| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20080214110 | Apparatus and method for exchanging active profile in bluetooth communication system - An active profile exchange in a Bluetooth communication system is provided. A method for exchanging a profile of a server device in the Bluetooth communication system includes receiving a request for a service support list from a client device; when there is no adequate profile for the client device, generating and transmitting a service support list including information informing that an active profile generation is possible in response to the request; after providing the service support list, receiving the active profile generated by the client device when the client device requests an active profile exchange; and operating according to the active profile generated by the client device. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214111 | LOST PHONE ALARM SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method having an alarm software module recorded on a computer-readable medium programmed to monitor a connection between an accoutrement and a mobile phone. The alarm software module instructs an alarm to be issued if a threshold is met. In addition, the module may instruct the phone to lock. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214112 | Method and System for Using PSK Sync Word for Fine Tuning Frequency Adjustment - In RF transceivers, a method and system for using phase shift key (PSK) sync word for fine tuning frequency adjustment are provided. One aspect of the invention provides for adjusting a local oscillator frequency in a radio frequency (RF) receiver when a residual DC offset remains after a coarse frequency offset adjustment if performed. The fine adjustment may be necessary because of the synchronization required with a PSK-based modulated portion of a Bluetooth packet. A residual phase shift detected in a sync sequence portion of the Bluetooth packet may be utilized to determine a residual or fine frequency adjustment. This approach may allow an RF receiver to operate, in some instances, without the need for an equalizer. In this regard, the power consumed by the RF receiver may be minimized and/or the overall cost of the RF receiver may be reduced. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214113 | Signal Detecting Method and Apparatus and Information Reproducing Apparatus and Method - This signal detection method detects an output signal indicating data information contained at least in two sideband waves from an input signal having a carrier and at least two sideband waves accompanying the carrier. The method includes a cut off step for cutting off a sideband wave positioned at the high frequency side or the low frequency side as compared to the carrier from the at least two sideband waves and a square detection step for outputting an output signal by performing square detection of an input signal having one of the sideband waves which has been cut off. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214114 | INVERSION OF CHANNEL DISTORTION BY ADAPTIVE WAVELET LIFTING - A method for inverting telecommunication channel distortion by adaptive wavelet lifting. The distortion signal is analyzed using wavelet lifting and the inverse filter is computed. Coefficients of the inverse filter are used to either compute a transmission pre-filter or to update the transmitted message. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214115 | Apparatus and method for estimating channel in multi antenna wireless communication system - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system. The apparatus according to the present invention includes an estimator for initially estimating a channel response value by using a predetermined signal among reception signals, a detector for detecting transmission signals by using the channel response value and an operator for updating the channel response value by using detected transmission signals, a detection accuracy and reception signals. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214116 | Systems and Methods for Managing Wireless Communications Using Link Space Information - Disclosed are systems and methods which provide for management of wireless communications through the development and use of link space information. Such link space information provides link-centric information with respect to wireless links of a network to thereby provide a view of the network which takes into account phenomena affecting the wireless links. Utilizing such link space information, automated management of various aspects of a wireless network may be provided, including automated provisioning, management, and/or optimization of network links. Network operations may include use of link space information in providing network management applications such as automatic fault management, automatic performance management, operation advisories, and/or the like. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214117 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING RADIATED PERFORMANCE TESTS OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - A test apparatus for conducting a radiated performance test on a wireless device under controlled test conditions, the test apparatus having an anechoic chamber; a test computer; and an interface, the interface adapted to connect the test computer to the wireless device, the test apparatus being adapted to: establish a data connection on the interface between the test computer and the wireless device; initialize and start a timer for a predetermined interval on the wireless device; subject the wireless device to the radiated performance test in the anechoic chamber after the predetermined interval; and analyze test results on the test computer from a test log stored on the wireless device during the radiated performance test, wherein the interface between the test computer and the wireless device is adapted to be removed during the predetermined interval; for conducting a radiated performance test on a wireless device | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214118 | Line Sensor Selection For Quantifying Alien Crosstalk in a Shared Communications Medium - In a communication medium including a first set A of n communication channels and a second set U of m communication channels, a method for selecting sensor channels in A for quantifying crosstalk from U, including operating A in a receive-only mode ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214119 | Link adaptation telecommunication system - The invention relates to a wireless telecommunication system including a transmitter and a receiver, said transmitter being used to transmit data packets to the receiver, said receiver including error detection means ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214120 | Communication system and communication method - A noise judgment unit of a receiver (mobile terminal) judges whether there is a factor for poor reception such as 1/f noise in a receiving unit of the mobile terminal based upon the output of an FFT unit, and notifies a transmitter (base station) of that measurement result. When the mobile terminal is affected by 1/f noise, the base station transmits a signal to that mobile station by an OFDM method without using subcarriers at which ⅕ noise generates. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214121 | POWER CONTROL FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLEXING - Techniques for adjusting transmit power to mitigate both intra-sector interference to a serving base station and inter-sector interference to neighbor base stations are described. The amount of inter-sector interference that a terminal may cause may be roughly estimated based on the total interference observed by each neighbor base station, channel gains for the serving and neighbor base stations, and the current transmit power level. The transmit power may be decreased if high interference is observed by a neighbor base station and increased otherwise. The transmit power may be adjusted by a larger amount and/or more frequently if the terminal is located closer to the neighbor base station observing high interference and/or if the current transmit power level is higher, and vice versa. The intra-sector interference is maintained within an acceptable level by limiting a received SNR for the terminal to be within a range of allowable SNRs. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214122 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AUTO-OFF CAPABILITY FOR A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER - A circuit and method for providing an auto-off capability for a wireless transmitter, of a type having an audio plug which mates with the output jack of an audio source. The portable transmitter modulates signals from a baseband signal source onto a carrier and transmits the RF carrier to a receiver. The auto-off capability is provided to prolong battery life and eliminate the transmission of unmodulated RF carriers. The auto-off capability comprises turning power off to the transmitter circuit when baseband input signal is absent for more than a predetermined amount of time, and immediately turning on the transmitter circuit when baseband signal is present. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214123 | Transmission Rate Control Method and Mobile Station - To control QoS for each mobile station UE while minimizing the affect on radio capacity in the downlink, a transmission rate control method of the present invention comprises: receiving, at a mobile station, a common absolute transmission rate control signal used for a common transmission rate control and a dedicated relative transmission rate control signal used for a dedicated transmission rate control; and setting, at the mobile station, a higher one of a first transmission rate indicated by the common absolute transmission rate control signal and a second transmission rate determined based on the dedicated relative transmission rate control signal, as a transmission rate in an uplink. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214124 | WIRELESS BASE STATION - The present invention utilizes a wireless base station having a first radio transceiver and a second radio transceiver connected to the first radio transceiver with a communication cable, a first baseband unit connected to the first radio transceiver with a communication cable, and a second baseband unit connected to the second radio transceiver with a communication cable. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214125 | Method and Apparatus For Dynamically Adjusting a Transmitter's Impedance and Implementing a Hybrid Power Amplifier Therein Which Selectively Connects Linear and Switch-Mode Power Amplifiers in Series - A method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the impedance between a transmitter's power amplifier (PA) and antenna to efficiently transfer power from the PA to the antenna. The impedance between the PA and the antenna is adjusted based on power level measurements and/or PA direct current (DC) consumption measurements, depending on whether the PA is a linear PA or a switch-mode PA. In another embodiment, a hybrid PA including a first stage linear PA and a second stage switch-mode PA is implemented in a transmitter. The hybrid PA selectively connects the output of the first stage linear PA to one of the input of the second stage switch-mode PA and the output of the hybrid PA, depending on the output power level of the first stage linear PA, the output power level of the hybrid PA, or a requirement indicated by a transmit power control (TPC) command. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214126 | ADAPTIVE MODE TRANSMITTER FOR PAPR REDUCTION AND LINK OPTIMIZATION - An adaptive mode transmitter enables either OFDMA or SC-FDMA modulation schemes to be used during transmission of a wireless signal, such as during mobile phone use. The modulation scheme is selected automatically, and is based on characteristics of the transmitting entity, such as bandwidth allocation, selected modulation order, and transmit power. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214127 | Method, system and apparatus for estimation of propagation path variability of a transmit diversity channel - A method and apparatus for dynamic adaptation of transmit diversity parameters according to detected dynamics that may be, for example, related to changes in actual propagation and network conditions, and may be referred to as mobility parameters. Mobility parameters may apply to variability in a propagation path due to any conditions. Determination of a mobility parameter may be conducted using one or more of multiple parameters available to the mobile terminal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214128 | Diversity Transmission Method and Transmitter of a Base Station Using the Same in a Mobile Commmunication System - A diversity transmission method and a transmitter of a base station using the same is provided in a mobile communication system. For this purpose, the diversity transmission method for controlling power of transmit antennas when the transmitter transmits a signal to a mobile terminal using a plurality of antennas includes (a) receiving feedback information concerning the antenna having the best channel status from the mobile terminal, (b) increasing power allocation of a selected antenna according to the feedback information by a predetermined amount and decreasing power allocation of a non-selected antenna by a predetermined amount, and (c) transmitting the signal to the mobile terminal using the power allocation controlled in (b). | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214129 | AUTOMATED NOISE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A noise test measurement system configured to measure a noise component of a transmitted RF signal is described. The noise test measurement system may include an antenna, a low-noise amplifier, a local oscillator, a first coupler, a first variable phase-shifter, a first mixer, and a processor. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214130 | Systems and methods for determining Sensing Thresholds of a Multi-Resolution Spectrum Sensing (MRSS) technique for Cognitive Radio (CR) Systems - Systems and methods may be provided for threshold determinations for spectrum sensing. The systems and methods may include receiving a false alarm rate, where the false alarm rate is associated with false occupancy identifications of a spectrum segment, determining a noise floor as a function of a noise figure and characteristics of a multi-resolution spectrum sensing (MRSS) window, and calculating a sensing threshold based at least in part upon the false alarm rate and the noise floor. The systems and methods may also include determining whether a portion of an RF spectrum is occupied based at least in part on the calculated sensing threshold. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214131 | User Interface to be Implemented in a Device for Organazing Broadcast Stations and Optically Their Content - This invention relates to a user interface to be implemented in a device, wherein the device comprises a tuner and a receiver for receiving broadcast signals from broadcast stations. The user interface uses semantic information associated with the received broadcast signals for sorting the received broadcast stations based on sorting criteria and displays the sorted broadcast stations on a display. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214132 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In an RF tag, a mask ROM or a flash memory is used for storing data such as an ID number. Although the mask ROM can be realized at a low price, rewriting is not possible. In addition, in the flash memory, although electric rewriting is possible, production cost increases. Accordingly, it is difficult to provide an RF tag by which data rewriting is possible at a low price. An RF tag is provided with a power supply circuit having a function to generate a power supply voltage from a weak radio signal and a memory which can hold data stored in a data holding portion by the power supply voltage. With the above structure, a high-performance RF tag capable of rewriting data such as an ID number after production can be provided at a low price. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214133 | System and method of a stereo receiving system - A system and method of a stereo receiving system, including a plurality of antennas, a receiving device, a plurality of summing devices, a phase lock loop device, a controllable phase shifter device, and a gain-control device. The plurality of antennas receive RF signals having a common frequency but potentially different phases. The receiving device is in electrical communication with the plurality of antennas. The plurality of summing devices are in electrical communication between at least one of the plurality of antennas and the receiving device. The phase lock loop device is in electrical communication with the receiving device. The gain-control device is in electrical communication between the plurality of antennas and the receiving device, wherein the gain-control device controls a signal-to-noise ratio of the RF signals aligned from the plurality of antennas. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214134 | System And Method For Adjacent Channel Power Detection And Dynamic Bandwidth Filter Control - A system for detecting and minimizing interference in a radio receiver includes a plurality of bandpass filters having different response characteristics, a power detector configured to compare a power output of a first bandpass filter and a second bandpass filter, and logic to cascade a third bandpass filter when the difference in power output between the power output of the first bandpass filter and the power output of the second bandpass filter exceeds a threshold amount. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214135 | Methods and apparatus to perform noise cancellation in radios - Methods and apparatus to perform noise cancellation in radios are described. According to one example, a receiver includes a front end amplifier to receive and amplify an input signal; a downconverter to downconvert the amplified input signal; a feedback estimator to estimate a noise in the downconverted signal; and a feedback implementer to produce a feedback signal based on the estimated noise and to couple the feedback signal to the front end amplifier. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214136 | Reduction of near field electro-magnetic scattering using high impedance metallization terminations - The present invention uses metallization termination techniques to reduce the electro-magnetic field scattering at the edges of metallized areas. The metallization termination techniques provide a gradual transition from high conductivity areas to high impedance areas. The mobile phone antenna illuminates the PCB allowing currents to flow on the PCB. When the currents reach edges of the PCB they flow through a region of increasingly high impedance without reflecting back or scattering. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214137 | Receiver For Wireless Communications - An RF filtering and amplifying apparatus is proposed, comprising: a plurality of RF filters, connected with each other in a manner of cascade, for filtering the received radio signal level by level; a LNA (low noise amplifier), for amplifying the filtered signal to output an amplified and filtered signal. The RF filtering and amplifying apparatus in the present invention can not only meet the requirement for the selectivity of the filters, but also achieve desirable in-band distortion and insertion loss meanwhile. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214138 | Integrated tracking filters for direct conversion and low-IF single conversion broadband filters - A radio frequency (RF) tuner includes a programmable tracking filter bank receiving an RF input and outputting a filtered RF signal. A mixer stage receives the filtered RF signal and outputs a first quadrature component of the filtered RF signal and a second quadrature component of the filtered RF signal. Two variable gain amplifiers receive the first and second quadrature components and output amplitude-controlled I and Q components of the filtered RF signal. In one embodiment, the programmable tracking filter bank includes a plurality of tank circuits each connected to the RF input through an impedance. Each tank circuit include an inductor and a capacitor connected in parallel thereby forming an LC network, and a plurality of switched capacitors in parallel with the LC network and switched in and out of the tank circuit by programmable switches. In another embodiment, the programmable tracking filter bank includes a plurality of peaked low-pass circuits each connected to the RF input through an impedance. Each peaked low-pass circuit includes a capacitor connected to ground, and a plurality of switched capacitors in parallel with the capacitor and switched in and out of the peaked low-pass circuit by programmable switches. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214139 | Multistage Resonant Amplifier System and Method - A radio-frequency receiver for, e.g., receiving GPS signals in a cellular telephone has an input, a first gain stage in the form of a linear low noise amplifier with voltage-voltage feedback and a resonant load, and a second gain stage based on a common source input transconductor. Associated with the input and the first gain stage is a filter comprising a notch filter part for rejecting an interfering signal, e.g. a cell phone transmitter signal, and, connected between the parallel resonant circuit and the input, a series capacitance which, in combination with the inductor of the parallel-resonant circuit, forms a series-resonant circuit to provide a low impedance path at a wanted signal frequency. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214140 | POWERED PATCH PANEL - A powered patch panel (PPP) is disclosed that inserts power in mid-span regions of a network and provides fault-tolerance at the power supply level and the power-plane level. Information such as physical location, port status and policy enforcement information may be locally stored and utilized by a processor of the PPP to achieve network control and monitoring. A network management system and/or element management system may be provided to interface with processors of PPPs to achieve network monitoring, control and policy enforcement goals. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214141 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOWING CALLBACK ON AN EMERGENCY CALL - A system and method suspends incoming call-barring for a subscriber in a telecommunications network for a specified period of time when an emergency call is initiated by the subscriber. During the time period, there is no incoming call-barring for the subscriber making the emergency call and a call from any number can be received. The PSAP is thus allowed to call the subscriber in case the emergency call is disconnected without being completed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214142 | Emergency Alerting System - An emergency alerting system for permitting a user to secretly send a request for help to multiple parties is described. The system uses a small panic button which may be concealed on the user and which can be activated without an attacker knowing that a call for help has been initiated. The panic button communicates the call for help to a cell phone or Blackberry which in turn sends the call to predetermined recipients using wireless technology. The call or alert message may also include location coordinates using GPS and the time of day. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214143 | Method and System for the Collection of Voice Call Statistics for a Mobile Device - A method and system for collecting and tracking statistics of a mobile device having the steps of: adding a call statistics server at an enterprise, the call statistics server adapted to receive call statistics information from one or more mobile devices or adapted to gather call statistics information directly through monitoring call setup, throughput and disconnection traffic; and providing call statistics information to a recipient. The mobile device can then obtain and display the call statistics. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214144 | System and Method for Message-Based Access - A method and system for providing message-based access to services includes receiving a request message from a mobile subscriber relating to a service that is desired by the mobile subscriber, routing the request message for processing, performing one or more activities in accordance with the requested service, returning a response message to the mobile subscriber, and facilitating/enabling/etc. access to the requested service. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214145 | INTELLIGENT GROUP MEDIA REPRESENTATION - A method, apparatus, and electronic device for optimizing a media presentation to a group. A memory may store a personal media user profile for a user. A processor may create a group media user profile from the personal media user profile and associated individual media user profiles. A network interface may send a request to a digital media content source for a set of digital media content with a digital media content profile that matches the group media user profile. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214146 | Block-Based Encoding and Decoding Information Transference System and Method - Methods, apparatuses, and systems enabling an information exchange system allowing for the transmission of a message carrier containing at least one message code along with video and television data, as well as subsequent capture and decoding of the message carrier to identify the at least one message code. As discussed herein, implementations of the invention can be used in connection with an electronic commerce and data interchange system featuring a Universal Digital Assistant (UDA) that facilitates financial transactions and data interchange, as well as dissemination, management and exchange of commercial information (e.g., advertising, promotions, sales announcements, and the like) and personal information (e.g., address and other contact information, driver's license number, and memberships). The invention, in one implementation, provides an end-to-end e-commerce solution that can transform a mobile phone/PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) into a Universal Digital Assistant configured to receive data (e.g., advertising, promotions, and sales announcement information) based on message codes encoded into message carriers disseminated through advertising and content from analog and digital television broadcasts, television receivers, the Internet, wireless signals, radio broadcasts, satellite broadcasts, and print media. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214147 | Method and System for Customizing User Interface by Editing Multimedia Content - Disclosed is a method and a system for customizing a user interface by editing multimedia content, in which, when a user customizes the user interface displayed on a mobile communication terminal according to the preference of the user, the user edits the multimedia content to be used for the user interface, and uses the edited multimedia content for the user interface. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214148 | TARGETING MOBILE SPONSORED CONTENT WITHIN A SOCIAL NETWORK - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving wireless provider data associated with a first mobile communication facility, determining a relationship between the first mobile communication facility and a third party based at least on the wireless provider data, and establishing a social network based at least in part on the relationship between the first mobile communication facility and a plurality of third parties using the wireless provider data that may be associated with the mobile communication facility, where a level of influence of a social network user may be assessed at least in part based on social network activity, and sponsored content delivered to the user's mobile communication facility based at least in part on the level of influence. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214149 | USING WIRELESS CARRIER DATA TO INFLUENCE MOBILE SEARCH RESULTS - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for receiving a wireless carrier datum from a mobile carrier, receiving a navigation request from a mobile communication facility, assessing a relevancy of a content based at least in part on the relation of the wireless carrier datum to the navigation request, and presenting the content to the mobile communication facility based at least in part on the relevancy of the content. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214150 | IDLE SCREEN ADVERTISING - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for providing a user interface that simultaneously and dynamically presents a sponsored content concurrently with activating a mobile communication facility, wherein the dynamic presentation is based at least in part on a mobile subscriber characteristic. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214151 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE COUPON PLACEMENT - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for receiving a navigation request from a mobile communication facility, associating a sponsored mobile coupon with the navigation request based at least in part on a relevancy, wherein the relevancy is based at least in part on a mobile subscriber characteristic, and presenting the sponsored mobile coupon to the mobile communication facility. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214152 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MOBILE DYNAMIC CONTENT PRESENTATION - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for receiving a navigation request from a mobile communication facility, receiving an indicator input, dynamically creating a content based at least in part on an association of the navigation request and the indicator input, and presenting the dynamically created content to the mobile communication facility | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214153 | Mobile User Profile Creation based on User Browse Behaviors - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for recording data related to a user's mobile web browser activity performed on a mobile communication facility, storing a plurality of mobile web browser activities relating to the user, and creating a user browse behavior profile based at least in part on the plurality of mobile web browser activities, wherein the user browse behavior profile is stored as a type of mobile subscriber characteristic. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214154 | ASSOCIATING MOBILE AND NON MOBILE WEB CONTENT - In embodiments of the present invention methods and systems are described for associating a mobile website content with a non-mobile website content, saving the association in a data facility, receiving a request for the non-mobile website content from a mobile communication facility, searching the data facility for the mobile website content associated with the non-mobile website content, and presenting the mobile website content to the mobile communication facility. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214155 | INTEGRATING SUBSCRIPTION CONTENT INTO MOBILE SEARCH RESULTS - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for receiving a search query from a mobile communication facility and presenting search results to the mobile communication facility wherein the search results include non-subscription content and content to which a user is subscribed, wherein an indication that the user is subscribed is contained in the mobile subscriber characteristics database associated with the mobile communication facility. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214156 | MOBILE DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT CREATION AND PLACEMENT - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for receiving a navigation request from a mobile communication facility, receiving an indicator input, receiving a business rule relating to handling a mobile content type, dynamically creating a content based at least in part on an association of the navigation request, the indicator input and the business rule, and presenting the dynamically created content to the mobile communication facility. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214157 | Categorization of a Mobile User Profile Based on Browse Behavior - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for using wireless provider data to ascertain a web browser activity, recording a user's mobile web browser activity performed on a mobile communication facility, storing a plurality of mobile web browser activities activities to determine a relationship among web browser activities, creating a category of user profile based at least in part on the analysis, associating the category of user profile with the user, and presenting a content to the mobile communication facility based at least in part on the category of user profile. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING PROFILE DATA FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method and system for archiving and restoring data in a portable communication device. A first wireless communication connection is established between the communication device and a remote network capable of storing portable communication device data. The identity of an archival function to be performed is transmitted over the first communication connection. The indicated archival function is performed by transmitting data to or from the communication device. The function can be performed over the first wireless communication connection or a second wireless communication connection can be established for transmitting the information. The data can be converted by an upload converter into a format that is independent of the identity of the communication device. The converted data can be sent to other communication devices and reformatted for use by those devices. The first communication connection can be established by a communication device user or automatically. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214159 | Customer Service Messaging, Such As On Mobile Devices - A mobile device and corresponding service provider are configured to provide a user of the mobile device with access to one or more instant messaging help entities, from the mobile device. The one or more instant messaging help entities may be associated with the corresponding service provider or with a service that is external to the corresponding service provider. In some cases, some of the one or more instant messaging help entities may be embedded as part of the mobile device or service, so that access to the one or more help entities may not be permanently terminated by the user. In some cases, the user may control access to some of the one or more instant messaging help entities, such as by adding or removing the access to the instant messaging help entities from a list of instant messaging entities. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214160 | MOTION-CONTROLLED AUDIO OUTPUT - A motion of a mobile device, such as motions detected with an accelerometer, may be used to trigger an audio manipulation effect. In one implementation, logic is configured to output audio. Second logic is configured to identify a movement of the mobile device and third logic is configured to manipulate the output audio based on the identified movement. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214161 | Location Based Push Presence and Profile on a Wireless Communications Device - Changes in profile and/or presence information are pushed to a mobile communications device, in dependence upon device location or other application data stored on the device, such as calendar data, in order to ensure appropriate device behaviour. In this manner, the operation of the device can be automatically controlled in social situations or locations where the operation of mobile phones or other mobile computing devices may be regarded as irritating, disruptive or damaging, such as in concerts and libraries. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214162 | REALTIME SURVEYING WITHIN MOBILE SPONSORED CONTENT - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for associating a survey question with an interactive sponsored content, selecting the interactive sponsored content based at least in part on a mobile subscriber characteristic associated with a mobile communication facility, presenting the interactive sponsored content to the mobile communication facility, receiving a response to the survey question from the mobile communication facility, analyzing a plurality of user responses to the survey question, and presenting a survey analytic to the mobile communication facility based at least in part on the analysis. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214163 | System for and method of backing up content for use on a mobile device - In accordance with the invention, mobile phones and other electronic devices access content through links, rather than storing the content on the mobile phone or at a location under the control of a mobile phone operator. A user retrieves the content by accessing a link on the mobile phone, which results in transferring the content from a content-provider location directly to the mobile phone. In this way, the mobile phone operator does not have to reserve storage for the content, and the content provider, alerted that the user is restoring or otherwise requesting content, is able to offer the user upgrades, replacement content, and related content. To better offer a user relevant content, a history of purchases for the mobile phone, the user, or both is maintained. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214164 | Transmission of Signals in Cellular Systems and in Mobile Networks - A system and method for processing a received Global Positioning System (GPS) signal into a processed position finding GPS signal and for processing a first and a second input signal jointly with the GPS signal. A modulator and transmitter for modulation and transmission of processed signals in cellular systems and in mobile network, wherein cellular system and mobile network are distinct. A modulator and transmitter for transmission of processed signals in a satellite system and in a cellular system. Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmitter and receiver having a transmit filter and a receiver filter wherein the transmit and receiver filter are mismatched. A modulator and transmitter which comprise cascaded hybrid systems, including a cascaded GSM or EDGE, of cascaded infrared (IR) or GSM or CDMA or TDMA or UMTS systems and contain Radio Frequency identification (RFID) signals. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214165 | Vehicle Information Communication System, Management Server, On-Vehicle Device, and Vehicle Information Communication Method - A vehicle information communication system includes a management server | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214166 | LOCATION BASED MOBILE SHOPPING AFFINITY PROGRAM - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for presenting an affinity program enrollment opportunity to a mobile communication facility based at least in part on a navigation request made on the mobile communication facility and a location of the mobile communication facility, providing a sponsored affinity program content to an affinity program enrollee, and providing an incentive to the enrollee for an interaction with the sponsored affinity program content. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214167 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PROGRAM APPLICATIONS STORABLE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - Management server | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214168 | Cell phone with Personalization of avatar - An avatar is selected by a user. That avatar is then used as part of their personalized identification information with a call to a remote file. The avatar selected on the local phone is displayed on the remote phone when calling. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214169 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - A method for comparing configurations in a telecommunication system comprises switching S | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214170 | System and Method of Updating Presence Information - A network node provides presence updates to mobile users. The node reduces the amount of network traffic by eliminating the need for explicit messaging used to inform a user of presence updates. Additionally, the node reduces network traffic by consolidating presence updates, and sending the user only changed portions of the presence information. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214171 | Mobile communication system and mobile terminal having function of inactivating mobile communication viruses, and method thereof - The present invention provides a mobile communication system and method for inactivating or curing mobile communication viruses. The mobile communication system for inactivating a virus includes: a database associated with the mobile communication system, for storing at least one virus vaccine program; and a virus monitoring unit associated with the mobile communication system, for checking virus infection of received data, analyzing virus information, choosing one of virus vaccine programs that are stored in the database and inactivating the virus. Virus vaccine programs are timely updated over the air (OTA) whenever a new version of vaccine program is available. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214172 | METHOD OF LOADING SOFTWARE IN MOBILE AND DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS - A method of providing connectivity between a mobile device, a desktop computing device and network resources, comprising:
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| 20080214173 | Method and System For Provisioning Services In A Telecommunications Network - The present invention is a telecommunication system, comprising of at least one base station connected to a telecommunication network, a plurality of subscriber stations each cooperating with the base station to establish a connection between a user device operably connected to the subscriber station and the telecommunication network. The base station is also connected with a subscriber database to maintain the subscriber records that contain provisioning information for services, features and account information, and an interactive response system operable to create and modify a subscriber record in the subscriber database in response to input received over the connection from a subscriber using the user device to select services, features and account information for the subscriber station. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214174 | Initial cell search in mobile communications systems - An initial search for locating cells in a telecommunication system includes defining a set of carrier frequencies to be searched, and selecting as a cell search mode either a wide cell search mode or a narrow cell search mode, wherein selecting the cell search mode is based on a level of frequency generation accuracy. The wide cell search mode searches a wider frequency range than the narrow cell search mode searches. For each carrier frequency in the set of carrier frequencies to be searched, a most-recently selected cell search mode is used when searching for a cell transmitting on the carrier frequency. The narrow cell search mode is used only when the level of frequency generation accuracy is better than an expected worst level of frequency generation accuracy. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214175 | Data Transmission - A communications device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214176 | Methods and Devices for the Transmission of Scalable Data - ANS method for transmitting data, in which basic data is transmitted while one or several packets are transmitted with data that complements the basic data and increases the quality of the basic data when being decoded by a receiver. The packets contain at least one field with information about how the complementing data of the respective packet increases the quality of the basic data. The field can be read independently of the complementing data of the respective packet. Based on the information, a decision can be made as to whether the packets are to be forwarded or decoded. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214177 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling the Transmission of Radio Links in a Radio-Communication System - A method for controlling the transmission timing of a radio link on an air interface between a radio terminal and a radio access node, in a radio access node adapted to transmit a plurality of radio links to a radio terminal with substantially simultaneous transmission timings, is disclosed. It is determined whether predetermined conditions are met so that a substantially simultaneous transmission of a first and second radio links to said radio terminal can be selected. Responsive to this determination, a substantially simultaneous transmission of the first and second radio links is selected. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214178 | Method for Optimizing Receipt Notification Information Interchange in Synchronous Communication Between Terminal and Network and Mobile Terminal - To optimize the interchange of an ACK signal and a NACK signal between a terminal and a network and reduce the conflict on the terminal level. The invention relates to a method for optimizing the interchange of a receipt notification signal between a plurality of base stations and a mobile terminal synchronously connected in a cellular communication network. The method comprises a step of estimating the quality of down-link between each base station and the terminal on at least one standardized transmission channel, and a step of retransmitting data to the base station depending on the estimated quality of link. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING WIRELESS NETWORK GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OR SERVICE LEVELS - A system and a method for facilitating communication between a remote station and a service network are disclosed. A remote station is associated with a first communicator configured to communicate over a first communication network and a second communicator configured to communicate over a second communication network. A communication controller associated with the remote station and coupled with the first communicator and the second communicator is operable to transmit a first set of signals using the first communicator a second set of signals using the second communicator. A mobile network access point is directable to within a communication range of the second communicator of the remote station when the remote station is outside of an existing communication range of the second communication network and the first set of signals includes a resource request for the second communication network. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214180 | Customer Service Messaging, Such As On Mobile Devices - A mobile device and corresponding service provider are configured to provide a user of the mobile device with access to one or more instant messaging help entities, from the mobile device. The one or more instant messaging help entities may be associated with the corresponding service provider or with a service that is external to the corresponding service provider. In some cases, some of the one or more instant messaging help entities may be embedded as part of the mobile device or service, so that access to the one or more help entities may not be permanently terminated by the user. In some cases, the user may control access to some of the one or more instant messaging help entities, such as by adding or removing the access to the instant messaging help entities from a list of instant messaging entities. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214181 | CALL QUEUE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless phone includes a memory, a processor, and a call queue function, the call queue function to enable the configuration and storage in the memory of a call queue, the call queue comprising an ordered list of entries to dial, wherein the processor and the memory cooperate to enable the call queue function. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214182 | POWER CONTROL AND CHANNEL REUSE TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS RELAY NETWORKS - Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to relay networks or multi-hop networks, and also relating to power control and channel reuse techniques for wireless relay networks. A technique of power control in a wireless relay network may include receiving a channel measurement report via a relay station from a mobile station attached to the relay station, and determining a mobile station-specific downlink data transmission power level for the relay station to transmit data to the mobile station based at least in part on the received channel measurement report from the mobile station. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214183 | Method of Determining an Error Rate and a Suitable Testing Device - The invention relates to a method and to a test device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MODIFY WIRELESS NETWORK CALIBRATION DATA - A system and method to re-calibrate an area of a wireless communications network that has been exposed to one or more network configuration changes is disclosed. When one or more attributes of the wireless network undergo a change which impairs the geo-location capability to locate a mobile station, it can be detrimental to the safety and well being of the network users. Geo-location calculations rely on accurate and updated calibration data to correctly locate a mobile station. In some instances, it may be necessary to update the calibration data for areas of the network that have been exposed to network configuration changes. Modifying previously collected calibration data to account for changes that have occurred in the network may increase the accuracy of mobile station location estimation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESELECTING ANTENNAS IN A CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - A cellular mobile communication system using multiple antennas reselects a plurality of transmission antennas of base stations connected to a mobile station. The system includes measuring a channel quality parameter used for estimation of channel performance, determining whether to reselect the transmission antennas using the measured channel quality parameter, reselecting transmission antennas of the base stations connected to the mobile station, and connecting the reselected transmission antennas to the base station. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214186 | System for Monitoring the Quality of Service in a Communication Network - Monitoring system includes a set of peripheral monitoring agents including processing functionalities housed in SIMS. Such processing functionalities, depending at least on operating conditions of each terminal and its respective SIMS, are able to adaptively establish a distribution of measuring functionalities included in the peripheral monitoring agents between the terminal itself (for example storing them in the related memory or multimedia card) and its respective SIM. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214187 | Apparatus and method for providing power off information in portable communication system - Provided is an apparatus and method for providing power-off information in a portable communication system. The portable communication system for identifying information on a destination terminal in a power-off state includes a portable terminal and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC). | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214188 | Aircraft Data Transmission System for Transmitting Data Between an Aircraft and a Transmission Station Located Outside Thereof - The invention relates to an aircraft data transmission system for transmitting data between the aircraft and a transmission station located outside thereof. The inventive system consists of a transmitting/receiving device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214189 | MOBILITY PROTOCOL SWITCHING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Techniques for mobility protocol switching for wireless networks are described. An apparatus may comprise a convergence gateway having a protocol converter, the protocol converter to receive as input a first set of control plane protocol signals and a first set of user plane protocol signals from a first network, convert the first set of control plane protocol signals to a second set of control plane protocol signals and the first set of user plane protocol signals to a second set of user plane protocol signals, and to send as output the second set of control plane protocol signals and the second set of user plane protocol signals to a second network. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214190 | Circuit switched domain services with long term evolution/sytem architecture evolution access - An apparatus and method including attaching a user equipment to a long term evolution system and simultaneously registering the user equipment attached to the long term evolution system to a circuit switched domain, is disclosed. The user equipment is simultaneously registered based on an interface between a mobility management entity and a mobile switching center server. For a mobile originated call from the user equipment attached to the long term evolution system, an enhanced call control is carried via the mobility management entity to the mobile switching center server. For a mobile terminated call, an enhanced call control is carried via the mobility management entity to the mobile switching center server, after the mobile switching center server pages the user equipment. The user equipment is offered existing circuit switched domain services while connected to the long term evolution system. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214191 | SERVICE STATUS DISPLAY ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of indicating the availability of a communication service begins by receiving, at a handheld communication device, a service indication of an availability of one of a plurality of communication services, via a wireless communication mode, to the communication device. The handheld communication device receives the service indication from a provider of the one communication service via a wireless non-traffic channel of the wireless communication mode. The communication device then provides a user-indication of the communication service availabilities in accordance with the received service indication. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214192 | Mobile communication system with position detection to facilitate hard handoff - A system for facilitating handoff adapted for use with a telecommunications network. The system includes position equipment for determining the location of a mobile transceiver within a region containing a first cell and a second cell. A comparison circuit compares the location with a predetermined handoff area within the region and provides a control signal in response thereto. A handoff initiation circuit initiates handoff of the mobile transceiver between the first cell and the second cell in response to the control signal. In a specific embodiment, the handoff is a hard handoff. The handoff region can be either intersystem or intrasystem. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING INFORMATION USING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving additional information through a random access procedure by mapping at least one additional information element to random access codes to be used in a random access procedure between a UE and an ENB in a mobile communication system. According to the method, a random access code selected based on additional information to be transmitted and a triggering cause of the random access procedure is transmitted from the UE to the ENB. Each random access code is differently mapped to at least one additional information element according to a class of a cause for which a corresponding random access procedure is triggered, and the additional information elements are mapped to different ranges of random access codes according to the classes of the cause. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214194 | RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER AND TRANSPORT NETWORK CONTROL METHOD FOR PERFORMING RELOCATION - Setting unit | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214195 | Radio network relocation - There is disclosed a method for serving radio network subsystem relocation from a first radio network controller to a second radio network controller for an established call to a user equipment, comprising transmitting a transmission power control combination index of a radio link established between the user equipment and the first radio network controller to the second radio network controller. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214196 | TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH DATA RATES WITH IMPROVED CHANNEL REFERENCE - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate pilot channel optimization schemes for high data rate communications transmissions. In various illustrative implementations, pilot channel operations can be monitored and controlled by an exemplary base station for one or more cooperating wireless terminals (e.g., user equipment) such that one or more power features of the one or more cooperating wireless terminals can be illustratively changed in response to one or more selected pilot channel operational conditions. In an illustrative operation, an exemplary base station can engage one or more selected pilot channel control operations as part of pilot channel optimization comprising a jump detection technique, operating power control on another channel other than the DPCCH, engaging in delayed power control, engaging in a soft-handoff power control in the instance of a boosted pilot channel, and resolving ambiguity in grant messages resulting from a pilot boost. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214197 | Technique for Radio Resource Management - A radio resource management technique in a cellular telecommunication system is disclosed. The telecommunication system comprises at least one radio network controlling component and one or more base station components operable to implement an uplink scheduling scheme in relation to one or more user terminals. A method embodiment comprises the steps of receiving, by one of the base station components from the at least one radio network controlling component, at least one interference control parameter, of generating one or more scheduling grants taking into account the at least one interference control parameter, and of issuing the one or more scheduling grants to one or more user terminals. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214198 | FLEXIBLE CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR REPORTING - System(s) and method(s) are provided that facilitate a flexible channel quality indicator (CQI) reporting directives or policies. A CQI reporting directive delivers an improved tradeoff between reporting accuracy and overhead by establishing subband-specific reporting periods, reporting repetitions, or power requirements. The CQI reporting directive is based at least in part on channel conditions, traffic requirements, and scheduling techniques. Automated optimization and negotiation of a CQI reporting directive based on communication performance is also incorporated. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214199 | Dynamic frequency selection based on spectrum etiquette - The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for dynamic frequency selection based on spectrum etiquette. In one example, the method includes identifying multiple frequencies usable by a central subdivision in a wireless communication system that are not in use by neighboring subdivisions. The method may determine whether the frequencies include a frequency that cannot be used by the neighboring subdivisions and, if the frequency exists, may select the frequency for use by the central subdivision. If such a frequency does not exist, the method may identify a frequency that can be used by fewer of the neighboring subdivisions than other frequencies and select the identified frequency for use by the central subdivision. The frequency selection can be performed periodically, or can be triggered by a certain predefined events. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214200 | Apparatus and Method For Resource Sharing Between a Plurality of Communication Networks - An apparatus for resource sharing between a plurality of communication networks ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214201 | PILOT GROUPING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Systems and techniques for grouping channels, such as pilots, are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving transmissions of two or more pilot signals at an access terminal of a wireless communications network that includes an access node, based on characteristics of the transmissions of the two or more pilot signals from the access node to the access terminal, determining whether the two or more pilot signals are suitable for grouping and indicating of the suitability of the two or more pilot signals for grouping by sending a pilot information report for the pilot group to the access node. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214202 | Method and Apparatus for Bluetooth Discoverability Using Region Estimation - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and apparatus for Bluetooth discoverability using region estimation. One embodiment of a method for controlling Bluetooth discoverability of a wireless device includes monitoring the physical location of the wireless device and enabling Bluetooth discoverability if the current physical location of the wireless device is within a trusted region or disabling Bluetooth discoverability if the current physical location of the wireless device is outside of the trusted region. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214203 | Local Positioning System and Method of Estimating Position a Mobile Wireless Unit in a Localised Area - A local positioning system comprises a plurality of sensor elements that may communicate with mobile units in a wireless fashion. The responsiveness of the mobile units is measured by yes/no answers and averaged so as to provide a measure of the distance of a mobile unit to a specified sensor element. Based on this measure and the known positions of the sensor element, the position of the mobile unit is estimated, for instance by a model of ideal springs. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214204 | SIMILARITY BASED LOCATION MAPPING OF MOBILE COMM FACILITY USERS - In embodiments of the present invention methods and systems are described for associating a mobile subscriber characteristic with a mobile communication facility for identifying a location of the mobile communication facility and creating a map that includes the location of the mobile subscriber characteristic based at least in part on the location of the mobile communication facility with which it is associated. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A LOCATION ESTIMATE USING A METHOD OF INTERSECTIONS - The location of a wireless mobile device may be estimated using, at least in part, one or more pre-existing Network Measurement Reports (“NMRs”) which include calibration data for a number of locations within a geographic region. The calibration data for these locations is gathered and analyzed so that particular grid points within the geographic region can be determined and associated with a particular set or sets of calibration data from, for example, one or more NMRs. Regions may be defined as a function of any number of parameters and respective predetermined ranges thereof in the NMRs. An intersection of these defined regions may be determined and the location of a mobile device may be estimated as a function of the intersection. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214206 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING SAME, AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING PROGRAM PRODUCT AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A communication terminal and communication system which are capable of having a grasp of a distance between communication terminals when communication is carried out, an information displaying program product and an information displaying method for the communication terminal and the communication system are provided. A communication network includes an originator terminal and receiver terminal connected to the communication network and a location information server to notify these terminals of the distance between these terminals or location information of each of these terminals. Each of the originator terminal and the receiver terminal, when location of each of these terminal is notified, calculates the distance between these terminals and displays the distance by a method of appealing to the five senses of a human to select a type of ring back tone in stages. Distance information representing the distance transmitted from the location information server is displayed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214207 | LOCATION-BASED BROADCAST MESSAGING FOR RADIOTERMINAL USERS - Methods, radioterminals, and broadcast message generation consoles provide location-based broadcast messaging for users. A method of operating a radioterminal can include receiving at the radioterminal over a wireless air interface a broadcast message that includes region information that defines a geographic region of applicability. A determination is made at the radioterminal whether the radioterminal is located in the region of applicability. A functional mode of the radioterminal is activated in response to the radioterminal being in the region of applicability. The functional mode may include activating a user interface of the radioterminal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214208 | Computationally-Efficient Estimation of the Location of a Wireless Terminal Based on Pattern Matching - A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive information that is probative of the wireless terminal's location. The GPS-derived location information is then combined with non-GPS-derived location to form an estimate of the location of the wireless terminal that is better than can be derived from either alone. This combination of GPS-derived and non-GPS techniques is particularly useful when the wireless terminal can only acquire one or two GPS signals because it is not possible to determine the location of the wireless terminal with only two GPS signals alone. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080214209 | Web to Mobile Device Location Based Event Reminder - Web page ‘event information’ template is provided comprising of data fields to enable users input event information published on corresponding web page. Web page ‘event information’ data can be published or can be imbedded in corresponding web page. Mobile device ‘event information’ database is provided comprising of data fields identical to web page ‘event information’ database. Two way data transmission means between web page and mobile device ‘event information’ databases is provided. Mobile device event reminder application is provided with means to determine if GPS coordinates corresponding to current location of mobile device corresponds to GPS coordinates in ‘event information’ database contained therein. Event information is displayed if mobile device is in proximity to event location. | 2008-09-04 |