23rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100144329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING USING VOICE MESSAGES - A communication system comprises a communication device configured to receive a data message, such as a text message, and to generate and send a voice reply to the data message using a simple transmit action. The data message comprises an identifier that can be used to determine a reply path related to the data message. Thus, when a user receives the data message, they can read the message initiate the simple transmit action, and reply to the data message by speaking an appropriate reply into the communication device. The spoken response is stored as a voice message and attached to a data message that is sent using the reply path identified by the identifier. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144330 | Downloading - In an embodiment, a mobile device is provided comprising a network interface and download controller. In an embodiment, the download controller is configured to check if a file to be downloaded can be handled by the mobile device and to transmit a download request to a further device if the mobile device cannot handle the file. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144331 | TEMPORALLY LIMITED MOBILE DEVICE CONTACT INFORMATION - Archiving mobile device contact information as a function of occurrence of one or more temporal conditions is provided herein. By way of example, contact information stored in an active contact list of a mobile device can be associated with a temporal condition, such as frequency of use, or location of the mobile device, or the like. If the temporal condition is met, the contact information is archived at remote data store and/or passive portion of mobile device memory. Once the temporal condition is no longer met, the contact information can be re-downloaded into active memory and incorporated into the active contact list. As a result, aspects of the claimed subject matter provide for organizing a mobile device contact list according to temporal condition(s) to provide added efficiency and to manage such information according to a determinable situational context. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144332 | Lightweight Application Level Policy Management For Portable Wireless Devices Under Varying Network - Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to dynamically adapting network policy on a wireless communications device to account for changes in network environment. These network policies are enforced, at least in part, at the device level, as opposed to solely at the network edges. The network policy is broad so as to encompass changes in network environment, such as increases and decreases in available bandwidth and presence or absence of security. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144333 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS THAT CONFORM TO A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION STANDARD AND A NON-CELLULAR COMMUNICATION STANDARD - The present invention provides a software defined radio transceiver that includes a programmable cellular radio front end and a programmable baseband processor. The programmable cellular radio front end is typically a digital radio frequency processor configured to support a cellular communication standard. The programmable baseband processor is connected to the digital radio frequency processor. The programmable baseband processor (a) selectively reconfigures the cellular configured digital radio frequency processor to support a non-cellular communication standard by bypassing one or more cellular communication standard specific function, and modifying one or more operating parameters to conform to the non-cellular communication standard, (b) processes input data in accordance with the non-cellular communication standard and provides the processed input data to the digital radio frequency processor for transmission, and (c) receives output data from the digital radio frequency processor and processes the received output data to obtain transmitted data. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144334 | LIST ELIMINATION FOR DISTRIBUTED DOWNLINK COORDINATED MULTI-POINT (CoMP) FRAMEWORK - Providing for record filtering in distributed dynamic clustering algorithms for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) wireless communication is described herein. By way of example, strategy selection records distributed as part of a belief propagation network are pruned at recipient nodes, thereby reducing processing overhead for dynamic clustering. As a result, cooperative policies can be determined with greater efficiency, and with greater relevance to local clusters of cooperating base stations. In some aspects, record pruning can comprise identifying and discarding redundant or incompatible sets of policy decisions. In at least one aspect, a number of evaluated records can be capped based on relevance, while preserving deployment-wide applicability of the belief propagation network. Accordingly, dynamic distributed CoMP decisions are optimized on a deployment-wide scale that more efficiently converges to maximum utility solutions. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144335 | METHOD FOR INITIATING A CONNECTION BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES OF AT LEAST TWO PARTIES - A method and system for initiating a connection between at least a first communication device and a second communication device respective of a first party and a second party. According to the present invention initiating a connection includes obtaining a destination subscriber identifier from the first party, wherein the destination subscriber identifier is a string including at least one character different than a numeric character and is respective of the second party. Then, a resolution request that includes data indicative of the destination subscriber identifier is conveyed to a hosting information storage server respective of the destination subscriber identifier, a resolution response including a destination address respective of the second communication device wherein the second party is available is obtained, and then, the present invention includes initiating a connection between the first communication device and the second communication device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144336 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE AND MODIFYING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a system for downloading an application from a server and providing the same to a client by using a short message or a subscriber interface module (SIM) card. The system modifies a function key for each application according to a client's selection, and randomly modifies a user interface used for selecting an application. The system extends a usage range of the SIM card. The system periodically checks and analyzes the client' use log for a predetermined time, presents at least one application to the client according to the analysis result on the use log, provides a single application selected by the client to the client, and updates at least one application stored in the client mobile terminal according to the analysis result on the use log. Therefore, the system increases service satisfaction for the client. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE ACQUISITION OF ACCESS POINT BASE STATIONS - An indoor base transceiver system (BTS) provides economical coverage by having a network-coupled base station that monitors a plurality of remote transceiver units (RTUs), or RF nodes, communicating by base-band conduits at symbol data rate. The BTS can reduce cost by interconnecting coverage nodes at the bit rate and can reduce cost by interconnecting coverage nodes at the symbol rate. The BTS can implement the modulation/demodulation function in a split fashion, with part of this accomplished in the RF Node and part accomplished in an Aggregator of the base station. System capacity can be retained by using selection combining and by using maximal ratio combining. Multiple carriers can be supported by messaging on the signal link and performing the frequency selection/generation at the remote Node. Deployment can be simplified by allowing coverage overlap of Nodes. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144338 | POWER CONTROL AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD OF FEMTOCELL BASE STATION IN WIDEBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - Provided is a power control method and resource management method of a femtocell base station in a wideband wireless access system. A macrocell base station receives received signal strength from a femtocell base station in a macrocell of the macrocell base station, compares it with received signal strength reported by a terminal in the macrocell, and when a difference between the two received signal strength is less than a threshold value, it receives received signal strength on a signal received by the terminals in the macrocell from the corresponding femtocell base station. Further, the macrocell base station determines whether the corresponding macrocell terminal is located in the coverage of the femtocell base station based on the reported received signal strength of the femtocell base station, and transmits information for controlling power of the femtocell base station or managing a radio resource to the femtocell base station according to the determination result. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144339 | RADIO ACCESS POINT TESTING METHOD AND TESTING APPARATUS - The normality verification and radio characteristics test of a radio communication system are executed. RF-SWs (radio-frequency coaxial switches) change-over the paths of signals which are transmitted to and received from an access terminal function portion included in an access point. RF-SWs connect the access terminal function portion | 2010-06-10 |
20100144340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SUBCHANNELIZATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A Bluetooth radio which include a coexistence module. The coexistence module is able to associate the Bluetooth radio with one of a first radio and a second radio by monitoring a desired signal pattern for at least a predetermined time and associating with one of the first radio and the second radio based on a detection of the desired signal pattern. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144361 | Method and Apparatus for Hashing Over Multiple Frequency Bands in a Communication System - Method and apparatus for hashing mobile stations to frequencies in a communication system. The method uses two-level hashing to assign a mobile station first to a frequency band and then to a specific frequency within the frequency band. Embodiments allow for weights to be assigned to frequencies and mobiles hashed to the weighted frequencies. Weighting allows for a non-uniform distribution of mobile stations among frequencies to optimize system operating parameters. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144362 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING A STATION FOR ACCESSING A SERVICE AND AN ASSOCIATED CONTROLLER, ACCESS NETWORK, ACCESS STATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The invention relates to a method for configuring an SAI parameter of a terminal for accessing a service supplied by a communication network ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144363 | LOAD-BASED ADAPTIVE INACTIVITY TIMERS - System(s) and method(s) are provided to for optimizing cellular network resource utilization under variable load conditions. To optimize resource(s) reallocation, inactivity timers that regulate network resource utilization between activity periods are dynamically adjusted based at least in part on current cell load condition(s). Lookup table(s) or computation based on load-timer mapping(s) can enable, at least in part, configuration of an inactivity timer setting. Inactivity timer values and magnitude of adjustments effected as a function of changes in cell load condition(s) can provide an optimal balance of at least one of network resource utilization; battery life of a served device; or signaling load associated with operation of the device. Inactivity timer setting(s) can be based at least in part on load condition estimates, which mitigate signaling associated with current load condition(s) assessment. Inactivity timers can be autonomously determined. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144364 | RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND TRANSMITTING-SIDE APPARATUS - In a retransmission control method, each of a transmitting-side apparatus and a receiving-side apparatus includes a first layer and a second layer; and first retransmission control processing is performed between the first layer of the transmitting-side apparatus and the first layer of the receiving-side apparatus, and second retransmission control processing is performed between the second layer of the transmitting-side apparatus and the second layer of the receiving-side apparatus; the first layer of the transmitting-side apparatus determines whether or not specific user data is under the second retransmission control processing, when receiving a retransmission request for the specific user data from the first layer of the receiving-side apparatus, during the first retransmission control processing; and the first layer of the transmitting-side apparatus does not retransmit the specific user data, when determining that the specific user data is under the second retransmission control processing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144365 | WIRELESS BASE STATION, LOAD DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, CENTRALIZED CONTROL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LOAD DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND LOAD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - The present invention aims at providing a wireless communication system capable of lowering the load of the overload channel in the overload state in consideration of the allocation states of radio channels of adjacent base stations adjacent to the wireless base station. The wireless communication system in accordance with the present invention includes a plurality of wireless base stations (AP) capable of allocating a plurality of radio channels to be used for wireless communication and a load distribution apparatus ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144366 | Methods and systems for determining the location of a femtocell - A femtocell acquires its geographic location using location samples reported by mobile devices that are communicatively coupled with the femtocell. The estimated location may be calculated as an arithmetic mean of reported location samples, a weighted mean of reported location samples, or by using reported location samples in conjunction with estimated distances and trilateration. The estimated location may be applied in geographic license checks, network interference checks and/or emergency call registration, for example. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144367 | METHOD FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION AND A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and mobile device for location determination using sequential pattern recognition are disclosed. The method comprises determining a specific sequence of identifiers of a plurality of base transceiver stations that control cells through which a mobile device has passed when travelling along a path. The specific sequence of identifiers of a plurality of base transceiver stations are compared with a look-up table stored in a database. The look-up table comprises all possible sequence of identifiers of base transceiver stations and a location for each of the sequence of identifiers of base transceiver stations. The location of the path is determined from the comparison. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING LOCATION DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method for sharing location data amongst wireless communication devices uses a token system to grant permission to share location data. The tokens may be created automatically as the result of user activation of a different function. Location data may be exchanged when two wireless communication devices, authorized to exchange location data, are within a predetermined distance from each other. Location data may also be automatically exchanged upon the occurrence of a scheduled calendar event within a wireless communication device. Location data may be exchanged a single time or can be exchanged on a continuous or periodic basis so long as the token still exists. The token may be destroyed manually by some user activity or may be terminated automatically. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144369 | CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR SENDING LOCATION INFORMATION OF THE CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - A customer premises equipment (CPE) for sending location information of the customer premises equipment over the Internet includes a request module, a positioning module, and an address sending module. The request module is configured for determining if a physical location of the CPE needs to be sent based at least partly on a setting or a command from a user, and sending a request message to request the physical location of the CPE. The positioning module is configured for searching positioning coordinates of the CPE according to the request message, and transforming the positioning coordinates to the physical location of the CPE. The address sending module is configured for sending the physical location of the CPE over the Internet. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144370 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LOCATING MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and a system for locating a mobile terminal using an assisted global positioning system are disclosed. The base station promptly and precisely locates a mobile terminal so that emergency action may be taken immediately. In an exemplary embodiment, the base station transmits the determined location of the caller terminal to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) of an enhanced 911 (E911) Location Information System. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144371 | Location Register for Trusted WiFi Devices that Roam - Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to the gathering and recording of network availability and attributes in a location in order to define location based services. Registration logics onboard mobile communications devices collect network data as they roam inside and outside of their home cellular network. The registration logic sends this data to a registry in the form of a data message. The registry is updated by each instance of a received message. The aggregation of this data allows the system to adaptively learn about network availability in geographic locations. The data collected may also assist in the recovery of lost or stolen phones since the phone location is frequently updated. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144372 | SYSTEM FOR TELECOMMUNICATION - The invention relates to a system for telecommunication, comprising:—a wireless network for telecommunication with at least one transmitter/receiver, which network is provided with message facilities such as SMS and MMS and the like; and—at least one portable communication device connected to or to be connected to the network and having means for at least receiving messages. The network comprises means for determining the position of the communication device in or close to an establishment, and a transmitter for sending a message to the communication device in character with the establishment. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144373 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BORDER CONTROL - A method for location tracking that includes identifying a subset of users of a mobile communication network who are located in a predefined area of interest using a first location subsystem of the mobile communication network. One or more of the identified users are assigned to a second location subsystem of the mobile communication network, which is different from and has a higher resolution than the first location subsystem, to measure their respective locations. In variations, the locations may be passed to an operator, the subset of the users may be identified by passively monitoring location information generated in the mobile communication network, the second location subsystem may be provided with information regarding the users, and profiles of the users may be determined. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144374 | Geographic-based Detection Keys - The present invention relates generally to signal processing and cell phones. One claim recites a method comprising: receiving a signal from a cell phone; determining, based at least in part on the signal, whether the cell phone is physically located in a predetermined home area; and if not in the predetermined home area, communicating a machine-readable code detector to the cell phone for use as its primary machine-readable code detector to detect machine-readable code while outside of its predetermined home area. Of course, other claims are provided too. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144375 | Method for Determining the Path of a Person Equipped With a Mobile Phone Device - The invention relates to a method, which can be used to determine the local itinerary of a user of a variety of public means of transportation. Based on said determined itinerary then the travel cost can be equitably distributed among the individual operators of the means of transportation. The basis of the method is a comparison of the coordinates of stops of the public means of transportation with the coordinates of base stations for sending and receiving operations in mobile phone communication (GSM). Said coordinates must be determined only once and can be stored in a memory. If the coordinates of a base station into which a mobile phone is logged are close to the coordinates of a stop, it is assumed that the user of the mobile phone is located at said stop. During the travel of the user of the public means of transportation, it is detected at regular intervals—for example in intervals of 30 seconds—into what base station the mobile phone is logged. Then it is determined again which stop is the shortest distance from the base station just activated, and a conclusion is drawn about a line that the user is traveling on. Since the base method is still prone to inaccuracies, additional measures may be taken in order to make the route of the user of the mobile phone more precise. Such a measure is, for example, the comparison of the official schedule with the measured time and location information. By utilizing certain steps of the method it can also be checked whether the owner of the mobile phone is in possession of a properly purchased electronic ticket. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HARD COPIES OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EMPLOYING A PORTABLE PERSONAL RECEIVING DEVICE - A method for producing hard copies of electronic information employing a portable personal receiving device includes the steps of selecting information to print and utilizing the receiving device to identify available printers based on the location of the receiving device for printing the selected information in hard copy form. The portable receiving device is connected to one of the available printers and the selected information is printed in hard copy form. A system for producing hard copies of electronic information employing a portable personal receiving device includes a portable receiving device having a program enabling selection of information to print. The portable device includes a program to identify available printers based on the location of the receiving device. A communications link connects the portable receiving device to an available printer. The receiving device may be a cell phone and global positioning satellite functionality and/or cell phone tower positions may be employed to determine the location of the receiving device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144377 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Application-Based Communications - An apparatus for application-based communications may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a message from a remote device at a receiving device. The message may have been generated based on application registration data associated with the receiving device. The processor may also be configured to execute an application based on content included in the message. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144378 | REDUCING MESSAGING COSTS - Technology for enabling subscribers to reduce their messaging costs is described. The technology includes employing multiple messaging data messaging services and employing advertisement-based defrayal of messaging charges. A message may be entered or displayed as an SMS message even though a data communications service other than SMS is used to exchange the message between computing devices. When a sender of a message sends an SMS message, the sender may receive an advertisement from an advertiser who defrays the cost of sending the SMS message. The advertiser may also defray the receiving cost for a receiver of the SMS message. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144379 | Advanced User Interface Operations in a Dual-Mode Wireless Device - A system and method are provided for mobile stations for enhancing the ease of use of a mobile station. Through the system and method, a user may more easily view the phone number of a caller identification card. The user may be alerted when the user tries to send messages while out of GPRS coverage, or the mobile station may recognize extension numbers in address book user interface applications to assist with a dialing operation. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144380 | Interactive messaging system - The interactive messaging system of the present invention provides for an interactive communication process between users, both senders and recipients. The sender composes a message by filling in a template stored in data services. Once completed, the sender pushes the message to a recipient's wireless device if the wireless device contains a WAP browser, which is capable of receiving pushed messages. Typically the message includes a question along with answers for the recipient to choose from. Each answer corresponds with a pre-assigned response key and the recipient answers the question by selecting one of the pre-assigned response keys. The recipient's response is available to the sender in the form of an e-mail, WAP Push, on-line access or interactive message that is shown to the sender on an on-line status screen. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144381 | POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE REMOVAL - A power control method performs a scheduling on user terminals and then allows the user terminals to calculate power of interference by neighboring sectors, generates interference information to indicate how much the base stations in neighboring sectors, which interfere with each other, reduce transmission power based on the calculated power of interference, and informs a serving base station thereof. The base stations calculate throughput gain and throughput loss based on the interference information, and determine whether the reduction of the transmission power is performed based on the calculated throughput gain and throughput loss. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144382 | ESTIMATING TIME DELAYS IN A SIMULCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for facilitating an equalization of a simulcast signal comprising: (a) receiving a simulcast signal comprising known data simulcast from at least two different sites; (b) generating a number of simulated simulcast signals, each simulated simulcast signal being based on at least two sites transmitting said known data with a presumed time delay, each simulated simulcast signal having a different presumed time delay; (c) determining which of said simulated simulcast signals is an optimum simulated simulcast signal that correlates most closely to said simulcast signal; and (d) providing time delay data of said optimum simulated simulcast signal for use in equalization of said simulcast signal. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144383 | MANAGING AND MONITORING EMERGENCY SERVICES SECTOR RESOURCES - A system for monitoring and managing emergency services sector resources includes a wireless communications device configured to establish a wireless network, a plurality of wireless nodes wirelessly connected to the wireless network, a user application, a message management and routing system configured to facilitate communications between the wireless communication device and the user application, and a user device configured to display information from the user application. Each wireless node of the plurality of wireless nodes is associated with an emergency services sector resource, and is configured to communicate information regarding the emergency services sector resource to the user application via the wireless communications device. The user device is configured to display information regarding the emergency services sector resource from the user application. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144384 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An exemplary method for a communication network according to the present invention includes detecting movement of a mobile station, and modifying a control for the communication network based on the detection of the movement. In an exemplary embodiment, a transmit power control may be increased or decreased based the movement of the mobile station which is detected. Further, the network may determine a base station among plurality of base stations which provides the best communication path, taking into account a movement state of the mobile station. Accordingly, a stable hand over process may be realized, providing favorable communication quality and minimizing the occurrence of disconnection of the mobile terminal from a base station. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144385 | TWO-MODE MOBILE TELEPHONE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY AND COMPLETELY DISABLING THE RADIO TRANSMISSION OF ITS INTERFACE INTENDED FOR A WIRELESS GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - This two-mode mobile telephone terminal (T) comprises a first interface (GI) intended to connect it to a wireless global telecommunications network (PLMN), a second interface (WI) intended to connect it to a wireless local area telecommunications network (WLAN), and a control unit (CU) for receiving, from the second interface (WI), a signal (S | 2010-06-10 |
20100144386 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A ROTARY CAMERA UNIT - The present invention relates to a portable electronic device comprising: a housing; a camera unit ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144387 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A multifunctional portable electronic device includes a camera module, a central processing unit and a display module. The came module is configured to capture images of the anti-counterfeit parts of a to-be-tested item. The central processing unit is configured to receive the images captured by the camera module, compare the images with anti-counterfeit template images of anti-counterfeit parts of a genuine item pre-stored in memory, and determine whether the to-be-tested item is genuine. The display module is configured to show the determined result. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144388 | MONOLITHIC PHOTODETECTOR - A photodetector including a photodiode formed in a semiconductor substrate and a waveguide element formed of a block of a high-index material extending above the photodiode in a thick layer of a dielectric superposed to the substrate, the thick layer being at least as a majority formed of silicon oxide and the block being formed of a polymer of the general formula R | 2010-06-10 |
20100144389 | CORDLESS TELEPHONE WITH MP3 PLAYER CAPABILITY - A cordless telephone which allows a user to play MP3 digital audio bit stream music, a video game, either alone or with a user of another cordless telephone, using the remote handset of a cordless telephone to control the functions of the MP3 player. The cordless telephone remains usable as a typical cordless telephone with all the features and conveniences of a cordless telephone including, but not limited to, connection of a telephone call between a calling party and a called party, caller ID information, voice messaging features, etc. MP3 digital audio bit stream music may be downloaded from a remote source through, e.g., the Internet and a PC. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144390 | DIALING DEVICE FOR MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A dialing device of a mobile phone includes a communicating unit for wireless communication, a processor unit electronically connected to the communicating unit for storing phone numbers, and a recording unit electronically connected to the communicating unit for recording and storing audio signals. The processor unit automatically dials predetermined phone numbers through the communicating unit, and the recording unit automatically sends stored audio signals corresponding to the dialed phone number to the receiver through the communicating unit when the dialed phone number answers. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144401 | Hands-free apparatus - A hands-free apparatus in a vehicle has two cellular phones connected through simultaneous HFP connections, with one of the two cellular phones having a private call and the other of the two cellular phones receiving a voice call. The hands-free apparatus displays on a touch screen a call transfer switch for switching the private call to the hands-free call regarding the call of the first cellular phone and a response switch for responding to the voice call to the second cellular phone. In this manner, both of the private call and the voice call are appropriately handled by a user without any restriction even when the voice call is received by the second cellular phone during the hands-free call of the first cellular phone. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144402 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, NONCONTACT/CONTACT ELECTRONICS DEVICE USING THE SAME AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a pair of antenna terminals; a rectifier; a source-voltage terminal; a shunt regulator; a series regulator. When the voltage of the inside source line rises to or above a first set voltage, the shunt regulator passes a pull-down current through a pull-down transistor. When the voltage of the inside source line drops to or below the second set voltage, the series regulator passes a pull-up current through a pull-up transistor. The first set voltage is set to be higher than the second set voltage in voltage level. With the semiconductor integrated circuit, the competition of actions of the two regulators is prevented. The semiconductor integrated circuit is arranged to work in contact and noncontact operation modes, and a stable source voltage can be supplied to an internal circuit thereof. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144403 | ISOLATED MONOLITHIC ELECTRIC POWER - An isolated monolithic electrical converter including a substrate made of a resistive material, the underside of which has two input electrodes spaced apart from each other, constituting the primary, an insulating layer on the top side of the substrate, and, on the insulating layer, at least two elements made of respectively p-doped and n-doped semiconductor thermoelectric materials electrically connected in series, the ends of the series connection constituting the secondary of the converter. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144404 | SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE DEVICES - A support apparatus for portable devices, comprising: a first lever exhibiting a rest surface of a portable device; a second lever for constraining the portable device housed on the rest surface; the first lever and the second lever being hinged in order to be rotatable between a first reciprocally-neared position thereof in which the device is constrained to the first lever and the second lever and a second reciprocally-distanced position thereof in which the device is released from the first lever and the second lever. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144405 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - To provide a portable terminal which can detect the using modes of the portable terminal, can reduce the number of members necessary for detecting the using modes and further can reduce leakage magnetic force badly influencing on other devices. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144406 | FOLDING PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONNECTING MECHANISM - A folding portable device is provided, in which a connecting mechanism that mechanically connects a first housing and a second housing to each other includes a plurality of first members including a first plane and two engaging pieces provided on the first plane, and a plurality of second members including a second plane, an engaging groove provided on the second plane for the engaging piece to be slidably fitted, and a stopper. The first member is engaged with one of the second members by means of one of the two engaging pieces, and with another second member adjacent to the one second member by means of the other of the two engaging pieces, and the connecting mechanism includes therein a hollow portion formed along an extending direction of the engaging groove, and the hollow portion includes therein the flexible printed circuit board. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144407 | PORTABLE DEVICE - Provided are a transparent cover having a light transmittance of not less than 50%, in which transparent cover a circuit pattern of a conductive material is provided between two sheet-like transparent substrates, a device main body that couples the transparent cover thereto in an openable/closable manner such that members provided on a surface thereof are concealed or exposed by the transparent cover being opened or closed, an open/close determination part for determining whether the transparent cover is open or closed, and function switching parts for switching functions of the circuit pattern based on the determination of the open/close determination part as to whether the transparent over is open or closed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144408 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device including a first body, a second body, a sliding block and a linkage mechanism is provided. The first body is stacked on the second body. The sliding block is located between the first body and the second body, and is slidably coupled to the first body. The linkage mechanism is connected between the sliding block and the second body, by which while the first body and the second body are spread in a direction, the first body and the second body are approximately coplanar. Therefore, space in the device can be used efficiently. Besides, the device can be more miniaturized and operated more conveniently. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144409 | SLIDING TYPE HANDHELD MOBILE DEVICE WITH GREAT SLIDING RANGE - A sliding type handheld mobile device is disclosed. A screen module covers a plurality of keys of a body, and may slide relative to the body to expose the keys. The screen module has an opening to allow the FPC to pass through and connect to the body. One end of a linkage is connected to the body, and another end is connected to a shuttle to make the linkage driven by the body and push the shuttle to cover the opening. This may prevent electronic components inside the screen module from being exposed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144410 | SHIELDING STRUCTURE AND MEMBER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Shielding structure for use in an electronic device comprising a housing and an electronic substrate which is arranged in the housing and which includes electronic parts, wherein the housing includes at least a surface facing the electronic parts, the surface being made of an electrically conductive substance. There is disposed a shielding member made of electrically conductive material comprising a frame-shaped section disposed on the printed board to surround a periphery of the electronic parts and a leaf spring section disposed to project from an upper-edge section of the frame-shaped section toward the inside of the frame-shaped section and upwardly in an inclined direction. The shielding member is disposed on the electronic substrate, and the surface made of an electrically conductive substance of the housing pushes the leaf spring section to be brought into contact therewith. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144421 | SLOT MACHINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT DEVICES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine of the present invention is provided with a plurality of BET input devices with each of which a player can bet game media in a different amount. The number of times that a game is played is counted in association with the BET input device with which a BET has been inputted in that game. A predetermined profit is offered based on the number of times counted in association with the BET input device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144422 | Multiple game interfaces for gaming devices - A slot machine processor and a video monitor screen are provided on which symbols may be provided in a grid for use in a multi-stage video slot game. The game stages are played sequentially, with separate predetermined sets of symbols being provided for at least two game stages. A first symbol set is provided for at least a first game stage, the first symbol set comprising at least one specifically-themed symbol. A second symbol set is provided for at least a second game stage, the second symbol set comprising at least one specifically-themed symbol that is predeterminedly-related to the at least one specifically-themed symbol in the first symbol set. Symbols in at least a third game stage may be a combination of symbols from the first and second symbol sets. Final symbol arrays in each game stage are analyzed by the processor, and any winning combinations are paid according to predetermined rules and/or paytables. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144423 | GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF GAMING - A gaming system is disclosed which includes a plurality of spinners, each spinner being associated with a plurality of display positions and having a plurality of symbols disposable at the display positions. A spinner controller is arranged to select the symbols to appear at the display positions for each spinner, and an outcome evaluator is arranged to determine whether the symbols shown at the display positions correspond to at least one winning outcome by reference to at least one defined win condition. Each win condition comprises a win line having at least three display positions from two adjacent spinners. A corresponding method of gaming is also disclosed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144424 | VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOFTWARE-BASED SKILL ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS FOR VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS - Video game systems and methods provide one or more software-based skill adjustment mechanisms for video game systems to adjust a difficulty level of the video games based on an existing skill level or game play of a player. The difficulty level of the video games is adjustable to correspond to an existing skill level of the player for removing digital blocks from a digital matrix, clearing digital complete horizontal lines from the digital matrix and/or avoiding game ending conditions. The difficulty level of the video game may be adjusted to facilitate skill-building game play for the player. The difficulty level of the video games is adjustable during game play that is approaching or leading to a game ending condition via software for one or more primary and/or secondary skill adjustment mechanisms. The one or more primary and/or secondary skill adjustment mechanisms include matrix dimension adjustments, line clear adjustments, level and fall speed adjustments, piece adjustments and/or a top-out, lock-out and/or block-out meter. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144425 | INTERNET BASED PREDICTION MARKET - An Internet based prediction market wherein articles of property are wagered in peer-to-peer contests wherein title to the goods passes to the participant that best predicts the outcome of a future event. Information relating to property posted on the exchange website by members is presented for browsing by other members. The property is assigned an approximate value for wagering purposes, which value may be simply assigned by the posting member or based on independent appraisal sources. Members are allowed to enter into peer-to-peer contests wherein a first posted property owned by a first member is wagered against a second posted property owned by a second member in a structured betting exchange wherein title to the first and second properties is determined by predicting the outcome of a future event, such as the close of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange at the end of a given day, the price of gold at the close of trading of an agreed upon day, or any other event, such as the winner of sporting event. The member that correctly predicts, or most closely predicts, the outcome of the agreed upon event is declared the winner and title to the article wagered by the losing member transfers to the winning member. The market maker may realize revenue in the form of a posting fee paid by members upon listing of goods, and in the form of a percentage of the value of the goods transferred. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144426 | Inviting Users to Participate in a Venture Exchange - A computer-implemented method for inviting members of a venture exchange to participate in a wager. The method includes receiving a wager placed by a first user; parsing the wager to determine wager characteristics associated with the wager; determining, using a processor, friends of the first user that have an affinity for the wager based on the wager characteristics; causing an interface to be displayed to the first user, where the friends of the first user are organized by a relative affinity for the wager; receiving a selection by the first user of friends to invite to participate in the wager; and transmitting a wager invitation to each friend selected by the first user. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144427 | MULTI-ROUND GAME HAVING A PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT - A gaming system and method for operating a multi-round game having a progressive jackpot that is incremented by those of the credits that were earned either individually or collectively by the players without being cashed in before the end of the game. The system comprises a terminal for players to enter their game-related decisions away from the eyes of competing players by operating a keyboard having a random layout. A game controller selects a game outcome and an outcome analyzer determines whether credits were earned individually or collectively. An earned credit controller updates credits earned individually, and a pool credit controller, credits earned collectively. A player can cash in earned credits by retiring, but earned credits that are not cashed in before the end of the game are incremented to a jackpot by a progressive jackpot controller. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING A WAGER ON A PARI-MULTUEL EVENT - A method and system is provided to permit placing a wager on a pari-mutuel event in which expert handicapper's prognoses are displayed to a player to permit them to formulate either simple or complicated exotic wagers, and to be able to aggregate a wager with those of other players to satisfy wagering minimums. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144429 | Unique identity trading charms for a secure controlled internet communication system - A method and product for the establishment and continued use of a secure online communication network between known and intentional acquaintances utilizing unique individual encoded exchanged objects, purchased by a purchaser and given to individuals known by the consumer, comprising a key object used to establish a closed network by the purchaser or host, and a plurality of exchanged token objects given to members or friends to whom an offer to join the closed network is extended, each exchanged token object containing a unique code required to log into the closed network, wherein communication may be held between the host and their friends without intrusion by persons outside the closed network. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144430 | LIVE AUTHORING METHOD FOR REAL TIME DEVELOPMENT OF VIDEO GAMES - A video game development system is provided with live feedback to developers working with multiple game platforms or consoles. The system includes a communications hub module running on a hub server linked with two different video game platforms. A video game development tool is provided and linked to the hub module. The development tool is used to perform modifications to video game data including game asset changes and additions. An authoring module is associated with the video game development tool and operates after the game data modifications to transmit an authoring message to the hub module. The authoring message includes content reflecting the game data modifications and is formatted for receipt by the hub module. The hub module generates update messages from the authoring messages and forwards these messages to the video game platforms that operate to run a video game using the game data modifications. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144431 | GAME SYSTEM - A game system includes a micro-controller unit having game programs therein for showing many video games and indicator-light control programs therein corresponding to the game programs, a key module having a plurality of control keys each connected with the micro-controller unit so as to be installed corresponding game controller functions by the game programs, a displaying device connected with the micro-controller unit for displaying the video games thereon, an indicator-light driver connected with the micro-controller unit for being controlled by the indicator-light control programs of the micro-controller unit, and an indicator-light module having a plurality of indicating lights each connected with the indicator-light driver for switching the indicating light to be on or off respectively, wherein the indicating lights are one-to-one corresponding to the control keys so as to indicate which of the control keys should be operated in process of playing the video game. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144432 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT . GAMING DEVICE ,AND DISPLAY METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT - A light control layer ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144433 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN AND GAME APPARATUS - Action information for controlling a series of at least one action performed by a first object is stored. Then the at least one action of the first object is controlled in accordance with the action information. At this time, an action of a second object is controlled in accordance with an operation signal from a predetermined input device operated by a player. Furthermore, while the action of the second object is being controlled, the information about the at least one action of the first object is displayed on a screen. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144434 | Providing Network and Game Content Based on Wireless Signals - Providing content on a web site based on content in a game based. A wireless signal may be detected. Content in a game may be provided based on the detection of the wireless signal. The content may have been unavailable in the game prior to said detecting the wireless signal. For example, a characteristic of the wireless signal (e.g., an ID of a wireless signal from a wireless access point) may be determined and the content may be based on the characteristic of the wireless signal. Information regarding the content may be provided to one or more computer systems over a network, which may be configured to provide an indication of the content in the game on the web site based on the information. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144435 | GAME DATA AND SPEECH TRANSFER TO AND FROM WIRELESS PORTABLE GAME TERMINAL - Game data and speech transfer to and from a wireless portable game terminal is disclosed. The wireless portable game terminal includes a radio transceiver configured to transfer speech and game data through a radio connection to a telecommunication system, a loudspeaker, a microphone, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to process the game data, to transfer the game data to and from another game terminal or a game server through the radio connection, to receive captured speech of another user through the radio connection, to output audio part of the game data and the captured speech of the other user through the loudspeaker, to capture speech of an user with the microphone, and to transfer the captured speech of the user to another game terminal or to a game server through the radio connection. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144436 | Control Device for Communicating Visual Information - Methods and systems for interfacing a control device with a computer program executing at a base computing device are presented. The method generates a visual cue at a spherical section of the control device and captures an image of the visual cue using an image capture device connected to the base computing device. Further, the method determines whether the visual cue is user feedback or input for the computer program, and processes the visual cue at the base computing device when the visual cue is an input. Additionally, a state of an object being processed is updated by the computer program in response to the input to drive interactivity with the computer program via the control device. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144437 | SUPPORT FOR A VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER - A support means for a controller for controlling a game which simulates a human activity involving hand and foot movements, for example the driving of a vehicle, the controller comprising a hand-operated device and a foot-operated device operable by a player of the game to cause the game to simulate such movements. The support means comprises a base ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144438 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING GROUPS OF USERS - An apparatus and method to group users based on bio-information of the users. A two-dimensional bio-information space is generated from first and second dimensions which represent, respectively, first and second characteristics of the bio-information of the users. The users are arranged in the bio-information space based on the bio-information, and users are grouped based on the arrangement of the users in the bio-information space. Continuously acquired bio-information is used to re-group users. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144439 | OUT-OF-BAND VOICE COMMUNICATION WITH INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SERVICES DURING GAMEPLAY - Technologies are described herein for providing out-of-band communication with interactive voice response services during gameplay. While executing a game program, a game console determines that a user wishes to issue a voice command through a headset or other audio input/output device connected to the console. The game console switches the communication channel for the audio input/output device from the game program to a voice recognition engine without interrupting the execution of the game program on the console. The voice command is then forwarded from the audio input/output device to the voice recognition engine. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144440 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS IN SOCIAL SERVICES - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for providing user identity management in social services. An apparatus may include a processor configured to monitor a first user's behavior on a social service. The processor may be further configured to generate a first user behavior model representative of the first user's behavior over a period of time on the social service based at least in part upon the first user's monitored behavior. The processor may additionally be configured to provide the first user guidance about the first user's behavior based at least in part upon the first user behavior model. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144451 | HIGH TORQUE DENSITY FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE DRIVESHAFT - An all-composite continuous filament wound flexible composite driveshaft with integral spacing tube and flexible diaphragms and methods of manufacture is disclosed. The flexible composite driveshaft obsoletes the split lines and associated fasteners required to attach metallic flex elements and either metallic or composite spacing tubes in current solutions. Sub-critical driveshaft weights half that of incumbent technology are projected for typical rotary wing shaft lengths. Fully anisotropic material properties are mapped to the deeply sculpted diaphragm geometry of flexible composite coupling elements, and a parametric numerical study of the complex shell disclosed. Continuous filament wound spacing tubes are described, which comprise an integral part of the initial tooling but which remain part of the finished shaft and control natural frequencies and torsional stability in conjunction with the flexible composite diaphragms. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144452 | COUPLING DEVICE - A coupling device for transmitting a torque from a first shaft to a second shaft. The coupling device includes the first shaft with a first end section having radially opposite, radially extending projections and/or recesses. The second shaft has a second end section with radially opposite, radially extending projections and/or recesses. The first shaft is axially opposite the second shaft. The coupling device includes a coupling member having coupling projections and/or recesses, wherein the projections and/or recesses of the first and second end sections are respectively configured to engage with at least one of the coupling projections and/or recesses. The coupling projections and/or recesses corresponding to the first end section are arranged at a displacement of about 90° relative to the coupling projections and/or recesses corresponding to the second end section and the coupling member at least partially surrounds the first and second end sections. The first and second sections are disposed axially directly opposite to each other, and the coupling member is positionally fixed by the first and second end sections. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144453 | CONNECTION JOINT AND COMPOSITE DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY HAVING THEM - The present invention provides a connection joint, which is configured to be efficiently fastened to each end of a composite drive shaft having respective power transmission parts in opposite ends thereof. Further, the present invention also provides a composite drive shaft assembly, which has an integrated structure realized by easily fastening respective connection joints in opposite ends of the composite drive shaft, most of which, except for the opposite ends functioning as power transmission parts, has a tubular shape with a circular cross-section, similar to that of a general shaft, so that the composite drive shaft assembly can efficiently transmit high torque. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144454 | Indoor Ski Slope - An indoor ski slop ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144455 | Device and system for obtaining, analyzing, and displaying information related to a golfer's game play in real-time - The present invention achieves technical advantages as a device and system utilizable during actual golf game play configured to obtain information related to a player's golf swing and game performance. This information may include information generated by a sensor(s) located on or within a golf club or worn by the golfer, which information is configured to be sent to a golf appliance, such as a golf glove, an automatic scoring and game statistics apparatus worn by the golfer, or a remotely located monitoring/display unit. These sensors provide data to facilitate assessing a player's swing, to determine a ball strike, determine swing velocity, identify the club used, and other data usable during actual game play. An additional aspect of the invention provides for a golf glove appliance and club grip system for detecting correct hand position as the golfer grips the club during a swing. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144456 | Golf club and accessory system utilizable during actual game play to obtain, anaysis, and display information related to a player's swing and game performance - A golf club and accessory system utilizable during actual golf game play configured to obtain information related to a player's golf swing. This information may include information generated by a sensor(s) located on or within a golf club, which information is configured to be sent to a golf appliance, such as a golf glove, or other appliances used during play. These sensors provide data to facilitate assessing a player's swing, to determine a ball strike, determine swing velocity, identify the club used, or other such data obtainable during actual game play. One aspect of the invention provides for a golf appliance configured to display data relevant to game play and the player's swing obtained from a sensor(s) integral a golf club or integrated into the worn appliance. In another aspect of the invention the golf appliance(s) are configured to only accept input from specified sensor(s) or other appliances, encrypt data, and alert the user of any errors in operation. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144457 | GOLF CLUB WITH SLOPE INDICATOR - A golf club incorporates a slope indicator on its shaft to enable a golfer to estimate the slope of a putting green. When the golf club is placed on the ground, the slope indicator indicates a degree of slope. The golfer may engage a lock for the slope indicator. Engagement of the lock allows the golfer to lift the club off the ground to inspect the slope indicator. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144458 | Golf Swing Alignment Training Device - Golfers need and desire to practice and perfect their golf swings, and proper alignment of the golfer's body and the arc that the head of club travels are critical in this regard. The golf swing alignment training device provided allows golfers of different height and body proportions, and using a variety of different golf clubs to practice and perfect their swing. The device comprises a stance rule changeably marked to indicate proper location of the golfer's feet as required using different clubs, a connecting shaft perpendicular to the stance rule that can be moved as needed for clubs of different length, a swing guide governing the direction of the golfer's swing and the shape of its arc, a club face orientation indicator that can be adjusted to indicate proper club face orientation for different shots, and a ball position indicator which properly locates the ball in relation to the device and the golfer's body. The device is of simple, rugged construction, easily adjustable as needed by golfers of different size and body proportion, and a single device can be used by right or left handed golfers, and even by children. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144459 | GOLF CLUB AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PROPERTIES THEREOF - According to one aspect of the invention, a golf club includes: a head having a hosel having a hosel hole; a shaft; a shaft case having a shaft insertion hole to which one end of the shaft is inserted and configured to be inserted to the hosel hole; and a ring-shaped screw member configured to be screwed into one end of the hosel to fix the shaft case in the hosel hole, and to be fitted with an outer face of an one end of the shaft case so as not to contact with the shaft directly, wherein an axis of the shaft insertion hole is nonparallel to an axis of the hosel hole, and an inner face of the hosel hole and an outer face of the shaft case includes a triangular or more polygonal cross-sectional face that is perpendicular to the axis of the hosel hole. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144460 | IRON-TYPE GOLF CLUBS - A set of iron-type golf clubs includes long irons with channel back configurations and short irons with cavity back configurations. The rear face configurations transition from channel backs through to pure cavity backs for increased performance continuum for the set. Additional design parameters for the set may also be systematically varied through the set, such as groove type and depth, loft angle, cavity volume, hitting face roughness, and sole width. At least one of the clubs of the set includes a sandwich-type construction for the hitting face having a dampening element disposed between a hitting face insert and a lightweight reinforcing core. In one embodiment, at least one club head is oversized. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144471 | HIGH BOUNCE STRUCTURE: SKY BALL - A play ball having a high bounce capacity of at least 20 vertical feet and as much as 50 or 75 vertical feet is formed of a solid, elastomer thermoplastic polyurethane having a wall thickness of 3-5 mm, containing gas at a pressure preferably greater than 0.65 kfg/cm | 2010-06-10 |
20100144472 | CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A BEARING MOUNTED ON A PLASTIC BODY - The invention relates to a construction comprising (a) a plastic body comprising a mounting surface and (b) a bearing comprising a rotatable member and an inner member comprising a mounting bore mounted on the plastic body, wherein the plastic body comprises an axial extension comprising an axial extension head and protruding from the mounting surface, the axial extension protrudes into the mounting bore, and the construction comprises a plastic element being fixed to the axial extension head thereby keeping the bearing mounted on the plastic body. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144473 | Tensioner - A tensioner comprising a base, an arm pivotally engaged with the base, a pulley journalled to the arm, a torsion spring engaged between the arm and the base, the base comprising a cantilever leaf spring, a first friction disk operationally disposed between the cantilever leaf spring and the arm, the cantilever leaf spring biasing the first friction disk into frictional contact with the arm, the first friction disk rotationally fixed with respect to the base, a second friction disk rotationally fixed with respect to the base, a separator member disposed between the first friction disk and the second friction disk, the first friction disk and the second friction disk each having a wet coefficient of friction of approximately 0.12, and the separator member rotationally fixed with respect to the arm. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144474 | BELT UNIT FOR CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION - A belt unit for a continuously variable transmission that transmits power from a primary pulley to a secondary pulley, may include at least a band overlapped each other, and a segment including a body base and a locking end portion which are connected by a neck therebetween, wherein an upper surface of the at least a band is coupled to the locking end portion and a lower surface of the at least a band is coupled to a segment shoulder of the body base, and wherein lower grooves are formed at lower portions of the neck between the neck and the segment shoulder of the body base at both sides of the neck such that an upper surface of the respective body base is higher than the corresponding lower groove to form a contact radius difference between the lower groove and the upper surface of the body base. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144475 | DRIVE BELT - A drive belt ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144476 | Hydrostatic Regenerative Braking Transmission For Motor Vehicles - A transmission for a vehicle including a hydrostatic regenerative braking system includes a first rotatable shaft having a first end adapted to be driven by a first prime mover and a second end adapted to be coupled to a vehicle driveline. A second shaft selectively drives the first shaft and is adapted to drive a hydraulic pump of a second prime mover. A planetary gearset includes a first member restricted from rotation, a second member and a third member. A transfer mechanism includes a first sprocket fixed for rotation with the second member, a second sprocket fixed for rotation with the input shaft and a flexible member interconnecting the first and second sprockets. A clutch transfers torque between the third member and the first shaft. An alternate transmission having the clutch and the planetary gearset reversed is also discussed. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144477 | A Continuous Variable Transmission Assembly - A variable ratio drive assembly ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144478 | DIFFERENTIAL LOCK STRUCTURE - A differential lock structure includes a differential and a lock ring, wherein the case of the differential has at least one locking through hole, and an output gear inside the differential having a recess, and the lock ring has a locking through bolt for passing through the locking through hole in the recess, and has a lock device for forcing the lock ring to stay close to the differential, characterized in that: the lock device includes an arbor which circumferentially has a worm gear and the other end has a spline gear, and a fork has a worm gear hole matching to the worm gear at one end and the other end clamps the lock ring, and a motor gear has a spline gear hole matching to the spline gear; when the motor gear rotates, the arbor is rotated, and the fork presses the lock ring close to the differential. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144479 | LUBRICATION OF A PLANETARY GEARSET - In a planetary gearset and an automatic transmission according to the invention, a pinion shaft on which a pinion gear is rotatably supported includes a bearing portion on which a bearing is attached and a polygonal portion having a polygonal outer periphery. An axial oil passage and radial oil passages that communicate with the axial oil passage are formed in the polygonal portion, and the inlet of each radial oil passage formed in the pinion gear faces the polygonal portion. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144480 | Drive axle assembly with gear mesh lubrication systems for lubricating gear mesh and/or differential bearings - An axle assembly having an axle assembly with first and second sumps for holding a lubricant. A rotating ring gear associated with a differential can rotate through the lubricant in the first sump to cause a portion of the lubricant to cling to the ring gear. A portion of the lubricant that has clung to the ring gear can be removed from the ring gear and transferred to the second sump. The lubricant in the second sump can be drained to lubricate teeth of a pinion that is in meshing engagement with the ring gear and/or to lubricate bearings that support the pinion. A related method is also provided. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144491 | SELF-COACHING PORTABLE DEVICE FOR ABDOMINAL MUSCLES - A self-coaching portable device for abdominal muscles comprises a piece of apparatus ( | 2010-06-10 |
20100144492 | Rehabilitation Exercise Device - A rehabilitation exercise device includes a head support unit having a head cushion adapted to support the head of a user, and a frame holding the head cushion and having two opposite connection ends. Two side cushions are disposed respectively on two opposite sides of the head cushion, and are connected pivotally and respectively to the connection ends so that the side cushions are rotatable toward or away from the head cushion. A biasing unit is connected to the side cushions to bias the side cushions to rotate toward the head cushion. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144493 | MULTI-LEVEL ADVENTURE SYSTEM - An adventure system disclosed. The adventure system may include a multi-level climbing apparatus that may include a frameset comprising set of vertical members spaced about a vertical axis and a plurality of horizontal members that define different climbing levels. A slide may be coupled to the multi-level climbing apparatus. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144494 | EXERCISE APPARATUS HAVING A SURFACE FOR SLIDING - An exercise apparatus including: a pair of platforms, each of the pair of platforms having: a base including a lower surface and a pair of opposed flanges extending upwardly from the lower surface; roller units received side-by-side in the base and being independently rotatable, each of the roller units extending between the pair of opposed flanges of the base and including at least two roller bodies spaced from one another by a groove, each of the at least two roller bodies including an outer surface, at least a portion of the outer surface being in continuous contact with the lower surface of the base; a retainer coupled to the base for maintaining the rollers units on the base; and a connector for coupling the pair of platforms to one another to provide a surface for sliding. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144495 | Treadmill - A treadmill includes a base, two axle units, two pedal units and a coordinating unit. The base includes a post formed thereon. Each of the axle units includes an axle extended downwards from a flank of the post. Each of the pedal units includes a pedal pivotally connected to the axle of a related one of the axle units. The coordinating unit includes a lever pivotally connected to the post and formed with two ends each connected to a related one of the pedals so that one of the pedals is moved upwards and outwards while the other pedal is moved downwards and inwards. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144496 | SPEED CONTROLLED STRENGTH MACHINE - A speed controlled strength machine is provided. The machine includes a frame and a number of support members. A driver is mounted to the frame and includes an adjustable speed controller. During exercise, the user engages grips/handles and pulls them via one-way clutches through the resistive movement of the driver. The clutches are engaged when the user is able to reach a predetermined speed, which is adjustable and controllable. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144497 | Compact multi-function exercise apparatus - An exercise apparatus that provides a complete body workout, folds up into a small footprint, and can be hidden inside of a closet or decorative cabinet. The two arms rotate both horizontally and vertically, and move up and down, permitting the cable ends to be positioned anywhere from near the ground to well over head, thus allowing for infinite exercise variation. Cable ends that exit the arms freely and move independently of each other simulate working out with free weights. The counterweighted arms combined with convenient locking levers facilitate rapid and effortless arm repositioning. A counterweighted fold out seat assembly with leg extension completes the versatile and compact workout station. | 2010-06-10 |
20100144498 | ADJUSTABLE FLUID-FILLABLE EXERCISE WEIGHTS - A weight container, which includes an adjustable calibrating bellow including two outer ribs and at least one inner rib; wherein the outer ribs may collapse and fold around the inner rib; a locking apparatus located adjacent to one outer rib; and a cover receiving apparatus located adjacent to the other outer rib. Further, a pair of weight containers may be connected to a crossbar to define an exercise apparatus. The weight container may further be adapted to engage a base to define a drinking apparatus. | 2010-06-10 |