26th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110159855 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING BACKGROUND SOUND TO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM APPLYING THE METHOD - Disclosed is a method for providing background sound to a communication device and a system applying the method. The method is preferably applied to a voice communication procedure. In the meantime, a background sound is simultaneously played with a telephone call according to a user's selection or a sound schedule. In accordance with an embodiment, the steps in the method firstly include a step of receiving a call, and a step of activating a noise-suppression function and a background-sound enabling procedure. The background-sound enabling procedure is conducted to play the background sound at the time of the call based on the user's selection, or a sound schedule. In particular, the user can decide to play or not to play the background sound while phoning in the beginning. At last, the method ends the voice communication procedure with or without the background sound after hanging up the phone. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159856 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LOCATION BASED TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORIZATION - An apparatus and method directed to automated call screening, and specifically the utilization of location history of a call recipient to determine call authorization, are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a computer readable medium embodied in an article of manufacture is encoded with instructions for directing a processor to receive a request from a first device to communicate with a second device. The processor is further directed to determine at least one location associated with the first device, determine an authorization for the request based at least in part upon the at least one location associated with the first device and at least one prior location of the second device, and transmit the request to the second device in accordance with the authorization. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159857 | INPUT DEVICE WITH AN ACCELEROMETER - Methods, devices, and systems are described for bumping a mobile device, such as a smart phone, against a fixed poster board display at a store to initiate a download of coupons, advertisements, or other benefits to the mobile device. Products can be rated by a user's up/down bump or other bump patterns. Using accelerometer-based inertial measurements, multiple users can control multiple mouse cursors on a large display with their mobile devices in order to select information to be downloaded to their mobile devices. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159858 | USER TERMINAL, METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITION AND METHOD FOR GUIDING ROUTE THEREOF - A user terminal generates position information regarding a position of the user terminal, generates target recognition information for recognizing a target, communicates with a counterpart terminal, and determines whether the target recognition information conforms with first reference information. If so, the user terminal transmits the target recognition information and the position information to the counterpart terminal, and if the information does not conform, the terminal determines whether the target recognition information conforms with second reference information. Accordingly, the user terminal easily provides route guidance to a destination. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159859 | METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC OF DEVICES BASED ON AVAILABLE POWER RESOURCES - The present disclosure is a method and system for managing communication traffic of devices based upon available power for a device. A method for managing communication traffic may include receiving available power resource information from a device and routing communication intended for the device based upon available power of the device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159860 | METHOD FOR MANAGING APPOINTMENTS IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for managing appointments utilizes an appointment management system installed in a communication server between communication devices. The appointment management system receives a request list from one of the communication devices used by an originator. The request list is then saved in a database. The appointment management system invites the invitees to enter a video conference and prompts the invitees to input a departure location and date of an appointment. After the appointment management system receives a final venue and date determined by the originator. The appointment management system sends the final venue and date to all the invitees. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159861 | MOBILE PHONE NUMBER ANONYMIZER - A method, computer readable media and apparatus for temporarily mapping an anonymous number to a mobile endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method assigns a first temporary anonymous number to a mobile endpoint device having a mobile number, and receives a call request to reach the mobile endpoint device in accordance with the first temporary anonymous number. The method forwards the call request to the mobile endpoint device if the first temporary anonymous number has not expired. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159862 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICES INDEPENDENT OF LOCATION FIXING HARDWARE - Implementations relate to systems and methods for determining a location of a mobile device. The mobile device can query other mobile devices within service range for identification information, and send the identification information to a remote server for storage therein. The remote server can receive location information from other mobile devices corresponding to the identification information. The mobile device can send a location query to the remote server, which can determine or calculate a location of the mobile device based on the identification and/or location information of the other mobile devices. The remote server can provide the location of the mobile device to the mobile device for use in associated mobile applications. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159863 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a mobile communication device, comprising: a communicating module for establishing wireless link with an external communication device; a memory module for storing a preset information message and a preset time; a processor unit for generating a communication request and transmitting the communication request to the communicating module; a user interface; wherein the processor starts to count time after establishment of the wireless link, and synchronously detecting whether accumulated time is greater than or equal to the preset time, then, the user interface displays an information message. The disclosure further provides a mobile communication method. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159864 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MODE SWITCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON SKIN CONTACT, MOBILE PHONE FOR SWITCHING CALL INCOMING ALARMING MODE ON THE BASIS OF SKIN CONTACT WHEN CALL IS RECEIVED, AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING CALL INCOMING ALARMING MODE OF THE MOBILE PHONE - The present invention relates to an electronic equipment mode switching apparatus and method based on a skin contact made by a user using the electronic equipment, thereby being capable of minimizing the power consumption of electronic equipment and also of instantly operating electronic equipment as soon as skin contact is made. The electronic equipment mode switching apparatus includes skin contact detection means for detecting electricity generated when a user's skin is touched, logic circuit means for generating a mode switching signal to switch a power supply mode of an electronic device when skin contact is detected by the skin contact detection means, and mode switching means for switching the power supply mode of the electronic device in response to the mode switching signal generated by the logic circuit means. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159865 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, INCOMING COMMUNICATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Means is provided for, even when a user does not previously register information that can identify a counterparty, such as a telephone number or mail address, determining the priority with respect to an incoming from a counterparty of which there is an outgoing record to respond efficiently and effectively. In a portable communication terminal | 2011-06-30 |
20110159866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN A MULTIPLE USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MU-MIMO) COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and system for communicating feedback information in a multiple user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) communication system are presented. In one aspect of the method and system, a beamformer station may communicate a feedback information request to a plurality of beamformee stations. The feedback information request may request feedback data for a plurality of RF channel bands. The RF channel bands may form a multichannel. The beamformer may subsequently transmit a plurality of signals utilizing the RF channel bands within the multichannel. Each of the beamformees may receive the plurality of subsequently transmitted signals. A beamformee may generate the requested feedback data for each RF channel band within the multichannel. The beamformee may generate a beamforming report, which comprises the feedback data, which is generated across the plurality of RF channel bands in the multichannel. The beamformee may transmit the beamforming report to the beamformer. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ALLOCATE RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) RESOURCES FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for an eNodeB (eNB) are disclosed to allocate random access channel (RACH) resources in a wireless communication system. The method includes configuring a user equipment (UE) with an uplink (UL) component carrier (CC) set and a downlink (DL) component carrier set for carrier aggregation (CA). The method further includes pairing an uplink component carrier that has random access channel (RACH) resources and that is in the uplink component carrier set with a downlink component carrier in the downlink component carrier set for random access. The method also includes receiving a random access preamble message on the UL CC from the UE and transmitting a random access response message on the paired DL CC in response to reception of the random access preamble message during a random access procedure. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159868 | Automated Message Enumerated Notification - The described method and system provide a connectivity problem resolution mechanism that uses a data mode call in order to diagnose a connection problem while avoiding audible ringing and or inadvertent user pick-up during error diagnosis and correction. The system includes three primary functions and elements including cellular error message recognition, error response handling configured to update and/or maintain processes, and new error message capture. This system is usable both online and offline. Error recognition may be based on error message matching or keyword matching. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159869 | NEAR FIELD RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a near field radio communication apparatus, as described in embodiments, comprises a signal receiving unit configured to convert a radio signal into an electric signal an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information from a signal output from the signal receiving unit and an operating power supplying unit configured to supply an operating power to the information obtaining unit if a voltage level of the electric signal output from the signal receiving unit varies to he equal to or higher than a preset threshold value. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159870 | WIRELESS BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD IN THE WIRELESS BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless base station apparatus performing wireless communication with a mobile station apparatus includes: a transmission unit to transmit data to the mobile station apparatus; a reception unit to receive a delivery result for the data from the mobile station apparatus; and a control unit to determine whether reception processing through a first channel is performed or parallel reception processing through the first channel and a second channel is performed on the basis of a radio line quality between the wireless base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus or an amount of processing in the reception unit if the transmission unit transmits a permission notification permitting the transmission through the first channel to the mobile station apparatus, where the reception unit performs the reception processing in accordance with the result of the determination to receive the delivery result transmitted through the first channel or the second channel. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159871 | RF4CE-BASED TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THEREOF - A Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics (RF4CE)-based terminal and a system therefor are disclosed. The system includes a plurality of terminals each having an RF4CE communication module, and at least one gateway for storing unique Identifier (ID) information and other ID information about a plurality of terminals within a predetermined area in a table and periodically transmitting the table externally. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159872 | MULTI-COMMUNICATION PATHWAY ADDRESSING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system and method for performing multi-communication pathway addressing in a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise at least one communication interface module adapted to communicate with at least a first plurality of communication networks. At least one module may be adapted to utilize the at least one communication interface module to conduct a particular type of communication over any of the first plurality of communication networks. A user interface module may be adapted to receive user input indicative of a desired communication. In response to such a received user input, the at least one module may be adapted to identify, from the received user input, at least one communication network of the first plurality of communication networks and utilize the at least one communication interface module to conduct the desired communication (e.g., of the particular type of communication) over the identified at least one communication network. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159873 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, from a handover source radio base station to a switching center, a handover request including an NCC, a PCI and a K | 2011-06-30 |
20110159874 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO RELAY STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The radio communication system has a radio base station, a radio relay station connectable to the radio base station, and a radio terminal configured to connect to the radio base station. The radio base station notifies the radio terminal of identification information for a predetermined number of relay stations based on the number of radio relay stations that can be simultaneously connected to the radio base station. When the radio relay station is connected to the radio base station, identification information for any one of the relay stations is assigned to the radio relay station. The radio terminal performs a cell search based on the relay station identification information. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATING A CELLULAR PHONE - According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a method for geographically locating a cellular phone. The method comprises: determining an effective cell-area for each of a first cell and a second cell in a cellular network; and determining a handover area within which the cellular phone is likely to be located when control of the cellular phone is transferred from the first cell to the second cell; wherein the determination of the handover area and the effective cell-area for each of the first cell and the second cell are made based on a topological relationship between the first cell and the second cell. Further related apparatus embodiments are also disclosed. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159876 | Cooperating Receiver Selection for UMTS Wireless Location - For Wireless Communications Networks (WCNs) that support soft handover, cooperator receiver selection for a TDOA, AOA, TDOA/AOA, or hybrid network-based or network-overlay Wireless Location System (WLS) must contend with one or more network base stations as a serving cell. When the active set contains more than one member, two techniques for determining a set of cooperating and demodulating receivers to use in the signal collection for location estimation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the active set members are constructively reduced to a single member that is used as a proxy serving cell. In another embodiment, the information contained in the active set membership is retained and a new set of demodulating and cooperator receivers are generated based on the entire membership of the active set. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159877 | ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRAY WITH MULTIPLE AMPLIFIERS FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHOD OF PROVIDING DC VOLTAGE TO AT LEAST ONE PROCESSING ELEMENT - The present disclosure teaches an active antenna array for a mobile communications network. The active antenna array comprises a plurality of antenna elements, a first port, a first DC voltage supply and at least one DC voltage extractor. The plurality of antenna elements relays at least first protocol radio signals. The first port is connected to at least one individual first protocol relay path. The first port relays a general first protocol receive signal to a first protocol link. The first DC voltage supply provides a first DC voltage to at least a portion of the first protocol link. The at least one DC voltage extractor, is located in the at least one individual first protocol relay path. The DC voltage extractor extracts at least one individual DC voltage to supply an at least one amplifier. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING A DYNAMIC ACCESS NUMBER ARCHITECTURE - A method of using a dynamic access number architecture of a mobile communication device includes receiving a selection via a user interface of a mobile communication device. The selection indicates a preferred routing number associated with a particular country. The method also includes sending a message from the mobile communication device to a network element to request validation the preferred routing number selection. After a successful validation of the preferred routing number, when the mobile communication device is within the particular country, the mobile communication device automatically routes particular calls via an access device associated with the preferred routing number by dialing the preferred routing number. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159879 | Mobile Terminal and Communication Control Method - A mobile terminal communicating with a plurality of cells, including a serving cell, has a control unit. The control unit performs at least one control of (a) a first control for causing a path search unit to detect a path for the serving cell more preferentially than paths for cells other than the serving cell, (b) a second control for causing a finger assignment unit to assign a path detected for the serving cell preferentially over paths detected for cells other than the serving cell to a plurality of fingers, and
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20110159880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIO LINK RECOVERY - Devices and methods are provided for expedited recovery from radio link failure or the like. In one embodiment, the method involves collecting at least one optional system information block (SIB) during connected mode, wherein the at least one optional SIB comprising neighbor information. In another embodiment, the method involves storing dedicated information provided by a base station through a dedicated channel. The method generally involves using the neighbor information and/or dedicated information for cell selection, in response to the radio link failure. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159881 | Communication System Using Joint Leakage Suppression Scheme with Low Complexity - A communication method for at least one mobile station that includes a target mobile station that performs a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) communication with at least two base stations, is provided. The communication method includes determining a beamforming vector used by the at least two base stations based on channel vectors and at least one channel matrix such that a signal-to-leakage-plus-noise-ratio (SLNR) for a target antenna from among antennas of a target mobile station is maximized. A Cholesky factorization may be used to determine an optimal beamforming vector with a low complexity. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159882 | PILOT SELECTION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND BASE STATION THEREOF - A pilot selection method adapted for selecting rank-2 pilot patterns for a macrocell advanced base station (ABS), a femtocell ABS and a non-macrocell and non-femtocell ABS is proposed along with a wireless communication system and a base station thereof. Different rank-2 pilot pattern is selected for a femtocell ABS from its overlay macrocell ABS and non-macrocell and non-femtocell ABS rank-2 pilot patterns. Another pilot selection method for selecting a rank-1 pilot pattern for a femtocell ABS co-located with at least a macrocell ABS is also proposed. Different rank-1 pilot pattern is selected for a femtocell ABS from its overlay macrocell ABSs using rank-1 and/or rank-2 pilot patterns, where some of the macrocell ABSs can use rank-2 pilot patterns and the rest of the macrocell ABSs just use rank-1 pilot patterns. Also, different rank-1 pilot pattern is selected for the femtocell ABS from its neighboring femtocell ABSs using rank-1 pilot patterns. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159883 | SIGNALING CONNECTION ADMISSION CONTROL IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for admission control of control plane signaling requests includes receiving a signaling request. Upon receipt of the signaling connection request, a first determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to common resources. When the first determination is negative, a second determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources. When the second determination is negative, the signaling request is rejected. When the second determination is positive, the request is admitted to dedicated resources. When the first determination is positive, a third determination is performed to determine whether the quality of the signaling request is high or low. If the quality of the request is high, the signaling request is admitted to common resources. When the quality is low, a fourth determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources. If the fourth determination is positive, the request is admitted to dedicated resources. If the fourth determination is negative, the request is admitted to common resources. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159884 | REAL-TIME LOCATION AND PRESENCE USING A PUSH-LOCATION CLIENT AND SERVER - A system for providing real-time always-on location is presented for maintaining the current location of a mobile device, while saving the battery by managing the GPS in a power-saving mode while the device is considered to be stationary. The system also provides a real-time location in an indoor environment where a GPS signal may not be available. Additionally, methods for driving detection are also presented. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159885 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a map, which is divided into a plurality of blocks in predetermined units of latitude and latitude, on a display module and displaying in each of the blocks identification information indicating whether a corresponding block includes geo-tagged information; and if one of the blocks is selected, displaying one or more thumbnail images corresponding to geo-tagged information included in the selected block on the display module. Therefore, it is possible to effectively select and use geo-tagged information even when using a small size screen. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159886 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A scaling apparatus and method scales uncertainty criteria (horizontal and vertical accuracy requirements) originally received from an end user before the uncertainty criteria is sent on to a wireless terminal ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110159887 | Location sensitive messaging - Methods including computer program products for receiving a request from a first device, the request incorporating a message. One or more users from a first set of one or more users are selected where each of the selected one or more users is associated with a second device that is in a proximity to a current location of the first device. The message and the current location of the first device are sent to each of the second devices associated with the selected one or more users. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159888 | LOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING COLLIDING SIGNALS - A method comprises: receiving colliding signals by a receiver from a plurality of signal sources, such that the receiver has a respective non-zero probability of detecting and identifying the colliding signals from each respective one of the signal sources at a given time. The colliding signals are configured with at least one common transmission parameter value so as to interfere with each other, so that the receiver only detects and identifies one of the received colliding signals at any given time. The receiving and identifying are performed during each of a plurality of cycles. A probabilistic model is used to calculate the location of the receiver. The model correlates a respective number of times the receiver detects and identifies one of the colliding signals and the probability of that signal being identified by the receiver, given the location of the receiver. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159889 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a communication system and a communication method of making available both a shared telephone number shared by multiple communication terminals and an individual telephone number dedicated to a user's own terminal in a single communication terminal. A shared managing unit | 2011-06-30 |
20110159890 | DETERMINING MOBILE CONTENT FOR A SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON LOCATION AND TIME - A device, system, and method are directed towards updating location information for a social network. A request for the location information associated with a GPS coordinate is received from a client device associated with a member of the social network. In response to the request, a location name associated with another member of the social network is provided to the client device based on the GPS coordinate. Another location name may be received from the client device. The other location name may be associated with the GPS coordinate and with the member in the social network. Thus, the GPS coordinate and/or member may be associated with a plurality of location names. A location description may also be received and associated with the location name and with the member in the social network. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159891 | Cooperating Receiver Selection for UMTS Wireless Location - For Wireless Communications Networks (WCNs) that support soft handover, cooperator receiver selection for a TDOA, AOA, TDOA/AOA, or hybrid network-based or network-overlay Wireless Location System (WLS) must contend with one or more network base stations as a serving cell. When the active set contains more than one member, two techniques for determining a set of cooperating and demodulating receivers to use in the signal collection for location estimation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the active set members are constructively reduced to a single member that is used as a proxy serving cell. In another embodiment, the information contained in the active set membership is retained and a new set of demodulating and cooperator receivers are generated based on the entire membership of the active set. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159892 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STATION INFORMATION OF TRANSPORTATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for identifying if station information of a public transportation is information corresponding to a destination by generating and broadcasting guide information including station information to a plurality of portable terminals in a mobile communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a position information system for generating and broadcasting information on the next station, and a portable terminal for receiving the broadcasted guide information and determining if the next station is a station corresponding to a destination. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159893 | Signaling Support Enabling QoS Discrimination for Positioning, Location and Location-Based Services in LTE - One aspect of the present invention extends the number of client and/or service types used in location-based services. The extension provides richer definitions for use in selecting the optimal or otherwise best suited positioning sequences to be used in fulfilling given positioning requests. For example, some types of commercial-related positioning requests are better satisfied with quicker-but-lower-accuracy position determinations, while other types benefit from more-accurate-but-slower position determinations. These and other benefits are provided by extending the type definitions used to identify commercial positioning requests. For example, a UE may be configured to send positioning requests that indicate the extended client or service types. As another example, the network node(s) involved in generating or processing such requests are configured to understand the extended type definitions and/or to map the extended definitions to QoS requirements, or to particular positioning sequences, for requesting that a positioning node carry out that particular positioning sequence. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159894 | METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION OF A PAGER ON A TRUNKED NETWORK - Systems and methods for managing power consumption on a trunked network include listening to a control channel on a trunked system with a trunked pager, and receiving a voice channel assignment. The trunked pager listens for voice traffic on the assigned voice channel while in a standby mode. Voice traffic is detected and the trunked pager determines whether the voice traffic is for a communication group that includes the trunked pager. If so, the trunked pager unmutes and listens to the voice traffic. Upon termination of the voice traffic, the trunked pager returns to the control channel to listen for a different voice channel assignment. Otherwise, the trunked pager directly returns to the control channel to listen for a different voice channel assignment. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159895 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING VARIED FUNCTIONALITY BASED ON MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS - A method and apparatus for allowing varied functionality between a sending entity and a receiving entity, the method sending a first message from the sending entity to the receiving entity utilizing a first protocol, detecting an indication that the receiving entity did not recognize the first message or that the receiving entity did not fulfill a request in the first message, and sending a second message from the sending entity to the receiving entity utilizing a second protocol. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159896 | IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF AND MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF - Viewing of a scrolled image on a display screen is facilitated. Assume that a first image portion ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110159897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING RATE SPLIT SCHEME BASED ON COOPERATION BETWEEN RECEIVERS - Each of a first transmitter and a second transmitter uses a rate split scheme. Each of the first transmitter and the second transmitter may transmit at least four sub-messages, and different transmission powers may be allocated to the at least four sub-messages. Also, each of receivers may cooperate with each other, may share sub-messages that act as interferences, and may extract desired messages using the shared sub-messages. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159898 | Managing interference due to Low power BSs - A system and method for managing radio frequency interference of a low power base station is disclosed. The method comprises determining that the low power base station is causing substantial interference in a data link between a mobile station and a macro base station. The low power base station is identified as having a closed subscriber group (CSG) that is in CSG-Closed mode. The CSG low power base station is converted from CSG-Closed mode to a CSG-Open mode to allow the mobile station to communicate through the CSG low power base station. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159899 | OUTER LOOP POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A base station configured for outer loop power control receives an uplink dedicated channel transmission from a wireless transmit/receive unit. The base station transmits transmit power control commands in response to the received uplink channel transmission and determines if the wireless transmit/receive unit is in a discontinuous transmission mode. The base station adjusts a target SIR based on which transmission mode for the wireless transmit/receive unit is detected. The value for the transmit power control command is derived from the adjusted target SIR. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159900 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BIASING CRITERIA FOR BINARY DECISIONS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TO ENHANCE PROTECTION - A criterion for biasing a binary decision requiring an unequal protection which utilizes a measured signal to interference ratio (SIR). The SIR may be derived from a determination of channel estimation. The SIR is compared against a threshold, the threshold being selected to bias the decision toward a not acknowledge (NACK) as opposed to an acknowledge (ACK) determination. The technique is advantageous for providing biased binary decisions for high speed downlink packets (HSDP) but may be utilized for both uplink and downlink applications. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159901 | Method and Arrangement, Cell ID Collision Detection - The present invention relates to methods, a communication network node and a user equipment for detecting collision of physical cell identities in a communication network system comprising radio base stations each serving at least one cell through which user equipments are moving. Reference signals comprising reference symbols corresponding to a physical cell identity are sent from said radio base stations to said user equipments over a radio interface. Transmission gaps of reference symbols are inserted in the reference signal in order to perform a physical cell identity collision test. The user equipments are arranged to detect if any other radio base station is sending reference symbols corresponding to the same physical cell identity during the transmission gaps. Thereby a physical cell identity collision is detected. The reference symbol transmission gaps are fractionally distributed within said reference signal such that at least some of said reference symbols are unaffected by said reference symbol transmission gaps. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159902 | Intertaction Analysis and Prioritization of Mobile Content - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving interaction information relating to a mobile communication facility, weighting content based at least in part on the interaction information, and ordering the content for presentation on a mobile communication facility based at least in part on the weighting. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for communication using multiple carriers is provided. A mobile station receives information regarding at least one assigned carrier selected from the available carriers based on the multiple carrier capability from a base station. The mobile station activates or inactivates the at least one assigned carrier by receiving a message comprising information indicating activation or inactivation of the at least one assigned carrier from the base station. Signaling overhead for managing multiple carriers may be reduced. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159904 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR FRAME TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - Provided are a user equipment, a frame transmission and reception method using a radio resource of the user equipment, and a frame transmission method using a radio resource of a base station. If an application is generated, a radio resource allocation may be requested. In response to the request, a data radio resource for a data frame and a separate control radio resource for a control frame may be allocated. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159905 | PAGING CARRIER ASSIGNMENT METHOD, MULTI-CARRIER BASE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A carrier assignment method, a multi-carrier base station and a wireless communication device using the same are proposed. The carrier assignment method is adapted for assigning carriers in a paging group for an ABS with multi-carriers, and includes the following step. At least two paging carriers is assigned in a paging group, where all assigned carriers belonging to a paging group are in the same frequency band. Also, small but close frequency bands are grouped into a super band, where different carriers in different super bands are assigned into different paging groups. The wireless communication device determines the paging carrier index for itself by a mapping function of a mobile identification and the number of carriers. The paging message for the wireless communication device is sent only on the paging carrier corresponding to the determined paging carrier index. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK REENTRY OF MOBILE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for network reentry of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving allocation of a context search identifier from a network while a network entry procedure is performed, and transmitting a ranging request message including the allocated context search identifier to a Base Station (BS) when a network reentry event occurs. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159907 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT NETWORK WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and an apparatus for sending and receiving channel state information in network Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication systems are provided. Hybrid feedback technology is provided to transfer complete Channel State Information (CSI) to a transmitter by efficiently combining limited amounts of long-term channel information and short-term channel information are in a down link MIMO network system. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159908 | DYNAMIC CHANNEL QUALITY MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE IMPLEMENTED IN A WIRELESS DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO PRIORITIZE THE FORWARDING OF DOWNLINK DATA - A wireless digital communication system includes a base station in communication with a plurality of user equipment mobile terminals (UEs). The system prioritizes the forwarding of blocks of downlink data to designated ones of the UEs. The system employs adaptive modulation and coding (AM&C) to achieve improved radio resource utilization and provides optimum data rates for user services. Blocks of downlink (DL) data are received by the base station which requests downlink (DL) channel quality measurements only from those mobile terminals (UEs) with pending downlink transmissions. The UEs respond to the request by measuring and reporting DL channel quality to the base station, which then allocates resources such that the UEs will make best use of radio resources. The base station notifies the UEs of the physical channel allocation indicating the modulation/coding rate and allocated slots followed by transmission of blocks of downlink data which are transmitted to the UEs. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONNECTION IDENTIFICATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a connection identification (CID) in a communication system is provided. Upon detecting a need for its handover, a mobile station (MS) transmits a handover request message to a first base station (BS) in communication with the MS. Upon receiving the handover request message, the first BS transmits at least one CID for connection setup to a second BS to which the MS will perform handover, to the MS along with a handover response message in response to the handover request message. The MS receives the CID through the handover response message. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159910 | Method of Transmitting Cell Identity Information - In a cellular radio system cell identities, in particular the E-UTRAN Physical Layer Cell Identities (PCIDs), are grouped in accordance with the area, in particular the Tracking Area, to which they belong to in a message transmitted from a radio base station to a mobile station. In one embodiment the grouped cell identity information is transmitted as a broadcast message. A multi RAT, e.g. GERAN/E-UTRAN, capable mobile station receiving such a broadcast message where the IDs are grouped together in tracking area groups is then enabled to determine the neighbouring cells that belong to the same Area. As a result when cell reselection to an E-UTRAN cell is rejected due to that the Tracking Area is not allowed, the mobile station can then be allowed to directly initiate cell reselection to E-UTRAN cells that are not part of the same PCID group, and which thus do not belong to the same tracking area. This in turn results in that no waiting time is needed to initiate a cell reselection towards those cells. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159911 | UPLINK POWER ALIGNMENT ESTIMATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for uplink power alignment estimation in a communication system includes a step | 2011-06-30 |
20110159912 | ENHANCED POWER HEADROOM REPORTING - Method and system for power headroom reporting in a mobile device capable of supporting multiple radio transmissions via different channels. The available maximum power variation of a second channel is estimated based on power usage in radio transmission of a first channel. A plurality of measures related to radio transmission via the second channel are them computed. Whether one or more conditions for power headroom reporting of the second channel are met is tested in accordance with a configuration with respect to power headroom reporting. The power headroom is computed based on the estimated power variation relating to the first channel and the radio transmission measures relating to the second channel. A power headroom report is then generated based on the computed power headroom and such a report is then transmitted, typically from the mobile device to a base station. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159913 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, one or more interference over thermal noise (IoT) values may be measured for one or more frequency partitions or a sounding area, or combinations thereof, and a difference between a current IoT value and a previous IoT value may be evaluated. If the difference is greater than or equal to a reset threshold, the current IoT value is broadcast to a mobile station to reset the IoT value. Otherwise an IoT differential value is broadcast to the mobile station to update the IoT with the IoT differential value. The mobile station may then perform open loop power control based on the IoT value for uplink broadcast. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159914 | Interaction Between Accumulative Power Control And Minimum/Maximum Transmit Power In LTE Systems - Methods and apparatus in a wireless communication system are described for receiving and processing transmit power control commands, where, for example, the response to the transmit power control commands is conditionally decoupled from at least one of a transmit bandwidth parameter, a transport format parameter and a power stepsize limit. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159915 | DETECTED INFORMATION CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A detected information correction apparatus configured to correct detected information, includes: a usage status detecting configured to detect status information on the basis of detected information detected by one or more sensors, the status information indicating how a portable apparatus is being used; a correction data acquiring configured to acquire correction data at specific timing intervals, the correction data being used to correct the detected information; and a detected information correcting configured to correct the detected information with the correction data. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159916 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INTEGRATED DEVICE AND MOBILE APPLICATION CLIENT ON MOBILE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Communication between an integrated device and a mobile application client on a mobile personal communication device is performed using a command being socket based and conforming with a standard network communications protocol. The command is forwarded to an intermediate module implemented as a hardware device on the mobile personal communication device, the intermediate module configured for socket based communication according to the standard network communications protocol, the command addressed to an address assigned to a peripheral device of the mobile personal communication device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159917 | Audible Key Locator System - A locating system for locating objects, such as, but not limited to, keys is disclosed. The locating system may include a mobile communication device having at least one audible tone generator in communication with a control module, wherein the control module is configured to send a signal to the audible tone generator to emit an audible tone. The locating system may also include a locator device physically detached from the mobile communication device. The locator device may include a receiver configured to receive the audible signal from the audible tone generator and to generate a signal. In alternative configurations, the locating system may send an audible sound that is incapable of being heard by an unaided human ear. In another configuration, the locating system may send a sequence of audible tones to activate the audible tone generator, thereby enabling a set of keys on a key ring to be located. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159918 | ANTI-BLINDING DEVICE HAVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION - Disclosed is an anti-blinding device having a wireless communication function to allow a user to conveniently use a wireless communication cellular phone during operation. The anti-blinding device includes a main control device, a light transmission control device, first and second receiving/transmitting unit to perform signal conversion and transmission between a cellular phone and the main control device, and voice input and output devices. The main control device outputs alarm light and a ringtone using a lamp and the voice output device if it is determined that a digital signal transmitted from the second receiving/transmitting unit is an incoming call signal, and if the digital signal is a voice signal, transmits the digital voice signal to the voice output device. Also, the main control device transmits the digital voice signal from the voice input device to the second receiving/transmitting unit to enable a voice call. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159919 | Mobile Phone - Disclosed herein is a mobile phone. In short, a mobile terminal of the present invention includes an actuator placed inside the camera module to shift a lens of the camera module toward an upper side of an optical axis direction when a forward current is applied and shift the lens toward a lower side of an optical axis direction when a reverse current is applied, a vibration control part placed outside of the camera module to output a first control signal and a second control signal when a signal from outside is input telling of operating in a vibration mode, a vibration motor part connected to the vibration control part to vibrate the mobile phone by driving a motor when the first control signal is input, and an actuator drive part connected to the vibration control part to apply the reverse current to the actuator when the second control signal is input. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159920 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MINIMIZE RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM MOBILE PHONES AND DEVICES - Mobile devices may minimize the radiation exposure to users by controlling the distance between the user, specifically the head, and the mobile device to a minimum distance. The reduction in exposure is realized due to the operation of the Inverse Square Rule on electromagnetic signal from the mobile device recognizing there is a steep fall off of signal strength resultant from increased distance between the head of the user and the source of the signal. Embodiments increase and maintain operational distance between the user and the broadcast device to reduce signal absorption. Enabled mobile devices increase and maintain the operational distance by detecting when the distance is breached by a variety of methods and then alerting the user. Sound and electromagnetic waves may be used to determine the proximity of the mobile device to the user, in addition image processing typically resident on some mobile devices may also be used to determine proximity to the user. Embodiments disable harmful features such as broadcasting when the operation distance is breached for a period of time or the radiation exposure exceeds a threshold. Other embodiments enforce the operational distance with physical barriers preventing the distance from being reduced. Embodiments influence the user to maintain a minimum distance via alerts, interruptions and warnings. Thus maintaining a minimum distance between the user and the transmitter may have a dramatic practical effect. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159921 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING SENSOR-EQUIPPED SMART PHONES - The present technology concerns improvements to smart phones and related sensor-equipped systems. Some embodiments relate to smart phone-assisted commuting, e.g., by bicycle. Some involve novel human-computer interactions, e.g., using tactile grammars—some of which may be customized by users. Others involve spoken clues, e.g., by which a user can assist a smart phone in identifying what portion of imagery captured by a smart phone camera should be processed, or identifying what type of image processing should be conducted. Some arrangements include the degradation of captured content information in accordance with privacy rules, which may be location-dependent, or based on the unusualness of the captured content, or responsive to later consultation of the stored content information by the user. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159922 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE | 2011-06-30 |
20110159923 | Apparatus for a Tangible Interface - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a cradle comprising: a housing configured to receive a mobile device; wherein the housing configured to receive a mobile device having at least two positions; a detecting element configured to detect a state of the mobile device and; a mechanism configured to change position of the housing in response to detecting a change in the state of the mobile device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159924 | MATCHING THEMES BETWEEN ACCESSORIES AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An accessory which has a theme and which may be used with an electronic device may be configured to electronically communicate information about that theme to the electronic device. Correspondingly, the electronic device may be configured to receive the theme information from the accessory and to reflect that theme based on the theme information. The reverse may also take place. The electronic device may be configured to electronically communicate theme information to the accessory, and the accessory may be configured to receive the theme information from the electronic device and to reflect that theme based on the theme information. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159925 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE SELECTION FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device can detect whether an output unit of an accessory is connected to the body of a user and determines audio output units to which its application will transmit audio signal. The portable electronic device comprises an interface connected to the accessory, an application handling unit and a control unit. The control unit determines if the accessory is attached to the body of a user, selects audio output units to be used for the electronic device and transmits audio signals to the selected audio output unit for the application. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159926 | BASESTATION MEASUREMENTS - A basestation, for use in a cellular communications network, is adapted to provide a cellular communications service in at least one active cellular communications network by transmitting signals on system downlink channels of the active network and by receiving signals on system uplink channels of the active network. The basestation is also adapted to receive signals on system downlink channels of the active network. Further, the basestation is adapted to receive signals on system downlink channels of at least one additional network, although it is unable to transmit signals on system downlink channels of the additional network. The additional network may operate in accordance with a different cellular standard from the active network, and/or may be operated by a different cellular network operator from the active network. For example, where the active cellular communications network is a UMTS network, the additional network may be a GSM network, such that said basestation is adapted to receive signals on system downlink channels of the GSM network and is unable to transmit signals on system downlink channels of the GSM network. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159927 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTROL KEY INTERACTING WITH APPLICATION - Provided is a mobile device for providing control key interacting with application. The mobile device stores at least one or more applications executable by it. The mobile device includes an application executing module, a display module and an interactive input module. The application executing module activates an application, which is selected from among the applications by a user, to execute an active application. The display module displays an execution screen of the active application. The interactive input module receives a control command for controlling the active application from the user. The interactive input module provides a control key which is arranged to be suitable for control of the active application by interacting with the active application, and receives the control command for controlling the active application through the control key. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159928 | MOBILE PHONE - A method for operating a mobile terminal device comprising at least two displays is disclosed. Information of a first group on a first display module is displayed, if only a first display module is externally exposed. Information of a second group different from the first group on the first display module and a second display module is displayed, if both the first display module and the second display module are externally exposed. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159929 | MULTIPLE REMOTE CONTROLLERS THAT EACH SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLS A DIFFERENT VISUAL PRESENTATION OF A 2D/3D DISPLAY - Remote control devices that can be used to independently modify multiple visual presentations that are simultaneously displayed by a screen assembly are described, wherein at least one of the visual presentations is observable by a first viewer but not a second viewer. The remote control devices can also be used to independently select media content upon which each of the multiple visual presentations is based and to control the manner in which such media content is delivered to the screen assembly. In accordance with certain embodiments, at least one of the visual presentations comprises a three-dimensional visual presentation. Display systems that include such remote control devices and methods of operating the same are also described. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159930 | Compact Mobile Phone Power Supplement Device - A power supplement device for a mobile telephone has a casing having a width, a height, a length, a first end and a second end each defined by the width and height, a top side and a backside each defined by the width and length, and a left edge and a right edge each defined by the length and height, the width and length being substantially the same as a mobile telephone to which the supplemental power device is intended to couple, a male connector implemented in the area of the first end, extending in the length direction, and compatible with a female connector of the mobile telephone to which power charging devices are typically connected to the mobile telephone, a USB male connector implemented in an area of the second end or an area of one of the two edges, a back-up battery enclosed in the casing and coupled to the male connector implemented in the area of the first end, providing supplemental power to the mobile telephone, the backup battery also connected to charging circuitry enabling charging of the battery from an external AC power source, and a flip-out AC outlet plug implemented on either the front or the back and coupled to the charging circuitry, enabling the power supplement device to be coupled to AC power to charge the backup battery and the mobile telephone. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159931 | Time-Related Power Systems - A method, programmed medium and system are disclosed which provide for user-controlled management of power requirements for mobile devices. The system dynamically adjusts power settings according to goals set by the end user. The end user specifies a time-to-live goal in hours, minutes or a predetermined date/time and the power management function continuously monitors and adjusts power components to meet that goal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159932 | Apparatus With Transparent Display - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing frame, a transparent display, and a movable element. The transparent display is connected to the housing frame. The transparent display includes a front side and a rear side opposite the front side. The movable element is connected to the housing frame. The rear side of the transparent display is configured to be directly exposed to ambient light when the movable element is in a first position relative to the transparent display. The rear side of the transparent display is blocked from being directly exposed to the ambient light when the movable element is in a second different position relative to the transparent display. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159933 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159934 | HANDHELD DEVICE - A first housing and a second housing of a handheld device are capable of sliding with respect to each other such that the first and the second housings can be positioned in different using positions and thus the handheld device can be configured at corresponding using statuses. The first housing includes a first magnetic element and the second housing includes a plurality of second magnetic elements aligning along a direction. The second magnetic elements having one polarity and the second magnetic elements having another polarity are disposed alternately. When the second housing slides on the first housing to a position where the first magnetic element faces a second magnetic element with opposite polarity, the handheld device is configured at a corresponding using status. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159935 | FLEXIBLE ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR MOBILE GADGETS - The technology comprises an attachment device further comprising a piece of elastic material made out of PVC and plasticizer that defines the circumference of a thru-cavity and a base. Wherein the base bonds to a mobile gadget's surface through a solvent-based adhesive creating a monolithic structure. Wherein the attachment device is used to secure mobile gadgets or to secure identifying charms by engaging cords, metal rings, strings, thin ropes, hooks, chains, chain links and key-rings. The technology further comprises a method to secure mobile gadgets comprising using a piece of elastic material. The piece of elastic material defines the circumference of a thru-cavity and a base. By mating the base on to the surface of a mobile gadget and using a solvent-based adhesive to bond to a mobile gadget's surface creating a monolithic structure with the base. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159936 | SPEED-DEPENDENT SUGGESTED DRIVING LINES - In a video game or simulator, suggested speed indicators are computed along a suggested driving line on a path (e.g., a race track) and displayed in a simple, progressive, and user-friendly format. The displayed speed indicators are based on a racer's current speed and target speeds attributed to individual locations along the suggested driving line on the path. The speed indicators provide a dynamic indication of where and how the player should slow down or speed up relative to their current speed as their racer travels along the path. The speed indicators are displayed (e.g., using color to represent different magnitudes of suggested acceleration and deceleration) along the suggested driving line in front of the racer so that the player can anticipate braking and acceleration actions as the path and the racer's speed change. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159937 | DIRECTION DETECTION DEVICE FOR GAME MACHINE COMBINED EXERCISE BIKE AND METHOD THEREOF - A direction detection device is provided for a game machine combined exercise bike. The direction detection device include a detection module mounted to a direction rotation module composed of a rotatable portion and a fixed portion. The detection module includes a plurality of signal receiver elements and a signal transmitter element, which are operated in a non-contact manner and are allowed for relative rotation with respect to each other. Each signal receiver element has a range of detection. During relative rotation between the signal transmitter element and the signal receiver elements, when the signal transmitter element is moved into the detection range of one of the signal receiver elements, the signal receiver elements detect a positional message of the signal transmitter element, and the signal receiver elements applies the message to a signal processing device of the game machine, which converts the positional message into a direction signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159938 | GAME DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - A game device causes a display device to display an image in which plural marks correlated with step panels to be stepped on by a player move to reach a base line, and the game device, when a step panel is stepped on, classifies the degree of accuracy of this operation as one of plural classes based on a time at which a mark corresponding to this step panel reaches the base line, a time at which this step panel was stepped on, and plural thresholds. The game device counts the number of accurate operations, to cause the display device to display the number in a color corresponding to the lowest accurate operation class corresponding to the counted accurate operations. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159939 | FIGHT ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A fight analysis system to objectively determine the quality and quantity of strikes in a fight. In one exemplary embodiment, one fighter wears a plurality of passive RFID tags at different locations that are read by a striking module (e.g., a knife) when the striking module lands on, or comes in proximity to, the fighter, to provide the location of a strike. Force sensors in the striking module enable determination of the type and force of a landed strike. In another exemplary embodiment, force sensors (e.g., pressure sensors used with fluid bladders) are used to determine both the location and the force associated with a landed strike. A graphical user interface module displays information gathered by the fight analysis system. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159940 | LINKED GAME PLAY ON GAMING DEVICES - Embodiments of the present concept provide gaming devices configured for linked game play. First and second gaming devices that are separately playable by first and second players are electronically linked so that a gaming event being played at the first gaming device may also be being played at the second gaming device. Also provided is a method of sharing game play across multiple gaming devices, where the method includes receiving a wager from a first player at a first gaming device, receiving a wager from a second player at a second gaming device, initiating a gaming event that is displayed at the first and second gaming devices, and awarding prizes associated with gaming outcomes displayed at the first and second gaming devices. These and other arrangements of the present concept may allow cooperative or competitive game play between the first and second player. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159941 | Apparatus and Methodology for Gaming - One possible embodiment of the invention could be a playing card and methodology of playing a game with the playing card comprised of the following steps, but not necessarily in the order shown, selecting from a set of gaming symbols, one or more winning gaming symbols for the play of the game, the selecting of one or more winning gaming symbols occurs prior to providing at least one playing card; and the selecting of one or more winning gaming symbols is preformed anew for each game; providing a playing card presenting gaming symbol(s) for the play of the game; and comparing the gaming symbols of the distributed playing card with the selected one or more winning gaming symbols to determine if the distributed playing card has any gaming symbols that match the one or more winning gaming symbols to establish the playing card as a winning game card. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159942 | Game of Chance Utilizing Wheels with Parlay and Progressive Jackpot Options - A game of chance and a method of playing a game of chance with a unique format and innovative wagering options, including parlay and progressive betting. At least one player must place at least one bet for the game to commence. Wagers can be placed on one event or multiple random events occurring simultaneously. Winning payouts are calculated based on the odds of the single event or the cumulative odds of multiple simultaneous events. The progressive bet can only be placed if another wager is simultaneously made, and is paid out as a separate bet. Once commenced, the game incorporates a plurality of random event generators to generate outcomes, which are paid out depending on predetermined payout odds. This game and method would be well suited for casinos in table, hybrid or electronic formats. This game could be played as a board game, a video game or a machine game. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159943 | GAMING MACHINES AND METHODS PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN ENVIRONMENTS IMPOSING PRIZE RESTRICTIONS - Method, apparatus, and program products relating to a multi-mode game play. A player places a bet through a player station to commence play in a first play mode of a multi-mode game. The first play mode may award a prize specified as a number of plays at a different (“second”) play mode. The second play mode has a different associated prize structure and a higher expected net value per play as compared to the first play mode. Once the player has played the specified number of plays at the second play mode the game switches back to the first play mode for additional plays. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159944 | WAGERING GAMING DEVICE HAVING SIMULATED CONTROL OF MOVEMENT OF GAME FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS - A wagering gaming device that enables a player to affect the movement of a functional element of a game by use of a user input device. More specifically, the present invention provides a processor controlled wagering gaming device that receives input from a user input device. The user manipulates the input device in the manner in which he wishes the functional element or to move. The processor receives the information from the input device and calculates parameters. The processor moves the functional element. This sequence or feature may be employed in a primary game, bonus game or in any stand alone game. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159945 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MULTI-SIDED PLAYING ELEMENTS - A method for a gaming machine is described that includes displaying a representation of at least one multi-sided playing element having a plurality of faces, and selecting, according to random criteria, a symbol for display on a first presented face of each multi-sided playing element. The selection may be made from a set of symbols that has more members than there are faces on the multi-sided playing element. Symbols on at least two and less than all of the presented faces of each multi-sided playing element may indicate a winning combination. The outcomes of the game may be defined from various sides of the one or more playing elements. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159946 | GAMING MACHINE WITH IMPROVED DISPLAY - A method for use with a gaming machine. The gaming machine presents symbols on a display in an array of symbol positions and evaluates the selected symbols for winning combinations in pay lines in the array. The symbols are selected for the display positions independently and at least one line in the array is selected by a player using a player interface by selecting individual symbol display positions. One pay line may only trigger feature games and/or the feature game that is awarded may be determined dependent on the symbols presented in another pay line. The game played by the gaming machine may also present first and second game symbols in the same display position and the presented first and second symbols are evaluated for the occurrence of a winning combination. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159947 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine is provided so as to comprise: a display device for displaying symbols variably and statically; a starting device for an operation to start a variable display of the symbols; a storage device for storing a plurality of predictive effect images corresponding to respective payout levels; and a processor being operable to: conduct an internal lottery to determine a combination of symbols to be displayed statically; select one of the predictive effect images corresponding to a predetermined winning combination when it is determined that the determined combination to be displayed statically matches the predetermined winning combination; and cause the selected one predictive effect image to be displayed as well as the variable display of symbols, wherein the plurality of predictive effect images indicate a degree of the payout levels such that a payout level to be awarded can be expected before an operation to stop the variable display. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159948 | PRESENTING AND CONTROLLING WAGERING GAME MARKETING INFORMATION - A network browser and toolbar objects are described herein. The network browser has a main display area that can display content. The toolbar objects can be on a wagering game toolbar that is a part of the network browser. The toolbar objects indicate information associated with wagering games. The network browser and the toolbar objects can receive and display content. Specifically, the toolbar objects can cross market affiliate content and wagering game content using features of the toolbar. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159949 | METHOD OF GAMING, A GAME CONTROLLER AND A PRIZE CONTROLLER - A method of gaming including conducting a game having a prize, receiving wagers, deriving from the wagers contributions towards funding the game, and incrementing a probability of awarding the prize based on the contributions. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159950 | GAMING MACHINE COMPRISING SWITCH TO SWITCH PAYOUT RATES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A gaming machine comprising a switch to be operated to switch the payout rates of the gaming machine that repeatedly executes a unit game, and a controller that executes processing to make the duration time required for the unit game from start to end, which is started when the payout rate is switched from a first payout rate to a second payout rate higher than the first payout rate by the operation of the switch, shorter than that when the payout rate is switched to the first payout rate. When the payout rate of the gaming machine is switched from the first payout rate to the second payout rate higher than the former by the operation of the switch, the duration time required for the unit game from start to end which is started after the switching becomes shorter than that required for the unit game that is started at the time of the first payout rate. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159951 | System and Method for Wagering - A system for wagering includes a plurality of cards, each having a unique user identification code and may have an electronic data storage for storing a monetary value and associating it with a respective user identification code, each monetary value being adjustable. A telephone interface device is in communication with a processor. The system includes programming to select a wager type and a wager amount (collectively referred to as a “wager”) utilizing data received through the telephone interface device, associate a selected wager with a respective user identification code, adjust the monetary value associated with the user identification code by decreasing the monetary value by the selected wager amount, and determine if the selected wager is a winner and, if so, associate a payout with the user identification code. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159952 | GAMING SYSTEM NETWORK AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING GAMING MEDIA - A gaming system server and method for generating a game output with a gaming system are described. The server includes at a registration database configured to store registration data associated with each user, a verification system communicatively connected with the at least one network access device and the registration database, a video system, and a gaming module. The verification system verifies that the user associated with the network access device is a registered user and verifies security information received from the network access device. The video system stores a plurality of images corresponding to at least one game type. The gaming module generates at least one random game output associated with at least one game outcome, and communicates the plurality of images corresponding to the at least one game outcome to the at least one network access device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159953 | NETWORK ACCESS DEVICE AND METHOD TO RUN A GAME APPLICATION - A network access device and method to run a gaming application on a network access device are described. The network access device comprises a communications module configured to allow the network access device to communicate with a network. The network access device is configured to transmit user identification information to a verification system and transmit security information to a verification system. When the user identification information and security information have been verified by the verification system, the network access device receives a random game output generated by a gaming system. | 2011-06-30 |
20110159954 | Modular gaming machine - A gaming machine has a first gaming device component and a second display device component and is particularly suited to presentation of wagering games. The gaming device is a first housing with associated player input devices and a game controller. The display device has a second housing with at least one game information display. The display device may be mounted to the gaming device to create a unitary device, or it may be mounted or set apart from the gaming device. The display device may also be connected to the gaming device in a number of orientations to create different gaming machine configurations. The display device also supports various display configurations, such as video displays and spinning reels. | 2011-06-30 |