33rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120208505 | Method and Device for Detecting Whether Missed Call Is Effective - A method and device for detecting whether a missed call is valid are disclosed in the present invention. Wherein, the method for detecting whether a missed call is valid includes the following steps: when a call is not successfully established, a network side prompting a caller to enter authentication information and sending the authentication information entered by the caller to a called terminal side in a form of a short message; the called terminal side receiving and identifying an authentication short message, judging whether the authentication short message is valid, and authenticating the corresponding incoming call number to be authenticated in a cache by using the authentication information when the authentication short message is judged to be valid; and the called terminal side writing the incoming call number passing the authentication into a missed call record. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208506 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION NODE - Disclosed is a technique to enable a user equipment at a remote place to perform local IP access to a locally-accessible network with simpler procedure and such a configuration while achieving the efficiency of costs and facility. According to the technique, a network (LIA-PDN | 2012-08-16 |
20120208507 | MANNERS REMINDER - A method includes sensing a local environmental condition, receiving an electronic communication message, sensing a local microphone signal level associated with the communication message, and issuing a notification if the local microphone signal level exceeds a threshold associated with the local environmental condition. In such a method, an electronic communication may be a telephone call, a video call, a text message, a message communicated via a short message service, a message communicated via a multimedia message service or other type of message. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISABLING THE RF FUNCTIONALITY OF A MULTI-FUNCTION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WHILE MAINTAINING ACCESS TO LOCAL FUNCTIONALITY - A method and apparatus for disabling the communication functionality (i.e., disabling the transmission and/or reception of RF signals) of an integrated device, while still providing access to the local functionality of such device. A control and select function, such as a switch that is implemented by hardware or software or a combination thereof, is provided in an integrated device to allow the end user of the device to access the local data processing functionality of the device, even while the wireless communication functionality of such device is disabled. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208509 | Use of Internet Web Technology to Register Wireless Access Customers - Internet web technology is used to allow new wireless Internet customers to self register by providing an anonymous session connection on the wireless network between a special registration web server and the customers computer and associated wireless internet User Equipment. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208510 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND SENDING A HOT LINK ASSOCIATED WITH A USER INTERFACE TO A DEVICE - The invention sends a hot link to a device. The device may be on a wireless network, a wired network, or directly coupled to the device sending the hot link. The hot link contains an associated action that is performed by the device receiving the hot link. The associated action may be performed when a user interface is activated or automatically when the hot link is received by the device. The action can be a broadcast action, Internet action, call action, download action, or upload action. The broadcast action instructs the device to tune to a particular broadcast in response to the selection of the user interface. The internet action instructs the device to access an Internet site in response to the selection of the user interface. The call action instructs the device to call a telephone number in response to the selection of use interface. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCKING AND BRANDING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO A NETWORK - There is disclosed a system and method for locking and branding a generic mobile communication device to a carrier network. In an embodiment, the method comprises: inserting in the device a subscriber or user identification module specifying a selection of a carrier network to which the mobile communication device is to be wirelessly connected; issuing from the device a request to lock and brand the device to the selected carrier network; in response to the request, receiving a customized configuration file for the selected network containing a device locking command, and one or more branding commands to brand the device to the selected carrier network; executing the device locking command to lock the device to the selected carrier network; and executing the one or more branding commands to brand the device to the selected carrier network with one or more customized features specific to the selected carrier network. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208512 | Seamlessly Switching among Unicast, Multicast, and Broadcast Mobile Media Content - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208513 | VERIFYING AND IDENTIFYING INCOMING PBX CALLS ON MOBILE DEVICES - Aspects relate to provision of enterprise call capabilities to mobile devices. For example, a mobile device can indicate, over a data channel, that a PBX is to make a call on its behalf to a called party. The PBX can call back the mobile device, call the called party, and bridge those call legs to establish the call. The mobile device can employ mechanisms that a particular incoming call is made by the PBX. These mechanisms can include using ANI information, sending, and receiving audible verification codes over the voice channel established after answering the incoming call. The verification codes can be selected based on different behaviors of the mobile devices and the network or networks used by the device(s). | 2012-08-16 |
20120208514 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method of transmitting and receiving data between a mobile terminal and a display device is provided. The method establishes network connection for communication with the mobile terminal, detects a touch location of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal touches the display device, transmits and receives data to and from the mobile terminal over the connected network, and processes the transmitted and received data according to the detected touch location of the mobile terminal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208515 | Cross-Technology Coverage Mapping System and Method for Modulating Scanning Behaviour of a Wireless User Equipment (UE) Device - A method for modulating scanning behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device includes determining a geographic area location where the wireless UE device is located and responsive to determining that a radio access technology (RAT) previously available in the geographic area location is not currently available, modifying the frequency of searches for the radio access technology. A corresponding wireless user device is also shown. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A MESSAGE FROM A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for sending a message from a multi-mode wireless device in a multiple communication mode environment. A preferred communication mode is selected from a plurality of communication modes supported by the wireless device. A preferred message service is selected based on contents of the message and the preferred communication mode. Then, compatibility of the preferred message service with an active communication mode of the wireless device is determined If the preferred message service is compatible with the active communication mode, the message is sent by using the preferred service according to the active communication mode. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208517 | IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF MOBILE STATIONS - A user of a first mobile station, which is lost either in silent mode or switch-off mode may send a ‘Find-Me’ message to the first mobile station from a second mobile station. The first mobile station, after receiving the ‘Find-Me’ message, may power-on the first mobile station enabling the first mobile station to receive voice call and messages. Also, if the first mobile station is in silent mode, the first mobile station may change the profile of the first mobile station from a silent to a regular-noisy mode. The user of first mobile station may call-up the first mobile station and identifies the location of the first mobile station by tracking the ringing sound. The first mobile station may send a location message to the second mobile station in response to receiving the ‘Find-Me’ message that may be used to identify the location of the first mobile station. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING USER EQUIPMENTS - An apparatus for controlling User Equipments (UEs) in a communication system including a source cell and a destination cell is provided. A frequency and the scrambling codes of signals transmitted by a base station of the destination cell are the same as a frequency and scrambling codes of signals transmitted by a base station of the source cell. After the UE receives the signals, the signals are regarded as being transmitted by the source cell, and the UE is woken up by information over a Paging Indication Channel (PICH) and a Paging Channel (PCH), and then the UE reads information configured by the destination cell and carried over the common channel of the signals, and performs corresponding operations according to the information. The information over the PICH and the PCH wakes up the specified UE. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208519 | Cellphone to Car Ignition - An architecture is presented that provides a system for controlling vehicle systems via a cellular phone. The system comprises a cellular phone and a vehicle. The cellular phone comprises a transceiver for transmitting a signal to a vehicle system of the vehicle. Further, the vehicle system comprises a transceiver for receiving the signal from the cellular phone. The user can configure the cellular phone and vehicle to communicate by linking the communications system of the cellular phone and the vehicle system. In response to detecting a communications signal from the cellular phone, the vehicle system then receives user input from the cellular phone. The user input is then linked to at least one command that controls the features and systems of the vehicle. Thus, the vehicle can be configured to perform certain actions or tasks based on a specific input or action taken by the user. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208520 | System and Method for Controlling Vehicle Systems From a Cell Phone - A system and method for controlling systems of a vehicle with a cell phone. The cell phone is associated with the vehicle through a user interface. User preferences are received through the user interface for sending commands from the cell phone to the vehicle for controlling the systems of the vehicle. A wireless connection is established between the vehicle and the cell phone. A distance is determined between the cell phone and the vehicle. One or more commands are sent to the vehicle to control the systems based on the user preferences. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208521 | Antenna Mast and a Method of Providing a Further Function in an Antenna Mast - An antenna mast for a wireless communication system is provided. The antenna mast comprises a mast body that is configured to form a supporting structure for an antenna arrangement of the wireless communication system at an elevated position on the antenna mast. The mast body is also configured to house therein a transceiver arrangement and a processor adapted to perform random user-related communication operations in a cell of the wireless communication system, the cell comprising the antenna arrangement, the transceiver arrangement, and the processor. The mast body is further configured to house at least part of a device to be utilized for a function other than supporting the antenna arrangement. The device comprises a communication interface for establishing a connection with the wireless communication system. A method of providing a further function in an antenna mast for a wireless communication system is also provided. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208522 | Mobile Network Scanner Device - Various methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for scanning a mobile network using a device such as a tablet device. For example, a method may include scanning a mobile network at a plurality of locations of the mobile network. The method may further include determining one or more real-time measurements at a particular location among the plurality of locations of the mobile network based on the scan. The method may further include determining a location of one or more cells corresponding to the one or more real-time measurements. In other words, the location of one or more measured cells may be determined. The method may include displaying a user interface that displays a graphical representation of the one or more real-time measurements pointed from the particular location toward the location of the corresponding one or more cells. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208523 | RADIO RELAY COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR RELAYING DATA, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SENDER OF A SIGNAL - According to an embodiment, a radio relay communication device is described a radio receiver configured to receive data from a radio base station, a radio sender configured to send data received from the radio base station to at least one mobile terminal, a detector configured to detect whether a pre-determined transmission symbol sequence has been received from the radio base station, a changing circuit configured to change the transmission symbol sequence such that from the change of the transmission symbol sequence an identification of the relay communication device can be determined, and a controller configured to control the radio sender configured to send the changed transmission symbol sequence to at least one mobile terminal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208524 | GENERIC INFORMATION ELEMENT - A computer data signal embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium is described. In one embodiment, the computer data signal includes a generic element identifier, a plurality of task-specific data, a variable length identifier and a multi-use data type identifier. The generic element identifier is configurable to identify an information element containing the generic element identifier as a generic information element. The variable length identifier is configurable to indicate a number of the plurality of task-specific data. The multi-use data type identifier is configurable to indicate a type of the plurality of task-specific data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208525 | COMPACT BASE STATION AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to provide a compact base station and a program that can inform a user of communication quality of uplink communication in mobile communication. A compact base station of the present invention is a femtocell base station | 2012-08-16 |
20120208526 | CALL TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and systems for capturing and tracking call information relating to a call from a user to a merchant are provided. According to one embodiment of the disclosed subject matter, a request for a call to a merchant from a user on a device is received and a data connection is initiated with a call analytics platform over which user information is sent from the device to the platform. A unique number allowing the device to call the platform is then passed back to the device. The device calls the platform, call context data is captured, and the call is processed to the merchant. Information relating to the user and merchant call is tracked and logged. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208527 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEASING RRC CONNECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Provided are systems and methods for releasing a radio resource control (RRC) connection between a user equipment and a radio network controller. The system may include a user equipment and a radio network controller. The user equipment may be configured to transmit a RRC connection release indication when a timer expires in a connected mode and release the RRC connection upon receiving a RRC connection release message. The radio network controller may be configured to receive the RRC connection release indication from the user equipment and transmit the RRC connection release message in response to the RRC connection release indication. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208528 | Method for Initial Scanning of Frequencies, Frequency Scanning Controller, and Apparatus - A method for initial scanning of frequencies at start-up of a multi-band cellular communication apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises determining whether there is any interfering signal from any other communication system transmitting at a frequency in vicinity of frequencies of frequency bands of which the multi-band cellular communication apparatus is supposed to establish contact with a base station in at least one of the frequencies within the frequency bands. If the determination gives a result of no interfering signal, a first scan procedure is applied comprising plain scanning of the frequencies of the frequency bands of which the multi-band cellular communication apparatus is supposed to establish contact with a base station in at least one of the frequencies within the frequency bands, or if the determination gives a result of an interfering signal, a second scan procedure is applied, taking into account the determined interfering signal. A frequency scanning apparatus for initial scanning, and a radio access circuitry for such initial scanning is also disclosed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ONLINE RADIATION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF NON-IONIZING RADIATION SOURCES - A computerized system for continuously monitoring the radiation coming from one or more radiation sources in a site, comprising: (a) a processing unit, for comparing radiation related data with regulation operational permits of the radiation sources, wherein the processing unit receives data files from the radiation sources and extracts from them the radiation related data; (b) a permits server for providing the regulation operational permits to the processing unit, wherein the permits server is connected to the processing unit; (c) an anomaly generator for receiving the compared radiated data from the processing unit, and generating an anomaly data file; wherein the anomaly file is utilized for managing and controlling the radiation sources, and detecting radiation anomaly in the site. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208530 | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A performance management method is operable for use with a performance management system linked to a telecommunication network. The method comprises receiving a problem report from a femtocell of a plurality of femtocells communicatively coupled to the telecommunication network. The femtocell is configured to provide communications from at least one mobile device to the telecommunication network through a broadband connection. The problem report identifies a fault being exhibited by a femtocell and a performance parameter identifying a degradation in the performance of the femtocell. The method includes analyzing the performance parameter for determining a corrective action to be performed in an environment linked to the femtocell. The method includes performing the corrective action in the environment linked to the femtocell. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208531 | PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus for permitting diagnostic testing of a wireless device. The apparatus may include a first switch to route diagnostic information or acoustic information received from a processor of the device, a codec coupled to the first switch to code the routed diagnostic information or acoustic information, and a second switch coupled to the codec to route the coded diagnostic information to a first port of the wireless device and to route the coded acoustic information to the first port or a second port of the wireless device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE ROAMING - An authentication bank for a wireless communication system is disclosed. The authentication bank comprises a plurality of physical identification modules. A physical identification module may include one or more memory, processors, programs, and computer readable media storing subscriber identity module and authentication information. At least one of the one or more programs stored in the memory may comprise instructions executable by at least one of the one or more processors. The executable instructions may cause the one or more processors to receive a request, from an authentication server, for associating the subscriber identity module (SIM) with a foreign wireless communication client or an extension unit, retrieve subscriber identity information and authentication information for the foreign wireless communication client or the extension unit from the SIM, and send the subscriber identity information and the authentication information to the authentication server. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208533 | Negotiating different mobile IP delivery styles - The present invention provides a system and method to selectively negotiate different delivery styles for different types of packets sent from the Mobile Node to the Foreign Agent, which will allow the Mobile Node to negotiate a delivery style that will permit the Foreign Agent to transmit certain selected outbound traffic directly without reverse tunneling that traffic back to the home network. Specifically, the present invention allows the Foreign Agent to distinguish between certain types of BC/MC packets that are designated to be processed and routed to their destinations by the Foreign Network directly, as opposed to reverse tunneling the outbound traffic from the Foreign Agent back to the Home Agent on the home network. By selecting processing by the Foreign Network, the efficiency of the system will improve because the transmission of outbound traffic and inbound responses will not need to be tunneled through the Home Network. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DECREASING TIME TO BEGIN ACQUISITION OF CELLULAR NETWORKS AFTER POWER UP - In the system-selection solution used in wireless devices, system selection files may be read from a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) and converted into a priority list. The priority list may specify the relative priority of 3GPP and 3GPP2 systems and govern system selection by a device. Traditionally, generation of the priority list may be performed at every power up of the device. However, the reading of the system selection files from the UICC and generation of the priority list may take a period of time which may affect the performance of the device. For certain aspects of the present disclosure, the priority list may be generated after power up only when system selection files change. Therefore, the time for acquiring a wireless network upon the power up of a device may be reduced, particularly when system selection files remain the same as before. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208535 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENTLY REPORTING NEIGHBOR INFORMATION TO FACILITATE AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATIONS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for supplying information regarding a neighbor cell following cell reselection in a manner that reduces the signaling load on the network and conserves battery consumption by a mobile terminal. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program product do not blindly provide information regarding a neighbor cell that the current cell has already collected, but, instead, first determines if the neighbor information regarding a prior cell is different than and therefore will add to the information regarding neighbor cells that is already maintained by the current cell. Only after making such a determination may a mobile terminal signal the current cell as to the availability of neighbor information regarding a prior cell. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208536 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CELL RESELECTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for ascertaining a movement pattern of a user who moves on a fixed path, predicting a destination cell on the movement of the user, and preventing a cell reselection process to an unnecessary intermediate cell. The apparatus includes a pattern management unit configured to analyze movement of a user and ascertain a movement pattern of the user. The apparatus also includes a memory configured to store the movement pattern of the user, which is ascertained by the pattern management unit. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to ascertain information about a destination cell and information about an intermediate cell through which the user passes before moving to the destination cell using the movement pattern of the user and a current movement path of the portable terminal. The apparatus also includes a cell reselection unit for performing a cell reselection process to the destination cell. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208537 | EXTENDED CAPABILITY TRANSFER BETWEEN A USER EQUIPMENT AND A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques for transferring new capability information in an efficient and backward compatible manner are described. A user equipment (UE) may send a new capability indicator to a wireless network to indicate that the UE has new capability information to send. This new capability indicator may be implemented with a spare bit in an information element included in an initial message sent to the network. The network may request for the information or indicate that it can receive the information. The UE may then send the new capability information to the network upon receiving the request or the indication. Alternatively, the network may convey that it supports transfer of new capability information, e.g., via a broadcast message or a unicast message. The UE may then send new capability information at any time to the network, without having to send the new capability indicator. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN EVDO AND CDMA 1X SYSTEMS USING REDUNDANT DATA CALL BLOCKINGS - A method and apparatus of optimizing transitioning between EVDO and CDMA 1X systems in a hybrid access terminal, the method having the steps of: preventing a reconnect data call from being sent from the hybrid access terminal. The preventing step including checking whether a transition between an EVDO and a CDMA 1X system is successful; and if not blocking the data call, and/or checking whether an EVDO received signal strength indication is greater than or equal to a receiver sensitivity on the hybrid access terminal; and if yes, allowing the hybrid access terminal to connect to the EVDO system, and/or delaying a connection timer for connecting to the EVDO system and/or applying fast dormancy to the hybrid access terminal in an EVDO state. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208539 | Method and Arrangement for Saving Radio Resources - The present invention relates to an arrangement, a communication network node and a method of saving radio resources during handover in a communication network system comprising a plurality of communication network nodes ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208540 | METHOD OF PERFORMING HANDOVER BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS AND USER EQUIPMENT APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method of performing a handover between heterogeneous networks and user equipment apparatus for the same are disclosed. The user equipment apparatus includes a first type communication module configured to transceive a signal with a first type base station (BS) using a first wireless communication scheme, a second type communication module configured to transceive a signal with a second type BS using a second wireless communication scheme, and a processor configured to control the handover to be performed on a second type BS operating in an idle state with the second type communication module when a signal is received from a first type BS operating in an active state with the first type communication module, wherein the signal request that the UE performs the handover to the second type BS operating in an idle state with the second type communication module from the first type BS. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208541 | MOBILITY PROCEDURES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS WITH DISTRIBUTED REMOTE RADIO HEADS - Wireless networks may include remote radio heads (RRHs) for extending the coverage of a macro cell. The macro cell may be connected to the RRHs, for example, by optical fiber, and there may be negligible latency between the macro cell and the RRHs. As a user equipment (UE) moves within the macro cell, or between other macro cells, mobility procedures followed by the UE may vary based on the release of the UE (e.g., Rel-8/9, Rel-10, or Rel-11 and beyond). The macro cell may handle all the scheduling within the cell, for itself and the RRHs. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDIRECTING A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention concerns a femtocell device and method at a femtocell device comprising a first interface for communicating to a macrocell and a second interface for communicating to a broadband network, the method comprising the steps of, when communication to the broadband network is inactive, receiving a paging message from the macrocell destined to a mobile device connected to the femtocell device, and notifying the mobile device to redirect to the macrocell. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208543 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, CELL AREA COOPERATIVE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A mobile communication system comprises: a first radio base station apparatus transmitting, after recovering from a service halt state and before starting to execute a stepwise cell area expansion, a notification including an instruction for a cell area reduction corresponding to the cell area expansion to a neighboring second radio base station apparatus; and a second radio base station apparatus reducing a cell area that has been expanded during the service halt state of the first radio base station apparatus, in accordance with the instruction for a cell area reduction included in the notification transmitted from the first radio base station apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208544 | ACCESS TYPE SETTING APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND ACCESS TYPE SETTING METHOD - The access type setting apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a calculation unit 12 configured to calculate an amount of interference from the femtocell #a to the macrocell #11 and a determination unit 13 configured to determine the access type (Close/Hybrid/Open) to be set in the radio base station HeNB#a/HNB#a configured to manage the femtocell #a. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208545 | Method For Reduced-Overhead Short Message Transmission - For applications with very small data activities, connection of a UE to a wireless network for sending or receiving such small data traffic increments via conventional connection set-up processes is quite inefficient in terms of spectral resource utilization. The invention provides a new connectionless methodology for transmission of such small data increments between a UE and a serving eNB. In particular, the invention methodology contemplates identifying a set of preamble sequences among the pool of preamble sequences provided for access requests from a UE to an eNB via the Random Access Channel as corresponding to a request from the UE for access to transmit an increment of data smaller than a predetermined threshold data size. When a UE has data traffic to transmit of a size smaller than the predetermined threshold size, it selects one of the preamble sequences in the identified set and sends an access request, using the selected preamble sequence, to a serving eNB via the Random Access Channel. Upon receipt of the access request from the UE, the eNB determines an appropriate RF resource for the data increment sought to be transmitted by the UE, based on the use of the selected preamble sequence sent by the UE, and schedules an uplink connection for the transmission of that data increment by the UE. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208546 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A radio base station ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING CHANNEL AND INTERFERENCE ESTIMATIONS IN MACRO/RRH SYSTEM - Aspects disclosed herein relate to channel and interference estimations in a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) environment. In the disclosed aspects, an eNB may be equipped to signal an identifier indicating a plurality of resource patterns, each associated with a resource pattern group, and each including a first resource element pattern for channel estimation and a second resource element pattern for interference estimation. The UE may be equipped to receive the signaling and perform channel estimation based at least in part on the first resource clement pattern, and interference estimation based at least in part on the second resource pattern generate at least one channel state report based on the channel and interference estimations, and transmit at least one channel state report to an eNB. The eNB may determine one or more resources for use by the UE based on the at least one received channel state report. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208548 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO RESOURCES BASED ON TRAFFIC PATTERN OF USER EQUIPMENT - Provided are an apparatus and method for managing radio resources according to a traffic pattern of user equipment. The apparatus may include a memory, a QoS level setup unit, a transition condition setup unit, and a radio resource manager. The memory may be configured to collect and store quality of service (QoS) information of the user equipment. The QoS level setup unit may be configured to determine a QoS level of the user equipment based on the QoS information in the memory. The transition condition setup unit may be configured to set transition conditions associated with the user equipment based on the determined QoS level of the user equipment. The radio resource manager may be configured to manage radio resources associated with the user equipment by initiating transition between a first radio resource control (RRC) state and a second RRC state according to the setup transition conditions of the user equipment. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208549 | AUTOMATIC CHECK-OUT UPON LOCATION DEPARTURE - Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting termination of a social check-in session where a user has checked into a location using a mobile device. Upon detecting that the user has left a location, the present system automatically checks the user out of that location, and updates the user's records and friends that the user is no longer at that location. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MONITORING STATUS IN LOCATION SERVICES - A method and system for reporting a location of an asset. The method includes: receiving a location tracking request for the asset; dynamically determining a status of the asset; and allowing acquisition of the location of the asset based on the determined status. The method further includes: obtaining the location of the asset responsive to the received request and said allowing; and reporting the obtained location of the asset. The system includes: a reporting module for receiving a location tracking request for the asset; a status module for dynamically determining a status of the asset; and a tracking module for obtaining the location of the asset responsive to the determined status. The reporting module reports the location of the asset responsive to the received location tracking request. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208551 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PROVIDING OBJECT REFERENCE DATA BASED UPON NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a near field communication (NFC) reference device configured to store object reference data for at least one object associated with a geographic location of the NFC device. The wireless communications system may also include a mobile wireless communications device that includes an NFC transceiver configured to communicate with the NFC device based upon proximity thereto, an image sensor, a display, and a controller. The controller may cooperate with the NFC transceiver, the image sensor, and the display. The controller may be configured to determine a sensed image from the image sensor. The controller may also be configured to select object reference data for the sensed image based upon communication with the NFC reference device, and display the object reference data and the sensed image on the display. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208552 | UE-SIDE REMOVAL OF POSITIONING ASSISTANCE AMBIGUITY - A user equipment ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208553 | System and Method for Mobile Location By Dynamic Clustering - A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device in a communications network. A set of network measurement reports (NMR) may be provided for a region in the network. NMRs in the first set may be clustered as a function of observed measurement information in the NMRs. A candidate NMR for a mobile device may be received, and the candidate NMR may then be associated with a selected cluster of NMRs. The candidate NMR and a second set of NMRs may then be clustered, and a location of the mobile device determined as a function of the clustered candidate NMR and second set of NMRs, where the NMRs in the second set are associated with the selected cluster. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208554 | TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING ANTENNA - A transmission method and apparatus of a mobile terminal including an antenna are provided. The transmission method includes determining a posture of the mobile terminal in an active state, updating a preset reference power by adding a power gain determined according to the posture of the mobile terminal, and transmitting a transmit signal amplified according to the updated reference power. Accordingly, the reference power is adjusted according to the posture of the mobile terminal, whereby it is possible to control the radiation pattern of antenna of the mobile terminal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208555 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATION IN THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling applications in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes collecting acceleration values continuously using an acceleration sensor, when the mobile terminal is being moved; identifying a motion trace indicating that the mobile terminal has been moved from the collected acceleration values; matching the identified motion trace with a preset motion trace, and executing a control command mapped to the preset motion trace to control an application in the mobile terminal, if the matching succeeds. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208556 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CSG CELLS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for detecting closed subscriber group (CSG) cells through a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method for detecting the CSG cells in the wireless communication system comprises the steps of: determining a present position of the terminal; measuring a physical layer identifier of a corresponding cell when the present position of the terminal corresponds to a position of a prestored CSG cell; and detecting the corresponding cell as the priorly connected CSG cell when the measured physical layer identifier corresponds to the physical layer identifier of the prestored CSG cell. Desirably, the method further comprises the steps of measuring system information of the corresponding cell; and detecting the corresponding cell as the priorly connected CSG cell when the upper layer cell identifier included in the system information corresponds to the upper layer cell identifier of the prestored CSG cell. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208557 | Location Reliability Determination - A system, method and apparatus is provided that allows the determination of the reliability of a location determined by a mobile device in response to Navigation System signals. The mobile device sends positioning information derived from the Navigation System signals to a server, the server comparing the positioning information to reference information received from base stations in order to determine its reliability. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208558 | CHANNEL AVAILABILITY FOR WHITE-SPACE DEVICES, ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus configured to determine one or more channels available for use by respective one or more white-space devices in a particular determined geographical location. The apparatus is configured to: receive geographic location signalling associated with the particular determined geographical location of one or more white-space devices; receive uncertainty indication signalling for the uncertainty associated with the particular determined geographic location of the one or more white-space devices; and determine the one or more channels available for use by the respective one or more white-space devices in the particular determined geographical location by using the geographic location signalling and uncertainty indication signalling. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING DESTINATION INFORMATION FROM PROXIMATE DEVICES BASED ON TIME AND HEADING INFORMATION - Methods and systems of operating a personal navigation device (PND) are disclosed. In particular, the methods and systems allow for the PND to obtain location data for each of one or more destinations from a destination source device over a wireless network link. In one embodiment, the destination source device is a server computer on a network or a mobile communications device (MCD) that is in proximity with the PND. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208560 | Personal Location Code - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving a request from a requestor to locate a user. The request identifies a personal location code (PLC) for the user. It is determined if the request is allowed based on the PLC. If the request is allowed, the current location of the user is obtained based on the location of one or more devices associated with the user. The current location of the device is then provided to the requestor. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208561 | LOCATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a locating method, apparatus and system, and the method comprises the following steps: a Mobility Management Entity (MME) receives a locating service request, selects an Evolved Service Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC), and transmits the locating service request including a locating identifier to the selected E-SMLC; the MME receives a User Equipment (UE) specific message including the locating identifier transmitted by the E-SMLC, and communicates the locating information with the E-SMLC using the locating identifier. The embodiments of the present invention can ensure the correct delivery of the locating information, and further improve the correctness of the locating technology. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208562 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK ANALYSIS - A network analysis capability is provided herein. A network analysis capability supports proactive detection of service troubles in a network by looking at the network from the perspective of the end users. A proactive detection mechanism is provided by having end user devices (e.g., smartphones, computers, and the like) run background applications which monitor for service-impacting problems and autonomously report service-impacting problems when such problems are detected. A background application, before and/or after problems are detected, collects diagnostic information and forwards the diagnostic information to a network for analysis. A network node compiles and analyzes data collected from the end user devices, data collected from one or more network-based data collectors, and, optionally, information from one or more network support systems, to diagnose problems and dynamically respond, potentially before service is impacted. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING A PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method and apparatus for providing information, and a computer readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method, are provided. The method includes receiving information from at least one device included in a location-based group; transmitting information of the location-based group based on the received information to an external device; receiving at least one piece of targeting information regarding the location-based group based on the information of the location-based group from the external device; and outputting the received at least one piece of targeting information. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208564 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING GEOSPATIALLY-AWARE USER-CUSTOMIZABLE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and systems are provided for generating and delivering data content to a mobile device using geospatially-aware virtual environments. A virtual environment management system generates a virtual environment based on a hybrid application having one or more functionality associated with an activation condition, and provides the virtual environment to the mobile device. The virtual environment management system then determines that a location of the mobile device satisfies the activation condition, and activates the one or more functionality for the virtual environment. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208565 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREFERRED SERVICES IN NOMADIC ENVIRONMENTS - A method of locating preferred services includes searching an augmented spatial index, which is based on a user's determined preferred services. Additionally, the method includes indicating a location of a currently-sought preferred service. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208566 | Network-Side Removal of Positioning Assistance Ambiguity Via Selective Delay of Assistance Data Transmission - A network node ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208567 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE CELLULAR TELEPHONE RECEIVER - A method includes: receiving a reference signal on an array of antenna elements; using a received reference signal to find optimal weighting of the antenna elements to point a beam pattern of the antenna elements in the direction of a reference signal, thereby providing gain in the direction of the reference signal and attenuation in all other directions; adjusting a width of the beam pattern to cover an area of interest; acquiring and tracking interferers in the area of interest; reconstructing a component of interference from each of the interferers; and using the reconstructed component of interference to adaptively cancel interference from the interferers. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208568 | Systems and Methods for Remotely Controlling and Customizing Applications Resident on a Mobile Device - Systems and methods are provided that allow an application residing on a user device to intercept messages directed to that device and to extract control information and/or data from the intercepted messages for use by the application. In one embodiment, the intercepted message can cause the application to change its configuration or to present information to the user that came from a sending website. In another embodiment, a message from a device can trigger a website to send back a desired piece of data. The returned data may contain a flag, which directs the data to a formatting server. The formatting server then converts the data into a format that allows the data to be intercepted by the desired application on the user device. This then allows the desired data to be presented to the user in the context of an application resident on the user's device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208569 | FACILITATING A TEXT MESSAGE CONVERSATION USING TELE-LINKS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating a text message conversation using tele-links. During operation, the system receives a text message from a service at a mobile device, wherein the text message includes a tele-link, wherein the tele-link is comprised of a phone number. Next, the system receives a selection of the tele-link from a user at the mobile device. In response to the selection, the system then automatically initiates a call from the mobile device to a number indicated by the tele-link, wherein the act of calling the number results in the service sending a second text message to the mobile device. Finally, the system receives the second text message from the service at the mobile device. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208570 | METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO RESOURCES ACCORDING TO TYPE OF DATA AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - Provided are a method for managing radio resources according to a type of data and user equipment using the same. In the method, a paging message may be received from a radio access network. A cause of the paging message may be determined. A timer may be set for releasing radio resources according to the determined cause of the paging message. When the timer expires, radio resources may be released. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208571 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PEER-TO-PEER SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for providing a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) service in a wireless communication system. A method of a server for providing the P2P service includes receiving a P2P service request signal comprising information of contents desired by a particular Mobile Station (MS); selecting at least one MS from MSs having the contents; establishing a traffic path between the particular and the selected MS; and transmitting information of the selected MS to the particular MS. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208572 | DISPATCH APPLICATION UTILIZING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE - A dispatch communication and management system method is provided, allowing a dispatcher and remote service technicians to exchange messages over a network in a prescribed format to notify the technicians of new dispatch orders, and to update status information for dispatch orders in corresponding customer service records in a database. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208573 | CONTACT INFORMATION UPDATING VIA SMS - A source mobile telephone detects that a telephone number of the telephone has changed to a new number, and in response, sends a text or short message service (SMS) notice message to contacts identified in the mobile telephone to indicate that the source mobile telephone has a new telephone number. In response to receiving the text or SMS notice message, a contact telephony device may update its contact list to reflect the new number. Other embodiments are also described. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208574 | Method and System for Performing Short Message Terminal Calling Control - A method and system for performing control on short message mobile terminated are disclosed by the present invention, wherein, the method includes: intercepting a route message of an inter-network short message, performing redirection processing, guiding the calling short message center to transmit the inter-network short message which is mobile terminated to a preset redirection location (S | 2012-08-16 |
20120208575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MESSAGE HANDLING - A method for providing a service function in a telecommunications network is described. The method comprises receiving a message ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208576 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION MODE SETTING DEVICE - A radiographic imaging device has: a generating unit that generates image data expressing a radiographic image formed by irradiated radiation; a first communicating unit at which wireless communication is possible selectively in either of a direct communication mode or an indirect communication mode; a storing unit that stores a setting of a communication mode; and a control unit that, if a setting to carry out communication in the direct communication mode has been made, controls the first communicating unit to carry out wireless communication in the direct communication mode, and, if a setting to carry out communication in the indirect communication mode has been made, controls the first communicating unit to attempt wireless communication in the indirect communication mode with a control device that controls the radiographic imaging device, and, if communication is impossible, controls the first communicating unit to carry out wireless communication in the direct communication mode. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208577 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING CHANNELS - A method, an apparatus and a system for estimating channels are disclosed. A method for estimating channels includes: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE), downlink signals sent by two or more Access Points (APs), wherein no common reference signal is comprised in any data channel symbol domain except a preset symbol domain in the downlink signals; and performing, by the UE, channel estimation according to the downlink signals. The technical solution disclosed herein eliminates the interference between the reference signal and the data signal, enables the UE to estimate the channel value between the UE and the cooperative APs accurately, and improves the UE performance. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for uplink power control in a wireless communication system are provided. More specially, a method is provided in which a first base station in a wireless communication system periodically measures interference for a cell of a second base station neighboring the first base station, determines an average of the periodically measured interference, broadcasts the determined average of the periodically measured interference to mobile terminals located in a cell of the first base station, determines a weight for the determined average of the periodically measured interference, based on one of resource allocation information for the cell of the second base station and whether a specific message for interference regulation is received from the second base station, and transmits the determined weight to the mobile terminals. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208579 | Radio Network Controller and Radio Network Controller Assembly - It is presented a radio network controller assembly for controlling base stations. The radio network controller assembly comprises: a plurality of unit radio network controllers, wherein each unit radio network controller comprises: a set of external interfaces configured for interaction with a core network, base stations and other radio network controllers; and a set of internal interfaces, distinct from the set of external interfaces, configured at least for interaction with peer unit radio network controllers belonging to the radio network controller assembly. The radio network assembly further comprises a database arranged to store configuration data comprising mappings of each base station to one of the plurality of unit radio network controllers. The radio network controller assembly is arranged to use the set of external interfaces for communication with the plurality of base stations, the core network and other radio network controllers external to the radio network controller assembly. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208580 | FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION SCHEDULING FOR AN IMPROVED RADIO LINK PROTOCOL - Forward error correction scheduling techniques for an improved radio link protocol used in a wireless communication system, such as EV-DO. In one embodiment scheduling of the generation of repair symbols encoded to be transmitted along with source data is described. In another embodiment acknowledgment messages from a receiver are used to control the trailing edge of the protection window offered by the repair symbols. In another embodiment, non-acknowledgment messages from a receiver are used to control the generation of extra repair symbols. In another embodiment, a length field is used to avoid transmission of padding bytes over the air. In yet another embodiment, a symbol auxiliary field is appended to source symbols to indicate the padding bytes needed for symbol aligning thus avoiding the transmission of padding bytes over the air. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208581 | DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM BASE STATION AND RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a distributed antenna system that selects an antenna in accordance with the position of a mobile terminal and reduces the variation in the total number of mobile terminals using each antenna while maintaining adequate communication quality. In the distributed antenna system in which a large number of antennas are distributively disposed, an antenna group including antennas having good communication quality is selected in accordance with the position of a mobile terminal. Further, in accordance with the communication quality and load status of a current antenna group and with the communication quality and load status of a post-change antenna group, which is obtained by changing some antennas in the current antenna group, the post-change antenna group is formed by changing some antennas in the current antenna group with which a mobile terminal using a heavily loaded antenna communicates. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208582 | FREQUENCY ALLOCATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A FREQUENCY SHARING SYSTEM IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE A PRIMARY LICENSING SYSTEM IS PRESENT - Provided is a method and apparatus for assigning a frequency in an environment where an incumbent system exists. In a frequency environment where the incumbent system exists, a frequency resource management may be smoothly performed using a plurality of frequency sets classified based on a utilization state of each sub-frequency resource. When a frequency sharing system using the same radio access technology (RAT) as a frequency sharing system to be assigned with a frequency resource exists, it is possible to reduce overhead for frequency sharing by priorly assigning a corresponding frequency resource to the frequency sharing system to be assigned with the frequency resource. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER IN A MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for controlling uplink transmission power in a multi-carrier wireless communication system comprising: receiving, from a base station, downlink control information containing an uplink transmission power control command, and one or more pieces of uplink carrier indicator information for indicating an uplink carrier to which the uplink transmission power control command is to be applied; determining an uplink carrier, to which the uplink transmission power control command is to be applied, on the basis of said one or more pieces of uplink carrier indicator information; determining a transmission power for the determined uplink carrier one the basis of the downlink control information; and transmitting, to the base station, an uplink signal on the determined uplink carrier on the basis of the determined transmission power. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208584 | Method and Arrangement in a Communication System - The present invention relates to the area of communication, and especially to a method and an arrangement for antenna calibration in a communication system comprising a baseband unit (BBU) and distributed radio remote units (RRUs). The present invention aims to limit antenna calibration duration in the antenna calibration chain. A cable delay based on the length of the cable connecting the BBU and the RRU is obtained. A delay compensation is calculated based upon the cable delay. Thereupon the antenna calibration chain utilized by the BBU and the RRU is adapted based upon the delay compensation. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208585 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO ACCESS NETWORK APPARATUS AND EXCHANGE APPARATUS - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes step A of instructing, by a radio access network apparatus of a first communication scheme, a mobile station having first radio connection established with the radio access network apparatus of the first communication scheme to switch to a mobile communication system of a second communication scheme, and step B of notifying the mobile station of a priority by the mobile communication system of the second communication scheme using a predetermined signal after the mobile station establishes second radio connection with a radio access network apparatus of the second communication scheme, the priority used to determine a communication system for camping-on by the mobile station. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208586 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO CORRECT AN ASSOCIATION MISMATCH AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system includes a service provider device, a mobile wireless communications device, and a plurality of communication infrastructure nodes. The plurality of communication infrastructure nodes are configured to generate an association mismatch communications path between the service provider device and the mobile wireless communications device, the association mismatch communications path including at least two communication infrastructure nodes in series. The plurality of communications infrastructure nodes are also configured to generate a corrected association communications path between the service provider device and the mobile wireless communications device from the mismatch communications path, the corrected association communications path including just a single communication infrastructure node from the at least two communication infrastructure nodes. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING CROSS-CELL COVERAGE - The present disclosure provides a method for evaluating cross-cell coverage, which includes: finding, according to a neighboring cell configuration table of a cell in a base station, a cell with a number of configured neighboring cells that is larger than a number threshold for configured neighboring cells; designating the found cell as an original cell; carrying out a processing to obtain the cross-cell coverage evaluation parameters of the original cell; and determining the original cell i provides and/or suffers from cross-cell coverage when the cross-cell coverage evaluation parameter of the original cell exceeds respective cross-cell coverage evaluation thresholds. The present disclosure further provides an apparatus for evaluating cross-cell evaluation, which is capable of determining whether or not a cell provides cross-cell coverage to make parameters of a wireless network adjusted timely and limit the coverage of the wireless network in a supposed one. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DUAL/MULTI-WATCH FOR GROUP PTT SERVICES - A communication system ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208589 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - A radio base station eNB according to the present invention includes: a path loss calculation unit | 2012-08-16 |
20120208590 | ELECTRONIC MOBILE DEVICE HAVING A KEYPAD ASSEMBLY WITH A FILM OVERLAY - An electronic mobile device includes a plurality of keys. Each of the plurality of keys is defined by a corresponding one of a plurality of deflectable portions of a film layer, a corresponding one of a plurality of actuators, and a corresponding one of a plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of keys is actuatable by deflecting the corresponding one of the plurality of deflectable portions and a flexible frame to displace the corresponding one of the actuators and thereby actuate the corresponding one of the plurality of switches. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208591 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE - In a high-frequency module, a first individual terminal in a switch IC is connected to a first filter and a third filter whose pass bands are far from each other. A low-pass-filter phase circuit including an inductor and a capacitor is connected between the first individual terminal and the first filter. A second individual terminal is connected to a second filter and a fourth filter whose pass bands are far from each other. A low-pass-filter phase circuit is connected between the second individual terminal and the second filter. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208592 | Smartphone-Based Methods and Systems - Arrangements involving portable devices (e.g., smartphones and tablet computers) are disclosed. One arrangement enables a content creator to select software with which that creator's content should be rendered—assuring continuity between artistic intention and delivery. Another utilizes a device camera to identify nearby subjects, and take actions based thereon. Others rely on near field chip (RFID) identification of objects, or on identification of audio streams (e.g., music, voice). Some technologies concern improvements to the user interfaces associated with such devices. Others involve use of these devices in connection with shopping, text entry, sign language interpretation, and vision-based discovery. Still other improvements are architectural in nature, e.g., relating to evidence-based state machines, and blackboard systems. Yet other technologies concern use of linked data in portable devices—some of which exploit GPU capabilities. Still other technologies concern computational photography. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208593 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for controlling a screen of a mobile terminal that simultaneously displays a plurality of execution screens is provided. The method preferably includes: displaying a layout composed of a plurality of sections when a magazine creation event is sensed; mapping applications to the plurality of sections in a one-to-one correspondence, respectively to create a magazine; and displaying the magazine, and an execution screen of an application mapped to each of the sections is arranged at the magazine. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208594 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING IN TRANSMITTER DISABLING STATE - A mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone, for example, is capable of functioning in a transmitter disabling mode and is set to the transmitter disabling mode in automatic response to a power-on operation and then automatically changed to a transmitter enabling mode provided that a predetermined condition is confirmed. The communication device is instantly set to the transmitter disabling mode in automatic response to the initiation of use of an earphone or camera function and kept in the transmitter disabling mode even if the earphone or camera function enters an out of use condition. Surrounding people are informed of the transmitter disabling mode without fail by a standardized appearance of the earphone or a standardized blinking of a flash unit of the camera function. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208595 | Memory Emulation In A Cellular Telephone - A cellular telephone using a memory array that is directly addressed and non-volatile is disclosed. The memory array can be used to replace and emulate multiple memory types such as DRAM, SRAM, non-volatile RAM, FLASH memory, and a non-volatile memory card, for example. The memory array may be randomly accessed. Data stored in the memory array is retained in the absence of electrical power. One or more memory arrays may be used in the cellular telephone. At least one of the memory arrays may be in the form of a removable memory card. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE INCOMING CALL NOTIFICATION FOR CELLULAR PHONES - The present invention provides a remote notification to a user of a cellular, or mobile, phone as the result of a particular activity or any activity at all (e.g., an incoming call from a particular person, group, or just an incoming call). In one embodiment, a sensing device is provided on the cellular phone that communicates/routes an alert to a remote notification device. In one economical embodiment, the notification device may have a short wire-based communication channel (e.g., roughly 1 foot to 5 feet) and only have a single output device (e.g., a light-emitting device). Thus, a woman may be able to quietly receive notifications of a cell phone event when her cell phone is stored in her purse. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208597 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF A SIM CARD - A method of automatic provisioning of a SIM card ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208598 | ENERGY SAVING MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR BASE STATION, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An energy saving (ES) management method for a base station includes: An integration reference point manager (IRPManager) initiates an ES enable/disable procedure or an ES activation/resumption procedure to an integration reference point agent (IRPAgent), where the ES enable/disable procedure is used to allow or prohibit an ES operation on the base station or a cell, and the ES activation/resumption procedure is used to cause the base station or the cell to go into or go out of an ES state. The technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present invention enable operators to perform unified management on an ES procedure for a base station at a base station level or a cell level. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208599 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND MOBILE STATION - A base station requests cooperative transmission of a base station forming a nearby cell that is near a mobile station. The base station further includes an acquirer that acquires a reception power for each nearby cell of the mobile station; a calculator that calculates a value for each acquired reception power, weighted by a coefficient of the nearby cell; and a selector that based on each value calculated by the calculator and from among the nearby cells, selects a cell of which the cooperative transmission is to be requested. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208600 | Cell Phone Processing Of Spoken Instructions - An item of information ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120208601 | MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY MANAGEMENT - The display of a mobile device is managed during a voice communication session using a proximity sensor and an accelerometer. In one example, the display of a mobile device is turned off during a phone call on the mobile device when a proximity sensor detects an object is proximate the device and an accelerometer determines the device is in a first orientation. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208602 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile phone apparatus as one example of mobile terminals includes a processor, and the processor detects whether or not the mobile phone apparatus is in an open position in response to magnetism data from a magnetic sensor. The processor makes a backlight light up to illuminate a hardware key in a case that it is in the open position and a character input to a predetermined input region is instructed. The backlight shuts off when the character input is ended, or when the mobile phone apparatus is released from the open position during the character input. | 2012-08-16 |
20120208603 | HINGE UNIT AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - There are provided a hinge unit and portable terminal, even when a display housing is inverted to respond to demands for thin and light weight structure and high design quality, its display housing is always in a proper position. The display housing | 2012-08-16 |
20120208604 | WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL WITH A TOUCH INTERFACE FOR HANDS-FREE TELEPHONY AND MULTIMEDIA EQUIPMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The remote control includes a central button and side buttons. Touch sensors are associated with each of the buttons, with the central button being associated with a multizone touch pad that is activatable in different manners as a function of the movement of the finger over said pad. A set of pushbutton electromechanical switches is provided, comprising a central switch and one side switch in common for the buttons of each pair of side buttons. Selector means serve, on detecting a state transition of a side switch, to select a control signal as a function of that one of the touch sensors that is activated by contact with one of the side buttons associated with the switch. The movement of the finger over the central button is analyzed in order to distinguish between rectilinear movement and circular movement of the finger, and in order to determine the direction of said movement. | 2012-08-16 |