proportional signal proportional to the transmission signal; and a controller which calculates the proportional signal and the demodulated signal to output an calculated signal, and calculates the calculated signal and the reception signal. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274710 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTER RECEIVER - A wireless monitoring receiver and system use multiple video data feeds from a plurality of cameras. The video feeds are transmitted using a multi-antenna technique, and decoded by a multi-antenna processor. The resulting transmissions are resistant to noise, interference, etc., and can be focused using antenna beams to achieve a simple form of location encryption. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274711 | SUCCESSIVE INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM USING VARIABLE INTERFERER WEIGHTS - A method for successive interference cancellation in code division multiple access (CDMA) systems is provided that uses variable interferer weights. This method allows interfering signals to be cancelled in order to recover a transmitted data signal. This method involves receiving the data signal subject to interference from at least one interfering signal. A first interfering signal is identified. Then an interferer weight coefficient associated with the first interfering signal is generated. This allows the first interfering signal to be cancelled from the received data signal using the interferer weight coefficient. These processes may then be reiterated for other interfering signals. It is then possible to recover the transmitted data signal from the received data signal. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274712 | HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL COMBINING - A radio transceiver device includes circuitry for radiating electromagnetic signals at a very high radio frequency both through space, as well as through wave guides that are formed within a substrate material. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a dielectric substrate formed within a board, for example, a printed circuit board. In another embodiment of the invention, the wave guide is formed within a die of an integrated circuit radio transceiver. A plurality of transceivers with different functionality is defined. Substrate transceivers are operable to transmit through the wave guides, while local transceivers are operable to produce very short range wireless transmissions through space. A third and final transceiver is a typical wireless transceiver for communication with remote (non-local to the device) transceivers. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274713 | Wireless communications device with global positioning based on received motion data and method data and method for use therewith - A circuit includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver that receives a GPS signal and that generates GPS position data based on the GPS signal. A wireless receiver converts an inbound RF signal into an inbound symbol stream. A processing module converts the inbound symbol stream into inbound data that includes a motion parameter and generates position information based on at least one of the GPS position data and the motion parameter. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274714 | AMPLIFIER, FILTER USING THE SAME, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An amplifier includes an amplification unit which amplify a first difference between first and second input signals, a second difference between second and third input signals and a third difference between third and first input signals by a differential mode gain, and amplify an average of the first, second and third input signal by a common mode gain, for outputting a first output signal corresponding to a sum of the amplified first difference and the amplified average, a second output signal corresponding to a sum of the amplified second difference and the amplified average, and a third output signal corresponding to a sum of the amplified third difference and amplified average; first, second; and a reduction circuit which reduces the common mode gain less than the differential mode gain. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274715 | Call Cost Indicator For Mobile Devices - A method and apparatus to enhance decision making capabilities of a user of a mobile device, the method having the steps of: receiving, at the mobile device, information related to the cost of mobile services; and communicating an indication of the cost of mobile services to the user. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274716 | APPLICATION LOGGING INTERFACE FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device, and particularly a wireless device, provides a computing platform upon which third-party (e.g., accessory) applications can execute, increasing features/functions desirable to a user. In order to better serve users of wireless devices, third-party developers of such applications would benefit from information about how their fielded applications are being used. However, creating log packets that can ultimately reach the developers is generally not permissible or enabled by wireless devices due to privacy concerns, safeguards against malicious applications, the environment generally afforded to accessory applications, the limited communication channel (e.g., bandwidth, duration, user expense, etc.), and difficulty in integrating such applications to chipsets tailored for mobile devices, such as cell phones. Authentication of the application and a defined log header prior to deployment coupled a confirming unlock feature on the device allows for log packets of increasing complexity that can be selectively allowed, filtered, and reported by a device. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274717 | Apparatus of Transmitting Private Information in Mobile Terminal and Its Method - Disclosed is an apparatus and method of transmitting private information in a mobile terminal, which is capable of transmitting all data (for example, a telephone directory, moving pictures, photographs, memos, a call list, transmitted and received messages, bell sound, MP3 data, etc.) stored in a mobile terminal to another mobile terminal. The private information transfer apparatus for transferring data of a mobile terminal, includes: a mobile terminal interface through which the mobile terminal accesses the private information transfer apparatus; a mobile terminal recognizer that recognizes the accessing mobile terminal; an authentication processor connected to an external authentication server for processing an authentication for the private information transfer apparatus; a mobile terminal module receiver connected to an external mobile terminal module provision server for requesting and receiving a mobile terminal module of the mobile terminal when the accessing mobile terminal is recognized; a storage that stores the data of the accessing mobile terminal according to the received mobile terminal module and provides the stored data at request; a controller connected to the mobile terminal interface, the mobile terminal recognizer, the authentication processor, the mobile terminal module receiver, and the storage for controlling data transfer of the mobile terminal. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274718 | RESTRICTED ACCESS FULL BAND REPEATER - A method and system for restricting access to communications services of a network by wireless terminals within a coverage area of a repeater. A controller attempts to authenticate a wireless terminal within a coverage area of a repeater. If the authentication attempt is successful, an up-link path of the repeater is enabled to permit access to the communication services. Otherwise, if the authentication attempt is not successful, the uplink path is disabled to deny access to the communication services. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274719 | REDUCING SIGNALLING LOAD - A message distribution centre for routing a message from a first subscriber ( | 2008-11-06 |
20080274720 | Method for Collecting User Behavior During Run-Time in a Mobile 3Gpp Ip-Based Multimedia Subsystem (Ims) - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for collecting user behavior during run-time in a mobile 3GPP IP-based multimedia subsystem (IMS). According to the invention, a collection of statistical data in communications systems ensues, and the user behavior is evaluated during the run-time of the application. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274721 | Interoperable System and Method for Managing Multiple Geolocatable Services - The invention relates to an interoperable system and method for managing geolocatable multiple services. The invention is particularly for use in toll transport services. The system comprises a database and a module for managing this database. The database contains identification information of a number of users, a number of services of which the location of these services, and a number of suppliers as well as information for authorizing access of the users to one or more services. In addition, the management module comprises a submodule for receiving the location and identification information of the user transmitted by the transmitting means, a submodule for comparing location information of the user with the location information of services, and a submodule for monitoring the authorization of access of the user to a service among the number of services offered by the supplier among the number of suppliers. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274722 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATE-BASED INTEGRATED PROCESSING OF DATA IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus wherein data generated in a mobile terminal can be classified in an integrated manner based on dates and can be displayed in various forms. User data generated in the mobile terminal can be processed by the mobile terminal or can be sent to and processed by a separate information processing appliance. The data processing method includes executing an integrated data processing application; selecting a reference date; collecting pieces of data created at the reference date regardless of their types; processing the collected pieces of data in an integrated manner according to preset processing conditions; and displaying processing results together with associated screens of the integrated data processing application. The integrated data processing application can be, for example, a life diary application. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274723 | Cell phone remote configuration and nap time - A system for using a cell phone by a user includes a cell phone. The system includes a global network in communication with the cell phone. The system includes a configuration gateway in connection with the network which remotely configures the cell phone. The system includes a remote interface not physically connected to the cell phone in communication with the configuration gateway through the network and with which a configuration choice for the cell phone is entered by the user. A cell phone includes a housing having a speaker which plays an audible tone when the phone receives a call. The housing has a vibration motor which vibrates the housing when the phone receives a call, a memory having the tone. The housing has a CPU connected with the memory and the vibration motor which configures whether the phone will vibrate or play the tone when a call is received from a remote instruction received from a configuration gateway part of a global wireless network. A method for using a cell phone by a user includes the steps of entering by the user through a remote interface not physically connected to the cell phone a configuration choice for the cell phone. There is the step of configuring remotely the cell phone with a configuration gateway in communication with a global network in communication with the cell phone and the remote interface. A method and a cell phone having a nap time. The present invention is related to a cell phone that has a nap time during which the phone is in the vibration mode that is chosen by a user. | 2008-11-06 |
20080274724 | Subscriber management and accounting using event detection in a wireless device - A system and method performs real-time subscriber management and accounting for a wireless device by detecting predetermined events within the wireless device and communicating information pertaining to such events from the wireless device to a real-time subscriber management platform in association with each communication session. The information received by the real-time subscriber management platform is used to control the behavior of the wireless device and/or to update accounting information pertaining to the subscriber. | 2008-11-06 |