14th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130084793 | CEILING MOUNTED VENTILATION FAN - A ceiling mounted ventilation fan comprises a main housing including a first opening communicating with a duct and a second opening communicating with inside of a room, and a fan unit including a fan casing having an air inlet opened in the main housing, and the fan casing includes a first engagement part releasably engaged with the first opening of the main housing, and a second engagement part releasably engaged with an inner wall of the main housing, positioning of the fan casing in an installation position is achieved in a state that the first engagement part is engaged with the first opening and the second engagement part is engaged with the inner wall of the main housing, and a state of the engagement can visually be confirmed through the second opening in a state that the positioning is achieved. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084794 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING UTILITIES AND CARBON DIOXIDE - A system for producing at least one of solid or liquid carbon dioxide includes a combustor configured to produce an exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide, a compressor configured to compress the exhaust gas and a heat exchanger configured to cool the exhaust gas. An expansion chamber is configured to allow the compressed exhaust gas to expand and form the solid or liquid carbon dioxide and to separate the solid or liquid carbon dioxide from a substantially CO2 depleted gas. A supply passage supplies the CO2 depleted gas to said heat exchanger and a storage chamber stores the solid carbon dioxide. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084795 | Connection Arrangement in Relayed Wireless Communications - The present document describes a distributed communication arrangement, wherein a radio access network of a wireless telecommunication system provides a terminal device with two logical communication connections. Both uplink and downlink of a first logical connection are routed between a base station and the terminal device through a relay node. Uplink of a second logical connection is also routed between the base station and the terminal device through the relay node. Downlink of the second logical connection is, however, transmitted directly from the base station to the terminal device. Such an arrangement is used for cooperative communication purposes. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084796 | WIRELESS DISPLAY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A computer including a base and a display selectively removable from the base. The base includes a processor, a base wireless chip, and a power source. The display includes a screen for displaying a video output, a display wireless chip in communicating with the base wireless chip, and a power wireless chip in communication with the power source. The base wireless chip transmits data from the processor to the display. Also, when the display is at least in one position with respect to the base, the power source transmits power to the power transition member of the display. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084797 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION-DEVICE-CONTROLLED OPERATIONS - Methods and mobile devices for performing operations responsive to user actions are disclosed. The method includes prompting a user of a mobile device to make a particular action that is detectable by the mobile device, and prompting the user to select a particular operation that the user desires to have effectuated when the particular action is subsequently carried out. In addition, an indicator of the particular action is stored on the mobile device in connection with an indicator of the particular operation to associate the particular action with the particular operation. And after registration, when the particular action is sensed with the mobile device, the particular operation is effectuated. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084798 | SINGLE NFC DEVICE IDENTITY SELECTION ON A MULTIPLE-IDENTITY SUPPORTED DEVICE - An apparatus and method are disclosed for selecting a single device identity on near field communications (NFC) devices that emulate multiple identities. A first NFC device sends a polling command and a second NFC device receives the polling command. The second NFC device, which emulates multiple identities, is configured to extract any identifying characteristics from the polling command and search a list it maintains of all the emulated identities. The second NFC device is also configured to select the first emulated identity that matches the characteristics including in the polling command. A link is then established between the first NFC device and the second NFC device which emulates the target specified in the polling command. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084799 | Antenna Driver Circuit for NFC Reader Applications - A power amplifier, supplied by a supply voltage, to drive an antenna to output a magnetic field, comprising a differential stage configured to output an output signal to drive the antenna, and a feedback stage configured to receive a common mode output voltage from the differential stage and to output a feedback voltage to regulate the output common mode signal to be proportional to the supply | 2013-04-04 |
20130084800 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REMOTE WIRELESS POWERING AND CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Example method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to enable remote wireless powering and control of an electronic device. Example embodiments of the invention include a method comprising the steps of detecting received power in a wireless power receiver of a device; determining to turn on the device in response to detecting the power; and sending information through a control interface to cause an information processing operation to be performed. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084801 | Positioning Guidance for Increasing Reliability of Near-Field Communications - To promote ease of use, as well as a reduction in bit error rates during extended data exchange between a coupled NFC tag/reader pair, signal strength is measured from a plurality of NFC tag antennas each positioned differently with respect to a common reader field, and differences in signal strength are used to determine an optimum positioning of the tag, or tag emulator, with respect to the reader. Alternative embodiments may include signal time of flight for determining orientation of the NFC antennas within the reader field. Information is generated by the tag, or tag emulator, and output by the tag, or tag emulator, such that a user may direct the positioning of the tag, or tag emulator, for improved communication with the reader. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084802 | SHAPED CONTROLLING SIGNALS IN NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) DEVICES - A near field communication (NFC) device operating in a tag emulator mode, including a controller to output a control signal to control operation of a transistor, a waveform shaper to shape the control signal and to generate a shaped signal by increasing a rise time and a fall time of the control signal, and the transistor to receive the shaped signal and to output a switching waveform to drive an antenna of the NFC device. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084803 | Optimization of NFC Tag For Different Battery Levels - A mobile communication device has a processor, a radio, a near field communication (NFC) device, a battery, and memory for storing data. The power level of the battery is measured. When the measured power level is above a first predetermined level, power is provided to the radio to allow communication. Sufficient power is provided to operate the NFC device as a reader and a tag. When the measured power level of the battery falls below the first predetermined level, battery power to the radio is shut off. Sufficient power is maintained to the NFL device to allow it to operate only as a tag. Sufficient power is maintained to the memory to retain the data stored in the memory. When the measured power level of the battery falls below a second predetermined level, the NFC device is required to harvest all of its power from the field. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084804 | Communication Terminal Having a Monitor Provided with a Transparent Antenna and Corresponding Method - A terminal comprises at least one monitor, capable of rendering image data, and radio frequency communication means for communicating with at least one additional communicating device. Said monitor supports, on at least one portion of the surface thereof, a transparent antenna which does not interfere with rendering said image data, and which works in cooperation with said radio frequency communication means. Said terminal comprises data generation means indicating the presence of said antenna, forming a portion of said image data rendered by said monitor. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084805 | Orientation Determination For A Mobile Device - A system determines an orientation of a user of a mobile device has a head-mounted accessory device including a first digital compass for providing a first orientation signal and a short-range wireless transmitter for transmitting the first orientation signal to the mobile device. The mobile device includes a short-range wireless receiver for receiving the first orientation signal from the head-mounted accessory device. A processor in the mobile device determines the orientation based on the first orientation signal. The mobile device may include a second digital compass. The system with two compasses provides greater accuracy. By comparing the two orientation signals, the device can infer whether the user is viewing the mobile device. Tilt sensors in the accessory device and mobile device can also be used with the orientation signals to infer whether the user is viewing the mobile device and thus to control content delivered by the mobile device. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084806 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE CONFIGURATION OF A MOBILE STATION BASEBAND CIRCUIT FOR AN ACOUSTIC ACCESSORY - A method and system for the configuration of a mobile station baseband circuit for an acoustic accessory having an identifier, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the mobile device recognizes the identifier of the acoustic device; and configuring the baseband circuit with a DSP filter response and CODEC acoustic gain parameters for the acoustic device if the mobile device recognizes the identifier of the acoustic device. The system comprising: an identifier for each of the plurality of acoustic devices; a local memory in the mobile station storing a frequency (filter) response and gain parameters for at least one of the plurality of acoustic devices and for mapping them to the identifier; and a digital signal processor to re-shape an acoustic frequency response and adjust an audio gain of a baseband circuit for the mobile station based on the stored frequency response and gain parameters. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084807 | Electronic Device With Service Acquisition Antenna Switching - An electronic device may contain wireless communication circuitry. The wireless communication circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry coupled to multiple antennas. The electronic device may use the multiple antennas to make received signal power measurements. The signal power measurements may be made for each frequency in a list of frequencies used most recently by the electronic device in conveying data traffic between the electronic device and a wireless network. Based on received signal power measurements, the electronic device may select which frequency to use in performing system acquisition operations to attempt to establish a wireless communications link between the electronic device and the wireless network. The device may make signal power measurements for each antenna in the device to determine which antenna should be used in performing the system acquisition operations or may rotate through antennas in sequence to identify an antenna that can successfully perform system acquisition operations. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084808 | DYNAMIC ACTIVATION OF RECEIVE DIVERSITY - A method, system, and computer program product for managing a plurality of antennas on user equipment. A connection status module is configured to monitor the plurality of antennas for a data packet of a plurality of data. A control module is configured to power more than one of the plurality of antennas to measure signal quality in response to receiving the data packet. The signal quality comprises a power level of each of the plurality of antennas and a correlation of the plurality of antennas. An antenna quality module is configured to determine whether the correlation of the plurality of antennas is greater than a threshold in response to the connection status being active. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084809 | QoS Verification and Throughput Measurement For Minimization of Drive Test - A method of throughput and data volume measurement for minimization of drive test (MDT) is proposed. A base station establishes a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network. The base station or UE measures transmitted or received data volume during a transmission time of a data burst between the base station and the UE. When the data burst spans multiple measurement periods and the data burst is split at each measurement period boundary. For each measurement period, data volume during the measurement period is measured to generate a measurement result. When throughput measurement is performed by the network, the base station receives location information that is available during the transmission time of the data burst. The data volume measurement is logged with time stamp such that each measurement result can correlated with the location information. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084810 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE WAVE - A receiving apparatus includes: an interference wave reducer configured to reduce an interference wave included in a received signal; and an automatic gain controller configured to automatically control a gain for the received signal, the automatic gain controller including a convergence time saver to save convergence time of an automatic gain control for the received signal based on an input of an interference wave. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084811 | ZIGBEE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF ZIGBEE DEVICE - The present invention is related to a Zigbee device and a method for management of a Zigbee device. The Zigbee device is capable of improving data processing efficiency as well as improving resource utilization by estimating a future available buffer amount of a buffer unit and controlling a variable buffer amount in such a way that the available buffer amount of the buffer unit is matched to the future available buffer amount. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084812 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus, which is capable of communicating with a first apparatus via a first communication interface and communicating with a second apparatus via a second communication interface, determines whether the first apparatus complies with a power-saving function of the first communication interface and selects, based on a result of the determination, a communication interface to be operated when the communication apparatus is set to be in a power-saving state from between the first communication interface and the second communication interface. Depending on an ambient environment, a communication interface to be operated during a power-saving operation is selected to increase a power-saving effect. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT - A method of providing content is provided. The method includes providing an interface for providing a service based on information regarding a wireless transceiver positioned close to an apparatus for providing content, the information being received from the wireless transceiver; requesting a waiting number for providing the service via the interface; and receiving the waiting number for providing the service, a waiting time, and content based on the waiting time. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084814 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication system including a first station having at least two first narrow beam antennas and a second station having at least two second narrow beam antennas. The first and second stations establish a first communication path for wireless communication via a pair of first and second narrow beam antennas. When communication via the first communication path is disturbed by obstacles, the first and second stations automatically establish at least one alternative communication path, which is spatially different from the first communication path, for wireless communication using the at least two first narrow beam antennas and the at least two second narrow beam antennas. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084815 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmitting device for transmitting signals carrying data in a wireless communication system, including at least two beam antennas, each beam antenna having a main beaming direction at a different angle; a generator configured to generate a number of signal streams to be transmitted over a wireless communication channel within the wireless communication system, wherein each of the signal streams includes a different version of the data and the number of signal streams corresponds to the number of the at least two beam antennas, wherein each signal stream is transmitted over the wireless communication channel via a different beam antenna of the at least two beam antennas; and a cyclic delay diversity unit configured to cyclically shift each different version of data and to use cyclic delay diversity. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084816 | Wideband Power Efficient High Transmission Power Radio Frequency (RF) Transmitter - Embodiments provide transmitter topologies that improve the power efficiency and bandwidth of RF transmitters for high transmission power applications. In an embodiment, the common-emitter/source PA of conventional topologies is replaced with a current-input common-base/gate PA, which is stacked on top on an open-collector/drain current-output transmitter. The common-base/gate PA protects the output of the transmitter from large output voltage swings. The low input impedance of the common-base/gate PA makes the PA less susceptible to frequency roll-off, even in the presence of large parasitic capacitance produced by the transmitter. At the same time, the low input impedance of the common-base/gate PA reduces the voltage swing at the transmitter output and prevents the transmitter output from being compressed or modulated. In an embodiment, the DC output current of the transmitter is reused to bias the PA, which results in power savings compared to conventional transmitter topologies. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084817 | TPMS TRANSMITTING MODULE - Disclosed herein is a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) transmitting module including: a case mounted in a tire; a transmitting unit mounted in the case; and a coating layer coated on an outer side of the transmitting unit. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084818 | Performing Power Control In A Receiver Based On Environmental Noise - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving and processing an incoming radio frequency (RF) signal in a receiver. Based on this signal, an environmental noise level can be determined, where this level corresponds to environmental noise present in an environment in which the receiver is located. Then, if the environmental noise level is substantially greater than receiver-generated noise, power consumption of at least one analog front end component of the receiver can be reduced. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084819 | GAIN CONTROL CIRCUIT, FM RECEIVER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The present invention provides a gain control circuit for an FM receiver that can reduce a reproduced audio output according to the magnitude of the noise component of an intended signal included in a received signal. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084820 | Device and Method for Cascading Filters of Different Materials - Some embodiments of the invention provide a filter having at least one first filter, each first filter being a band-reject type filter having a first set of filter parameters that are a function of a first material used to fabricate the at least one first filter, and at least one second filter, each second filter having a second set of filter parameters that are a function of a second material used to fabricate the at least one second filter, each second filter being one of a band-reject type filter and a band pass type filter. The at least one first filter and the at least one second filter are then cascaded together to form the filter. The cascaded filter has a new third set of filter parameters that are a function of both the first material and the second material. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084821 | Detecting Interference in Wireless Receiver - A wireless receiver ( | 2013-04-04 |
20130084822 | APPARATUS GENERATING SUBCARRIER FOR TRANSMISSION BETWEEN ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY CHANNELS AND METHOD GENERATING OF THE SAME - Apparatus for generating a plurality of radio-frequency RF subcarrier signals for transmission between two adjacent ultra-high frequency UHF broadcast channels comprises a signal generator for generating a plurality of local oscillator LO signals, and a plurality of mixers each arranged to mix one of the LO signals with one of a plurality of input signals to generate one of the RF subcarrier signals, said input signal including information to be transmitted by said RF subcarrier signal. Variable gain amplifiers can be provided to independently amplify the RF subcarrier signals before they are combined. The LO signals can have the same frequency and the input signals can have different frequencies, or the LO signals can have different frequencies and the input signals can have the same frequency. A second LO signal with a different frequency to a first LO signal can be obtained by dividing a reference frequency by a predetermined value and mixing with the first LO signal. Methods of generating a plurality of RF subcarrier signals are also disclosed. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084823 | DUAL MODE SERVICE WIFI ACCESS CONTROL - The provision of dual mode services is facilitated. Access to the dual mode services is controlled by associating a mobile device to an access point. Subscribers are required to provide valid geographical addresses for access points associated with the mobile devices prior to provision of service. Consequently, physical addresses are necessarily available for emergency services (e.g., E911). Mobile devices are restricted to specific access points based upon the access point identifiers automatically provided during initialization of service and maintained for authorization purposes. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084824 | Systems and Methods for Providing Emergency Callback Procedures - Enhanced services, such as call restriction, call forwarding, anonymous call rejection, and proprietary services, may interfere with an emergency callback potentially preventing the callback from reaching the intended destination. Systems and methods for processing emergency calls to eliminate emergency callback failure in response to an emergency call being released are provided herein. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084825 | Network Directed Cell Broadcasts For Emergency Alert System - Systems and methods for providing alerts to end users of networked enabled portable devices are provided so that the end users are made aware when broadcast emergency alerts are issued. The systems and methods provide a way for a portable device to receive information about an emergency alert broadcast of which the user should be aware, e.g., from the EAS, and to notify the user of the emergency alert. A flag provides an indication the EAS should be on and the systems and method override the settings made by a user to a portable device to enable EAS reception. The user may then be automatically taken to the emergency alert information by having the portable device automatically tune to the emergency broadcast information, or the user may optionally retrieve the emergency information by tuning to the emergency broadcast channel, or the user may otherwise be presented with a reference to the emergency data (e.g., a link to the information). | 2013-04-04 |
20130084826 | USAGE SHARING ACROSS FIXED LINE AND MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for determining the usage of a subscriber to mobile and fixed line services including: receiving subscriber usage information from a fixed line network; receiving subscriber usage information from a mobile network; computing a usage metric based upon the received subscriber usage information from the fixed line network and the mobile network and rating factor information; comparing the usage metric to a predetermined usage threshold; determining a usage policy action; and transmitting a usage policy action message. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084827 | COMMUNICATION TRACKING AND BILLING SYSTEM - A system for billing communications between a subscriber and a verified professional comprising a verified professional repository and a central tracking system. The central tracking system is configured to receive a communication request targeting the registered device ID, determine an applied billing rate using a value set by the verified professional, and transmit the applied billing rate to the subscriber. The central tracking system is further configured to track the connection, generate a communication data file comprising the registered device ID, the subscriber ID, the applied billing rate, the communication duration, and the billing signal. The central tracking system is further configured to obtain a billable duration by parsing the communication data file using the billing signal and the communication duration, calculate a communication charge using the applied billing rate and billable duration, and pay the verified professional a portion of the communication charge. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CELLPHONE SERVICE FROM ANY DEVICE - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a cellular communication service for any device via a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a log-in request of a user from a device, if the log-in request is authenticated, synchronizes the device with a configuration associated with the user and provides the cellular communication service via a subscription plan subscribed to by the user. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING ACCESS TO APPLICATIONS INTEGRATED WITH A VISITED NETWORK - A method and apparatus for interworking between a mobile network operator and an application provider are disclosed. A network application function (NAF) may be co-located with an OpenID provider such that an application server may communicate with the NAF to access a home subscriber server (HSS) via a bootstrapping server function (BSF). The interfaces between BSF and HSS, and between BSF and NAF may be enhanced to carry information that is available through Sh interface between the application server and the HSS. When the WTRU is roaming in a visited network, the application server may communicate with the visited network for charging and policing for serving the service request from the WTRU. The application server may be co-located with an NAF, and may authenticate the WTRU using Generic Bootstrapping Architecture, and may communicate with a BSF in a home network via an eZn-proxy function to access an HSS. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084830 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION SERVICES - The present invention provides a method and a system for providing at least one communications service to one or more service providers by a communications service provider. Communications capabilities of the communications service provider are sliced into a plurality of virtual slices and each of the plurality of virtual slices is configured for a different service provider from among the one or more service providers. At least one communications service is provided to each of the one or more service providers through a respective configured virtual slice by the communications service provider. Each of the one or more service providers further provides the communications service to a user through the respective configured virtual slice in collaboration with the communications service provider. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084831 | Methods of Using Biometric Data in a Phone System and Apparatuses to Perform the Methods - A system includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including, in response to an activation event, sending information to a biometric input device to activate the biometric input device. The operations further include receiving biometric data corresponding to a particular user from the biometric input device. The operations include determining whether an identification of the particular user matches the biometric data. In response to determining that the identification of the particular user matches the biometric data, a service is provided to a device associated with the particular user. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084832 | Method and System for Delivering a Voice Mail Notification to a Subscriber Using Cellular Phone Network - A method and system of the present invention delivers a voice mail notification to a subscriber of a voice mail system to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in the subscriber mailbox. The voice mail system cellular phone network. The voice mail notification typically includes the calling party number and the name of the calling party if available, and an index. This is forwarded through the cellular phone network to the subscriber to indicate that a voice mail message is waiting in a subscriber mailbox. Subscribers can retrieve a specific message from the Voice Mail System. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084833 | DYNAMIC NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM - A system and method for a dynamic navigational system may include a server configured to send event information associated with an event to a user device. The event information may include a general event location. The server may also be configured to receive a user response to the event information and send a focused event location to the user device in response to the user response selecting to attend the event. The focused event location may be located within the general event location. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084834 | INHIBITING UNINTENDED OUTGOING COMMUNICATION IN MOBILE DEVICES - An embodiment is a technique for inhibiting unintended outgoing communication. A cost calculator calculates a cost value of an outgoing communication as a function of a plurality of parameters related to at least one of a voice parameter, an ambient parameter, a proximity parameter, a speech pattern parameter, a call parameter, and a noise parameter. A call suppressor suppresses the outgoing communication when the cost value exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084835 | Method and System for Selecting a Wireless Network for Offloading - The present invention is directed to a method and system for selecting a wireless network for offloading network traffic from another network. In one embodiment, a method and system for offloading network traffic in a wireless user terminal from a first network, such as cellular network, onto a second network, such as a WiFi network, includes determining a measure of the relationship between the user of the wireless user terminal and the owner of the access point for the second network. The measure of the relationship can be used to provide an indication of the likelihood that the owner of the access point will grant access to the user of the wireless user terminal. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084836 | VIRTUAL COMPOSITE TELEMATIC MODEM - A computer-implemented method for managing data traffic comprises connecting at least two telematic devices to a computer system and managing, by the computer system, a connection of the at least two telematic devices to a communication network for receiving data from the communication network by the at least two telematic devices. The method runs at least one telematic application on the computer system or on at least one of the at least two telematic devices based on the data received from the communication network. The computer system controls the at least two telematic devices such that both of the at least two telematic devices receive the data for the at least one telematic application from the communication network at the same time or one of the at least two telematic devices receives the data from the communication network at a first time period whereas the other one of the at least two telematic devices receives the data from the communication network at a second time period different from the first time period. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A device to automatically provide differing information levels according to a predetermined social hierarchy includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores social templates corresponding to unique social signatures and being selectable to provide, for each level of the predetermined social hierarchy, a corresponding differing amount of information to each member of the predetermined social hierarchy and/or a social networking service. The processor receives sensor data from a sensor set which detects sensor data related to an environment of a communication device, creates a detected social signature from the received sensor data, determines which of the social signatures of the social templates has the greatest correspondence with the created social signature, retrieves from the memory the determined one social template having the greatest correspondence, and provides only as much information as allowed in the retrieved social template. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084838 | System, method, and apparatus for viewing underground structures - A system, method, and apparatus for displaying underground structures that include at least one processor, at least one display device, and at least one computer-readable medium comprising program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to determine a location of the mobile device, determine an area to be displayed based at least partially on the location of the mobile device, identify underground structure data for the area to be displayed, and generate, on or with the at least one display device, a graphical representation of the area including the at least one underground structure. Systems, methods, and apparatus are also provided to provide underground structure data to a mobile device based on a location of the mobile device. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING CALLER NAME INFORMATION TO MOBILE DEVICES - Systems and methods for delivering full name information to a mobile device are disclosed. A service control point receives a mobile dialing number (MDN) of an incoming call from a network control point, and queries a LIDB data store for partial name information. The network control point creates a call page including the partial name information and terminates the call to a terminating mobile device. The terminating mobile device opens a data connection to the service control point, and submits a query for full name information. The service control point retrieves the full name information from the LIDB data store, and transmits it to the terminating mobile device over the data connection. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084840 | Provisioning for Enterprise Service - Identifying an incoming call as from a mobile device of an enterprise communication system. Creating a first list relating mobile devices of the enterprise communication system with Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) number of the device. Creating a hashmap comprising keys. Each key comprising the last n digits assigned as a PLMN number to at least one mobile device of the enterprise communication system. The hashmap further comprising a plurality of buckets. Each bucket corresponding to a key, and comprising a second list identifying each enterprise-associated mobile device having a PLMN number ending with the key. Receiving an Automatic Number Identification (ANI) number of an call incoming to the enterprise communication system. Retrieving at least one bucket corresponding to a key comprising the last n digits of the ANI number. Searching the retrieved bucket for the unique identifier associated with the full PLMN number. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084841 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-BAND MODEM TO MODEM COMMUNICATION - Systems, methods and programmed instructions are disclosed useful for transmitting signals representing data messages to and from a wireless handheld telephony device along a first call leg of a communication session previously established between the wireless handheld telephony device and at least one second telephony device, the communication session being controlled by a call control server. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084842 | Mobility Management of User Equipment - There is provided a method, including obtaining, by a user equipment, information related to the speed of the user equipment in at least one first radio access technology; and applying the obtained information in a second radio access technology upon changing to the second radio access technology, wherein the second radio access technology is different from the present first radio access technology. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084843 | FUNCTION EXPANDING METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - An expanded function supporting method and a mobile device adapted thereto are provided. The method includes receiving input signals for activating a user function related to a system installed to a mobile device, establishing a basic function supporting path used to operate the system when the user function is activated, and an expanded function supporting path to operate an expanded function of the system when an input signal for operating the expanded function is received, and transferring, when receiving an input signal for operating the expanded function, a command for operating the expanded function via the expanded function supporting path. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084844 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication device is capable of communication by utilizing first and second wireless access networks and has a storage unit, a wireless device, and a processor. The wireless device detects a wireless state of the first wireless access network and writes flag information in accordance with the detected wireless state to the storage unit. When a suspend state is cancelled, the processor controls connection with the second wireless access network based on the flag information stored in the storage unit. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084845 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A terminal intermittently operates while receiving paging information and other necessary information from a base station. In the terminal cycles of DRX with different lengths are combined in a hierarchy manner to determine an intermittent operation period. Upper DRX in the hierarchy has a longer cycle than lower DRX. A period using a cycle of the immediately lower DRX is determined based on information on the cycle of the upper DRX. An intermittent operation of a communication processing unit is controlled based on information on the cycle of DRX in a period using information on a cycle of the lowermost DRX. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084846 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE WIPE THROUGH VOICE MAIL - A method and system for remotely wiping a mobile device, the method receiving, at a telephonic server hosting a telephonic menu, a selection to wipe data and connections from the mobile device; and forwarding a wipe data request to a network server to send a wipe command. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084847 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084848 | FLEXIBLE DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION SCHEME BASED ON LIKELIHOOD OF SCHEDULING - One embodiment is directed to a method for applying a flexible discontinuous reception scheme. The method includes initializing, at a user equipment, a timing alignment timer. The method then includes determining a type of discontinuous reception cycle to apply based on a likelihood of scheduling of the user equipment, and applying the determined type of discontinuous reception cycle. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084849 | MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT FOR FAST MOVING USER EQUIPMENT IN A HETEROGENOUS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Relative sizes of neighbor cells are identified, and measurement reporting of the neighbor cells is differentiated in dependence on at least the relative size. In one embodiment the relative sizes are identified by a frequency layer and/or physical cell identity sent by a serving cell. The differentiated reporting may be implemented by using different values, based on the relative sizes, of a measurement or reporting parameter or a scaling factor (such as T | 2013-04-04 |
20130084850 | Prioritizing Radio Access Technologies For Measurement - A prioritized measurement list is stored in a memory, and each entry in the prioritized measurement list defines a unique combination of frequency layer and radio access technology for a serving cell and for neighbor cells. Based on at least signal strength of the serving cell, there is selected, from a neighbor list according to the prioritized measurement list, a set of entries for measuring according to a selection rule. The selection rule provides: for the case in which the signal strength of the serving cell is relatively high, the selected set is a first set and represents higher priority ones of the prioritized measurement list; and for the case in which the signal strength of the serving cell is relatively low, the selected set is a second set and represents lower priority ones of the prioritized measurement list. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084851 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING STATE OF BASE STATION REVERSE DIVERSITY LINK AND BASE STATION - A method, apparatus and system for detecting a connection state of a reverse secondary link of a base station, including a base station setting that the reverse primary link of the base station is connected and the reverse secondary link of the base station is disconnected, and then determining a minimum first transmission power value of a testing terminal; while the station setting that the reverse primary link of the base station is connected and the reverse secondary link of the base station is disconnected, and then determining a minimum second transmission power value of the testing terminal; and determining whether the connection state of the reverse secondary link of the base station is normal or not according to the minimum first transmission power value and the minimum second transmission power value. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084852 | 2G, 2.5G RF LOOPBACK ARRANGEMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICE SELF-TESTING - In a mobile communication device a loopback technique is used to enable the receive chain circuitry and digital baseband block to perform self tests on the transmit chain circuitry of the same mobile communication device for 2G and 2.5G operating Bands and channels. A transmit chain circuit is set to transmit a selected receive Band channel, which is attenuated via a loopback path within the mobile communication device's front end module and, in some embodiments, via a leakage signal path between adjacent or proximate LNA inputs of separate receive chain circuits. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084853 | SYSTEM FOR TESTING MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD THEREFOR - In a system for testing a mobile communication device under test, a calculation part calculates, before a control part starts processing according to a designated measurement sequence, a total value of a data amount to be acquired as an analysis target by a transmission/reception unit in the designated measurement sequence. A determination part determines whether the calculated total value of the data amount exceeds a permissible value which has been set in advance according to a predetermined capacity of a reception data memory. If the determination part determines that the calculated total value exceeds the permissible value, the control part displays the determination result on the display unit. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084854 | Methods and Arrangements for Direct Mode Communication - A method in a first user equipment (UE | 2013-04-04 |
20130084855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK SELECTION - The application relates to wireless network selection. The effect of wireless network selection upon operation time of the mobile device is considered in making the wireless network selection. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084856 | Device Mobility Based Scanning Period Control - A user equipment UE selects between a first scanning mode and a second scanning mode using at least inputs of signal quality of a link with an access node and at least one of UE speed and network type of the access node. It then determines a scanning rate using the selected scanning mode and the UE speed, and detects and measures inter-frequency neighbor cells according to the determined scanning rate. In one example both modes the increase scanning rate for increased UE speeds, except that for the first mode speeds above V | 2013-04-04 |
20130084857 | Method and System for Selecting Candidate Neighboring Cells - Disclosed is a method and system for selecting a candidate neighbor cell in the present invention. The method includes: determining a candidate cell set of a serving cell; acquiring a base station closest to the serving cell from the candidate cell set, and adding all the cells under the base station into a neighbor cell set; deleting a cell sheltered by the base station and cells included in the neighbor cell set from the candidate cell set; judging whether the candidate cell set is empty; if not, then returning to the step of acquiring a base station closest to the serving cell; and if yes, then taking cells in the neighbor cell set as a first layer of neighbor cells of the serving cell. By way of the present invention, the efficiency and accuracy of neighbor cell planning can be improved, thereby saving neighbor cell resources and improving the self adaptability of the candidate neighbor cell. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084858 | EXPANDED CELL SEARCH AND SELECTION IN A MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE - A method and apparatus for expanded cell search and selection in a mobile wireless device. The mobile device locates cells in a first of neighbor cells and in a second list of stored cells and evaluates located cells using suitability criteria. When locating a suitable first cell that uses a first radio access technology (RAT) in the first list, the first cell is selected. When locating a second suitable cell that uses a second RAT in the first list and not locating a suitable cell that uses the first RAT in the second list, the second cell is selected. When locating a third suitable cell that uses the second RAT in the first list and locating a fourth suitable cell that uses the first RAT in the second list, the fourth cell is selected when more suitable than the third cell. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084859 | Exchange of Information Via WIFI Infrastructure Using Wireless Devices - A system is provided for transmitting information to a user of a mobile communications device. The system includes a database for storing information items associated with a plurality of wireless networks, and a mobile device application operating on a mobile communications device. The mobile device application is for receiving an indication that the mobile communications device is within the operational radius of one of the wireless networks, and causing the transmission of a network identifier associated with one of wireless networks. The system also includes a transmission module for receiving the network identifier from the mobile device application and, in response thereto, transmitting one or more information items associated with an operator of the one of the plurality of wireless networks to the mobile communications device. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084860 | MINIMAL ACCESS TRANSFER CONTROL FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE RADIO VOICE CALL CONTINUITY HANDOVER - A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium is provided for a reverse single radio voice call continuity handover procedure, where an access transfer control function is only allocated dynamically during a call setup phase, if the access transfer control function is needed to support the reverse single radio voice call continuity handover procedure. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084861 | EVOLUTION-DATA OPTIMIZED (EVDO) SESSION HANDLING DURING MOBILITY WITH SUPPORT FOR S101 SIGNALING INTERFACE - Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques for Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO) session handling during inter radio access technology (IRAT) mobility with support for S101 signaling interface. A UE may determine a mobility scenario for transfer of the UE among a first cell and a second cell, while the UE has an EVDO session. The UE may further determine whether pre-registration of a UE EVDO session is allowed via an S101 signaling interface. The UE may perform a procedure related to the EVDO session based on the determined mobility scenario and whether the pre-registration is allowed or not. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084862 | Method Of Estimating Mobility Of User Equipment And A Wireless Device - One embodiment of the method of estimating mobility of a user equipment includes obtaining location information of at least one base station that participated in a handover of the user equipment, and estimating a mobility of the user equipment based on the obtained location information. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084863 | METHOD TO SELECT MS IN OVERLOAD CONTROL TRIGGERED BASE STATION INITIATED HANDOVER IN WIMAX SYSTEMS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus that may help alleviate load conditions by taking action to select one or more mobile stations (MSs) for handover to a neighbor base station are provided. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084864 | Methods And Apparatus For Handover Management - Systems and techniques for handover management in wireless communication networks. An apparatus, such as a base station, receives information relating to load conditions and computes handover threshold information based on the information relating to the load conditions. The information relating to the load conditions may comprise information received from other base stations, and the base station may in turn share its own information. Information may be shared through direct communication between base stations, or may be managed by a controller. Handover thresholds may be set for user devices based on the load metric information. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084865 | Methods And Apparatus For Interference Management - Systems and techniques for managing the use of almost blank subframes in wireless communication systems. Base stations in a wireless network monitor load information affecting network nodes. Load information may be in the form of load metric information. The load information may be exchanged between system elements, and an almost blank subframe proportioning may be updated by one or more of the base stations, and information relating to the updated proportioning. The updated almost blank subframe proportioning may be used in scheduling and load metric calculation, as well as almost blank subframe patterning. Updating of almost blank subframe information and load metric information may be performed iteratively. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084866 | Prioritizing Radio Access Technologies - A prioritized measurement list is stored in a memory, and each entry in the prioritized measurement list defines a unique combination of frequency layer and radio access technology for a serving cell and for neighbor cells. Based on at least signal strength of the serving cell, there is selected, from a neighbor list according to the prioritized measurement list, a set of entries for measuring according to a selection rule. The selection rule provides: for the case in which the signal strength of the serving cell is relatively high, the selected set is a first set and represents higher priority ones of the prioritized measurement list; and for the case in which the signal strength of the serving cell is relatively low, the selected set is a second set and represents lower priority ones of the prioritized measurement list. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084867 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF MEMBERSHIP VERIFICATION - Devices, systems and methods of membership verification during handover to a target cell are presented. The target cell triggers membership verification (MV) process during handover, accepting user equipment (UE) as a non-member and upgrading it to a full member, e.g., if the membership verification process is successful. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-HIERARCHICAL CELL CONFIGURATION - Provided is a system and method for configuring a multi-hierarchical cell in which a large-scale mobile backhaul technology and a small cell technology are combined. A mobile backhaul may increase a transmission capacity of a wireless backhaul using a super high frequency (SHF)/extremely high frequency (EHF) band, rather than a cellular band having a limitation in extending frequency resources, and a small group cell to be formed at a final end of the mobile backhaul may be configured by fixed group cells or mobile group cells depending on a radio environment, using a moving relay, wireless fidelity (WiFi), femto-cells, and the like, whereby cells may be miniaturized effectively, and a relatively great capacity of a wireless system may be provided to a subscriber. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084869 | Methods of UE Providing Speed Information to Network - A method of user equipment (UE) providing speed information to network is provided. The method supports obtaining speed information of the UE, detecting a trigger event and providing the speed information to the network by one or more predefined means. The speed information is taken from the group consisting of a physical speed, a physical speed mapped on a pre-defined speed group, and a virtual speed. The virtual speed comprises a cell change count or a number cells that the UE has requested RRC connection during a certain period. The UE can send the speed information to an eNB via RRC connection establishment, RRC connection re-establishment, a new IE in RRC measure report or a new RRC message. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084870 | METHOD FOR HANDLING HANDOVER IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present solution relates to a method in a first network node ( | 2013-04-04 |
20130084871 | RADIO BASE STATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A radio base station eNB# | 2013-04-04 |
20130084872 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes: at least one base station that forms a plurality of cells of different frequencies such that the cells partially or completely overlap with each other; and a terminal that is capable of recognizing the cells of the different frequencies. The base station determines priority factors of the different frequencies of the cells, and transmits the priority factors to the terminal that has set a cell formed by the base station as a serving cell. The terminal receives the priority factors from the base station forming the serving cell, and selects a cell to be set as the serving cell next from among the cells based on the priority factors. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084873 | SMALL CELLS IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE AIR INTERFACES - A communication networks including a plurality of small cell providing air interface infrastructure functionality is provided. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the management of inter-small cell communication in accordance multiple air interfaces supported within individual small cells. Additionally, aspects of the present disclosure relate to the management of intra-small cell communication in accordance with communication networks implementing multiple small cells. In other aspects, small cells coordinate handovers through the use of a controller, or by leveraging wireless connections created between the small cells. In further aspects, the small cells enable the utilization of multiple air interface standards within a small cell. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084874 | RADIO BASE STATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A radio base station eNB# | 2013-04-04 |
20130084875 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING RADIO SIGNAL, AND A BASE STATION USING THE SAME - A radio signal transmission method is used in a radio signal transmission system having a core network (CN), at least one base station and at least one user equipment (UE). After the UE initiates a circuit switch (CS) call, the base station determines whether to activate CS off-loading. If to activate CS off-loading, the base station determines whether identification (ID) codes of all call parties reside on the same base station or on the same group of base stations of the system. If yes, the base station determines whether to off-load only the user-plane data. If yes, the CN controls the signaling and the user-plane data is directly forwarded to another call party; otherwise, the base station processes a signaling and the user-plane data is directly forwarded to another call party via the base station. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084876 | Systems and Methods for Providing Service Migration Between First and Second Cellular Technologies - Systems and methods for a call flow for a mobile directory number (MDN) from a first phone to a second phone which has been intra-service ported. The system includes: a first switch of a first technology; a second switch of a second technology; and a local number portability database (LNP). The LNP stores local routing numbers (LRN) associated with the MDN. The WLNP system determines whether a call, from the first phone, is received by a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or the first switch. If the call is received by the PSTN with the LRN, the call is routed to the second switch based on the LRN. If the call is received by the first switch without the LRN, the first switch queries the LNP for the LRN and the call is routed intra-carrier to the second switch. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING HIDDEN COMMON ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL RESOURCES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for communicating hidden common channel resources to a communication device(s). In this regard, a method is provided that includes sending a message, to a device of a cell, including data indicating items of system information relating to a number of communication channel resources of a first type of resource and receiving a response message from the device indicating that the device supports communication channel resources of a second type of resource. The method may further include determining a set of communication channel resources associated with the second type supportable by a network device to send the set of resources to the device in a reply message responsive to the indication that the device supports the communication channel resources of the second type. The method may also include receiving a selection, by the device, of a communication channel resource(s) of the set. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084878 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE RANKED NETWORK PRIORITY - Methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate ranked network priority. An example method includes obtaining a bid value associated with a first wireless device, calculating a rank of the first wireless device with a plurality of wireless devices based on the bid value, operating characteristics of the first wireless device, and a scheduling model, and allocating a first portion of wireless network resources to the first wireless device based on the rank of the first wireless device. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084879 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - To provide a base station apparatus, mobile terminal apparatus and communication control method for enabling control adapted to interference inside a Heterogeneous network to be performed to support the next-generation mobile communication system, a base station apparatus ( | 2013-04-04 |
20130084880 | RECEIVER AND RECEIVING METHOD FOR SCALABLE BANDWITH - Provided are a receiver and a receiving method for a scalable bandwidth in a mobile station of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. The receiving method includes the steps of: (a) filtering a received RF signal; (b) oscillating a frequency according to a center frequency control signal to output a local oscillation frequency; (c) down-converting the filtered RF signal by using the local oscillation frequency; (d) scalable-filtering the down-converted signal while adjusting a bandwidth according to a bandwidth control signal; (e) controlling gain of the scalable-filtered signal; (f) converting the gain-controlled analog signal into a digital signal by using a sampling frequency matching with a corresponding bandwidth according to an ADC control signal; and (g) demodulating the converted digital signal, outputting the center frequency control signal, the bandwidth control signal, and the ADC control signal according to control information received from an upper layer. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084881 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR QOS CONTROL BASED ON CHARGING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for QoS control based on a charging system. In solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention, after a service resource reservation request from a PCEF is received, a preset QoS value for a service may be directly determined according to a service identifier of the service from a locally stored mapping relationship between service identifiers and preset QoS values of services, and a QoS value for the service is determined according to the preset QoS value, and the determined QoS value is directly delivered to the PCEF, so that the QoS value for the service may be determined and delivered without the participation of the PCRF, so as to significantly reduce the time for determining the QoS value for the service. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084882 | BECOMING MORE "AWARE" THROUGH USE OF CROWDSOURCING AND DEVICE INTERACTION - Techniques disclosed herein provide for assisted context determination through the use of one or more servers remote to a mobile device. The one or more servers can receive location and/or other information from the mobile device and select, from a list of possible activities, a smaller list of activities a mobile device user is likely engaged in. The one or more servers can return the smaller list to the mobile device, which can use the smaller list to make a faster context determination. In creating the smaller list, the one or more servers can utilize information regarding a region in which the mobile device is located, which can be updated and modified using information received from mobile devices. Furthermore, the one or more servers can gather and share information from nearby mobile devices, enabling a mobile device to use information from nearby mobile devices to facilitate a context determination. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084883 | Location Aware Pre-Caching And Service Delivery - A mobile communication network includes a media controller (MC) for tracking popularity statistics of cells of the network, a location database (LDB) connected to the MC for storing the statistics, a position monitor (PM) connected to the MC for detecting a position of subscribers within the network and at least one local cache (LC) connected to the MC and for pre-storing content to be delivered to the subscribers wherein the MC further includes a communication means for receiving content and subscriber information and for communicating portions of the received information to the PM, to the LDB and to the LC. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084884 | Cell Selection Mechanism in Mobile Relay Operation - The present invention relates to a method in a radio network node of a cellular network, for controlling admission of a UE in a cell covering a region. The method comprises obtaining ( | 2013-04-04 |
20130084885 | INTELLIGENT LOCATION TAGGING FOR DETERMINSTIC DEVICE BEHAVIOR - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a deterministic device behavior system detects if a device is entering a sensitive location. The sensitive location may be a movie theater, hospital, law enforcement agency, public restroom or locker room, meeting room, factory, or similar location. If the device enters the sensitive location, the device is triggered to query a location database to obtain one or more policies related to deterministic behavior. The policies are transmitted to the device to execute the deterministic behavior while the device is in the sensitive location. The deterministic behavior may include disabling one or more modules of the device such as the camera, microphone, speaker, annunciator, vibrator, and so on, where the use of such modules may be inappropriate or prohibited in the sensitive location. The policies may be implemented manually by the user or automatically by the device. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084886 | PILOT BEACON SYSTEM FOR INDOOR POSITIONING - The system and method uses a one or more pilot beacons to more accurately locate the position of an indoor mobile device. Modulation and level control of the co-pilot beacons provides a third dimension, z-axis, of positioning. An augmented Position Determining Entity (“aPDE”) can be used which does not modify the existing PDE in the network, and facilitates and ensures high-integrity information during a 2D to 3D positioning upgrade. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084887 | USING WIRED ENDPOINTS TO DETERMINE POSITION INFORMATION FOR WIRELESS ENDPOINTS IN A NETWORK - Provided are a computer readable recording media, system, and method for using wired endpoints to determine position information for wireless endpoints in a network. Identification information from a detected wired endpoint connected to the network is received and a command is issued to the detected wired endpoint to cause the detected wired endpoint to transmit signals identifying the wired endpoint. Information is received from a communicating wireless endpoint, comprising one of the wireless endpoints, using wireless communication, including wireless endpoint identification information and information identifying at least one of the wired endpoints transmitting signals received at the wireless endpoint. Position information is determined for the wired endpoint indicated in the information received from the communicating wireless endpoint. Information on the communicating wireless endpoint is updated to associate with the determined position information. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084888 | Location for Minimization of Drive Test in LTE Systems - A method and apparatus for active location acquisition. An active location acquisition controller is included in a device. The active location acquisition controller can be a circuit or code running on a processor included in the device. A measurement collection request is communicated to the device. The device then determines if and how a location information is to be acquired. If the device determines that the location information is to be acquired, the device enables a location acquisition system to acquire the location information and the device then acquires the requested measurement and stores the requested measurement and the location information in the measurement log. If the device determines that the location information is not to be acquired, the device disables a location acquisition system and does not acquire the location information and the device then acquires the requested measurement and stores the requested measurement in the measurement log. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084889 | Spatial Arrangement of a Plurality of Communication Devices and Method for Determining the Spatial Position of a Device - In order to determine the spatial position of a device (D), the device receives position data relating to a plurality of transmitters (T | 2013-04-04 |
20130084890 | Method and Devices for Determining the Distance Between a Radio Beacon and an Onboard Unit - System and method for determining the distance between a radio beacon and a vehicle device passing in the radio beacon, in a road toll system. A signal having a known temporal profile is emitted by one of the radio beacon and vehicle device. The signal is captured in the other component during the passing of the device and the temporal profile of the frequency is recorded in relation to the known temporal profile; a modification in the recoded frequency profile exceeding a first threshold value is detected; two distant wave zones in the frequency profile, lying temporally in front of and behind the detected modification are determined, the zones displaying a frequency modification below a second threshold value are searched for; the recorded frequency profile is scaled in such a way that the distant wave zones take the predetermined values; and the distance is determined from the scaled frequency profile. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084891 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR LOCATION BASED CROWDSOURCING OF CONTEXTUAL DATA - A system for the collection, aggregation and analysis of location based crowdsourcing data includes a server that server that controls the distribution of crowdsourcing requests and workloads to a plurality of external mobile platforms. The server receives crowdsourcing queries from multiple parties and provides measurement requests to the mobile platforms, e.g., based on the location of the mobile platforms. Upon receipt of the measured contextual data from the mobile platforms, the server may distribute information, such as the raw measured contextual data or an analysis of the measured contextual data, to the appropriate requesting parties in a secure manner. The mobile platform may receive a plurality of measurement requests from a remote server, wherein the plurality of measurement requests are based on crowdsourcing queries from a plurality of parties. The mobile platform may measure and provide to the remote server contextual data in response to the plurality of measurement requests. | 2013-04-04 |
20130084892 | Methods and Arrangements for Proximity Detection - A method in a network node for enabling proximity detection is presented. The network node is comprised in a wireless communications network and serves a wireless device. According to the method, the network node obtains a fingerprint of a CSG cell, or of an inter-frequency cell. The network node then transmits the fingerprint to the wireless device, thereby enabling the wireless device to determine when it is in the proximity of the cell. | 2013-04-04 |