| 07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
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| 20090042546 | Emergency warning system - An emergency warning system for warning members of the public of an emergency situation comprises personal warning devices provided to members of the public and a cellular telecommunication system for transmitting coded cellular burst signals to the personal warning devices to elicit delivery of an emergency warning from the devices. The coded cellular burst warning signals contain emergency situation codes that the personal warning devices parse and translate into an emergency warning message displayed as text on a display screen of the personal warning device. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042547 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling an operation of the same. The method of controlling an operation of a mobile terminal includes driving a web browser and access a specific website, displaying a web page provided by the specific website, and when any one of numeric enter keys is pressed, displaying an entry window for inputting a website address. Accordingly, a user interface of an intuitive and natural control fashion can be provided to a user. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042548 | INTERROGATE-RESPONSE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH PRIVACY INDICATION - A method of and apparatus for obtaining information about a product or service offering having an associated receiver responsive to an information request or query. The method comprise providing a portable subscriber device linked with a communication network, presenting at least one selectable query for information to a subscriber via the subscriber device, selecting the at least one query for information, providing a desired privacy status of the subscriber utilizing the subscriber device, transmitting the query and the privacy status and, at the associated receiver, processing the privacy status and responding to the query by providing the requested information to the subscriber. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042549 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING CONTENT, CONTENT EXTRACTION SERVER BASED ON RSS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE SAME AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING STANDBY SCREEN OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for extracting a content, a content extraction server based on RSS and an apparatus for managing the same and a system for providing a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal using the same. a system for providing a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal based on a RSS, the system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises at least one content server for providing an update content consisting of a RSS feed; a content extraction server for collecting, analyzing and classifying the update content to form a mobile content by converting at least one of a size and a data format thereof; a database for storing the mobile content; and a standby screen providing server for providing the mobile content stored in the database to the mobile communication terminal, wherein the content extraction server comprises a RSS aggregator for collecting the update content consisting of the RSS feed, a content aggregator for partially extracting a tag of the update content, and a content transcoder for converting at least one of the size and the data format to form a user content so as to be applicable to the mobile communication terminal having the extracted tag transmitted thereto. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042550 | ENHANCED CALL RETURN IN A WIRELESS TELEPHONE NETWORK - A method for enabling enhanced call return in a wireless network comprising receiving an incoming telephone call from a caller, wherein the incoming telephone call identifies a mobile subscriber (MS) as a callee thereof; capturing caller-specific information for the caller, wherein the caller-specific information includes at least one of the name of the caller and the telephone number of the caller; and storing the caller-specific information into an intelligent peripheral (IP) within the wireless network. The method further comprises allowing the MS to access the caller-specific information stored in the IP. The present invention thus allows the mobile subscriber (MS) to subscribe to an enhanced call return (ECR) feature as part of the mobile telephone service plan. The ECR feature allows the mobile subscriber to access caller-specific information for a predetermined number of past callers and also to return calls from those past callers. The caller-specific information may include caller's name, caller's telephone number and the date/time the call was received from the caller. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042551 | DYNAMIC MULTIMEDIA DATA CODING METHOD FOR CELL PHONES - A multimedia data coding method for cell phones is provided, wherein the multimedia data coding method comprises steps as follows: First multimedia data is captured by a first cell phone, and then a coding parameter is determined by selecting a coding mode. Subsequently the multimedia data is coded according to the coding mode and the coding parameter to output a signal. The signal is then transmitted to a second cell phone. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING APPLICATION PROGRAMS - A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program and for providing the application data to the business sector in accordance with communication with at least one wireless device of the plurality; and a mobile sector comprising the plurality of wireless devices, each device for receiving the application program deployed by the service sector, executing the application program in response to the business sector, and communicating with the service sector to support provision of the application data to the business sector. The wireless device, such as a cell phone, personal digital assistant, or palm top computer may include an auxiliary device such as a bar code scanner, a magnetic stripe card reader, or a printer. The business sector or service sector may monitor or limit utilization of the auxiliary device. Deployment of application programs may be controlled by the business sector or the development sector by rendering an application program or auxiliary device available for use only after a particular time or after receipt of a message. Distributed processing application programs having components in the business, service, and mobile sectors may thereby be updated in an orderly manner. An application program on a wireless device may assist confirmation of an order made by a buyer via a web site. The wireless device is expected to be operated by the buyer. Fraud reporting is accomplished by comparing data obtained by registration of the wireless device with data provided in the confirmation. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING CHANGES IN POWER SAVING PROCEDURES - A method and devices are provided for use in a wireless communications network for affecting changes in a power saving class (PSC) associated with a subscriber terminal. The method comprises the steps of: providing at least one PSC for use by said subscriber terminal; at each of said subscriber terminal and said corresponding base station, setting a counting value for said at least one PSCs to be equal to a pre-defined initial value; and upon transmitting or receiving at either one of said subscriber terminal and said base station a message identifying a change in said at least one PSC, updating operating parameters associated with said at least one PSC and increasing at the respective subscriber terminal or base station, the counting value of the corresponding one or more of said at least one PSC by a pre-determined value. Preferably, the method further comprises transmitting a message which comprises a request to affect a change in power saving status of said subscriber terminal, wherein the message comprises an indication of the counting value associated with a PSC currently available at the side transmitting said message; and upon receiving the message comprising the request to affect a change in the power saving status, determining whether the counting value comprised in the message matches the counting value at the side transmitting that message, and if in the affirmative, evaluating whether the requested change may be carried out. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042554 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND SOFTWARE UPGRADING METHOD - A base station control portion | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042555 | Method and apparatus for antenna allocation on a multi-radio paltform - In a multi-radio wireless device, a first radio and a second radio share a plurality of antennas. A MAC coordination engine may coordinate the activities of the first and second radios to facilitate the allocation of antennas to the radios. In at least one embodiment, the second radio is given priority over the first radio in the allocation of antennas. When the first radio desires to communicate, a number of antennas that is available for use may be determined. It may then be determined whether the communication should be permitted to proceed given the number of available antennas. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042556 | PoC DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD AND PoC TALKING SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A PoC data transmitting method of distributing attached data used to realize a PoC attached function in conformity with a PoC protocol is provided. A PoC data transmitting method includes a first step of attaching attached data (set information) to a first message that is transmitted to a PoC server from a transmitter side terminal (PoC client | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042557 | System and Method For Mapping Wireless Access Points - An improved connectivity to radio access point is enabled by a server that includes a database storing data about various radio access points, and an evaluation module evaluating the quality of connection to each of the access points. Clients receive updates about relevant access points from the server and use the information to connect to the preferred access point. The clients also check connectivity to other access points in the vicinity, and report the findings to the server. The server uses the reports to update its database, and send corresponding updates to the clients. The database can include information about the location of the access points. The information about the location of the access points can be manually input or determined using GPS information. The location of an access points can be determined as a function of available information about other access points detected at the same location. An access point can be presumed to be located in approximately the same location as another access point detected in the same location by the same user terminal. Where more than one access point having a known location is detected in the same location as an unmapped access point (having an unknown location), the location of the unmapped access point can be determined as function of a weighted average of the known locations of the other access points and signal strength of the signal received from each access point. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042558 | Transmission of ACK/NACK Bits and their Embedding in the CQI Reference Signal - A transmission of information within a wireless cellular network may include a first and second type of information. A subframe is produced that includes a plurality of symbols, wherein at least one symbol is designated as a data symbol and at least one symbol is designated as a reference signal symbol that contains a pre-defined reference signal. The first type of information is embedded in the data symbols. If the second type of data is expected, then the second type of information is embedded in at least one reference symbol by quadrature amplitude modulating the pre-defined reference signal. The subframe is then transmitted from one node in the network to a second node. In some embodiments, if it is determined that the second node is not expecting the second type of information, then a discontinuous transmission (DTX) response is embedded in the reference symbol instead of the second type of information. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042559 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A MEASUREMENT BY A COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for performing a measurement by a communication device including selecting at least one measurement type of a plurality of measurement types, wherein each measurement type is assigned to a time slot, wherein the at least one measurement type is selected for a time interval which is pre-defined as a transmission gap of a receiver of the communication device for carrying out measurements by the receiver corresponding to the time slot; and performing a measurement of the at least one measurement type during the time interval. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042560 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SIGNALING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION - A method and system for processing a signaling connection release indication between user equipment and a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring, at the user equipment, whether a signaling connection release indication should be sent to the wireless network; appending, at the user equipment, a cause for the signaling connection release indication to the signaling connection release indication; sending the appended signaling connection release indication to the wireless network; receiving the signaling connection release indication at the wireless network; and filtering said cause to determine whether to raise an alarm. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042561 | Asset management system - An asset management system comprising: (A) a plurality of tags, wherein at least one said tag further comprises: a wireless networking transceiver (WNT), and a tag sensor configured to attach to an asset; and (B) a dual wireless communication network further comprising: a cellular network and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042562 | Virtual Gateway Redundancy - A method and system are presented for providing satellite communications coverage for a geographical area involving operating a plurality of gateways including a first gateway and a second gateway, wherein the first gateway is configured to utilize at least one first spot beam associated with at least one first coverage area within the geographic area to provide relayed satellite communications to a plurality of first subscriber terminals located in the at least one first coverage area, wherein the second gateway is configured to utilize at least one second spot beam associated with at least one second coverage area within the geographic area to provide relayed satellite communications to a plurality of second subscriber terminals located in the at least one second coverage area, and upon a failure condition associated with the at least one first spot beam, expanding the at least one second coverage area to include a portion of the at least one first coverage area, to provide relayed satellite communications to at least some of the first subscriber terminals without utilizing the at least one first spot beam. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042563 | Method and apparatus to support services for a non-resident device - Common techniques for processing cellular service uses a signal cellular tower, but these techniques are limited to the capacity of the single cellular tower. In contrast, a system employing an example embodiment of the invention increases ability to process cellular service by using an access point access network using resident wireless devices, referred to as a femtocell. A system supports communications of a resident and roaming device while employing the access point access network, based on database information, to support soft handoff between adjacent femtocells or from femtocell to cell tower and vice-versa. As a result, the system enables the resident and roaming devices to have seamless transitions between the cellular access network and the access point access network. Thus, the access point access network supplements cellular access networks and can provide cellular service regardless of the capacity of the cellular tower. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042564 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAMING AND CALL BRIDGING - Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted). A key feature of the disclosure generally is the bridging of the call legs between the wireless subscriber initiating the telephone communication and that of the receiving party through a series of general purpose databases and computers without requiring modifications to existing core network or handset infrastructure. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042565 | CONNECTION POINT TRIGGERED SCANNING FOR POSITIONING RADIOS - A system for automatically controlling the scanning frequency of a radio based positioning application in a wireless communication device (WCD) based on the connection point information of the WCD. The connection point information may be utilized to identify if the WCD is near a positioning-enabled environment. Scanning may be activated, or the scanning frequency may be increased, when the WCD is in an environment that is served by certain connection points (e.g., connection points located in a city). On the other hand, when the WCD is in an environment that is not served by certain connection points (e.g., a rural area), scanning may be stopped or the scanning frequency may be reduced to conserve power in the mobile device. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042566 | RASTER SKIPPING IN CO-BANDED MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON PREVIOUS SCANS FOR ANY BAND - The present invention discloses a solution for improving scan time in a co-banded mobile communication device. The solution can maintain a set of records within a data store of a co-banded mobile communication device. The set of records can include two or more communication rasters that represent an overlap between frequency bands used by different access technologies supported by the mobile communication device. A frequency band for a first access technology can be scanned for communication rasters allocated for that access technology. For each occupied communication raster, a related record of the set of maintained records can be updated to indicate that the communication raster is occupied. A frequency band for a second access technology can then be scanned within a previously determined time threshold of the first scan. The second scanning attempt can skip those communication rasters indicated as occupied by the set of records. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042567 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONNECTION IDENTIFIER INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting Connection Identifier (CID) information by a Base Station (BS) in a communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first message including information indicating a Transparent Connection Identifier (TCID) range expressed by a start value and an end value of TCIDs available in the BS, and information indicating a first transparent zone in which the BS is located, assigning one of TCIDs in the TCID range to a Mobile Station(MS) when a second message including a connection setup request from the MS is received and transmitting a third message including the assigned TCID to the MS, wherein the first transparent zone is one of a plurality of transparent zones supportable by the communication system, at least one BS is located in each transparent zone, and TCIDs in the TCID range are shared by the at least one BS included in the first transparent zone. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042568 | Communication control method, transmission device and computer program - A method for controlling radio communication such as mobile phone communication is provided for preventing an endless loop of a request for retransmission that is issued by a device on a reception side to a device on a transmission side. The transmission device performs processes of counting, for each RLC-PDU, the number of times when a request for retransmission is issued by the reception device (# | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MOBILE IP AND PROXY MIP IN EVOLVED 3GPP SYSTEMS - A method for reporting mobile internet protocol (MIP) capabilities of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU transmitting a first message, including network MIP capability of the WTRU, the WTRU transmitting a second message including radio MIP capability of the WTRU, and the WTRU receiving a third message including network MIP availability. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042570 | Method and system for attaching a mobile equipment to a wireless communication network - The invention provides a method and device which may perform a combined attach and communication connection establishment procedure when attaching an equipment such as a mobile station to a mobile communication network. An attach request sent form the equipment may initiate this combined attach and communication connection establishment process. In the Home Location Register, communication connection parameters are set as default values which maybe automatically selected, for instance when receiving a combined attach and communication connection establishment request. The combined attach and communication connection establishment process reduces the signaling load in the network and speeds up communication connection establishment. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042571 | MOBILE STATION AND FEEDBACK INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD - The present invention provides a mobile station for communicating with a radio base station wherein a closed loop transmit diversity for transmission with use of a plurality of antennas is applied to the radio base station, comprising: a feedback information control unit controlling a feedback information control process based on the number of radio base stations simultaneously communicating with the mobile station. The mobile station can generate feedback information suitable for a shared physical channel in an intra-cell handover. On the other hand, the mobile station can generate feedback information suitable for a dedicated physical channel in an inter-cell handover. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042572 | Cell change in cellular networks - The invention relates to a handover or cell change procedure in a cellular radio communications system comprising a mobile user terminal present in a serving cell and having multiple radio resources simultaneously allocated for communication with a base station of the cell. In this procedure, when there is a need for a cell change, the multiple radio resources are sequentially replaced with radio resources allocated to the terminal for communication with at least one base station having an associated cell different from the serving cell. This cell change procedure provides macro diversity without requiring the complexity of soft handovers and has enhanced service coverage and handover robustness compared to hard handover. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042573 | Radio Bearer Dependent Forwarding For Handover - This invention employs an inherent tradeoff in a radio bearer dependent data handling method for intra-E-UTRA handoffs. For user equipment using real time data, the source node forwards to the target node not yet acknowledged real time service data units and disconnects. This makes the handoff latency short at the expense of data traffic between nodes. For user equipment not needing real time data, the source node continues to receive user equipment acknowledgements during a time out period and only forwards service data units acknowledged during the time out period. This reduces X2 interface traffic between the source and target nodes but extends the handoff latency. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042574 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A handover apparatus and method in a communication system having a macro BS and a plurality of micro BSs in one cell are provided. A handover apparatus includes a macro BS for generating a plurality of messages, each messages respectively corresponds to one of a plurality of group areas defined by grouping service areas of the micro BSs and includes information about BSs to which MSs of the group area can perform handover. The macro BS also generates group area information indicating locations of the group areas, broadcasts the plurality of messages and the group area information to the cell, and manages handover of MSs based on the plurality of messages and the group area information. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING, IN A WIRELESS CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK, WHICH DEVICE AMONG A FIRST AND SECOND DEVICES HAS TO MANAGE DATA ASSOCIATED TO A MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention concerns a method for determining in a wireless cellular telecommunication network which device among a first device managing data associated to mobile terminals located in a first pool of cells and a second device managing data associated to mobile terminals located in a second pool of cells has to manage data associated to a mobile terminal. The first and second pools of cells have common cells and the mobile terminal is located in the first pool of cells. The first device managing data associated to the mobile terminal: | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING MOBILITY BETWEEN NON-3GPP TO 3GPP NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for handling mobility between a non-third generation partnership project (3GPP) radio access technology (RAT) and a 3GPP RAT includes utilizing services provided by the non-3GPP RAT. A need to utilize services provided by the 3GPP RAT is determined and a 3GPP non-access stratum (NAS) state is entered. 3GPP messages are tunneled to the 3GPP EPC network over the non-3GPP access RAT and a transition is made from the non-3GPP RAT to the 3GPP RAT. A 3GPP NAS state transition is made and a transition to a second 3GPP NAS state occurs. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042577 | MEASUREMENTS IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A method of selecting a cell for handover of a mobile station to another communication system. A command is sent to a mobile station from a first network element. The command includes a request to perform compressed mode measurements at the mobile station of a neighboring cell. The neighboring cell uses a different communication means than the first network element. Compressed mode measurement results are received from the mobile station at the first network element. The received compressed mode measurement results are weighted with indicators of a prioritized neighbor cell list to form a prioritized list. A second command is sent to the mobile station from the first network element. The second command includes a second request to decode identification codes at the mobile station based on the prioritized list. An indicator of a suitable cell from the prioritized list is received from the mobile station at the first network element. An instruction is sent to the mobile station from the first network element after receiving the indicator. The instruction stops decoding identification codes at the mobile station. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042578 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER - A method and system are disclosed for controlling radio communications between a terminal (MS, TE) and a communications system (CN, GRAN). A communications connection between the system and the terminal is established by an active radio network controller (RNC) and an active base station (BS). In one embodiment, data communications within the communications connection is directed to the active radio controller by a second radio network controller. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042579 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - User data is transmitted from a base station to a terminal station using a frame that is divided along a time axis into a segment region used for transmission of the user data to a terminal station that exists in a sector edge or a cell edge, in which a different subchannel is assigned to each sector; and a non-segment region used for transmission of the user data to a terminal station that does not exist in the sector edge or the cell edge, or using a segment frame including a segment region and a non-segment frame including a non-segment region. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042580 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Bandwidth Allocation Management in Integral Combination with Memory Capacity Information - A method and apparatus to facilitate managing communications with at least one wireless node ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042581 | System and Method for Assigning Communications Resources in a Wireless Communications System - System and method for assigning communications resources in a wireless communications system. A method for operating a base station comprises receiving a resource request for radio resources for a mobile station, in response to a determining that the base station will service the resource request, assigning radio resources based on the resource request and transmitting an indicator of the assigned radio resources to the mobile station, and in response to a determining that the base station will not service the resource request, returning to a normal mode of operations. The assigning of radio requests makes use of a channel tree comprised of two non-orthogonal sets of mappings between nodes of the channel tree and radio resources, with each node corresponding to at least one radio resource. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042582 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RACH CHANNEL RESOURCE SELECTION AND PARTITIONING - A method and apparatus for random access channel (RACH) channel selection in a long term evolution (LTE) network includes determining a distance from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to an evolved Node-B (eNB) in a cell of the LTE network. A RACH channel is then selected based upon the distance determination. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042583 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING ACCESS POINT STARTUP AND INITIAL CHANNEL SELECTION PROCESSES - A startup process of an access point (AP) includes a discovery phase and an announcement phase. During the discovery phase, the AP detects neighboring APs from its own extended service set (ESS), neighboring APs from different ESSs, and external sources of interference. During the announcement phase, the AP transmits its beacon signals at maximum power in order to accelerate recognition by neighboring APs running the discovery phase. An automatic initialization channel selection process of an AP scans channels the AP will use to communicate. Information of each scanned channel is recorded and a best performance channel is determined for use by the AP. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042584 | WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless device | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042585 | TERMINAL POSITIONING METHOD, TERMINAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, POSITIONING SERVER, AND PROGRAM - [Subject] The present invention is directed to realize failure detection without directly detecting a failed positioning system. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042586 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE FOR RECEIVING PACKET-ORIENTED RADIO SIGNALS - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal device for a mobile telecommunication system. The device comprises means for receiving a telephone call, means for receiving packet-oriented radio signals, and means for selecting at least one transmission service which is transmitted using the packet-oriented radio signals. The mobile terminal device is adapted to receive a signal regarding a time slot from the network of the mobile telecommunication system, the time slot being determined in accordance with the selected transmission service. During the at least one time slot the reception of the packet-oriented radio signal is suspended in order to receive a radio paging signal which signals a telephone call addressed to the mobile transmission device so that the mobile terminal device remains accessible to telephone calls during reception of the packet-oriented radio signals. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING PAGING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and corresponding entity for optimizing paging process in a communication network. The method comprises of sending ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042588 | Method and installation for transmitting a message with predetermined duration of validity addressed to a subscriber terminal - Method of transmitting a message with duration of validity destined for a subscriber terminal, comprising the formulating, in the message, of-a field containing information regarding duration of validity of the message and the monitoring of the validity of the message on the basis of the information contained in said field, wherein the message is transmitted to the terminal of the subscriber and, on the expiry of the duration of validity of the message, the message received by the terminal is modified or deleted in such a way as to prevent consultation thereof. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042589 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING AND RESTORING SMS MESSAGE - An apparatus and method for compressing and restoring a Short Message Service (SMS) are provided. The apparatus includes an input unit through characters are input by a user; a display unit displays the characters input by a user; a control unit which compares the characters input by the user with a stored sentence table of recommended sentences to determine whether there is at least one recommended sentence in the sentence table that corresponds to the input characters, and if it is determined that there is the at least one recommended sentence that corresponds to the input characters, controls the display unit to display the at least one recommended sentence; a converting unit which converts a recommended sentence selected by the user from among the at least one recommended sentence into a compression code; and a transmission unit which transmits an SMS message that includes the recommended sentence converted into the compression code. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042590 | SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE NETWORK PLUG-IN - An apparatus for use with communication devices, the communication devices being configured to send and receive SMS messages, the apparatus includes a memory configured to store information indicative of the communication devices that are configured to process an SMS message of a first type, a processor configured to receive an SMS message of the first type from a first communication device, wherein the received SMS message includes contact information related to a user of the first communication device, analyze the received SMS message to determine information indicative of a destination address of the SMS message, the destination address corresponding to a second communication device, determine whether the second communication device is configured to receive SMS messages of the first type using the information indicative of the destination address and the information stored in the memory, send an outgoing SMS message to the second communication device wherein the outgoing SMS message is of the first type if it is determined that the second communication device is configured to receive SMS messages of the first type, and the outgoing SMS message is of a second type if it is determined that the second communication device is not configured to receive SMS messages of the first type. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042591 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SYNCHRONIZATION TO SUPPORT MULTI-FREQUENCY IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for acquiring synchronization to support multi-frequency in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency generator, a control signal generator and at least two modems for operating respective Frequency Allocations (FAs) by sharing the frequency generator and the control signal generator. In an embodiment, the frequency generator respectively receives first reference frequency clock signals from an oscillator of each of the at least two modems and generates a second reference frequency clock signal and the control signal generator outputs a signal for controlling the oscillator of each of the at least two modems according to a frequency offset value estimated in each of the at least two modems. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042592 | BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - A broadcast receiver and a method of processing data are disclosed. The broadcast receiver includes a signal receiving unit, a transmission parameter detector, a block decoder, a storage unit, and a data manager. The signal receiving unit receives a broadcast signal multiplexed mobile broadcast service data including two-way contents and main broadcast service data. The transmission parameter detector detects the transmission parameter. The block decoder symbol-decodes the received broadcast signal included in the mobile broadcast service data in block units, based upon the detected transmission parameter. The storage unit stores the decoded two-way contents. The data manager reads a requested two-way contents from the stored two-way contents with respect to a user's select signal, and provides the requested two-way contents service. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042593 | ADAPTATION OF TRANSMIT POWER FOR NEIGHBORING NODES - Transmit power (e.g., maximum transmit power) may be defined based on the maximum received signal strength allowed by a receiver and a minimum coupling loss from a transmitting node to a receiver. Transmit power may be defined for an access node (e.g., a femto node) such that a corresponding outage created in a cell (e.g., a macro cell) is limited while still providing an acceptable level of coverage for access terminals associated with the access node. An access node may autonomously adjust its transmit power based on channel measurement and a defined coverage hole to mitigate interference. Transmit power may be defined based on channel quality. Transmit power may be defined based on a signal-to-noise ratio at an access terminal. The transmit power of neighboring access nodes also may be controlled by inter-access node signaling. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042594 | ADAPTATION OF TRANSMIT POWER BASED ON MAXIMUM RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH - Transmit power (e.g., maximum transmit power) may be defined based on the maximum received signal strength allowed by a receiver and a minimum coupling loss from a transmitting node to a receiver. Transmit power may be defined for an access node (e.g., a femto node) such that a corresponding outage created in a cell (e.g., a macro cell) is limited while still providing an acceptable level of coverage for access terminals associated with the access node. An access node may autonomously adjust its transmit power based on channel measurement and a defined coverage hole to mitigate interference. Transmit power may be defined based on channel quality. Transmit power may be defined based on a signal-to-noise ratio at an access terminal. The transmit power of neighboring access nodes also may be controlled by inter-access node signaling. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042595 | AUTONOMOUS ADAPTATION OF TRANSMIT POWER - Transmit power (e.g., maximum transmit power) may be defined based on the maximum received signal strength allowed by a receiver and a minimum coupling loss from a transmitting node to a receiver. Transmit power may be defined for an access node (e.g., a femto node) such that a corresponding outage created in a cell (e.g., a macro cell) is limited while still providing an acceptable level of coverage for access terminals associated with the access node. An access node may autonomously adjust its transmit power based on channel measurement and a defined coverage hole to mitigate interference. Transmit power may be defined based on channel quality. Transmit power may be defined based on a signal-to-noise ratio at an access terminal. The transmit power of neighboring access nodes also may be controlled by inter-access node signaling. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042596 | ADAPTATION OF TRANSMIT POWER BASED ON CHANNEL QUALITY - Transmit power (e.g., maximum transmit power) may be defined based on the maximum received signal strength allowed by a receiver and a minimum coupling loss from a transmitting node to a receiver. Transmit power may be defined for an access node (e.g., a femto node) such that a corresponding outage created in a cell (e.g., a macro cell) is limited while still providing an acceptable level of coverage for access terminals associated with the access node. An access node may autonomously adjust its transmit power based on channel measurement and a defined coverage hole to mitigate interference. Transmit power may be defined based on channel quality. Transmit power may be defined based on a signal-to-noise ratio at an access terminal. The transmit power of neighboring access nodes also may be controlled by inter-access node signaling. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042597 | LINK ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system that establishes a link between a plurality of base stations in which an adjacency condition is satisfied. The mobile communication system including a first base station that transmits a broadcast packet including its own location information and radius information of a wireless service area. Also included is a second base station that determines the adjacency condition between the wireless service areas based on the location information of the first base station and the radius information of the wireless service area, included in the packet received from the first base station, and the second base station's location information and the radius information of the wireless service area. The link is preferably established between the first and second base stations in which the adjacency condition is satisfied. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042598 | REMOTE PROFILE MODIFICATION FOR DEVICE RECOVERY ASSIST - A system is provided for recovering a mobile device by enabling an authorized user to remotely change the profile of the device to assist others in returning the device to the user. Initially, a user registers the mobile device with a recovery assist server. When the user is unable to locate the device because it is, for example, lost or stolen, the user indicates with the server that the device is missing. The device and the server are configured to communicate with each other, for example, periodically or, in another example, on device start up. If the device is identified as missing on the server, the operation of the mobile device is configured based on a missing profile associated with the mobile device. Once the device is located, the user indicates with the server that the device is no longer missing. When the device is unidentified as missing on the server, the operation of the mobile device is configured based on a user profile associated with the mobile device. When the mobile device is configured based on the missing profile, the mobile device may, for example, display a background image or play a ring tone to inform persons near the device that the device is considered mislaid and to provide such persons with information for returning the device. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042599 | EXPEDITED COMMUNICATION GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for managing expedited communication functions for a mobile device having a processing subsystem, a memory subsystem, a display subsystem, a communication subsystem, and a keyboard subsystem includes displaying a graphical key representation of mobile device keyboard subsystem keys, arranging the graphical keys in similar disposition to the mobile device keyboard subsystem keys, and displaying visual indicia to indicate mobile device keyboard subsystem keys associated with expedited communication functions. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042600 | Mobile Cellular Network and Method for Operating Mobile Cellular Network - A mobile radiotelephone network, e.g., operated according to the GSM-or 3GPP-standard, provides several services which have different requirements on network resources. The automated setting up of a connection in the second service is provided in reaction to a desired connection set-up between one of the end devices in the first service, according to pre-determined conditions. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042601 | LTE MEASUREMENT DEFINITIONS FOR INTER RADIO TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENT WITH NON-3GPP RADIO ACCESS - A method and apparatus for measurement in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) including the WTRU operating in a first radio access technology (RAT), the WTRU receiving a list comprising a plurality of RATs, wherein each of the plurality of RATs is ranked according to a priority, and the WTRU measuring a second RAT based on the priority. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042602 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal has a plurality of functions executed by a press of a specific key, and an address book that stores personal information. The personal information includes a plurality of personal information pieces composed of mail destinations and execution information necessary for executing the functions. When the mobile telephone receives designation of a mail that has been transmitted or received, or is to be transmitted, and any of the keys is pressed, a personal information pieces that includes a destination that is the receiver or transmitter of the designated mail is retrieved from the address book. Execution information of the function allocated to the pressed key is retrieved, and the function allocated to the pressed key is executed. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042603 | WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS MULTI-MEDIA APPARATUS - This invention discloses a wireless network access multi-media apparatus having a central processing unit and a hardware driver in conformity with a connector. The connector is a wireless network connector or a cable network connector, and the host pre-stores an identity code database, so that the wireless network access multi-media apparatus can be connected to a network and a remote storage equipment through an intermediary server at the network storage end. The connection is a connection to a storage device controlled by a server or simply a connection to a storage device, so that the host can access the data in the storage device at the storage end after authentication and the host becomes a multi-media entertainment player or a work tool at a portable mobile end without requiring additional download and setup or a storage device, and thus the invention provides a quick, convenient and low-cost application. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042604 | CELLULAR HOME SECURITY SYSTEM - The invention provides an improved security system comprised of video cameras and microphones to remotely monitor a home using a cellular telephone. An activation button is mounted as a doorbell button and interconnected with the security system to trigger the audio and video transmissions. The security system will automatically call the homeowner and allow two-way conversation and video using a streaming transmission. In response to a wireless distress signal sent to the security system using the homeowner's cellular telephone establishes a wireless connection with the security system and a security service or local authorities allowing the third-party to monitor and assess the situation. The homeowner is contemporaneously receiving the audio and video signals from the home using his cellular telephone and is capable of communicating directly with the security service. The distress signal is a secret code consisting of an array of numbers. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042605 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND MEHTOD THEREFORE - The disclosed embodiments relate to a mobile communication terminal including a user interface and a processor. The mobile communication terminal receives real time acquired colour data, from which the processor generates a colour scheme for the user interface. The light generating means receive the colour scheme and provide a coloured light to user interface in accordance with the colour scheme. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042606 | Light illumination compensation for mobile computing devices - A mobile computing device includes a housing, a light source, a power circuit, and a processing circuit. The housing is configured to be carried by a user while in use. The power circuit is coupled to the light source. The processing circuit is configured to provide control signals to the power circuit to illuminate the light source. The processing circuit is configured to count the illuminations of the light source, to store usage data based on the counted illuminations, and to adjust the control signals based on the usage data. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042607 | Broadcast Program Scene Report System and Method, Mobile Terminal Device, and Computer Program - A mobile terminal | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042608 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICE TO MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and method of connecting an external device to a mobile terminal are provided that facilitates management of multimedia contents between the mobile terminal and the external device to which the mobile terminal is connected. The present invention includes an interface unit for connecting the mobile terminal to an external device and a control unit that controls the mobile terminal to be connected to the external device in a non-multimedia content management protocol mode if the external device does not support a multimedia content management protocol mode. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042609 | Selective Rendering of Multimedia Information - A method and apparatus for selectively rendering audio-video information to user output devices based on the current configuration of the wireless communication device is described herein. The audio-video information comprises an audio component, a video component, and a metadata component. The wireless communication device outputs the video component to an internal display and the audio component to a speaker when the wireless communication device operates in an open configuration. When in the closed configuration, the wireless communication device stops outputting the video component to the internal display. Further, the closed wireless communication device continues to output the audio component to the speaker while outputting the metadata to an external display. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042610 | Portable information terminal - An objective of the present invention is to provide a slide type portable information terminal having a favorable internal packaging efficiency and a compact shape. A first body and a second body, each having a wedge shaped outer appearance, where a dimension in the depth direction gradually becomes thinner from one side to the other side in the width direction, are slidably coupled via a slide mechanism to constitute a body. As for the body, when the first body and the second body are overlapped, a part of the second body having the thickest dimension in the depth direction is arranged on one side of the front surface of the first body, as well as a part of the first body having the thickest dimension in the depth direction is arranged on one side of the rear of the second body, and a camera unit is arranged in the portion with thickest dimension in the depth direction of the first body. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042611 | METHOD FOR ORDERING AND PAYING FOR AN ACCESS AUTHORIZATION, FOR CHECKING THE ACCESS AUTHORIZATION, FOR GRANTING AN ACCESS AUTHORIZATION AND/OR FOR PROVIDING ACCESS-RELATED INFORMATION - There is proposed a method for ordering and paying for an access authorization, for checking the access authorization, for granting an access authorization and/or for providing access-related information, whereby a data set containing at least one element associated with the access authorization is storable in a mobile telephone or a memory unit associated with the mobile telephone, and the check and/or the granting of the access authorization is effected by a contactless interaction between the mobile telephone and an access control device, whereby, in the case of access control devices in which payment is made upon exit from the place limited by the at least one access control device, the detection of access is carried out upon access via the access control device via an RFID-compliant mobile telephone and the interaction of the mobile telephone with the access control device by means of RFID technology, and whereby, for the purpose of granting and identifying the access authorization and for payment thereof, a one-to-one transaction number associated with the access authorization is used which is transmissible contactlessly from the mobile telephone to another mobile telephone. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042612 | MULTI-ACCESS SOLID STATE MEMORY DEVICES AND A TELEPHONE UTILIZING SUCH - A mobile telephone device, comprising, an enclosure; a plurality of hardware components that provide the functionality of a cellular telephone or a satellite telephone, at least some of said components being inside or on said enclosure; a solid state non-volatile storage system inside of said enclosure; and a directly accessible connection for said storage system, adapted to connect to an external host system. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042613 | MOBILE TERMINAL SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND FUNCTION LOCKING METHOD - A mobile terminal system is provided whereby, when a memory card or memory card with an IC function inserted in a mobile terminal apparatus is removed, a function of at least one of the apparatus itself and/or the memory card is locked easily by means of an intuitive operation by the user. This mobile terminal system ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042614 | MULTI-TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM WITH MIMO AND BEAM-FORMING CAPABILITY - A system and method for communicating with a second communication system utilizing a plurality of antennas. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining whether communicating with the second communication system utilizing a plurality of antennas in a first configuration, which comprises a beam-forming configuration, is preferable to utilizing a plurality of antennas in a second configuration, which comprises a MIMO or MISO configuration. If it is determined that the first configuration is preferable to the second configuration, the communication system may be configured to communicate with the second communication system by utilizing at least a portion of the plurality of antennas in the first configuration. If it is determined that the second configuration is preferable to the first configuration, then the communication system may be configured to communicate with the second communication system by utilizing at least a portion of the plurality of antennas in the second configuration. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042615 | Method for Selecting Antennas in a Wireless Networks - A method and system selects antennas in a wireless network including a base station and user equipment (UE) transceivers. The base station specifies times and frequencies to transmit sounding reference signals (SRSs), and antennas to use to transmit the SRSs for the specified times and frequencies. The transceivers transmit the SRS according to the specified times, frequencies, and antennas. The base station selects subsets of the set of available sets of antennas, and indicates the selected subset of antennas to the transceiver. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042616 | Method for Implicit Selecting Antennas in a Wireless Networks - A method and system selects antennas in a wireless network including a base station and user equipment (UE) transceivers. The base station specifies times and frequencies to transmit sounding reference signals (SRSs), and antennas to use to transmit the SRSs for the specified times and frequencies. The transceivers transmit the SRS according to the specified times, frequencies, and antennas. The stopping and starting of the SRS are specified implicitly. The base station selects subsets of the set of available sets of antennas, and indicates the selected subset of antennas to the transceiver. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042617 | BEAM SELECTION IN OPEN LOOP MU-MIMO - A beam selection method in open loop MU-MIMO is disclosed, for an asymmetric antenna configuration. The proposed beam selection method employs limited feedback, as compared with single-user closed-loop MIMO and multiple-user closed-loop MIMO, in which the base station requires channel state information (CSI). The multi-user MIMO beam selection method selects the portion of beams from candidate beams for data transmission, meaning that the base station is training M beams. From this, the subscriber station selects N beams from the total M beams, with N≦M. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042618 | GENERALIZED MIMO-BEAMFORMING WEIGHT ESTIMATION - Techniques are provided to enable wireless communication between first and second wireless communication devices each having a plurality of antennas, where the second device sends the transmissions via less than all of its plurality of antennas. Each transmission may comprise a plurality of time-frequency instances. At the first communication device, data is derived representing parameters of a communication channel between the plurality of antennas of the first device and all of the plurality of antennas of the second device from the transmissions received at the plurality of antennas of the first device. Beamforming weights for transmitting one or more signal streams via the plurality of antennas of the first device to the plurality of antennas of the second device are computed based on the data representing parameters of the communication channel between the plurality of antennas of the first device and the plurality of antennas of the second device. The beamforming weights are applied to the one or more signal streams to be transmitted via the plurality of antennas of the first device to the plurality of antennas of the second device. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042619 | Electronic Device with Morphing User Interface - An electronic device ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042620 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL FOR BROADCAST RECEPTION - A mobile communication terminal including a controller configured to access a web page for receiving a broadcast when the terminal enters a broadcast mode for receiving the broadcast, a display configured to display the accessed web page, and a receiving unit configured to receive channel information related to the broadcast and linked to a specific information entity selected on the web page. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042621 | MULTI COLOURS DEVICE ILLUMINATION - A portable device having within it a multicolour illumination arrangement comprising: a surface; a plurality of light sources, at least one of the plurality of light sources being capable of generating two or more emission colours; and drive means for causing the emission colour of the at least one light source to vary; whereby the illumination arrangement can produce a varying illumination through at least part of the surface. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING, USING, AND DISSEMINATING CUSTOMIZED AUDIO/VIDEO CLIPS - A system for creating, using, and disseminating audio/video clips on a mobile device and in other contexts is disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042623 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND NOISE PREVENTION STRUCTURE OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A microphone ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042624 | Combine Rotor Assembly With Progressive Pitch Element Pattern - A rotor assembly for a threshing system of a combine provides effective grain threshing and separation, while doing so in a manner that conserves power and avoids usage spikes and the like, by providing at least two helical patterns of elements for threshing and separating, having a helical pitch that progressively changes by an advantageous extent, while spacing between adjacent ones of the elements of each pattern is held about constant. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042625 | COMBINE WITH AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR THAT CAN BE MOVED BETWEEN A SWATH DEPOSITING POSITION AND A CHOPPER POSITION - A combine is provided, with a harvested crop processing arrangement with an outlet for straw that is associated with an ejection drum and an endless conveyor arranged between the ejection drum and a straw chopper. In its rear region, the endless conveyor can be pivoted about a horizontal axis extending transverse to the direction of operation between a chopper position and a swath depositing position. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042626 | HARVESTED CROP REMAINS OUTPUT APPARATUS FOR A COMBINE THAT CAN BE SWITCHED BETWEEN BROAD DISTRIBUTION AND EJECTION ELBOW OPERATING MODE - A harvested crop remains output apparatus for a combine can alternate between a broad distribution operating mode and an ejection elbow operating mode. The harvested crop remains output apparatus includes a housing having a first opening and a second opening; a flap associated with the first opening of the housing; a flap associated with the second opening of the housing; an output conveyor for tangentially conveying harvested crop remains arranged in the housing; a broad distribution arrangement arranged downstream of the first opening; an ejection elbow arranged downstream of the second opening; and a plurality of selection devices for selectively conveying harvested crop remains to the broad distribution arrangement or the ejection elbow. The plurality of selection devices include a first flap associated with the first opening and a second flap associated with the second opening. During the broad distribution operating mode the first flap is opened and the second flap is closed, and during the ejection elbow operating mode the second flap is opened and the first flap is closed. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042627 | SPORTS SIMULATOR AND SIMULATION METHOD - A sports simulator calculates spin of a sports object using image analysis. A velocity vector is also calculated. These are combined to produce a predicted future trajectory of the sports object. In one embodiment, the sports object is a golf ball and the sports simulator simulates golf. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042628 | HORSE POSITION INFORMATION ANALYZING AND DISPLAYING METHOD - The purpose of the present invention is, in a horse race or a motorboat race, to display the progress of the race (trail) of each horse, by obtaining analysis data of a plural number of patrol images provided around the race course, by acquiring position information of each horse at the moment and by tracking the specific horse through judging similarity between consecutive pictures of said patrol image. The position information analyzing and displaying method for each horse or boat or the like of the present invention, for continuously captured race images, identifies each horse or boat or the like by similarity analysis and tracks continuously the trail of each horse or boat or the like in said racing images, and also analyzes said position information of each horse or boat or the like by using the positional relationship with the fixed position information in said images, in order to display the trail of each horse or boat or the like. A template of which size matches the image size of each horse or boat is used for said identification, and each horse or boat or the like is identified within said template. Here, said template is hexagonal and the size of said template is variable according to the size of each horse or boat on the picture. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042629 | GAMING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - To enable to execute various patterns of battle strategies in a turn-based game by considering which character is advantageous to use depending on the situation of the game, the present invention comprises: a character selecting unit | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042630 | Facilitated Gaming System and Method with Equalizing Criteria for Facilitator - Systems and methods for playing a dealer-facilitated card game including use of a dealer-equalization criteria and a dealer-favored bias criteria. The game involves dealing a starting hand to at least one player and to the dealer, wherein each starting hand includes one or more cards representing a potential portion of a resulting hand. A bet is placed by the player, and the bet is called by the dealer. The respective ranks of each hand are determined and one of the resulting hands is identified as the winning hand. Distribution of the betting pool is assessed based on at least the winning hand and dealer-favored bias criteria. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042631 | Systems and Methods for Ticket Checking Services for On-Line Lotteries and On-Line Games - A player establishes a player account and may associate tickets with the player account by identifying the player's account when purchasing a ticket. The player may identify the account in various ways. Each ticket purchased by the player is associated with the player's account. The player may then use an account checking service to obtain information about tickets associated with the player's account. The information provided may include results information, allowing a player to learn whether a ticket is winning ticket without manually checking the ticket. The system is operated using a lottery computer system that includes a lottery database. The lottery database is used to store ticket information relating to tickets, player account information relating to player accounts and ticket association information relating to associations between player account and tickets. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042632 | Novel Global Communication Network for Entertainment, Advertising and Social Gathering - The present invention provides a method for creating a communication network for entertainment, advertising and social gathering services by using mobile devices that communicate automatically with each other via short-range communication means in a system based on peer-to-peer technology. The method enables to operate different applications in a network without having a central provider and without geographical limitations. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042633 | System and Method for Operating On-Line Governmental Lottery Games - A method for facilitating governmental lottery play over an electronic network includes receiving a request for mobile player terminal location information from an agent server, acquiring location information based upon distances between the mobile player terminal and a plurality of transmitters with known locations, transmitting the acquired location information to the agent server, determining whether the mobile player terminal is located within a lottery jurisdiction based on the transmitted location information, and processing the purchase of a lottery ticket when the location of the mobile player terminal is determined to be located within the lottery jurisdiction. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042634 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TICKETS FROM GAMING DEVICES AND/OR LOTTERY TERMINALS WHICH ARE NOT DEPENDENT ON A PLAYER'S SUCCESS ON THE UNDERLYING GAME - Gaming devices dispense tickets which are unrelated to a player's success on a particular game played on a gaming device or to the player's credits on a credit meter or other “cash out” indicator. The gaming devices provide gaming awards and also provide tickets. Other methods provide tickets during the play of wagering games. Still other embodiments comprise lottery terminals which dispense tickets other than those purchased by a lottery patron or won on a purchased lottery ticket | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042635 | Roulette game - The roulette game is based upon a wheel having multiple series of consecutive numbers thereon. Each number is distinguished by a color, with a different quantity of colors repeating to provide a unique color and number combination for each position on the wheel. The colors may be selected to represent the colors of a national flag, e.g., red, white, and blue for the U.S., red, white, and green for Mexico, etc. House profit may be provided by payment of lower than actual odds, by the retention of a percentage of winning wagers, or by designating one or more wheel positions as winning positions for the house. This system may incorporate a progressive wagering system wherein retention of the house profit is waived for players who choose to place progressive wagers on consecutive plays of the wheel. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042636 | POWER PATH BONUS METHOD - A gaming machine is described wherein one or more moving indicators travel near or amongst slot machine symbols or playing cards granting awards, bonuses, attributes or selection criteria that may affect the game outcome for the current play, subsequent plays or other game segments. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042637 | Method of playing a slot machine with connected payline positions - The present invention defines connected pay lines in a symbol matrix by using combinations of connected symbol positions in a symbol matrix. The term “connected symbol positions” refers to symbol positions that are adjacent to each other in the symbol matrix; the term “connected pay lines” refers to a pay line comprised of connected symbol positions. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042638 | WAGERING GAME WITH MULTIPLIER FOR PROGRESSIVE FUND POOL - A method for playing wagering games at which players are eligible for a progressive game includes, responsive to receiving wager inputs from players, conducting wagering games in which players are eligible to win a progressive game. The method includes funding the progressive game by a portion of the wager inputs. The progressive game has a certain number of fund pools, each fund pool receiving a substantially equivalent share of the funding portion. The method also includes displaying a progressive-game award value that is substantially equivalent to an amount of one of the fund pools. In response to a player triggering a progressive-award winning outcome, a plurality of selectable elements are displayed to the player, each selectable element being associated with a progressive-game award multiplier that increases the progressive-game award value to an enhanced-progressive-award value. The progressive game multiplier dictates the number of the fund pools to be used to award the enhanced-progressive-award value to the player. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042639 | Card Gaming Machine And Card Game Playing Method - A card gaming machine determines a dealer's hand and a player's hand for each terminal and specifies a remaining card group. The players' hand and the dealer's hand are compared for winning/losing judgment, and a prize based on the judgment result is awarded. If a side bet is made, a bonus judgment process is carried out for a bonus target card group consisting of a first card group selected and determined from a remaining card group and a second card group selected and determined from the player's hand irrespective winning/losing judgment result, and a bonus payout based on the judgment result is awarded. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042640 | FAULT TOLERANT GAMING SYSTEMS - Method and apparatus are provided wherein, in one example embodiment, a gaming machine includes a computing platform and a software program executing on the computing platform to provide a gaming experience to a user of the gaming machine, and there are provided one or more hardware or software components operative on the computing platform to detect faults occurring on the platform. At least one fault recovery software component is also operative on the gaming platform, and the fault recovery software component is adapted to operate in response to the detection of a fault. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042641 | Wagering game with time-based bonus - A gaming system for playing a wagering game includes a display and a controller. The display displays a base game of the wagering game in response to receiving a wager input from a player. The controller is coupled to the display and, in response to receiving the wager input, is programmed to increment eligibility time to a counter of bonus-time eligibility. The counter is decremented as real time progresses. If the counter is greater than zero when a bonus game of the wagering game is triggered, the player is allowed to play the bonus game. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042642 | Gaming chips and table game security system - Gaming chips are provided with embedded radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags incorporated into a gaming chip for identifying and tracking the gaming chips within a casino, and even upon a gaming table. The gaming chips have a body in the shape of a disc which has a loss tangent of 0.0078 or less, and more preferably of 0.007 or less. For chips operating at 900 MHz, the body has a dielectric constant of 5 or less, and preferably 3-5. For chips operating at 2.45 GHz, the body has a dielectric constant of 5-8. Preferably, the body is made of a blend of plastic, such as PVC, and a dielectric ceramic. The RFID is preferably sandwiched between layers of a high frequency circuit material including top and bottom layers and a center layer have a hole for receiving the RFID. Preferably, the layers of high frequency circuit material have a dielectric constant of 2.5-4 and a loss tangent of 0.002-0.006. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042643 | Wagering Game System With Progressive-Award Denomination Selection Feature - A gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming terminals and a progressive-game controller. Each gaming terminal has a wagering game with a plurality of symbols that indicate a randomly selected outcome elected from a plurality of outcomes, and the wagering game allows a player to be eligible for a progressive game jackpot. The gaming terminals include terminals having different payout demonimantions. The progressive-game controller is coupled to the gaming terminals and operative to (i) receive information from each of the gaming terminals, wherein the information includes the payout denominations available at the gaming terminals, and (ii) determine a progressive-award denomination based on the information received from the gaming terminals. An escrow pool may be established to assist in paying a progressive jackpot if the denomination-selection feature results in a jackpot-award value that is greater than the actual value of the jackpot. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042644 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A GROUP BONUS EVENT FOR LINKED GAMING DEVICES - A gaming system and method provides a competitive group bonus event for a plurality of players playing at linked gaming devices. Upon activation of the group bonus event, a first one of the players playing at one of the gaming devices can challenge one or more other players to participate in the group bonus event. Players who accept the challenge agree to compete for one or more awards associated with the group bonus event. The players play the primary games of their respective gaming devices independently of the group bonus event. The first player to trigger a bonus game on his or her gaming device wins the group bonus event and is provided with an award. The winner of the group bonus event additionally has the opportunity to play the triggered bonus game. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090042645 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENT BONUS AWARDS BASED ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRIGGERED EVENTS - A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming devices. The central server tracks the occurrences of one or more suitable events occurring at or in association with one or more gaming devices in the gaming system. Upon the central server determining that the quantity of occurred events tracked has reached a designated quantity or threshold, (i.e., a triggering event has occurred), the gaming system provides a progressive award to one of the players at one of the gaming devices in the gaming system. | 2009-02-12 |
