15th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140099908 | Ordered Electromagnetic Interference Cancellation - Progressive cancellation of electromagnetic interference (EMI) is achieved by establishing a canceller stage processing order in a receiver feed circuit. Such a processing order may be one that progressively narrows an interference analysis bandwidth around desired target signal and optimizes gain-bandwidth characteristics of a cancellation loop in each canceller stage accordingly. A cancellation signal generated by each canceller stage is adaptively controlled without disturbing the stability of the cancellation loop. By doing so, the residual interference-to-noise ratio at each adaptive canceller stage is optimized independently from the closed cancellation loop control of the other canceller stages resulting in improved interference cancellation in the receiver feed circuit. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099909 | IDENTIFYING SOURCE OF TTY BASED EMERGENCY CALL - An message may be sent to an emergency call center. Before the message is received by the emergency call center, it may be determined that at least a portion of the message is not formatted in accordance with a teletypewriter protocol. The message may be reformatted in accordance with a TTY protocol. A second message may be provided to a public safety answering point. The second message may comprise the reformatted message and an indication of the original protocol of the reformatted message. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099910 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO EFFICIENTLY PROPAGATE EMERGENCY SIGNALS - A method and apparatus are provided by which a radio communication device relays emergency signals across different channels using dual-watch. A dual-watch primary receiver of the radio communication device is allocated to a user selected home channel, while a dual-watch secondary receiver continually scans a pre-stored list of secondary channels for the purpose of detecting a possible emergency signal. The radio communication device upon detecting an emergency signal in either the home channel or any of the scanned secondary channels, relays the emergency signal to all the channels present in the radio communication device's channel list, except for the originating channel. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099911 | Method and System for Providing Tiered Priority Access to Communication Network Resources - Methods and systems automatically allocate cellular communication network resources to emergency response personnel during emergency situations which are detected by call volumes exceeding a predetermined maximum. Access to cellular communication network resources is provided by dedicating a portion of communication channels to emergency response personnel use. By reserving whole communication channels for emergency communication purposes, emergency personnel are able to both initiate and receive calls from both other mobile devices as well as conventional landline telephone stations. Qualified emergency response personnel can preregistered their phones and be assigned personal identification numbers to enable access to allocated network resources. Users can also be registered “on the fly.” | 2014-04-10 |
20140099912 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING USER EQUIPMENT ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling user equipment access in a wireless communication system. When the user equipment (UE) is configured to perform extended access barring (EAB), and a radio resource control (RRC) establishment cause is not set to either of emergency call mobile terminating (MT) access or high priority access, the EAB execution is indicated to a lower layer. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099913 | Anonymous Location Service for Wireless Networks - An anonymous location wireless network service for use in a wireless network. The service provides content providers with the location of network users without revealing their identities. The service includes a wireless network having a proxy server, a network communication link to a plurality of web sites, and a wireless communication link to a plurality of handheld devices. The proxy server blocks identity by reading the location and identity information of network devices, generating dummy identifications, relating the dummy identifications to the identity information, storing the relationships in a memory storage, and forwarding the location information and dummy identifications to the global computer network. Upon receiving messages from the global computer network, the proxy server reads the dummy identifications, looks up the related identification information in the memory storage, and forwards the data to the appropriate network devices. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099914 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DISCOVER SPECTRUM USAGE OF MOBILE CARRIERS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for discovering spectrum usage of mobile carriers. An example method includes extracting channel information from a plurality of messages transmitted to mobile devices over a wireless communications radio spectrum, identifying a mobile carrier based on the channel information, associating the channel information with a network parameter of the mobile carrier, and determining a channel usage characteristic associated with mobile carrier based on the channel information and the network parameter. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099915 | System and Method for Utilizing a User's Mobile Phone Account as a Funding Source - The invention generally pertains to a method for providing a purchase incentive associated with the purchase of a product bundle to an end user using a mobile device connected to a transaction server over a mobile phone network. By way of example, a secure connection is created over the mobile phone network to exchange information between the transaction server and the mobile device. The end user selects the desired product bundle level—as a result receives a purchase incentive, i.e., cash rebate, remittance, refund and/or other monies—and delivery method using the mobile device. The mobile device connects to a third party payment processor over a secure connection, which charges the end user for the purchase of the product bundle. Specifically, the third party payment processor charges the purchase to the user's mobile phone account with a mobile carrier. Once the end user is notified of the successful purchase transaction, the desired value is delivered to the end user using the user selected delivery method. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099916 | Location-based Update of Subscriber Identity Information in a Wireless Device - Location-based subscriber identity update in a wireless user equipment (UE) device. A location of the UE may be determined. An indication of a plurality of network connectivity options may be provided via a user interface. The plurality of network connectivity options may be provided based on the location of the UE. User input selecting a network connectivity option may be received via the user interface. The UE may be configured according to the selected network connectivity option in response to the user input. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099917 | COMPUTER NETWORK PAGE ADVERTISING METHOD - The invention provides a system for promoting computer network pages. The system includes a mobile station that allows a user to conduct telephone calls and connect to a computer network. A call management server selects and transmits an audible advertisement for a network page to a user, based on profile information of the user. A gateway then causes a menu including a selection choice for connecting to the advertised computer network page to appear on the mobile station when the user connects to the computer network. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099918 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS RATING - The present application relates to a computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for telecommunications rating. The computer-implemented method for telecommunications rating may comprise: receiving an event from a source system for a service, wherein the event is generated by a user; transforming the event into a normalized event by determining event characteristics comprising determining a guiding point identifier to identify a guiding point associated with the user; by using the guiding point identifier, retrieving from the guiding point a list of products operable to guide the normalized event; rating the normalized event by calculating and aggregating costs according to the list of products; and posting the costs by updating at least one balance associated with the user, the guiding point, and/or the service. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099919 | METHOD FOR DELIVERING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS USING MOBILE TELEPHONY IDENTIFIERS IN A SECURE MANNER IN CONJUNCTION WITH INTERNET PROTOCOLS AND ADDRESS SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and media for delivering electronic documents using mobile telephony identifiers, such as IMEI, in a secure manner in conjunction with Internet protocols and address systems are provided herein. According to some embodiments, exemplary methods may include receiving a communication, determining a hybrid endpoint identifier associated with a communications device by evaluating the communication for either the hybrid endpoint identifier or routing information, the hybrid endpoint identifier comprising an identifier appended to a telephone number, and routing the communication to the communications device via a telephony network based upon the hybrid endpoint identifier. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099920 | Managing Opt-In and Opt-Out for Private Data Access - Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are for managing opt-in and opt-out for private data access. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device can receive a request to obtain private data associated with a user of the mobile device and, in response to the request, determine whether an application program associated with the request is permitted to access the private data based upon a rule. The mobile device, in response to determining that the application program is permitted to access the private data based upon the rule, can instruct the application program to proceed to obtain the private data. The mobile device, in response to determining that the application program is not permitted to access the private data based upon the rule, can instruct the application program to avoid obtaining the private data. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ALERT BASED ON USER LOCATION - A computer-implemented method of providing an alert based on user location. An indication of a second user is received from a first user. It is determined whether the first user and the second user are co-members of a telecommunication carrier service plan. Location information of the first user and location information of the second user is received. A distance between the first user and the second user is determined based on the location information of the first user and the location information of the second user. The first user is alerted responsive to the distance between the first user and the second user exceeding a predetermined threshold. A system for providing an alert based on user location or user motion state is also provided. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099922 | INTERFACE FOR SYNCHRONIZING AUTOMATED REPLIES BETWEEN DIFFERENT MESSAGING SYSTEMS - Systems and techniques are provided for synchronizing automated reply configuration settings between different messaging services for an individual user of a mobile device. User account information and an authentication key are registered at a server of a first messaging service associated with the mobile device and a second messaging service associated with a client of the second messaging service. In response to a request for access to an automated reply function of the first messaging service from the client of the second messaging service, it is determined whether or not the client is authorized for access based on a comparison of authentication information included in the client's request with the authentication key registered for the mobile device. If the client is authorized successfully, the client is allowed to access the automated reply function in accordance with configuration information specified in the request from the client. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099923 | SUBSCRIBER DEVICE UNLOCK - A mobile device includes a memory system and a processor. The memory system stores a local device identifier and the processor receives an unlock command from an unlock system. In response to receiving the unlock command, the processor compares the local device identifier to a remote device identifier stored in the unlock system. The processor executes the unlock command to unlock the mobile device if the local device identifier matches the remote device identifier. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099924 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCREEN UNLOCKING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for authentication in an electronic device is provided, comprising: receiving a touch pattern, the touch pattern including a set of points; determining, by a processor, whether the touch pattern is valid by validating a first portion of the touch pattern, the first portion not including at least one of the set of points; when the touch pattern is determined to be valid, unlocking the screen; and when the touch pattern is determined to be invalid, holding the screen locked. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099925 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION COMPONENTS OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus enabling programming of electronic identification information of a wireless apparatus. In one embodiment, a previously purchased or deployed wireless apparatus is activated by a cellular network. The wireless apparatus connects to the cellular network using an access module to download operating system components and/or access control client components. The described methods and apparatus enable updates, additions and replacement of various components including Electronic Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) data, OS components. One exemplary implementation of the invention utilizes a trusted key exchange between the device and the cellular network to maintain security. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOCKING UNAUTHORIZED OUTGOING CALL ON A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The various embodiments herein provide a system and method for blocking unauthorized outgoing calls made by an unauthorized user. The system is programmed by the user to block any attempt made to call an unauthorized number. Incase of a landline system, the system is connected to a telephone line that powers up the unit from the landline and blocks any unauthorized outgoing calls. The system is programmed to inhibit dialing any prefixes or any individual numbers. The system disconnects the phone line from the network and does not allow continuation of dialing when the prefix or the dialing number matches with the unauthorized dialing list/database. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099927 | Qualcomm Chat Mobile Terminal Update and Authentication Method and Mobile Terminal - A QUALCOMM chat (Qchat) mobile terminal update and authentication method and a mobile terminal are disclosed. A historical result of performing data update of a Qchat service is recorded in a preset storage location in a mobile terminal, and determines, according to the result, whether the Qchat service is activated in the current mobile terminal card. If the Qchat service is not activated, a data update process of the Qchat service is skipped, and a start-up procedure except the data update process of the Qchat service is directly executed, thereby effectively reducing an invalid tariff incurred to a non-Qchat mobile terminal card user during start-up; and meanwhile, normal use of a Qchat user is not affected and user experience is improved. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099928 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF UNLICENSED USER EQUIPMENT - An apparatus for the detection of unlicensed user equipment may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving user equipment capabilities from a user equipment and comparing the received user equipment capabilities with the expected user equipment capabilities. The expected user equipment capabilities may be obtained based on a user equipment identifier received from the user equipment. The processor and memory storing computer program code may further cause the apparatus to send a notification if the compared user equipment capabilities are different. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099929 | ATTACHING PATIENT CONTEXT TO A CALL HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH VOICE COMMUNICATION - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for declining, attaching, and editing patient context to mobile voice communication are provided. Patient demographic or alert information is attached to items within call histories associated with voice communication which are stored in the EMR and utilized for later analysis (e.g., analytics, patient progress, billing, reimbursement, staff scheduling, patient acuity, and the like). In embodiments, the context is declined, attached, or edited to items from the call history. In embodiments, the context is attached to items in the call history when the voice communication is initiated. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099930 | CONTACT INFORMATION SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for synchronizing between a first address book on a user terminal and a second address book on an SNS network includes determining a synchronization target and, when the synchronization target is determined as the first address book, downloading contact information from the second address book to the user terminal. The method also includes, when the synchronization target is determined as the second address book, uploading contact information from the first address book to the SNS network, and matching the contact information in the first address book against the contact information in the second address book. Further, the method includes identifying a contact person having same contact information based on the matching and synchronizing information of the contact person in the first address book and information of the contact person in the second address book. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099931 | INTERACTIVE ADVISORY SYSTEM FOR PRIORITIZING CONTENT - A method for passing content to at least one communicator device. The user of a communicator device registers with at least one service provider for delivering a plurality of different types of content to be passed to the at least one communicator device. A user defined priority is assigned to the at least one type of content. The user defined priority is stored on a computer readable medium. The different types of content are passed to the at least one communicator device based on the user defined priority. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099932 | System and Method for Displaying Information Associated With a Cellular Device on a User Specified Display Unit - Embodiments of the present invention include a method for displaying information associated with a cellular device on a display unit. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring for a signal transmitted by a cellular device. In response to detecting the signal from the cellular device, the method determines an identity and a call status of the cellular device from data associated with the signal. The method transmits the identity and the call status of the cellular device to a user specified device to display the identity and the call status on the display unit associated with the user specified device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099933 | NETWORK ACCESS CREDENTIAL MIGRATION - A method for network access credential migration is provided. The method can include deprovisioning a network access credential for a wireless network from a first wireless communication device. The method can further include determining that the network access credential has been successfully deprovisioned from the first wireless communication device. The method can additionally include provisioning the network access credential to the second wireless communication device after the network access credential has been successfully deprovisioned from the first wireless communication device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099934 | PORTABLE DEVICE WITH SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY CARDS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER THEREOF - A portable device is provided. The portable device comprises a first wireless module, a second wireless module, a first subscriber identity card coupled to the first wireless module, a second subscriber identity card coupled to the second wireless module and a battery. The first subscriber identity card camps on a cell via the first wireless module. The second subscriber identity card camps on the same cell or a different cell via the second wireless module. A first transmission power of one of the first and second wireless modules is maintained, and a second transmission power of another one of the first and second wireless modules is dynamically adjusted according to a variation in a voltage of the battery. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099935 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATE OF NETWORK-RELATED INFORMATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A system and method for network-related information is provided. In a method for updating network-related information, an electronic device determines whether the network-related information is received from a currently accessed service network, and accesses another service network if the network-related information is not received, and receives the network-related information from the newly accessed service network. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099936 | AUTOMATED BILLING AND DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM FOR APPLICATION PROVIDERS - Systems and methods according to certain embodiments of the invention include integrating a network-enabled application with a platform having a plurality of users and a plurality of communication channels with a respective plurality of wireless network carriers. The systems and methods include providing a developer library for use by developers in creating their network-enabled applications. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099937 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND INPUT METHOD - A device control middleware | 2014-04-10 |
20140099938 | Multi-tier Indexing Methodology for Scalable Mobile Device Data Collection - A mobile device indexing system includes a plurality of edge nodes in communication with each other across a communication network and a plurality of mobile devices configured to communicate with the edge nodes. Each mobile device has both computing and communication functionalities. A separate mobile device index is maintained at each one of the plurality of edge nodes. Each mobile device index is a geographical spatio-temporal index having entries for a unique set of mobile devices derived from the plurality of mobile devices. Each unique set contains only mobile devices registered to the edge node associated with that mobile device index. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099939 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station apparatus provided in a mobile communication system that includes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, where the mobile station apparatus is configured to perform communications with the base station apparatus by using a plurality of frequencies together and the plurality of frequencies being configured by the base station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus includes a first circuitry configured or programmed to notify the base station apparatus of a mobile station apparatus capability indicating measurement ability for first measurement or second measurement on the communication, where the first measurement using a measurement gap and the second measurement not using a measurement gap. The mobile station apparatus also includes a second circuitry configured or programmed to perform the first measurement or the second measurement, based on information for the measurement gap, reception quality of one of the frequencies and the measurement ability. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY CONTROLLING AN MDT IN A PLURALITY OF PLMNS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficiently controlling a minimization of drive test (MDT) in a plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs). The method for controlling an MDT of a terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: performing a tracking-area update; receiving a logged measurement configuration message; determining whether or not the received logged measurement configuration message comprises an MDT PLMN list; and a applying, if the MDT PLMN is comprised, the MDT PLMN list to the MDT. The method and apparatus according to the present invention may efficiently control an MDT in a plurality of PLMNs. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099941 | ACCESSIBILITY IN DYNAMIC CELLULAR NETWORKS - In order to facilitate communication in a dynamic cellular network, an accessibility issue in the dynamic cellular network may be detected. For example, if an electronic device is near the boundary between two adjacent cells in the dynamic cellular-telephone network, the signal power of signals from the adjacent cell may be higher than that of signals from the current servicing cell, which may offer an opportunity to improve communication performance. Thus, the accessibility issue may be detected if the difference is larger than a threshold value (such as 2-4 dB). In response to detecting the accessibility issue, a remedial action may be performed, such as repeating at least a portion of an acquisition process. In this way, the communication technique may improve the communication performance of the electronic device in the dynamic cellular network, thereby improving the user experience and customer satisfaction. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099942 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CELL OUTAGE AND CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for detecting a cell outage and controlling transmission power. The method of detecting the cell outage includes: receiving a Radio Link Failure (RLF) message from a User Equipment (UE) or an adjacent BS; acquiring Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) and Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) of the UE with respect to a serving cell and adjacent cells before RLF generation, which are included in the RLF message; calculating a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) of the serving cell by using the acquired RSRP and RSRQ; calculating an SINR of a best adjacent cell having a largest RSRP among the adjacent cells of the UE by using the acquired RSRP and RSRQ; and comparing an SINR of a best cell having a largest SINR between the serving cell and the best adjacent cell with a preset reference value and determining whether the cell outage has been generated. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099943 | Telephony Interruption Handling - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product for handling interruptions, specifically passive interruption (or unintended interruption) for telephone communications (e.g., wireless) between users or user equipments (e.g., in LTE wireless systems). At least one monitoring electronic device can detect one or more unintended interruptions in an audio communication between at least two UEs in one or both communication directions before each of the one or more unintended interruptions occur. Upon this detection, at least one monitoring electronic device can provide an instruction to facilitate a shortened audio delay for audio data in at least one communication direction to offset the one or more unintended interruptions. The embodiments described herein may be applies to wireless/mobile communications and non-wireless/landline communications. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099944 | HANDLING A COMMUNICATION TO A USER EQUIPMENT IN A CELLULAR WIRELESS NETWORK - User apparatus | 2014-04-10 |
20140099945 | Policy-Based Roaming Updates for Mobile Devices - Presented is a system and method for providing policy-based roaming updates for a mobile device. The method includes receiving one or more roaming policies from a server, monitoring several parameters of the mobile device for a change in one or more of the several parameters, and evaluating the one or more of the several parameters and the change according to the one or more roaming policies. The method further includes updating a roaming priority list on the mobile device in response to the evaluating, and roaming, after the updating, according to the roaming priority list for establishing a wireless communication. The roaming priority list may include a home network and one or more roaming networks. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099946 | SMART ANTENNA FOR INTERFERENCE REJECTION WITH ENHANCED TRACKING - A smart antenna system is provided for communicating wireless signals between a mobile device and a plurality of different fixed base stations using one or more channels and one or more beams. The smart antenna system includes a control subsystem, a radio transceiver and an antenna subsystem coupled to each other and adapted to perform scanning of one or more combinations of base stations, channels and beams using one or more test links established with one or more of the fixed base stations where the test links use at least some of the channels and the beams. A first combination of base station, channel and beam is selected based on the scanning; and a first operating link is established for transmitting a wireless signal to the selected base station using the selected channel and beam. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099947 | Smart Antenna For Interference Rejection With Enhanced Tracking - A smart antenna system is provided for communicating wireless signals between a mobile device and a plurality of different fixed base stations using one or more channels and one or more beams. The smart antenna system includes a control subsystem, a radio transceiver and an antenna subsystem coupled to each other and adapted to perform scanning of one or more combinations of base stations, channels and beams using one or more test links established with one or more of the fixed base stations where the test links use at least some of the channels and the beams. A first combination of base station, channel and beam is selected based on the scanning; and a first operating link is established for transmitting a wireless signal to the selected base station using the selected channel and beam. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING FOR HOME NODE-BS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to detect and perform measurements with respect to Home Node-Bs (HNB) and Home evolved Node-Bs (H(e)NB) (collectively “HNB”). The methods may include generating and transmitting a request for a measurement configuration that may include gap allocations to detect and measure a primary scrambling code or a physical cell identity of a target HNB for at least one frequency or radio access technology (RAT). The request may be in response to the WTRU entering a HNB cell for which the WTRU has stored fingerprint information and whose closed subscriber group ID is in the WTRU's whitelist. The network may configure the WTRU to measure the requested frequency or RAT in response to the proximity report/request. Methods are described for releasing the measurement configuration. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099949 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING AN IDENTIFICATION OF AN AVAILABLE COVERAGE IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method in a base station for handling an identification of an available coverage in a cellular network is provided. The base station serves a first cell in the cellular network. The base station identifies a coverage of a second cell in the cellular network. When the second cell is in the active mode it overlaps a portion of the first cell. When the second cell is in the sleep mode, the base station transmits via the first cell a message to a user equipment located in the portion. The message comprises an indication of the coverage of the second cell, thereby enabling the user equipment to identify the coverage of the second cell as an available coverage for handling of an upcoming data transmission. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099950 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - The exemplary embodiments relate to a method for use in a user equipment (UE), and a cellular infrastructure, for achieving synchronization between UEs for a peer-to-peer or device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method comprising: receiving at a UE a synchronization message from a cell or a RAT or a source of the cellular infrastructure; assembling a message including a list comprising information on the source or cell or RAT, sending the assembled message to a another UE and initiate synchronization between involved UEs based on the information in the assembled message. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099951 | Handling of Operator Connection Offers in a Communication Network - Method and apparatus of supporting selection of operator connection offers for a Machine to Machine equipment ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140099952 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AVOIDING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES WHEN PACKET DATA NETWORKS ARE INACCESSIBLE - Methods and apparatus are provided for avoiding attempts by a UE to attach to a RAT network when that RAT network is unavailable. According to certain aspects, the UE may detect scenarios when the RAT network is unavailable and take preemptive action to prevent the UE from attempting to acquire service on that RAT. For example, the UE may effectively remove that RAT from a list of supported RATs by sending a UE capability message indicating that RAT is not supported, which may prevent network-initiated transitions of the UE to that RAT. The UE may also remove the unavailable RAT from an internal list of supported RATs, which may prevent UE-initiated transitions to that RAT. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099953 | Apparatus and Method for Wireless Device Connectivity Upon Radio Link Failure - An apparatus and method for improving the connectivity when a radio link failure occurs is disclosed. The method includes detecting, by a user equipment (UE), a radio link failure to a first radio network controller (RNC) and receiving an information message from a second RNC. The method further includes determining whether the first and second RNCs have interface connectivity between them. If the first and second RNCs have interface connectivity between them, performing a connection recovery procedure with the second RNC. However, if the first and second RNCs do not have interface connectivity between them, performing an initial connection procedure to establish a connection with the second RNC without performing a connection recovery procedure. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099954 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BALANCING CELL LOAD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for balancing a load by taking into consideration a load of each mobile communication network (Public Land Mobile Network (PLMNs)) of a network sharing architecture are provided. A base station apparatus of a communication system having a network sharing architecture capable of serving at least one mobile terminal via at least two PLMNs is provided. The apparatus includes a load calculator and a load balancing controller. The load calculator is configured to calculate respective loads of the PLMNs. When a first network of the PLMNs is overloaded, the load balancing controller is configured to balance an overload to the first network included in cells neighboring a serving cell. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099955 | DYNAMIC NETWORK CELL RESELECTION AFTER A FAILED HANDOVER - Apparatus and methods of performing a network cell reselection for a mobile device after a handover attempt fails. Initially, a handover is attempted for the mobile device in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode from a serving network base station to a target network base station. Next a failure condition associated with the handover attempt is identified by the mobile device. In one scenario, the failure condition is identified in response to the mobile device receiving an RRC connection release message from its serving network base station. In another scenario, the failure condition is identified when the mobile device detects a radio link failure event. Thereafter, the mobile device performs a network scan to identify any available network base stations for the network cell reselection. Subsequently, the mobile device attaches to a preferred network base station of the identified available network base stations to complete the network cell reselection. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099956 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CELL RESELECTION - Embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for controlling cell reselection, which relate to the field of communication terminal technologies. The method includes: when the signal strength of a current serving cell of a terminal is lower than a set value and the duration of which exceeds a first time period, acquiring signal strengths of the current serving cell and a neighboring cell within a second time period; determining signal stability of the current serving cell according to the signal strength of the current serving cell, and determining signal stability of the neighboring cell according to a signal strength of the neighboring cell; and keep the current serving cell when the signal stability of the neighboring cell is not better than the signal stability of the current serving cell. The embodiments of the present application are mainly applied to a cell reselection process. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099957 | 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. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099958 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDOVER DURING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A method, computer program product, arrangement and a first communication device configured to perform cellular network assisted device-to-device communication with at least a second communication device. The first communication device has a communication link to a first network node. The first or the second communication devices has a network control signal gateway function. The gateway function includes receiving downlink control signals from a respective network node, transmitting uplink control signals to the respective network node, and operating all device-to-device communication control signaling related to the first and second devices in association with the downlink and uplink control signals. A cell of a second network node is detected as a prospect target cell for handover. Assurance is obtained that the first device does not have the gateway function. Handover of a cellular communication of the first communication device from the first network node to the second network node is performed. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099959 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HANDOVER SUPPORT INFORMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing handover support information in a mobile communication system are provided. A method for an Base Station (BS) to provide information necessary for measurement report trigger performance to a Mobile Station(MS) after the MS determines neighboring BSs in a mobile communication system includes, in a case where the MS is an active mode MS, providing a Time To Trigger (TTT) independently by a specific neighboring BS to the active mode MS and, in a case where the MS is an idle mode MS, providing a reselection time period (Treselection) independently by the specific neighboring BS to the idle mode MS. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099960 | BEAMFORMING FOR INCREASING CELL EDGE CAPACITY IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Methods of communicating with a selected user equipment terminal (UE) in a first cell served by a base station and a remote radio head include forming a list of non-targeted UEs including other UEs in the first cell and cell edge UEs in a neighboring cell that borders the first cell that are located near a border of the first cell and the neighboring cell, generating a list of candidate precoding matrices that can be used to communicate with the selected UE from the base station and/or from the remote radio head, generating a list of available precoding matrices by discarding from the list of candidate precoding matrices those precoding matrices that may cause interference to at least one non-targeted UE, selecting a precoding matrix from the list of available precoding matrices, and communicating with the selected UE using the selected precoding matrix. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099961 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING NEIGHBORING CELL, BASE STATION AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for optimizing a neighboring cell, a base station, and a system. The method includes: detecting, by the base station corresponding to the second cell, that a terminal in the second cell reports an unidentified physical identifier PCI; and obtaining a global cell identity GCI corresponding to the unidentified PCI, and determining that a cell corresponding to the GCI is an un-configured neighboring cell of the first cell; and sending, by the base station corresponding to the second cell, information about the un-configured neighboring cell to a base station BSS or an operations support system OSS, which is corresponding to the first cell, so that the BSS or OSS obtains the un-configured neighboring cell of the first cell according to the information of the un-configured neighboring cell, and adds the un-configured neighboring cell to a neighboring cell list of the first cell. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099962 | CELL PARTITIONING FOR HIGH-SPEED USERS - The present invention relates to a radio access arrangement for operating a radio cell (C), and comprising at least one wireless transceiver ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140099963 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR DIMENSIONING A CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A process for dimensioning a cellular telecommunications network, including, for each of one or more network elements of the network: accessing network element environment data representing a configuration and environment of the network element; accessing QoS data representing quality of service criteria for users of the network; and processing the network element environment data and the QoS data to generate network element capacity data representing combinations of loads of network services corresponding to capacities of the network element that meet the quality of service criteria. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099964 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING CELL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for configuring a cell in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating a virtual field based on information of a Remote Radio Header (RRH), generating grids in the virtual field at intervals, generating a virtual coverage map by regarding each of the grids as a virtual User Equipment (UE) and determining a serving RRH for each of the virtual UEs, determining grids which are located at a boundary region among RRHs among grids included in the virtual coverage map as boundary region grids, configuring a cell such that the cell includes less than or equal to a maximum sub-cell number of sub-cells, excluding boundary region grids included in a same cell among the boundary region grids from the boundary region grids, and selecting a sub-cell grouping combination which has a minimum number of boundary region grids among all sub-cell grouping combinations, and configuring the cell using the selected sub-cell grouping combination. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099965 | Methods and Apparatus for Optimizing Paging Mechanisms Using Device Context Information - Methods and apparatus enabling a wireless network to optimize paging channel operation, based on mobile device context information. In one embodiment, the wireless network is a cellular network (e.g., LTE-Advanced), and both base stations and cellular user devices dynamically exchange and maintain a paging agreement. The paging agreement limits the paging channel operation, thereby minimizing unnecessary scanning and usage of irrelevant radio resources. Such paging mechanisms are limited to the air interface between the base station and the mobile device, and are compatible with existing legacy devices and network entities. Networks with appropriately enabled user devices may improve their resource utilization. Base stations may advantageously reclaim freed-up cellular resources to support other services. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099966 | NETWORK NODE, TERMINAL, BANDWIDTH MODIFICATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND BANDWIDTH MODIFICATION METHOD - The objective of the present invention is to suppress deterioration of call quality caused by transcoding without interrupting a call even if a codec used by one of the terminals during communication is changed. A modification determination unit, in the case of detecting a modification of a codec used by one terminal of two terminals, determines whether or not to constrain the bandwidth of the first codec using a first codec of the other terminal and a second codec after modification by the first-mentioned one of the terminals. A signaling generation unit transmits, to the other terminal, signaling for limiting the bandwidth if the bandwidth is to be limited. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099967 | Method and Apparatus for Predicting Mobile Device Wireless Link Quality of Service Requirements Along a Predicted Path - An information handling system includes a wireless adapter for communicating with a wireless link and a storage device for storing a spatial-temporal user profile comprising historical wireless service type profiles for a location where the information handling system is operating. The information handling system further includes an application processor that selects a predicted future system during a future time interval. The application processor determines quality of service requirements along the predicted future system. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099968 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING USERS IN A CELLULAR ENVIRONMENT, SCHEDULER AND WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for scheduling users in a cellular environment such that a Pareto optimal power control can be applied, includes determining whether a set of users in the cellular environment fulfills a feasibility condition for the Pareto optimal power control, and in case the feasibility condition for the Pareto optimal power control is not fulfilled, modifying the SINR targets of the users such that the feasibility condition for the Pareto optimal power control is fulfilled. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099969 | DEDICATED BARRING AND ESCAPE COMMAND - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method includes receiving a connection request in uplink signaling from a user equipment, the user equipment being located in a cell; making a determination whether the user equipment can be connected and, if it is determined that the user equipment cannot be connected, informing the user equipment by downlink signaling, as a response to the connection request, that the user equipment cannot be connected. The downlink signaling includes information that indicates that the user equipment should de-prioritize a current carrier frequency or current radio access technology, and can further include a timer value to indicate a period of time for which the current carrier frequency or current radio access technology is to be de-prioritized. The method can be executed by an evolved NodeB (eNB) of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN). | 2014-04-10 |
20140099970 | METHODS AND NETWORK NODES FOR POSITIONING BASED ON DISPLACEMENT DATA - Methods, a radio network node ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140099971 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LOCATION OF USER EQUIPMENT LOCATED INDOORS IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A method of measuring a location of a user equipment (UE) located indoors in a wireless network includes receiving signals from a plurality of access points (APs), performing training for machine learning using the received signals or information acquired from the received signals, setting a weight vector to be applied to a relevance vector machine (RVM) method using data subjected to the training for machine learning, and applying RVM regression to the set weight vector and measured strengths of the received signals and determining whether the signals received from the plurality of APs are line of sight (LOS) signals or non line of sight (NLOS) signals. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099972 | BIO-POWERED LOCATOR DEVICE - A locator assembly is provided. The locator assembly includes an article of wear and a location sending device embedded in the article of wear. A bio-related electric generator is connected to the location sending device for providing power for the location sending device. A system for locating a person and a locating method are also provided. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINDING MOBILE PHONE USERS - A system and method is provided for enabling mobile device users to share their respective locations and provide maps to each other's locations without requiring the use of a central server providing location services. The other user's location is provided as GPS coordinates that are attached to the communications between the parties (e.g., SMS, text, voice, etc.) and used to generate the other user's location on a map generated at the recipient's mobile device. In operation, a simple communication is provided to another user requesting his/her location and the GPS coordinates of the recipient are returned directly to the requester's mobile device for providing through an API to map or navigation or game software or hardware. The generated map is provided to the requester's mobile device, thereby bypassing the central server. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099974 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INDOOR POSITION OF TERMINAL AND PROVIDING TERMINAL WITH PATH GUIDANCE ON BASIS OF FEMTOCELL - Provided are an apparatus and method for measuring an indoor position of a terminal and providing the terminal with path guidance on the basis of a femtocell. The apparatus for measuring an indoor position of a terminal on the basis of a femtocell includes a femtocell base station including a plurality of sensor transmitters respectively transmitting sensor signals for locating the terminal so that the terminal receives the sensor signals and a sensor controller controlling operation of the sensor transmitters, and the terminal configured to receive the sensor signals from the plurality of sensor transmitters, find which sensor transmitters the sensor signals have been transmitted from, and calculate distances between the sensor transmitters having transmitted the sensor signals and the terminal. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC SUPERVISION OF EMPLOYEES USING VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHIC ZONES - A system and method for user interaction includes a network, a server connected to the network, a supervisor device receiving information from a global positioning system and connected to the network, a user device receiving information from the global positioning system and connected to the network. The supervisor, having the supervisor device, defines a set of virtual geographic zones and sub-zones in which the user device is tracked, and saves the set of virtual geographic zones and sub-zones to a supervisor account on the server. The user downloads a user application, sets-up a user account, and downloads the set of virtual geographic zones and sub-zones. As the user, having the user device, moves through the virtual geographic zones and sub-zones the location of the user device is determined and a set of supervisor-defined actions are executed on the user device based on the location of the user device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099976 | Measurement Systems and Methods for Fingerprinting Positioning - A system, computer software and method for collecting, in addition to position data, additional positioning data in a user terminal served by a communication network. The method includes initiating, by generating a message within the user terminal, collection of the positioning data, where the positioning data includes information based on which a physical location of the user terminal is determined; measuring, by the user terminal, at least one parameter related to the physical location of the user terminal in response to the message; producing, within the user terminal, measurement reports that include the at least one parameter; selecting, within the user terminal, one or more measurement reports that were generated in response to the message generated by the user terminal; reporting the selected one or more measurement reports to an interface within the user terminal; and transmitting, from the interface, the reported one or more measurement reports to an external server or to the communication network. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099977 | Self Positioning Of A Wireless Station - A self-positioning mechanism is provided that determines and tracks the position of an access point in real time. A location unaware access point determines its location from the locations of location aware stations. The location is determined based on a predicted estimate which is updated based on measured values of the locations of the location aware stations over a time period. The movement of the location is then tracked based on the differences between range measurements of the location aware stations. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099978 | Method and Apparatus for Connection Context Aware Radio Communication Management with Predictive Mobile Path - An information handling system includes a wireless adapter for communicating with a wireless link and a storage device for storing a spatial-temporal user profile comprising wireless device usage trend data for a location where the information handling system is operating. The information handling system further includes positional detector and an application processor that determines a trajectory estimation during a future time interval. The application processor correlates the wireless device usage trend date for a location in or near the trajectory estimation. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING MOBILE DEVICES - A method for positioning mobile devices includes steps of: a main device sending a first detection request to a plurality of peripheral devices; upon receiving the first detection request, each of the peripheral devices sending back a signal to the main device for recording; sending all obtained information back to the main device; and loading a visual interface having a plurality of device positions into the main device, the number of the device positions being equal to or more than the number of the peripheral devices; and the main device determining an orientation of each of the peripheral devices according to transmission times, and assigning the peripheral devices to the device positions in the visual interface. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099980 | MANAGEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR USING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) - Approaches are provided for managing an electronic calendar using short message service (SMS). Specifically, an approach is provided that is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to receive an SMS text message including an SMS command to manage an electronic calendar with at least one pre-existing event. The SMS command includes an instruction to modify the at least one pre-existing event. The programming instructions are further operable to execute the SMS command such that the at least one pre-existing event is modified. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099981 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A REMOTE DEVICE - A system and method that allows for near field communication between a mobile device and a remote or stationary device that does not include a NFC reader, and in a particular embodiment, for communication between a mobile device and a remote device via a third-party agent or broker in order to provide direct or indirect communication between the mobile and remote devices. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099982 | MODAL ADAPTIVE ANTENNA FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - An adaptive antenna system for mobile applications where the mode of the antenna is optimized dynamically to optimize link quality with intended sources. Interfering signals are suppressed by mode selection to minimize link quality by altering antenna radiation pattern characteristics. A single driven antenna is configured such that the radiating mode can be dynamically adjusted and optimized based on link metrics. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099983 | Smart Antenna With Multiple Round Selection - A smart antenna system for communicating wireless signals between a mobile device and a plurality of fixed base stations using different channels and beams. The system comprises a control subsystem, a radio transceiver and an antenna subsystem, providing a plurality of beams. Each beam has a main lobe, one or more nulls, and one or more lateral and back lobes with at least some attenuation, so as to reduce interference. The system performs scanning of different combinations of base stations, channels and beams using one or more test links established with one or more of the fixed base stations. The test links use at least some of the different channels and the different beams, select a first combination of base station, channel and beam based on the scanning, and establish a first operating link for transmitting a wireless signal to the selected base station using the selected channel and beam. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099984 | User Scheduling Method and Base Station in Coordinated Scheduling - The present invention discloses a method for scheduling users in coordinated scheduling, which is applied in a long term evaluation-advanced system, a coordinated cell determines and stores user pairing information in initial scheduling, and the coordinated cell uses the user pairing information that has been stored to determine a scheduled user in subsequent iterative scheduling. The present invention also discloses a corresponding base station. With the scheduling schemes in the present invention, in intra-cell scheduling, user pairing information is stored in an initial scheduling process and is used in subsequent iterative scheduling without performing multiple user pairing search in the iterative scheduling, which reduces the computation amount in the iterative scheduling and system resources occupied by the iterative scheduling and accelerates the system processing time in a premise of not reducing the system performance, thereby making the performance in the whole domain trend to the optimal. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099985 | SMART ANTENNA FOR INTERFERENCE REJECTION - A smart antenna system is provided for communicating wireless signals between a mobile device and a plurality of different fixed base stations using one or more channels and one or more beams. The smart antenna system includes a control subsystem, a radio transceiver and an antenna subsystem coupled to each other and adapted to perform scanning of one or more combinations of base stations, channels and beams using one or more test links established with one or more of the fixed base stations where the test links use at least some of the channels and the beams. A first combination of base station, channel and beam is selected based on the scanning; and a first operating link is established for transmitting a wireless signal to the selected base station using the selected channel and beam. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099986 | AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARTUS, AIRCRAFT, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION PROGRAM IS STORED AND AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION METHOD - When information sharing is performed among multiple aircrafts, the number of times of communication for the information sharing is reduced. An onboard terminal | 2014-04-10 |
20140099987 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a wireless communication device including a wireless communication section which receives, in a group for wireless communication, information indicating a state of content use or provision by another device in the group, a calculation section which calculates, based on the received information, a number of devices operating a function of providing the content in the group and a number of devices operating a function of using the content in the group, and a judgment section which judges whether to change a topology of the group based on a relationship between the number of devices operating the function of providing the content and the number of devices operating the function of using the content and on states of content provision and use by a device operating as a master unit in the group. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER OF MULTIPLE UPLINK CHANNELS IN THE SAME FREQUENCY BAND - A method and apparatus for controlling transmission power of multiple uplink channels in the same frequency band is described. A first uplink channel may be established with a base station. A second uplink channel may be established with the base station. The first uplink channel and the second uplink channel may be in one timeslot and in the same frequency band. A difference between a transmission power of the first uplink channel and a transmission power of the second uplink channel may be calculated. The transmission power of the first uplink channel and transmission power of the second uplink channel may be individually adjusted based on the calculated difference. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099989 | Uplink Power Control for Power Limited Terminals - Transmit power control methods and apparatus are disclosed. In several embodiments, a mobile terminal is configured to effectively ignore “UP” transmit power control commands in the event that the mobile terminal is operating in a power-limited state. In an exemplary method for controlling transmit power at a mobile terminal, a plurality of transmit power control commands are received. An accumulated power control value is adjusted in response to each transmit power control command that directs a negative adjustment in transmit power. However, the accumulated power control value is adjusted in response to a transmit power control command that directs a positive adjustment in transmit power only if the mobile terminal is not in a power-limited state. Transmit power settings for each transmission are calculated based on the accumulated power control value and the one or more radio link parameters. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099990 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMPRISING AN EXTERNAL CONTROL WITH AN EMBEDDED ANTENNA ASSEMBLY | 2014-04-10 |
20140099991 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A portable device and method thereof are disclosed. The method includes recognizing a mode of the portable terminal; monitoring a sensitivity corresponding to an antenna of the portable terminal; sensing a movement corresponding to the portable terminal; invoking an application when both of following conditions occur: a degradation of the sensitivity is determined; and the movement exceeding a predetermined displacement is determined. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099992 | EAR POSITION AND GESTURE DETECTION WITH MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device may include a sensor array. The sensor array may be a touch sensor array, such as a projected capacitive touch (PCT) sensor array. The mobile device may be configured to determine whether one or more sensor signals from the sensor array indicate an ear gesture and/or the presence of an ear. One or more device operations may be invoked according to the determination. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099993 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SHUNT COMPONENT AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including at least one electrically conductive housing portion configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and including at least one circuit element carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one current shunt component coupled between the at least one electrically conductive housing portion and the at least one circuit element. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099994 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA EMBODYING A PROXIMITY SENSOR - Provided is an electronic camera. The electronic camera, in one embodiment, may include a camera chassis, as well as a shutter button coupled to the camera chassis. Further in accordance with this embodiment, the electronic camera may include a proximity sensor coupled to the camera chassis, wherein the proximity sensor is configured to pre-enable one or more camera features. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099995 | SCANNER SYSTEM - In a scanner system comprising a portable terminal and a scanner device, the scanner device has a mounting portion on which the portable terminal is mounted and electrically connected to the scanner device. The scanner device acquires identification information of the portable terminal when the scanner device detects mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion, and transmits a connection request to the portable terminal having the identification information. The portable terminal activates an application for establishing communication with the scanner device in response to the connection request from the scanner device when the mounting of the portable terminal on the mounting portion is detected. Thus, the communication between the portable terminal and the scanner device can be established without operation of a user. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099996 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a first display unit, a second display unit, and a light guide unit. A first internal display area and a second internal display area are arranged to be adjacent to each other via a border. The light guide unit is provided on a side of the first internal display area and the second internal display area. The light guide unit guides display light output from the first display unit and display light output from display light output from the second display unit so that an image displayed on the first internal display area and an image displayed on the second internal display area become a continuous image. Further, the light guide unit has a crystal structure including a plurality of fiber-like crystals. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099997 | MOBILE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - A mobile terminal capable of being connected to a charger according to an exemplary embodiment includes a notification unit that notifies predetermined information by using at least one of an image, lighting, a sound, and a vibration, a charger detection unit that identifies a charger connected to the mobile terminal, and a control unit that controls the notification unit so that the notification unit provides a different notification to a user according to a type of the charger connected to the mobile terminal. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099998 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND POSITION TRACKING - A mobile communication device that may be used by an investigator to secretly record a suspect and track the investigator's location includes a microphone for detecting sounds, a communication component for transmitting signals or data representative of the sounds to one of the portable computers via the wireless communication network, a display for displaying information related to operation of the device, a computing device, and a computer program implemented by the computing device. The computer program is operable to place the device in a stealth mode in which the display is turned off or otherwise deactivated to make the entire device appear to be turned off while the microphone continues to detect sounds and the communication component continues to transmit signals or data representative of the sounds to a surveillance or support team operating one of the portable computers. The mobile communication device may also include a location-determining component for determining geographic locations of the device and for transmitting location data to the portable computer. | 2014-04-10 |
20140099999 | Light-Emitting Device, Method for Manufacturing the Same, and Cellular Phone - The invention relates to: a light-emitting device which includes a first flexible substrate having a first electrode, a light-emitting layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode with a projecting portion over the light-emitting layer and a second flexible substrate having a semiconductor circuit and a third electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor circuit, in which the projecting portion of the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to each other, a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device; and a cellular phone which includes a housing incorporating the light-emitting device and having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, in which the light-emitting device is disposed on a front side and in an upper portion in the longitudinal direction of the housing. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100000 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The present document discloses a mobile terminal and a method for input control of the mobile terminal. The method includes: inputting a horizontal position of a target point on a display screen; inputting a longitudinal position of the target point on the display screen; when detecting that the mobile terminal is in a coordinate key control state, a main control apparatus of the mobile terminal determining a target point position of the target point on the display screen according to a horizontal analog voltage of a display screen horizontal coordinate controller and a longitudinal analog voltage of a display screen longitudinal coordinate controller, and displaying the target point position on the display screen; the main control apparatus, after receiving a triggering indication of the target point position of the display screen, executing a selection operation of an area corresponding to the target point position on the display screen. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100001 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INSERTION OF HEADSET INTO MOBILE STATION - A mobile station is capable of detecting an insertion of a headset without a separate detection pin and removing noise generated when the headset is separated. A method includes detecting an insertion of a headset by a mobile station. An apparatus for detecting an insertion of an headset into a mobile station includes an headset attachment/detachment detecting circuit unit for transmitting an insertion signal or a separation signal to a controller by using a resistance value of the headset attached/detached to/from the mobile station; and a controller for, when an headset separation signal is received from the headset attachment/detachment detecting circuit unit, controlling such that an output of noise to the headset, which is not completely separated from the mobile station, is blocked by turning off a microphone bias. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100002 | Power Amplifier Having An Integrated Microcontroller - In an embodiment, a power amplifier (PA) includes a signal processing path including gain stages to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to output an amplified RF signal, sensors coupled to the signal processing path each to sense a characteristic of operation of the PA, and a microcontroller configured to execute instructions and to receive the operation characteristic(s) and to control one or more parameters of the signal processing path responsive this operation characteristic. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100003 | NETWORK SEARCHING METHOD AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A network searching method adapted to a mobile electronic device in a no service state is provided. In the method, a first timer is activated. A network searching operation is performed. Whether an available network is found is determined. If the available network is not found, whether a time count of the first timer is smaller than a network searching active interval is determined. If the time count is not smaller than the network searching active interval, a second timer is activated. Before a network searching inactive interval set up by the second timer expires, the mobile electronic device is controlled to remain in a power save mode. If the time count is smaller than the network searching active interval, a third timer is activated. When a sleep interval set up by the third timer expires, the mobile electronic device is controlled to perform the network searching operation again. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100004 | Tunable Multiband Antenna with Dielectric Carrier - Antenna structures for an antenna may be formed from a dielectric carrier with metal structures. The metal structures may be patterned to cover all sides of the dielectric carrier. The dielectric carrier may have a shape with six sides or other shape that creates a three-dimensional layout for the antenna structures. The antenna structures may have a tunable circuit that allows the antenna to be tuned. The tunable circuit may have first and second terminals coupled to one of the sides of the carrier. The metal structures may be configured to form an inverted-F antenna resonating element. Portions of the metal structures may form a first arm for an inverted-F antenna and portions of the metal structures may form a second arm for the inverted-F antenna. The antenna may operate in multiple communications bands. The tunable circuit may tune one band without significantly tuning other bands. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100005 | MOBILE TERMINAL CASE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A mobile terminal case and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The mobile terminal case includes a three-dimensional curved body or plane shape having a circumferential edge lower than its center and formed from a fiber reinforced composite material; and a gradation paint layer formed at an outer surface of the body formed from fiber reinforced composite material. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100006 | ARENA BASEBALL GAME SYSTEM - An Arena Baseball Game system and method for playing an electronic interactive spectator participation game incorporating many aspects of Rounders, Knickerbocker rules and Negro League baseball innovation “Night Baseball.” The method of play is disclosed, involving some of the same rules as American baseball with virtual interplay. Time is regulated by a game clock and balls may be deflected back as playable by a rebounding assembly that surrounds the arena field. The Arena method of play includes monitored base force out zones and means for ball game conclusion by predetermined “aces” or “runs” and time duration. The arena has a playing area surrounded by a wall structure such as pad and or panel walls and spectator protective vision enabled side covering. A baseball-like game played within an enclosed facility, wherein the game method of play rules and facility are designed for fast paced action. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100007 | System And Method For Measuring The Performance Of A Player In A Game - A system for measuring the performance of participant in a game, wherein the game is comprised of a series of discrete trials where for each trial the participant receives a score selected from one of a finite set of discrete scores based on the participant's performance for each trial. The system may be configured to receive over the network a set of counts corresponding to the numbers of each score from the discrete set received by the participant for each trial during the game. The system may compute a weighted score based on an assigned set of weight factors for each type of score and an entered set of counts. Users of the system may be entered into a tournament based on the users' weighted score rankings and a winner is determined based on the weighted score. A method for ranking golf courses by their level difficulty is provided. | 2014-04-10 |