| 25th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
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| 20090156184 | On demand multicast messaging system - An on-demand message system includes a profile proxy server and a plurality of message servers coupled to a wireless network for sending messages to mobile users under conditions specified by the users and sellers. Users provide profile information specifying categories and conditions for which they will receive messages. Sellers also provide profile information specifying conditions under which they want messages to be sent. A multicast message is sent and processed by target users in response to a predetermined event, e.g., location update, conveying information related to a seller for which target users have expressed an interest in receiving. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156185 | Wireless application protocol (wap) application location based services (lbs) - A Location Based Service (LBS) enabled Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) application operating in a microbrowser of a mobile device is given the ability to trigger a network initiated LBS request from a WAP application server. The WAP application server (or SMS gateway) acts as a proxy and issues an LBS request to a relevant LBS platform. In response, the WAP application server receives the requested location information from the LBS platform and initiates a WAP session with the mobile device using a WAP PUSH command. In this way, the WAP application running on the mobile device can act on requested and received LBS input from a network LBS platform. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156186 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONTACTS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - An improved method, device and computer-readable medium for managing contacts in a mobile communications device are presented. A contact manager receives a telephone call in a mobile communications device and identifies a telephone number associated with the telephone call. If the user attempts to add the number to a contact list, the contact manager consults a contact list policy which is used to determine whether the number is a temporary number. If the telephone number is a temporary number, the telephone number is automatically marked as temporary and automatically assigned a triggering event. The telephone number is automatically removed from the contact list upon an occurrence of the triggering event. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156187 | Method and system for call gating - A system and method for gating calls. A list of one or more callers that may contact a user at any time is received. A selection to activate call gating is received. A determination is made whether an identifier associated with a caller is on the list in response receiving a call. The call is connected to a communications device in response to determining the identifier is on the list. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156188 | CONVERGED CORDLESS AND CELLULAR PHONE SYSTEM - An integrated cordless and cellular phone system, including a base station for one or more cordless phones, the base station being served by a fixed line telephone network operator, including one or more slots for attaching one or more cellular phone modules therein, the cellular phone modules being served by corresponding cellular network operators, wherein each of the one or more slots is associated with a corresponding cordless phone, and call routing circuitry (i) for identifying an incoming call to the base station as being intended for a specific one of the cellular phone modules, and (ii) for routing the incoming call to the cordless phone that is associated with the slot to which the specific cellular phone module is attached. A method is also described and claimed. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156189 | Configuration of Networked Devices via mobile stations - A method is proposed for configuring a wireless enabled device using a mobile station that is adapted to communicate with a core network portion of a mobile communications network. The mobile station is also arranged to support communication via a wireless interface and the device is capable of communicating via this wireless interface. The method includes the steps of: establishing communication with a support center via the mobile communications network core network portion; receiving a message containing configuration data for the device from the call center; establishing an unlicensed radio link with the device; and transmitting the configuration data to the device via said unlicensed wireless link. By using the mobile phone or other mobile communications device as an interface for configuration data, the end user is relieved of all further interactions and requires no specific knowledge or experience to achieve the configuration and installation of the device. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156190 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION TO A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE BASED ON USER AFFILIATIONS - A method and system for customizing a mobile application running on a mobile communication device of a user. In one implementation, the method includes providing the mobile application to the mobile communication device of the user, the mobile application having a generic platform; determining a special interest group (SIG) that is affiliated with the user; and customizing the generic platform of the mobile application based on information specific to the special interest group (SIG) that is affiliated with the user. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156191 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE ANTENNA - A computing device with a configurable antenna. The antenna is configured through a switching circuit operating under software control. Operating characteristics of the antenna are configured based on connections between conducting segments established by the switching circuit, allowing the nominal frequency, bandwidth or other characteristics of the antenna to be configured. Because the switching is software controlled, the configurable antenna may be integrated with a software defined radio. The radio and antenna can be reconfigured to support communication according to different wireless technologies at different times or to interleave packets according to different wireless technologies to support concurrent sessions using different wireless technologies. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156192 | VERIFYING AVAILABILITY OF IDLE-MODE MOBILE SUBSCRIBER STATION IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method of verifying availability of a mobile subscriber station that is in an idle-mode includes requesting to a base station by the mobile subscriber station to enter an idle-mode, wherein the base station is associated with a paging group comprising a plurality of base stations, and receiving from the base station an idle-mode response command to enter the idle-mode. The method also includes receiving from the base station a paging command comprising an action code associated with performing ranging while the mobile subscriber station is in the idle-mode to verify availability of the mobile subscriber station with respect to the base station, wherein if the ranging is not successfully performed with the base station during a predetermined period, the base station continues to transmit the paging command until a paging retrial count reaches a predetermined threshold. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156193 | Modem with acoustic coupling - The present invention relates to a terminal interface and an arrangement including the terminal interface to enable interfacing between an electronic device and a service provider. The terminal interface comprises at least a data interface arranged for coupling the terminal interface to the electronic device, a processing means adapted to operate the terminal device, and modem means enabling data communication between the interface terminal and a terminal device enabled for voice commutation in a public land mobile communications network. The data processing means coupled to the data interface and the modem means is further configured for processing data received from either of the data interface and the modem means and for generating data to be transmitted via the data interface and/or the modem means. Data is communicated between the interface terminal and the service provider via the terminal device on a voice communication connection through the public land mobile communications network. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for supporting random access by user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system are described. In one design, a UE transmits a random access (RA) preamble for random access. The UE thereafter receives a random access response composed of a first part and a second part. The first part includes a list of N RA preamble IDs for N RA preambles being responded to by the random access response, where N≧ | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156195 | OBTAINING TIME INFORMATION IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method, performed by an access point of a cellular network, obtains time information by identifying a control channel cycle boundary; at a beginning of the control channel cycle boundary, sending a request to a time server; receiving a response from the time server, the request including a server time; and obtaining the timing information using the server time. Obtaining the timing information includes using the server time and a first reference time to obtain an integer and a fraction; using the fraction to obtain a time difference; and using the time difference to obtain the timing information. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156196 | SYSTEM LEVEL INFORMATION FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION, PAGING AND MEASUREMENTS - A method and apparatus for performing non-serving cell measurements and determining cycles for monitoring system information updates. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is configured to determine it is in measurement mode, compare a serving cell signal to a threshold to obtain serving cell strength and measure a non-serving cell based on the serving cell strength. The WTRU is further configured to determine a channel monitoring cycle. The WTRU is further configured to determine a time to trigger value. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156197 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF STORED SERVICE PARAMETERS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for synchronization of stored service parameters are disclosed. In one aspect, a configuration identifier is transmitted from a mobile station to a base station, and compared with an identifier generated in the base station. If the identifiers match, the configuration is used for communication. In another aspect, the identifier is generated by selecting an identifier associated with a configuration from a configuration table. In yet another aspect, the identifier is generated by computing a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the configuration. Various other aspects are also presented. These aspects have the benefit of preventing attempted use of unsynchronized stored service parameters and associated call setup failures and subsequent renegotiation, with the net effect of reducing call setup time and more efficient use of system resources. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156198 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE UTILIZING FIELD TEST LOGS AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for evaluating a mobile communication device includes: providing a mobile device having an embedded global navigation satellite system function; performing a field test utilizing the mobile device in a test route being formed by a plurality of locations; generating a test log for the field test, the test log including status data and location messages of the mobile device during the field test; transferring the test log to a log database; displaying the test route on a user interface map by utilizing the location messages for the test route being stored in the log database to thereby indicate corresponding points on the user interface map; and hyper-linking between each point on the user interface map and the location message of the mobile device for the field test being stored in the log database. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156199 | MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING A MODULE ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Methods, apparatuses, and software to monitor, troubleshoot, or diagnose one or more specialty modules associated with a portable communication device are provided. The methods, apparatuses, and software identify the specialty module, obtain and execute procedures to monitor, test, or diagnose the specialty module. If unsatisfactory, error, defective or the like performance is identified, a solution is applied to correct, the performance. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156200 | Diagnostic information preservation during installations of over the air update of wireless handset software - A method and system for failsafe preservation of diagnostic information that identifies problems encountered during installation of over the air updates of wireless handset software includes logging code stored in an area of the handset that is not updated during over the air updates and that is executable to generate and store diagnostic information in an area of the handset that is not updated during over the air updates. By disposing a logging code and diagnostic information in areas of the handset that are invulnerable to corruption during installation of over the air updates, diagnostic information is guaranteed to be generated by the handset and transferable to an external diagnostics system for analysis even in the event of a fatal error. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156201 | Provision of Position Information in Telecommunications Networks - A mobile or cellular telecommunications network includes a plurality of terminals which are registered. The terminal may be fixed in position, such as a terminal in a vending machine. Alternatively, the terminal may be fixed to a vehicle used for sending an SOS message when the vehicle is involved in an accident. The terminal may be immobile, and therefore does not need to continually advise the network of its location. The terminal may not receive incoming calls or other communications. The terminals therefore may not require paging by the network. In the embodiments described, such terminals are assigned a special terminal type identifier which indicates to the network that these terminals do not require paging. The way in which the network interacts with the terminals is adjusted so that signaling to perform location updates is eliminated or at least reduced. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156202 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE USING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for information exchange including groups of portable digital devices that exchange one or more items of data (“first data”) when placed in a range of one another. That exchange is performed by the devices sonically, e.g., using sound waves conducted by air or other medium between the devices—or, if the devices are touching, conducted by plastic or other materials of which they are made. Alternatively, or in addition, the exchange can be conducted optically, via digital data networks, or otherwise. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156203 | System and Method for Controlling a Vehicle with a Cellular Phone - Systems and methods for providing a communication between a cellular phone and a vehicle are described. In one embodiment, a user of a cellular phone inputs a communication via an audio-visual interface associated with the cellular phone. A microprocessor assembles at least one packet of the communication and transmits the at least one packet to an electromechanical system of a vehicle. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156204 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ROAMING OF TERMINAL IN DIGITAL CABLE BROADCASTING NETWORK - An automatic roaming apparatus and method of a terminal in a digital cable broadcasting network is provided. The method includes: performing device authentication of the terminal when terminal authentication is requested by the terminal; verifying whether roaming authentication of the terminal having requested the terminal authentication is required; requesting subscriber authentication for a Provisioning Server (PS) in a home domain and receiving the subscriber authentication when the terminal exists in the home domain, when the roaming authentication of the terminal is verified as being required; transmitting a result of the device authentication and the subscriber authentication as a response to the terminal; and instructing an Integrated Personalization Server (IPS) to download a Conditional Access (CA) application to the terminal. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156205 | Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Wireless Network Signal Acquisition Rate - Methods and apparatuses are provided for use by, or use with or in, a portable wireless device that allow for a wireless network signal acquisition rate to based, at least in part, on movement data associated with the portable wireless device. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156206 | Frequency Band Selection Methods and Apparatus - To avoid problems caused by conventional cell search algorithms, a user equipment in a mobile communication system uses knowledge of its previous geographical position and travel times together with stored information on frequency band allocations to determine the frequency band(s) it should search when it is in an out-of-service state, which can result from loss of radio coverage or from power-off. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSMISSION OF AN ACCESS PROBE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for transmission of an access probe in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining a ProbeSequenceNumber, determining an AccessSequenceID and adding it to a public data, determining ProbeNumber greater than MaxProbesPerSequence to perform the following: setting the ProbeNumber to ‘1’, incrementing the ProbeSequence Number by 1, determining an AccessCarrier by monitoring LoadControl bits on different carriers, using overhead parameters corresponding to selected Access Carrier, adding the AccessCarrier to the public data. The method further includes determining a DelayToNextProbe value, starting a timer for the DelayToNextProbe frames, determining an InitialProbePower value, transmitting a probe using AccessSequenceID, PilotPN, AccessCarrier and Power and incrementing the ProbeNumber. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156208 | Local network access using public cells - Disclosed herein are apparatus, method, and computer program whereby a cellular network base station operates with closed subscriber group indicator indicating off. The cellular network base station transmits information to a user equipment indicating the availability of a local service area network at a location in which the user equipment is currently located. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156209 | AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING BASED ON COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND CHARACTERISTICS - A communication device and/or applications capable of facilitating communication through different networks are automatically provisioned based on recognition of network environment including network connectivity and characteristics. A user's multiple identities for different networks with varying capabilities and features are accommodated by detecting and prioritizing available network(s), then provisioning the device to enable the user to communicate through one or more of those networks. Communication types and media may vary depending on network type such as cellular, VOIP, and so on. The device may be configured to scan for new networks automatically periodically or based on location change, time change, etc. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156210 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING A MOBILE STATION TO PERFORM A FAST HANDOFF - A method for facilitating a mobile station to perform a fast handoff in a wireless communication system allows a handoff procedure to be anticipated (by the mobile station, its serving base station, or both) based on historical information regarding prior successful handoff procedures. In operation, the mobile station receives a neighbor list from a serving base station and determines whether a member base station of the neighbor list is a successful target base station based on historical data. If the member base station is not a successful target base station, the mobile station scans the member base station, measures a signal quality associated with the member base station, and sends a measurement report for the member base station when the signal quality meets a standard signal quality threshold. If the member base station is a successful target base station, the mobile station sends the measurement report for the member base station when the measured signal quality meets a lower signal quality threshold. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156211 | Methods and Apparatus for Making a Handoff Determination as a Function of Service Level Indicating Metrics - Method and apparatus for an access terminal which makes handoff decisions between a number of potential alternative attachment points based on service level indicating metrics are described. The access terminal computes a service level indicating metric differently for a current connection than for a potential alternative connection. A service level indicating metric is a function of loading information and received signal strength. A selection may be made by selecting between attachment points by selecting the attachment point having the highest service level indicating metric from among a plurality of attachment points, one per possible carrier where the attachment point which is considered for a given carrier is the one having the best connection for the given carrier. The access terminal handoff decision approach provides handoff decisions which are nearly as optimal as those which can be achieved using a centralized control node but without the requirement for centralized handoff decisions. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156212 | DATA TRANSFER METHOD AND BASE STATION - A data transfer method according to the present invention transfers user data of a mobile station from a handover source base station to a handover target base station through a transmission path, when the mobile station performs a handover. The data transfer method according to the present invention includes: determining, at the handover source base station, a priority order of the user data; determining, at the handover source base station, a transfer speed of the user data based on the priority order; and transferring, at the handover source base station, the user data to the handover target base station based on the determined transfer speed. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156213 | INTERWORKING GATEWAY FOR MOBILE NODES - Systems and methods are provided that allow inter-working between communication networks for the delivery of service to mobile nodes. A gateway is provided that communicates with a femto cell to extend service to an area that otherwise does not receive coverage from a service provider. The femto cell is a small scale base station used to provide coverage over a small area (such as a home or business), and connect to a home or enterprise network. The femto cell provides service for a mobile node and a gateway permits communication over a broadband network. The gateway integrates the mobile nodes connecting via a femto cell into the service provider's network. The gateway also allows provisioning of services and applications, control of service levels, and provides seamless handoffs to macro base stations and other types of access technologies such as Wi-Fi. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156214 | Preamble design method for reducing overhead during handover in hierarchical cellular system - Provided is a handover method of a wireless communication system using a hierarchical cellular scheme. In the method, signal quality of a serving node is measured, so that whether to start scanning for a handover is determined. When the scanning for the handover starts, signal qualities of a serving cell including the serving node and one or more neighbor cells are measured through a first preamble including a first identifier for distinguishing a cell. An intra-cell handover or an inter-cell handover is selected using the signal qualities of the serving cell and the neighbor cells. Therefore, a terminal can easily distinguish between the inter-cell handover and the intra-cell handover, and an overhead during a handover can be reduced because an intra-cell handover procedure is simplified. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156215 | Inter-system hand-over of a mobile terminal operable with a first and a second radio access network - The present invention provides a method of initiation a mobile originating service-based inter-system handover, and devices enabling the method. A communication network comprises at least two radio access networks (RANs) of different types, i.e. a radio access network (RAN) of a first type and a radio access network (RAN) of a second type. A dual-mode mobile terminal designed to be operable with both the RAN of the first type and the RAN of the second type communicates with the communication system via the RAN of the first type. The initiation of the inter-system handover is included in a transmission, which comprises at least one bearer capability (BC) field. The bearer capability (BC) field is set to indicate that a requested service is only operable with the RAN of the second type. In particular, at least one bearer capability (BC) field is set to a parameter value, which serves as indication for the receiving network and its processing entities, respectively, which receiving network indicated to carry out the inter-system handover initiated by the mobile terminal. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156216 | System and method for resumable data transmission - A method for resuming data transmission in a data transmission system including multiple information processing units and at least one mobile device, the multiple information processing units and the mobile device each including a wireless communication component, the method includes: transmitting data, by a first one of the multiple information processing units, to the mobile device; recording a transmission status of the mobile device, the transmission status including information regarding an unfinished data transmission by the first information processing unit to the mobile device; and resuming transmitting data relating to the unfinished data transmission, by a second one of the multiple information processing units, to the mobile device based on the recorded transmission status. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156217 | Delayed ACK in dual-mode call handover - Handover of a call to a dual-mode phone from cellular to Wi-Fi. When handing over a call mediated by a mobility controller to a dual-mode phone and switching the call from a cellular to a Wi-Fi call, the mobility controller initates a Wi-Fi connection to the dual mode phone. When the Wi-Fi connection is established, and with the cellular connection through the mobility controller still in place, the mobility controller starts a timer with a predetermined value and the dual-mode phone initiates release of the cellular connection. When the timer expires, the mobility controller switches the call from the cellular connection to the Wi-Fi connection. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156218 | HANDING OFF ACTIVE CONNECTIONS - A connection is established between an access terminal and a first radio network controller through a first radio node. The first radio node is controllable primarily by the first radio network controller. The connection is maintained with the first radio network controller as the access terminal moves from a coverage area of the first radio node toward a coverage area of a second radio node. The second radio node is controllable primarily by a second radio network controller and controllable subordinately by the first radio network controller. A connection is also established through the second radio node. Upon a fulfillment of a predetermined criterion, the connection is transferred from the first radio network controller to the second radio network controller. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156219 | HANDOVER METHOD IN MOBILE NETWORK, MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE NETWORK SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of performing handover in a mobile communication network, a mobile communication terminal using the same, and a mobile network system are provided. The method of performing handover in a mobile communication network includes: receiving QoS requirement on a mobile service basis from a user terminal; determining a most suitable mobile network to QoS requirement of a mobile service as a network for handover; and requesting handover to a base station of a mobile network determined as a network for handover. Therefore, in consideration of characteristics of a mobile network and a quality of a service used by a user, by determining handover to an optimum mobile network on a service quality basis, service interruption due to performing unnecessary handover can be prevented and by effectively distributing traffic of a mobile network, overload of a system can be prevented. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER IN MOBILE NETWORK, AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for performing handover in a mobile communication network and a mobile communication terminal using the same are provided. The method of performing handover in a mobile communication network includes: receiving information about signal intensity of mobile networks to which a user terminal can be connected; selecting at least one of connectable mobile networks as a network for handover using user information including information about user requirement and information about the received signal intensity; requesting approval of handover of the user terminal to the selected network for handover and receiving result information about the approval request from the network for handover; and transmitting information about a network in which handover is approved among the networks for handover to the user terminal. Therefore, in consideration of user information such as service characteristics, a user service environment, and user requirement, by selecting a network for handover, a mobile communication network service having a performance and a cost suitable for user request can be provided. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156221 | Handover method and apparatus in mobile network - A method and an apparatus for performing handover in a mobile communication network are provided. The method of performing handover in a mobile communication network includes: obtaining a service providing time period and a utility function on a candidate network basis; obtaining a selection function of each of the candidate networks using the utility function and the service providing time period; and selecting a network for handover among the plurality of mobile networks using the selection function. Therefore, in consideration of user satisfaction and a network service quality, utility functions are defined and by selecting a network for handover using the utility functions, a network suitable for a user environment can be effectively selected and thus it is possible to perform handover that has a performance and a cost suitable for user request and that can maximize a quality of a mobile service. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156222 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING A CALL - Systems and methods of making calls are provided. A particular method includes receiving input indicating a destination address at a mobile communication device. The method also includes determining whether the destination address is of a predetermined type. The method further includes initiating a call to a communication bridge via a mobile communication network when the destination address is of the predetermined type. The method also includes sending an instruction to the communication bridge to initiate a communication connection to the destination address. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156223 | COLOR CODE REUSE FOR CELLULAR SYSTEMS - A method for configuring color codes in a cellular telephone network is disclosed. The method includes calculating a distance between all possible color codes to be assigned to each of the cells in the network, assigning a first code to a first base station, determining a second code corresponding to a maximum calculated distance from the first code, and assigning subsequent codes to adjacent cells as determined by the maximum available distance between the two neighboring cells' codes to help minimize cross talk and channel interference on the cellular network. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156224 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TERMINAL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CANCELING DIRECT LINK MODE - In a wireless communication system ( | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156225 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for signaling allocation of neighbor cells - A method, user equipment, network device, and software product employ indicators from a plurality of respective cells to indicate a difference, if any, regarding allocation in the respective cell as compared to neighbor cells. Mobility measurements are then performed according to the indicators, and also on the basis of configuration of a cell where the measurements are performed. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156226 | Method of Signalling Uplink Information - A method of signaling on a downlink, information regarding scheduling resources allocated in uplink, is provided, wherein the information is contained in an uplink scheduling information message, which is formatted to contain a subset of content of any subsequent uplink scheduling information message in an ordered set of message formats. Each uplink scheduling information message selected from the set is punctured into a symbol of a downlink user data allocation. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156227 | OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVERS IN A WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT - Switching between and/or combining various multi-transceiver wireless communication techniques based on a determined characteristic of a network or a wireless link is described herein. As an example, a characteristic such as signal to noise ratio (SNR), multi-path scattering, available bandwidth, or the like, can be determined. The characteristic can then be compared with suitable thresholds for various multi-transceiver communication techniques, such as MIMO, multi-channel concatenation, channel diversity, and so on. Based on a comparison of the characteristic and the thresholds, a suitable multi-transceiver technique can be selected and implemented for the wireless link Accordingly, a network can provide increased data rates and/or channel quality from a multi-transceiver technique that is most suited to prevailing conditions of the wireless network/link. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156228 | Mid-Call Synchronization for U-TDOA and AOA Location in UMTS - In a wireless location system, a method for determining frame and slot timing information for use in receiving an uplink signal from a user equipment (UE) device assigned to an uplink Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) includes receiving signals in the uplink DPCCH at a location measurement unit (LMU) of the WLS. The method also includes detecting a predefined bit pattern known to be present in a plurality of predefined slots of the uplink DPCCH. Next, the frame and slot timing information are determined for the uplink DPCCH based on the detected bit pattern. Finally, the frame and slot timing information is used for collecting uplink signals from the UE for use in location processing. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156229 | AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING LOCATION INFORMATION IN TEXT DATA - Techniques are described for automatically identifying/recognizing location information in received data and then providing navigational-related functions associated with the location information. In one or more implementations, automatically identifying location information may be performed using a locale context. More particularly, the locale context may serve as a basis for determining how text data is parsed and which expressions are used to parse text in order to recognize the location information. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA - A computer system determines and stores antenna probabilities for defined sub-areas ( | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION AREA OF A MOBILE USER - A computer system determines location probabilities for defined sub-areas ( | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156232 | Mobile telephone with distance measurement and data collection capability - An exemplary wireless mobile telephone includes a transmitter and receiver module for transmitting and receiving radio communications, and a display screen. A mechanism acquires linear distance measurements to objects within line of sight of the wireless mobile telephone. A graphical representation of a structure having elements to be measured is stored in memory. A microprocessing unit operating under the control of software stores in the memory a plurality of the linear distance measurements, where each stored linear distance measurement is associated with a corresponding element of the graphical representation as shown on the display screen. This enables areas defined by a pair of such elements to be calculated. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156233 | METHOD OF PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A location-based service method may include receiving a plurality of data through a first communication equipment, wherein each of the plurality of data is related to an indicator, the indicator being configured to indicate if the data is related to the location of a provider of the data, receiving a query through the first communication equipment or a second communication equipment located closely to the first communication equipment, and searching the plurality of data to find data related to the location of the provider and also related to the query to form a search result related to the query. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156234 | GUIDE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, GUIDE INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE - A guide information providing system including terminal and server devices, comprising: a specified location acceptance unit in the terminal device, to accept input of a specified location; a display unit in the terminal device, to display information; a storing unit, in the server device, to store guide information classified by position wherein guide information including time-of-day information, and position information, of an object of guiding, are correlated; an information selecting unit to select guide information correlated with position information indicating the position corresponding to the specified location based on the content of specified location information accepted by the specified location acceptance unit, and the guide information classified by position, and satisfies a time-of-day condition with at least the current time-of-day and thereafter as reference; and a display control unit in the terminal device, configured to control the display unit to provide the guide information selected by the information selecting unit, and position information correlated with the guide information thereof, to a user in a predetermined display format. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156235 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ANTENNA ADAPTIVITY - The invention discloses a wireless telecommunications device intended to communicate with an access point, such as a base station, in a wireless telecommunications system. The device comprises at least a first radio chain and at least a first and a second antenna, which antennas each have a certain radiation pattern, and which are used for receiving and transmitting information to and from the base station. The device includes a motion sensor for giving information on the spatial orientation of the device, and the device additionally includes means for utilizing said orientation information in order to control the total radiation pattern in the device's communication with the base station by controlling the phase and/or amplitude of signals associated with said first and second antennas. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156236 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPERATION OF LOCATION UPDATE IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for determining operation of location update in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a receiver, an interpreter, and a determiner. In an idle mode, the receiver receives a paging advertisement message from a Base Station (BS). The interpreter identifies paging group identification information included in the paging advertisement message. The determiner determines one of execution and non-execution of a location update process due to a change of a paging group if the paging group identification information is different from paging group identification information included in a previously received paging advertisement message. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING SPECIAL NUMBER CALLS USING TEXT MESSAGE FORMAT WITH AUTOMATIC LOCATION FUNCTION - A system for treating special number calls placed from a calling instrument using a text messaging format; the system including: a plurality of message handling units configured in at least one communication network accessible by the calling instrument. At least one selected message handling unit operates to recognize an extant call placed using a special number from the calling instrument in a first the text messaging format. The message handling units cooperate to effect conveying a response communication to the calling instrument when the extant call is detected. The response communication alerts a user of the calling instrument to a return communication conveyed via a return communication channel supporting at least one locating function. The calling instrument employs the locating function to provide a substantially pinpoint geographic location of the calling instrument to at least one receiving message handling unit via the return communication channel. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156238 | USER-FRIENDLY OVER-THE-AIR PERSONALIZATION PROCESS FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE/PROXIMITY PAYMENT DEVICE - A method of operating a mobile telephone includes receiving a message in the mobile telephone and opening the message. Then a first screen display is presented by the mobile telephone. The first screen display provides an option for commencing the loading of a contactless payment function in the mobile telephone. The method further includes receiving an indication that the user selects the option, then displaying a second screen display. The second screen display permits the user to enter a verification code. User input to enter the verification code is then received. A payment card account number is loaded into the mobile telephone in response to receiving the verification code. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156239 | Method for developing a potential customer profile using text messaging - A method for collecting information about potential buyers and matching the potential buyers with appropriate products or services. The present invention accomplishes these functions by providing a call center for receiving text message product inquiries from potential buyers. The call center captures the potential buyer's telephone number and associates the telephone number with a particular product. This association is stored for later reference. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156240 | Providing notifications using text-to-speech conversion - Methods and systems for providing electronic notifications are described. A server is configured to serve an interface, such as a Web page, to a terminal that requests from a user a first set of user contacts to be used to provide notifications to the user by a telephonic notification system in response to a notification process initiated by an organization associated with the user. The interface further requests a first set of priorities corresponding to the first set of user contacts, wherein the notification system will attempt to provide notifications to the first set user contracts in an order based at least in part on the first set of priorities. A database is configured to store the first set of user contacts and the first set of priorities. A voice interface circuit is configured to transmit a voice notification to at least one of the first set of user contacts. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156241 | Automatic Service Vehicle Hailing and Dispatch System and Method - A system and method are provided for improving efficiency of operation and convenience of access to a fleet of taxis, or other service vehicles, requiring rapid, on-demand dispatch to customer-determined locations. Automatic speech recognition (ASR) and/or radiolocation technology are used to automate the entry of the customer pickup location, and optionally the dropoff location and other relevant information as well. A customer speaks the pickup location into a cellular telephone which then digitizes and transmits it as a data communication to an ASR system. The ASR system decodes the digitized utterance into a pickup location which is passed to a vehicle matching and dispatch system. The vehicle matching and dispatch system matches a taxi and dispatches it to the pickup location. In one embodiment, the identified pickup location is transmitted to the customer's cellular telephone for confirmation or correction, before dispatch of the requested taxi. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156242 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FORKING TRANSMISSION OF SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE - The present disclosure provides method, system, and apparatus for forking transmission of Short Message Service (SMS) messages in IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) networks. The method includes: receiving an SMS message, constructing a SIP message in which the SMS message is encapsulated or in which the SIP message carries the content of the SMS message and further includes a forking indication indicating whether forking shall be employed, sending the SIP message to a Service-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) in an IMS network, and determining by the S-CSCF whether forking shall be employed according to the forking indication. The method and system of the present disclosure enables the control over the SMS message from the Circuit Switched (CS) domain so that the SMS message can be sent through forking in the IMS domain to more than one user terminal. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAY OF VISUAL MESSAGES ON SCREENS OF CONNECTED MOBILE DEVICES - A method for conveying a message to a user of a mobile device. The mobile device includes a display and memory. Message content is transferred from a server attached to the mobile device over a mobile network. Metadata is also transferred from the server. The metadata includes instructions for displaying the message content. The message content and the metadata are stored in the memory. The message content is read from the memory and the message is displayed on the display according to the instructions. The reading and displaying is performed by an by an application previously installed on the mobile device. The display events are logged to produce a log stored in the memory and the log is periodically transferred to the server. Preferably, the message content is provided by a customer and the message content stored on the server is targeted for the user. The customer receives the log from the server and preferably the customer subsidizes use of the mobile device based on the log. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156244 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MONITORING A GROUP OF MOBILE ENTITIES - A method for dynamically monitoring a group of wirelessly communicating mobile entities, characterized in that it comprises:
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| 20090156245 | Wireless Communication Unit, Power Control Method for Wireless Communication Unit and Wireless Network - The present invention, which is aimed at providing a wireless communication unit which is operated by battery power and offers long battery life, power control method thereof and a wireless network which utilizes the wireless communication unit, includes: a direct demodulation standby part for prestoring an own unit identification code to compare the identification code included in the high-frequency signal with the own unit identification code; an intermittent power supply part for intermittently supplying power to the direct demodulation standby part; and a power control part for controlling the power supply to the transmitting/receiving part, wherein the direct demodulation standby part notifies the power control part and the intermittent power supply part, whether or not the identification code coincides with the own unit identification code after comparing the both, the power control part supplies power to the transmitting/receiving part upon receiving the notification from the direct demodulation standby part, indicating that the identification code coincides with the own unit identification code, and the intermittent power supply part intermittently supplies power to the direct demodulation standby part upon receiving the notification from the direct demodulation standby part indicating that the identification code does not coincide with the own unit identification code. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156246 | PUSH-TO-TALK TERMINAL, SERVER APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF NOTIFYING TERMINAL OF ACQUIRED RIGHT TO SPEAK - Provided is a Push-to-Talk (PTT) terminal having a user interface that makes it possible to immediately verify by sound who has acquired the right to speak at the time of PTT communication. The Push-to-Talk terminal has means for previously selecting and setting user-set melody data to be reproduced at acquisition of right to speak in the PTT function, and means for reproducing the selected and set user-set melody data, and transmitting the selected and set user-set melody data to the other terminals of the group by the PTT function, at acquisition of the right to speak in the PTT function. Following the sounding of a tone confirming acquisition of the right to speak (step S | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156247 | PICOCELL BASE STATION AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING TRANSMISSION POWER OF PILOT SIGNALS THEREFROM - A method is provided of adjusting transmission power of pilot signals from a picocell base station for radio communications to a user terminal in radio connection with the picocell base station. The method comprises: the base station sending a signal at a first signal power; the user terminal measuring received signal level and sending an information signal indicating received signal level; and the base station adjusting its pilot signal power dependent upon said received signal level indicated in the information signal. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION POWER BALANCE ADJUSTMENT IN A MOBILE CELLULAR SYSTEM - A transmission power control system can establish synchronization by matching adjustment start timings while repeating adjustment periods even when start timings of transmission power balance adjustment are different due to fluctuation of transmission delay of control message from the control station to base station, and can increase circuit capacity by establishing balance of transmission powers between the base stations. In the transmission power control system the base station comprises control means for controlling initiation of a balance adjustment period for performing the balance adjustment from a frame number determined on the basis of frame number of the balance adjustment period. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156249 | DEVICES AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR USE WITH DEVICES HAVING AUDIO OUTPUT WITHIN A SPATIALLY CONTROLLED OUTPUT BEAM - User devices including wireline phones, mobile phones, and digital audio players utilize a directional speaker system to produce audio output within a spatially controlled beam. The audio output may be heard when in a position to receive the beam but may otherwise be significantly less detectable so that a user may hear the audio while a bystander may not. The user device may employ various modes such as a private distant mode and a non-private distant mode where the audio is output within the beam when in the private distant mode but is dispersed in a conventional manner when in the non-private distant mode. The directional speaker system may produce the audio beam through various techniques such as a phased array of transducers, a flat panel transducer, or a waveguide. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156250 | WEBSITE THEME CHANGING USING A MOBILE DEVICE - An apparatus and method for changing a theme of a website automatically. A mobile device includes a processor and a memory. The memory contains an application for detecting the selection of a theme and automatically changing a theme of a website to the selected theme. Information related to the selected theme may be transferred to the website using a wireless protocol such as MMS, WAP, etc. The website may be a blog site, a social networking site, or a personal website. The selected theme may include information related to music, alerts, wallpaper, text, videos, pictures, or virtual card file (VCF) information. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156251 | REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL FOR MEDIA SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY PORTABLE DEVICES - A flexible remote control protocol is provided for user with handheld electronic devices and media systems. The handheld electronic device may have remote control functionality in addition to cellular telephone, music player, or handheld computer functionality. The handheld electronic devices may have a touch sensitive display screen. The handheld electronic devices may generate remote control signals from gestures or user input that the handheld electronic device may receive. A media system may receive the remote control signals and may take appropriate action. The handheld electronic device may receive media system state information transmitted by the media system. The handheld electronic device may generate custom display screens when the media system state information is associated with a registered screen identification that has an associated custom display template. The handheld electronic device may generate generic display screens when the media system state information is not associated with a registered screen identification. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156252 | USB stacking devices and applications - A modular device formed with USB connectors. The USB can be used for connecting different kinds of devices, for example memories, user interfaces and the like. The USB devices can be piggybacked. In an embodiment, the USB devices can be located in a cavity formed inside the computer. Another embodiment forms a modular cellular telephone. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156253 | Apparatus and Methods for Providing Fully Qualified Domain Name Resolution for Home Network Realm Based on International Mobile Subscriber Identity - Various embodiments for providing fully qualified domain name (FDQN) resolution for a home network realm based on an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) are described. In one embodiment, a mobile computing device may be arranged to retrieve an IMSI including a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC) and to derive an initial FQDN from the IMSI using an initial MNC rule. The mobile computing device may transmit an initial domain name system (DNS) request comprising the initial FQDN. The mobile computing device may be arranged to derive an alternate FQDN from the IMSI using an alternate MNC rule and to transmit a subsequent DNS request comprising the alternate FQDN when a DNS error message is received in response to the initial DNS request. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156254 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE RADIO COMMUNICATION MODULE AND ONE SIM CARD, CORRESPONDING RADIO COMMUNICATION MODULE AND SIM CARD - A radio communication device includes at least one radio communication module including baseband and/or radio frequency signal processing. The module of the device carries an internal SIM card, permanently welded thereto. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156255 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a terminal body having a display unit; a band connected with both ends of the terminal body; and a manipulation unit disposed on the terminal body and moving in multiple directions based on a central shaft. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156256 | Method of dealing with business conflict of dual-card-dual-standby mobile phone - The present invention provides a method of dealing with business conflict of a dual-card-dual-standby mobile phone. Calculate the period of the periodic location update of the main card and subordinate card respectively, and reset a new period of the periodic location update. Comparing to the original period of the periodic location update, the new period of the periodic location update is reduced by twice of a time for the mobile phone to do the location update. Thus, when the first location update is delayed due to the terminating call, it still has time for the second location update. Set priority level for each conflicting services, so as to avoid the service conflict, such as the conflict between the originating and terminating call and the location update, and the conflict between the location update of main card and subordinate card. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156257 | Method of dealing with carrier conflict between main and subordinate cards of single-chip dual-card-dual-standby mobile phone - The present invention provides a method for dealing with the carrier conflict between the main card and subordinate card of a single-chip dual-card-dual-standby mobile phone, which includes a set one set of antenna, RF module and baseband processing chip and further comprises a radio resource adapter layer provided between the RRC layer and the physical layer. The RRC module calculates the position of the carriers of the main card and the subordinate card. The radio resource adapter layer determines the relative position between the carriers of main card and subordinate card so as to determine the type of the conflict, set priority levels to the services of the main card and subordinate card, and process the services according to the priority levels so as to avoid the conflict. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156258 | Mobile terminal and method of indentifying SIM card thereof - A method of indentifying SIM card of a mobile terminal supports at least two SIM cards and comprises a power supply module and a power management module, wherein the power management module has different preset reference voltages and supplies power to the SIM cards respectively according to a comparison result of the reference voltages and operating voltages of the SIM cards. Via the preset reference voltages to the power management module, when the SIM card is inserted into the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal control the power supply module to supply power to the SIM cards, and the power management module determines whether the reference voltage matches the operating voltage of the SIM card, according to the comparison of the reference voltage and the operating voltage of the SIM card, so as to determine whether the SIM card can be indentified. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156259 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL OF HOME BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION (BTS) - An apparatus and method for controlling an output power of a home Base Transceiver Station (BTS) are provided. The method includes, when receiving a location registration message, determining a type of a user that sends the location registration message, determining a maintain power when the user type is a home user and increasing an output power value to be applied to the home BTS by a difference of the powers between the maintain power and a latest avoid interference power when the maintain power is less than or equal to the latest avoid interference power. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION FOR A ROTATIONALLY OPENING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus that electrically connects a stationary housing and a rotating housing of a device through a hinge assembly is disclosed. The method may include a spline hinge assembly having first and second access planes, and a cable that is ribbonized at the housing and bundled at the hinge assembly that has the ability to transmit torque from the fixed half of the device to the rotating half. A split construction hinge assembly allows the rotational half of the device to be a separate sub-assembly from the fixed half sub-assembly. Through an index/castled spline, the two halves can be properly aligned and assembled, and have the ability to transmit a torque. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156261 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile communication apparatus includes: a first processor; a second processor; an intermittent receiver that is operated using the first processor; and a timer processing unit that is operated using the first processor and the second processor and configured to determine a start time of an operation thereof by performing a time-out control based on a timer, wherein the timer processing unit sets the timer so that a time-out occurs at a given timing, to perform a first function to be started at the given timing, and wherein the timer processing unit sets the timer so that a time-out occurs at a time when the intermittent receiver is operated, to perform a second function to be started at an arbitrary timing. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156262 | CELLULAR PHONE - A cellular phone communicates data with an information provision apparatus connected via a packet network. A control unit obtains an information management apparatus identifier for identifying an information management apparatus within the packet network which is an intermediation at the time of the data communication carried out with the information provision apparatus further connected via an external network among the information provision apparatuses, determines whether the identifier added to the data at the time of the data communication is coincident with the information management apparatus identifier, and calculates a data amount at the time of the data communication carried out with the information provision apparatus connected via the external network. A storage unit stores the calculated data amount. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156263 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING RETRACTABLE SPEAKER - The present invention relates to a portable terminal having retractable speakers that can be used by extending outwards to both sides of the portable terminal. The portable terminal includes a main body, at least one speaker, and a hinge unit. The main body has at least one display unit arranged on a first surface of the main body and a recess formed on a second surface of the main body opposite to the first surface. The speaker is retracted into the recess. The hinge unit is arranged at an edge of the recess to connect the speaker to the main body, to extend the speaker outwards from the recess, and to retract the speaker into the recess. The speaker outputs a sound outwards from the first surface of the main body when extended. The slope angle of the speaker can be adjusted by rotating the speaker about an axis of the hinge unit when extended. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156264 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is provided that includes a first body, a display having a first region and a second region, the display being located at the first body, a second body slidably connected to the first body, the second body being slideable between a first position that covers the second region and a second position that exposes the second region, and a controller configured to control the display unit such that the display unit outputs different screens when the second body is in the first position and in the second position. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156265 | System and method for ringtone shuffle - A system and method for shuffling ringtones. An identifier associated with a calling party is received. A selection of ringtones is received. The identifier is associated with the selection of ringtones. A communication is received from the calling party. Playback of one of the selection of ringtones is initiated on a communications device based on a user preference in response to determining the communication is associated with the identifier. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156266 | Vibration Motor as a Transducer of Audio - A portable electronic device, such as a pager or a mobile station, has a housing and a vibration motor coupled to the housing for imparting vibration to it. Within the device, an electronic audio signal is preferably split into high and low frequency components by parallel filters. Pulses of the low frequency component are rectified, voltages of those rectified pulses are quantified and at least some are converted to pulse widths, and the train of pulse widths is amplified to drive the vibration motor, resonating the housing at in correspondence with the pulse amplitudes of at least some pulses of the original electronic audio signal. Various adaptive schemes are presented to control the number of modulated pulses that drive the vibration motor to enhance the user experience. The vibration motor may act as an audible sub-woofer and/or may provide a bass effect vibration within or beyond the audible range in correspondence to certain spaced pulses of the original audio signal. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156267 | CENTRALIZED DISPLAY FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A method for alerting a user of an incoming communication includes steps of: detecting a presence of the user; receiving, from at least one of a plurality of mobile devices of the user, information associated with the incoming communication; and alerting the user of the incoming communication. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156268 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MENU PROVIDING FUNCTION FOR WIRELESS RECHARGING AND RECHARGING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is provided including a battery, an output unit, a memory, and a controller. The battery provides power. The output unit outputs a wireless recharge state. The memory stores recharge menus and recharge menu settings. The controller provides recharge menus for wireless recharging of the battery based on whether payment is required for the wireless recharging. The controller also performs a wireless recharging operation according to selection of the recharge menu settings. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156269 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVING BATTERY LIFE OF A MOBILE STATION | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156270 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A FLOW-BASED USER EXPERIENCE - Methods and systems are provided for managing electrical power consumption in a mobile phone or other portable communications device having a battery and a display. A series of views forming a flow are retrieved from a memory or other digital storage device for presentation on the display. For each of the views in the flow, performance information relating to the portable communications device is determined while the view is displayed, and this information is stored in the digital storage medium. Upon subsequent retrieval of each view from the digital storage medium, configuring the operation of the portable communications device in response to the stored performance information to thereby manage the electrical power consumption of the portable communications device. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156271 | WIRELESS DEVICE BATTERY CONSERVATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - Generally, the present invention provides a method for detecting poor RF conditions, and entering different sleep mode levels or phases in accordance with the RF conditions to save battery power. Mobile device battery life can be conserved when the mobile device detects poor RF conditions and enters a deep sleep mode of operation. In this deep sleep mode of operation the mobile device periodically samples the RF conditions and gradually increases the period between samples when the RF conditions do not improve. Because mobility can change the RF condition for wireless devices even in areas of good RF coverage, the mobile device operating in the deep sleep mode can detect this mobility and thus enhance the probability of entering an idle state, or alternatively, entering a longer power save mode. When the RF condition improves, the mobile device exits from the deep sleep mode and returns to the idle state. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156272 | MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a mobile terminal including a ring section having a plurality of operation devices provided on a substantially circular enclosure, a terminal body section having at least a display device,a pair of hinge sections which have a rotation axis substantially parallel to a tangent line of a ring circumference direction of the ring section and rotatably journal the terminal body section at a rotation angle of at least 90 degrees with respect to the ring section, and a body-ring interface section which performs at least signal transmission between the ring section and the terminal body section. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156273 | Loudspeaker for a Clamshell Wireless Communication Device - A clamshell-type wireless communication device has a flip, a base, and a hinge that pivotably connects the flip to the base. The flip pivots relative to the base between an open position and a closed position. An earpiece speaker in the flip renders the voice of a remote party to a user when the flip is in the open position. A loudspeaker within the hinge also renders audible sound to the user. The loudspeaker is positioned within the hinge such that neither the flip nor the base obstructs the audible sound projected by the loudspeaker regardless of whether the flip is in the open position or the closed position. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156274 | SLIDE MECHANISM AND SLIDE-TYPE PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary slide mechanism ( | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156275 | SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY SLIDING MOBILE TERMINAL - A semi-automatically sliding mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a first main body, a second main body, a hinge unit, and a guide line. The second main body slides on the upper side of the first main body. The hinge unit includes a coupler coupled to the first main body and a spring unit compressing and expanding in a lateral direction. The guide unit includes a curved line having an ascending curved line, a crest, and a descending curved line that are formed in a longitudinal direction. When the second main body moves, the spring unit compresses or expands along the guide line. The spring unit compresses before passing over the crest and expands after passing over the crest. After the crest, the second main body moves semi-automatically due to elastic force of the spring unit. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156276 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING ANTENNAS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY AND LOW FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS - Aspects of a method and system for sharing antennas for high frequency and low frequency applications may include configuring a multi-frequency antenna system by coupling a plurality of antennas together communicatively via one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements. Radio signals may be received and/or transmitted on one or more radio frequencies via said configured multi-frequency antenna system. The one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements may be frequency-tunable, and may comprise microstrips, transmission lines, and/or RLC circuits. The multi-frequency antenna system may be configured for concurrent operation or time-division duplex operation during the transmitting and/or the receiving. The one or more radio frequencies may operate concurrently or in time-division duplex. The radio signals for transmission may be generated in one or more radio frequency front-ends, and the received radio signals may be demodulated in one or more radio frequency front-ends. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156277 | Crop residue chopping and spreading system for an agricultural combine - A system for chopping and spreading crop residue produced by an agricultural combine wherein the spreader is advantageously disposed directly rearwardly of a cleaning system of the combine for receiving chaff and other crop residue directly therefrom, without aid of a mechanism to convey the chaff to the spreader, and wherein the chopper is disposed just above and/or rearwardly of the spreader and is configured for discharging crop residue from the threshing system of the combine into the spreader for spreading thereby with the chaff. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156278 | Pivoting conveyor including a holding mechanism configurable for holding the conveyor in multiple positions - A pivoting conveyor and a mechanism easily and quickly configurable in a first manner for holding the conveyor in a first position, and in a second manner for holding the conveyor in a second position. The mechanism is connected between the conveyor housing and an adjacent structure or frame, and includes a first link pivotally connected to the frame, and a second link pivotally connected to the conveyor housing, the first link and the second link being pivotally connected at a pivotal connection. The mechanism is configured such that as the conveyor housing is in the first position, the first and second links will be in a generally aligned relationship so as to hold the conveyor housing, and the housing can be released by pivoting the second link from the aligned relationship. When the conveyor housing is in the second position, the links will be in overlapping relation so as to hold the conveyor housing, and the housing can be released by pivoting the second link. The mechanism can be operated with one hand, and can include a handle for convenience. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156279 | System and method for competition between teams - The invention is a method and system for providing a game in which different teams/companies compete to determine which team/company can generate the most income in a selected period of time, such as one year. Teams are formed of multiple players, with each player providing a player fee in the form of money or other valuable assets (e.g., ideas, expertise, etc.). Multiple teams form the game, which is overseen by a controlling organization. The game may be broadcast, as a television or web-based broadcast, and may include one or more websites to provide information to the public (either free or for a fee) on the overall game and/or individual team developments. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156280 | Selling Hands During Gaming - A method of selling a player's position or part of that position in a game, comprising of: evaluating a current value of a player's position in a game; obtaining a buyer for the position according to the current value; and continuing the game where the buyer owns or shares said position. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156281 | Method and device for conducting a poker game - The player is randomly dealt an initial poker hand, optionally of five cards, from a composite deck formed by commingling two or more subdecks of cards. The player decides which of the initial cards to discard, if any, retaining the remaining cards from the dealt hand. The player receives replacement cards to replace the discarded cards. The player's final poker hand consists of the player's retained cards and the dealt replacement cards. The dealer evaluates the poker hand so reconstituted against a prespecified payoff table, and the player loses the game wager or receives a reward, as indicated in that payoff table. The payoff table determines the reward for a final hand based on the combination of suit, value, and source subdeck of the cards comprising that final hand. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156282 | GAME LIBRARY MANAGER FOR A GAMING MACHINE - Systems and methods for managing a gaming machine having one or more games and game configurations are disclosed. One aspect of the systems and methods includes providing a game framework including a game library manager that manages creation, update and deletion of multiple wagering games on a gaming machine. | 2009-06-18 |
| 20090156283 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GAMING - A method of gaming comprising: (a) displaying a plurality of first symbols; (b) displaying a plurality of second symbols; (c) matching at least one of the first symbols to at least one of the second symbols; (d) removing each first symbol which is matched with the second symbols; and (e) replacing each removed first symbol with an additional first symbol to thereby display a modified plurality of first symbols. | 2009-06-18 |
