10th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100062712 | CUSTOMIZED BLUETOOTH ENABLED IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - A customized Bluetooth enabled identification device for Bluetooth based identification, communication and tracking system is described. The device uses a customized Bluetooth hardware as identification of location is done through its 48 bit unique hardware address by providing password based security over identification. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062713 | HEADSET DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING - Distributing signal processing for a headset. The system comprises a headset and base device. The headset has one or more microphones, and one or more speakers. The headset communicates with the base device via a bidirectional wireless communications link such as Bluetooth. The headset has an on-board digital signal processor for processing at least one of electrical signals passing to the speaker and electrical signals passing from the microphone. The base device has a processor which can carry the burden of any or all processing functions which do not require short latency. And/or the base device's processor can control at least one aspect of digital signal processing of the digital signal processor of the headset, and effect such control via the wireless communications link. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062714 | IN-VEHICLE HANDSFREE APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - An in-vehicle navigation apparatus with a handsfree function establishes a Bluetooth communication link with a cellular phone. When receiving from the cellular phone outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which were stored in the cellular phone before establishing the Bluetooth communication link, the in-vehicle navigation apparatus stores, in a work memory, the received outgoing call history data and the received incoming call history data, equally to, of the navigation apparatus itself, outgoing call history data and incoming call history data. An outgoing call operation then becomes possible using outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which are stored in the work memory. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062715 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FUNCTIONING AS PEN-TABLE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A portable electronic apparatus functioning as a pen-table, includes a touch-screen module for detecting contact with an external object and creating position data of a detected region. The portable electronic apparatus, by functioning as a pen-table, eliminates the need to install or carry a mouse, a pen-table, etc. for controlling a personal computer, a laptop computer or the like. A local area communication module transmits and receives data based on a local area communication protocol, and a display module displays the detected region and information on a user interface (UI) and functions of the apparatus. A controller controls the operations of the modules in response to the user's input so as to transmit position data created by the touch-screen module to an electronic device that includes the functions of a pen-table and local area communication. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062716 | REFERENCE SIGNAL SEQUENCE REPRESENTATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device including a controller communicably coupled to a transceiver. In one embodiment, the controller generates a QPSK sequence having multiple elements wherein each element includes real and imaginary parts. In another embodiment, the sequence is selected from a groups of sequences stored on a user terminal. Thereafter, the controller generates a reference signal based on the information representative of the selected QPSK sequence. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062717 | ASYMMETRICAL MULTICARRIER INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE - A system and methods for asymmetrical multicarrier interference avoidance in a communication from a network to a subscriber device. The asymmetrical multicarrier interference avoidance technique comprises measuring signal-to-noise ratio interference values and sorting the measured values into two tables for selecting an anchor and a non-anchor frequency carrier pairs. The system is self-tuning based on changes in the network, the subscriber and the surrounding environment. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062718 | System and Method for Unsynchronized Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Nodes - System and method for unsynchronized cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio nodes. A method comprises receiving spectrum sensing information from a plurality of communications nodes, computing for each communications node in the plurality of communications nodes, a likelihood ratio based on spectrum sensing information provided by the communications node, combining the likelihood ratios, and computing a decision value based on the combined likelihood ratio. Each communications node determines its respective spectrum sensing information at a time unrelated to times when other communications nodes determine their spectrum sensing information. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062719 | Managing the Audio-Signal Loss Plan of a Telecommunications Network - A method is disclosed that enables the monitoring, evaluation, and adjustment of a telecommunications network's audio-signal loss plan. The method can be implemented at a data-collection server, in which the server accumulates voice-quality measurement statistics from various nodes in the network. Such nodes include telecommunications endpoints, media gateways, private-branch exchanges, teleconference bridges, and so forth. The different types of statistics that can be acquired include voice activity detection, average speech level, average noise level, and so forth. The server accumulates the statistical data from the various nodes for multiple calls and over an extended period of time. The server is also able to compare the statistics against a theoretical model that is a function of the loss plan, at least in part. For example, the comparisons that the data-collection server performs can be used to determine why certain calls have been reported as having unsatisfactory quality. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062720 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A signal transmission system includes a transmitting unit configured to drive an input signal and to transmit the input signal, a pre-emphasis unit configured to detect a change in a voltage level of the input signal and to amplify a voltage of an output signal of the transmitting unit for a predetermined time, and a receiving unit configured to receive the output signal from the transmitting unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A RECEIVED SIGNAL - In a method for processing a signal received by a receiver, at a first wireless receiver ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100062722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PATH LOSS IN A USE ENVIRONMENT - A method includes providing a first data collection unit and a second data collection unit, each of the first test data collection unit and the second data collection unit comprising a wireless transceiver and adapted for wireless communication therebetween, physically moving the first data collection unit to each of a plurality of different locations within the use environment associated with use of the home appliance, establishing a radio frequency link between the first data collection unit and the second data collection unit at each of the plurality of different locations within the use environment, characterizing quality of the radio frequency link at each of the plurality of different locations, the quality of the radio frequency link being at least partially based on the path loss within the use environment, and determining an aggregate characterization of the first data collection unit within the use environment using the quality of the radio frequency link at each of the plurality of different locations. A system for characterizing radio communications quality is also provided. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062723 | FEMTO CELL BASE STATION AND METHOD - A femto cell base station and a method are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) monitoring data transmission antenna weights used during wireless data transmissions over a femto cell data channel between a femto cell base station and user equipment; b) deriving broadcast channel antenna weights from the data transmission antenna weights; and c) forming the femto cell broadcast channel beam using the broadcast channel antenna weights. The femto cell broadcast channel beam is adapted to minimise interference. The femto cell broadcast channel beam may then be formed using those broadcast channel antenna weights in order to direct and restrict the size of the broadcast channel beam and reduce the likely interference caused by the femto cell to other femto cells and to a macro cell. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062724 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING VOICE QUALITY ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for providing monitoring of voice quality and diagnostic data related to voice quality on a wireless device. Monitoring thresholds can be implemented that allow for additional precautionary measures and/or further monitoring to occur if a threshold level of voice quality performance is experienced. The results of the voice and diagnostic monitoring can be communicated to the service provider who can then collect, analyze and generate reports to assess and determine quality-related problems experienced by the communication network. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062725 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A MESSAGE ASSOCIATED WITH POWER SAVING MODE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a sleep mode in a broadband wireless access system, more particularly a method of transmitting and receiving a message associated with a sleep mode in a broadband wireless access system. The method of transmitting a message associated with a sleep mode in a broadband wireless access system includes transmitting a first message which includes a flag if a receiving side receives the first message associated with the sleep mode, the flag indicating that the receiving side transmits an acknowledgement signal to a transmitting side, and receiving the acknowledgement signal from the receiving side which has received the first message. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062726 | Reconfigurable UWB RF Transceiver - A reconfigurable RF transceiver capable of supporting MB-OFDM, DS-UWB, and impulse radio in different operation modes. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062727 | HIGH-FREQUENCY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - A high-frequency device having high-frequency-signal-treating circuits in and on a laminate substrate comprising pluralities of dielectric layers having conductor patterns, the high-frequency-signal-treating circuits having amplifier circuits and switch circuits; terminals including input and output terminals of high-frequency signals, the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one main surface of the laminate substrate; power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the amplifier circuits and power supply lines each having one end connected to each of the power supply terminals of the switch circuits being formed on one dielectric layer to constitute a power supply line layer; a first ground electrode being arranged on the side of the main surface with respect to the power supply line layer, the first ground electrode overlapping at least part of the power supply lines in a lamination direction; a second ground electrode being arranged on the opposite side of the first ground electrode with respect to the power supply line layer, the second ground electrode overlapping at least part of the power supply lines in a lamination direction; and the high-frequency-signal-treating circuits being arranged on the opposite side of the power supply line layer with respect to the second ground electrode. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062728 | Tuning an electrically small antenna - An electrically small antenna, such as one physically sized appropriate to a mobile device, can be tuned in response to a detected change that can result in poorer reception using the electrically small antenna. Such detected changes include a detected change in the connectivity of a wired accessory relative to the mobile device, a detected change in a position of the mobile device, and a detected change of an audio channel selected by the mobile device. To minimize any user impact of the retuning of the electrically small antenna, a timer can be initiated and the antenna can be retuned during an opportune time, such as when one or more signal metrics associated with a signal being provided to the user drop below a threshold, or when the timer expires, whichever occurs first. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062729 | CIRCUIT, PROCESS, AND USE OF A MEMORY FOR TRANSMITTING AND/OR RECEIVING IN A RADIO NETWORK - Circuit, process, and use of a memory for transmitting and/or receiving in a radio network, with a memory, which has a first interface for reading and writing and a second interface for reading and writing, with an arithmetic logic unit, which is connected to the first interface for reading and writing, with a control unit, which is connected to the second interface for reading and writing, and with a transmit/receive unit, which is connected to the control unit for writing received data via the second interface of the memory and for reading transmit data via the second interface of the memory. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062730 | RF TRANSCEIVER FRONT-END - An RF transceiver front-end includes receiver and transmitter front-ends. The receiver front-end includes 1 | 2010-03-11 |
20100062731 | Modular Charging Dock - A headset radio base, a headset charging system including a modular charging dock, and methods of charging various headsets are disclosed. In one embodiment, a headset radio base includes a charging dock interface configured to interface with one of a plurality of interchangeable charging docks having different form factors for charging different headsets, a transceiver for wirelessly communicating with the different headsets, a power source interface, and a network interface. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062732 | RECEIVING-TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SWITCHING TRANSMISSION ANTENNA IN TRANSMISSION SWITCHED DIVERSITY SYSTEM - Provided are a transmission/receiving apparatus and method of switching a transmission antenna in a Transmission Switched Diversity (TSD) system. The transmission apparatus includes an announcement command frame reading unit to verify a TSD Information Element (IE) included in an announcement command frame when receiving the announcement command frame from a receiving apparatus, and to verify whether to request a switching of the transmission antenna, an antenna switching unit to select an antenna, not being selected from a plurality of antennas, as a transmission antenna when the announcement command frame requests the switching of the transmission antenna, and to switch a currently used antenna into the selected transmission antenna, and an announcement command frame generation unit to convert transmission antenna information included in the TSD IE into the selected transmission antenna, and to generate a response announcement command frame including the converted TSD IE and transmit to the receiving apparatus. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062733 | DISTORTION CORRECTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISTORTION CORRECTION CONTROL METHOD - A distortion correction control apparatus is for compensating for a burst distortion of a transmission amplifier caused by a burst of an input signal of a transmission target. The apparatus includes a generation unit that generates a distortion correction coefficient having reverse characteristics to the foregoing burst distortion; a unit that multiplies the distortion correction coefficient output from the generation unit by the input signal or adds the distortion correction coefficient output from the generation unit to the input signal, upon reception of burst information notifying of switching between presence and absence of the input signal; and an update unit that updates, based on the input signal and a branch signal fed back as an output signal of the transmission amplifier, parameters of functions used for adaptively generating the distortion correction coefficient, and that inputs the updated parameters to the generation unit. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062734 | Apparatus For Transmitting A Signal Below A Standard Transmit Power In A Network - A transmitter includes a detection element to determine when a current power requirement of a communication link is less than the standard transmit power. The current power requirement may be determined by a current operation condition of the communication link, for instance. The transmit power of the transmitter may be set to be less than the standard power in any of a variety of ways. For example, a center tap voltage of the transmitter may be reduced. In another example, a class of operation of the transmitter may be changed. In yet another example, the transmitter may include a current mirror having a plurality of diode-connected transistors coupled in parallel, thereby reducing the current at output terminals of the transmitter. Reducing the current at the output terminals decreases the output power of the transmitter, which may reduce the power consumed by the transmitter. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062735 | HANDHELD APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF A NETWORK CONNECTION AT A SITE - A method includes receiving wireless signals from a wireless network at a handheld device located at a specified site. The wireless signals are associated with a network connection at the specified site. The method also includes determining one or more metrics related to a reliability of the network connection at the specified site. In addition, the method includes determining that a class of application or device is supported by the network connection using the one or more metrics. The one or more metrics could include signal strength, bandwidth, latency, average number of channels available, number of routing elements visible, and/or average latency. Determining that the class of application or device is supported by the network connection could include determining that each of the one or more metrics is suitable for the class of application or device based on a criticality of the class of application or device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062736 | AUTO GAIN CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An auto gain controller (AGC) and a control method thereof are provided. An input signal is amplified by a radio frequency (RF) amplifier and an intermediate frequency (IF) amplifier. When strength of the input signal is lower than a threshold, a gain curve of the RF amplifier is lowered while a gain curve of the IF amplifier is raised. When the strength of the input signal is greater than the threshold, a takeover point (TOP) of the IF amplifier is changed from a first takeover point to a second takeover point. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA DIVERSITY RECEIVER BASED ON ATSC TECHNOLOGY - A receiver comprises a plurality of paths for receiving wireless signals, each path having a designated antenna; and an antenna diversity chain adapted for information communication between the plurality of paths for a selecting and using a path among the plurality of paths. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062738 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING OUTBAND INTERFERENCE SIGNAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for eliminating an outband interference signal. An apparatus for eliminating an interference signal includes a first mixer, a filter unit, a second mixer, and an operation unit. The first mixer downconverts a received signal containing an outband interference signal. The filter unit extracts the downconverted outband interference signal from the downconverted received signal. The second mixer upconverts the downconverted outband interference signal to restore the outband interference signal to the original frequency band. The operation unit subtracts and eliminates the restored outband interference signal from the received signal. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062739 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A receiving apparatus for stopping intermittently reception processing including path detection, the receiving apparatus includes a control portion for shifting a window having a predetermined time width indicating a section in which the path detection is performed from a position before a reception stop in accordance with a state of travel of the receiving apparatus before the reception stop, and a path detecting portion for performing the path detection processing on a receive signal within the section expressed by the window after shifted by the control portion, after a lapse of the reception stop period. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062740 | MOBILE WIRELESS AUDIO DEVICE - We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General purpose devices may include a control unit, a display, a user input, and an audio output. The MPN may provide a variety of functions, including time, communication, entertainment, organization, guidance, athletic, medical, travel, outdoors, identity, security, and military. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062741 | EMERGENCY MESSAGE SERVICE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - An emergency message service method and apparatus for a mobile terminal in which the emergency message service can be effectively utilized even when call forwarding is active in the mobile terminal. The detection and deactivation of call forwarding for an emergency message permits an emergency call to be rapidly established. The emergency message service method may include: checking, upon detection of an emergency message request, the setting status of call forwarding; deactivating, when call forwarding is active, call forwarding; sending, after deactivation of call forwarding, a requested emergency message using a pre-enrolled subscriber number. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062742 | URGENT CALL MISAPPROPRIATION PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - The system includes a rescue requester device including an urgent rescue key for a requester's urgent situation, a communication company server configured to receive an urgent situation from the rescue requester device and establish a call between the rescue requester device and a rescuer device, and when the urgent situation is transferred from the rescuer device to a security server, switch the call to a call between the rescue requester device and the security server and transmits a telephone number of the rescue requester and short message information to the rescuer device, a rescuer device configured to inform the urgent situation based on the telephone number of the rescue requester device and the short message information, and a security server configured to connect the rescue requester device and a secondary emergency contact point one-sidedly through the communication company server. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062743 | WIRELESS LOCK - The invention provides for a portable device, a system comprising at least two portable devices and a method according to which at least a first portable device and at least a second portable device can be arranged so that said devices have to be located within a short distance from each other if access to the contents in said first device should remain enabled and/or access to the contents in said second device should remain enabled. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062744 | RETRIEVING DATA WIRELESSLY FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - A system comprises a processing device including a storage device. The system further comprises a wireless mobile device (“WMD”) in wireless communication with the processing device. The processing device registers the WMD and stores the registration in the system memory, receives a request for retrieval of data located in the WMD, authenticates the request based on the registration, and retrieves the data wirelessly based on the authentication. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062745 | MESSAGING APPARTUS AND METHOD - Methods and systems are described which are used to facilitate the retrieval of content associated with keywords. A message platform is provided where users may register keywords and generate content corresponding to the keywords. The content associated with a keyword may subsequently be retrieved remotely by sending the keyword via a communication device such as a mobile phone, a PDA, an IM client, or the Internet. Advantages of the invention include the provision of a centralized platform from which content may be remotely accessible using a variety of communication venues. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062746 | PROTOCOL FOR ANONYMOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques for facilitating the exchange of information and transactions between two entities associated with two wireless devices when the devices are in close proximity to each other. A first device uses a first short range wireless capability to detect an identifier transmitted from a second device in proximity, ideally using existing radio capabilities such as Bluetooth (IEEE802.15.1-2002) or Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). The detected identifier, being associated with the device, is also associated with an entity. Rather than directly exchanging application data flow between the two devices using the short range wireless capability, a second wireless capability allows for one or more of the devices to communicate with a central server via the internet, and perform the exchange of application data flow. By using a central server to draw on stored information and content associated with the entities the server can broker the exchange of information between the entities and the devices. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062747 | INFORMING MOBILE STATIONS OF AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE - A method for informing mobile stations in a geographic area of an important message is provided. The method includes identifying a geographic area, or zone, comprising at least one base station associated with a cell. A standard registration message associated with each cell in the zone is modified, which modifying results in a modified registration message with a command that is directed towards instructing mobile stations (MSs) that are already registered in the zone to re-register with the zone. The modified registration message then is broadcast from the base station. In response to the transmitting of the modified registration message, the method performs a processing of registration request messages sent from each of the MSs to the base station. In response to the processing, an acknowledge registration message is transmitted to each of the MSs, which acknowledge registration message includes data informing each of the MSs of the important message. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062748 | Apparatus, Method, Device And Computer Program Product For Communicating Medicine Identity, Dosage And Intake Instruction - A device, method, and computer software product are provided for communicating medicine dosage and intake instructions to a user by labeling a medicine container with a tag containing a unique identifier, associating the unique identifier with an audio file comprising instructions related to medicine usage, and delivering the audio file to a electromagnetic wave-enabled device. The electromagnetic wave-enable device, such as a mobile telephone or PDA, via a service, plays an audio file associated with the unique identifier when the RFID tag is read by said device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062749 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus such as a cellular phone is described in which a control unit judges, when an incoming call is received, whether a sounding unit or a vibrating unit is to be activated for announcing the reception of the incoming call. The control unit determines that the announcing of the reception is prohibited if the mobile communication apparatus is in a roaming area. When the announcing of the reception is prohibited, the control unit sends a message, showing that the reception of the incoming call is unavailable, to a calling party. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062750 | Method and Apparatus for Transferring Data - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprises a call listener module configured to detect a mobile communication. Further, the apparatus comprises a processor configured to activate a transfer in response to the mobile communication being detected and transfer data, the data not associated with the mobile communication. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062751 | MOBILE SWITCHING CENTRE HANDOVER - Retaining contact data for a subscriber to a mobile communication network may be provided by a method and apparatus components therefor that allow for storing contact data for subscribers to a mobile network located within an area served by a mobile switching centre, receiving confirmation at the mobile switching centre (MSC) that a subscriber has left the area, updating the contact data to identify that the subscriber has left the area, and retaining at least part of the contact data, the retained part of the contact data containing call forwarding details for the subscriber. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062752 | AREA-BASED POSITIONING METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A positioning method in a SUPL based position information (positioning) system, and particularly a positioning method capable of variously efficiently performing an area-based positioning (location tracking) performed by a location server or a mobile communications terminal when the location server and the mobile communications terminal respectively manage triggers generating the area-based positioning. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062753 | INTELLIGENT CONTACT MANAGEMENT - An intelligent contact management technique that automatically manages contacts on a communication device such as a mobile phone is described. The intelligent management technique can automatically determine and display a user's favorite contacts on a display of a mobile device. The technique can also intelligently group contacts based on their contact frequency. It can provide a contact-oriented event notification that notifies a user when a contact event has occurred. The contact-oriented event notification can be associated with a visual representation of an associated contact. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062754 | Cue-aware privacy filter for participants in persistent communications - A cue, for example a facial expression or hand gesture, is identified, and a device communication is filtered according to the cue. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062755 | Handling of Dynamic Neighbouring Cell Relations Using a TimeToLive Concept - The present invention relates to a network element such as a base station controller, for a cellular network comprising one or more cells being served by at least one transceiver for enabling communication sessions with a mobile cellular terminal. The element comprises communication means adapted for communicating with other network nodes. The element further comprises register software adapted for creating, configuring and/or removing information about the cell on which a communication session is running and its relationship to at least one neighbouring cell to which a running communication session can be transferred and resource management software adapted for managing the communication session between the transceiver and the terminal. The element is further characterized in that the register software is adapted for creating and/or configuring a counter value on each relationship to a neighbouring cell, which value limits the time or number of events the neighbouring cell can be part of so that when the counter value corresponds to a removal value the relationship is removed. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062756 | Sharing of Electromagnetic-Signal Measurements for Providing Feedback about Transmit-Path Signal Quality - A technique is discloses that enables a first telecommunications terminal, wireless or otherwise, to report to its user whether a second, wireless telecommunications terminal is receiving the first terminal's packet stream transmissions at a satisfactory quality level. The second terminal receives the packet stream that conveys the media waveform transmitted by the first terminal. The media waveform can be that of the speech signal of the first terminal's user. The second terminal measures a trait of the received signal and encodes the measurement data into the packet stream that the second terminal is already transmitting to the first terminal. The first terminal then decodes the measurement data from the received second stream and presents, to its user, a quality indication that is based on the measurement data. In doing so, the first terminal provides its user with a better idea of whether the second terminal has reliably received the user's communication. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062757 | SWITCHING ANTENNAS IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method for configuring a terminal in a wireless system comprising at least one terminal and at least one base station, comprising:
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20100062758 | USING A FIRST WIRELESS LINK TO EXCHANGE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION USED TO COMMUNICATE OVER A SECOND WIRELESS LINK - Techniques for facilitating the exchange of information and transactions between two entities associated with two wireless devices when the devices are in close proximity to each other. A first device uses a first short range wireless capability to detect an identifier transmitted from a second device in proximity, ideally using existing radio capabilities such as Bluetooth (IEEE802.15.1-2002) or Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). The detected identifier, being associated with the device, is also associated with an entity. Rather than directly exchanging application data flow between the two devices using the short range wireless capability, a second wireless capability allows for one or more of the devices to communicate with a central server via the internet, and perform the exchange of application data flow. By using a central server to draw on stored information and content associated with the entities the server can broker the exchange of information between the entities and the devices. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062759 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF RADIO TRANSMISSIONS - The present invention provides a method for maintaining continuity of radio transmissions, particularly unlicensed low-power FM transmissions, comprising transmitting frequency modulated media data via a radio transmission on a carrier frequency, interrupting the transmission of the media data while maintaining the transmission of the carrier frequency, transmitting a frequency modulated substitute signal during said interruption, and continuing the transmission of said frequency modulated media signal. The invention also provides an electronic device for radio transmission of media data with maintained link continuity, comprising a radio transmitter, a controller adapted for transmitting frequency modulated media data via a radio transmission on a carrier frequency, interrupting the transmission of said media data while maintaining the transmission of the carrier frequency, transmitting a frequency modulated substitute signal during said interruption, and continuing the transmission of said frequency modulated media signal. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062760 | DATA COMMUNICATIONS - This invention relates to methods for controlling a mobile node in a data communications network. A mobile node may include different radio interfaces for communicating user data traffic and mobility protocol data traffic via different radio access technologies. One radio interface may be preferentially selected over another radio interface for the purpose of communicating user data traffic, in response to a trigger indicating that there is a change in the user data traffic to be communicated, whilst there remains mobility protocol data traffic to be communicated. This allows the continued communication of mobility protocol data traffic, for example to maintain a registration condition of a mobile node, whilst avoiding wastage of power resources on the mobile node. The power to each of the radio interfaces may be switched according to the amount of user data traffic being communicated to and from an application running on the mobile node. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062761 | ACARS MESSAGES OVER IRIDIUM - A system in a method are provided for sending and receiving messages between a point located on the ground and a point located on an aircraft via an Iridium Short Burst Data Service. The messages may conform to Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) Specification 618. The messages may be ground-to-air messages or air-to-ground messages. The messages may be ACARS messages and at least some of the messages may have a length exceeding a maximum payload of the Iridium Short Burst Data Service. ACARS messages, which exceed the maximum payload of the Iridium Short Burst Data Service may be segmented and each of the segments may be sent in respective Iridium Short Burst Data messages via the Iridium Short Burst Data Service. When the separate Iridium Short Burst Data messages are received, the segments may be combined to reconstruct the ACARS message for delivery to an intended destination. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062762 | Method for allowing access to services offered by an intelligent mobile communications network - A method of making network services available to a subscriber of a first mobile communications network when the subscriber roams in a second mobile communications network. The method includes: intercepting a signaling message issued by a service switching function of the second mobile communications network as a consequence to a service request by the subscriber; checking the intercepted signaling message; and based on the check, updating the intercepted signaling message so as to include service addressing data adapted to invoke a service in the first mobile communications network. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062763 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A controller of a mobile communication apparatus, such as a cellular phone, that detects operator information based on a radio signal transmitted from a base station and checks whether the operator information has changed while maintaining the same roaming status information. When the controller detects that the operator information changed, the controller transmits one of the same roaming status information and service status information to an external device which is connected via a short-range communication link. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062764 | System and Method for Time Saving Cell Search for Mobile Devices in Single and Multiple Radio Technology Communication Systems - A cellular device has a stacked protocol, with an upper layer and a lower layer. The lower layer includes a multiple carrier detection unit, a memory and a digital processing system. The multiple carrier detection unit receives a plurality of wireless carrier signals and provides a respective plurality of output digital streams. The memory is used to store a target cell search list, and the digital processing system processes the digital streams in parallel based upon parameters within the target cell search list. The parameters may include a frequency indicator and a radio access technology (RAT) indicator. The lower layer controls the multiple carrier detection unit to detect the wireless carrier signals based upon the frequencies and RATs in the target cell search list. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062765 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATON SYSTEM - There are provided a method and an apparatus for scanning in a mobile communication system supporting a multi-carrier. For this, the scanning method includes: in a mobile station supporting a multi-carrier including a primary carrier and a secondary carrier, requesting allocation of a scanning interval to a serving base station by using the primary carrier; receiving a response message for designating the scanning interval and a carrier to be used for scanning from the serving base station; and scanning neighbor base stations by using the carrier designated by the response message in the scanning interval. Transaction data is continuously transmitted and received through the remaining carriers while scanning the neighbor base stations by using the primary carrier or the secondary carrier without interruption. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062766 | DIGITAL ENHANCED CORDLESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS (DECT) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL TELEPHONY SELF INSTALL - A self-install model for installing digital telephony services at a user premises uses a Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication (“DECT”) system having a base station and a cordless telephone. The self-install model enables the activation of telephony services at the user premises automatically through an Internet Protocol network of a service provider such that the user is able to make and receive calls at the user premises over a communication network upon activation of the telephony services. The self-install model involves pre-tests to ensure signal strength of the connection between the user premises and the communication network; acceptance by the user to the service provider's terms and conditions for providing the telephony services to the user premises by way of messages from the service provider being displayed on the cordless handset; activation of the telephony services by the service provider; and post-install service verification tests. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062767 | METHOD FOR RE-ASSIGNMENT OF S-CSCF SERVICES TO REGISTERED IMS USERS OF A HOME SUBSCRIBER SERVERS HSS - Re-assigning Serving Call Session Control Function, S-CSCF, services to a user of a Home Subscriber Server, HSS ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100062768 | Method and Apparatus for Selecting a Service Area Identifier for a User Equipment in a Wireless System - The present invention relates to a method for allocating service area identifiers (SAI) for a femto cell ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100062769 | Base Station Apparatus, Wireless Communication Terminal Apparatus, Communication Method and Computer Readable Medium Thereof - A base station used in a communication system including the base station for broadcasting service information to a wireless communication terminal, and the wireless communication terminal for receiving the service information during an idle state, the base station includes: a storing section for storing information of other base stations existing nearby the base station and service compliant information indicative of whether the other base stations are compliant with transmission of the service information. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062770 | MOBILE HANDSET EXTENSION TO A DEVICE - System(s) and method(s) are provided for extension of mobile operation to a device. An extension interface comprises a client component within a mobile that is linked to a client component within the device. Extension of mobile operation is secured via delivery of credentials associated with the mobile to the device. Delivery of credentials is temporary and typically spans the period during which mobile operation is extended to the device. Mobile's application(s) and content(s) can be conveyed to the device for utilization therein. An emulation component that can reside at least in part on the client component within the device can emulate mobile operation. Client component within the mobile can include at least in part (i) a component that downloads drivers for communication with, and utilization of, the device to which mobile operation is extended, and (ii) a component that can scan for wireless-capable devices to extend mobile service thereto. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062771 | Mobile Station with a Semi-Active Mode - In a mobile station for use in a cellular radio system, the mobile station is adapted to increase radio measurements relating to the currently best cell at times when the user is preparing to set up a call in order to increase the likelihood that a mobile station is camping in the correct cell when setting up a call. This is obtained by adding a third mode to the already existing idle and active modes. The additional mode provides for an increased amount of idle mode measurements compared to the conventional idle mode. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062772 | METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND GROUP MOBILITY CONTROLLER FOR PROCESSING GROUP MOBILITY - A method, a wireless communication system, and a group mobility controller (GMC) for processing group mobility are provided by the exemplary embodiments of the present invention. In the method, a fixed GMC paging group identifier (PG-ID) is assigned to the GMC when the GMC starts up a group mobility function; and a target network obtains group information of the GMC, and updates a PG-ID list of the target network with the group information of the GMC during a message interaction process when the GMC hands over from a serving network to the target network, and then utilizes the updated PG-ID list during a subsequent interaction process with a group node. The system includes a GMC, a serving network, and a target network. The signaling storm raised when numbers of terminals in an idle mode perform location update at the same time during the group mobility can be avoided according to the above technical solutions, thereby realizing the economy of air interface resources and signaling overheads. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062773 | Radio Communication Device and Radio Communication Method - When communication quality exceeds the first threshold, the radio communication terminal | 2010-03-11 |
20100062774 | HANDOVER METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A handover method according to the present invention includes the steps of: forwarding, at a handover-source radio base station (eNB), user data (A) for a mobile station (UE) to a handover-target radio base station (eNB) when it is determined that a handover processing is to be performed, the user data (A) being stored in the handover-source radio base station (eNB); activating, at the handover-target radio base station, a predetermined timer when transmitting a path switch request to a path control apparatus, and storing second user data for the mobile station received from the path control apparatus until the predetermined timer expires; and forwarding, at the handover-target radio base station, the stored second user data to the mobile station after the predetermined timer expires. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062775 | DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD USING TRANSMISSION OF SOFT-DECISION INFORMATION - A data communication network to transmit and/or receive data using soft-decision information is provided. A target access point in a data communication network may compute soft-decision information with respect to information bits corresponding to a transmission symbol, and transmit the computed soft-decision information to a destination device or an access point connected to the destination device. The destination device or the access point connected to the destination device may combine soft-decision information of a plurality of access points, and detect information bits based on the combined soft-decision information. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062776 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SEAMLESS HANDOVER METHOD - A communication terminal apparatus, a communication system and a seamless handover method wherein even when a seamless handover occurs during implementation of a call control protocol, the call control protocol as to a call origination or reception can be continued. The communication terminal apparatus ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100062777 | Method and A System for Down Link Control in a Cellular Telephony System - A method for traffic control in a cellular telephony system ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100062778 | Routing communication based on urgency priority level - Methods, systems, devices, and computer program products route communication based on an urgency priority associated with a sender of the communication. The method involves receiving incoming communication, identifying the sender, determining an urgency priority designation associated with communication, and routing the incoming communication according to routing instructions associated with the urgency priority designation. Prior to receiving the incoming communication, the method may further involve receiving a selection to configure routing of communication based on one or more urgency priority designations, rendering urgency priority options and routing options that provide routing instructions, receiving routing instructions associated with each urgency priority designation, and receiving and recording the urgency priority designation associated with the sender. Still further, the method may involve offering the sender routing options based on the urgency priority designation and receiving a selection of one of the routing options from the sender. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062779 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCED INTERRUPTION TIME IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A method and mobile communication device that reduce communication interruption time when a base station stops operating are described. The mobile communication device is wirelessly connected to a cell operated by a base station. The method includes determining a fallback cell, obtaining parameters to quickly establish a wireless connection to the fallback cell, determining that the base station is stopping operation, and using the parameters to quickly establish a wireless connection to the fallback cell. Also described are a base station and method for the base station to reduce communication interruption time. The method includes determining that the base station is stopping operation, switching to a backup power source if the base station is stopping operation due to loss of power, and transmitting a message to the mobile communication devices connected to the base station that they should switch to a fallback cell, since the base station is stopping operation. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062780 | Frequency reuse techniques in mote-appropriate networks - Mote appropriate networks employing multiple frequencies, such as those utilized in frequency reuse techniques. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062781 | DPI-DRIVEN BEARER TERMINATION FOR SHORT-LIVED APPLICATIONS - Based on application information received from a DPI device, a downstream device, such as a Radio Network Controller (RNC), optimally implements a dormancy timer policy for short-lived applications, such as email and MMS. In particular, the RNC may initially use a large value for the dormancy timer for these applications. When the RNC receives an indication of the end of the application from the DPI device, the RNC may terminate the connection, thereby immediately freeing up resources. Alternatively, should the DPI device fail to recognize the end of the application, the initial dormancy timer serves as a fail-safe, such that the radio network resources are still released for allocation to another device in the radio network. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062782 | BASE STATION, USER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE OF MULTIPLE SIZES OF RESOURCE BLOCKS - A base station includes a scheduler at least determining a resource block assigned to a data channel, a transmitted signal generation unit generating a signal to transmit the data channel in accordance with scheduling information supplied from the scheduler, a transmission unit transmitting the signal to a user apparatus, and a resource block size adjustment unit adjusting a size of the resource block. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062783 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF DEDICATED REFERENCE SIGNALS - Providing a coding scheme for wireless communication downlink reference signals is described herein. By way of example, a dedicated reference signal is mapped to resources of a wireless channel as a function of an identifier (ID) of a cell in which the reference signal is transmitted. The function can be similar to mapping functions employed for common reference signals, or can be distinct from such functions. As one example of the latter, a dedicated reference signal mapping function can be shifted in time or frequency with respect to the common reference signal mapping function. By employing a mapping function based on cell ID, noise caused by concurrent transmission of reference signals can be mitigated in a manner readily determined by terminals in a wireless network. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062784 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING A COMMUNICATION CELL TO A CLUSTER - A network element for supporting broadcast communications over a communication system comprises allocation logic operable to dynamically allocate at least one communication cell to a cluster of communication cells based on an identified geographical location of the at least one communication cell. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062785 | COGNITIVE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON COOPERATION SIGNAL PROVIDED BY ANOTHER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method of facilitating cooperation within a cognitive radio communication system. The cooperation system facilitated in the communication system by another communication system. The apparatus include: a receiver to receive an uplink signal from a mobile station and a cooperation signal from a second communication system, wherein the cooperation signal is associated with the uplink signal; an evaluator to evaluate a contribution of the cooperation signal with respect to detection of the uplink signal; and a radio resource management unit to control an available radio resource for the second system according to the contribution of the cooperation signal. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062786 | Prioritized Display of Cell Broadcast Messages - Devices, systems, and methods for creating, procuring, and maintaining a priority scheme for cell broadcast messages. In an exemplary embodiment, the priority scheme includes a plurality of cell broadcast channels (CBCH) that are assigned logic groups, which in turn are assigned a priority level. Accordingly, cell broadcast (CB) messages with higher priority levels are displayed first on the receiving device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062787 | COMMUNICATION QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention implements communication control with user's service subscription information reflected in a mobile communication network. A QoS control server for providing a communication quality control function of a network, a user information management server for managing user's service information, a service proxy server for transferring a service control message transmitted by a user to a service control server, a service relay server for relaying a message between service control servers in two different networks, and a service control server for exercising service control based on user service information are included. In user service start processing, the service control server or service relay server transmits a service control message inclusive of service subscription information acquired beforehand to the service proxy server. The QoS control server acquires the service subscription information from the service proxy server. Thus, subscriber information is reflected to communication quality control processing. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062788 | Managing Device Functionality During Predetermined Conditions - Functionality of a mobile device depends on detected speed of the mobile device. Global positioning system (GPS) technology or tower triangulation may be used to estimate the speed of a mobile device. In addition, the geographic location of the mobile device may be estimated. A set of rules regarding when functionality of the mobile device should be limited is accessed and if the mobile device exceeds a threshold speed or is located in a restricted area, selected features of the mobile device are disabled. For example, incoming calls and outgoing calls may be restricted according to local regulations. Other features such as emergency dialing, hands-free operation of the mobile device, and playing audio files (e.g., MP3 music files) may remain functional regardless of the geographic location or estimated speed of the mobile device. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062789 | Intelligent location tracking based on predictive modelling - Tracking a mobile station, MS, ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100062790 | EXTENDED CLUSTERING FOR IMPROVED POSITIONING - A method for clustering position determinations is used for providing position determination assisting data in a cellular communications network. The method comprises obtaining ( | 2010-03-11 |
20100062791 | METHOD OF LOCATION POSITIONING AND VERIFICATION OF AN AP, SYSTEM, AND HOME REGISTER - A method of location positioning of a Radio Access Point (AP) is provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The method includes: querying the Connectivity Session Location and Repository Function (CLF) according to the IP address of the AP to obtain the Access Line Location Identifier (ALLI) of the AP to access a network. The ALLI is configured to identify the line location of the AP. The location of the AP is determined on the basis of the ALLI. A method of location verification of an AP is provided herein in an embodiment of the present invention. The method includes: the CLF is queried according to the IP address of the AP to obtain the ALLI of the AP; the location of the AP is not changed if the obtained ALLI of the AP is the same as the stored ALLI of the AP. A home register and a system are also provided herein to accurately locate and verify the location of the AP, thus checking the validity of the AP location. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION MEASUREMENT OF NETWORK BASED TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL BY USING G-PCELL DATABASE - Disclosed are a method and a system for providing a mobile communication terminal with network-based location measurement by using a G-pCell database. The method and system are advantageous in that, when a mobile communication system employs a network-based location measurement scheme, the influence of repeaters is reduced to improve the positioning stability and measurement accuracy and provide more stable location-based services. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062793 | MOBILE STATION ASSISTED LOCATION BASED SERVICE - A method for determining a location of a mobile station is provided. The mobile station is requested to identify pilot signals monitored by the mobile station. A pilot signal report is received from the mobile station identifying the pilot signals monitored. It is determined that a location of the mobile station cannot be determined according to the identified pilot signals. A resource allocation signal is transmitted to the mobile station. A report is received from at least one assisting station. The report includes information for determining the location of the mobile station. The location of the mobile station is determined according to the information received in the report from the at least one assisting station and the signal received at the base station from the mobile station. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FRIEND'S LOCATION INFORMATION - A system and method of providing friend location information is provided. More particularly, when a friend appears in a region desired by a user, it is possible to track a travel route of the friend and display for the user a map where the travel route is marked and thereby enable the user to understand preferred places of the friend. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062795 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING A PAGING MESSAGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of receiving a paging message at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system in accordance with the present invention comprises receiving from a network paging indication information including a UE identification information and scheduling information for a paging channel (PCH) on which a paging message is transmitted, the scheduling information including allocation information of a time-frequency region through which the paging message is transmitted, obtaining the paging indication information when the UE identification information is identical to an identity of the UE, and receiving from the network the paging message through the time-frequency region indicated by the paging indication information. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062796 | MULTI-MEDIA MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE - A messaging system for sending formatted pages combining pictures, text, hyperlinks and other web-style content between mobile telephony devices such as mobile telephones or PDAs within a network or community of users. The display of the messages on the mobile terminals is defined by means of command set which allows users to specify message content as occupying a certain percentage of the display screen of the destination device. The command set also includes functionality allowing hyper-links within a message to be displayable as a separate list of hyperlinks on operation of a soft key on the mobile device for ease of navigation. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062797 | METHOD FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SUBSCRIBERS TO DIFFERENT MESSAGING SERVICES, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method for group communication between subscribers to different messaging services involves a first message, which has been sent by a second subscriber using a first messaging service, being received by a communication terminal of a first subscriber in a group communication session in which said communication terminal, the second subscriber and a third subscriber are participating. The communication terminal is used in the group communication session to send a second message, which contains a content from the received first message, to the third subscriber for reception using a second messaging service, which is different than the first messaging service. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062798 | METHOD OF ASSIGNING PROVISIONAL IDENTIFICATION TO A SUBSCRIBER UNIT AND GROUP - The present disclosure provides an efficient and effective method for allocating provisional PUIDs and PGIDs to subscriber units and groups during a failure, such that when the communication system recovers, there is a decrease in or elimination of the number of dropped or missed communications. The present disclosure reserves a range of provisional PUIDs and PGIDs for resource controllers operating in a region of system failure to assign when subscriber units roam into the region of failure in the communication system. The present disclosure addresses creating PUID and PGID ranges for resource controllers to assign to roaming subscriber units in order to allow for assignment of PUIDs and PGIDs during periods of subsystem isolation and site trunking, i.e., when the particular site or subsystem cannot communicate with the rest of the communication system. The present disclosure also addresses recovering from these situations, re-registration, and reallocation of PUIDs and PGIDs. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062799 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A mobile communication system including a base station and a mobile station for communicating with the base station includes a control unit configured to perform uplink transmission power control based on a type of a frequency-adjacent system. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062800 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES SIMULTANEOUSLY - In one embodiment, a wireless device communicates an uplink data stream to a wireless network using two radio access technologies (RATs) simultaneously. The wireless device has a host controller unit that segments the uplink data stream and provides each of the segmented portions to either a first baseband module corresponding to a first RAT or a second baseband module corresponding to a second RAT. The first baseband module modulates the data that it receives using the first RAT and provides the modulated data to a first radio frequency (RF) module. The second baseband module modulates the data that it receives using the second RAT and provides the modulated data to a second RF module. The first and second RF modules convert the modulated data to RF and provide the RF signals to first and second antennas, respectively. In alternative embodiments, more than two RATs are used simultaneously for communications. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062801 | DUAL-STANDBY MOBILE TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A dual-standby mobile terminal and communication method for the same are disclosed. The dual-standby mobile terminal includes first and second communication modules enabling simultaneous connection to different wireless communication networks. The first communication module sends, upon making a transition to conversation mode, a notification indicating a transmit frequency to be used in conversation mode. The second communication module sends a change request for the transmit frequency when for a fundamental frequency of the notified transmit frequency is equal to that of a receive frequency used in standby mode after reception of the notification. The first communication module performs, upon reception of the change request, a conversation mode operation with a newly selected transmit frequency. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062802 | METHOD DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING A COMMUNICATION SIGNAL - Disclosed are a method, device and system for enhancing reception of a communication signal in a wireless communication network. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a supplemental receiver transmits a communication augmentation signal to a mobile device. The supplemental receiver is also adapted to receive from the mobile device a signal including audio content. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062803 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF CAPTURING IMAGE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an image capturing method in a mobile terminal equipped with a touch screen, and a mobile terminal for implementing the same. When a camera function is initiated, a preview image of an image to be captured is displayed on the touch screen. If a touch input is received on a specific position of the preview image on the touch screen, focusing of the image is performed on the specific position where the touch input has been received. When a photographing command is received, the image on which the focusing has been performed is captured. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062804 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND FUNCTION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a function control method thereof that can appropriately set or release an operation mode in accordance with a situation of a user. A mobile terminal includes an opening/closing sensor | 2010-03-11 |
20100062805 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER AND CELL PHONE ASSEMBLY - A computer and cell phone assembly, including a communicator including a modem for communicating over a wireless network, and a notebook computer, including a pouch for physically attaching the communicator to the notebook computer, and a connection indicator for indicating arrival of an incoming phone call from the wireless network when the communicator is attached to the notebook computer, wherein the communicator is operative to receive the incoming phone call whether it remains attached to the notebook computer or whether it is subsequently detached from the notebook computer. A method is also described and claimed. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062806 | APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONAL ENVIRONMENT TO BE CONNECTED WITH A MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a communicational environment establishing apparatus to be connected to a mobile phone with integrated interfacing information built therein and a method for establishing an optimized communicational environment, when coupled to the mobile phone, by applying built-in integrated interfacing information, which is set variously according to mobile phones and their manufacturers; recognizing the manufacturer, the model name, the operating/communicational environments and the version number of a mobile phone; and thus optimizing the connection with a mobile phone. The communicational environment establishing apparatus comprises a power control module configured to communicate with the mobile phone when power is supplied to the apparatus, and a central control module for receiving hardware information from the mobile phone and matching its communicational environment to that of the mobile phone, wherein the central control module includes a communication device controller, an EEPROM, and an RAM. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062807 | METHOD FOR REALIZING ONE CARD WITH MULTIPLE NUMBERS SERVICE - A method for achieving the multi-numbers per sim card service includes: assigning identification information uniquely corresponding to each number of the multiple numbers of a terminal; carrying, in information of a service request, the identification information corresponding to the number that the calling subscriber intends to use when the terminal initiates the service request; obtaining, by a Service Control Point, the identification information according to the service request, and retrieving, by the Service Control Point, corresponding number with the identification information; and performing connection to the called side by using the corresponding number as the calling number. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062808 | UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD HAVING A VIRTUAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE FUNCTIONALITY - Universal integrated circuit card (UICC) having a virtual subscriber identity module functionality is disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprises a mobile equipment (ME) configured to perform wireless communication and a UICC. The UICC is configured to perform security functionalities. The UICC supports multiple isolated domains including UICC issuer's domain. Each domain is owned by a separate owner so that each owner stores and executes an application on the UICC under a control of an UICC issuer and the UICC issuer's domain controls creation and deletion of other domains and defines and enforces security rules for authorizing third parties to have an access to the domains. The UICC is configured to verify integrity of operating system functions and applications stored on the UICC. The UICC is configured to control an access to information regarding applications according to security policies stored within the UICC. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062809 | Dialing System and Method Thereof - A dialing system includes a user interactive unit, a response receiver and a central processing unit. The central processing unit is pre-programmed to first activate the user interactive unit to communicate an entry identification to the user for allowing the user to determine whether or not the entry identification communicated by the user interactive unit matches with the entry identification of the target phone number, wherein when the entry identification communicated by the unit interactive unit does not match with the entry identification of the target phone number, the user interactive unit is arranged to communicate the next identification entry to the user without dialing the corresponding phone number, and when the entry identification communicated by the user interactive unit matches with the entry identification of the target phone number, the central processing unit is arranged to activate the phone to dial the target phone number. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062810 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless device having a microprocessor for controlling the operation of the device, the device including an upper casing including an interior surface having a primary display and an exterior surface having a secondary display, the primary display being active when the device is in an open configuration and the secondary display being active when the device is in a closed configuration, a lower casing including a keypad, a hinge assembly connecting the upper casing to the lower casing and enabling the device to alternate between the open and closed configurations, and a switch assembly including a switch provided in the upper casing and an actuator provided in the lower casing in alignment with the switch, the switch and actuator configured for engaging each other to perform an action when the upper and lower casings are pressed together. | 2010-03-11 |
20100062811 | TERMINAL AND MENU DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A method for displaying menu items and a terminal for implementing the same are disclosed to improve user convenience. The terminal includes: a display unit; a controller for displaying arbitrary menu items on the display unit such that menu items at a particular position are differentiated from menu items at a different position, and a user input unit for selectively rearranging the position of the menu items by a user. | 2010-03-11 |