33rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130210370 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - The measurement apparatus | 2013-08-15 |
20130210371 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - There is provided a mobile communication test apparatus for performing an operation test of a mobile communication apparatus which performs wireless communication by bundling a plurality of frequency blocks. The apparatus includes: a logical channel distribution section | 2013-08-15 |
20130210372 | MICRO ANTENNA FEEDER FOR WIDE BAND - The present invention relates to a micro wideband antenna feeder, and more particularly, to a micro wideband antenna feeder in which a quad scheme antenna and a cross dipole antenna are coupled to each other. The micro wideband antenna feeder includes: a quad scheme antenna; and a cross dipole antenna installed orthogonal to the quad scheme antenna and irradiating current distribution orthogonal to current distribution irradiated from the quad scheme antenna. According to preferred embodiments of the present invention, since phases 0, 90, 180, and 270 can be shifted by being designed as a feeding network PCB, a circularly polarized wave can be implemented. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210373 | Systems and Methods for Tuning an Antenna for a Frequency Modulation Transceiver - Systems and methods for tuning an antenna for a frequency modulation (FM) transceiver are provided. A representative system includes: a network of electrical adjustable passive components that receives and sends radio frequency (RF) signals to a receiver circuitry via the network of electrical adjustable passive components. The receiver circuitry determines the received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the RF signal. The system further includes a transmitter circuitry that transmits RF signals via the network of electrical adjustable passive components, and a peak detector circuitry that receives and determines a voltage output of the RF signals from the variable capacitors. An auto-tune circuitry receives the RSSI and output value from the receiver circuitry and the peak detector circuitry, respectively. The auto-tune circuitry is configured to adjust capacitance values of at least one of the serial variable capacitor and the parallel variable capacitor based on the RSSI and the voltage output during the reception and transmission of the RF signals, respectively. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210374 | ANTENNA DUPLEXER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An antenna duplexer includes a transmission filter and a reception filter both coupled with an antenna terminal. A pass band of the transmission filter is lower than a pass band of the reception filter. The transmission filter includes a first series resonator coupled with a first terminal, a second series resonator connected to the first series resonator at a first node, a first parallel resonator connected to a first port of the first series resonator, a second parallel resonator connected to a first node and the first parallel resonator at a second node, a third parallel resonator connected to the first node, a fourth parallel resonator connected to the third parallel resonator at a third node, a first inductance element coupled with the second node and a ground, and a second inductance element coupled with the third node and the ground. The inductance of the second inductance element is lower than the inductance of the first inductance element. In this antenna duplexer, the transmission filter sufficiently suppresses a spurious caused by harmonics contained in a transmission signal. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210375 | Cancellation of RF Second-Order Intermodulation Distortion - The disclosed invention relates to a transceiver system configured to cancel RF second-order intermodulation distortion (IMD | 2013-08-15 |
20130210376 | LINC TRANSMITTER WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY - A radio frequency (RF) transmitter is provided. The RF transmitter includes first and second drivers that are configured to receive first and second sets of complementary RF signals. Restoration circuits are coupled to the first and second drivers, and a bridge circuit is coupled to the first and second restoration circuits. By having the restoration circuits and the bridge circuit, a common mode impedance and a differential impedance can be provided, where the common mode impedance is lower than the differential impedance. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210377 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130210378 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED WIRELESS POWER AND DATA COMMUNICATION - A method and system of integrated wireless power and data transmission in a wireless device having a data communication circuit for wireless data communication and a power reception circuit including a charge storage unit. The wireless device is tuned to receive wireless RF signals in a certain frequency band via an antenna. Switching between power reception mode and data communication mode is detected. Received RF signal electrical charge is selectively distributed to the power reception circuit and/or the data communication circuit based on the switching mode and/or strength of the RF signal. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210379 | INTEGRATING A MOBILE HOTSPOT INTO A LARGER NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Integration of a mobile hotspot into a service provider network is disclosed. A network node establishes a first wireless communication link with a mobile hotspot device. The mobile hotspot device is configured to establish a second wireless communications link with at least one client device. The network node receives an access request message from the mobile hotspot device which comprises credentials provided by the at least one client device. The network node determines that the at least one client device is authorized to access the service provider network through the mobile hotspot device based on the credentials and indicates to the mobile hotspot device that the at least one client device is authorized to access the service provider network through the mobile hotspot device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210380 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BILLING COMMUNICATION - A method, implemented at least in part by a computing device, that can be used to bill a communication. The method includes terminating a teleservice request at an intermediary node, wherein the teleservice request is associated with a sender and a recipient; receiving teleservice content transmitted by the sender, wherein the teleservice content is received at no charge to the sender; receiving a request transmitted by the recipient to access the teleservice content, wherein receiving the request includes charging a fee; and sending the teleservice content to the recipient. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210381 | APPARATUS AND ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT METHOD OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A computerized method manages prepaid fees of a communication device having a first prepaid account. The first prepaid account is bound with one or more second prepaid accounts of one or more third-party terminals. Residual prepaid fees of the first prepaid account, and whether the prepaid fees of the first prepaid account are less than a predetermined value is determined. When the residual prepaid fees of the first prepaid account are less than the predetermined value, one of the second prepaid accounts is determined as a fee transferring account. A request message is sent to a communication server to request transferring a predetermined amount of prepaid fees from the fee transferring account to the first prepaid account of the communication device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210382 | MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES - Management of multiple subscriber identity modules by a server is disclosed. The server, for each subscriber identity module belonging to a set of subscriber identity modules of a user of a mobile terminal, detects a need to top up credit of the subscriber identity module, and after the detection, transmits, through a communication interface, transaction data determining a payment to the mobile phone operator of the subscriber identity module in order to top up the credit of the subscriber identity module. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210383 | VARIABLE BILLING OF MMS MESSAGES IN WIRELESS NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON MESSAGE FORMATION APPLICATION - A wireless mobile communication device may include a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit MMS messages over a wireless network communication system. The device may also include a plurality of user applications. Each user application may be of a different type and configured to generate content for an MMS message based on input to the wireless mobile communication device. The mobile communication device may include an MMS client configured to generate MMS messages based on content supplied by the user applications. The MMS client may be configured to generate a value for a field of information within each MMS message that is indicative of the type of user application which supplies content for the MMS message. The value may be different for each different type of user application. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210384 | SECURITY OF USER PLANE TRAFFIC BETWEEN RELAY NODE AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A gateway apparatus ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130210385 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A CSG FEMTOCELL - A method implemented by a terminal for accessing a CSG femtocell of a first access network. The terminal includes a list containing identifiers of CSG femtocells to which an access right is defined. The method includes: scanning a frequency band for discovering CSG femtocells; decoding, based on a key, a data stream broadcasted from the CGS femtocells; obtaining, based on the decoded data stream, an identifier of the CSG femtocells; and determining, based on the list, whether the terminal has authorised access to the discovered femtocells. The frequency band, the key or the list is determined based on a message received from a remote server via a second cellular access network different from the first access network. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210386 | Method And System For Routing Communications - A method for routing communications includes intercepting a request for communications service from a communications device, routing the intercepted request for service to an application server; and, executing the communications service being requested based on instructions from the application server. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210387 | AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING WHITELISTS TO CONTROL ACCESS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications system for an aircraft carrying at least one person having a personal electronic device (PED) includes an aircraft server in the aircraft for determining airborne validation of a ground server address entered via a corresponding PED, and a transceiver in the aircraft cooperating with the aircraft server for communicating using the airborne validated ground server address. A ground server on the ground is for determining ground validation of the airborne validated ground server address, and provides ground access for the corresponding PED for which the entered ground server address has both airborne and ground validation. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210388 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING ERROR EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IDENTITY PROVISIONING - Methods and apparatus for correcting error events associated with identity provisioning. In one embodiment, repeated requests for access control clients are responded to with the execution of a provisioning feedback mechanism which is intended to prevent the unintentional (or even intentional) over-consumption or waste of network resources via the delivery of an excessive amount of access control clients. These provisioning feedback mechanisms include rate-limiting algorithms and/or methodologies which place a cost on the user. Apparatus for implementing the aforementioned provisioning feedback mechanisms are also disclosed and include specialized user equipment and/or network side equipment such as a subscriber identity module provisioning server (SPS). | 2013-08-15 |
20130210389 | Remote Unlocking of Telecommunication Device Functionality - Techniques are described herein for deciding whether to unlock functionality of a telecommunication device based on one or more policies. A policy engine remote from the telecommunication device may receive, via a user interface associated with the policy engine, a request to unlock the functionality. The policy engine may then decide whether to unlock the functionality and, in response to deciding to unlock the functionality, may cause transmission of instructions to the telecommunication device to unlock the functionality. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210390 | Systems and Methods for Retrieving Voicemail Account Information - A provisioning system configured to retrieve a voicemail password and/or a pilot number for a voicemail account, create a first service request directed to an over-the-air system, and send the first service request to the over-the-air system, if the provisioning system determines that the voicemail account has been initialized. The first service request instructs the over-the-air system to format a first message including the voicemail password and/or the pilot number for delivery to a mobile device. The provisioning system is further configured to create a second service request directed to the over-the-air system and send the second service request to the over-the-air system, if the provisioning system determines that the voicemail account has not been initialized. The second service request instructs the over-the-air system to format a second message including a default voicemail password and/or a default pilot number for delivery to the mobile device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210391 | Method And System For Anonymous Operation Of A Mobile Node - A mobile node and its home system generate synchronized time-based codes at periodic time intervals. Each time-based code is valid for a predetermined time period. To facilitate anonymous operation when roaming, the mobile node identifies itself with a coded identifier instead of a public identifier. The coded identifier used at a given time includes the time-based code that is valid for that given time. To authenticate the mobile node, a serving system receives authentication information from the mobile node and forwards the authentication information to a home system. The authentication information includes the current time-based code and a timestamp. The home system identifies the mobile node from the current time-based code and the timestamp. The home system then uses the authentication information to authenticate the mobile node. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210392 | AUTOMATED PROMPTING TECHNIQUES IMPLEMENTED VIA MOBILE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Various aspects disclosed herein are directed to different types of automated personal assistant techniques for facilitating call event notation, tagging, calendaring, etc., particularly those implemented on mobile communication devices. Users of mobile devices are provided with a relatively easy way to record and organize personal notes relating to one or more selected telephone conversations conducted by the user. Users can also manage notes, tasks, and schedule items related to the user's contacts and social network(s). In at least one embodiment, a Mobile Application running on a user's mobile device may be configured or designed to automatically detect an end of phone call event at the mobile device, and to automatically display a “pop-up” dialog GUI prompting the user to record a personalized note or other content (if desired), to be associated with the phone call which just ended. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210393 | System Having Location Based Proximity Features and Methods Thereof - A system having location based proximity features and methods thereof are described. A voicemail system can be accessed for a pre-recorded voicemail. When targets are within range they can get the message. The system can provide a callback feature allowing an originating device to be contacted when a device is detected within range of the defined location. The system can provide location based calling features. Participants within a geographic area can answer a call located within a range of the defined location. Conditional callbacks within a geographic area can be used for querying a group of selected parties within a location. The participants can decide to accept the call based on conditions placed by the caller. Ring groups for those participants can be established. Participants within a geographic area can be forwarded a call. Intelligent decision facilities can be part of determining whether to forward the call. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210394 | 1800 number that connects to the internet and mobile devises - The method is for everyone to transport sound and words, and or recordings to the internet. Audio telecommunication network systems containing an 1800 Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number with a software system that will recognize sounds, words, and or recordings which will understand to translate into written document format such as completing a full document report or just submitting material's recordings to a located website. When dialed into the 1-800 number, users will be able to access the app website to hear their recorded messages and to respond to messages or send or save to other websites. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210395 | OPTIMIZING SELECTION OF METHOD OF DETERMINING LOCATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM USING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A method of selecting an optimal mode of determining location in a social networking system which uses mobile communications devices such as cellular telephones. The system may select GPS, aGPS if the communications device is so enabled, or cellular telephone triangulation, depending upon equipment and operability. A hybrid employing both GPS and also aGPS may be utilized. Once determined, location may be displayed graphically using a map. Those functions of the social networking dependent upon member location may then be implemented. The internet may be employed as a communications link. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210396 | METHOD FOR COLLECTIVELY TRANSFERRING LOGICALLY GROUPED OBJECTS - A method for creating, utilizing/applying and transferring a group of objects from a communication device to a remote device in a network is provided. The method includes creating at least one group of related objects by extracting the related objects from a database of the communication device; applying rules and properties to the created group locally on the communication device; connecting to the remote device for transferring the group; and transferring the group to the remote device as a single entity. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210397 | CONTENT SHARING SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, PROTOCOL SWITCHING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A content sharing system in which a plurality of terminal devices that enable voice calls and data communication to each other, switching equipment that mediates the voice calls, and a content sharing server that mediates the data communication are connected to each other, each mobile device comprising: a voice call module, a content sharing application that generates incremental update commands in response to one user operation and sends the incremental update commands to another mobile device with respect to the same content; first and second communication control units that perform data communication according to first and second communication protocols; and a protocol selection unit that sends a desired protocol to the content sharing server according to the status of the terminal device, receives the determined protocol and switches the communication protocol to this protocol. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210398 | TRANSMITTING INFORMATION - The present invention relates to the transmission of push information to a handset. Before pushing a page to the handset, it is checked that the page belongs to the same service as the page currently display. If the page to be pushed belongs to a different service, it is not pushed. The risk of disruption to the original service is thereby reduced. Checking is preferably done by a gateway to which the handset is connected. The gateway can store details of the page last transmitted to the handset in order to facilitate the check. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210399 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION - A method, apparatus and computer-readable media for providing caller identification information. A server receives a call notification that identifies a call originating from a calling address for connection to a destination address associated with a wireless destination device. The server makes the determination that the wireless destination device is within a predetermined proximity of a media station. Based on the determination, the server communicates a caller identifier to the media station for presentation on a display device communicatively coupled to the media station. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210400 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONFERENCE CALL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and a method for providing a conference call service in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for sending and receiving an IDentifier (ID) of a participant to take part in a conference call, schedule information of the participant, and conference call reservation information by communicating with a conference server, a display unit for outputting the ID, the schedule information, and the conference call reservation information, an input unit for generating input data for selecting the ID, and response data of a conference call connection request, a reservation information generator for identifying a participant to take part in the conference call by detecting the input data for the ID, sending participant information to the conference server, and generating the conference call reservation information including an available conference call schedule by receiving the participant schedule information from the conference server. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210401 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING A CONFERENCE BETWEEN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A CONFERENCING TERMINAL - A conferencing system for an enterprise is disclosed. The conferencing system includes a management apparatus for managing conferencing resources in a premises. The management apparatus includes a communications link for communicating with a proximity announcing system, which indicates whether a portable communications device is near a conferencing device within the premises. The management apparatus can transmit a message to a proximate portable communication device indicating that a conferencing device is nearby. The proximity announcing system can include wireless transmitters and receivers associated with the premises and with portable communication devices used within the premises for tracking the location of the portable communication devices throughout the premises. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210402 | CONTROL METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A control method for a communication device is provided. The control method includes the steps of: determining whether the communication device is in a wrong communication state when a call of a communication function is made from the communication device, and if the communication device is in the wrong communication state, prohibiting the communication function from being performed by the communication device after the call is finished. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210403 | Enhanced Power Conservation For Mobile Phones - A mobile phone initially probes while in an open-loop mode with an estimated power level based on the received power level from a base station. If a response is not received, power is incremented, and a subsequent probe is sent. The process is repeated until a response is received or when maximum power is reached. If a response is still not received, the mobile phone tests for changing its location state. When BTS probes are unsuccessful and maximum power is reached, available sensors are sampled and tested for a change of state, e.g., by way of an inclinometer, an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a GPS, standard | 2013-08-15 |
20130210404 | LOCAL DOWNLOADING OF TEMPORARY APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - A system and related methods of managing computer-executable applications for a mobile device are provided. The method determines when the mobile device is located within an application support area corresponding to an application provider, and wirelessly downloads a temporary application at the mobile device. The downloaded temporary application is installed at the mobile device, resulting in an installed temporary application. Thereafter, the method detects when the mobile device has left the application support area and, in response to the detecting, the mobile device is configured such that the installed temporary application cannot be executed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210405 | Autonomous Location Of Objects In A Mobile Reference Frame - An apparatus and method for estimating a location of an object within a mobile reference frame. Sensor data is received from an accelerometer associated with an object followed by determining from the sensor data that the mobile reference frame is executing one of a set of pre-determined maneuvers. In response to such determination: (1) the sensor data is applied to a mathematical model associated with the executed maneuver, the model trained with previously obtained data from one or more reference accelerometers positioned at known locations within the mobile reference frame and estimating the location of the object by applying the sensor data to the mathematical model; and/or (2) incorporating reference accelerometers in the mobile reference frame and comparing the sensor data with the reference accelerometers and estimating the location of the object. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210406 | PHONE THAT PREVENTS TEXTING WHILE DRIVING - The present invention includes a phone able to detect or determine that a user of the phone is sitting in a driver seat of a moving vehicle. The determination may be based on, for example, captured front-side images, captured back-side images, captured audio, contextual analysis of textual messages, contextual analysis of phone conversations or intra-vehicular conversations, GPS data or other location data, or other parameters. Upon such determination, the phone may block one or more features or applications, such as texting or messaging. The present invention may reduce, eliminate or block occurrences of concurrent texting-and-driving, or other unsafe or illegal operations. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210407 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED NETWORK CONNECTIVITY - Methods and systems for applying power to a mobile device responsive to user actions are disclosed. An exemplary method includes detecting, while a mobile device is powered down, actions made by a user in connection with the user handling the mobile device without pressing a power button of the mobile device. A prediction is then made that the user is about to power up the mobile device based upon particular actions made by the user. And before the user presses the power button, power is applied to processing and network communication components of the mobile device so that if the user presses the power button, the processing and network communication components are already powered; thus reducing an amount of time it takes for the mobile device to access a network with the mobile device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210408 | METHOD OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION WITHIN A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of reducing power consumption within a portable communication device uses spatial sensing modules to identify a stationary state or to sense motion of the device, and continuously monitors the device's surroundings. The device includes a control module coupled to the spatial sensing modules, which include a global positioning system, and a module that identifies the location of the device through a cellular wireless communication network. The method uses the control module to switch on or switch off the spatial sensing modules based on identifying that the device has been in a spatially static state for a time period or has been suddenly moved, or if any sudden changes have been detected in the device's surroundings. Furthermore, if the device is identified to be at an indoor location for a specific period of time, the control module switches off the global positioning system of the device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210409 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNING IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a radio related message including derived information for a particular cell in a heterogeneous network; and changing one or more self-optimizing network parameters of a small cell in the heterogeneous network to attract user equipment, where the change can be based on the derived information. In more specific embodiments, the derived information is provided in a relocation command message. In addition, the derived information can include cell load information for a macro cell. Certain methodologies may include receiving small cell derived information for a plurality of small cells in the heterogeneous network; and increasing a plurality of self-optimizing network parameters of the plurality of small cells in the heterogeneous network to attract a plurality of instances of user equipment, the increase can be based, at least, on information within Radio Access Network Application Part (RANAP) messages. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210410 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING ALERT MODES OF THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device receives a message periodically broadcast by a wireless broadcast device placed within a location, and determines a type of the location and a broadcast period of the message. The wireless communication device sets a check period for periodically checking whether the wireless communication device receives the message, and checks if a present alert mode of the wireless communication device is suitable for the type of the location in a present check period. When the present alert mode of the wireless communication device is not suitable, the wireless communication device automatically switches the present tone mode to a new tone. When the wireless communication device does not receive the message within a next check period, the wireless communication device is determined as having left the location and automatically switched back to the present alert mode from the new alert mode. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210411 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DEVICE CALIBRATION - A method includes receiving, at a device to be calibrated, a data packet from a second device that is directing the calibration. The data packet includes at least two segments, where each segment corresponds to at least one calibration instruction. The method includes conducting a calibration of the device according to the calibration instructions corresponding to the at least two segments. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210412 | METHOD FOR EMBEDDING DEVICE-SPECIFIC DATA TO ENABLE PROVISIONING A DEVICE WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - The invention provides methods for providing a unified single-scan user interface for accessing and managing a remotely located device throughout its life cycle, including cellular network provisioning, cloud data provider registration, initialization and activation, as well as providing end users with easy access to the device and its data. The end user simply powers the device on and the device automatically connects with the communication network and the cloud data provider. The device comes to the end user already provisioned and paired and activated with the cloud data provider and the communication network provider. The end user may provision the device by scanning an optically scannable identification label having device-specific data embedded thereon using a mobile device such as a smartphone or the like. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210413 | METHOD OF INHIBITING FUNCTIONS OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method of inhibiting a function of a multi-function portable personal communications device includes determining a first position of the personal communications device, after a predetermined time interval, determining a second position of the personal communications device, determining the distance between the first position and the second position, determining the time interval in which the personal communications device moved from the first position and the second position, calculating an average velocity of the personal communications device based on the first position, the second position and the time interval and, if the average velocity of the personal communication device exceeds a predetermined value, inhibiting a function of the personal communications device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210414 | FIXED LOCATION REGISTRATION - Systems, devices and techniques for machine to machine (M2M) communications include optimizing performance of an M2M network based on knowledge about a fixed, or non-mobile, operation of an M2M service. In various embodiments, paging operation, direct channel assignment operation and timer based registration are optimized. The fixed operation may be communicated by a user device receiving the service to a network server providing the service. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210415 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY SELECTION - Methods and apparatus for intelligently selecting and operating one or more air interfaces of a mobile wireless device for e.g., call setup time reduction. In one embodiment, operation of a high speed cellular interface is selectively adjusted or disabled or switched out when not required so as to minimize call setup times by, e.g., using a different cellular interface to receive pages. In one implementation, the wireless device includes a high-speed cellular interface, a lower-speed cellular interface, and a WLAN (e.g., Wi-Fi) interface. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210416 | Processing Method, Device, and System for Bandwidth Control - A processing method, device, and system for bandwidth control are provided in embodiments of the present invention, where the method includes: acquiring, by a mobile communications network device, when detecting that a mobile terminal is activated or a mobile terminal is performing a cell handover, a set of configuration parameters including a cell identifier of a cell where the mobile terminal is located; and dynamically configuring, by the mobile communications network device, a bandwidth control policy for the mobile terminal according to the set of configuration parameters and a set of bandwidth control policies preconfigured by an operator, where the set of bandwidth control policies includes a bandwidth control policy corresponding to the cell identifier. According to the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, not only bandwidth resources are made rational use, but also the processing efficiency of bandwidth control is effectively improved. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210417 | REMOTELY CONFIGURING MOBILE TELEPHONE SOFTWARE BASED ON SUBSCRIPTION - A method, which is convenient to subscribe, configure and move mobile telephone software service, focuses on user. It regards all kinds of mobile telephone service software as the carrier of the service. A user's mobile telephone stores user description information and service description information related of the mobile telephone in service management platform after installing and starting a mobile telephone service. The user logs on the service management platform through access equipment, and subscribes mobile telephone service modality and all kindsyof function available after identity authorization. The user can configure service parameters through access equipment, downloads the mobile telephone service software or service description information from service management platform, and installs them to user's mobile telephone after subscription or configuration operation. The user can log on the service management platform through new mobile telephone when the mobile telephone is updated. All mobile telephone service and service description information used in the original mobile telephone can be moved to the new mobile telephone selectively or as a whole after identity authorization. It is convenient to update, subscribe and configure individualization mobile telephone service software. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210418 | REMOTE ACTIVATION OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS - According to one configuration, a user is able to activate an application on a mobile phone device without the user having to directly pressing an appropriate sequence of keys on the mobile phone device. For example, a user logs onto a web site to provide a phone number of the mobile phone device. Additionally, via input to the web site, the user also requests activation of a particular application on the mobile phone device. An application server receives notification of the request and generates a text-message to the application on the mobile phone device to initiate activation of the application. In response to receiving the text-message, the application on the mobile phone device initiates retrieval of appropriate configuration information associated with the user from the application server. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210419 | System and Method for Associating Media Files with Messages - A system and method for composing an audio message are disclosed, which may include a memory for storing control parameters identifying respective preconfigured audio segments, the preconfigured audio segments being emotones; a recorder for enabling a user of the recording system to introduce user voice input into an audio message; and command input means for enabling the user of the recording system to selectively add user voice input and emotones into the audio message. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210420 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for power optimization in e.g., a wireless mobile device. In one embodiment, the optimization is effected via intelligent idle mode current drain management. In an exemplary LTE cellular network context, the user equipment (UE) only powers on its transceiver for a subset of Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles based on e.g., the quality of the radio environment, power considerations, location, etc. For example, if a UE has not moved, and its radio reception quality is good, the UE is likely to successfully receive a paging notification (i.e., without multiple attempts). Consequently, the UE configures itself to receive only a single paging indication. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210421 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATING OVER MULTIPLE SUBSCRIPTIONS - The described aspects include a user equipment (UE) apparatus and corresponding method of communicating with multiple networks using multiple subscriptions. The UE can establish a call in a first network related to a first subscription over a transceiver. During the call, the UE autonomously tunes the transceiver to a frequency of a second network related to a second subscription within a defined gap during the call. The UE can monitor one or more channels in the second network during the defined gap for one or more idle-mode signals. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210422 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOBILITY ROBUSTNESS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK AND SMALL CELL DEPLOYMENTS - Systems and methods for providing mobility robustness in a heterogeneous network may be provided. For example, information such as a physical cell identity (PCI) may be received from a network and/or an occurrence of an event or trigger may be detected. Based on the information or the occurrence of the event or trigger, a determination may be made as to whether a robustness situation may be configured to occur and/or whether to initiate a mobility robustness action. When a robustness situation may be configured to occur and/or a mobility robustness action may be configured to be initiated, the mobility robustness action may then be performed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210423 | ACQUIRING INFORMATION FROM VOLATILE MEMORY OF A MOBILE DEVICE - According to various embodiments, there is provided a method of acquiring information from volatile memory of a mobile device, the method including: accessing the volatile memory of the mobile device used by an application operating on the mobile device to store communicated information with a communication device; acquiring a copy of data present in the volatile memory; and analysing the copy of data to extract the communicated information. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210424 | HIGH CAPACITY HYBRID TERRESTRIAL/SATELLITE CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A hybrid cellular radiocommunication system includes base stations defining terrestrial cells covered by satellite umbrella cells. The base stations are distributed so as to be distinguishable by the satellite cell according to a time-invariant distribution function, and the system includes a device for maintaining, permanently and in the same link direction, congruence of the coverage of each satellite cell with respect to coverage of the terrestrial cells associated with the base stations contained in the satellite cell, with coverage of a satellite cell being congruent with a predetermined terrestrial coverage set when the predetermined coverage set is included in the satellite coverage. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210425 | WI-FI PROCESS - A method and apparatus for a wireless device that can adapt a rate of related wireless network unit scans for adjacent networks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the wireless device can include a wireless network unit and a co-located geo-location signal receiver, and a processor. The processor can determine the position and speed of the wireless device from data received from the geo-location signal receiver. The processor can configure the wireless network unit to adapt the rate of related wireless network scans based upon determined speed and position. In one embodiment, the wireless network unit scans can be wireless scans for other nearby networks for roaming or location based services. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210426 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SELECTION - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving communication network selection on a mobile device | 2013-08-15 |
20130210427 | Method and System for Efficiently Routing Messages - Efficient routing of a message over a data network. A first communication device sends a message to a telemetry gateway or short message arbitrator. The telemetry gateway or short message arbitrator determines the communication protocol of the first communication device and the communication protocol of a second communication device. The telemetry gateway or short message arbitrator converts the message to a data format compatible with the second communication device, wherein the message is converted to one of at least three different communication protocols. The telemetry gateway or short message arbitrator then forwards the message for receipt by the second communication device. The telemetry gateway or short message arbitrator can convert and forward the message without completing a store and forward process. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210428 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED HIGH PRIORITY PLMN SEARCH AND NORMAL SERVICE SCAN IN LIMITED SERVICE - Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting a serving cell in a communication network for reducing power consumption in a UE, is provided. Network topology information is determined by obtaining cell rank information for the UE, extracting a mobility state of the UE, and applying a double moving average principle to the cell rank information of the UE. The network topology information is employed to determine a change in network topology. Radio Frequency (RF) scans are optimized based on the network topology. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210429 | MOBILE DEVICE, NETWORK APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CELL-INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD - Even when small cells formed by the Home Node B and the Home eNode B are concentrated, the Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) function is effectively performed. A mobile device | 2013-08-15 |
20130210430 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PAGING MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A paging message processing method is capable of handling paging message processing delay in handover from a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) includes determines, when an inbound call occurs, whether a Mobility Management Entity (MME) system exists; transmits, when no MME exists, a paging message over an IU interface; determines, when no response message is received, whether a location registration request is received form the MME; transmits, when the location registration request is received, a location registration response to the MME system to deliver the paging message via the MME system; and processes, when a paging response is received, the inbound call. In a heterogeneous network handover from a WCDMA network to an LTE network, the MSC hands over the paging procedure control to the MME immediately so as to facilitate processing the inbound call. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210431 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD - With this transmission power control method, in a radio base station apparatus ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130210432 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND LOCATION MANAGEMENT SERVER - A communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention is a communication system including a location management server for managing the location of a mobile station, a base station for deciding an exchange which accommodates the mobile station via the base station in response to a location registration request from the mobile station and making the location registration request to the exchange decided, and an exchange for making the location registration request to the location management server in response to the location registration request from the base station, wherein the location management server designates an exchange for accommodating the mobile station in response to the location registration request. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210433 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving System Information (SI) of a femto base station in a wireless communication system are provided. In the method, an SI transmission point is determined using unique identification information of a femto base station itself and unique identification information of a macro base station with which the femto base station is associated. Each of user equipment and the macro base station generate a measurement gap pattern representing an SI reception point using the unique identification information of the femto base station and the unique identification information of the macro base station. SI is received from the femto base station according to the generated measurement gap pattern. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210434 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES IN HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Devices and methods for adjusting resource management procedures in heterogeneous communication networks are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for adjusting radio resource management procedures in a mobile device communicating with a node operating in a cell in a heterogeneous communication network includes transmitting a first message to the node, the first message including a request for cell information, receiving a second message transmitted from the node, the second message including the requested cell information, measuring signal reception information, processing the received cell information and measured signal reception information to determine an adjustment to a radio resource management procedure, and adjusting the radio resource management procedure based on the determined adjustment. The first and second messages may be radio resource control (RRC) messages, such as RRC connection request and response messages. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210435 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES IN HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS BASED ON CELL INFORMATION - Devices and methods for adjusting resource management procedures in a mobile device communicating with a node operating in a cell in a heterogeneous communication network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a signal, including a reference signal, transmitted from the node during a predetermined time period, measuring signal reception information, including reference signal power values, at predetermined time intervals during the predetermined time period, measuring speeds of movement of the mobile device at the predetermined time intervals, determining a reference signal power variation value based on the variability of the measured reference signal power values, comparing the determined reference signal power variation value with a predetermined power threshold value for a given measured speed, determining cell information based on the comparison, determining an adjustment to a resource management procedure based on the determined cell information, and adjusting the resource management procedure based on the determined adjustment. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210436 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOPOLOGY MANAGEMENT FOR HANDOVERS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method comprises receiving a relocation required message for a user equipment from a source Radio Access Network (RAN); multicasting a relocation request to multiple local RANs; receiving a first relocation acknowledgement from a first local RAN of the multiple local RANs to which a user equipment may be handed into; and forwarding the first relocation acknowledgement to the source RAN. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210437 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED MOBILITY PROCEDURE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide measurement reports on a more timely basis. Additionally, the method, apparatus and computer program product may provide measurement reports without first having initiated a cell reselection process. As such, the network entity, such as a radio network controller (RNC), may provide increased control in regards to the mobility procedure, such as cell redirection or handover, based at least in part upon the measurement result. From the perspective of a mobile terminal, one method includes receiving instructions to perform a cell update procedure based upon a new measurement. In response to obtaining the new measurement, the method also includes causing the cell update procedure to be triggered. In this regard, the cell update procedure includes provision of a cell update message that includes measurement results. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210438 | CELL-BASED INTER-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT EVENTS FOR DETECTED OR MONITORED SET CELLS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit a neighbor list to be updated, such as by removing a monitored cell or adding a detected cell. The method determines that a monitored cell that is on the neighbor list or a detected cell that is not on the neighbor list satisfies predetermined criteria defining an event. The method also causes information to be provided regarding the monitored cell or detected cell in response to the event, and then receives a message adding the detected cell to the neighbor list or removing the monitored cell from the neighbor list. Once a detected cell is added to the neighbor list, the method may use the detected cell to determine a frequency quality estimate, use the detected cell for inter-frequency measurements or consider the detected cell for inclusion in a virtual active set. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210439 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING SYSTEM INFORMATION OF LTE-BASED FEMTOCELL - Provided are a mobile communication system comprising a femto base station for transmitting system information, and a terminal for receiving the system information from the femto base station. The terminal receives the system information from the femto base station, and during other times, receives data from a serving macro base station. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210440 | MOBILE TERMINAL, MOTION/STILLNESS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile terminal determines whether the mobile terminal is moving or stationary. The mobile terminal includes a motion acceleration detection unit that detects motion acceleration based on acceleration information of the mobile terminal, a serving cell information retrieving unit that retrieves information representing a serving cell, a serving cell information switching determination unit that determines whether the serving cell is switched, based on the information representing the serving cell, and a motion/stillness determination unit that determines, when the serving cell is determined to be switched, whether the mobile terminal is moved, based on whether the motion acceleration is detected. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210441 | Measurement Termination of Higher-Prioritized Layers for Priority-Based Cell Reselection Algorithms in Cellular Communication Systems - A user equipment (UE) is operated in a cellular communication system in which radiofrequency resources are partitioned into layers, each layer being associated with one of a set of hierarchical priority levels. While camped on a serving cell whose signals are transmitted on a first layer associated with a first priority level, the UE repeatedly measures a characteristic of a second layer that is present within its surroundings and generates from these measurements a plurality of measured surroundings data, wherein the second layer is associated with a second priority level that is higher than the first priority level. The UE ceases measuring the characteristic of the second layer that is present within the UE's surroundings in response to detecting both that at least one of the measured surroundings data is less than a predetermined threshold level and that a trend of the measured surroundings data is negative. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210442 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE, AND NETWORK APPARATUS - The communication system according to the present invention includes: a mobile device | 2013-08-15 |
20130210443 | Mobility in Heterogeneous Network Environments - There are provided measures for mobility in heterogeneous network environments, said measures exemplarily including configuring, at a network entity, and/or transmitting, from the network entity to one or more terminals, one or more terminal-unspecific handover qualification data defining a qualification of one or more cells for handover cell selection depending on a terminal speed, autonomously determining a terminal speed, and selecting one or more cells for handover cell selection using the received one or more handover qualification data on the basis of the determined terminal speed. Said measures may exemplarily be applied for mobility procedures in heterogeneous network environments based on LTE, LTE-Advanced, HSPA and/or UMTS radio access systems. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210444 | NETWORK ELEMENT, CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A network element for supporting communication within at least one cell of a cellular communication network comprises a signal processing module arranged to identify when a first cell supported by the network element is in a capacity state, and in response thereto, indicate the first cell as being in a restricted access state within system information broadcast within the first cell and valid for wireless communication units in a connected mode state. The signal processing module is further arranged, upon receipt of a connection request message from a wireless communication unit within the first cell, to determine whether the first cell is in a capacity state, and, in response to determining that the first cell is in a capacity state, to cause the wireless communication unit from which the connection request message was received to enter a connected mode state. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210445 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, HIGH-POWER BASE STATION, LOW-POWER BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A radio communication system | 2013-08-15 |
20130210446 | SCHEDULING DATA TRANSMISSIONS IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention relates to a method of communicating in a mobile telecommunication network ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130210447 | SPECTRUM SHARING IN MULTI-RAT RADIO BASE STATIONS - Embodiments herein disclose a method in a radio base station ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130210448 | TIERED WIRELESS, MULTI-MODAL ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wireless, multi-modal access device and system adapted to integrate a number of communications networks operating in differing communication modes to facilitate transfer of communication links during a communication session to promote efficient use of the communication networks. The system includes a plurality of Universal Multi-Modal Access. Devices UMMAD that are capable of operating at different frequencies and different protocols (TDMA, AMPS, CDMA, GSM, PCS etc) to communicate with any one of a number of Wide Bandwidth Gateways (WBG), which are each capable of communication using one or more of the protocols, The communication links may be switched from one WBG to another or from one protocol to another during a communication session to continue the session under the control of a Universal System Traffic Controller. Numerous other applications of the UMMADs for unique identification and e-commerce are disclosed. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210449 | MOBILE GEOLOCATION - Estimating a location of a first mobile communication unit ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130210450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GEOLOCATING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT - A method for geolocating a wireless communication unit. The method comprises receiving measurement data for radio frequency (RF) signals between the wireless communication unit and at least one base transceiver station, calculating an RF measurement based geolocation estimate for the wireless communication unit based at least partly on the received RF signal measurement data, obtaining geographical area data for at least one wireless coverage area visible to the wireless communication unit, determining a geolocation validation area based at least partly on the obtained geographical area data for the at least one wireless coverage area visible to the wireless communication unit, and deriving a confidence factor for the RF measurement based geolocation estimate based at least partly on the determined geolocation validation area. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210451 | Location reporting with secure user plane location (SUPL) - Techniques for supporting periodic and other location services with Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) and other location architectures are described. The techniques can provide position estimates for a SUPL enabled terminal (SET) to a SUPL agent periodically and/or based on trigger events. A Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) receives from the SUPL agent a request for position estimates for the SET. The H-SLP starts a SUPL location session with the SET. For each of at least one reporting event during the location session, the H-SLP obtains a position estimate for the SET and sends the position estimate to the SUPL agent. The position estimate may be derived by the SET and sent to the H-SLP. Alternatively, the position estimate may be derived by the H-SLP based on measurements from the SET. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210452 | METHOD OF PROCESSING POSITIONING INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of processing positioning information in an electronic apparatus having a signal receiving unit, is provided. The method includes receiving at least one positioning signal through the signal receiving unit and obtaining positioning information from the positioning signal. The method further includes selectively adjusting a positioning tolerance according to the positioning information and the positioning tolerance. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210453 | METHOD OF CALCULATING MOVEMENT SPEED AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING MOVEMENT SPEED - In a baseband processing circuit unit, a reception signal type determination unit determines whether or not a reception signal in a GPS reception unit is an indirect wave. A movement speed calculation unit calculates a movement speed of the GPS reception unit using a correction coefficient of a relative speed determined in accordance with the determination of whether or not the reception signal is an indirect wave, a transmission frequency of a GPS satellite signal and a reception frequency in the GPS reception unit. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210454 | User Path Determining System and Method Therefor - A system for determining a user's path is described. The system comprises a location server arranged to receive location data of a communication device associated with the user, the location data defining the detected position of the communication device at a number of different points in time, the location server further arranged to receive sequence data associated with the location data indicative of the order in which the location data was determined; path determining means for determining the user's path passing through points defined by the received location data and the associated sequence data; and a comparator for comparing the determined path of the user with one or more predetermined user paths; wherein the location server processes the received location data depending upon the result of the comparison and corrects the determined user path with the processed location data. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210455 | AGGREGATING DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION - A method for aggregating demographic distribution information from a plurality of networks, the method comprising, in each network: monitoring the location of each of a plurality of user devices in each of a plurality of location areas; retrieving demographic information associated with a plurality of user devices; transmitting an indication of the demographic distribution for each location area to a data collector; the method further comprising: receiving the indications at the data collector and collating the information to generate an aggregated demographic distribution map. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210456 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD AND RELATED METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The present invention provides for a UICC interface and related interfacing method, for use in a mobile radio communications device and including an element enabling the UICC to provide an indication that at least one service requiring location data is present in the UICC, an element for UICC to receive notification that a source of location data is available, an element for allowing the UICC to initiate transfer of location data thereto, an element for the actual transfer of the location data to the UICC, and an element enabling the UICC to terminate the transfer of the location data, and wherein the location data can be provided from a GPS module or remotely in a contact-less manner. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICES IN CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS - The sensor network may include a location capture processing unit; and a plurality of sensors in communication with the location capture processing unit. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors includes a controller and a RF receiver configured to receive RF signals. The RF receiver is in communication with the controller. A localization engine is configured to receive beacon signals transmitted by other sensors in the sensor network. The localization engine is in communication with the controller. The controller of each of the plurality of sensors is further configured to determine a position of its respective sensor using either RF receiver or localization engine or both. The plurality of sensors communicates their position to the location capture processing unit. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210458 | Method and Devices for Positioning Information Reporting - A method, performed in a positioning node of a wireless communication system, for positioning reporting in the wireless communication system comprises providing ( | 2013-08-15 |
20130210459 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile terminal having an autonomous navigation function including a map application unit configured to perform map matching of a current position of the mobile terminal onto a route from a departure point to a destination point of a user of the mobile terminal in map information, a measurement unit configured to detect movement of the mobile terminal and provide sensor information indicative of the movement of the user, a position calculation unit configured to calculate a movement amount of the mobile terminal from a reference position based on the sensor information and calculate a current position of the mobile terminal based on the calculated movement amount and the reference position, and a reroute detection unit configured to compare a first distance between the calculated current position of the mobile terminal and the reference position with a second distance between the map-matched current position of the mobile terminal and the reference position, wherein if the first distance is sufficiently greater than the second distance, the reroute detection unit requests the map application unit to search for a route again. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210460 | Apparatus and method for controlling transmission and reception of basic safety messages by pedestrian users - Safety message monitoring operations and/or safety message transmission operations are controlled for a mobile wireless communications device. The periodicity with regard to safety message monitoring and/or safety message transmissions is varied based on the environment of the mobile wireless device. The transmission power level with regard to safety message transmissions is varied based on the environment of the mobile wireless device. In some embodiments, safety message monitoring and transmission operations are disabled when the mobile device is determined to be inside a building or inside a vehicle. In some embodiments, safety message monitoring rate and safety message transmission rate is varied as a function of proximity to vehicular traffic and/or the level of detected vehicular traffic. In some embodiments, safety message transmission power level is varied as a function of proximity to vehicular traffic and/or the level of detected vehicular traffic. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210461 | CLOSE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for providing information to a user of a mobile device when the user is located in close proximity to a point of interest. For example, as a user of a mobile device travels past a retail store, coupons are displayed on the user's mobile phone. The information to be displayed is identified though use of a unique identifier provided by a short-range wireless transmitter deployed by the retail store and provided to a remote server by the mobile device. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210462 | Confirming a Venue of User Location - Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user and whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the targeted content is monitored. Payment systems, phone exchange systems, and other features may also be integrated to provide detailed conversion tracking to producers of targeted content and business owners. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210463 | Confirming a Venue of User Location - Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user and whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the targeted content is monitored. Payment systems, phone exchange systems, and other features may also be integrated to provide detailed conversion tracking to producers of targeted content and business owners. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210464 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NETWORK SERVICES RELATED TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - A method for applying network services related to geographic location including receiving regions within a map and receiving geo-service definitions for the regions. The method includes determining a subscriber's region and determining information related to the subscriber's traffic flow. The method then applies geo-service definitions based on the subscriber's region and the information related to the traffic flow. A system for applying network services related to geographic location having a location detection module for detecting a subscriber's location and a region detection module for determining the subscriber's region within a map based on the subscriber's location. The system further including a geo-service definition and enablement module for defining geo-service definitions and actions; and a subscriber detection and traffic management module adapted to receive the subscriber's region and apply geo-service definitions to the subscriber traffic flow based in part on the region of the subscriber. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING - GPS data can be transmitted from a portable electronic device to a central database using either a cellular network or a satellite RF network. Multiple embodiments are capable of executing tools and techniques that automatically determine the network appropriate for given conditions, maximize GPS data transmission coverage, and minimize cost. Using the described technology, it is possible to detect, differentiate between, and utilize networks according to circumstance. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210466 | Circuit Switched Fallback Proxy - The present invention relates to proxy handling messages of a mobile user entity in a mobile communications network comprising a first switching control node supporting Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB) functionality and a second switching control node not supporting the CSFB functionality. The proxy comprises an interface configured to receive a message containing Circuit Switched Fallback Mobile Originated (CSMO) call indicator or a Circuit Switched Fallback Mobile Terminated (CSMT) call indicator from the mobile user entity. A proxy control unit is configured: to determine whether the CSMO call indicator or the CSMT call indicator is set in the received message, initiate routing of the received message to the first switching control node if the CSMO call indicator or the CSMT call indicator is set, and initiate routing of the received message to the second switching control node if neither the CSMO call indicator nor the CSMT call indicator is set. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210467 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING PAGING MESSAGE IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for receiving a paging message by a mobile station in an idle mode including an unavailable interval (UAI) and an available interval (AI) in a wireless access system, including: checking whether or not system information has been changed during the UAI; when the system information has been changed during the UAI, updating the system information during the UAI; and receiving the paging message from a base station (BS) during the AI. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210468 | Text Communications Across Wireless Devices Using Private Exchange - Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the communication of business-related (SMS) messages from PBXs to wireless devices are disclosed. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a service provider offers a web, cloud-based service that enables an operator within an organization to have a high volume of two-way communications with an unlimited number of individuals—through SMS texting, instant messaging, pager, web browser, email and voice—all controlled from a single intuitive browser interface tool. Additionally, a complete history of all communications and real time statistics are available to either the operator or an administrator of the organization. | 2013-08-15 |
20130210469 | INTERACTIVE MARKETING SYSTEM - An interactive direct response system combines the use of short text message systems transmitted via GSM-SMS enabled cell phones with a database and website to enable advertisers to view in real time customer responses to a direct response campaign. Customers are invited to respond to a defined advertisement on for example a billboard by responding to a single telephone number associated with the website by sending a text message linked to that particular advertisement, i.e. a single word. A computer receives and analyses the responses and sends an acknowledgement message to the customer. | 2013-08-15 |