51st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110312299 | Methods and apparatuses facilitating synchronization of security configurations - Methods and apparatuses are provided for synchronizing security parameters between access terminals and a wireless network. An access terminal and network entity can conduct a security mode procedure where the access terminal sends a security mode complete message to the network entity. On receipt of the security mode complete message, the network entity may update to new security parameters. The access terminal may initiate a mobility procedure while the security mode procedure is ongoing and may, as a result, abort the security mode procedure and revert back to the old security parameters. The access terminal can send a mobility update message to the network entity including a dedicated status indicator adapted to inform the network entity that the access terminal has reverted back to the old security parameters. In response to the mobility update message, the network entity may revert back to the old security parameters. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312300 | MOBILE APPLICATION GATEWAY FOR CONNECTING DEVICES ON A CELLULAR NETWORK WITH INDIVIDUAL ENTERPRISE AND DATA NETWORKS - A mobile application gateway for connecting devices on a cellular network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks and/or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. The invention may consist of a primarily of core network and services components based on the IMS network architecture, and is backward compatible to support legacy systems in place in current telecom and data networks. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312301 | Authenticity Verification of Authentication Messages - At least a method for verifying the authenticity of one or more authentication messages in an authentication procedure between a network and a mobile device is described wherein the method comprises: sending an authentication request through a first radio access node to a said mobile device, said radio access node being associated with first location information; said mobile device generating second location information associated with the location of said mobile device; and, verifying the authenticity of the origin of said authentication request by checking if said second location information comprises said first location information. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312302 | PORTABLE TELEPHONE - In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312303 | CONTEXT-DRIVEN DATA SHARING - This patent application pertains to context-driven data sharing, and specifically to data sharing relating to a telephone call. One example can establish a telephone call between first and second computing devices. This example can also utilize the telephone call as at least part of a basis for temporarily adjusting a data sharing permission level on at least one of the first and second computing devices during the telephone call. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312304 | Adaptive Ringtone Detector - A communications system and a method of detecting and learning new ringtones in an automatic manner, comprising a desk phone ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312305 | System and Method for Provisioning Social Networking Services Through Ring Back Tones - A method and system for provisioning of social networking services through ring back tones is provided. In various embodiments of the present invention, when a caller makes a call to a callee, a ring back tone containing social network profile information is provided to the caller. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312306 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERVICE NETWORK, AND METHODS FOR MDT LOG REPORTING - A mobile communication device and an associated method for MDT log reporting are provided. The method can be used in the mobile communication device which communicates with a service network through a first signaling radio bearer and a second signaling radio bearer. The method first receives a request message on the first signaling radio bearer from the service network, and then determines whether the request message requests for an MDT log. At last, the method transmits a response message containing the MDT log on the second signaling radio bearer to the service network when the request message requests for the MDT log. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312307 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MOBILE DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A system of transmitting content, such as text messaging content, among a plurality of mobile communication devices. The system comprises a plurality of transmission management modules installed in a plurality of mobile communication devices, each being adapted to transmit messaging content and a target telephone number via a packet-oriented communication link and a messaging router which receives the content and the target telephone number via the packet-oriented communication link from one of the plurality of mobile communication devices, identifies a target packet-oriented communication address according to the target telephone number and routes the content to another of the plurality of mobile communication devices according to the target packet-oriented communication address. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312308 | Methods And Apparatus For Use In Controlling Scanning Operations In A Mobile Communication Device - Techniques for use in a mobile device for controlling scanning operations are described. A calendar application is stored in memory of the mobile device. The calendar application is configured to store calendar appointment data associated one or more appointments. In response to identifying an imminent appointment for a communication session when the mobile device is out-of-coverage, the mobile device performs a scanning operation for identifying a wireless network for communications. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312309 | Method and Apparatus for Locating Information from Surroundings - An apparatus includes at least one a processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to determine that an input defining a piece of information to be located has been received, determine the location of the information in an environment of the apparatus, and report the location. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312310 | SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISING CONTENT TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312311 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GESTURE BASED REMOTE CONTROL - Methods and apparatuses are provided that may be implemented in and/or with a mobile device to allow gesture based remote control of one or more controllable devices. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312312 | Determining Network Quality - Method, communications device and computer program product for determining network quality for the communications device which is capable of communicating over a communications network. The method comprises determining location information associated with a location of the device, querying a database using the determined location information, wherein the database stores a plurality of entries each comprising location information and corresponding network quality information, and obtaining, from the database in response to the query, network quality information from at least one entry of said entries which comprises location information corresponding to the determined location information. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312313 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER AND METHOD - A radio network controller connected to multiple exchanges in a mobile communication system includes an exchange side interface configured to communicate with the multiple exchanges, a mobile station side interface configured to receive a call connection signal from a mobile station via a radio base station, a management unit configured to manage congestion levels indicative of congestion states of the respective exchanges and a control unit. The exchange side interface acquires the congestion levels from the respective exchanges, and the control unit determines to transfer a predefined ratio of call connection signals destined for an exchange having a higher congestion level to an exchange having a lower congestion level, the ratio being predefined corresponding to the congestion level. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312314 | Telecommunications Device Localization & Alarm - A system for bringing a portable telecommunications device into compliance with local telecommunications requirements is described. Systems on the portable telecommunication device scan the local environment to determine if the operating characteristics of the portable telecommunication device are like those in the vicinity of the device or are different from those in the device's vicinity. If the communications characteristics of the portable telecommunication device are different from those in its immediate vicinity, then the portable telecommunications device undertakes one or more remedial actions to bring its operations into compliance with local telecommunications requirements. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-BASED MEDIATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for time-based mediation of wireless communications is provided to a user of a wireless communications device. The method involves determining local time information associated with the recipient communication device in response to a user-initiated contact function; determining a mediation condition based at least in part on said local time information; and if the mediation condition satisfies a predetermined criterion: providing, to a user of the wireless communication device, an indication of said mediation condition; presenting, to said user, a menu of two or more options for contacting the recipient communication device using the wireless communication device; and initiating communication in accordance with an option selected from said menu. The method can be implemented on an apparatus such as a wireless communication device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312316 | Method and Arrangement for Signaling of Parameters in a Wireless Network - According to some embodiments, a method in a user equipment ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312317 | INTER-CARRIER INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT IN DEDICATED CHANNEL FEMTOCELL NETWORKS - In one embodiment, a method of mitigating uplink inter-carrier interference (ICI) from macrocell mobile stations at a dedicated channel femtocell base station is provided that includes: determining a timing offset for a femtocell uplink symbol timing that reduces the ICI based upon an expected spatial distribution for the macrocell mobile stations with respect to the femtocell base station; communicating the timing offset to at least one femtocell mobile station; and at the femtocell base station, receiving an uplink symbol transmission from the at least one femtocell mobile station according to the timing offset. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312318 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, DATABASE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE CAPACITY AND CALL VOLUME OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Capacity of cellular telephone network is increased by using database to record number of callers using low data rate equipment, such as noise reducing or canceling equipment. Use of noise reduction telephones leads to increase in SNR which allows greater number of users. As number of low data rate communications devices, such as noise reduction cellular telephones increases on network and replace higher data rate devices, capacity of network increases as compared to a network that has greater number of higher data rate devices, and number of allowed calls on network may be increased. Business method for operating network, such as a cellular telephone network, that increase revenues and profitability of network as result of increasing network capacity without increasing network infrastructure. Database alone and in combination with cellular device and network used to identify and track number of cellular telephone users who are using low data rate equipment. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312319 | Downlink Scheduling in Heterogeneous Networks - The present invention provides methods to support scheduling of transmissions from a pico base station or micro base station to a mobile terminal operating in a link imbalance zone where interference from macro base station is present. A method is provided to enable the mobile terminal to detect when it is in a link imbalance zone, and for triggering scheduling restrictions when the mobile terminal is in the link imbalance zone. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312320 | SATELLITE-ASSISTED POSITIONING IN HYBRID TERRESTRIAL-SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Mobile device positioning includes a mobile device receiving a prompt to discover its position. In response to this prompt, the mobile device searches for communication signals between the mobile device and one of the communication satellites of the hybrid terrestrial-satellite communication system. If such signals are found, the mobile device accesses a communication satellite almanac to retrieve a location associated with the coverage area of the satellite spot beam in which the mobile device is currently located. Using this coverage area location information, the mobile device may access a satellite positioning system to obtain more accurate position data. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312321 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK CALL SETUP DELAY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for wireless communication. The method, apparatus, and computer program product may be configured to determine whether a device is switching from a first radio access technology to a second radio access technology to perform a circuit switched call setup process and determine whether at least one of a circuit switched domain registration procedure and a packet switched domain registration procedure is to be performed on the second radio access technology. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312322 | USING A BLUETOOTH CAPABLE MOBILE PHONE TO ACCESS A REMOTE NETWORK - In one example, a Bluetooth enabled mobile device discovers the Bluetooth profile capability of a plurality of mobile phones and stores the profile information in a database. Thereafter, when access to a remote network such as an Internet Protocol (IP) network is necessitated by an event, the Bluetooth enabled mobile device can establish a Bluetooth connection with an available mobile phone according to a comparison of the event to the stored profile information for that mobile phone. The Bluetooth enabled mobile device can then establish a transport layer connection that extends over the established Bluetooth connection and a wireless telecommunications network associated with the available phone and exchange data with a remote network using the established transport layer connection. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312323 | METHOD OF LOCATING A RADIOCOMMUNICATION DEVICE, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, STORAGE MEANS AND RADIOCOMMUNICATION MODULE - A method is provided for locating a radiocommunication device in a radiocommunication network comprising a plurality of distinct geographical cells. The device comprises a radiocommunication module allowing reception of radiocommunication carriers. Each carrier is associated with a cell of the network and is defined by a frequency and a cell identifier. The module performs the following steps: obtaining initialization information comprising a predetermined list of N | 2011-12-22 |
20110312324 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE OF FEMTOCELL, AND TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR THE SAME - A service method of a femtocell for simultaneously providing a plurality of femto services to a plurality of mobile stations, and a transmitter and receiver for the same. When a femto advanced base station supports a plurality of femtocell subscription types, and it simultaneously provides data services with different qualities to mobile stations having subscribed to different femtocells. The femtocell subscription type supported by the femto advanced base station is advertised to the mobile station through an identifier at a PHY level or an identifier at a MAC level. A CSG-closed femtocell provides a high-quality data service to limited subscribers, a CSG-open femtocell provides a relatively low quality data service to limited subscribers, and an OSG femtocell provides the lowest quality data service to all mobile stations irrespectively of subscription states. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312325 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION - Provided is a mobile communication method including: a step that femtocell radio base station ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312326 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING OPERATING CARRIER AT A USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The method for switching operating carrier at a user equipment is disclosed. In aspect of the present invention, the user equipment receive target carrier information indicating a target carrier of the UE and target carrier transition time information indicating a time difference between receiving timing of transition indication and transition completion timing from an base station. And the UE may switch from a current operating carrier to the indicated target carrier based on the received the target carrier transition time information and the target carrier information. In case that the target carrier information and the target carrier transition time information is transmitted via a high layer signaling, the UE may transmit ACK/NACK confirm signal indicating whether the target carrier transition time information and the target carrier information is received without error via on the target carrier and the current operating carrier to the base station. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312327 | RADIO BASE STATION AND INTERFERENCE EQUALIZATION METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a mobile communication system, an interference equalization method is installed in a radio base station for managing a cell configured of sectors, thus equalizing interference between sectors in uplink communication and improving sector-user throughputs. In the situation that congestion occurs in a second sector adjacent to a first sector, a handover from the second sector to the first sector is accelerated when uplink interference of the first sector is equal to or above a first threshold while the usage rate of resource blocks in the first sector is equal to or below a second threshold. This accelerates a handover from the second sector undergoing congestion to the first sector having available resource blocks, thus equalizing uplink interference between these sectors. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312328 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY ALLOCATION - A communication terminal is described comprising a determiner configured to determine, for a frequency region, a plurality of first communication devices from which the communication terminal receives a signal via the frequency region; a selector configured to select at least one of the first communication devices based on a predetermined interference criterion; a signal generator configured to generate a signal with an identification of the at least one selected first communication device; and a transceiver configured to transmit the signal to a second communication device, to receive an indication from the second communication device specifying whether the communication terminal should use the frequency region for data communication with the second communication device, and to carry out data communication with the second communication device using the frequency region depending on the indication. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312329 | METHOD AND GSM SYSTEM FOR REALIZING FLAT MOBILE COMMUNICATION, AND ENHANCED BASE STATION - The present invention discloses an enhanced base station, which includes a Um interface functional module ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312330 | DEVICE DISCOVERY ON WHITE SPACE FREQUENCIES - A method of wireless communication includes receiving a first signal on a first channel, determining a second channel based on the first signal, receiving a second signal on the second channel, and communicating with a wireless device on the second channel based on a quality of the second signal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE SCHEDULING FOR NETWORK CONTROLLED D2D COMMUNICATIONS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises obtaining at a network node a scheduling reference point with a fluctuation range based at least in part on at least one metric for a plurality of cellular user equipments (UEs) and at least a pair of device-to-device (D2D) UEs; signaling the scheduling reference point and the fluctuation range to the at least pair of D2D UEs; allocating radio resources to the pair of D2D UEs according to one or more allocation criteria; receiving metrics updates from the pair of D2D UEs and the plurality of cellular users; and adjusting the scheduling reference point and the fluctuation range according to the received metric updates. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312332 | REDUCING FEEDBACK OVERHEAD FOR MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS - A wireless communication device configured for reducing feedback overhead for multiple component carriers is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The wireless communication device receives signals on a plurality of component carriers and determines at least one feedback value based on the signals. The wireless communication device also generates at least one reduced overhead feedback message for the plurality of component carriers based on the at least one feedback value and sends the at least one reduced overhead feedback message. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312333 | CONFIGURATION OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A communication system and method is disclosed. The communication system comprises: a mobile communication device configurable to communicate using one of a plurality of communication protocols; and a configuration server. The configuration server is adapted to determine the location of the mobile communication device and to configure a service of the mobile communication device based upon the determined location of the mobile communication device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312334 | SATELLITE POSITIONING DEVICE AND ACQUISITION METHOD - A signal generating unit generates a signal in which the satellite signal from each satellite is squared. A time-frequency transforming unit performs time-frequency transformation on the signal thus generated. An acquisition unit identifies an outstanding type of frequency in the frequency characteristics acquired by the time-frequency transformation and acquires each of the satellite signals on the basis of the identified usual frequency in the frequency characteristics. This allows the acquisition unit to hit the vital spot of the frequency at which each of the satellite signals is likely to exist. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312335 | CELLULAR LOCATION SYSTEM AND CELLULAR LOCATION METHOD - A cellular location method is used in a cellular location system including a database. The cellular location method obtains radio measurements from a user terminal located in the communications network, extracts information from the obtained radio measurements, determines the location of the user terminal based on the extracted information, and stores the determined location of the user terminal and the extracted information as an entry in the database such that the determined location of the user terminal is retrieved based upon a matching score between the extracted information from the user terminal and extracted information from the specified user terminal. Additionally, when the determined location of the user terminal is retrieved based upon the matching score, the location of the specified user terminal is determined to be the determined location of the user terminal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312336 | SATELLITE BASED POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COARSE LOCATION POSITIONING - A satellite based positioning method and system including storing satellite sub-almanac data on a mobile station. Embodiments include using the sub-almanac data to take measurements and calculate a coarse position of the mobile station. Embodiments further include a location server calculating a correction to the coarse position, and the location server determining whether any sub-almanacs used to calculate the coarse position require replacement. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312337 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and system for identifying the location of a mobile device in a wireless communication network includes identifying Hierarchical Cell Structure (HCS) priority number of a cell in which the mobile device is currently camped. A first positioning method is selected to identify the location of the mobile device when the HCS priority number is greater than a first predefined number, and a second positioning method is selected when the HCS priority number is smaller than a second predefined number. The method also performs a probabilistic method to select a positioning method from the first posting method and the second positioning method when the HCS priority number is between the first predefined number and the second predefined number. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312338 | METHOD OF LOCATION UPDATE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A location update method in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method for performing a location update in a mobile station (MS) of the wireless communication system including a femtocell includes receiving a deregistration command (DREG-CMD) message that includes not only a paging group identifier (ID) of a first femtocell base station (BS) in which the MS stays but also a paging group ID of a macro BS including the first femtocell BS, initiating a location update delay timer while the MS moves from the first femtocell area to a second femtocell area having a paging group ID different from that of the first femtocell, and performing location update according to an operation of the location update delay timer. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312339 | Methods and Arrangements in a Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a network node such as a positioning server and a user equipment of enabling downlink-based positioning of the user equipment which is served by a serving cell. The network node estimates ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION POSITIONING WITHIN RADIO ACCESS SYSTEMS - A method for calculating the geographical position of a user equipment (UE) unit includes collecting position parameters conveying the relative position of the UE unit from two or more base stations using technologies mandated for the modern wireless networks. Particularly, know (predetermined) signals embedded in the downlink and uplink subframes, such as preambles, pilots, ranging codes are used for determining the coordinates of the UE unit. In addition, the methods and systems proposed here take advantage of the multiple antennas systems mandated at both the UE and BTS. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312341 | Surveying Wireless Device Users by Location - The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delineate a survey area for the survey, broadcast a query containing the survey to a plurality of wireless devices, process responses received from the wireless devices, and deliver a result of the survey to the subscriber. The location system can generate location information for each of the wireless devices that received the query. The location system may be a network-based unit or a portable unit provisioned at each of the wireless devices. In one of the embodiments, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless devices at which it is provisioned. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312342 | RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The disclosed radio base station ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312343 | Systems for communicating current and future activity information among mobile Internet users and methods therefor - A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity information pertaining to the future event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The current activity pertains to an activity occurring at a current time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The future activity pertains to an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the current or future activity information to a backend database coupled to the Internet, the backend database being remote from the mobile Internet device. The method further includes rendering the current or future activity information accessible to at least one recipient via the Internet. The recipient represents a subset of the users coupled to the Internet and having access privilege to information pertaining to the current or future event involving the user. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312344 | LOCATION-BASED MESSAGING SYSTEM - Apparatus for supporting a location-based application is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of mobile devices which report their locations to an application computer. The application computer then periodically or occasionally sends the mobile devices a message (textual, speech, photo or video etc.) which depends upon the reported location of the mobile device. A problem with known apparatus of this type arises when a plurality of users are partaking in the same location-based application together, but receive different messages because their positions are not identical. The location-based application supporting apparatus disclosed here overcomes this problem by first identifying mobile devices which are moving as a group, and then sending all members of that group the same location-based message. The solution is of particular utility in relation to located information, advertising, or reviews for shops, restaurants etc., located games, located educational experiences and location tourism. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312345 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING POSITION OF TERMINAL - A method and system for acquiring a position of a terminal are provided. A position of a terminal incapable of measuring or transmitting its position may be determined by receiving position information of neighboring terminals located close to the terminal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312346 | Printing a List on a Print Medium - A system for printing a list on a print medium is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device able to determine a current geographical location of the mobile device. The mobile device determines a list of destination locations using the current geographical location of the mobile device, and then prints the list of destination locations on the print medium using a printer module of the mobile device. The print medium has coded data printed on a surface thereof, with the coded data encoding an identity of the print medium and positions on the surface. The mobile device also has a sensor module for sensing the coded data on the surface of the print medium. The system further includes a computer system for storing in a database each entry in the list of destination locations in association with the identity of the print medium and the position of the entry on the surface. The entry is retrievable from the database using the print media identifier and the position of the entry on the surface. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312347 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAGING CYCLE MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system to control paging cycles in a wireless network assigns mobile stations to one of a plurality of paging groups based on the paging cycle requirements of the individual mobile stations. In addition, the mobile stations in a particular paging group are further subdivided into subgroups that may be substantially equal in size. At any particular paging cycle, only one subgroup of a particular paging group is included in the paging process thus reducing the overall number of mobile stations that need to be paged in any particular paging cycle. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312348 | REDUCING SIGNALLING LOADS FROM A MOBILE NETWORK - Method and device for reducing signalling loads from a mobile device to a mobile telecommunications network system due to intersystem changes. The network system comprises a first and second radio access technology having a first and second radio access network and a first and second network core operable to page a mobile device via at least one element each of the first and second radio access technology. When idle or inactive state signalling reduction (“ISR”) is activated at the mobile device, the mobile device stores at least one first EPS bearer context and/or at least one first PDP context. After ISR is activated, at least one second EPS bearer context and/or at least one second PDP context is activated between the mobile device and the respective network. The respective network uses the stored at least one first contexts, or the at least one second contexts. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312349 | LAYOUT DESIGN OF PROXIMITY SENSORS TO ENABLE SHORTCUTS - A mobile platform includes a plurality of proximity sensors coupled to a housing including on the sides, front and back of the housing. Signals from the proximity sensors are analyzed to determine configuration of the proximity sensors that are activated. The configuration may be a sequence of proximity sensors that are activated, e.g., when a gesture is detected, or the locations of the proximity sensors that are activated when the mobile platform is held in different manners. Mobile platform applications associated with the configuration are determined and automatically launched. For example, the applications may include a camera application or short message service (SMS) application, as well as controlling telephony operations, controlling a music player, and providing status information. Information from an orientation sensor and/or ambient light detector may also be used to assist in determining the applications to be launched. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312350 | MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A stand-alone monitoring device and system are disclosed. The device comprises a mobile communication component operable to communicate over a communications network and a monitoring component, wherein the monitoring component is arranged to cause transmission of a message over said communications network to a predetermined recipient system via said mobile communication component upon detection of a predetermined condition or event. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312351 | Method and System for the Prevention of Unwanted Wireless Telecommunications - A method and system for filtering unwanted wireless telecommunications includes structure and steps/function for monitoring traffic associated with roaming subscribers, the traffic being carried via inter-network Internet Protocol links. Structure and steps/function are also provided for intercepting a send-routing-information message from an originating node within the traffic, and initiating a response to the originating node so as to direct the originating node to send a short message service (SMS) or Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) associated with the send-routing-information message to a SPAM-filter via an SMS or MMS delivery message. Structure and steps/function are further provided for receiving the SMS or MMS at the SPAM-filter, and determining, at the SPAM-filter, whether the SMS or MMS constitutes an unwanted message. Also, structure and steps/function are provided for invoking an action for managing the SMS based on results of the determining process. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312352 | FREE-HAND MOBILE MESSAGING-METHOD AND DEVICE - A communication system and device that enables free-hand drawn SMS (Short Messaging Service) messages to be transmitted and received from/to various user devices. A buffer device is inserted within a GSM compatible handset providing a buffer for both conventional SMS messages created by typing a message on the keypad of the handset and for free-hand drawn SMS messages created by drawing or writing the free-hand message on a data entry device. An optional OCR (Optical Character Recognition) facility can be provided in either the buffer device inserted within the handset or in a network server that receives the transmitted message and processes it for proper routing to the intended recipient. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312353 | ENERGY SAVING MODE WITH MAINTAINED NUMBER OF ADVERTISED TRANSMIT ANTENNAS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communications, wherein first number of transit antennas is advertised, but a different number of transmit antennas are actually used for transmission. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312354 | WIRELESS DISASTER-PREVENTION NODE AND WIRELESS DISASTER-PREVENTION SYSTEM - To determine the busy degree of the operating frequency channel caused by other systems and enable a user to know an unused frequency channel having a low communication frequency. A first usage-rate measuring unit | 2011-12-22 |
20110312355 | METHOD OF CANCELLING INTERFERENCE IN SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS - The present invention provides a method of interference cancellation. Embodiments of the method may include removing one or more first reference signals from a signal received by a first base station to form a modified signal. The signal includes a superposition first reference signal(s) transmitted by first user equipment served by the first base station and one or more second reference signals transmitted by second user equipment served by a second base station. The method may also include extracting the second reference signal(s) from the modified signal and determining a timing delay between the second user equipment and the first base station using the extracted second reference signal(s). | 2011-12-22 |
20110312356 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING CHANNELS - A method, an apparatus and a system for estimating channels are disclosed. A method for estimating channels includes: receiving downlink signals inclusive of reference signals from two or more Access Points (APs), where the relative frequency shift between reference signals sent by different APs is zero; and performing channel estimation according to the reference signals. Another method for estimating channels includes: receiving downlink signals inclusive of reference signals from two or more APs, where for a first AP and a second AP among the two or more APs, a specific time-frequency lattice in the downlink signals sent by the first AP does not include data signal, and the specific time-frequency lattice corresponds to a time-frequency lattice utilized by the second AP to send a reference signal; and performing channel estimation according to the reference signals. The technical solution disclosed herein eliminates the interference between the reference signal and the data signal, enables the UE to estimate the channel value between the UE and the cooperative APs accurately, and improves the UE performance. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312357 | Method for Generating Cooperation Areas in Communications Networks and Corresponding Network Nodes - The present invention refers to generating of cooperation areas in a communications network, wherein each cooperation area is defined by at least two base stations of said communications network, which are cooperating when communicating with mobile nodes in said communications network. In particular, a number of sets of possible interferers is transmitted to at least one mobile node by a base station, wherein with each set of possible interferers an index value associated to said set of possible interferers is transmitted. Then, said mobile node selects a set of possible interferers from said number of sets of possible interferers and transmits a selected index value to said base station, said selected index value being an index value associated to said selected set of possible interferers. Hereupon, a cooperation area for said mobile node is defined by said base station by use of said selected index value. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312358 | Channel Quality Reporting for Different Types of Subframes - A method for determining channel quality estimates of two or more types of subframes, such as clean and unclean subframes, may be applicable to both legacy and newer user equipment. A first base station affects a channel quality measurement by either transmitting dummy signals over designed tones that correspond to a second base station, or by puncturing transmissions during designated tones that correspond to the second base station. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312359 | Energy Savings For Multi-Point Transmission Wireless Network - The operational mode of individual ones of a plurality of geographically distributed network nodes is dynamically changed in correspondence with geographic location of at least one wireless data user. Wireless data service is adaptively provided to the at least one data user via at least one of the network nodes whose operational mode is dynamically changed also in correspondence with a data throughput requirement of the at least one data user. The operational mode changes may be switching between an operational diversity transceiving mode, an operational stand-alone transceiving mode, and an idle or off mode. The network nodes may be remote antennas or radio heads. In this manner the operational modes can be switched based on needs and locations of high data throughput users in a cell, and every node that is idle/off represents a power savings. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312360 | DOWNLINK SCHEDULING IN FRACTIONAL FREQUENCY REUSE (FFR) SYSTEMS - An apparatus and method are disclosed for determining the optimal bandwidth fractions for all the users in each frequency band in a wireless communication system to maximize the net sum of user utilities. User utilities are functions of average rates of users, where different averaging rules can be used for different users. The standard approach of computing an optimal scheduler strategy involves the solution of a convex optimization problem that has a complexity on the order of O(N | 2011-12-22 |
20110312361 | METHOD FOR PAGING LEGACY AND ADVANCED ACCESS TERMINALS - The present invention provides a method for paging legacy and advanced access terminals. One embodiment of the method comprises receiving a notification that an access terminal is entering an idle mode and determining whether the access terminal is a legacy device identified by a fixed length identifier or an advanced device identified by one of a plurality of mode-dependent identifiers. The mode-dependent identifier is used to identify the advanced device in the idle mode. This embodiment may also include allocating one or more first paging cycles to the access terminal when it is a legacy device or one or more second paging cycles to the access terminal when it is an advanced device. The first and second paging cycles are different. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312362 | METHOD FOR PAIRING TERMINALS USING DUMMY DATA - Disclosed is a method for pairing terminals using a dummy terminal, the method including selecting at least one terminal from several, pairing a channel being used by the at least one terminal with data of a dummy terminal, receiving a measurement report message from the at least one terminal, adjusting power of the at least one terminal based upon the measurement report message, and pairing the at least one terminal with another terminal so as to use a channel being used by the at least one terminal together with the another terminal if the at least one terminal is suitable for pairing. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312363 | Optimizing Control Channel Performance With Virtual Inter-Cell Coordination - Channel conditions within each of N contiguous cells is determined. Based on at least the determined N channel conditions, there is determined a set of the N cells which are to utilize joint scheduling, and resources for a control channel are jointly assigning to individual cells of the set of cells. In various embodiments, the channel conditions are SINR and load on the control channel; and the set of cells is decided based on potential for mutual interference and/or potential that the control channel will not be filled. The resource may be jointly assigned based on user priority, so that serially for each highest priority user resources are assigned, the assigned resources are then blocked from compiled lists of radio resources, the highest priority user is removed and a next highest priority user is then the highest priority user to continue in the serial iteration. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312364 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SCANNING START INFORMATION OF DIFFERENT RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method and device for providing reference information for starting scanning a different radio access network to a terminal in a boundary area is provided. A receiver supporting a plurality of access systems includes a receiving circuit for receiving a scanning threshold from a transmitter, a first measuring module for measuring channel quality of a serving cell, and a second measuring module for starting scanning a neighboring cell that is a different radio access network when channel quality of the serving cell is less than the channel quality threshold. The receiver may further include a handover module for performing handover to the neighboring cell when the channel quality of the neighboring cell measured by the second measuring module is greater than that of the serving cell. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312365 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PRIORITY CHANGE METHOD - A wireless communication device able to change the priority of profile of communication equipment without user operation. In this device: a holding unit ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312366 | UPLINK POWER HEADROOM CALCULATION AND REPORTING FOR OFDMA CARRIER AGGREGATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A carrier aggregation power headroom reporting method is disclosed. User equipment selects from one of four possible definitions of a single parameter used to calculate the power headroom of the user equipment. The user equipment uses the parameter to calculate the power headroom for two different equations. The two results are transmitted to the enhanced base station. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE CARRIER ALLOCATION AND POWER CONTROL IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - An apparatus and process for allocating carriers in a multi-carrier system is described. In one embodiment, the process comprises determining a location of a subscriber with respect to a base station, selecting carriers from a band of carriers to allocate to the subscriber according to the location of the subscriber with respect to the base station, and allocating selected carriers to the subscriber. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312368 | POWER CONTROL IN COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECTRUM SENSING SIDE INFORMATION - For cognitive radio systems, the transmit power of a cognitive radio device is controlled so that the cognitive, unlicensed radio device does not interfere with the use of a shared spectrum by a primary, licensed device. Controlling the transmit power includes determining a distance, or a function of the distance, between a primary transmitter of the primary device and the cognitive radio device based on sensing information from a spectrum sensing process. The maximum transmit power of the cognitive radio device is then dynamically controlled based on the distance, or the function of the distance, while considering a worst case scenario of an underlying cognitive radio model, to guarantee a quality of service requirement of the primary device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312369 | SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SYSTEM - A system has a first base station for performing communication with a plurality of radio terminals, and a plurality of second base stations, the first base station estimating a moving direction of each of the radio terminals, determining one of the second base stations to which the each of the radio terminals is handed over on the basis of the estimated moving direction, obtaining priority information indicating a priority of the each of the radio terminals from the each of the radio terminals, and sending out identification information of the each of the radio terminals and the priority information of the each of the radio terminals to the determined second base station, the determined second base station performing handover of the radio terminals corresponding to the identification information received from the first base station on the basis of the received priority information and the received identification information. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DISCONTINUOUS OPERATION OF BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF - An operation control method in a base station of a wireless communication system includes: checking whether or not an allowed mobile station exists in coverage of the base station and overall coverage of base stations adjacent to the base station; and controlling the base station to perform transmission/reception at a predetermined period through a first discontinuous operation, when the allowed mobile station does not exist in the coverage of the base station and the overall coverage of the adjacent base stations. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312371 | Mis-function Protection Method for Mobile Phones from RF Noise Interference - A mis-function protection method for mobile phones from RF noise interference includes the steps of: a signal detection circuit provided in a mobile phone, the signal detection circuit being operated to periodically detect a RF signal with a predetermined time period to determine outputting a signal; when firstly detecting no RF signal, no signal output from the signal detection circuit, alternatively when firstly detecting a RF signal, the signal detection circuit being operated to secondly detect the firstly-detected RF signal after a predetermined time; and when secondly detecting none of the firstly-detected RF signal, no signal output from the signal detection circuit, alternatively when secondly detecting the firstly-detected RF signal, the signal detection circuit being operated to output the signal. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312372 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Provided are mobile electronic devices that have function manipulability that conforms more closely to the actual manner of use by users. mobile electronic device ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312373 | Radio communications apparatus and method - A radio communications apparatus having multiple radio equipment units is disclosed. The radio communications apparatus includes a radio equipment selecting unit which selects one of the radio equipment units based on a received quality in each of the radio equipment units when transferring to a power saving state; and a radio equipment control unit which operates the radio equipment unit selected by the radio equipment selecting unit and stops a radio equipment unit other than the selected radio equipment unit. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312374 | MOBILE AND SERVER-SIDE COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY - Automated photographic capture assistance and analysis is effectuated to assist users in capturing sufficient and optimal images of a desired image scene for use in a photographic end product. Photographic capture assistance is implemented on the device that includes a user's camera. Photographic capture assistance can include audio and/or graphic information generated in real time locally on the device that includes the user's camera and informs the user where additional images of the image scene ought to be captured and/or whether or not sufficient captured images currently exist for the image scene. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312375 | METHOD FOR REPRODUCING MOVING PICTURE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THIS METHOD - According to an embodiment of the present invention a moving picture reproduction method includes reproducing, via a display on the mobile terminal, a moving picture, extracting, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a still picture at an interrupted timing if the moving picture reproduction is interrupted, generating, via controller, a first thumbnail image by combining the extracted still picture with information about a reproduction rate, and displaying, via the display, the generated thumbnail image on a moving picture list. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312376 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND GROUP GENERATING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal and group generating method therein are disclosed, by which a group can be generated using at least one character object included in an image currently displayed. The present invention includes displaying at least one image including at least one character object, performing a face recognition process based on the image for recognizing at least one character object on the image, identifying a counterpart corresponding to the recognized character object and generating a group comprising at least one identified counterpart according to a selection input by a user. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312377 | PRINT MEDIUM HAVING LINEAR DATA TRACK AND CONTIGUOUSLY TILED POSITION-CODING TAGS - A print medium configured to be printed on by a pagewidth printhead in a print direction. The print medium includes: a laminar substrate defining first and second opposite faces; a data track containing first information encoded in accordance with a linear encoding scheme, the data track extending in a linear read direction across a portion of the first face of the print medium, the read direction being oriented at between 45 and 135 degrees with respect to the print direction; and a plurality of contiguous tags tiled across the laminar substrate. Each of the tags identifies second information and a two-dimensional coordinate position on the laminar substrate. Each of the tags is encoded in accordance with a second encoding scheme distinct from the linear encoding scheme. The information is indicative of the second information. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312378 | TELEPHONE HAVING PRINTER AND SENSOR - A telephone is provided having an input at which a print medium is loaded, a sensor for sensing an identifier of the loaded print medium, and a printer for determining whether or not the loaded print medium is a valid print medium on which printing can be performed. If the loaded print medium is determined to be valid, the printer prints on the loaded print medium. If the loaded print medium is determined to not be valid, the loaded print medium is ejected at the input. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312379 | SYNCHRONIZING DIGITAL CONTENT - Among other things, at a local device connected to a network, updating, of a mobile device that is nearby the local device, from one state to another state, is assisted. The states of the mobile device are associated with digital content. The updating is based on information at a server that is accessible through the network from the local device. The updating is assisted without requiring execution on the local device of code that is persistent on the local device. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312380 | Mobile Devices Having Fax Capabilities - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed which relate to incorporating a fax machine function into a mobile device. A camera on the mobile device is used to scan or capture an image of an existing document. Logic on the mobile device converts the image into a fax transmittal that can be transmitted to a fax machine. Once the fax transmittal is ready, a connection is initiated with a traditional fax machine across one or more networks, and the fax transmittal is sent to the fax machine at a speed determined by the slower device. Upon a successful transmission, the connection is terminated, and a report is generated. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312381 | System For Product Retrieval Using Identifiable Print Medium - A system is provided of retrieving a product using a print medium having an identifier linked to the product. The system has a telecommunications device having a sensor for sensing the identifier from coded tags printed on the print medium. Each tag has a structure which includes a target and encoded data. The targets are sensed by the sensor to determine the presence of the tags and the encoded data encodes the identifier, such that the product is retrieved using the telecommunications device and the identifier. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312382 | RETROFIT CONTACTLESS SMART SIM FUNCTIONALITY IN MOBILE COMMUNICATORS - A mobile communicator including a main housing portion, defining a SIM card socket, a battery located at a battery location defined by the main housing portion, a cover over the battery and a retrofit contactless smart SIM functionality assembly, having a SIM card shaped portion which is mounted in the SIM card socket, a contactless smart card antenna portion located between the battery and the cover and an antenna tail portion which interconnects the contactless smart card antenna portion with the SIM card shaped portion, the antenna tail portion being attached and electrically connected to the SIM card shaped portion by means of an electrically conductive adhesive. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312383 | DUAL OS SYSTEM USING A SMART SIM MODULE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A computer system, and more particularly, to a system and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a plurality of operating systems can be driven using a smart subscriber authentication module. The present invention includes at least one display unit, a first memory provided with a first operating system, a subscriber identification module (SIM) including a second memory provided with a second operating system different from the first operating system and a second controller configured to perform an operation for the second operating system, and a first controller determining whether the subscriber identification module is connected via a prescribed interface, the first controller, if determining that the subscriber identification module is connected, controlling a booting of the first operating system or a booting of the second operating system through the operation by the second controller to be selectively executed on the at least one display unit. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312384 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device includes: a main body to which a reading device of a storage medium is detachably coupled; an accommodation chamber formed in the main body to accommodate the reading device when the reading device is coupled to the main body; and a communication module configured to transmit and receive a radio signal, inserted into the accommodation chamber in a state in which the reading device is separated, and electrically connected with the main body. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312385 | METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING THIS METHOD - A power management method of a mobile communication terminal may include sensing a characteristic of a battery coupled to the mobile communication terminal, providing a power-off suspend mode for the mobile communication terminal when the sensed battery characteristic falls below a predetermined value, and further sensing the characteristic of the battery while the mobile communication terminal is in the power-off suspend mode. This may include performing a reset of the mobile communication terminal when the further sensed characteristic rises above the predetermined value while the mobile communication terminal is in the power-off suspend mode, and performing a power-off of the mobile communication terminal when the further sensed characteristic remains below the predetermined value for a prescribed time while the mobile communication terminal is in the power-off suspend mode. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312386 | System And Method For Communicating Media Center - A method for communicating media content is disclosed. The method includes receiving in a server a request for a listing of network addresses associated with a playlist for available content, and sending a message having network addresses for different portions of the content. The network addresses allow a requesting device to use one transmission rate for a first part of the content and a different transmission rate for a second part of the content. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312387 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal may be provided. The mobile terminal may include a display to display one of wallpapers including at least one icon, and a controller to display at least two of the wallpapers on the display when receiving an input for adding an icon to one of the wallpapers. Accordingly, reduced wallpapers may be displayed on the display. A user may intuitively select a wallpaper where an added icon may be located. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312388 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY MODULE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of manufacturing a display module provided therein are provided. The mobile terminal may include a main body, a display located at the main body, a window located at the main body to cover the display, a touch sensor located at a surface of the window to detect a touch input, a gel sheet adhered to one of the touch sensor and the display, the gel sheet being made of a light-transmittance material to fill a space between the touch sensor and the display, and an air exhaust agent disposed between the gel sheet and the other one of the touch sensor and the display to displace air. The air exhaust agent changes from a liquid phase to a gel state over time. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312389 | INTERFACE METHOD FOR A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An interface method for a portable terminal includes generating a separate display area in a display screen when a predetermined area of the display screen is touched and displaying one or more applications in the newly generated display area. Thereafter, when a particular application among the displayed applications is dragged to an outside of the newly generated display area, at least one data item or function associated with the dragged application is displayed within in the newly generated display area. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312390 | Methods and Devices for Providing a Ring Signal to a Called Party Terminal - Methods and devices for providing a ring signal to a called party terminal ( | 2011-12-22 |
20110312391 | MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD OF PROTECTING BATTERY, AND BATTERY PROTECTION PROGRAM - A mobile terminal apparatus including a battery, a temperature detection section that detects a temperature of the battery, a voltage detection section that detects a battery voltage of the battery, a discharge section discharges the battery, an illuminance detection section that detects an illuminance on the mobile terminal apparatus, and a control section. The control section determines whether to gradually discharge the battery in accordance with the detected illuminance or to rapidly discharge the battery, and the determination is made on the basis of the temperature detected from the temperature detection section and the battery voltage detected from the voltage detection section. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312392 | MOBILE COMMUNICATON DEVICE HAVING ROTATABLE MEMBER - A mobile communication device is provided which includes at least one hinge mechanism pivotably coupled to a top member and to a base member such that the top member can be moved between an opened and a closed position. In the closed position, display and/or interface elements may be inside the device and adjacent to the base member, thereby being inaccessible and protected. In the opened position, the display and/or interface elements may be accessible. A biasing mechanism may drive a portion of the movement between the opened and closed positions. The top member and the base member may be biased or restricted such that there is substantially no separation between the top member and the base member during movement between the opened and closed positions. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312393 | ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH PARASITIC ELEMENT FOR HEARING AID COMPLIANT ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSION - A system for production of an electromagnetic (EM) field having EM emissions mitigated at one or more predetermined locations within a Hearing Aid Compliant (HAC) measurement plane is provided. The EM field mitigation system includes a ground plane, an antenna element, and a parasitic resonator element. The antenna element is coupled to the ground plane and resonates within at least one predetermined frequency band for transmitting and receiving the radio frequency (RF) signals modulated at one or more frequencies within the at least one predetermined first frequency band. The parasitic resonator element includes at least a first leg and a second leg connected to the ground plane and located a predetermined distance from the antenna element for mitigation of the EM emissions of the antenna element at the one or more predetermined locations within the HAC measurement plane. The first leg of the parasitic resonator element is connected to the ground plane on a first side of an effective electric field mid-line laterally dividing the ground plane and the second leg of the parasitic antenna element is connected to the ground plane on a second side of the effective electric field mid-line of the ground plane. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312394 | WATERPROOF COVER FOR MOBILE PHONE - A waterproof cover for a mobile phone including: a cover body having the same outward appearance as a mobile phone to accommodate the mobile phone therein, the cover body being made of polyurethane in such a way that the cover body is in a close contact with the mobile phone to be accommodated therein, the cover body having a receiving hole formed on a front face of the cover body for allowing the mobile phone to be inserted into and removed from the cover body; and an adhesive member being continuously releasably-adhered on the front face of the cover body to seal and open the receiving hole. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312395 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - If a “draft” regulation is defined for each of leagues, all players on original teams owned by all game players are tentatively pooled. One of the players in the pool is selected for each of the teams owned by the game players in turn, and special teams used for only the current league are created. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312396 | GAMING MACHINE THAT CHANGES THE NUMBER OF FREE GAMES DEPENDING ON ON FOOTBALL GAME RESULT THEREOF - It is determined whether to execute a mini game at least during execution of a basic game. When it is determined to execute the mini game, it is displayed the predetermined number of penalty-kick shoot-out images in a display. When the penalty-kick shoot-out ends in victory, a point-number corresponding to the number of victory times is added to an accumulated point-number. Then, a free game is executed in accordance with the accumulated point-number. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312397 | Simulating Musical Instruments - The invention provides displaying, in a lane, a section of repeatable inputs in a sub-lane of the lane. Cue data is loaded from a data file, which includes duration data and a plurality of cues to be displayed in the sub-lane. Then, the plurality of cues and a section indicator are displayed in the sub-lane, with the section indicator based on the duration data and indicating that the plurality of cues are repeatable inputs. Then, a timer is started that is independent of a timing window of any cue of the plurality of cues. Then, it is determined if an input is received for the sub-lane before the timer reaches a timing threshold. If it is, the timer is restarted and the plurality of cues is maintained as repeatable inputs. If it is not, the section indicator is modified to indicate that the plurality of cues are not repeatable inputs. | 2011-12-22 |
20110312398 | Tracking Career Progression Based On User Activities - A method for generating career progression information for a user participating in one or more activities in a processing device is disclosed. User progress in the activities is tracked. The activities include game activities and non-game activities. Achievement scores for the user based on the game activities and the non-game activities are determined The achievement scores are aggregated across the game activities and the non-game activities to generate an aggregated career score for the user. Career progression information is generated for the user, based on the aggregated career score. | 2011-12-22 |