| RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED Patent applications |
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| 20120131653 | SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SECURE AUTHENTICATION - A system, devices and method for authenticating a user requesting access, through a computing device connected to a network, to an on-line resource hosted by a server in communication with the network. The system, devices and method employing an authentication server and a mobile communications device in communication over a wireless network. The authentication server forwarding an authentication to the mobile communications device. Optionally, the authentication server also returning security information related to the authentication in response to the request. The mobile communications device operative to receive and process the authentication, and forward the processed authentication to the computing device over a short-range communications link. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131501 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic device is provided including a display, a processor and a memory. The processor is coupled to the display and the memory to carry out a method of facilitating user interface navigation in the electronic device. In a first view shown on the display, a first application interface provides a visual representation of a first application. In response to receiving a navigational command to access a second application visually represented by a second application interface, a transitional view is displayed including a transition between the first application interface and the second application interface. The displayed transition can be dependent on a property of the received navigational command. The first and second application interfaces can be displayed to appear in a non-overlapping arrangement on a planar surface, and can have sheet-like properties or behaviors. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131449 | System and Method for Rapid Document Conversion - In one embodiment, a method of providing a modular document for display on a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a request for the modular document from the wireless communication device for display thereon; requesting the document from a document server; retrieving user preferences for display of at least a portion of the modular document; receiving at a conversion server at least a part of the modular document requested for display, the modular document comprising a plurality of modules, wherein at least one format module is inter-related with at least one text module; locating a set of modules for conversion; converting the modular document into a converted file format by the conversion server for display according to the user preferences; and transmitting the converted file format to the wireless communication device for display thereon. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131346 | SECURING PRIVATE KEY ACCESS FOR CROSS-COMPONENT MESSAGE PROCESSING - Often, for reasons of wireless bandwidth conservation, incomplete messages are provided to wireless messaging devices. Employing cryptography, for secrecy or authentication purposes, when including a received message that has been incompletely received can lead to lack of context on the receiver's end. By automatically obtaining the entirety of the message to be included, an outgoing message that includes the received message can be processed in a manner that securely and accurately represents the intended outgoing message. Alternatively, a server can assemble a composite message from a new message and an original message and, in cooperation with a wireless messaging device, sign the composite message. Since signing the composite message involves access to a private key, access to that private key is secured such that such access to the private key can only be arranged responsive to an explicit request for a hash that is to be signed using the private key. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131224 | System and Method for Pushing Information from a Host System to a Mobile Data Communication Device - An embodiment of a communication system includes an Internet-based network server having a redirector component executing thereon, wherein the network server is connected to a host computer system via a wide area network connection. The redirector component is configured for commencing redirection of user data items from the host computer system to a mobile computer via a wireless network. The mobile computer is configured for receiving user data items redirected from the host computer system for a user, wherein the mobile computer includes another redirector component that is adapted to push at least a portion of a user data item received from the host computer system to another device based on a trigger flag set at the mobile computer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131191 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERVER, AND METHOD OF FACILITATING RESOURCE RESERVATIONS - To facilitate resource reservation, a server can preemptively determine resource availability. Indeed, upon receiving an availability request for a desired attendee for a calendar event, the request specifying a date and time, the server can transmit a search request to a server maintaining an organization resource cache, which stores availability information for resources. Upon receiving, from the server, a search result, and based on the search result, the server can store, in a memory, an indication of a specific resource that is available at the date and time. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131137 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Energy Efficient Task Execution Offloading - A control circuit (such as a smartphone processor) having access to a wireless two-way transceiver (such as a short-range transceiver) determines a need to offload execution of a task to a server and then determines present unavailability of that server. This control circuit then transmits a first message to the server to prompt the server to awaken. The control circuit then transmits a second message to the server to establish a wireless connection that the control circuit employs to offload execution of the task to the server. By one approach, the aforementioned first message can include a unique identifier for the server. If desired, this unique identifier can have been provided earlier by the server via a general broadcast. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131066 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RECORD STORAGE IN AN AUTOMATICALLY SELECTED DATABASE - Methods, devices, systems and for record storage in an automatically selected database are provided. In one aspect, a device is provided that has a calendar application and a plurality of record storage databases. The device is configured to examine characteristics of received electronic data representing details for calendar event records, and to automatically select one of said plurality of record storage databases based on a comparison of the characteristics with a set of criteria. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA RECORDS BETWEEN MULTIPLE DATABASES - A communication device includes a database. The database is configured to store data records to be synchronized with a host device and to store, for each record, a corresponding device synchronization parameter (DSP) and a corresponding host synchronization parameter (HSP). The DSP indicates a version number assigned to a current version, of the respective data record, as stored in the database of the device. The HSP indicates a version number assigned to a current version, of the same record, as stored in the host device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STATUS REPORTING TRIGGERED BY AN AUTHORITY-ISSUED ALERT - A method and apparatus for reacting to an alert message, such as a commercial mobile alert system (CMAS) message, is provided. A mobile device in receipt of an alert message automatically obtains status information such as mobile device position, for example via GPS, and prompts a user for status information such as emergency preparedness. A response message is automatically generated and transmitted to designated recipients, such as address book contacts or a datacentre. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129556 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING SUBJECTS IN INSTANT MESSAGING SESSIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method are provided that incorporate subjects or subject lines into instant messaging sessions or conversations on a mobile device. During an instant messaging session, the user is provided with an option to specify a subject for at least the current portion of the session or for the entire session. The subject is proposed to the other users in the session, who can accept, ignore or modify the subject at their end. Multiple subjects can be specified for a single conversation if desired, and the subjects can be displayed with the contact in a message list. The instant messaging sessions may then be searched using search tools that are typically used for search email and other data messages. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129554 | Shared Image Database With Geographic Navigation - There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129472 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH HUMAN INTERFACE DIVERSITY ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable handheld housing, and a wireless transceiver carried by the housing. A pair of an antennas are positioned in side-by-side relation preferably in the upper portion of the portable handheld housing. A human interface diversity controller is connected to the wireless transceiver to preferentially operate with the plurality of antennas based upon a relative position of the portable handheld housing with respect to a hand of a human user. The device can select or weight the antennas based upon the position of the device when being held by a user. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128156 | CROSS-COMPONENT CRYPTOGRAPHIC MESSAGE SYNTAX MESSAGE CONSTRUCTION - Often, for reasons of wireless bandwidth conservation, incomplete messages are provided to wireless messaging devices. Employing cryptography, for confidentiality or authentication purposes, when including a received message that has been incompletely received can lead to lack of context on the receiver's end. By automatically obtaining the entirety of the message to be included, an outgoing message that includes the received message can be processed in a manner that securely and accurately represents the intended outgoing message. Alternatively, a server can assemble a composite message from a new message and an original message and, in cooperation with a wireless messaging device, construct a cryptographic message syntax message. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127098 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method includes displaying information associated with a first application on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display and determining touch attributes, determining when the touch is a first gesture type based on the touch attributes, and when the touch is determined to be the first gesture type, forwarding information related to the touch to a second application, otherwise forwarding the information related to the touch to the first application. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127087 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A portable electronic device includes a first flexible display. The first flexible display includes a display area, a non-display area, and a first fold such that at least part of the non-display area is non-coplanar with the display area. Information is displayable near the first fold. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127075 | SEGMENTED PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAY - A portable electronic device includes a first segment including a first display and a second segment coupled to the first segment. The second segment includes a first input device on a first side of the second segment and a second display on a second side of the second segment. The second segment is rotatable relative to the first segment between a first orientation in which the first display is adjacent to the first input device, and a second orientation in which the first display is adjacent to the second display such that information is displayed continuously from the first display onto the second display. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127061 | MULTI-DISPLAY MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device comprising a first portion and a second portion is provided. In at least one embodiment, the first portion comprises a first part providing at least a first display screen, and a second part providing at least a second display screen. The first part may be foldably coupled to the second part to allow the first part to fold with respect to the second part about a first folding axis. The second portion comprises a third part providing at least a third display screen. The first portion is slidably coupled to the second portion, and at least one of the first portion and the second portion comprises one or more coupling elements configured so that the second part of the first portion is foldable with respect to the third part of the second portion about a second folding axis. In one embodiment, the first, second and third parts are folded to resemble a picture frame comprising multiple digital displays. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126941 | PRESSURE PASSWORD FOR A TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - A handheld communication or computing device having a touchscreen interface is configured to permit access in response to detection of a pressure-based password by a plurality of force sensors, each one of the force sensors corresponding to one of a plurality of sensing regions defined on the surface of the touchscreen interface. Upon detecting a sequence of presses applied to a plurality of the force sensors, the detected sequence is compared to previously stored information to determine if it matches. If there is a match, access to functions and/or data at the device is granted. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126940 | DETECTION OF DURESS CONDITION AT A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication or computing device having a touchscreen interface is adapted to detect a duress condition upon user access through input of a gesture-based password or authentication code. One or more force sensors are provided for detection of force applied at the touchscreen surface, and interoperate with processing elements to detect input of a gesture-based password through contact at the touchscreen interface; determine that force detected by at least one of the force sensors during input of the password exceeds a predefined threshold; and compares the input password with previously stored information to determine that the input password substantially corresponds to the previously stored information. If the input password substantially corresponds to the previously stored information and the detected pressure exceeds the threshold, a duress condition is determined for the device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124640 | DATA SOURCE BASED APPLICATION SANDBOXING - A computing device and a method for a computing device to control access to data stored on a data store of the device. An access component of the device having control over access to the data. The access component being operative to receive a request for data from a requesting component, identify an assigned access domain of the requesting component and an assigned data domain of the requested data and determine whether the requesting component is authorized to access the data by comparing the assigned access domain and the data domain with permissions specified in a security policy. If the assigned access domain is authorized to access the data domain, the access component may provide access to the requested data. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING DIGITAL CERTIFICATE STATUS - A method for handling digital certificate status requests between a client system and a proxy system is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving at the proxy system digital certificate status request data transmitted from the client system and generating query data for the digital certificate status in response to receiving the digital certificate status request data. The query data is transmitted to a status provider system, and status data from the status provider system in response to the query data is received at the proxy system. Digital certificate status data based on the status data received is generated and transmitting to the client system. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124375 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING SERVER CERTIFICATES - A device and method are provided for a device that authenticates a server over a network. The device and method are operable to contact the server to initiate a handshaking operation. The device receives certificate information and handshaking information from the server. The device completes the handshaking operations to establish the connection with the server. The device downloads the content from the server through the connection before authenticating the server to establish a secure connection. In some aspects, the device may display a portion of the downloaded content before the server is authenticated. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING STREAMED DATA - One embodiment of a method of authenticating data comprises: receiving, at a device, data in a plurality of indexed packets transmitted by a data server, the data of the indexed packets being at least a portion of a larger data stream; receiving, at the device, from a data authentication server connected to the device by a network, a server-computed authentication value based on a subset of the data transmitted by the data server, the data authentication server having access to the data that was transmitted from the data server to the device; and comparing a device-computed authentication value based on a subset of the received data, corresponding to the subset of the data transmitted by the data server, with the server-computed authentication value in order to determine whether the subset of the data received at the device is authentic. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE THREAD COMPRESSION - A method for compressing electronic mail messages each having a message thread for storage in a storage device, comprising: identifying one or more sections of each message thread; assigning a respective identifier to each section; storing one occurrence of each section in the storage device for retrieval using its identifier; replacing each section in each thread by its identifier to thereby compress the messages; and, storing the messages in the storage device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124079 | AUTOMATIC FILE NAMING ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method of automatically naming files on a mobile device can include determining at least one of a current geographical location data of a mobile device, a current time data, and a current date data. The current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data can be made can be compared to at least one of a personal information manager database and a geographical location database. A filename can be automatically-generated based on the comparison, and the filename can be applied to camera data received on the mobile device. The automatically-generated filename can include information relevant to the content of the camera data, thereby enhancing the efficiency and ease of identifying and organizing camera data stored on a memory of the mobile device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122517 | ACCESS STRATUM MANAGER - A multi-mode mobile communication device includes a processing device, a memory sub-system, a communication sub-system operable to communicate with wireless access networks, and a protocol stack stored in the memory sub-system and executed by the processing device. The protocol stack includes a first access stratum, a second access stratum, a non-access stratum and an access stratum manager. The first access stratum communicates with a first wireless access network via the communication sub-system. The second access stratum communicates with a second wireless access network via the communication sub-system. The non-access stratum communicates with a core network. The access stratum manager interfaces the non-access stratum with the first and second access strata, and is operable to activate the first access stratum to establish a communication link with the core network over the first wireless access network. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122516 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING BUFFERED CLOCK DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR MICROPROCESSOR AND RF CIRCUITS - A mobile wireless communications device includes a circuit board carried by a housing. A microprocessor, RF transceiver and circuitry are carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. Clock buffer circuitry is carried by the circuit board and connected to the RF transceiver and circuitry and microprocessor for isolating a clock signal from the noise of the microprocessor and allowing greater isolation for the RF transceiver from RF circuitry. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF MOBILE DEVICES USING EARLY PAGING INDICATOR - A method for reducing energy consumption of mobile devices using a phase-continuous early paging indicator (EPI) is provided. For each of at least one paging occasion either A) an EPI indicative that a page is present in the paging occasion is transmitted during an EPI occasion in advance of the paging occasion, the EPI comprising at least one phase-continuous tone for the EPI occasion, and a page is transmitted during the paging occasion, or B) an EPI indicative that a page is not present in the paging occasion is transmitted during an EPI occasion in advance of the paging occasion, the EPI comprising at least one phase-continuous tone for the EPI occasion. A mobile device is configured to monitor for an EPI that comprises at least one phase-continuous tone for an EPI occasion in advance of its paging occasion in order to determine if a page is potentially present. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122411 | IMPROVED CONTROL OF SWITCHER REGULATED POWER AMPLIFIER MODULES - Various embodiments described herein relate to a power management block and an amplification block used in the transmitter of a communication subsystem. The power management block provides improved control for the gain control signal provided to a pre-amplifier and the supply voltage provided to a power amplifier which are both in the amplification block. The power expended by the power amplifier is optimized by employing a continuous control method in which one or more feedback loops are employed to take into account various characteristics of the transmitter components and control values. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120918 | Adaptive Beamforming Configuration Methods And Apparatus For Wireless Access Points Serving As Handoff Indication Mechanisms In Wireless Local Area Networks - A mobile communication device includes a processor and a communication subsystem coupled to the processor. The communication subsystem is configured to provide the mobile device with wireless communications via an access point of a wireless network. The mobile device communicates with the access point via the communication subsystem for adjusting boundaries of an RF coverage region of the access point. The mobile device subsequently communicates with the access point via the communication subsystem in the adjusted RF coverage region for handoff to another wireless network, while the access point serves as part of a handoff indication mechanism in the wireless network. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120913 | METHOD IN A MOBILE DEVICE FOR NETWORK SELECTION TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED NUMBER OF IP SESSIONS - A method in a mobile device is provided. The method includes storing the number of IP (Internet protocol) sessions available to the mobile device for each of a number of network areas; and when the mobile device is in a location where two of the network areas overlap, performing cell selection based on the stored number of IP sessions for each of the overlapping network areas. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120866 | Intra-Donor Cell Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission with Type 1 Relay - A method is provided for communication in a wireless telecommunications system. The method comprises an access node performing a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission with a relay node toward a user equipment, wherein the access node provides CoMP control information via at least one of a relay physical downlink control channel and a relay physical downlink shared channel. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120856 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for configuring a telecommunication system comprising at least one sending entity and one receiving entity between which the same link transmits several transport channels with different qualities of service. The sending entity matches the rate between the different coded transport channels with separate qualities of service, and the different coded transport channels are then multiplexed. The matching rate specific to each coded transport channel is determined from at least one first parameter representative of the expected Eb/I ratio and a second parameter representative of the capacity of the physical channel. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120000 | METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method of interacting with a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device configured to perform the same. In accordance with one embodiment, the method comprises: detecting motion of the portable electronic device; determining whether detected motion matches a first motion gesture or a second motion gesture; when the first motion gesture is detected, showing a designated user interface element in a user interface screen displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device; and when the second motion gesture is detected, hiding the designated user interface element from the user interface screen displayed on the touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119967 | ANTENNA WITH NEAR-FIELD RADIATION CONTROL - An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119703 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAPACITIVE CHARGER PROVIDING DATA TRANSFER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The electronic apparatus includes a portable electronic device and a charger for capacitively charging the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is temporarily placed adjacent the charger. The portable electronic device includes a device data communication unit and an associated battery, and a pair of device capacitive electrodes, defining a device conductive footprint, to receive a charging signal to charge the battery. The charger includes a base having an area larger than the device conductive footprint and able to receive the portable electronic device thereon in a plurality of different positions, and an array of charger capacitive electrodes carried by the base. A charger controller selectively drives only the charger capacitive electrodes within the device conductive footprint with a charging signal to capacitively charge the battery. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119693 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR PORTABLE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connected to the charger connector and the charging circuit. The controller may be for causing a portable device connected to the charger connector to identify its corresponding portable device type and its corresponding rechargeable battery type from among a plurality of different portable device types and different battery types, and for causing the charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based thereon. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119110 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR DETECTING CONTAMINATION OF AN OBJECT - An apparatus, and an associated method, for a portable electronic device, such as a wireless device, to determine luminescence of an object of interest. Ultraviolet A (UVA), or other appropriate, light energy is cause to be generated at a flicker rate. Images of the object of interest are recorded both when the UVA light energy is incident on the object of interest and in the absence of incidence of the UVA light energy on the object of interest. The images are compared, and a determination is made of the luminescence of the object of interest. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING SMART CARD READER RECONNECTIONS - Communications between a computing device and a smart card reader (SCR) configured for communication with a smart card are facilitated through the use, by the computing device, of a smart card resource manager and a smart card reader service (SCRS). The SCRS acts as a relay for commands between the smart card resource manager and the SCR. Appropriate configuration of the SCRS obviates a redundant downloading of certificates from smart card to computing device subsequent to loss of a connection between the computing device and the SCR. However, upon re-establishing a previously lost connection to a SCR and determining that a communication link between a smart card and the SCR has been ended and reestablished during the loss of connection, the SCRS may indicate to the smart card resource manager that smart card is absent and, subsequently, that the smart card is present. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118492 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PARTS THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a portion of a portable electronic device includes forming a fibrous laminate sheet to provide a laminate body, and connecting a rim with the body. The rim includes a connector for coupling with a complementary part. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117637 | MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS TO A SECURITY TOKEN ACCESS DEVICE - A security token access device, a user device such as a computing device or communications device, and a method for managing multiple connections between multiple user devices and the access device. The access device maintains connection information, including security information, for each user device securely paired with the access device. Each time a new user device is paired with the access device, the access device transmits a notification to the user devices already paired to the user device. A user may provide instructions to the access device to terminate a pairing with one of the user devices by overwriting at least a portion of the connection information associated with the designated user device. A user device may further request a listing of all user devices currently paired with the access device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117636 | MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS TO A SECURITY TOKEN ACCESS DEVICE - An electronic device, system and method for automatically managing wireless connections with a plurality of other devices are provided. The electronic device may be a security token access device and may be adapted to wirelessly pair and optionally securely pair with other devices. Connection information, which may comprise security information, is maintained at the electronic device for each connected device. When a connected device becomes stale, the electronic device implements one or more steps to manage the stale device's connection. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117616 | WIRELESS/WIRED MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH OPTION TO AUTOMATICALLY BLOCK WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WHEN CONNECTED FOR WIRED COMMUNICATION - A mobile wireless communication device also has at least one wired communication port. Enhanced security is achieved by permitting the device to automatically disable one or more wireless ports when connected to a wired port. Specific combinations/permutations of such automatic control may be effected by use of an IT Policy also resident on the device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPDATES ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method are provided to organize updates on a mobile device. The organization of the updates can be controlled according to something detectable on the mobile device which can be correlated to something detectable in the updates. For example, updates to be displayed on the mobile device can be organized based on context provided by the mobile device, such that more relevant updates are distinguishable from those that may be less relevant. In this way, all updates are accessible to the user, but those that are deemed to be particularly relevant may be more visible and more easily accessed to avoid the need to sort through or scroll through large lists of new updates. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117460 | URL DOCUMENT VIEWING THROUGH A PLUG-IN APPLICATION FOR A MOBILE BROWSER ON A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method is set forth of displaying a document identified by a URL on a mobile browser, comprising registering an attachment viewer plug-in to the mobile browser for a predetermined data stream content type, registering a mobile data service transcoder for predetermined document types, sending a request for the document of one of the predetermined document types from the mobile browser to the mobile service transcoder, retrieving and converting the document to the predetermined data stream content type, and forwarding the converted document from the mobile data service transcoder to the mobile browser for display via the attachment viewer plug-in. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND MANAGING A TARGET LIST ON BEHALF OF A USER AGENT CLIENT - A method and system for managing a target list on behalf of a user agent client, the method receiving a subscription request from the user agent client, the subscription request containing at least one uniform resource identifier identifying a resource; providing a subscription request to a an information owning enabler; receiving a notification containing information associated with a candidate uniform resource indicator set; evaluating information associated with the candidate uniform resource indicator set to create a selected uniform resource indicator set; and notifying the user agent client of the selected uniform resource indicator set. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117175 | Use of Persistent Sessions by a Presence Access Layer - A method for a watcher to receive presence information. The method includes the watcher requesting presence information from a presence access layer and then disconnecting from the presence access layer. The method further includes the presence access layer receiving the requested information through a persistent session with a presence server, storing the requested information, and delivering the requested information to the watcher after the watcher reconnects to the presence access layer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIXED MODE DELIVERY OF DYNAMIC CONTENT TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A method, system and apparatus for mixed mode delivery of content to a mobile device, the method having the steps of: receiving a subscription message including a filter; storing the filter; sending a subscription identifier; applying the filter to content available on the content provider, thereby producing a content subset; waiting for receipt of a content request; and forwarding the content subset upon receipt of the content request. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117134 | FLOATING POINT ENCODING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for encoding floating point numbers. A system can include encoding logic which encodes invalid floating point representations as valid data. Decoding logic can be used to recognize the invalid floating point representations and map can provide the invalid floating point representations to valid data values. The decoding logic then can provide the valid data values so that operations on the valid data values can be performed in accordance with instructions received from an associated program. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115542 | Mobile Communication Device with Subscriber Identity Module - In one embodiment, a method of directing calls on a mobile communication device comprises receiving a call signal at the mobile communication device from a short-range enabled communication device operably connected with the mobile communication device, accessing subscriber identity module data of the short-range enabled communication device, preparing an outgoing call signal using the accessed subscriber identity module data of the short-range enabled communication device, establishing a communication session between the short-range enabled communication device and a network, and transmitting the outgoing call signal to the network. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115478 | Data-Capable Network Prioritization With Reduced Delays In Data Service - A mobile device sends to a wireless network a request for establishing a service. In response to a rejection of the request, the device reattempts the request so long as the total number of requests is less than a predetermined value. When the total number of rejected requests is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, the device selects a different wireless network with which to establish the communication service if the wireless network is a non-home network. Otherwise, if the wireless network is the home network, the mobile device runs a timer which is initialized with an internal timer value instead of a network timer value when the internal timer value is less than the network timer value. In response to an expiration of the timer, the mobile device sends to the wireless network another one or more requests for establishing the service. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115477 | Card Application Toolkit Support for IP Multimedia Subsystem - To consolidate session initiation protocol (SIP) messages a user equipment (UE) is made aware of all Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) applications installed in its memory and on a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and supported communication services. By obtaining this information before the initial IMS Registration, the UE can save resources by registering all local applications and communication services in single IMS registration. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115463 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVED USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENTS AND REPORTING - A method and electronic device for improved filtering of mobile communications device physical layer measurement ratios to reduce the variance of reported measurements. First and second signal powers of a cell in a mobile communications network are measured and a filter having a network determined filter coefficient is applied to the first signal power. A signal quality value is determined from the filtered first signal power and the second signal power. A second filter with a network determined filter coefficient may be applied to the second signal power. An example signal quality value comprises a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) comprised of the ratio of reference signal received power (RSRP), multiplied by the number (N) of resource blocks of a carrier received signal strength indicator (RSSI), to the carrier RSSI. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE ACTIVATION IN MOBILE NETWORK BILLING - Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to select from a list of available services that can be used on a mobile device. The services include device-based services and device-network based services. The activation, usage tracking and deactivation of a selected service can be conducted at a central location. Some of the services can be provided by different carrier network providers and in different geographical areas. The service selection can be performed from the mobile device, thus providing the user with maximum flexibility as to when and where the user requests the service. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115422 | IMAGE MAGNIFICATION BASED ON DISPLAY FLEXING - Systems and methods control resizing a presentation of an image on a flexible display. A user flexes a flexible display in a particular manner to control magnification or size reduction of the image presented on the display. The amount of magnification or size reduction of the image presented on a flexible display increases along with the absolute magnitude of flexible display flexing. The flexible display can be double flexed within a defined time to indicate that another action is to be taken, such as fitting the presently displayed document to the width of the flexible display or fitting the entire document to the flexible display. The direction of flexing, such as flexing in a concave or a convex direction, is a flexing characteristic that causes other desired actions. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115070 | FUEL TANK LOCATED WITHIN A FRAME OF AN ELECTRONIC PORTABLE DEVICE - Embodiments herein relate to an electronic portable having at least one electronic component. The electronic portable device includes a fuel cell operable for powering at least in part the at least one electronic component, and a fuel tank for storing fuel to be used by the fuel cell. The fuel tank is defined by at least one body section, the at least one body section sized and shaped so as to form a frame of the electronic device. The frame has at least one hollow region for storing the fuel therein, the at least one body section including an inlet for introducing fuel into the hollow region and an outlet for releasing fuel from the hollow region to the fuel cell. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114310 | Mixed Video Compilation - A method is provided for creating a video compilation. The method comprises a selection component selecting from a plurality of videos at least two videos that share at least one common selection parameter, and a mashing component interspersing scenes from the at least two videos. A system for creating a video compilation is also provided. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114117 | Methods And Apparatus For Performing An Elliptic Curve Scalar Multiplication Operation Using Splitting - For an Elliptic Curve Scalar Multiplication (ECSM) operation to be performed on a scalar and a base point, a given previous set of parameters that was used to split the scalar for a previous ECSM operation and a selected random integer are used to determine a new set of parameters for splitting the scalar. By basing the new set of parameters on the previous set of parameters, repeated use of the scalar to determine key-splitting parameters is avoided and susceptibility to a Differential Power Analysis Side Channel attack is minimized. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113979 | Slow Adaptation of Modulation and Coding for Packet Transmission - Systems and methods for performing MCS adaptation are provided. In some cases, the network performs MCS adaptation based on received NACKs. In other cases, the mobile station determines an MCS based on channel quality measurements, and feeds back the MCS adaptation decision to the network. In either case, NACK-only feedback may be implemented to reduce interference. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION TO MOBILE STATIONS - A system and method for distributing information from a host service in communication with a computer network to a mobile station in communication with a wireless network is provided. A data item associated with the mobile station is received at the host service. The host service then determines whether a network resource of the wireless network is currently associated with the mobile station. If the network resource of the wireless network is not currently associated with the mobile station, then the host service transmits a resource request message to the mobile station to instruct the mobile station to acquire the network resource. Subsequently to acquiring the network resource, the host service is then able to transmit the data item to the mobile station using the network resource. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113885 | Multi-Stage Setup for Long-Term Evolution Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Transmissions - A system for providing a service is provided. The system includes a central control to promote a plurality of cells to use a first counting method to determine whether user equipment within the plurality of cells are interested in the service. Based on responses from at least one of the cells having interested user equipment, the central control promotes the at least one of the cells to either provide the service via point-to-multipoint broadcast, or use a second counting method to determine whether to provide the service via point-to-multipoint broadcast or point-to-point communication. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113881 | SYSTEM, SERVER AND DEVICE FOR BATTERY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT VIA TRAFFIC STEERING - Battery resources in a wireless device are managed in the present specification by traffic steering. A wireless device is configured to request content from an intermediation server, which is configured to analyze the requested content and send an indication to the wireless device as to which bearer path is to be selected based on which bearer path is battery-life optimized | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113854 | Adaptive Data Delivery - Techniques for use in delivering data from a host service to a mobile device operative in a wireless network are disclosed. The host service is configured to maintain in a host memory an availability status indicative of the availability of the mobile device in the wireless network. A router receives an indication signal from the mobile device within a predetermined interval. The indication signal indicates one or more functional states or parameter levels of the mobile device. When the one or more functional states or parameter levels of the indication signal are indicative of availability, and a cached availability status in cache memory of the router equals to unavailable, the router changes the cached availability status from unavailable to available and transmits the changed availability status from the router to the host service for setting the availability status at the host service. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113616 | FRAME INCORPORATING A FUEL CELL FOR AN ELECTRONIC PORTABLE DEVICE - Embodiments herein relate to a frame and an electronic portable device having a frame. The frame may include at least one fuel cell. The frame may also include at least one inlet for introducing fuel into the at least one fuel cell, and at least one drain for draining a residue produced by a reaction of the at least one fuel cell. The frame further may further include a connector for electrically connecting the at least one fuel cell to at least one electronic component of the electronic portable device. The frame may be further adapted for embedding the electronic component therein. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113123 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CONTENT DATA AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and apparatus for processing content data at a computing device is provided. Icon data associated with an application is rendered at a display device, thereby providing rendered icon data at the display device, the icon data and the application stored at a memory. Content data associated with the application is received the content data for rendering within the application when the application is executed by a processor and rendered at the display device. A portion of the rendered icon data is updated such that the rendered icon data comprises at least a subset of the content data. When the rendered icon data is actuated, the application is responsively executed at the processor such that the content data is rendered at the display device within a rendering of the application. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113002 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN OUTPUT DEVICE OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus are provided for controlling an output device of a portable electronic device comprising a processor, a first motion sensor, a second motion sensor and an output device. The method comprises: receiving at the processor, from the first motion sensor, first motion data representing movement of an external object relative to the portable electronic device; receiving at the processor, from the second motion sensor, second motion data representing movement of the portable electronic device; generating, at the processor, third motion data based on the first and second motion data, the third motion data representing movement of the external object; and, controlling the output device based on the third motion data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112933 | KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a stiffener having a plurality of recesses defined therein, a flexible printed circuit defining a plurality of venting holes, each venting hole in correspondence with one of the plurality of recesses, and a dome sheet provided on top of the flexible printed circuit and including a plurality of domes, each of the domes in correspondence with one of the plurality of venting holes. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110675 | RESTRICTIONS TO DATA TRANSMISSION - Data received at, or created on, a device may be tagged as corporate dependent upon a service over which the data is received or an application in which the data is created. When a user attempts to insert tagged data into a data item that is to be transmitted by the device, the insertion may be prevented. Similarly, the transmission of tagged data may be restricted to only occur on a secure service. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110295 | Keeping File Systems or Partitions Private in a Memory Device - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for allowing a user to select, from a plurality of partitions on a memory device, which partitions may be visible to hosts connecting to the memory device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING HTTP CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS - A client device and a server receive and send a presentation streamed via HTTP. The client device sends a content request and the server receives the content request. The client device receives and the server sends a first presentation description based on the content request, wherein the presentation description comprises a fetch interval. The client device requests or otherwise receives a second presentation description before a duration associated with the fetch interval is exceeded. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110097 | Forwarding E-Mail Message Attachments From a Wireless Device - A system and method of forwarding an e-mail from a wireless device is provided. The wireless device receives the e-mail message in portions as needed, the portions having the attachments contained therein. The portions of the e-mail message containing only a subset of attachments associated with the e-mail message in the user mailbox. When a wireless device forwards the e-mail message to one or more recipients a message identifier and an attachment indicator is provided for identifying the number of attachments in the e-mail message to be forwarded. The identified e-mail message is retrieved and the attachments are extracted from the retrieved e-mail message based on the attachment indicator. The e-mail message is forwarded to the one or more recipients and the extracted attachments. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110051 | Reconfigurable Digital Signal Filter Processor - A reconfigurable digital signal filter processing unit for use in a communication device is provided. The reconfigurable filters processor can implement different filter topologies to adapt to a range or wireless technology characteristics. The reconfigurable filter processor comprises a plurality of filter blocks whose inputs can be selected based on the desired configuration of the filter. Each filter block applies a transfer function to a received signal to achieve a desired filtering function. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109979 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR ESTABLISHING A PRIORITIZED MEDIA-FILE PLAYLIST AT MEDIA DEVICE - An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates selection of a media file for play-out at a media player, such as a media player forming part of a wireless device. Prioritization criteria is used to prioritize a plurality of media files according to a prioritization criteria. And, once prioritized, a playlist is established. The playlist is used in the selection of a media file to be played out at the media-file player. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method are provided for displaying search results on an electronic device. The method includes: displaying at least a portion of a first set of search results; capturing one or more images using a camera device of the electronic device, the camera device being directed in a same direction as a display of the electronic device, the image comprising one or more subjects; determining corresponding points of regard in the one or more images for at least one of the one or more subjects, the points of regard being indicative of areas on the display at which a gaze of the corresponding subject is directed; determining one or more search results associated with the points of regard; and displaying further search results based on information associated with the one or more search results associated with the points of regard. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109505 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION BASED ON TRUSTED GROUP BEHAVIOUR - A method of providing real-time traffic information entails defining a trusted group of mobile devices traveling to a common destination, obtaining traffic data from the mobile devices of the trusted group, and determining traffic information based on the traffic data for a plurality of routes to the common destination. This enables a mobile device user to determine which one of a plurality of alternate routes to a destination is optimal given prevailing traffic conditions. Since the data derives from a trusted group, unlike aggregated data, it is more likely to be considered reliable by the end user. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108288 | LINK QUALITY MEASUREMENTS BASED ON DATA RATE AND RECEIVED POWER LEVEL - A mobile station associated with a base station determines a measure of the quality of a communication link between the mobile station and the base station. The measure takes into account (a) RF power levels of signals received at the mobile station over the link and (b) an actual data rate of communications over the link. This measure of the quality of the link may be a factor in triggering the mobile station to initiate a handoff. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108275 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SESSION PLACEHOLDER FOR MESSAGE COLLECTION USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for representing a conversation of related messages is provided. In a message collection user interface for displaying messages sent and received by a communications device, a dynamic session placeholder is used for a respective conversation of related messages. The message collection user interface is displayed including any dynamic session placeholders in the list of messages. As messages from the conversation are occasioned, the dynamic session placeholder is updated. When the message collection is displayed, it is displayed in accordance with the updated session placeholder. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108268 | EVENT REMINDER METHOD - A method includes setting, by a mobile device, a notification based on the mobile device being within proximity of a predetermined location at a predetermined date or time. The mobile device detects that the mobile device is located within proximity of the predetermined location at the predetermined date or time. Subsequent to the detecting, the mobile device provides the notification. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108242 | WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for processing a message in a mobile, telecommunications device. The method comprises: receiving a Cell Update Confirm (CUC) message; determining whether the device has an empty C_RNTI variable; when the device has an empty C_RNTI variable, determining whether the CUC message includes a new C_RNTI; when the CUC message includes a new C_RNTI and the CUC message would cause the device to enter a state which requires the UE to respond to the message before entering the state, carrying out at least one further step prior to entering the state. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108235 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING NETWORK 3G DATA CAPABILITY INFORMATION IN A CDMA NETWORK - A method and system of providing a mobile data device in a wireless system with information about preferred networks to connect to, the mobile device having a preferred roaming list with a list of networks, the method comprising the steps of: adding to the preferred roaming list information about whether each network in the list of networks supports third generation data capabilities; and determining preferred networks based on information within the preferred roaming list including a geographic area and whether the network supports third generation data capabilities, whereby, within the geographic area, the mobile device prefers networks which support third generation data capabilities over networks which do not support said third generation data capabilities. Other information that may be added to the preferred roaming list includes whether the network supports data roaming, Mobile-IP services or always-on features. The preferred roaming list may also include information about the device service capabilities. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108166 | ACCESS TO LOCKED FUNCTIONS - A mobile communications device can have a locked mode in which the mobile communications device is protected against unauthorized use. A mobile communications device includes device applications implemented by a software program or firmware program that enables an application to be temporarily operable or operable under certain conditions when the mobile communications device is locked. Device applications can include a camera enabled for image data acquisition and a microphone or an audio recorder or a microphone and an audio recorder enabled for audio data acquisition. Acquired image data and audio data can be stored locally to the mobile communications device or stored externally to the mobile communications device. The mobile communications device can be configured to operate applications under different conditions. The mobile communications device can be configured to display a message that applications have been operated while the mobile communications device was locked or in a locked mode. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106768 | FRONT RESONATOR FOR A SPEAKER OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - A front resonator for a speaker of a wireless device, comprising: an enclosure mounted over the speaker and forming with an upper surface of the speaker a front volume for the front resonator; and, a horizontal or approximately horizontal tube formed or mounted on a surface of the enclosure, the tube coupled to the front volume, and the tube having at least one end to emit sound generated by the speaker and passing through the front volume and tube from the wireless device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106757 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED RF IMMUNITY OF AUDIO TRANSDUCERS TO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor operative with each other. Audio circuitry is carried by the circuit board and an audio transducer assembly, such as a speaker, has electrical contacts that electrically engage the audio circuitry for carrying audio signals between the audio circuitry and audio transducer assembly. A filter is mounted at the audio transducer assembly and reduces radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic interference to the audio transducer assembly during device operation. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106681 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for configuring a telecommunication system comprising at least one sending entity and one receiving entity between which the same link transmits several transport channels with different qualities of service. The sending entity matches the rate between the different coded transport channels with separate qualities of service, and the different coded transport channels are then multiplexed. The matching rate specific to each coded transport channel is determined from at least one first parameter representative of the expected Eb/I ratio and a second parameter representative of the capacity of the physical channel. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106420 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING FROM DRX TIMING DE-SYNCHRONIZATION IN LTE_ACTIVE - A method for recovering from discontinuous reception (DRX) timing de-synchronization between the UE and the eNB in an LTE_ACTIVE state having the steps of: the eNB detecting DRX timing de-synchronization; transmitting an indicator to a User Equipment (UE) to resume continuous reception; and waiting for an indication from the UE of whether a Continuous Reception Response or Continuous Reception Notification was received. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106104 | Keypad Assembly for a Portable Electronic Device - A friction device, keypad assembly and portable electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, there is provided a keypad assembly for a portable electronic device, comprising: a keypad having a number of keys each having an actuator post attached to a back side thereof; a circuit board; a light guide located between the keypad and the circuit board, the light guide defining a number of holes which provide paths for respective actuator posts to travel through to contact respective electrical switches on the circuit board; and at least one friction device located in one of the holes of the light guide, the friction device providing a physical barrier limiting movement of the actuator post in a direction normal to a direction of actuation, the friction device applying friction to at least one side of the actuator post and resisting movement of the actuator post in the direction of actuation. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106092 | NAVIGATION TOOL HOLDER - A navigation tool holder for a mobile device can include a top holder, a bottom holder, and a cover layered on top of the top holder. The top holder defines an opening for receiving a navigation tool. The bottom holder is configured to matingly engage the top holder. A navigation tool housed between the top holder and the bottom holder. The navigation tool includes a top portion protruding through the opening of the top holder and a flexible circuit communicatively coupling the navigation tool to a circuit board of the mobile device. The cover layer on the top holder can surround the top portion of the navigation tool so that the cover maintains an alignment of the navigation tool with a housing of the mobile device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106035 | LATCH MECHANISM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A latching assembly comprises a bracket, and a hook. The hook comprises: a top; a base having a first portion proximate to a first end and a second portion proximate to a second end. The second portion is inclined or sloped towards the top. A front surface extends from the first end to the second end. The front surface is substantially parallel to the surface of the second part at the first end, forming a first portion of the base for engaging the bracket. The front surface is further inclined or sloped toward the surface of the second part at the second end. When the bracket and the hook are engaged and the first part and the second part are separated by force, the bracket slides on the second portion of the base and the inclined or sloped front surface at the second end, thereby disengaging the bracket from the hook. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105774 | DISPLAY DEVICES CONTAINING A CIRCULAR POLARIZING SYSTEM AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Various embodiments include devices and methods that allow a display device to, among other things, substantially match reflected color or luminance, or both, between a lens border and an active area of the display device. In one embodiment, a circular polarizer located external to a display area of the device is used. In one embodiment an additional quarter wave retarder located external to the display area is used. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105504 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM FOR A COLOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A system for operating a color flat panel display (FPD) is provided that includes a color FPD, a light source, and a display processing device. The color FPD has an adjustable color depth and is configured to reflect ambient light. The light source transmits light through the bottom surface of the color FPD. The display processing device is coupled to the color FPD and decreases the color depth of the color FPD when the light source is activated and increases the color depth of the color FPD when the light source is turned off. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105490 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system are provided for controlling the display of an mobile device by: capturing an image using a camera device of the mobile device, the camera device being directed in a same direction as a display of the mobile device, the image comprising one or more subjects (e.g. users or other humans seen in the image); determining a point of regard in the image for at least one of the one or more subjects, the point of regard being indicative of an area on the display at which a gaze of the corresponding subject is directed; determining, based on the point of regard, an instruction for controlling the display; and controlling the display according to the instruction, wherein controlling the display includes reducing visibility of at least one portion of what is displayed on the display. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105352 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING CONFIRMATION OF INPUT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A letter confirmation system is provided on a handheld electronic device. The letter confirmation provides highlighting of various letters that have been input to the handheld electronic device during a string of member input actuations. The letter confirmation system can additionally provide predictive linguistic elements that would be appropriate next inputs. Various types of highlights can be provided in various combinations to provide various indications to a user. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105345 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method is provided for an electronic device with a processor and a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display including a display area and a non-display area. The method includes providing a boundary based on the display area and the non-display area. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105323 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HANDHELD DEVICE FOR DIRECTIONAL INPUT - A directional input device for use in a handheld device is disclosed herein. The directional input device provides input to an element of the user interface in response to the inclination of the handheld. The input device can be embedded into any handheld communicating or computing device to provide directional input to an element of the user interface of the handheld without consuming space on the face of the device that could otherwise be used for a larger screen. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A MULTI-MODE KEYBOARD - A multi-mode keyboard for a portable electronic device is provided. The keyboard comprising: a layer of flexible transparent touch sensors for receiving touch input; a layer of flexible output device; and a dome sheet for receiving key click input. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120102173 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AN ENTITY IN A MOBILE DEVICE ECOSYSTEM - A system and method of assigning an identifier to an entity operating within a mobile device ecosystem including a domain are provided. The method comprises: obtaining an identifier of the entity which uniquely identifies the entity within the domain, the identifier of the entity including length information identifying the length of identifier of the entity; obtaining an identifier of the domain within which the identifier of the entity is unique; and combining the identifier of the entity with the identifier of the domain to create a globally unique identifier of the entity which is globally unique in the mobile device ecosystem. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101818 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING DATA RECORDS IN A DATA-STORE BASED ON MESSAGES - Updating a data-store associated with an electronic communications device includes wirelessly communicating an electronic message. A location identifier representative of a physical location is identified within the electronic message. The physical location of the electronic communications device is measured or estimated as needed, after which validating the location identifier occurs when the measured or estimated physical location is calculated to be within a threshold distance of the physical location represented by the location identifier. Initiating creation of a new data record in the data-store is then performed, with the new data record storing at least the validated location identifier and a time identifier. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101811 | PREDICTIVE TEXT DICTIONARY POPULATION - A method and system for populating a predictive text dictionary is provided. A connection between a handheld electronic device and a network is detected. The handheld electronic device is operable to allow a user to enter text. The handheld electronic device has a predictive text dictionary that is operable to receive and employ sets of words. User preferences for the handheld electronic device are retrieved. The predictive text dictionary of the handheld electronic device is populated with a set of words at least partially based on the user preferences. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101766 | System and Method for Determining Quality of Calibration Parameters for a Magnetometer - A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises applying at least one first test to a new set of calibration parameters; accepting the new set of calibration parameters as an active set of calibration parameters when the new calibration parameters pass the at least one first test; applying the active set of calibration parameters to a plurality of magnetometer readings to obtain a plurality of values; applying at least one second test to the plurality of values; and calculating a quality measure for the active set of calibration parameters based on an outcome of the at least one second test. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101762 | System and Method for Calibrating a Magnetometer Using Partial and Full Calibrations - A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of magnetometer sensor readings; storing sensor readings from the plurality of obtained sensor readings that are different; determining a first calibration parameter based on a first predetermined number of different readings; and determining a plurality of calibration parameters based on a second predetermined number of different readings, wherein the plurality of calibration parameters includes the first calibration parameter. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100892 | Displaying Characters and Images Based on Support - A user equipment (UE) comprising a display and a processor configured to determine whether the UE supports each indicium of a string of one or more indicia according to a first feature, the string of one or more indicia identifying a network, the processor further configured to display on the display of the UE only the indicia in the string that are supported by the UE. A method implemented on a UE comprising determining whether the UE supports one or more indicium of a string of one or more indicia according to a first feature, the string of one or more indicia identifying a network, and displaying on the display of the UE only the indicia in the string that are supported by the UE. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100886 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING DIVERSITY ANTENNA SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device has a portable handheld housing. A circuit board is carried by the portable handheld housing. RF circuitry is carried by the circuit board. A diversity antenna and main antenna are carried by the portable handheld housing and coupled to the RF circuitry and operative together. The RF circuitry tunes the diversity antenna into a diversity communications frequency band to achieve a diversity mode of operation with the main antenna and tunes the diversity antenna into a non-diversity communications frequency band when cross-coupling has occurred from the diversity antenna to the main antenna when operating in the diversity communications frequency band. A switch is carried by the portable handheld housing and connected to the RF circuitry and coupled between the diversity and main antennae and disconnects the diversity antenna when operating in the non-diversity band to prevent cross-coupling from the diversity antenna to the main antenna. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100875 | Method Of Displaying A Map On A Phone Screen - A wireless communications device includes a radiofrequency transceiver having a wireless voice channel for transmitting and receiving voice communications and a separate wireless data channel for concurrently transmitting and receiving other data. The wireless communications device also includes a memory operatively connected to a processor for processing current location data received over the data channel from another communications device with which the wireless communications device is simultaneously communicating on the voice channel. The wireless communications further includes a display for displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information. A map is displayed on the phone screen during the voice call, the map presenting a location current of the other communications device based on the current location data received over the data channel. Optionally, the map can also show the current location of the wireless communications device. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100846 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSING CELL FAILURE BASED ON NON-ACQUISITION OF SYSTEM INFORMATION - Methods of assessing a cell to be a failed cell are provided that are based on the non-acquisition of system information. The method involves assessing whether or not a cell has failed as a function of whether, upon determining that system information needs to be acquired, the system information is acquired or not within a defined time period. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100841 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for configuring a mobile electronic device are provided. The method comprises storing, in a memory of a provisioning server, a plurality of service records and one of a plurality of operation type parameters in association with each service record; receiving, at the provisioning server, a registration request for the mobile electronic device, the registration request including one or more identifiers identifying ones of the service records that are maintained in the mobile electronic device; selecting, based on the received identifiers and the operation type parameters, at least one service record for transmission; and, transmitting the at least one selected service record. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100824 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL FROM A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO AN ENTERPRISE - A method and system are provided for speed-dialling an emergency phone call, from a mobile communication device to an enterprise, based on enterprise location data and a selected enterprise emergency-response service. Enterprise location data can be based on prior interaction between a token, uniquely associated with the mobile communication device, and an enterprise electronic location system. Upon termination, possibly automatic, of a first emergency phone call, a second emergency phone call, to an alternate emergency-response service, can be enabled or automatically dialled. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100819 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH REDUCED HARMONICS RESULTING FROM METAL SHIELD COUPLING - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing, antenna, and circuit board carried by the housing and having radio frequency (RF) circuitry operative with the antenna for receiving and transmitting RF signals through the antenna. A power amplifier is connected within a transmission line for amplifying RF signals to be transmitted over the transmission line to the antenna. An antenna switch is connected to the antenna and RF circuitry. An RF shield surrounds the power amplifier and antenna switch and isolates the power amplifier and antenna switch from the antenna and RF circuitry. A low pass filter is connected to the power amplifier and antenna switch for reducing any RF coupling of voltage standing waves of upper harmonic frequencies from the power amplifier into the antenna switch through the RF shield while maintaining transmission of signals through the transmission line at a desired fundamental frequency. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099742 | AUDIO JACK WITH ESD PROTECTION - A plug-and-jack for use with an electronic device that is configured to ensure circuitry of the device is protected from electrostatic discharge. In one case, the jack is an audio jack designed to protect high gain circuitry of the device against electrostatic discharge from the leads of an audio plug. The jack includes a mechanical switch that only connects the high gain circuitry to the appropriate portion of the audio plug once the audio plug is fully inserted. At the same time, the mechanical switch also connects the high gain circuitry and corresponding portion of the audio plug to an electrostatic discharge circuit. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099562 | Methods And Apparatus For use In Improving Network Coverage For Voice Or Data Calls - To improve network coverage or reduce false handover triggering, at least one client terminal is set to operate as a virtual access point (VAP) in a first wireless network by an AP controller. If a mobile device detects that a signal quality estimate of communications via an AP of the first wireless network is below a first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure to the VAP. While maintaining the call via the VAP, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is back above the first value, the mobile device performs a handover procedure back to the AP of the first wireless network. On the other hand, if the mobile device detects that the signal quality estimate is below a second value which is less than the first value, the mobile device performs a vertical handover procedure from the VAP to a base station of a second wireless network. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099258 | PUSH TO RELEASE COVER FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A cover assembly for a portable electronic device is described. The cover assembly has a cover comprising: two cover extensions extending substantially perpendicular from the cover. Each of the two cover extensions has an abutment towards a center. An angular spring with two wings and two upwards arcuate ends is included in the cover assembly, each of the wings forming a bias angle relative to a line between the two ends. Two housing extensions extend from a surface of the portable electronic device, each of the housing extensions has a protrusion mating the corresponding abutment, and a guide having a form substantially corresponding to the upwards arcuate end. When a force is applied to the center of the angular spring, the bias angle decreases and the upwards arcuate ends are urged upwards, thereby causing the abutments moving outwards, and unlocking the protrusions. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098846 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A system, method and apparatus are described herein for input of characters into a mobile device. In one implementation, a user can input representations of character strokes of logographic characters, such as Chinese characters, using a trackpad module. The system can then associate the character strokes with a character the user desires to input based on the received inputs and a series of well-known rules for writing the logographic characters. One implementation of the trackpad includes an optical trackpad comprising a plurality of sub-sections that can be used to determine the direction of movement of an object over the optical trackpad, for example, a finger over the optical trackpad. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098766 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method includes detecting a touch at a plurality of touch locations on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, identifying when the touch is a first gesture type based on touch attributes including a first touch location of the plurality of touch locations, and at least one of speed of the touch, time between detecting the touch at consecutive ones of the touch locations, distance between the consecutive ones of the touch locations, and direction of the touch. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098682 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BUFFER-BASED INTERLEAVED ENCODING OF AN INPUT SEQUENCE - A method for encoding an input sequence of symbols. The method includes, sequentially, for each symbol in the input sequence, determining an estimated probability for that symbol based on a context model, identifying a codeword associated with a sequence of symbols resulting from appending that symbol to a previous sequence of symbols associated with that estimated probability, using an encoding tree associated with that estimated probability, and storing the codeword in a buffer element of a first-in-first-out buffer, wherein the buffer element is associated with the estimated probability. Stored codewords are output from the buffer in a first-in-first-out order. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098525 | System and Method for Calibrating a Magnetometer According to Device States - A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises detecting a change in a physical configuration of the mobile device; applying at least one stored calibration parameter as a respective active calibration parameter when one or more stored calibration parameters corresponding to the detected physical configuration change are accessible by the mobile device; and performing a calibration to obtain at least one additional calibration parameter when the at least one additional calibration parameter is needed and applying the at least one additional calibration parameter as a respective active calibration parameter. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098524 | System and Method for Performing a Background Calibration for a Magnetometer - A method and system are provided for performing a background calibration of a magnetometer. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of magnetometer readings; applying an active set of calibration parameters to the plurality of magnetometer readings to obtain a plurality of values; applying a new set of calibration parameters to the plurality of magnetometer readings to obtain a plurality of further values; applying an active set of calibration parameters to the plurality of magnetometer readings to obtain a plurality of further values; and replacing the active set of calibration parameters with the new set of calibration parameters when a quality of the plurality of values is higher than a quality of the further values. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098492 | CHARGER DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A device having an electrical plug, such as a charger device, includes a locking member coupled to a carriage that is movable into a housing. Prongs of the device are movable between a retracted position and an extended position along two different travel paths by actuating the prongs or by actuating the carriage. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098491 | CHARGER DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A charger unit includes: a housing, prongs for engaging an electrical outlet, the prongs being coupled to one another by a cross-member and being movable relative to the housing between a retracted position in which the prongs are received in the housing and an extended position in which the prongs protrude from the housing, the prongs being biased toward the extended position, a locking arm comprising a first end, a cut out for receiving the cross-member when the prongs are in the retracted position and a second end for abutting the cross-member when the prongs are in the extended position, the first end of the locking arm being coupled to a carriage and the cutout being provided between the first end and the second end, the locking arm being movable by the carriage into and out of engagement with the cross-member and the locking arm being biased toward the passage and electrical components for electrically communicating with a portable electronic device to enable charging of a power pack of the portable electronic device. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120097412 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PARTS THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a portion of a portable electronic device includes forming a glass fiber laminate sheet to provide a formed glass fiber laminate body, and overmolding a rim on the body. The rim includes a connector for coupling with a complementary part of the portable electronic device. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096921 | System and Method for Calibrating a Magnetometer According to a Quality Threshold - A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises determining a current quality level associated with magnetometer readings obtained using an active set of calibration parameters; and lowering a quality threshold for a background calibration of the magnetometer when the current quality level exceeds a threshold quality level needed by an application utilizing the magnetometer readings. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096518 | Secure Provisioning Methods And Apparatus For Mobile Communication Devices Operating In Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) - A method for use in enabling a mobile communication device for communication involves establishing communication with an IEEE 801.11 device which is configured to operate as an access point; while communicating with the IEEE 801.11 device: participating in an authentication procedure with the IEEE 802.11 device; after positive authentication from the authentication procedure, participating in a provisioning procedure with the IEEE 802.11 device for receiving information for programming in the mobile communication device; and communicating with use of the programmed information in the mobile communication device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096346 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RETRIEVING AND PRESENTING PARTIAL (SKIPPED) DOCUMENT CONTENT - A method and mobile communications device for retrieving and presenting partial skipped content are provided A display of a mobile communication device provides content of a first segment and a further segment of an electronic document received at the mobile communication device. Content between the first segment and the further segment is skipped content which has not been received. On the display, an indication of the skipped content is provided, the indication including a selectable client control for retrieving at least a portion of the skipped content. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE TRANSPORT OF ASYNCHRONOUS ASPECTS USING A CONTEXT AWARE MECHANISM - A method and system for asynchronously communicating updated information related to a service to a device is provided. The method may include receiving a service initialization directive or message from the device, establishing a logical service connection on behalf of the device and asynchronously sending the updated information associated with the service to the device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096102 | UPDATING AVAILABILITY OF AN INSTANT MESSAGING CONTACT - A contact is determined to be unavailable if a predetermined period of time has elapsed since an instant message was sent to the contact and an expected notification for the instant message was not received during that predetermined period of time by the device that sent the instant message. If the expected notification is a delivered notification, then the contact is deemed unreachable. If the expected notification is a read notification and a delivered notification for the instant message has been received by the device that sent the instant message, then the contact is deemed busy. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095721 | ACCELEROMETER BASED ON THE MEASUREMENT OF CASIMIR FORCE FLUCTUATIONS - An accelerometer based on the measurement of Casimir force fluctuations is described. The accelerometer comprises a sealed housing containing a vacuum or a liquid, a piezoelectric plate fixed with the sealed housing, and a mass moveable within the sealed housing located in proximity to the piezoelectric plate. The moveable mass and the piezoelectric plate each have conductive surfaces which are located from each other at a distance which creates a Casimir Effect between the movable mass and the piezoelectric plate. Fluctuations in acceleration of the moveable mass cause fluctuations in the Casimir force on the piezoelectric plate. The acceleration fluctuations cause fluctuations in an electric output of the piezoelectric plate. The fluctuations in electric output are measured and used to calculate an acceleration and direction of movement of the accelerometer or a host device in which the accelerometer is carried. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094640 | AUTOMATIC USER AVAILABILITY STATUS DETERMINATION FOR A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - To automatically determine the availability status of the user of a handheld communication device, various conditions of the device may be checked, which imply whether the user is likely Available, or Unavailable or the equivalent. Normally, the conditions are checked only if the user has not explicitly or semi-explicitly set his or her status to Unavailable. The conditions to be checked can vary, but generally include anything from which it might be inferred or implied that the user is likely Available or Unavailable or the equivalent. Such conditions can include, for example, whether or not a specified timeout for use of a mechanical feature has elapsed; whether a real-time application is in use; and preferably any one or more of other conditions, one further example being whether there are any unattended-to notifications such as an unanswered phone call, or a missed e-mail, or other message. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094615 | Wireless Communication System Using Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Second Harmonic Techniques - A system is for encoding information on a passive surface acoustic wave (SAW) device. The system includes a requesting unit configured to wirelessly transmit an impulse signal. The impulse signal is a signal that includes only a single pulse. A SAW device has an interdigital transducer (IDT) configured to physically store coded data. The SAW device is configured to receive the impulse signal. In response to receiving the impulse signal, the SAW device excites the IDT to generate a coded signal that includes the stored coded data and frequency components at a fundamental frequency. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094598 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SYSTEM PROVIDING NFC TAG GEOGRAPHIC POSITION AUTHENTICATION AND RELATED METHODS - A near-field communication (NFC) system may include an NFC tag comprising a memory configured to store geo-position data corresponding to a geographic position of the NFC tag, and a first NFC sensor coupled to the memory and configured to initiate a transaction based upon NFC communications. The NFC system may further include a mobile wireless communications device comprising a second NFC sensor and a controller coupled thereto. The controller may be configured to establish NFC communications with the first NFC sensor when in proximity thereto and retrieve the geo-position data therefrom, authenticate a geographic position of the NFC tag based upon the retrieved geo-position data, and perform the transaction with the NFC tag if the geographic position of the NFC tag is authenticated. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094597 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SYSTEM WITH MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES DETERMINING GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONS OF NFC TAGS AND RELATED METHODS - A near-field communication (NFC) system may include a plurality of geographically distributed NFC tags, and a tag geo-position database configured to store respective geographic positions of the NFC tags. The NFC system may further include a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices. Each of the mobile wireless communications devices may be configured to communicate with a given NFC tag when in proximity thereto, determine a current geographic position of the mobile wireless communications device, and communicate the determined current geographic position of the mobile wireless communications device to update the tag geo-position database. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094596 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SYSTEM PROVIDING NFC TAG GEOGRAPHIC POSITION AUTHENTICATION AND RELATED METHODS - A near-field communication (NFC) system may include an NFC tag comprising a memory configured to store geo-position data corresponding to a geographic position of the NFC tag, and a first NFC sensor coupled to the memory and configured to initiate a transaction based upon NFC communications. The NFC system may further include a mobile wireless communications device comprising a second NFC sensor and a controller coupled thereto. The controller may be configured to establish NFC communications with the first NFC sensor when in proximity thereto and retrieve the geo-position data therefrom, authenticate a geographic position of the NFC tag based upon the retrieved geo-position data, and perform the transaction with the NFC tag if the geographic position of the NFC tag is authenticated. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093428 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DOWN-SAMPLING A DCT IMAGE IN THE DCT DOMAIN - A method and device that uses transform matrices to down-sample a DCT image directly in the DCT domain. The transform matrices have been selected to minimize an optimization problem which is a function of the visual quality of down-sampled images obtained using the matrices and the computational complexity associated with using the transform matrices. The transform matrices comprise a row transform matrix and a column transform matrix. A down-sampled image is produced by determining an intermediary matrix as the product of the DCT image and one of either the row transform matrix or the column transform matrix and then determining the down-sampled image as the product of the intermediary matrix and the transform matrix not already used to determine the intermediary matrix. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SERVICES FOR CARRIER SUBSCRIBERS AND MIGRATING THEM TO SERVICE BUNDLES - There is disclosed a system and method for managing service for carrier subscribers and migrating them to service bundles. In an embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a list of existing services to which a subscriber is subscribed; comparing the list of services to available service bundles; and determining if there is an exact match of services between the list of existing services and services included in one or more available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more available service bundles with the exact match. A subscriber may be manually migrated if migration is not possible with an exact match or partial match. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093220 | IN-LOOP DEBLOCKING FOR INTRA-CODED IMAGES OR FRAMES - Methods and encoders/decoders for applying in-loop deblocking to intra-coded images/frames. In a decoding context, a deblocking filter is applied to reconstructed pixels of an intra-coded block prior to decoding the subsequent block in the decoding sequence. In an encoding context, a deblocking filter is applied to reconstructed pixels of an intra-coded block in an inter-coding loop before encoding a subsequent block in the coding order for the image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093083 | Data Session Authentication Credentials Update For A Wireless Communication Device - Techniques in a wireless device for use in accessing a common data application with a service network which is external to a plurality of wireless networks are described. The device receives a data session configuration file which includes a list of the plurality of wireless networks mapped against authentication credentials associated with each wireless network. The device communicates with a current one the wireless networks. The device selects from the list one of the authentication credentials that is associated with the current wireless network. The device submits, via the current wireless network, the selected authentication credentials for establishing a packet data session via the current wireless network. The device then accesses, via the current wireless network using the packet data session, the common data application with the service network which is external to the current wireless network. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092819 | EXTERNAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTION FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes: a housing, a processor provided in the housing, a rechargeable power pack provided in the housing in communication with the processor, apertures extending through the housing, insulating portions of the housing being provided between the apertures, a location of the apertures being selected to map out a graphical element, electrical contacts in communication with the battery for charging the battery, the electrical contacts being sized to be received in the apertures and wherein the insulating portions are provided for insulating the electrical contacts from one another. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092245 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH ROTATABLE PORTION FOR INPUT MECHANISM - Disclosed herein is a mobile device comprising a base providing a display and a rotatable portion providing an input mechanism. The rotatable portion is rotatable about a coupling between at least a first position in which the rotatable portion covers a part of the display and a second position in which the rotatable portion exposes more of the display while leaving the input mechanism accessible to a user. In at least one variant embodiment, the rotatable portion may be rotatable to a third position “behind” the base with the input mechanism remaining accessible to the user. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091198 | Smart Card Communication Routing - A computerized device has an open communication session with a smart card via a smart card reader. The smart card reader and the computerized device cooperate to enable another computerized device to communicate with the smart card over the open communication session. Communication between the other computerized device and the smart card is routed via the computerized device that has the open communication session. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091030 | Packaging Container - A packaging container for a device comprising an enclosure assembled from separable front and back transparent shells the assembled shells defining a cavity for housing the device. A transparent insert configured with outer edges for abutting at least three inner walls of the enclosure and having an aperture conformed to a silhouette of the device for engaging and retaining the device around its periphery and in a generally central position in the cavity so that at least a back, front, top and sides of the device may be directly viewed within the cavity without visual obstruction. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089942 | METHOD AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PRESENTING TEXT - A method and portable electronic device for presenting text portable is provided. In accordance with one example embodiment, there is provided a method to enlarge text on a portable electronic device comprising: determining a location of an onscreen position indicator in text displayed on a display screen of the portable electronic device; and displaying a selected portion of the text in an area in relation to the location of the onscreen position indicator in enlarged text. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089847 | METHOD OF OBTAINING AUTHORIZATION FOR ACCESSING A SERVICE - Methods and devices for obtaining authorization for a requestor to access a service are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising receiving a requestor request for access to a service; sending an authorization request to one or more mobile devices associated with one or more authorizers on a first approval list; receiving an authorization response from the one or more mobile devices associated with the one or more authorizers on the first approval list; determining whether a predetermined level of authorization is received; and when the predetermined level of authorization is received, authorizing access to the service. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A SERVER AND A CLIENT DEVICE - A system and method for controlling data communications between a server and a client device, such as a mobile device. Embodiments relate generally to a technique where stop data is provided to the client device. This stop data can be transmitted (e.g. by the client device) to the server. When processed by the server, the stop data indicates to the server that at least some of the encrypted data received by the client device from the server was not decrypted using the second key (e.g. as may be the case when the second key has been deleted). Upon receiving the stop data, the server may, for example, withhold the transmission of data encrypted with the first key to the client device until the second key is restored on the client device. In one embodiment, the stop data is provided to the client device in an encoded (e.g. encrypted) form. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089696 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SHARED DATA AT A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF A FIRST ENTITY - A method and apparatus for managing shared data at a portable electronic device of a first entity is provided. A message is received advising that data associated with a second entity is being shared. A request is transmitted to a server for a list of shared folders associated with the second entity, in response to an option to view shared folders associated with the second entity being selected. The list is received. An initialize command is transmitted to the server, the initialize command identifying at least one folder in the list. The data associated with the second entity is received, responsive to the transmitting the initialize command. The data is stored in association with a second entity identifier. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088560 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING SPACED APART ELONGATE MEMBERS FOR REDUCING SAR AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an antenna carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry, and a light source carried by the portable housing. The device may further include a keyboard assembly carried by the portable housing including a light guide coupled to the light source and having input key receiving openings therein, and a mask carried by the light guide and having input key receiving openings. The mask may include spaced apart electrically conductive elongate members positioned relative to the antenna to reduce a Specific Absorption Rate value for the mobile wireless communications device. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088553 | DEVICE HAVING SIDE SENSOR - A method of input and device are provided. The device includes a housing having a front face exposing a display, a back face opposing the front face, and a plurality of sides. The sides include a first side and a second side. The device includes a controller and a first sensing layer located within the housing along the first side. The first sensing layer includes a first position sensing layer extending longitudinally along the first side. The first position sensing layer is coupled to the controller to provide position input. The first sensing layer also includes a first pressure sensing layer. The first pressure sensing layer is coupled to the controller to provide pressure input. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088552 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PROCESSING RESOURCES IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus managing processing resources in a portable electronic device are provided. An area of the display device is controlled to provide a banner region comprising device state data, the area of the display device enabled to receive focus using an input device. While focus is in the banner region, first input data is receiving, and the display device is responsively controlled to provide in the banner region an indication of the first application, replacing the device state data. Further input data is received while the indication of the first application is provided in the banner region. In response and, in response, at least one of the following occurs: the first application is brought to the foreground by controlling the display device to provide a representation of the first application; and the first application is closed such that resources used by the processing unit are reduced. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TEXT IN AUGMENTED REALITY - A system and a method are provided for displaying text in low-light environments. An original image of text is captured in a low-light environment using a camera on a mobile device, whereby the imaged text comprising images of characters. A brightness setting and a contrast setting of the original image are adjusted to increase the contrast of the imaged text relative to a background of the original image. Optical character recognition is applied to the adjusted image to generate computer readable text or characters corresponding to each of the imaged text. The original image of text is displayed on the mobile device. The computer readable text is also displayed, overlaid the original image, wherein the computer readable text is aligned with the corresponding imaged text. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088540 | Provisioning Based on Application and Device Capability - A user equipment (UE) is disclosed comprising an agent configured to monitor and report UE configuration and capability information, wherein the UE is further configured to provide the UE configuration and capability information, and subsequently receive an application based on the configuration and capability information. Also disclosed is a network comprising a provisioning server configured to receive UE configuration and capability information, and subsequently provide an application based on the UE configuration and capability information. Also disclosed is a method comprising providing UE configuration and capability information from a UE, and receiving an application at the UE based on the configuration and capability information. Also disclosed is a method comprising receiving UE configuration and capability information at a provisioning server, and providing an application from the provisioning server based on the UE configuration and capability information. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OBJECT LOCATION IN AUGMENTED REALITY - A system and a method are provided for displaying location information on a mobile device. The location information can include direction, distance, positional coordinates, etc. The mobile device's display displays an image captured using the mobile device's camera. A selection input is received to identify an object in the image. A facing direction of the mobile device is detected using the mobile device's magnetometer. The mobile device determines a bearing to the object relative to the mobile device's facing direction. The mobile device then determines a distance between the mobile device and the object. The obtained or computed location data is overlaid on the image, thereby augmenting the image. The location data can include at least a direction indicator of the object and the distance between the mobile device and the object, whereby the direction indicator can be determined using the bearing. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088513 | Methods And Apparatus For Prioritizing Voice Call Requests During Data Communication Sessions With A Mobile Device - A mobile device is engaged in a connected data service via a wireless network. The connected data service utilizes a radio traffic channel established between the mobile device and the wireless network and a data session for communicating data. While engaged in the service, the mobile device receives via a user interface a voice call request for initiating a voice call. In response to the request, the mobile device permits the initiation of the voice call. Specifically, the mobile device causes the radio traffic channel for the connected data service to be torn down without terminating the data session. The mobile device also causes the voice call to be established and maintained over a new radio traffic channel via the wireless network while the data session for the data service is maintained. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088503 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING NETWORK SCANNING USING BLACK-LIST NETWORK INFORMATION - An apparatus and method is provided for making use of black-list network information to make scanning more efficient in multi-mode mobile devices. When performing a scan for a network, if a network that is blacklisted is found, scanning is discontinued for any network that has the same radio access technology as the network that was found. Thus, excessive scanning that can be costly for the mobile device in terms of battery life and responsiveness to provide service, is avoided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088494 | DEMAND-BASED PROVISIONING FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided for providing demand-based provisioning for a mobile communication device. A provisioning server may be used to receive a provisioning update request from the mobile communication device and in response to the provisioning update request transmit a service update data message to the mobile communication device. The service update data message may include service information for the mobile communication device that is received by the provisioning server from at least one of a plurality of service providers. The mobile communication device may be operable to detect a triggering event and transmit the provisioning update request to the provisioning server in response to the triggering event. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088481 | INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH DETACHABLE INFORMATION MODULE - A unitary handheld portable module includes a keypad for entering data and a display for displaying data. A base module is configured to be coupled with and communicate through a telephone line and includes a keypad for dialing a telephone number and a display for displaying information. The portable and base modules are configured to have a mounted configuration in which the portable module is removably mounted on the base module and covers the base module's display, and the modules communicate with each other for the portable module's display to display information relating to operation of the base module. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088446 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING DEVICE OPERATION WHEN DRIVING - A method and system are presented for restricting the use of a portable electronic device by a driver who is operating a vehicle. A body area network (BAN) signal is sent from a vehicle device in the vehicle in close proximity to the driver. The BAN signal is transmitted using the driver's biological body as a signal transmission path. The portable electronic device includes a receiver configured to detect the BAN signal when the device is in close proximity to the driver. The portable electronic device is further configured to disable or restrict at least one function in response to detection of the BAN signal, thereby preventing or restricting use of the portable electronic device when the driver is seated in and operating the vehicle. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088408 | OPTICAL DETECTION OF A COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for optically identifying a component coupled to an electronic device is provided. The method includes emitting light from within the device toward a surface of a component connector inserted into a receiving socket of the device. A light sensor senses the intensity, amplitude or wavelength of light reflected from a surface of the component connector. A processor of the device identifies the component based on the intensity, amplitude or wavelength of light reflected from a surface of the component connector. The processor modifies at least one setting of the electronic device in response to the identification of the component. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087493 | METHOD FOR SECURING CREDENTIALS IN A REMOTE REPOSITORY - A method of securing user credentials in a remote repository is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising generating a first private key and a first public key pair from a registered password; generating a second private key and a second public key pair; generating a storage key from the second private key and the first public key; encrypting a set of credentials using the storage key; creating a encrypted credential signature from the encrypted set of credentials and the first private key; and storing the encrypted set of credentials, the encrypted credential signature, and the second public key in the remote repository. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING TRANSMITTER POWER EFFICIENCY - A peak to average power ratio signal is generated from a first mapping function that selects the peak to average power ratio signal that corresponds to the data rate or data format of the signal to be transmitted. The selected peak to average power ratio signal is summed with a desired average transmit power signal. The resulting summation signal is input to a second effectively continuously valued mapping function comprising a table that has a plurality of power amplifier control signal values each with a corresponding peak transmit power. Each peak transmit power signal value results in a power amplifier control signal value that achieves the best possible transmitter power efficiency while still meeting out of band spurious emissions and waveform quality requirements. The summation signal value maps to one of the power amplifier control signal value that is then used to adjust a parameter such as bias of the power amplifier. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087437 | Message Rearrangement For Improved Code Performance - A system and method for permuting known and unknown message bits before encoding to provide a beneficial rearrangement of bits. Such a method can improve distance properties in the resulting subcode. In various embodiments, the structure of a beneficial rearrangement is dependent on the parameters of how known and unknown bits are grouped and on the specific type of code being used. Given these two parameters, the message bits can be rearranged to more efficiently leverage any apriori knowledge. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087362 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS NETWORK SELECTION BY MULTI-MODE DEVICES - Systems and methods are provided for wireless network selection by multi-mode devices. A mobile device maintains an indication of any wireless network services currently provided to the mobile device. According to an embodiment of the application, the mobile device automatically scans for both GSM wireless networks and CDMA wireless networks in order to acquire a wireless network that can provide a service that is not currently provided to the mobile device. Therefore, the mobile device avoids partial service or limited service when better service is available. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086847 | CONVERGENCE FEEDBACK INDICATOR, PROVIDED WHEN TAKING A PICTURE IN A CAMERA APPLICATION - An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates capturing an image in an electronic camera without the image being completely focused. A “most-in-focus” indicator is provided to an operator of the camera to notify the operator that a reasonably good image is available for capture, without having to wait for the camera to finish a fine focus adjustment. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ORIENTATION INDICATION AND CORRECTION - Tilt imparted to video images captured by a handheld electronic communication device is identified and corrected by the disclosed method and apparatus for image orientation. The handheld device includes image capturing capability and an orientation sensor, which provides a signal representative of orientation relative to gravity to calculate an angle of rotation for the captured images suitable to compensate a difference between the orientation of the handheld device and the orientation relative to gravity. The handheld device also includes a receiver wherein the angle of rotation is recovered and used to determine the changes needed substantially eliminate the difference between the orientation of the captured images and the orientation relative to gravity. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086648 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A portable electronic device includes a body and a display assembly coupled to the body and moveable relative to the body in response to receipt of an applied force on a side of the display assembly. The display assembly is biased to a position in which the display assembly overlies the body. The portable electronic device also includes a sensor arranged to detect movement of the display assembly relative to the body, and a processor coupled to the display assembly and the to the sensor to determine an input in response to detecting movement of the display assembly relative to the body. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086646 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPELL CHECKING DURING TEXT ENTRY AND FOR INTEGRATING THE OUTPUT FROM SUCH SPELL CHECKING INTO THE OUTPUT FROM DISAMBIGUATION - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry, with the output from the spell check routine being visually integrated into the output from the disambiguation routine. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EVENT NOTIFICATIONS - A system and method are provided that use visually distinguishable identifiers already associated with particular contacts or groups of contacts to selectively associate a particular contact or group with event notifications displayed in the ribbon. In this way, the user can, at a glance, not only be notified of a new event, but also determine the origin of the event notification to provide better context for determining whether or not they wish to access and view the new event or update or whether this can be deferred. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084587 | Automated Power Management of a Peripheral Device - Based on bounds of a period of reduced operation for a base device, a base device generates a power management message for transmission to a peripheral device. In the power management message, the base device inserts bounds of a period of reduced operation for the peripheral device. As a result, the periods of reduced operation conserve battery power in both devices and the two devices may reestablish a communications channel upon reaching the end of the period of reduced operation and resuming normal operations. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084572 | SECURE DEVICE SHARING - A device and method for placing the device in a locked state having an associated set of permitted tasks so as to permit the device owner to share the device with others but maintain security over aspects of the device. A task change request is evaluated to determine whether the requested task is permitted and, if so, the requested task is allowed; if not, then an authorization process is invoked to prompt the user to input authorization data. Upon verification of the authorization data, the device may be unlocked and the requested change implemented. The permitted tasks may designate specific applications, specific operations or functions within applications or at the operating system level, one or more currently open windows, and other levels of granularity. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING RELATED CERTIFICATES - A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one embodiment, all certificates related to an identified certificate are retrieved from the certificate servers automatically by the certificate synchronization application, where the related certificates comprise at least one of one or more CA certificates and one or more cross-certificates. Embodiments described herein facilitate at least partial automation of the downloading and establishment of certificate chains, thereby minimizing the need for users to manually search for individual certificates. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DIGITALLY SIGNED MESSAGES TO DETERMINE ADDRESS MISMATCHES - A method and apparatus for processing digitally signed messages in which address mismatch errors are detected. In at least one aspect, the number of address mismatch errors reported to a user for a message may be minimized for messages that properly incorporate message portions signed by someone other than the sender of the message, as may be the case where the message contains a conversation thread for example, by performing at least one pre-determined action for digital signatures corresponding to signed data appearing after a message separator. The message separator may indicate that the message contains data from an older forwarded message or from an older message that has been replied to, for example. The at least one-predetermined action may comprise bypassing verification of address matches for those digital signatures, or verifying address matches for those digital signatures but suppressing user notification of any address mismatch errors, for example. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084368 | DATA CHANNEL SET UP LATENCY REDUCTION - A method is disclosed for reducing setup latency in commencing data exchange between two devices seeking to exchange data across a networked data channel. Control messages are exchanged across a control channel while establishing the data channel according to a protocol. The control messages contain some of the data to be exchanged. The remaining data is exchanged across the data channel once established. The data both in the control messages and exchanged across the data channel may be tagged with a file transfer identifier to facilitate reconstruction of the data at the receive end. If data encryption is desired, the data in the control messages may be encrypted by the sender with a temporary key and a shared key may be established by the devices. Once the key has been established, the temporary key may be encrypted with the shared key and exchanged across the data channel to permit decryption of the data in the control messages at the receive end. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084344 | METHOD, SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR PROPOGATING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE STATE - A method server and system for propagating a mobile communication device state are provided. State data defining a state of a mobile communication device is received from the mobile communication device at a server in communication with the mobile communication device. The state data is incorporated into wireless network data transmitted from the mobile communication device. The state data is stored in a resource indicator storing at the server. A request for the state data is received from a second server. At least a subset of the state data is transmitted to the second server, such that the second server can determine whether the mobile communication device is in a state to handle incoming data. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATABASES CONNECTED BY WIRELESS INTERFACE - A method for synchronizing a database at a portable electronic device with a backup database including backup data records includes receiving information representative of data records of the database at the portable electronic device, determining if the database at the portable electronic device is to be updated with the backup data records, and if the database at the portable electronic device is to be updated, transmitting representative viewable or audible samples of ones of the backup data records. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084243 | Malleable Access Decision Processing And Ordering - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a memory, a processor, a rules data base stored in the memory, a context data base stored in the memory, and a rules engine stored in the memory. The rules data base comprises a plurality of access rules defined by different stakeholders. The context data base comprises contextual information comprising at least one of a relationship of the electronic device to a communication service plan owner associated with the electronic device, a work schedule associated with a user of the electronic device, a communication service account status, an entertainment service account status, and a gaming service account status. The rules engine application, when executed by the processor, grants access to a requested communication service based on applying the rules stored in the rules data base in accordance with the contextual information. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS FROM A WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICE - An electronic device, system and method are provided for populating an online payment form. An electronic wallet resident on an electronic device stores data for at least one payment card. A transcoding proxy receives an online payment form from a website of an online vendor, and the electronic wallet is invoked to access data for one of the payment cards. The data is provided to the transcoding proxy, which populates the online payment form. One of the payment cards may be pre-selected for use with a given vendor. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084175 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PURCHASING MEDIA - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and mobile electronic device for purchasing media are provided. The method comprises receiving metadata at a communications interface of a mobile electronic device, the metadata comprising an identifier for media being played by a second device; determining whether input data has been received at the mobile electronic device, the input data representing a purchase command; and when the determination is affirmative, transmitting a purchase request from the mobile electronic device for purchasing the media, the purchase request including the identifier. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084157 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING VENDOR DATA WITH KEYWORDS STORED IN A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for associating vendor data with keywords in a wireless mobile communication device are provided. The method comprises: receiving an auction request comprising a keyword identifying a required offering and one or more parameters associated with the keyword, each parameter defining a required attribute of the offering; retrieving a plurality of vendor bids, each bid comprising one or more vendor parameters associated with the keyword, each vendor parameter defining an attribute of a vendor offering corresponding to the required offering; determining whether each of the vendor bids satisfies the required attributes defined by the parameters; and when the determination is affirmative for at least one vendor bid, transmitting vendor data for a vendor associated with the at least one vendor bid to the mobile electronic device for storage at the mobile electronic device in association with the keyword. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083311 | KEYBOARD HAVING KEY WITH INTEGRAL BIOMETRIC INPUT DEVICE - A keyboard includes at least one key that integrates with a biometric input device. For example, a typical keyboard includes a spacebar. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a fingerprint scanner may be integral with the spacebar. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083285 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING LOCATION INFORMATION - A method, system and apparatus for obtaining enhanced location information for a mobile device. The mobile device is configured to allow a determination of its location, for example via GPS. Location data for the mobile device, exemplarily obtained via GPS, may be further specified using context information for the mobile device. Additional data is obtained and processed to obtain context information for the mobile device. Enhanced location information is determined for the mobile device at least in part based on processing the location data in association with the context information. Additional data may comprise, for example, ambient noise, speech, images or text. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083251 | User Interface Methods and Apparatus for Initiating Telephone Calls From a Mobile Station - A mobile station includes one or more processors, a wireless transceiver coupled to the one or more processors, and a user interface which includes a visual display and a plurality of keys. The wireless transceiver is operative to receive a message which includes a telephone number string. When the message is visually displayed in the visual display, a hyperlink for the telephone number string in the message is created. The hyperlink for the telephone number string is highlighted when selected by an end user during the visual displaying of the message. In response to the a single depression of a SEND key while the hyperlink is selected, a telephone call to the telephone number string is initiated through the wireless communication network. Detection of the key is made immediately following the selection of the hyperlink without any intervening key depressions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT PBX-MOBILITY CALL FAILURE - Aspects relate to initiating voice calls to mobile devices from an enterprise network. In one example, a server can initiate a voice channel to a mobile device, and if the mobile device cannot be reached, an access network may redirect the call from the server to a number identified as a voicemail number; however, such number is reconfigured to instead be directed to a number located within the enterprise network. The server can monitor or receive an indication that a call is incoming, and attributable to the mobile device. If such a call is incoming or received, then the server determines that the call has failed. If the mobile device answers the call, the server can determine that the voice channel has been established, without waiting for a confirmation indication, such as a DTMF tone. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083247 | System And Methods For Wireless Messaging - A mobile device receives via a wireless network an enable message which indicates that a data message has been received and is ready for retrieval. The mobile device then provides an indication which indicates that the data message has been received, and includes a subset of the data message. After providing the indication, the mobile device detects a user-initiated entry into a messaging application. In response to detecting the user-initiated entry, the mobile device examines a setting in a data store which is provided in response to the enable message. If the setting is provided in the data store, the mobile device requests the data message by sending via the wireless network a fetch message and subsequently receives the data message. If the setting is not provided in the data store, the mobile device refrains from sending the fetch message. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083166 | ELECTRICAL CHARGER - There is provided an electrical charger including a base unit and an adaptor unit. The base unit is configured for being coupled to an electronic device. The adaptor unit is configured for being coupled to a power supply. The base unit includes an electrical connector plug. The external surfaces of the base unit and the adaptor unit include co-operating external geometries that provide a visual indication whether the electrical connector plug is disposed, relative to the adaptor unit, in the electrically coupled state or in an electrically uncoupled state. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082138 | Scanning Methods And Apparatus For System Acquisition - A method for searching for a requested CDMA system using a receiver having an AFC circuit is described. A system acquisition scan is performed over a plurality of candidate frequencies. In the scan, a first pilot signal of a first system is detected on one of the frequencies, and information from the first system is decoded. If the first system is different from the requested system, then the first pilot signal is assigned as a first timing reference in the receiver for remaining frequencies. Subsequently, a second pilot signal of a second system is detected on another one of the frequencies, and information from the second system is decoded. If the second system is different from the requested system, and the first pilot signal fails below a predetermined threshold value, then the second pilot signal is selected as a second timing reference in the receiver for remaining frequencies. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082083 | Polling Method and Apparatus for Long Term Evolution Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services - A device for wirelessly communicating a service to user equipment is provided. The device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is programmed to promote the transmitter polling to determine whether user equipment desire a service and responsive to receiving, via the receiver, at least one user equipment request for the service, the processor programmed to promote the transmitter providing a point-to-multipoint (PTM) broadcast of the service. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081296 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISAMBIGUATION OF COMPOUND WORD TEXT INPUT - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound word text input. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081295 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a plurality of keys each of which is associated with indicia corresponding to at least one of alphabetic characters, numbers, or commands. The keys of the plurality of keys associated with alphabetic characters number fewer than 26 and greater than nine. No more than two alphabetic characters are associated with each of the keys associated with alphabetic characters. At least one of the keys associated with alphabetic characters is associated with two alphabetic characters and at least one number. The numbers are arranged and displayed in the format of a phone keypad and the letters are arranged and displayed in a keyboard layout. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081242 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PARALLEL ENCODING AND DECODING USING A BITSTREAM STRUCTURED FOR REDUCED DELAY - Methods and devices for encoding and decoding that involve sorting bins according to their respective estimated probabilities to form subsequences, each subsequence having an associated estimated probability. Subsequences are encoded to form codewords. Ordered sets of phrases of known length are then formed from the codewords. Each first of the phrases in a set contains at least part of one codeword. The first phrase has an associated estimated probability and the probability estimates associated with each of the other phrases in the set are determined based upon the probability estimate associated with the first phrase, which permits the phrases to be decoded in parallel. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080524 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND SMART CARD READER FOR MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO A SMART CARD - The described embodiments relate generally to devices, methods and systems for managing access to a memory card, such as a smart card, by a plurality of accessing devices. Certain embodiments relate to a smart card reader for managing concurrent access to a smart card, wherein when a channel manager receives a close session request from a first accessing device, and a first session is open on a first channel for the first accessing device and a second session is open on a second channel for a second accessing device, the channel manager is configured to: issue a close channel command to the smart card to close the second channel; issue the close session request from the first accessing device to the smart card; and issue a further session request to the smart card to re-open the first channel, and continue the second session on the re-opened first channel. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080521 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOBILE DEVICE EMPLOYING ENHANCED FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION - The described embodiments relate generally to methods and systems for fingerprint authentication for a computing device. In one embodiment, the method comprises: storing a default finger swipe scan direction; receiving a finger swipe scan; authenticating the received finger swipe scan; determining a received finger swipe scan direction; and configuring the default finger swipe scan direction. The computing device may comprise a mobile device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079609 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A PLURALITY OF MODES OF OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method, device and system for establishing plural modes of operation on a mobile device, including: associating each application on the mobile device with one of a plurality of modes; and restricting access to data on the mobile device to only a subset of applications based on the mode associated for the each application. A system includes connection of an untrusted device to a trusted device and restricting data access for restricted data to a subset of trusted applications on the untrusted device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079603 | SELECTIVELY WIPING A REMOTE DEVICE - A system and method for selectively securing data from unauthorized access on a client device storing a plurality of data types with reference to an authorization level indicated in a command. A command is received at a client device comprising an authorization level indicator. Based on at least one predefined rule, which may be implemented in an IT policy stored at the client device, each of the plurality of data types to be secured is determined, and then the data corresponding to those types is secured. The data may be secured by encrypting and/or deleting the data at the client device. The predefined rules associated with each authorization level may be configured by a user or administrator having an authorization level that exceeds the associated authorization level. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079593 | System and Method For Hindering a Cold Boot Attack - A method for hindering a cold boot attack on a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes, in response to detection of the cold boot attack, executing prioritized security procedures. A user equipment (UE) is also provided that includes a processor configured to execute prioritized security procedures responsive to detection of a cold boot attack. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079586 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIFFERENTIATED ACCESS CONTROL - A method for differentiated access control on a computing device, and the computing device, the method including starting a timer on the computing device; resetting the timer if activity occurs on the computing device prior to the expiration of the timer; and preventing a subset of applications from being launched or enabled on expiry of the timer. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079582 | AUTHENTICATING AN AUXILIARY DEVICE FROM A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - This document discusses, among other things, a method for authenticating a browser executing on an auxiliary device with a web service executing on a portable electronic device. The method includes receiving a request for a resource from the browser, determining whether the request identifies a protected resource, and selectively authenticating the request based on whether the request identifies a protected resource. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079417 | Actionable Media Items - A user equipment (UE) and method are provided for displaying items associated with selected media content and to cycle such that multiple items are displayed over time. A UE is provided that includes at least one component configured to display a plurality of items provided in a filmstrip format and associated with a plurality of content and to cycle the items in the filmstrip format. A method therefore is also contemplated. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079269 | SYNCHRONIZING CERTIFICATES BETWEEN A DEVICE AND SERVER - Systems and methods for processing messages within a wireless communications system are disclosed. A server within the wireless communications system maintains a list of certificates contained in devices that use the server. The server synchronizes or updates the list of certificates based on information contained in message to and from the device. By providing a server with certificates associated with devices that use the server, and providing a system and method for synchronizing the certificates between the device and server, the server can implement powerful features that will improve the efficiency, speed and user satisfaction of the devices. The exemplary embodiments also enable advantageous bandwidth savings by preventing transmission of certificates unnecessarily | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079123 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING ACCESS OF A FIRST MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO AT LEAST ONE NETWORK ACCESSIBLE BY A SECOND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method, system and apparatus for or automatically enabling access of a first mobile electronic device to at least one network accessible by a second mobile electronic device, the second mobile electronic device storing configuration data for accessing the at least one network. A communication session is automatically established between the first mobile electronic device and the second mobile electronic device via a local link. The configuration data is automatically received at the first mobile electronic device from the second mobile electronic device via the local link in response to establishing the communication session. The configuration data is automatically installed at the first mobile electronic device such that the at least one network is accessible by the first mobile electronic device using the configuration data. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079122 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF A NETWORK CONNECTION BASED ON SECURITY RESTRICTIONS - Systems and methods for providing access to an enterprise network from a remote computer are described. In one example, a system includes a mobile device configurable for connection to the remote computer, the mobile device adapted to establish secure communication to the enterprise network and a connection server application located on the mobile device for receiving a request from the remote computer specifying a location and a connection path and selectively providing to the remote computer access to the enterprise network via the mobile device based on the request. Other implementations are possible. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIFFERENTIATED ACCESS CONTROL - A method for differentiated access control on a computing device having a connection with a second device, the method checking whether a timer has expired on the second device or if a connection is lost to the second device; and preventing at least one of the plurality of application subsets from being launched or enabled if the timer has expired on the second device or the connection is lost to the second device. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079063 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EVENT NOTIFICATIONS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF COMPUTERS - A method, apparatus and system for providing an event notification across a plurality of computers is provided. In one aspect, a client machine and a mobile computing device are provided. The client machine is configured to execute a browser application. The mobile computing device is configured to host a web server application. When the client machine and the mobile computing device are connected, functions on the mobile computing device become available on the client machine via the interaction between the web server and the browser. Further, events received at the mobile computing device are sent to the client machine in response to periodic requests from the client machine. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079043 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING AN APPLICATION ACROSS A PLURALITY OF COMPUTERS - A method, apparatus and system for accessing an application across a plurality of computers is provided. In one aspect, a client machine and a mobile computing device are provided. The client machine is configured to execute a browser application. The mobile computing device is configured to host a web server application. When the client machine and the mobile computing device are connected, functions on the mobile computing device become available on the client machine via the interaction between the web server and the browser. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079016 | EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF PRESENCE UPDATE INFORMATION TO PRESENCE SERVICE CLIENTS - To promote efficient transmission of presence update information to a presence service client associated or integrated with a communication client such as an instant messaging (IM) client, a separate computing device may be notified when the communication client becomes dormant. The separate device may buffer presence updates destined for the communication client, each presence update containing information regarding availability of at least one of a set of contacts for intercommunication via said communication client. When the separate device learns that either the communication client has ceased being dormant or that an event has occurred which shall cause the communication client to cease being dormant, the buffered presence updates may be sent to the presence service client. Presence updates within the buffered set may be reconciled to eliminate obsolete information. The result may be a conservation of wireless connection bandwidth or reduction in device power consumption. | 03-29-2012 |
