13th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090082009 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR MEASURING, ANALYZING, AND COMPARING WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER QOS - A portable wireless site qualifier device and associated computer systems, software, and methods are disclosed. The portable device comprises a self updating and self configuring portable measuring device that analyzes, tests, and measures quality of service on all available wireless networks and immediately displays an optimal choice(s) when choosing between multiple wireless data providers. All data is also sent to a central configuration, collection, and reporting facility. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082010 | FEMTOCELL BASE STATION WITH MOBILE STATION CAPABILITY - A communication device that includes a femtocell base station and a mobile station transmitter/receiver. The femtocell base station may provide bidirectional internet protocol (IP) communication for one or mobile devices to a cellular network. The femtocell base station may be operable to communicate with the cellular network using a wide area network. The mobile station transmitter/receiver may be coupled to the femtocell base station (in a same housing). The mobile station transmitter/receiver may be operable to perform radio frequency (RF) wireless communication with the cellular network, e.g., to detect and/or report environmental parameters, performing testing (e.g., loopback testing), and/or provide communication for the one or more mobile devices (e.g., when the wide area network is down), among others. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082011 | Device and Method for Connection Management - A mobile device comprises a processor and a transceiver. The processor selects from a plurality of connection types for a user plane assisted global position system (AGPS) data transfer. Each connection type includes a priority level where a first selected connection type is based on the priority levels of the connection types. The transceiver establishes a connection to a wireless network using the selection connection type. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082012 | Mobile station messaging for registration in an unlicensed wireless communication system - An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. An indoor base station and indoor network controller provide protocol conversion for the unlicensed wireless service into a standard base station controller interface of the licensed wireless service. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS ROUTING OF DATA FROM AN AIRCRAFT - An avionics communication system comprises a wireless router located on an aircraft and configured to transceive wireless signals; and a processing unit located in the aircraft and configured to supply the wireless router with configuration parameters after determining it is time to connect to a ground network, the configuration parameters based on the location of the aircraft; wherein the wireless router uses the configuration parameters to establish a wireless connection with the ground network and route data from at least one client application on the aircraft to at least one ground application server. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082014 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDED ROAMING MESSAGES - A method and apparatus are provided for the display of extended roaming messages to a user of a WWAN device. The method includes the steps of retrieving a list of one or more available wireless networks, loading a roaming rule list which contains an ordered list of records, matching each of the available networks against said roaming rule list, selecting a roaming message for at least one match and, and displaying at least one roaming message to the end user. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082015 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE UNIT ACCESS TO NETWORK SERVICES BASED ON ITS LOCATION - Methods and systems for controlling mobile unit access to network services based on the location of the mobile unit are disclosed. One system includes determining if the mobile unit is located within an area and enabling access to the network services, by the mobile unit, in response to determining that the mobile unit is located within the area. A system includes a reader configured to determine if a mobile unit is located within the area and a switch coupled to the reader. The switch is configured to provide access to the network services, to the mobile unit, in response to the reader determining that the mobile unit is located within the area. An apparatus includes means for determining if a mobile unit is located within the area and means for enabling the mobile unit to access the network services in response thereto. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082016 | ENTERPRISE MOBILITY USER - In one embodiment, an enterprise network is provided that includes a mobility agent | 2009-03-26 |
20090082017 | DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A multimode wireless communication device and method for having the device detect a communication access technology is described. The multimode wireless device comprises a multimode transceiver module, a CAT detection module, and at least one CAT threshold level corresponding to each CAT. The multimode transceiver module is operatively coupled to a first antenna. The multimode transceiver module comprises at least two communication access technology (CAT) receiver modules operatively coupled to at least one antenna, wherein each CAT receiver module complies with a receiver requirement. The CAT detection module is operatively coupled to one of the CAT transceiver antenna and the CAT detection module is configured to detect a plurality of CAT RF energy levels associated with each CAT receiver module without activating the corresponding CAT transceiver module. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082018 | CELL SELECTION DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - A cell selection device (D) is dedicated to a piece of wireless communication equipment (MS) arranged to establish radio communications with a radio communication network comprising radio communication cells and to receive data representative of the cell environment and of service capabilities of each cell of this environment from the network. This device (D) comprises a control means (CM) arranged, when its equipment (MS) needs to access a chosen network service, to access the data received by the equipment (MS) and representative of the cell environment and the corresponding cell service capabilities, to determine whether there is at least one cell in this environment that allows to access the network service, and to order the equipment (MS) either to pursue or to establish a radio communication with the network via a selected one of these determined cells if the selected cell allows at least one chosen radio parameter criterion to be satisfied. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082019 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC ROAMING ARBITRAGE SERVICE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing dynamic roaming arbitrage service are disclosed. The method includes receiving a signaling message associated with a mobile subscriber, wherein the signaling message is addressed to a mobile services node for one of mobility management, registration, and authentication of the mobile subscriber. In response to receiving the signaling message, an auction is initiated for the right to provide roaming service to the mobile subscriber. Network selection information is communicated to the mobile subscriber based on the results of the auction. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082020 | Selecting embedded cells in wireless networks - An access terminal determines whether a parameter encoded in a signal received from an embedded access point is identified by a list in a memory of the access terminal. Based on the determination, the access terminal initiates communication with a radio area network through the embedded access point. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082021 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ADJACENT STATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THIS SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS THEREFOR - Adjacent station information of various base stations communicating using CDMA is automatically updated. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082022 | Mobile station messaging for ciphering in an unlicensed wireless communication system - An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobile station includes level 1, level 2, and level 3 protocols for licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. An indoor base station and indoor network controller provide protocol conversion for the unlicensed wireless service into a standard base station controller interface of the licensed wireless service. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082023 | ROUTING BASED ON TRANSMISSION UTILIZATION - A method of alternative routing of a service request in connection with a pool | 2009-03-26 |
20090082024 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF A LOCATION PROFILE - An approach for establishing a communication session according to a subscriber profile that is automatically updated is disclosed. A locator device, which is associated with a subscriber and includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) transponder, outputs geographic information that is transmitted to a communications network for establishing the communication session. The geographic information corresponds to one of a plurality of addresses specified in the subscriber profile to set a current address. The addresses are associated with a plurality of devices adapted to complete the communication session. The one address is designated as the current address if the geographic information corresponds to the one address, otherwise the current address is set to a default address, wherein the communication session is established based on the current address. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082025 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE CLUSTERS WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Aspects of mobility management within a wireless communications network including a plurality of sectors are disclosed. In an example, the wireless communications network includes a first cluster of sectors with at least one target sector and at least one supporting sector. The multicast communication session is carried within both the target and supporting sectors. In another example, a second cluster can be included within the network for supporting the same multicast communication session that includes its own target and supporting sectors. In this example, the first cluster transmits multicast media on a first interlace-multiplex (IM) pair of a downlink broadcast channel (BCH) and the second cluster transmits multicast media on a second IM pair of the downlink BCH. If sectors of the first and second clusters overlap, the network controls a manner in which the first and second clusters carry the multicast media. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082026 | INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT UTILIZING POWER CONTROL - Interference that occurs during wireless communication may be managed through the use of fractional reuse and other techniques. In some aspects fractional reuse may relate to HARQ interlaces, portions of a timeslot, frequency spectrum, and spreading codes. Interference may be managed through the use of a transmit power profile and/or an attenuation profile. Interference also may be managed through the use of power management-related techniques. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082027 | INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT UTILIZING HARQ INTERLACES - Interference that occurs during wireless communication may be managed through the use of fractional reuse and other techniques. In some aspects fractional reuse may relate to HARQ interlaces, portions of a timeslot, frequency spectrum, and spreading codes. Interference may be managed through the use of a transmit power profile and/or an attenuation profile. Interference also may be managed through the use of power management-related techniques. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082028 | System and Method for Utility-Based Scheduling for Space Division Multiple Access (SDMA) on an Uplink of a Wireless Communications Network - System and method for utility-based scheduling for SDMA transmissions on an uplink of a wireless communications network. A method comprises assigning a utility function to each user in a set of users, selecting a set of selected users from the set of users, assigning uplink transmission resources to each user in the set of selected users, and transmitting a control message to each user in the set of selected users. The selecting comprises iteratively selecting up to K users one user at a time from the set of users, wherein a combination of the selected users maximally increases a value of the assigned utility functions, wherein K is a maximum number of users in the set of selected users | 2009-03-26 |
20090082029 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION NETWORK-SERVER DETERMINATION FOR REMOVABLE MODULE-BASED WIRELESS DEVICES - Methods, apparatus and systems are presented that enable a network operator to control the source for network services in open market devices by provisioning the network operator-issued removable modules with network service provisioning information associated with the operator and configuring the open market wireless devices such that the device looks to the removable module first for the network service provisioning information before looking to device storage for any other provisioning information related to the network service. In this regard, the user of the open market wireless device is still provided access to the network service even if the network operator does not provide the service or provide access to the service. Additionally, the described aspects methods, systems and apparatus provide the network operator with an additional level of dynamic control over the source for network services by providing for a network-side proxying feature that allows the network operator to proxy network service requests sent from the open market wireless devices to a designated third party network service provider based on criteria defined by the network operator. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082030 | Wireless communication device and method of restraining dispersion of propagation environment index - A wireless communication device capable of restraining dispersion of a propagation environment index and thereby improving throughput. A reception controller receives a pilot signal, measures a propagation environment and detects a phase change of the pilot signal. A moving average processor obtains a moving average of propagation environment values. An index function setter generates a propagation environment index function indicative of the correspondence between the propagation environment value and a propagation environment index which is a propagation environment quality index. When the detected phase change is greater than a threshold, a slope corrector corrects the slope of the propagation environment index function by using the moving average as a reference point, and a propagation environment index transmitter obtains a propagation environment index corresponding to the measured propagation environment value by using the propagation environment index function whose slope has been corrected, and transmits the obtained index to a base station. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082031 | Apparatus and method for band allocation scheduling in multi-band communication system - Provided is an apparatus and method for band allocation scheduling in a multi-band communication system. In the method, transmission (TX) signals are classified into at least one of a control signal, a broadcast signal and a signal requiring a short latency, and other user signal by considering the types of the TX signals. A band of a frequency lower than a reference frequency among the multiple bands is allocated to a signal classified as at least one of the control signal, the broadcast signal and the signal requiring a short latency. A band of a frequency higher than the reference frequency is allocated to a signal classified as the other user signal. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082032 | Method and Device for Providing the Location of a Mobile Station - The present invention provides a solution for providing the location of a mobile device connected to a cellular network to another network. A mobile device receives information about the location of the base stations in its neighborhood. Based on the identity of the base station the device is connected to the device can determine its location and provide that to the other network. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082033 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS, DATA TRANSFER METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DATA TRANSFER PROGRAM RECORDED - A data transfer apparatus includes a data transmitting portion, a destination point recording portion, an arrival time calculating portion, a required transfer rate calculating portion, and an occupied transfer rate calculating portion. The data transmitting portion transmits the pieces of untransmitted data to the respective mobile terminals through the communication line in accordance with the respective occupied data transfer rates calculated by the occupied transfer rate calculating portion. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082034 | WIRELESS CLIENT POSITION ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention comprises a system and method for determining an estimated position of a wireless mobile client device operating in a communications environment covered by a wireless local area network. The received signal strength of the wireless mobile client device is measured by one or more access points serving devices in the communications environment. In a preferred embodiment, the error between the received signal strength measured by the access points and the expected received signal strength at a plurality of locations in the communications environment is calculated. The location of the device is determined from the error. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082035 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND POSITIONING METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - There is provided a positioning system which generates an appropriate response according to a positioning accuracy request class from a client device. A client device | 2009-03-26 |
20090082036 | DATA BOUNDARY AWARE BASE STATION ASSISTED POSITION LOCATION - The present invention is a novel and improved method and apparatus for performing position location in wireless communications system. One embodiment of the invention comprises a method for performing position location on a subscriber unit in a terrestrial wireless telephone system using a set of satellites each transmitting a signal, the terrestrial wireless telephone system having base stations, including the steps of transmitting an aiding message from the base station to the subscriber unit, said aiding message containing information regarding a data boundary for each signal from the set of satellites, applying correlation codes to each signal yielding corresponding correlation data and accumulating said correlation data over an first interval preceding a corresponding data boundary yielding a first accumulation result, and a second interval following said corresponding data boundary yielding a second accumulation result. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082037 | PERSONAL POINTS OF INTEREST IN LOCATION-BASED APPLICATIONS - Framework for receiving, processing, and re-using personal points of interest (PPOI) information of a user in a location-based application. A telephone dialog system provides location-based information related PPOI of a user. For example, the PPOI information can include major intersections that the user may normally travel, gas stations, clubs, etc., based on real-time data obtained via web services. The PPOI information can be acquired using common names and nicknames, which are added into system lexicon and recognition grammars. Each PPOI is also tagged to the user (or “owner”) who defined it. The PPOI information can also be shared to support a community of users. The framework also resolves conflicting PPOI information between multiple users and multiple locations. PPOI information input by one user can be used to extract demographic information and personal preferences and be re-used by other users by automatically popping up common names and attributes other users entered for the same nickname. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082038 | SOCIAL NETWORKING ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Wireless communication systems and methods are described that provide location-based social networks to mobile communication devices. Mobile users of the wireless communication system define social networking profiles storing characteristics of the user. The wireless communication system determines a location of a user's mobile communication device and identifies a set of other mobile users that are geographically proximate to the user. The wireless communication system then filters the set of other mobile users based on characteristics of the social networking profiles of the other mobile users, and transmits identifiers of the filtered set of other mobile users to the user's mobile communication device. The mobile communication device then displays the identifiers of the filtered set of other mobile users to the user allowing the user to initiate contact with any of the other mobile users that are of interest. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SITE-SPECIFIC OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for controlling a site-specific activity at a plurality of remote locations, for example, the inspection of geographically remote equipment or the gathering of data for a census. A mobile operator transports a portable tool ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090082040 | Method and Apparatus For Cellular Telephone Based Asset Tracking - An invention is provided for affording cellular telephone based asset tracking. Embodiments of the present invention establish a connection between a cellular telephone and an asset tracking device via a cellular telephone network. Positional data for the asset tracking device is provided to the cellular telephone via the asset telephone network, and positional data for the cellular telephone is determined. Once positional data for the asset tracking device and positional data for the cellular telephone are determined, asset indicia and cellular telephone indicia are displayed on a display of the cellular telephone. The asset indicia indicate a current position of the asset tracking device and the cellular telephone indicia indicate a current position of the cellular telephone. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082041 | METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR MANAGING CALLS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method for managing a plurality of call origination requests is provided. The method includes receiving ( | 2009-03-26 |
20090082042 | SMS SPAM CONTROL - A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards managing abuse of text messages through controls on messages sent by an application to a mobile device (e.g., MT text messages). MT text messages sent from a defined application are intercepted by a Text Message SPAM Control Service (TMSCS). Various controls are determined for the sending application based on the application, level of user control on contents of the message, the user requesting the message to be sent (if any), and/or a destination address for the message. These controls may then be used in various combinations and/or various levels of constraint to determine whether to block transmission of the message to a destination mobile device. By monitoring messages from the application, abuse of the application may be minimized. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082043 | COLOR DIFFERENTIATING A PORTION OF A TEXT MESSAGE SHOWN IN A LISTING ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld wireless communication device includes features to send and receive text messages. The handheld wireless communication device is further equipped with a microprocessor configured to run software programs on the device such as text message management program. The text message management program displays a listing of a plurality of received text messages on a display screen and color differentiates at least a portion of the display-listed plurality of received text messages based upon a characteristic common to each received text message. The characteristic common to each display-listed received text message may be a host name that is included in an identification code for the respective text message's sender. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082044 | Text messaging system and method - A text messaging device including a transmitter having different transmission modes for transmitting text messages, which are addressed to mobile terminals or to other information, to a server. The text messaging device includes a receiver for receiving from the server text messages from the mobile terminals or from the other information terminals. The text messaging device also includes a detector for detecting and reporting to the server an operational status of the transmitter including a change of status of a connection with communication lines. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082045 | BLAST VIDEO MESSAGES SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for creating and using short video messages are described. A short message and a video clip can include a verbalization of the short message by a character. The verbalization may be emphasized by an attribute of the character including a demeanour of the character, an intonation of the verbalization, a volume of the verbalization, a gesture or a facial expression. Methods for expressing a message are described. A video is selected from a catalogue of short video, wherein the selected video conveys a message and transmitting the message to an mobile electronic device adapted to play the video clip. The video may include characters, caricatures, cartoons, a movie clip, a television program clip, an advertisement and/or an alert. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082046 | Radiocommunication equipment - In radiocommunication equipment that allocates communication resource regions to be used for communication with equipment of a communicating party, the number of communication resource regions to be allocated to the communicating party is satisfactorily ensured for each communicating party. An inherent information acquisition unit acquires information inherent to each piece of equipment of a communicating party. A number-of-resources information acquisition unit acquires information that specifies the number of communication resource regions to be reserved for communication with equipment of a communicating party. An association memory unit stores the association of the inherent information with the information specifying the number of communication resource regions to be reserved. For communication with equipment of a communicating party whose association is stored, a scheduling unit reserves the number of communication resource regions associated with the equipment of the communicating party, and allocates communication resource regions to be used for communication with the equipment of the communicating party. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082047 | AUTO-DISCOVERY IN A SWITCH - A wireless communication system comprises a hub; a plurality of radio access nodes, wherein each of the plurality of radio access nodes is coupled to the hub via a respective communication link. The hub comprises a plurality of forward devices that produce digitized versions of downstream analog radio frequency signals received from a plurality service provider interfaces; a plurality of reverse devices that produce reconstructed versions of upstream analog radio frequency signals for transmission to the plurality of service provider interfaces based on digitized version of the upstream analog radio frequency signals received from the plurality of radio access nodes; a plurality of transport interfaces to couple the hub to the plurality of communication links; and a switch having a plurality of ports communicatively coupled to the hub forward devices, the hub reverse devices, and the transport interfaces, wherein the switch selectively routes the digitized versions of the downstream analog radio frequency signals and the digitized versions of the upstream analog radio frequency signals among the plurality of ports. The plurality of ports comprises a plurality of input ports and plurality of output ports; wherein the switch listens for a device identifier on at least one of the plurality of input ports to determine if a device is communicatively coupled to the at least one of the plurality of input ports. The switch transmits a port identifier over at least one of the plurality of output ports and, thereafter, searches a shared data structure to determine if a device is communicatively coupled to the at least one of the plurality of output ports. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082048 | CONTINUOUS INTERFACE MAINTENANCE FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONS TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE GROUP - A system, method, and computer device that selectively maintain an open interface to a communication control device that is controlling wireless communication to at least one of a plurality of wireless communication devices that are in a communication group, such as a push-to-talk (PTT) group. In one embodiment, the wireless communication device registers at the communication control device, such as a base station controller, and at least one interface is established between the communication control device and another computer device on the wireless communication network, such as a broadcast A10 interface with a broadcast serving node (BSN). The communication control device will then maintain the interface while the at least one wireless communication device, or at least one member device of the communication group, is registered such that group communications can more rapidly be delivered to the wireless communication device. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082049 | CONTINUOUS BROADCAST INTERFACE MAINTENANCE FOR GROUP COMMUNICATIONS TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - A system, method, and computer device that selectively maintain an open broadcast interface to a communication control device that is controlling wireless communication to at least one wireless communication device that is configured to receive group-directed communications for a communication group, such as a push-to-talk (PTT) group. In one embodiment, the wireless communication device registers at the communication control device, such as a base station controller, and at least one broadcast interface is established between the communication control device and another computer device, such as a broadcast A10 interface with a broadcast serving node (BSN). The communication control device maintains the broadcast interface while the wireless communication device configured to receive group-directed communications is registered such that group-directed broadcast communications can more rapidly be delivered to the wireless communication device. When the communication control device determines that the group communication has ended, it releases the broadcast interface. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082050 | UNI-DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT FOR A RECEIVE-ONLY GROUP CALL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Aspects of mobile communication for establishing a receive-only group communication, such as a Push-to-Talk (PTT) call or multicast call with a plurality of wireless communication devices that are in a receive-only mode are disclosed. When a group call between wireless communication devices starts from an originating device, in one embodiment indicating a receive-only group with which a group call is to be established, one or more receive-only wireless communication devices are determined and invited to participate in the group call. The traffic channel to the receive-only wireless communication device is transitioned to a uni-directional, forward-only traffic channel such that media is provided from the originating wireless communication device to the receive-only wireless communication device via the uni-directional traffic channel. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082051 | MOBILE GROUP DATA DISTRIBUTION - A mobile collaborative community system provides distribution of shared data (e.g., media, preference, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc.) for a group of individuals (e.g., families, business organization, team, project, etc.) to the mobile devices of the group members. The system maintains a central repository or database of shared data for groups, as well as information defining the groups, user membership in the groups, and the mobile devices associated with the users. The system distributes the shared data for a group to the mobile devices of the user who are members of the group. The users can make changes to shared group data on their mobile devices, which changes are returned to the central repository and re-distributed to update the shared data on the mobile devices of all group members. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082052 | REVERSE LINK TRAFFIC POWER CONTROL - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate reverse link power control on a traffic channel. Indications of other sector interference or other such interference levels can be broadcasted in a wireless communication. Further, power control related information can be included in assignments to mobile devices. Mobile device can utilize the information in the assignment to set a range for delta-based power control. Further, devices employ broadcasted interference indications to maintain and adjust delta values that enable power settings to be established on traffic channels. Moreover, mobile devices may provide feedback to facilitate future assignments. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082053 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UPLINK INTERFERENCE COORDINATION IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method provide for uplink interference coordination in a radio communication system, such as a cellular communication system. Measurements are made at mobile stations associated with uplink-channel interference conditions. Reports are made to the network when a mobile station experiences interference conditions beyond a measurement threshold. If greater than a group-threshold number of mobile stations experience high levels of uplink-channel interference, communication resources are reallocated in compensation for the high interference conditions. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082054 | POWER ALLOCATION SCHEME CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate and effectuate power allocation schemes that reuse power allocation patterns amongst different carriers for sectors in the same cell and uses different power allocation patterns between cells. The frequency reuse scheme generates power allocation patterns, selects one of the generated power allocation patterns for use among at least two carriers of at least two sectors in a cell, and employs a second disparate power allocation pattern for use between at two cells. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082055 | Cordless telephone system - A cordless telephone system consisting of a fixed station and at least one mobile station, both of which switch over to standby operation after a telephone conversation has been terminated, and correspond with one another at fixed intervals. Each mobile station is registered in the fixed station and can be addressed by the fixed station, and both the fixed and the mobile station each have a receiver circuit and a transmission circuit. The transmission power of the transmission amplifier can be set, at least in the fixed station, as a function of the number of connected mobile stations. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082056 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - In a transmission power control method, a receiver receives user data transmitted intermittently from a transmitter to a receiver and control data transmitted continuously from the transmitter to a plurality of receivers including the receiver via a DPDCH and a CPICH, respectively; and generates, when the receiver is receiving the user data from the transmitter via the DPDCH, a command for controlling transmission power of the transmitter of a DPDCH in a manner that an SIR of a received signal of the DPDCH by the receiver becomes equal to a target SIR, and generates, when the receiver is not receiving the user data from the transmitter via the DPDCH, a command for controlling the transmission power of the transmitter of the DPDCH by updating the target SIR by using received quality of the CPICH. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082057 | COGNITIVE RADIO TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING USING COGNITIVE RADIO - A cognitive radio terminal device. The cognitive radio terminal device comprises an available radio resource determination unit to determine an available radio resource from among up-link radio resources assigned to an up-link communication in a primary network, and an ad hoc communication performing unit to perform an ad hoc communication in a secondary network by using the available radio resource. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082058 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROGRAM - The invention is applied to a radio base station apparatus that allocates a resource to HS-PDSCH and transmits data via the HS-PDSCH to a mobile station. The radio base station apparatus includes: a BLER measurement unit that measures the BLER of a signal received from the mobile station; and a resource allocation unit that, when the measured BLER is equal to or larger than a target value, increases stepwise by a given amount, the amount of data transmit power allocated as the resource to the HS-PDSCH. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082059 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL USING RECEIVED REFERENCE SIGNAL - A method for determining uplink power level, implemented in a base station, comprises receiving a communication signal over an uplink common control channel. The interference on the uplink common control channel in response to the received communication signal is measured and a channel quality of the uplink common control channel is monitored. A quality margin for the communication signal is provided and transmitted over a downlink control channel. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082060 | Mobile Telecommunication Terminal, Communication System, and Computer Readable Storage Medium - Convenience is improved when a mobile telecommunication terminal uses a fixed telephone line. The mobile telecommunication terminal to perform communication via a mobile telecommunication network by cellular communication is a dual-mode terminal able to be wirelessly communicated (by non-cellular communication) with a communication device such as a fixed telephone or a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) access point. The mobile telecommunication terminal when carrying out signal transmission by accessing the communication device via a fixed telephone line connected to the communication device, obtains a telephone number of the mobile telecommunication using usable cellular communication as notifying information and transmits the information to the communication device. The communication device carries out signal transmission via the fixed telephone line so that the telephone number notified from the mobile telecommunication terminal is transmitted to a signal receiver. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082061 | MOBILE TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH MODE SETTING KEY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal equipped with a mode setting key and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes providing a mode setting key for choosing an operating mode for the mobile terminal; placing the mobile terminal in an operating mode chosen by the mode setting key when the mode setting key is manipulated; and placing the mobile terminal in a standby mode regardless of the chosen operating mode when the mobile terminal is booted. Therefore, it is possible to place a mobile terminal in any operating mode chosen by a mode setting key and to automatically place the mobile terminal in a standby mode immediately after being booted, regardless of the operating mode chosen by the mode setting key. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082062 | Integrating a Cellular Phone with a Speech-Enabled Softphone - A method is disclosed that enables access to the paired combination of a personal computer and cellular telephone, the access being provided through voice commands from a Bluetooth headset or other type of wireless headset. Through the headset, a user is able to invoke a speech-recognition engine during a call in progress that involves the cell phone with which the personal computer has been paired. The set of phrases that can be recognized by the engine, which is resident at the personal computer, are based on the current call-processing state of the call that is being handled by the paired cell phone. Some of the phrases correspond to commands to retrieve one or more entries from a database, such as one stored at the cell phone. One or more of the commands can be for controlling the cell phone or a softphone application that executes at the personal computer. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082063 | Method and system for providing a multimedia presentation to a mobile device user - There is provided a method for use by a mobile device for providing an entertainment presentation to a user. The method comprises downloading a multimedia presentation control software by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a controller and a smart chip operable to support electronic commerce transactions, registering a first action by the mobile device in response to a first smart chip event caused by the user, activating a function of the multimedia presentation control software in response to the first action, and providing the entertainment presentation to the user of the mobile device using the multimedia presentation control software. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082064 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF BASE STATIONS - Device, system and method of wireless communication of base stations. In some demonstrative embodiments a method may include, for example, transmitting a downlink transmission over a frequency band from a first base station during a first time period; and receiving at a second base station an uplink transmission over the frequency band during a second time period at least partially overlapping the first time period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082065 | STAND ALONE EMERGENCY SIGNAL DEVICE HOUSED IN CELL PHONE - The emergency signal device includes an emergency key on the phone, an independent IC chip set controlling the emergency functions, a dedicated memory chip for emergency information and a by-passing outlet to the cell phone's transmitting parts. It is further provided that the device includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, so that the person in danger may always be located. This device utilizes rechargeable solar cells to provide energy. All of its components are powered by a solar cell or solar cell charged battery. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082066 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WITH AUTOMATIC CONTROL TO KEEP DISPLAY TURNED ON AND METHOD - Apparatus and method provide a hold on function in a mobile phone or other portable electronic equipment keeps the display thereof turned on in spite of a screensaver or other power saving feature while a user is reading or watching the display and allows activating of power saving facilities of the mobile phone or equipment only when a user no longer is reading or watching the display. Also, a computer program product stored in a storage medium, includes a storage medium, a computer program including face recognition software to recognize whether an input image represents that of a human face, and a control program to control operation of portable electronic equipment depending on whether or not an input image represents a human face. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082067 | Electronic paper display unit and mobile communication terminal having the same - An electronic paper display unit includes a protective case, which is made of a transparent material, a display, which is installed in the protective case, is powered to display desired image information, and includes a plurality of divided regions, and a control module, which is electrically connected with the display, and includes a first mode transmitting a divided mode signal such that many pieces of image information are independently displayed on the respective divided regions and a second mode transmitting an integrated mode signal such that one piece of image information is displayed throughout the overall divided regions. Further, a mobile communication terminal can visually display various pieces of image information thereon according to selection of a user. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082068 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A communication terminal capable of protecting a hard disk drive if a vibration section activates and capable of decreasing the processing wait time of the hard disk drive and the processing wait time of notifying the user is provided. A communication terminal | 2009-03-26 |
20090082069 | CONVERSION FROM NOTE-BASED AUDIO FORMAT TO PCM-BASED AUDIO FORMAT - A system and method for converting a polyphonic note-based audio object to a Pulse Code Modulated (PCM) audio format is disclosed. An electronic communication device includes a memory containing a polyphonic note-based audio object containing at least two notes which overlap in at least some time interval and a lookup table containing trigonometric function evaluations. The polyphonic note-based audio object contains note frequency information. The polyphonic note-based audio object is converted to a PCM stream by generating PCM code words for each sample point in the PCM stream based upon the polyphonic note frequency information. The PCM code words are determined based upon selection of one or more of the trigonometric function evaluations within the look-up table. A speaker outputs audio based upon the PCM formatted stream. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082070 | Handsfree apparatus and handsfree system - A handsfree system includes a handsfree apparatus and a phone. The handsfree apparatus has a database including a primary control program and a model-specific program. The primary control program enables the handsfree phone call when coupled with the phone. The model-specific program is operated to resolve a model-dependent constraint by being incorporated in the primary control program. The model-dependent constraint arises when coupled with the phone. The model-specific program is associated with phone model information and program specification information to specify the model-specific program independent of the phone model information. Phone model information and program specification information are acquired from a phone coupled with the handsfree apparatus. Model-specific program corresponding to the acquired program specification information is retrieved from the database when the acquired phone model information is not included in the database. The retrieved model-specific program is executed by incorporating in the primary control program. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082071 | Alert Processing Devices and Systems for Noise-Reducing Headsets and Methods for Providing Alerts to Users of Noise-Reducing Headsets - A system includes an active noise-reducing headset and an alert processor. The active noise reducing headset includes a communication module that establishes a wireless communication link, a microphone that generates a microphone signal in response to ambient noise, a speaker, a noise reduction circuit that generates a noise reduction signal in response to the microphone signal, and a control circuit that receives an incoming alert signal from the communication module and plays the alert signal over the speaker. The alert processor includes a second communication module that establishes the wireless link with the active noise-reducing headset, and a controller that receive an incoming alert signal, generates an alert notification in response to the alert signal, and transmits the alert notification to the active noise-reducing headset. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082072 | SEMI-CONNECTED OPERATIONS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate reducing battery consumption during periods of inactivity intermixed with traffic bursts in wireless communications systems. A semi-connected mode is provided that fast recognition of mobile devices upon wakeup and access while enabling mobile devices to operate in reduce power states. A mobile device operates in a semi-connected mode with all base stations in an active set of the mobile device. Moreover, mechanisms are provided to notify mobile devices of pending data while avoiding latency associated with paging channels. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082073 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a case, a cover member that includes a first layer, and a second layer made of a material different from that of the first layer, and an electronic component accommodated between the case and the cover member, wherein the second layer includes a first adhesion area that is adhered to the first layer, and a second adhesion area that is located closer to a center than the first adhesion area, adhered to the first layer, and recessed closer to the case than the first adhesion area, a step being formed between the first adhesion area and the second adhesion area. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082074 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SLIDING COVER STRUCTURE - A sliding cover structure includes a first sliding member having a first arc sliding track, a second sliding member disposed opposite to the first sliding member and a first roller assembly having a first elastic element and a first roller set. At least one end of the first elastic element is fixed to the second sliding member. The first roller set is fixed to the first elastic element and slides along the first arc sliding track. When the first sliding member is forced to slide relatively to the second sliding member, the first roller set slides along the first arc sliding track and the first elastic element deforms to accumulate an elastic potential energy. After the first roller set passes the top of the first arc sliding track, the elastic potential energy is released to make the first sliding member slide along the first arc sliding track automatically. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082075 | CASING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A casing includes a molded body provided with a recess, a conductive layer provided in the recess, and a protection film provided to cover at least a non-recessed region in a surface of the molded body provided with the recess and a surface of the conductive layer. The protection film extends generally evenly over the non-recessed region and the surface of the conductive layer. A method manufacturing the same and an electronic device including the casing are provided. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082076 | Emotion-based game character Manipulation - Methods and systems for emotion-based game character manipulation are provided. Each character is associated with a table of quantified attributes including emotional attributes and non-emotional attributes. An adjustment to an emotional attribute of a game character is determined based on an interaction with another game character. The emotional attribute of the first game character is adjusted, which further results in an adjustment to a non-emotional attribute of the first game character. The behavior of the first game character is then determined based on the adjusted non-emotional attribute. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082077 | Game machine having player change operation function - A game unit realizes alternation of players who control to move a position of an object of a common operation target in a virtual space. A position of the object in response to an operation signal from a validated operation device corresponding to one game player is detected whether the object has collided with another object in the virtual space, and when the collision of the object has been detected, an alternation condition is satisfied, and alternation processing is performed so that an operation signal from an operation device corresponding to another player different from the operation device corresponding to the one game player is validated. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082078 | GAME CONTROLLER SIMULATING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - A simulated musical instrument may be used to alter the audio of a video game, the video aspects of video game, or both. Use of a controller simulating a musical instrument allows a rhythm-action game can be enjoyed in a manner closer to a realistic state of playing an instrument. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082079 | INTELLIGENT CANDLE DISPLAY FOR GAME MACHINES - Intelligent candle displays for electronic game machines are described. In one implementation, an electric signaling candle for game machines used in gambling establishments is communicatively coupled via a controller with one or more display screens for showing image and video graphics. The candle and the display screen(s) may be physically combined into one unit, or physically separated but communicatively coupled to present integrated and harmonized information and visual effects. The intelligent candle display can interact in real time with the game machine hardware and with the action of a game being played in order to display relevant real time action and information. The intelligent candle display serves multiple simultaneous purposes, such as informing casino management of jackpots and machine problems, providing betting information to players, interacting with the game players, advertising, and acquainting and welcoming bystanders to the game machine. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082080 | GAME HAVING MULTIPLE HANDS - A gaming system and method of gaming. A plurality of playing elements are selected, presented in symbol positions to form one or more outcomes that are evaluated for a winning combination. In one embodiment every one of a plurality of outcomes has at least one symbol position in common. In one embodiment the outcomes are formed at least in part by physical playing elements. In one embodiment the system and method involves a hold and draw style game utilising common playing elements across outcomes to avoid conflicts between potential outcomes. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING LOTTERY GAMES - Described are methods, systems and apparatus for enabling a lottery player to receive information corresponding to a lottery outcome in association with receipt of an incoming communication. In an implementation, the method includes receiving an indication of an incoming communication, determining a lottery entry outcome, and determining an audible output based on the lottery entry outcome and on the indication of the incoming communication. The method also includes outputting the audible output via a player device to indicate both the incoming communication and the lottery entry outcome. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082082 | GAMING APPARATUS WITH CUSTOMISED FEATURES - A gaming machine, a gaming system and associated methods are described in which a player provides a player identifier (PID) and that identifier is used to configure the gaming machine. The identifier may include biometric data. The configuration information may include information on one or more limits on game play and an award may be provided if the limits are not exceeded. In other embodiments, limits on game play may be enforced, for example by terminating game play. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082083 | REEL BLUR FOR GAMING MACHINES HAVING SIMULATED ROTATING REELS - Gaming machines, systems and methods for emulating rotating physical reels on a display screen are disclosed. Graphics for “static” reel symbols are intentionally blurred for those reel symbols “in motion.” Gaming machines include an exterior housing, master gaming controller, display device and virtual reels. Virtual reels include reel stops, static reel symbols and corresponding dynamic blurred reel symbols. A blurred reel symbol generator provides corresponding blurred reel symbols for existing static reel symbols, and can be located at a remote host and/or within the gaming machine. A remote host can provide downloadable virtual reel strips, reel symbols and blurred reel symbols to gaming machines. The blurred reel symbol generator can accept manually entered blurred reel symbol images, and/or can also generate blurred reel symbol images itself in automated fashion. Blurred reel symbols can be generated on the fly at runtime, or can be taken from a stored location. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082084 | GAMING MACHINE DISPLAYING A PREDETERMINED IMAGES FOR DISPLAYING A BONUS SYMBOL AT A PREDETERMINED POSITION - A gaming machine | 2009-03-26 |
20090082085 | Slot machine performing payout of a predetermined amount of credits when the number of games reaches a predetermined number - The slot machine | 2009-03-26 |
20090082086 | GAMING SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE GAME APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - A gaming system having a centralized controller coupled to an array of game apparatus; a display device, including a plurality of prize object displays, for displaying a bonus event prize for at least one game apparatus in the array; and provision for holding prize objects in an individually controlled manner, is disclosed. In another embodiment, a gaming system including a plurality of game apparatus, each game apparatus having a plurality of prize objects where at least one prize object is a dynamic prize object, the latter being distinguishable from other prize objects; and a central controller in communication with the plurality of game apparatus, the central controller being configured to assign a prize value to a selected prize object if the selected prize object is a dynamic prize object and cause the prize value to be displayed to a player on the associated game apparatus, is disclosed. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082087 | Wagering Game With Symbol-Strings Dictation Winning Outcomes - A gaming machine and method for conducting a wagering game includes at least one string of symbols for indicating an outcome of the wagering game wherein additional symbols are introduced into the string of symbols to produce winning combinations of symbols. Upon achieving a winning combination, the winning combination is removed from the string of symbols and the remaining symbols move together to form another string of symbols. The process is repeated and subsequent strings of symbols are evaluated for additional winning combinations. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082088 | GAMING MACHINE WITH COLLECTIBLE GAME CARDS - A gaming machine for conducting a wagering game includes a plurality of game cards that may be read by one or more card readers of the gaming machine. The game cards may provide a variety of enhancements for the gaming machine, including enhanced game features, enhanced rules of game play, enhanced game characters, and the like. Players may collect the game cards for use in the gaming machine in hopes of increasing their likelihood of achieving a desirable outcome or altering the characteristics of the game to offer more entertaining variations on game play. The players may also trade the game cards with one another and with the casino, thereby creating excitement and interest in the gaming machine. Special interest groups and even entire industries may be formed to facilitate the collecting and trading of the game cards. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082089 | Slot Machine Displaying Rendered Effects Based On Proportion Of Payout Amount To Bet Amount - A slot machine includes a display device, reels, a bet unit, motors, a memory, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (a) execute a lottery in response to an accepted bet; (b) send a signal indicating an instruction for rotating each reel to each motor; (c) determine an amount of credits to be awarded to a player in accordance with the lottery result; (d) determine an image to be displayed on the display device in accordance with a proportion of the amount of credits to the accepted bet; (e) cause the display device to display the image determined in (d); (f) send a signal indicating an instruction for causing each reel to come to a stop to each motor in accordance with the lottery result; and (g) when each reel comes to a stop, award the amount of credits determined in (c) to the player. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082090 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING PLAY IN A REVERSE MODE - In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method for facilitating play of a gaming device is presented, in which the method comprises enabling a reverse payout mode of play of the gaming device and displaying an indication that play of the gaming device is to be provided in accordance with the reverse payout mode of play. In some embodiments, the indication may include a representation of a virtual player playing in a normal mode of play. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082091 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR A POINT EXCHANGE - Methods of tracking points among participants in various wagers. An indication of a wager may be received, including point distributions, participants, an event, etc. An indication of an outcome of the wager may be received. Points may be allocated among participants in accordance with a desired point distribution based on the outcome of the wager. An indication of a point adjustment may be received, and points may be adjusted accordingly. The point adjustment may be associated with an external exchange between participants in a wager. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082092 | PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR GAMING WITH POINTS - Methods of tracking points among participants in various wagers. An indication of a wager may be received, including point distributions, participants, an event, etc. An indication of an outcome of the wager may be received. Points may be allocated among participants in accordance with a desired point distribution based on the outcome of the wager. An indication of a point adjustment may be received, and points may be adjusted accordingly. The point adjustment may be associated with an external exchange between participants in a wager. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082093 | SLOT MACHINE PERFORMING PAYOUT OF A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CREDITS WHEN THE NUMBER OF GAMES REACHES A PREDETERMINED NUMBER - The gaming machine | 2009-03-26 |
20090082094 | System And Method For Managing Meters In A Gaming System - A method of managing meters in a gaming system comprises a first step of temporarily storing meter information in a cache of a gaming management module. Upon receipt of an instruction from the gaming system, the meter information temporarily stored in cache is written to a storage location. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082095 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GAMING CONTENT - A method comprises receiving an indication of a triggering event at a gaming device, determining a gaming content associated with the gaming device, identifying a public display on which is displayed non-gaming media content, and outputting the gaming content on the public display wherein the gaming content supersedes at least a portion of the non-gaming media content. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082096 | System and Method for Playing a Game Involving the Conversion of a Communicated Message to a Text Message - This invention is directed to amusement devices wherein players attempt to rapidly convert target messages into a “text message” using a conventional keypad arrangement such as that provided on a push button phone. The target message is the message that is intended to be translated may be communicated to the player using a visual display or be provided to a player orally. The object of the game is to accurately convert the target message to a “text message” as rapidly as possible using the keypad and the translated message is sent from the keypad data entry device to a central processing unit where it is then displayed and provided a score or rank according to predetermined scoring criteria. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082097 | Method and apparatus for varying win probability and payouts of a gaming machine - A method and apparatus for varying win probabilities and/or payouts of a gaming machine as a function of the amount wagered by a player in a round of play is disclosed. In one embodiment, the probability of receiving a winning combination and/or the payouts for one or more winning combinations increase as an amount wagered increases. In one embodiment, sets of outcomes are stored in memory, each set of outcomes associated with an amount bet or a range of bets. The possible outcomes for larger bets represent a higher probability of receiving a winning combination or payout. The outcome of a game or round is determined by mapping a random number generated by a random number generator to outcomes stored in memory. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO WIRELESS GAMING DEVICES - Systems and methods for controlling access to wireless gaming devices and networks are provided. For example, access is controlled through one or more levels of security checks, such as a hard security check instead of or in addition to a soft security check. In a hard security check, the user employs an apparatus such as a card or other physical token that can be used to access the wireless gaming device. Such an apparatus may communicate information that identifies the user to the device or may simply be used to produce a signal without which the device is locked to users. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082099 | User Interface System and System-Controlled Bonus System - Systems and methods for managing a limited-time bonus period are disclosed herein. According to one method, one or more triggering events are established for the gaming machines, wherein the triggering events are winning game outcomes. A gaming period is initiated on the gaming machines, wherein each gaming machine generates a game outcome. If necessary, a system host is notified that one or more triggering events have been satisfied. The gaming machines then receive instructions from the system host to initiate a limited-time bonus period, wherein the limited-time bonus period is presented on a player tracking and interactive system gaming devices on a selected number of gaming machines. A notification message is displayed on the gaming machines regarding the initiation of the first limited-time bonus period, and a prize is awarded if a winning outcome is achieved by one or more of the networked gaming machines during the first limited-time bonus period. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082100 | Methods and Apparatuses for Recording and Utilizing an Audio Signature Within an Application - In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an application, detect a participant that is utilizing the application, detect a qualifying event, and transmit an audio signature associated with the participant to a recipient wherein the recipient utilizes the application. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082101 | COMPREHENSIVE SINGLE PAGE VIEW OF USER'S GAMING ACHIEVEMENTS - A method is disclosed for providing comprehensive information of all game achievements on a single GUI of a gaming and media system. The achievements GUI lists all game achievements, whether locked or unlocked, and may visually differentiate between locked and unlocked achievements. Upon a user selecting a listed achievement, information relating to that achievement may be displayed on the same GUI, in an achievement descriptor area beside the area listing the achievements. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMULATION ENHANCEMENT - An emulation enhancement method in a first video game platform for enhancing execution of video games written for a second video game platform includes receiving an input signal written for the second video game platform, analyzing the input signal written for the second video game platform, intercepting a control signal from the input signal based on a set criteria, enhancing the control signal to generate an enhanced control signal for the first video game platform, and outputting the enhanced control signal. The control signal carries an audio effect component, a video effect component and a haptic effect component that are outputted on a user output display. Enhancing the control signal augments the audio effect component and the video effect component of the control signal and generates the enhanced control signal that utilizes additional platform capabilities on the first video game platform. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082103 | Electronic Consoles Having Flexible Displays - A gaming console configured with an auxiliary flexible display unit, e.g., a flexible LCD unit, providing different viewing angles for viewing displayed messages of advertisements is provided. The flexible display unit may comprise a plurality of individual flexible display modules which may be oriented as to define separate viewing windows or corridors to display related or unrelated messages, viewable from different directions. Corridors of viewing may be defined by software so that the flexible display unit may present messages uniquely to each defined corridor, which corresponds to one or more flexible display modules or portions thereof. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082104 | Track-Based Interactive Music Tool Using Game State To Adapt Playback - An audio player for playing back a plurality of tracks, comprising a game state monitor for monitoring a state of an interactive video game being played by a user of a game device, a track controller for managing a plurality of audio tracks, and a track manager for playing out selected ones of the plurality of audio tracks wherein the selected ones are selected based on game logic and a current game state of the interactive video game. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082105 | TRACK-BASED INTERACTIVE MUSIC TOOL USING GAME STATE TO ADAPT PLAYBACK - An audio player for playing back a plurality of tracks, comprising a game state monitor for monitoring a state of an interactive video game being played by a user of a game device, a track controller for managing a plurality of audio tracks, and a track manager for playing out selected ones of the plurality of audio tracks wherein the selected ones are selected based on game logic and a current game state of the interactive video game. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082106 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING GAME PIECES - A game-piece rendering system includes a plurality of game cards each storing predetermined machine-readable data, and a game host unit. The game host unit includes: a game card reader for reading the machine-readable data stored on the game cards; a processor coupled to the game card reader and executing a rendering program to generate a game screen based on the machine-readable data read by the game card reader, the game screen including a plurality of virtual game pieces corresponding respectively to the game cards read by the game card reader; and a touchscreen display coupled to the processor and displaying the game screen. The processor performs control such that the virtual game pieces are selected and manipulated on the touchscreen display in response to a user touching the touchscreen display. A game-piece rendering method is also disclosed. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082107 | Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program - A game apparatus includes two LCDs, a touch panel is provided in association with the one LCD. On the touch panel, an operation button corresponding to each player character is set. A setting of the operation button is changed according to an operation state (frequency of usage, operation coordinates position) by a player during playing the game. For example, a size of an operation effective area and a display position of the operation button are changed according to the frequency of usage. Furthermore, at least any one of the operation effective areas and the display position of the operation button is changed according to the operation coordinates position. | 2009-03-26 |
20090082108 | Electronic game controller - An electronic game controller includes a front body, a rear body, a plurality of function keys and a rotating mechanism. The front body includes a second end surface non-orthogonal to its longitudinal axis. The rear body includes a third end surface parallel to the second end surface and non-orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the rear body. The function keys are disposed on the front and the rear bodies. The rotating mechanism is connected with the second and the third end surfaces, that is, the front and the rear bodies are pivotally connected with each other via the rotating mechanism. Accordingly, since the rear body can rotate relative to the front body and be positioned via the rotating mechanism, the present invention can provide more than two ways of being held to enhance users' enjoyment of playing electronic games. | 2009-03-26 |