37th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110223810 | CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED MANUFACTURABILITY - An I/O connector has a housing that contains a plurality of individual terminal wafers containing terminal dedicated to either ground signals or differential signals. The terminals are arranged in widthwise order to define broadside coupled differential signal terminal pairs. The ground terminals are wider than the signal terminals to provide shielding to the differential signal pairs. The body portions of the ground terminals include pairs of opposed notches that provide for increased retention of the ground terminals in the wafer and provide increased flow for molding material during the formation of the wafers. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223811 | SATA ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A SATA electrical connector extends a lateral rib and a longitudinal guiding portion from a base surface of an insulator. The insulator and the terminals have intimate engagements, for minimizing height and width of the entire structure. The electrical connector can be joined to another electrical connector for forming an electrical connector assembly. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223812 | AUDIO PLUG WITH CORE STRUCTURAL MEMBER - Plugs with core structural members and methods for manufacturing plugs with core structural members are provided. A plug can include a core structural member that may increase the structural integrity of the plug. The plug can further include contact pads and traces, and each trace can electrically couple with one of the contact pads and extend along a plug axis towards the proximal end (e.g., base section) of the plug. In orientation-specific embodiments, the traces may be disposed on the surface of the plug. However, in other embodiments, the traces may be disposed below but near the surface of the plug. The plug may also include one or more insulating layers to prevent contact pads and traces from shorting. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223813 | COMMUNICATION CONNECTOR - A communication connector includes a base enclosure defining a receiving space, the receiving space having two opposite ends and a bottom respectively defined as a first, a second and a third opening, which are communicable with one another, and the first opening being provided along a periphery thereof with a retaining section; a connection terminal held in the base enclosure with two ends extending to the second and the third opening of the receiving space; and a cover plate closing the first opening of the receiving space and being provided along a periphery with an engaging section for correspondingly engaging with the retaining section at the first opening. With these arrangements, the cover plate can be quickly and firmly assembled to the first opening of the receiving space to enclose the connection terminal in the base enclosure, and the communication connector can be mass-produced to ensure increased good yield thereof. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223814 | BEAM CLAMP - Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a clamp for securing a grounding connector to a structural member. The clamp includes a clamp body having a top section, a bottom section, and a side section, which define an opening for receiving the structural member. The top section includes a plurality of mounting sections separated by at least one slot. Each of the mounting sections includes a mounting hole for receiving a mounting fastener to secure the clamp to the structural member. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223815 | MARINE VESSEL - A marine vessel includes a hull and a jet propulsion device arranged to take in water through an intake port and eject the water through an ejection port rearward with respect to the hull. The ejection port is arranged posterior to the intake port. The marine vessel also includes a reversing member arranged to be movable between a forward drive position and a reverse drive position. The reversing member is arranged to, when placed at the reverse drive position, reverse the direction of the water ejected from the jet propulsion device forward with respect to the hull (in a direction capable of generating a propulsive force in the reverse drive direction). The marine vessel further includes an operation unit arranged to be operated by a marine vessel maneuvering operator to locate the reversing member at the forward drive position or the reverse drive position, and an internal combustion engine arranged to drive the jet propulsion device. The marine vessel also includes a control unit arranged and programmed to operate in a reverse drive mode in which when the reversing member is located at the reverse drive position by the operation unit, and such that the control unit controls the internal combustion engine to operate within a predetermined speed range. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223816 | Combination hand-held multi-directional propulsion device and powered oar/paddle for rowboat, canoe, kayak, and the like - A multi-functional modular device comprises: a shaft; electric motor(s); battery(s); thrust producing fan(s); and blade(s) being removably attachable to the shaft for levering of a paddlesports boat. With the blade(s) attached to the shaft and the motor(s) off, the device is usable for manual levering, and with the motor(s) on, the fan blade thrust may selectively assist in levering to propel the paddlesports boat. Fan thrust may be usable in a direction opposite to a propulsive direction of levering to reduce work required per stroke, which reduces power per stroke, or may alternatively be usable in the same direction as propulsive levering to increase total propulsive power per stroke, which requires greater strength/work output by the rower/paddler. Various sized blades may be interchangeable therein to adjust the work output. Removing the blade(s) permits the fan to be statically submerged and clocked to propel the boat in a desired direction. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223817 | RUDDER ASSEMBLY FOR A WATERCRAFT HAVING A JET-DRIVE OUTBOARD MOTOR - A rudder assembly for use with a jet drive motor for a watercraft. The rudder assembly has at least one support member and at least one steering stabilizer member which extend from the at least one support member. The at least one steering stabilizer member has a longitudinal axes which extends in a direction which is essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the motor and essentially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the at least one support member. The at least one steering stabilizer member having sufficient surface area to cooperate with water when the watercraft is travelling at slow speeds, wherein the rudder assembly provides an operator of the watercraft with improved steering control and response at low speeds. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223818 | Bearings for Pod Propulsion System - An improved bearing assembly includes one unique shaft washer ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110223819 | OUTBOARD MOTOR - An outboard motor includes an engine, a housing, a catalyst, and an engine cover. The housing includes a partitioning wall that is arranged to partition an interior of the housing into a first exhaust space connected to exhaust ports of the engine, and a second exhaust space connected to the first exhaust space. The housing is arranged such that the second exhaust space is positioned at the same side as the first exhaust space with respect to a plane that includes central axes of the plurality of the cylinders. The catalyst is positioned at a height such that at least a portion of the catalyst overlaps with the first exhaust space when viewed from a horizontal direction. The catalyst is disposed in the second exhaust space so as to guide the exhaust guided from the first exhaust space to the second exhaust space. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223820 | Submersible Mooring System - A submersible mooring buoy for a floating vessel comprises a compartmented hull; a plurality of non-buoyant, catenary anchor lines each connected to the hull and a spring buoy such that the hull may be submerged without sinking to the seafloor by flooding selected compartments; and, a plurality of mooring legs anchoring each spring buoy to the seafloor. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223821 | WAKEBOARD STRUCTURE - Provided is a wakeboard structure including two opposing, spaced-apart outer plates pressed together and sealed at two opposing ends thereof to thereby form a hollow casing filled with a foaming material. To enhance the internal structural strength of the wakeboard structure and prevent the outer plates from severing, inner sides of the two outer plates are coated with a glue layer before being adhered with a reinforcing panel, respectively. The reinforcing panel is made of plastic or a plastic composite material. The outer plates, the glue layers, and the reinforcing panels are coupled together, such that the wakeboard structure thus fabricated is unlikely to crack or sever when subjected to pressure or repeated impact, lightweight, highly buoyant, and effective in ensuring personal safety. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223822 | SAFETY CLOTHES - Safety clothes includes a fabric structure having a liner fabric and a cover fabric attached to each other, and a plurality of gas-containing capsules contained in compartments, which are defined between the liner fabric and the cover fabric. Gas is sealed inside the gas-containing capsules. The reliability and the freedom of motion of safety clothes are improved. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223823 | SUPERHYDROPHILIC WOOL FABRIC WITH WASH FASTNESS AND NANO-FINISHING METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A superhydrophilic wool fabric with wash fastness and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. Nanometer particles are grafted on the fiber surface of the superhydrophilic wool fabric with wash fastness by chemical bonds. The nanometer particles include nanometer silicon dioxide whose particle diameter is 10-800 nm. Based on the total mass of the superhydrophilic wool fabric with wash fastness, the amount of the nanometer silicon dioxide is 0.05-5% by mass. The preparation method of the present application includes the following steps: pretreating a wool fabric with a coupling agent; then adjusting the pH value of the reactive solution, immersing the pretreated wool fabric in the reactive solvent and stirring under constant temperature; adding silicon dioxide particles with a particle diameter of 10-800 nm or a solution that contains precursor of silicon dioxide into the reacting solvent in which the wool fabric is immersed, readjusting pH value of the reactive solution, oscillating for a period of time under constant temperature, taking out the wool fabric, cleaning and drying. The superhydrophilic wool fabric with wash fastness of the present application has the effects of water-absorbing and quick drying, and is fully wash wear. The operation of the method of the present invention is simple. A functionality design can be realized in the microcosmic field. The fabric of the present invention simultaneously has multiple functions such as water- absorbing and quick drying, bacteriostasis, and self-cleaning. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223824 | FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED PROCESSES, FABRICS, TEXTILES, PLASTICS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE - The invention relates to flame-retardant compositions and related processes, fabrics, and textiles. Flame retardant compositions of the invention are anionic, exhibit superior durability, have a solids content and particle size that is particularly advantageous for fabric and textile manufacturing, exceed the flammability standards imposed by NFPA Standard 701 or NFPA Standard 705, and prove non-toxic over prolonged periods of exposure. Significantly, flame retardant compositions of the invention incorporate, and are made by processes that use, ammonium polyphosphate. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223825 | FLYING DISC WITH WATER SPOUTING FUNCTION - A flying disc which can spout water when flying is disclosed. A casing of the flying disc is made of material with low water permeability and has through holes. A filler with water absorbing capacity is filled in the casing. The water contained in the filler is spouted out of the casing via the through holes when the flying disc is thrown out. This makes an amazing effect of entertainment. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223826 | Underwater play ball - The underwater play ball is comprised of a hollow cavity with a spherical shape which is made of a strong flexible lightweight low density PVC material for holding both water and air pressure without rupturing. The cavity size and dry weight can vary, but the preferred cavity size equals the size of a average soccer ball where the dry weight is easily handled by children. The cavity is inflated with a safe rubber nozzle attachable to any size hose. The cavity includes a predetermined transparent level mark arranged around two valves at one end of the cavity. The water volume and air pressure inside the cavity is adjusted by filling water through a valve while releasing ambient air simultaneously through a second valve until the water volume and air pressure reaches a predetermined transparent fill level mark. The arrangement of a strong flexible lightweight low density PVC cavity combined with a predetermined amount of water and air pressure provides a underwater play ball with both weightless and pneumatic characteristics under water. Such an arrangement, provides a underwater play ball that can naturally glide under the waters surface in a straight line when passed by a swimmer by its self and repeatedly rebound on impact to its original position by itself when passed or bounced for amusement and exercise. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223827 | CONTEXT-BASED INTERACTIVE PLUSH TOY - An interactive toy for interacting with a user while a story is being read aloud from a book or played from a movie/video. The toy includes a speech recognition unit that receives and detects certain triggering phrases as they are read aloud or played from a companion literary work. The triggering phrase read aloud from the book or played in the movie/video may have independent significance or may only have significance when combined with other phrases read aloud from the book or played in the movie/video. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223828 | LOW CONDUCTIVITY BALLOONS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAME - The present invention relates to articles and methods for producing non-latex balloons with low surface electrical conductivities and an extended product life. In a preferred embodiment, a multilayer composite film having an exposed metallized layer is coated with an elastomeric sealant layer that increases electrical resistivity of the balloon product to greater than 1.0 | 2011-09-15 |
20110223829 | WHEELED TOY VEHICLES AND PLAYSETS FOR USE THEREWITH - A play system includes a toy vehicle and a playset for use therewith. A toy vehicle includes a chassis having a bottom surface that is at least partially magnetic and a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the chassis. A playset includes a base, a launch ramp mounted to the base and having an upper end and a lower end that includes an upwardly-inclined section terminating in a jump lip, and a magnetic element selectively positionable within a predefined range of positions relative to the jump lip. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223830 | PERSONAL MUSIC LASER SHOW TOY SYSTEM - The invention relates to a toy for a laser beam pattern that is controlled by a stereo output from music with the ability to control the starting pattern by the user. The above system provides a unique small visual entertainment music amplifier system toy that operates on batteries as well as AC adapter output. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223831 | BRA AND/OR BRA PAD FOR PROVIDING THE APPEARANCE OF SYMMETRY TO ASYMMETRICAL BREASTS - A breast cup comprising an inner shell and an outer shell. The inner shell may have a concave shape selected from a number of available cup sizes. The outer shell may have a convex shape selected from a number of available breast cup sizes. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223832 | BRASSIERE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE COVERINGS - A brassiere has a plurality of interchangeable coverings capable of adorning the brassiere so as to change the visual appearance of the brassiere. The brassiere includes a plurality of fastening means, which include hooks, snaps, Velcro, zipper, buttons and/or fabric ties. The coverings have mating fastening means and are capable of being attached to the brassiere so as to provide an outer covering. The coverings differ from each other by way of fabric, colour, pattern and/or texture. Optionally, the brassiere can have means to reveal or conceal the woman's cleavage. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223833 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREMENT-AIDED FINE MACHINING OF WORKPIECE SURFACES, AND MEASURING SYSTEM - In the case of a method for the material-removing fine machining of a workpiece surface of a workpiece, in particular for the honing or finishing of workpiece portions having substantially rotationally symmetrically curved workpiece surfaces, at least one fine machining tool machines the workpiece surface and, by means of a measuring system, a measurement of the workpiece surface is performed. In this case, at at least one measuring position, radar radiation is directed onto the workpiece surface, and the radar radiation reflected from the workpiece surface is acquired and evaluated for the purpose of determining at least one surface measurement value. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223834 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING GLASS PLATE POLISHING STATE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for monitoring a glass plate polishing state. The apparatus may include a location measuring unit for measuring a location on a glass plate being polished by a polishing machine, a current measuring unit for measuring an electric current flowing into the polishing machine, a memory unit for storing a reference value of the electric current flowing into the polishing machine for each polishing location of the glass plate, and a control unit for determining whether a polishing state is faulty, by comparing a value of the electric current measured by the current measuring unit for each polishing location measured by the location measuring unit with a corresponding reference value of the electric current stored in the memory unit for each polishing location. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223835 | Three-point spindle-supported floating abrasive platen - A method and apparatus for releasably attaching flexible abrasive disks to a flat-surfaced platen that floats in three-point abrading contact with three rigid equal-height flat-surfaced rotatable fixed-position workpiece spindles that are mounted on a precision-flat abrading machine base where the spindle surfaces are in a common plane that is co-planar with the base surface. The three spindles are positioned to form a triangle of platen supports where the rotational-centers of each of the spindles are positioned at the center of the annular width of the platen abrading surface. Flat surfaced workpieces are attached to the spindles and the rotating floating-platen abrasive surface contacts all three rotating workpieces to perform single-sided abrading. The platen abrasive surface can be re-flattened by attaching equal-thickness abrasive disks to the three spindles that are rotated while in abrading contact with the rotating platen abrasive. There is no wear of the abrasive-disk protected platen surface. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223836 | Three-point fixed-spindle floating-platen abrasive system - A method and apparatus for releasably attaching flexible abrasive disks to a flat-surfaced platen that floats in three-point abrading contact with three rigid equal-height flat-surfaced rotatable fixed-position workpiece spindles that are mounted on a precision-flat abrading machine base where the spindle surfaces are in a common plane that is co-planar with the base surface. The three spindles are positioned to form a triangle of platen supports where the rotational-centers of each of the spindles are positioned at the center of the annular width of the platen abrading surface. Flat surfaced workpieces are attached to the spindles and the rotating floating-platen abrasive surface contacts all three rotating workpieces to perform single-sided abrading. The platen abrasive surface can be re-flattened by attaching equal-thickness abrasive disks to the three spindles that are rotated while in abrading contact with the rotating platen abrasive. There is no wear of the abrasive-disk protected platen surface. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223837 | Fixed-spindle floating-platen workpiece loader apparatus - A method and apparatus for robotic devices that can be used to load and remove workpieces and abrasive disks for an abrading system having a floating, rotatable abrading platen that is three-point supported by annular, flat abrading-surface of the floating platen. The rotary spindles are mounted on the flat horizontal surface of a machine base and the spindle-top flat surfaces are aligned to be precisely co-planar with each other where the rotational-centers of each of the spindles fixed-position rotary flat-surfaced spindles. The flexible abrasive disks are releasably attached to the are positioned at the center of the annular radial-width of the platen abrading-surface. Flat-surfaced workpieces are attached to the spindle-top flat surfaces and the abrasive surface of the abrasive disk that is attached to the rotating floating-platen abrading surface contacts the workpieces to perform single-sided abrading on the workpieces. Workpieces can be flat-lapped to provide precision-flat and smoothly-polished surfaces. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223838 | Fixed-spindle and floating-platen abrasive system using spherical mounts - A method and apparatus for releasably attaching flexible abrasive disks to a flat-surfaced platen that floats in three-point abrading contact with three flat-surfaced rotatable fixed-position workpiece spindles that are mounted on spherical-rotation two-piece spindle-mount devices that are attached to a nominally-flat abrading machine base. The spindle-top flat surfaces are precisely co-planar with each other. The three spindles are positioned to form a triangle of platen supports where the rotational-centers of each of the spindles are positioned at the center of the annular width of the platen abrading-surface. Flat surfaced workpieces are attached to the spindles and the rotating floating-platen abrasive surface contacts the workpieces to perform single-sided abrading on them. The disk abrasive surfaces can be re-flattened by attaching abrasive disk-type components to the three spindles that are rotated while in abrading contact with the rotating abrasive disk. There is no wear of the abrasive-disk protected platen surface. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223839 | GRINDER, GRINDING METHOD USING THE GRINDER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE GRINDING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A grinder including a grinding unit including a grinding surface and a shaft connected to the grinding unit for rotating the grinding unit. The grinding unit includes polyurethane and a mixture of a repairer and an abrasive, and an angle α between a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of the shaft and the grinding surface satisfies 1°≦α≦7°. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223840 | Polishing Composition and Polishing Method Using The Same - A polishing composition contains at least abrasive grains and water and is used in polishing an object to be polished formed of a substrate material for optical devices, a substrate material for power devices, or a compound semiconductor material. The abrasive grains have a zeta potential satisfying the relationship X×Y≦0, where X [mV] represents the zeta potential of the abrasive grains measured in the polishing composition and Y [mV] represents the zeta potential of the object to be polished measured during polishing using the polishing composition. The abrasive grains are preferably of aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, zirconium oxide, diamond, or silicon carbide. The object to be polished is preferably of sapphire, gallium nitride, silicon carbide, gallium arsenide, indium arsenide, or indium phosphide. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223841 | METHOD FOR POLISHING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - A method of polishing a semiconductor wafer includes polishing a surface of the semiconductor wafer using a polishing pad while supplying a polishing agent slurry containing abrasives during a first step. The polishing pad is free of abrasives and includes a first surface that contacts the semiconductor wafer, the first surface having a surface structure including elevations. Supply of polishing agent slurry is subsequently ended and, in a second step, the surface of the semiconductor wafer is polished using the polishing pad while supplying a polishing agent solution having a pH value of at least 12 that is free of solids. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223842 | SANDBLASTING DEVICE - A sandblasting device includes a sandblasting apparatus and a sandblasting chamber. The sandblasting apparatus includes a spray head defining a number of outlet holes facing to different directions for spraying the abrasive particles to different directions. The sandblasting chamber is configured for providing an environment for sandblasting. The sandblasting head is set in the sandblasting chamber. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223843 | Honing Tool - A honing tool comprises a tubular tool body fastened with an end section in a tool shank and a cutting region on an opposite end section with at least one honing-stick accommodating opening. The dimensions of the honing-stick accommodating opening and of the honing stick are matched to one another so that the honing stick is accommodated in a radially movable manner, and essentially free of play in a circumferential direction of the tool body, between boundary surfaces of the honing-stick accommodating opening. A play-compensating device between the honing stick and the honing-stick accommodating opening comprises at least one elastically deformable supporting element which is supported with a pressure force, in a fitted state of the honing stick, on one hand on a side surface of the honing stick and on the other hand on a boundary surface, opposite the side surface, of the honing-stick accommodating opening. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223844 | POLISHING PAD AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a polishing pad and method for making the same. The polishing pad comprises a plurality of fibers and a high polymeric elastomer compound. The fibers cross each other to form a fabric substrate. The high polymeric elastomer compound includes a first high polymeric elastomer resin and a second high polymeric elastomer resin. The weight-average molecular weight of the first high polymeric elastomer resin is 100,000 to 300,000. The second high polymeric elastomer resin is a two-component high polymeric elastomer resin, and includes a first component and a second component. The first component is polyol with a molecular weight of 1,500 to 2,500 and 1 wt % to 15 wt %. The second component is polyol with a molecular weight of 3,500 to 4,500 and 85 wt % to 99 wt %. Therefore, the polishing pad has better stiffness, a plurality of communicating holes and active fibers, so that a workpiece to be polished will have excellent surface quality. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223845 | DOUBLE ROW ABRASIVE DISC - An abrasive disc ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110223846 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PARTING SAUSAGE CHAINS - A method and a device for separating a sausage chain into single sausages, where filled, portioned sausages are initially transported with a first transport device and with a second transport device arranged behind the first transport device in the transport direction T. The portioning point between two consecutively arranged sausages is enlarged due to the transport speed of the second transport device being faster at least intermittently than the transport speed of the first transport device. The sausage chain is then parted at the portioning point in the second transport device. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223847 | COIN HANDLING SYSTEM - There is provided a coin handling system including: a reception unit configured to receive a coin that has been put therein, a recognition unit configured to recognize the coin that has been received by the reception unit, a storing unit having a plurality of cassettes configured to store the coin that has been recognized by the recognition unit, a coin guiding unit configured to guide to any of the cassettes the coin that has been recognized by the recognition unit, a storage unit for storing a plurality of storing patterns of the coin into the plurality of cassettes, a selecting unit for selecting a specific storing pattern among the plurality of storing patterns, and a control unit configured to control the coin guiding unit in such a manner that the coin that has been recognized by the recognition unit is stored in a corresponding cassette, in accordance with the selected storing pattern, when a specific storing pattern is selected among the plurality of storing patterns. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223848 | VENTILATION SYSTEM - A ventilation system including a heat recovery assembly having a first heat exchanger for heat recovery with a first flow path and a second flow path to exchange heat energy from air transported in one of paths to the other. A peripheral inlet to the first flow path is arranged to surround a central outlet of the second flow path and a peripheral inlet to the second flow path is arranged to surround a central outlet of the first flow path. The assembly further includes a peripheral outlet and a central inlet, the peripheral outlet arranged to surround the central inlet, and the heat recovery assembly is arranged such that air entering the peripheral inlet of the first flow path exits by the peripheral outlet; and air entering the central inlet will exit by the central outlet of the second flow path. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223849 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning system includes an air conditioner that feeds cooling air to a space in which an electronic device is arranged; and a supplying opening that is provided in a vicinity of a flow pathway along which hot air discharged from the electronic device flows to be indrawn into the electronic device and supplies the cooling air fed by the air conditioner. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223850 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VENTILATION FOR A HEALTHY HOME CONFIGURED FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY USAGE AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES - A method provides a ventilation control compliant with an adopted ventilation standard for efficient energy usage and conservation of energy resources. The method includes operating a home energy system to generate solar energy within a daily active period and draw fresh air from an ambient region, setting a daily ventilation period as a fractional period of a day, the ventilation period being coincident with the active period during a heating period for the home or a time period after the active period during a cooling period for the home, determining a target volume, determining a flow rate for delivering the fresh air during the ventilation period, performing ventilation in the ventilation period to deliver the fresh air into the home using the flow rate, and monitoring an accumulated total ventilation volume of the delivered fresh air until the accumulated total ventilation volume is within a vicinity of a target volume. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223851 | MULTI-BAND JAMMER INCLUDING AIRBORNE SYSTEMS - An airborne jammer for transport by an aircraft for jamming communications in a communications system where the communications system operates with digital bursts having burst periods measured in time and occurring in a communication frequency band such as GSM having a transmit band and a receive band. The jammer includes a tone comb generator for providing repetitions of jamming signals for the communication frequency band where the jamming signals have jamming signal intervals providing frequency separation between the jamming signals. The jamming signals are generated with a dwell time substantially less than a burst period for the communications system. The jamming signals are transmitted as RF jamming signals to jam communications for mobile stations. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223852 | WIRELESS PERIMETER SECURITY DEVICE AND NETWORK USING SAME - A Radio Frequency based security system for providing security for wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) that allows the creation and maintenance of arbitrarily shaped secure wireless access areas with boundaries around said wireless Local Area Network and prevents access to the said wireless LAN from outside the perimeter of the secure area. The system includes a plurality of perimeter Radio Frequency Sentry Devices (RFSDs) that are employed to establish the boundaries of said secure area around said wireless LAN. The wireless LAN being secured may be an industry standard IEEE 802.11a, 801.11b or 802.11g based wireless LAN or any other wireless LAN that uses packet based communication protocols. The said RFSDs may be stand-alone devices or they may be connected to a wired or wireless Local Area Network. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223853 | GAIN CONTROL METRIC COMPUTATION IN A WIRELESS REPEATER - A wireless repeater includes a gain control metric computation block to compute a gain control metric for use in controlling the variable gain of the repeater. The gain control metric is computed by downsampling the gain control input signal to the gain control metric computation block and also downsampling the computed correlation and normalization terms. The gain control metric may be further enhanced by filtering the computed metric values using linear or non-linear filtering. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223854 | Data Load Redistribution Within a Relay Enhanced Telecommunication Network - It is described a method for changing the data load distribution within a telecommunication network comprising including a first base station, a second base station and a relay node being connected to the first base station and/or to the second base station. The described method includes (a) establishing for each of a plurality of user equipments a first indirect connection to the first base station via the relay node, (b) establishing in a collective manner for each of the plurality of user equipments a second indirect connection to the second base station via the relay node, and (c) terminating in a collective manner for each of the plurality of user equipments the first indirect connection. It is further described a network element, which is adapted to carry out the above described data load redistribution method, and a computer program, which is adapted for controlling the above described data load redistribution method. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223855 | Methods and Arrangements for Determining Radio Characteristics of a Radio Link - A method and arrangement in a first node ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110223856 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - There is provided a mobile communication apparatus capable of being mounted on a mobile body. The mobile communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas arranged apart each other by certain distances; and a signal regenerator configured to enhance a signal propagating along at least one of detecting directions by summing products obtained by multiplying individual signals received from respective antennas of the plurality of antennas by respective weighting factors which correspond to the one of detecting directions, each of the detecting directions being defined based on a reference depending on a travelling direction of the mobile body. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223857 | PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WITH 'ON LINE' UPDATING WITHOUT CABLES - A programmable electronic access control system with “on line” updating without cables has at least one communication centre or node, which is connected to the central control unit via a standard industrial communication network, and includes transceiver means which are used to wirelessly connect, via radio-frequency channels, each communication centre to at least one access element in which the user presents the access certificate. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223858 | Mobile Communication Device with Low Near-Field Radiation and Related Antenna Structure - A mobile communication device includes an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a circuit board; a ground plane disposed on the second surface of the circuit board and includes a first side edge and a second side edge; an antenna element disposed on the first surface of the circuit board or placed near the circuit board, and includes a first operating band and a second operating band; and a first inductively-coupled element, located near the first side edge of the ground plane, and includes a metal plate and an inductive element, wherein the metal plate is electrically connected to the ground plane through the inductive element. The first inductively-coupled element generates a resonant mode at a specific frequency within the second operating band to reduce a surface current excitation on the ground plane and reduce near-field E-field and H-field strengths of the mobile communication device within the second operating band. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223859 | Inductive Data Communication - Data transmission systems and methods are disclosed in which a transmitter and a receiver, each having an inductor, are configured for wirelessly transferring data and power between them. Error detection is implemented for implementing error correction techniques by making corrections at the receiver, at the transmitter, or both. In preferred embodiments of the invention, error correction approaches include oversampling, power adjustments, and frequency adjustments. In preferred implementations, the systems and methods are used for transmitting both power and data using a single pair of inductors. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223860 | System and Method for Configuring Devices for Wireless Communication - A system and method for configuring devices for wireless communication are disclosed. A method may include transmitting an activation key from an activation broker to a wireless agent. The method may also include transmitting the activation key from the activation broker to a wireless registrar. At least one of the transmission of the activation key to the wireless agent and the transmission of the activation key to the wireless registrar may include transmitting the activation key via a short-range wireless communication technology. In addition, the activation key may include information for authenticating wireless communication between the wireless agent and a wireless access point. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223861 | SYSTEM, METHOD, SERVICE SERVER, AND END-POINT TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT SOUND CONTENT - The present invention relates to a system and method for providing relevant sound content from an end-point terminal. The invention enables music files in the end-point terminal to be utilized in various kinds of sounds used while using a mobile communication terminal with the system including the end point terminal, the mobile communication terminal, and a service server. The mobile communication terminal is connected to the end-point terminal through a local area network and to the service server through a mobile communication network and is in charge of data transmission between the end-point terminal and the service server for downloading the relevant sound content from the service server which transmits the relevant sound content corresponding to the music file to the mobile communication terminal. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223862 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - The risk of a third party able to conduct pairing is reduced, and operation is also made simple. In S | 2011-09-15 |
20110223863 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOBILE - The invention relates to a communication system for an automobile, that comprises: a receiver (R) housed in the automobile ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110223864 | Ear Tip Method and Apparatus - An ear tip for a sound device. The ear tip has an asymmetrical arrangement which more closely aligns with a user's ear canal. The ear tip includes an ear tip base, ear tip shaft, and a first group of low-profile flanges. The ear tip is arranged along an ear tip central axis. The ear tip has a sound tube connection and a sound channel which extends through the ear tip base and ear tip shaft. The first group of low-profile flanges are spaced along an ear tip shaft axis, and extend radially from the ear tip shaft in perpendicular alignment to the ear tip shaft axis. A first flange, a second flange and an intermediate flange are provided. Each flange is constructed of a flat roof with a downwardly transitioning radial wall. There is a space between each of the flanges. The flanges seal against the ear wall to attenuate sound and reduce resonance. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223865 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WITH BLUETOOTH ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING COMPUTERS BY SWITCHING - A Bluetooth apparatus is mounted to a computer input device (e.g., mouse) and includes a Bluetooth module for storing a plurality of unique IDs each corresponding to one of a plurality of Bluetooth-actuated computers, the Bluetooth module comprising a push button switch projecting out of the computer input device and a Bluetooth signal transmission unit electrically connected to a PCB of the computer input device; and a plurality of LED indicators mounted on a housing of the computer input device and electrically connected to the PCB. A pressing of the push button switch will switch the computer being operated to be idle and activate a next computer. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223866 | DUAL-STANDBY PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AUDIO PATH THEREOF - A dual-standby portable terminal and a method for connecting an audio path thereof are provided. A method for connecting an audio path of a dual-standby portable terminal capable of simultaneously accessing at least two communication networks includes determining whether a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) should be switched while in a master SIM mode, switching to a slave SIM mode if it is determined that the SIM should be switched, and outputting audio signal data, received by a slave SIM control unit through a corresponding communication unit, to an audio output unit through an audio path operated by a master SIM control unit. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223867 | Methods for reducing interference in communication systems - Example embodiments are directed to methods of reducing interference in a communication system. A method includes receiving, by a transmitter, first and second quantized matrices from a mobile station. The first and second quantized matrices are based on an estimated channel matrix and an estimated interference matrix. The method further includes determining, by the transmitter, a transmission beamforming vector based on the first and second quantized values. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223868 | PORTABLE EQUIPMENT DETECTING SYSTEM - A portable equipment detecting system includes an antenna having a first element of which a longitudinal direction is defined as a running direction of the vehicle, a second element of which longitudinal direction is defined as a direction perpendicular to the running direction of the vehicle and the vertical direction of the vehicle, and a bypass wiring of which one end is connected to a connection point between the first and second elements; and detecting circuit adapted to switch between three power-supplied states of the antenna including a first supplied state, a second supplied state and a third supplied state, and to detect a location of the portable equipment based on an acknowledge signal from the portable equipment when the power-supplied state is switched. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223869 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING A MOBILE-RADIO DEVICE BY MEANS OF STATIC CHANNEL SIMULATION - The invention relates to a device and to a method for testing a mobile radio device in a multiple antenna system using a frequency-selective static channel model for channel simulation in frequency space. In the method according to the invention, the useful data to be transmitted are first allocated to a plurality of carrier frequencies and the associated coding parameters per antenna. The useful data are then modulated onto the carrier frequencies according to the allocation. One or more modulated carrier signals are now distorted in frequency space according to a frequency-selective static channel model. A transmission signal composed of the channel-modeled modulated carrier signals is subsequently transmitted in the period of time to a mobile radio device to be tested. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223870 | Allocating Antennas for Cyclic Delay Diversity Transmission - Methods and apparatus of allocating antennas for cyclic delay diversity (CDD) transmission are disclosed. One method includes estimating a transmission channel of a transceiver having a plurality of antennas. A subset of a plurality of transceiver antennas is selected based on the estimated transmission channel. A single transceiver antenna of the subset is identified based on a channel quality of a transmission path of the single transceiver antenna. Cyclic delay diversity (CDD) signals are transmitted from the subset of the plurality of antennas, wherein a minimally delayed CDD signal is transmitted from the identified single transceiver antenna of the subset of the plurality of transceiver antennas. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223871 | ADDER, AND POWER COMBINER, QUADRATURE MODULATOR, QUADRATURE DEMODULATOR, POWER AMPLIFIER, TRANSMITTER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATOR USING SAME - To provide an adder capable of obtaining an addition signal of a plurality of high frequency signals, and also a power combiner, a quadrature modulator, a quadrature demodulator, a power amplifier, a transmitter, and a wireless communicator, each of which uses the adder. Impedances (Zg, Zh) seen from a common output point (P | 2011-09-15 |
20110223872 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVING APPARATUS - A wireless transceiving apparatus is adapted for transceiving data between communication terminals and signal processing devices and includes transceiving devices. Each transceiving device includes: a number (M) of antenna units each including a number (T) of antenna elements; a number (M) of first processing unit for performing radio frequency (RF) beamforming; a number (M) of frequency converters; and a second processing unit for performing baseband beamforming. The wireless transceiving apparatus receives signals from the communication terminals and transmits processed signals to the communication terminals with an improved signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR), thereby ensuring the quality of service for each communication terminal. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223873 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE WITH MULTI-BAND ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, and a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the housing and having opposing upper and lower portions. The device may also include at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna assembly may be carried adjacent the upper portion of the PCB. The antenna assembly may include a horizontal conductor extending along the upper portion of the PCB in spaced relation therefrom. The horizontal conductor may be coupled to the satellite positioning receiver. The antenna assembly may also include a loop conductor extending from the horizontal conductor toward the lower portion of the PCB and in spaced relation from the PCB. The loop conductor may be coupled to the wireless transceiver. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223874 | POWER EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS - A method, system, and device provide power-efficient communications within the context of available power. Transmission and receipt data rates are scalable in accordance with output power available from a power source. Data is transmitted at a data rate determined, at least in part, by the available output power. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223875 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TRANSMITTER, AMPLIFIER, AND AMPLIFIER CONTROL METHOD - An electronic apparatus having communications capabilities, including: an envelope detector that detects an envelope of a transmission signal; a differentiator that differentiates the envelope with respect to time to obtain differential components; a filtering processor that filters the differential components; an integrator that integrates the filtered differential components with respect to time to generate an envelope tracking signal; an amplifying unit that amplifies the transmission signal; and a voltage controller that controls, in accordance with the envelope tracking signal, a voltage the amplifying unit uses to amplify the transmission signal. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223876 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL ANTENNA MAPPING IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for mapping virtual antennas and physical antennas in a wireless communication system. The method for mapping the virtual antennas and the physical antennas includes generating at least two virtual antenna signals for at least two virtual antennas. The method also includes generating at least two physical antenna signals by applying a corresponding matrix, which maps the at least two virtual antennas and the at least two physical antennas in many-to-many relation, to the at least two virtual antenna signals. The method further includes transmitting the at least two physical antenna signals over respective physical antennas. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223877 | Radio White Space Sensing - User equipment comprising a receiver obtains information about a set of channels to be sensed in a sensing process, wherein each channel is associated with a respective one of a number of radio frequencies. The receiver obtains a radio frequency signal by simultaneously sensing two or more of the channels included in the set of channels. A total power level of the sensed two or more channels is measured, and a comparison result is generated by comparing the total power level of the sensed two or more channels with a predetermined power level. The user equipment is controlled based on the comparison result. For example, if the total power level is below a threshold, then the sensed channels can be considered to not be in use by external transmission equipment. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223878 | Signal Strength Detecting Device and Related Method - A signal strength detecting device of a communication system is disclosed. The signal strength detecting device is coupled to a frequency down mixer of the communication system and the frequency down mixer is used for receiving and converting a first signal to a second signal whose frequencies are lower than frequencies of the first signal. The signal strength detecting device comprises a frequency up converter for receiving and converting the second signal to a third signal whose frequencies are higher than the frequencies of the second signal and a detecting unit for detecting strength of the third signal and generating a signal strength indicator to the communication system according to a detecting result corresponding to the strength of the third signal, wherein the signal strength indicator represents the strength of the first signal received by the frequency down mixer. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223879 | Method and Arrangement for Operating a Mobile Battery-Operated Personal Emergency Signal Device - The invention relates to a method for operating a mobile battery-operated personal emergency signal device, wherein a check of the charge of the battery feeding the personal emergency signal device is performed at least in the course of initiating the personal emergency signal device, wherein the operation of the personal emergency signal device is permitted by a central device depending on the result of the check. The invention further relates to an arrangement for performing the method. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223880 | Optimized Predictive Emergency Notification for Vehicles While in No Cellular Coverage Area - A method and system for predictive emergency notification of a vehicle passing through a dark coverage area (DCA). The method comprises continuously monitoring at least speed and position of the vehicle; monitoring available cellular tower signal strength indicators to predict entrance into a DCA; comparing said position of the vehicle with information about boundaries of DCAs to determine whether the vehicle is about to enter the DCA; calculating a lapsed time for the vehicle to emerge from the DCA, wherein the lapsed time calculated using at least one of an entry point to the DCA, an exit point from the DCA, and an average speed of the vehicle; tracking the vehicle and the lapsed time to ensure that the vehicle is out of the DCA within the lapsed time; and notifying of a possible emergency if the vehicle has not emerged from the DCA within the lapsed time. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223881 | METHOD FOR SENDING EMERGENCY MESSAGES TO MOBILE TERMINALS - The invention relates to a method for sending an emergency message to mobile terminals located in an emergency area, in which at least location information and a subscriber identification code is stored in a database for a plurality of mobile terminals. Then the emergency area is determined. Next, a set of destination terminals is selected out of the database having location information that corresponds to the emergency area. To each of the destination terminals the emergency message is sent by means of an SMS message or a voice message using said subscriber identification code. By using the method according to the invention, all the terminals present in the emergency area can be reached, independent of whether they are subscribed to an SMS alerting service, and not depending on a certain channel to receive the message. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223882 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CHARGING OF ALWAYS-ON CONNECTIONS - The generation of charging data and charging traffic is reduced during idle periods of an always-on connection. During the detection of idle periods on the always-on connection special data like ICMP messages, keep alive messages and polling messages is ignored and not counted as active traffic. When an idle period is detected the charging session related to the always-on connection is suspended for the duration of the idle period in order to reduce the generation of charging data related to the idle always-on connection without terminating the charging session. Further on the user is not billed for the detected periods where the always-on connection was idle. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223883 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - To provide a base station apparatus, mobile communication system and communication control method for enabling appropriate time charging based on actual communication conditions to be performed, the base station apparatus is provided with a connection section that establishes connection with a user equipment ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110223884 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED MESSAGING - Techniques for acquiring, sending, receiving or using status information from a remote location over a network are disclosed. The status information is transmitted over the network between or among electronic devices. The status information can be provided by one or more sensors associated with the electronic device that is transmitting the status information. The status information can be transmitted with messages so as to enhance the messages. The electronic devices include at least computing devices, such as personal computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, and mobile telephones. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223885 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING A HANDOVER OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, APPLICATION SERVER FOR FACILITATING A HANDOVER OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT - A method for facilitating a handover of a communication device ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110223886 | ACCESS POINT-BASED CONTROL OF ACCESS CONTROL LIST - Access control techniques enable an access terminal to obtain service through an access point. In some aspects, access control techniques may be used to enable a user (e.g., an owner) of an access point to control whether an access terminal obtains service through the access point. For example, a user may temporarily disable access control at an access point to enable access points that register with the access point while access control is disabled to thereafter be allowed to obtain service through the access point. As another example, a shared secret may be provided to an access terminal whereby, upon presenting the shared secret to an access point, the access terminal is allowed to obtain service through the access point. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223887 | Methods and Systems for Closed Subscriber Group Roaming - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for communications systems which use closed subscriber groups (CSG). More particularly, systems and methods for CSG roaming as well as transmitting information associated with CSG White lists are described herein. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223888 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A mobile electronic device includes a fingerprint sensor for detecting an operation, an activation unit (control unit) for performing a predetermined action, an acceleration sensor for detecting an inclination state of the fingerprint sensor with respect to a horizontal plane, and a control unit for making the activation unit perform predetermined actions based on the operation detected by the fingerprint sensor. The control unit performs the detection in the fingerprint sensor differently according to the inclination detected by the acceleration sensor. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223889 | REAL-TIME, ABBREVIATED PERSONALLY-DESCRIPTIVE INDICATORS - The present invention provides a downloadable application which can be used with existing platforms or operating systems to enable the sending of messages which have, in addition to text, associated pictorial information corresponding to emotional states and other ancillary information about the sender. The application associates a sender-chosen pictorial personally discriptive indicator with identifying information, such as the sender's name, and transmits it to an intended recipient, and enables the sender to update the pictorial personally discriptive indicator to give a real-time meter of emotional states of the sender and other ancillary information to the recipient. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GROUP DIRECTORY SERVICES FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method of providing group directory services for mobile communication devices includes the steps of maintaining a registry of user profiles established and maintained by mobile communication device users, wherein each user profile includes data representative of a user's name and preferred contact method; and permitting a group administrator to access the registry and create a group directory consisting of at least some members who have user profiles in the registry by linking the members' user profiles to the group directory. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION - A system for exchanging information. At least one cellular telephone has a data acquisition device, a receiver and a transmitter. An electronic communication network receives acquired data transmitted by the cellular telephone and re-transmits the data to at least one remote server. A data decoding device accessible to the remote server decodes the data and generates a corresponding dataset. A processor accessible to the remote server generates a response corresponding to the dataset, the response being forwarded from the remote server to the receiver of the cellular telephone by means of the electronic communication network. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223892 | MOBILE WIRELESS INTERNET PORTABLE RADIO - An Internet-capable radio has a communication port for connection to a modem, a connection function for connecting to the Internet upon user initiation while connected to the modem, sound circuitry for rendering audio data packets received over the Internet as analog audio output, and for delivering the audio output to One or more speaker ports, two or more stored hyperlinks addressing Internet broadcast servers; and a user input adapted to enable a user to select among the stored hyperlinks. Selection of one of the stored hyperlinks by the user input invokes the hyperlink and connects the radio to the server addressed by the hyperlink, initiating thereby an audio data stream as data packets from the broadcast server to the radio, and wherein the radio renders the data stream as analog audio data delivered to the one or more speaker ports. The user input in preferred embodiments has a plurality of pushbuttons associated with hyperlinks, which can be asserted by activating a pushbutton. In some embodiments a directory server is used for editing user profiles and programming connected Internet-capable radios. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223893 | Genius Button Secondary Commands - Methods, systems and articles for receiving, by a telecommunication device, audio input through a unified audio interface are disclosed herein. The telecommunication device is further configured to perform at least one of a dictation action, an incoming message processing action, a navigation action, a content lookup action, or a contact lookup action while continuously or substantially continuously receiving voice commands from a user. In some aspects, the telecommunications device may continuously receive and process voice command while operating in a driving mode, which may be initiated by the telecommunications device. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223894 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE VIEWING OF VIDEO CONTENT - The present disclosure relates to a method for monitoring the viewing of video content transmitted via a first wireless link ( | 2011-09-15 |
20110223895 | Mobile Processor System to Incentivize Loitering - Apparatus and associated methods involve a system to monitor actual loitering times of a mobile communication device carried by an individual within a predetermined region, and provide rewards to the individual when the actual loitering times meet predetermined criteria. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223896 | Meeting mode for cell phones - A cellular telephone or other portable communication device is provided with program instructions which cause the device to be set into a “meeting mode” by a user. When in this mode, callers are provided with a message indicating the meeting status. The called party is preferably then provided with the option of responding to questions from the caller by selectably activating button icons on a user interface which cause an audio transmission to the called party which is not also transmitted to the device's external speaker. The icons are labeled with such short responses such as: NO, YES, MAYBE, OKAY, MORE, LESS, TODAY, TOMORROW, and NEVER. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223897 | COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH PROSPERITY MARKETING - A communication assistance system includes a database having a plurality of listings therein, each of the listings includes a least one contact name and a contact information. A means is provided for receiving incoming communications from a plurality of requesters seeking a listing. A table stores past requested listings of the requesters, where the system reviews the table for storing past requested listings and, based on contents contained in the past requested listing table, develops a list of requesters to target a promotion to, whereupon when a requester who is among the list of requesters contacts the system, they are provided with the promotion. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AQUIRING AN IMEI ASSOCIATED TO AN IMSI - A method comprises the steps of establishing a call between a first user equipment and a second user equipment, acquiring the identity of the second user equipment, and providing the identity of the second user equipment to the first user equipment. The invention has the advantage that it enables a law enforcement agent (for example a police officer or investigator) to track the equipment that is used by a person for a particular call. When a suspect call is received, a law enforcement agent can easily return a call to that phone, even when the SIM card of that phone is swapped. When placing a call to a suspect number, the law enforcement officer can easily determine on which device the call is answered and then determine which other persons (MSISDNs) have been using that device. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223899 | MOBILE PHONE TERMINAL WITH REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTION - A mobile phone terminal with remote control function including a touch panel display and configured to selectively display function display patterns having a plurality of operating icons representing multiple functions including a phone function on the touch panel display, in which the mobile phone terminal has a display unit that displays a remote-control function display pattern for operating one or more external devices by remote control and a switching unit that selectively switches the remote-control function display pattern. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223900 | Supplemental Node Transmission Assistance in a Wireless Communications Network - Supplemental node transmission assistance in a wireless network provides for transmissions between a wireless network and wireless user equipment in a first direction using a serving node of the wireless network while providing for transmissions between the wireless network and wireless user equipment in a second direction using a supplemental node of the wireless network. The supplemental node is selected based on providing better channel conditions between the network and the user equipment in the second direction than the serving node. The supplemental node thus provides transmission assistance for the serving node in order to provide the best available downlink and uplink communications between the user equipment and the network. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223901 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ITERATIVE MULTIPLE FREQUENCY HYPOTHESIS TESTING WITH CELL-ID DETECTION IN AN E-UTRA/LTE UE RECEIVER - A mobile device receives a signal comprising a PSS and a SSS. The mobile device performs iterative MFHT utilizing a reduced number of MFH branches. At each iteration, frequency offset estimation and Cell-ID detection are concurrently performed. An iteration starts with selecting initial frequency offsets spanning a frequency offset estimation range. The selected initial frequency offsets are placed in the MFH branches. A particular MFH branch with a maximum PSS correlation peak magnitude is selected at the iteration. A frequency offset estimate in the selected MFH branch is utilized for frequency control. The frequency offset estimation range utilized for the current iteration is reduced for the next iteration. A Cell-ID is declared if the Cell-ID is consistently detected not only within a particular iteration on the basis of having detected consistent cell ID information for the first and second halves of a radio frame, but also from iteration to iteration. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223902 | ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON RECEIPT OF DEFINED INFORMATION FROM ACCESS TERMINAL - Access control techniques enable an access terminal to obtain service through an access point. In some aspects, access control techniques may be used to enable a user (e.g., an owner) of an access point to control whether an access terminal obtains service through the access point. For example, a user may temporarily disable access control at an access point to enable access points that register with the access point while access control is disabled to thereafter be allowed to obtain service through the access point. As another example, a shared secret may be provided to an access terminal whereby, upon presenting the shared secret to an access point, the access terminal is allowed to obtain service through the access point. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223903 | Apparatus And Method For Synchronization - Embodiments provide a method and apparatus configured to measure a timing difference to at least one neighbouring base station, cell, NodeB, enhanced NodeB, relay and/or relays, evaluate or generate a time control command depending on the measured timing difference, and send the time control command to a serving base station or NodeB or eNB. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223904 | Uplink Segmentation | 2011-09-15 |
20110223905 | METHOD FOR DETECTING COVERAGE LOSS IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method for detecting coverage loss in a broadband wireless access system is disclosed, which recognizes a connection state between a mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS), and provides a method and apparatus for quickly performing network re-entry when the MS moves out of a coverage area of the BS. A method for allowing a base station to perform coverage loss detection of a mobile station in a broadband wireless access system includes unsolicitedly transmitting a first message wherein a bit for requesting ranging execution is set, to the mobile station, and upon receiving a second message for confirming the ranging from the mobile station prior to expiration of a first timer that begins to operate when the first message is transmitted, restarting operating a second timer established for the mobile station. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223906 | Handover for Cellular Radio Systems - In a cellular wireless system, power thresholds used for determining whether or not to add or drop servers held in a set of servers, such as an active set, for serving a user equipment are determined on the basis of the motion of the respective user equipment. A lower threshold may be used with respect to the adding or dropping of a given server to or from a set of servers for serving a fast moving user equipment than would be used for the same server with respect to its adding or dropping to or from a set of servers for serving a slow moving user equipment, while maintaining a given quality of service. As a result, the average number of servers held in sets is reduced in a typical network that comprises a plurality of user equipments moving at different speeds, compared to a situation in which the threshold is set irrespective of the motion of a user equipment. A reduction in the average number of servers held in sets of servers for serving the user equipment has the benefit of reducing data traffic loading in a backhaul network, since the need to send duplicated data to each member of sets of servers is reduced and/or increasing network capacity, since the radio resource is used more efficiently because the proportion of servers sending duplicate data is reduced. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223907 | WIRED CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM - Telephone apparatus, including a cable television (CATV) network interface, which is adapted to be connected to a CATV network so as to receive downstream cellular telephone communication signals transmitted at a downstream intermediate frequency (IF) via the CATV network from a base-station transceiver system (BTS) operative in a cellular telephone network. The apparatus includes a telephone interface, which is adapted to connect to a cellular telephone operative in the cellular telephone network via a physical connection. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION DATA - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for intercepting and monitoring communications between target mobiles and a main station of a satellite communication system, wherein communication between the mobiles and a satellite is achieved by using a first-band spot beams, chosen by the mobiles and wherein communication between the satellite and the main station is achieved by using a wideband second-band link, and wherein the satellite is operable to change the mapping scheme of the first-band frequencies to the second-band frequencies, the apparatus comprises: at least one RF second-band and at least one RF first-band receive antenna which transmits the received signals to at least one RF second-band and at least one first-band receiver respectively; an intermediate frequency RF distributor which receives signals from said RF second-band and RF first-band receivers and splits the transmission into groups of frequencies; a plurality of demodulators which are tuned to cover sequentially the first-band frequency spectrum, for extracting identification codes of target mobiles and decryption messages; a wide angle mapping unit which receives the second-band signals from said intermediate frequency distributor, analyses and maps the received frequencies according to their time occurrence, and correlates said frequencies with said first-band frequencies; means for recording and monitoring said communications. | 2011-09-15 |
20110223909 | Roaming gateway enabling location based services (LBS) roaming for user plane in CDMA networks without requiring use of a mobile positioning center (MPC) - LBS support to CDMA mobiles while roaming on another network. IS-801 session data is routed by a routing gateway to a correct visited network PDE that contains correct BSA data, which is used to return assistance data to an interrogating mobile device. A standalone exemplary roaming LBS routing gateway (XRG) provides network connectivity between PDE equipment in multiple carrier networks. Conventional LBS roaming support is defined via the use of Mobile Position Centers (MPCs). The invention implements a roaming LBS gateway to enable roaming between CDMA carriers that are only using a PDE (Positioning Determining Entity) for this purpose, since a mobile position center (MPC) is typically an optional network node according to location based services (LBS) specifications. | 2011-09-15 |