38th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100240262 | AUDIO SIGNAL SWITCHER - An audio signal switcher includes a jack switcher and a plug switcher. The jack switcher includes an audio jack and a first USB port. The audio jack includes a left track segment and a right track segment which are coupled to a first data pin and a second data pin of the first USB port, respectively. The jack also includes a ground segment divided into a left ground ring and a right ground ring which are connected together to couple to a ground pin of the USB port. The plug switcher includes an audio plug and a second USB port. The audio plug is coupled to the second USB port according to a connection between the audio jack and the first USB port. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240263 | AUDIO SIGNAL SWITCHER - An audio signal switcher includes a jack switcher and a plug switcher. The jack switcher includes an audio jack and a first USB port. The first USB port includes a first data pin, a second data pin, a power pin, and a ground pin. The audio jack includes a left track segment, a right track segment, and a ground segment, which are isolated coupled to at least three pins of the first USB port. The plug switcher includes an audio plug and a second USB port. The audio plug includes a left track segment and a right track segment which are coupled to a first data pin and a second data pin of the second USB port, respectively. The plug also includes a ground segment divided into a left ground ring and a right ground ring which are connected together to couple to a ground pin of the USB port. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240264 | AUDIO SIGNAL SWITCHER - An audio signal switcher includes a jack switcher and a plug switcher. The jack switcher includes an audio jack and a first USB port. The audio jack includes a left track segment and a right track segment which are coupled to a first data pin and a second data pin of the first USB port, respectively. The jack includes a ground segment divided into a left ground ring and a right ground ring which are connected together to couple to a ground pin of the USB port. The plug switcher includes an audio plug and a second USB port. The second USB port also includes a data pin, a second data pin, a power pin, and a ground pin. The audio plug also includes a left track segment, a right track segment, and a ground segment, which are isolated coupled to at least three pins of the second USB port. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240265 | ELECTRICAL INTERFACES INCLUDING A NANO-PARTICLE LAYER - An electrical interface includes a nano-particle layer. The electrical interface also includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The nano-particle layer and the first and second conductors are electrically coupled together. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240266 | VESSEL SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SMALL PLANING BOAT AND SMALL PLANING BOAT UTILIZING THE SAME - A speed control system for a small planing boat can comprise a speed sensor to detect a vessel speed of a boat body, a speed information storing unit on which data of a previously set maximum speed limit of the boat body is stored, and a speed control device for controlling the cruising speed of the boat body not to exceed the maximum speed limit based on a result of a correlation between the cruising speed and the maximum speed limit. The speed control device can comprise a revolution speed sensor, a revolution speed acquiring unit and a revolution speed control unit. The speed control device can also work in conjunction with an intake air mass amount control device which can include an electronically-controlled throttle valve, an air mass amount acquiring unit and a throttle opening degree control unit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240267 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes a propeller, an engine, a transmission, a casing, an engine cooling mechanism, a cooling jacket, a water intake opening, and a transmission coolant flow channel. The casing is arranged to house the transmission. The engine cooling mechanism is arranged to cool the engine by supplying the water taken into the casing from the water intake opening to the engine via an engine coolant flow channel. The cooling jacket is arranged adjacent to the transmission inside the casing. The water intake opening is provided at a predetermined position of the casing to which a dynamic pressure is applied by water flow when a marine vessel travels. The transmission coolant flow channel is arranged to connect the water intake opening and the cooling jacket. The transmission coolant flow channel is provided independently of the engine coolant flow channel. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240268 | CONTROLLING EXHAUST TEMPERATURES - An exhaust manifold cooling jacket has internal passages for the circulation of liquid coolant and encloses an exhaust manifold such that a gap is created between the exhaust manifold and cooling jacket. Flowing coolant through the jacket regulates outer jacket temperature while enabling high intra-manifold exhaust gas temperatures for thorough intra-manifold combustion and improved emissions. A liquid-cooled exhaust system includes a turbocharger disposed between manifold and elbow, with liquid coolant flowing from manifold to elbow through the turbocharger. Another liquid-cooled exhaust manifold contains an internal exhaust combustion catalyst wrapped in an insulating blanket. In some marine applications, seawater or fresh water coolant is discharged into the exhaust gas stream at an attached exhaust elbow. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240269 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes an engine, an exhaust guide, and a catalyst. The engine includes a cylinder and crankshaft. The crankshaft is disposed along a vertical direction. The exhaust guide is arranged to support the engine from below. The catalyst is disposed in an interior of the engine. The engine includes a cylinder body. The cylinder body includes a housing portion arranged to house—the catalyst. The cylinder body includes a first exhaust passage that includes an interior of the housing portion. The catalyst is inserted into the housing portion from below and is sandwiched from above and below by the housing portion and the exhaust guide. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240270 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes an engine and a catalyst. The engine includes a cylinder and a cylinder head. The engine includes an exhaust port, a catalyst housing portion, a first exhaust passage, and a passage defining member. The exhaust port is provided in the cylinder head. The catalyst housing portion is provided at a side portion of the cylinder head. The first exhaust passage is arranged to guide exhaust discharged from the exhaust port into an interior of the catalyst housing portion. The passage defining member defines a second exhaust passage. The second exhaust passage is arranged such that exhaust that has passed through the interior of the catalyst housing portion flows into the second exhaust passage. The catalyst is held by the engine in a state in which at least a portion of the catalyst is housed in the interior of the catalyst housing portion. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240271 | FLOTATION DEVICES - Provided are methods and compositions for providing strength and/or rigidity to lightweight materials. In certain embodiments, provided are compositions and methods for providing strength, rigidity and/or improving performance of flotation devices such as surfboards. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240272 | Canine flotation apparatus - An improved canine flotation apparatus that uses a segmented panel construction and varying densities of foam within the panels of the apparatus to comfortably and evenly float canines of a wide variety of weights and dimensions. The chest yoke panel and belly panel cradles the canine in the apparatus, helping to keep the head above water. The chest yoke panel further provides a measure of insulation around the heart and lungs, permits easier lifting of the canine due to the more secure fit and facilitates more natural movement by the canine in the water. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240273 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel including the steps is provided. A semi-finished liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an opposing electrode, scan lines, data lines, polymerizable molecules, pixel structures, first capacitor bottom electrodes, and second capacitor bottom electrodes is provided. Each pixel structure has a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, and the blocks of the liquid crystal layer corresponding to the first pixel electrodes and the second pixel electrodes are respectively a plurality of first blocks and a plurality of second blocks. Then, a first voltage difference and a second voltage difference are respectively formed in the first blocks and the second blocks respectively, wherein the first voltage difference is different from the second voltage difference. Accordingly, the polymerizable molecules are polymerized to form the liquid crystal display panel. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240274 | BATTERY BATH AND JOINT ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - A joint assembly and a tub assembly for a battery bath. The joint assembly has a seal that extends between a first flange of a first section and a second flange of a second section. The seal sealing a gap defined between the first and second flanges. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240275 | Dual game call device - A game call device and method of use for enabling production of at least two differing game calls in rapid succession is described herein. The game call device includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and an interior opening therebeween. A first sound device is disposed in the first end, and a second sound device is disposed in the second end. Each sound device has an air passage in communication with the interior opening. Air passed through the second air passage causes the first sound device to produce a game call, while air passed through the first air passage causes the second device to produce a differing game call. The dual use of each air passage as an inlet for actuating the opposing sound device, and as an exhaust opening, enables the game call device to be designed compactly, without requiring additional exhaust openings. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240276 | SYSTEM FOR POWER MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTING UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION OF REMOTE-CONTROLLED TOY CAR - The system for power management and preventing unexpected acceleration contains a microcontroller unit, a tact switch, an electronic regulation device for preventing unexpected acceleration, a voltage detection switch, one or more light emitting diodes, resistors, capacitors, transistors, and an inductor. After a battery is installed on the remote-controlled toy car, the battery's electricity will flow through the electronic regulation device and the voltage detection switch. On the other hand, the microcontroller unit receives signals from a detection and reception circuit and controls the throttle through a servo motor. As such, the battery power and the received signals are monitored to prevent the remote-controlled toy car from unexpected acceleration. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240277 | TOY ASSEMBLY - A toy assembly is provided which comprises: a housing; a processor operative to retrieve display items and forward images comprised in the display items for projection by an optical projecting device; and an optical projecting device adapted for projecting a light beam onto a target plane, thereby projecting the images onto the target plane. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240278 | SLIDING IMPULSE DEVICE - An apparatus and method for an impulse-driven sliding device primarily for use by young children to simulate desired attributes of ball or puck games while adapting specified attributes to promote safe, effective use for those having reduced training and/or motor-skills. The apparatus includes a structure motivated by an impulse to slide over a surface, including: an impulse-receiving portion for receiving the impulse, the impulse-receiving portion defining a section of a generally semi-hemispherical structure and produced from a foam material patterned to represent at least a portion of a sports ball; and a sliding portion, coupled to the impulse-receiving portion, for sliding contact with the surface on a contact surface of the sliding portion responsive to the impulse the contact surface having a generally planar smooth surface having a periphery surrounded by an extension of the impulse receiving portion, wherein a tumbling of a coupled combination of the impulse-receiving portion and the sliding portion is inhibited by shifting a center of gravity downward by a greater weighting of the sliding portion relative to the impulse-receiving portion. The method includes a) receiving an impulse at a top portion of a device including the top portion coupled to a bottom sliding plate and converting the impulse to a non-tumbling, non-rolling, non-launching translating force; and b) sliding, responsive to the non-tumbling, non-rolling, non-launching translating force, the device over a generally planar surface. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240279 | Attachable bra comprising a double layer of an exterior form and a replaceable interior pad - This present invention relates to a double-layered cup structure for an adhesively attachable strapless, backless bra comprising an exterior form and an interior pad that are both removable and replaceable | 2010-09-23 |
20100240280 | Article of Clothing with Wicking Portion - Articles of clothing that incorporate fabrics or chemicals having wicking, antibacterial/antifungal and low coefficients of friction either overall or in specific areas of the apparel that will minimize the development of irritation, bacterial and fungal infections of the skin. The invention also includes methods for producing this wicking, antibacterial/antifungal and low coefficient of friction apparel. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240281 | SUBSTRATE POLISHING METROLOGY USING INTERFERENCE SIGNALS - A method of polishing a substrate includes holding the substrate on a polishing pad with a polishing head, wherein the polishing pad is supported by a platen, creating relative motion between the substrate and the polishing pad to polish a side of the substrate, generating a light beam and directing the light beam towards the substrate to cause the light beam to impinge on the side of the substrate being polished. Light reflected from the substrate is at a detector to generate an interference signal. A measure of uniformity is computed from the interference signal. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240282 | EPOXY TERRAZZO FLOORING AND METHOD FOR POLISHING THE SAME - A method of polishing a marble terrazzo floor, including shaving the surface with a first plurality of first diamond abrasive particles, and shaving the surface with a second plurality of second diamond abrasive particles. The first diamond abrasive particles are MBG-type mesh crystals characterized by a first average size, wherein the second diamond abrasive particles MBG-type mesh crystals characterized by a second, smaller average size, and wherein the diamond abrasive particles substantially laterally impact surface protrusions. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240283 | Method of Chemical Mechanical Polishing - [Problem] To improve polishing efficiency while lowering shear force added to semiconductor wafers while increasing polishing speed, without damaging the wafer's processing surface or the membrane under it. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240284 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELID HONING - An ELID honing device includes a honing tool | 2010-09-23 |
20100240285 | POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - A polishing apparatus includes: a wafer polishing unit including a polishing surface plate, an abrasive supply part supplying an abrasive to a polishing pad placed on the polishing surface plate, and a wafer holding part holding a semiconductor wafer; and a dressing unit including a dresser. The dresser has a pellet-shaped grindstone with abrasive particles fixed to a surface thereof. The pellet-shaped grindstone is divided into a first region along an outer peripheral portion thereof and a second region located inside the first region. A chipping preventing portion for the abrasive particles is provided in the first region. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240286 | Sander Having a Brushless Motor - A sander may include a wand having a proximal end and a distal end, a sanding head mounted to the proximal end of the wand, and a brushless motor mounted on the distal end of the wand that is configured to provide rotational motion to the sanding head. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240287 | Flexible Membrane for Carrier Head - A carrier head that has a base assembly, a retaining ring assembly, a carrier ring, and a flexible membrane is described. The flexible membrane has a main portion and an outer annular portion, wherein a junction between the main portion and the outer annular portion comprises a peripheral edge hinge and an annular recess above the hinge along the outer wall of the outer annular portion. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240288 | Supply device for hanging elements - A feeding device for suspension elements, for feeding flexible suspension elements into a packaging machine, in particular into a clipping machine, wherein the suspension elements are detachably disposed in the form of loops by an adhesive on a carrier strip transversely to the feeding direction and may be conveyed of said carrier strip to a delivery point at which a suspension element may be removed from the carrier strip. In the region of the delivery point for the suspension elements, a holding-down device is provided above the carrier strip. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240289 | FISH PROCESSING MACHINE WITH ALIGNMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REALIGNING FISH DURING PROCESSING - Fish processing machines and methods for realigning fish during processing are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a fish processing machine in accordance with the invention includes a fish processing unit for use with a processing machine having a fillet assembly and/or a skinner assembly. The processing unit includes an inspection assembly with a conveyor system operably coupled to the fillet assembly and/or skinner assembly and an alignment device operably coupled to the conveyor system. The conveyor system extends along a processing path to transport a fillet of fish that has been sliced from a trunk of the fish. The alignment device is positioned to automatically realign the fillet with respect to the processing path without manually manipulating the fillet before the fillet is transferred from the conveyor system to an inspection table. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240290 | System And Method For Air Conditioning At Least One Partial Region Of An Airplane - A system for air conditioning at least one partial region of an aircraft comprises an air providing device for providing air to be supplied to a region of the aircraft to be ventilated at a desired temperature and pressure. A supply air duct is connected at a first end to the air providing device. A second end of the supply air duct is connected to an air inlet which opens near the floor into the aircraft region to be ventilated. A control device is set up to ensure that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a speed that the air is distributed near the floor in the aircraft region to be ventilated and rises at heat sources present in the aircraft region to be ventilated, and that the air provided by the air providing device enters the aircraft region to be ventilated via the air inlet at such a temperature that a desired ambient temperature is set in the aircraft region to be ventilated. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240291 | OUTFLOW VALVE POSITION INDICATION - An aircraft cabin pressure control system outflow valve includes a frame, a valve element, and a position sensor. The frame is configured to be mounted on an aircraft exterior skin. The valve element is rotationally coupled to the frame, and is coupled to receive an actuation drive force. The valve element is responsive to the actuation drive force to rotate to a position between a closed position and a plurality of open positions. The position sensor is coupled to the frame and is configured to directly sense rotation of the valve element and supply a position signal representative of valve element position. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240292 | AIR CONDITIONED OBJECT IN THE INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A SWITCHING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an air conditioner with at least one air conduction device and a switching device. Provision is made that in a first operating state, the air conditioner has air passing at least partially through it in a first direction, that the air conditioner has air flowing through it at least partially in a second direction different from the first direction, and that the air conditioner has at least one switching device, to alter the flow direction of the air in the air conduction device. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240293 | Service truck body pressurized storage system - A pressurized storage system for a service truck body or the like which pressurizes the storage compartment thereof by means of an air blower located above the storage compartment. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240294 | HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING MODULE - An HVAC module for controlling the temperature inside a vehicle and including a housing of a first material being pliable in response to a predetermined force. A blower assembly is disposed adjacent to the inlet of the housing for propelling a flow of air into the air channel. A frame defining a skeleton supports the housing and the blower assembly on the vehicle, and the frame is of a second material for maintaining structural integrity in response to a force greater than the predetermined force. The skeleton of the frame includes a plurality of hoops parallel to and spaced from each other and a plurality of stringers interconnecting the hoops. A plurality of beams and a metal spine extend outwardly from one of the hoops to engage the blower assembly. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240295 | AIR HANDLING SYSTEM - An air handling system adapted for mounting in a room of a building includes a double air inductor assembly having a first air inductor unit and a second air inductor unit adjacently arranged with the first air inductor unit. Each of the inductor units includes a plenum having a primary air inlet, a mixing chamber having a plurality of side surfaces with a return air inlet extending through one of the side surfaces and a supply air outlet extending through another of the sides, and a plurality of air nozzles that each span along a central axis between an inlet fluidly connected with the plenum and an outlet fluidly connected with the mixing chamber. The axes of the plurality of air nozzles of the first air inductor unit are arranged approximately parallel to the axes of the plurality of air nozzles of the second air inductor unit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240296 | Ventilator - A device that fits in the zipper of sports bags and any environment made of durable malleable material that has a zipper or buttons to provide ventilation and filtered outlets to allow items on the inside of zipper to dry quickly thus avoiding bacteria buildup, mold, odor, and other health related issues. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240297 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is described a communication system in which data is received by and/or transmitted to a telecommunications apparatus using an acoustic data channel. In embodiments, the data is encoded within the audio track of a media broadcast or other public broadcast. The invention has particular, but not exclusive, relevance to a cellular communication system. There are also described acoustic position detection systems for determining the position of a telecommunications apparatus. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240298 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR A MULTI-MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH END USER FEEDBACK - The Network For Multi-Media Management enables a reverse path feedback architecture wherein the forward path multicasted content can be dynamically modified as a result of end user interaction or feedback. End users in the Network For Multi-Media Management are grouped via location or region, together with personal attributes such as demographic, socio-graphic, or psychographic interests as it relates to a given multicasted content stream. The pairing of physical location groupings with personal interest attributes enables new and novel telecommunication services with the attendant advantage of extremely efficient delivery. The wireless communication network's capacity utilization, both in terms of assets and spectrum, is very high. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240299 | Content data acquisition system - A content data acquisition system is disclosed. The content data acquisition system includes a broadcasting center for providing content data divided into partial data by distributing the partial data in one-way communication; and multiple data acquisition apparatuses each mounted to a vehicle and each capable of individually acquiring the partial data from the broadcasting center. One data acquisition apparatus mounted to one vehicle determines whether an amount of the already acquired partial data is enough to reconstruct the content data. When the amount of the already acquired partial data is determined to be not enough to reconstruct the content data, the one data acquisition apparatus acquires a remaining part of the partial data from another data acquisition apparatus mounted to another vehicle in inter-vehicle communication. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240300 | METHOD OF MULTICASTING - A method for multicasting data includes obtaining a set of minimum utility preferences and a utility preference for each user in a multicast group, computing a corresponding probability distπbution of different multicasting data the users are requesting, running a lottery of operating points of the set according to the corresponding probability distπbution, and multicasting the operating point determined from the lottery. For scalable layered data the method includes determining initial utility and payoff parameter for each user for a lowest data layer accommodating all group users, running a lottery for the layer using an initialized probability vector to assign the lowest layer, multicasting the lowest layer, determining new initial utility and corresponding payoff parameter for each remaining group user for a plurality of layers of data, running another lottery according to a determined mixed set probability vector to select a particular layer, and multicasting the particular layer. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240301 | REPEATER FOR RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS, AND FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS IN PARTICULAR - This invention concerns a repeater for radio frequency signals. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240302 | WIRELESS FM REPEATER SYSTEM - A wireless FM repeater system for converting the audio signal from a portable audio source (e.g., iPod, MP3 player, a cell phone or satellite radio, etc.) and transmitting it to the FM tuner of a vehicle stereo system where access to a hard-wired input jack does not exist. The system includes a transmitter, coupled to the audio source, that transmits the audio source signals at a high frequency (e.g., 902-928 MHz, 2.4-2.483 GHz, 434/868 MHz) to a repeater located adjacent the vehicle's audio system antenna and wherein the repeater downconverts, without demodulation, the high frequency carrier and includes an FM transmitter that transmits the audio source signal, in compliance with government regulations, to the vehicle's audio FM system, via the vehicle's FM antenna, without signal degradation. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240303 | PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING A DATA LINK BETWEEN TWO PROCESSORS, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN AN NFC CHIPSET - A process for establishing a data link between a first processor configured to supply, upon a contact communication port, a first data carrying signal, and a second processor configured to supply, upon a contact communication port, a second data carrying signal is described. The process includes providing a first coupler and a second coupler, establishing a contactless coupling between the first and second couplers and, by the intermediary of the couplers and at least one RF signal, transferring the first data carrying signal to the second processor and transferring the second data carrying signal to the first processor. The second processor is, for example, a secure processor of a SIM card and the first processor is an NFC controller. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240304 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SYSTEM - A portable electronic apparatus that is disposed to a portable terminal device includes a contactless communication unit, the apparatus comprises a first interface which performs communication with the portable terminal device a second interface which performs contactless communication by using the contactless communication unit a storage unit which stores a plurality of application programs that execute processing in the contactless communication using the contactless communication unit through the second interface a setting unit which sets an application program capable of responding to an access request in the contactless communication in the plurality of application programs stored in the storage unit and a processing unit by which the application program enabled to respond to the access request in the contactless communication by the setting unit alone responds upon receiving the access request in the contactless communication through the second interface. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240305 | OFFICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An office communication system provides intra-office communication within a medical or dental office, for example. The system includes a door or wall unit, a table or desk unit, and a wearable or portable unit. The door and desk units are configured to transmit and receive both infrared and radio frequency type wireless signals. The portable unit may include an infrared light transmitter configured to transmit infrared light encoded with a unique address or identifier. The system operates to non-obtrusively notify office personnel whether a practitioner has entered or is presently within a particular exam room of the office, even if a door of the exam room is closed. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240306 | SYNCHRONIZING SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM INFORMATION TO FEATURES OF SHORT-RANGE, AD HOC WIRELESS NETWORK PROTOCOLS - Satellite positioning system information and/or other information is communicated to/from a mobile terminal by synchronizing satellite positioning system information that is communicated to/from the mobile terminal over a short-range, ad hoc wireless network relative to a feature of a protocol that is used for the short-range, ad hoc wireless network communications. The feature may be a header field in the short-range, ad hoc wireless network communications. Related methods, mobile terminals and short-range ad hoc wireless networks are described. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION FOR A VEHICLE - A system for communicating information and/or instructions includes a transmitter and receiver configured for wireless communication with a user interface. The information and/or instructions may be audibly communicated to the user. The system includes voice activation and controls. The wireless communication may utilize Bluetooth communication protocol. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240308 | DIGITAL VOICE MESSAGE SYSTEM - A digital voice message system for large retail stores and supermarkets including a terminal at the point of sale comprising a touch screen ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100240309 | FINITE RATE OF INNOVATION (FRI) TECHNIQUES FOR LOW POWER BODY AREA NETWORK (LP-BAN) COMMUNICATIONS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for quantizing an analog received signal in a low-power body area network (LP-BAN) by using a limited number of quantization bits, while information of the received signal is preserved for accurate signal reconstruction. The quantized signal can be equalized in such a way to generate an output equalized signal based on the periodic-sinc function, which is suitable for a subsequent Finite Rate of Innovation (FRI) processing. The noisy equalized signal can be further processed by applying improved (i.e., faster) Cadzow denoising algorithm as a part of the FRI processing. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240310 | EARPIECE - The invention provides an earpiece. The earpiece includes a main body and a speaker disposed in the main body. The main body includes a sound output member and a bending member connected to the sound output member, wherein the sound output member and the bending member are integrally formed as a single piece. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240311 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for communicating over multiple carriers are described herein. Information is communicated in a wireless system over an anchor carrier. An access terminal is provided to communicate over the anchor carrier in a non-compressed mode and concurrently and in parallel search for additional communication devices over another carrier. Further, the access terminal maintains an active set of communication devices to communicate with over the anchor carrier and the other carrier. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240312 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE IN MIXED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE AND CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises collecting a set of neighbor cellular user equipment (UE) interferences from at least one neighbor cellular UE at a device-to-device (D2D) UE at least in part based on a decoded first uplink radio resource management (RRM) message and computing a first set of average neighbor UE interferences based on the set of collected neighbor cellular UE interferences. The method also comprises predicting at least one interference scenario at least in part based on the first set of average neighbor cellular UE interferences and a decoded second uplink RRM message. The method also comprises selecting a resource for data transmission to a pairing D2D UE at least in part based on the first set of average neighbor cellular UE interferences, and transmitting data over the selected resource to the pairing D2D UE. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240313 | Wireless communication device and method for switching modulation system thereof - A further secure channel is ensured after switching of a modulation system at the time of deterioration channel quality. A wireless communication device includes a transmitter that converts data into a modulation wave in a set modulation system and transmits the modulation wave, a receiver that receives a transmitted modulation wave, and converts the modulation wave into original data based on a set modulation system, a determining means for determining quality of a channel on the basis of a signal received by the receiver, and a modulation system switching means for switching the modulation system to a modulation system that is strongest against external disturbance among a plurality of different modulation systems set in advance and then switching the modulation system to a modulation system in accordance with quality of the channel, when the determining means determines that quality of the channel is deteriorated. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240314 | PILOT SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT - A base station is configured to reduce interference with other base stations and/or devices in a multi-cell wireless network. The base station includes a wireless interface, detector and controller. To reduce interference, the wireless interface may provide services to a first wireless communication device (WCD) using a pilot signal emitted from the base station at a reduced power level. In the reduced pilot signal mode, when the detector detects a second WCD within the base station's service area, the controller increases the pilot signal's power level above the reduced power level in order to establish communications with the second WCD. Upon successfully connecting to the first and second WCDs, the base station may again reduce the pilot signal's power level to reduce interference with other base stations or wireless devices. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE SEARCH FOR A MOBILE STATION - A method, a system, a base unit and a search unit are disclosed for locating unknown cellular telephones and guiding the search for such devices. By way of base station functionality in the base unit, mobile stations in a search area are identified and assigned dedicated communication channels. In at least one embodiment, this is achieved through establishing communication between the base unit and the mobile stations in the search area. Search information concerning the mobile stations in the search area is established in the base unit. The search information is transferred from the base unit to the search unit. A search based on the search information is initiated with the search unit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, CORRESPONDING NETWORK AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Spectrum usage in a radio cognitive transmission system may be monitored in a distributed manner in space and time through a first set of monitoring apparatuses and a second set of monitoring apparatuses. The first set of monitoring apparatuses may be associated to apparatuses, such as base stations, having a monitoring precision level, for example, linked to the spectrum sampling frequency, greater with respect to the monitoring precision of the monitoring apparatus of the second set. The later may be suitable to be represented by a low-cost “sniffer” associated to consumer electronics devices. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240317 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING AND INTEGRATION OF MODULES WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for analysis of electronic components such as radio transceivers (for example, WLAN, Bluetooth, cellular, GPS). In one embodiment, a “black box” is diagnosed in its final device application and layout, using a series of software test routines or suites. The test suites provide simultaneous monitoring of multiple non-overlapping status indicators. Each test suite can be selectively enabled or disabled, and may also provide runtime modification of one or more parameters, and or intelligent testing of system operation. In another embodiment, multiple black box modules within a single form factor device are simultaneously run; the interference levels between the black box modules (as well as other parameters) are independently measured, displayed and logged to the user. Exemplary embodiments are described in reference to a Bluetooth module and WLAN module operating within a spatially restricted device (such as a desktop/laptop computer, “smartphone”, Bluetooth mouse and keyboard). | 2010-09-23 |
20100240318 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device that transmits and receives data with respect to an external device by wireless communication receives electric power from the external device by wireless and supplies electric power to respective portions of the mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device includes a transmission/reception unit configured to transmit and receive data with respect to the external device and a plurality of signal processor units configured to subject data transmitted and received by the transmission/reception unit to signal processes according to different communication protocols. The mobile electronic device determines a communication protocol based on data received by the transmission/reception unit, selects one of the plurality of signal processor units based on the determination result, and performs a control operation to cause the transmission/reception unit to transmit and receive data by use of the selected signal processor unit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240319 | RADIO SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER, AND RECEIVER - A wireless communication system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits signals to a receiver at a transmission interval. One of the signals is an association request signal. The transmitter includes a transmitting unit. The transmitting unit transmits the signals except the association request signal at the transmission interval of a first time interval, and transmits the association request signal at the transmission interval of a second time interval. The first time interval is different from the second time interval. The receiver includes an antenna, a receiving unit and a wake-up determining unit. The antenna receives the signals. The receiving unit performs receiving processing for the signals. The wake-up determining unit determines whether or not the signal is the association request signal based on the transmission interval. The wake-up determining unit activates the receiving unit if the signal is the association request signal. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240320 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a radio communication device for operating in an autonomous distributed manner which includes a compression unit that compresses streaming data, a control unit that controls a compression rate of streaming data of the compression unit according to a distance from other radio communication device, a transmission unit that transmits the streaming data compressed by the compression unit to the other radio communication device. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240321 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER - A wireless transceiver includes an antenna, a filter, a radio frequency (RF) signal processing circuit, a shared amplifying circuit, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a sending power amplifier, and a single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch. The filter is connected between the antenna and the SPDT switch. The RF signal processing circuit outputs a first control signal when the antenna is utilized to send RF signals, and outputs a second control signal when the antenna is utilized to receive RF signals. The first switch circuit is connected between the shared amplifying circuit and the sending power amplifier, and switches on according to the first control signal. The second switch circuit is connected between the shared amplifying circuit and the SPDT switch, and switches on according to the second control signal. The SPDT switch selectively connects the filter to the sending power amplifier or the second switch circuit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240322 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus detects a communication state of a wireless communication, detects posture of the apparatus, and controls communication by a wireless communication unit according to the detected posture if it is detected that field intensity of the wireless communication is equal to or less than a predetermined value. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240323 | FREQUENCY DIVIDER WITH SYNCHRONIZED OUTPUTS - A synchronized frequency divider that can divide a clock signal in frequency and provide differential output signals having good signal characteristics is described. In one exemplary design, the synchronized frequency divider includes a single-ended frequency divider and a synchronization circuit. The single-ended frequency divider divides the clock signal in frequency and provides first and second single-ended signals, which may be complementary signals having timing skew. The synchronization circuit resamples the first and second single-ended signals based on the clock signal and provides differential output signals having reduced timing skew. In one exemplary design, the synchronization circuit includes first and second switches and first and second inverters. The first switch and the first inverter form a first sample-and-hold circuit or a first latch that resamples the first single-ended signal. The second switch and the second inverter form a second sample-and-hold circuit or a second latch that resamples the second single-ended signal. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240324 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION POWER MEASUREMENT METHOD OF RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device includes a radio transmitting unit that generates a transmission signal containing a transmission carrier, a radio receiving unit including a frequency conversion circuit that performs down-conversion of a received signal containing a received carrier with substantially equal frequency to the transmission carrier, a transmission/reception separating circuit including a first port connected to the radio transmitting unit, a second port to the radio receiving unit and a third port to an antenna, that outputs the transmission signal into the first port to the third port and the received signal into the third port to the second port, and a transmission power control unit that performs control related to a transmission power of the transmission signal based on a low-frequency signal obtained by supplying a leakage component of the transmission signal leaking from the first port to the second port to the frequency conversion circuit and down-converting it. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240325 | COMPENSATING METHOD FOR CAPACITY OF RADIO FREQUENCY MODULE AND A RADIO FREQUENCY MODULE - A compensation method for radio frequency module performance, it is adding a module monitoring circuit and a radio frequency power detection circuit to an existing radio frequency module, meanwhile replacing an existing hardware compensation circuit with a radio frequency digital controlled attenuator. The method replaces hardware method by a method of combining software of the module monitoring circuit and hardware such as module monitoring circuit, radio frequency digital controlled attenuator and radio frequency power detection circuit, as well as intelligently compensates the radio frequency module by using data obtained by predefined table or formula/algorithm, so as to adjust each characteristic index of the device accurately and easily, thus to improve performance of the radio frequency module and further meet the requirement of working stability of the radio frequency module. The present invention further provides a radio frequency module improved by such method. As such radio frequency module can be automatically debugged and tested by tools such as computer, so production efficiency will be improved. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240326 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CONTAINER FOR ELECTRIC AND/OR ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES - Multi-functional container for electric and/or electronic apparatuses comprising a front face, with a first compartment, to house at least one component ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100240327 | ANTENNA ARRAY WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT FOR A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE - An antenna array can be mounted on a flexible substrate and connected by a flexible interconnect to an integrated circuit such as a radio frequency front end. The antenna array can be mounted in a device housing that includes radio frequency interference (RFI) shielding. The antenna array is aligned with and next to an area of the housing that is not shielded against RFI. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240328 | RF TRANSMITTER FRONT-END AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A radio frequency (RF) transmitter front-end includes a digital to analog conversion module and a power amplifier module. The digital to analog conversion module is coupled to convert amplitude information into analog amplitude adjust signals when a first mode is active and is coupled to convert power level information into analog power level signals when a second mode is active. The power amplifier module is coupled to amplify first phase modulated RF signals in accordance with the analog amplitude adjust signals to produce first outbound RF signals when the first mode is active and is coupled to amplify second phase modulated RF signals in accordance with the analog power level signals to produce second outbound RF signals when the second mode is active. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240329 | AMPLIFYING DEVICE AND TRANSMITTER APPARATUS - An amplifying device includes an amplifier including a first amplifying element with a drain voltage thereof being controlled, and a second amplifying element, the amplifier amplifying a transmission signal with the first and second amplifying elements, synthesizing the transmission signals amplified by the first and second amplifying elements, and outputting the synthesized transmission signal; a distortion compensator part which performs distortion compensation on the input signal in accordance with a compensation coefficient derived from a difference between a input signal and a feedback signal generated from a portion of a signal output from the amplifier; and a controller part which controls the drain voltage of the first amplifying element in response to a result of a comparison between a power level of the input signal prior to the distortion compensation operation by the distortion compensator part and a threshold value. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240330 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A digital signal processing device includes: a memory for coefficient storage including partial memories that dividedly store, for each plurality of bits, a plurality of filter coefficients as divided data; a control unit that outputs, to the memory for coefficient storage, an address signal added with activation/inactivation control information; a CE-signal interrupting unit that transmits the CE signals to the partial memories or interrupts the CE signals based on the activation/inactivation control information; an output selecting unit that is provided in at least a part of the partial memories and selects and outputs, based on the activation/inactivation control information, an output of the partial memory or all-bit zero value; a multiplier that performs multiplication of each of a plurality of input data and each of the filter coefficients including the output of the output selecting unit; and an integration circuit system that integrates multiplication results output from the multiplier. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240331 | POWER AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT, AND TRANSMITTER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - To provide a power amplifier circuit which is capable of reducing a phase error of an output signal in a case where an amplitude of an input signal is relatively small, as well as a transmitter and a wireless communication device using the same. A constant envelope signal generation circuit ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100240332 | POWER AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, AND TRANSMITTER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - To provide a power amplifier circuit, which is capable of amplifying a signal having envelope variation with high power added efficiency, and exhibits low power consumption and high versatility, as well as to provide a transmitter and a wireless communication device using the power amplifier circuit, the power amplifier circuit includes: a constant envelope signal generation circuit ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100240333 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRESSIVELY SCANNING CHANNELS - A method for progressively scanning channels first checks whether all channel scanning tasks are completed so as to determine a channel that will be scanned first. During the scanning process, the method records a channel as a last scanned channel after completing a channel scanning task for the channel. In addition, the method scans a channel with a valid service set identifier to increase the possibility of detecting hidden access points. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240334 | Broadcast Receiver and Method for Regulating the Same - A broadcast receiver includes a tuner circuit and a demodulator circuit. The tuner circuit tunes a radio frequency (RF) signal to output an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The demodulator circuit demodulates the IF signal from the tuner circuit and outputs a command signal based on the quality of the IF signal, for changing a take over point (TOP) value, preset in the tuner circuit, at which one amplitude gain control (AGC) stopping and another taking over. A method for regulating a broadcast receiver is also disclosed herein. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240335 | Rotating Harmonic Rejection Mixer - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a mixer circuit to receive and generate a mixed signal from a radio frequency (RF) signal and a master clock signal, a switch stage coupled to an output of the mixer circuit to rotatingly switch the mixed signal to multiple gain stages coupled to the switch stage, and a combiner to combine an output of the gain stages. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240336 | Front end and high frequency receiver having quadrature low noise amplifier - A front end and a high frequency receiver ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100240337 | System and Method for Automatic Storage and Retrieval of Emergency Information - A vehicle communication system may retrieve “in case of emergency” (ICE) information from a wireless device. The ICE information may include contact information, medical information, etc., and may be transferred to an emergency provider, if the vehicle communication system places an emergency call. The information may also be retrieved at some point before an emergency call is placed and stored in a memory circuit of the vehicle communication system. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240338 | TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for supporting emergency communications are provided. A method for a Radio Access Network (RAN) serving at least one Core Network (CN) to support emergency communications of a User Equipment (UE) includes determining whether at least one CN in a shared network environment supports emergency communications, if it is determined that the at least one CN in the shared network environment supports emergency communications, transmitting an emergency call support indication to the UE indicating that emergency communications are supported, receiving a request for emergency communications from the UE, and routing the request for emergency communications to another CN that supports emergency communications in the shared network environment, if a given CN does not support emergency communications. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240339 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE PROVIDING ALERT WARNINGS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A communication system is provided that includes a cellular phone communication device in communication with a cellular phone service provider having a remote server. The communication device includes a device for determining a current position and a transceiver for transmitting at least one of the determined current position and geographic identifier to the remote server. The communication device further receives at least one of a geographic identifier and alert information relevant to the determined position from the server and includes an output for outputting alert information relevant to the determined position. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240340 | Emergency Communication Apparatus - An emergency communication apparatus includes a user input device having a plurality of provider inputs corresponding to respective emergency service providers and a plurality of severity level inputs corresponding to respective severity levels. The apparatus includes a transmitter for communicating with an emergency response entity, a memory device having owner information, and a GPS device for determining position data. The apparatus includes a processor in data communication with the user input device, transmitter, memory device, and GPS device. The processor includes programming that actuates the transmitter to automatically provide the owner information, the position data, an emergency service provider selected using the user input device, and a severity level selected using the user input device to the emergency response entity. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240341 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IDENTIFY WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER ACTIVITY STATUS - Example methods and apparatus to identify wireless subscriber activity status are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a market of interest associated with wireless services, and creating a list of telephone numbers (TNs) from the identified market of interest. The example method also includes initializing each TN in the list of TNs as dormant, monitoring each TN in the list of TNs during a monitoring duration for an indication of activity, and when the indication of activity is received, associating one of the TNs in the list of TNs with an active status. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240342 | Distributed wireless online access system - A method for providing wireless online access comprises: establishing a wireless access signal space wherein a wireless communications link is established between a secondary wireless unit and at least one primary wireless unit, thereby providing a corresponding secondary subscriber with online access by data packet transmission between the primary wireless unit and the secondary wireless unit; and receiving, from an online access provider, a credited revenue amount in return for providing online access for the secondary subscriber. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240343 | Method and System for Forwarding Communications - A method includes receiving an identification value from a wireless beacon at a mobile device when the mobile device is within a detection area of the wireless beacon. The method also includes determining whether the wireless beacon is a recognized wireless beacon based on the identification value using a look up table accessible to the mobile device. An alternate communication address is selected from the look up table based on the identification value received from the wireless beacon, and communications addressed to the mobile device are redirected to the alternate communication address. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240344 | Method, System and Apparatus for Setting Up Multimedia Call - A method includes receiving a multimedia request message; setting up a multimedia call path to a CS UE according to the multimedia request message; negotiating a media coding mode with the CS UE and negotiating the media coding mode with a peer UE according to the multimedia call path; and setting up a multimedia call between the CS UE and the peer UE after determining the coding mode of the CS UE and the peer UE. In the embodiments of the present invention, the MSC negotiates the coding mode of the CS UE and the peer UE (such as an IMS UE), and sets up a multimedia call between the CS UE and the peer UE, thus overcoming the inability of setting up a multimedia call between the CS UE and the peer UE in the prior art. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240345 | EVENT NOTIFIER DEVICE AND HEADSET - An event notifier device suitable to be wirelessly associated to a telephone apparatus is disclosed. The event notifier device comprises a receiver arranged to receive a signal wirelessly from the telephone on incoming event notification associated with an event; an output mechanism arranged to provide a human perceivable signal indicating a notification on the event; and a body containing the receiver and the output mechanism, wherein the body further is arranged to be worn by a user of the event notifier device such that the user is enabled to perceive the output signal, wherein the body comprises a fastener. A headset comprising such an event notifier device is also disclosed. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240346 | DEAD SPOT PREDICTION METHOD FOR WIRELESS VEHICULAR APPLICATIONS - A wireless communication method includes identifying a location of a dead spot region within an expected route of a vehicle. It is estimated whether the vehicle will arrive at the dead spot region before a wireless application is completed. It is determined whether an expected time period that the vehicle will be disposed within the dead spot region is greater than a maximum allowable disconnection time. A dead spot mitigation technique is initiated dependent upon the estimating and determining steps. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240347 | SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN A FEMTOCELL BASE STATION AND MOBILE DEVICES - This patent discloses a method to communicate between a femtocell base station and mobile devices. The method may include identifying as an alert group a set of mobile devices presently in communication with the femtocell base station and whose unique identifiers are preregistered with the femtocell base station. A first mobile device and a second mobile device may be in the set of femtocell service region mobile devices. The femtocell base station may receive a call from a third mobile device. If the call is for the second mobile device, then the method may send a paging message from the femtocell base station. The paging message may include a first unique identifier associated with the first mobile device. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240348 | METHOD TO CONTROL VIDEO TRANSMISSION OF MOBILE CAMERAS THAT ARE IN PROXIMITY - A method to manage the transmission of multiple mobile cameras that are in close proximity to each other or at least one other in the group of multiple mobile cameras. The cameras detect that the are proximate to one or more other cameras either autonomously or with the aid of other systems such as GPS, cellular or server systems. The quality level of the transmissions of the mobile video cameras is controlled, and/or the resources dedicated to the mobile units are augmented to coordinate the transmissions. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING CSG SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for supporting a closed subscriber group (CSG) service is provided. A user equipment transmit a CSG member indicator to a base station when requesting access to the base station. The CSG member indicator indicates CSG membership of the user equipment. The base station may determine whether the user equipment accesses it as a CSG member or as a non-CSG member. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240350 | Activating an Application - The application discloses a method for establishing a connection between a first communication device capable of receiving an activating message and a mobile communication device, the method comprising:
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20100240351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FILE CATALOGS ON A WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE - There is disclosed a method and system for managing file metadata stored in one or more catalogs on a wireless handheld device. In an embodiment, the method comprises: connecting to one or more file libraries stored remotely from the device; downloading to the device one or more catalogs storing file metadata for one or more file libraries stored remotely from the device; and remotely updating on the device the one or more catalogs such that the file metadata in one or more file libraries stored remotely from the device are substantially up-to-date on the device. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED USE OF A DUAL MODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods for the operation of a dual mode wireless communication device are provided. A wireless communication device includes a scan module, a registration module and a learning module that cooperate to allow the device to identify available radio access technologies, select a radio interface, manage the radio interface, and learn behavioral patterns that optimize operation of the dual mode device. The dual mode device maximizes the overall time it is operational on the better radio access technology while not performing unnecessary scans. This helps in improving performance, preserving battery life and enhancing the overall user experience. In operation, the dual mode device scans for available voice or data networks upon identification of a trigger event, for example, a manual instruction, a drop in signal strength, a loss of signal, a time of usage on a particular network, a battery condition, an application preference, a state of the wireless communication device, or a geographic location. Various trigger events may be stored in a data storage area on the device and new trigger events such as geographic locations where manual scans are frequently requested by the user or geographic locations where signal strength is low or the network signal is typically lost can be stored for future reference by the device in order to improve performance. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240353 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND FACILITY SIDE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF FACILITY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF FACILITY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a wireless remote control system that provides a system for suppressing the communication fee. The server apparatus | 2010-09-23 |
20100240354 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A communication method whereby a connection between a first communication device and a second communication device is established. Determining whether the connection is disconnected by the second communication device. If the connection is disconnected by the second communication device, related features are invoked by the first communication device to alert a user of the first communication device that the connection has been disconnected by the second communication device. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240355 | SELECTING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ACCORDING TO APPLICATION STATE - A method for an application program executed by a network terminal device to select a preferred wireless communication technology from at least two different communication technologies provided concurrently by the same network operator, according to at least one communication parameter differentiating between the two communication technologies. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240356 | METHOD FOR RESELECTING A CELL AND DETECTING WHETHER A TERMINAL IS STATIONAY IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for determining, by a terminal, its mobility and deciding a time to select another cell in a mobile communication system, in which the terminal determines the mobility by using variation information in signal characteristic values of measurable specific cells, thereby appropriately controlling a size of a time restriction (e.g., Treselection) for a cell re-selection and preventing frequent occurrence of cell selection such as a ping-pong situation, thus to reduce an unnecessary service delay due to the cell re-selection and maximize a service quality for a user. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240357 | Method of Handling Radio link Failure Detection in a Wireless Communication System and Related Communication Device - A method of handling radio link failure detection for a communication device of a wireless communication system includes performing radio problem detection for a plurality of targets of interest, and managing at least a timer for detecting radio link failure of the plurality of targets of interest. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240358 | Method of Measurement Reporting and Related Communication Device - A method of measurement reporting for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of including a first indicator associated with a first cell in a measurement report and sending the measurement report to a network entity of the wireless communication system. The first indicator informs the network entity about accessibility information of the first cell corresponding to the mobile device. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240359 | Method of Handling Radio link Failure in a Wireless Communication System and Related Communication Device - A method of handling radio link failure for a communication device of a wireless communication system includes detecting radio link failure on a plurality of targets of interest, and sending a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message indicating at least a radio link failure in at least one of the plurality of targets of interest to the network according to the detection result. | 2010-09-23 |
20100240360 | PSEUDO BASE STATION APPARATUS - Provided is a pseudo base station apparatus which allow a user to certainly acquire log data at a desired timing. A set-up unit | 2010-09-23 |
20100240361 | Anti-inbound traffic redirection system - A system for countering an inbound traffic redirection (ITR) attempt for an inbound roaming mobile station is provided. The ITR attempt is initiated by a first Visiting Public Mobile Network (VPMN). The system includes a TR probe for detecting an ITR attempt by observing receipt of one or more registration response messages at a second VPMN from the HPMN during an ongoing location update transaction of the inbound roaming mobile station between the second VPMN and the HPMN. The system further includes a countering unit for thwarting the ITR attempt by sending one or more location update (LU) messages from the second VPMN in response to at least one registration response messages message received from a switch. | 2010-09-23 |