01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120003902 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DROPLET DISCHARGE HEAD - In the method for manufacturing a droplet discharge head, a mold | 2012-01-05 |
20120003903 | Method of Regenerating a Polishing Pad Using a Polishing Pad Sub Plate - A method for use of a polishing pad sub plate that is able, while maintaining the fixing strength of the polishing pad to the rotation table, to make possible the easy removal of the polishing pad from the rotation table, and in particular, by preventing injury to the polishing pad when peeling it from the rotation table is offered, makes possible the convenient, effective and practical regeneration of polishing pads using a reforming tool. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRINDING A WORKPIECE SURFACE OF ROTATION - A workpiece having a planar face the workpiece is rotated about a workpiece axis substantially perpendicular to the planar workpiece face, and a grinding disk centered on a disk axis is rotated about the disk axis. The disk has an annular planar disk face perpendicular to and centered on the disk axis and an annular frustoconical disk face extending from an edge of the planar disk face, centered on the disk axis, and angled inward from the planar disk face. A portion of the annular face is oriented perpendicular to the workpiece axis and pressed against the planar workpiece face to premachine most of the planar workpiece face. Thereafter the disk is pivoted and oriented parallel the planar workpiece face to finish machine the planar workpiece face with the planar disk face. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003905 | SANDER - A sander has two abrasive-supporting base parts mounted to an oscillating drive mechanism. The base parts may support a sandpaper sheet, or the like, and are connected to one another in a manner allowing ready reconfiguration for different applications. One of the base parts is connected by a pivoting coupling to the other for movement between extended and retracted positions. Latching means releasably lock the coupling so as to hold the parts in the extended position. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003906 | Device for the cleaning and care of shaving devices | 2012-01-05 |
20120003907 | VEHICLE VENT VALVE ASSEMBLY - A vehicle vent valve assembly ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003908 | Method And System For Emergency Ventilation Of An Aircraft Cabin In The Case Of A Leak In The Area Of An Air Mixer - In a method for emergency ventilation of an aircraft cabin ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003909 | SEAT CONDITIONING HOOD APPARATUS AND METHOD - A hood article and a method of use for a seat conditioning assembly. The hood article including an air-impermeable housing with an internal hollow chamber and at least a first aperture adapted and a second aperture to connect an air mover to a collar device of an air distribution system assembly. The hood article used for fluidly connecting the air mover to the air distribution system assembly. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003910 | HVAC SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES WITH BATTERY COOLING - An HVAC system for a vehicle including a battery casing having a battery disposed therein, an air conditioning device in fluid communication with a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an air distribution system including an outflow channel and a return channel. The outflow channel fluidly connects the battery casing with an ambience of the vehicle and the return channel fluidly connects the battery casing with the passenger compartment. The air conditioning device includes an ambient air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the vehicle ambience, a recirculating air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the passenger compartment, and a battery cooling channel to fluidly connect the air conditioning device and the battery casing. The conditioned air mass flow from the air conditioning device is directed into the passenger compartment and/or the battery casing to maintain a desired temperature of the passenger compartment and/or the battery. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003911 | Tractor Cab Heating and Ventilating Systems - A tractor cab HVAC system having an HVAC unit ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003912 | PROVISIONING OF COOLING RESOURCES THROUGH A DELIVERY APPARATUS - In a method for provisioning cooling resources to at least one device through at least one delivery apparatus, a recirculation value of cooling resources supplied to the at least one device from the at least one delivery apparatus and a cooling effectiveness (CE) value of the at least one delivery apparatus are computed. In addition, a determination as to whether provisioning of the cooling resources supplied to the at least one device through the at least one delivery apparatus is to be adjusted is made based upon the computed recirculation and CE values and an instruction to adjust one of a temperature of cooling resources supplied by at least one zonal actuator and an opening of the at least one delivery apparatus is outputted in response to a determination that provisioning of the cooling resource is to be adjusted. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003913 | Air barrier - A heat transfer inhibitor system to minimize the heat transfer through the structural opening closures with an interior and an exterior panel such as windows, doors and skylights that are the weak links in interior insulation. By moving a stream of constant temperature air through a space between the external panel and the interior panel, the temperature differential between the exterior surface of the internal panel and the interior is minimized thus reducing the load and maintenance costs on heater/AC systems. It also reduces the required size and costs of installations. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003914 | DOOR INSERT FOR BALANCING AIR PRESSURE - The door insert of the present invention balances air pressure in a closed environment. It includes a frame that defines a slot. A pair of tabs emanates from opposing sides of the frame to attach the frame to a door. Media, which has a plurality of apertures therethrough, resides in the slot. The frame, with media installed therein resides within a notch in an edge of a door. Air is permitted to flow through the door insert to balance the air pressure within an environment divided by the door. The frame is preferably ABS plastic and the media is preferably paper. The appearance of the frame and media may be modified to aesthetically match the decor of the door, door hardware and surrounding environment. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003915 | Air Breather Valve Assembly - Device for stabilizing air-pressure in a mechanically enclosed environment, namely to a vacuum relief valve and/or air breather valve designed in particular to substitute the vent hose assembly and breather vent and thereby controls and dynamically regulates the pressure or vacuum of the desired area. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003916 | Ventilating device - A ventilating device includes a housing; a gas concentration detector; a passage portion defining an outside air passage and an inside air passage; a permeable membrane disposed at an interface between the outside air passage and the inside air passage; an air sending portion to generate at least one of a flow of outside air in the outside air passage and a flow of inside air in the inside air passage; and a controller. The controller controls at least one of the flow of inside air and the flow of outside air by controlling the air sending portion, based on a gas concentration of a predetermined gas detected by the gas concentration detector. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003917 | CEILING-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONER - A ceiling-mounted air conditioner is provided. The ceiling-mounted air conditioner includes an intake panel, which has an air intake, a door panel, which can be lifted up to and down from the intake panel, and a plurality of elevation driving units, which are disposed on the intake panel and apply driving force to the door panel so as for the door panel to be lifted up and down and thus to open or shut the air intake of the intake panel. Therefore, it is possible to improve the exterior appearance of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner and facilitate the design of the ceiling-mounted air conditioner. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003918 | SELF-POWERED FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS - A self-powered fluid control apparatus includes a casing having an interior section defined by a plurality of walls, at least one louver positioned within the interior section and extending along a plane, and a fluid flow-driven electrical generator positioned within the interior section substantially along the plane, the fluid flow-driven electrical generator being configured to generate an output current when sufficiently driven by a fluid flow stream through the generator. The flow control apparatus also includes a motor coupled to the at least one louver and a controller configured to generate and provide the control signal to the motor, in which the motor and the controller are powered solely by the output current generated by the fluid flow-driven electrical generator. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003919 | Biological Home Defense System - The invention relates to biological home defense systems for use by populations at risk of widespread biological attack via biological weapons of mass destruction, especially biological weapons involving aerosol attacks. The present invention is also related to methods for using such biological home defense systems wherein meteorological data is used to issue advisories with regard to the use of such biological home defense systems to a population at risk of exposure to biological weapons of mass destruction. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003920 | Chimney attic ventilator - The purpose of this invention is to allow the use of power roof vents in locations where they are otherwise undesirable. It disguises the power roof vent as a chimney and cap that are used with a combustible fuel source. This is accomplished by building a false chimney (that resembles a masonry or prefabricated chimney suitable for combustion gasses) and mounting the power roof vent on top of it. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003921 | SOLUTION FOR THE SCALABILITY OF BROADCAST FORWARDING IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS BY MAP-REFERENCED INFORMATION ON NODE POSITION - An embodiment of an apparatus includes a receiver operable to receive a message, and a processor operable to determine whether to broadcast the message. For example, the receiver and processor may be disposed on a first vehicle, and the receiver may receive the message from a second vehicle, where the message includes information related to a traffic-related event. The processor may determine whether to broadcast the message to other vehicles based on, e.g., the location of the first vehicle, the location of the second vehicle, the location of the event, or whether the processor has received the message more than once. The processor may determine not to broadcast the message if, based on these or other factors, it determines that the benefit of broadcasting the message is outweighed by the potential of the message, if broadcast, to “clog” a channel over which such traffic-related-event messages are broadcast. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003922 | Systems and Methods for Wireless Transfer of Content Between Aircraft - A system for wirelessly transferring content between aircraft. The system includes a first local controller positioned on a first aircraft of the plurality of aircraft and a respective second local controller positioned on each of the other aircraft of the plurality of aircraft. The aircraft are positioned on the ground within a boundary of an airport. The first local controller cannot detect a regional controller or any of the second local controllers. The first local controller: identifies content assigned to but not available on the first local controller and the one or more second local controllers, the content assigned by an administrator; detects content available on the first local controller and the one or more second local controllers; and controls transfer of content between the first local controller and the one or more second local controllers. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003923 | FLOATING AND FIXED TIME MERCHANDISING AND ACCESS CONTROL - A mobile broadcast system configured to provide time-based merchandising and access control includes: a distribution module configured to transmit system information to a user device, wherein the system information includes time-based subscription information for one or more service packages, to receive a subscription request indicating a selected service package, to determine if the user device is authorized to receive the selected service package; and to transmit a subscription response to the user device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003924 | Cellular wide-area radio communications system with relay-enhanced cells - In a cellular wide-area radio communications system, comprising a plurality of base stations; a plurality of relay stations; and a plurality of mobile stations; wherein each of the relay stations is associated with at least one of the base stations, each of the mobile stations is associated with at least one of the base stations or one of the relay stations, wireless data transmissions between mobile stations and base stations take place either as single-hop data transmissions between the mobile stations and their associated base stations, or as multi-hop data transmissions between the mobile stations and their associated relay stations and a data transmission between the relay stations and base stations associated with the relay stations, and wherein an average number of multi-hop data transmissions in the radio communications system equals at least an average number of single-hop data transmissions. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003925 | IMPROVED REPEATER - The invention discloses a repeater ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003926 | TRANSCEIVER AND A REPEATER - The invention discloses a transceiver ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003927 | Communication Apparatus, Program and Communication Method - According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes: a communication module which is communicatable with a counterpart communication apparatus by a plurality of communication systems and which communicates with the counterpart communication apparatus by at least one of the plurality of communication systems; a communication system determination module which determines a communication system based on a logical connection type established during a communication with the counterpart communication apparatus; and a communication controller which controls the communication module to establish the communication by the determined communication system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003928 | DISPENSER - For a dispenser ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003929 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING HUMAN BODY CONTACT SENSING FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a communication apparatus having a human body contact sensing function and method. The apparatus includes: an electrode that comes in contact with the human body; a contact sensor coupled to the electrode that instructs the CPU to perform an initial operation if contact with the human body is sensed; and a data processing unit that receives a control signal from the CPU to select whether to transmit or receive data, and performs a transmitting or receiving operation according to the control signal. To reduce power consumption in a stand-by state before body contact is made when using a human body as a communication medium, a human body contact sensor is included to minimize power consumption of a micro processing unit and a transmitter/receiver circuit until contact occurs. Minimizing power consumption when in a stand-by mode by using a contact sensor with low power consumption extends stand-by time. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003930 | Near Field RF Communications Apparatus | 2012-01-05 |
20120003931 | Method for Dynamic Changes to a User Profile Based on External Service Integration - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, system, and program product for dynamic changes to a user profile based on external service integration. The method, system and program product comprise establishing a direct two-way communication between a first mobile device and a second mobile device when a first mobile device direct transceiver and a second mobile device direct transceiver are within a range of each other. A number of data is gathered from a number of internal sources or a number of external sources. An analysis of the number of data to determine a modification to a first list stored in the first device is performed. A modified first list is generated based on the analysis. The modified first list is automatically sent from the first mobile device to the number of second devices responsive to establishing the direct two-way communication between the first mobile device and a number of second devices. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BLUETOOTH PROXIMITY IMPLEMENTATIONS - A Bluetooth host controller located in a Bluetooth proximity host comprising a Bluetooth host device may be configured to automatically generate a set of notifications or triggers based on the relative proximity to other Bluetooth devices. The Bluetooth host device stays in a lower power mode until one of the Bluetooth triggers is received. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003933 | MEDICAL DEVICES WITH PROXIMITY DETECTION - A wireless medical device is disclosed. The wireless medical device comprises a processor, a memory, a sensor for detecting a physiological signal, a radio and a proximity detector to measure a distance of the wireless medical device relative to a second wireless medical device. The proximity detector includes a ranging functionality. A wireless communication channel is created when a distance between the wireless medical device and the second wireless medical device is within a first predetermined threshold. The distance is greater than zero. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003934 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST DEVICE AND AN ACCESSORY VIA AN INTERMEDIATE DEVICE - A host device and an accessory exchange information (e.g., commands and data) via an intermediate device. The host device and accessory can each connect to the intermediate device through a direct wired path and can exchange commands and data with the intermediate device. The host device and the accessory can also “tunnel” information to each other through the intermediate device, by packaging the tunneled information as a payload of a command recognizable by the intermediate device; the intermediate device can repackage and forward the payload. In some embodiments, the tunneled information relates to configuring a wireless link (e.g., a Bluetooth pairing) between the host device and the accessory. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003935 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST DEVICE AND AN ACCESSORY VIA AN INTERMEDIATE DEVICE - A host device and an accessory exchange information (e.g., commands and data) via an intermediate device. The host device and accessory can each connect to the intermediate device through a direct wired path and can exchange commands and data with the intermediate device. The host device and the accessory can also “tunnel” information to each other through the intermediate device, by packaging the tunneled information as a payload of a command recognizable by the intermediate device; the intermediate device can repackage and forward the payload. In some embodiments, the tunneled information relates to configuring a wireless link (e.g., a Bluetooth pairing) between the host device and the accessory. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE AND AN AUXILIARY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating short-range wireless communications between a mobile wireless device and an auxiliary device. The wireless device includes a short-range transceiver for communicating with an auxiliary device; a signal module for providing a mode control signal; and, a control module for controllably shifting a short-range transceiver between a power saver mode and a search mode based on the mode control signal received from the signal module. When in the search mode, the short-range transceiver is operable to search for the auxiliary device to communicate therewith. When in a power saver mode, the short-range transceiver is not operable to search for the auxiliary device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003937 | BLUETOOTH DEVICE AND AUDIO PLAYING METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a Bluetooth device and an audio playing method using the same. In which the Bluetooth device may be a Bluetooth headset, including: a locus detection unit, an identification unit and a Bluetooth module, wherein the locus detection unit is configured to detect a motion locus of the Bluetooth headset during a process where the Bluetooth headset is placed onto the user's ear; the identification unit configured to identify whether the Bluetooth headset is placed on the user's left ear or right ear by comparing the motion locus of the Bluetooth headset with predetermined left ear or right ear characteristic loci, and transmit an identification result to the Bluetooth module; the Bluetooth module is configured to receive left channel audio signal when the identification result of the identification unit is left ear, and receive right channel audio signal when the identification result is right ear. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003938 | DYNAMIC SIGNAL DETECTION THRESHOLD - A method for setting a signal detection threshold according to one embodiment includes determining a measure of a noise floor in a signal derived from a radio frequency signal received by an antenna using a same circuit used to detect a subcarrier signal during transmitting and prior to sending a command to a transponder to respond; and setting a signal detection threshold above the noise floor. Such methodology may also be implemented as a system using logic for performing the various operations. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003939 | COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SETTING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SELECTION METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A communication channel setting method and a communication channel selection method for an electronic device are provided. The communication channel setting method measures the interference between two communication protocols implemented on the same electronic device and stores threshold values and a look-up table obtained from the measurements in the electronic device. Next, the electronic device executes the channel selection method. The channel selection method selects usable channels of one of the two communication protocols according to the threshold values and the look-up table, thereby preventing or alleviating the interference between the communication protocols. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003940 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROL PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In order to settle a problem of suppressing degradation of a throughput of a communication system, a communication device is provided with a reception means which receives and accumulates a first datum which a first device transmits addressing a second device and a second datum which the second device transmits, a transmission means which transmits the first datum to the second device, a quality index acquisition means which acquires a first index which is a quality of communication between the first device and the second device and a second index which is a quality of communication between the communication device and the second device, and a judgment means which forces to transmit the accumulated first datum to the second device using the transmission means in the case of judging that the second index is better than the first index and a reception condition of the second datum shows that the second device does not receive normally the first datum. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003941 | Method, Apparatus, and Terminal for Determining Transmission Mode - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a terminal for determining a transmission mode, which relate to the field of communications technologies and are invented to enable a selection of a transmission mode with lower power consumption for a terminal to reduce the power consumption of the terminal. The method includes: selecting a transmission mode for a terminal according to a network resource condition; judging whether the selected transmission mode matches according to capability information reported by the terminal and if the selected transmission mode matches, setting the transmission mode as a current transmission mode of the terminal. The embodiments of the present invention are mainly applicable to a Long Term Evolution Advance (LTE-A) system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENT - In a radio comprising a transmitter and a receiver, transmission and reception of signals may be controlled based on received signal strength measurements from a signal strength indicator module and transmitted signal strength measurements from the signal strength indicator module. For the transmitted signal strength measurements, the shared signal strength indicator module may measure signal strength of a signal output by a power amplifier. For the received signal strength measurements, the shared signal strength indicator module may measure signal strength of a received signal. A capacitance coupled to an output of the power amplifier may be configured based on a frequency of the signal output by the power amplifier. A gain of the power amplifier may be controlled based on the transmitted signal strength measurements. For the transmitted signal strength measurements, an analog-to-digital converter may process the signal output by the power amplifier. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003943 | PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - Methods and systems to configure and/or reconfigure measurement configuration in wireless communications with one or more cells are disclosed. Measurement configuration reporting may be reconfigured based on events associated with the one or more serving cells and/or one or more serving component carriers, among others. Measurement configuration and measurement configuration reporting may also be reconfigured based on events associated with one or more serving component carriers. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003944 | RADIO TRANSCEIVER FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - The present invention is applicable to the field of mobile communication technology and provides a wireless receiving and emitting device for mobile communication terminals. The wireless receiving and emitting device comprises a baseband chip, a radio frequency transceiver, a power amplification module and an antenna; the wireless receiving and emitting device further comprises a network selection switch and two or more matching networks, wherein the wireless receiving and emitting performance indexes of the two or more matching networks correspond to different working modes of the mobile communication terminal, respectively; the network selection switch is used for selecting one out of the two or more matching networks and the selected matching network is controlled to be connected with the antenna. The technical solution provided by the present invention optimizes the wireless performance of the mobile communication terminal under various application environments, improves the client satisfaction degree and is also helpful for optimizing the mobile network and improving the network capability. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003945 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 8-TX CODEBOOK AND FEEDBACK SIGNALING IN 3GPP WIRELESS NETWORKS - A mobile station for use in a wireless network. The mobile station is operable to transmit feedback values to a base station of the wireless network. The feedback values include a first precoder matrix indicator (PMI1) value and a second precoder matrix indicator (PMI2) value. The mobile station transmits the PMI2 value to the base station in the same subframe as a channel quality indicator (CQI) value. The CQI value may be either a wideband CQI value or a subband CQI value. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003946 | ADAPTIVE ARRAY ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS INCLUDING ADAPTIVE ARRAY ANTENNA - To provide an adaptive array antenna capable of increasing resolution of a variable beam direction of the antenna without increasing a calculation amount in arithmetic processing unit for optimally controlling a variable phase shifter. A parasitic element-equipped adaptive array antenna ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003947 | Radio-frequency Processing Device and Method and Related Wireless Communication Device - A radio-frequency (RF) processing device, for a wireless communication device, is disclosed. The RF processing device comprises an antenna, an RF-signal processing module, a controller, for generating a control signal according to a band switching signal, and a matching adjustment module for adjusting an impedance between the antenna and the RF-signal processing module according to the control signal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003948 | Quadratic Amplitude Control Circuit For Cosite Interference Cancellation - A quadratic amplitude matching system and associated method with an associated tuning control system is provided for continuously and automatically tuning a quadratic amplitude matching filter (QAMF) to a band center of an interfering signal to provide improved rejection of an interfering signal coupled from a transmission antenna into a local receive antenna in the presence of local multi-path, thereby providing improved interference cancellation system performance. The matching control system is provided as an element of an interference cancellation system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003949 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a filter module, a generator, a first comparator and a power management module. The filter module is configured to transmit an uplink channel component among a received signal by an antenna. The generator is configured to generate an input voltage by using the uplink channel component. The first comparator is configured to output a first high signal when the input voltage is higher than a first threshold voltage, and output a first low signal when the input voltage is not higher than the first threshold voltage. The power supply management module is configured to change a power supply for transmission and reception of a wireless signal from an off state to an on state when the first high signal is continuously output for a minimum transmission time of an uplink signal or more. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003950 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A RADIO TRANSMISSION EMULATOR - The present invention relates to a method and system for a radio transmission emulator. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a radio transmission emulator system. The radio transmission emulator system includes a radio transmission emulator, an automobile, and/or a radio data analysis unit. The automobile can include a radio receiving unit. The radio transmission emulator generates a field simulation signal which simulates interferences. The field simulation signal is transmitted from the radio transmission emulator to the radio receiving unit. The radio receiving unit generates the radio data based on the field simulation signal. The radio data analysis unit analyzes the radio data to determine whether adjustments should be made to the radio receiving unit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003951 | END OF MODULATION DETECTION - A method for detecting an end of modulation in a backscattered radio frequency signal according to one embodiment includes generating a fast average of a magnitude or power of an incoming signal; generating a slow average of the magnitude or power of the incoming signal; determining an end of modulation based on a relationship between the fast and slow averages; and outputting an end of modulation signal upon determining the end of modulation. A system for detecting an end of modulation in a backscattered radio frequency signal according to one embodiment includes a window integrator for generating a fast moving average of a magnitude or power of an incoming signal; a leaky integrator for generating a slow moving average of the magnitude or power of the incoming signal; logic for determining an end of modulation when the fast moving average crosses below the slow moving average; and logic for outputting an end of modulation signal. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION FROM A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system and method enabling a mobile device user in an emergency to alert multiple parties to secure assistance. Using an enabled mobile communication device, a user is able to select a pre-configured emergency alert by actuating a button or icon presented on the mobile communication device. Depending on the pre-configuration, upon actuation of the alert an email is sent to a designated recipient, a phone call is placed to a designated recipient, a pre-recorded voice mail is played, and/or a text message is sent to a designated recipient. Once the emergency has passed, the user can cancel the alert which notifies the recipients of the alert messages that everything is back to normal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003953 | EMERGENCY CALL DEVICE - An emergency call device which can be used to automatically detect and report criminal incidents. The device has a digital camera and/or a microphone having electronics interacting therewith for optically and/or acoustically recording events. An antenna having electronics interacting therewith for capturing dedicated geographic coordinates and establishing a radio connection to a remotely located station and for automatically transmitting information thereto, and an optical and/or acoustic signal device, which optically and/or acoustically highlights the function of the emergency call device at the site of the emergency call device, started by a simple push of a button. The emergency call device is part of a band to be worn on the body of a human. With an outer housing part and an inner housing part that can be telescoped therefrom. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONALLY ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY CALL SETUP - A system and method are provided for a communications device to conditionally attempt an emergency call setup The communications device maintains at least one condition for attempting emergency call setups. Upon receiving a message prompting an emergency call setup, the communications device attempts the emergency call setup only if any of the at least one conditions is satisfied. The at least one condition is defined such that the communications device does not erroneously attempt to establish an emergency call when there is no emergency. The at least one condition might for example include whether the message prompting the emergency call setup indicates a message source that is trusted by the user of the mobile device. A system and method are also provided for a communications network to block at least some of the messages from being delivered to their target communications device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003955 | System and method for emergency notification from a mobile communication device - A system and method enabling a mobile device user in an emergency to alert multiple parties to secure assistance. Using an enabled mobile communication device, a user is able to select a pre-configured emergency alert by actuating a button or icon presented on the mobile communication device. Depending on the pre-configuration, upon actuation of the alert an email is sent to a designated recipient, a phone call is placed to a designated recipient, a pre-recorded voice mail is played, and/or a text message is sent to a designated recipient. Once the emergency has passed, the user can cancel the alert which notifies the recipients of the alert messages that everything is back to normal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003956 | Real time sound/image capture and distibution to end recipient - In one aspect when a security application stored in a memory of a portable device is initiated results in: determining location information of the device; actuating a microphone and/or a camera of the device to capture at audio and/or image data; and wirelessly sending to a pre-determined emergency service the location information and the captured audio and/or image data. In another aspect of the invention a private emergency service is operated using at least one server by storing an association of a calling phone identifier with a called phone identifier; receiving location information for the calling phone and audio and/or image data captured by the calling phone; using the received calling phone identifier to access the memory and determine the called phone identifier, and sending to the called phone a message comprising at least the received location information and the received audio and/or image data. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003957 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFICATION OF A TELEPHONE NUMBER - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for verification of a mobile telephone number. The method comprises: storing a mobile telephone number and a corresponding mobile subscriber identity number; receiving a request for verification of the mobile telephone number; sending, in response to the request, an IMSI query requesting a mobile subscriber identity number registered in association with the mobile telephone number in an HLR; receiving, in response to the IMSI query, the mobile subscriber identity number associated with the mobile telephone number in the HLR; comparing the stored mobile subscriber identity number and the received mobile subscriber identity number, and, if the comparison shows that the received mobile subscriber identity number corresponds to the stored mobile subscriber identity number; initiating the performance of the messaging-or-positioning service in relation to the mobile telephone number. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003958 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA SESSION ESTABLISHMENT - A method and system for data session establishment from a mobile device in a multiple networks scenario, the method including, checking whether an identifier for an first network is on a blacklist on the mobile device; if the first network identifier is not on the blacklist, attempting to establish a data connection with the first network; and if the first network identifier is on the blacklist, establishing a data connection with a second network. The method and system for data session establishment include deriving and maintaining the blacklist. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING USER COMMUNICATIONS - The invention provides a method and system to quantify the impact of granting access privileges for voice channels in mobile cellular telecommunications when dealing with applications where such a policy may improve service quality regardless of the technology used by the service provider. The number of channels that need to be reserved in order to reach the target can be determined. Channel access requests are categorized according to a prioritization scheme providing several blocking probabilities according to the portion of subscribers belonging to each access service class, the total number of service channels in a cell sector, and the target blocking probability and total traffic (or load). | 2012-01-05 |
20120003960 | Mobile device control using a tethered connection - Disclosed is a virtual mobile management tool that allows a remote support technician to access applications and data on a mobile device connected through a desktop computer that in turn is connected to internet. A user can connect the mobile device to a desktop computer, which has internet connectivity, and initiate a trouble ticket. A support admin installs the current invention remotely on the user's desktop and communicates with the mobile device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003961 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BASE STATION SELF-CONFIGURATION - Disclosed is method and apparatus for operation of a base station in wireless communications, including self-configuration of the base station for secure and authenticated communications with other base stations. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003962 | GROUP HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS MOBILE RELAY STATION - Group handover method and apparatus in a broadband wireless communication system which supports a mobile relay station are provided. A method of a serving base station for group handover of the mobile relay station includes when receiving a measurement report message from a relay station, determining whether the relay station is a mobile relay station of a simple type which forwards a signal; collecting handover related information of the mobile relay station and mobile terminals belonging to the mobile relay station, from pre-stored information; requesting handover of the mobile relay station and the mobile terminals by transmitting the collected handover related information to a target base station; and receiving a message indicating whether the handover of the mobile relay station and the mobile terminals is approved, from the target base station. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003963 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, AND METHOD OF UPDATING TELEPHONE DIRECTORY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A mobile communications device includes: a telephone directory storage unit for storing a telephone directory; a comparator for comparing a service identifier included in a received message with a service identifier stored in the telephone directory; and an update unit for updating the telephone number stored in the telephone directory. If the service identifier corresponding to the telephone number received in the message matches the service identifier stored in the telephone directory, the update unit updates the telephone number stored in the telephone directory with the received telephone number. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003964 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Providing Customized Information to Mobile Devices - Customized information is provided to at least one mobile device with respect to at least one provider of products or services. A request from the mobile device is received for customized information regarding a product or service from the at least one provider of products or services. A customized response to the request is generated based on application of a business rule and a current location of the mobile device. The response includes the requested customized information regarding the product or service. The customized response is provided to the mobile device, including information associated with the current location of the mobile device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003965 | Method for Information Sharing After Proximity Connection Has Ended - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, system, and computer program product for sharing a list passed in a shared direct communication environment after a direct communication has ended among mobile devices. A profile associated with the first mobile device in a storage of a server computer is accessed by an indirect transceiver in the second mobile device responsive to a second mobile device acquiring an information that is responsive to a list previously received from a first mobile device and responsive to the information being acquired during a time when there is no direct communication between the first mobile device and the second mobile device. A contact information is retrieved, and the information is sent to a location specified by the contact information. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003966 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may include a radio communication interface, a storage device configured to store a content playlist, and a controller configured to update the content playlist. The controller may acquire content information corresponding at least one streaming content from on a web page accessed through the radio communication unit interface. The content information may include address information for retrieving the at least one streaming content. The controller may update the content play list to include the at least one streaming content based on the acquired content information. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003967 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC DATA BACKUP FUNCTIONALITY - A cellular telephone, system and method are provided which are capable of transferring a portion of or an entire telephone directory consisting of a plurality of telephone numbers to another cellular telephone via a remote central station. The remote central station receives the telephone directory and stores the same in memory for either temporary or permanent storage. The telephone directory can then be transferred from the remote central station to the same or another cellular telephone for storing the telephone directory within a memory of the cellular telephone. An individual, a company, or other entity, utilizing the remote central station, in order to store and transfer a telephone directory from a cellular telephone to the same cellular telephone or to at least another cellular telephone, pays a fee to at least one operator of the remote central station for providing and/or performing the receiving, storing and transferring services. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003968 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PLACING A CALL ON A SELECTED COMMUNICATION LINE - Devices and methods for placing a call from a mobile device on one of a plurality of communication lines accessible at the mobile device are disclosed herein. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A GROUP CALL - A method, device, and system for establishing a group call among a plurality of communication devices. The method includes initiating a group call among at least some of the plurality of communication devices, wherein each communication device uses a unicast communication link to participate in the group call. The method further includes computing one or more broadcast or multicast parameters during the group call, identifying a subset of communication devices based on the broadcast or multicast parameters, and switching the identified subset of communications devices to a broadcast or multicast communication link during the group call. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003970 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: (A) measuring, at a mobile station (MUE) that is in communication in a first cell under the control of a first radio base station (MBS), a reception timing difference between a timing of receiving a downlink signal from the first cell and a timing of receiving a downlink signal from a second cell under the control of a second radio base station (FBS); (B) reporting, from the mobile station (MUE) to the first radio base station, the measured reception timing difference; and (C) transmitting, from the first radio base station (MBS) to the second radio base station (FBS), an adjustment instruction instructing to adjust a timing of transmitting a downlink signal in the second cell, based on the reception timing difference. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003971 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication system includes a mobile station connected with a base station by radio when being in a cell formed by the base station, and configured to communicate with a counter side unit through the base station; and a relay station configured to form a limitation area. The relay station receives a downlink signal from the base station and transmits a limitation downlink signal obtained by adding information showing that it is in the limitation area to the downlink signal to the limitation area. When receiving the limitation downlink signal, the mobile station transmits an uplink signal showing a function limited state to the base station in synchronization with a downlink channel received from the base station. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003972 | Low-Cost Multimode GSM Monitoring from TD-SCDMA - Embodiments of techniques for low-cost multimode operation in wireless communications involving the Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) standard and the Global System for Mobile telecommunications (GSM) standard are described. In one aspect, a method of multimode operation in a mobile telecommunication device renders wireless communications based on the TD-SCDMA standard using either or both of first and second frequency synthesizers of the mobile telecommunication device. The method also receives signals based on the GSM standard using either or both of the first and second frequency synthesizers of the mobile telecommunication device. Techniques for performing baton handover as well as signal reception for multimedia broadcast and multicast services (MBMS) using two frequency synthesizers are also provided. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003973 | MOBILE DEVICE CONFIGURED TO OPERATE ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT NETWORKS - An apparatus includes a code division multiple access (CDMA) antenna that is configured to transmit and receive communication signals. The apparatus includes a memory that is configured to store multiple mobile equipment identifiers (MEIDs), multiple activation protocols and instructions, where each MEID includes an identifier that is uniquely recognizable on one of multiple networks and where the activation protocols include protocols for uniquely activating the apparatus on one of multiple different networks each of which have different communication protocols. The apparatus includes a processor that is coupled to the CDMA antenna and to the memory and that is configured to execute the instructions to enable a user to select a network from the multiple different networks on which to activate and operate the apparatus and activate and operate the apparatus on a selected network using an MEID recognizable by the selected network and the activation protocol for the selected network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003974 | Configuring Relations between Cells in Different Radio Access Networks - In a Circuit Switched Services over Long Term Evolution via Generic Access Network, CSoLTEvGAN architecture (600), relations between E-UTRAN cells (9201) and Generic Access Network, GAN cells (9101) are configured manually in a generic access node controller, GANC (910). This may become a tremendous burden for the operator. The current invention overcomes this by automatically build the needed relations. This is accomplished by determining at the GANC (910), cell identification information for an E-UTRAN cell (9201) and cell identification information for a GERAN or UTRAN cell (1101) overlaying the E-UTRAN cell (9201). The GAN cell (9101) is determined based on the cell identification information for the GERAN or UTRAN cell (1101). An entry within a translation table (1000) is created so that the cell identification information for the E-UTRAN cell (9201) is mapped to the cell identification information for the GAN cell (9101), or vice versa. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003975 | METHODS OF PERFORMING CELL CHANGE WITHOUT RECEIVING DESCRIPTION OF RESOURCES IN A TARGET CELL - Methods and systems of performing cell change for a circuit-switched call without a mobile station receiving a description of resources in a target cell are provided. In some embodiments, a command is generated at the serving cell which indicates to the mobile station to perform a cell change without first receiving a description of resources in the target cell. In some embodiments, a command is generated at the target cell which may be like a handover command, but which indicates to the mobile station to perform the cell change without an allocation of resources. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003976 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SELECTION - A mobile telecommunications device includes cellular communication means for communicating with a cellular telecommunications network base station, wireless communication means for communicating with a wireless access point, and control means for selectively enabling the wireless communication means in response to a trigger. The trigger may be the launch of a web browser of a request for a download of data. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003977 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes steps of: performing, at a mobile station (UE) having established a first connection in a first cell, a cell selection process when detecting failure in the first connection; transmitting, from the mobile station (UE) to a second cell selected by the cell selection process, a connection re-establishment request signal; determining, at the radio base station managing the second cell, whether or not to have stored context information of the mobile station (UE) having transmitted the connection re-establishment request signal; acquiring, at the radio base station managing the second cell, the context information of the mobile station from a radio base station managing the first cell, when the radio base station managing the second cell determines that it does not store the context information of the mobile station (UE). | 2012-01-05 |
20120003978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A Mobile Station (MS) operation method for cell selection at initial access in a wireless communication system in which one or more small Base Stations (BSs) are included within a macro BS service coverage area is provided. The method includes performing synchronization based on a preamble signal, after performing the synchronization, transmitting a ranging code to a first BS, after transmitting the ranging code, transmitting a ranging request message including position information of the MS, to the first BS, and receiving a ranging response message including information on at least one candidate BS from the first BS. Thus, the MS can select a BS using position information of the MS in a wireless communication system in which various types of BSs coexist. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003979 | RADIO WAVE STATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, RADIO WAVE STATE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING RADIO WAVE STATE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - A propagation state measurement system includes a parameter update information reception means ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL BREAKOUT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK INCLUDING FEMTOCELLS - A method and apparatus for supporting local breakout (LBO) in a wireless communication network including femtocells are disclosed. The method includes: sending, by a user equipment, a PDN connectivity request message to a femtocell base station, for setting up an LBO bearer toward a data network different from the core network; forwarding, by the femtocell base station, the PDN connectivity request message to a femto mobility management entity managing LBO bearer setup; and setting up, by the femto mobility management entity, an LBO bearer between the user equipment and the data network by establishing a connection between the user equipment and a femto PDN gateway. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003981 | Signaling Femto-Cell Deployment Attributes to Assist Interference Mitigation in Heterogeneous Networks - There are disclosed methods of a wireless communication device and a wireless base station. The device is served by a serving base station and receives from a neighbor base station a downlink transmission including a broadcast signal. The device decodes the broadcast signal, and determines a bandwidth attribute associated with the neighbor base station based on the broadcast signal. The device then sends to the serving base station a report including the bandwidth attribute associated with the neighbor base station. The wireless base station receives from a first wireless terminal a signal including a bandwidth attribute associated with a neighbor base station. The base station then schedules a second wireless terminal based on the bandwidth attribute of the neighbor base station, in which the first wireless terminal may be identical to the second wireless terminal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003982 | Switching Matrix and Test Platform - A switching matrix and testing platform may enable controlled testing of various configurations of radio access networks (RANs) at various signal strengths. The switching matrix and testing platform may enable testing of the radio frequency (RF) signals from RANs or telecommunications devices for new and/or predetermined scenarios, such as using different configurations of the RANs at various signal strengths. During a scenario, various operations may be performed on the telecommunications device in communication with the tested RF signals, such as making voice calls, transmitting and receiving data (messages, videos, music, etc.). A performance of the telecommunications device and/or various telecommunication network elements may be analyzed in comparison to other telecommunications device and/or various telecommunication network elements. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003983 | DEVICE DETERMINATION - A method of operating a server for determining the model of a mobile device and for delivering configuration parameters to the mobile device ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003984 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING TERMINALS IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND CORRESPONDING BASE STATION - The present invention relates to a method for scheduling transmissions in a radio communication system comprising a plurality of base stations and a plurality of terminals, a base station being associated to a sector and transmitting/receiving data to/from terminals located in said sector. According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of: determining an area around each given sector, said area comprising a set of sectors, allocating to said sectors in said area a scheduling priority chosen among at least two different scheduling priorities, scheduling decisions in a sector having a lower scheduling priority than a sector belonging to said area depending on scheduling decisions made for said sector with higher scheduling priority, said scheduling decisions made in said sector with higher scheduling priority being reported by said base station associated to said sector with higher scheduling priority to said base station associated to said sector with lower scheduling priority. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003985 | CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE REDUCTION IN FEMTOCELL NETWORKS - Co-channel macrocell users will inherently produce co-channel interference at a nearby femtocell base station. To reduce the peak co-channel interference power, the femtocell users adjust their symbol timing with regard to the macrocell users so as to maximize a spreading of the co-channel interference spectrum. In this fashion, the peak co-channel interference power is reduced, thereby leading to improved bit error rates for the femtocell users. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003986 | REVERSE LINK POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Assigning power spectrum density to access terminals within a wireless network environment is provided. Assignment information that includes assignment of reverse link transmission resources is determined and a power control instruction is created for the assigned reverse link transmission resource. An assignment message that includes both the assignment information and the power control instruction is formatted and communicated to the access terminals. The assignment message includes a Reverse Link Power Control field that indicates a transmit power spectral density assigned by the access point to the reverse-link transmission by the terminal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003987 | Method And Apparatus For Optimizing Network Throughput - A method is provided a wireless system for optimizing network throughput in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the methodology of the invention evaluates the both individual user data throughput as well as the data throughput of a larger user population, in determining the base station to which a user should attach when entering the wireless system. In an alternate embodiment, the invention methodology evaluates such individual user data throughput and the user population throughput in determining whether or not to handoff a data session for a user from one base station to the other. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003988 | Method and Apparatus for Sharing Information from a Communication Device - Provided is a method and apparatus for sharing information from a communication device. The communication device is to send first information to a first apparatus and second information to a second apparatus. In accordance with an embodiment of the application, the communication device combines the first information and the second information in a single message and then sends the message to a network node. In accordance with another embodiment of the application, the network node separates the first information from the second information and sends the first information and the second information to the first apparatus and the second apparatus, respectively. Note that the communication device did not have to send separate messages to the apparatuses and therefore there is a reduction in number of messages sent by the communication device. This reduction has an effect of reducing network utilization by the communication device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003989 | Location Status Update Messaging - Provision of a location status update for a mobile computing device to a recipient based on navigation information is disclosed. The location status update may be sent to one or more recipients based on a predetermined criterion or upon user command. According to embodiments, a mobile device's GPS and/or network-based location technologies may be utilized to provide information as to whether a predetermined criterion is met. The location status update may be an SMS or MMS message, an e-mail, a text message, a voice call, a voice message, or a posting to a social networking site. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003990 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a communication unit to detect a first device and to receive device information from the first detected device; a memory unit to store a search classification; a control unit to determine class and location information of the first detected device using device information received from the first detected device, and to control a search result to be displayed on a display unit. An information display method using a mobile terminal includes detecting devices within a reference proximity, receiving device information from a first detected device; storing a search classification in the mobile terminal; determining class information and location information of the first detected device, and comparing the class information with the stored search classification; and displaying a determination result. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003991 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHILE CONSERVING CELLULAR NETWORK RESOURCES - A system and associated methods are disclosed for tracking mobile electronic devices while conserving cellular network resources used for such tracking. The tracking may be performed for purposes of facilitating recovery of lost or stolen devices. To conserve network resources, different telephone numbers may be assigned depending upon the location of each device and the time of each call, and individual calls may be made only after a determination has been made that a telephone call is required. A determination that a telephone call is required may be made depending upon whether a protected electronic device had been reported lost or stolen, and/or whether an internet communication between the protected electronic device and a monitoring center has been made within a selected previous period of time. A dynamic schedule permits reserved telephone call slots to be freed up if not needed so that they can be used for devices that need the communication time. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003992 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONTROL MOVABLE ENTITIES - A method to wirelessly control an entity having an attached transponder is disclosed. A geographical zone is defined. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a transponder a plurality of waypoints, each waypoint defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius originating from the geographical coordinate. The geographical zone can also be defined by selecting a plurality of coordinates that are loaded to a transponder and mapped on a pixilated image. The microprocessor in the transponder is programmed to determine the occurrence of an event associated with the status of the entity in relation to the geographical zone. Finally, the microprocessor is configured to execute a configurable operation if the event occurs. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003993 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR DATA ITEMS - Distribution system for data items where information on amounts of topics may be used to scope further actions on the information. Data items are created topically in various locations, provided with position-based annotation and made publicly available. Search on desired data items is scoped using views that show the amount of available data items for one or more sub-areas of a geographical area. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003994 | PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION IN LOCAL WIRELESS ZONES - The present invention allows mobile terminals to receive location-based information upon entering a local wireless zone established by an access point. The access point includes or is associated with one or more servers, which may provide the location-based information and control access. The local wireless zone is a limited area in which communications between the access point and the mobile terminal are possible. Once the mobile terminal enters into one or more local wireless zones, the presence of the mobile terminal in the local wireless zone is detected. Once detected, the mobile terminal is afforded access to a server on which the location-based information is stored. The server is associated with the local wireless zone. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003995 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION - A radio base station according to the present invention includes: a downlink data resumption processing unit configured to transmit an RA preamble assignment signal to a mobile station, when a positioning trigger is detected in a state in which no synchronization is established in an uplink between the radio base station and the mobile station; and a propagation delay calculation unit configured to calculate propagation delay in the uplink, in response to reception of a RA preamble assigned by the RA preamble assignment signal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A PHONE USER - Systems and methods for locating a user of a wired or wireless communication device allow a communication device to respond to a location request with its current location or a default location. A request for the location of a target wireless communication device is sent to the network where the request is responded to by the network or forwarded to the target device. When the request is received by the target device, the device can deny the location request or respond to the location request with the actual location of the device (as determined by GPS or the network) or with a default, predetermined location. The type of response (denial, actual location, or default location) can be selected by the user of the target device on a granular, per request basis so that the user of the target device can selectively respond to location requests in an appropriate fashion. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003997 | FILTERING OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION TO BE TRANSFERRED TO A TERMINAL - The object of the invention is a system, a device, a terminal and a method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to the terminal through a telecommunication connection. The invention comprises attaching a specific filtering parameter ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120003998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE SERVICES USING SMS COMMUNICATIONS - An enhanced services platform said platform includes an interface for receiving a communication from a user requesting a desired data. A response module parses the communication and retries the desired data. The platform arranges the desired data into a response message that is sent to the user. A user identifier database module stores information about the users in a user profile that including at least a preferences field and a preference value field identifying relative values of user preferences stored in the preference field, wherein when a preference having a higher ranking in the preference value field is non available, a second preference having a lower ranking in the preference value field is utilized. | 2012-01-05 |
20120003999 | MIMO Communication System - A device and method including a plurality of transmitters and/or receiver units and antennae therefore, and wherein each of said units are arranged radially to cover a plurality of sectors; and including at least one component necessary for the operation of said units, and arranged such that said component is shared between two or more units and/or their respective antennae. The device and method has application to MIMO systems. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004000 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a body having a battery configured to be mounted on a cradle, a first connection port disposed at one surface of the body to be electrically connected to power supply terminals of the cradle if the body is mounted on the cradle, a second connection port disposed at another surface different from the one surface of the body to be covered by at least part of the cradle if the body is mounted on the cradle, and a power supply path for electrically connecting the battery to the first and the second connection port respectively to charge the battery if power is supplied to the first and the second connection port. | 2012-01-05 |
20120004001 | COVERAGE HOLE COMPENSATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method of coverage hole compensation is provided in a wireless telecommunications network including a plurality of base station transmitters, each transmitter providing a coverage area for communication with user equipment, wherein a coverage hole is present within a coverage area provided by a transmitting transmitter; the method comprising selecting transmitters which are to be adjusted, including a first dominant transmitter within the coverage hole, and adjusting a transmission parameter of the selected transmitters, wherein the amount of adjustment of the selected first dominant transmitter in the coverage hole is greater than the amount of adjustment of any other selected transmitter. | 2012-01-05 |