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| 20120036534 | SYSTEM, METHOD, MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING PUSH-TO-TALK CHAT IN INTERACTIVE MOBILE TV - An apparatus for providing an interactive service during a broadcast service includes a transmitting element and a processing element. The transmitting element is capable of communicating broadcast content of the broadcast service to a plurality of receiving terminals. The processing element is configured to at least partially control the transmitting element. The processing element is configured to communicate with a network device in order to request a program specific group for communication of the interactive service to a receiving terminal that is a member of the program specific group. The interactive service is communicated to the receiving terminal that is a member of the program specific group with reception of the broadcast service. The content associated with the interactive service originates from the receiving terminals. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036468 | USER INPUT REMAPPING - An apparatus and method for receiving an input at a first location on an input-sensing surface, the first location being mapped to the activation of a first user interface component; receiving a correction of the activation to the activation of a second user interface component; and based at least in part on the correction, remapping subsequent inputs within a locus to the activation of the second user interface component. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036223 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING AN ANTICIPATED SUCCESS INDICATION WITH DATA DELIVERY - Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a server. The server determines an anticipated success rate for successfully transferring the requested content to the device and/or utilizing the content at the target device, and transfers an indication of the anticipated success rate to the intermediary device. The anticipated success rate indication is received at the intermediary device, which then determines whether the received anticipated success rate indication meets threshold criteria. If so, the intermediary device notifies the server to initiate the transfer of the content from the server to the target device if the threshold criteria is met. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRELATING AND NAVIGATING BETWEEN A LIVE IMAGE AND A PRERECORDED PANORAMIC IMAGE - An approach is provided for correlating and navigating between a live camera image and a prerecorded panoramic image. A mapping and augmented reality application correlates at least one live image with a prerecorded panoramic image, when a first location of a device used to capture the at least one live image substantially matches or falls within a predetermined proximity of a second location of a device used to capture the panoramic prerecorded image. The mapping and augmented reality application causes, at least in part, alternating of the at least one live image and the prerecorded panoramic image in a presentation on a screen of the device capturing the at least one live image. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032885 | REVERSING ACTIONS - An apparatus and method for receiving a first user input performed on a user interface element; determining, in a first determination, that the first user input is of a first type; performing an action associated with the user interface element, in response to said first determination; receiving a second user input on the user interface element; determining, in a second determination, that the second user input is of a second type, the second type being different to the first type; and reversing the action, in response to the second determination. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032779 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING CONTENT WITHIN A DEVICE - An apparatus includes at least one a processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to determine that a character input has been recognized by an apparatus, determine that an audible word starting with the character has been recognized by the apparatus, and initiate an unlocking operation of the apparatus. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE - A method and apparatus for updating firmware using a firmware-over-the-air update. The apparatus comprises a plurality of repository files each comprising one or more settings. The apparatus is configured to store a specified value corresponding to at least one of the settings. The apparatus is capable of receiving a firmware over-the-air update which overwrites at least one repository file with an updated version. The apparatus is capable of identifying repository files which have been changed by the update and for which at least one corresponding specified value exists. Identification is achieved by comparing representations of repository files. Further, the apparatus is capable of merging updated repository files to retain specified values. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030608 | METHOD, FUNCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND SOFTWARE MEANS FOR SEARCHING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION WITH USER INTERFACE OF A TERMINAL IN WHICH AN ADDRESS FIELD AND VIRTUAL FUNCTION KEYS ARE MODIFIED TO CORRESPOND TO AN INVOKED SERVICE THROUGH DATA INPUT TO A BROWSER ADDRESS FIELD, AND CELLULAR NETWORK TERMINAL EMPLOYING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for making it easier to carry out information search and processing with a communications device. Furthermore, the invention relates to a network browser employing the method and a www service at a server in a communications network as well as a cellular network terminal. In the method according to the invention, information entered in the address field of the network browser is utilized so that the address field with its virtual function keys is modified in accordance with the service used on the basis of information entered in the address field. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028652 | DETERMINING A POSITION OF A TERMINAL - It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a position of a terminal. It is checked if an intersection of all areas of a set of areas that are associated with one or more communication nodes and represent and/or limit possible positions of a terminal is potentially non-empty. Each of the areas is associable with a respective bounding box. The intersection is defined to be potentially non-empty if an intersection of all of the bounding boxes would be non-empty. A position of the terminal is determined in dependence on a result of the checking if the intersection of all areas of the set of areas is potentially non-empty. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027316 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT SCALABLE STREAM ADAPTATION - A system and method for signaling low-to-high layer switching points in a file format level to enable efficient scalable stream switching in streaming servers and local file playback. The present invention also provides for a system and method for signaling low-to-high layer switching points in video bit stream, e.g., to enable intelligent forwarding of scalability layers in media-aware network elements or computationally scalable decoding in stream recipients. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027301 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTEGRATING CODE-BASED AND OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGIES INTO A MOBILE VISUAL SEARCH - A device for switching between code-based searching, optical character recognition (OCR) searching and visual searching is provided. The device includes a media content input for receiving media content from a camera or other element of the device and transferring this media content to a switch. Additionally, the device includes a meta-information input capable of receiving meta-information from an element of the device and transferring the meta-information to the switch. The switch is able to utilize the received media content and the meta-information to select and/or switch between a visual search algorithm, an OCR algorithm and a code-based algorithm. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING OF INTERFERING SPATIAL LAYERS WITH DEDICATED REFERENCE SIGNAL - An apparatus, method and system for signaling of interfering spatial layers with dedicated reference signals in a communication system. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026196 | APPARATUS INCLUDING A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - An apparatus is provided, which comprises: a display configured to display an image,a sensor arrangement ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023234 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Connection - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a user equipment stores data to be transmitted, determines that the data is to be transmitted, and transmits a new connection establishment message toward a network node or access point, wherein the new connection establishment message comprises an indication relating to releasing resources allocated to the new connection. The indication may relate to one-off connection type or specify a quantity relating to the new connection, for example. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023184 | Method, device and software for updating data in mobile devices - Updating data between the mobile devices belonging to a given user group is shown. In a mobile device ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020396 | CALIBRATION OF SMART ANTENNA SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method, system, apparatus, and computer pro-gram product for transmitting or receiving a plurality of time-duplexed transmission signal components via respective transmission or reception chains and respective antenna elements of a smart antenna system. A calibration signal is temporarily coupled into or from the transmission or reception chains via a selected one of the transmission or reception chains by using a portion of the transmission signal components, and a calibration signal parameter, influenced by said transmission or reception chains, is measured relative to a selected one of the transmission or reception chains. Then, a beamforming process of said smart antenna system is calibrated in response to a result of the measuring. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020264 | HARQ ACKNOWLEDGMENT CHANNEL CODING FOR 4-CARRIER HSDPA MIMO - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method, computer program, and apparatus for operating a receiver using at least four carriers to receive transport blocks from a transmitter, to compose a first codeword to acknowledge at least one of a reception and a lack of reception of individual transport blocks in a first part of the at least four carriers, to compose a second codeword to acknowledge at least one of a reception and a lack of reception of individual transport blocks in a second part of the at least four carriers, and to transmit the first codeword and the second codeword to the transmitter during one slot. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020248 | SELECTION OF TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS FOR WIRELESS CONNECTION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for selecting one or more radio communication schemes for an end-to-end connection. Peers of the end-to-end connection negotiate ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020225 | Method and Apparatus for MIMO Transmission - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for transmission is disclosed comprising a processor configured to receive data and to form data packets, a radio frequency transmitter configured to transmit the data packets, a monitor configured to evaluate resource utilization of the radio frequency transmitter and to provide a resource utilization rate, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to instruct the processor to form multiple output or single output data packets to the radio frequency transmitter based on the resource utilization rate. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019999 | TOUCHPAD - A touchpad with two or more concentrically arranged curved touch sensitive areas. The curved touch sensitive areas are distinguished from one another by level variations and may from a rippled or undulating surface that allow a user to identify the individual curved touch sensitive areas blindly. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120016662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION USING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATION - An approach is provided for providing biometric information processing using distributed computation. A biometric information processing infrastructure determines to receive an input including, at least in part, biometric information. The biometric information processing infrastructure selects one or more analyses for processing the input. The biometric information processing infrastructure also determines one or more processes associated with the one or more analyses. The biometric information processing infrastructure further determines to derive one or more computation closures from the one or more processes. The biometric information processing infrastructure determines to decompose the one or more computation closures for distribution in one or more computation spaces. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016626 | UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD OF POSITION REFERENCE DATA - An apparatus, a method and a computer program, the apparatus comprising: collection circuitry configured to collect position reference data, wherein the collected position reference data is for assisting another apparatus to determine a position of the another apparatus based upon wireless signals received by the another apparatus; receiver circuitry configured to receive control data relating to controlling the transmission of collected position reference data by the apparatus; transmitter circuitry configured to transmit collected position reference data; and processing circuitry configured, in dependence upon the received control data, to selectively control transmission of collected position reference data by the transmitter circuitry. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015681 | Measurement Configuration and Reporting of CSG Cells in Connected Mode - A network sends to a user equipment UE a range indicator by which a private cell can be distinguished from a non-private cell, a first indicator that indicates whether or not to report private cells in a measurement report, and a second indicator that indicates which private cells are to have their measurements reported. The UE receives these, in an embodiment all in a same message. The UE uses the second indicator to identify at least one cell to report and the received range indicator to distinguish private cells from non-private cells; measures a signal from the identified at least one cell which is determined by the range indicator to be a private cell; and sends to the network a measurement report that comprises a measurement indication from the identified and determined at least one private cell. The network receives from the UE that measurement report. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015618 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Broadcast Receivers - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is described comprising a control interface, a detection unit configured to detect that an external broadcast receiver is coupled on the control interface, a control unit configured to select one of the external broadcast receiver and another broadcast receiver, and a user interface application configured to control the selected broadcast receiver. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015607 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE INITIATED OFFLOADING TO UNLICENSED BANDS - A method comprises communicating, by a first device, with a second device, using a device-to-device communication on licensed band, determining, by the first device, whether unlicensed band resources are available, and if the unlicensed band resources are available, initiating, by the first device, a set up of a device-to-device communication on unlicensed band. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014356 | Systems, Methods, Apparatuses, and Computer Program Products for Facilitating Voice Call Continuity in Intersystem Handover - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating voice call continuity in intersystem handover. A method may include determining that a user equipment device being handed over from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network is a party to a voice call in an alerting state. The method may further include providing session state information indicating that the user equipment device is a party to a voice call in an alerting state to a network entity on the circuit switched network in response to the determination. Corresponding systems, computer program products and apparatuses are also provided. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014305 | POWER SAVE MECHANISM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to enable power save modes of operation between mobile wireless devices for direct data transfer in an infrastructure BSS. An example embodiment inserts in a message that is transmitted by the transmitting mobile wireless device, a specified time when a next active direct data transfer period will start so that the devices can remain in power save mode in a direct data transfer link until that time. Then, when the next active direct data transfer period is about to start, the receiving device sends a trigger signal based on the specified time, the trigger signal indicating that the next period is about to start. This confirms to the transmitting device that the receiving device has awakened, so that the transmitting device may start transmitting the data to the receiving device via the direct data transfer link. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014273 | An Apparatus and Method for Voice Call Continuity - A mobile device having an operating system which includes a communications framework having a voice call continuity convergence layer. The status of the circuit switched and packet switched parts of the network are reported to the convergence layer which decides which part of the network to connect to based on network status and pre-stored profiles. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013793 | VIDEO IMPORTANCE RATING BASED ON COMPRESSED DOMAIN VIDEO FEATURES - Systems and methods are provided for identifying important video frames and segments in multimedia content such as a segmented compressed domain video. Video frames in a segment are analyzed to determine intensity, contrast, and motion values for the frames and their segments. The values among frames and segments are compared to identify one or more video segments likely to be important to a viewer. The systems and methods may additionally be augmented with audio data other characteristics associated with the video frames and segments analyzed. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A FIRST PERSON WORLD VIEW OF CONTENT - An approach is provided for presenting a global view of content. A content mapping platform determines a viewing location of a device with respect to a user interface, wherein the user interface depicts a three-dimensional object in which a surface closest to the viewing location is transparent to show, at least in part, an opposite surface of the three-dimensional object. Further, the content mapping platform then determines at least one target location associated with at least one content item. Furthermore, the content mapping platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of the at least one content item on the opposite surface of the three-dimensional object based, at least in part, on the at least one target location. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013311 | INTERFACE CONTROL - An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus comprising: communication circuitry configured to drive, on a first occasion, a first transition of a first electrical parameter on an electrical interface to another apparatus; determination circuitry configured to determine feedback information dependent upon a measured electrical parameter on the electrical interface; and control circuitry configured to use the determined feedback information to control the power output of the communication circuitry to achieve, on a second occasion subsequent to the first occasion, the first transition of the first electrical parameter on the electrical interface within a threshold time period. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013291 | BATTERY CHARGER - A battery charger includes a rotatable top cover for exposing electrical connectors for physically coupling and electrically communicating with a battery or other device and providing electrical energy for charging a battery or device. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A SECURITY POLICY - An approach is provided for selecting a security policy. A security policy manager determines, at a device, context information associated with a place. The security policy manager then determines a safety score associated with the place based, at least in part, on the context information and selects a security policy for the device based, at least in part, on the safety score. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011548 | DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCAST SERVICE DISCOVERY - Embodiments are directed to binary phase shift key modulating a first pilot symbol according to a reference sequence, and differentially binary phase shift key modulating a second pilot symbols. The original reference sequence and the delayed differentially modulated sequence are then combined before performing an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform and inserting a guard interval. Receiver operations are an inverse of the transmitter operations, which were just discussed. The receiver does not have to know the reference sequence. Embodiments are directed to specifying a plurality of seeds that are bit patterns each having r bits not all of which have a value of zero, extending the seeds into respective sequences by applying to each seed a recurrence formula; and using one of the sequences as a comb sequence and using the sequences other than the comb sequence as binary phase shift keying patterns. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011498 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF CONTENT AT THE DEVICE - Method, device and computer program product for automatic provisioning of content are provided. The method includes receiving a content to be processed at a device. The method further includes automatically determining, by an application dependency manager, files required for processing the content at the device. Furthermore, the method includes downloading the files required for processing the content from a source external to the device. Thereafter, the method includes processing the content at the device using the files. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011265 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING A PROBABLE THROUGHPUT FOR A LOCATION BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON A RECEIVED THROUGHPUT - An apparatus for calculating a probable throughput for a location may include a compiler for organizing a received throughput corresponding to a recorded throughput and a location indicator stored in a memory device. The calculation of the probable throughput may be conducted by a probable throughput calculator. The stream rate may thus be adapted by a stream rate adaptor in response to the probable throughput at the location to thereby create a buffer of sufficient size to continue rendering the content at the location. For example, the stream rate may be adapted to a maximum throughput value which is determined by a maximum throughput determiner. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AGGREGATING AND LINKING PLACE DATA - An approach is provided for aggregating and linking place data among entities via a collaborative registry. A place resource servicing application receives an input from a provider for specifying place information, the place information including, at least in part, a description of content available from the provider related to a place at a geographic location. The place resource servicing application determines the place from the place information. The place resource servicing application aggregates the place information with other place information available from one or more other providers in a registry based, at least in part, on the determined place. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011072 | Method, System, And Computer Program Product For Facilitating Post-Sale Transactions Using Mobile Devices - The present invention provides a technique for securely identifying devices that can interact by wired or wireless communication protocols. An transaction object is generated which contains details of an interaction between a pair of devices. The transaction object can subsequently be transferred to other devices to provide details of the interaction, thereby enabling the identity of the sending device to be determined by the receiving device, as well as other relevant information. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A GEO-PREDICTIVE STREAMING SERVICE - A method for providing geo-predictive streaming services may include receiving, at a mobile terminal, an indication of network performance parameters associated with a corresponding time and location of a projected route of the mobile terminal, determining, at the mobile terminal, whether a portion of the projected route corresponds to an outage event with respect to data being streamed to the mobile terminal, and, in response to a determination that the outage event corresponds to the portion of the projected route, causing communication of at least one of a geo-predictive next application data unit and an estimated capacity vector to a streaming server to a streaming server providing the data being streamed to cause a modification to a data transmission rate at which data is to be streamed to the mobile terminal. A corresponding computer program product, system and apparatus are also provided. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009874 | ALLOWED SPECTRUM INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A system for determining allowed channels for operating in unlicensed bandwidth. Initially, an apparatus may determine whether valid allowed channel information corresponding to the current position of the apparatus already exists in the apparatus. If the allowed channel information corresponding to the current position of the apparatus does not exist in the apparatus or is invalid, the apparatus may then determine if the allowed channel information can be provided by another apparatus. If the allowed channel information is available from another apparatus, this information may be requested from the other apparatus. Otherwise, the allowed channel information may be requested from a database. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008826 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN DIGITAL IMAGES - Method, device, and computer program product for detecting an object in a digital image are provided. The method includes providing a detection window and determining at least one area of the object in the digital image by traversing the detection window by a first step size onto a set of pixels. Further, at each pixel, presence of at least one portion of the object in the detection window is detected. Upon detection of the presence of the object, the detection window is shifted by a second step size to neighbouring pixels. Further, the detection window is selected as an area of the object if the at least one portion of the object is present in at least a threshold number of detection windows at the neighbouring pixels. Thereafter, an object area representing the object in the digital image is selected based on the at least one area. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008777 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CONTENT PROTECTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING A CONTENT PACKAGE - An apparatus for providing an improved content protecting and packaging system for protecting content may include an extractor for extracting a content package into a plurality of content segments including a first portion and a second portion. An enveloper may envelop each of the content segments in the first portion separately to thereby create one or more protected content segments. Further, a packager may package the protected content segments with the second portion of the content segments into a protected content package, which may then be uploaded to a distributor for distribution to user terminals. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008604 | ENABLEMENT FOR REALLOCATED BANDWIDTH ENVIRONMENTS - A system for managing the enablement of beaconing in apparatuses operating in reallocated bandwidth corresponding to a geographic area. For example, apparatuses may initially determine whether they desire to operate as beaconing-type apparatuses or non-beaconing-type apparatuses. The apparatuses may then transmit enablement request frames comprising at least apparatus identification information and the previously determined desired beaconing or non-beaconing apparatus type. Apparatuses may then receive enablement request frames that at least designate the apparatuses as first tier beaconing apparatuses, second tier beaconing apparatuses or non-beaconing apparatuses. The apparatuses may then proceed to configure themselves based on the enablement information. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007996 | Method and Apparatus for Imaging - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for setting imaging parameters. Information of several images of a scene is received. The images are captured with different exposure times. Also information of motion of the apparatus is received. On the basis of the motion of the apparatus at least one of the exposure times is estimated. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120005619 | Method and Apparatus for Processing User Input - User input to a computing device comprises a demarcated portion and a remainder portion. The demarcated portion comprises a label or data type which is associated with an application. On processing the user input, the associated application is instructed to open a data object and use the data of the demarcated portion and the remainder portion for the data object. Rules specify which applications may be associated with which data types and labels. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005591 | Method and Apparatus for Presenting User Information Based on User Location Information - An approach is provided for determining location information and presenting user information on at least one display. A location detection and presentation module determines location information of one or more users. The location detection and presentation module causes, at least in part, presentation of user information on at least one display at a position based, at least in part, on the determined location of the one or more users. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005586 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC NETWORK DEVICE START UP - Techniques for dynamic device start up include causing the following steps in response to powering a device. A server is determined, which provides at least a portion of a user interface to operate the device. If a communications network is available, a request message is sent to the server. The request message indicates at least a request for at least first data describing at least the portion of the user interface. The user interface is rendered based at least in part on the first data. In some embodiments, a server determines first data that describes at least a portion of a user interface for a remote device. The user interface is an interface for receiving input at the remote device to operate the remote device. In response to receiving a start-up message indicating start up of the remote device, at least the first data is sent to the remote device. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005509 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Energy Management via a Sub-System - Various methods for performing energy management via a sub-system are provided. One example method includes receiving a user input while a main processing system is in a power saving mode and buffering a representation of the user input. The example method further includes, in response to receiving the user input, triggering a wake up of a main processing system from the power saving mode, and causing transmission of the representation of the user input to the main processing system for processing. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005167 | Context Aware Restore Mechanism - There is described a method, apparatus and a memory storing a computer program that operates to back-up data on a computer readable memory; and responsive to receiving a restore request to select a subset of the stored back-up data for restoring to a device based on operational capabilities of the device. In various embodiments, the operational capabilities can be determined from device capability indications received from the device which are used to select individual files of the back-up data set; security hashes on individual files can be generated, and sent to the device for each file of the subset; and/or the stored backup data is from a first device and the subset is restored to a second device based on operational capabilities of the second device which differ from those of the first device (for example, language capabilities of a multi-lingual software package). | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION AND COMPUTATION CLOSURES ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - An approach is provided for enabling the accounting of closures to support query requests established by a device. A computation processing and accounting infrastructure determines one or more closures based, at least in part, on a query request. One of the one or more closures based, at least in part, on one or more predetermined policies is selected to generate a response to the query. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120004895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING ON-LINE SERVICES - There is disclosed a method, an apparatus, and a computer program for testing on-line services. In an example embodiment a topology ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120003997 | FILTERING OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A TERMINAL - The object of the invention is a system, a device, a terminal and a method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to the terminal through a telecommunication connection. The invention comprises attaching a specific filtering parameter ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002737 | Method and Apparatus for Coexistence of OFDM Receiver with Burst Interference - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and a corresponding method are described, comprising reception of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission, wherein the OFDM transmission comprises at least one OFDM symbol and at least one guard interval. At least a part of the OFDM symbol is repeated during at least a part of the guard interval. The presence of a burst interference is detected, and at least a part of the OFDM symbol occurring during the burst interference is replaced with at least a part of the signal received during the guard interval. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002589 | HANDOVER OR LOCATION UPDATE FOR OPTIMIZATION FOR RELATY STATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the optimization of relay station handovers and location update in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, a request to handover a plurality of mobile stations from a first base station to a second base station may be sent. An identifier associated with the second base station for each of the plurality of mobile stations may be received. In another example embodiment, each of the identifiers is forwarded to the mobile station corresponding to the connection identifier. In another example embodiment, a location update may be performed by sending a message to a network device, such as a target base station, to provide location update information for a plurality of mobile stations. In this manner, one message may be transmitted over a wireless link to facilitate a handover or location update for a plurality of mobile stations. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002386 | Method and Apparatus for Improving the Reliability of Solder Joints - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method, comprises receiving an integrated circuit component comprising at least one solder ball substantially surrounded by a first epoxy flux, applying a second epoxy flux to at least one integrated circuit component contact point of a printed circuit board, and performing a reflow process such that the integrated circuit component adheres to the printed circuit board and the first and second epoxy flux forms an encapsulating layer around at least one solder joint. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001761 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, including a scintillator configured to convert ionizing radiation into photons, and a photo detector including at least one graphene layer configured to detect said photons. In accordance with another example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided, including receiving and detecting photons by a photo detector from a scintillator, said photo detector including at least one graphene layer configured to detect said photons, and transmitting information indicative of said detected photons from said apparatus to an external device. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110321118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A MULTI-ROLE COMMUNICATION USING A MEMORY TAG - An approach is presented for performing a multi-role communication using a Radio Frequency (RF) memory tag. The control manager receives a content request, at a memory tag, from a first device according to a first access policy. Further, the control manager determines one or more sources of content data responsive to the content request. Then, the control manager provides access from the one or more sources to the memory tag according to a second access policy. The access facilitates transmission of the content data to the first device according to a third access policy. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110321030 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A SOFTWARE IMAGE - A method and apparatus for updating the software image on a plurality of computing devices which comprises creating a simulated version of the software image of the devices in a changed format, altering the simulated version of the software image and copying the altered version back to the devices. The change of format typically obviates the need for human interaction during the update process. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110321024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING AN EXECUTING APPLICATION - An approach is provided for updating an application such as a widget. An update platform receives a request to update an application executing on a device. Execution of the application retrieves all or a portion of stored code associated with the application from a storage memory of the device and places the retrieved stored code as executing code in an execution memory of the device. The update platform determines whether updated code corresponding to the application is available based, at least in part, on the request and determines to retrieve the updated code if available. The update platform then determines to replace all or a portion of the stored code with the updated code without affecting the executing code. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROJECTING A USER INTERFACE VIA PARTITION STREAMING - Various methods for projecting a user interface via multiple encoded streams are provided. One example method includes generating first and at least second data streams. The data included in the first and second data streams may be configured to cause respective partitions of a unified user interface image to be displayed. The example method may also include generating fiducial information indicating at least a location for displaying the data of the first data streams on a display. The example method may also include causing the first data stream, the second data stream, and the fiducial information to be transmitted from an apparatus to a remote environment for displaying the first partition of the unified user interface image and the second partition of the unified user interface image on a display of the remote environment. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320836 | Apparatus and Method of Managing Consumption in the Apparatus - An apparatus ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320600 | Sharing Access for Clients - This patent application relates to a method, a computer program product, a computer program, an apparatus, and a system for sharing an access to at least one application located on a smart card unit. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND AGGREGATION OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATIONS - An approach is provided for construction and aggregation of distributed computations. A distributed computation construction infrastructure identifies an execution context bound to a user context at a device, the execution context corresponding to one or more processes executing at the device. The distributed computation construction infrastructure further causes, at least in part, decomposition of the execution context into one or more closure primitives and respective process states, wherein the one or more closure primitives represent computation closures of the one or more processes. The distributed computation construction infrastructure also causes, at least in part, serialization of the one or more closure primitives, the process states, or a combination thereof. The distributed computation construction infrastructure further causes, at least in part, aggregation of the one or more primitives and the respective process states to reconstruct at least a portion of the execution context based, at least in part, on consistency determination. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320408 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PAGED UPDATE PROTOCOL - An approach is provided for providing an update feed to clients. An update document comprising one or more update statuses of one or more resources is generated. At least one of the one or more resources is identified using a respective obfuscation identifier. The update document is divided into one or more pages. The one or more pages are archived. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319144 | POWER MANAGEMENT PROFILE - The present invention provides a method and system suitable for managing the power consumption of a mobile communication device by way of a user-selectable profile. In response to receiving a power management-initiating signal the mobile communication device performs at least one of the following: Receipt of incoming communication is deferred while other functionality of the mobile communication device is retained; outgoing communication is grouped into a single transmission; and a subsequent transmission is deferred if the transmission requires power exceeding a predetermined threshold. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319097 | Position Monitoring for a Coverage Area - It is disclosed a method, an apparatus and a computer program for monitoring, for a position of a set of one or more positions that are associated with a coverage area of a communication node, if a report comprising a position associated with said coverage area of said communication node and lying in a defined environment of said position for which said monitoring is performed is received as a validation of said position for which said monitoring is performed. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319082 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SOURCE IDENTIFICATION FOR SINGLE RADIO VOICE CALL CONTINUITY - An apparatus for enabling source identification for single radio voice call continuity (SR-VCC) in relation to a handover between different RATs may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving an indication of handover between a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, defining an identity value for source identification associated with the first radio access technology by utilizing a source identification format associated with a third radio access technology, and providing the defined identity value to a network device associated with a target of the handover. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110319065 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO LIMIT PERIODIC UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, there is at least a method, apparatus which may include operations that result from operation of computer program code, and a plurality of coupled logic circuit elements constructed to carry out the associated functions for, in response to signaling received from a network access node, prematurely terminating operation of a timer running on a user equipment, the timer being used to control how long the user equipment is considered uplink time aligned, and performing operations defined to be executed upon the timer expiring. Further, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention there is signaling a user equipment to prematurely terminate operation of a timer running on the user equipment, the timer being used to control how long the user equipment is considered uplink time aligned, and reserving an uplink resource for the user equipment. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317855 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO USER INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus for providing audio connection of a speaker arrangement, with an apparatus for providing audio to the speaker arrangement, using a connection element of the apparatus for providing audio connection, wherein the apparatus for providing audio connection comprises a connection element/connector body, and a user input interface arranged to provide for control of an audio setting of the audio, providable by the speaker arrangement, based on detected movement of the connection element/connector body. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317657 | Change of rate matching modes in presence of channel state information reference signal transmission - In one aspect thereof the exemplary embodiments of this invention provide a method that includes, prior to confirmation that a network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of a user equipment, operating a user equipment with the network access node in accordance with a first rate matching mode and, only after confirmation to the user equipment that the network access node has correctly acquired capabilities of the user equipment, changing the rate matching mode to a second rate matching mode. In an embodiment the first rate matching mode comprises puncturing a downlink shared channel transmission with a set of resource elements, which may be at least one of reference symbols and muted resource elements, and the second rate matching mode comprises rate matching the downlink shared channel around those resource elements that are members of the set of resource elements. Also described are apparatus and computer readable storage medium storing program code that operate in accordance with the method. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317571 | Method and Apparatus for Data Offloading - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises receiving data dependent offloading parameters at a mobile device, measuring data amount usage of the mobile device, comparing the measured data amount usage to the received data dependent offloading parameters, and determining whether to attempt offloading of data from the mobile device to a complementary network based on the comparison. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317569 | Method and Apparatus for Device-to-Device Network Coordination - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises broadcasting from a user equipment (UE) having means for device to device (D2D) communication a beacon comprising an OFDM beacon frame comprising a plurality of beacon fields; receiving at least one random access request from at least one neighbor device to trigger handshake signaling for establishment of a D2D connection; responding to one of the at least one random access request with an acknowledgement beacon including at least an identifier of the UE to confirm the D2D connection with the selected neighbor device; discovering available resources; and exchanging said resource information in the handshake signaling with the neighbor devices. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110315949 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING PHOTONS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, including a plurality of photon sensing layers arranged on top of each other, and an intermediate layer between each two adjacent sensing layers, the sensing layers being of graphene, and each intermediate layer being configured to prevent a respective color component of light from proceeding into the photon sensing layer next to it. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A COLLABORATIVE PLAYLIST - An approach is provided for generating a collaborative playlist. An input for initiating creation of a collaborative playlist is received. The collaborative playlist can be based, at least in part, on one or more criteria. A notification of the collaborative playlist is determined to be transmitted to one or more devices. Respective users of the one or more devices are used to update the collaborative playlist. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATIONS WITHIN A COMPUTATION SPACE - An approach is provided for providing operations for manipulation of distributed computations. A computations closure management infrastructure determines to receive a request for specifying one or more operations to perform on one or more computation spaces, wherein the one or more computation spaces represent one or more computational processes as one or more graphs within the respective one or more computation spaces. The computation closures management infrastructure determines to retrieve the one or more computation spaces, the one or more graphs within the one or more computation spaces, one or more subgraphs of the one or more graphs, or a combination thereof. The computation closures management infrastructure determines to apply the one or more operations on the one or more computation spaces, the one or more graphs, the one or more subgraphs, or a combination thereof to update at least one of the one or more computation spaces, to generate at least one additional computation space, or a combination thereof. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTED DEDUCTIVE CLOSURES USING MULTIDIMENSIONAL RESULT CURSORS - A method comprises selecting at least a first data set and a second data set on which to apply a query. The method also comprises causing generating of a first cursor based and a second cursor based on a first application of the query on the first data set and a second cursor based on a second application of the query on the second data set. A third cursor based on a combination of a result set returned by the first cursor and second cursor is then generated in response to the query. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313874 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING LOCATION-BASED TRANSACTIONS - An approach is provided for managing location-based transactions. A posting application determines to associate transaction information with a geographic location, the transaction information relating to one or more users. The posting application determines location information associated with respective devices of the one or more users. The posting application determines to transmit a notification related to the one or more transactions to the respective devices based, at least in part, on the location information. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SMART ZOOMING OF A GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION - An approach is provided for custom zooming of geographic representation. A custom zooming application determines an input specifying a level of zoom for rendering a geographic representation presented at a device, the geographic representation including a plurality of objects. The custom zooming application determines respective degrees of relevance of the plurality of objects based, at least in part, on the device, a user of the device, related context information, or a combination thereof. The custom zooming application determines to render one or more of the plurality of objects with at least one different level of visibility with respect to other ones of the plurality of objects based, at least in part, on the respective degrees of relevance, the level of zoom, or a combination thereof. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE SCHEDULING FOR NETWORK CONTROLLED D2D COMMUNICATIONS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises obtaining at a network node a scheduling reference point with a fluctuation range based at least in part on at least one metric for a plurality of cellular user equipments (UEs) and at least a pair of device-to-device (D2D) UEs; signaling the scheduling reference point and the fluctuation range to the at least pair of D2D UEs; allocating radio resources to the pair of D2D UEs according to one or more allocation criteria; receiving metrics updates from the pair of D2D UEs and the plurality of cellular users; and adjusting the scheduling reference point and the fluctuation range according to the received metric updates. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312309 | Method and Apparatus for Locating Information from Surroundings - An apparatus includes at least one a processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to determine that an input defining a piece of information to be located has been received, determine the location of the information in an environment of the apparatus, and report the location. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312291 | Frequency Modulated Broadcasts - A method comprises detecting whether or not a frequency modulation broadcast receiver is tuned to an overdeviated frequency modulated broadcast, or is at a location where overdeviated frequency modulated broadcasts exist or has received a user input indicating the presence of an overdeviated frequency modulated broadcast; and in response to the detection, automatically adjusting operation of the frequency modulated broadcast receiver. Automatically adjusting operation comprises adjusting one or more parameters or settings in such a way as to alter the susceptibility of a speaker arrangement to the possibility of being overdriven by overdeviated frequency modulated broadcasts. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311100 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Object Tracking Using Template Switching and Feature Adaptation - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided that may enable devices to provide improved object tracking, such as in connection with computer vision, multimedia content analysis and retrieval, augmented reality, human computer interaction and region-based image processing. In this regard, a method includes adjusting parameters of a portion of an input frame having a target object to match a template size and then performing feature-based image registration between the portion of the input frame and an active template and at least one selected inactive template. The method may also enable switching the selected inactive template to be an active template for a subsequent frame based at least on a matching score between the portion of the input frame and the selected inactive template and determine a position of a target object in the input frame based on one of the active template or the selected inactive template. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310844 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSFER OF CABABILITY SUPPORT INFORMATION IN A MULTI-RAT ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus for enabling transfer of mobile terminal inter-RAT capabilities in a multi-RAT environment from the perspective of the capability provider may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving an indication of a request for mobile terminal inter-RAT capability information relative to a particular RAT, acquiring the inter-RAT capability information in response to receipt of the indication of the request for inter-RAT capability information, and providing the inter-RAT capability information to a target base station. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310783 | Method and Apparatus for Fair Scheduling of Broadcast Services - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises a) receiving at a base station from a core network entity a plurality of data packets scheduled for transmission during a scheduling period and synchronization information for a plurality of service bearers; b) determining whether there is an overflow condition based on the received synchronization information and transmission resources reserved for the plurality of service bearers for the scheduling period in a single-frequency network; c) upon determining that the overflow condition is present, selecting among the plurality of service bearers at least one service bearer based on a bearer selection function, wherein the bearer selection function results in selecting the service bearer with a highest value or a lowest value of a ratio of two quantities each with a specific value for each of the plurality of service bearers, and wherein the bearer selection function does not directly compute any ratio; and d) dropping a data packet from the selected at least one service bearer. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310064 | User Interfaces and Associated Apparatus and Methods - Apparatus for a touch sensor, the apparatus comprising circuitry for processing signaling to determine the detection of touch input, wherein the circuitry for processing is arranged to detect touch input by comparing touch signaling with one or more reference thresholds, and wherein the circuitry for processing is arranged to perform a first touch calibration, following the detection of the first touch, to provide a first reference threshold which compensates for the signaling associated with the first touch, and wherein the circuitry for processing is arranged to detect a subsequent next touch, using the first reference threshold, as the reference threshold for detection of said next subsequent touch. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110307841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BINDING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS AND GRANULAR REFLECTIVE PROCESSING - An approach is provided for binding user interface elements and granular reflective processing. An information management infrastructure determines to detect an event, from a first device, for specifying one or more user interface elements for transfer to a second device. The information management infrastructure further identifies one or more processes bound to the user interface elements. The information management infrastructure also determines at least one of a user context, an execution context within the user context, and one or more other execution contexts for the processes, wherein the one or more other execution contexts are from at least one of the user context and one or more other user contexts. The information management infrastructure further causes, at least in part, serialization of at least one of the user context, the execution context, and the one or more other execution contexts. The information management infrastructure further determines to transmit the serialization to the second device to initiate reconstruction of the at least one of the user context, the execution context, and the one or more other execution contexts. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307612 | METHOD TO REQUEST RESOURCES IN TV WHITE SPACES TYPE ENVIRONMENT - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for independent wireless resource sharing on a fair basis to enable selecting the most suitable coexistence between wireless networks. Example embodiments of the invention include a hierarchical resource request process that enables reallocation of radio resources in a coexistence band. When new resources are requested by a network, a search is made for free resources in the coexistence band. If this does not succeed, a check is made for any allocated but unused resources in the coexistence band that have been advertised by neighboring networks. If there are insufficient advertised resources, then the allocation of resources in neighboring networks is analyzed and compared with the requesting network's need for network resources. There are two graduated stages to the analysis. In an example light analysis stage, an analysis of the allocation of resources is limited to neighboring networks within the same network allocation group as the requesting network's. In a more extensive analysis stage, all of the neighboring networks are analyzed. In this manner, a more complete resource reallocation may be achieved. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307545 | Apparatus and Methods for Describing and Timing Representatives in Streaming Media Files - Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for receiving and presenting, or playing-out, representations of media content and for enabling time synchronization and random seeking across multiple representations. A client device can access an appropriate time mapping fragment that associates play-out time intervals of the media content of the multiple representations with the corresponding media segments to identify the appropriate media segment corresponding to the desired time point within the current representation or in another selected representation. The time mapping fragments may be created and preloaded onto a media content server, and the media content server may transmit the time mapping fragment(s) to a client device upon receiving a request form the client device or as part of a media segment. In other cases, the media content server may create the time mapping fragments dynamically, e.g., upon receiving a request from the client device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER BASED SEARCH IN DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SPACE - An approach is provided for enabling dynamic user based search within a distributed information space. A request for conducting a search over one or more information spaces is distributed to one or more autonomous agents. The autonomous agents process the request according to one or more functions specific to the one or more autonomous agents. Results are rendered to an interface of a user device in response to the search request. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307428 | Screening Information for a Coverage Model - It is disclosed to determine whether information useable for a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or made available to said generating/updating process. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING UNSOLICITED CONTENT - One embodiment is concerned with the receipt of unsolicited content, such as advertisement messages, but also including other data, such as network control data, warning messages, or the like, at an apparatus, and also how such unsolicited content is displayed to the user of the apparatus. For example, the unsolicited content may be combined with or replace an image being displayed. Here, a dedicated logical channel is provided for the communication of unsolicited content, and which terminates within the apparatus at a module provided for the task in the apparatus operating system. The channel links into the operating system of the apparatus, rather than a receiving application, as the OS is trusted, and can control other applications miming on the apparatus to accommodate the received advert. For example, the operating system can change the display of other applications that are running on the apparatus, to provide display space for a received advert. Another embodiment relates to how received unsolicited content is combined and displayed on the display of the apparatus. In particular, the existing display is adapted by shrinking the display in one or both of the horizontal and/or vertical directions, so as to make room for the received content. In this way, both the received content and the existing display can be combined and shown simultaneously, without one obscuring the other. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306365 | Screening Terminal Positions at a Terminal - It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining, at a terminal, whether at least one terminal position associated with a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or reported to allow at least one of said coverage area and said communication node to be characterized at least partially based on said at least one reported terminal position. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306354 | Method and Apparatus for Constructing a User-Generated Geological System - A method and apparatus are provided to permit location discovery, including location discovery in indoor settings. The method may identify a wireless fingerprint present at a geographical location and determine whether the wireless fingerprint corresponds to a previously observed wireless fingerprint associated with the predefined geographical location. A new wireless fingerprint and a geographical location, or bind, may be received by the system and the system may evaluate whether or not the new bind is erroneous or not, or if the new bind is an improvement over existing binds in determining whether or not to accept the new bind. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306337 | State-Machine-Based Operation of a Coverage-Model-Related Process - It is disclosed to operate a generating/updating process that comprises generating and/or updating at least one model for a coverage area of a communication node and/or at least one process associated with said generating/updating process in dependence on at least one state of a state machine. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305211 | ADVANCED RESOURCE ALLOCATION SIGNALING - Disclosed is a method, apparatus and a computer readable memory medium that stores a program of computer instructions for enabling a resource allocation to be made for user equipment. The method includes forming a resource allocation for a particular system bandwidth, where the resource allocation has a larger number of resource blocks than a maximum number of resource blocks associated with the particular system bandwidth, while maintaining a same resource block group size as would be present with the maximum number of resource blocks for the particular system bandwidth. The step of forming includes the use of an extended parameter in a derivation of the resource allocation. The method further includes transmitting information descriptive of the resource allocation to user equipment. The resource allocation may be a downlink resource allocation or an uplink resource allocation. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305206 | METHOD TO REQUEST RESOURCES IN TV WHITE SPACES TYPE ENVIRONMENT - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for independent wireless resource sharing on a fair basis to enable selecting the most suitable coexistence between wireless networks. Example embodiments of the invention include a hierarchical resource request process that enables reallocation of radio resources in a coexistence band. When new resources are requested by a network, a search is made for free resources in the coexistence band. If this does not succeed, a check is made for any allocated but unused resources in the coexistence band that have been advertised by neighboring networks. If there are insufficient advertised resources, then the allocation of resources in neighboring networks is analyzed and compared with the requesting network's need for network resources. There are two graduated stages to the analysis. In an example light analysis stage, an analysis of the allocation of resources is limited to neighboring networks within the same network allocation group as the requesting network's. In a more extensive analysis stage, all of the neighboring networks are analyzed. In this manner, a more complete resource reallocation may be achieved. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A CAPACITIVE ELEMENT IN A STRUCTURE - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, comprising first and second circuit boards, and an electrolyte, the first and second circuit boards each comprising a capacitive element, the apparatus being configured such that a chamber is defined between the first and second circuit boards with the capacitive elements contained therein and facing one another, the chamber comprising the electrolyte, the apparatus being configured to store electrical charge when a potential difference is applied between the capacitive elements, and the apparatus further comprising an electrical connector between the first and second circuit boards, the electrical connector configured to enable a flow of electrical charge from the capacitive elements to provide power to one or more electrical components when the apparatus discharges. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110302018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING REDEMPTION OF A COUPON - An approach is provided for validating redemption of a coupon. The coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of a coupon via a device. Next, the coupon management module receives a first code in response to the presentation. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, validation of a redemption of the coupon based, at least in part, on the first code. The validation is performed at the device, at a server, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module retrieves a second code based, at least in part, on the coupon, the first code, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of the second code for verification. The validation of the redemption of the coupon is further based, at least in part, on the verification of the second code. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300915 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENABLING PARTIAL FUNCTIONALITY OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method is provided for enhancing a user interface with a mobile terminal while reducing battery consumption by selectively activating input sensors based upon the actions of a user of the mobile terminal. The method may include providing for operation in accordance with a first level of functionality having a first number of inputs that are operable, providing for operation in accordance with a second level of functionality having a second number of inputs that are operable, and providing for operation in accordance with a third level of functionality having a third number of inputs that are operable, wherein the third number of inputs is greater than the first number of inputs. The method may further include receiving an input while operating in accordance with the first level of functionality and causing operations to change from being conducted in accordance with the first level of functionality to being conducted in accordance with the third level of functionality. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - An apparatus for providing network assisted local communication offloading to unlicensed bands may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving information indicative of channel conditions associated with primary communication involving at least one primary mobile communication device and a network communication node, and determining, at a secondary mobile communication device, primary communication resources to be utilized for secondary communication by the secondary mobile communication device based on the information indicative of the channel conditions. A corresponding method is also provided. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300829 | FINGERPRINT ACTIVATED QUICK FUNCTION SELECTION - A device such as a laptop computer includes a fingerprint sensor and has a specific function to be performed associated with at least two of the fingerprints of an authorized user of the device. The device performs the specific function when an authorized user places a finger on the fingerprint sensor. The functions associated with the fingerprints of the authorized users can be quickly accessed even when a security or keyboard lock is active. A mobile communication terminal includes a fingerprint sensor in a call handling key. Calls are answered, rejected or initiated when an authorized user places a finger on the fingerprint sensor. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299681 | CIPHERING IN A PACKET-SWITCHED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method including generating a plurality of convergence layer protocol data units in a packet-switched telecommunications system protocol stack; ciphering said plurality of convergence layer protocol data units using a ciphering sequence number; transferring said plurality of ciphered convergence layer protocol data units to a link layer of the packet-switched telecommunications system; discarding at least one ciphered convergence layer protocol data unit at the link layer and generating a link layer protocol data unit from at least one of the ciphered convergence layer protocol data units that has not been discarded; and transmitting the link layer protocol data unit and information relating to the discarding for a peer link layer. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298894 | STEREOSCOPIC FIELD SEQUENTIAL COLOUR DISPLAY CONTROL - The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus, a method and a computer program suitable for controlling a stereoscopic field sequential colour display to provide a first primary colour component image for a user's first eye and a second primary colour component image for the user's second eye, wherein the first and the second primary colour component images are both provided either at least partially overlapping in time or alternately in uninterrupted succession and wherein the primary colour components of the first and second primary colour component images are different from each other. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REACTIVE AUTHORIZATION - An approach is provided for providing reactive authorization for accessing a semantic network resource. An access application of a resource owner entity detects an authorization proxy entity acting between at least a semantic network resource and a requesting entity that requests access to the semantic network resource. The access application determines to cause, at least in part, actions that result in transmission of a query for whether to accept the requesting entity to an owner entity of the semantic network resource. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110296034 | ACCESS CHANGE FOR RE-ROUTING A CONNECTION - There is proposed a method and corresponding apparatuses allowing a change from a packet switched communication domain to a circuit switched communication domain. When a user equipment as a connection terminating point receives a connection initialization message with a media flow, such as audio, which cannot be delivered by the packet switched access, it sends a specific response rejecting the connection via the packet switched access to an application server for service centralization and continuity. In the application server, it is checked whether several conditions are met in order to determine whether the communication connection comprising the media flow is allowed to be changed to the circuit switched domain. If yes, the communication connection is changed from the packet switched communication domain to the circuit switched communication domain. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295823 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING RELATIONS AMONG DATA ITEMS - An approach is provided for modeling relations among data items of an information resource. A modeling manager retrieves, at a device, a first data item and determines one or more data types associated with the first data item. Based, at least in part, on the one or more data types, the modeling manager determines one or more relations corresponding to the first data item based, at least in part, on the one or more data types. The modeling manager then associates the first data item with a second data item based, at least in part, on a semantic relationship among the first data item, the second data item, the one or more relations, or a combination thereof. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295551 | LOCATION-BASED NOVELTY INDEX VALUE AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is a system and method for computing a result for a location, wherein the result indicates how novel it is for a wireless device to occupy a specific location. After determining the location of a wireless device through various means, a Novelty Index Value (NIV) is calculated for the location, and the NIV is then stored into a database. The NIV may then be subsequently used by application programs to compute a desired result from the NIV. Multiple users may utilize and/or share the same NIV values. The NIV may also be used to alter the configuration of a wireless device as well. A recommendation system is also disclosed, wherein user context is utilized along with NIV values to compute particular results for a user. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294555 | HANDLING USER INPUTS - A device includes a device body comprising a user input interface for receiving user inputs, a member slidably engaged with the device body and slidable from a first position to a second position, and at least one processor configured, under the control of machine-readable code to detect incidences of user inputs via the user input interface, to detect the sliding of the member from the first position to the second position, and to be responsive to detecting a composite user input comprising a sliding of the member from the first position to the second position while a user input is incident via the user input interface to cause a first operation to be performed. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING NETWORK FUNCTIONS BASED ON USER DATA - Techniques for identifying network functions include determining first data that indicates a concept represented in content provided by a device. A function provided by a network service is determined based on the first data. In some embodiments, techniques include forming a data structure that associates each function of a plurality of functions provided by a plurality of network services with at least one identifier for a concept. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292618 | APPARATUS, ADD-ON MODULE, AND A SYSTEM COMPRISING A HOST APPARATUS AND AN ADD-ON MODULE - An apparatus ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA VIA RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) MEMORY TAGS - An approach is presented for transferring data via radio frequency (RF) memory tags. The UE manager receives a request, at a device, to grant access for interaction between a first RF memory tag and a second RF memory tag, the first RF memory tag associated with one or more trusted storage. Further, the UE manager determines an accessibility state of the first RF memory tag, the one or more trusted storage, or a combination thereof. Then, the UE manager causes, at least in part, granting of the access based, at least in part, on the accessibility state. The access is via a connection between the first RF memory tag and the second RF memory tag | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289590 | PRIVACY MANAGEMENT OF DATA - The invention relates to receiving data originating from multiple users, identifying data item combinations occurring within said data, determining privacy sensitivity measures to said data item combinations, and communicating privacy sensitivity measure(s) to user(s) concerned. The privacy sensitivity measures can be used to protect user privacy. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS ON DEMAND TO DISPLAY AND MANIPULATE A SEMANTIC RESOURCE - An approach is provided for integrating applications on demand to display and manipulate a semantic resource. An integrating application causes, at least in part, reception of a request for a semantic resource, and determines whether the semantic resource is known to a first application. The integrating application discovers one or more properties of the semantic resource based, at least in part, on the determination. The integrating application identifies a second application associated with the semantic resource based, at least in part, on the one or more properties. The integrating application causes, at least in part, presentation of the semantic resource through the second application. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289402 | Methods and Apparatuses for Generating and Utilizing Haptic Style Sheets - Various methods for generating and utilizing haptic style sheets are provided. One example method according to an example embodiment of the present invention includes retrieving content and a style sheet associated with a web page and receiving a type of user input with respect to an element of the web page. The example method may further include accessing the style sheet to determine a haptic feedback style for the element based on the type of user input and directing the apparatus to implement the haptic feedback feature associated with the haptic feedback style. Related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVENTUALLY CONSISTENT DELETE IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA STORE - Techniques for effective delete operations in a distributed data store with eventually consistent replicated entries include determining to delete a particular entry from the distributed data store. Each entry includes a first field that holds data that indicates a key and a second field that holds data that indicates content associated with the key and a third field that holds data that indicates a version for the content. The method also comprises causing, at least in part, actions that result in marking the particular entry as deleted without removing the particular entry, and updating a version in the third field for the particular entry. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110288898 | Coordinating Services - The use of one or more services in a computer system is scheduled so as to limit the overall system cost. The scheduling is based upon information concerning the fixed and incremental components of the cost of using the service, and a set of clients to which the service is available. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN AUGMENTED REALITY X-RAY - An approach is provided for generating an augmented reality X-Ray composite image. A visual saliency is determined of one or more features of a first image, a second image, or a combination thereof. The one or more features of the first image occlude, at least in part, one or more features of the second image. The first image and the second image are composited based, at least in part, on the visual saliency. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION OFFLOADING TO UNLICENSED BANDS - An apparatus for providing network assisted local communication offloading to unlicensed bands may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving, via signaling associated with licensed band resources, information indicative of unlicensed band resources available in a particular area, and providing resource availability data, via signaling associated with the licensed band resources, to one or more devices within the particular area. The resource availability data may enable unlicensed band resource usage by at least one of the one or more devices. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND RECOGNITION WITH ROTATION INVARIANT FEATURE DESCRIPTORS - Various methods for tracking and recognition with rotation invariant feature descriptors are provided. One example method includes generating an image pyramid of an image frame, detecting a plurality of interest points within the image pyramid, and extracting feature descriptors for each respective interest point. According to some example embodiments, the feature descriptors are rotation invariant. Further, the example method may also include tracking movement by matching the feature descriptors to feature descriptors of a previous frame and performing recognition of an object within the image frame based on the feature descriptors. Related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286399 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - Device and method to recognize and report the source of interference relate to data transmission between a user terminal and a base station, wherein a pilot signal is transmitted from all antenna assemblies of the user terminal simultaneously, said pilot signals from the user terminal are received by the base station, wherein the base station sends a power control command to the user terminal, corresponding to each of the pilot signals, and wherein the user terminal chooses on receipt of the power control commands, which antenna assembly of the user terminal is used to transmit the next uplink data. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286199 | Apparatus For An Electronic Device - An apparatus for an electronic device, the apparatus comprising a light-output region and a movable part, the movable part comprising an optical element and being movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration with respect to the light-output region; wherein the apparatus is arranged such that, in the closed configuration, the optical element at least partially overlies the light-output region and, in the open configuration, the optical element overlies the light-output region to a lesser extent than in the closed configuration, and wherein the optical element is arranged to alter a pattern of light emitted from the light-output region such that the light is emitted in a first light output pattern in the open configuration and in a second light output pattern in the closed configuration. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285553 | Apparatus and Method for an Actuator in an Electronic Device - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, comprising: a base element; a key top configured to pivot in relation to the base element; a first electrode coupled with the key top; a second electrode coupled with the base element; an isolating layer; the key top having a first pivoted position in which the first electrode, the second electrode, and the isolating layer form a capacitor with a first capacitance, and a second pivoted position in which the first electrode, the second electrode, and the isolating layer form a capacitor with a second capacitance. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110283240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS - Systems and methods whereby, for example, one or more functional elements can be established and/or employed. Such functional elements might serve a number of purposes. For instance, such functional elements might be employable in interoperating with devices, software, and/or the like, in working with entities, and/or the like. Such functional elements may, for example, be arrangeable in an associative and/or hierarchical manner. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING USER INTERFACE FOR LOCATION-BASED SERVICE HAVING MAIN VIEW PORTION AND PREVIEW PORTION - A method including causing, at least in part, rendering of a user interface for a location-based service that simultaneously includes both a main view portion and a preview portion. One of the main view portion and the preview portion is caused, at least in part, to display a perspective view of one or more objects in a field of view, and the other of the main view portion and the preview portion is caused, at least in part, to display a plan view of at least a portion of the one or more objects in the field of view. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110283212 | User Interface - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising receiving an indication of a first drag input on a user interface object within a user interface on a touch screen and in response to receiving a stationary input on the touch screen, interpreting the first drag input as an instruction to detach the user interface object from the user interface. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING MEDIA PRESENTATION ON DEVICES VIA AN INFORMATION SPACE - An approach is provided for coordinating media presentation on devices via an information space. In response to a request for presentation of media content, a media provision coordinating application retrieves from an information space raw media content corresponding to the request. The media provision coordinating application determines one or more first devices for pre-processing the raw media content and one or more second devices for presenting pre-processed media content based upon respective technical capabilities and availabilities of the first devices, the second devices, or a combination thereof, the first and second devices are connected to the information space. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282674 | MULTICHANNEL AUDIO CODING - An encoder for encoding an audio signal comprising at least two channels configured to determine at least one audio signal image position value for the at least two channels of the audio signal; and calculate at least one audio signal image gain value associated with the at least one audio signal image position value. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110281587 | MEASUREMENT REPORTING OF NEIGHBOR CELLS - At a user equipment, individual ones of a set of measurements of neighbor cells are associated with individual code points which are relative to a threshold ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280193 | DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL-TO-RESOURCE ELEMENT MAPPING - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention, one or more first channels and one or more second channels are stored in a linear buffer. More specifically, the one or more first channels are stored in a first primary region of the linear buffer, and the one or more second channels are stored in a second primary region of the linear buffer, where if the second primary region is not large enough to store all of the second channels, one or more excess second channels are stored in a secondary area of the linear buffer. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280171 | UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSIT POWER CONTROL BASED ON RECEIVED TRANSMISSION - A method and device are configured to receive, in simultaneous communication with stations via a wireless interface power control, commands from the stations. The method and device are configured to receive from a control unit further control information associated with a transmission parameter for use by the device for one or more transmissions to one of the stations other than the station that received transmissions from the device with a best quality parameter. The method and device are also configured to control one or more transmissions from the device to the one of the stations on the basis of a power control command from the station that receives transmissions from the device with the best quality parameter, and on the basis of the further control information received from the control unit. The further control information comprises a control command selected from control commands by the control unit. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279453 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A LOCATION-BASED USER INTERFACE - An approach is provided for enabling a pleasing lightweight transition between two more complete renderings of content associated with a location based service. A device is caused to present the first rendering of a graphical user interface based on location information of a three-dimensional model or models, panoramic image data, etc. corresponding to the starting location information. A change in rendering location is caused, leading to a series of transition renderings based in part on models and possibly image data associated with the intermediate locations, before finally the device presents the destination rendering similar to the starting rendering. The transition renderings provide a pleasing transition, which also allows the device time to fetch and process the heavier data associated with the final rendering. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF OBJECTS AND CONTENT RELATED THERETO FOR LOCATION-BASED SERVICES ON MOBILE DEVICE - A method including causing, at least in part, rendering of a perspective view showing one or more objects in a field of view. The method further including retrieving content associated with an object of the one or more objects in the field of view, and causing, at least in part, rendering of a graphic representation relating to the content on a surface of the object visible in the perspective view in a user interface for a location-based service of a mobile device. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING LOCATION-BASED CONTENT - An approach is provided for rendering content associated with a location-based service. Content is retrieved that is associated with a point on an object identified in the location-based service. The object can be represented by, but is not limited to, a three-dimensional or two-dimensional model or models or by an augmented reality view. A model of the object is retrieved. Rendering of the content is caused, at least in part, on one or more surfaces of the object model in a user interface of the location-based service. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278356 | OFFLINE WEBPAGE ACTIVATED BY READING A TAG - A system for enabling a user to wirelessly download desired information in the form of a offline website without having to maintain a live Internet connection. Information is delivered from an active or passive source to a device via short-range wireless communication. This information is automatically interpreted by the device to form an offline version of a full-scale Internet website. The user may view the offline version of the website, and if additional information is desired, download or upload additional information at a time more convenient to maintain a live Internet connection. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110276878 | VIBRATION MECHANISM - An apparatus including: a user interface module, a vibration mechanism configured to move the user interface module to provide a tactile effect through the user interface module, and a counterbalancing element configured to provide a counterbalancing effect for movements of the user interface module. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276403 | HANDOVER DECISION PROCEDURE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - In an advertisement based movement detection a mobile node adjusts its advertisement waiting period when it receives an advertisement from a serving access entity of the mobile node and an advertisement from another access entity. By adjusting the waiting period a timely handover may be performed. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276371 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING REDEMPTION OF A COUPON - An approach is provided for validating redemption of a coupon. The coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of a coupon via a device. Next, the coupon management module receives a first code in response to the presentation. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, validation of a redemption of the coupon based, at least in part, on the first code. The validation is performed at the device, at a server, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module retrieves a second code based, at least in part, on the coupon, the first code, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of the second code for verification. The validation of the redemption of the coupon is further based, at least in part, on the verification of the second code. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275385 | System and Methods for Observed Time Difference of Arrival Measurements for Location Services in Cellular Devices - Systems and methods for providing improved location such as emergency services location of mobile devices in an over the air communications system are disclosed. On receiving a request, a user equipment (UE) mobile device makes observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurements on signals received from certain cell communication elements. The UE selects or prioritizes the cells based on one of several schemes, including comparing internally stored cell ID information to cell ID information provided by the network, and using lists of cells that are recently used, recently received, previously used, or on a closed subscriber group (CSG) list are alternative embodiments. The UE may prioritize home eNB cells that it is a member of for the measurements. By prioritizing the cells used for the measurements, the OTDOA measurements may be limited to a few cells and the time needed to make the measurements may be reduced. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275316 | DEVICE TO DEVICE CONNECTION SETUP USING NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION - Example method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to enable near-field communication to be used in out-of-band initialization methods for connection setup for device-to-device communication. Example embodiments of the invention include a method comprising the steps of initiating, by a first device, an out-of-band near-field communication connection with a second device by transmitting wireless communication signals including necessary power for providing the near-field communication connection; sending a first short-range communication connection parameters for role determination, to the second device via the out-of-band near-field communication connection; receiving second short-range communication connection parameters for role determination, from the second device via the out-of-band near-field communication connection; selecting a role for the short-range communication connection by adopting short-range communication connection parameters for role determination that correspond to the role; discarding short-range communication connection parameters for role determination that are not adopted; and initiating the short-range communication connection according to the selected role using the adopted short-range communication connection parameters for role determination. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SIZE OF IMAGE DATA - An input image (IMG | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274141 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION - A method and apparatus of synchronizing pulsed wireless communication between a first transceiver and a second transceiver. It includes the steps of transmitting a pulse signal from a first transceiver to a second transceiver; transmitting a reflection signal from the second transceiver to the first transceiver if the transmitted pulse signal is received at the second transceiver within an active reception period of the second transceiver; and detecting the reflection pulse to determine synchronization between the first transceiver and the second transceiver. Embodiments of the invention also relate to an apparatus for carrying out the method. In one embodiment, the reflection signal is generated by a super-regenerative oscillator. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274083 | Method and Apparatus for Admission Control and Forced Handover in a Multi-Layer Network Configuration - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises collecting measurements from each of a plurality of mobile stations in a serving layer upon deciding that the serving layer is overloaded; computing a cost function for each of the mobile stations based on the collected measurements; selecting at least one mobile station from the plurality of the mobile station in the serving layer based on the cost function for a forced handover from the serving layer to an under-loaded layer; and initiating the forced handover from the serving layer to the under-loaded layer via a signaling message to the selected at least one mobile station. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274016 | UNSYNCHRONIZED SIGNALING IN RADIO SYSTEMS USING FREQUENCY DOMAIN PROCESSING - A method for unsynchronized signaling between nodes in a network is described. The method includes partitioning a message for asynchronous transmission in a network into a plurality of symbols. A symbol includes a cyclic prefix. Causing the plurality of symbols to be transmitted (for example, via a transmitter) on one or more subcarriers allocated for asynchronous transmissions is also included in the method. A given symbol is transmitted so as to reduce a discontinuity between a previous symbol and the given symbol. The method may also include applying a phase shift to one or more symbols of the plurality of symbols. Transmitting may include transmitting at a transmission frequency, where a length of a transmission cycle is determined by the transmission frequency, and where a length of the cyclic prefix is equal to an integer number of transmission cycles. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110271195 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING CONTENT COMPONENTS TO DIFFERENT HARDWARD INTERFACES - A method and apparatus are described that facilitate mobile device interoperability with a remote environment. A method may be provided that may determine, for each of a plurality of content components of a user interface, a respective hardware interface via which to transmit the content component. The method may also generate meta-information associated with at least one of the content components to facilitate recomposition of the content component and may cause the plurality of content components and the meta-information to be transmitted via the respective hardware interfaces with at least two of the content components being transmitted via different hardware interfaces. A method may also be provided that receives a plurality of streams of content components and meta-information via different respective hardware interfaces, recomposes the content components in accordance with the meta-information to form a unified user interface and causes a display to be presented of the unified user interface. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110271112 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING RANDOMIZED PORT ALLOCATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for facilitating randomized port allocation. An apparatus may include a processor configured to receive a port allocation message from a network management entity. The port allocation message may comprise an encryption key, an initial input value, and a value indicating a number of ports allocated to the apparatus for communication on a network. The processor may be further configured to calculate at least one port allocated to the apparatus with an encryption function based at least in part upon the encryption key and initial input value. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270995 | CORRELATING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - The present invention relates to a session handling entity and an application server (AS) in a communication system, the session handling entity (S-CSCF) is obtaining, from a register entity, a correlation identity for a registering private user identity of a user, transmitting the correlation identity as part of a registration procedure to the application server, and the application server initiates, based on a received session request associated with the user, at least one session request towards corresponding number of devices of the user wherein the application server is configured to check the correlation identity to ensure that not more than one session request is initiated for each device of the user. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING SERVICE INFORMATION ACROSS MULTIPLE SERVER NODES - An approach is provided for coordinating service information (e.g., account registration identifiers) across multiple server nodes. A server receives a request to register an identifier for an account. The server determines whether it is a home site for the identifier and processes the request based, at least in part, on the determination. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270874 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for use in servicing a search request where the search request comprises a plurality of parts (such as characters) and establishing a list of tokens where the tokens correspond to elements of objects and have a numerical value. For each part of the search request a subset of the list is determined, said subset identifying a set of objects which may satisfy the search query. The subsets may be identified iteratively. Token encoding is used to encode tokens based on a content of said elements and, in this case, the same token encoding is used to encode the parts of the search request. The token encoding may comprise differential encoding. In certain embodiments, resource requirements necessary to complete the search request are determined based on the identified subsets. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ACTIONABLE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL - An approach is provided for creating an actionable electronic journal. The journal creator classifies context data associated with a user according to a plurality of dimensions, granularities, or a combination thereof. Next, the journal creator recognizes one or more events in the context data based, at least in part, on the classification. Then, the journal creator creates one or more hierarchies of the recognized events based, at least in part, on the dimensions and the granularities, and presents, communicates or publishes them in a visually friendly format, along with additional information such as metadata and advertisements, and further details associated with each events of the journal. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270600 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN DEVICES - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided for enabling interoperability between devices, such as a mobile terminal and some other remote device or remote environment. The apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to maintain a terminal session between a server device and a client device in which the client device emulates at least a portion of a display presented at the server device; receive an indication of a user input received at the client device identifying a function to be performed at the server device; determine a corresponding input to elicit the identified function; and cause the identified function to be performed at the server device. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED PRESENTATIONS BASED ON NAVIGATION INFORMATION - Techniques for providing personalized presentations based on navigation information. A personalized presentation application determines one or more points of interest associated with a navigation. The personalized presentation application generates one or more presentations personal to a user of the navigation based, at least in part, on the points of interest, and the messages supplement navigation guidance information associated with the navigation. The personalized presentation application causes, at least in part, rendering of the one or more presentations. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269479 | Method and Apparatus for On-Device Positioning Using Compressed Fingerprint Archives - A method and apparatus are provided for on-device positioning using compressed fingerprint archives. The method and apparatus may be configured to provide compression of localization fingerprints, to facilitate efficient on-device positioning based on the RF fingerprint model, and to estimate the physical distance between two or more devices. Embodiments of the method may receive a space-to-access point histogram that corresponds to an access point as observed in a space. The histogram may be normalized and a mean and standard deviation may be calculated from the histogram. A weight may be assigned to the access point corresponding to the frequency with which the access point is observed within the space. A mean, standard deviation, and weight may be calculated and assigned for each of a plurality of access points as observed within a space. The mean, standard deviation, and weight of each access point may be combined to form a data triple. The data triples may be combined to form a fingerprint of access points observed from that space. The data triple or plurality of data triples with the lowest assigned weight(s) may be removed from the fingerprint. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269460 | Closed Subscriber Group Cell Identification for Active Mode Mobility - While camped on a first cell with a first access node, it is determined that a second cell of a second access node is a private cell. From information received from a network it is determined that a criteria is satisfied, and conditional on the criteria being satisfied, a unique identifier for a private network of the private cell is decoded. Exemplary embodiments include a method, apparatus and computer readable medium storing a program. In various specific and non-limiting embodiments: being camped on the first cell comprises being in an active RRC CONNECTED state; the information received is broadcast information, the determining is by comparing received L1 ID to a list of locally stored CSG L1 IDs; the received broadcast information comprises a first portion of a TA ID and the criteria being satisfied comprises the first portion matching an entry of a locally stored whitelist. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268354 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMPENSATING EYE COLOR DEFECTS - Method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided. The method includes computing a first difference image for a first eye region based on a difference of red pixel intensity and green pixel intensity of each of a first set of pixels associated with the first eye region. The method further includes determining a first eye color defect region by computing a neighborhood processed first difference image by processing the first difference image, computing a first central point of the neighborhood processed first difference image based on a weighted centroid of red pixels associated with the neighborhood processed first difference image, and thereafter computing the first eye color defect region based on the first central point, and the red pixels associated with the first difference image. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268053 | PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL ACK/NACK INDEXING - A method for controlling channel signaling between a UE and a wireless network access node is described. The method includes determining whether an examined sub-frame of a plurality of sub-frames in a first resource region is unused. The index of the examined sub-frame is a last index of the plurality of sub-frames allocated for use in a first channel. The plurality of sub-frames is organized in a reverse indexing manner such that a last indexed sub-frame is adjacent to a second resource region. The second resource region is allocated to a second channel. In response to determining that the w examined sub-frame is unused, the examined sub-frame is re-allocated for temporary use in the second channel. The method also includes providing an indication of the allocation. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268006 | Network Controlled Device to Device / Machine to Machine Cluster Operation - Methods, apparatuses, and systems can permit network allocation of uplink resources. In one example, a method includes determining uplink resources to be granted to a cluster. The method can also include preparing, at an apparatus, an uplink resource grant, based on the determining, including a transmitter identifier. The method can further include transmitting the uplink resources grant to a plurality of cluster nodes of the cluster. The transmitter identifier identifies at least one node of the plurality of cluster nodes. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268004 | ENABLING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - According to one general aspect, a method may include communicating, by a first apparatus, with at least a second apparatus via a device-to-device communication link. In various embodiments, the method may also include receiving resource allocations, from a base station. In some embodiments, the method may include determining, based at least partly on the received resource allocations, which resources are allocated to at least the second apparatus for communication with the base station. In various embodiments, the method may include based at least partly upon the resource allocations, determining when to perform direct device-to-device communication, by the first apparatus, with the second apparatus. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267977 | Method and Apparatus for Assisted Network Discovery - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a user equipment configured to receive local network connectivity information over a first wireless interface, determine a scanning strategy based at least in part on the received information, and discover a local network over a second wireless interface using at least in part the determined scanning strategy. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110265089 | Executing Processes Using A Profile - A management entity for managing the execution priority of processes in a computing system, the management entity being configured to, in response to activation of a pre-stored profile defining execution priorities for each of a plurality of processes, cause those processes to be executed by the computing system in accordance with the respective priorities defined in the active profile. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264780 | ACCESS NETWORK DISCOVERY - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, access network discovery information is received from an access network discovery and selection function server, access network discovery assistance information is received from a separate server, and the received access network discovery and access network discovery assistance information is used in network discovery. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264762 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Different Path Structures in Multiple CDN Vendors - An approach is provided for resolving a network address of one or more of items included in a request for web content based, at least in part, on location information. The network address of the items corresponds to at least one of a plurality of sources for retrieving the items. Resolving of the network address of the items is based at least in part on a persistent data element specifying pertinent location information. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264749 | COST INFLUENCED DOWNLOADING - The present invention provides a mobile communications device and a method of operating such a device to reduce data download costs incurred in downloading data from a bearer to which the mobile communications device is connected. The mobile communications device is capable of storing for a bearer to which the mobile communications device is configured to connect with, cost information relating to the cost of downloading data from that bearer. Also, the mobile communications device is capable of adapting the quantity of data downloaded to the mobile communications device from the bearer to which the mobile communications device is presently connected in dependence on the cost information for that bearer. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDEX GENERATION AND USE - An approach is provided for generating a searchable index including an associated object graph. Data objects of a database are converted into corresponding rows in a set of searchable columns. An object graph corresponding to each row of the searchable columns are determined. An index including the set of searchable columns and the corresponding object graphs are generated. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110263297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION RESOLUTION OF PASSIVE ENDPOINTS - An approach is provided for contention resolution of passive endpoints. A contention resolution platform causes, at least in part, scanning of a data channel of a passive endpoint at a first active endpoint to detect a powered state of the passive endpoint. The contention resolution platform then identifies a second active endpoint based, at least in part, on detection of the powered state. The contention resolution platform generates a request to the second active endpoint for the first active endpoint to enter an active mode with respect to the passive endpoint, causing, at least in part, transmission of the request to the second active endpoint. The contention resolution platform then joins the first active endpoint to one or more powered periods of the passive endpoint based, at least in part, on the response received. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110263209 | QUIET PERIOD FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE IN RADIO SYSTEMS - A system for quiet period determination. An apparatus may listen for potential silent periods to occur in an environment, and if detected, the potential silent periods may be compared to quiet period criteria to determine if they are actual silent periods. If at least two subsequent actual silent periods are determined, the apparatus may adopt quiet period timing and duration based on the actual silent periods. Alternatively, the apparatus may establish new quiet period timing and duration based on the quiet period criteria. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110263204 | VIRTUAL MACHINE READABLE COMMUNICATION TAG - A system for imitating the functionality of a machine readable tag using a virtual tag. In at least one embodiment, a WCD ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261728 | CHANNEL RESERVATION IN TIME DIVISION DUPLEX WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Channel reservation in time division duplex for devices in systems involving, for example user devices and access points, may be accomplished using channel reservation request messages, such as request-to-send (RTS) messages and channel reservation grant messages, such as clear-to-send (CTS) messages. A method for channel reservation may include preparing a frame including at least one channel reservation request message and at least one channel reservation grant message. The preparing may include multiplexing the at least one channel reservation request message and the at least one channel reservation grant message at least by frequency-division multiplexing. The method may also include transmitting the frame from a first node to a second node, wherein the channel reservation request message and the channel reservation grant message relate to communications between the first node and the second node. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110258708 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CACHING OF CONTENT FROM SERVER - Disclosed are a method, an apparatus and a computer program product. The method includes receiving a server feed from a server for accessing a content stored in the server. The method further includes determining a Unique Identifier (ID) of at least one hierarchical level of the content by parsing the server feed. Further, the method includes comparing the determined UniqueID of the at least hierarchical level of the content to a stored UniqueID of the at least one hierarchical level. Thereafter, the method facilitates for accessing the content based on the comparison of the determined UniqueID to the stored UniqueID. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258580 | Apparatus and Methods - Apparatus comprising one or more processors configured to provide a user with location service selection criterion signalling. The location service selection criterion signalling allows for user selection of one or more differing types of location service, wherein each of the differing types of location service are for the provision of location related data for the apparatus. The apparatus also comprises one or more inputs configured to receive user selection criterion signalling representative of user input responsive to said location service selection criterion signalling, and one or more processors configured to allow for use of the user selection criterion signalling to select one or more differing types of location service in the provision of location related data for the apparatus. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A TABBED MESSAGING INTERFACE - An approach is provided for improved messaging user interfaces. A subset of available messaging services is selected based, at least in part, on a touch control area of a user interface of a device. The user interface includes, at least in part, tabs corresponding to each of the available messaging services. Presentation of the user interface is caused, at least in part, at the device. The tabs presented in the user interface correspond to the subset. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING EXECUTION CONTEXT CRITERIA FOR EXECUTION CONTEXT SHARING - An approach is provided for applying execution context criteria for secure execution context sharing. A criterion application retrieves an execution context of a device. The criterion application determines one or more context criteria associated with the execution context. The context criteria include state information associated with the execution context. The criterion application encrypts the execution context using the one or more context criteria as a public key of an identity-based encryption. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258121 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED PAYMENT - An approach is provided for conducting transactions via an audio token base payment system. An audio payment manager receives a request, at a device, for payment to a merchant, the request including a password. In response, the audio payment manager retrieves a personal identification number from a user of the device, an identifier associated with the user, a session code, or a combination thereof. The audio payment manager then generates an audio token at the device based, at least in part, on the password, the personal identification number, the identifier associated with the user, the session code, or the combination thereof, and causes, at least in part, conveyance of the audio token to the merchant to initiate the payment. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT-INDEXED NETWORK RESOURCE SECTIONS - Techniques to provide context-indexed network resource sections include, in response to receiving first data that describes a network resource, determining a section of a plurality of sections included in the network resource. A section context token that indicates a probability in the section of a topic from a context vocabulary is determined. The context vocabulary includes concepts describing temporal, spatial, environmental or activity circumstances of consumers. Second data that indicates the section in association with the section context token is stored. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110257544 | Apparatus for Detecting Body Condition - An apparatus for detecting body condition has a communication unit capable of being worn by the body to be detected. The communication unit includes at least one sensor for detecting a signal indicative of the body condition. The apparatus has also a pickup coil of a component of a mobile phone arranged to operate as an inductive antenna for receiving the signal from the communication unit so that said pickup coil is further operable for said component in order to operate the mobile phone. An existing coil in the mobile phone is used for receiving the signal indicative of the body condition from the detector telemetrically. Therefore there is no need to add new components. Existing component can thus be used to detect the signal telemetrically at the mobile phone. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255425 | Methods and Apparatus for Secondary Bandwidth Detection and Allocation - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises monitoring a bandwidth allocation of a primary device via monitoring at least one broadcast message sent from an associated base station; determining whether a secondary bandwidth is available based on the monitored bandwidth allocation of the primary device; allocating the secondary bandwidth to a secondary application on a secondary device if the secondary bandwidth becomes available; keeping track of changes in the bandwidth allocation of the primary device; and returning the secondary bandwidth to the primary device when the changes in the bandwidth allocation of the primary device indicates a need for the secondary bandwidth by the primary device. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255216 | Locking Mechanism - An apparatus including a body part configured to receive a replaceable internal part, a first cover part configured to be movable between an open position and a closed position, a second cover part configured to be movable between an open position and a closed position, and when in said closed position, to cover the replaceable internal part. A locking mechanism is configured to lock the second cover part to the body part and the locking mechanism is configured to be releasable, when the first cover part is in said open position and the locking mechanism is configured to be unreleasable, when the first cover part is in said closed position. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110255036 | DISPLAY MODULE AND METHOD FOR FIXING - A display module ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING A DEVICE - An approach is presented for activating a device. The activation platform receives a request to make a device operable, wherein the device is in an inoperable state because one or more components for operating the device are absent from the device. Further, the activation platform, in response to the request, validates an authenticity of the device based, at least in part, on one or more identifiers associated with the device. Then, the activation platform retrieves the components. Then, the activation platform causes, at least in part, transfer of the components to the device to make the device operable. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE WORKSPACE - An approach is provided for creating a virtual workspace among devices based, at least in part, on location information. The virtual workspace corresponds to an application or a service common to the devices. Monitoring of the movement of one or more of the devices causes manipulation of the virtual workspace, the application, the service, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the movement. Example applications and services include media editing, media playback, image processing, social networking, and social control functionality. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252317 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR JOINING THE DISPLAYS OF MULTIPLE DEVICES - A method is provided for enhancing a user interface with a mobile device by joining the displays of multiple devices together to function together with one another. In particular, example methods may provide for detecting a first touch or drag event, receiving a message indicating a second touch or drag event from a nearby device occurring during the first touch or drag event, creating a join event, and providing for transmission of the join event to the nearby device. The method may also include updating a registry of nearby devices in response to receiving a message regarding a touch or drag event from a nearby device. The method may further include providing for presentation of content on a display of a device and direction of content to be presented on a display of the nearby device, wherein the content to be presented on the display of the nearby device is related to the content on the display of the device. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110250846 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus configured to generate a prioritised radio channel selection list, in accordance with at least one predetermined selection criterion, for one or more adjacent perimeter areas of respective adjacent radio channel cells. The at least one predetermined selection criterion is configured to prioritise radio channels selection in the respective adjacent perimeter areas such that they are ranked to reduce the probability of the same channel being selected for use by radio devices located in the respective adjacent perimeter areas. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249779 | NOISE VARIANCE ESTIMATION FOR DIVERSITY RECEPTION - A first noise variance is determined for a signal received on a first diversity branch of a receiver, and a second noise variance is determined for a signal received on a second diversity branch of the receiver. The signal received on the second diversity branch is scaled as a function of a ratio of the first noise variance and the second noise variance. A received signal is then estimated by combining the signal on the first diversity branch with the scaled signal on the second diversity branch. In this manner reasonable complexity is used to process diversity signals that exploits the difference in noise variation at the different receive diversity branches, without requiring matrix inversion and without having to assume the same noise variation across the diversity receive branches. Methods, apparatuses and computer programs are detailed operable in HSDPA and other systems. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249573 | CHANNEL ACCESS FOR COGNITIVE NETWORKS - A system for managing wireless interaction based on communication performance. Source apparatuses may desire to establish wireless links to target apparatuses. Prior to initiating new wireless links, source apparatuses may evaluate whether the establishment of new wireless links will increase the cumulative performance of the wireless communication environment, wherein the wireless communication environment may comprise the apparatuses communicating wirelessly within transmission range of a source apparatus. The evaluation may determine, for example, whether predicted cumulative performance of the wireless communication environment after the new wireless link is initiated would be greater than cumulative performance prior to link initiation. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110246846 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A DATA RETRANSMISSION SCHEME - An approach is provided for efficient retransmissions by allocating a transmission resource for transmitting data and allocating a retransmission resource for retransmitting the data according to a transmission scheme that specifies relationship between the transmitted data and the retransmitted data for providing communication over a radio network. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246660 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Media File Streaming - A method, apparatus, and system are provided for media file streaming. A method may include establishing a first communication channel with a server. The method may further include retrieving, by the first communication channel, at least a portion of a metadata file describing media data content of a media file. The method may additionally include establishing a second communication channel with the server. The method may also include retrieving, by the second communication channel, at least a portion of the media file based at least in part upon the retrieved at least a portion of the metadata file. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246659 | System, Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Media File Streaming - A method, apparatus, system and computer program product are provided to facilitate dynamic media streaming. In this regard, a server may receive a transport protocol for at least the portion of the media file indicating that at least a portion of the media file is to be streamed to a content consumption device requesting the media file. In response, a plurality of fragments to be transmitted to the content consumption device may be determined based upon the transfer protocol request and the plurality of fragments may then be transmitted to the content consumption device in response to the transfer protocol request. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246438 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT-INDEXED NETWORK RESOURCES - Techniques to provide context-indexed network resources include determining a network resource that is associated with first data in response to receiving first data that describes a context feature. A context token is determined, which indicates a probability, in the first data, of a topic from a context vocabulary. The context vocabulary includes concepts describing temporal, spatial, environmental or activity circumstances of consumers. Second data is stored, which indicates the network resource in association with the context token. In some embodiments, determining a network resource associated with the first data includes sending a topic based on the feature context token to a network resource search engine; and, the network resource is determined based on data returned from the network resource search engine. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110244927 | Apparatus and Method for Wireless Headsets - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, comprising: a wireless headset configured to detect removal of the wireless headset from a holder; and perform at least one of switching to a powered state, establishing a communication link with a mobile device, detecting a connection attempt and accepting the connection attempt when the removal is detected. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110244858 | Method and Apparatus for Cell Reselections - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a user equipment initiates autonomous cell reselection from a source cell to a target cell. Subsequent to the reselection, the user equipment transmits information relating to the source cell to the target cell. The network is in some embodiments configured to use the information for self-organizing network purposes by connecting source-target cell pairs as neighbours. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION WITHIN A MEDIA FILE USING DEVICE IDENTIFICATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for identifying a person or people in a media file by using object recognition and near-field communication to detect nearby devices that may be associated with a person or people featured in the media file. Associating a nearby device with a person or people featured in a media file may add to the confidence level with which a person is identified within a media file using object recognition, which may include facial recognition and/or speaker recognition. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243148 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING A MOBILE EQUIPMENT TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention provides a method and device which may perform a combined attach and communication connection establishment procedure when attaching an equipment such as a mobile station to a mobile communication network. An attach request sent form the equipment may initiate this combined attach and communication connection establishment process. In the Home Location Register, communication connection parameters are set as default values which may be automatically selected, for instance when receiving a combined attach and communication connection establishment request. The combined attach and communication connection establishment process reduces the signaling load in the network and speeds up communication connection establishment. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243098 | CODEBOOK SUBSET RESTRICTION BASED ON CODEBOOK GROUPING - A method and apparatus are provided for an apparatus. The apparatus includes at least one memory including computer program code, and at least one processor. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive an indication of a set of codeword groups to be included in a codebook, and to select a precoding matrix index based on the indicated set of codeword groups in the codebook. The apparatus is also cause to transmit the precoding matrix index to a network node. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243090 | DOWNLINK CONTROL AND PHYSICAL HYBRID ARQ INDICATOR CHANNEL (PHICH) CONFIGURATION FOR EXTENDED BANDWIDTH SYSTEM - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention, there is described herein at least a method, executable computer program, and apparatus to form a resource allocation for a particular bandwidth, including defining at least one search space for a first bandwidth region used by a first user equipment and for a second bandwidth region used by a second user equipment, each search space including control channel elements, where there are first control channel elements in the first bandwidth region and second control channel elements in the second bandwidth region, and transmitting information descriptive of the resource allocation to the first user equipment and the second user equipment. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243070 | CONTROL SIGNALING TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to wireless networks, such as relay networks or multi-hop networks, and also relating to control signaling techniques for wireless networks. In an example embodiment, a method or technique may include transmitting (e.g., data or control) frames in a downlink direction and control frames in an uplink direction during a first phase, and transmitting (e.g., data or control) frames in an uplink direction and control frames in a downlink direction during a second phase. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ACTIVE INPUT AREA - Various methods for determining an active input area are provided. One example method includes acquiring frame buffer data defining an image area that has been refreshed and detecting a cursor within the frame buffer data. Detecting the cursor may include determining that dimensions of the image area match dimensions of a previously acquired image area associated with a successful cursor detection, and the example method may further include directing transmission of coordinates and dimensions of the image area to a remote environment. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242041 | Method and Apparatus for Performing a Function - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises an element having at least one elongated member, the at least one elongated member having at least one conductive end and being extendable from a retracted position to at least one extended position; a component coupled with said element, the component having at least one conductive surface at least partially opposing a side of said at least one conductive end when said at least one elongated member is in said at least one extended position; and a dielectric disposed on at least one of said at least one conductive end and said at least one conductive surface. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110239304 | MANAGING INFORMATION RELATING TO SECURE MODULE APPLICATIONS - An apparatus capable of hosting a secure module, which secure module comprises at least one secure module application. The apparatus is configured to provide connectivity to the secure module. A processing module is configured to obtain from the secure module information concerning the at least one secure module application. The processing module is, based on the obtained information, configured to check whether a compatible counterpart application is present in the apparatus. A communication module is configured to obtain the compatible counterpart application from an outside source in case no compatible counterpart application is present in the apparatus. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239282 | Method and Apparatus for Authentication and Promotion of Services - An approach is provided for authenticating services at a device. An authentication request from a services platform is received at a device. Local credentials to authenticate access to a storage are retrieved. The access to the storage is authenticated based, at least in part, on the local credentials. If authenticated, it is determined that account information for the services platform is in the storage. The account information includes authentication credentials associated with the services platform, a security policy associated with the services platform, or a combination thereof. A response to the authentication request is generated based, at least in part, on the account information. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239281 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF SERVICES - An approach is provided for authenticating services at a device. An authentication request from a service platform is received at a device. Local credentials to authenticate access to a storage are retrieved. The access to the storage is authenticated based, at least in part, on the local credentials. If authenticated, it is determined that account information for the service platform is in the storage. The account information includes authentication credentials associated with the service platform, a security policy associated with the service platform, or a combination thereof. A response to the authentication request is generated based, at least in part, on the account information. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239280 | DRM Protected Content Sharing - A system and method for transmitting protected real-time content from one user to another is described. In a first aspect, a user sends a Rights Object to another user. In a second aspect, a user sends a Rights Object to another user via an intermediate server for a multiparty communication. In this second aspect, the users may be able to switch between designated Rights Objects as needed. | 09-29-2011 |
