25th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100159795 | Low conductivity balloons and methods of producing same - The present invention relates to articles and methods for producing non-latex balloons with low surface electrical conductivities and an extended product life. In a preferred embodiment, a multilayer composite film having an exposed metallized layer is coated with an elastomeric sealant layer that increases electrical resistivity of the balloon product to greater than 1.0 | 2010-06-24 |
20100159796 | FAMILY COMBINED BALL POOL STRUCTURE - A family combined ball pool structure is provided. The ball pool structure is formed by stacking a fence frame, an inflatable pad and an inflatable wall. The fence frame is an enclosed cloth screen frame having a bottom layer and a circumference side. The bottom and circumference side inside the fence frame are formed by the inflatable pad and the inflatable wall, respectively. Therefore, a child is placed in a safe space formed by the inflatable pad and the inflatable wall, which form a safe and fall-proof family ball pool with the enclosure of the fence frame. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159797 | ELECTRONIC CAKE - An electronic cake includes an inner base, an outer base, a driving device, a bottom shell, a rotatable platform, a number of candle-like lamps, a controlling device and a power source. The outer base is loosely sleeved on the inner base forming a predetermined guiding groove there-between. The bottom shell is rotatably received in the inner base by the driving device. The rotatable platform is attached on the bottom shell. The candle-like lamps are slidably attached on the rotatable platform. Each candle-like lamp has a supporting leg extending out from a side wall of the rotatable platform and received in the predetermined guiding groove. The controlling device is positioned in the rotatable platform. The power source is electrically connected to the driving device and the candle-like lamps via the controlling device for supply driving electric power to the driving device and the candle-like lamps. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159798 | Magnetic Top System And Method - A magnetic top system for energizing, launching, and controlling movement of a spinning top. In one embodiment, a magnetic top launcher may magnetically couple to a top and induce a spinning motion in the top. A top controlling device may magnetically control a traversing movement of the top on a play surface without directly contacting the top. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159799 | POP UP TOY - A pop-up toy includes an housing with a lid and a handle operable by a player to release a pop-up doll within the housing. The pop up toy is a licensed character where rights in a copyright and/or trademark in the character are held by another party and licensed to the manufacturer to allow use of the character. The handle also operates a sound generating system having a memory containing a plurality of sound tracks at least some of which are associated with the licensed character. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159800 | TOY TRACK SET AND RELAY SEGMENTS - A relay for a toy is disclosed herein, the relay having: a first actuator configured to launch a first object into air; a second actuator; a release mechanism moveably secured to the second actuator for movement between a first position and a second position wherein movement of the release mechanism from either the first position towards the second position or the second position towards the first position by the first object causes the second actuator to propel a second object away from the second actuator. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159801 | Pumping/nursing bra - An apparatus allowing a woman to pump milk from her breasts without the necessity of the woman's hands holding the breast pumps utilizes at least one band of material encircling the woman's chest, the band of material provided with two openings corresponding to the woman's breasts. A center panel would be provided to adjust the fit of the band. Additionally, in another embodiment, a back panel would be used in conjunction with the center panel to connect left and right panels together, the left and right panels including openings for a woman's breast. In all of the embodiments, semicircular pieces would cover each of the openings. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159802 | Pumping/nursing bra - An apparatus allowing a woman to pump milk from her breasts without the necessity of the woman's hands holding the breast pumps utilizes at least one band of material encircling the woman's chest, the band of material provided with two openings corresponding to the woman's breasts. A center panel would be provided to adjust the fit of the band. Additionally, in another embodiment, a back panel would be used in conjunction with the center panel to connect left and right panels together, the left and right panels including openings for a woman's breast. In all of the embodiments, semicircular pieces would cover each of the openings. In yet another embodiment, a removable piece is attached to the front of the apparatus, allowing the woman to wear the apparatus all day, even in public. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159803 | Apparatus and method - Apparatus comprising a tool ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159804 | METHOD OF OBSERVING PATTERN EVOLUTION USING VARIANCE AND FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTRA OF FRICTION FORCES IN CMP - A method of determining pattern evolution of a semiconductor wafer during chemical mechanical polishing prior to polishing end point by determining the periodic change in the variance and FT or FFT frequency spectra of shear force and change in variance and FT or FFT frequency spectra of COF, shear force and/or down force between the semiconductor wafer and the polishing pad. By comparing features of the data and spectra thus obtained, analysis leading to a deeper understanding of the changes that occur as CMP processes occur as well as diagnostic analysis of specific CMP processes and specific wafers can be accomplished | 2010-06-24 |
20100159805 | RIGID OR FLEXIBLE, MACRO-POROUS ABRASIVE ARTICLE - A macro-porous abrasive article includes a spun lace substrate having a macro-porous structure and a coating. The coating is made of a resin binder and abrasive aggregates. The abrasive aggregates are formed from a composition of abrasive grit particles and a nanoparticle binder. The coating is at least partially embedded in the substrate. A method for making the macro-porous abrasive article includes combining abrasive aggregates of abrasive grit particles and a nanoparticle binder with a resin binder to form a slurry. The slurry is applied to a macro-porous support structure so that the slurry at least partially penetrates the substrate. The resin is then cured to bond the aggregate grains to the substrate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159806 | BONDED ABRASIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF USE - An abrasive tool including a bonded abrasive article including a bond material comprising a metal or metal alloy, abrasive grains contained within the bond material, and a reaction agent dispersed within the bond material, wherein the reaction agent chemically reacting with a surface of the workpiece during abrasion to form a reaction product. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159807 | Polymeric barrier removal polishing slurry - The aqueous slurry is useful for chemical mechanical polishing semiconductor substrates having copper interconnects. The slurry includes by weight percent, 0 to 25 oxidizing agent, 1 to 50 abrasive particles, 0.001 to 10 inhibitor for decreasing static etch of the copper interconnects, 0.001 to 5 poly(methyl vinyl ether) having a formula as follows: | 2010-06-24 |
20100159808 | METHOD OF GLASS SURFACE FINE PROCESSING - The present invention relates to a method of glass surface fine processing for forming a convex portion on a surface of a glass containing alkali-metal oxides, the method including: a step of coating a surface of a first region adjacent to a surface of a second region which is to be a convex portion, with a protective layer; a step of removing alkali ions from the surface of the second region; a step of removing the protective layer from the surface of the first region; and a step of polishing the surface of the second region from which the alkali ions have been removed and the surface of the first region from which the protective layer has been removed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159809 | Polishing device with potary joint - A polishing device for polishing optical lenses having a tiltable base part for directly or indirectly receiving a polishing plate, which base part is connected to a polishing spindle having an axis of rotation D in order to be rotationally driven, wherein a rotary joint for supplying a polishing agent is provided, which rotary joint is at least partly arranged opposite said polishing spindle, relative to the base part, and a coupling element is provided by means of which the rotary joint can be detachably push-fitted or clipped onto a polishing spindle. A method for polishing selected zones of aspherical lenses which are not rotationally symmetric using a polishing plate which is guided by a polishing spindle so as to be tiltable, wherein during polishing, a polishing agent is introduced between said polishing plate and the lens via a rotary joint arranged between said polishing spindle and said polishing plate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159810 | High-rate polishing method - The invention provides a method for polishing at least one of a magnetic, optical and semiconductor substrate in the presence of a polishing medium with a polishing pad. The substrate is fixed within a carrier fixture having a channel-free surface. The method comprises securing the substrate in the carrier fixture with the channel-free surface adjacent and parallel to a polishing surface of the polishing pad. The polishing pad has multiple grooves with high-rate paths. The method includes applying polishing medium to the polishing pad adjacent the carrier fixture; and rotating the polishing pad and carrier fixture to polish the substrate with the polishing pad and the polishing medium wherein the channel-free surface of the carrier fixture presses against the polishing pad to impede flow of the polishing medium into the substrate and the high-rate groove paths traverse the carrier fixture to promote flow of the polishing medium to the substrate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159811 | High-rate groove pattern - The invention provides a polishing pad useful for polishing at least one of a magnetic, optical and semiconductor substrate in the presence of a polishing medium with a polishing pad. The polishing pad comprises a center, an inner region surrounding the center, a transition region connecting grooves from the inner region to an outer region surrounding the inner region. The outer region has multiple grooves with a high-rate path. The transition region is adjacent the outer region and within a radius from the center defined as follows: | 2010-06-24 |
20100159812 | HONING TOOL HAVING ENHANCED WEAR RESISTANCE PROPERTIES - A honing tool for honing holes in workpieces, having an abrasive portion including a first abrasive layer therearound of abrasive particles of a first size, including a region having a second abrasive layer of abrasive layers of a second size sufficiently smaller than the first size, so as to be disposed in interstices between abrasive particles of the first abrasive layer without altering the diametrical size of the first layer, and so as to provide enhanced wear resistance. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159813 | Abrasive Disc Construction - An improved abrasive disc for use with an angle grinder is disclosed. The grinder is of the type having a threaded spindle. The disc is of the type having: a central portion defining a threaded bore for receiving said spindle; and abrasive material surrounding the central portion. The improvement comprises: a hub defining the threaded bore; an annular element providing the abrasive material, the annular element having a central primary aperture aligned with the threaded bore in the hub to provide access to the bore by said spindle in use; and elements mechanically securing the hub to the annular element, for co-rotation. Apparatus and methods for producing discs are also disclosed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING STATOR SLOTS - A system and method for cleaning receiver slots with hook-fits for stator blade ring segments. A first cleaning tool with an abrasive coating and sideward projection in the shape of the hook is slid through the slot using the hook-fit as a guide. A second cleaning tool with an abrasive coating and a formed/machined hook-fit used as a guide while cleaning the receiver slots as it is pushed through the receiver slots. The tools remove trash, oil rust/oxidation, and other foreign materials from receiving slot. Both tools may attach to a metal rod with two knuckles as part of the handle that connects to and uses the hook-fit as a guide enabling the operator to reach deep into the radius of the compressor case receiver slots and hook-fits located adjacent to and beneath the rotor and rotor blades so that the hook-fit and receiver slot can be thoroughly cleaned. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159815 | PREFILTER FOR SPRAY PAINT BOOTH AND METHOD OF REDUCING CONTAMINATION - A particulate filtration system is provided for protecting a substrate to be painted from wet or dry particulates the result from overspray. The filtration system includes a particulate filter, a grate, and a two-dimensional prefilter. The filtration system can be used, for example, in spray painting booths for painting vehicles. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159816 | CONVERGING SEGMENTS COOLING - A method of cooling a complex electronic system includes preventing system air from passing through a front side and a rear side of a server system main board, organizing a plurality of electronic segments of the server system main board, providing cool air horizontally to the server system main board through a cool air intake provided at a position located underneath the front side and at a bottom side of the server system main board, using the cool air intake to provide the cool air to a plurality of cooling segments that redirect the cool air vertically at a 90° angle, and using a hot air exhaust after the hot air reaches the top side of the server system main board to redirect the hot air horizontally at a 90° angle and exhaust the hot air. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159817 | Ventilation Device and Window Comprising Such a Device - The ventilation device ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159818 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER | 2010-06-24 |
20100159819 | DUCT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE DUCT ASSEMBLY IN AN ATTIC - A duct assembly for disposition in an attic of a building includes a first vent and a duct. The first vent defines an opening for fluidly communicating with air in an exterior of the building. The duct includes an elongated side defining a passage. The elongated side extends between a first end and a second end with the first end coupled to the first vent and with the passage in fluid communication with the opening of the first vent. The duct includes an end plate sized larger than the passage and sealed to the second end covering the passage at the second end. The elongated side includes an unperforated portion being unperforated and a perforated portion defining a hole for providing fluid communication from the opening of the first vent to the hole. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159820 | Diffuser assembly for non-turbulent air flow - The invention is an air flow diffuser that produces an even and non-turbulent flow of air from ventilation or A/C. The diffuser combines a pressure chamber and a discharge chamber to produce a non-turbulent even flow of air perpendicular to the face of the discharge chamber. The pressure and discharge chambers are contiguous with the ducted air flowing first into the pressure chamber and then into the discharge chamber from which chamber the non-turbulent, evenly flowing air flows into the space. Though the diffuser is developed for a downward air flow, the diffuser can be constructed in several shapes, such as triangular, allowing air flow in any direction that is perpendicular to the plane of the discharge plate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159821 | EXHAUST WALL CAP VENT SLEEVE UNIT - An exhaust vent apparatus provides a wall vent sleeve including a rear opening and a front opening, and a moveable damper disposed within the wall vent sleeve at a recessed position from the front opening, wherein the moveable damper conducts gas flow in a direction from the rear opening to the front opening and prevents gas flow in a direction from the front opening and to the rear opening. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159822 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MBMS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is an apparatus and method for providing a Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service (MBMS) in a wireless communication system, e.g., a 3 | 2010-06-24 |
20100159823 | Explosion Proof Communications Relay and Communications System - A wireless communication system for use in an explosive environment includes at least a pair of explosion-proof communication relay modules which relay communication to mobile communication devices in locations beyond the reach of normal wireless communications with base station antennas. The explosion-proof communication relay modules include features to preclude the generation of a spark or heat source which could ignite any explosive gas or vapor. Similarly, explosion-proof mobile devices include design features which also preclude the generation of a spark or heat source. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE REPEATER - A system and method for controlling a mobile repeater are provided. The method includes determining a signal level for each of a plurality communication sites adjacent the repeater. The method further includes assigning a communication frequency to the repeater based on the determined signal levels for the plurality of communication sites adjacent the repeater. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159825 | SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD IN A MULTI-HOP RELAY BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A scanning apparatus and method in a multi-hop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. In the scanning method, a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) sends a scan request message requesting scanning to a Base Station (BS) via a Relay Station (RS). The BS sends a scan response message containing information for the scanning of the MSS to the MSS via the RS. The BS then sends a scan notify message indicating the scanning of the MSS to the RS. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159826 | Radio Frequency Circuit for a Wireless Signal Transceiver and Related Wireless Signal Transceiver - A radio-frequency circuit for a wireless signal transceiver is disclosed. The wireless signal transceiver is utilized for receiving a first wireless signal and transforming the first wireless signal into a second wireless signal. The radio-frequency circuit includes a transmission line including a first end and a second end, a reception antenna coupled to the first end of the transmission line for receiving the first wireless signal, a transmission antenna coupled to the first end of the transmission line for emitting the second wireless signal, a first filtering circuit coupled between the second end of the transmission line and the wireless signal transceiver for filtering out the first wireless signal, and a second filtering circuit coupled between the second end of the transmission line and the wireless signal transceiver for filtering out the second wireless signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159827 | Underwater remote sensing - An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159828 | Underwater communications system - An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159829 | Tightly-coupled near-field communication-link connector-replacement chips - Tightly-coupled near-field transmitter/receiver pairs are deployed such that the transmitter is disposed at a terminal portion of a first conduction path, the receiver is disposed at a terminal portion of a second conduction path, the transmitter and receiver are disposed in close proximity to each other, and the first conduction path and the second conduction path are discontiguous with respect to each other. In some embodiments of the present invention, close proximity refers to the transmitter antenna and the receiver antenna being spaced apart by a distance such that, at wavelengths of the transmitter carrier frequency, near-field coupling is obtained. In some embodiments, the transmitter and receiver are disposed on separate substrates that are moveable relative to each other. In alternative embodiments, the transmitter and receiver are disposed on the same substrate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159830 | IN-HEADSET CONFERENCE CALLING - Systems and methods for establishing conference calls using a headset are presented. The headset includes a wireless communications transceiver operable to form a first local wireless link with a first local telephone in communication with a first far end telephone user and a second local wireless link with a second local telephone in communication with a second far end telephone user. The headset further includes a processor operable to establish a conference call between the headset user, the first far end telephone user, and the second far end telephone user. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159831 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A method for controlling a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device through close proximity wireless communication, receiving a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller, storing a remote control setting which enables or disables an operation of the remote controller, making a determination as to whether a connection between the communication apparatus and the external device through the close proximity wireless communication is established, and controlling an operation of the remote controller for the communication apparatus on the basis of the determination. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159832 | METHODS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, CORRESPONDING STORAGE MEANS AND DEVICES - A method for managing communications in a wireless communications network comprising a set of pairs constituted by a sender device and a receiver device, each of the devices having a determined area of communications coverage, the coverage areas of each pair having a mutual intersection area. Such a method comprises the followings steps: determining future trajectories of a disturbing mobile obstacle as a function of a set of prior positions of the disturbing mobile obstacle, a position of an obstacle being determined as a function of areas of mutual overlapping of at least two disturbed intersecting areas, a disturbed intersecting area having a given state of disturbance according to a determined criterion of quality of communications between the devices of the pairs corresponding to the disturbed intersection area; establishing a forecast diagnostic of quality of communications by examining the determined future trajectory or trajectories; managing the routing of communications as a function of the established forecast diagnostic. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159833 | Headset Locator Device - A mobile telephone may aid a user in locating a lost wireless headset. The mobile telephone may include a processor and a user interface. The processor may receive data indicative of a quality (e.g., wireless signal strength) related to a proximity between the mobile telephone and the wireless headset. The processor may determine the proximity of the wireless headset to the mobile device. For example, the processor may compare the data to a reference value, such as one based on a transmit class (e.g., BLUETOOTH class) protocol in use between the mobile telephone and the wireless headset. The processor may correlate relative position data to determine a direction to the wireless headset. The processor indicate a distance and/or direction to the user via the user interface and may selectively enable one of the wireless headset and an audio interface of the mobile telephone unit as a default device based on the relative proximity to the wireless headset. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159834 | SELECTION OF A PAIRED DEVICE FROM A WIRELESS HEADSET - An apparatus and method are provided for operably coupling a headset to one of a plurality of paired audio gateway devices. In one example, a headset includes a processor, an acoustic transducer, and an audio gateway selector operably coupled to the processor, the selector capable of providing a signal for selecting one of a plurality of paired audio gateway devices. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159835 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASURING APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASURING SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - A wireless blood glucose meter ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159836 | AUTOMATIC PRESENT TUNING USING RDS PROTOCOL - An automatic preset following system for use with portable multimedia playback devices. The system uses RDS protocols including, at a minimum, AF and PI. Apparatus include an RDS enabled FM transmitter for use with a portable multimedia playback device, the transmitter having a user interface with buttons for presetting the transmitter to broadcast a signal at preset PM frequencies, and an RDS enabled FM receiver for automatically tuning to the different preset FM frequencies entered into the RDS enabled FM transmitter. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159837 | Own Transmitter Interference Tolerant Transceiver and Receiving Methods - Circuits and methods are disclosed for reducing interference from transmitter leakage in a radio transceiver. An exemplary method for reducing interference from transmitter leakage in a radio transceiver comprises downconverting, filtering, and sampling a radio frequency signal comprising a desired signal and a transmitter leakage signal to obtain a sampled signal of interest. The method further comprises generating a sampled distortion signal estimate that estimates one or more distortion products of the transmitter leakage signal, such as a squared amplitude obtained from a square-law device or corresponding digital function. Further, the method comprises dividing the sampled distortion signal estimate and the sampled signal of interest into a plurality of frequency channels. Finally, for a selected number of frequency channels, the method comprises combining the sampled distortion signal estimate for a frequency channel with the corresponding sampled signal of interest for the same frequency channel to obtain interference-reduced signal samples for the frequency channel. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159838 | UPLINK MULTI-CELL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION - A node (e.g., base station, signal processing unit) is described herein that includes a symbol detector and a method which are capable of suppressing interference caused by one user device (which may be in softer handoff mode) to reduce performance degradation to other intra-cell user devices and/or other inter-cell user devices (which may not be in softer handoff mode). | 2010-06-24 |
20100159839 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING LINK INTERFERENCE BY A LINK BETWEEN A USER EQUIPMENT COMPONENT AND AN ACCESS NETWORK COMPONENT - A method and apparatus are described for reducing link interference by a link between a user equipment component and an access network component. The user equipment component and access network component are connected by links over dedicated channels in respective directions, the link channel power in the first direction being controlled by the link channel in the second direction. A component sends in a second direction a link connection release message for a link connection in the first direction, identifies when the link connection in the first direction is released and, when the release is identified, releases the link connection in the second direction. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159840 | ANTENNA DIVERSITY TO IMPROVE PROXIMITY DETECTION USING RSSI - A method and apparatus for determining proximity of a mobile radio relative to its base radio. Antenna diversity is utilized to provide improved proximity detection, such as NEAR state or FAR state, of the mobile radio relative to its base radio. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159841 | CHARACTERIZATION OF CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR A CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for characterizing interference in a radio communication system including a plurality of user equipment communicating with transceiver stations, includes: determining quantities indicative of interference (attenuation or power) experienced by a transceiver station interfered by interfering user equipment; and exchanging between transceiver stations information based on these quantities and concerning interference from the interfering user equipment. In particular, the user equipment is in communication with respective serving transceiver stations, and exchanging includes sending from the serving transceiver stations to the interfered transceiver stations information concerning interference from user equipment served by the serving transceiver stations and interfering with the interfered transceiver stations. The method further includes grouping, by the serving transceiver station, the interfering user equipment according to a given grouping criterion in order to form groups thereof. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159842 | WIRELESS DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND WIRELESS DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A wireless distance measurement system and a wireless distance measurement method that measure the distance between a base station and a terminal without clock synchronization between a plurality of base stations, and without requiring input of the position relationships between a plurality of base stations. Clock phase shift section ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159843 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF MEASURING QUALITY OF WIRELESS SIGNAL AT VARIABLE TIME INTERVALS - A wireless communication device is disclosed in which signal quality values C[t] of a wireless signal received by the wireless communication device is successively measured at variable time intervals Δt, mean value μ of the successively-measured signal quality values C[t] is calculated, standard deviation σ of the successively-measured signal quality values C[t] is calculated, a determination is made as to whether the signal quality value C[t] at present time satisfies a predetermined inequality which represents that a signal quality value C[t] at arbitrary time lies within k times the standard deviations σ away from the mean value μ, and lengths of the time intervals Δt for the measurement device are controlled based on the determination. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159844 | Radio Communication Device and Radio Communication Method - A radio communication device according to the present invention is a radio communication device which adaptively controls directivity of transmission radio signals by use of a plurality of element antennas on the basis of received radio signals received from a counterpart radio communication device that is a communication target radio communication device, the transmission radio signals being to be transmitted to the counterpart radio communication device, the radio communication device comprising: a propagation path state detector configured to detect a fluctuation state of a propagation path to the counterpart radio communication device on the basis of the received radio signal; and a transmission controller configured to control a phase of the transmission radio signal on the basis of the fluctuation state of the propagation path detected by the propagation path state detector. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159845 | SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING BEAM TRAINING - A system for configuring antenna systems for selecting directional communication signals corresponding to other apparatuses. Apparatuses having activities that require directional wireless communication may search for other apparatuses that can fulfill these requirements. This search may include, for example, the transmission of wireless messages requesting a set of communication beams usable for beam training (for example, one or more beam training sequences). Other apparatuses that are able to satisfy the requirements of the searching apparatus may respond to the request message by transmitting a message that comprises at least information usable for configuring beam training configuration in the apparatus. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND OPERATING A WIRELESS CONTROL SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE FOR ACTIVATION OF A REMOTE DEVICE - Control systems for mounting in a vehicle and for transmitting a signal to a receiver associated with a device for opening or closing a movable barrier when the receiver receives an authorized signal are provided. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159847 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a display unit rotatably attached to the main body via a coupling portion, first and second antennas provided in the display unit, a first mixing/distributing device provided in the display unit, first and second wireless communication modules provided in the main body, and a second mixing/distributing device provided in the main body. The signal transmission/reception between the first mixing/distributing device in the display unit and the second mixing/distributing device in the main body is executed via a cable which is inserted in the coupling portion. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SATURATION DETECTION, CORRECTION AND RECOVERY IN A POLAR TRANSMITTER - A system for saturation detection, correction and recovery in a power amplifier includes a power amplifier, a closed power control loop configured to develop a power control signal (V | 2010-06-24 |
20100159849 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Communications and Connection-Oriented Services to Devices - An apparatus and method for providing communications and connection-oriented services to devices are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device for providing communications between a first device and a second comprises an input, logic, and an output. The input of the interface device receives data in a first format from the first device. The logic performs a connection-oriented service on the data. The connection oriented service may include overriding caller identification information associated with the data, sending the data to a voicemail system, and storing a detail record associated with the data. The logic also identifies the second device for receiving the data. The logic then identifies a second format compatible with the second device and translates the data to the second format compatible with the second device. The translated data is then transmitted to the second device via the one or more outputs. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159850 | Remote Control Method of an Electronic Device by a Portable Communication Device - A remote control method by a portable communication device, comprises steps of providing said portable communication device with a remote control module, a RF module embedded in said portable communication device for wireless vocal communication; a built-in display embedded in said portable communication device for display, a memory embedded in said portable communication device for store information; downloading a remote control information from an external source by said RF module; storing said downloaded remote information into said memory; controlling an external electronic device by sending remote controlling signals from said remote control module. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159851 | Wireless Transmitting/Receiving Device - In a wireless transmitting/receiving device of TDD system etc., a transmission signal is detected on the transmitting side in a specified transmission period, a signal reflected from an antenna through a circulator is detected on the receiving side in the transmission period and a reception signal is detected on the receiving side in a specified reception period. In this case, in a part of the transmission period a transmission signal having been detected on the transmitting side is selected while in the remaining part of the transmission period a reflection signal having been detected on the receiving side through a circulator from an antenna is selected, and in the reception period a reception signal having been detected on the receiving side through the circulator from the antenna is selected and outputted. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159852 | Wireless Home - A multipurpose transceiver based on internet protocol addressing, designed in conjunction with two different satellite dish antenna setups one wireless and the other wired. The transceiver receives signals such as radio or microwaves from space satellites, cell towers, surveillance cameras and transmitters at specified frequencies and utilizes the different frequency ranges to process input and output. Services include television, wireless home phone, Internet, fax service, surveillance camera service, real time video, real time train, ship or boat location, real time airplane cockpit audio, flight data and geographical location of plane in terms of coordinates for timely search and rescue. The system also collects data from environmental data delivery sensors. A combination of two or more of frequency range, address, system identification numbers and phone number deters unauthorized access to service. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159853 | ELECTRONIC AMPLIFICATION DEVICE WITH CURRENT MIRROR FOR INTEGRATED POWER AMPLIFIERS - The disclosure relates to an electronic differential amplification device integrated on a semiconductor chip. The device may include first and second transistors having respective source terminals connected to a first potential, and drain terminals to receive a first differential current signal. The device may include third and fourth transistors having respective source terminals connected to the first potential, and drain terminals to provide a second differential current signal to a load obtained by amplifying the first signal. The third and fourth transistors may have a respective gate terminal connected to the drain terminal of the first and the second transistors, respectively, in order to form current mirrors with the latter. The device is characterized in that the first and second transistors may have the respective gate terminals electrically connected to a common terminal, and at least one first and at least one second resistive elements are connected between the common terminal and the drain terminals of the first and the second transistors, respectively. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING RECEIVED POWER OF MULTI-ANTENNA RADIO CHANNEL MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - Provided is an apparatus for adaptively controlling a received power of a multi-antenna radio channel measurement equipment, the apparatus including: a plurality of antennas to receive a measurement signal; a switch unit comprising a plurality of switches to input the measurement signal; a switch control unit to control the plurality of switches of the switch unit to sequentially input the measurement signal; a reception (Rx) attenuator to adjust a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of the measurement signal; an Rx AGC control unit to control the Rx attenuator to adaptively adjust the RSSI of the measurement signal; a timing control unit to generate a reference timing signal for the switch control unit and the automatic RSSI control unit; and a digital baseband control unit to collect and store information associated with the measurement signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159855 | TECHNIQUES FOR PRE-DISTORTING TRANSMITTED SIGNALS FOR A TRANSMITTER DEVICE - Techniques for sending and receiving signals include pre-distorting signals before transmission across a communication path. The signals are pre-distorted as a function of a distortion on the communication path. In one embodiments, transmitter a broadcasts to receiver b and there is also a transmitter b broadcasting to receiver a. This return channel enables both transmitters a and b to have a priori information regarding the transmission medium and path the signal takes. In this way, the nature of the distortion or interference is known to the transmitter, therefore, it pre-distorts the transmitted signal to compensate for the receiver exceeding its capabilities in recovering signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159856 | Distortion compensator, distortion compensation method, and transmitter - A distortion compensator for reducing a level of a distortion component included in an output analog signal of an amplifier, includes: an A/D converter to convert the output analog signal of the amplifier into a digital output signal; a comparator to generate a distortion characteristic of the amplifier based on a digital input signal and the digital output signal; a rate controller to control a sampling rate of the A/D converter based on the digital input signal and the digital output signal; a predistorter to multiply the digital input signal and a compensation value for compensating the amplifier, the compensation value being calculated based on the digital input signal and the distortion characteristic of the amplifier; and a D/A converter to convert multiplication result of the predistorter into an analog input signal to input the analog input signal to the amplifier. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159857 | ENHANCING ANTENNA PERFORMANCE IN RF DEVICES - Method and apparatus for improving RF signal performance of a battery-operated handheld device includes RF isolating the battery from DC-powered circuitry and actively incorporating the battery in RF signal transfers with respect to an RF antenna. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159858 | Strong Signal Tolerant OFDM Receiver and Receiving Methods - Circuits and methods are disclosed for compensating for received signal distortion caused by non-linearities in wideband receivers. An exemplary receiver includes a distortion waveform generator configured to approximate non-linear response characteristics of a downconverter circuit used to downconvert the received radio frequency signal. The resulting estimated distortion waveform is filtered, using filter(s) substantially similar to those used for filtering an intermediate frequency signal that includes the desired signal and non-linear distortion products caused by strong interfering signals. The filtered estimated distortion waveform and intermediate frequency signal are sampled, to obtain a sampled distortion signal and a sampled signal of interest. The sampled distortion signal and the sampled signal of interest are divided into a plurality of frequency channels. For a selected number of frequency channels, the sampled distortion signal for a frequency channel is scaled, and subtracted from the corresponding sampled signal of interest for the same frequency channel to obtain reduced-interference signal samples for the frequency channel. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY CONTROL IN A FREQUENCY SHIFTING REPEATER - Aspects of a method and system for frequency control in a frequency shifting repeater are provided. In this regard, a reference frequency may be divided to generate a first pair of local oscillator (LO) signals, the first pair of LO signals may be divided to generate a second pair of LO signals. The two pairs of LO signals may be utilized to frequency shift a received signal for repeating the signal on a different frequency. The frequency shifted signal may be generated by down-converting the received signal utilizing the first pair of LO signals, up-converting the down-converted signal utilizing the second pair of LO signals, and combining the resulting up-converted signals. The reference frequency may be divided by a first scaling factor to generate the first pair of LO signal which, in turn, may be divided by a second scaling factor to generate the second pair of LO signals. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159860 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OTHER STATIONS NOW PLAYING LIST - In accordance with example embodiments of the present invention, a method and a corresponding apparatus are described comprising receiving, at a radio receiver, a broadcast program. At another radio receiver, supplementary data related to at least one other broadcast program is received, and at least a part of the received supplementary data is displayed. The radio receiver is switched to a broadcast program corresponding to a selected item of the displayed supplementary data. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159861 | DELTA-THETA FREQUENCY ESTIMATION - Systems, devices, processors, and methods are described which may be used for the reception of a wireless broadband signal at a user terminal from a gateway via satellite. A physical layer header may be identified, the header including a number of subcode blocks. A phase may be estimated for each of the subcode blocks, and intra-header phase differences may be calculated. The intra-header phase differences may be used to calculate a frequency error, which may be corrected. Frequency errors may be monitored and, when such errors fall below a threshold level, an alternative inter-frame frequency error tracking method may be used. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159862 | Method and Apparatus for Frequency Control in Wireless Communications - The automatic frequency correction value applied by a receiver is altered to minimize long-term drift of a path delay profile. In one embodiment, the phase or timing error resulting from constant frequency corrections is accumulated, and an estimated frequency correction value is selectively quantized into an actual frequency correction value in response to the accumulated phase/timing error. The quantized value above or below the estimate is selected to minimize the accumulated phase/timing error that gives rise to path delay profile drift. In another embodiment, a timing circuit measures the instantaneous path delay profile drift incurred with each frequency correction, and integrates the instantaneous drift measurements over time to yield a path delay profile drift. The drift (or its rate of change) is then used to adjust a frequency correction value so as to minimize the drift. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159863 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING ATTENUATION FUNCTION IN CABLE BROADCAST RECEIVER - An apparatus and a method for performing an attenuation function on a signal using an attenuator in a cable broadcast receiver having a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) that does not perform an attenuation function on a signal are provided. In the method, an input Radio Frequency (RF) signal is tuned, The RF signal is converted into an Intermediate Frequency (IF) signal. An intensity of the converted IF signal is compared to a threshold, and an RF Automatic Gain Control (AGC) value is generated based on a result of the comparison. When the generated RF AGC value is smaller than an RF AGC threshold, the attenuator is turned on to attenuate the input RF signal by a predefined amount. Therefore, a high SNR, such as in an analog-digital composite signal, may be obtained without using an LNA that performs an attenuation function on a signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159864 | RF RECEPTION SYSTEM WITH PROGRAMMABLE IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORKS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - An RF communication device provides impedance matching by generating a frequency selection signal. A plurality of programmable impedance matching networks, coupled to an antenna, and formed by a plurality of off-chip impedance matching components, a first on-chip adjustable impedance and a second on-chip adjustable impedance are programmed. The programming includes adjusting a first impedance of the first on-chip adjustable impedance to a first value based on the frequency selection signal, and adjusting a second impedance of the second on-chip adjustable impedance to a second value based on the frequency selection signal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159865 | Interference cancellation for reconfigurable direct RF bandpass sampling interference cancellation - Sampling may be employed to cancel an analog input radio frequency (RF) signal by using an upconverted analog cancellation RF signal to cancel the analog input RF signal at the sample instances. At least two sampling paths may be employed, a signal path and a cancel path, and direct RF bandpass sampling may be included in both the signal and cancel paths. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159866 | Systems and methods for interference cancellation - Systems and methods for interference cancellation in which a first signal having a first frequency may be cancelled with a second frequency having a second and different (e.g., lower) frequency by employing sampling to cancel the first signal with the separate signal at the sample instances. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159867 | RF RECEPTION SYSTEM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH PROGRAMMABLE FILTER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - An integrated circuit includes an on-chip filter component that forms a programmable bandpass filter with the at least one off-chip bandpass filter component. The programmable bandpass filter is programmable based on a control signal. An RF receiver generates inbound data in response to a received signal from the programmable bandpass filter. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159868 | System and Method For Emergency Reporting - A determination is made as to whether a first channel is communicatively coupled to a communication network. The first communication channel is configured to preferentially transmit emergency messages to the communication network. When the first communication channel is not communicatively coupled to the communication network, a second communication channel and at least one configuration parameter to configure the second communication channel are determined. The second communication channel is configured with the determined at least one parameter. An emergency message is transmitted over the configured second communication channel. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159869 | VEHICLE TELEMATICS COMMUNICATION FOR WELL-BEING CHECKS - A method and system for attempting contact with a person via a vehicle telematics unit. The method carried out by the system involves receiving a request for well-being check of a person, placing a call to that person's vehicle, and performing a well-being check if the person answers the call. If the call is not answered, then the method further involves setting a vehicle trigger, presenting a well-being check message to the occupant upon occurrence of the trigger, receiving a return call from the vehicle, and communicating with the occupant over the return call to verify the person's well-being and offer any needed assistance. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159870 | OPTIMIZED EMERGENCY ALERT MESSAGE DELIVERY - An apparatus, method and system for providing an emergency alert message in a communication system. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a transceiver ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159871 | Predictive notification system for emergency services - A predictive notification system identifies certain mobile devices in a wireless telecommunications network that are likely to be within a predetermined geographical area of interest during a predetermined period of time. The identified location/time pair may be one that is associated with or affected by a particular event (e.g., emergency, construction, disaster, traffic, weather or other alerts and events). This allows a notification (about the event) to be sent to the identified mobile devices in an effort to notify them of the event prior to entering the affected area. A trending profile generated and maintained for each mobile device in the network is examined/consulted to determine the identity of those mobile devices that are likely to be within the affected area during the relevant time period. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159872 | MOBILE DEVICE WEBSITE VISITOR METRIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - Visits to a website or the like by mobile devices may be logged and counted based upon a subscriber ID or a session ID. If content is accessed via a carrier site, and a subscriber ID is available for the mobile device, the subscriber ID is used to record and count the visit. If the subscriber ID is not available, the session ID is used to record and count the visit. The session ID is attributed to a session that is initiated when content is accessed by the mobile device from the site. The session continues until the mobile device leaves the site. A cookie may also be set with the mobile device, if possible, and used in lieu of the subscriber and session IDs. More accurate measurements of site visits and visitors via mobile devices are afforded. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAMING AND CALL BRIDGING - Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) short code followed by the number to be dialed. Said subscriber's prepaid account is then decremented in real-time (until such account is fully depleted). A key feature of the disclosure generally is the bridging of the call legs between the wireless subscriber initiating the telephone communication and that of the receiving party through a series of general purpose databases and computers without requiring modifications to existing core network or handset infrastructure | 2010-06-24 |
20100159874 | DEVICE ROTATION FOR SIM SELECTION - A device having multiple configurations, wherein each configuration allows operation of the device according to features that may be different than other configurations. Each of the configurations is controlled by a separate SIM card. The device is configured to select an operating configuration, and associated SIM card, in response to detecting an orientation of the device. As the orientation of the device changes, the device selects an operating configuration in accord with user intent. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159875 | Telephone Handset Contact List Synchronization - A method comprises a first telephone handset selecting a second telephone handset as an approved contact exchange partner. The first telephone handset and the second telephone handset comprise contact information organized in a database. The first telephone handset establishes a telephone call between the first telephone handset and the second telephone handset. The first telephone handset receives contact update information from the second telephone handset in a first protocol. The first telephone handset synchronizes the contact update information with the contact information of the first telephone handset. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVISION A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for enabling functions on a primary mobile device from a secondary mobile device are described. The primary mobile device is configured to enable at least selected functions of the mobile communications device if authorization information is received at the primary mobile device at periodic intervals of time. The method comprises: storing at the secondary mobile device the authorization information; establishing a short range direct wireless communications link between the secondary mobile device and the primary mobile device; and periodically transmitting the authorization information to the primary mobile device to enable the at least selected functions of the mobile communications device. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159877 | Intelligent network access controller and method - An intelligent network access controller for use with a wireless network that provides communications services to subscribers having wireless communications devices includes a multi-protocol interface for receiving and sending digital messaging by the wireless communications devices; an identification module that determines an identity of a wireless communications device; an access module that receives the identity and determines an access level for the wireless communications device; and a locking module that locks selected wireless communications devices to the controller based on the determined access level. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PRIVATE INFORMATION OF UICC - Provided are a system and method for protecting private information of UICC. The system includes an initialization management server and a short message service center. The initialization management server generates an initialization station incoming message which includes an initialization command for initializing private information stored in a UICC according to an initialization request to the private information of the UICC, and uses a phone number assigned to the UICC as a reception number. The short message service center transmits the initialization station incoming message transmitted from the initialization management server to the phone number assigned to the UICC. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159879 | Intelligent network access controller and method - An intelligent network access controller for use with a wireless network that provides communications services to subscribers having wireless communications devices includes a multi-protocol interface for receiving and sending digital messaging by the wireless communications devices; an identification module that determines an identity of a wireless communications device; an access module that receives the identity and determines an access level for the wireless communications device; and a locking module that locks selected wireless communications devices to the controller based on the determined access level. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159880 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR SECURELY PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES AND NETWORKS - An apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for securely providing communications between devices and networks are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, an interface device for providing communications between a first communications network and a device associated with a second communications network comprises an input, an output, logic, and a security program to restrict access to the input or the output of the interface device, connected devices or associated communication networks. The one or more inputs of the interface device receive data in a first format from the first communications network. The logic translates the data to a second format compatible with the second communications device. The translated data is then transmitted to the device associated with the second communications network via the one or more outputs. The security program determines whether a device or user is authorized to receive data prior to granting access to the data. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159881 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD - A method for controlling a stop and a recovery of a communication function for performing external communication, the method includes acquiring an operation condition of a main body of the computer while the communication function is stopped, determining whether the communication function is recoverable based on the acquired operation condition, and limiting use of the main body of the computer when the communication function is determined to be recoverable. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159882 | Method, System and Apparatus for Negotiating Security Capabilities During Movement of UE - A method for negotiating security capabilities during movement of a User Equipment (UE) includes the following steps: a target network entity receives a Routing Area Update (RAU) Request from the UE; the entity obtains Authentication Vector (AV)-related keys deduced according to a root key, and sends the selected security algorithm to the UE; and the UE deduces the AV-related keys according to the root key of the UE. A system, SGSN, and MME for negotiating security capabilities during movement of a UE are also disclosed. The present invention is applicable to security capability negotiation between the UE and the network. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159883 | MESSAGE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems (and corresponding methodologies) capable of searching, pre-searching, fetching and pre-fetching multi-media content for inclusion into an SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multi-media Message Service), IM (Instant Message) or other message type based upon predictive- and rules-based searching techniques are provided. The systems can predict or infer an in-process message, for example, based upon a portion of the inputted text message. Thereafter, in real- or near real-time, content related to the topic of conversation can be retrieved from a local store, remote stores (e.g., servers) or cloud-based sources. The retrieved content can be incorporated into the SMS, MMS, or IM message as appropriate or desired thereby enhancing the messaging experience. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159884 | Method of Determining a Location of a Mobile Device and Method of Managing a List for Use in Such a Method - The invention relates to a method of determining a location of a mobile device for use in a first communication network and a second communication network. The mobile device is camped on a cellular base station in the second communication network. According to the method, a list of records of communication units within the first and/or second communication network that are located within a predetermined geographical area is obtained. A communication unit record contains information representative of the identity of the respective communication unit and information representative of the position of the respective communication unit. Additionally, with the mobile device, communication units within the first and second communication network are detected. Finally, the location of the mobile device is determined based on the information representative of the position of the detected communication units. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159885 | Method of Determining a Location of a Mobile Device and Method of Managing a List for Use in Such a Method - The invention relates to a method of determining a location of a mobile device for use in a first communication network and a second communication network. The mobile device is camped on a cellular base station in the second communication network. According to the method, a list of records of communication units within the first and/or second communication network that are located within a predetermined geographical area is obtained. A communication unit record contains information representative of the identity of the respective communication unit, information representative of a position of the respective communication unit, and a reliability indication of the respective communication unit. Additionally, with the mobile device, communication units within the first and second communication network are detected. Finally, the location of the mobile device is detected based on the information representative of the position, the reliability indication, and an accuracy indication of the detected communication units. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159886 | Systems and Methods for Updating Voicemail With Selective Establishment of PDP Contexts and Data Sessions - A method for updating voicemail data at least partially stored at a device ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159887 | System and Method for Providing Message Notification - A method for providing message notification in a wireless network includes receiving from a subscriber a message that is to be sent over the wireless network, receiving from the subscriber a requested notification type and a requested notification destination, processing the requested notification type and the requested notification destination, and sending the requested notification type to the requested notification destination. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159888 | Voicemail Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks - A voicemail system ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159889 | Voicemail Archival and Forwarding Functionality for Communications Networks and Devices - A voicemail system ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159890 | Video Greetings for Voicemail Systems - A method for operating a voicemail system ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100159891 | Enhanced Messaging With Language Translation Feature | 2010-06-24 |
20100159892 | VISUAL MANIPULATION OF AUDIO - A mobile communication device displays, via a display, an audio waveform associated with a voicemail received by the mobile communication device, and receives selection and sustained contact with the audio waveform from a user associated with the mobile communication device. The device also enlarges a portion of the audio waveform based on the sustained contact with the audio waveform, and displays, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform. The device further enables the user to manipulate, via the display, the enlarged portion of the audio waveform, and provides, via a speaker, audible feedback associated with the manipulated enlarged portion of the audio waveform. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159893 | User-Controlled Routing of Phone Calls to Voicemail - In accordance with one or more aspects, a notification of an incoming phone call is received from a phone system. An indication of the incoming phone call is presented to a user, and the user can control the incoming phone call in different manners. The user can request to delay routing the incoming phone call to voicemail, to route the incoming phone call to voicemail without further delay, and to stop ringing of one or more phone handsets of the phone system. One or more of these control requests can be input by the user via a mobile phone and/or a television system. | 2010-06-24 |
20100159894 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BUSINESS CONTACT INFORMATION TO A WIRELESS USER - A method for providing business services to a customer via a wireless device used by the customer. The method includes asking a customer for a wireless telephone number associated with a wireless device used by the customer, receiving the wireless telephone number, storing the wireless telephone number, and sending the customer a short message service (SMS) message to the wireless telephone number, wherein the SMS message contains a phone number or universal resource locator (URL) that allows the customer to use the wireless device to interact with the business. | 2010-06-24 |