| 37th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
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| 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 |
| 20110223910 | EFFICIENT CHANNEL SEARCH WITH SEQUENTIAL PROBABILITY RATIO TESTING - Methods and systems for cognitive radio channel searching are shown that include determining an upper threshold and a lower threshold that will find a free channel in a minimum average searching time based on a channel occupancy probability π0 and the number of channels K, constrained by a target acceptable misdetection probability and a target acceptable false alarm probability. The K channels are searched with a signaling device using the determined upper threshold and lower threshold to find a free channel. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223911 | EFFICIENT CHANNEL SEARCH WITH ENERGY DETECTION - Methods and systems for cognitive radio channel searching are shown that include determining an energy detection threshold and a number of samples that will find a free channel in a minimum searching time, based on a number of channels K and a channel occupancy probability π0, constrained by a target acceptable misdetection probability and a target acceptable false alarm probability. The search includes an energy detection threshold and a number of samples that will find a free channel in a minimum average searching time. The K channels are searched with a signaling device using the determined energy detection threshold and the determined number of samples to find a free channel. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223912 | ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON RECEIPT OF MESSAGE 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 |
| 20110223913 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STATUS OF FEMTOCELL IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for operating a terminal in a broadband wireless communication system including a macrocell and a femtocell are provided. The method includes receiving femtocell information relating to a femtocell to which the terminal is registered, determining whether the terminal enters a region where the femtocell belongs, using the femtocell information, when entering the region where the femtocell belongs, transmitting a message to wake up the femtocell, and searching for the femtocell. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223914 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATING METHOD IN RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A radio base station apparatus for performing radio communication with a terminal apparatus, including: a logging processing unit which stores history information relating to handover in a storage unit, when the terminal apparatus performs handover; a change determination unit which determines whether a measurement parameter used by the terminal apparatus for determination of the handover is to be changed or not, on the basis of the history information, and outputs a change instruction if the change determination unit determines that the measurement parameter is to be changed; and a transmission unit which transmits the measurement parameter changed on the basis of the change instruction to the terminal apparatus. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223915 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOWING FEMTO BASE STATION TO EFFICIENTLY PERFORM BEACONING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for allowing a femto base station to efficiently perform beaconing in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes obtaining a System Information Block (SIB) message of a neighbor macro base station transmitted to a terminal by the neighbor macro base station. Information of the femto base station is added to the obtained SIB message of the macro base station and the SIB message is updated. The updated SIB message is transmitted to the terminal. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223916 | Smooth Hard Handover Method and Base Station Adapted For The Method - A cellular radio communications system, method, mobile station, and base station for a smooth hard handover. Selected base stations prepare radio links for potential communication with a mobile station although only one radio link is actively used for transmission. A handover is then performed from the active radio link to one of the prepared radio links. The smooth hard handover is faster and more secure than a conventional hard handover, while requiring a less complex system architecture than a conventional soft handover. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223917 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMING A SERVING CELL HANDOVER - The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a system for informing a serving cell handover, which relate to radio communication technology, and can greatly reduce delay of the handover of the HS-DSCH serving cell, decrease the drop call rate, and enhance user's experience. The method for informing a serving cell handover includes: a radio network controller (RNC) sets up a radio link with a candidate cell, and sets configuration for the candidate cell during the process of setting up the radio link; the RNC sends configuration information of the candidate cell to user equipment (UE); and after acquiring an optimum cell, the RNC informs, through an Iub interface signaling message, a target base station of sending a serving cell handover instruction to the UE. The serving cell handover instruction instructs the UE to hand over to the optimum cell according to the configuration information. The present disclosure is suitable for occasions where the serving cell hands over in the radio network. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223918 | Method and Node for Enabling Central Processing of Local Information - The invention relates to a method in a first communication node in a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of second communication nodes for enabling a central processing of local data from second communication nodes in the network. The first communication node establishes ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223919 | Network Gateway Configured to Provide a Handover, Converting and Routing Function - Methods are provided for handing over a connection from a source base station to a target base station. The methods include receiving, at a gateway, a handover required message transmitted from the source base station, the handover required message indicating that a user equipment-connection serviced by the source base station should be handed over to a target base station; generating, at the gateway, a handover request message in response to receiving the handover required message; and transmitting, from the gateway, to the target base station the handover request message. The gateway acts as a proxy of a core network control node for a plurality of base stations that are connected to the gateway. Related devices are also provided herein. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223920 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING PHYSICAL-LAYER CELL IDENTITIES OF BASE STATIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - While dividing a limited number of physical-layer cell identities (PCIDs) into a group of PCIDs to be added to macro-cell base stations and another group of PCIDs added to femtocell base stations, a center machine associating with a femtocell base station that applies for PCID addition refers to a table storing therein area information of a plurality of macrocell base stations and femtocell base stations within a wireless communication system to thereby identify the area of a message-transmitted femtocell base station and PCIDs being presently used in this area, selects an unused PCID in this area, and assigns it to the PCID addition-requesting femtocell base station. With such arrangement, while maximally leveraging the limited number of PCIDs in the wireless communication system, PCID setup is automatically performed in such a way as to prevent the PCID from becoming the same as a PCID of its neighboring base station. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223921 | MULTIPLE IMSI NUMBERS - A method includes receiving communication data that is directed to a first Mobile Directory Number (MDN) that is associated with a mobile communication device of a mobile subscriber. The first MDN is a local telephone number in a first country. The method includes determining a location of the mobile communication device. A first International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number is active when the mobile communication device is located in the first country, and a second IMSI number is active when the mobile communication device is located in a second country. The method includes routing the communication data to the mobile communication device based on the location of the mobile communication device. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223922 | Wireless Cellular Network Using Adaptive Beamforming with Different Coverage for Control and Data Channels - A method and a device for data processing in a wireless communication system, in particular in a cellular system, are suggested, wherein an N-to-M control-to-data sectorization is provided to at least one mobile terminal, and wherein N corresponds to a number of control sectors and M corresponds to a number of data sectors. Furthermore, a mobile terminal for such an approach as well as a communication system comprising said device are provided. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223923 | Method and Apparatus for Releasing Blank Zone by Macro Base Station in Wireless Communication System - Provided are a method and an apparatus for releasing a blank zone by a macro base station in a wireless communication system. The macro base station: receives channel information from a macro terminal that is serviced therefrom; determines based on the channel information whether or not a downlink blank zone allocated to a resource zone of a femto bas station is released; and transmits downlink blank zone release information to the femto base station if the downlink blank zone is supposed to be released. The downlink blank zone is a resource zone which restricts the downlink transmission, among all the resource zones used by the femto base station. The channel information may be the information about the distance between the femto base station and the macro terminal. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223924 | SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULED RESOURCE RELEASE PROCEDURE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for deactivating a semi-persistent resource allocation of a user equipment in an LTE-based mobile communication system. Furthermore, the invention also related to a user equipment and a eNode B implementing this method. To provide a mechanism for deactivating a semi-persistent resource allocation in a LTE system which is not requiring any changes to the Physical layer-to-MAC layer interface and/or preferably no changes to the PDCCH formats agreed by the 3GPP a combination of NDI value and MCS index is defined that is commanding the release of SPS resources. Alternatively, another solution proposed to define a special transport block size that when signaled in a PDCCH is commanding the release of SPS resources. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223925 | Antennae System - Embodiments of the invention relate to wireless communications networks, and more specifically to an antenna apparatus for cellular wireless systems. Increasing data capacity of cellular wireless systems places increasing demands on the capacity of the two way connection, known as backhaul, between a cellular base station and a telecommunications network such as the PSTN backhaul, since this is the connection that has to convey the wireless-originating traffic to its destination, often in an entirely different network. Known backhaul links include leased lines, microwave links, optical fibre links or radio resources for relaying backhaul traffic between base stations. The fixed line solutions are expensive to implement and maintain, while the radio solutions antenna configurations that are not ideal for relaying data between base stations. In embodiments of the invention, communication between base stations occurs in a first timeslot by use of a first antenna system and communication between a given base station and a user equipment occurs in a second timeslot using a second antenna system. The benefit of this method is that the first antenna system can be optimised for use in communication between base stations, whereas the second antenna system can be optimised for communication with user equipment which preferably occurs within the area of cellular wireless coverage of the sector served by the second antenna system. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223926 | RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, CHANNEL SIGNAL FORMING METHOD AND CHANNEL SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD - A radio terminal, radio base station, channel signal forming method and channel signal receiving method wherein when an upstream unit band and a plurality of downstream unit bands associated therewith are used to perform communications, the quality of downstream assignment control information can be prevented from being degraded. In a base station ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223927 | METHOD OF RELAYING DATA - A method of relaying data in a relay station of a wireless communication system based on a radio frame consisting of a plurality of downlink subframes and a plurality of uplink subframes is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, scheduling information comprising information regarding a transmission time for transmitting uplink data from the relay station to the base station, receiving the uplink data from a user equipment, and relaying, to the base station, the uplink data at the transmission time determined depending on the scheduling information. Accordingly, efficiency of radio resource usage can be increased in the wireless communication system employing the relay station. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223928 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SCHEDULING IN MULTI-CELL COOPERATIVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus of scheduling in a multi-cell cooperative wireless communication system is provided. Scheduling is performed, and scheduling results are transmitted to a neighbor base station (BS). The scheduling results comprise certain information for scheduling to be sequentially performed among base stations. Inter-cell interference can be reduced and scheduling can be performed simply by exchanging signals without a central scheduler. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223929 | SCHEDULING TRANSMISSION OF DATA AT A BASE STATION BASED ON AN INTERFERENCE INDICATOR MESSAGE FROM ANOTHER BASE STATION - A system includes a first base station of a first vendor configuration and a second base station of a second vendor configuration. A link is between the first and second base stations. The first base station is configured to receive at least one interference indicator message from the second base station, and schedule transmission of data based on the at least one interference indicator message. Scheduling the transmission of data includes determining whether to transmit the data using a current resource or to delay transmission of the data. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SIGNAL QUALITY - Position data indicative of a geographic location of a mobile device is repetitively received. Additionally, signal quality data indicative of a wireless signal quality at the mobile device is also repetitively received. Mobile device data is generated based upon, at least in part, at least a portion of the position data and at least a portion of the signal quality data. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223931 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING LOCATION AND/OR RANGE BASED ON TRANSMIT POWER - A transmitting communication device may iteratively adjust its transmit power, and may estimate, based on iterative transmit power adjustment, relative location of a receiving communication device. The transmit power may be initialized to a maximum value, and the transmit power may be iteratively reduced until connectivity with the receiving communication device is lost. The loss of connectivity may be determined based on reception of responses to ping messages transmitted by the transmitting communication device. The transmitting communication device may authenticate the receiving communication device and/or a user of the receiving communication device. The authentication may comprises utilizing transmit power adjustment and/or relative location estimation therefrom to ensure that a separation between the devices does not exceed a maximum value. The transmitting communication device may generate location info associated with the receiving communication device based on the relative location estimation, and may communicate the location info to a location server. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223932 | TIMING ADVANCE ENHANCEMENTS FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - Example methods and apparatus to implement timing advance enhancements for cellular communications are disclosed. A disclosed example method to communicate over a cellular network by a device involves retrieving a stored timing advance value and determining if the stored timing advance value is valid based at least on whether the device is operating in a stationary mode. When the stored timing advance is valid, a contention-based transmission is transmitted to a network using the stored timing advance value in order to compensate for propagation delay. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223933 | System and method for providing routing, mapping, and relative position information to users of a communication network - The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing real-time position information of one party to another party by utilizing a conventional telecommunication network system such as the convention telephone network, a mobile telecommunications network, a computer network, or the Internet. More specifically, the preferred embodiments of the present invention allow a caller and a receiver of a telephone call to provide to and receive from each other position information related to the caller and/or receiver's physical location, including address information, GPS coordinates, nearby fixed locations such as a parking structure, etc. Additionally, the preferred embodiments of the present invention allow a caller and receiver to retrieve routing instructions or maps for traveling to or from each other. In another embodiment of the present invention, a party may locate the position of another party via the entry of the other party's unique identifier such as a phone number of the other party's mobile phone. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the position information of a party may be concurrently delivered to another party's computer terminal whereby the other party can process the information in further detail. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223934 | SYSTEM OF UTILIZING CELL INFORMATION TO LOCATE A WIRELESS DEVICE - A system is described that utilizes the measured characteristics of a cell site or a plurality of cell sites ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223935 | Cross-Technology Coverage Mapping System and Method for Modulating Scanning Behaviour of a Wireless User Equipment (UE) Device - A network node provides coverage information to wireless UE devices from a database that correlates coverage information for a radio access network with geographic area locations. The network node accepts updates to the coverage information for the radio access network via a first interface and downloads coverage information from the database to a wireless user equipment (UE) device via a second interface. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223936 | Unused Frequency Band Detection Method and Radio Communication Apparatus in Cognitive Radio System - Provided is a technique that enables quicker detection of usable frequency bands in a cognitive radio system. Each radio communication apparatus in the system has, in common, a hash function used to obtain a frequency range from time information and location information. Each radio communication apparatus detects unused frequency bands while narrowing down a frequency range over which a detection process is performed by obtaining the terminal's own location information and current time information from GPS signals, and input them to the hash function. Since a transmitting node and a receiving node that perform a communication are at locations close to each other at the same time, they perform detection in the same frequency range. Therefore, an unused frequency band(s) that is usable by both of them can be detected. Furthermore, at different locations or at different times, the detection will be performed in different frequency ranges. Therefore efficient frequency utilization can be achieved. It is preferred that the nodes have a plurality of kinds of hash functions in common. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF TARGETED COMMERCIAL MESSAGING OVER AN AD-HOC MESH NETWORK - An approach is provided for local distribution of targeted commercial messaging, over an ad-hoc mesh network, based on known user interests, derived from on-line research and shopping activities of the user, and from other user communications and associations. Content information of interest to the user is determined. One or more community identifiers are determined, where the one or more community identifiers are associated with respective communities relating to the content information. A device of the user is associated with at least one of the communities relating to the content information, based at least in part on the associated community identifiers. Availability, over the ad-hoc mesh network, of at least one of the communities associated with the device is identified, based at least in part on the associated community identifiers. The device determines to access commercial content, based at least in part on the availability of the at least one of the communities associated with the device, for presentation at the device. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223938 | PROVISION OF INFORMATION - An information providing server acquires, according to a relative position of a mobile terminal to an information source which is a base of provided information transmitted to the mobile terminal, preset provided information among a plurality of pieces of provided information stored in a provided information database, and transmits the acquired provided information to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal displays the received provided information. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223939 | System For Tracking Text Messaging While Driving - A system and method are described to track and warn a person suspected of texting while driving a moving vehicle. The position and speed of a user's cell phone are compared with those of other cell phone users in the vicinity. If the position and speed of a phone track that of one or more neighboring phones, it is assumed that a user may under certain conditions be texting while driving. For circumstances where persons suspected to be in the same vehicle utilize different service providers, parameters such as for instance cell phone position, velocity, and direction of travel are time stamped and passed between service providers or alternately made available to other service providers via a central database. Cell phone users who are determined likely to be texting while driving based on the disclosed methods may be warned without disabling their texting capability. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING MOBILE TERMINAL'S LOCATION - A method by a Mobile Terminal (MT) for positioning the MT is provided. The method includes requesting a Base Station (BS) to allocate a first transmission time for transmitting a first sounding signal for the MT, receiving the first transmission time from the BS, transmitting the first sounding signal to the BS at the first transmission time, requesting the BS to allocate a second transmission time of a second sounding signal for the MT after the MT moves, receiving the second transmission time from the BS, transmitting the second sounding signal to the BS at the second transmission time, reporting a moving distance moved during the period between the first transmission time and the second transmission time, and receiving a position of the MT determined based on the first sounding signal, the second sounding signal, and the moving distance. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223941 | EQUIPMENT MANAGING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND LOCATION INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD - Equipment information including an installation height, which is an elevation, is stored as equipment information in an equipment management DB as location information for the location wherein an applicable piece of equipment is installed, and in a terminal device, the equipment information for the applicable equipment is acquired from the equipment management DB by a location information displaying unit in response to a display request operation, and a differential height, acquired through subtracting the current height, detected by a height detecting unit, from the installation height of the equipment, included in the equipment information that was acquired, is displayed on the screen of a screen displaying unit. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223942 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE PAGINGS IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for operating a paging control in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving paging information used to determine a location of a paging listening interval in an idle mode, determining whether multiple pagings are applied, using a maximum paging number field contained in the paging information, determining locations of a plurality of paging listening intervals in a paging cycle using a paging spacing value and an initial paging offset contained in the paging information, and determining whether the terminal is paged in each of the paging listening intervals. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223943 | POINT TO POINT RADIO BEARERS FOR A BROADCASTING SERVICE - A method for establishing a connection between user equipment (UE) and an associated network includes receiving at the UE a notification indicating either a start of a broadcast service or an availability of the broadcast service, such that the notification comprises an identifier which identifies the broadcast service. The method further includes receiving at the UE a setup message which establishes a point-to-point radio bearer between the UE and the network, such that the setup message comprises the identifier which is used to identify that the radio bearer carriers the broadcast service. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CONTENT DELIVERY TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Systems and methods for improving information delivery to mobile devices. In an exemplary method a trigger is generated at a mobile device based on an experienced event, the trigger is sent to a network server from the mobile device, a message including content being associated with the trigger is generated upon receipt of the trigger, the message is sent to the mobile device, the message is received at the mobile device from the server, and content included in the received message is displayed on a display of the mobile device. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223945 | METHOD TO PROVIDE AN OPTION TO THE CUSTOMER RELATION MANAGEMENT (CRM) USER TO SELECT FROM A LIST OF SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) GATEWAYS FROM THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) BEFORE SENDING OUT AN SMS MESSAGE - A method and system to transmit SMS message to an SMS Gateway (belonging to selected Service Provider) selected from a list on the GUI component of the CRM application, depending upon the geographical location of the Customer is disclosed. The GUI component provides a list of configured Service Providers that may be selected before sending outbound SMS message to a recipient. A unique Service Provider identifier is assigned to each of the configured Service Provider belonging to Customer's network/country. Depending upon the geographical location of the Customer, the Service Provider is selected from the list on the GUI component and the SMS message is transmitted to the customer wherein the method identifies the SMS Gateway to which it has to connect, and transmits the SMS message. The method internally fetches the details of SMS Gateway based on Service Provider ID and uses it to communicate with the appropriate SMS Gateway. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223946 | Central Unit, Terminal Unit, System and Method for Downloading a Light Pattern - In one embodiment, a central unit, particularly for use in a network, has a memory ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223947 | WIRELESS EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING RESOURCE UPDATING FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications networks and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices for sending and receiving wireless electronic mail (email) messages over the wireless communications networks. The system may further include a resource deployment server for storing a plurality of resource deployment packages (RDPs), where each RDP includes deployment content and deployment instructions therefor relating to sending and receiving email messages. The resource deployment server may also be for dynamically deploying RDPs to the wireless communications networks to update deployment content thereof based upon the respective deployment instructions. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223948 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223949 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE IN MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for mitigating inter-cell interference in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system are provided. The method includes allocating a serving band for providing service to at least one Mobile Station (MS) through scheduling, receiving at least one request set for at least one neighboring cell, from at least one MS, updating the at least one request set considering a serving band of each MS, and transmitting the updated at least one request set to the at least one neighboring cell. The request set includes at least one piece of information among a band and Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) for making a use restriction request to a neighboring cell that exerts interference on an MS. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223950 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A control unit for a wireless terminal includes a power amplification request/modulation method reception unit which receives uplink communication channel power amplification requests transmitted from a wireless base station connected to the wireless terminal, a power reduction request reception unit which receives uplink communication channel power reduction requests transmitted from a wireless base station not connected to the wireless terminal connected, and a modulation class setting unit which, when a power amplification request is received by the power amplification request/modulation method request reception unit and a power reduction request is received by the power reduction request reception unit, sets the modulation class, to a modulation class which has less transmission power than prior to the setting and that has a modulation method for which the communication quality of the aforementioned uplink communication channel is at or above a required level. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223951 | RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a base station capable of performing cell search of all mobile stations having different communicable frequency band widths in a scalable band width communication system to which a multi-carrier communication method such as the OFDM method is applied. The base station includes: a modulation unit ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223952 | DISTRIBUTED HIERARCHICAL SCHEDULING IN AN AD HOC NETWORK - An ad hoc network with distributed hierarchical scheduling is disclosed. In one aspect, stations in a network mesh detect interfering neighbor stations and form interference lists. Stations transmit their interference lists. Scheduling stations schedule allocations for child stations in response to interference lists, received remote allocations, or a combination thereof. Coordination messages are transmitted including frame structure, allocations, and interference lists, among others. In another aspect, an ad hoc mesh network may be organized into a tree topology. In an example wireless backhaul network, this matches traffic flow. Distributed, hierarchical scheduling is provided where parents schedule communication with children while respecting already scheduled transmissions to/from interferers and to/from interferers of their respective children. Procedures to construct interference constraints for distributed, hierarchical scheduling are described, resulting in efficient scheduling and reuse in an ad hoc wireless network, without centralized scheduling. Various other aspects are also disclosed. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223953 | APPARATUS FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for direct communication in a wireless communication system and method thereof are disclosed, by which a communication is efficiently enabled with a low power. In performing a direct communication in a first terminal of a wireless communication system, the present invention includes receiving a resource allocation information on a resource allocated to the direct communication from a base station and performing the direct communication with a second terminal using the allocated resource. In this case, the allocated resource is defined in either an uplink resource region of the base station or a downlink resource region of the base station and the allocated resource is divided into a transmission region for the direct communication and a receipt region for the direct communication. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223954 | Radio resource mapping method - A resource mapping method is provided, in which a wireless communication system maps subcarriers to resource units through external permutation and internal permutation, the external permutation comprises: performing the first permutation on n physical resource units in every N | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223955 | Communication network system having high-ranking network and low-ranking networks, interchange terminal connecting high-ranking network and low-ranking network, microcomputer controlling connection between transmission line of low-ranking network and transmission line of high-ranking network, and communication transmitter-receiver connected with transmission line of low-ranking network and transmission line of high-ranking network - A communication network system has a host network and low-ranking networks connected with the host network through respective interchange terminals. Terminals containing the interchange terminals in the host network perform communication based on FlexRay. FlexRay sets a static segment and a dynamic segment every communication period. Communication zones are fixedly allocated to the respective terminals in each static segment. Communication zones are changeably allocated to the respective terminals in each dynamic segment. Terminals of each low-ranking network perform communication based on LIN or CAN protocol. The interchange terminals connect a transmission line of the host network with transmission lines of the low-ranking networks during the transmission period of each dynamic segment, so that each terminal of each low-ranking network can perform communication based on LIN or CAN protocol with the terminals of the other low-ranking networks through the high-ranking network without any protocol conversion. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223956 | ALLOCATION OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - A method of allocating a plurality of communication channels of a network, for a plurality of network stations of the network. The method comprises generating a common transmission message for the plurality of network stations and transmitting the generated transmission message to the plurality of network stations. The message comprises channel allocation information allowing an allocation of channels by the network stations, the information relating to each of the plurality of network stations. A network managing station for communicating with the plurality of network stations, there being a plurality of communication channels available for use by the plurality of network stations. The network managing station comprises a processor, arranged to generate the common transmission message for the plurality of network stations and a transmitter arranged to transmit the generated transmission to said plurality of networks. A network station, capable of communicating over one or more of a plurality of communication channels, the network station comprising: a receiver, arranged to receive the common transmission message and a processor, arranged to determine a channel for use by the network station based on the received channel allocation information. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223957 | BASE STATION WITH IMPROVED CHANNEL QUALITY PREDICTION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A base station with improved performance through channel quality prediction employing link adaption techniques including a receiver which makes selective measurements on downlink transmissions, and then stores one or more of the measurements or a channel quality indicator derived therefrom. The receiver then retrieves one or more of the past measurements (or the past channel quality estimates themselves), and combines it with current measurements (or the current channel quality estimate), to predict what the channel quality will be at some future time and derive a predictive channel quality indicator (CQI). This predictive CQI, derived from both current channel measurements and at least one past channel measurement, is then sent to the transmitter for use in updating transmission parameters. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223958 | System and Method for Implementing Power Distribution - A method for adjusting power distribution includes establishing a connection between a base station and a plurality of remote transceivers. The method also includes establishing a plurality of wireless connections with a plurality of endpoints via one or more of the plurality of remote transceivers. The method further includes determining a signal quality indication for each of the plurality of remote transceivers for any endpoint for which the remote transceiver is able to receive a wireless communication. The method also includes determining a power distribution for the plurality of remote transceivers based on the determined signal quality indication for each of the remote transceivers, the power distribution indicative of the amount of power each remote transceiver is to use for each endpoint when transmitting wireless communications. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223959 | System and Method for Implementing Power Distribution - A method, in accordance with particular embodiments, includes establishing a plurality of wireless connections with a plurality of endpoints. The connections are established via one or more of a plurality of remote transceivers. The method also includes determining a plurality of candidates for a positive power gain. The plurality of candidates includes a plurality of unique pairings, each pairing comprising a combination of one endpoint and one remote transceiver. The method additional includes identifying a subset of the plurality of candidates. The method further includes determining whether the identified subset results in an optimum power distribution. If the identified subset results in a less than optimum power distribution, the method includes identifying a different subset of candidates. If the identified subset results in an optimum power distribution, the method includes computing a non-uniform power distribution based on the identified subset. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223960 | System and Method for Implementing Power Distribution - A method for adjusting power distribution that includes establishing a connection between a base station and a plurality of remote transceivers. The method also includes establishing a plurality of wireless connections with a plurality of endpoints via one or more of the plurality of remote transceivers. The method further includes receiving a signal quality indication from each of the plurality of remote transceivers for any endpoint for which the remote transceiver is able to receive a wireless communication. The method additionally includes determining a power distribution for the plurality of remote transceivers based on the received signal quality indication from each of the remote transceivers. The method also includes transmitting a control signal to the plurality of remote transceivers. The control signal comprises the power distribution and is indicative of the amount of power each remote transceiver is to use for each endpoint when transmitting wireless communications. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223961 | System and Method for Implementing Power Distribution - In accordance with particular embodiments, a method for adjusting power distribution includes establishing a connection between a base station and a plurality of remote transceivers. The method also includes establishing a plurality of wireless connections with a plurality of endpoints via one or more of the plurality of remote transceivers. The method further includes determining a plurality of signal quality indications. Each signal quality indication is associated with a different one of a plurality of unique endpoint-remote transceiver pairs. The method additionally includes determining a power distribution for the plurality of remote transceivers based on the plurality of signal quality indications and an optimization equation. The optimization equation is configured to optimize a data throughput associated with the plurality of wireless connections by determining a power gain for each of the wireless connections. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223962 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - In a conventional cellular wireless communication system that included a plurality of base station apparatuses having a plurality of antennas, just two antennas were used for simultaneous transmission by transmission diversity, and the antenna usage efficiency was low. According to the present invention, a free transmission diversity antenna for transmission to the edge of a cell is used to send a signal to a terminal located around the center of the cell without causing interference to a terminal located around the edge of the cell. The two terminals located around the edge of the cell and around the center of the cell are paired for simultaneous signal transmission. A signal directed to the edge of the cell and a signal directed to the center of the cell are sent with greatly different transmission power. This reduces the interference caused by the signal directed to the center of the cell to an insignificant level for the terminal located around the edge of the cell. The terminal located around the edge of the cell does not appear to be affected by interference from signal transmission to the center of the cell and does not have to always use four antennas. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223963 | MAXIMUM TRANSMIT POWER CONTROLLER - A maximum transmit power controller determines the amount of power available from a host device for powering a radio transmitter of a mobile device, and sets a limit for maximum transmit power in the radio transmitter based upon the determined amount of available power from the host device. As a result, it can be ensured that the radio transmitter does not transmit RF signals at transmit power levels exceeding the amount of power available from the host device. The host device may be a smartphone including the radio. The host device may also be a computer powering the mobile device via a peripheral interface such as a USB interface. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223964 | RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a base station device and a transmission power control method that reduce interference with an uplink radio channel from a femto-connected terminal to a macrocell base station while avoiding an increase in signaling. A measurement unit ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223965 | Smooth Hard Handover Method and Mobile Station Adapted For The Method - A cellular radio communications system, method, mobile station, and base station for a smooth hard handover. Selected base stations prepare radio links for potential communication with a mobile station although only one radio link is actively used for transmission. A handover is then performed from the active radio link to one of the prepared radio links. The smooth hard handover is faster and more secure than a conventional hard handover, while requiring a less complex system architecture than a conventional soft handover. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223966 | THIN FILM INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, IC LABEL, CONTAINER COMPRISING THE THIN FILM INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE THIN FILM INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE CONTAINER, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF PRODUCT HAVING THE CONTAINER - The present invention provides an ultrathin thin film integrated circuit and a thin film integrated circuit device including the thin film integrated circuit device. Accordingly, the design of a product is not spoilt while an integrated circuit formed from a silicon wafer, which is thick and produces irregularities on the surface of the product container. The thin film integrated circuit according to the present invention includes a semiconductor film as an active region (for example a channel region in a thin film transistor), unlike an integrated circuit formed from a conventional silicon wafer. The thin film integrated circuit according to the present invention is thin enough that the design is not spoilt even when a product such as a card or a container is equipped with the thin film integrated circuit. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223967 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLUETOOTH AND FM RADIO COMMUNICATION - Frequency conversion methods and systems for Bluetooth and FM radio communication are provided. FM data may be received and/or transmitted via the FM radio and Bluetooth data may be received and/or transmitted via the Bluetooth radio. With an integration of frequency conversion for Bluetooth and FM, both systems can operate from a single frequency source, thereby reducing part count and power consumption. Communication between Bluetooth and FM channels may be enabled via a single chip. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223968 | DEDICATED ACCESSORY DEVICES FOR HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - An accessory device and a handheld device may be synchronized by forming a communication link between the handheld device and the accessory device. The handheld device includes a plurality of functions and the accessory device is configured to operate a subset of the plurality of functions. Each of the plurality of functions of the handheld device includes executable program code, content data files and functional setting information. The executable program code, content data files and functional setting information is transferred for at least one of the plurality of functions of the handheld device to the accessory device. The communication link between the handheld device and the accessory device is disconnected. The subset of the plurality of functions is operated on the accessory device using the transferred executable program code, content data files and functional setting information from the handheld device after disconnecting the communication link between the handheld device and the accessory device. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223969 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE HAVING DETACHABLE POLARIZER AND MOBILE PHONE - An image capturing device includes a housing, a camera module, polarizer, and a cover. The housing defines a through hole. The camera module is received in the housing and aligned with the through hole. The cover defines an opening. The polarizer is connected to the cover. The cover is detachably engaged with the housing. The camera module, the through hole, the polarizer, the opening aligned with each other. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223970 | Image-Based Addressing of Physical Content for Electronic Communication - In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: capturing image data for physical content, where the physical content includes a recipient image indicative of at least one desired recipient; performing image recognition on the captured image data to identify the recipient image; matching the recipient image with corresponding contact information to obtain address information for the at least one desired recipient; and addressing an electronic communication to the at least one desired recipient using the address information, where the electronic communication includes the captured image data for the physical content. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223971 | CONTROL SYSTEMS HAVING A SIM FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and associated method are provided. The system includes a subscriber identification module (SIM) comprising a memory configured to store one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the one or more executable instructions for controlling a device, a device configured for being controlled by the SIM, and a SIM interface configured to communicate the instructions from the SIM to control the device. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223972 | PROVISIONING AN ADD-ON APPARATUS WITH SMARTCARD CIRCUITY FOR ENABLING TRANSACTIONS - An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223973 | ONE-TOUCH DIAL - Apparatus having corresponding methods, and tangible computer-readable media embodying instructions executable by a computer to perform the methods, comprise: a touch panel; a character recognition module to recognize a character drawn on the touch panel; a contact module to select a contact, from a contact list containing a plurality of the contacts, based on the character recognized by the character recognition module, automatically when the character recognition module recognizes the character drawn on the touch panel. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223974 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a mobile communication device and a method for operating a mobile communication device to activate or deactivate a function of the mobile communication device automatically. The mobile communication device comprises a user interface operable to receive an input of a user; an acceleration sensing section operable to sense an acceleration motion of said mobile communication device; and a controller adapted to obtain samples of a signal associated with said acceleration motion of said mobile communication device sensed by said acceleration sensing section, which samples constitute a time dependent acceleration pattern, wherein said controller is further adapted to activate or deactivate at least one function of said mobile communication device based on said time dependent acceleration pattern. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223975 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A portable terminal device includes: a converting portion converting one of sound and an electrical signal into the other thereof; and a chassis defining: an opening; a passageway portion communicating the opening and the converting portion with each other; and a retainer portion retaining water that has entered the passageway portion, divaricated from the passageway portion, and the converting portion being arranged within the chassis apart from an axis of the opening. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223976 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONNECTABLE TO WIRELESS LAN, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED ON COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone performs a search operation for searching for a communicable access point when a state of being able to communicate with an access point changes to a state of being unable to communicate. When a search operation is performed, the mobile phone displays that the search operation is being performed. In order to reduce power consumption, when the mobile phone displays that the search operation is being performed, the search operation is halted in response to acceptance of an input of an instruction to halt the search operation. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223977 | Strap For Portable Device With Light Indicator - An apparatus including a flexible strap section configured to emit visible light; and a connection section configured to connect the flexible strap section to a portable electronic device such that the portable electronic device can hang from the flexible strap section. The connection section is configured to receive a signal from the portable electronic device. The flexible strap section is configured to emit the visible light based, at least partially, upon the signal from the portable electronic device. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223978 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANSWERING INCOMING PHONE CALLS - A method and a communication device that includes a proximity sensor acquires a current distance between a user and the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming phone call. The method and the communication device establishes a communication with the incoming phone call and starts a speaker of the communication device to answer the incoming phone call, when the current distance is less than a preset threshold distance. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223979 | AXIAL SEPARATOR FOR A COMBINE HARVESTER - An axial separator for a combine harvester has a separating rotor which is rotatably supported in a housing including, as viewed in the conveyance direction, a receiving region for crop material, a separating region, and a transfer region for crop material residue, a wall that limits the transfer region in sections in the circumferential direction of the separating rotor, and at least one guide element disposed in the transfer region, which influences the flow of crop material residue emerging in the transfer region and being conveyed to a further-handling unit located underneath the transfer region, wherein the at least one guide element is disposed on the housing such that the position thereof can be changed in the circumferential direction of the housing. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223980 | SPORTSBOOK ROOM AND METHOD THEREFOR - An improved sportsbook room is disclosed. The sportsbook room allows an individual to place wagers on the sports competitions shown in the sportsbook room from a gaming terminal in his/her carrel and to also play other casino games on the same gaming terminal. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223981 | User-Device-Implemented Contest with Alert Feature - Provided, inter alia, is a type of contest in which, at various intervals, geographically dispersed players attempt to answer the identical problem at substantially the same time. In representative embodiments, problems (typically, questions) are made available at seemingly random times throughout the day (or throughout some specified time interval), and players have the opportunity either to respond to the problem or (e.g., in the event that a given player is occupied when a particular problem arises) to pass on the current problem and wait for another one. In such embodiments, more questions are made available than the players are permitted to answer in accordance with the rules of the game, so that players have flexibility as to when they participate. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223982 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE FOR IMPLEMENTING A WAGERING GAME WITH BACCARAT ATTRIBUTES - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a casino wagering game related to Baccarat. Each player's hand and the dealer' (or banker's) hand is scored by adding up a point total of the respective cards modulo | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223983 | MULTIPLE WAGER, MULTIPLE POTENTIAL WINNING OUTCOME GAMING PLATFORM - A multiple wager, multiple potential winning outcome gaming “Spin Game” platform may be played in its native configuration as well as easily themed to allow variations and adaptations including but not limited to casino table games, sporting teams and events, entertainment, film, television, and celebrities, as well as various other pop-culture fashions and trends. Specific deployments may be used to aid in transitioning “slots only” (or other EGM exclusive) players to active participants in table games by providing a step-by-step confidence building path from individual standalone, to multi-player “Party Style” deployments of the “Spin Game”, and finally to the actual table games themselves. Countdown timers may be configured to encourage and even reward players to place their wagers before the timer reaches zero—when “No More Bets” is called and the “Game Wheel” is spun, thereby ensuring that casino “hands per minute” target goal requirements are met or exceeded. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223984 | GAMING MACHINE - A gaming machine includes a lottery region defined such that cell columns are arranged to be parallel with each other. Symbols in each symbol column are moved along the cell column at a predetermined game opportunity and are stopped in one cell unit. A determination is performed as to whether a combination of symbols stopped in a determination target cell group forms a prize winning pattern. Reduced cells are defined by equally dividing a cell in a cell column when a predetermined reduction condition is satisfied, reduces symbols corresponding to the reduced cells, recognizes that at least one normal cell and the reduced cells are included in the target cell group, selects the reduced cells included in the target cell group, and determines that a combination of a symbol stopped in the selected reduced cell and the normal cell included in the target cell group forms the prize winning pattern. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223985 | GAMING MACHINE - In a gaming machine including a symbol region where reels having symbols are arranged in predetermined arrangement, so that the symbols are displayed in an arranged manner in longitudinal and transverse directions, there are provided a reel control unit that independently controls movement and stop of each of the reels, such that the symbols appearing in the symbol region change and a winning determination unit that determines whether the symbols appearing on a valid line set to span the reels form a predetermined winning pattern, when each of the reels is stopped, layers are set in the symbol region, and in the gaming machine, at least one reel is disposed in each layer, a symbol group is provided in at least one specific reel arranged in a specific layer of the layers in such a manner that symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern are arranged in the symbol group, at least one of the symbols capable of forming at least portion of the winning pattern overlaps the other reel in the other layer different from the specific layer, and that the symbol group move integrally with the specific reel, the symbols that are disposed in the symbol group in the specific reel can be viewed from a player, and when the symbol group is stopped on the valid line, the winning determination unit make the symbols disposed in the symbol group be included in a determination target and determines whether the winning pattern is formed. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223986 | Electronic System for Playing of Reel-Type Games - There is disclosed an electronic gaming system ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223987 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE INTERACTING INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE WHEELS - A gaming device having multiple interacting independently operated symbol generators, such as wheels. In one embodiment, each wheel includes a plurality of sections that are associated with a plurality of different outcomes which are displayed to a player. One or more of the wheels are activated, either sequentially or simultaneously and the results of the wheel activations influence one or more subsequent wheel activations. Upon a terminating event, an outcome based on the results from one or more spins of one or more of the wheels is provided to the player. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223988 | CASHLESS CONTROLLER SYSTEM AND BOARD - A controller board and system for converting a cash-based game machine to a cashless, wireless system employing wireless network connectivity is disclosed. The controller board consists of a circuit board, one or more emulation circuits, a serial interface, one or more switches and a microcontroller. The controller system consists of the controller board with the serial interface connected to a display and a card reader, and a wireless communication interface for communicating with the accounts server. Said one or more emulation circuits emulate the signals of cash-based peripherals on the game machine, once the peripheral cables are reconnected from the peripheral into the emulation circuit. The user's account is identified through the card reader and the user's account is debited or credited as a result of losing or winning gameplay by the microcontroller. Changes to the account balance are encrypted and sent to a casino server by means of the wireless interface. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223989 | Competitive Wagering System for Betting on an Event - A wagering system provided by a betting organiser for one or more players to bet on an event. Each of the players provides the betting organiser with monetary value in order to be eligible to participate in the wagering system. The betting organiser accumulates the monetary value provided by each of the players into a centralised prize pool prior to the commencement of the event. The event comprises a plurality of integers having at least first and second possible outcomes, whereby, if the first outcome occurs, the players who wagered on the first outcome win and, if the second outcome occurs, the players who wagered on the first outcome lose. At the conclusion of each integer, a pay off dividend is credited to each winning player. At the conclusion of the event, the centralised prize pool is distributed to the players with the highest accumulated value of credited pay off dividends. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223990 | THEME RESERVATIONS IN A NETWORK WAGERING GAME ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods provide for reserving wagering game themes in a network of wagering games. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223991 | MULTI-PLAY CENTRAL DETERMINATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems implementing techniques for using a central determination system with multi-play gaming machines having sub-games and with gaming machines having a base game and a bonus game. A seed value is provided for each of the games (i.e., each of the sub-games or the base game and the bonus game). This ensures that all possible game outcomes may be displayed for each of the games. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223992 | GAMING SYSTEM - A gaming system ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223993 | CREATING CASINO EXPERIENCES - Techniques for controlling wagering game environments are described herein. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for controlling a casino wagering game environment includes determining a plurality of zones in the casino wagering game environment, wherein the zones include one or more wagering game machines. The can also include presenting wagering games on the wagering game machines in the wagering game environment, and detecting an event in the wagering game environment, the event triggering a bonus game for which a plurality of players have a possibility of winning an award. The method can also include determining one or more of the zones in which to present media associated with the bonus game, and presenting, in the one or more zones, the media associated with the bonus game. The method can also include determining a winner of the bonus game, and providing the award to the winner. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223994 | MULTI-USER COMPUTER-CONTROLLED INPUT SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF COMPRESSING AND PROCESSING MULTIPLE INPUT DATA - System and method for running a software application, such as a video game for many users. One embodiment of the invention includes a multi-user computer-controlled video gaming system, comprising: at least one display device for displaying video game motion pictures to an audience of at least two users; a plurality of user input devices, at least one for each user, providing user input data to the computer-controlled video gaming system; a processing unit receiving and processing the user input data from the plurality of input devices to generate control input data for a conjointly control of at least one object being displayed in the video game motion pictures; and at least one computing device executing a game software application controlled by said control input data for providing output to the display device to display the video game motion pictures with said at least one conjointly controlled object. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223995 | INTERACTING WITH A COMPUTER BASED APPLICATION - A computing system runs an application (e.g., video game) that interacts with one or more actively engaged users. One or more physical properties of a group are sensed. The group may include the one or more actively engaged users and/or one or more entities not actively engaged with the application. The computing system will determine that the group (or the one or more entities not actively engaged with the application) have performed a predetermined action. A runtime condition of the application is changed in response to determining that the group (or the one or more entities not actively engaged with the computer based application) have performed the predetermined action. Examples of changing a runtime condition include moving an object, changing a score or changing an environmental condition of a video game. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223996 | MULTI-USER COMPUTER-CONTROLLED VIDEO GAMING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE GAME MECHANIC - System and method for running a software application, such as a video game for many users. In one embodiment a multi-user computer-controlled video gaming system comprising: at least one display device for displaying video game motion pictures to the plurality of users; a plurality of user input devices, at least one for each user, providing user input data to the computer-controlled video gaming system; a processing unit receiving and processing the user input data from the plurality of input devices to generate control input data for a conjointly control of at least one game mechanic of the performed game; at least one computing device executing a game software application for performing said game, the at least one computing device being controlled by said control input data for providing output to the display device to display the video game motion pictures dependent on said at least one conjointly controlled game mechanic. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223997 | METHOD TO DETECT AND REMOVE AUDIO DISTURBANCES FROM AUDIO SIGNALS CAPTURED AT VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERS - A method for reducing noise disturbance associated with an audio signal received through a microphone that is part of a video game controller, is provided. The method initiates with magnifying a noise disturbance of the audio signal relative to a remaining component of the audio signal. Then, a sampling rate of the audio signal is decreased. Next, an even order derivative is applied to the audio signal having the decreased sampling rate to define a detection signal. Then, the noise disturbance of the audio signal is adjusted according to a statistical average of the detection signal. A system capable of canceling disturbances associated with an audio signal, a video game controller, and an integrated circuit for reducing noise disturbances associated with an audio signal are included. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223998 | GAME DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAME DEVICE, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM - To provide a game device capable of improving operability of operation means. First acquisition means ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110223999 | GAME APPARATUS, GAME PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE PROGRAM - A plurality of regions are set for a target, and target information for specifying information relating to a second movable object, which is set to be moveable toward a first movable object for each region, is stored. The game controller judges, in response to the operation of the operator, in which region the first movable object, at an arrival position, which has started movement from the reference position, is located, refers to the target information, and arranges the second movable object in a virtual space based on the information relating to the second movable object corresponding to the region in which the first movable object is located. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110224000 | Voice-based entertainment activity in a networked enviorment - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for voice-based entertainment activity in a networked environment. A method includes, in a network of interconnected computers, establishing a connection between the client and a server, the client comprising a web browser and an audio input/output device, receiving a list of entertainment games over the connection from the server, selecting an entertainment game from the list, receiving a globally unique identifier from the server corresponding to the selected entertainment game, the globally unique identifier having an associated voice channel and text channel, in response to a client request to initiate game play, sending audio to the server through the audio input/output device and receiving audio from the server through the audio/input device, in response to a client request to terminate game play, terminating the associated voice channel, and receiving text messages from the server over the associated text channel. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110224001 | Advertising Funded Gaming System - A gaming where a hosts search for and select particular events they desire to manage; where players can wager on specific events with potentially no financial loss; and where vendors can engage in interactive advertising to increase sales. The host manages the game by setting up the odds and establishing other rules of play. Where hosts are also vendors, they may offer prizes in exchange for credits from the players. Players place their wagers on a particular outcome of the event. Both the host and the player may gain additional credits for clicking or viewing an advertisement displayed on the webpage. If the desire outcome occurs, the player's wager is accounted for by the host and the credits can be applied to the purchase of prizes offered by the host. Those who lose may receive communications from the vendor, with permission from the operator of the website, to offer its goods or services. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110224002 | MANAGING GAMES IN WAGERING GAMING NETWORKS - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter include one or more machine readable media including instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising: loading, into a main memory of the machine, a wagering game software program configured to, upon execution, determine results for wagering games and to provide the results to remote wagering game terminals; executing the wagering game software program in the machine; deactivating the wagering game software program, wherein the deactivating includes, for each one of the wagering game terminals, determining that the one of the wagering game terminals has been idle for a specified time period; discontinuing determination of the results and provision of the results to the one of the wagering game terminals; and ceasing execution of the wagering game software. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110224003 | Permanently Adaptable Gaming Mount - A Permanently Adaptable Gaming Mount particularly adapted for holding a gaming console, control pad input devices, gaming media, et. al. all of various shapes and sizes in an organized, personalized, aesthetically pleasing, secure, safe, child safe, adaptable and purloin deterrent manner. The Permanently Adaptable Gaming Mount has a permanently mounted back plate on a generally flat surface with various attachments of unique shapes and sizes which are interchangeable, optional, adaptable, and personalize-able. These attachments are designed to receive and accommodate various control consoles or systems such as Atari, Mattel, Sega, Playstation, Wii, Xbox, and etc. al.; as well as necessary and optional accessory parts and/or games. Attachments are formed with various means adapted to receive different sizes of cartridges, compact discs, or other media containing programming for a console or system. | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110224004 | FORGING METHOD, CLOSED FORGING MOLD AND TRIPOD UNIFORM MOTION UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided are a forging method and a full-enclosed forging die which contribute to alleviation of an enclosing force applied to dies and in which a relatively small enclosing apparatus can be used even with respect to larger-sized products. Further, provided is a tripod type constant velocity universal joint using a tripod member molded with such a full-enclosed forging die. Using a full-enclosed forging die including openable/closable dies ( | 2011-09-15 |
| 20110224005 | FORGING METHOD, MOLDING DEVICE FOR FORGINGS, AND TRIPOD UNIFORM MOTION UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided are a forging method, a forged-product molding apparatus, and a tripod type constant velocity universal joint which contribute to reduction of shear drop and avoidance of an increase in processing load generated through contact of a leading end surface of a shaft portion and dies even when an excessively-heavy raw material is mixed so that a life of the die can be prolonged. After molding a product-to-be-preliminarily-molded to form a preliminarily molded product ( | 2011-09-15 |
