DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150373498 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING DISTANCED AUDIO BY A PORTABLE DEVICE - Providing distanced audio from a remote location using mobile devices, which a change in the orientation of a destination mobile device to a pointing orientation, aimed to an object of interest, is detected using an exploration application that is installed in advance on the mobile device. The azimuth to which the mobile device is currently pointing is calculated and all point and/or of objects of interest which are within a predetermined range from the pointing device, are detected. Then the exploration application automatically connects to a remote server which continuously collects the current location information of any user of a mobile device and maps its location with respect to stationary object or points of interests, or to moving objects. The server provides via the application, one or more audio alerts to the user of the destination device that one or more object or points of interest are in range. | 12-24-2015 |
20150365865 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVEMENT OF HANDOVER QUALITY IN MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS - A handover method includes the steps: (1a) detecting, at a serving node, signal quality of a signal transmitted from the serving node to a user equipment (UE) being worse than a predefined threshold; (1b) identifying, at the serving node, node(s) transmitting to the UE the strongest signals interfering with signals being transmitted to the UE; (1c) sending, by the serving node, a request for starting an inter-cell interference coordination scheme; (1d) rescheduling, by the node(s) identified in step (1b), users currently being served by the node(s); (1e) informing, by the node(s) identified in step (1b), the serving node of the UE which resources have, been reserved in step (1d); (1f) scheduling, by the serving node, the UE to the resources reserved in step (1d); (1g) starting, by the serving node, handover of the UE from the serving node to a target node; and (1h) completing the handover of the UE. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363807 | METHOD FOR ENCOURAGING SOCIAL CONSUMPTION OF COUPONS - The invention is a recommendation process that can be used by operators of a coupon recommendation system to utilize information about the social interactions between users of mobile devices in order to supply coupons to users who are potential customers of a business in a manner that maximizes the chances that the offered coupon will be consumed. | 12-17-2015 |
20150338232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED SOUND CUES TO A USER OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for providing geographically based sound cues to a user of a mobile device, each sound cue informs the user on a nearby point of interest. The method is an eight step process that has as its eighth step: sounding said sound cue at the right and left earphones of the device at respective levels that are based on said calculated right-left balance. | 11-26-2015 |
20150326608 | SOCIAL NETWORK HONEYPOT - The invention is a method and system for detecting attackers that are interested in attacking an organization's infrastructure during the reconnaissance phase of an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT). APTs are very sophisticated attacks and incorporate advanced methods for evading current security mechanisms. Therefore, the present invention uses an innovative social network honeypot. | 11-12-2015 |
20150302450 | COUPON RECOMMENDATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention is a method for recommending coupons to consumers. The method is mainly designed to be carried out using the infrastructure of mobile communication networks, e.g. internet and cellular networks, and to deliver the coupons directly to the mobile devices of consumers. The method of the invention is a promotion framework that is designed to allow a service provider to propose to different businesses the option of promoting their business by offering coupons/discounts/offers to their potential customers. The goal of the method is to maximize consumption of the coupons/discounts/offers while minimizing the cost to the businesses offering the coupons. | 10-22-2015 |
20150186902 | USING FINANCIAL VISUALIZATION ANALYSIS FOR GAINING INSIGHTS FROM CELLULAR SIGNALING AND DEVICE HOLDERS DATA - The invention is a system for analyzing and displaying results of the analyses of the large amounts of data related to the locations of the users of mobile communication devices available from the devices in a way that can be immediately useful as a decision making tool to a business by yielding actionable insights from the data. | 07-02-2015 |
20150163638 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING THE WHEREABOUTS OF PEOPLE IN URBAN SETTINGS - A method for tracking the whereabouts of people, particularly in urban settings, according to which a cell grid is established within a given geographical region and positional data records associated with each of a plurality of mobile devices within the region, are received from a base station. An Estimated Location Indicator (ELI) associated with a data object in each of every cell of the grid traversed by the corresponding user within a given period of time is generated, from the received positional data records and for each corresponding user of the plurality of mobile devices. A shortest predicted path is generated between each of the generated An Estimated Location Indicators. | 06-11-2015 |
20150150035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING EXPOSURE TO PHYSICAL ADVERTISMENTS - In a system and method for monitoring exposure of people to physical advertisements, a computing device receives positional data records associated with each of a plurality of mobile devices within a given geographical region, from a base station, sets a mobility descriptor for each corresponding user, determines whether each user is predicted to be within a predetermined viewing range of one or more advertisements, in response to the set mobility descriptor, instantaneous speed and direction, and a predetermined viewing range, and counts the number of users who are predicted to be within the predetermined viewing range. | 05-28-2015 |
20150138373 | CONTENT-DEPENDENT VIDEO QUALITY MODEL FOR VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES - A method for estimating the perception quality of a digital video signal includes: (1a) extracting information of the video bit stream, which is captured prior to decoding; (1b) getting estimation(s) for one or more impairment factors IF using, for each of the estimations, an impact function adapted for the respective impairment factor; and (1c) estimating the perceived quality of the digital video signal using the estimation(s) obtained in step (1b). | 05-21-2015 |
20150134409 | ACCURATE MECHANISM FOR ESTIMATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDER'S MARKET SHARE - A method of enabling a specific mobile communication service provider (Dt) to estimate his market share on a street level in real time during a specific period of time over a particular point of interest (POI) is disclosed. | 05-14-2015 |
20150044999 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING FRAUD OR MISUSE WHEN USING A SPECIFIC SERVICE OF A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK BY A USER EQUIPMENT, SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE AND APPLICATION PROGRAM - A method for preventing fraud or misuse when a User Equipment uses a service of a public land mobile network. The User Equipment includes a Subscriber Identity Module. The Subscriber Identity Module includes address information used for the service of the public land mobile network. The Subscriber Identity Module includes an application program. The application program includes reference address information. The method includes: determining, by the application program of the Subscriber Identity Module of the User Equipment, that the address information does not correspond to the reference address information; and in response to the determining: blocking, by the application program, the service for the User Equipment and sending an error message to the public land mobile network; or invoking, by the application program, the service for the User Equipment using the reference address information. | 02-12-2015 |
20150038164 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MOBILE TELEPHONE USERS LOCATIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS, WHILE MAINTAINING USERS PRIVACY CONSTRAINTS - A system provides a database ready for querying and analyzing locations of mobile phone users. The database is secured from possibility of breaching a privacy of a single user, has: (a) a signal tracker; (b) an aggregator-classifier and a step aggregator; (c) a timer; (d) a sector gate keeper and a step gate keeper for inspecting each aggregated registration record and each aggregated step record, and for forwarding to a sector gate keeper and to a step gate keeper respectively only those aggregated registration records and aggregated step records that evolve from at least a predefined number N of different users; (e) a sector writer and a step writer for receiving aggregated registration records, and aggregated step records, each evolving from at least a predefined number N of different users, and for writing all said records within a database. | 02-05-2015 |
20150038111 | METHOD AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK UTILIZING MORE THAN ONE ONLINE CHARGING SYSTEM FOR A GIVEN USER - A method for enhanced policy and charging control when a telecommunications network is used by a User Equipment corresponding to a subscriber includes a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function and a first Online Charging System, configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The telecommunications network further includes a second Online Charging System being configured to communicate via an online charging interface. The method includes: communicating, by an interworking credit control function of the telecommunications network, relative to the subscriber of the telecommunications network and with regard to the same or overlapping traffic of the subscriber via a first online charging interface with the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function, via a second online charging interface with the first Online Charging System, and via a third online charging interface with the second Online Charging System. | 02-05-2015 |
20140376886 | SCENE CHANGE DETECTION FOR PERCEPTUAL QUALITY EVALUATION IN VIDEO SEQUENCES - There are provided a plurality of methods for detecting a scene change in a streamed video, the streamed video comprising a series of pictures. An example method comprises calculating, for a plurality of positions, a difference between the costs of coding macro-blocks at the same position in successive pictures. The method further comprises identifying a new scene when the sum of the differences for a plurality of positions meets a threshold criterion. There is further provided a method of determining the perceptual impact of a packet loss on a streamed video the method comprising: identifying a packet loss; and determining if the lost packet contained information relating to a picture at the start of a new scene, wherein a new scene is detected using one of the methods disclosed herein. | 12-25-2014 |
20140359687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING FIRST REPRODUCTION DATA AND AT LEAST SECOND REPRODUCTION DATA, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A system for reproducing first reproduction data and for reproducing second reproduction data includes: a first reproduction device, configured for reproducing the first reproduction data; and a second reproduction device, configured for reproducing the second reproduction data. The system is configured such that the first reproduction data is transmitted to the first reproduction device via a first logical communication channel and the second reproduction data is transmitted to the second reproduction device via a second logical communication channel. The second logical communication channel is different from the first logical communication channel. The system is configured such that the first reproduction data is identified using pattern recognition, and determination of the second reproduction data is based on the identification of the first reproduction data. | 12-04-2014 |
20140347991 | TRANSMISSION OF CONTENT-RELATED DATA OF AN OTT PROVIDER TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE USING A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method is provided for transfer of content-related data of an Over-the-top (OTT) provider to a telecommunications device using a telecommunications network. The method includes: receiving, by the OTT provider, a request for content-related data; transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery interface device of the telecommunications network; and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider to a content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network and transmitting the content-related data of the OTT provider from the content delivery functionality of the telecommunications network to the telecommunications device at a predetermined time or in a predetermined time interval. The telecommunications network includes a radio interface and a further radio interface for transmission of the content-related data of the OTT. | 11-27-2014 |
20140323095 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A MOBILE RADIO INTERFACE ON MOBILE TERMINALS - A method for monitoring a mobile radio interface on a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal having a baseband and an application processor, includes: executing an operating system on the application processor; and executing a virtual modem on the application processor, which exclusively performs the data exchange between the operating system and the baseband and provides the functionality of the baseband in order thereby to gain access to data and in order thereby to filter out unauthorized data. | 10-30-2014 |
20140316826 | WIRELESS CARRIER PLATFORM FOR SERVICE APPLICATIONS - A method for providing customized service applications relating to specific transactions with merchants to users of mobile devices includes: receiving and storing a service application template corresponding to a merchant; receiving a manifest including information relating to a specific transaction between the merchant and a user of a mobile device; extracting the information relating to the specific transaction from the manifest; generating a customized service application for the user based on the service application template and the extracted information; and transmitting the customized service application to the mobile device corresponding to the user. | 10-23-2014 |
20140233472 | CONTEXTUAL AND PREDICTIVE PRIORITIZATION OF SPECTRUM ACCESS - A method for optimizing network spectrum utilization of a wireless communications network utilizing a radiofrequency spectrum includes determining, by a processor, spectrum resources at a location by determining the properties of the communication nodes and the utilization of bandwidth by all priority classes of user terminals in a defined area. Future geo-located contextual network needs for users terminals of a plurality of priority classes in the defined area is predicted by the processor based on historical profiles. The use of the radiofrequency spectrum is optimized by the processor based on the priority classes of the user terminals and the future geo-located contextual network needs of the user terminals in the defined area. | 08-21-2014 |
20140219448 | AUTHENTICATING A TELECOMMUNICATION TERMINAL IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for authenticating a telecommunications terminal having an identity module includes: storing a first private key, a first public key and a first signature, the first signature being based on signing the first public key using a second private key; generating identity information and a second signature, the second signature being based on signing the identity information using the first private key; transmitting the first public key, the identity information, and the first and second signatures to a server device; verifying, by the server device, the authenticity of the first public key using a second public key; and verifying, by the server device, the authenticity of the identity information using the verified first public key. The identity information includes International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) information. | 08-07-2014 |
20140213276 | INFLUENCING QUALITY OF SERVICE RELATED TO A TELECOMMUNICATION CONTACT - A method for influencing quality of service related to a communication link or session between a telecommunication terminal and a mobile radio telecommunication network includes: transmitting first control information related to a traffic load from the mobile radio telecommunication network to the telecommunication terminal; and receiving, at the mobile radio telecommunication network, second control information transmitted from the telecommunication terminal. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211672 | METHOD, SYSTEM, ACCESS POINT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENHANCING THE USABLE BANDWIDTH BETWEEN OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A USER EQUIPMENT - A method for enhancing usable bandwidth between an access point of a radio access network of a telecommunications network and a User Equipment of a subscriber of the telecommunications network, in which the User Equipment and the access point are configured to mutually communicate based on a standardized mobile communication technology using carrier aggregation of at least a first communication carrier having a first carrier frequency and a second communication carrier having a second carrier frequency. The first carrier frequency is a standardized and licensed frequency and is related to the standardized mobile communication technology. The second carrier frequency is an unlicensed frequency. | 07-31-2014 |
20140189837 | METHOD TO ENHANCE HIGH AVAILABILITY IN A SECURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF REMOTE NODES - A method for enhancing high availability in a secure telecommunications network includes: switching from a first operational mode to a second operational mode based on an exchange of at least a first message and a second message between at least one specific remote node of the plurality of remote nodes and one or a plurality of further network nodes using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). The first message includes a request from the at least one specific remote node of the plurality of remote nodes and the second message includes an answer to the first message by a network management node. The second message includes a one-time password. | 07-03-2014 |
20140127965 | CONSTRUCTION TOY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTABLE BUILDING ELEMENTS, SET OF A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTABLE BUILDING ELEMENTS, AND METHOD TO CONTROL AND/OR MONITOR A CONSTRUCTION TOY - A construction includes a plurality of interconnectable building elements, the plurality of interconnectable building elements including a first building element and a second building element, the first and second building elements including a first and second coupling devices for releasably interconnecting the first and second building elements. The first building element is a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) functional building element. The PLMN functional building element includes: at least one of the first and second coupling devices; a radiofrequency transceiver module; and an identification module including or configured to receive at least one of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card or a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card. The radiofrequency transceiver module and the identification module are configured to attach the PLMN functional building element to a PLMN as a mobile device. | 05-08-2014 |
20140113588 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS NETWORK BEHAVIOR- NETWISE - The invention is a system for protecting mobile devices in cellular networks from unauthorized harmful applications and for protecting cellular network infrastructure from targeted or benign overloads. The system comprises mobile cellular devices and a cellular network infrastructure. Some of the mobile devices comprise an application manager, which is adapted to manage the aggregation and learning processes, and a detection manager, which is adapted to analyze network behavior and detect deviations. The application manager and the detection manager are adapted to monitor the applications running on a device, learn the patterns of mobile applications network behavior and detect meaningful deviations from the application's observed normal behavior. The cellular network infrastructure comprises a services module, a logic module, and a database access unit adapted for aggregation and analysis of an application's network traffic patterns for numerous users. | 04-24-2014 |
20140106760 | CELLULAR WIDE-AREA RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH RELAY-ENHANCED CELLS - In a cellular wide-area radio communications system, comprising a plurality of base stations, a plurality of relay stations, and a plurality of mobile stations, wherein each of the relay stations is associated with at least one of the base stations, each of the mobile stations is associated with at least one of the base stations or one of the relay stations, wireless data transmissions between mobile stations and base stations take place either as single-hop data transmissions between the mobile stations and their associated base stations, or as multi-hop data transmissions between the mobile stations and their associated relay stations and a data transmission between the relay stations and the base stations associated with the relay stations, wherein an average number of multi-hop data transmissions in the radio communications system equals at least an average number of single-hop data transmissions. | 04-17-2014 |
20140088783 | SYSTEM FOR THE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, AND METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A system for delivery of electrical energy includes a first electrical power distribution station assigned a first electrical power distribution identifier and a second electrical power distribution station assigned a second electrical power distribution identifier. An electrical power distribution control entity is configured to receive, when electrical power is requested from the first electrical power distribution station, the first electrical power distribution identifier and power request identifier, and configured to receive, when electrical power is requested from the second electrical power distribution station, the second electrical power distribution identifier and the power request identifier. The power request identifier is assigned a user or a group of users and/or a device configured to require or provide electrical power. | 03-27-2014 |
20140071937 | METHOD, SYSTEM, ACCESS POINT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENHANCING THE USABLE BANDWIDTH BETWEEN OF A TELECOMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A USER EQUIPMENT - A method for enhancing usable bandwidth between an access point of a radio access network of a telecommunications network and a User Equipment of a subscriber of the telecommunications network, in which the User Equipment and the access point are configured to mutually communicate based on a standardized mobile communication technology using carrier aggregation of at least a first communication carrier having a first carrier frequency and a second communication carrier having a second carrier frequency. The first carrier frequency is a standardized and licensed frequency and is related to the standardized mobile communication technology. An antenna device of the access point transmits and/or receives radio frequency signals to and/or from the User Equipment. | 03-13-2014 |
20140058936 | MANAGING VIRTUAL WALLETS PROVIDED BY A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for managing a plurality of virtual wallets provided by a mobile terminal for carrying out transactions with electronic devices. The plurality of virtual wallets receives different virtual objects and manages resources available via the different virtual objects. Each virtual wallet of the plurality of virtual wallets includes a respective security element connected to the mobile terminal used for identification in a transaction and a respective wallet application for controlling transactions and providing a user interface for a user of the mobile terminal. The plurality of virtual wallets are linked and displayed by a unitary wallet application. The method includes accessing, by the unitary wallet application, a security element of a virtual wallet for a transaction via a hardware control interface supported by the mobile terminal that is universal to the respective security elements of the plurality of virtual wallets. | 02-27-2014 |
20140029581 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A MPLS HEADER, METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A MPLS PATH AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A HANDOVER OF AN MPLS PATH - A method is provided for transmitting a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) header from a first nodal point to a second nodal point via a radio communication network. The radio network is a Long Term Evolution (LIE) network. The method includes: modifying the MPLS header by reducing the size of the MPLS header; and transmitting the modified MPLS header from the first nodal point to the second nodal point via an air interface using a dedicated radio bearer. | 01-30-2014 |
20140010133 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ACTIVITY OF A BASE STATION ENTITY OF A FIRST TYPE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK, BASE STATION ENTITY, MOBILE DEVICE, MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND PROGRAM COMPRISING A COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM CODE - A method for controlling the activity of a base station entity of a first type in a mobile communication network is a mobile device having a communication link in a base station entity of a second type includes: sending, by the mobile device, a connection request to the base station entity of the second type, the connection request being related to a request of the mobile device to have a communication link with the base station entity of the first type while the base station entity of the first type is in its second operational mode; and activating the first operational mode of the base station entity of the first type and establishing the communication link between the mobile device and the base station entity of the first type established. | 01-09-2014 |
20140003317 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ACTIVITY OF A BASE STATION ENTITY IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK | 01-02-2014 |
20130344863 | METHOD FOR SAVING ENERGY IN OPERATING A FIRST AND SECOND MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method for saving energy in operating first and second mobile communication networks by invoking an energy saving operational mode of the first and second mobile communication networks includes: operating a first radio access network in a first operational mode for peak time usage of the first mobile communication network, and in a second operational mode for off-peak time usage of the first mobile communication network; and invoking, at least partly during off-peak time usage of the first and second mobile communication networks, the energy saving operational mode of the combination of the first and second mobile communication networks such that the first radio access network is operated in the second operational mode while the second radio access network is operated such that coverage and capacity requirements in a geographic area are ensured by the combination of the first and second mobile communication networks. | 12-26-2013 |
20130343204 | LOOPING MPLS PATHS AT FORWARDING LEVEL FOR CONNECTIONLESS MPLS NETWORKS - A method for transferring Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) packets in connectionless networks, the MPLS packets passing a number of inner MPLS switching nodes on & transmission path between a sender and a destination as well as at least two MPLS edge routers, each MPLS edge router being a transition between a core network and a connection network, include: producing an address stack or label stack for an MPLS packet to be sent. The address stack or label stack includes address information on die inner switching nodes to be passed on its transmission path and address information for the at least two edge routers to be passed on its transmission path. | 12-26-2013 |
20130301466 | METHOD FOR THE USE OF A GSM/UMTS MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK BY A USER EQUIPMENT ATTACHED TO A CORE NETWORK OF AN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM (EPS) MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for use of a Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM) and Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) (GSM/UMTS) mobile communication network by a user equipment attached to a core network of an Evolved Packet System (EPS) mobile communication network, the use of the GSM/UMTS mobile communication network being the result of a fallback operation, includes, prior to an invocation of a service that triggers the fallback operation: performing an updating operation regarding assignment of a Location Area Code (LAC) and/or a serving Mobile Switching Center (MSC) to the user equipment; and/or performing, autonomously by the user equipment, a measurement operation regarding a current General Packet Radio System (GPRS)/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) or UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) (GERAN/UTRAN) radio environment in order to identify potential CSFB target cells of the user equipment. | 11-14-2013 |
20130295972 | INTELLIGENT MOBILE-TERMINATED CALL PAGING CONTROL BEFORE AND DURING A LOCATION UP-DATE PROCEDURE - A method for paging a mobile device in a public land mobile network (PLMN) in view of a mobile-terminated communication event includes, upon the occurrence of the mobile-terminated communication event, broadcasting, by the PLMN, a first paging signal at a first paging time to locate the mobile device; and based on receiving no paging response from the mobile device in response to the first paging signal during a predefined time period, broadcasting, by the PLMN, a second paging signal at a second paging time. The time difference between the second paging time and the first paging time is based on whether a location update procedure is initiated during the predefined time period. The second paging time is delayed by a delay time if a location update procedure is initiated during the predefined time period. | 11-07-2013 |
20130271668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECTIVE VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT BASED ON CONTINUOUS ESTIMATES OF PACKET LOSS VISIBILITY - A method for assessing the quality of a transmitted video signal sequence at a receiver side includes: capturing the input video bit stream; extracting at least one feature or a set of features; determining the continuous probability of visibility for each packet loss event which occurred within a specific time interval; and employing the continuous probability of packet loss visibility as a weighting factor of the at least one feature or set of features extracted from the video bit stream to calculate an estimate of the overall quality, Q, of the transmitted video sequence. | 10-17-2013 |
20130265445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF A VIDEO SIGNAL DURING ENCODING AND TRANSMISSION OF THE VIDEO SIGNAL - A method for assessing the quality of a transmitted video signal sequence at the receiver side includes the steps of: capturing the received input video bit stream prior to decoding and supplying it to a video bit stream analyzer; extracting, during a measurement time window, one or more features from the captured packet headers by the bit stream analyzer, without analyzing or decoding the packet payload; computing from the one or more features, a single parameter, xwpSEQ, representing an estimate of the spatio-temporal extent of the signal degradation due to packet-loss; supplying the determined parameter to a quality estimation module; and calculating, by the quality estimation module, a quality measure due to packet loss (Q | 10-10-2013 |
20130236137 | OPTICAL PULSE DELAY GENERATOR - An optical pulse delay generator is provided. The optical pulse delay generator includes a first optical converter which is dispersive and separates the spectral components of the incoming optical pulse in a time domain. The first optical converter generating a converted optical signal. The optical pulse delay generator also includes a modulator to modulate the converted optical signal and to generate a modulated optical signal and a second optical converter connected to the modulator. The second optical converter being dispersive for overlaying the previously separated spectral components in the time domain and generating the delayed optical output pulse. The dispersion imposed by the second optical converter has the same amount of dispersion, but the opposite sign, as the first optical converter. At least one of the first and second optical converter includes at least two waveguide resonator rings which differ in their optical length. | 09-12-2013 |
20130235822 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - A method for efficient connection between a telecommunications network and a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) via an access node includes: establishing a physical communication channel between the access node of the telecommunications network and the CPE; providing, by the telecommunications network, a public or private Internet Protocol address to the CPE for use by the CPE to communicate with an Internet Protocol Edge node of the telecommunications network; initially assigning, by the telecommunications network, a first functionality level to the public or private Internet Protocol address; and assigning, by the telecommunications network, a second functionality level to the public or private Internet Protocol address when the telecommunications network is able to federate the network access related identification information to a contract related identification information. | 09-12-2013 |
20130223369 | METHOD, PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK AND USER EQUIPMENT - A method for providing an access control of a User Equipment to a public land mobile network, the User Equipment being configured to be capable of a first kind of access and a second kind of access to the public land mobile network, includes: realizing access control to the public land mobile network by at least one of connecting the User Equipment to the public land mobile network according to the first kind of access based on a first access control information; or connecting the User Equipment to the public land mobile network according to the second kind of access based on a second access control information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130219443 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE TYPE OF THE GROUP OF PICTURE STRUCTURE OF A PLURALITY OF VIDEO FRAMES IN A VIDEO STREAM - A method for estimating the type of the GoP structure of a plurality of video frames in a video stream by estimating their frame types includes: capturing frame sizes in bytes of every video frame subsequent to an initial I-frame to obtain an array of frame sizes by exploiting features of a transport layer carrying the video stream; converting, after a number of frames, the array of frame sizes into an array of zeros and ones; matching the binarized array of frame sizes to a number of predefined short basic binary patterns, said predefined binary patterns depicting all GoP structures to be considered; converting the result of said matching to form a single score value; and determining the particular pattern of the number of predefined patterns of binaries having the best score value, according to a predefined metric. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219053 | METHOD FOR IMPROVED HANDLING OF INCIDENTS IN A NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM - A method for operating a monitored telecommunications network, the telecommunications network management system being monitored by a network management system, the network management system processing alarm messages generated by monitoring components within the telecommunications network, incidents of technical failure or error within the telecommunications network resulting in the generation of the alarm messages by the monitoring components, includes: monitoring the telecommunications network, observed incidents of technical failure or error, and generated alarm messages during a preparatory period of time; determining a scaling parameter per type of alarm message, wherein the scaling parameter is related to the number of incident tickets generated during the preparatory period of time; and suppressing the generated alarm message based on the value of the scaling parameter associated to the type of the generated alarm message. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219031 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A REMOTE CONTROLLED NETWORK ELEMENT - A method for operating a remote-controlled network element in a telecommunication network includes: configuring the network element with a new configuration; determining whether a network connection failure between the network element and a network management system of the telecommunication network exists after the configuration; and in response to detecting a network connection failure, setting the network element automatically to a standard configuration and establishing a network connection between the network element and the network management system using the standard configuration. Setting the network element automatically to a standard configuration and establishing the network connection includes: loading a previous IPSec certificate in case that the previous Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) certificate has been at least partly replaced during the configuration; and establishing the network connection between the network element and the network management system using the previous IPSec certificate. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217391 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR ENHANCED PLMN SELECTION IN A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK - A method for enhanced Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) selection in a cellular mobile network, a User Equipment having information related to a PLMN selection mode, includes: transmitting the information related to the PLMN selection mode to a Registered Public Land Mobile Network (RPLMN) of the User Equipment; and in case that the User Equipment is able to attach to its RPLMN and to at least one other PLMN, performing an attachment of the User Equipment to the other PLMN based on the information related to the PLMN selection mode. | 08-22-2013 |
20130212623 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO OBJECTS - A method for transmitting objects in an Internet Protocol based Television System from a distribution network to a destination terminal of a subscriber via an Internet Protocol transmission line includes: determining a subscriber profile; assigning at least one customized spot to an Internet Protocol Television program; assigning one or more objects to the at least one customized spot, the one or more objects being chosen dependent on the subscriber profile; and providing the Internet Protocol based Television Program and the customized spot to the destination terminal. The one or more objects are provided as realistic objects. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208814 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TEMPORAL SYNCHRONISATION BETWEEN THE VIDEO BIT STREAM AND THE OUTPUT VIDEO SEQUENCE - A method for temporally synchronising an input bit stream of a video decoder with a processed video sequence decoded by an external video decoder includes the steps of: capturing the input bit stream and supplying it to a bit stream analyzer; parsing and analyzing the captured input bit stream by the bit stream analyzer; decoding the input bit stream and providing reconstructed images N | 08-15-2013 |
20130208813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF A VIDEO SIGNAL DURING ENCODING OR COMPRESSING OF THE VIDEO SIGNAL - A method for assessing the quality of a video signal during encoding or compressing of the video signal includes: estimating the quality (Qcod) of the video signal using one or more parameters; and using at least one additional parameter to adjust the estimated video signal quality, wherein the at least one additional parameter includes the key-frame rate (kfr) of the video signal as a Group of Pictures (GOP)-length-related parameter. Adjustment of the estimated video signal quality is in accordance with the following equation: | 08-15-2013 |
20130208676 | APPLICATION SERVER FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS TOWARDS A SET OF USER ENTITIES - An application server for managing communications towards a set of user entities, the set of user entities having a first user entity. The application server includes a receiver for receiving a first session initiation request, the first session initiation request having a public identification identifying the set of user entities, a processor for assigning a first user identification to the public identification, the user identification identifying the first user entity, and a transmitter for transmitting a second session initiation request to establish a communication link towards the first user entity, the second session initiation request including the first user identification. | 08-15-2013 |
20130201933 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND PROGRAM FOR USING A VPLMN INFRASTRUCTURE BY AN HPLMN TO TERMINATE AN IMS SESSION SET-UP FOR A ROAMING USER - A method for providing a roaming functionality related to an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) session includes: transmitting, by a second IMS domain, a session set-up request control signaling to a first IMS domain; transmitting, by the first IMS domain, the session set-up request control signaling in a forward direction to a Roaming Border Control Function (RBCF); and handling, by the second IMS domain, the user plane path and the associated control signaling to terminate the session set-up. Local break out of media is applied for the roaming first UE. The RBCF provides a linking of signaling received via a loop through the first IMS domain in the Home Public Land Mobile Network (HPLMN) with media anchored due to the local break out in the second IMS domain in the Visited Public Land Mobile Network (VPLMN). | 08-08-2013 |
20130198396 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT INITIALIZATION OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for efficient initialization of a telecommunications network includes: establishing a physical communication channel between an access node of the telecommunications network and a configuration device; providing, by the telecommunications network, via an Internet Protocol Edge node, a public or private Internet Protocol address to the configuration device for use by the configuration device to communicate with the Internet Protocol Edge node of the telecommunications network; and assigning, by the telecommunications network, a configuration and installation functionality level to the public or private Internet Protocol address. | 08-01-2013 |
20130178186 | METHOD, PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK AND REQUESTING ENTITY - A method for providing an emergency functionality when setting up a call directed to a User Equipment in a public land mobile network, the public land mobile network having a home database and a visitor database, includes, in case of the occurrence of a mobile terminating call towards the User Equipment: requesting, by a requesting entity, that the home database provide information specific to the User Equipment to the requesting entity; and in case of a failure of the functionality of the home database, requesting, by the requesting entity, that the visitor database provide the information specific to the User Equipment. | 07-11-2013 |
20130170391 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF AUDIO AND VIDEO BIT STREAM TRANSMISSIONS OVER A TRANSMISSION CHAIN - A method for measuring quality of packetized audio and video transmission over a transmission chain includes: providing one or more measurement detectors along the transmission chain; detecting, by the one or more measurement detectors, loss of bit stream packets at one or more measurement points; determining the unique identifier for each detected lost packet; sending, by the one or more measurement detectors, a list of lost packet identifiers to a central monitoring system; constructing, by the central monitoring system, a simulated stream for each measurement point based on a stored error-free stream and the received lost packet identifiers; and evaluating the simulated stream for deriving a quality score for each measurement point. | 07-04-2013 |
20130160093 | METHOD AND NETWORK ENTITY FOR REGISTERING A USER ENTITY WITH A COMMUNICATION NETWORK VIA ANOTHER COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A network entity for registering a user entity with a first communication network, wherein the user entity and the network entity providing access to the first communication network are registered with a second communication network. The network entity has a transceiver for transferring at least one registration message for registering said user entity with the first communication network between the user entity and the network entity over the second communication network. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159509 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DATA COMMUNICATION WITHIN A NETWORK - A method for controlling data communication within a network with multiple interconnected network elements includes: generating a representation of the network; detecting changes in the network and updating the representation of the network; receiving a request from a client network element, wherein the request comprises information which identifies a source network element and at least two destination network elements; determining for each identified destination network element, a ranking value for the communication path between the source network element and the respective identified destination network element based on the representation of the network; generating an ordered list of the identified destination network elements based on the respective ranking values; transmitting the ordered list to the client network element from the central network element; and selecting, based on the ordered list, at least one of the identified destination network elements for data communication with the source network element. | 06-20-2013 |
20130151720 | NETWORK ENTITY AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS TOWARDS A USER ENTITY IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A network entity for managing Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communications towards a user entity in a communication network. The network entity has a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive a first SIP message. The processor is configured to generate a second SIP message in response to receiving the first SIP message, the second SIP message having user-specific data relating to the user entity. | 06-13-2013 |
20130143560 | METHOD, PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK, USER EQUIPMENT, AND PROGRAM - A method for providing public land mobile network access to a User Equipment. A first identity or communication context information relates to the use of the User Equipment according to a first mode of operation, the first mode of operation being defined at least partly by a first configuration information stored in the User Equipment and being associated to a first network access priority. A second identity or communication context information relates to the use of the User Equipment according to a second mode of operation, the second mode of operation being defined at least partly by a second configuration information stored in the User Equipment and being associated to a second network access priority. At least partly during the operation of the User Equipment, the network access of the User Equipment occurs simultaneously using the first mode of operation and using the second mode of operation. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142126 | NETWORK ENTITY FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS TOWARDS A USER ENTITY OVER A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A network entity for managing communications towards a user entity over a communication network, the network entity having an access domain selector for determining an access domain of the user entity upon the basis of user entity specific data, and an application server for providing the user entity specific data. | 06-06-2013 |
20130124701 | METHOD, ARRANGEMENT AND PROGRAM FOR EFFICIENT CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK NODES - A method for configuration of a plurality of network nodes for use with a network includes: for each network node of the plurality of network nodes in a first step, assigning, by the network, a preliminary Internet Protocol link to the network node; in a second step, transmitting, by the network, preliminary configuration parameters to the network node; and in a third step, using, by the network node, the preliminary configuration parameters to retrieve, by using a standardized naming convention in a request to the configuration server entity, additional configuration information, wherein the additional configuration information comprises at least one of a vendor- or technology-specific commissioning file. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122906 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CELL BARRING IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method for controlling the access of a User Equipment (UE) to a public land mobile network (PLMN), the PLMN providing at least a service, the PLMN having at least one network cell, a control channel being broadcast within the network cell, includes: transmitting a barring factor information to the UE on the broadcast control channel within the network cell; transmitting a barring scaling information to the UE on a control channel independently of the barring factor information; and realizing, based on a combination of the barring factor information and the barring scaling information, an access control to the service with regard to the UE by deciding whether a specific access request of the UE to the service is accepted or rejected. | 05-16-2013 |
20130111046 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT USE OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130100913 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT USE OF A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - A method for efficient establishing or configuring a connection between a telecommunications network and a customer premises equipment (CPE) via an access node includes: establishing a physical communication channel between the access; node of the telecommunications network and the CPE; providing a public or private Internet Protocol (IP) address to the CPE tor use by the CPE to communicate with an IP Edge node of me telecommunications network; initially assigning a first functionality level to the public or private IP address; and assigning a second functionality level to the public or private IP address, when the telecommunications network is able to federate a network access related identification information to a contract related identification information. | 04-25-2013 |
20130083161 | REAL-TIME VIDEO CODING USING GRAPHICS RENDERING CONTEXTS - A method for encoding video for streaming includes receiving a plurality of sequential image frames generated by a 3D graphics rendering engine. Graphics rendering contexts are obtained, including pixel depth map, rendering camera parameters, and camera motion from the 3D rendering engine. The method next entails selecting key frames among the plurality of sequential image frames, interpolating non-key frames via 3D image warping, and encoding all key frames and warping residues of non-key frames. The system is implementable on a server linked to a mobile user device for receiving the encoded frame data. The mobile user device is configured to decode the encoded frame data and display a corresponding image to a user of the mobile user device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130077667 | APPARATUS FOR DECOUPLING A RADIO-FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMITTED ON A DATA TRANSMISSION LINE - An apparatus for decoupling a radio-frequency signal transmitted on a data transmission line having a first line element and a second line element, or for decoupling interference voltages includes: a tapping module, connected to the first and second line elements at a first tapping location of the data transmission line, for decoupling the radio-frequency signal or interference voltages; a current probe module, coupled to the first line element at a second tapping location of the data transmission line; and an output capable of being matched to different input impedances of a device connected to the output. | 03-28-2013 |
20130035083 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROACTIVE AND DYNAMIC CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION OF DATA TRANSMISSION TO VEHICLES - A method of controlling electronic data transmission between a mobile communication device located in a movable or moving vehicle and a mobile communication network includes obtaining at least one of location data and movement data relating to the current position of the vehicle. At least one of location data and movement data relating to a predicted position of the vehicle is calculated based on the at least one of location data and movement data relating to the current position of the vehicle. A current capacity situation of the mobile communication network is determined and a future capacity situation of the mobile communication network is predicted. Network and service parameters associated with a mobile communication system are dynamically adapted based on the current position and the predicted position of the vehicle and on the current capacity situation and the predicted future capacity situation of the mobile communication network. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034055 | INTERWORKING FUNCTION BETWEEN IN AND HLR/HSS - A Core Network for data transmission in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) includes: one or more node(s) serving as a Home Location Register (HLR) according to a GSM/UMTS mobile communication network standard; a node serving as a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) according to 3GPP standards; and an Interworking Function (IWF) for the handling of messages exchanged between a signalling layer of the Core Network and the one or more node(s) serving as the Home Location Register (HLR) as well as the node serving as the Home Subscriber Server (HSS). The Core Network is arranged such that for an exchange of information between the signalling layer and the Interworking Function (IWF), an Intelligent Network (IN) or an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) is used. | 02-07-2013 |
20130022037 | METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A FIRST PARTY AND A SECOND PARTY - A method for establishing a communication between a first party and a second party includes: receiving, by the second party, a communication request (CR) and identification information of the first party from the first party using a first signalization standard and using public identification information of the second party; and establishing direct communication between the first and the second party using a second signalization standard and using the identification information of the first party. The first signalization standard corresponds to a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) service or to Internet Protocol. The second signalization standard corresponds to Internet Protocol. | 01-24-2013 |
20130013766 | COMPUTER CLUSTER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DISASTER RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY FOR A COMPUTER CLUSTER - A computer cluster includes: a first compartment, further including a plurality of first physical nodes configured to provide first resources for guest virtual instances, each of the plurality of first physical nodes further including a mass storage device, the mass storage device further including: a first partition provided for booting the first physical node; and a second partition as part of the first resources; and a second compartment, further including a plurality of second physical nodes configured to provide second resources for guest virtual instances, each of the plurality of second physical nodes further including a mass storage device, the mass storage device including: a third partition provided for booting the second physical node; and a fourth partition as part of the second resources. The first and the second physical nodes are further configured to provide third resources for a plurality of storage management processes. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010816 | METHOD, SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for transmitting first data to a first decentralized unit in a communications network from a central unit via a distribution point and via a first subscriber line serving the first decentralized unit and at least one other subscriber lines serving at least one other decentralized unit includes: splitting the first data at the central unit; transmitting the split first data from the central unit to the distribution point using the first subscriber line and the at least one other subscriber line; and merging, at the distribution point, the split first data on the first subscriber line for transmission of the first data to the first decentralized unit. | 01-10-2013 |
20130007741 | COMPUTER CLUSTER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DISASTER RECOVERY FUNCTIONALITY FOR A COMPUTER CLUSTER - A computer cluster includes: a first compartment, further including a plurality of first physical nodes configured to provide first resources for a first infrastructural virtual instance and second resources for guest virtual instances; and a second compartment, further including a plurality of second physical nodes configured to provide third resources for a second infrastructural virtual instance and fourth resources for guest virtual instances. Each of the plurality of physical nodes further includes a mass storage device, the mass storage device further including: a partition provided for booting the physical node; a partition as part of resources assigned to an infrastructural virtual instance; and a partition as part of other resources. The first infrastructural virtual instance and the second infrastructural virtual instance are configured for monitoring each other. | 01-03-2013 |
20120322387 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MOBILE BROWSER ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A system for measuring power consumption by a mobile device corresponding to access of web pages is provided. The system includes: the mobile device, configured to access web pages via a wireless network; a power measurement device connected to a battery of the mobile device, configured to measure parameters related to power consumption; and a server, in communication with the mobile device and the power measurement device, configured to control the mobile device's access of web pages and control the power measurement device's measurement of parameters, to receive measurements from the power measurement device, and to process the received measurements so as to correlate the mobile device's access of a web page with an amount of power consumed corresponding to the mobile device's access of the web page. | 12-20-2012 |
20120315888 | METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A DEVICE BY MEANS OF A FIXED TRANSCEIVER STATION, DEVICE, USE OF A FIXED TRANSCEIVER STATION AND PROGRAM - A method for remotely controlling a device by a fixed transceiver station in a radio cell of a cellular mobile telecommunications network, the cellular mobile telecommunications network being at least one of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), includes: transmitting to the device on a control channel, by the fixed transceiver station, control information specific to the radio cell; wherein the control channel is a channel or a portion of a channel used to broadcast location information; wherein the control information comprises an identification part for specifying the device; and wherein the device is not required to have a registration with the network. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314659 | MULTI-PROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING (MPLS) FUNCTIONALITY IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK BETWEEN A FIRST NODE AND A SECOND NODE VIA A WIRELESS CONNECTION - A system for providing a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) functionality in a communications network between a first node and a second node via a wireless connection between a first wireless interface and a second wireless interface includes an enhanced eNodeB of a Radio Access Network (RAN) of an Evolved Packet System (EPS) network, configured to provide the first wireless interface; and a user equipment connected to a second node, configured to provide the second wireless interface. The enhanced eNodeB is a Label Edge Router (LER) of a MPLS domain. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314575 | NETWORK TRAFFIC ENGINEERING - A method of engineering traffic within a network includes configuring and controlling routing within the network and steering traffic through the network, wherein the steering of the traffic through the network is optimized based on routing control and configuration by evaluating interior gateway protocol weights, label switch paths within multiprotocol label switching and/or border gateway protocol properties. The method further includes obtaining an ingress point at which content enters the network and obtaining an egress point at which content exits the network. The steering of the traffic through the network is optimized based on routing control and configuration by evaluating the ingress point and the egress point. | 12-13-2012 |
20120302205 | Method and system for the online charging of a subscriber, program and computer program product - A method for charging a subscriber using a telecommunications service in a telecommunications network according to a contract with respect to the telecommunications service includes: transmitting, by a billing entity, charging information to a data traffic management entity; monitoring, by the data traffic management entity, the flow of data which is used by the subscriber with respect to the telecommunications service and determining a current data usage volume of the subscriber; comparing, by the data traffic management entity, the current data usage volume of the subscriber with a current upper data usage threshold; and modifying the standard service usage pattern of the telecommunications service if the current data usage volume and the current upper data usage threshold satisfy a predetermined condition. | 11-29-2012 |
20120295536 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY SELECTIVE HANDLING OF BROADCAST MESSAGES IN A MOBILE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method for sending a broadcast message in a mobile telecommunications network to a mobile terminal within a local radio coverage area of the mobile telecommunications network, the radio coverage area having a radio access network entity for broadcasting the broadcast message, includes: receiving, at the mobile terminal, the broadcast message, wherein the broadcast message includes geographical validity information based on a definition of a subarea of the radio coverage area; validating, by the mobile terminal, the broadcast message based on the geographical validity information and location information relating to the geographical location of the mobile terminal; and decoding content of the broadcast message only if validation of the broadcast message is positive. | 11-22-2012 |
20120226734 | COLLABORATION BETWEEN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A method for enabling collaboration between an internet service provider (ISP) and another entity includes: gathering a domain name system (DNS) query; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the ISP; providing a first list of the ISP-ranked candidate hosts; forwarding the DNS query to the another entity; evaluating the DNS query wherein the evaluating comprises collecting candidate hosts suitable for delivering content in accordance with the DNS query; ranking the candidate hosts collected by the another entity; providing a second list of the another entity-ranked candidate hosts; matching the first list and the second list; and providing a matched list of ranked candidate hosts. The another entity is a content distribution system (CDN) or another ISP. | 09-06-2012 |
20120202515 | SMARTPHONE-BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method of tracking an inventory of objects via a mobile communications device includes acquiring an image of one or more of the objects via the mobile communications device, which also collects a location of the mobile communications device while acquiring the image of the one or more of the objects. The location and image are transferred from the mobile communications device to a remote server via a wireless network, such that the one or more of the objects are identified at the server based on the image, and the location and identity of the one or more objects are stored on a database associated with the server. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202458 | MOBILE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK, MOBILITY CONTROL UNIT, METHOD FOR CHARGING IN A MOBILE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK, AND PROGRAM - A mobile radio access network includes a plurality of radio cells, the plurality of radio cells comprising at least a first cell type of radio cells and a second cell type of radio cells, the first cell type of radio cells including at least one of a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell and a hybrid cell, and the second cell type of radio cells including open cells; and a charging unit, configured to receive cell information corresponding to at least one subscriber out of a plurality of subscribers, wherein the cell information is dependent on whether the subscriber has entered, left, or accessed a radio cell of the first tell type. | 08-09-2012 |
20120176255 | MOBILE DEVICE-BASED AUTOMATIC PARKING LOCATION RECORDER AND REMINDER USING ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS - A method for assisting a vehicle user in locating a vehicle when parked includes detecting via a mobile device that the vehicle has been placed in a parked state and, in response to detecting that the vehicle has been placed in a parked state, automatically retrieving the vehicle location to the mobile device and recording the vehicle location on the mobile device. The method further entails providing, in response to a request from the user to locate the parked vehicle, instructions to the user to guide the user to the parked vehicle. | 07-12-2012 |
20120173736 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A USER EQUIPMENT LACKING GLOBALLY ROUTABLE USER AGENT URI - GRUU SUPPORT IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - IMS - A Core Network is provided for supporting an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) enabled User Equipment (UE), the UE lacking Globally Routable User Agent URI (GRUU) support in an IMS of a communication network. The Core Network includes: an interworking entity, configured to receive a first Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message from the UE, wherein the first message lacks GRUU-related data, to modify the first SIP message by adding GRUU-related data, to receive a second SIP message to be sent to the UE, wherein the second message includes GRUU-related data, and to modify the second message by removing GRUU-related data. The interworking entity is one of: a Proxy-Call State Control Function (P-CSCF) entity; a Serving-Call State Control Function (S-CSCF) entity; and a Session Border Controller (SBC). | 07-05-2012 |
20120167177 | METHOD CLIENT AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATION OF A LOW-SECURITY CLIENT AND A HIGH-SECURITY CLIENT IN A MOBILE RADIO NETWORK - A method for authentication of a high-security client and a low-security client in a high-security mobile radio network includes: transmitting a request for authentication from a base station to the high-security client, wherein the request for authentication comprises a random number as a challenge; receiving a response from the high-security client at the base station, wherein the response from the high-security client comprises a generated number generated by performing a keyed cryptographic function on the challenge; providing a fixed number to the low-security client; and receiving a response from the low-security client at the base station, wherein the response from the low-security client comprises the fixed number. Limited access to the mobile radio network is granted for the low-security client relative to an access of the high-security client. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166078 | TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION-BASED DESCRIPTIVE DIRECTION INDICATOR FOR VEHICLES - A system for providing an externally visible signal regarding a navigational instruction at a vehicle includes a navigation system, a navigation message sender, a navigation message receiver, and a display system. The navigation system generates and outputs turn-by-turn navigational directions within the vehicle to assist a driver of the vehicle in reaching a given destination location. The navigation message sender receives the turn-by-turn navigational directions and transmits them to the navigation message receiver. The navigation message receiver provides a navigational message to the display system for display in a manner visible outside the vehicle. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163255 | NETWORK TRAFFIC AGGREGATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IN-VEHICLE TELEMATICS SYSTEMS USING TETHERING AND PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING OF MOBILE DEVICES - A method for enhancing a data communication throughput associated with an in-vehicle telematics system includes receiving a communication request from the in-vehicle telematics system to perform at least one of a data upload to the Internet and a data download from the Internet, and verifying availability of one or more mobile devices within the vehicle. The maximum capability of a mobile network interface for each of the one or more available mobile devices within the vehicle is determined. When the communication request is for uploading data to the Internet, the data is fragmented into data fragments and distributed to the available mobile devices, whereas when the communication request is for downloading data from the Internet, it is determined for each mobile device which fragment of data is to be downloaded and from which server, and the respective determined fragments are received from each mobile device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120149400 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SMARTPHONE USING CELL-ID SEQUENCE MATCHING - A method for navigation based on a cellid-aided positioning system includes: determining, at a cellid-aided positioning system-compatible device, that a user has moved through a sequence of cellids, wherein moving through a sequence of cellids comprises moving from a first region corresponding to a first cellid to a second region corresponding to a second cellid; accessing previously stored route information corresponding to the sequence of cellids, wherein the previously stored route information includes previously recorded sequences of cellids and global positioning system (GPS) information; estimating a current position of the user based on the previously stored route information; and displaying the current position of the user. | 06-14-2012 |
20120140651 | SYSTEM SUPPORT FOR ACCESSING AND SWITCHING AMONG MULTIPLE WIRELESS INTERFACES ON MOBILE DEVICES - A client-based system for use in a mobile client device in communication with a remote server device provides for dynamically switching among multiple wireless interfaces on the mobile client device. The system includes a first interface for communicating over a cellular network, a second interface for communicating over a WiFi network, and a computer-readable medium within the mobile client device, having thereon computer-executable instructions for switching one or more connection-oriented sessions from one of the first and second interfaces to the other based on a selection policy selected from an energy saving selection policy, an offload selection policy, and a performance selection policy. | 06-07-2012 |
20120137016 | DISTORTION-AWARE MULTIHOMED SCALABLE VIDEO STREAMING TO MULTIPLE CLIENTS - The described system and method provide joint rate control and scalable stream adaptation for multiple clients concurrently competing for the same access networks. For each such client, an optimization problem is constructed and solved to determine the streaming rate over each access network, the video packets to be transmitted, and the access network over which each video packet is sent. The rate control and stream adaptation problem is constructed as an integer program in an embodiment of the invention, with an objective to minimize a cost function of the expected video distortion. Randomized packet scheduling is accounted for in an embodiment of the invention by relaxing the integer program into real-valued optimization programs and deriving convex programming approximations. | 05-31-2012 |
20120135761 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF A SHORT MESSAGE IN AN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM PROVIDING AN INTERWORKING FUNCTION - A core network is provided for transmission of short messages in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) mobile communication network. The core network provides SMS over SGs functionality and includes: a Mobility Management Entity (MME); a Short Message Service Center (SMSC); and a unit providing an Interworking, Function (IWF) for handling of short messages; wherein the MME and the SMSC are in direct communication via the IWF with respect to communication of a short message with respect to a User Equipment (UE) having a data connection to the EPS mobile communication network. | 05-31-2012 |
20120120933 | METHOD FOR ENHANCED RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK - A method for enabling a mobile terminal to access a wireless local area network, the method including: receiving, at the mobile terminal, a first set of data from a WLAN (wireless local area network) login server module of a public land mobile network, wherein the first set of data is related to authentication information required by the wireless local area network for granting access to the mobile terminal; storing, by a WLAN login client module of the mobile terminal, a second set of data related to the authentication information required by the wireless local area network within a subscriber identity module of the mobile terminal; and upon access to the wireless local area network being requested by the mobile terminal, transmitting, by the WLAN login client module, the authentication information from the mobile terminal to the wireless local area network. | 05-17-2012 |
20120110176 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR INITIATING A SECOND SERVICE IN DEPENDENCY OF A FIRST SERVICE - A method for initiating a second service in dependency of a first service using individually configured event-driven state-machines includes executing the first service in a first communication space; transmitting a first event to an operator unit in dependency of the first service; triggering a first event-driven state-machine of the operator unit by the first event; generating a second event by the first event-driven state-machine; transmitting the second event to at least one of the first communication space and a second communication space; and initiating the second service in the at least one of the first communication space and the second communication space by the second event. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106504 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND BASE STATION FOR SHARING OR JOINTLY USING A GERAN (GSM EDGE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK) MOBILE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method for sharing or jointly using a GERAN (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network) mobile radio access network by at least a first mobile radio network operator and a second mobile radio network operator includes providing a radio access network for joint use by the at least first and second mobile radio network operators, wherein the radio access network provides at least a first radio frequency channel and a second radio frequency channel, the at least first and second radio frequency channels having each a TDMA frame (Time Division Multiple Access, frame) with eight time slots (TS | 05-03-2012 |
20120100863 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CHANNEL MODIFICATION IN A CELL OF A MOBILE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method is provided for channel modification within a macro cell of a cellular mobile radio access network. The method includes the steps of: providing a first control channel signal transmitted by a first transmitter, wherein the macro cell comprises the first transmitter and the macro cell overlaps at least partly with a radio coverage area created by a second transmitter; and providing a second control channel signal transmitted by the second transmitter, wherein the second control channel signal is transmitted using a same physical layer configuration as the first control channel signal. The second control channel signal is synchronized to the first control channel signal. The second control channel signal includes a duplication of the first control channel signal. The second control channel signal differs from the first control channel signal in at least one information element carried by the first control channel signal. | 04-26-2012 |
20120100857 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE HANDOVER BEHAVIOR IN A MOBILE RADIO NETWORK - A method for optimizing handover behavior in a mobile radio network includes: a) determining, during a first period of time, the handover behavior of at least one base station of the mobile radio network, with current configuration values of the handover parameters of the at least one base station; b) evaluating a current configuration of the at least one base station based on the determined handover behavior during the first period of time; c1) in the case that step b) does not indicate a need for optimization: repeating steps a) and b); or c2) in the case that step b) indicates a need for optimization: setting an optimization parameter A to a maximum value Amax; and d) modifying configuration values of at least one handover parameter. | 04-26-2012 |
20120083303 | OPPORTUNISTIC SPECTRUM ACCESS IN MOBILE COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS - A method of spectrum access for wireless communications by a secondary unlicensed unit in a CRN environment comprising one or more secondary unlicensed mobile units and one or more primary licensed units includes receiving information indicative of a location and movement of one or more secondary unlicensed units and a channel usage pattern and spatial distribution of one or more primary licensed units is accessed and a guard distance to shield the one or more primary licensed units from interference is calculated. The channel availability to the one or more secondary unlicensed units is then calculated according to a two-state Markov model including the guard distance as a constraint and based on the information indicative of the location and movement of the one or more secondary unlicensed units and the channel usage pattern and spatial distribution of the one or more primary licensed units. | 04-05-2012 |
20120076062 | METHOD, PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK AND BASE STATION ENTITY - A method for transmission of data within a public land mobile network from a base station entity to a first user equipment and to at least one other user equipment includes: providing a Shared Control Channel including a plurality of first sub-channels; providing a Physical Downlink Shared Channel comprising a plurality of second sub-channels, wherein each of the plurality of second sub-channels used for transmission of data to the first user equipment or the at least one other user equipment is referenced by a respective first sub-channel out of the plurality of first sub-channels; and performing downlink transmission of identical content to the first user equipment and to the at least one other user equipment. | 03-29-2012 |
20120071141 | HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ACCESS ON DEVICES WITH ONE OR MORE NETWORK INTERFACES - A method for managing TCP flows in a mobile device adapted to connect to two or more wireless network types includes enabling connection to a number of networks of different types at the mobile device and executing a plurality of Internet-enabled applications on the mobile device. Each such application forms an existing TCP connection over a first one of the wireless networks. The routing table is modified such that any additional TCP connection will be created on a second one of the wireless networks. The device determines that a termination condition has occurred and in response to determining that the termination condition has occurred, renders an interface on the mobile device to the first one of the wireless networks inoperative. | 03-22-2012 |
20120029911 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED AUDIO TRANSCODING IN PEER-TO-PEER SYSTEMS - A method for streaming audio data in a network, the audio data having a sequence of samples, includes encoding the sequence of samples into a plurality of coded base bitstreams, generating a plurality of enhancement streams, and transmitting the coded base bitstreams and the enhancement bitstreams to a receiver for decoding. Each of the enhancement bitstreams is generated from one of a plurality of non-overlapping portions of the sequence of samples. | 02-02-2012 |
20120017180 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE BACKGROUND IMAGE ON A SCREEN - Method for filling the screen | 01-19-2012 |
20120014321 | MESSAGING ACTIVITY FEED - The present invention provides a method for providing mobile originated and/or mobile terminated user data to a public IP network includes transferring the user data from the first party to the mobile radio network instance. A copy of the user data is generated by the mobile radio network instance and the user data is transmitted from the mobile radio network instance to the second party. The copied user data is transmitted from the mobile radio network instance to the user data collector. A data entry is stored in the user data collector, wherein the content of the data entry is related to the copied user data. In an initialization step at least one of the first party and the second party initializes the use of the user data collector such that, for user data to be transmitted after the completion of the initialization step, the copy of the user data is generated and transmitted from the mobile radio network instance to the user data collector. | 01-19-2012 |
20120008764 | METHOD, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A DETERMINISTIC AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method of routing a communication request of a first party to one of a plurality of second parties uses a distribution system. The method has a first step including transmitting the communication request by the first party to the distribution system. A second step includes transmitting a first party identification information by the first party to the distribution system. A third step includes unambiguous mapping of the first party identification information onto a particular one of the plurality of second parties via the distribution system using a deterministic algorithm that includes a hash algorithm. The deterministic algorithm stochastically distributes a plurality of differing first party identification information among the plurality of second parties. The third step includes calculating a hash value from the first party identification information using the hash algorithm. A fourth step includes routing the communication request to the particular one of the plurality of second parties via the distribution system based on the hash value. | 01-12-2012 |
20110299422 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A MOBILE CLIENT TO WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method for connecting a mobile client to a wireless network includes periodically triggering an access point scanning process so as to monitor an access point density of a wireless network. A frequency of the triggering is adjusted in response to a change in the access point density. | 12-08-2011 |
20110274155 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED VIDEO TRANSCODING - A method is described for streaming video data within a network, wherein the video data includes a sequence of frames. The method includes encoding the sequence of frames and generating a plurality of substreams from the encoded frames in this embodiment. Each of the plurality of substreams is assigned an identifier, and each substream includes a common encoded frame and a non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence. The non-overlapping portion of the encoded sequence of each substream is selected from the encoded frames based on the identifier of the respective substream. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of substreams to a receiver in an embodiment. | 11-10-2011 |
20110267954 | METHOD FOR ROUTING-ASSISTED TRAFFIC MONITORING - A method for routing-assisted traffic monitoring includes providing a set of flows, each flow having an associated ingress routing device and an associated egress routing device. A controller determines a micro-flowset routing for the set of flows, the micro-flowset routing defining which of a set of directed links connecting a plurality of routing devices are used to route each of the flows from the respective ingress routing device to the respective egress routing device. The controller transmits flow information to at least a first routing device of the plurality of routing devices according to the micro-flowset routing, the flow information defining which of the set of directed links are to be used to route at least one flow entering the first routing device to a second routing device of the plurality of routing devices. | 11-03-2011 |
20110231905 | METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR THE AUTHORIZATION-DEPENDENT CONTROL OF A CONTACTLESS INTERFACE DEVICE - A method for the authorization-dependent control of a contactless interface device of a communication device includes authenticating a user to the communication device. The contactless interface device is then deactivated so as to prevent a data transmission via the contactless interface device. | 09-22-2011 |
20110221974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAND GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TV - The invention relates to a gesture recognition system for remote controlling a TV, which comprises: (a) video capturing device for capturing a video sequence of a user which is composed of video frames, and conveying the same into a hand tracker; (b) hand tracker module for receiving said video sequence, inspecting each of said video frames for possible inclusion of a user hand within it, and when a hand is determined to be found in a frame, calculating the hand centroid, and outputting the centroid coordinates into a trajectory buffer; (c) trajectory buffer for receiving from said hand tracker each of said hand centroid coordinates, and maintaining in storage at least several tens of recent hand centroids, that altogether define a trajectory; (d) trajectory segmentation module for continuously inspecting said buffer for possible inclusion of relevant trajectories that are suspected to relate to a hand gesture pattern, and whenever a relevant trajectory is detected, extracting a trajectory segment of the same, and conveying it into a gesture classifier; and (e) gesture classifier for extracting from each received trajectory segment global feature parameters of the same, comparing said extracted global feature parameters with gesture global predefinitions, concluding whether the segment relates to a specific gesture command, and in the affirmative case, transferring the command to the TV. | 09-15-2011 |
20110218803 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING INTELLIGIBILITY OF SPEECH REPRESENTED BY A SPEECH SIGNAL - A method for assessing intelligibility of speech represented by a speech signal includes providing a speech signal and performing a feature extraction on at least one frame of the speech signal so as to obtain a feature vector for each of the at least one frame of the speech signal. The feature vector is input to a statistical machine learning model so as to obtain an estimated posterior probability of phonemes in the at least one frame as an output including a vector of phoneme posterior probabilities of different phonemes for each of the at least one frame of the speech signal. An entropy estimation is performed on the vector of phoneme posterior probabilities of the at least one frame of the speech signal so as to evaluate intelligibility of the at least one frame of the speech signal. An intelligibility measure is output for the at least one frame of the speech signal. | 09-08-2011 |
20110215966 | APPARATUS, METHOD, MANUFACTURE, AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING SUBSTITUTION FOR LOCATION-BASED APPLICATIONS - A method and apparatus for communicating over a network is provided. The method includes selecting between location-sensing methods for an LBA, such as between GPS and network triangulation. For each location-sensing method, a dynamic determination is made as to whether the accuracy of the location-sensing method, in the current environment, meets the application requirements. If two or more location-sensing methods meet the application requirements, then, location-sensing method selected is the location-sensing method that, from among the location-sensing methods that meet the application requirement, consumes the least power. Otherwise, the location-sensing method that is most accurate for the current environment is selected. | 09-08-2011 |
20110213857 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PROCESS-ORIENTED ACQUISITION, STORAGE, TRANSMISSION, AND PROVISION OF DATA - A communication system for process-oriented acquisition, storage, transmission, and provision of data includes at least one server device and a plurality of data processing devices connected through a communication network. The at least one server device is configured to provide a predefined data container for at least one process. At least one of the plurality of data processing devices is configured to download the data container so as to perform a first process step of the at least one process and to provide at least a one-time initiation of the at least one process. The data container includes at least a module configured to automatically check for the presence of the at least one additional process step in the at least one process by evaluating the directory with the at least one additional process step. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211583 | APPARATUS, METHOD, MANUFACTURE, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NETWORK SERVICES FROM BUILDING BLOCKS - A method and apparatus for communicating over a network is provided. The method includes obtaining building block codes, where the building blocks codes are capable of being used together to provide an end-to-end service. The building block codes are sent to each appropriate building block controller, where each building block controller is associated with a corresponding network node. Upon receiving a first packet of a connection for the first end-to-end service, a determination as to which network nodes of the plurality of network nodes should be used as network hops for the connection, and as to, for each network node that should be used as a network hop for the connection, which building block codes should be used by the building block controller corresponding to the network node. These determinations are communicated to each of the appropriate building block controllers. | 09-01-2011 |
20110202651 | PRICE-AWARE NEIGHBORHOOD SELECTION FOR PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for peer-to-peer file sharing is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a request for a list of neighbor peers, where the request is made by a requesting peer device, and where the requesting peer device has a local internet service provider (ISP). The method may also include employing a server device to rank each neighbor peer in a plurality of neighbor peers based on whether the respective neighbor peer is external to the local ISP, and if the respective neighbor peer is external to the ISP, further based on a cost metric associated with a next ISP hop from the requesting peer device to the respective neighbor peer. The method may also include generating the list of neighbor peers based on the ranking of the neighbor peers, and enabling transmission of the list of neighbor peers to the requesting peer device. | 08-18-2011 |
20110190060 | AROUND DEVICE INTERACTION FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER GAME AND FOR USER VERIFICATION - An electronic device includes an around device interaction module configured to interact with a user of the electronic device. The around device interaction module includes a magnetic sensor operable to measure a magnetic field strength of a magnetic element and a control unit configured to control the electronic device based on a movement of the magnetic element while the magnetic sensor measures the magnetic field strength of the magnetic element. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187975 | METHOD FOR CONTROL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC TERAHERTZ CARRIER WAVES - A method for influencing electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range between 0.1 and 10 terahertz includes providing a planar modulator having a matrix of at least 10×10 individual, active planar elements. Each planar element has a diameter between 5 μm and 100 μm. The planar elements are individually controlled using a central control unit such that each planar element assumes a respective one of at least two states in accordance with the control so as to influence the radiation. | 08-04-2011 |
20110173705 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROCESSING ANNOTATED MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS USING GRANULAR AND HIERARCHICAL PERMISSIONS - A method of processing at least one multimedia document includes determining at least one segment of the document. At least one type of permission is assigned to the at least one segment. The at least one type of permission is made available for a later use when processing the document. | 07-14-2011 |
20110166776 | METHOD, NAVIGATION DEVICE, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USING A NAVIGATION APPLICATION - A method for using a navigation application of a navigation device that is assigned to a communication module and disposable at a departure location includes requesting an input information via an electronic data message using a client device which includes the communication module. The navigation application is configured to use a definition of at least one destination location and the communication module includes a mobile telecommunication interface connected to at least one of a cellular network and a non-cellular network. The input information is related to the destination location and the request is based on an identity information stored in a communication memory of the communication module. At a data center, the input information is generated based on the identity information. A message including the input information is received by the communication module. The input information is transferred from the communication module to the navigation application so as to provide route guidance from the departure location of the navigation device to the destination location. The input information and a data set of the corresponding identity information are stored in the communication memory for further use. | 07-07-2011 |
20110143746 | ANTENNA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR OPTIMIZATION OF BROADCAST CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF AN ANTENNA - A method for determining physical parameters of an antenna of a mobile network base station includes providing, using the antenna, a mobile radio cell of a mobile network. Cellular parameters of the mobile radio cell are measured using at least one of user equipments and further mobile network base stations. The cellular parameters are transmitted from the at least one of user equipments and further mobile network base stations to an antenna controller. Using the antenna controller, at least one of the physical parameters of the antenna is determined based on the cellular parameters and at least one of a history of the cellular parameters, as measured by the user equipments, and a history of physical parameters of the antenna. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142452 | WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION BY WAY OF TERATHERTZ WAVES - The invention relates to a method for the wireless data, transmission between a transmitter and a receiver, the data being modulated as signals onto an electromagnetic carrier wave in the range of 0.1 and 10 terahertz. The carrier wave emitted by the transmitter is concentrated in the direction of the receiver, the transmitter being oriented towards the receiver by means of an automatic adjusting device and the adjusting device using wireless communication between the transmitter and the receiver for said orientation. | 06-16-2011 |
20110141106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SPEAKERS AND EMPHASIZING SELECTED OBJECTS IN PICTURE AND VIDEO MESSAGES - A method for emphasizing selected objects in digital data of at least one of pictures and video that is stored in digital messages, the messages including sender addresses and being stored in a memory system of a digital messaging system for a plurality of users, includes the step of identifying picture regions including at least one of faces and persons in the digital data of the messages on the digital messaging system having the same sender address. Sender-relevant picture regions in the identified picture regions that represent a sender of the message are determined based on at least one of: a) a comparison with a reference picture of the sender stored on the memory system; b) a comparison of speech data in the digital data with reference speech data using at least one of speaker recognition methods, speaker verification methods and speaker identification methods, taking into account picture data and speech data in the message; and c) a frequency of occurrence of the identified picture regions in the messages that have the same sender address. The digital data of the messages is then modified so as to emphasize the sender-relevant picture region. | 06-16-2011 |
20110139867 | METHOD FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for information retrieval in a communication network includes step 1) of transmitting a reference information from a mobile source device to a network instance. The reference information includes at least one of an image of a barcode from an accessible media and a related information that is derived from the barcode. The source device includes a Public Land Mobile Network interface and the reference information is transmitted via the Public Land Mobile Network interface. A second step 2) includes transmitting a target information, including information related to a selected target device, to the network instance, the target information being transmitted via the Public Land Mobile Network interface. A third step 3) includes transmitting a usable information from the network instance to the target device, the usable information being related to the reference information and including a media content that is used by the target device at a predetermined time. Step 1) is completed before step 2) begins the step 2) is completed before step 3) begins. | 06-16-2011 |
20110122788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method for organizing an architecture of access points in a distributed wireless network includes measuring interference between the access points, assigning radiofrequency channels to the access points based on the measured interference and creating distributed antenna groups of multiple access points operating on a same radio frequency channel. A distributed wireless network includes a plurality of access points and a central controller connected to the access points via a common backbone, the central controller being configured to assign radio frequency channels to the access points according to the method. | 05-26-2011 |
20110119758 | APPARATUS FOR MOBILE DATA PROCESSING - A mobile data processing device includes a permanent memory configured to store an operating system bootable from the permanent memory. The device includes a connection configured to connect the device and a personal computer. The connection is configured so that the personal computer loads the operating system from the permanent memory during booting. The device includes at least one integrated network adapter. The device includes a hardware system. The hardware system is configured to at least one of encrypt and decrypt content stored in the permanent memory. The device includes a housing configured to be portable. | 05-19-2011 |
20110117932 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE LOCATION OF A FEMTOCELL - A method for checking the location of a femtocell includes receiving, by the femtocell and by a reference receiver having a known location, radio signals from at least three transmitters disposed at known locations. Each of the transmitters is at least one of a broadcast transmitter and a pilot radio signal transmitter configured to broadcast a pilot radio signal for checking the location of the femtocell in a frequency range outside frequency ranges used for mobile communication. Differences in delay of the radio signals from two of the at least three transmitters are determined based on reception times of the radio signals received by the femtocell and the reference receiver. The location of the femtocell is checked based on the determined differences in delay. | 05-19-2011 |
20110113491 | COLLABORATIVE SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING AGAINST THE PROPAGATION OF MALWARES IN A NETWORK - The present invention is a system for using a collective computing power of a plurality of network stations in a communication network in order to overcome threats generated by malicious applications. Collaboratively, a large group of simple network stations implement a vaccination mechanism, proliferating information concerning malicious applications (malwares) throughout the network in an efficient manner. | 05-12-2011 |
20110110674 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING TERAHERTZ WAVES - A method for processing received electromagnetic radiation includes receiving electromagnetic radiation having a plurality of carrier waves in the frequency range between 0.1 and 10 terahertz and having modulated onto the carrier waves information with a signal frequency of less than 50 GHz. The received radiation is filtered with a filter that is tunable in the frequency range from 0.1 to 10 terahertz so as to obtain at least one carrier wave as a terahertz signal. The terahertz signal is provided to a detection circuit that is sensitive to the terahertz signal frequency. | 05-12-2011 |
20110105042 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE ANTENNA DIVERSITY GAIN IN DIGITAL RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring the antenna diversity gain in digital radio transmission systems, wherein the sensitivity of a receiver system is designed by using a plurality of antennas, wherein the signals thereof determine a diversity gain (DG) by means of the bit error rate (BER)-increase of the signals. The invention is characterized in that the method and the device for measuring the diversity-gain (DG) in digital radio transmission systems form an optimization of radio net planning by means of targeted use of diversity, wherein a decrease of the number of used base stations and an increase of the transmission- and receiving quality is achieved. | 05-05-2011 |
20110103801 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TERAHERTZ ELECTROMAGNETIC CARRIER WAVES - A method for producing an electromagnetic carrier wave in the frequency range between 0.1 and 10 terahertz that is suitable for the wireless transmission of data includes generating, by an electromagnetic pump wave, at least two mixing waves with a defined frequency difference, the pump wave being configured to constitute one of the mixing waves; and producing an electromagnetic carrier wave by frequency mixing the mixing waves. | 05-05-2011 |
20110076994 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MANAGING PERSONAL SCHEDULES VIA CONTEXT-SENSING AND ACTUATION - An apparatus and method for schedule management includes storing at least one schedule for a user. The current activity of the user is determined. At a remind time for each schedule, the user is reminded of the schedule according to a reminder method. The reminder method selection is based on at least the determined current activity of the user. Some of the reminder methods selected between may include, for example, voice, ring, vibration, light, and/or text. | 03-31-2011 |
20110076946 | Method, mobile terminal, transponder device and system for monitoring an object with respect to the mobile terminal - A system for monitoring an object includes a transponder device associated with the object and an acceleration sensor operable to provide an acceleration signal. The transponder device is operable to emit a radio signal based on the acceleration signal. A mobile terminal having a short range radio interface and a secondary radio interface, comprising a wireless network interface, is operable to communicate with the transponder device using the short range radio interface. The mobile terminal is operable to receive the radio signal so as to indicate that the object is present within a coverage area defined by the short range radio interface. The mobile terminal is operable to emit a first alert signal when the radio signal is not received by the mobile terminal within a first predetermined time interval. The transponder device is operable to repeatedly emit the radio signal during a second predetermined time interval when the radio signal is not received by the mobile terminal within the first predetermined time interval. The mobile terminal is operable to emit a second alert signal and communicate with a party of a communication network when the radio signal is not received by the mobile terminal within the second predetermined time interval. | 03-31-2011 |
20110061018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME MAP-BASED LOST & FOUND - A system and method for lost and found includes enabling information about found objects to be stored in real time. The method further includes enabling adjustment of a field of view of an interactive map. The method further includes receiving a search input for search of a lost object. The method further includes performing a search for the lost object based on at least the stored information about the found objects, the search input, and the field of view of the interactive map. The method further includes enabling results of the search to be overlaid on the interactive map. | 03-10-2011 |
20110058660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL LOGGING AND RETRIEVAL - A system and method for call logging and retrieval includes receiving a call log of a first call made by a user. The call log of the first call may include, for example, the start and end time of the call, and/or the like. The context for the call is provided by the user. A call record is stored for each call of a number of calls made to and from the user. The record for the first call includes the call log of the first call and the context for the first call. | 03-10-2011 |
20110047112 | Method for Detecting Airplane Flight Events, Mobile Communication Device, and Computational Unit Therefor - A method for detecting airplane flight events using at least one acceleration sensor associated with a mobile communication device includes obtaining at least one acceleration signal from the at least one acceleration sensor; pre-processing the obtained at least one acceleration signal to remove redundant information present in the at least one acceleration signal; performing a feature extraction on the pre-processed at least one acceleration signal; and classifying airplane flight events based on an acceleration pattern represented by the extracted acceleration features. | 02-24-2011 |
20110040688 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A method for the decentralized distribution of digital content via a network includes providing content with a tag configured to allow at least one of an operator of a download portal and a content provider to track distribution of the content so as to collect data about a number of downloads of the content and about distributors of the content. A distributor downloads the content via the download portal and selects a content consumer for further distribution of the content. The content consumer receives the content and, at least in the case of a first-time utilization of the content by the content consumer, transmits information from the tag about utilization of the content to a server specified by the tag. At least one of the operator of the download portal and the content provider receives the information from the tag about the utilization of the content from the server. | 02-17-2011 |
20110034149 | METHOD FOR RELEASING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION CARD FOR THE USE OF A SERVICE OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR INTERACTION WITH A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for releasing a mobile communication card for the use of a service of a mobile communication network, wherein the service is usable with a user equipment, the user equipment comprising a contactless interface, includes in a first step, at least temporarily activating the mobile communication card and in a second step, releasing the use of the service based on an identifier of the mobile communication card and based on at least one authentication parameter of an electronic passport. The at least one authentication parameter is transmitted via the contactless interface. | 02-10-2011 |
20100325521 | UNEQUAL DELAY CODES FOR BURST-ERASURE CHANNELS - An error correction code includes a separate error code portion for each of two or more separate burst erasure durations (or burst error durations). For each burst erasure duration, the code can be employed to recover from the burst erasure with a different delay time. Each error code portion has a particular parameter for burst duration (B) and delay (T), meaning that the code can be used to recover from a burst erasure of duration B with delay T. Each error code portion is based on separating the source symbols into sub-symbols and diagonally interleaving the sub-symbols based on the (B,T) parameters for the error code portion. Accordingly, different burst erasures are recovered from with different delays. | 12-23-2010 |
20100293237 | METHOD FOR INTERNET-BASED MESSAGING - The invention relates to a method and a system for sending a message on the basis of an Internet protocol to an arbitrary call number of a recipient, wherein the recipient address is formed from the call number of the recipient and a domain addition, and the message is stored on a message server ( | 11-18-2010 |
20100284668 | MOBILE VIRTUAL PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER - Method for storage and/or access of records of television programs, which are recorded by a personal video recorder ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100274693 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A PARKING PROCEDURE WITH THE HELP OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for processing a parking transaction using a mobile communication device connected to a public mobile communication network includes: determining location-based data that establish a location where the mobile communication device is currently located; transmitting to a central management and monitoring device the location-based data and an individual identifier that is stored in the mobile communication device; converting the location-based data to a predefined parking zone; and checking, in response to the individual identifier, whether a user of the mobile communication device is entitled to park a vehicle in the parking zone. | 10-28-2010 |
20100248722 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING COVERAGE GAPS ON THE BORDERS OF A CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method for operating a first cellular communications network, particularly for operating cells in the border region of the first cellular mobile communications network, wherein the first mobile communications network is identifiable by an identifier and, at least in border regions of the first mobile communications network, transmits the identifier of a second neighboring mobile communications network that is considered equivalent to a mobile communications terminal device to which a communications connection exists, wherein an at least partial spatial overlap of the communications ranges of the two mobile communications networks is present, wherein the mobile communications terminal device measures the communications signal strengths of the mobile communications networks currently receivable at the current location of the mobile communications terminal device, wherein the communications signal strengths measured by the communications terminal device and the associated identifiers of the respective mobile communications network are sent to the first mobile communications network for analysis, wherein the communications connection is transferred to the second neighboring mobile communications network if the communications signal strength of said network exceeds a predeterminable threshold value or is greater than the communications signal strength of the first mobile communications network. | 09-30-2010 |
20100235808 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TASK MODELING OF MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS - A system for task modeling interactive sequential applications for one or more mobile devices, which comprises a software tool for defining a generic meta-model of the target applications, wherein the generic meta-model consist of a static model of application components, and a dynamic model of IDs of application screens and connections; a passive TM database for storing the generic meta-model for future reuse, which further comprises static instances of the generic meta-model specifically generated for a variety of mobile devices; a tracker module for real-time monitoring and creating unique ID for each application's screen visited by the user of the mobile device, wherein created IDs are used for generating active models of the user actual use; and an active TM database for storing the active models, wherein data transferring and storing is minimized to screen ID numbers. | 09-16-2010 |
20100229239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NEW MALICIOUS EXECUTABLES, BASED ON DISCOVERING AND MONITORING CHARACTERISTIC SYSTEM CALL SEQUENCES - The invention relates to a method for detecting malicious executables, which comprises: (a) in an offline training phase, finding a collection of system call sequences that are characteristic only to malicious files, when such malicious files are executed, and storing said sequences in a database; and, in runtime, for each running executable, continuously monitoring its issued run-time system calls and comparing with the stored sequences of system calls within the database to determine whether there exists a match between a portion of the sequence of the run-time system calls and one or more of the database sequences, and when such a match is found, declaring said executable as malicious. | 09-09-2010 |
20100217812 | INTERCONNECTION OF VIRTUAL WORLDS BY MEANS OF MOBILE MESSAGE SERVICES - The invention relates to a method for connecting data processing systems and/or computer networks that simulate virtual environments ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100202441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE USER-SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION OF A COMMUNICATIONS PORT - A method and an apparatus for the user-specific configuration of a communications port includes provisioning a default profile that references a predetermined user, assigning the default profile to a user-specific configuration profile that is assigned to the predetermined user, and configuring the communications port using the user-specific configuration profile. | 08-12-2010 |
20100195185 | OPTICAL CLEANING OF CRYSTALS - Method for preparing a purified crystal for use in an optical component, from an impure crystal having impurities or crystal defects capable of causing a specific absorption of incident light, includes heating the impure crystal to a temperature at which ions in the crystal are mobile and provide conductivity. A part of the crystal is illuminated with an electromagnetic purifying beam having a frequency in or near a visible frequency range so as to optically excite and migrate charges in the crystal, the charges being compensated by a counter-migration of the ions so as to be fixed in place thereafter so as to provide a purified crystal zone. The crystal is cooled to a future operating temperature. | 08-05-2010 |
20100142387 | NET-BASED RECORDING OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS - The invention relates to a method and a device for carrying out the method for the ability to regulate and control a recording of a telecommunications connection, wherein the signals generated in the telecommunications connection are tapped and stored in a system. The invention is characterized in that a storage occurs according to the specifications of the respective telecommunications subscriber and/or the respective network operators involved, and that the signals of the telecommunications connection to be recorded can be stored as encrypted data files directly in the network of the telecommunications net used, wherein said data files can be decrypted, and the contents reproduced, by means of appropriate release by the subscribers of the telecommunications connection and/or by means of appropriate authorization of third parties. | 06-10-2010 |
20100135662 | METHOD FOR THE RAMAN AMPLIFICATION OF OPTICAL SIGNALS AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A system and method for Raman amplification of optical signals in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical transmission system includes transmitting optical signals within a transmission band via an optical waveguide between a transmitter and a receiver, Raman-amplifying the optical signals with at least one pump so as to distort an amplification profile of the Raman amplification within the transmission band, and rectifying the distorted amplification profile so as to compensate for the distortion. | 06-03-2010 |
20100121765 | ELECTRONIC ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM - A digital voting method for a computer system having a voting booth system, a validator system, and a bulletin board system, where the validator system has access to certificates of authorized voters, includes generating using the voting booth system, a vote; blinding/signing the vote using a signature of the voter; sending the blinded/signed vote to the validator; verifying the voter's signature; checking that the voter is authorized, and checking whether the voter has received a validator signature, wherein if not the validator signs the blinded vote; sending the validator signature back to the voting booth system; unblinding the signature; verifying the validator signature, and if correct encrypting the vote along with the validator signature using a tallier's public key; encrypting the vote using a public key to provide a dual-encrypted vote displayable to the voter; transferring the dual-encrypted vote to the bulletin board; and if the voter is authorized publishing the dual-encrypted vote. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118724 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A GTP COMMUNICATION PATH IN AN UMTS/GPRS NETWORK - A method for monitoring a GTP communication path in an UMTS/GPRS network as well as a corresponding monitoring system that is connected to the UMTS/GPRS network. The monitoring system comprises means for generating a GTP-C message in the form of a GTP echo request message containing an IP address of the monitoring system as an originating address and an IP address of a node of the UMTS/GPRS network or an external network as a destination address. The system also includes means for transmitting the GTP echo request message to the addressed network node and storing the message transmission time, means of receiving a GTP echo response message sent by the addressed network node as a reply to a successfully transmitted GTP echo request message, and means for determining a round trip time of the GTP echo request/response messages by forming the difference between the time the GTP echo response message is received and the time the GTP echo request message is sent. | 05-13-2010 |
20100114577 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE NATURAL-LANGUAGE RECOGNITION OF A VOCAL EXPRESSION - The invention relates to a method and a device for the natural-language recognition of a vocal expression. A vocal expression of a person is detected and converted into a voice signal to be processed by a voice recognition device. Afterwards, the voice signal is analyzed at the same time or sequentially in a plurality of voice recognition branches of the voice recognition device using a plurality of grammars, wherein the recognition process is successfully completed if the analysis of the voice signal in at least one voice recognition branch supplies a positive recognition result. | 05-06-2010 |
20100074250 | METHOD AND BROADBAND ACCESS SYSTEM FOR REMOTE-CONTROLLING A VOICE INTERFACE OF AN ACCESS NODE - A method for controlling an access node interface connected to a VoIP server via an IP-based network, wherein subscriber lines connect a plurality of subscriber terminals to the access node, includes storing subscriber-specific data in a memory device associated with the VoIP server, where the data contains information to configure an access node voice interface. The access node determines whether at least one of the plurality of subscriber terminals is connected to the interface. If at least one of the subscribers is connected to the interface, then interface-associated identification data is transmitted from the access node to the VoIP server using an IP-based protocol. In response to the interface identification data received, subscriber-specific data filed for the connected interface is transmitted from the VoIP server to the access node using the IP-based protocol. The access node is configured, using the subscriber-specific data, so that the interface is operated as a voice interface. | 03-25-2010 |
20100067087 | TREATMENT OF CRYSTALS FOR THE PREVENTION OF OPTICAL DAMAGE - Method for treating a nominally pure crystal having non-linear optical properties. The nominally pure crystal contain foreign atoms at a residual concentration of less than 20 ppm so as to provide specific absorption of incident light. The method includes determining, based on testing on a specifically doped reference crystal of same type as the nominally pure crystal, a threshold value. The threshold value is defined by a temperature at which a migration of ions in the nominally pure crystal to the surface of the nominally pure crystal ceases. The foreign atoms are transformed to a higher valance state by a thermally-supported oxidation process including heating the nominally pure crystal at a heating rate that increases by less than | 03-18-2010 |
20100058413 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO DATA FOR IPTV - A method for providing audio and/or video data for Internet Protocol Television includes receiving source material. Encoded source data is generated by encoding the source material in a target format. The encoded source data is transmitted to a memory that is configured to output the encoded source data. | 03-04-2010 |
20100048171 | METHOD FOR FRAUD RECOGNITION IN THE CASE OF ROAMING CONNECTIONS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - The invention relates to a method for fraud recognition in mobile communication networks, in particular, for fraud recognition in the case of roaming connections, wherein a roaming connection provided for a user identity module, a SIM, is checked for possible misuse by means of at least one criterion. According to the invention, the “engaged rate” for the relevant user identity model is checked an essential criterion for a given period. | 02-25-2010 |
20100033635 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFERENCE-FREE SWITCHOVER BETWEEN PROGRAMME CHANNELS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT - A method for interference-free, centrally controlled switchover from a first to a second program channel in a data transmission system for distributing encoded program data streams to multiple subscribers includes delivering at least two program data streams, each of which is associated with a separate program channel, to a separate, controllable encoder. The program data streams are encoded in the associated encoders. The encoded first and second program data streams are fed into a distribution network. One encoded program data stream is delivered through a routing device to at least one target subscriber. Control parameters are provisioned in a central control device which permits a synchronized activation of the controllable encoders and at least one switching device for interference-free switchover of the program channels. An interference-free switchover from the first to the second program channel is executed. | 02-11-2010 |
20100031358 | SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES EARLY DETECTION, ALERT, AND RESPONSE TO ELECTRONIC THREATS - The invention is a computer system that provides early detection alert and response to electronic threats (eThreats) in large wide area networks, e.g. the network of an Internet Services Provider or a Network Services Provider. The system of the invention accomplishes this by harnessing the processing power of dedicated hardware, software residing in specialized servers, distributed personal computers connected to the network, and the human brain to provide multi-layered early detection, alarm and response. The layers comprise: a Protection Layer, which detects and eliminates from the network data stream eThreats known to the system; a Detection Layer, which detects and creates signatures for new eThreats that are unknown to the system; an Expert Analysis Layer, which comprises a group of human experts who receive information from various components of the system and analyze the information to confirm the identity of new eThreats; and a Collaborative Detection & Protection Layer, which detects potential new eThreats by processing information received from various system agents and users. A Dynamic Sandbox Protection Layer associated with the distributed personal computers connected to the network. can optionally be part of the system of the invention. | 02-04-2010 |
20100029229 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN EER POWER AMPLIFIER FOR DIGITAL TRANSMISSION - A method for controlling power amplifiers for digital transmission includes converting a digital modulation signal according to envelope elimination and restoration into an amplitude signal and into a phase-modulated carrier signal. The amplitude signal and the phase-modulated carrier signal are combined in a final stage so as to provide a transmit signal. The amplitude signal is automatically monitored by a module that employs a distribution-density function of the amplitude signal in order to determine a direct component error of the amplitude signal. The distribution-density function of the amplitude signal corresponds to a Rayleigh function if the energy of the complex modulation signal is distributed approximately uniformly within a bandwidth being used. If the spectral power density has an approximately rectangular form, the Rayleigh function is used to determine the direct component error. The direct component error is determined from the amplitude signal. | 02-04-2010 |
20100017193 | METHOD, SPOKEN DIALOG SYSTEM, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL DEVICE FOR MULTILINGUAL SPEECH OUTPUT - A method for providing multilingual speech output in an automated spoken dialog system includes setting up a connection between a telecommunications terminal device and the spoken dialog system. In response to a connection setup, a multilingual speech output is provided that includes an output of a first speech sequence in a first language and at least one second speech sequence in at least one second language different from the first language. The first speech sequence and the at least one second speech sequence are output, at least in part, simultaneously. | 01-21-2010 |
20090326940 | AUTOMATED VOICE-OPERATED USER SUPPORT - An information device for voice-operated support of a user includes a storage medium, a knowledge database, a processing unit, an input device, a recording component, a transcription component, and an ontological analysis component. A signal is detected by the input device and stored by the recording component via the processing unit in the storage medium. The signal is transformed into a corresponding text by the transcription component via the processing unit and stored in the storage medium. The ontological analysis component categorizes the text via the processing unit using the knowledge database and processes the text using the categorization and the knowledge database via the processing unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20090300765 | UNKNOWN MALCODE DETECTION USING CLASSIFIERS WITH OPTIMAL TRAINING SETS - The present invention is directed to a method for detecting unknown malicious code, such as a virus, a worm, a Trojan Horse or any combination thereof. Accordingly, a Data Set is created, which is a collection of files that includes a first subset with malicious code and a second subset with benign code files and malicious and benign files are identified by an antivirus program. All files are parsed using n-gram moving windows of several lengths and the TF representation is computed for each n-gram in each file. An initial set of top features (e.g., up to 5500) of all n-grams IS selected, based on the DF measure and the number of the top features is reduced to comply with the computation resources required for classifier training, by using features selection methods. The optimal number of features is then determined based on the evaluation of the detection accuracy of several sets of reduced top features and different data sets with different distributions of benign and malicious files are prepared, based on the optimal number, which will be used as training and test sets. For each classifier, the detection accuracy is iteratively evaluated for all combinations of training and test sets distributions, while in each iteration, training a classifier using a specific distribution and testing the trained classifier on all distributions. The optimal distribution that results with the highest detection accuracy is selected for that classifier. | 12-03-2009 |
20090287403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FUSION OF TRAFFIC DATA WHEN INFORMATION IS INCOMPLETE - A method for merging imprecisely localized traffic reports with precisely localized traffic data includes obtaining a plurality of possible positions (x) of the localized traffic reports having imprecise position indications. The plurality of possible positions is evaluated using overlap functions. Substantially precise positions for the localized traffic reports are defined by solving an extremum problem. | 11-19-2009 |
20090265788 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PSEUDONYMIZATION OF DIGITAL DATA - A system and method for pseudonymizing digital data records sent from a source system to a destination system, using an identity protector client system and an identity protector master system, includes the steps of receiving, at the identity protector client, person-specific data from a source system provided with a source identifier. The digital data records are pre-pseudonymized by the identity protector client, and the processed digital data records are marked with a source identifier which references the source file in the source system. The pre-pseudonymized digital data records are transmitted to the identity protector master. For every data record, a pseudonym is created by the identity protector master from the pre-pseudonym, the source identifier, and at least one other value generated from an erratic value and a time value. The pseudonym is transmitted to the destination system. | 10-22-2009 |
20090259528 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENSURING DATA PRIVACY IN OFFBOARD TOLL COLLECTION - A method for determining toll routes, using a filter unit and a vehicle onboard unit onboard unit in communication with one another, the filter unit having map material so that toll routes are determinable on the basis of a position data, includes transmitting, by the onboard unit, the position data to the filter unit so that the position data is checkable for toll relevance without revealing an identity of the onboard unit. The transmitted position data is checked for toll relevance. Toll collection data is transmitted to the onboard unit for charge calculation and billing. The toll routes are stored by the onboard unit. The toll routes are transmitted to a toll collection point for the charge calculation. | 10-15-2009 |
20090244289 | AUDIO-VISUAL QUALITY ESTIMATION - A method and an apparatus for estimating a quality of an audio-video signal includes calculating audio and video quality factors from audio and video technical characteristics. An audio-video quality factors interaction is computed from an interaction between the audio and video quality factors. At least one of an audio quality, a video quality and an audio-visual quality is computed using the audio and video quality factors and the audio-video quality factors interaction. | 10-01-2009 |
20090214212 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANNEL-ADAPTED SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN OPTICAL NETWORKS - A method for optical data transmission in a wavelength multiplexing system having at least two transmission channels of different wavelengths includes determining at least one value which is a measure of a physical property of an optical data transmission path of the wavelength multiplexing system; and automatically adjusting a transmission parameter of at least one of the transmission channels as a function of the determined at least one value. | 08-27-2009 |
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20090099843 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE INTEGRAL AND DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF LISTENING SPEECH QUALITY - A method for determining a speech quality measure of an output speech signal with respect to an input speech signal, wherein the input signal passes through a signal path of a data transmission system resulting in the output signal, includes the steps of pre-processing the output signal; determining at least one of an interruption rate of the pre-processed output signal and a measure for an intensity of musical tones present in the pre-processed output signal; and determining the speech quality measure from at least one of the interruption rate and the measure for the intensity of the musical tones. | 04-16-2009 |
20090026263 | TRANSPORT MONITORING SYSTEM - A transport monitoring system is provided for transporting goods that are provided with identification tags. The identification tags store identification data used to identify the goods. The transport device includes a closeable transport unit, at least one reader unit, an evaluation unit and activation unit. The closeable transport unit receives goods that are provided with identification tags. The at least one reader unit emits an inquiry signal to the transport unit in order to read the identification tags when an activation signal for activating the reader unit is received. The at least one reader unit also receives the identification data signals emitted by the identification tags. The evaluation unit is used to evaluate the identification data signals received by the reader unit. The activation unit produces the activating signal for activating the reader unit once the transport unit is closed. | 01-29-2009 |
20080319986 | PROCESS OF TIME-SPACE COLLABORATIVE FILTERING OF INFORMATION - The invention is a process for collaborative filtering of information called Time-Space Filtering (TSIF). The invention is used in the fields of information filtering and publishing and is particularly useful in the field of providing web-based information, e.g. electronic newspapers. TSIF is a process of filtering and ranking the relevance of an article's content to specific readers, taking into account the time dimension of information as well as the factors traditionally considered by content-based or collaborative filtering. | 12-25-2008 |
20080313734 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF eTHREATS - The invention relates to a distributed system for detecting eThreats that propagate in a network, which comprises: (a) graphs database storing at least one propagation graph, each graph describing the typical propagation over time of one eThreat class or a legitimate executable class within the network; (b) plurality of agents that are distributed in corresponding plurality of hosts within the network, each of said agents continuously monitoring the corresponding host and reporting to a Central Decision Maker (CDM) the identity of any new suspected executable, and the time in which said suspected executable has been first detected by said agent; (c) a CDM for: (c.1) receiving all said reports from said plurality of agents; (c.2) creating from said reports for each suspected executable a corresponding propagation graph which reflects the propagation characteristics over time of said suspected executable within the network, and (c.3) comparing each of said created graphs with said stored at least one propagation graph; (c.4) upon finding a similarity above a predefined threshold between a created graph and one of the stored graphs, concluding respectively that said executable belongs to the class as defined by said stored graph; and (c.5) conveying said conclusion to said agents, for optionally taking an appropriate action. | 12-18-2008 |
20080294628 | ONTOLOGY-CONTENT-BASED FILTERING METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED NEWSPAPERS - The invention is an ontological-content-based method for filtering and ranking the relevancy of items. The filtering method of the invention utilizes a hierarchical ontology, which considers the distance, or similarity between concepts representing each user to concepts representing each item, according to the position of related concepts in the hierarchical ontology. Based on that, the filtering algorithm computes the similarity between the items and users and rank-orders the items according to their relevancy to each user. The method finds general use in the fields of information filtering and publishing, specifically the production of electronic newspapers for which the invention provides methods of filtering and ranking the relevance of news content to specific readers in order to allow production of personalized electronic newspapers. | 11-27-2008 |
20080263100 | Method and system for the managing vehicle data - A method for managing vehicle data of a motor vehicle includes storing the vehicle data in an on-board memory. The stored vehicle data is associated with the vehicle using a vehicle identifier. The stored data is transmitted via a telecommunications connection to a data processing center of a telecommunications network. The transmitted data is made available at the data processing center for retrieval by third parties. | 10-23-2008 |
20080259874 | FLOW BASED LAYER 2 HANDOVER MECHANISM FOR MOBILE NODE WITH MULTI NETWORK INTERFACES - A method for handing-off a mobile node (MN) from one network interface to another network interface, the network interfaces being connected to a same level | 10-23-2008 |
20080228869 | METHOD FOR ONLINE DISTRIBUTION OF DRM CONTENT - The invention relates to a method for online distribution of digital content that is protected by digital rights management (DRM). It makes it possible to disseminate such content via peer-to-peer networks, for instance, according to the bitstream principle. According to the invention, the file segments that are identical in terms of the distribution of the same content within different DRM files, are shared peer-to-peer among the terminal devices of the network subscribers under the control of a server, while all of the other specific components of a given DRM file, including the rights labels, are transmitted by a centralized site ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080222375 | Method and system for the transparent migration of virtual machines storage - Method for transferring storage data of a virtual machine to be migrated from a first host device to a second host device via a communication network, including: running the virtual machine on the first host device; storing, on a local storage device of the first host device, a disk image used by the virtual machine; detecting, while the virtual machine is running on the first host device, any changes made to the disk image used by the virtual machine; establishing a connection over the communication network from the first host device to the second host device; transferring, to the second host device while the virtual machine is running on the first host device, the disk image used by the virtual machine and the detected any changes made; modifying the disk image transferred to the second host device in response to the detected any changes transferred to the second host device; and starting, using the modified disk image, a migrated virtual machine on the second host device at a current state of the virtual machine running on the first host device. | 09-11-2008 |
20080215519 | METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROLLED QUERY OF STRUCTURED SAVED INFORMATION - A method for the controlled querying of information stored in a structured format in a data processing system using a dialog system includes: providing at least one first ontology configured to store information in a structured format; and providing at least one input grammar in the dialog system configured to analyze user inputs as a function of the at least one first ontology. | 09-04-2008 |
20080212481 | NOVEL DYNAMIC FIREWALL FOR NSP NETWORKS - Method for protecting an NSP data network against data overflow, according to which the NSP data network is divided to a protected sub-network and an unprotected sub-network. Connectivity to external data networks is allowed through the unprotected sub-network via a set of predefined controlled data ports. Each user is connected to the protected sub-network via a proxy router and to the unprotected sub-network via gateway routers that are connected to the proxy router through interconnected intermediating routers and to unprotected sub-network via the set of controlled data ports. A maximum available bandwidth that can be processed by a user is determined for each user and maximal sub-bandwidth is allocated for each router, such that the sub-bandwidth is smaller than the bandwidth. Whenever the data packet flow intended to the user exceeds the sub-bandwidth at one of the routers, the excess packet flow is filtered according to predetermined criteria defined by the user, who gets a report about the filtered packets within a predetermined period after the filtering begins. Otherwise, the data packet flow is passed from each router to the next router until the proxy router. | 09-04-2008 |